Origin Legend: Heroic Hymn

Boom——

A terrifying bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Dong Yu. After pushing Alice away at the speed of thunder, it was too late to dodge. Dong Yu had only one thought in his mind, which was to protect Aina.

He wrapped Aina tightly with his body. Before the lightning struck, Dong Yu felt a burning, numb and violent breath spreading throughout his body.

A huge thunder struck, but Dong Yu did not feel it was as violent as he had imagined, nor was there any earth-shattering sound. There was only silence between heaven and earth, as if there was only a ray of white light shining on Dong Yu.

There was not any of the violence that thunder and lightning should have, but at the moment when the thunder and lightning came into contact with the winter rain, a white light burst out, broke through the clouds and illuminated the entire sky.

The heavy clouds slowly dissipated, and the sun shone on the earth again. Only the ruins could explain what had just happened. A huge burnt pit appeared at Dong Yu's location, but Dong Yu's figure was nowhere to be found. Alice rushed towards the pit like crazy.

"Xiaoyu! Xiaoyu!!! Where are you?"

Alice jumped into the pit in panic. In the center of the pit, a figure struggled to get up. Alice immediately ran over and hugged the figure.

"Xiaoyu! Are you okay?"

"It's okay! Alice, what are you doing..."

Dong Yu looked at Alice with a half-smile. Alice blushed and pushed Dong Yu away.

"You... don't get me wrong, I'm just grateful that you saved me."

Dong Yu smiled slightly but did not tease Alice anymore. Only he knew what had just happened. Although there was no visible change on the surface of his body, there was still some lightning remaining in his body that was constantly destroying his body.

He subconsciously lowered his head to look at Aina under him and breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, a familiar voice came from above the pit.

"Hey! Are you three ladies okay? Do you want me to help you? It's only one silver coin."

He was a handsome elf man with an emerald green longbow on his back. Not sensing any ill will from the other party, Dong Yu smiled at him kindly, but out of caution, he rejected his proposal.

"We're fine! Thanks! We can handle it ourselves."

The elf turned around and left with some disappointment. Dong Yu felt a sense of inexplicable loss as he watched him leave.

"It seems like something is missing again? Why do you say again?"

Dong Yu shook his head, carried Aina on his back and looked at Alice.

"Let's go! Let's go back first!"

"But? Where are we?"

Alice scratched her head and looked at Dong Yu in confusion. Dong Yu took Alice out of the pit and looked around with a confused look on his face.

"I don't know! Let's go forward!"

Alice could only follow Dong Yu forward. The pile of rocks appeared in front of them again. There were no other objects around. Soon Alice began to feel annoyed.

"Ah! Where on earth is this place?"

As she spoke, she raised the spear in her hand and waved it continuously. Dong Yu could only look at her speechlessly.

"Alice, what are you doing?"

"I want you to take care of it!"

Alice kept swinging the spear, and with a 'bang', she broke a stone, which scared Dong Yu.

"What are you doing!"

Alice was about to retort when she noticed that fog was starting to rise around them. Both of them were stunned.

"Alice, you didn't trigger some magic, did you?"

"Um...what should I do then?"

Alice also realized that it might be because of the stone she broke, so she lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.

"I don't know, let's retreat first!"

Alice nodded, and just as she turned around, she found that the road behind her was beginning to fog up. The two of them immediately quickened their pace and ran, but they didn't run long before they realized something was wrong. The scenery around them didn't seem to change, not even the slightest movement.

"Are we just standing still?"

Dong Yu also had a very strange feeling, as if something was about to leave him, and he felt inexplicably lonely in his heart.

Dong Yu and Alice stopped. Dong Yu turned to look at Alice and sighed helplessly.

"Alice! Why are you following me?"

"Humph! Who said I was following you? I just need to take a different route as well."

Looking at Alice who looked like a scoundrel, Dong Yu shook his head with a headache and walked in another direction.

"Then can't I just go the other way?"

"Hey! I suddenly want to go this way too!" Alice pouted and followed.

"Then I want to rest here for a while." Dong Yu suddenly stopped walking.

"Oh! I'm tired too, and I want to take a rest!"

Alice stopped immediately upon seeing this, and Dong Yu covered her forehead speechlessly.

"Why don't you just tell me that the fog is too thick here and you want to stay with me..."

"Uh... Humph! Who said I wanted to stay with you? I'll go by myself! Humph!"

Alice's face turned red and she snorted arrogantly. She wanted to argue awkwardly, but finally she could only push Dong Yu away in anger and walk past him. However, before she took a few steps, Dong Yu grabbed her hand.

"Alright, alright! Let's go together! It's safer this way!"

Dong Yu could only give her a way out, and Alice also wanted to go down the stairs, but at this time she couldn't control her temper.

"Humph! Who wants to go with you? Let go!"

"Why are you still throwing a tantrum at this time... um..."

Alice tried to shake off Dong Yu's hand, but Dong Yu tried to pull her back. As a result, the two forces made her feet unstable, and Alice fell directly on Dong Yu. The two kissed each other in shock.

Both of them were stunned, and then Alice's eyes suddenly became full of anger. She pushed Dong Yu away and slapped him in the face.

"Who are you? How dare you kiss me!"

It was obviously the most normal subconscious action, but for some reason, both of them felt a pain in their hearts for no reason.

"I'll spare you because you're a girl, humph!"

Alice turned around and left, disappearing from Dong Yu's sight. Dong Yu felt empty in his heart, as if something very important was being lost.

"Why? Why do I feel bad? Why do I feel reluctant to let her go? Am I in love with her? Never mind...if we are destined to meet again, we will meet again in the future! The most important thing now is to send Aina away. Wait! Who is Aina?"

Dong Yu frowned and kept trying to recall something, but he couldn't remember anything. Just when he was about to scratch his head, he found that he seemed to be carrying someone on his back. When he turned around, a cute and delicate sleeping face appeared in front of him.

"Who is she? She's so cute! Why should I carry her on my back? But where is this place? Forget it! Let's just move forward! This place is creepy!"

The fog around them was getting thicker and thicker, and in the fog there was only a lost man groping forward with a girl on his back...