Chapter 185: Void and the Past

After Ryan left, Anaconda moved closer to Ezreal.

He said hesitantly:

"Professor, what are we going to do next?"

"I contacted the guild's expedition team. This time, we will take a good look around Shurima and see if we can solve your curse problem." Ezreal said briskly, and it can be seen that his spirits are quite high.

After that, he took out an exquisite comb like a magician and took care of his golden hair very comfortably.

"Thank you so much, professor!" Anaconda was full of gratitude.

"Cassiopeia, you may encounter danger this time."

Ezreal was a little hesitant about whether to let Cassiopeia follow them.

This is Katarina's sister. If there is a chance

"I will continue to follow the team. There are many unknown secrets in this land. I want to explore here." Cassiopeia's eyes flickered and she replied with a smile.

When she was in the library, she saw a book that recorded the secrets of the Shurima continent. Combined with the information her mother had given.

She felt that it was necessary for her to join this trip.

Perhaps, she could stop being that ordinary person.

"Cassiopeia, thank you!" Anaconda looked at her with a look of surprise and deep gratitude.

At this moment, he only felt that a happy rainbow rose above his head.

This was the warmth that Anaconda had never experienced before, and he was immersed in it.

There were professors who were willing to help him, and there were companions who were willing to go with him. This was the warmth he had never felt before joining the empire.

When they return to the empire or have the opportunity to go to his hometown, he must repay those who helped him.

Shurima Continent.

Wasteland near Icathia.

Ryan and Kassa appeared in a desert, and magic lifted them up to fly forward at a very fast speed.

As if noticing Kasa's uneasiness, Ryan's originally calm expression softened a little, and he asked:

"We don't know much about the Void. Can you tell me about your experience?"

Kasa was silent for a few seconds, looking at the wasteland passing by quickly, blinked, and her eyes were a little wet:

"It's just a torture of dancing with death."

After that, she took a breath and laughed at herself:

"I still remember the scene ten years ago. The villagers regarded the Void as a god, devoted all their money to worship them, and placed all their faith in the Void. , but they never thought about what this would bring to the village. "

Kasha spoke slowly, staring blankly at the homeland that was passing by quickly, with a deep sadness in her tone:

"That day, the villagers transported the prepared cattle and sheep to the square in the center of the village. This was something that had been planned long ago. Everyone chose a date, stopped their work, and gathered together to cheer and welcome the arrival of the void as grandly as a grand festival. "

Ryan frowned slightly, but he did not speak, still maintaining the image of a listener, quietly listening to Kasha's story.

"When the night was thick, the void descended."

"The earth tore open cracks, and many black and purple creatures with strange shapes emerged from the cracks. They had hard shells, and the parts that could not be called mouths emitted crazy ravings. They seemed to have no consciousness and rushed to the herd of cattle and sheep first, swallowing them in one bite."

"Seeing that the tributes they chose were accepted by the 'gods', the villagers showed fanatical expressions, but this emotion did not last long before screams rang out."

"I have never heard such a tragic sound, endless, shrill and sharp, like the wailing of evil spirits from hell, which is even more crazy than those ravings."

The narration paused, and Kassa closed her eyes painfully.

The muscles at the corners of her eyes twitched, her shoulders trembled uncontrollably, and her two slender hands were tightly twisted together. At this moment, the emotions that had been suppressed for many years were finally released.

She took a few deep breaths, and after calming down, she continued:

"Those people don't understand the void at all. They don't know how chaotic the void is. They are just a group of hungry beasts. I hid at home, listening to the panicked screams outside, and I couldn't do anything. I could only plug my ears and purse my lips tightly to prevent myself from making any sound."

"Then, I heard a loud noise, and the bedrock at the bottom of the ground also cracked. For a moment, I lost my sense of gravity. There was a force similar to gravity that kept pulling me down. Along with the entire village."

"All people and things, dead or alive, were swallowed by the earth and fell into endless darkness. My mother died when she fell, and those fanatical believers also died."

"In a scene that can be called hell and nightmare, I survived."

"I accidentally killed one of them with a dagger, and its ugly shell merged with me. I possessed its power, which is my second skin."

Speaking of this, tears silently slid down Kasha's cheeks. She raised her head and let the wind of her homeland dry her tears.

"I don't know if I am still a human now, but I carry the souls of those innocent people and survive in that place without light."

"I can't feel the passage of time. When I feel hungry, I will devour weak creatures like them. Gradually, I began to realize that I am different from humans."

"I don't know how long this kind of day lasted. I strayed into a place that was very similar to the passage I just walked through, and entered a world full of unknown and nothingness."

"Void." Ryan said in a deep voice.

"Yes," Kasha said with a trace of bitterness on her face, "I arrived at their origin. It is completely different from the darkness underground. It has nothing but countless disgusting bugs surging."

"Fortunately, they seem to regard me as a member, and a powerful one, so I can continue to survive. Until.

"I saw the light leading to our world again, and... it."

At this time, Kasha turned her gaze to Ryan's left shoulder, where a little blue guy was sitting.

Sensing the sight falling on him, the little guy tilted his head and made a "gu" sound as a greeting.

"Master Ryan, does it have a name?"

Kasha looked at it, his eyes became soft, and asked softly.

"Gu! Gu!"

The little guy called out twice excitedly, rubbing his round head hard on Ryan's outstretched fingers.

"Its name is Aili. "Ryan took back his teasing hand and said with fondness.

"Aili. A nice name." Kassa's eyes still stayed on it, "In our language, Aili means magic."

"This phrase originated from the ancient Shurima language. I have the ability to create it in this desert, so I gave it this name. "While Ryan was talking, he raised his hand again and rubbed Aili's head.

During the conversation, the two had already flown a long distance.

The scorching sun was still overhead, the hot wind was blowing around, and everything was silent.

After a while, they finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

It was a flat desert area.

Yes, it was a desert again.

This is the characteristic of the Shurima continent, continuous deserts, deserts, and sand dunes.

The Shurimans regarded the land of yellow sand as their home and built their brilliant civilization on it.

The land under Ryan and Kassa's feet was basically similar to the scene they had passed by before, but it was not desolate here. There were still traces of people living on the yellow sand.

But it was just a trace.

As soon as the two landed, Kassa ran forward quickly on the sand without any resistance. Her running movements were urgent and sharp, like a child who had been traveling for a long time. , and was throwing herself into her mother's arms with all her strength.

Soon, she came to a big tree.

It was called a big tree, but in fact it was just a stump half buried in the sand. After a long period of weathering, the stump almost merged with the color of the yellow sand.

However, judging from the diameter of the stump, it is not difficult to imagine that it must have been a thick and lush old tree when it was still lush and leafy.

Kasha's eyes were filled with tears at some point. She stretched out her hand tremblingly and gently stroked the rough tree trunk. The surface of the bark was covered with gullies formed by wind and sand, deep and shallow, just like her heart that had been broken for a long time.

One person and one tree, facing each other without words.

After a long silence, she raised her head and looked around, looking at this lifeless land, kneeling on the ground silently, tears sliding down her cheeks, choking:

"I'm back. I thought I had forgotten what it felt like to cry."

"Facing the past, it is difficult for us not to be moved by the scene. "

Ryan walked up slowly and stood beside her.

He also looked at the land where he had stayed with nostalgia in his eyes.

That was a story that happened when he was very young. At that time, he was very naive and wanted to use magic to fight against the power of nature.

The ending was obvious. He paid the price for his youthful vigor. He took several months to recover from his injuries.

The remaining big tree in front of Kasa was the welcoming tree that grew at the entrance of the village.

He still remembered that he had stood under the shade of the tree, watching the children climb up the branches and play, and the khaki leaves were shaken off. The sunlight at that time was as good as it is now.

Ryan recalled his life in the village , these things seemed to have happened yesterday.

He didn't need to ask Kasha if she missed her relatives and her village. Whether she wanted to or not, those pasts that turned into black and white would hardly be washed out with vivid colors.

Has it been so long? Ryan murmured in his heart.

In a blink of an eye, he has been in this world for a long time.

The wind blew over the wasteland.

The wind blew through the yellow sand, and the gravel rubbed against each other, making a slight crisp sound, like the sound of wind chimes, and like mourning for the dead.

Ryan didn't urge her, and accompanied Kasha to recall the past quietly.

Seeing that her mood had eased slightly, he whispered:

"Let's go, I saw something very meaningful to you."

"What?"

Kasha was absent-minded for a moment, but she soon thought of something, and her eyes suddenly burst into brilliance. She hurriedly stood up and asked in a somewhat hurried tone:

"Where is it!"

"Follow me. "

Ryan took the lead and walked into the village.

The village, which used to be bustling and prosperous, is now covered with yellow earth.

Only a few earthen walls stand, and the outline of the village can be barely seen.

Sadly, not even a single building remains. Only deep in the sand, there are scattered clay vessels, proving that this land was once inhabited by humans.

Kasha got up without hesitation and followed Ryan's steps.

They walked for a while under the scorching sun.

However, the further they walked, the more tense Kasha's body became. She felt fear and a hint of resistance that she didn't want to face.

They were not far from her former home.

Crossing a small earth pit, she could already see where her home used to be.

When she mustered up the courage to look in that direction, her pupils couldn't help but dilate.

At the original location of her home, there were two small earth mounds half a person's height, made of yellow sand, and two stone tablets stood in front of them.

Kasha didn't hesitate at all, and her speed exploded to the extreme in an instant. Her figure turned into a purple lightning, and even her movement left an afterimage.

In just one breath, she crossed a hundred meters and came to the two stone tablets.

When she saw the inscriptions carved on the stone tablets, Kasha was stunned.

"Tomb of my beloved wife", "Tomb of my beloved daughter Kaisha".

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Kasha stared at the words on the stone tablet, and an unspeakable emotion flowed in her heart.

"Father."

After a long time, she kept repeating these two words in her mouth. She couldn't believe it. She was ecstatic and only these two words could soothe the surging emotions in her heart.

"I asked someone to explore his traces, but a few years ago, all his traces disappeared. Some people said that he was looking for the tomb of Horok, a powerful ascended god in the Nazuk period."

Ryan stepped forward and supplemented Kasha with her father's recent situation:

"Horok's tomb was looted. According to the description of the group of Aconib treasure hunters who entered there, he took away a dagger inside."

"According to historical records, that should be the most valuable treasure in the tomb, Horok's weapon-the blade of the underworld."

"It is rumored that the power of the ascended god can kill the void." Kasha heard this information and immediately understood the key.

"He went deep into the void just like you. Now that you are back, it won't be long before he comes back." Ryan looked at her with encouragement and hope in his eyes.

He was very grateful to those who had helped him before, and he would help them realize their wishes to the best of his ability.

Unfortunately, he did not have the ability to destroy the void now.

But at least he could fill the void in the heart of the girl with what he could do now.

"Thank you, Lord Ryan, I believe he will come back!"

Kasha bowed to Ryan gratefully, she stood up, her fingers like blades, and left a sentence on the tombstone that her father had erected for her:

'I am back, with Lord Ryan. '

After writing this sentence, Kasha seemed to be much more relaxed, and the dark clouds that had been hanging over her head were slowly dissipating.

She did not leave immediately, but strolled in the village where she had lived before, as if she wanted to imprint everything here in the depths of her mind.

Ryan did not go forward to disturb her, but followed her with his hands behind his back. At this moment, he was busy gathering the energy that was constantly overflowing from the world rune in his body.

The world rune was born with the rune land, and it is the authority of this world.

At present, Ryan has only mastered this power in a preliminary way. Whether it is spirit, body or will, there is still a long way to go before he can fully master it.

If there is a slight mistake in any link, the world rune will control him in turn.

It can be said that danger and opportunity coexist.

Following Kassa, after circling the village, she took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Ryan again, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised:

"Thank you again, Lord Ryan, I am very satisfied to be able to breathe the air of my homeland again."

Before Ryan could answer, Kassa continued:

"I remember that ten years ago, a man who called himself a 'prophet' began to ask everyone to sacrifice to the void. Lord Ryan, I want to stay here to find the traces he left behind, for those who can't come back, and for myself."

Looking at the determination in the girl's eyes, Ryan smiled lightly and stepped forward:

"Let's go, I am also a little interested in him. There are still many unknown things in the void that are worth exploring."

The empire is now on the right track, and he is relieved to have Sindra and Morgana in charge of the empire.

Before digesting the unconsciously emitted world rune power in his body, he does not plan to stay in the Immortal Fortress for a long time, which may attract the prying of disasters and cause unnecessary trouble.

This is indeed a question that needs to be considered.

Ryan has already felt that due to the unconscious energy emitted by the world rune, a lot of bugs from the void have already gathered under their feet.

"Lord Ryan."

Looking at Ryan's back, Kassa's eyes were full of gratitude and emotion.

No one had ever thought that a good deed she and her parents did eleven years ago would help her so much now.

She looked back at her former homeland again, smiled and nodded vigorously, and chased after the back that was walking away.

One in front and one behind, just like in the past.

Immortal Fortress, Floating Fortress.

In front of the desk on the top floor of the Mage Tower, Sindra suddenly stood up, she floated towards the window, and her white arms stretched out of the window.

"Gu!"

A blue light circle suddenly appeared, and Aerie shook her body and got out of the circle nimbly.

Looking at the flat palm in front of her, Aerie shrank her head and hesitated for a while, then stuck her head out again and shook her pointed ears.

Before a while, the hesitation suddenly disappeared, and the little guy showed an extremely greedy look. It opened its limbs and jumped into Sindra's palm.

"Did it succeed?"

Sindra felt the information transmitted into her mind and smiled brightly.

Seraphone, who was sitting and reading a book, was stunned. She had never seen Ms. Sindra smile like this before. People would be addicted to it unconsciously.

Seraphone glanced at it twice more, then moved her eyes away, stretched her neck, and looked at the cute little life in Sindra's palm. After hesitating for a while, she couldn't help her curiosity:

"Ms. Sindra, what is in your hand?"

"Aili, a miracle created by magic." Sindra said.

She seemed to be in a good mood, and tapped Aili's Q-elastic round head with her fingers.

"Gu! Gu!" Aili shouted excitedly twice.

Sindra's index finger shot out a few small black balls. Seeing these black balls, Aili showed a greedy expression again and swallowed them into her stomach without hesitation.

"Hey, it's alive?"

Seraphini put down the book, with a look of wonder in her eyes.

She had always thought that magic could do anything except create life.

But now, with a lively example in front of her, magic can even create life!

It's amazing.

As for the origin of this little guy, she knew without thinking that the life that made Ms. Sindra show such a happy expression must be created by her teacher.

"Using the world rune to create life. Witchcraft is indeed as we thought, closely related to magic." Sindra said thoughtfully.

"Teacher succeeded!?" Seraphine slammed the book on the table, shouting in surprise and joy.

She knew what her teacher had done. The world rune was definitely one of the most powerful forces in the world.

Now, the world rune has been controlled by her teacher!

Seraphini hummed a little song, stood up from the chair, controlled the stage under her forward, and flew to Sindra's side.

As soon as she stood still, her eyes turned maliciously, and she stretched out her little hand to grab Aerie.

Unexpectedly, Aery ignored her movements, even turned around and turned in the opposite direction, and wagged his tail at her.

"Coo!"

Aery's action made Seraphine blush with anger. Just when she was about to use brute force, Sindra's voice stopped her:

"You are not yet able to touch it."

"I don't know." Although disappointed, Seraphine obediently withdrew her hand, and asked curiously with a well-behaved face, "Is there anything special about it?"

Sindra fiddled with the little guy in her hand, her red lips curled slightly:

"It is full of extremely high-quality magic power, and it looks down on creatures with low-level magic power. The magic power in its body is released all at once, which is enough to raze the Immortal Fortress to the ground."

"Ah!?"

Seraphine was surprised, and her body shrank back half a step very honestly. The previous teasing and curiosity were replaced by caution and caution.

She now knew that anything that was valued by her two teachers was not dangerous!

"I'm leaving for the council chamber and will come back to check your homework in the evening."

The voice of Lady Sindra reached her ears, but before she could say anything, she saw that she had disappeared.

Seraphini muttered to herself twice, waved her hands and floated back to her seat in boredom.

Learning magic is always boring and time-consuming. She really hopes to have a partner to accompany her, preferably one with better talent than her, so that she can share the attention of the two teachers.

"Alas, magic is a painful and happy torture!" Seraphine sighed.