There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

“Remember, it will come back.”

When he died, he left behind such a prophecy, and even chose to give up his peaceful sleep, and imprinted all his strength into the sword he was accustomed to using. For this, he paid the price of his soul being unable to maintain its form, being shattered together with the body, and completely disappearing.

People feel sad, but they don’t know that the god has passed away, and what the hero is warning against, and they are even willing to go to such lengths for it.

As time passed, the prophecy was not fulfilled and was gradually forgotten. Only the sword remained, unchanged because of its hidden power, but it did not respond to anyone, as if it was sleeping.

The common enemy has been defeated, the leader has died, and humanity has gradually split due to different wills, and even fought against each other. Amid the shouting and killing, the enemies of the past have been forgotten, and history has become blurred with time and buried.

Time enters the modern era.

Outside the system of "spirit", "science" developed, which is the world we have today.

Suddenly one day, cracks appeared in the sky all over the world, and dark armies emerged from nowhere and descended from the sky. Without any discussion or hesitation, they launched an attack in an orderly manner.

Destroy cities, massacre civilians, and destroy armies.

This was a purposeful and premeditated attack. The enemy had a unique civilization developed with "spirit" as its core, and it was incredibly powerful.

Caught off guard, all countries suffered heavy losses.

At that time, the sword, which was displayed in the museum as a cultural relic, suddenly shone brightly. This weapon, which had been sleeping for a long time, finally woke up.

So many people seek the power within it, including some who can be called heroes, noble and powerful people. The sword that has never responded to such strong men resonates with an ordinary young man who wants to protect everyone when disaster strikes.

When the boy picked up the sword, he gained power and memories from ancient times. With that power, he wiped out the enemies around him.

Until many years later, mankind has quickly organized a force of resistance represented by various talented and ambitious people, and the boy who got the sword has grown into a strong man, active on the world stage, using his own strength to help mankind fight back. While fighting on the front line, he also brings back memories of the distant past.

People then realized that the crack was a door, and behind the door was another world. The man had no knowledge of that world in his memory, but he was sure that there must be someone on the other side of the door.

With the help of the ancient knowledge provided by the man's memory, humans developed various technologies including sealing and predicting the cracks in the sky. They respected the powerful man as the "Leader" and united them under his banner. They called the black army that emerged from the dark cracks "Demons" and gathered their strength to repel and destroy them step by step. They also sealed the "gates" one by one to cut off the connection with the world behind them.

But in the war to seal the last crack, the leader died.

The one who killed him was the one revered as the "King" by the army of the "Demon".

After killing the human leader, the [Demon] covered in black armor looked breathlessly at the other human warriors who were surrounding him, as well as the vast sky behind him. However, he did not retreat, but leaned against the crack and fought with his subordinates until the last moment.

Before he was killed, his roar was heard in every corner.

Although it was a language that had never been heard before, the meaning behind it was conveyed directly and clearly to the minds of everyone present.

"God's enemies! My descendants will come back! Eliminate you! Reclaim our homeland!"

By sealing the last crack, humans have secured their own world.

At this point the flames of war had spread across the world and humanity had suffered enormous losses, but everyone knew that the war was not over.

In the face of such a terrifying common foreign enemy, humans formed alliances based on countries, forming a world parliament with real influence.

[Leader] died, but his power was absorbed by the sword, and the next master was chosen.

In order to commemorate this [Leader], the World Parliament called his sword the [Holy Sword] and respected the owner chosen by the [Holy Sword] as the [Hero].

And just as the last words left by the King of the Demons said, every few decades, cracks would open up in the sky again, and dark armies would emerge, ushering in the curtain of brutal war.

The story begins against this backdrop, more than a hundred years after the First Foreign War.

During this period, generation after generation of [brave men] died in battle, and this generation's [holy sword] was passed on to a girl.

But the [King] of the [Demons] seems to have never been replaced.

During this period of time, the offensives of the [Devils] were weakening again and again. It was generally believed that the world over there had consumed too much of its resources and was no longer able to support itself. This was a sign of hope for an end to the war.

Until one day, a small [door] opened in an unknown corner, and a [demon] covered in wounds fell out.

He is the successor of the [Demon King] - but in the world over there, he has another name.

——【Messenger of God】.

What people don't know is that the reason why the [Devils] restrained their offensive is because this [Messenger of God] was questioning the will of [God] and planning an opportunity to kill God.

But he failed.

Then with the new king's accession to the throne, the world will return to normal.

At this moment, I felt the [door] open and the [hero] was on his way.

Chapter 236: Resonance of Dark Emotions

"Is this the background setting? Interesting?"

The guy who once wrote a setting collection as thick as a book was excited when he saw it, and his middle school heart was about to startle.

But I'm sorry, Li Nian has to interrupt Wu Geng's daydreaming.

"If you replace the characters in each camp with ABCD, you will find that it is actually a common setting. You think it is interesting only because I am a good writer... It's just that the predecessors didn't clean up their messes and left the big boss a chance to regroup and make a comeback."

These contents mainly fill in the background that was not there before, and they are indeed important content for setting the general development and overall tone.

But it's not that special. After all, the tone of the "Demon King and Hero" theme is basically like this, that is, to create a group of guys who stand on the opposite side of humans, live in another world, hold a hostile attitude, and do stupid things to destroy the human world.

"... Please don't say that to yourself, okay? I'm really disillusioned. Even if you say that, aren't you having a lot of fun playing it? I see there seem to be a lot of settings added later, right?"

Wu Geng was not wrong either.

The previous story was not intended to be a long novel, and in order to focus the narrative on individual characters within a limited space, the settings were deliberately not filled in. In particular, the part about the "country ruled by the Demon King" was just taking advantage of the readers' fixed cognition and setting it as "the magical civilization that exists in another world, roughly equivalent to the level of the Western world in the Middle Ages." This setting has long been overused in game novels, and as a conventional part, most people already have an impression of it. While it seems a little cliché, it is also easy to accept on the other hand.

It's not that I can't use the same method to write a long story now, but it feels meaningless and inappropriate. Li Nian decided to think about it again carefully. There is too much content to elaborate on, but compared with the past, there is undoubtedly a huge change, and...

"The setting is to serve the story, so no matter what form it takes, the surface is actually not important. Let's find the key points and test whether our clever Wu Geng classmate has found anything different from before."

"The point?"

Wu Geng thought about it and decided to match these backgrounds with Li Nian’s previous manuscripts, and he felt a huge sense of incongruity.

"...The conflict between humans and demons is very deep. It seems that they will not stop until they are bloodied. It is impossible for them to have a happy ending as easily as before... Although whether the previous story has a happy ending or not is another matter, the meaning of "getting back on track" means that they are going to start a war again, right?"

"That's it." Li Nian flipped through the document, and after talking about the background setting separately, he gave a general summary of the outline: "You should be able to easily see that the ultimate boss of the Demon World is actually the [God] who was once killed by ancient heroes. Their civilization can be summarized as [Theocracy is Supreme]. The king is the messenger chosen by the gods, and this Demon King, the male protagonist, is a man who doubts the will of the gods. The fundamental reason is that he is tired of killing and sees through the gods' warmongering, which will not make people's lives better. In short, he is an anti-war faction. Only with his existence will the Demons slow down their attacks. He killed the gods with the purpose of ending the war, so when he failed to kill the gods and was expelled to the human world, and then the new king succeeded to the throne, the war would naturally not end, but would officially start again."

Li Nian continued.

"Now the main plot is very clear. The entire content of the story is the beginning and end of the war, so the advancement of the plot can be clearly divided into three stages: before the war, during the war, and after the war. Based on this idea, we start to build the plot, and there will be a clear sense of hierarchy."

Wu Geng immediately understood that Li Nian was explaining to her the ideas of constructing an outline.

"How dare you act like a master... you arrogant fellow..." Wu Geng muttered, but he smiled gently unconsciously: "Keep talking."

"The previous background content will not be explicitly stated. The content of the story will only start from the time when the Demon King falls to the human world. Through his eyes, he sees the state of the human world and gets closer to the heroine, the contemporary hero, and comes into contact with the human characters. This part of the story is before the war, and it will be light-hearted and bright."

"The war lasted so long and the losses were so huge, and people are still laughing?"

"It is precisely because the wars in the past were so tragic that when such wars show signs of ending, it is a very happy thing. The human side believes that the enemy's offensive has slowed down because there is no longer enough strength to support it. They judge that the overall trend of the war is leaning towards them, so they see the possibility of an end - but the male protagonist of course knows that this is a wrong judgment. In contrast to the peaceful and festive scene, there will be a sense of urgency of crisis surging under the undercurrent. This is the overall emotional tone of the [Before the War] part, that is, hope."

"...If you keep going like this, you'll be forced to spoil the story even if you don't want to, Eriri." Amai, who covered her ears but was still wildly aroused by the voices coming in, finally couldn't help it.

"Well, let's go." Eriri stood up decisively and pulled Kato up.

"Huh? Ah, okay..." Kato seemed to have entered a state of selflessness. In fact, he successfully blocked out the sound of discussions over there, but when he was pulled up now, he had no choice but to break his spell.

Using the excuse of going out shopping, the three of them fled the scene in disgrace.

Indeed, if he continued, it would be a serious spoiler. Li Nian watched them leave and could only shrug apologetically.

"Then comes the happy part where despair comes and destroys hope, right?" Wu Geng easily guessed the subsequent plot development and smiled happily: "I like this."

"Yes." Li Nian also laughed: "Once the atmosphere is cultivated enough and the favorability between the characters is fully increased, it will be the time when a huge crack appears in the sky again, the new king will have completed the army preparation, and will lead the army to launch a more determined general offensive than before, and the curtain of a brutal war will be opened again."

"Those people I know rushed to the front lines and threw themselves into the battle without hesitation, only to be crushed by the overwhelming force. When people I know fell on the battlefield, the blood dyed the land red, and lives were lost, it was contrary to the beautiful vision. The fact before us is that the war will not end, but will only become more tragic. There is no hope for the future." Wu Geng licked his lips excitedly: "Only despair is spreading."

"..." Instead, Li Nian was silent for a while.

"Did I said wrong thing?"

"No, you understand a lot... It seems like you haven't grown up recently."

"Hey hey hey."

"Hehehe"

The two looked at each other and smiled. It was a rare feeling that they had such a common mindset with each other.

Chapter 237: All the Plots

"You two are laughing so eerily. What a bad taste you have, those two over there."

Kasumigaoka was still looking at the document seriously, and said without raising her head: "But Li Nian, I think this part of the content should be reconsidered. If you sacrifice characters at will, there will be many people who will be disgusted by it. Didn't you say it yourself? There is no need to write meaningless dark and cruel content."

"I know, of course I won't let the situation develop into that, so Wu Geng is only half right." Li Nian turned his head to look at the screen, looking at the name of a character that appeared in the document: "It won't be a one-sided crush, there won't be meaningless sacrifices, it won't be a large-scale death to exaggerate despair, but on the contrary, it will be to break the despair and actively sacrifice life. The one who stands out at that time will not be a likable character, but a villain who opposes the hero and heroine in every way, as if he is a combination of indifference and cruelty."

"……what."

The unconscious ** was made because Kasumigaoka happened to see that part of the plot.

Among the characters that Li Nian joins, there is a strong man in the human camp, who is the representative of the Z country. He is powerful and powerful. He is a veteran who has been active on the front line since the [First Foreign War], but his behavior shows that he is a cold, irritable and angry person. In the plot, he had a fierce confrontation with the male and female protagonists. He felt that "it is ridiculous to always let teenagers take swords to the battlefield. The so-called holy sword's selection criteria are really blind." He has no respect for the female protagonist who is a contemporary hero. Because of the "spy storm", he suspected the male protagonist who appeared at the [Door Opening] scene. He only wanted to kill the male protagonist who was not exposed on the surface and was just a civilian because of the "spy storm". Compared with the safety of human beings, what is your cheap life?" This reason, he wanted to kill the male protagonist who was not exposed on the surface and was just a civilian, so he had a direct conflict with the female protagonist. He faced off against the hero, but displayed his supreme strength and defeated him, leaving behind cruel words such as "With just this little strength, are you worthy of being called a hero?", which became one of the sources of mental pressure for the heroine. He can be said to have attracted all the hatred in the previous plot. He seemed to be a villain who blocked the hero and heroine from taking over human power, and acted arbitrarily by relying on his seniority.

But when the new king led his army to the border, the first person to react was the old man who happened to be present. He refused his subordinates' advice to evacuate in time, and instead attracted the attention of the new king and his army with his own value. He died in the battle with the new king, but successfully delayed the arrival of reinforcements led by the male and female protagonists.

Special notes for this character are noted in the document.

——This man’s disgusting behavior will be explained in his conversation with the new king during his final moments.

A plot has been written.

"How can there be a future for a world where young people who are not yet mature have to shoulder heavy responsibilities and stand on the front lines? We, the old people, should be standing at the front to protect them from the wind and rain."

"So my death today can buy me some time, which is valuable. Compared with the future of mankind, what is my worthless life that is about to die?"

"But there is nothing we can do now. We can only leave the future to the young people. Oh... it's really worrying to think about it..."

The war will begin with the death of the old man, leaving behind a ray of light in the despair. With the audience's preconceived resentment, the strong men of the old era will exit the stage in an unexpected but reasonable tragic way, giving up power to the young people.

Kasumigaoka's eyes stayed on this plot for a long time. He felt that this arrangement was very clever. It allowed characters who had not accumulated goodwill before to stand out. This kind of sacrifice would not cause too much disgust. After the reversal and whitewashing, its value was sublimated.

I heard Li Nian continuing to talk about the subsequent plot.

“Then it will enter the [War] stage. At the beginning, the human side will fall into an unfavorable situation until a new generation represented by the heroine grows up and takes over the responsibility of commanding the entire human army. Through the heroine's gradually growing strength, and the hero's deep understanding of the demon army as the former king, and the joint efforts of other characters, the war situation will be reversed step by step, and finally the demon side will be driven back to the other world again - and in the end, the new king will see through the hero's disguise and reveal his identity as the former king in front of humans.”

Wu Geng looked at the computer document and read out the subsequent developments.

"Faced with the shocked looks of the people he already knew, the hero realized that he no longer had a place in the human world. However, by now, he had already completed the first stage of his counterattack, so he stopped hiding and killed the new king himself. Then he extended his hand to invite the hero to go to the world of the demons to kill the gods. The hero did not hesitate at all, and held that hand, and entered the [door] that was about to close with him..."

"The [Post-War] stage is in the world of the Heavenly Demons. At this time, the new king died in battle and the army suffered heavy losses, but the [Gods] did not care at all. They wanted to elect a new representative, rebuild the army, and attack again. But the people are exhausted, the supplies are almost exhausted, and the planet itself is on the verge of destruction. The next war will surely lead to the destruction of this world."

"…What kind of god is this?" Wu Geng couldn't help but ask.

"The God of War." Li Nian explained, "It is a divinity that was born from the concept of war. It exists for the purpose of struggle."

"What does this have to do with the gods who used to rule the human world?"

"God is a spiritual being born from a concept and is not bound by time and space. The demon world is actually another human world, which is equivalent to the world line extended from the assumption that the hero in the past failed to kill the god. Here, the god won the victory, but also saw the ending of his failure in another world line. The god of war was delighted by the emergence of a hero who could defeat him, because for him, war is the meaning of his existence. How can he not be happy when he has an opponent? When the hero in the past defeated the god of war, the god of war gladly accepted his temporary failure in the other world, but declared that he would make a comeback. Only after a long time, the two worlds were connected, and the devil invaded the other world on the order of the Lord God. For the god, it was to wash away the shame of past failures by conquering the world where the ancient hero was."

"Oh...oh...world line..." The girl's eyes lit up again when she heard such an exciting setting; "So what happens after we go to the demon world? What should the hero and heroine do?"

"The god who had always maintained the stability of society through continuous victories has been defeated repeatedly. He has now lost the people's faith. Without the support of faith, he has also lost most of his power. The missing former king is walking in front, and the remaining old subordinates will not stop him from moving forward. Even the god himself is looking forward to a battle, happily waiting for the arrival of the two - and then, it will be the happy ending when the demon king and the hero work together to successfully kill the god." Li Nian smiled and said, "The story ends, and congratulations."

Chapter 238: With strength as support, progress can always be smooth

"Heh... just admit that it still sounds interesting?"

He is still harsh in his words, but now after listening to Li Nian's talk about the general outline of the new story after his revision, Wugeng feels that it will be a good story.

"Basic operation, actually, to be honest, there's not much to it." Li Nian leaned back on the soft sofa, thinking that An Yi was really thoughtful to have something like this in the club activity room. It was really comfortable to lean on.

"You started it again?" Wu Geng waved his hands impatiently.

"I'm serious this time. To put it bluntly, it's just a story outline. I'm sure many readers will feel familiar just by reading it this way." Li Nian said nonchalantly, "I created an enemy from a different world, found a reason to create conflict, and let the war gradually intensify. As the story progresses, the conflict gradually escalates and erupts in stages, pushing the emotions to a climax step by step, and sublimating the theme - this is a common plot arrangement. I'm telling you all this just because your basics are ridiculously poor. I want you to learn it well."

Five more: "Gu..."

Because it is true and cannot be refuted.

"But," Kasumigaoka suddenly said, "Writing about war... this is not an easy subject to handle."

"I know it very well." Li Nian answered without wavering: "So the key is to actually perform. I can't say that I can write well, but I can guarantee that I won't mess up."