Chapter 1225 I Want to Die

July 2nd, early morning.

The carriage from Paradise City to Holy Spring City has been traveling for more than a day.

Of course, it would be better to call it a "dragon carriage" rather than a "horse carriage" - the City of Paradise is already close to the heartland of the ancient Parthia Kingdom. In addition, Sherlock is not accompanying them this time. The horses that need to drink a lot of water find it difficult to maintain their body temperature in such high temperatures, and their travel speed will not be much faster than that of a camel.

As we went deeper into the ancient Parthia Empire, the daytime sandstorms became more violent.

The sandstorms on many routes have reached the point where they block out the sun and sky, and if you get caught in them, you'll lose your way.

When time is not tight, the carriage can hide in the barrier and wait for the sandstorm to fly over here... But now time is urgent. If it rashly passes through the sandstorm, the horse's eyes and trachea will be injured by the high-speed flying sand.

So when the caravan left Paradise City, Aiwass asked them to take all the horses with them - it can only be said that horses are not very convenient for traveling in the desert.

And the creature pulling the cart now is none other than Leviathan.

The dragon-scale-like protection on Leviathan's body allowed her to charge into sandstorms without fear. Even if sand got into the exhaust pipe, she could simply cough it out.

Even if you need to consider the sturdiness of the carriage and cannot gallop too fast on the ground, you can take off with the carriage directly when the weather is good and find a sand dune to land before rushing into the sandstorm.

A dragon-like monster was pulling a luxurious carriage across the sky—it looked like a dreamlike scene straight out of a fairy tale movie.

The harpies, observing this from afar, were horrified and took long detours to hide. It wasn't that they knew it was Aiwass's vehicle, but as flying creatures, their instinct was to avoid larger aerial units.

Although the interior was a bit bumpy, Isabel had already returned. The others were generally able to withstand the ordeal. Old Man Iben, however, was a bit uncomfortable due to his age... but with Aiwass's care, nothing serious would happen.

In fact, Aiwass didn't want to take Ibn with him at first, just like Aiwass didn't want to take Haena with him.

Aiwass was going to fight Tiansi this time, and he didn't have time to send them back to a safe place. In other words, anyone who stayed would have to fight Yuan Tiansi.

As the ancient celestial being who is most likely the remains of Ai Shiping, this is indeed Aiwass's destined enemy and an unavoidable battle.

But Aiwass didn't want to involve others. This was mainly because Yuan Tiansi's attack power was too strong, and Aiwass didn't have the confidence to protect the people around him... and if he used the resurrection ability carelessly, the transformation progress of the Sin Beast, which was already close to the critical point, would increase uncontrollably.

Therefore, the teammates that Aiwass arranged at the beginning were only Lily, Zhu Tang and Mu.

Ten miles east of Holy Spring City, across the long snow-capped mountains, lies the territory of the Taichu Empire—yes, there is a snow-capped mountain not far east of Holy Spring City. Opponents of the Good Lord and sages who wish to remain in the affairs of the oasis city-states live at the foot of the animal-free snowy mountain, surviving in hand-built stone huts and using water from melting ice and snow.

There will not be any caravans or slave knights from other city-states passing by here. At least in the Parthian worldview, this is the pure "edge of the world".

Occasionally they would cross the mountains and come to the Taichu Empire on the other side of the snow-capped mountains, exchanging medicinal herbs picked from the mountains for some daily necessities and food... Only during the Dark Night Festival would they return to the city to participate in a short carnival.

The friend Zhu Tang knew was an old man who lived on the snow-capped mountains.

It is said that he was a court sage who was exiled for speaking something that displeased the lord. Therefore, he not only knew many languages, but was also proficient in rituals, poetry, and politics, and was well versed in various historical texts and board games. He also played the lute with considerable skill.

He taught Zhu Tang various card games that were not popular in Taichu, and also learned about tea ceremony and fishing from Zhu Tang. They had traveled through the snow-capped mountains many times, picking precious medicinal herbs from the peaks together, so Zhu Tang was quite familiar with the terrain there.

As long as they can get out of the city safely, Zhu Tang and Mu can escape to the east at any time and run to a safe enough place, and take the hermits on the snow-capped mountains with them, there shouldn't be any big problems... The only thing to worry about is whether the tsunami caused by Yuan Tiansi's arrival can cross the mountains.

Lily can hide in Aiwass's shadow, which is relatively safe if she is not hit by special attacks.

——But Ibn and Haina are different from them after all. Zhu Tang and Mu go to Taichu to go home, but they go there and it is not like going home.

If they followed Zhu Tang to Taichu, there was a high possibility that they would never be able to return. If they wanted to return, they would have to cross the entire desert... Perhaps after Anxi was transformed by Aiwass, there would be a chance that they could be brought back.

Sinthorn can invalidate any supernatural power of the path... Due to the disturbance of Sinthorn under the desert, teleportation spells cannot be used from the desert, just like a strong magnetic field may cause some precision electronic equipment to fail.

Even a great wizard of the fifth or sixth energy level has to travel on foot through the desert - no one knows whether there are sinthorns buried under the desert ahead.

If other spells were affected, at most the flames would become unstable, the curse would deflect to other people, or it would be invalidated... but if the teleportation spell was seriously affected, the person who landed on the ground might turn into red jam evenly distributed within a radius of 50 meters.

You know, even getting on a plane requires airplane mode! Teleportation is much more dangerous than flying.

"You two...are you not planning on coming back?"

Aiwass finally couldn't help but asked the two of them.

Old Iben smiled and nodded, looking calm and composed: "Yes, I won't come back.

"My lifespan is almost over... I remember telling you before."

——That’s true.

Iben, the court ritualist, had sensed that his life was coming to an end almost several months ago. It was precisely because he felt that he was about to die that he accompanied Aiwass to the promotion ceremony.

At the time, he had been mentally prepared to sacrifice himself to send Aiwass to a higher level. His subsequent survival and promotion was partly due to his exceptionally skilled ritual skills, but also partly due to good luck—his resolve to face death was genuine.

The promotion ceremony allowed Old Ibn to live longer, and a few more black hairs appeared on his head. However, he was still an old man... The extension of his lifespan was not enough to make him rejuvenate.

I once overdrew too much vitality in the ceremony, and now it is time to pay back the debt.

"You and I both know that death is not the end of life, nor is it an eternal separation."

Old Ibn said slowly: "But rising into the dream world and falling into the source river, the soul always has a direction to flow."

"...Who do you want to follow?" Zhu Tang, who was standing aside, asked hesitantly with his eyes closed.

"That's the Snake Father, of course."

Old Iben knew what Zhu Tang was worried about, so he smiled at him and turned back to look at Aiwas seriously: "I'm not going to chase Huan Tiansi yet."

"Snake Father rarely recruits apostles."

Aiwass couldn't help but remind him seriously: "Snake Father and Hengwo have the fewest apostles, even fewer than Amber. There is a high probability that you will still be taken away by Huantiansi."

"I know. But if you don't fight for it, you won't even have a chance."

Ibn sighed: "The tide of transcendence has arrived and has not yet stopped... If things are as you said to me before, the Snake Father is planning to transcend the amber and go to the world outside the world - then the day He chooses can only be August 8th.

"After death, without guidance, it takes about a week for a person to enter the Dream World. There are also many lost souls wandering the other side... waiting in line to enter the Source River will probably take another week.

"I must die before July 20th at least to be picked up by the Serpent Father. Considering that the Serpent Father is bound to be increasingly busy, it is better to die early than late. And if I want to be picked up by the Serpent Father, I must naturally perform an extraordinary act that will amaze Him—

"—Then, is there anything more 'transcendent' than dragging your aged body into the God-killing Plan?"

Having said that, Iben smiled excitedly.

(End of this chapter)