The edge of the box garden was lonely, an area where the roots of the giant trees had sparsely spread. His sacrifice was enough to settle everything.

For this reason, his remaining instincts continued to fight against the dark consciousness, and over a hundred years they gradually suppressed each other, leaving his head staring at the earth in loneliness.

He could not look up at the starry sky. If his eyes came into contact with the starry sky, those peepers outside the [grave] would turn their eyes to him, and the roots of the giant tree would spread towards the dust star.

Even if he turned into a dark statue, Kors Hafgard defined himself as a guardian.

The continuation of civilization is the hymn of Hafgard.

“…”

But the earth hummed again.

Coles knew that the real existence living in the earth’s crust was slowly crawling out of the abyss and was awakening.

[Inmotoros], His consciousness continued to spread over the starry sky, with darkness and red confronting each other.

Coles couldn’t hold on for much longer, he was about to be eroded by that consciousness, he needed relief.

Only the White Flame can destroy him, and he is blind with his eyes, so he needs to find the White Flame.

“…”

“Please come in.”

Behind the bar of the cafe, Coles was wiping cups and casually greeting customers at the door.

The door was pushed open, and the white light from outside shone in, reflecting on Coles’s profile, but was quickly obscured by a figure.

The man didn’t come into the coffee shop for a long time, but Coles didn’t care. This was a coffee shop he opened with his sister, and the business was good, so there was no need to deliberately attract customers.

Suddenly, a faint floral scent wafted over, and Coles frowned, as if he realized something.

He suddenly raised his head and looked towards the door, only to find that the scenery in front of him had changed.

Above the dark sea of ​​clouds, Hassanka Hafrigard’s body was shattered by his broken sword, and the scattered darkness burst out and then poured into his body.

He suddenly remembered that [Inmotoros] was awakening, and his power was overflowing uncontrollably.

He felt it – the existence connected to him by blood was right here on this land!

He wanted to speak and go find his sister, but suddenly he remembered something more important.

He is long dead.

The mark left in the netherworld is, after all, just a mark, just like you can never regard a person’s shadow cast on the ground as a substitute for that person. The person is dead, but the shadow remains there after all.

“…”

[Lord of the Black Tide] stood in the clouds and raised his head silently. The sun in the sky was slowly being swallowed by the shadow, and a more powerful force was awakening in his body.

When the solar eclipse is complete, He will become the vehicle for the resurrection of Imhotaros.

Only White Flame can stop this process, only White Flame.

“Buzz buzz——”

The Lord of the Black Tide slowly sank into the thick shadows. He flew at high speed in the Lower Realm, heading towards the source that could end Himself.

……

“bass—-“

Halilali jumped out of the rift and landed in the town in front of the Hafurgard Spire.

Looking around, the edge of the town had been destroyed by the black tide. Several [Black Tide Knights] had begun swinging their giant swords at the Hafrigard people, and screams were heard everywhere.

Most of the Hafrigards who came here to participate in the construction were only at the [initial fire] level. They were mainly scientific researchers with certain combat capabilities, but they were no match for the [Black Tide Knights].

Before setting off, Hallilali had never thought about bringing more people. The power of the [High Heaven] was already relatively tight. She came to the Dust Star largely for personal reasons, and she did not want to implicate others.

But they all followed Halilali. The Hafergaard who came here were followers of [Daytime Star] and [Holy Envoy of Heaven]. They were willing to contribute to this farce between blood relatives and end Coles’s suffering.

Therefore, they were not afraid at all when facing the [Black Tide Knights]—

“Pfft-“

Blood splattered everywhere and bodies fell to the ground one after another. It was a massacre.

Hallilali’s hands were shaking.

She looked at the tragic scene in front of her again, closed her eyes sadly, turned and walked towards the Hafnargaard spire.

Right in front of the spire, on the transparent altar, the [Creator Engine] is ready.

Hallilali raised her head, looked towards the top of the spire, and murmured softly:

“…[The King in the Ivory Tower] Ah… put an end to the suffering…”

She waved her hand, and red lines spread upward from the base of the spire, quickly crawling over the pure silver tower body and converging at the tip.

On the tip, the [Core] gathered the destructive factors in the air at a high speed, and then shot a red annihilation ray towards the transparent altar.

“boom——“

The transparent altar is injected with crimson annihilation rays. This powerful force will be transmitted through the [Creator Engine] to charge the altar at the [Sky Eye] Facility No. 0, and then rewrite the terrain in that area.

The Black Lake in the front-line base will be covered by the tributaries of the long river basin, and the overflowing will of [Inmotalus] will be suppressed.

Until then, just hold on to the Spire of Hafnargaard.

Hallilali turned around and waved her hand, and a blue crystal blade was held in her hand.

She tore open the rift and quickly shuttled to the edge of the town outside the spire, killing the [Black Tide Knights] who were slaughtering her people.

……

On the battlefield, Edward retreated while running desperately towards the Hafgard Spire.

Hallilalee had told him not to go looking for her, but he couldn’t help himself.

There was a fire burning in his heart. He had finally grasped his own “meaning”, so how could he give it up so easily?

“Boom-boom-boom-“

Edward opened fire quickly, killing the black water entities that blocked his way.

A [wolf leader] came quickly, and Edward was about to shoot, but found that he had run out of bullets.

He threw away the gun and took out the butterfly knife of Halle Lali. It was still stained with the red factor energy she left behind, emitting a little bit of warmth, which was transmitted along the body of the silver blade to Edward’s palm.

“Ahhhh!”

He roared, jumped high at the moment the [Wolf Leader] swung his claws, and stabbed the butterfly knife into the [Wolf Leader’s] head.

“Pfft-“

Black blood splattered everywhere, and the silver blade with strong factor energy pierced into the flesh, giving people the feeling of piercing into tofu. Edward pulled hard and tore open the head of the “Wolf Leader” effortlessly.

But the dark monster did not die. Instead, it twisted and grew a new head, then waved its claws at Edward again.

At this moment, a roar sounded——

“boom!”

The [Alpha Wolf] was blown away. At the same time, an armored personnel carrier stopped in front of Edward and its door was pushed open:

“Come up quickly!”

Aleph Stro yelled, sitting in the driver’s seat and extending a hand toward Edward.

Edward got into the car without hesitation and closed the door. He sat back and saw Ivar retracting his half body and then putting another factor energy bullet into the sniper rifle.

“I’m watching your back,” Ivar said nonchalantly.

“Thanks,” Edward nodded and looked at Aleph, “Why are you here?”

“I was just about to ask you something! What kind of weird order did your old father suddenly give? You’d better explain it to me!” Aleph yelled.

“I don’t know,” Edward shook his head, “He betrayed Harilalli and Hafurgard.”

“Are you sure you don’t know?” Ivar whispered behind him.

“I don’t know.” Edward shook his head again. “Listen, whether you believe me or not, I have to rush to the Hafurgard Spire now. Hallilali has already gone there. She…”

Edward seemed to find it difficult to say the words “she might die”. In his impression, Harilalli was so powerful, an outstanding and elegant warrior.

But Edward’s intuition was right.

“…”

Aleph looked at Edward’s face and nodded without hesitation:

“I see. Tell me the route and we’ll be there now.”

“Okay.” Edward nodded.

The engine started, and the armored troop carrier moved quickly in the black tide ocean, speeding towards the location of the Hafrigard spire.

……

“call…”

In the dark little room, Suleiman opened his eyes and nodded to Laplace who was sitting beside him.

“We should go.”

“Leave? Why?” Laplace frowned.

“This area will be destroyed soon. Hafurgard will use the [Core],” Suleiman said lazily, “But it doesn’t matter. She will die soon.”

“You mean Harilalee?”

“That’s right, because the Lord of the Black Tide is heading there,” Suleiman smiled gracefully, “Hafurgaard is always easy to control. Their divinity is higher than humanity, which makes it difficult for them to survive.”

Suleiman stood up, walked to Hermes’ wardrobe and rummaged through it.

Looking at the familiar yet strange existence in front of him, Laplace was silent for a moment, then spoke:

“Who are you anyway?”

“Don’t ask. You won’t get an answer, Commander-in-Chief,” Suleiman said easily. “In Hermes’ memory, you have always been very intelligent, so you might as well make more guesses. It’s not difficult to get a result.”

After saying that, Suleiman took out a set of clothes that he liked very much according to Hermes’ memory: a pure black dress suit with a black top hat.

“Very nice color, don’t you say?”

He quickly changed into a formal suit, looking like a gentleman, with an elegant and calm smile on his face.

“Well, it’s time for us to leave. You need to witness the end of this game. It will give you more confidence.”

After saying that, Suleiman grabbed Laplace’s shoulder with one hand, and the shadow once again enveloped the entire room, enveloping the two of them.

……

“Swish—swish—swish—”

The blue crystal blades quickly tore through the knights’ armor and cut off their bodies.

The people around her fell one after another, and Hallilali knew that soon she would be the only one standing here.

The anchor in her body was gradually released and moved further and further away from her, and some more powerful will was slowly overcoming her brain.

The more powerful the sword Harilalee swung, the less she seemed like herself.

She recalled a night long ago. That night, she held Perlis in her arms, her determined eyes a little blurry, as if shrouded in mist.

“Gulu…”

A small hand pinched her face. She lowered her head and found that Perlis was looking at her silently with a hint of concern on her face.

“Baby, go to sleep…”

Hallilali chuckled and rubbed the back of Perlis’s head, with melancholy in her eyes.

But she did not sleep as she said, but started talking to herself:

“Are you afraid of the dark? Little guy, I was a little afraid when I was your age… I always felt that there were countless monsters in the dark, and as soon as I closed my eyes, they would pounce on me and eat me.”

“When I was a kid, I often slept under the quilt. Well… the quilt was like a protective shield. As long as I hid inside, things outside couldn’t do anything to me. I felt at ease…”

“I heard them say that if you are promoted to a Star Seed, it will feel like hiding under a blanket… Nothing outside can do anything to me, and I can’t see outside.”

“It must be very sweet and sweet to sleep like that. It’s dark all around. There are no monsters in that darkness, just darkness.”

“Now that I think about it…I don’t think I’ve been afraid of the dark for a long time…”

Hallilali smiled gently, hugged Pearlis tightly in her arms, and closed her eyes.