[Absurd]
Question: What's it like dating a naturally gifted astrologer?
Answer:
If you lie to him.
"I know you're lying to me ^_^" - Immediately exposed.
...The projection of another world always appears intermittently, with no regular pattern to its appearance or disappearance, as if the two worlds are constantly adjusting when merging.
When Ash just arrived at the door of the village chief's house, the shadows around them disappeared instantly.
The village, houses, villagers...all disappeared like a phantom.
Sigourney was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand and ruffled Ash's hair: "I'll show up again next time."
Ash was not as disappointed as he had imagined. Instead, he raised his head with sparkling eyes: "Sure enough, the territory we chose overlaps with Duogu Village." When the worlds merge, Duogu Village will also be in their territory.
Lavinia came over and looked at them inquiringly: "So, you chose this place as your territory, not just because it's close to the World Tree?"
Ash nodded: "The geographical outlines of the two worlds are roughly the same. The coordinates of our current location in Bai Yilufu happen to be my hometown."
So he thought, if the fusion of the worlds was a point-to-point overlap, then Duogu Village might appear on this plain.
It now appears that his guess was correct.
"Although it's still unstable now..." Ash looked at the empty grassland and smiled expectantly, "Duogu Village will appear in front of us again."
It will become clearer each time.
Until the reality that can be heard and touched exists here.
They did not dwell on it here, but began to deal with the follow-up matters after the "enclosure".
On the one hand, Ash and his companions drove out the elves from the plains.
These elves moved from the plain to outside the plain in the blink of an eye, and they were immediately frightened. What happened?
I looked around again. Hey, why are there so many of my kind around?
After comparing their experiences with each other, they found that they were all at the same time, but were inexplicably moved.
They felt it was extremely strange, and considering the various strange events that had happened recently in Red Iluf, some of them hurried back to the White Moon Land to report to the Elf King, while others wanted to return to the plains to investigate the scene of the accident.
The returning elves soon ran into trouble.
They couldn't even get into the plains!
At the edge of the plain, it seemed as if an invisible barrier was erected with clear boundaries, making it impossible to break in.
It seems to be similar to the barrier surrounding the holy land that has been rumored recently?
So after trying their best to no avail, this group of elves hurried back to the Land of White Moon to report to the Elf King.
Somehow the news leaked out, and soon, people from other races also heard about the changes on the plains.
We sent someone to take a look, and hey, sure enough! It was exactly the same as the air barrier in the Holy Land!
Since they are involved with the Holy Land, of course they want to join in the fun.
In just a few days, armies from various ethnic groups stationed themselves around the barrier.
No matter how the elves express their disapproval, they will never leave.
When he was forced into a corner, he asked the elves if they wanted to keep the secret of the holy land for themselves.
The elves were extremely frustrated. Ping was originally their territory, but not only did they suddenly lose control of it, but they also attracted such a group of greedy and hateful guys!
Even the dirty and crude orcs are here!
When has their precious World Tree ever been so close to the lowly orcs!
While the plains were bustling with activity, Ash and his companions had already used large-scale wind magic to convey the purpose of the territory to all the human slaves on the plains.
This will be a free land, protecting both humans and magical creatures.
In the land of the free, all races are equal.
Based on this concept, those who want to stay can stay, and those who want to leave can leave.
The human slaves were bewildered at first, and seemed not to understand what these meant.
Then they discovered that the elves who had been supervising them in the past had disappeared.
It seems that only humans are left on the plain?
Then they began to try to understand the message in the wind.
Does this mean that humans and magical creatures are equal?
As long as they stayed on this plain, they would be free?
Some people numbly wonder, how is it possible?
As powerful as the elves.
No matter who delivered the message, there was no way they could be successfully protected.
Some people were terrified, thinking that the disappeared elves might have been murdered by this group of people. Therefore, they were afraid that if they stayed on the plain for too long, they would be regarded as accomplices of rebellion by the elves, so they quickly ran to the edge of the plain, wanting to prove as soon as possible that they were not in the same group with the people inside.
There are also some humans who, although their chests are already filled with ashes of despair, there is still a tiny invisible spark in the ashes, which, when blown by the wind, actually trembles and ignites a faint flame.
They half-believed and half-doubted, why not... give it a try? Stay here?
They do not see equality between humans and magical creatures.
But if they have to agree to this in order to stay on the plain, they will try hard to agree to it.
Only half of the human race stayed behind, anxiously waiting for what would happen next.
A few people discovered the barrier and hesitated to stay near it, wanting to observe the reactions of the magical creatures and the abilities of the current owner of the plain before making a choice.
Most of the humans also hurriedly left the plains and returned to the elves.
The humans who remained inside the plain began to see projections of another world intermittently.
They were both human beings, but they all looked nobler than them.
They went from being afraid of and avoiding these phantoms to gradually trying to contact them, and actually established a channel of communication across the world.
This communication refers to guessing the meaning by observing the lip movements, or individual slaves who can read can communicate with each other through writing.
Through intermittent contacts, the two worlds roughly understood each other's situation, and then the humans on the other side began to brainwash them out of disappointment.
"You are so obedient to be slaves of the elves? Don't you even think about resisting?"
"I can't beat him..."
"No magic?"
"Magic? Is that so?" A small and cute little water ball popped out.
“………………”
"Isn't that right?"
"No. Never mind. I know your situation. It's the same as before."
"Same?"
"Well, we in Broken River Plain didn't know what magic was a year ago, and we were also enslaved. It wasn't until we encountered this world fusion recently that our situation got better."
"Enslaved by humans?"
"Never mind that. What I want to say is, I will teach you magic. If the elves dare to enslave you again, I will give them a painful lesson!"
"…………Fight, I can't beat you."
"How come you can't win when you haven't learned how to fight yet?! Hey, let me tell you, not only are you enslaved physically, but your spirits are enslaved as well? Even when we were being raised by human wizards, although we were obedient on the surface, we were secretly trying to find ways to fight back all the time!"
"We can't do that. We can't compare to you..."
"Fuck, are you guys still capable of this? Where's your dignity? Where's your backbone? Is it interesting to live like this? blablabla..."
The human slaves were scolded so much that they were confused. Their habitual obedience made them too timid to say anything when faced with the aggressive humans of Bai Yilufu, and they obediently began to learn magic.
The enthusiastic people on the Broken River Plain expressed confidence that when these cowards truly possess power, their mentality will definitely change!
The human slaves who were watching near the barrier were surprised to find that no matter what means the magical creatures used, the barrier on the border of the plain remained motionless.
One day, two days, three days...the more they looked, the more reassured they felt, and they gradually developed confidence in the mysterious new owner of the plains.
After watching for several months, they no longer stayed behind the barrier to watch. Most of them returned to the interior of the plain to study magic with their companions who stayed there.
The human slaves who stayed behind heard from them about the strength of the barrier, so they became more confident and their mental outlook improved visibly.
As for the other human slaves who left, they were reassigned to other places to work day after day.
The magical creatures who were unable to enter also learned about the situation inside the plain from them.
Someone actually occupied the plains and attempted to establish some kind of "free land"?
Humans and magical creatures aspire to equality?
What kind of ridiculous joke is this?
Are the guys occupying the plains humans or magical creatures? What kind of magical stance is this? Treating all races equally? So fraternal? Are you sure you are not crazy?
But soon, the questions they asked from the human slaves somehow spread quickly to every corner of Red Iluf within a few months.
There is a passage in the message on the wind that says:
"We are not here to eliminate hatred between humans and magical creatures.
This is absolutely impossible.
There is irreconcilable hatred between people and between magical creatures, not to mention between different races.
It's difficult to understand each other.
For the sake of interests, ambitions, dignity, freedom, or anything else, there will always be disputes, fights, and even wars.
We just want magical creatures to not be exploited and oppressed. We just want humans to not bow down before powerful magical creatures.
We want to build a territory like this——
Whether human or magical creature, everyone can live freely and happily in it according to their own wishes.
No need to worry about being captured or killed one day.
We can't resolve past hatreds.
I am not qualified to resolve other people's hatred.
We only hope that every life that wants to live well can live well in this free land."
These words were not controlled by any magical creatures, but spread throughout the streets and alleys, reaching the ears of everyone who was interested.
Land of the free?
Is there really such a place?
I heard it’s…next to the elves’ territory?
For a time, people were in turmoil.
But magical creatures can't take care of these for the time being.
The chaos brought about by the fusion of the worlds made them anxious and hurried.
The human wizards from the neighboring world began to teach the human slaves here, giving them advice and helping them to resist, which unexpectedly caused a lot of trouble for the magical creatures.
They also couldn't stand the plight of the magical creatures in the neighboring world, so they also gave them advice and wanted to teach the human wizards a lesson.
The worlds have not yet completely merged, and the human wizards and magical creatures on both sides of the world have been using this method to go back and forth and confront each other.
The humans and magical creatures on both sides, who were in a weak position, were both terrified and excited.
The reason for their panic is that magical creatures/human wizards are a huge, insurmountable shadow in their hearts. If they were asked to suddenly rebel, they would of course be timid and uneasy.
They were excited because they had learned about the situation in the neighboring world. They thought that their own race was such a powerful existence in the neighboring world, and that their status and circumstances would definitely change after the worlds merged, so they were looking forward to it.
As the tension between the two worlds becomes increasingly tense, the whole world is also changing.
Red Ilufu and White Ilufu are two parts of one world.
But over the long years, they have all undergone their own changes.
Today's integration is no longer a simple docking, splicing and overlapping.
It is the expansion and extension of the world.
Without a sound or a trace, the original wilderness stretched, and a high mountain rose in the extra space. The originally turbulent river widened by twice as much...
The land and ocean of the two worlds are connected in an ingenious way, and the landscape has undergone earth-shaking changes in almost no time that people can detect.
The plain where Ash and his companions were located also extended over most of the area and was also classified by them as the free land.
During this period, they saw the shadow of Duogu Village again.
This time, almost everyone in Duogu Village was present.
From the villagers of Duogu Village such as Vann and Derek, to the members of the Third Wizard Tower such as Nance and Yelena, as well as Mercator, Joshua and others, they were all waiting in Duogu Village to meet them.
As for Ash, ever since they last saw the shadow of Duogu Village, they notified Dailan who was recuperating on Dragon Island.
This time, Dailan was also with them.
After thousands of years, she was finally able to meet Mercator.
The reunited couple left the crowd aside and ran to a corner to talk in private, with pink bubbles flying everywhere. The only awkward thing was the alchemical puppet Lan in Mercator's arms, who looked like their daughter. It was a very harmonious scene for the family of three.
Nance and the others confirmed that Sigourney and the others were safe and sound, and it turned out that the world fusion was caused by the two of them.
Meanwhile, Sigourney and the others learned that Mercator had successfully taken over the Broken River Plains. The Wizard Association was now gearing up to maintain its dominance after the world merged, and since the wizards no longer needed the "materials" on the Broken River Plains, it was easy for him to become the lord of the Broken River Plains.
Nans said happily that Mercator was going to hand over the lordship of Broken River Plain to Sigourney and Ash after the world merged, and that the job would be theirs from now on. They could feel the pain of reviewing documents until they were dizzy! He could finally retire!
In response, Sigourney curled the corners of her lips in noncommittal.
Afterwards, the phantom of Duogu Village disappeared and reappeared several times.
During this period, news about the "Land of Freedom" also spread in Bai Yilufu.
…
One year later.
Lavinia has moved all the dragons to the free land.
With the help of Duogu Village, Ash and his companions contacted other cities on the Broken River Plain. Before the world merged, they relied on Mercator's power to establish the prototype of the early system of the Free Land.
It was Mercteau, Nance, and Vann who helped establish the management system.
Ash looked anxious and begged them for help in a distressed tone, citing his "lack of experience", but what else could he say?
Help, help, help!!!
After being busy for a whole year, Nans finally realized, hey, where is the comfortable retirement life that was promised to him?
On this day, the phantom of Duogu Village... no, it should not be called a phantom.
As early as two or three months ago, the projection of Duogu Village had already become quite solid. Recently, although we still couldn't touch each other, we could vaguely hear some voices from the other side.
It was at night.
Ash and Sigourney were particularly connected to the world, so they felt something and woke everyone up one by one.
"Tonight is the night," they said.
Tonight is another bright night with stars and moon shining together, which reminds me of that night in the holy land.
The people from both worlds sat down at the same place in different spaces, next to the stone tower outside Duogu Village. Ash leaned against Sigourney and blushed silently.
——The projections from the next world are always there and hard to guard against. In order to avoid the tragedy that happened to Aubrey and Shayna, he and Sigourney were extremely cautious even when they kissed, not to mention...
The world is finally coming together.
Ash breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
"Ash!" Aubrey from the neighboring world suddenly stood up, raised his hand and pointed to the side, with a shocked look on his face, "Over there! Over there in your world! Look, what is that huge black shadow?!"
Ash looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a huge black shadow moving towards him very quickly in the distance.
Although it was huge and fast, it strangely made no sound and was exceptionally light.
It would have taken them a while to notice it, had Aubrey not caught a glimpse of it.
"That is..." He paused and tilted his head in confusion. That's not right. There doesn't seem to be such a big creature on the plain. Could it have come from outside? How did it pass through the barrier?
The speed of the black shadow was indeed fast, and soon it was getting closer to them.
The blurry black shadow receded from it, and Ash could finally see the bright white light flowing through its branches and crown, so quiet and peaceful that it seemed to cleanse one's soul.
On the other side, Aubrey stammered, "Tree, such a big tree - how can a tree run so fast?! No, trees can run!"
Ash's eyes widened as well, "The World Tree?!"
Wait, why did the World Tree that gave birth to the elves come here? !
Now that the World Tree has run away, won’t the elves outside the plains go crazy?
As he thought, the elves outside the plain were now surrounding the plain, collapsing and attacking the barrier frantically. He didn't know what evil idea the people inside had to steal their World Tree - that's right! Even if the World Tree pulled out its roots and ran away, it must have been stolen by the other party!
Ash didn't have the energy to think about the elves. The World Tree waved its huge roots, ran to them at an unimaginable speed, braked suddenly, and took root in the ground, blocking most of the starlight and moonlight - it looked like it was going to stay here and never leave.
The people in Duogu Village don’t quite understand the significance of the World Tree.
The dragon clan leader Lavinia was stunned by the World Tree's actions. Wait, the World Tree could actually move itself? Was it uncomfortable living in the elves' place, so it wanted to move? Was it moving with a tree of elves?
The Elf King is going crazy this time.
Dailan sat with Mercator and Lan from the neighboring world. She said in a very good mood, "Perhaps it also knows that this is where the foundation of the world exists. After the world merges, the foundation of the world will be complete again. It will take root there, and there will be many benefits."
Uh, is the World Tree so smart?
But what about the elf cubs in that tree?
And wherever the World Tree is, there is the Land of the Eternal White Moon...
If the elves can't enter the plains, doesn't that mean they can't even return to their homeland?
As for kindly returning the plains to the elves so that they can reclaim a piece of land as their territory? That is absolutely impossible.
Meng laughed loudly: "The World Tree is destined to be with us. It should grow on our territory." This was a very frank bandit thought.
Ash nodded seriously, "I think so."
The World Tree came here on its own, and now that it has reached their territory, it belongs to them.
And the reason why the cornerstone of the world can remain intact is because of him and Signy. The World Tree has taken advantage of the cornerstone of the world, so it should also give something in return, right?
This is paying off a debt with one's own body.
As for the homeland of the elves...
It's not like they don't allow the elves to enter the free land.
All races that yearn for peace can enter.
Sigourney chuckled, "Yes."
When Sigourney uttered this syllable, a crisp and short sound rang in the ears of everyone in both worlds.
They had heard this sound a year ago.
At that time, the gears started to turn, and this time, the gears should have turned into place and fit together perfectly.
It was as if the membrane was broken by a poke.
The scenery before my eyes suddenly became clearer and brighter.
A bright light appeared next to Ash.
He tilted his head and saw that a stardust-like light slowly floated out from the body of the orchid in Mercator's hand, vaguely converging into a blurry female figure, walking towards Dailan step by step.
Dailan stood there without moving, slightly relaxed her limbs, and allowed the stardust to sink into her body.
The worlds merged, and she finally became one.
She tilted her head to look at Ash and Sigourney, and moved her lips silently.
"Thank you."
Let the prophecy come to a perfect end.
The author has something to say: The world is merging, and they don't need to work hard to assist anymore → It feels like they are thrown away after being used [not
Okay, that’s the end of the main text.
There will be a special chapter tomorrow. I scratch my chin. The special chapter is probably the final chapter?