Chapter 320 [The Morning Star Never Falls] (5400)

Dawn, Farol, First Church of the Astral.

Anzu looked at it from the hill, his senses seeing far away.

The decoration of the Astral Church is different from other churches. Most of the latter use baptized shining stones as the floor, the walls are engraved with murals and three-person-high mosaic glass windows, and the dome is paved with sacred weirwood. Gold foil with an idol of the deity in the center.

Compared with its splendor, the decoration of the Star Church is much simpler. Monochrome navy glass occupies four walls, and the entire dome is also transparent. You can see the starry sky when you look up. The flowing starlight makes there no boundaries between the inside and outside of the church, and there is no statue of God in the center of the church. , replaced by a huge star map.

The Holy See of the Stars, whose full name is the Holy See of the Stars and Naraku, has churches in Falore and the Theocracy of Awad.

The magicians of the Astral Church are called "Stargazers". They are the purest scholars and the only neutral group among all religious organizations.

Stargazers do not participate in religious struggles or political wars on either side. In their philosophy, all human battles are worldly battles, and their eyes are on the stars; their job is very simple, day and night. They all observe the starry sky and register the "stars" they discover in the stargazing atlas.

The observed coordinates will be provided to both the Holy See, allowing the Esoteric Cult or the Orthodox Cult to explore or conquer.

In short, detecting the movement of stars is the most important job of a stargazer.

And in the early hours of this morning, when the stars are about to disperse——

However, the stargazers detected an unusual movement trajectory. In the starry sky map that was originally close to reality, a stream of light suddenly appeared that should not have appeared, flowing along the sky at an unimaginable speed, but it was not just It is circulating and circling. After each circle, it will get closer to the present world, as if it is climbing the track of destiny. The stargazer will wake up and realize that this star is approaching the present world in the form of a spiral staircase!

The closer they get, the more they can observe what this star belongs to——

It is the second fragment of the [Age of Chaos] series that the Astral Church has been looking for.

But this time, it wasn't them who found it.

But the stars came to them on their own initiative.

If the world of Naraku comes into contact with the present world, no one can bear the consequences.

Not even the so-called demigods can resist it.

But now, that world is close enough to be observed with the naked eye.

The astral priests' warlocks immediately sent a warning to the city hall, but to their surprise, Milton did not take any preventive action, neither evacuating the citizens nor organizing an evacuation.

On the contrary, the inspection frequency and martial law of the Inquisitors and Knights have been increased. All newspaper articles that published this starry sky phenomenon have been removed from the shelves and sealed. All gatherings and entertainment activities have been cancelled, and curfew times have been cancelled. Extended back, all residents must stay at home, and the city hall's external statement is that the imperial capital is peaceful. This is a strategic military exercise.

Anzu could understand City Hall's intentions.

The Chaos Star is already so close. Even Ansu can deduce that the falling speed of the Chaos Star is related to the degree of chaos. There are so many demigods and scholars in Milton, and these adults can naturally deduce the truth.

The more chaotic the imperial capital is, the faster chaos will fall.

So for the nobles and officials, the most effective way is to conceal the truth from the people, embellish the peace, and avoid causing mass panic and outright chaos. Therefore, it is understandable that instead of organizing an evacuation, the guards locked people up in their homes.

This move can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

At best, it can only delay the fall.

Ansu knew that the more he concealed something, the more chaos he suppressed, and the chaos that eventually broke out would only become bigger.

But for Milton, just treating the symptoms and delaying the situation is enough.

Less than a quarter of an hour had passed since the sky had just turned white. Ansu had already seen three alchemy carriages passing by the Maria River. After leaving the upper city, they passed through the city gate and headed toward the city farther away. As the wasteland drove away, the gear ruts of the carriage crushed the early winter rime, and the alchemical horses reflecting the coat of arms of the 'Earl' and 'Marquis' exhaled thick smoke from their magic cores, intertwined with the industrial haze that shrouded the lower city. Can't tell each other apart.

There was even a carriage embroidered with golden kites, which seemed to be a branch of the Milton royal family.

These noble adults need time to leave Farol, the center of the fall, so they let the media decorate the peace, and let the guards lock the ignorant people in their homes. This is understandable. of. For the Empire, the safety of the noble people is more important, and only they can command Falore to overcome this crisis - even though they are not in Falore.

So it all makes sense.

It's understandable.

"Master Ansu, it's time for us to return to the border."

The mercenary troops from the border embassy found Ansu and the maid from the mountain plains. These Knights of the Morning Star were wearing white armor, with the navy emblem of the dawn and stars printed on their epaulettes. The leader of the knights, the alchemy giant, turned over and got off the horse. This high-ranking female knight is named Agni. She was once the knight captain of the Border Holy See. After a certain incident, she quit the church and was absorbed by the Morning Star family.

She hurriedly bowed to the young master,

"Your father received the news that the stars are about to fall in the center of Falore. All the nobles and municipal officials currently living in the imperial capital will evacuate. Even the emperor will leave Falore, and the border with Awadh The empire has also begun to take action."

"There is no use remaining in Falore."

Agni raised her eyes and looked at Ansu, "Please leave with us immediately."

"Indeed, there is no use staying here."

Ansu nodded to express his understanding. He stood up and walked towards the Morning Star Knight Commander, but did not take the alchemy horse from the attendants. The young man shook his head at the Knight Commander, his navy blue eyes full of seriousness, " But I don’t plan to leave.”

"Why?"

The knight commander was obviously anxious. She knew that people shouldn't read too many books. She was stupid to see that the young master only came to study for two years. When it rains, normal people know how to find a place to hide from the rain, but the young master doesn't even know the stars. If you know how to hide, you are a complete nerd.

Suddenly, Agni suddenly thought of something, "Is it true that, as Miss Enya said, you are under too much pressure from studying and want to commit suicide?"

Are you him?

Ansu's expression instantly fell. He glared at Enya next to him fiercely. When did the news spread? I told you not to sue your parents. How come even my guards know about it!

Didn't you just give me a gambling ticket? Why are you so vindictive?

Miss Enya tilted her head, her face still had the same cold expression that had never changed, but she stuck out her tongue at Ansu in a subtle way, and her long dark hair swayed in the air. Ripples started from behind her, and the broken starry sky fragments slowly flowed along the sky track.

"Hey." She sighed softly and shook her head with a cold expression, "Enya doesn't know anything."

"Miss Enya," the knight commander looked at Enya with hopeful eyes. She knew that the close maid in front of her was the most unfathomable and cared about the young master's life the most. She would definitely not let Ansu go crazy, "You Knock the young master unconscious quickly, and I will drag him into the car. When we get back, we must arrest the young master Ansu and put him in an institution to cure his addiction. "

But to her surprise, facing Ansu's life and death crisis, Enya shook her head for the first time, "I respect the young master's choice this time. Because I am a shadow, and the shadow will only follow the light."

In the past, Enya would never have done this. Even if it was against Ansu's wishes, she would forcefully take Ansu out of Falor.

Are you and he also addicted?

Agni was shocked, studying is really harmful!

"What if the young master dies alone in the imperial capital?"

"It's okay, I'm here." Enya replied lightly.

"Can you guarantee that Ansu will be fine? If Naraku really comes into contact with the real world, not even a demigod will be able to survive!"

"You misunderstood what I meant." Miss Enya shook her head, her amber eyes reflected the starry sky, "All I can do is to prevent the young master from being alone. If he dies, I will naturally do the same. Follow him so that he won’t die alone in the imperial capital.”

When it comes to life and death, she talks about it as plainly as if she was talking about how many bowls of rice she had last night.

Ansu looked at Miss Enya, and he knew that what the latter said was absolutely true. She would really do this, because in the world line where Ansu had not awakened the memory of her past life, the maid had already done this. Once, despite this, Ansu's heart was slightly touched. He looked at Enya for a long time, feeling a little warm in his heart.

"Of course." Miss Enya said matter-of-factly with the same cold expression, "I want to take advantage of the heat before I die." Ansu's warm heart cooled down.

The bottom girl!

What did you say you wanted while it was hot?

He finally felt that Miss Enya was a bit normal, but in the end she was still so arrogant, even if she died!

Wait, in another original timeline where I died, the maid lady of that world.

He looked at the maid with a rather horrified look.

"So, Master Ansu." Enya looked at Ansu. She took a step closer, leaned down slightly, her thin lips like cherry revealed moist mist, and scratched the young man's earlobe warmly, "Please Don’t die, bad things will happen if you die.”

There was no extra color in her amber eyes, which reflected the boy's shadow seriously and clearly. She said softly, "Please."

"Otherwise, I will definitely eat you."

This was the first time that Ansu saw Miss Enya showing such a shaken expression. She pursed her thin lips slightly, tightened her skirt with her white fingers, turned her face to the side and lowered her eyes, even her pupils were moving lightly. Trembling slightly, Ansu could imagine the complicated struggle Enya went through in making the decision to stay in the imperial capital; the obscene words she deliberately said were just common disguises.

"I'll be fine." Ansu paused, then gently reached out his hand and rubbed Miss Enya's head slightly, "And I don't taste good."

"I still can't understand you." Knight Agni shook his head, "As far as I know, almost all the nobles and their descendants in the imperial capital are preparing to leave. Even the city hall has begun to evacuate. Even the royal family, they will be there on the 1st The two capitals remotely command Farol.”

"And you're not even from the Imperial City."

"It's precisely because everyone has left that I have to stay here." Ansu shook his head. He walked to the edge of the hill and looked at Farol under the mist. "Otherwise, what will they do?"

"them?"

Agni followed Ansu's gaze, and at the end of his gaze was the more complicated and row upon row of streets in the Lower City. The guards of the Alien Management Bureau posted one prohibition after another at the gate of the concierge alley.

Through the dense seals, in the depths of darkness, there seemed to be countless pairs of anxious eyes. In the dark slums, in the silent ruins and dove buildings, there were old people, young people, and children in those eyes. , and the child's eyes are the clearest, exuding sparkling light in the mist.

Some secondary missions in the upper city also heard the news and used their connections to purchase access orders to surround the city gates. But the dawn in the lower city was quiet, and only the propaganda officer of the daily newspaper wrote "peaceful and peaceful" on the streets. ' Newspapers filled mailboxes.

"Do you care about their lives?" Agni blinked his eyes. Could it be that Master Ansu has some understanding of human nature? "As far as I know, you are not such a person."

"You're right. I really don't care. I only care about my own interests."

There was still half the time for the reversal. Bai Ansu didn't bother to whitewash his words. He looked at the country of Farore, and the golden morning glow emerged from the gaps in the clouds. He stood at the highest point of Farore, and the young man stretched out his He held his hand, as if holding the power of the world, "Because they left, I will stay; if they don't leave, I will run away. I am not a good person, I have always been evil."

"Chaos is the ladder of ascent."

"If the soldiers leave, then I stay as a soldier; if the alderman leaves, then I stay as an alderman; if the king goes, then I stay as the king. These are my people. "

Facing the morning stars and morning glow, the young man's navy blue eyes seemed to be staring at every pair of eyes in the darkness, every old man, young man, and child, and every anxious soul. He gave the purest smile, and the remains of Xingchen fell from in front of the young man.

"If all the stars in the sky fall, then I should remain in the sky."

Agni silently stared at the young man in front of her, her soul deeply shaken. She truly felt that the young man in front of her was an alien. Ansu was not afraid, or even had no sympathy, and did not show any concern for the ordinary citizens of the slum. Feeling pity, on the contrary, the young man just felt joy, joy from the heart. He would not even hide this joy, this evil, nor would he whitewash peace. He accepted the chaos, and he praised the chaos.

Despite this, he stayed in the imperial capital and stood with the abandoned chess pieces.

A child of curse, a child of blessing, or both.

"Master, you win." Agni was silent for a long time and said slowly, "Let your father convince you."

Is my dad here too?

Ansu blinked his eyes, but saw Agni take a step back and open the curtain of the alchemy carriage behind him. As the gears turned, Count Carlo's downcast face suddenly appeared.

"Dad." Ansu felt a little bad. His father would definitely take him home forcibly.

He looked at the Chenxing family's army with his peripheral vision. Count Carlo was very powerful. Most of this elite army was composed of saints. Even he and the maid lady combined would have a hard time defeating them.

Miss Enya quietly held Ansu's hand, waiting for the young master's order before they escaped into the shadows.

"The traitor."

Unexpectedly, Count Carlo just stared at Ansu silently. For a long time, he sighed softly.

"If you want to stay, just stay."

Ansu was surprised.

"In these years, what you are best at is running away from home. If I catch you once and you run away once, I know that you can't keep your kid. And you are already seventeen years old, and you are old enough to get married."

Count Carlo shook his head and looked at Ansu with his same navy blue eyes. "When I was young, I also liked to run away from home. I followed your two uncles to Farol, so the Morningstar family People can’t be locked up.”

"Everyone says that we are a nouveau riche family with a history of shortage. But in fact, it was because your father became rich suddenly when he was a soldier and dug a gold mine. They only knew about us and thought that we were a nouveau riche family. In fact, our family is on the border. It has been going on for thousands of years, and they have been the leading soldiers guarding the border for generations. "

"You and I don't have much education either. This is the only knowledge I can teach you."

"Do you know where our family's emblem [Morning Star] comes from?"

"The morning star is the star in the morning. But there should not be stars in the morning. Stars belong to the night. At dawn, other stars in the sky have left, but the morning star still stays at dawn, at night and during the day. Staying on the boundary line between the sun and the sun before it comes out, staying in this narrow time without any brilliance, this is the mission of Morning Star.”

"We are the morning stars. Even if all the stars fall, we will still remain in the sky."

Count Carlo looked at Anzu,

"The nobles have all left, so you can stay in the sky of Falore, while I am going back to the sky of the border. I just received a tip - thanks to you for deceiving those idiot envoys at home - —The Awadh Empire begins to march toward the border."

"The war has begun. Remember, your father is also a soldier. Your father was knighted for his military service. He is not some stupid upstart!"

He ordered the soldiers to drive the alchemy carriage, and the heavy magic core mist steamed up. These alchemy monsters made a roar, shattering the heaven and earth. Count Carlo glanced at Ansu for the last time, and he said loudly, "Ansu, never forget that you are Morningstar, and remember that it is dawn now!"

"Also remember, that clan language that I haven't had a chance to teach you yet—"

The knights of the Morning Star stepped onto the alchemy carriage, and the navy blue horse hooves crushed the cold rime. The neat sound echoed in the ears and also echoed in the sky above Falore, hovering for a long time.

"[The morning star never falls]!!"

The young man held Miss Enya's gentle hand and softly repeated this clan saying,

He looked at his father's retreating back. He gradually disappeared in the gap between dawn and night. The early winter wind blew the orange-white clouds, and the wilderness also rolled up layers of folds like mountains and seas. His father He walked towards the end of the mountain and the sea and rushed to his battlefield. He would never look back. From now on, Ansu knew that no one would take him home again, because he was already seventeen. Years old.

"[The morning star never falls]."

The young man said softly and repeated it again. He didn't know how to describe his mood at this time. He only knew that this was parting and he didn't know when we would see each other again.

Why?

Ansu's eyes widened slightly.

He saw Count Carlo grab the coachman's reins, leave the convoy, and reverse back.

"No, I'm not worried. Our family has been passed down for dozens of generations and we can't stop it."

Count Carlo glanced at Ansu, then at Miss Enya, and gave his father's order.

"I order you two to have sex here right now!"