Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 136 Overlooking the collapse of the world from the throne
Bang-dang-!
The sound of heavy objects hitting the ground was heard, followed immediately by the sound of something clicking on the ground.

Zila, Zila!
The tiny dark lightning arc fell on Xin Lailai's shoulder, and was annihilated the moment it collided with the golden lightning arc wrapped around his body.

[Abyss pollutants and alienated core have been defeated]

[Acquired Abyss Treasure Chest·Alienation]

[*Tips: Therefore, the unit is not a notarized unit in this world, and you can only get the treasure chest drop reward after killing it]

……

[It is detected that the contractor has killed a creature 2 levels higher than itself...]

[During the judgment, it is detected that the contractor already possesses the [Proof of the Strong], and the special regulations judgment begins...]

[It was detected that the unit killed by the contractor was an abyssal unit...]

[It has been transferred to the joint judgment process between Paradise and Void Tree...]

【Judging...】

[Judgment completed, due to insufficient current authority of the contractor, specific rewards will be issued after returning to the park. 】

……

[Special mission: The last magic emperor has been completed]

Mission reward: 50% of the source of the world, world key*1
……

It seems... he seems to have won the bet.

At the last moment, Xin Lailai cut off the circulation between himself and the Demon-Breaking Sword, guiding the out-of-control demonic power in his body toward the outside of his body.

So, at that moment, these rioting demonic powers formed a dense and extremely violent energy barrier on the surface of his body.

Relying on this barrier, the abyssal thunder entangled in the sword of Yiyuan Afterimage was blocked by him for a moment.

In an instant, it is life and death.

Yiyuan Afterimage's last sword was unable to be swung because of this split second.

The only problem... is that the consequences of letting a large amount of demonic power go out of control in the body are more serious than Xin Lailai imagined.

Although he tried his best to ensure that his heart was not damaged, other things...

[Life Point: 4.2%]

Xin Lailai looked at the dimming vision and the decreasing blood bar in front of him, and felt that the internal organs in his body had been completely turned into a puddle of mud, and his body shook slightly.

Anyway, after he has reached this level, Paradise should not just watch him fall to death...

Thinking of this, Xin Lailai's eyes gradually closed, and his body fell towards the ground like a collapsed building block.

Then...an arm supported Xin Lailai.

Immediately afterwards, a warm light enveloped Xin Lailai's body, and his internal organs that were broken due to the rampage of demonic power began to recover rapidly, and the bones that were nearly broken due to repeated shock injuries also began to recover bit by bit like time went back. As before.

This is……

His vision, which was gradually dimming, quickly became clearer.

"We've come this far. It wouldn't be good if we collapsed here."

The next second, a familiar, gentle yet majestic voice came from my ears.

For a moment, Xin Lailai was stunned. His eyes suddenly opened wide and he looked to his side in disbelief.

"Yu...Mr. Julius?!"

Next to him, I saw a somewhat illusory-looking figure standing, with neat short brown hair, a crimson cloak with the emblem of the Clover Kingdom printed on it, and a star-shaped mark on his forehead, all indicating the identity of the other person. :
Julius Novakrono.

"Don't be so surprised...although I don't seem qualified to say this. After all, even I didn't expect that we could meet again in this way in the end?"

Julius said with a smile, looking at Xin Lailai who was gradually regaining his vitality, he stopped using the recovery magic in his hand.

"Mr. Julius, what on earth is this...?" Xinlailai looked at Julius whose figure was gradually fading in front of him, and realized that things were not what he thought.

"It's nothing, it's just that after you smashed that thing, the remaining bits of 'me' were released. Finally, with His help, I was lucky enough to meet you in this way. That’s all.”

As Julius spoke, he raised his head and glanced at the sky, only to see that the black mist that had shrouded the area was quickly dissipating, and was replaced by a giant dragon nearly a kilometer high, made of thunder, hovering in the sky.

"That is…!"

Xin Lailai looked at the golden thunder dragon hovering in the sky, a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

"The will of the world has no specific form, so it can only meet you in this way."

Julius said in a gentle tone, staring at the golden dragon in the sky and whispering.

Boom--!
The roar of thunder sounded, and two golden thunderbolts as thick as arms fell from the sky. One of them rushed directly to Xin Lailai, and the other struck an area several kilometers away.

There was no roar as expected, only the golden thunder suddenly exploded when it fell about halfway, turning into golden light spots all over the sky, falling on Xin Lailai's body.

"He asked me to tell you that because of the rules, He can't give you anything. He can only use this way as a thank you."

Julius looked at Xin Lailai bathed in the golden light rain and said with a smile.

When Xin Lailai heard this and was about to say something, an indescribable feeling of comfort came from his limbs and veins.

And as the light rain fell, the golden thunder wrapped around Xin Lailai began to slowly fade away.

Finally, light blue text appears along with a prompt:
[Has obtained [Blessing of the World], world will affinity +5, luck +5, world lightning resistance temporarily increased by 50]

[Tip: Because the contractor's world lightning resistance has exceeded 30 points, [World Thunder Protection] has expired and will not produce any backlash effect]

Seeing these two lines of prompts, Xin Lailai was stunned. He raised his head to look at the sky, but he only had time to see the other party's retreating figure and the remaining golden thunder arc in mid-air.

"He has other things to do. After all, restarting the world is not a simple matter."

Julius's voice came. Xin Lailai was slightly startled when he heard the words. Then he suddenly realized something. He looked at Julius aside and felt a slight lump in his throat.

Yes, even if the core of alienation has been shattered, the collapse of the plot of the Black Clover world is already an established fact. In this case, restarting the world is inevitable no matter what.

This was something he understood even before he thrust his hand into Julius's heart.

only……

Xin Lailai clenched his palms unconsciously. After a moment of silence, he slowly released his palms and looked at Julius, who had become very unreal in front of him. A bitter smile appeared on his face:

"This is the first time I know how difficult it is to say goodbye to the same person twice in a short period of time."

If it had been a day ago, even if Julius died suddenly, Xinlailai would have been sad for a while at most.

But after seeing with his own eyes Julius sitting on the gray throne, persisting alone under the erosion of the abyss for ten years, and finally saying those farewell words freely, Xin Lailai could no longer I don’t want to face Julius’ death as unwaveringly as before.

Especially...when he had killed the other party once with his own hands.

Once the world restarts, the Julius he knows will completely disappear from this world.

"Don't be so sad, didn't I say it? It's an extremely lucky thing for me to be able to meet again in this way."

A hand that was not heavy and strong, but was extremely reassuring, gently placed on Xin Lailai's shoulder.

"Imita, do you remember what I said to you last time?"

What did you say to him last?
Hearing Julius's words, Xinlailai came back to his senses.

He remembered that the last words Julius said to him at that time were——

'So……'

"That's it from now on."

The gentle voice reached Xin Lailai's ears, and he froze. Looking at Julius walking behind him, he seemed to realize something.

"Imita, don't...should say Xin Lailai."

Julius's illusive figure seemed to disappear in the next second, casting a tall reflection on the ground to his right.

"from now on……"

A voice sounded from the right side of Xin Lailai, and the reflections of the two people on the ground overlapped at this moment.

then……

"You... are the next Magic Emperor."

staggered.

Xin Lailai's breath suddenly suffocated, and she turned around suddenly, only to see gray light spots all over the sky.

I saw these light spots moving forward continuously, and finally fell on the gray-white ruins.

Boom--!
Then, under Xin Lailai's gaze, the gray-white ruins that were supposed to collapse completely recovered little by little amidst the roaring sounds like cheers.

[Warning: This world will restart in 10 minutes. Contractors are requested to return to the Sanctuary Paradise immediately! 】

[*Tips: The contractor has met certain conditions, and the side mission [Magic Emperor] has been changed to a personal exclusive mission [Magic Emperor·End]]

[*Tips: The completion progress of the personal exclusive mission [Magic Emperor·End] has reached 99%. The contractor needs to go to [Throne] and perform [Crown] before the final completion progress can be obtained]

[*Tips: Personal exclusive tasks are [unique] and can only be completed by designated contractors. Once failed, the same task cannot be received again in any way! 】

"Ding~!"

[Yamu: Brother Lai Lai, I’m going to run away now. Remember to come out for a drink when you have time. 】

A scarlet warning and a light blue text prompt sounded together, as well as a message prompt from Yamu.

Xin Lailai ignored the warning, read Yamu's message carefully and then turned it off. Finally, he silently stared at the task prompt in front of him. After remaining silent for several minutes, he finally made a move.

I saw him first taking out portable daily necessities from the storage space, cleaning and combing his appearance, and then taking out a set of clean and tidy robes to put on for himself. Finally, he looked quietly ahead and spoke with some words. The hoarse voice said:

"Ling Yuzi, can you accompany me through this journey... Please."

The figure of a girl with white hair and red eyes appeared next to Xin Lailai. As early as when Xin Lailai was blessed by the world, she had already revived from her soul core due to the effect of the blessing.The reason why she never showed up was because she knew that it was the farewell between Xinlai and Julius.

Ling Yuzi looked at Xin Lailai quietly, without saying a word, but silently holding the other person's palm. The next second, a soft white light flashed past, and the pale white shadow of the broken crown and cloak began to appear on Xin Lailai's face. side.

After doing all this, Xin Lailai looked at the gray-white hall in front of him. After being silent for a while, he took steps and came to the main entrance of the hall.

Quack quack -!
The heavy stone door opened to both sides little by little under Xin Lailai's push, revealing the scene inside.

The gray hall was still as dim as before, but it was not without light.

Because on the gray-white dome, a small piece of the dome was missing, allowing the outside sunlight to shine directly into the hall, and it happened to shine on the throne at the end of the hall.

click, click, click...

The sound of footsteps that were not too heavy sounded in the empty hall.

Xin Lailai calmly stared at the throne at the end of his sight, and walked towards the throne step by step along the long dark red carpet.

Finally, he came to the throne. His tall figure of nearly two meters perfectly blocked the sunlight falling from above.

"The next Magic Emperor..."

Xin Lailai looked at the throne shrouded in shadow and laughed uncontrollably.

"It's really... quite messy."

So, he turned around, swept his robes, and sat on the throne with the robes fluttering.

Om-!
In an instant, the entire gray-white hall began to tremble, as if excitedly celebrating the birth of the new king.

Boom-!
Golden thunder fell from the sky, instantly penetrated the dome of the hall, and dispersed into dancing arcs of thunder, surrounding Xin Lailai.

……

[Completed personal exclusive mission: Magic Emperor·The End]

[Your charm attribute has been increased to 20 points]

[Task reward: 50% of the source of the world, skill scroll: basic passive·King*1, exclusive title·The Last Magic Emperor (★)]

……

[*Tips: Because the contractor is [blessed by the world], he can witness this world until the last moment]

[*Tips: The remaining time until the world restarts: 2 minutes and 59 seconds]

……

Light blue text appeared, and Xin Lailai ignored the reminder that the mission was completed. Instead, he followed the hole in the ceiling that was blasted by the boundary thunder and looked at the sky above his head.

The dazzling sunshine was shining down, and there was no trace of black fog above the head.

rustle……

There was a sound like the caressing of leaves.

A golden light shrouded three feet around Xin Lailai, and outside the scope of the light, one could see that the entire hall was slowly dissipating in the breeze like a loose sand city.

This gray-white hall and even the entire alienated town are the product of the pollution of the abyss. When the pollution of the abyss is removed, it will naturally disappear.

Xin Lailai sat on the throne and said nothing, just looking into the distance.

The entire alienated town began to quickly turn into ashes and dissipate, and the scene of the royal capital below came into Xin Lailai's eyes.

The towering bell tower and the majestic royal city.

When the darkness left this land, everything seemed to be the same as before.

Except there is no human being at all.

Xin Lailai looked at the eerily silent Royal Capital and remained silent.

Suddenly, a dark crack suddenly opened in front of Xin Lailai's eyes, and then, a creature as big as a washbasin was suddenly thrown out of it and smashed into Xin Lailai's arms.

"This is?"

Xin Lailai looked at the thing in his arms with some confusion. Ling Yuzi also came out of the state of elf assimilation directly and fell into Xin Lailai's arms.

That space crack was obviously opened spontaneously by the will of the world. He didn't understand why the will of the world suddenly threw something to interrupt the current atmosphere.

"This is a hermit crab, a creature that feeds on the corrupted world."

Kargus's voice sounded in Xin Lailai's mind, with a hint of reminiscence in his tone.

"This one in your arms is just a larvae. It must have smelled the rotten smell emitted by this world due to the erosion of the abyss, and ran over here because it couldn't hold back its appetite."

"Tsk, tsk, you are indeed too young. You actually dared to go into a world that was just beginning to show signs of corruption. Unexpectedly, the world suddenly returned to normal, and the little guy was completely destroyed."

"However, normally a little guy like this should be protected by a big guy. How could he sneak out for no reason? Could it be that he ran away from home?"

A hermit crab?Feeding on a decaying world?

Sounds like a very powerful thing?
“Why would the world’s will throw such a thing at me?”

"Oh, I guess it's because I'm afraid of trouble. After all, even if this thing is just a child, it's still very difficult to deal with if it gets windy. Also, it's unlucky. After all, this thing is really not a good symbol in a normal world."

"Think about it, if you were lucky enough to survive a serious illness, and the first thing you saw when you opened your eyes was a group of coffin bearers surrounding you to announce your funeral, wouldn't you be happy?"

"In addition, the world happens to owe you such a big favor, so I might as well give you this souvenir I picked up casually."

"..."

Xin Lailai didn't know how to express his feelings for a while, while Ling Yuzi controlled the magic chip to lift the hermit crab in Xin Lailai's arms and looked at the little guy with a big basin.

The light white shell and the curve of the body are not as sharp as ordinary crabs, but have an inexplicable tenderness. There are a few sporadic light spots flickering on the crab shell, and two small white pliers are stretched out, a pair of Listless look.

"Looks delicious?"

Xin Lailai touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"But its shell is so hard, it should be quite troublesome to make."

Ling Yuzi poked the crab shell, and the magic chip rubbed against the crab shell to create a tiny spark of fire.

The snow-white hermit crab shook its body and seemed to be trembling.

"Although hermit crabs are indeed delicious, I don't recommend that you two do this."

"Because this thing can devour the decaying world and effectively curb the birth of strange things in the decaying world, the hermit crab has become a notarized protected creature of the Void Tree while I was still alive."

Kagus reminded him. Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi looked at him with regret when they heard this.

"Then what should I do with this thing?"

"Just throw it into your storage space. This thing has a very strong vitality and will not die from lack of oxygen. When the time comes, ask someone to throw it into any corner of the void and it will be done."

Xin Lailai followed Kagus's instructions, threw the hermit crab into the storage space, and then ignored the little guy who looked delicious at first sight.

"After being disturbed like this, my mood suddenly became a little confused."

Xin Lailai rubbed his temples, looked down at the royal capital below, and sighed slightly.

At the edge of his vision, the countdown continued to pass.

"Speaking of which, what will it look like to restart the world?"

Xin Lailai cast his gaze into the distance, looking at the blurry scene in the distance and murmuring.

"Like the end of the world?"

The leftover piece hung on Xin Lailai's body, he tilted his little head and looked at Xin Lailai.

"Maybe... we'll know soon anyway."

Xin Lailai said, looking at the light blue countdown numbers in front of him:
[*Tips: The final countdown has entered]

[10, 9, 8, 7...3, 2, 1! 】

【Restart begins! 】

Boom!
In a daze, the two seemed to hear a bell ringing, and then, a truly earth-shattering loud noise broke out.

boom--! !

I saw tens of thousands of golden thunder falling from the sky, instantly dyeing the entire world into a golden glow.

Immediately afterwards, as if the earth was being turned over by an invisible hand, it rolled and lifted all the way from the end of the line of sight, forming an earth-yellow wave like a tsunami, beating all the way.

The sky collapsed and the earth collapsed.

This image that should only exist in text descriptions directly became a reality at this moment.

Thousands of meters high khaki waves covered the sky, tens of thousands of golden thunder shattered the earth, dark cracks began to spread like spider webs, and the whole world was shattered under the apocalyptic scene.

The restart of the world is not a reversal of time at all.

Destroyed destiny cannot be repaired, and eroded things cannot be reversed. Therefore, only by returning everything to the original, to nothingness, and then using this as the starting point to rebuild everything can we truly complete this rebirth.

Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi sat on the throne, looking at the shocking scene in front of them, they forgot to breathe and forget to speak.

Finally, with a ray of light rising from the depths of the earth, the world in front of him suddenly turned into a vast expanse of white.

Then...everything collapsed.

Everything is back to square one.

Only the unmanned throne in mid-air was left, slowly dissipating in the empty world.

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　Volume [-]: Rise, The Book of Five Leaves★END
　　
　
(End of this chapter)