Chapter 51 Chapter Fifty-One "The Passenger's Way"

I don't want to see other people's tears, and I don't want to be seen crying.Gen couldn't reach the exit of the woods alone, hid from Crescent Moon's eyes behind the bushes, and cried loudly for a while. My heart is like wet clothes that have just been washed. Although my hands are desperately trying to wring them dry, tears always come out.It's so heavy and uncomfortable, almost unbearable, but I can't give up halfway. Where does sadness come from? It was really sad when I met my father who ran away from home again in the park.When my mother quarreled with a woman named Rika, and fled the scene by herself, hiding under the bed, she was very sad.Afterwards, Uncle "Lu" came to him, and he wanted to comfort himself, but he burst into tears. At that time, the pain was so sad that it would never have happened again.

right.I came to the fantasy world because I hated sadness and wanted to change my fate.But in this fantasy world, the heartbreaking pain is like this at this moment to prevent myself from crying. That being the case, wouldn't it be better to do nothing in the first place?Suffering silently in this world, is the result the same?Wherever one goes, sadness follows.No matter how much time passes, sadness will not disappear. There is only one heart, which is born with it and cannot be replaced or repaired.I can't tell where it came from, but what I add is just sadness?Store them somewhere in your heart.

Gen cried for a while, breathing hard.He wrapped his arms around the trunk, pressed his face against the rough bark, and waited for his breath to settle. — my fate. Try to change, and encounter new sadness.If you want to change it, what is waiting for you in front of you? ——What should be changed, what should be changed, is mine, mine... --What exactly is it? What should I do in this corner of the fantasy world that is about to be wiped out by the demons? Light footsteps came across the grass.Gen raised his head and hurriedly wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. It's Mina.She also had tears on her face.

"You are here." Maybe he was afraid that if he made a sound, he would choke up because of it.Mina just greeted in a low voice, as if adding a little pronunciation to the sigh. "Oh." "I also... also want to say goodbye to Ms. Katz." Mina's eyes were the color of the night forest, and Gen thought, my eyes must be the same color at this moment.The pain of losing Katz, the sense of failure that everything had failed, the forest helped us hide it from each other. "What about everyone?" "It's resting." "That's good."

Gen suddenly wanted to make an excuse to leave. "Before I send the Solebrians to the cave, I'll scout out. There may be survivors. It's a pity to leave them behind." Mina shook her head: "There is no one else." "But you have to confirm it." "You said to reconnaissance, where will you end? It is too dangerous to return to the imperial capital." "I'm very careful..." Before finishing speaking, Ki Kima's huge shadow quietly appeared behind Mina.His frozen face showed exhaustion.On the skin of the lizard-like water human, he could see something like wrinkles, which he shouldn't have.

I thought to myself, Katz's enthusiasm will always give us encouragement.There are very few people who can do this.No one can replace her. but.Ky Keema had something to say. "Are you talking about reconnaissance? Then, I will go too." The ears are so sharp.He let out a sigh of relief. "I want to go back to the imperial capital and have a look. Maybe there are people who can't walk." "That's true." Ki Kima reached out to grab the handle of the big ax on his back and unloaded the big axe.He glanced at Mina and said, "We are Highland Guards. Even in the Northern Continent, our mission has not changed."

Mina bowed her head. Ki Kima added, "Kats would have done that. She'd say, go see if anyone escapes in time. So, I..." For a moment Mina burst into tears.base?Gemma put his large palm on her shoulder. "How are you? It's good to stay here and be vigilant." "Let's go together." Mina raised her head resolutely and said.At the same time, a few tears rolled down her cheeks, shining brightly. "Okay, let's start carefully. Although it's quiet now, the demons have wings, and it's not clear where they will be guarding. We have to choose a dark place and keep our heads down."

"Ki Kima's target is the most obvious, he's too big." "I know I know." The faint light of the moonlight was outcropping when the three of them observed the surroundings, and it flashed behind the clouds when the three of them were hiding in the bushes or grass, and it was dark, which seemed to be intentional.As if to say, although I can't help you, at least I'm on your side. The collapsed city wall of the imperial capital itself seemed to have turned into a row of huge rocks and waves, drawing a curved line.The collapse caused strange regeneration.Gen Yi's crawling speed was close to the city wall. Looking at the scene, he even felt that the imperial capital was designed in this way from the beginning.

"The mirror of ever-darkness cannot be seen." Mina narrowed her eyes and murmured. "It should be floating in that sky - where the Crystal Palace used to be." Exactly what Mina said.Perhaps even the crescent moon is unwilling to illuminate that kind of unlucky thing. "Hiding in the dark?" There was a burnt smell all around.The fire was out, and no heat could be felt on the night air.It's just chilly, with a nasty stench. One of the reasons for the stench is the smell of corpses.Under the mountain of rubble, under the ruins of the fire, how many remains?

Meihe alone took the lives of countless people.He knew that this would happen, but he insisted on going his own way and did not use any means. Swipe, swipe, and the dead grass under your feet makes a sound. "I passed out because of being bounced by Meihe, so I didn't see it." Gen said such a sentence suddenly.Ki Kima and Mina stopped. "Didn't see anything?" "Just now I heard from people in Sorebria that before the Mirror of Ever Darkness appeared, a beam of light rose from the central spire of the Crystal Palace to the sky. It said that it looked like a pillar, and there was a small figure rushing towards it. up."

Mina turned her back as if to escape, and looked towards the woods.It's come a long way.Grass and shrubs sway in the night wind. "So—did you two see it?" Ki Kima took a step forward, and after observing the surroundings before him, he replied: "I saw it." "Oh, that's right." "It does look like ascending to heaven." After Ki Kima finished speaking, he swung his ax as if trying to throw something away. "Although this is the case, I still don't know if Meihe has successfully reached the Tower of Destiny. If I were a goddess, I would reject this kind of guy. Teach him: Is it just for my own wish to make the fantasy world like this?" These words stimulated a fragment of Gen's memory.The elders in the village of Sakawa said that those who may not run fast will reach the Tower of Destiny first. In retrospect, here and now, maybe it was just comfort in vain. Gen looked up at the night sky.Thin clouds, as transparent as a net, flowed slowly in front of the crescent moon. Then, the red shining northern evil star, it is still there and has not disappeared. "Haneira" is not over, because the man column has not yet been determined. So far, it has been an even crueler delay. Suddenly, Mina lowered her voice and shouted: "Who? Who's that over there?" Both Gen and Ji Kema put their postures in place, and looked back.He drew the sword of the brave. Behind the three of them, within ten paces of Ki Kima's stride, grew a shabby, twisted tree.In the shadow of the tree, the shivering white skirt was revealed... "It's that girl." Heng put his hand on Ki Kima and shouted to the white skirt, "What are you doing?" The girl showed a panicked face, and she squatted there covering her mouth with her hands.Gen ran to her side. "Why did you leave the woods and follow us?" "You, are you going to the imperial capital?" The girl was trembling all over.She was wearing a dress, which couldn't resist the cold.Teeth chattering. "Take me. Perhaps—there are survivors in the city." After hesitating for a moment, Gen took off his shirt and handed it to the girl.If you want to put it on her, she is much taller than Gen. "Let's take a look near the city wall first. If it is impossible to enter the city, we can only give up." "That's fine." While trembling, the girl draped Wataru's top over her shoulders.Although he looked like a gentleman, Gen, who only had one shirt left, was in danger of freezing to death. "Did you hear what everyone said in the woods? The Crystal Palace has disappeared, and it has been swallowed by the mirror of eternal darkness. It is impossible for the people in the castle to survive." The girl's blue cheeks were covered with goosebumps from the cold, fear and loneliness.However, when Wataru returned between Ki Kima and Mina, she followed suit. In a team of four, Mina walked last.She kept watching the girl in the white dress, and Mina spoke to her from behind as she walked. "You, are you from the castle?" The girl flinched a little and didn't answer. "What an expensive dress. Are you an aristocrat?" Still silent.Maybe Mina's question felt sharp and thorny. "Is it a person of high status, can't you tell? What happened to the emperor's army when the imperial capital was in a mess? Where is it now? Don't plan to defend the people?" Before he could come to mediate, Ki Gema interjected: "When Golem was raging, I saw several groups of knights coming out of the castle. However, they couldn't resist at all, and they were smashed immediately. Even if there are troops left defending the city , when the Mirror of Eternal Darkness appears, they all..." Mina pressed hard. "So, what about the other armies? What about the 'Sigdra' directly under the Northern Emperor? Where is it? What are they doing? Do you know?" From what he saw in the Hall of Mirrors, Wataru realized the girl's identity.This person is probably Emperor Jia Ma?The daughter of King Aglias VII, it is more accurate to call her a princess. Also, she has the exact same face as Mizuru's unfortunate young sister-in-law in this world. Just as Gen met someone who looked exactly like his father and Li Xiangzi, Meihe also met the clone of her relatives in this world.Wat is still puzzled by what Meihe left for the princess when he left.A scale of happiness tilted too far?What does it mean?In the Swamp of Sadness, I met a man and a woman who had an extramarital affair. They did what their real father and Rikako did for the same reason, but neither side was happy or unhappy.Who did Meihe meet in Meihe's fantasy world?What have you heard?How is it considered? "'Sigdra' is not an army." The princess finally replied, her voice was weak, "So, at this time??" "—doesn't work? Hmph." Mina cut in quickly, snorting. The princess's lips trembled, and she shrank her body, as if she wanted to hide in Ki Kima's figure. "If the Guards Knights defending the city were like what this gentleman said, they should have been wiped out early. The elite troops of the Imperial Army led by General Aza have left Sorebria by chance. Maybe they are rushing to reinforce here at this moment. .But if you encounter demons on the way, you will definitely start a battle??" "Do you want to say that they will go to war to defend the people?" Mina said harshly, "Wait until Sorebria is destroyed? Do you wait until the emperor is dead? From now on, who will govern the unified empire? Who will give the imperial army give an order?" In terms of blood, this princess deserves to inherit this position. "Stop it, Mina." Ki Kima persuaded tactfully. "I understand how you feel. But forget it now." "Forget it? I'm just asking a question." "I mean, don't ask. If you speak loudly, you will startle the demons." The ruins of the city wall appeared in front of my eyes.It stands in the front, obstructing the view.The place with the city gate should be closer to the east——because it is connected to the main road, it will be obvious immediately.However, they don't want to rashly appear in an open place like a boulevard. "It's not easy to climb over. Let's walk along the city wall for a while, looking for a place where we can go in." This time it was Ji Gema who was behind, and Heng walked in the front, and the princess followed closely behind him.Perhaps because of this, the hostility towards her from Mina, and even the cold night wind were driven away to Wataru. "The couple who... just prayed for Ms. Katz." Mina spoke.Ki Kima and Wataru were spying and listening through the rubble, looking for people's movements, but Mina seemed to have forgotten her mission.The little face in deep thought stared at the princess's slender back. "It is said that about ten years ago, the sons fled to the south with their grandsons. And the couple have been looking for opportunities for men to escape. So I understand that the prayer is a part of the goddess' prayer. Therefore, it is not the old northern gods. It is chanted by believers, so I used to feel strange." "Same as my family." Mina's voice dropped a lot. "People living in the unified empire, even if they are lucky enough to live in the imperial capital of Sorebria, are still very difficult. The only ones who are proud of the spring breeze are the emperor's family and those who flatter them. The citizens are suffering. This time it is even worse. Even the usual The seal of the Mirror of Darkness has been released, not only the Northern Continent, but also the entire Illusory Realm are in danger. This broken emperor is really nothing! Now that things have come to an end, he ran away and hid himself, right?" The princess couldn't bear it anymore and turned her head to Mina and said, "Father is dead!" "Sophie, the daughter of Jamma Aglia VII of our city." The girl trembled, but still resolutely faced Ki Kima and Mina, looking at the two of them. "I am the heir to the throne. Now that my father is dead, the responsibility to defend the people and command the army rests with me." Mina was speechless when things went wrong.However, she immediately put on a posture, and her fighting spirit was even stronger in her eyes. "In that case, what are you doing here! Do what you should do now!" He stood between the two of them. "Stop arguing." "But!" "You don't talk like that, Mina." As if a basin of cold water had been poured, Mina's expression became less aggressive, and the anger in her eyes disappeared. "Even if you are a princess, you are alone at this time. There is nothing you can do if you can't do anything. Isn't it?" Ky Kima echoed in a low voice.Mina turned around roughly, and hit Wataru's flank with the tip of her tail. Ki Kima looked up at the undulating wreckage of the wall. "Why don't you tell me, where do we go? I still think it's dangerous to go inside." "Can you climb up and take a look inside? It's good to take a peek." "It's not good at such a high place. Find a place that has collapsed more severely." The four of them walked along the city wall again, and after a while, there was the sound of rustling wind, and they thought it was the cry of people for a moment, but when they listened carefully, it seemed that it was the sound of the wind. "Strange sound. Maybe a wind tunnel has formed somewhere." Is that it? Ki Kima pointed ahead.Debris that had once collapsed formed a hill ahead.The scorched remains are like fish bones in the leftovers, sticking out with prongs.Perhaps this creates a void through which the wind blows. "Can you climb over those branches by stepping on them?" When I approached and tried to climb, I collapsed all of a sudden, as if I was climbing a big sand pile. "It's so strange..." If it's the wreckage of a house or building, it should be stronger.Why, these clumps of sand and broken rock— Gen suddenly realized: it was Golem.The mountain was a golem, the unmoving remains of its disenchantment. Meihe's words echoed clearly: there is no Golem, only one person is needed to be the "material".The stone giant who destroyed the imperial capital was originally a victim of Mizuru's use. "Gen," Mina pulled Gen's cuff, "Is there... is there something flashing there?" Carefully observe the direction Mina pointed out, and there is indeed a small light shining in the gap between the sandy soil where Golem is at the end of the road. Maybe someone?No, it's impossible.While hesitating, when Gen stretched out his hand to touch the hilt of the Sword of the Brave, the light spot shone brighter on his face. Spots of light quietly floated up and came towards Gen. Certainly.This time Gen calmly drew his sword in his hand and raised it to eye level. The voice of the elf hiding in the gem said in Gen's heart: ——In the long prison, I have been waiting alone. "Passenger". A white curtain of light unfolded in front of him.The curtain opened, and a tall man appeared floatingly. He was dressed in a silver-white robe with sleeves, and his hair was tied with a tulle of the same color. The fourth jewel.Under such a helpless situation, in the bottomless despair, Baoyu did not abandon Gen. ——I am the spirit of faith who respects the sincerity of human beings and is in charge of mutual fear and friendship.In the northern land, although there are passionate people, the righteous way of mutual respect has long been forgotten.I was buried in frozen ground, embraced by rocks, and forced to sleep. Ben paid homage to the elf, kneeling on one knee and turning his face up. ——Don't risk your life easily.Don't take your life lightly.Where there is faith, there is kinship and forgiveness; where there is forgiveness, there is rare true equality.It is easy to fall into selfish desires, pursue happiness, and stray from the way of being a human being.People are weak, and many go astray without knowing it.However, it is a great false consolation to preach that "the place where all people fall is heaven". O Traveler, by faith, forgive those who stand in your way.However, if that person's steps violate the truth, you should stop him according to righteousness. The fourth precious jade floated down and was stored in the tsuba of the sword of the brave.The sword of the brave flickered for a moment, and a powerful wave spread to Gen. "This, this is..." Ki Ki took a deep breath like a gasp, slowly prostrated himself on the ground, and lowered his head. "It's Baoyu's guidance!" Then he jumped up, hugged him with both hands, and held it high. "Did you see it? Did you see it? The goddess is waiting for you! The journey is not over!" After fighting like that, how could he still be so energetic?Heng was shaken a few times, almost dizzy. "M-Understood, Ki Kima! Put me down!" Even the tears that Katz held back when he died wet Ji?Keema's cheek.The tears of the big Shuiren were so warm that they repelled the cold night wind of the northern continent and the ominous atmosphere of the demons in an instant. "Are you a 'traveler' too?" Princess Sophie stared at Gen, her pupils were so shocked that they could hardly focus. "Yes. Mizuru and I—from the same place in this world. We are friends." "So, you are also targeting the Tower of Destiny? Do you want to follow Mr. Meihe?" The high mood suddenly cooled down. To go to the Tower of Destiny, one precious jade is still missing.The sword of the brave is not yet finished. Meihe's last gem is the dark gem, which is kept in the Hall of Mirrors in the Crystal Palace.So, where is Heng's last gem?Is there still time to find it? Fengming and Xiaoxiao...... Mina startled and pricked up her ears. "What's that sound?" Beep, beep, beep... "This time it's not the sound of the wind, it's the sound of something." Everyone be on guard and determine the direction of this strange sound.Everyone looked around: on the city wall?Opposite the rubble?The dark grassland in the distance? Gale through the air. The sound of flapping wings was approaching.In the blink of an eye, a pure white bird landed lightly on Gen's left shoulder. "Hey, don't panic." The bird said with a red beak. "This, this, this—what's the matter with the bird?" Mina forgot the environment for a moment and let out a cry.Sophie hides in the gaping Ki?Keema is behind. "It's me, it's me." The bird responded, and at the same time was shrouded in white smoke with a "poof".Cheng couldn't help jumping back to dodge. Standing in front of him was Teacher Rao. For a few seconds, no one spoke.Teacher Rao also remained silent with a serious face, as if waiting for someone to speak first. Everything was silent. "What's wrong? No talking?" Gen suddenly opened his mouth a few times.Instructor Rao raised and lowered his long eyebrows, and said, "It's rare for me to appear on stage, so don't you bother to create an atmosphere?" "Engage, engage, engage in atmosphere?" The tone is completely opposite because the mood is completely opposite. Gen and the others opened their mouths together: "Master Rao! Why did you come here?" "The mentor who guides the 'Passenger' is this old man?" Sophie was speechless. Instructor Rao raised his staff and tapped Gen's head "dumbly". "You asked me why I came here? I came here because you called me. If everything happens, I will come back." "I, did I call you?" "Did you shout? Don't you really want to know where your last gem is?" With just such a sentence, the relaxed mood became excited again - it was not the "atmosphere" that Teacher Rao expected, but tension. "Will you tell me?" Gen's voice was out of tune.The heart turned upside down and reset, but still refused to calm down. "If you still have the intention to continue traveling, I will tell you." The instructor said calmly, and glanced at the distance of the night, "If you don't hurry, the demons will smell your breath. You can't be too leisurely. .” Gen suddenly returned to reality, and a chill ran across his back. "Tell me! Please!" Instructor Rao looked at Gen's face fixedly.Obviously he said to hurry up!Gen recalled the scene when he met his mentor for the first time in Kanrenren Village.At that time, the instructor was also like this, placing Heng on an invisible plane, with a pair of calculating eyes. No, it's not the same as it was then.At this moment, the teacher's gaze became more serious.The flat type is different.Because it becomes heavier?Because the previous flat can not be used? "Are you still chasing after Meihe?" "what?" "Let me ask you: Are you going to track down Meihe and confront him?" Gen looked back at Mina's face, looked up at Ki Kima's eyes, and finally replied, "Yes. That's what I've always done before." "After that, the reason is different from before." As Teacher Rao said, the tip of the stick thumped on the ground. "The reason is that your fifth gem—the last gem that turns the sword of the brave into the sword of subduing demons—is also the dark gem. Even if there are two 'travelers', there is still only one last gem." So, isn't it already out of reach?Because Meihe has already gone ahead.Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter? Instructor Rao has read the mind of Gen's rhetorical question.He pokes Gently again with his cane, just like in "Trying the Cave". "To me, the gatekeeper, you can't put on such an impolite face. It's true that the last gem is in Meihe's hands now. That is to say, if you want to get it, you have to snatch it from Meihe's pocket. Do you understand? I want to seize it." So far, although they have competed with Meihe for time, they have not competed for Baoyu.Didn't snatch anything from him. "I have to fight Meihe, I have to defeat him." You can beat him - someone has spoken.At first I didn't know whose voice it was.Because it was the first time I heard such a passionate voice. It's Mina.Her eyes reflected the moonlight, shining brightly. "You can win. You can win him. You must win. So, you must go." Where does the confidence come from?The ever discouraged heart is shrinking.When standing on that Golem to fight, he couldn't draw his sword in front of Meihe no matter what.Can't even refute the opponent. Mina didn't see that scene, she didn't see me weak. "If you can't win, you have to go, you have to go. Without such determination, I will not open the way." After Teacher Rao spoke, Gen raised his head. The teacher's eyes were the eyes of the old man—drowsy and listless.But why did that gaze pierce my heart? Although the instructor has closed his mouth, the voice of inquiry can be heard. ——What do you ask for at the Tower of Destiny?What is your most wishful thinking at this moment? What wish do I most want to achieve? Katz's words could be heard clearly, as if she was by her side at the moment.You are the Guardian of the Highlands, sworn to keep the peace of the Illusionary.If you break this oath, you are ineligible to wear dragon bracers. Gen's eyes fell on the wristband on his left wrist, and he touched it lightly with his fingers. What wish do I most wish to achieve right now? I caught the meaning of the instructor's question.Know what you are looking for. It is strange not to understand.Because this is the only way that cannot be wrong. However, if you choose this path, you cannot change it.is this okay?Won't you regret it? Was the purpose of the trip achieved? Focus compassion and wisdom, courage and faith on this sword. It is not my fate that should be changed— --It's me. He looked straight into the eyes of the teacher. "I'm going. I want to catch up with Meihe, and I must bring the dark gem. I must go to the Tower of Destiny. Teacher, please open the way for me."