Chapter 367 I Am Not a Hero and I Don’t Want to Grow Up...

In the night courtyard, a circular teleportation array shines in the center of the courtyard, a deep red carpet passes through the circle, and blue water mist rises, illuminating the faces of the three people in the dim darkness of the evening.

The lines are intertwined, outlining the mysterious magic array.

The mist overflowed from the edge of the formation, rising and spreading, and the white air sank like a fairyland, facing the silent young man facing it.

The tip of the silver-broken dragon tooth was covered in white air, flowing over his ankles, as if he were standing in the clouds. The moisture of mist was carried by the evening wind, blowing over his silent face with his eyes covered, night scene Specially made top hem.

Shui Linlang's soft words came from the opposite side of the magic circle.

‘Become the last night watchman at midnight’

On one side of the garden, Li Ze looked at Fang Ran not far away in silence, except that it was still difficult to accept this fact.

He listened to Shui Linlang's words and felt shocked in silence.

Compared to North America and Europe, Asia, which has the largest population base, has the largest number of participants active in the world of night battles, and like the Zero Knights of the Nightless Palace and the executive officers of the association, Midnight also has the highest combat power that distinguishes all participants—— Night watchman.

And unlike the executive who believes in power first, the Nightless Palace must be approved by the queen to become a zero knight.

The night watchmen at midnight have always been the most special. Not only are their numbers fixed, but apart from the power they possess, the existence itself must be a person who has something in his heart to be given a name.

Under the same ranking, the highest combat power of the three major forces is often the most mysterious Night Watch, which is more feared by others.

Moreover, due to the low-key activities, the outside world still does not know how many night watchmen there are in the middle of the night.

As the youngest night watchman in Midnight, Li Ze knows better than anyone else.

How pure is this title?

"The last... night watchman...?"

In the mist, the taciturn young man recited in a low voice.

"Yes, yes. The last night watchman."

Shui Linlang nodded silently, then repeated his words, supported her cheek with her fair white wrist, and spoke softly:

"Become a Night Watchman, and the power of Midnight will pour all its resources into you."

"Provide a new platform, a new level, so that you can have something you have never had before. I believe Li Ze's experience is very clear."

Hearing Shui Linlang mention his name, Li Ze silently affirmed, and then slowly opened his mouth, telling the secret that the outside world had always puzzled.

"It was indeed after I became a Night Watchman that I gained the ability to improve my strength to A level in a short period of time."

Is it...

Become a night watchman...

Fangran stood quietly at the gate of the garden, looking at the large formation of water mist.

"This...is what you call 'growth'?"

The young man looked a little depressed and asked with a sigh, his eyelashes on his lowered eyes were a little wet with fog.

"Well, that's what I want you to decide to grow up with."

Shui Lin's blue eyes were also misty. She stared at Fang Ran with soft doubts.

"As long as I become a night watchman?"

"As long as you become the Night's Watcher."

Her blue eyes stared at him, looking at the bright magic circle in the eyes of the three of them, and answered softly.

"Step into this magic circle and you will immediately appear in the Midnight Shrine. There will be at least six participants there who have abilities related to mana and human organs, although not to the extent that those two people gave you. , but it can permanently free you from the burden on your heart and reach at least a C-level level."

Shui Linlang did not continue because she knew that the young man in front of her who was actually very smart could figure everything out.

This was all she wanted to say to Fang Ran tonight.

Get rid of the burden on your heart permanently.

Fangran's hand touching his chest tightened slightly, as if this would allow him to better feel the heartbeat in his chest.

It was as if he still had his heart intact.

Although Shui Linlang didn't elaborate, Fangran knew,

If he became a Night Watchman, it would definitely be an earth-shaking change. After being told by Su Qun that he had fought in the world at night, he knew very well that Ziye, one of the three major forces, had the highest combat power and what the Night Watchman represented.

At that time, he curiously asked Su Qun how powerful and mysterious those Zero Riders, Executive Officers, and Night Watchmen were.

But he didn't expect that he could become one of them now, as long as he stepped into the magic circle in front of him...

And not only that, he can also completely get rid of the burden on [Chuangpai]'s heart.

The energy value standard for Class C is.

C-level upper level, which means his mana value is approaching 8,000.

What's important is that having an 'infinite' self, with no limitations, no side effects, and 8,000 mana points that can be completely controlled by oneself means far more than a C-level high-ranking person can simply express.

And Fangran could be sure that Shui Linlang was definitely not lying.

Because she has told so many things about herself to make herself believe her 'next words'.

"Fangran, I'm not forcing you, nor am I threatening, but I really hope you accept this proposal."

Shui Linlang didn't have her smile on her face, but stared deeply at Fang Ran, speaking softly as if with some hope and expectation.

"Infinite, it is really more important to the night battle world than you think."

After hearing this, Fangran suddenly spoke. He was silent for a moment, and it seemed like he had been silent for a long time.

"I've actually always been curious."

The young man's voice was soft and calm. He exhaled gently and blew away the mist. He finally understood.

Then, for the first time, he raised his head slightly, his eyes bright in the night.

Only then did Shui Linlang realize that the young man's eyes were so bright and clear.

"Why do you want to help me like this? You have been silently and secretly helping me solve external interference and intervening in various external factors that may threaten me. The person I killed in Midnight in that scene must have been suppressed by you afterwards. Come down."

Speaking of this, Fangran glanced at the water mist array shining in front of him. The spreading mist was like the entrance to a fairyland. He chuckled, then took a deep breath, and moved his eyes away to look out the window at the night. The sea of ​​​​flowers gradually falling asleep in the sea, calmly said:

"And this proposal, in order for me to reach that point, the six participants must at least sacrifice their freedom to use their abilities all the time, and they cannot be ordinary participants. Ordinary participants can do this Will it increase my magic power or maintain my heart?"

He laughed out of nowhere, then exhaled, seemingly suppressing the shock and emotion in his heart, and said affirmatively:

"It can't be done. It must be at least B-level, and maybe even A-level will be involved."

Li Ze was silent on the side, and Shui Linlang looked at him silently without interrupting his words.

In fact, indeed, there was an A-level night watchman among those people.

"I don't believe that for no reason, a big man who has fought three major forces at night and lived for a century would bother so much for me. Moreover, I can't see any malicious conspiracy in you."

The young man standing there smiled calmly and softly, with clear eyes, and turned to look at Shui Linlang.

Faced with this situation, has he still considered this...

Seemingly understanding the reason for his silence before, Shui Linlang had to admit again that this young man was more careful and smarter than she thought.

From the moment he walked in and was exposed by himself, he showed a completely different calmness and delicate mind compared to the way outsiders saw him.

"If you say this is repayment for me saving your granddaughter, it doesn't seem to be the case, so I've always been curious."

"Why are you helping me?"

Fangran smiled, then fell silent for a moment, shook his head and said:

"But after hearing what you just said, I suddenly understood."

Shui Lin's blue eyes froze for a second, and then looked deeply at the young man opposite the mist formation.

"As a person with the ability to predict who has lived for a century, you are really great. Although you can't guess the specific reason, you spared no effort to help me and even made the decision to let me become the night watchman at midnight."

Fangran's eyes flashed across the Linfu neighborhood that night... no, the majestic giant shadow in the center of the disaster-despaired city. He found the answer from Shui Linlang's last words.

"Sure enough, it's for the sake of fighting the world at night...or to put it more bluntly, for the overall purpose of saving the world?"

That night, when faced with A who had the power to destroy the world, he realized the terror of standing on the enemy's side and numbered monsters. For the first time, he met...

Dark world.

Shui Linlang was silent. This was the longest she had been silent tonight.

After a long time, she looked deeply at Fangran, looked down at the mist formation and whispered:

"Well, yes, I do think so. At least in this era, since you exist, I hope things can change."

"So, you are really great, using your ability no matter the cost."

Fang Ran said softly, Shui Linlang's expression froze, and then she spoke in a complicated tone:

"How did you guess that?"

Opposite the mist, Fangran raised his head slightly, forcing his expression to smile:

"Because I don't believe that an ancient A-level participant would not choose to take revenge personally after his granddaughter has been in danger several times."

Shui Linlang was silent and did not answer. The blue light suddenly disappeared from her body.

Although he still looked the same as when he was young, he was as gorgeous as ever, but without the entanglement of the blue illusion, the blue color in his eyes had returned to the same color as Shui Lianxin.

"Fangran, do you really want to reject this proposal?"

Shui Linlang raised her restored eyes, stared at Fangran seriously, and confirmed in a reluctant tone:

"I know that this may indeed be a huge change for you, because the Originator was originally involved in an existence that was not his own decision, but you can't maintain the status quo forever, and you can't choose to never step into the real night battle world. You can’t choose to live on mana forever!”

At the end of the sentence, Shui Linlang's eyes were filled with concern as an elder, and her eyes were fixed on his complicated yet gentle sincerity:

"You should learn to grow up."

The gentle words carry the concern and distress of the elders.

At this moment, no matter whether he uses this power to 'save the world' in the future, Shui Linlang sincerely hopes that Fangran can change his mind.

At least it would prevent him from falling into a coma due to cardiac arrest.

The young man stood in the shadow of mist and remained silent for a long time.

Then he spoke in a hoarse voice, as if he was asking himself bitterly:

"So, what is growth...?"

He bit his lip tightly and stared at Shui Linlang suddenly, his eyes were calm and broken, his expression was shaken, and the corners of his eyes were slightly red!

There seemed to be water mist condensing in the corners of his eyes...

"I always thought that growing up was beautiful!"

His voice began to waver and become more intense, the hand holding his chest and heart became harder and harder, and his words became louder and louder!

"I want to become strong, smart, handsome, mature and stable, so that my parents won't worry!"

"Be who you want to be!"

Fangran swept away the silver dragon teeth and swept away the mist. It seemed that at this moment, his emotions could no longer be suppressed since he entered the door. He burst out from seeing so many memories Shui Linlang showed him, and he started to struggle with excitement!

Shui Linlang looked at him in slight shock. She did not expect such a scene, but his past from the divination appeared in her mind, and she fell silent again.

Silver Broken Dragon Fang took off his hand directly, flew out, and stuck on the ground at the door.

Fangran gritted his teeth and bowed slightly, clutching his clothes tightly with his hands that seemed to feel uncomfortable in his chest. His voice was hoarse and low, as if squeezed out of the memory of that night, with the cry of a child.

"But...I found...it's not...what I thought!"

Recalling that late night, the innocent and hard-working child that night...

"It's not that if you work hard slowly, you can slowly get it. Finally, you will understand the truth naturally and become older and more sensible. It's not as beautiful as I thought!"

Has he grown up?

He has grown up.

He grew up faster than ever before, and he suddenly understood many things in reality that he didn't know.

The growth is vigorous and burning.

Just like those protagonists in heroic movies...

Just facing the cruel reality.

After taking a deep breath, Fangran let go of his hands, stood up straight, and looked straight at her.

His eyes were firm and ferocious, and his voice was extremely confident, hoarse and calm:

“Getting something you never got also means losing something you never lost.”

That night, he got what he always wanted, the maturity and depth that he understood many truths and felt very handsome, at the price of...

Lost the hard-working, innocent child who once had the dream of becoming a handsome hero,

He became the taciturn and silent person he once was.

Have you grown up?

He has grown up.

But that growth made Fangran understand.

Growth is not gaining,

But loss.

Lose what you have never lost and gain what you have never had.

"I know you are right. Everything you do is for my own good. I also know that as long as I leave here and become a night watchman, I can get a lot of things, be active on the international stage, see the vast world, and devote myself to strengthening the world. A task of strength, but..."

Fangran calmed his breathing, cooled his heated eyes, and looked straight at Shui Linlang's calm opening.

"For me, all my daily life, all the days when I laugh with the people I know, those are all I cherish and all I have!"

"And to gain what you say, I have to lose all of them."

In an instant, the days when I was always confused with Ling, the days when I lived in that rented house with Meng Lang and Gou Yu and were noisy, the days when I was training every day with Su Qun in the night game, and the days when I was a little nervous with Hua Ling and Xu Xing. , the days of quarreling with each other with alchemists, the days of being taught various experiences by Qing Ning and the magician,

And even though he was not good at interacting with people, he was actually very gentle and concerned about his condition and helped him train Ye Sheng.

The daily routines he goes through...

"And you are indeed a great person, but becoming powerful like 'saving the world', even with 'infinite' power, is not what I want. I have passed the age of being stupid in middle school."

I have already made a mistake once. For this reason, I lost the days when I could be carefree, innocent and happy, and spent three years of high school alone and lonely.

I won't do it again.

Fangran turned around and walked towards the garden gate. He pulled out the broken silver dragon tooth that he had just let go of and spoke softly.

"So, I won't be a night watchman."

Even if you can get rid of the shackles of your heart and gain unprecedented free power.

But isn’t that what growth is all about?

There is no question of whether it is worth it or not, only whether you are willing or not.

He shook his head vigorously and returned to his usual self.

Putting away the Silver Broken Dragon Tooth, Fang Rante turned around and smiled sheepishly at Shui Linlang.

He changed back to the person he was when he first walked in.

As if they had not experienced such a conversation, he was a little at a loss and said to the beautiful and luxurious woman in front of him:

"If it were the old one, I might have agreed, but I'm really sorry, you're late, now..."

After taking one last look at the water mist formation that represented a lot, Fangran opened the door and walked out, leaving only his last words in a young man's embarrassed, reserved and polite voice.

"I'm not a hero and I don't want to grow up."