Above The Sky

The torrential rain fell from the sky, hitting the rocks to make a loud noise, and the water flowed down the cliff like a waterfall, converging into thick streams of water on the rugged surface of Tutan Cliff.

The dull thunder was like the roar of a drum, interlaced with the wind, as if to tear the sky apart.

Hilliard Lexi stared at the undulating sea in the distance, a huge, majestic, but deep and dark shadow located in the depths of the sea, and his mood fluctuated like the waves.

The air was filled with water vapor with a strange smell, and the falling thunder fell from the turbulent cloud vortex overhead, hitting the top of the cliff that had been baptized by countless thunders. superior.

However, the amazing thing is that this dark metal skeleton is not affected by any thunder, no matter how huge the current is, it will be silently absorbed by it.

Boom! An extremely bright thunderstorm fell, illuminating everything on the top of the cliff, and for a while, only a blue-purple brilliance was left inside and outside the cliff.

Hilliard raised his head, and he saw that a cloud was collapsing and falling, the gray rain cloud was pressing down heavily, and together with the shining thunder, it fell to the ground with a momentum that overwhelmed everything.

The old knight didn't care, and let his body be washed away by the rain cloud covered with a large number of psionic fields and electric charges, and with the brilliance of the thunder, he seemed to be able to vaguely see that it was hidden under the rock shell for an unknown amount of time, and now finally Ancient writing on a metal frame showing some truth.

"The Ladder to Heaven (Κλ??μαξΘε??α??αν??δου)... Heavenly Father traverses all realms in seven steps, hanging stars, the imprint of his steps is the so-called ladder to the sky, and it is also the one who ascends. Elevate yourself to the sky."

He murmured to himself: "The maze is about to take shape, and once the maze formed by relying on it is completely constructed..."

Hilliard shook his head.

He came here precisely to prevent this from happening.

"Thunderhunting jellyfish."

At this moment, Hilliard noticed that, as the thunder in the sky continued to fall towards the Takutan Cliff, in the nearby sea area, the blue-blue brilliance of the stars began to surge, like the swirling fluorescent light scattered on the black curtain.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a low humming sound, hundreds of thousands of jellyfish with only blue-blue canopies slowly floated from the sea amid the crackling electromagnetic sparks in the atmosphere.

In the translucent soft gelatinous layer, there is a shiny blue core like a lamp spinning rapidly, and the jellyfish burst out with electric currents, intertwined with each other, as if communicating, and after a brief 'communication', they will gather in groups, It turned into a cloud of blue light dancing around the Takutan Cliff and dancing around the thunder.

From a distance, the thunderclouds in the sky and the thunderclouds on the sea complement each other. Terrible electric arcs and thunderlights shuttle between the two, interweaving into a grid of electric cages. Any arc of the electric arc is enough to knock a whole boat of people off. Grilled to char.

Hilliard quietly retreated when the mine-hunting jellyfish cluster emerged.

This is the most dangerous place for a group of monsters - their defensive power will increase exponentially due to the number of monsters. When they are alone, they are only weak and low-level monsters, but when hundreds of thousands of monsters join together, they are enough to become the surrounding area of ​​the cliff. , the absolute hegemon within a hundred miles.

The number of mine-hunting jellyfish this time is seven to eight, dozens of times more than what Hilliard saw when he came here eight and fifteen years ago... And fifty-five years ago, this place There is not even such a monster infested.

"Even in the labyrinth, this speed is too abnormal. There must be some unexpected elements that have caused the rapid increase in their number in the past ten years."

"This factor is also the reason why the number of monsters in the waters around Harrison Harbor has increased dramatically in recent decades and has gradually become violent."

With this thought in mind, Hilliard changed back to Orsenna and returned to the city.

It was now the middle of the night on the second day, but on the way home, he was surprised to find that there were still lights in the house.

"What, Ian, why don't you sleep?"

Back in the house, Hilliard looked at the white-haired boy sitting at the table with some doubts, who seemed to be quite tired. He shook his head and said, "Regular work and rest is part of spiritual practice, especially at your age, only enough sleep, There is enough physical strength and room for growth.”

"I know, teacher."

Finally, when Hilliard returned, Ian stood up to greet him.

In the face of the old knight's euphemistic rebuke, he just shook his head and replied solemnly: "As for today, it is a special situation."

"My psionics tell me that the whole city is in danger of being destroyed... I can't sleep with this premonition."

He looked at Hilliard, who was surprised, and said calmly, "Teacher, I want to know an answer."

"Even if it's vague and perfunctory, it's true."

What kind of power is Ian's psychic power?

This, even Ian himself has a hard time explaining.

Predicting the horizon, in addition to predicting the future trend within a certain period of time, has the ability to identify items, and can also detect the quality of psychic energy, taking into account the vision of the phase, which is a fairly comprehensive and comprehensive observation system auxiliary psionic energy.

Such psionic energy is quite rare in Terra Continent.

Perhaps the prophets of the major churches may have abilities similar to Ian, but that's just speculation. After all, even with the vague history of the previous era, over the years, few psionicists have really been proven to be able to 'true'. And the correct 'foreseeing the future.

Even Ian is the same, he is not 100% sure that his psionic power is to filter out the 'most likely possibility', or to spy on the progress of another parallel world.

However, if it is only at the level of 'predicting danger', then most of the psionicists may have it once or twice, and may suddenly perceive a specific crisis time about themselves on a whim.

"Is that so? You can actually actively perceive that the entire Port of Harrison will encounter an extremely terrifying crisis, affecting everyone, almost without exception?"

In order not to attract the attention of the neighbors, Hilliard turned off the lights.

Inside the dark room, the old knight frowned, thinking about the forecast Ian explained to him before, and said softly: "You feel a lot of physical exhaustion after the foreknowledge, this is normal... Whether intentional or not, psionic foresight is generally The omen that may appear on the ascenders above the third energy level, even they will feel overwhelmed, not to mention you."

"It's better to say that you can still speak, which is enough to surprise me, which proves that your spiritual quality is quite high..."

"Even, there may already be a soul."

"what?"

With a squeak, it was Ian's turn to be surprised - soul? He also thought that in this magical world with psychic energy and the path of sublimation, everyone has a soul!

Not to mention the fact that he has traveled to this different world and can still awaken the memory of his previous life, which made him feel that the soul thing might exist in his hometown.

Why does it sound like this soul does not seem to be available to everyone, even a rather rare thing?

"Surprised?" Seeing Ian's expression, Hilliard couldn't help but smile.

He patiently said: "Wisdom does not require a soul. It is a gift of human beings and a gift of the fruit of wisdom. In contrast, beasts are born with the power of sublimation, but they do not have innate wisdom and need to reach the second energy level. 'Ninghui', the soul is initially bred, and wisdom can be bred."

"I know, you little guys always listen to the fairy tale books that say that the soul is not the soul, it seems that everyone has it, but this thing is quite rare, even if it is a natural psionicist, it may not be able to awaken the ability in one day. From time to time there is, at most, a dim shadow."

"But you may be an exception."

Patting Ian's head, Hilliard couldn't help frowning and thinking: "Your psionic power is actually the most precious type of predicting the future, and it can actively perceive future trends... If you're not kidding, then it's no wonder you were able to see the future. find me."

The old knight's expression was a little anxious at the moment: "This is almost a prophet. The most suitable path for you should be the spiritual inheritance of the secrets of the major churches."

"But it's a bit difficult to get this kind of inheritance..."

"That might not be the best for me."

Realizing that his teacher seemed to be seriously thinking about how to get the inheritance of the prophets in the hands of the major churches, Ian couldn't help shaking his head and said, "It's just the inheritance that is most suitable for my psionic energy."

"Compared to this." He interrupted the topic: "Teacher, what is going to happen to Port Harrison? Why is there such a great danger coming?"

"...It's a long story."

Hilliard sighed, and since Ian had sensed the danger, there was no need to hide it from the other party.

Patting the chair, he motioned the boy to sit down, and then said slowly, "This matter is even related to the establishment of Port Harrison."

"As one of the farthest frontiers in the human world, the reason why Port Harrison in southern Xinjiang could still stand in the mountains and jungles under the siege of many sequoia natives in the past is precisely because the emperor of the empire, Inaiga II, was there. Sublime support."

Inaika II...

When Ian heard the name, some rumors that he had heard in the past flashed in his mind.

Among the discussions that circulated in secret exchanges, the reputation of this late emperor...

"Black King..." He couldn't help whispering to himself, saying the name of the emperor after his death.

Of course, this is actually a milder nickname.

Because, among those who don't have much respect for the imperial family, the real name of this Inaiga II...

It is the 'black tyrant'.