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Chapter 1458 Finale "OE's Last Holy Communion (5)"

Chapter 1458: Final Chapter · "OE·The Last Holy Communion (5)"

The golden light grew bigger and bigger, gradually becoming as dazzling as wheat awns.

People couldn't help but look up.

Su Mingan's vision was pitch black as he fell silently.

"Shh!"

The red-gold flames burned across the sky, like the afterglow of sunset, engulfing every inch of the sky. It filled the sky and was spectacular.

In this vast expanse of red-gold, a figure suddenly parted the clouds, his hair falling like a waterfall in the flames, as if a god had descended from the sky. Behind him, the red-gold clouds quietly parted, like wings of fire spreading out.

The clouds have cleared and the rain has stopped, and everything is clear and bright.

People couldn't help but hold their breath.

The man's waist-length hair fluttered in flames and frenzy, and his eyes, as dark as the sea of ink, stared calmly at the earth.

A sickle like a bone was held in his palm, shaped like a crescent, with the sharp tip pointing at Su Mingan - at the "devouring" power behind Su Mingan.

In an instant, intense pain and anger surged into people's hearts, and people's hopes were shattered.

There was no smile on Su Mingan's face.

…When did it start?

From the first time the red blade was raised, the first time the person turned in the opposite direction, and the first time he saw the end of destruction helplessly, it was irreversible.

He began to feel confused. The logic and action orientation were all perfect, but why did it end up like this? Was there something he did wrong?

"——Noel Akinni."

The person who came was not a savior.

But it was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

As long as Su Mingan's "devouring" power is seized and prevented from falling into the hands of the masses, the eighth seat cannot be stopped.

Noel Akinni did come.

Not to save, but to destroy.

A figure flashed through the air, with bat wings spread out and wearing a crown. Another figure flashed through the air, with brilliant angel wings and black hair tied with a white bow.

Lu Shu and Lin Yin, one on the left and one on the right, caught the falling Su Mingan, like catching a falling swallow.

They protected Su Mingan who had his eyes closed, and retreated defensively, looking at the golden figure floating in the sky.

The best friend of the past has become the enemy of today.

"...President!" A blonde girl waved her arms and shouted loudly. It was Angelica from the New World Guild. She tried to persuade Noel: "President, please come back to the right path. Do you remember when we taught music lessons to children together in the New World Guild? Do you remember when we stayed up all night to prepare the fireworks for Su Mingan? Those gems were carved by you one by one, and the pattern of that carpet was chosen by us together. Come back, President, let's go for a ride on the Crow together, okay?"

“Returning to the right path…?” The azure eyes had already turned dark. The blond boy lowered his head and looked at Su Mingan, who was unconscious behind Lu Shu and Lin Yin:
“I’ve never lost my way.”

"Su Ming'an, I don't know if you can still hear me... Do you still remember the group wedding that I watched?"

"In my 26 years of life, I have seen too many unreliable emotions in life. In my eyes, most things in the world end in tragedy. Human beings are selfish, greedy, and lustful... Of course, I am the same."

“No matter how eternal something is, it will eventually oxidize and disappear.”

“But even so, I am increasingly looking forward to seeing things that are more eternal than the universe, such as fleeting love and ideals that bloom like short-lived flowers, because their existence is only a short moment and cannot be traced back, and it is impossible to tell whether they have disappeared. So, in a sense, I have witnessed their ‘eternity’.”

"You, some of you, are also like a flash in the pan. In my eyes, you are also 'eternal'."

"...So you are going to kill the shiny thing for the so-called 'eternity'? What's the reason!" Flora couldn't help but ask.

Noel lowered his eyelids, and the corners of his lips seemed to curl slightly:
"No. I don't mean them..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

A ray of golden light tore through the clouds, and a long sword burning with sharp fire suddenly fell down, like a lightning that split the darkness!
The deafening roar accompanied by the impact of fire tore through the air, causing the heaven and earth to stagnate, as if time had frozen at this moment.

"Shh!"

Noel's figure turned into a square card, floating towards the ground, and in a flash, he appeared a hundred meters away. He touched his left shoulder, and the pain exploded in his mind. The fire sword passed by him, and a strand of messy golden hair turned gray and black and fell into the sky.

He hissed, smiled, and put his right hand on his left shoulder.

As the flaming sword fell, the blinding daylight splashed down recklessly. First, a huge golden dragon head emerged, staring with piercing eyes, and its sharp dragon horns pierced through the clouds. Then, a young man with long flowing red hair was revealed standing on his back. He had a stern and expressionless look on his face. He shook his wrist, and another flaming long sword condensed.

The raging fire flapped wildly around Him, as if playing a sharp elegy.

His white robe was covered with red-gold patterns, embroidered with flames and auspicious clouds, and he was wearing a pair of slightly curved black boots. With a light push, he broke away from the dragon's back and stabbed forward with a sword!
The strong wind made it impossible to open one's eyes.

Noel's expression remained calm. He pointed with one hand and said in a low and soft voice:

"The earth splits into two parts, and the sky collapses."

"—You will turn to dust, confined to the end, and never be reborn."

A huge iron-locked door suddenly opened on the path of the flaming sword.

For a moment, Su Lin felt that his ears were extremely silent, as if he had fallen into a vacuum environment. He could not hear any sound and could not take in any breath.

He had previously merged with the gods of Yunshang City and lost his humanity. He felt as if his heart was a boundless wilderness and nothing could touch his heartstrings.

If a golden dragon named Ian hadn't come to ask for help, claiming that the world was about to fall, Su Lin would not have come.

However, seeing Su Ming'an closing his eyes behind Lu Shu and Lin Yin, Su Lin felt a little heavy in his heart, as if he had entrusted something extremely important to this black-haired young man and wanted him to complete it. However, thinking about it carefully gave him a splitting headache.

"Shh!"

Su Lin decisively pulled out a territory, isolating himself from the influence of the vacuum environment. He swung his right arm heavily, and the flaming sword slashed down, falling into the deep iron-locked door.

The door was covered with heavy ripples, as if a stone had fallen into a mirror. However, the iron-locked door trembled wildly for a while, and was on the verge of breaking several times, but it still stood there.

"...Hmm?" Su Lin showed a slight doubt. After he merged with the God of Yunshang City, he didn't know how strong he was, but at least his combat power was over 9,000, so he shouldn't be unable to break Noel's defense.

At an angle where no one could see, Noel pinched the card between his fingers, covered his face with the card, and spat out blood. His face turned pale, and three of the ten rose petals on the back of his hand withered in an instant.

"...You are worthy of being the most reliable...God...I thought you would not come..." Noel said to himself and smiled.

As a companion, Su Lin is really reliable. But as an enemy, he is really scary...

Immediately, Noel lowered his hat, closed his eyes, and waved his hands rhythmically like a conductor, chanting something.

The blood-red robe fluttered in the wind, and the slender body of the "magician" stood in the huge sunlight. His face was completely hidden in the shadow of the backlight, and only the corners of his nose were slightly visible, as if he was an actor under the red sun, preparing for the most exciting performance.

Su Lin's thoughts raced: "...It will take at least three more strikes to defeat Noel. There is not enough time... We must save Su Ming'an first."

With a flash, Su Lin appeared beside Su Mingan and touched Su Mingan's forehead with his palm.

The black-haired young man had already turned into a crystal state, his hair was like snow, his body was like glass, his flesh and blood turned into fluorescent dots, floating out like fireworks. There was a hole in his chest, and his heart had long disappeared without a trace.

The authority of "Faith" has been handed over to Lu Shu, and the authority of "Devouring" is still behind Su Mingan and has not yet been given out.

The black mist of the eighth seat enveloped him, leaving only his cheeks unswallowed, revealing a peaceful expression.

"Can you hear me? Su...Su Ming'an." At this moment, Su Lin's eyes once again awakened some humanity, and suddenly recalled some memories. He lowered his voice and whispered in her ear: "Su Ming'an, if I kill you now, will it work? Will it trigger anything?"

The only answer he got was silence.

The dark swallow slept quietly, its eyelids closed, sinking into a long-lost sleep.

In a flash, Su Lin figured out everything:
"Killing him should be useless, otherwise he would have committed suicide from the beginning... Or, killing him is still useful, but he is willing to accept such an outcome, so he would rather be devoured than commit suicide... So, no matter which of the above possibilities is true, there is no need for me to help him die..."

"But now, Noel Akinni has used a powerful defensive spell to forcibly summon the Lord of the End of All Things... The situation may have gotten out of Su Mingan's control... Do I really not need to help Su Mingan die?"

Is “taking action” or “not taking action” right or wrong?
As soon as Su Lin closed his eyes, he forcibly invaded his mind, used the authority of "soul" to enter Su Mingan's dream and find out what was going on.

He entered the dreams of dying people.

In the warm, golden sunflower garden, a black-haired young man was rolling around in the garden holding a white cat. The warm sunlight fell on his face, and he looked at Su Lin gently.

For a moment, Su Lin hesitated whether to break the dream, but he immediately cleared away unnecessary thoughts: "Do you need my help?"

Su Mingan shook his head.

Is this comforting?

Su Lin finally realized the death rollback not just before he died... No, actually it was kind of like that.

"After Noel Ajinni summons the Lord of the End of All Things, she will immediately snatch your 'devouring' authority, and I can't stop her. Only if I help you get it back now... will we have a new chance." Su Lin said.

Su Mingan still shook his head.

Su Lin frowned and said softly: "...Is it useless?"

Su Mingan smiled silently, raised a finger and put it to his lips:

"Trust me, SU engineer."

"I heard a voice telling me it would be OK."

"I will do everything in my power to get you home safely."

The dream lasted only a moment, so he didn't have to worry that such a blessing would delay Su Lin's time.

The cat hair stuck on his fingers flew around, and Su Mingan choked and coughed. He shook his hands and gave up the cool gesture of pressing his fingers against his lips.

Su Lin frowned. He had the same attitude before boarding the airship. He couldn't protect himself, but he was thinking about what others would do.

But he still wouldn't stop Su Mingan.

Just like the Ninth World and the Tenth World, when faced with this choice, he would never stop Su Mingan, because he knew better than anyone that the realization of ideals was far more useful than any comfort and happiness.

"…What if I can't go back? You're no longer here, how can you settle all our grudges?" Su Lin stood with his arms folded, his expression fluctuating slightly, but soon turned calm.

By then, Su Mingan will be gone, who should he hold accountable?
Then, the most unexpected response came.

Something like a ticket was handed to Su Lin.

The ticket has an image of an angel on the front and some Praia text on the back. When the ticket is turned over, it shimmers slightly in the sun.

Su Lin stared at the ticket in a daze, and then quickly realized what it was.

His pupils dilated instantly and his fingers trembled slightly.

"Then we will invite the gods of Yunshang City." Su Mingan put one hand on his chest, handed over the ticket with one hand, and smiled slightly:
"...Please use this 'indulgence' to forgive my mistakes with your magnanimous and holy attitude."

……

[Pray to the gods of Yunshang City, and they will forgive your mistakes.]

[When you kneel in the church and pray devoutly, the angels of the Cloud City will listen to your confusion. Your voice will reach the gods through the burning stone. The residents of the Cloud City will also receive your message, and you will walk out of the flames of purgatory.]

【…】

[This is... an indulgence. This thing can only be issued by the Church of Light. These should be made by Su Lin himself.]

[…Why did Su Lin give him this kind of thing? To whom is he atoning for his sin?]

[Su Mingan put away the red envelope.]

……

During the Chinese New Year, Su Lin gave him an indulgence. It should be that Su Lin anticipated that he might not be able to return home, so he did this to relieve Su Ming'an from having to bear too much psychological burden in advance.

But Su Lin did not expect that this indulgence,

In this way,
At this time point,

With this background,

Hand over to him like this.

No one would have thought of it.

"You...!" Su Lin uttered a word briefly, realizing that the dream was moving away from him.

This is a sign that the dreamer's vitality is completely lost. When the dream collapses, the dreamer will also leave completely.

Su Lin clutched the indulgence, his head aching terribly. He stretched out his hands to try to maintain the dream, but it was too late.

At the end of the field of vision, in the gradually shattered dream, the black-haired young man was still rolling around in the flower bed. With a warm and excited expression, he rolled on the lawn, covered in grass leaves and sunshine, like a naive child.

Only at this moment did he show some pure happiness.

Then he patted the white cat and signaled it to go away.

The dream was about to collapse, and it was enough to leave him alone here.

The cat took a step forward and ran away into the distance. After a while, it disappeared.

Finally, on the gradually collapsing lawn, Su Ming'an, covered with grass leaves, looked at Su Lin, curved his eyebrows, and waved gently.

On his face was a pure happiness as white as a sheet of paper.

His lips moved silently, and he uttered a piece of Prayan vocabulary with an immature accent, which must have been the product of his practice.

……

"Thank you for helping me along my journey, SU engineer."

"Goodbye."

"Getting to know you is a very pleasant experience in my life."

"I'm lucky, really."