old dream

Ruy got up from the rubble in a daze, and walked towards the door.

His legs were numb due to being curled up for too long, and his steps were not very steady, and he walked a little slowly.

But before he could reach the door, his feet were suddenly empty, and his body fell straight down.Rui felt a blur in front of his eyes, and there was only one thought left in his mind: It's over, this broken tower has collapsed after all.
But the next moment, he found that he did not fall into the boundless darkness, but was floating safely in a starry sky.

Here is the inside of the core.

Rui originally couldn't enter that door because the fire tower kept rejecting him, but this time, he was called here on his own initiative.Rui's heart moved slightly, and he vaguely guessed what happened, and then his thinking became a little sluggish.

He has always believed in Colin, but when all this really happened, he still felt a huge shock.

Rui adjusted his weightless body, trying not to roll over indiscriminately, while twisting his neck to look around the starry sky.

Then, sure enough, I saw Colin floating not far away.

At this time, all the "stars" in the space looked very dim, as if they had exhausted the power accumulated for thousands of years in the explosion just now, and became collectively silent.

And Ke Lin just floated quietly in it like this, his limbs stretched naturally, as if he had no strength at all.

His consciousness seemed dilapidated, but it was obviously still maintained, his eyes were a little tired, and they were brighter and more distant than ever before.

Apparently he broke through again.

Whether it is in the heart or as a wizard.

Before Ke Lin entered the core of the fire injection tower, he was still in the female moon layer like himself.

But now, Rui found that he could not see through the opponent's realm.

What about Ixion?He continued to look around, but he could no longer find the shadow of the huge ancient armor.

Because it has turned into dust and dissipated among the ancient man-made stars.

"we won."

Colin floated and said quietly.

The guess was confirmed, and Rui was speechless again.It took him a while to recover, and the man in front of him had become the owner of the fire injection tower, a kind of mythical existence.For some reason, the tone became a little cautious:

"Then what state have you reached now?"

"Between Blue Star Three and White Star." Colin said:

"At first, it almost rushed to the white star, but it was forced to stop, but now because of the gravity of the blue star's sky, it feels like the power is falling back every moment."

Forcibly stopped. Ruy again didn't know what to say.For a while, he was a little worried about whether to hide all this from Ellie after returning to Danalo, because the little girl was most concerned about and proud of the advancement speed, and it had even become a certain obsession.But she took the downstream of Qingxing No. [-], but she has not settled down in Qingxing No. [-] so far.Of course, it's only been a few months, and no one would criticize her so harshly, but it's a bit too irritating for Colin to "forcefully arrest" Shirahoshi in such a tone.At that time, Ellie will compare in her heart, and if she can't think about it, Emil may be busy again.

Rui diverted his attention and thought about these things, trying to make his heart, which was numb today, find a little connection with reality.Then he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly looked into his hand, only to find that the scepter entrusted to him by Colin was gone.

"It's okay, here it is." Colin seemed to know what Rui was worried about. As soon as he stretched out his hand, the control over a thousand demons re-condensed in his hands.

"When it felt like you were almost at your limit, I took it back."

That was when Rui was under the indiscriminate bombardment on the inner wall of the fire injection tower. Under the violent shock, he lost his mind for a few seconds, and the scepter disappeared at that time.

"Ah, that's good, if the demons get out of control in Stade together, I'll just..."

Became a sinner through the ages.Rui blamed himself so much, but he also understood in his heart that since Ke Lin's plan was so meticulous, such a situation was actually impossible to happen.

"At that time, it was temporarily entrusted to you, so I was in a hurry." Colin continued:
"This time, I want to give it to you officially."

"But these are more than 1000 demons?" Rui was slightly surprised. The value of Colin's gift can be understood just by thinking about those elves who broke their heads in Stade.

"The most important thing I need now is demons, so what's a thousand or so?" Colin smiled and said:

"What I lack is someone who can control them."

This is one of the reasons why Colin brought Ruy to Stade.

Rui is an elf envoy, and Colin happens to have a way to instantly improve his strength:

"As soon as the Commander-in-Chief returns, we will probably have to tear ourselves apart with Edmund. Once the tacit understanding between the theater and the Central Intelligence Agency is broken for many years, all the informants will be uprooted. I think at that time, the Investigation Department will be even more What is needed is a strong operational officer, not a flexible intelligence officer, what do you think?"

Rui was silent for a while, and agreed with Colin's statement.So he lowered his body again and stretched out his hand to Colin.

"This time, it's time to pick it up." Colin said.

An indescribable burden was placed on Rui's consciousness again, and a painful expression appeared on his face instantly. After resisting for a while, he said loudly:

"No, I've stayed in the virtual world for too long, and I can't bear it until I return to my real body."

"Well, then you can go back first." Colin said:
"I want to stay here for a while."

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Rui used Return to Zero to return to reality, while Colin continued to stay in this false starry sky, recalling the battle that just happened.

Neither he nor Ixion's own power was insignificant compared to the Flaming Tower.So this battle that took place in the inner space of the giant tower is more of a battle of wills.

After entering that state of extremely focused intentions, Colin felt that a lot of confusion and fear in the past had disappeared. This is a subtle feeling. Even if he can’t tell any specific reason, he can feel his own life strongly. has entered a new stage.

So after that, he will become much more determined no matter what he is facing.It was with this newborn will that he conquered all the stars and defeated Ixion, who had endured thousands of years of weariness.

But at the same time, he also felt that at the last moment, a soft, human-like emotion emanated from Ixion's ancient armor.

The entire legacy of the Urju dynasty may eventually be inherited by a human being.But the demon monarch didn't seem to have any resistance to this.