Chapter 81 chapter Ten
It seems that the warm spring wind suddenly blows.
It's getting warm all around.Everything looks so soft.I rubbed my eyes.It's really strange, it was obviously a cold marble building just now, but now it is covered with vines.The stems of the vines were drowsy from the hot afternoon sun, and the soft leaves were unfurled.And I also felt a fragrance coming from the wind.This suffocating rich fragrance is like washing my whole lungs.
A few birds are spreading their wings and flying to the distant green hills.Around me are floating hairsprings created by heat.And at the far end, the creek, so brightly lit by the sun, soared over the plateau, as if it had sprinkled shining threads over the fields.The butterflies flitting among the flowers are dazzling.Behind the vine-covered marble columns, a small deer was grazing.The innocent eyes of the deer are really beautiful.
We seem to have come to the ultimate paradise without weapons and wars.
The Dragon King is still standing there.Dressed in white, he looks at us with a face of infinite kindness.Even if he were asking us how things are going in heaven these days, no one would find it strange.
Dragon King said:
"You are a girl with a warm heart."
Nelia stood quietly looking at the Dragon King.Everything around seems to exist for her.hateful.Why do I feel so jealous all of a sudden?No, rather than jealousy, it might be more awe.I looked at Nelia with respect.
This world exists for her.The birds sang because of Nelia's smile; the flowers bloomed because of Nelia's movements; the breeze blew because of Nelia's steps.
Although Iluli is here, Nelia, who is walking briskly with her red hair loose, looks more like an elf than Iluli.No, it should be said that Nelia has the advantages of an elf, and what I think is the ideal elf appearance is all gathered in her body.Nelia doesn't have the deep traces of age that appear on elves.She is the woman who lives forever in the present, the eternal child, and the eternal master.
Everything exists because of her.I will probably become Nelia's exclusive candlemaker.And Shan Sen may become a servant who is always on call to prepare water for washing her feet.But we will never be unhappy about it.Not to mention being unhappy, we are even more than willing to do it right away.For Nelia's smile, to make Nelia happy, no matter what I do, I think I will be very willing.
Nelia smiled happily and looked at the Dragon King.Among the overgrown ruins, the Dragon King looked at her with benevolent eyes and said:
"Are you going to stay here?"
of course!Why does the Dragon King always ask such stupid questions?He has lived such a long time, and he still asks such a stupid question, it is really hard for me to respect him!Of course we want to keep this reality forever!This is how the world should be.It should be for Nelia, it should exist for her.This can be said to be heaven.Everything else is a lie, a so-called illusion.We stood at the entrance to the kingdom of heaven we had finally arrived at, looking at Nelia and smiling at her.Yes, Nelia, this is what you want, answer quickly.
But Nelia suddenly showed a very melancholy expression.
We felt that our hearts had suddenly sunk to the bottom of the valley.The world suddenly became dark.We felt a terrible sense of unease hit us.no.Nelia!Don't let the world become dark.
Absolutely not!Don't give up on this beautiful world.Have a laugh!
We dare not give her orders, so we can only look at the eyes of our goddess Nelia nervously.No, no.
Nelia said:
"don't want."
"You don't want to stay here?"
Nelia sighed deeply.Every time she sighed, we felt a pang of pain in our hearts.no.Please, don't sigh.Nelia!
Nelia faltered and said:
"Well, uh. I'm not an elf."
"You say you're not an elf?"
"Yes. Well... all things, all things conform to me, this world that is attuned to me is to me... well, because I am a real Nighthawk."
"A real nighthawk?"
"Yeah. Well, that, so I have to be able to be sneaky. But if everything is mine, I can't steal it."
The Dragon King smiled, as if he didn't understand what she meant.Nelia blushed and said:
"Well, I can't make it clear, but that's it. Yes. If everything is mine, if everything is for me, it's not life.
To me, this is not the real world. "
"Do you want a world that despises you?"
Nelia sighed again.
"Yes, yes, if I must. I want a world that sometimes hates me, sometimes kills me, sometimes corrupts me. I want a world of adversity and suffering."
What she wanted was such a hell.Nelia, are you thinking wrong?We all looked at Nelia with pale faces in shock.But Nelia looked very confident now, she nodded and said:
"I don't want a world that goes along with me, I don't want a world built for me."
The moment she finishes saying this sentence, we are back in the original space again.
There is only cold water all around, and it seems to be even darker than before.The color of the water is now dark purple.The cold marble still exudes the beauty of perfect architecture, standing there alone.Things like vines can't be seen no matter how you look.The Dragon King is still standing in the original position, but he no longer has the intimacy of the old man next door just now.He is the Emperor of Dragons, the great Dragon King.
I looked at Nelia.
From Nelia's eyes, a tear was rolling down.She stood there with a dazed expression.She could have lived in that kind of paradise, Nelia is so stupid!I feel very sorry, but when I was about to say something to her, she laughed out loud.
She stretched out her hand to wipe the tears on her cheeks, then clasped her hands behind her waist, lowered her head slightly, and said to the Dragon King with a smile:
"Dragon King, you are going too far."
"can you?"
"Yes. This is even more extreme than what you did to Shan Sen! Alas. Until I die, I will never forget that scene just now. If you allow me, I want to say to you: I hate you."
Although Nelia's expression seemed to be regretful, her voice was very happy.Only then did we take a deep breath.
Yes.That's not the real world.The world just now was really beautiful and warm, almost melting the body, but that is not a gift that can be given to human beings.Although this is my own idea, I think it should be a gift for the elves; the Dragon King looked back at me, making my heart beat non-stop.
"Shuki Nidfa!"
"yes."
What question will he ask me now?I gave Carl a begging look.But Karl just looked at me quietly as before.hateful.How can I deal with the Dragon King alone?As I waited for the Dragon King to speak, I felt my pulse pounding; a rush of hot air rose in my throat, making me want to cough, but I didn't have the guts to do so.
Dragon King said:
"Tell me what you want to achieve."
Uh!What's the problem?I look around at the people: Carl is looking at me with a slightly worried expression.Shansen stretched out his lower lip and pouted to look at me, Nelia seemed curious about my answer, Gerente smiled, as if looking forward to hearing my answer; It's hard to describe, but it's not the kind of expression that looks unhappy.
Well, this question is really a headache.
"Well, the wish I hope to achieve?"
"That's right. Tell me about it."
Do I have to tell the truth?I gulped.
"Yeah, well, I hope I can get Renee back and get out of here."
The Dragon King had a surprised expression on his face.Did I get something wrong?Most of the others looked at me with surprised expressions.But only Carl had a smile on his face.Of course he knows me.I regained my confidence.
"Is that all?"
"Do you think this is not enough? For this matter, we chased here from Nawu Lechen, crossed the Eternal Forest, and even entered this 'Sacred Land of Dragons'."
"I want to hear your wish in this life!"
"Huh? I don't have a wish yet."
"No?"
"Yes. I haven't finished my life yet, and I still don't know what my wish is in this life."
The Dragon King's eyes seemed to suddenly become very deep.My body began to tremble a little, and I felt numb.I feel like if I don't say something, I can't stand it.
So I continued:
"Before I met Renee, I didn't have such a wish. And if Renee hadn't been taken away, I certainly wouldn't have such a wish. But Renee was taken away, and she is so important to us. Words are very important. So we chased here. No matter how you ask me, Dragon King, I will not deny me a few days ago. Because I came here for this matter a few days ago, and I am standing now it's here."
My breathing became more and more rapid, so I stopped for a while.As I adjusted my breathing, I glanced at the Dragon King.Damn, this is far from the situation when talking to humans.I now know how important changes in expression and mood are in talking: I don't feel at all that we are talking now.
At this time, the Dragon King said:
"Is that girl Renee important to you?"
"Yes...very important."
The Dragon King smiled slightly.If it is in a normal conversation, if it is talking with other people, smiling is a very positive and helpful gesture for the conversation, but when talking with the Dragon King, smiling does not seem to mean anything.He said:
"Then you decide, if only one of Renee and you can go out, what will you do?"
"what?"
"I mean, if either Renee or you has to die in Dragonshrine. I want you to choose."
At this moment, a fire of depression suddenly surged in my heart, and I no longer trembled.
I looked at the Dragon King calmly.Seeing my changes, the Dragon King gave me a strange look.And the other people all looked at my stiff expression, which felt really good.very good.I'm going to tell you, please listen carefully.
"Dragon King. From now until now, you seem to be asking us similar questions. I tell you this, I don't know what you will think, but I want to tell you: you are really too slow."
"slow?"
"You keep asking this kind of question: 'Choose one of what.' Am I right? Gerente answered it, Shanson answered it, Nelia answered it for you. But you Why am I even asking the same question?"
"You're right. So what's your answer?"
"Of course I'm going to ask Renee out."
"What's the reason?"
I really want to yell at him.OK, calm down.I need to calm down.Even I was taken aback by the fact that I was able to answer calmly in a low voice:
"If I go out, I'll die, but if Renee goes out, I won't die."
The Dragon King showed a surprised expression.And the same goes for everyone else.Only Carl nodded, and his nodding gave me strength.I said:
"If Renee didn't get out, countless, many lives would be lost. Yes, yes."
"Really? That's the death of countless people, not you, isn't it?"
I can't help but feel very chilled.
"Once upon a time, I heard a saying. Now that I think of it, I think that would be a good answer to you. Listen."
Will the Dragon King know this sentence?
"I'm not singular."
The Dragon King's eyebrows moved, but I was trembling with fear.That's right.He knows it.The Dragon King said coldly:
"This sentence is what that nasty guy said."
The voice of the Dragon King was eerie.I reluctantly opened my mouth and said:
"Yes. And that's the human condition. You've been asking us questions since just now, probably because you don't know us well. Let me explain to you, 'I'm not An individual. So what you just asked was stupid, excuse me for having to put it that way, um, so you asked stupid questions.”
My heartbeat is pounding!Fortunately, the expression of Shenlongwang didn't seem to be imagining how the candlemaker tasted.He said coldly:
"I want you to explain where I went wrong."
"You separate what cannot be separated and let us choose."
"Something inseparable?"
Geraint looked at me curiously, Nelia looked at me with her hands clasped.Shan Sen was so frightened that his face turned blue, while Yi Luli was expressionless.Carl, however, smiled slightly and said:
"Yes. When you asked the question, you separated the things that cannot be separated. From your point of view, you may think that you can separate them, but this is not the case from our standpoint. Shenlong Wang, you asked Shan Sen the same way. "
Shan Sen didn't make a heart pounding sound there, other than that, he showed us all the symptoms of a palpitation patient.I smiled at him and continued talking.My palms seem to be sweating!Although I really wanted to wipe the sweat on my trousers quietly, I held back and said:
"Do you want to kill Shan Sen's family, or kill Shan Sen? Although it is a bit different from your question, it roughly means that. But it cannot be discussed separately."
"how could be?"
"Because Shan Sen is not the only one. Shan Sen is Hetante's guard captain Shan Sen, my good partner Shan Sen, the beloved eldest son of Shan Sen's father, Mr. Joyce, Karl's trusted guide, and a certain lady Dear lover Shan Sen. And all of this is Shan Sen. You should have heard similar conversations like this? Anyway, although you said that you wanted to spare Shan Sen’s life, but instead, you wanted to kill Shan Sen’s family, But if his family members die, it's tantamount to killing Shan Sen."
I'm talking with clenched fists.I felt a rush of hot air rushing to my forehead, as if I was about to pass out, so I had to pause.
"Yes. All of this is Shan Sen. If you destroy He Tante's territory, Shan Sen, the captain of He Tan Te's guard, will die. If you kill me, it is equivalent to killing Xiu Qi's partner Shan Sen. If you kill Mr. Joyce is dead, Mr. Joyce's son Shansen is dead. If you kill Carl, Carl's guide Shansen is dead. Also, if you kill that lady, that lady's My lover Shan Sen died."
"Isn't Shan Sen alone?"
I had no choice but to yell out:
"Not alone!"
Then, I immediately shut my mouth in fright.However, I couldn't keep my mouth shut.
"Eternal Forest, do you know about the Eternal Forest? You will let yourself kill yourself there, so what will it look like?"
The Dragon King said calmly:
"I know that, but what does that have to do with what we're talking about now, let's talk about it!"
"People who go in and then come out will disappear! No matter how much a person like me exists, other people will still forget me, just as if there is no such person. Don't you still understand? The so-called me is not the so-called me. It's not just this body thing. For other people, everything else has me. That's what I'm saying! I mean it's me when all these things come together .That's how we live. That's what humans are!"
As soon as I finished speaking, I was out of breath.I seem to be too excited.I wiped the sweat that flowed from my mouth dryly.Now if someone gives me a glass of cold water, I will sing a hundred songs for him.I'm not kidding.
The Dragon King looked at me gloomyly and said:
"It turned out to be so... I guessed it was like this. Now I'm completely sure."
The Shenlong King was muttering something to himself, but there was such a majesty that he couldn't interrupt.We all waited quietly for him to speak.
"It turns out that you are not living alone."
The Dragon King nodded at his own words, and said:
"This is the difference between me and you. That's why Lutanio rushed towards me like that. Because even if he himself died, other parts of him would be left to other humans. And Hendrick was only It would be so stupid. Because the rest of him would be left to other humans too, those who knew him."
Shenlongwang's lips raised slightly.
"In your words, it is an immortal life... Ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha..."
The Dragon King laughed as if shaking the world.
"Haha, hahahaha!"
What a loud laugh.The laughter almost resounded through the sky.I suddenly became very happy.I turned my head to look at Shan Sen, he was smiling all over his face.Nelia looked as if she was in a dream, while Gerent laughed loudly.The whole world is laughing. "Hahahahahaha!" The Dragon King just laughed with the whole world.We were crying and laughing.It was such a pleasure.I can say it was the first time in my life that I laughed like this.Even Carl laughs his face into a mess, and we see his face and laugh even louder, almost choking.Iluli smiled beautifully and giggled.She is so beautiful. The Dragon King finally stopped laughing, and then said with a smile: "Three hundred years later, I finally got the answer! I only now know the reason for my defeat." Carl wiped away tears, trying to catch his breath.It was some time before he was able to speak solemnly. "Dragon King...you are a single, complete life form." We also slowly stopped laughing and looked at Shenlongwang.After my belly laugh, I can't even stand still now.The Dragon King nodded and said: "Yes. I am a living body that exists as an individual, so I cannot understand the concept of 'I' that is projected into other lives. My death is of course the shattering of my entire individuality." Carl said solemnly: "You...are beings that have existed for a very long time. You have unlimited time for you alone. No one else can share it with you. But we are not. So we share and give ourselves to each other." The Dragon King nodded and said: "This is a gift from God to you. It is another gift from God to me. But let us not compare each other's gifts now. You have already understood this, and I understand it now. However, To judge and compare the importance of the two is something neither of us can do." After Karl heard the gentle voice of the Dragon King, he nodded in a humble manner and said: "You're right. I apologize for my rudeness earlier." "No, you didn't do anything wrong to me. As I said just now, you already know me, but I don't know you yet. That's why I said that the atmosphere was not very good, and I did that. An unacceptable experiment. Yes. It was a joke. Forgive me." The Dragon King stroked his beard. "At that time, I saw your reaction, which gave me great doubts. Naturally, I couldn't understand it at the time. But I found my answer from Xiu Qi's answer. I thank you in the name of Dragon King." "Ah, yes. Haha. Of course, ah, no, that, um, I really can't bear it when you say that." People who know what I am usually cannot imagine that these are my words.Uh. I finally had to answer like this, but the Dragon King just smiled. After looking at each of us, he said quietly: "I'll take you out. It's been such a pleasure spending time with you. I'd love to say thank you. But like I said, this is not the place for you to be." Carl bowed his head solemnly and said: "We understand that. Well, but where is the girl and the rest of the party?" "The girl and the others were all sent out of the Great Labyrinth. When I asked Gerent, he said that they were not your companions. I didn't want a fight to happen in this place, so I sent them away at that time, and decided to only fight with you." You meet." Carl was speechless with regret, and said: "I can't help it. Because the master can do whatever he wants in his own home. But that man Nex came here because he had an obvious purpose for this place. I think he might come in again." "Do you know his purpose?" "No, I don't know." The Dragon King said calmly: "But I know his purpose. He is from the Xiulizhe family, right?" "Huh? Ah, yes. That's right. How do you know?" "Of course I know Kamu Xiulizhe. I can feel the same breath as him." Carl opened his eyes wide and said: "How do you know Kamu Shulizhe?" "Kamu Shulizhe used to be the Dragon Soul Envoy of Klade Meso. I am the Dragon King, am I not?" "Ah...yes. So that, can you tell us why he came here?" The Dragon King did not answer Karl's question.He just said as if talking to himself: "Anyone who thinks that a huge flame originates from a huge fire must be considered a fool. The weak fire hidden in the depths of the jungle, the fire that can be extinguished by just blowing with your mouth, may burn the whole world of." The Dragon King just finished saying this.He turned to us and said: "I won't let him come here again. Don't worry about it." Carl smiled lightly and said: "Then please let us out now. We must catch up with him quickly. You have taken so much time here, but I think you may not need our apology for the time." The Dragon King said with a depressed expression: "Time... I don't understand your views on time either. It seems that I can't understand your human psychology." Carl smiled and said: "As I told you just now, this is a gift from heaven." "Yeah. It's a dreadful gait that looks downright stupid! Thanks to you, it'll make me have Hendrick's nightmare again; well, I'll let you out now. For the delay For this point of time, and this matter that gave me an answer, I want to give you gifts as compensation. In my treasury, you can take what you like." Before Karl could answer, Nelia jumped up and said: "what?" She uttered a voice like a scream, and immediately flinched and said: "That, that, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry; um, but, really? Can it really be taken away as you like?" "As long as you like, you can take as much as you can." "Thank you! Really, really thank you so much!" Nelia looks like she's doing a quick dance.Carl solemnly said: "Thank you. We'll be here again when all this is over." Now the light in my eyes does fade.The white clothes of the Dragon King are now blue-gray.And the surrounding water color also became darker.The Dragon King is a little far away from us, it's hard to see his face. "I don't seem to have ever taken a gift from a human being." At this moment, Karl looked at the Dragon King with a stiff expression.But the Dragon King was smiling. Now his expression is not lifeless stone.He was smiling, broadly. Karl bowed his head respectfully and said: "Please forgive our rudeness, Dragon King." The Dragon King smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it. You and I are both wrong." Carl immediately looked embarrassed; I don't know if that's the right way to say it, but I always think they look like two octogenarians joking about something.The two old men looked like they were laughing heartily, without any greed or desire, they put everything behind them and talked jokingly; Carl said something he didn't know what it meant: "Hope you're having a good night." "thank you." At this time, Yi Luli took a step forward; she looked at the Dragon King quietly, and then the Dragon King turned his head and said to Yi Luli: "Daughter of the Forest. Do you have anything to say?" Yi Luli bowed her head respectfully to him and saluted the sun.She said calmly: "As for the content of the conversation between the two of you, although I have something to ask, I should just ask Mr. Carl. But I have a question that I would like to ask you to answer me." "what is the problem?" "Where is Hendrick?" The Dragon King looked at Iluli silently, and Iluli's black eyes were still looking at the Dragon King motionless.The Dragon King said majestically: "What more would you ask of a poor man who's lost everything?" "I hope to learn the magic of level ten." The Dragon King's eyes moved, and he said: "You really...have you made up your mind?" "yes." "I see. You little boy of Ubigne, guess where Hoganes hid the key?" Ellie's expression became very happy.After I met her, I have never seen her look so happy like now. "Is that really the case?" "yes." "Thank you, glorious Dragon King." The Dragon King smiled.He raised his finger and pointed opposite. We all turned to look, and there were some light panels between the pillars.They float above the floor with a light panel every fixed distance.It looks like a ladder. The Dragon King looked like he didn't want to say anything more.I don't know why this happened, maybe he didn't think it necessary to say goodbye.I think it should be like this. After we all made a staring salute, we each picked up our backpacks and walked slowly towards the light ladder. I looked back at him again.He didn't watch us leave, but quietly stared elsewhere.I turned my head and stepped on the stairs. Then I went into the water, but I didn't get wet at all. We stepped up the light ladder.This light ladder is a spiral ladder extending upwards.Although we can breathe, but probably because we are in the water, we are all silent.As we walked up without a word, Gerent, who was walking at the back, said: "Disappeared?" I looked back, and the steps we walked had become blurred one by one.We stood happily at the end of the glowing staircase in the dark water.At this moment, I couldn't help taking a deep breath. At the bottom of the lake below, a huge golden dragon is sleeping. The golden dragon is so huge that it can be said to be unbelievable. It is impossible to see its body at a glance; so you have to turn your head for a while to see the tail from the beginning.It feels like we become ants looking at people.In the dark water, although the golden color is not so bright, but because of this, you can feel the hugeness even more.I feel like I'm getting dizzy from watching this. The golden dragon squeezed its huge body to the bottom of the lake.It looks like it is sleeping. It must not want someone to cause a commotion, do something rude, and disturb his sleep.So we didn't dare to look back at him again, but stepped up the stairs quickly but quietly.It seemed to me that we were little servants insolently intruding into the king's bedchamber.Wow, my whole body is shaking! As we walked up the stairs, it became darker and darker, almost to the point where we couldn't see our fingers.I think we've come a long way, so I take another look back.The figure of the Dragon King could only be seen as a vague outline in the darkness.Something infinitely vast, but something of the past is there.The gigantic beings that do not exist in our time are becoming more and more obscure and eventually disappear. I suddenly became extremely sad.
As soon as we came out of the water, Iluli immediately summoned the light spirit first.The place where we were standing turned out to be a road beside the central lake.As soon as Gerent, who came up last, reached the top, the light ladder disappeared completely, and then the lake water became like a black mirror again.However, I will not forget.I will not forget the Shenlong King who is sleeping down here. Nelia immediately jumped up and ran, and shouted with joy, so loud that I thought the cave was about to collapse.She was running in the other direction with terrifying speed.Of course it was the revenge room, Valencia's room.After Karl gave us a listless look, he coughed dryly and said: "Cough, cough. Mr. Qinbo, do you want to go together?" "Okay. Carl." After Gerente solemnly finished speaking without hesitation, the two immediately walked one after the other, and hurriedly disappeared into the pure room, which was Calanbel's room.After shrugging my shoulders, I said to Shan Sen: "Yeah. I'll choose gifts later. Shall we go to the room on the left first?" "Ah. Good." Then Shan Sen looked at Yi Luli.Yi Luli smiled and walked with us. The rooms on the left have Destruction, Storm, and Fire written on them.So, say the names of Letty, Edbroy, and Caris Newman to the opposite door, and you can enter.The room of Leti, the God of Swords and Destruction, is a weapon arsenal.There are all kinds of weapons, armor and shields.This is the first time in my life that I have seen so many strange weapons. I think there must be many of them that are not used by humans.We tried our luck to see if we could find the magic sword, but gave up after a while.Because no matter how we hold it or look for it, we can't find a weapon that can start talking as soon as we hold it, and not only that, there are too many weapons, and it may take a few days to hold a sword.And I also added that Iluli told us that not all magic swords are talking swords like the Duanya sword.So after Shan Sen gave up, he said: "Oh, I am He Tante's guard captain, in fact, the long sword given to me by the lord is enough." After Shan Sen finished speaking like this, I had nothing to say.Until now, I have been swinging my sword desperately to practice swords, and finally got familiar with my giant sword, so if I want to change to other weapons now, I will have to work hard to get familiar with it again in the days to come.And I am not so much relying on the performance of the weapon, but rather relying on OPG. What use is a good weapon to me?So after Iluli got some bows and arrows, we left that room. The moment we entered the room of Edbroy, the God of Storms and Cosmos, I couldn't help but think of the underground research room of Alfred in Reynolds City.Iluli made my thoughts more certain.She said: "This is the magic research room." Shan Sen and I seemed to have come to a room that was completely unsuitable for us, so after standing there for a while, we started to play with those strange tools.Iluli flipped through some books and scrolls that looked like magic books, but it didn't take long for her to put those things down. "These contents belong to the magic system three hundred years ago. The era is too long, and it is not very useful." Iluli came out with only a few medicine bottles and scrolls.Shan Sen and I shrugged and walked towards the last room. The last room, the room of Karis Newman, the dwarf and god of fire, looks like a tool room.There are all kinds of tools and utensils in the room.Although the most common tools are used for digging holes, there are other tools used in various projects.There are mallets, picks, saws, drills, pliers, levers, scissors, vises, and more.There are also a lot of ropes, iron wires, nails, screws, pulleys, cranes, and various strange appliances of unknown purpose.In this magnificent piece of tool heaven, I took a lantern.Although there are already torches, the lantern I picked out looks several times better than the ones made by humans.This should be done by dwarves, right?I found an oil barrel in a corner of the room, put the oil into the lantern and lit it, and it really shone with brilliant and extraordinary lights, illuminating the surroundings brightly. "Iluli, you can send Guangjing away now." Relying on this light, we returned to the place where our group was. Karl and Gerent looked very pitiful. "How should I put it...it's really resentful..." Carl sighed.Gelent also kept sighing.Books take up a lot of space, and the number of books that he can take personally is not many.Therefore, it seems like a very cruel punishment for them to select the books that can be taken out from this huge library. Neelia's situation was not much better.Gemstones take up less space than books, but they are heavier.As soon as Nelia saw me in there, she grabbed me and ordered me to open all the boxes, so I did the drudgery on the spot.最后是卡尔进来，说我们必须赶紧去追涅克斯，此时妮莉亚才迫不得已，把钻石放到口袋里。过没多久，妮莉亚的口袋破了，因而引发了一阵骚动。 为了搬宝石，我和杉森从卡里斯·纽曼的房间里找来一些皮袋。 卡尔把一个皮袋装满之后，说道： “这样子应该就有十万塞尔了。” 接着卡尔又装满了一袋，说道： “这样子应该就足以用到我死了。” 其他人也各自装了宝石。伊露莉好像对宝石不太有兴趣，她只拿了一些可以当做旅费的金币。杰伦特欢欢喜喜地装满了皮袋之后说： “这样子应该连高阶祭司也会昏了过去。哈哈哈！大迷宫的入侵者杰伦特。这可以拿来当做这传说的证据了吧？” 我和杉森很贪心地装了很多的宝石。所以我们两个全都到了腰都挺不直的地步。杉森全都挑一些大的，所以很占空间，无法带走很多数量，不过他还是拿走了很多的宝石。而妮莉亚的情况则是刚好相反过来，她一直挑个不停，直到卡尔干咳了好多声，她才挑走了那些没那么大但是看起来很昂贵的宝石。话虽如此，她还是装了满满的十五个皮袋，结果现在她提不动背包了，一副哭丧的脸孔。卡尔有些不高兴地说： “你把一些宝石拿出来吧。” 妮莉亚好像立刻就要哭出来似的。我叹了一口气之后，建议把我的背包和她的背包对调。妮莉亚这才开心起来，还在我的脸颊上亲了一下。 我们，特别是妮莉亚，极尽所能地带走宝石，可是房间里留下来的宝石看起来却一点也没有被拿走的迹象。宝石多得简直到了非常可怕的地步。妮莉亚愈来愈不想离开，直到卡尔开始啰嗦个不停之后，她才迈开步伐走出去。 不管怎么样，我们吃力地走回到水路了。借着灯光走出去外面的路，竟是一条走起来让人累得半死的路。 啊，当然大家都带了一辈子也用不完的宝物，而且我、杉森和卡尔三人还完成了我们旅行的最初目的。我们已经装满了要给阿姆塔特的宝石。虽然我们是在从未想到过的地方，用未想到过的方法得到的，但不管怎么样，现在我爸爸、领主大人，还有其他士兵们的所有性命都可以被拯救了。 可是我们还没有找回蕾妮，所以我们的旅行还没有结束。如果从阿姆塔特那里解救出来之后又被克拉德美索杀死的话，终究什么用都没有。而且……坦白地说，我的腰太疼了，好累啊。几乎没有带什么东西的伊露莉轻快地走着，可是卡尔和杰伦特却因为书本的重量，其他人则因为宝石的重量，弄得所有人都腰痛得吃力叫苦，特别是背负着妮莉亚的超级重背包的我，即使是戴着OPG，还是累得快撑不下去了。 瀑布的声音变得愈来愈近，我们终于好不容易走到水路的入口。 我看到前方开始出现一颗火红的圆球。愈是走近就愈火红的那颗圆球，原来是黄昏的太阳。我们出来了。 风强劲地吹着，而且水势很湍急，我们那时候溜绳子下来的那条绳子被风吹得在半空中摇晃着。伊露莉召唤出风精，把绳子拉到我们这边。伊露莉先上去之后，卡尔、杰伦特、妮莉亚也上去了。又是我们两个留到最后。呃呃……可是我好像比下来的时候还要来得更加不安。 “这个，真是的。背包太重了，说不定绳子会因此断掉耶。” 我这番自言自语让杉森吓得脸色发青。 就算绳子不会断，上去也一定会比下来还要辛苦。而且我还踩踏着被阳光照得火红的峭壁，眼前的感觉好像变得有些奇怪。吹袭到峭壁的大风好像快把我的身体直接吹走似的。因为背包的关系，我的整个肩膀一直往后倾，害得我往上抓绳子的手臂愈来愈没力，不过，绳子是有尽头的。我终于要爬上峭壁了。 在峭壁上面，大家已经都聚坐着，对我伸出手臂要拉我上去，我两手握着卡尔和杰伦特的手，很容易就上去了。我喘息了一下之后，对下面大声喊道： “杉森！把绳子绑在身上！” 接着，我放下背包，开始把绳子往上拉起。 “修奇！卡尔！爸呀！妈呀！爷爷！领主大人！我的爱人呀！” 虽然下面开始传来很凄惨的尖叫声，但我不管，还是继续拉着绳子。可是他的尖叫声非常可笑。为什么要这样喊其他人的名字呢？ 这时我身旁传来： “不要忘了我！” 我差点就松手让杉森掉了下去。 不久之后，杉森的身影在峭壁上面出现了。他的脸孔即使是在夕阳的天空底下，还是很容易就看得一清二楚，可见有多苍白呀！杉森什么话也没说，直接就坐在峭壁上了。 我们坐在哈修泰尔宅邸的废墟，看着熊熊燃烧的太阳下山，以及看着相反方向开始有黑暗降临在永恒森林上方的光景。因为是坐在高处，所以天空辽阔无边。整个辽阔的天空红到根本找不到更红的颜色了，这真是十分壮观！ 最后，夜晚终于降临在永恒森林了。 “今天是几月几日呢？” 卡尔问道。我们虽然仔细想，但是在大迷宫里睡过两次，我们已经不知道今天到底正确日期是几月几日了。 “我们是昨天早上进去大迷宫的……今天是十一月十九日。” “是吗？嗯。我觉得我们好像在那下面过了好几年的感觉。” 接着我们又再沉默不语地俯瞰森林。我的脚底下有瀑布的水声震动着地面，风从四方猛烈吹袭而来。 在那愈来愈暗的夜空里出现星星了。 那些星星多得数不清。在这高耸的峭壁上面，我感觉全世界只剩下我们一行人，望着无数的星星。 我开口说道： “神龙王……虽然我们直接亲眼看到了，但我还是理不清对他的感想。” 卡尔嘻嘻笑着说： “神龙王当然是太阳喽。” 我们一面感受凉风吹拂全身，一面仰望天空。卡尔静静地接着说： “太阳是无法正眼直视的，而且它的光芒威严地照耀这全世界。它拥有管治万物的智慧与权能。可是它却是无法仰望的，而是强逼着所有人感受到它的光芒。它因为自身的光芒，反而无法看得到其他的黑暗。因为它实在是太伟大了。” 我不知不觉说道： “那么路坦尼欧大王呢？” 卡尔仍然还是仰望着天空，说道： “他当然是月亮喽。” “月亮？” “我们走在黑暗之中的时候，月亮照耀我们。它的光芒可以直视，不用抬头仰望也可以感觉得到。它或许没有伟大到能管治万物，可是对于走在黑暗里的人而言，它却给予他们帮助与希望。” “……那我们呢？” 妮莉亚用稍微细弱的声音问道。Carl smiled and said: "Us?" “是的。我们，嗯，是啊，我们是什么呢？” “我们是星星啊。” "Star?" “星星多得数不清，所以渺小微不足道，但还是可以看得到。如果不去仰望，我们就有可能会忘记彼此。就像在永恒森林里一样，我们如果不照顾彼此，如果不照顾好自己，随时都可能成为失去光芒而不再存在的星星们。” 森林变成了一片黑暗，在它上方的夜空中，能看到的只是星群而已。卡尔接着说： “可是我们知道要互相仰望啊。夜空昏暗，周围虽然只是一片冰冷的漆黑，但是星星一定会给予仰望者光芒。我们也可以说是像那些仰望者的眼睛里存在的星光。可是我们的光芒并不弱啊。互相仰望的时候，我们会散发出我们所有的光芒。” “像我这种坏小偷呢？” 妮莉亚的声音并不悲伤。而卡尔的回答也是很平心静气： “现在你应该知道了吧？妮莉亚小姐。在你周围有我们，我们在看着你。而你正在对我们散发出你的光芒。我们是不会忘记彼此的。因为至少我们会互相仰望。” 在黑暗之中，妮莉亚的眼睛像星星般美丽地闪烁着。我甚至还认为闪烁的可能是她的眼泪，不过我姑且不去想了。所以我抬头仰望夜空。 我一仰望，那些星星便给予我光芒。
What a loud laugh.The laughter almost resounded through the sky.I suddenly became very happy.I turned my head to look at Shan Sen, he was smiling all over his face.Nelia looked as if she was in a dream, while Gerent laughed loudly.The whole world is laughing. "Hahahahahaha!" The Dragon King just laughed with the whole world.We were crying and laughing.It was such a pleasure.I can say it was the first time in my life that I laughed like this.Even Carl laughs his face into a mess, and we see his face and laugh even louder, almost choking.Iluli smiled beautifully and giggled.She is so beautiful. The Dragon King finally stopped laughing, and then said with a smile: "Three hundred years later, I finally got the answer! I only now know the reason for my defeat." Carl wiped away tears, trying to catch his breath.It was some time before he was able to speak solemnly. "Dragon King...you are a single, complete life form." We also slowly stopped laughing and looked at Shenlongwang.After my belly laugh, I can't even stand still now.The Dragon King nodded and said: "Yes. I am a living body that exists as an individual, so I cannot understand the concept of 'I' that is projected into other lives. My death is of course the shattering of my entire individuality." Carl said solemnly: "You...are beings that have existed for a very long time. You have unlimited time for you alone. No one else can share it with you. But we are not. So we share and give ourselves to each other." The Dragon King nodded and said: "This is a gift from God to you. It is another gift from God to me. But let us not compare each other's gifts now. You have already understood this, and I understand it now. However, To judge and compare the importance of the two is something neither of us can do." After Karl heard the gentle voice of the Dragon King, he nodded in a humble manner and said: "You're right. I apologize for my rudeness earlier." "No, you didn't do anything wrong to me. As I said just now, you already know me, but I don't know you yet. That's why I said that the atmosphere was not very good, and I did that. An unacceptable experiment. Yes. It was a joke. Forgive me." The Dragon King stroked his beard. "At that time, I saw your reaction, which gave me great doubts. Naturally, I couldn't understand it at the time. But I found my answer from Xiu Qi's answer. I thank you in the name of Dragon King." "Ah, yes. Haha. Of course, ah, no, that, um, I really can't bear it when you say that." People who know what I am usually cannot imagine that these are my words.Uh. I finally had to answer like this, but the Dragon King just smiled. After looking at each of us, he said quietly: "I'll take you out. It's been such a pleasure spending time with you. I'd love to say thank you. But like I said, this is not the place for you to be." Carl bowed his head solemnly and said: "We understand that. Well, but where is the girl and the rest of the party?" "The girl and the others were all sent out of the Great Labyrinth. When I asked Gerent, he said that they were not your companions. I didn't want a fight to happen in this place, so I sent them away at that time, and decided to only fight with you." You meet." Carl was speechless with regret, and said: "I can't help it. Because the master can do whatever he wants in his own home. But that man Nex came here because he had an obvious purpose for this place. I think he might come in again." "Do you know his purpose?" "No, I don't know." The Dragon King said calmly: "But I know his purpose. He is from the Xiulizhe family, right?" "Huh? Ah, yes. That's right. How do you know?" "Of course I know Kamu Xiulizhe. I can feel the same breath as him." Carl opened his eyes wide and said: "How do you know Kamu Shulizhe?" "Kamu Shulizhe used to be the Dragon Soul Envoy of Klade Meso. I am the Dragon King, am I not?" "Ah...yes. So that, can you tell us why he came here?" The Dragon King did not answer Karl's question.He just said as if talking to himself: "Anyone who thinks that a huge flame originates from a huge fire must be considered a fool. The weak fire hidden in the depths of the jungle, the fire that can be extinguished by just blowing with your mouth, may burn the whole world of." The Dragon King just finished saying this.He turned to us and said: "I won't let him come here again. Don't worry about it." Carl smiled lightly and said: "Then please let us out now. We must catch up with him quickly. You have taken so much time here, but I think you may not need our apology for the time." The Dragon King said with a depressed expression: "Time... I don't understand your views on time either. It seems that I can't understand your human psychology." Carl smiled and said: "As I told you just now, this is a gift from heaven." "Yeah. It's a dreadful gait that looks downright stupid! Thanks to you, it'll make me have Hendrick's nightmare again; well, I'll let you out now. For the delay For this point of time, and this matter that gave me an answer, I want to give you gifts as compensation. In my treasury, you can take what you like." Before Karl could answer, Nelia jumped up and said: "what?" She uttered a voice like a scream, and immediately flinched and said: "That, that, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry; um, but, really? Can it really be taken away as you like?" "As long as you like, you can take as much as you can." "Thank you! Really, really thank you so much!" Nelia looks like she's doing a quick dance.Carl solemnly said: "Thank you. We'll be here again when all this is over." Now the light in my eyes does fade.The white clothes of the Dragon King are now blue-gray.And the surrounding water color also became darker.The Dragon King is a little far away from us, it's hard to see his face. "I don't seem to have ever taken a gift from a human being." At this moment, Karl looked at the Dragon King with a stiff expression.But the Dragon King was smiling. Now his expression is not lifeless stone.He was smiling, broadly. Karl bowed his head respectfully and said: "Please forgive our rudeness, Dragon King." The Dragon King smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it. You and I are both wrong." Carl immediately looked embarrassed; I don't know if that's the right way to say it, but I always think they look like two octogenarians joking about something.The two old men looked like they were laughing heartily, without any greed or desire, they put everything behind them and talked jokingly; Carl said something he didn't know what it meant: "Hope you're having a good night." "thank you." At this time, Yi Luli took a step forward; she looked at the Dragon King quietly, and then the Dragon King turned his head and said to Yi Luli: "Daughter of the Forest. Do you have anything to say?" Yi Luli bowed her head respectfully to him and saluted the sun.She said calmly: "As for the content of the conversation between the two of you, although I have something to ask, I should just ask Mr. Carl. But I have a question that I would like to ask you to answer me." "what is the problem?" "Where is Hendrick?" The Dragon King looked at Iluli silently, and Iluli's black eyes were still looking at the Dragon King motionless.The Dragon King said majestically: "What more would you ask of a poor man who's lost everything?" "I hope to learn the magic of level ten." The Dragon King's eyes moved, and he said: "You really...have you made up your mind?" "yes." "I see. You little boy of Ubigne, guess where Hoganes hid the key?" Ellie's expression became very happy.After I met her, I have never seen her look so happy like now. "Is that really the case?" "yes." "Thank you, glorious Dragon King." The Dragon King smiled.He raised his finger and pointed opposite. We all turned to look, and there were some light panels between the pillars.They float above the floor with a light panel every fixed distance.It looks like a ladder. The Dragon King looked like he didn't want to say anything more.I don't know why this happened, maybe he didn't think it necessary to say goodbye.I think it should be like this. After we all made a staring salute, we each picked up our backpacks and walked slowly towards the light ladder. I looked back at him again.He didn't watch us leave, but quietly stared elsewhere.I turned my head and stepped on the stairs. Then I went into the water, but I didn't get wet at all. We stepped up the light ladder.This light ladder is a spiral ladder extending upwards.Although we can breathe, but probably because we are in the water, we are all silent.As we walked up without a word, Gerent, who was walking at the back, said: "Disappeared?" I looked back, and the steps we walked had become blurred one by one.We stood happily at the end of the glowing staircase in the dark water.At this moment, I couldn't help taking a deep breath. At the bottom of the lake below, a huge golden dragon is sleeping. The golden dragon is so huge that it can be said to be unbelievable. It is impossible to see its body at a glance; so you have to turn your head for a while to see the tail from the beginning.It feels like we become ants looking at people.In the dark water, although the golden color is not so bright, but because of this, you can feel the hugeness even more.I feel like I'm getting dizzy from watching this. The golden dragon squeezed its huge body to the bottom of the lake.It looks like it is sleeping. It must not want someone to cause a commotion, do something rude, and disturb his sleep.So we didn't dare to look back at him again, but stepped up the stairs quickly but quietly.It seemed to me that we were little servants insolently intruding into the king's bedchamber.Wow, my whole body is shaking! As we walked up the stairs, it became darker and darker, almost to the point where we couldn't see our fingers.I think we've come a long way, so I take another look back.The figure of the Dragon King could only be seen as a vague outline in the darkness.Something infinitely vast, but something of the past is there.The gigantic beings that do not exist in our time are becoming more and more obscure and eventually disappear. I suddenly became extremely sad.
As soon as we came out of the water, Iluli immediately summoned the light spirit first.The place where we were standing turned out to be a road beside the central lake.As soon as Gerent, who came up last, reached the top, the light ladder disappeared completely, and then the lake water became like a black mirror again.However, I will not forget.I will not forget the Shenlong King who is sleeping down here. Nelia immediately jumped up and ran, and shouted with joy, so loud that I thought the cave was about to collapse.She was running in the other direction with terrifying speed.Of course it was the revenge room, Valencia's room.After Karl gave us a listless look, he coughed dryly and said: "Cough, cough. Mr. Qinbo, do you want to go together?" "Okay. Carl." After Gerente solemnly finished speaking without hesitation, the two immediately walked one after the other, and hurriedly disappeared into the pure room, which was Calanbel's room.After shrugging my shoulders, I said to Shan Sen: "Yeah. I'll choose gifts later. Shall we go to the room on the left first?" "Ah. Good." Then Shan Sen looked at Yi Luli.Yi Luli smiled and walked with us. The rooms on the left have Destruction, Storm, and Fire written on them.So, say the names of Letty, Edbroy, and Caris Newman to the opposite door, and you can enter.The room of Leti, the God of Swords and Destruction, is a weapon arsenal.There are all kinds of weapons, armor and shields.This is the first time in my life that I have seen so many strange weapons. I think there must be many of them that are not used by humans.We tried our luck to see if we could find the magic sword, but gave up after a while.Because no matter how we hold it or look for it, we can't find a weapon that can start talking as soon as we hold it, and not only that, there are too many weapons, and it may take a few days to hold a sword.And I also added that Iluli told us that not all magic swords are talking swords like the Duanya sword.So after Shan Sen gave up, he said: "Oh, I am He Tante's guard captain, in fact, the long sword given to me by the lord is enough." After Shan Sen finished speaking like this, I had nothing to say.Until now, I have been swinging my sword desperately to practice swords, and finally got familiar with my giant sword, so if I want to change to other weapons now, I will have to work hard to get familiar with it again in the days to come.And I am not so much relying on the performance of the weapon, but rather relying on OPG. What use is a good weapon to me?So after Iluli got some bows and arrows, we left that room. The moment we entered the room of Edbroy, the God of Storms and Cosmos, I couldn't help but think of the underground research room of Alfred in Reynolds City.Iluli made my thoughts more certain.She said: "This is the magic research room." Shan Sen and I seemed to have come to a room that was completely unsuitable for us, so after standing there for a while, we started to play with those strange tools.Iluli flipped through some books and scrolls that looked like magic books, but it didn't take long for her to put those things down. "These contents belong to the magic system three hundred years ago. The era is too long, and it is not very useful." Iluli came out with only a few medicine bottles and scrolls.Shan Sen and I shrugged and walked towards the last room. The last room, the room of Karis Newman, the dwarf and god of fire, looks like a tool room.There are all kinds of tools and utensils in the room.Although the most common tools are used for digging holes, there are other tools used in various projects.There are mallets, picks, saws, drills, pliers, levers, scissors, vises, and more.There are also a lot of ropes, iron wires, nails, screws, pulleys, cranes, and various strange appliances of unknown purpose.In this magnificent piece of tool heaven, I took a lantern.Although there are already torches, the lantern I picked out looks several times better than the ones made by humans.This should be done by dwarves, right?I found an oil barrel in a corner of the room, put the oil into the lantern and lit it, and it really shone with brilliant and extraordinary lights, illuminating the surroundings brightly. "Iluli, you can send Guangjing away now." Relying on this light, we returned to the place where our group was. Karl and Gerent looked very pitiful. "How should I put it...it's really resentful..." Carl sighed.Gelent also kept sighing.Books take up a lot of space, and the number of books that he can take personally is not many.Therefore, it seems like a very cruel punishment for them to select the books that can be taken out from this huge library. Neelia's situation was not much better.Gemstones take up less space than books, but they are heavier.As soon as Nelia saw me in there, she grabbed me and ordered me to open all the boxes, so I did the drudgery on the spot.最后是卡尔进来，说我们必须赶紧去追涅克斯，此时妮莉亚才迫不得已，把钻石放到口袋里。过没多久，妮莉亚的口袋破了，因而引发了一阵骚动。 为了搬宝石，我和杉森从卡里斯·纽曼的房间里找来一些皮袋。 卡尔把一个皮袋装满之后，说道： “这样子应该就有十万塞尔了。” 接着卡尔又装满了一袋，说道： “这样子应该就足以用到我死了。” 其他人也各自装了宝石。伊露莉好像对宝石不太有兴趣，她只拿了一些可以当做旅费的金币。杰伦特欢欢喜喜地装满了皮袋之后说： “这样子应该连高阶祭司也会昏了过去。哈哈哈！大迷宫的入侵者杰伦特。这可以拿来当做这传说的证据了吧？” 我和杉森很贪心地装了很多的宝石。所以我们两个全都到了腰都挺不直的地步。杉森全都挑一些大的，所以很占空间，无法带走很多数量，不过他还是拿走了很多的宝石。而妮莉亚的情况则是刚好相反过来，她一直挑个不停，直到卡尔干咳了好多声，她才挑走了那些没那么大但是看起来很昂贵的宝石。话虽如此，她还是装了满满的十五个皮袋，结果现在她提不动背包了，一副哭丧的脸孔。卡尔有些不高兴地说： “你把一些宝石拿出来吧。” 妮莉亚好像立刻就要哭出来似的。我叹了一口气之后，建议把我的背包和她的背包对调。妮莉亚这才开心起来，还在我的脸颊上亲了一下。 我们，特别是妮莉亚，极尽所能地带走宝石，可是房间里留下来的宝石看起来却一点也没有被拿走的迹象。宝石多得简直到了非常可怕的地步。妮莉亚愈来愈不想离开，直到卡尔开始啰嗦个不停之后，她才迈开步伐走出去。 不管怎么样，我们吃力地走回到水路了。借着灯光走出去外面的路，竟是一条走起来让人累得半死的路。 啊，当然大家都带了一辈子也用不完的宝物，而且我、杉森和卡尔三人还完成了我们旅行的最初目的。我们已经装满了要给阿姆塔特的宝石。虽然我们是在从未想到过的地方，用未想到过的方法得到的，但不管怎么样，现在我爸爸、领主大人，还有其他士兵们的所有性命都可以被拯救了。 可是我们还没有找回蕾妮，所以我们的旅行还没有结束。如果从阿姆塔特那里解救出来之后又被克拉德美索杀死的话，终究什么用都没有。而且……坦白地说，我的腰太疼了，好累啊。几乎没有带什么东西的伊露莉轻快地走着，可是卡尔和杰伦特却因为书本的重量，其他人则因为宝石的重量，弄得所有人都腰痛得吃力叫苦，特别是背负着妮莉亚的超级重背包的我，即使是戴着OPG，还是累得快撑不下去了。 瀑布的声音变得愈来愈近，我们终于好不容易走到水路的入口。 我看到前方开始出现一颗火红的圆球。愈是走近就愈火红的那颗圆球，原来是黄昏的太阳。我们出来了。 风强劲地吹着，而且水势很湍急，我们那时候溜绳子下来的那条绳子被风吹得在半空中摇晃着。伊露莉召唤出风精，把绳子拉到我们这边。伊露莉先上去之后，卡尔、杰伦特、妮莉亚也上去了。又是我们两个留到最后。呃呃……可是我好像比下来的时候还要来得更加不安。 “这个，真是的。背包太重了，说不定绳子会因此断掉耶。” 我这番自言自语让杉森吓得脸色发青。 就算绳子不会断，上去也一定会比下来还要辛苦。而且我还踩踏着被阳光照得火红的峭壁，眼前的感觉好像变得有些奇怪。吹袭到峭壁的大风好像快把我的身体直接吹走似的。因为背包的关系，我的整个肩膀一直往后倾，害得我往上抓绳子的手臂愈来愈没力，不过，绳子是有尽头的。我终于要爬上峭壁了。 在峭壁上面，大家已经都聚坐着，对我伸出手臂要拉我上去，我两手握着卡尔和杰伦特的手，很容易就上去了。我喘息了一下之后，对下面大声喊道： “杉森！把绳子绑在身上！” 接着，我放下背包，开始把绳子往上拉起。 “修奇！卡尔！爸呀！妈呀！爷爷！领主大人！我的爱人呀！” 虽然下面开始传来很凄惨的尖叫声，但我不管，还是继续拉着绳子。可是他的尖叫声非常可笑。为什么要这样喊其他人的名字呢？ 这时我身旁传来： “不要忘了我！” 我差点就松手让杉森掉了下去。 不久之后，杉森的身影在峭壁上面出现了。他的脸孔即使是在夕阳的天空底下，还是很容易就看得一清二楚，可见有多苍白呀！杉森什么话也没说，直接就坐在峭壁上了。 我们坐在哈修泰尔宅邸的废墟，看着熊熊燃烧的太阳下山，以及看着相反方向开始有黑暗降临在永恒森林上方的光景。因为是坐在高处，所以天空辽阔无边。整个辽阔的天空红到根本找不到更红的颜色了，这真是十分壮观！ 最后，夜晚终于降临在永恒森林了。 “今天是几月几日呢？” 卡尔问道。我们虽然仔细想，但是在大迷宫里睡过两次，我们已经不知道今天到底正确日期是几月几日了。 “我们是昨天早上进去大迷宫的……今天是十一月十九日。” “是吗？嗯。我觉得我们好像在那下面过了好几年的感觉。” 接着我们又再沉默不语地俯瞰森林。我的脚底下有瀑布的水声震动着地面，风从四方猛烈吹袭而来。 在那愈来愈暗的夜空里出现星星了。 那些星星多得数不清。在这高耸的峭壁上面，我感觉全世界只剩下我们一行人，望着无数的星星。 我开口说道： “神龙王……虽然我们直接亲眼看到了，但我还是理不清对他的感想。” 卡尔嘻嘻笑着说： “神龙王当然是太阳喽。” 我们一面感受凉风吹拂全身，一面仰望天空。卡尔静静地接着说： “太阳是无法正眼直视的，而且它的光芒威严地照耀这全世界。它拥有管治万物的智慧与权能。可是它却是无法仰望的，而是强逼着所有人感受到它的光芒。它因为自身的光芒，反而无法看得到其他的黑暗。因为它实在是太伟大了。” 我不知不觉说道： “那么路坦尼欧大王呢？” 卡尔仍然还是仰望着天空，说道： “他当然是月亮喽。” “月亮？” “我们走在黑暗之中的时候，月亮照耀我们。它的光芒可以直视，不用抬头仰望也可以感觉得到。它或许没有伟大到能管治万物，可是对于走在黑暗里的人而言，它却给予他们帮助与希望。” “……那我们呢？” 妮莉亚用稍微细弱的声音问道。Carl smiled and said: "Us?" “是的。我们，嗯，是啊，我们是什么呢？” “我们是星星啊。” "Star?" “星星多得数不清，所以渺小微不足道，但还是可以看得到。如果不去仰望，我们就有可能会忘记彼此。就像在永恒森林里一样，我们如果不照顾彼此，如果不照顾好自己，随时都可能成为失去光芒而不再存在的星星们。” 森林变成了一片黑暗，在它上方的夜空中，能看到的只是星群而已。卡尔接着说： “可是我们知道要互相仰望啊。夜空昏暗，周围虽然只是一片冰冷的漆黑，但是星星一定会给予仰望者光芒。我们也可以说是像那些仰望者的眼睛里存在的星光。可是我们的光芒并不弱啊。互相仰望的时候，我们会散发出我们所有的光芒。” “像我这种坏小偷呢？” 妮莉亚的声音并不悲伤。而卡尔的回答也是很平心静气： “现在你应该知道了吧？妮莉亚小姐。在你周围有我们，我们在看着你。而你正在对我们散发出你的光芒。我们是不会忘记彼此的。因为至少我们会互相仰望。” 在黑暗之中，妮莉亚的眼睛像星星般美丽地闪烁着。我甚至还认为闪烁的可能是她的眼泪，不过我姑且不去想了。所以我抬头仰望夜空。 我一仰望，那些星星便给予我光芒。