Chapter 589: Klonoa's Legacy
Costat was very rude. "Mr. Hines, please restrain your thoughts. We haven't even got the goods yet, and we're already fighting among ourselves. It's too shameful."
Hines snorted coldly. He was just testing their thoughts and didn't intend to really discuss the matter.
But Costat's words also made him very dissatisfied. "What do you mean by scheming? This is a situation that is inevitable. Your Highness, have you never thought about it? Or do you already have an idea in mind but keep it to yourself?"
In the distance, the action seemed to have begun, and one of the chosen ones had already arrived in front of the Holy Castle.
Everything is ready.
Kostat's face was expressionless. "Let's resolve this matter first. We still have a long way to go before we can truly seize the Holy Castle. Azure Dragon will not let us go."
Hines scoffed, "Don't use Azure Dragon as an excuse. He can no longer contact the Holy Castle. If you have any ideas, it's better to speak them out openly than to resort to subtle tactics in secret."
Heckler frowned and stared at the scene in the distance. It seemed like something unexpected had happened, as if it had taken too long.
Costat sneered, "This holy fortress was originally discovered by the Empire. Are you forcibly intervening? Are you so upright?"
"Ha..." Hines laughed. "Finally, you spoke your mind. I knew the Empire was upset about this... maybe..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard Heckler shout angrily, "Shut up! You idiots!"
Hines's face turned cold, and Heckler's expression became extremely ugly. "There was an accident."
"Um?"
The three of them suddenly realized what was happening and looked at the chosen one who was close to the Holy Castle.
He was holding a skull in his hand and seemed to be shouting.
However, the Holy Castle did not respond at all.
"How could this happen?" Heckler's eyebrows twitched and he flew forward.
The three people's expressions gradually became solemn. They suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts. Without caring about the quarrel, they quickly followed.
As he got closer, he heard the chosen one tremblingly responding to Heckler's questions.
"I...I don't know what's going on. I'm just speaking as you asked."
Heckler's face was extremely gloomy. "Try again."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the chosen one held up the purple skull in his hand and tried to keep his voice calm: "I request to proceed with the trial to become a king!"
This sentence is exactly the same as what Leonidas said at the beginning.
However, the holy castle in front of them remained silent, and no longer emitted a guiding beam of light like last time.
"What's going on?" Hines, the most impatient, immediately demanded, "Why is it different from last time? Did your people do something?"
"Idiots!" Heckler scolded rudely, "Can you use some brains when you speak? If we can easily tamper with the Holy Castle, why would we need you?"
Schmidt frowned. "What's going on? The previous method no longer works. Does that mean my plan is ruined?"
Costat's face was tense, but he had an extremely strong and familiar feeling in his heart.
That feeling is called "unexpected situation". Since coming into contact with Qinglong, the number of unexpected situations has almost far exceeded the total number since he became a prince.
"Qinglong!" He uttered these two words, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"You mean, Qinglong is up to something?" Hines's face changed slightly.
"Since the last incident, the only anomaly that has occurred is the sudden connection between Azure Dragon and the Holy Castle." Costat said solemnly.
"Perhaps during the brief connection just now, Azure Dragon had some influence on the Holy Castle, rendering our methods ineffective."
Azure Dragon?
Hines' cheeks flushed red, then turned blue, and he twitched slightly. Recalling what he had said before and his "contempt" for Qinglong, it was like two slaps in the face.
This made him unable to help but retort, "Don't blame everything on Qinglong. Maybe it's your people who are behind this."
"Tell Malcolm to change people." Heckler almost squeezed out these words from his throat, his eyes fixed on the Holy Castle in front of him.
We tried again with a different person, but the result was the same.
The cold reality told Heckler that the loophole he had painstakingly figured out had now been plugged.
If it weren't for the Azure Dragon and the inexplicable giant screen of time and space, the Holy Castle would have been mine long ago.
Heckler roared in his heart. He could not remain calm ever since the three major civilizations intervened.
Hines, who was squeezed, breathed rapidly, but although he seemed reckless, he did not add fuel to the fire and swallowed it down.
Schmidt's face changed, and an indescribable feeling of frustration swept over his body. Strictly speaking, this was only his second fight with Qinglong.
He sighed, "I thought I finally defeated Qinglong this time, but it turned out to be a miserable victory."
"All our previous plans were based on the premise of being able to squeeze in, but now we have to start all over again." Schmidt became increasingly frustrated when he said this.
"It would be impossible to directly break through the Saint Castle's energy shield without ten years."
"Ten years, there are too many variables." Costat did not react much. He was already accustomed to the unexpected situations caused by Qinglong.
"The good news now is that Azure Dragon is temporarily unable to reach the Holy Castle."
"As for starting over..." Costat's eyes swept over Heckler, "Let's report this matter first."
Several people looked very unhappy. This was the most unexpected accident. Even when they were tricked by Qinglong in the Higher Joint Organization, they had never been so angry.
Everyone knows that the Holy Castle is the key, and as long as there are no problems here, it can be accepted.
In this situation, the higher-ups will probably be angry again.
…
In the capital of the empire, Adam was receiving a secret report with a strange expression on his face. "What message did Chlonoa leave for me?"
On the virtual screen, a middle-aged man with a resolute expression said in a deep voice, "Yes, that's what the dimensional life form said."
"He seems to have been searching for someone from the Empire, and he had to make sure they were following your orders. After passing the relevant information to me, he perished. I have ordered them to be sealed in top-secret form and sent back as quickly as possible."
Adam nodded with an incomprehensible expression, and immediately thought of Qinglong.
Chlonoa conveyed the information to him in this way, probably before his death, and it must have involved Qinglong.
Could it be some secret about Qinglong?
Thinking of this, Adam became a little impatient.
But it would take time to ship the things back, and he didn't want more people to know the news. He had to see it himself, so he could only hold it back for the time being.
Ignoring this matter for the moment, Adam asked again, "How's the search going on with that thing?"
The middle-aged man's face was hesitant. "We've searched the area where Klonoa perished, the main battle area of the Eternal Star, and the trajectory along the way, but we've found nothing so far."
"There's not even a trace of it."
Adam frowned slightly and tapped his knuckles on the table. He was the one who sent this group of people to search for the fragments of the Star of Eternal Silence. The information left by Chlonoa was an unexpected gain.
He has one third in his hand, Qinglong has one third in his hand, and there should still be one third lost outside, which no one knows about.
He sent this group of people there after the apparent dispute ended. Half a year has passed, but still nothing has been gained.
"Keep looking, and remember, be sure to hide it," he warned.
"I understand." The middle-aged man nodded.
After the screen went out, Adam slowly leaned back in his chair, with all kinds of information intertwined in his mind.
Before long, the "message left by Chronoa" came to mind. Facing the thorny enemy Qinglong, this information tugged at his heartstrings. "What... is it?"
He had many thoughts at once.
But soon, the quiet thinking was interrupted by a communication request from Costat.
A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly calmed down and chose to join in.
"Holy Emperor..." Costat smiled bitterly as he came up. Adam already had a rough idea in his mind and said in a deep voice, "Did something go wrong at the Holy Castle?"
"You're wise," Costat said helplessly. "Today, the captured Chosen One arrived, and we were about to launch a second expedition, but who knew the Azure Dragon would suddenly forcefully communicate with the Holy Castle..."
He roughly repeated what happened, but Adam's expression remained unchanged.
When he heard that the information isolation lock had recorded Qinglong's information state, he raised his eyebrows. This should be good news.
But since Costat said something had changed, Adam didn't feel excited and just continued listening.
"...As a result, when the chosen ones tried Heckler's previous method, something unexpected happened. The Holy Castle showed no reaction. We speculate that the Azure Dragon must have changed the underlying rules of the Holy Castle..."
"Wait..." Adam's face changed slightly, and he suddenly interrupted, his expression serious: "Are you sure it was Qinglong who changed the rules of the Holy Castle?"
Costat paused, noticing Adam's unusual reaction, and became more conservative: "Right now... this possibility is the most likely. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"That's the Holy Castle, built by the Lord himself." Adam's voice deepened. "Changing the rules of the Holy Castle isn't something you can do with just a few words. He..."
Adam hesitated to speak.
Kostat's expression also became more serious. He realized that this matter was more serious than he had imagined. "Now, it is impossible to use the King Trial to squeeze into the Holy Castle. All plans must be scrapped and started over."
"We can't delay any longer. He might be closer to the Crown of Digras than we thought." Adam's expression changed, and he immediately gave an order, "Tell Heckler not to hide it. Use the backup plan."
Costat's heart skipped a beat. "Heckler's backup plan is only a speculation. It may not succeed."
"Don't be afraid. The entire cost will be borne by the Star Alliance and the Federation." Adam said coldly, "We provide the plan, and they two provide the solution. It's very reasonable."
Upon hearing this, Costat's expression softened slightly. He nodded and whispered, "...over there in the Chaos Star Gap, do you want to speed up the progress?"
"There's no rush for that...just proceed step by step." Adam shook his head. "The Chaos Star Gap can't cause any fundamental damage to Azure Dragon. The Holy Castle is the key."
Costat said he understood, and the slight confusion he had during the report was swept away, and he had a goal again.
………
In the Holy Castle, Li Ming had already passed the monitor and watched the entire process. He couldn't help but sigh: "You are still reliable."
If this loophole is not plugged and the three major civilizations are allowed to squeeze in, they will really be unable to take care of each other.
The Supervisor retracted his metal arm, and the virtual screen before him disappeared. He shook his head and said, "This can only delay for a while. You still need to find a solution as soon as possible, otherwise you will have to give up here..."
Thinking of this, the Supervisor couldn't help but feel a little angry. "How can the life forms of the main universe be so short-sighted? The danger of the Eternal Abyss hangs over their heads. Shouldn't they work together? Why are they still fighting each other?"
"Your talent is unparalleled in the universe and deserves the full support of the entire universe. That is our hope in fighting against the Eternal Abyss."
"Back then, the Titans worked together, without distinction between you and me."
"Haha..." Li Ming couldn't help but grin. "I guess you must have a filter. Even the Titans back then didn't necessarily work together when facing the final crisis."
He took a lot of benefits left by the Titans and had no opinion on the Titans. He was just simply arguing about this matter.
The Overseer frowned, slightly dissatisfied. "Of course we will work together, regardless of death or consequences. No Titan will have selfish motives, and there will be no internal strife."
"Why are there eight holy castles?" Li Ming asked back.
The Overseer paused, frowning as he explained, "Of course, we can't put everything in one basket, and we can't just give it to one living being."
"The Overlords wish to cultivate more seeds to aid subsequent civilizations in their fight against the peril of the Eternal Abyss."
"It's to avenge them, right?" Li Ming hit the nail on the head and shook his head. "Working together is easier said than done. Sometimes, it seems like we're working together, but it's just a matter of using our strength in the same direction."
"Besides, the Titans are a species after all, and the main universe species are like the stars in the sky... and so on..."
At this point, Li Ming seemed to have noticed something. He looked at the Supervisor with a peculiar look, a half-smile, which made him extremely uncomfortable. He said in a deep voice:
"No matter what you think, the Titans are all united. If you were born in the Titan Age, you would have received your full training."
Li Ming smiled. "It just occurred to me that the concerted efforts you mentioned earlier probably don't include those Titan branches. In fact, even you don't consider them as 'people'."
The Supervisor's metal face suddenly changed.
Li Ming shook his head and laughed, "You said I was born in the Terrax era, which is fine. You subconsciously put me in the Titans, right? What if I am a Titan branch?"
The Supervisor complained that the life forms in the main universe were not working together.
At the same time, he subconsciously separated the Titan branch from "working together".
Even the monitors who have truly experienced the Eternal Abyss have different levels of thinking in their minds, not to mention these guys in the main universe.
Li Ming didn't expect that once the Eternal Abyss Crisis was announced, everyone would work together to fight the disaster and even devote all their efforts to training him.
Besides, the three major civilizations are not unaware of the existence of Yongyuan.
The Overseer was speechless.
Li Ming patted his sturdy shoulders and said, "Thank you for your concern, but it's better to rely on yourself than on others."
(End of this chapter)
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