Divine Flame Crystal

"Hey, Constantine, can you please walk slower? I'm almost exhausted after just going through such a big battle." A middle-aged man with blond hair said breathlessly.

"Hmph, walk slower, the treasures in the ruins will be taken away!" said a middle-aged man who looked somewhat like the dean, but he looked much younger than the dean.

"After all these years, how come you are still so hot-tempered? If you keep running, my legs will break!"

Constantine ignored the blond middle-aged man who was shouting behind him. He seemed to be used to it and walked forward quickly. A green elemental light band was wrapped around him, carrying him across the rugged mountain road as if he were walking on flat ground.

This was a tough time for the middle-aged man behind. Although he was a gold knight, he was already a little tired after experiencing a great battle. In addition, there were various traps on the road, so he couldn't go faster even if he wanted to. Besides, gold knights were not good at traveling in a hurry.

Constantine was still running wildly towards the depths of the ruins, and there were hurricanes all around him, which cleaned up the ground a lot and directly triggered the trap, making it much easier for the people behind him to walk.

The blond middle-aged man saw this scene, glanced at the figure in front of him, smiled faintly, and muttered: "This guy just has a bad mouth!"

Soon Constantine arrived at the top of the mountain, where a platform of several thousand square meters had been developed with many facilities for daily life built on it.

However, these buildings are mostly made of metal, which is obviously different from the buildings of this era that still have stone as the main structure.

Constantine chose a strange room and walked into it. He had just scanned it with his mental power and found that other buildings had strong magical fluctuations, but only here there was a hint of obscure magical fluctuations occasionally. If it weren't for his strong mental power, he would not have discovered anything strange here.

He came to the door of the room and looked up. There were actually many magic arrays engraved on it. The arrays were complex and mysterious, and it was obvious that several arrays were superimposed on each other. If he had not visited many ruins in recent years, he would not have been able to break the seal of this door. Even so, it took him a lot of effort to open the door.

Pushing open the door, Constantine was stunned at first, and found that there was a strange thing on the table. There was a sphere floating on it, and something that looked like a map was printed on the surface of the sphere. There were also stars floating above the map. The stars were connected to each other and flashed with the rotation of the sphere. It was obviously a valuable magical item.

Constantine came here to look for treasure. Looking at this magical item, his impatience made him stop observing and directly tried to take the treasure with his hands. Suddenly, a black light lit up, and then the space began to collapse. A black hole suddenly appeared, and the terrifying tearing force dragged Constantine.

Just then the blond middle-aged man finally rushed over. Seeing this horrible scene, he did not hesitate. He turned into a giant golden sword and stabbed towards the black hole. With a loud "bang", the blond middle-aged man pierced the black hole, but he was also swallowed in.

Constantine shouted with bloodshot eyes: "No!!!"

The black hole began to close, as if it was full, and the space stabilized again. Just like that, his best friend, the partner who had been with him through thick and thin since his youth, disappeared from this world.

He looked at the place where his best friend disappeared with despair in his eyes and roared angrily. The magic power in his body began to boil like boiling water. This was a sign of being possessed by the devil. Tornadoes slowly formed around him and tore the building to pieces in the first place. Between heaven and earth, seven giant tornadoes swept across the top of the mountain, and sand filled the sky.

Constantine's eyes were red, and the world seemed to be ruled by a hurricane. Anything that touched the hurricane would be torn to pieces.

The group of people who had arrived here earlier all looked terrified, looking at Constantine in the center of the storm, trembling in their hearts: "Is this still human power?"

Constantine knelt on the ground in pain, looking at the place where his best friend disappeared, revealing a deep regret, and then his eyes became dull, as if he was lost in memories...

"Everyone told you to change your impatient temper."

"What does it matter? I've always been like this, hahaha!"

This happened when they were young. Constantine had a conflict with a noble and a big fight ensued. Both Constantine and the blond young man were beaten black and blue.

……

"…It's all your fault for being so impulsive!"

"What's wrong? Just trigger the alarm and destroy them all!"

This happened when they went to another ruins. Because of Constantine's impatient temper, he triggered the ruins' alarm and activated a large number of stone statues.

……

Memories were like a whirlpool, bringing Constantine into deep despair. He hated himself for not listening to his companions' advice and hated himself for being impulsive. He wanted to detonate his own magic power, destroy himself, and destroy everything.

At this moment, the magic item lit up, and the shadow of his best friend floated out, looking at him with a smile and said: "Constantine, thank you for never abandoning me. You are a genius magician, and I am just a knight with average talent, but you never despised me. In order to help me make further progress, you did not hesitate to set foot on various dangerous ruins."

"I should have died a long time ago. If you hadn't been looking for a life-extending potion for me, I would have left this world long ago. I have been a burden to you for too long. You must take good care of yourself in the future."

“Don’t be so impulsive. I can’t be your shackle anymore. This makes me live in guilt every day. Today, I am very happy to die for you. You must live, reach the top, and see the prosperity of this world for me. That is the path you should take…” The blond middle-aged man said with a smile, and finally slowly disappeared in front of the magic item.

Constantine's eyes blurred, and the violent magic gradually calmed down. The changes in his mood and the abnormal fluctuations in his mental power prompted him to break through the bottleneck and go one step further, but tears still flowed on his face.

He couldn't remember the last time he cried. It seemed like it was when his parents abandoned him when he was 4 years old, or even earlier?

He stood up and raised his hand to touch the magical instrument, as if he was the blond's best friend.

It took him a moment to put it into his magic ring.

He knew that a trace of his best friend's soul had attached itself to this magic item when he died. Perhaps it would disappear completely over time, but before that, he had to advance quickly. He wanted his best friend to stand in front of him with a smile once again and say to him, "Why are you still so impatient?"

This is a past event that has been buried in the dean's mind, but it still lingers in his mind. Every time he sees Xingluo, it reminds him of his youth. Looking at Xingluo, the dean's eyes seemed to soften a little.