People are at the border, but they become the incarnation of the sun

"Thank you, Ariana. It's been a long time since we last met, but your tea-making skills are still as good as ever."

"Thank you, Lord Rhine, for your compliment."

Ariana smiled, poured herself a glass, and sat opposite him.

After quietly watching him finish his tea, when he was about to pour him another cup, Reinhardt held his hand.

"Okay, just drink a cup of good tea. Drinking too much is not the same as that."

"Okay, I'll obey your will."

Ariana put down the teapot in her hand, then sat up straight, folded her hands on her thighs, and stared at him quietly.

Looking at the pair of eyes that were no longer golden, he asked curiously, "Aliana, what's wrong with your eyes?"

"Are you asking about the eyes?"

She stretched out her white hand to touch her eye sockets and replied softly, "...This is a change that has occurred recently. I don't know why, but it seems to be related to your power."

"my power?"

"Yes, you should have heard from Lord Serlian about the cult that Lords Lance Sanx and Fia founded for you."

"Yeah, I heard that." Reinhardt nodded.

"As one of your earliest followers, I naturally joined the cult as well. Recently, I've clearly sensed that your power seems to have increased even more, as if you're eliminating the Golden Blessing."

After hearing this, he suddenly understood.

However, it wasn't his power that grew stronger, it was just that the power of the Golden Law grew weaker.

With the breaking of the Elden Ring and the major bug in the Golden Law, the blessing is getting weaker day by day. Otherwise, how could the blessed people suffer the torture as if they were in hell?

However, compared to this, he was more curious about the cult.

"Aliana, tell me what exactly is going on with the cult you founded?"

His question caused a slight surprise to appear on Ariana's delicate face. "Don't you know? Didn't you hear about it from Lord Seren?"

"What did you hear? The teacher told me to ask Lance Shanks, but I haven't seen Lance Shanks until now."

Instead, we welcomed Platon Shanks.

It gives me a headache just thinking about it.

He still clearly remembered the domineering declaration that Lance Shanks had made to him—

"There is no divorce in our Ancient Dragon Clan, only widowhood!"

If Platon Shanks and Lance Shanks meet, who knows what will happen...

The surprised expression on Ariana's face returned to a calm smile again:

"In that case, Ariana cannot tell you the details. Master Lance Sanx and Master Fia will have to tell you everything."

Then she took a sip from the teacup, her beautiful red lips slightly parted, and she spoke again:

"However, Ariana can tell you that Lord Lance Shanks and Lady Fia have built a church and a monastery for you in the land of Galid."

"This is the base for communication between the cult and Red Lion City."

Reinhardt was stunned. "You said you are in contact with the Red Lion now?"

"Yes." Ariana nodded slightly and said, "Not only that, we also have dealings with the magic academy under the rule of Lord Cerlian."

"Originally, we wanted to form an alliance with the Holy Tree, but unfortunately, the Holy Tree has become..."

At this point, Aliana suddenly hesitated, then sighed and explained, "Although the road to the Holy Snow Plain is still open, and Lady Letina, as a representative, also went there, she has not returned yet. It is said that the people of the Holy Tree left her there."

"Also, the ceremonial town of Otina is now rejecting all outsiders. I don't know what exactly happened inside the sacred tree."

Wow, you bunch of women with thick eyebrows and big eyes are really playing big.

It would be fine if he had dealings with the Red Lion and the Magic Academy, but he even refused to let the Holy Tree go.

If I sleep for a few more years, will you be able to take over the Yatan Plateau and unify the border area?

I feel like this is very likely.

However, he did have some idea about the closure of the sacred tree.

It was probably because the scarlet corruption at the Holy Tree was getting worse, and Michaela hadn't appeared yet, so the Holy Tree decided to close and no longer welcome outsiders.

"...If you want to see Lord Lance Shanks, I can take you to the monastery right now. Lord Lance Shanks is there, and both Lord Lance Shanks and Lady Fia miss you very much."

He chose to reject Aliana's proposal, "Not yet. I came here to solve the seal of the starry sky. After this matter is resolved, I will go with you to meet them."

Although he really missed Fia and Lance Shanks, he still had to focus on Lani's matter first.

Because this is a matter of life!

"...Okay, that's no problem, Ariana will do her best to help you complete it, but..."

"But what?"

Ariana opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it. She just smiled and shook her head and said, "...Nothing."

At the same time, an imperceptible struggle flashed in her eyes, and the smile on her face seemed a little forced.

The hands that were originally crossed on the thighs were now deeply stuck in the cleft of the thighs wrapped in the skirt, with the fingertips slightly intertwined.

Very strange.

He felt very strange seeing Ariana like this.

There are only two possibilities for a normal person to express such emotions, one of which is wanting to go to the toilet.

The second is that there are things you want to say but you can’t say them.

Apparently, Ariana isn't the first.

But there was something I wanted to tell him, but I couldn't say it.

194. Ariana's Round (6.5K)

"Star-Breaking General", "The Strongest Demigod", "God of War".

These titles are the titles and honors that Latan received in the past and in the devastating war in which he lost his gods.

Once upon a time, Latarn transformed himself into a shield, shattered the falling stars, and became the hero who saved Ceria.

Once, Latan single-handedly resisted the fierce attacks of [Valkyrie] Marenia and [Rebellious Knight] Reinhardt.

Once, in a war where no one could win, Latarn came out on top.

And now, Latan, who was respected as the strongest by everyone in the border area, was standing on the towering wall of Red Lion City, facing the night wind, gazing at the prosperity in front of the Unbroken Bridge, the tranquility of Gaileyd, and the huge full moon and clusters of stars hanging in the night sky in the distance.

Looking at the bright full moon, a hint of longing emerged in the depths of the golden pupils on that dark and serious face.

Longing for the full moon and for my mother, Lenara.

How long has it been since you last visited your mother?

So long that even he himself has forgotten it.

Ever since he was granted fiefdom by the Golden Dynasty and became a demigod relative of the emperor, he has never returned.

He has been stationed at the border for the Golden Dynasty as a general, guarding the land called Gaileed.

Even though he knew that Radagon had abandoned his mother to inherit the throne of King Elden, even though he knew that the Magic Academy had betrayed Kalia, even though he knew that his sister had given up her body to break free from the constraints of the two fingers...

Whenever he thought of this, the man known as the strongest demigod in the world would feel sad.

Why did he turn a blind eye to Kalia and his biological mother?

Why do you cling to your own stubbornness and seal the starry sky without releasing the restraints?

Only Latan himself knows the reason behind this.

Da da da--

At this moment, the sudden sound of footsteps made Latan withdraw his gaze from the distance. He turned his head to look behind him and saw an old knight dressed like a clown and wearing a hood slowly walking towards him, his long white beard fluttering in the wind.

"Jie Lian, how is everything going?"

Latan's voice was still as deep as ever, like a lion that had just awakened from its deep sleep.

"General Latarn, everything is ready."

"Tomorrow, when the sky is filled with stars, the battle festival can begin."

Unlike Latan, Jeremiah's voice is as old as his appearance, but it is still full of energy and very deep.

It's really hard to believe that this is an elderly person.

"But General Latan, can we really wait for that person by holding endless festivals like this? Besides, Galid still needs you right now."

[Strange Knight] Jeremiah said he could no longer remember how many battle festivals had been held.

All we know is that for thousands of years, since the end of the Shattered War, the battle festival has never stopped, year after year without a break.

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And more and more warriors came to hear the news, and they became stronger and stronger.

Initially, there were only a handful of people including the Holy Tree's Honored Knights, but now almost all the powerful warriors, including the warriors from the border area or those from outside the border area, have gathered here.

Even the shadow beast that served Lady Lani, the Moon Princess, Blaze, had arrived.

And Latan has never refused a challenge from anyone.

He staked his life, the Great Rune he possessed, and the fate of Lady Ranee.

And they have been waiting, waiting for the return of the powerful man who died in the Broken War - [Rebellious Knight] Reinhardt.

But after waiting for a thousand years, that person still didn't show up.

Even though several powerful battles broke out in Nimgufu in the past few months, [Limb Reattachment] Greg also died.

But Jeremiah felt that it might not be Reinhardt.

However, Latan didn't think so and looked into the distance again.

"No, Jie Lian, his and my fate has long been determined. This battle is unavoidable."

"And...don't forget, Jerry."

"We once made a pact to give each other the honor of dying. This is the faith we pursue together."

"Besides, I can sense that person...Rani's knight, Reinhardt, has arrived."

Having said this, Jie Lian didn't know what to say anymore.

Although he was a good friend of Latan, he was just a guest general who had always followed Latan.

However, what made him more curious was whether the [Rebellious Knight] Reinhardt had really arrived?

He didn't believe it.

I can only wait silently for the festival to begin tomorrow.

By then, everything will be revealed.

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at the same time.

inside the room.

The pyroxene lamp on the table emitted a faint light, illuminating Reinhardt's face, which was slightly excited.

He was holding a scroll in his hand at the moment, reading it carefully word by word.

However, as he gradually understood, the excitement on his face became more and more obvious.

What he was reading was one of the three magic scrolls given to him by the old bug Gwei.

All of them are pyroxene magic from the magic town of Ceria.

But what he didn't expect was that one of these three was actually a forbidden magic of Ceria, the lost magic of the Eternal City.

"Eternal darkness."

As he finished speaking, a ball of pure darkness gradually emerged in his hand and grew larger and larger until it became the size of a basketball. He then stopped.

The darkness emitted seemed to swallow up even the light of the pyroxene lamp.