The Devil Priest and the Brave Beautiful Girl

Ulysses knew the song and knew where it came from. And when he remembered this, the book in front of him that recorded the last period of the ancient language magic era suddenly emitted a strange light.

The color of light is neither white nor black, but an ambiguous color between black and white. This is not the first time Ulysses has encountered such a brilliance.

When I was a teenager, when I accidentally opened the library of the elders of Mila Village.

In the blood-colored sea of ​​life, when Ayu prayed for him.

When it overlapped with Noah's body in the dark underground.

Even if he didn't remember it himself, or never noticed it, when he opened this book, the past he had forgotten, and the past hidden deep in his memory all returned.

At that moment, Ulysses returned to the past, the day he first started, the day he found the book from the elders of Mira Village.

The dust returns to the dust, the soil returns to the soil, the soul accompanies the soul... This is the song in the book that records the incomplete spiritual cultivation method. It has no special meaning, as if it is just an embellishment song.

"Everything in this world is not real." This is the truth expressed by this song at the end.

No matter how strong love, how passionate feelings, if they are all false, then what is the point. The ambiguous light is not warm or hot, but leads to a higher place, a completely unknown world.

And that world, now opened the door to him for the first time, and he only needs his own will to step into the world that represents infinite unknown and power.

Just step in and everything will be different. There are unlimited possibilities, enough to change everything. As long as he walks over, for him, maybe everything can be done.

But Ulysses felt fear, an unprecedented fear.

"Bang...bang..." Ulysses' heart beat violently, and his body began to tremble involuntarily. This is not a disease, nor a curse, but a fear from the deepest part of my heart, a fear of something "unknown" far beyond my imagination.

Without any reason, without any reason, he felt the "unknown" terrible. It was far more terrifying than the few nine-level powerhouses he knew, Master Kana who could tear the sky with lightning, Mother Ice Phoenix who could freeze thousands of miles with her wings, and his friend who was free to pierce through the lava in the ocean of lava. The presence.

Just a moment ago, he saw "it", he saw "it" hidden in ancient books, hidden in past legends, and hidden in that song.

"What's going on..." Ulysses trembled, trying to close the book in front of him.

It was so strange that when he saw that song, he didn't look like himself anymore. What is this book and why he opened it. There seems to be something missing in this kind of heart, what is the feeling of emptiness.

However, he couldn't. No one came to this secluded corner where he was in the vast library. Even the corner he was in seemed to have been forgotten by people, and no one looked at it.

It's painful, Ulysses didn't know why he was so painful. Obviously it is not the first time he has come into contact with that song, and he has already memorized all the things recorded in that book.

But why, seeing that indifferent song now, his heart will become so painful.

That is the pain of what I am about to lose, or what I am losing. I don't know when the ancient book hidden in the deepest part of his body is devouring his, something very, very important to him now.

What is gained, what is bound to be lost, he doesn't understand what this book means to him. But he didn't want to lose those things that were very important to him, even though he didn't even know what it was.

That "door" is right in front of him, as long as he makes a choice here now, everything will be different. He may be able to obtain infinite knowledge and power he can't imagine, and even all the questions in this world can find answers from there.

But does he really need those?

Infinite knowledge, absolute power, the answer to all the questions in this world, really such a beautiful thing? If it is really like that, why would he feel pain and fear.

He actually didn't really know what was behind the door, but just seeing the door, he already felt that something important in his body was disappearing.

It cannot be expressed in words, but it is very, very important to him.

But he couldn't figure out what it was and how important it was.

No, I don't want that... Ulysses tried hard to refuse the temptation of that door. However, deep in his soul, the incomplete book seemed to have an instinctive response to the door, which made him approach the door unknowingly—or the door was affected by him. Attracted by.

Then, he inevitably touched the door, which no one could see, but it did come to the door beside him.

Just as the door opened automatically and Ulysses was about to enter the door uncontrollably, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"Ulysses, are you okay?" A smooth and familiar voice sounded in Ulysses' ears with a trace of confusion.

She is his partner, his teacher, and in fact his apostle (he doesn't know yet).

"Arcelia." Ulysses looked up very hard and saw the eyes of the girl he was familiar with.

There was an unusual panic in her beautiful eyes like dark lake water, and it seemed that she herself didn't understand what was going on.

Just now, she just passed this library by the way, but suddenly felt some kind of crisis, and then involuntarily rushed in. It seems that as long as you slow down a little bit, the people who are very important to her will disappear in this world forever.

This flustered feeling, this extremely disturbed and chaotic premonition, only happened once in the distant past when she lost her most important sister.

It was a tragedy that happened when she was king, an irreparable tragedy.

She will not forget what happened that day.

That was when the war of the undead that swept across the continent was still in its infancy, and people hadn't realized what kind of enemy they were facing.

At that time, the undead monarch had not launched a real offensive, but many undead creatures had appeared around her country. These deceased launched an attack on humans, and then they were all wiped out by the army she led.

In fact, the resurrected dead are not strong, not even a seventh-level undead creature, and they are not her opponents at all. Even if she comes to a legion, she who holds the golden holy sword can easily be wiped out.

However, she eliminated only monsters, not people's fears. I don't know when, these undead and monsters spread among the nobles are the works of evil wizards and witches. With the increase in the resurrection of the dead, this kind of rumors have become more and more widespread.

In the end, before the real enemy, the only tenth-level demon king in mainland history, appeared, there was a wave of strangulation of the witch family and wizards who studied black magic on the mainland.

It was a tragedy called "Witch Trial."

And her sister, the only sister, just loves black magic and has never really used the power of black magic to kill Alnalia. When she went out on an expedition, she was killed by the nobles in the name of "witch". Even the corpse was burned to ashes.

When she returned from the expedition victory, she didn't see the familiar smiling face of Alnalia again, and never saw it again.

Soon after that, human beings knew who their true enemy was. Tragedy has happened, everything is irreversible, and she also died in that war with the Death Knights.

Sometimes, she would think of her choice. If she didn't choose to be a king and put the country and people before her forever, then Alnalia would definitely stay with her.

It doesn't matter even if you can't use the power of the Golden Holy Sword, Alnalia will definitely not care about that kind of thing...

Similarly, after becoming Ulysses' apostle, she vowed not to let such a tragedy happen again. Therefore, she must guard him now, not only his body, but also his fragile heart.

"Ulysses, what happened to you?" Arseria could feel the disturbing breath remaining on Ulysses.

This kind of breath enveloped Ulysses, almost completely obliterating his sense of existence.

If it were not for such a close distance, if she hadn't kept her vigilance with all her might, I'm afraid she would have lost the sense of Ulysses. It was as if he had temporarily left this world and entered some unknown unknown territory.

"I don't know, it's okay, Arseria, it's just a small problem, I will take care of it." Ulysses shook his head, he didn't want Arseria to worry too much.

Perhaps because of Alzeria's company, the uneasy feeling just now has disappeared. The outline of the door that didn't know what it represented also gradually dissipated, and then returned to the world of nothingness.

That's fine, he doesn't need to change, he is fine now. Everything is okay. Sorry, Arcelia, I worried you...

"No! Ulysses, I don't believe in that kind of thing." Alseria did not hesitate to expose Ulysses' lie.

She knew that Ulysses was just holding on. She had never seen him have such uneasy eyes, that kind of dazed but bewildered expression.

What is it that would make him like this with the power of the demon king. What should she do at this time?