Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 166: Return of the Artifact (Final Chapter)
A royal train left the city of Saint-Lon and ran along the railway towards the west.
In the luxuriously decorated carriage, Luke and Starlight sat opposite each other. Neither of them spoke. Luke looked at Starlight, while Starlight looked out the window.
The wilderness scenery outside the car flew past, and in the farmland there were wheat fields swaying in the wind, a sign of a good harvest.
After a long time, Luke saw that Xingguang had not spoken, so he took the initiative to ask: "What does the 'Starlight in my heart' mentioned in Qingkong's letter have to do with you?"
Starlight turned to look at Luke, with a smile on her face. "'Starlight' is the name I gave myself after you didn't allow me to call it Clear Sky. Your Clear Sky doesn't know that..."
Starlight didn't give a direct answer, but Luke, who knew her well, realized that the two must be related.
"You already knew your fate?"
The smile on Xingguang's face gradually disappeared. She avoided Luke's gaze and replied, "This is the final mission given to me by the starry sky. Between destruction and rebirth, it points out the final path for the World Tree to become a divine artifact."
"Then what?"
Xingguang looked at the sky outside and smiled again: "You should have guessed it, right? Of course, I'm going back to where I came from."
"Is there no other way?"
Starlight looked at Luke again and said, "Don't be so sad. We will have a chance to meet again. When you embark on the path of God, perhaps you can find me among the stars in the sky and wake me up again."
“It’s not an easy thing to do.”
"Of course it's not easy to do, but I have time to wait for you. Even if it takes ten thousand years or a hundred million years, as long as the starry sky is still there, I will wait for you."
Luke smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make a promise with you. As long as the starry sky is still there, I will definitely find you."
The train ran along the railway, day turned into night, and the stars in the sky and the full moon cast their light on the speeding train.
The Moonlight Royal Court had long received the order from the meteorite, and the Moonlight Knights were busy with the secret ritual. A large array map was drawn on the surface of the entire Moon Lake. Whenever the starry sky at night was reflected on the Moon Lake, the array map would rotate on its own, and the reflected starry sky would also rotate with the array.
Points of light fell from the World Tree, like shooting stars streaking across the starry sky in the lake.
When the Imperial Royal Train stopped at the Moonlight Royal Court Railway Station, the formation on the Moonlight Lake had just been completed.
Luke wasted no time in receiving the news and ordered the guards and servants who followed him to carry the mysterious props to Moon Lake. Soon the tree man also came to help, which made the whole process of carrying much faster.
Then comes the placement of the mysterious props and the preparation of the occult ritual.
Moonlight Knight completely sealed off the entire crater. The angels and the Golden Men who were studying the World Tree here tried to break in several times, but were blocked by Moonlight Knight and the tree people.
Luke held the blueprint and directed his subordinates to place the mysterious props.
Starlight stood under the World Tree and watched the mystic ritual being perfected.
Since that conversation, they haven't spoken a word. Luke feels guilty about Starlight. Since she awakened, she has always been thinking about him. She taught him how to fight and helped him understand the unknown things in this world. She can charge forward without hesitation for him, and can also sacrifice for him without hesitation.
Luke, who had too much on his shoulders, didn't know what he should say to the departing Starlight.
The starlight also watched Luke silently, just as she was watching all the stories happening to Luke in the spiritual starry sky.
Separation was destined, but I don’t know how long I have to wait before we can see each other again.
Night falls.
All preparations for the secret technique are complete.
The entire surface of Moon Lake is filled with various rare and mysterious props arranged according to the formation.
All irrelevant personnel retreated outside Moon Lake. Luke walked to the World Tree and placed the artifact tree bud in Starlight's hand.
"It's time to start..."
The artifact tree bud is the subject of the secret technique. It sits in the palm of Starlight's hand, looking at Luke and then at Starlight, as if it doesn't know what will happen.
"Then let's get started..."
Starlight held the artifact tree bud and walked into the starry sky reflected by the lake. The stars and the array slowly turned. The surrounding light dimmed instantly, and nothing could be seen outside the Moon Lake. There was only the vague outline of the World Tree and the more dazzling and shining starry sky on the lake.
Then the starry sky above the lake dimmed, and it fell into safe darkness.
Suddenly a light appeared in front of the starlight, and she walked towards the light holding the artifact tree bud.
The secret words were chanted in her mouth: "I walked in the darkness and found that it was not all dark here. There is always a bright spot ahead, using its faint light to show me the way forward..."
With every step Xingguang took, her body gradually faded and emitted brighter and brighter light. She continued to walk towards the light, holding the sacred tree bud and chanting the long secret language.
"I walked for a long time before I realized that the starry sky was not above my head, but in the abyss. The abyss was not under my feet, but above my head..."
The darkness above became deeper, and the aura of destruction pressed down, followed by a large number of tree trunks and branches falling down, which ignited black fire again. The World Tree was wrapped in the abyss, and the violent force seemed to destroy it completely.
The secret message also read the last part: "After destruction comes rebirth, and the power in between... is the starlight in the heart!"
At this time, the starlight has completely turned into light.
After she finished reciting all the secret words, the light that made up her body suddenly dispersed and turned into countless light points that lit up all the stars on the lake.
The mysterious props and formations disappeared without a trace, the branches and leaves burning with black flames turned into smoke and disappeared, but the starry sky above the lake rose up from the lake surface.
A full moon held up the fallen artifact tree bud and carried it to the sky following the stars.
The power of the abyss retreated with the rise of the starry sky, until the starry sky became a real starry sky, and the world tree wrapped in darkness revealed its majestic posture again.
A meteor fell from the sky and landed in the Moon Lake, creating ripples.
Starlight's voice reached Luke's ears along with the ripples.
"Hope is the pursuit of a better future. As long as there is hope, the World Tree will protect us. Goodbye...Luke, I'll be waiting for you in the starry sky!"
At the place where the meteor fell, there was a violent splash of water. The artifact tree bud rose from the water and then grew at a very fast speed. When the trunk touched the world tree, the two trees quickly merged together.
The world tree that was transformed into a divine weapon is experiencing another growth. At the same time, the power of the divine weapon spreads to the whole world as it grows.
A passage of World Tree language rang in the ears of all creatures and was understood by different species: "I am the World Tree, the artifact that guards 'Hope'."
The power of the World Tree has just declined.
One after another, divine weapons broke through space and distance, showing their power and return to the world.
"I am the Golden Compass, the artifact that protects 'Authority'."
"I am the Statue of Light, the artifact that protects 'justice'."
"I am the Rainbow Arch, the artifact that guards 'magic'."
"I am the Red Flame Torch, the artifact that guards 'Destruction'."
"I am Fluorescent Cluster, the artifact that guards the 'Darkness'."
The birth of the new artifact and the return of the old artifact brought the entire world to a standstill, and all creatures were intimidated by the power displayed by the artifact.
A cry broke the silence of the Silver Manor.
Agatha picked up the newborn baby, kissed his forehead happily, and then saw two tender leaves printed between the baby's eyebrows.
"Is this a gift from the artifact tree bud to you?" Agatha smiled and kissed the baby again.
The growth of the World Tree stopped, and looking at it from Moon Lake it still looked the same as before, as if the power of the artifact just now was just an illusion.
But Luke could clearly feel the network of the World Tree that runs through the world, and the World Tree magic system was officially launched.
He recited the world tree language he had learned, and the Duke Magic Titan far away in Raging Waves City was instantly teleported over and sent into the cockpit. At the same time, various functional modules were also transmitted one by one and then mounted on the expansion slots of the Titan.
Luke quickly performed a self-check of the performance in the cockpit and discovered that many functions that had not yet been perfected could actually be operated with the help of divine power.
Is this the power of the divine weapon?
But before Luke could experiment with the new function of the Duke Magic Titan, a crack appeared in the sky above Moon Lake and an angel rushed out from it.
Theresa!
She was no longer the same as she was before entering the abyss. Her once beautiful wings had turned into bone wings, and her body seemed to have been torn into pieces and put together again, with some of her limbs even just pieces of wood, metal, and rock.
"Ms. Qingkong asked me to bring you a message."
Luke opened the cockpit and stood out: "You saw the clear sky in the abyss?"
"Yes, Miss Clear Sky saved me. She told me to tell you that among the stars, only the moon's light comes from the sun."
Luke understood what Qingkong wanted to say, and he said to Theresa: "Thank you for delivering the letter. Are you going back to Sky City?"
"yes."
"Your current state probably won't be accepted by the Sword of Oath."
"I found the Statue of Light. He has to accept it even if he wants to." Although her body was broken, Theresa looked more resolute than before: "Now that human civilization has a divine weapon, the intensity of future wars will increase."
Luke smiled and said, "Everything has increased, so everyone is still on the same level."
Theresa sneered, "Not necessarily... With the return of the artifact, the divine authority will also be opened up. From now on, it will not only be a battle between civilizations, but also a war to seize divine authority.
You better be careful!"
Luke sensed the murderous intent emanating from Theresa and replied, "I have always been careful, you should be careful too."
"Goodbye then!"
After saying that, Theresa rushed into the night sky and disappeared in an instant.
Moonlight Lake returned to silence, and Luke, standing alone on the Duke Magic Titan, opened his arms to the distance.
Shouting loudly: "I... am right here!"
The world tree is swaying, the stars are shining, and the moonlight is like a disk.
In the eastern sky, a sun is rising...
(End of the book)
