Chapter 1220

The ashes of the sky were scattered under the dome covered by the vortex.

The existence of the black cross is disappearing, but the gray and blue vortex torn open the crack has not disappeared, and the dream world shrouding the imperial capital has not been lifted. It is still the last scene ruled by the ash desert.

Tired and panting, leaning on the "dawn" sword inserted on the ground, he looked at Loren's expression above his head.

It's over... Everything is over.

The power may still exist, but serliol's "existence" has completely dissipated with the death of his materialized body, and has completely lost the possibility of making a comeback.

If you are killed, you will die, and the dead cannot be resurrected... This is the most basic truth of the objective material world.

With his death, the void world originally ruled by seryol began to return to its original state; Sooner or later, or because of the information and emotion of life, or some guys who know how to manipulate the power of emptiness, new "evil gods" are born in the original chaos.

The power controlled by serliol naturally approaches the most powerful consciousness around him with the demise of his consciousness; Feel the power of emptiness gathered towards yourself, and you can basically be sure that the black cross is completely dead.

It is not simply killed, but wiped out - there is no concept of time and space in the void. If an evil god is wiped out rather than swallowed up, it is equivalent to that he has not existed at all.

This is bound to produce some kind of chaos and a series of chain reactions. The trouble will be one after another, but

Now Loren doesn't care about this.

He just wants to be quiet, close his eyes and not be disturbed... Quietly enjoy the peace of relief.

After a long time... Maybe only a minute... He opened his eyes again. In front of him stood Asriel, who was intact, staring at himself with a smile.

The little black and red dress, white to almost translucent face, golden hair, and a pair of scarlet blood eyes make the already bloodless lips look lighter; It's spotless from head to toe, like dressed up for a ball.

Of course, it's just a look... Asriel, who has lost everything, is so weak that only those who remember him can see it, and he has no power at all.

"The countless years since the black cross opened the third valve and the new era finally came to an end at this moment; the doomsday prophecy of the end of the world, the eternal world sleeping in the palm of serlior... Will never come."

Slowly opened his mouth. Asriel's handsome face only had a plain smile: "Dear Loren, congratulations."

"Now, you can finally get what you want, the most precious thing."

"Oh?"

Lauren looked at the blonde's gentle eyes: "what's that?"

It's like asking, but it's more like asking yourself, because the answer is clear to both people.

"Freedom... Unrestrained, restricted... Freedom of choice." Asriel whispered with his small hand behind his back, "Dear Loren, you can do anything now."

"You can be another black cross, or your ambition with Eckhart de sallion; you can rule the whole world, or put the world in your palm, or even..."

"Go home."

At the moment of saying the word, Asriel's expression obviously trembled.

Lauren raised her eyebrows.

"Open the third valve and control the power of emptiness. Dear Lauren, you can go home and go back to the place that really belongs to you." the smiling blonde, bitter and astringent, brushed across the corner of his mouth:

"Although poor Asriel doesn't understand this, since Loren can come to this world, he wants to leave... At least in theory, it should be possible."

"That's right." Lauren nodded:

"It can be done."

Keep smiling blonde, tightly close the corners of his mouth.

"But the consequences are also very serious." Loren said, "now I have inherited the power of serliol. Once I leave, the void force penetrating into the material world will still run away, the two barriers with cracks will completely collapse, and the two worlds will collide like the collapse of heaven and earth."

"Not only that... If I intend to leave by force, it is tantamount to tearing an uncured gap in the world; at that time, there may be unrestricted influx of the existence of other worlds, or some things in the world will be thrown out... No one knows what will happen."

"It doesn't matter." Asriel's smile became a little reluctant and a cynical tone:

"We deserve it."

"Oh?"

Lauren smiled as if surprised. "So no matter what decision I make, you won't stop me?"

"Dear Loren, no one in the world can stop you." Asriel, who was still hesitating and struggling last second, now looked very relieved:

"No matter what you want to do now, anything - the whole world will work according to your will. You can smear change on it at will and realize everything you want."

"The will to come to this world, the master of all creatures, and the ultimate dream of wizards... There is no exaggeration, no hypocrisy, just a description of the facts."

"So... I can do anything now?" Lauren asked deliberately.

The blonde smiled: "anything."

"No one will stop me?"

"No one."

"No one objected?"

"Except dear Loren himself."

"Well..."

Looking at Asriel, Lauren, who seemed to be thinking seriously, propped his chin and deliberately dragged a long ending.

"Yes!"

"Huh?"

Although he had "accepted his fate", Asriel's expression trembled when he saw the black haired wizard's determined expression.

Like a condemned criminal who gives up on himself, he will still feel fear when he hears the sentence.

No matter how much you explain, sacrifice or pay, you can't hide the fact that you use Loren - yes, Asriel can make up a thousand reasons and ten thousand lies to explain all this; He even believed that Loren would forgive himself even if he knew that these were lies.

But... That's not right.

The reason is to comfort yourself, and the lie is to deceive others... There is overlap between yourself and Loren to a certain extent in spirit, which is not needed.

You must pay for using your friends.

Asriel doesn't mind being destroyed or wiped out as long as he can defeat the black cross serliol. He only cares who dies in his hand.

This is very important.

"The black cross has been eliminated, but he has caused a lot of damage and troubles." Loren said in a deep voice: "the most important thing is that he has been completely erased, which means that all positions related to him will be chaotic on the whole timeline."

"Maybe the Dragon kingdom will disappear, maybe the Holy Cross will become stronger than now, maybe there will be no wizards at all, and the whole world will become a paradise for evil gods... Who knows what will happen?"

"If you don't solve all these troubles, it won't be completely over, will it?"

Facing Asriel's surprised eyes, Loren said word by word: "what's more... Now I just rely on the power of the Holy Grail to open the third valve, and the state is still very unstable."

"If I insist on leaving now, who knows which world or time point I will be transmitted to; or as soon as I landed, I died because my heart was dug out."

"So until all these problems are solved, I'm not going to think about anything else for the time being - maybe I'll stay, leave, become another black cross or... Myself."

"This... Is my choice."

Astounded Asriel stood where he was and was stunned.

After a long silence, he hesitated to speak:

"... why?"

"It's my choice, so there's no reason." with an unquestionable tone, Loren said in a deep voice, "you also said that no one can stop me now, so this is my choice alone."

"I want to do this, so I do this... Not out of interest, not forced, not trapped by human feelings. I completely do what I want to do at this moment. Isn't that the so-called 'free choice'?"

Lauren shrugged. "Of course, there's no other reason for what she insisted on saying - I promised Ayn to be with her wherever she goes or whatever she does; I also promised her to tell her everything when it's over."

"In addition, there are studies that Isaac hasn't completed. Lucian, who has become a vampire, has to find a way to help him recover. Leia promised to accompany her to visit ruwen's grave, and the agreement with Brandon has to be completed. I promised master corona to rebuild the nine awn star wizard tower, and I also promised the continuation of the dragon family in Jufeng mountain; Oh, yes! And Charlotte... Er..."

Lorenton.

He is still not sure whether what she said is true or just a "white lie".

If it is true, then

No no no! Even if it's fake, I have the obligation to protect her. After all

Hesitation, fear, uncertainty, heaviness... Lauren's expression changed rapidly

"Of course... Asriel, and you." the next second, Loren, who recovered his reason, quickly turned off the topic.

"Me?"

The unexpected blonde opened his eyes.

"About you and Ariel... That is, another Asriel, now think back, you didn't tell me the truth at the beginning." turning up his mouth, Lauren pretended to be serious:

"So I think some guy needs to make up for his friend who has been kept in the dark for so long - his origin, why there are two asriels, what the Holy Grail is, why kill the black cross serliol at all costs..."

"You have to explain it to me before you leave!"

The shocked blonde boy was stunned for five seconds, and the corners of his mouth showed an elegant radian.

"Dear Loren, this will be a long, long story."

"It doesn't matter. We have plenty of time now." Loren said indifferently:

"There is a lot of trouble left by the disappearance of serlior. There is plenty of time to tell your long story on the road."

"On the way?"

"I haven't tried time travel. I need a suitable guide." lolen got up lazily and stood upright, looking down at the blonde boy who only reached his chest:

"Can you recommend me a good candidate?"

After saying that, he quietly waited for the other party's reply.

After opening his mouth, Asriel, unable to speak, suddenly wanted to avoid Lauren's eyes - he was relieved. He knew that the other party had forgiven or even blamed himself; But even so, he didn't expect the two sides to go as far as they used to

"... of course."

Under the gaze of the black haired wizard, the blonde boy raised his left hand slightly, put his right hand behind him, bent his left leg back slightly, hid his gratitude in the bottom of his heart with an elegant smile and bowed:

"Dear Loren, your best friend Asriel is always... Always... Always willing to serve you."

"Until the end!"

The solemn and serious Asriel didn't hold on for a second; The uncontrollable corners of his mouth tilted slightly again, as if he tried hard to look serious but couldn't help smiling:

"But there is still a small problem here - as dear Loren said, the actual strength is far from enough just by opening the third valve with the power of the Holy Grail." looking around, the blonde boy who deliberately glanced at a corner has his mouth almost to his ear:

"If dear Loren wants to clean up the mess left by the black cross, the important task of maintaining world stability can be..."

"Dang!!!"

The loud sound of the steel sword nailing into the ground made them turn their eyes in the same direction.

"... although I didn't mean to disturb, it seems that your excellency finally remembered my existence."

The words of indifference without a trace of emotion sounded. The oath Knight sitting in front of the "bright star" sword looked back slowly, and his subtle eyes looked at the two people at the same time.

A light golden light twined on the sword body of "bright star".

"That's..." Lauren looked a little surprised.

"The power of the Holy Cross... Or the last trace of the Holy Cross in the world." the voice of the oath knight was very calm: "at the moment when the black cross was erased, he should have disappeared, but... I am still alive. As the" sword of the oath "of the Holy Cross, the oath on me is related to its existence."

"Between my complete death, this power can be maintained - although it can not restore order, it can at least maintain the balance between the two circles."

"But that means..."

"It means that I can't leave here for half a step, otherwise this dying body may die at any time - I'm an oath knight, and my body can't accept the unexpected power from the Holy Cross, so I can only let it slowly lose its vitality." glancing down at the chest penetrated by serlior, the oath Knight whispered:

"I guess... That's why I'm still alive. That's my mission - the last guardian before the world is really handed over to the people who should belong to him."

The expressionless oath Knight looked at Lauren with deep eyes.

The dark haired wizard took a deep breath: "this mission sounds heavy and boring enough."

"That's right." the knight nodded:

"So it's time for you to leave, alien wizard from afar... Loren."

The voice fell and the breeze blew.

When the oath Knight turned back, he was left alone in the desert hills at midnight, a sword, an endless wilderness and a vortex shrouding the dome.

In the dark midnight, the Holy Cross flickering on the desert hills gives the world a little light.