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With the help of the occasional moonlight shining through the gloomy clouds.

Gray saw a black-haired boy leaning quietly on a dark reef not far away.

Clearly, in Gray's impression, no matter when or where, Last always maintains a calm and nonchalant look that no one can see through.

Just like the battle that broke out in the Holy Scripture not long ago... no matter what kind of trump card he pulled out, Brother Last could always resolve it with ease.

The black-haired boy gave Gray the feeling of a silent deep pool. The water seemed transparent, but no matter how bright the light was, it could not illuminate the deep pool. Only pure darkness remained at the very bottom.

His composure was never shaken by external factors, no matter whether he was facing legendary figures like Cecil and Noah, or real gods.

But at this moment, with the help of the occasional light shining through the clouds, Gray clearly saw the boy's bruised and broken body and pale face without a trace of blood on the rocky beach.

Unspeakable grief and sorrow suddenly rose from Gray's heart.

Even Gray herself couldn't see the source of the intense emotion in her heart at the moment.

But driven by the great grief in her heart, Gray could no longer care about anything else.

She hurried across the rocky beach, not caring at all as the sharp reefs scratched her delicate skin and left bloody scars.

And when Gray ran across the rocky beach and finally came to Rast's side and could really see his appearance.

The grief and sorrow suddenly expanded, covering the sky like a collapsing mountain, enveloping Gray's entire heart.

The boy's originally black windbreaker was completely stained red with blood. His body was covered with large and small penetrating wounds and lacerations. Each wound penetrated his flesh and crushed his internal organs.

Rather than saying that he was covered in bruises and serious injuries that were difficult to heal, it would be better to say that Last's body had already been shattered into pieces like a porcelain vase that fell from a height, but these fragments were forcibly glued together by some external force with inferior glue, and they were barely maintaining the most basic shape, that's all.

"Brother Luster..."

The girl's screams, mixed with the sea breeze, had become so distorted that even she could hardly recognize them.

Judging from previous experiences, I and my brother Last should still be in a hostile stage. We are on the different sides of the defender and the betrayer, and we should fight to the death.

But at this moment, Gray could no longer care about so many things.

She quickly leaned down, and a dazzling light shone in her emerald green eyes.

In an instant, distorted time lingered between Gray's fingers.

She mobilized the power of "fate" without any restrictions, and then acted on the young man in front of her.

"Time flows backwards."

Even with such a serious injury, as long as he could reverse the flow of Brother Last's body with the power of fate... and let this body go back to the time point when it was not injured, then Brother Last would no longer be in critical condition, but would recover to the most perfect state of recovery.

It should be... like this.

The vast time turned into a rushing river, constantly surging around Rast, setting off huge waves.

But the boy's figure was like a reef, standing still in the face of the raging tide.

The power of destiny, which had always been in Gray's control, was empty when it washed over Last, just like no matter how sharp a sword was, it was impossible to cut through an illusion.

Time roars and fate stirs.

But the damaged and broken human figure did not show any improvement at all.

Even Rast's thin figure with a blood-stained windbreaker and skin without a trace of blood, in Gray's eyes, had an indescribable sense of illusion.

It's like a night-blooming cereus reflected in the water.

There is clearly light and shadow, but it is so illusory and vague that it will be completely shattered by just a ripple.

"Don't waste your energy, Gray."

"My own body is quite special. As the master of the Fool's Library...time and fate-related abilities cannot take effect on me."

On the reef, Last struggled to open his eyes, looked at his bruised and broken body, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Come to think of it, he really looks miserable."

"The image I've painstakingly cultivated in front of you for so many years has been completely destroyed in one fell swoop... I'm afraid I'm no longer as mysterious and in control of everything as I was before."

"But it's a good feeling."

As if to save his last bit of energy, the boy gently closed his eyes.

A faint whisper drifted away on the sea breeze.

"After all, it's very tiring to constantly wear a false mask and maintain the most appropriate and appropriate posture in front of outsiders."

"I can occasionally drop all my disguises and defenses like I am now, reveal my truest self without any disguise, and live in this world..."

“I feel a long-lost sense of relaxation, as if I’m back in Canaan.”

Last could feel that his sense of existence was rapidly fading, and he was being stripped from this world in some irreversible way, heading towards the right time point.

As a night traveler, no matter whether this is a projected copy constructed by the night world or real history, Last is an intruder who does not belong to this era.

The echoes of this history had already ended, and he should have left the night world and returned to the living world long ago... but not long ago, the old man forcibly interrupted this process, allowing him to stay in this world beyond his time limit.

And now, with the disappearance of the sun's fire, the previously interrupted separation process will naturally be restarted.

"Sorry, Grey."

"It seems that I can't accompany you to the end."

"The road ahead can only be walked by you alone..."

Luster's words were calm.

This is the end of the journey.

There is no tomorrow, and no from now on.

Even if this wasn't a replica projection but real history, and Rast could return to the Sixth Epoch through the echoes of history... no one could predict the cycle and pattern of the appearance of the echoes of history, let alone when Rast and Gray would meet again.

Maybe decades, maybe hundreds of years.

Or maybe this separation is a separation between life and death, and the world will change dramatically.

So, in this final time, Rast took off all his disguises.

His words lacked the depth and mystery of the past, but instead revealed a gentleness that Gray had never heard before.

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Warm liquid fell on Rast's face, and the sound of the wind was accompanied by tearful sobs.

"Is it tears or blood?"

Rast didn't open his eyes, but just reached out and stroked his cheek.

"No matter which one you say, it's a bit embarrassing. You are the new generation of shore guardian, destined to become a role model for many, even a leader who can be relied upon... and no longer the little girl who can cry in the arms of her elders."

"Cowardice and weakness can only be expressed in a corner where no one is around. When in front of outsiders, you should always maintain a confident and dignified appearance."

"Little Gray, you are a symbol of hope. If that symbol of hope collapses, who knows how many people will panic and fall into the abyss of despair."

"so--"

He paused for a moment, wiping away the tears that had yet to dry: "I wish it were rain."

"A warm rain."

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PS: The second update is scheduled at 12 o'clock sharp. I finally finished writing this plot.

Chapter 173 We Will Meet Again Someday

In the whistling sea breeze, the warm tears disappeared.

Instead, there was the girl's sobbing.

"Brother Luster...I..."

Gray stopped talking mid-sentence as she listened to the sobbing cry that was so hoarse that she could hardly recognize it.

Thousands of thoughts were swirling in her mind.

At this moment, Gray had so much to say to the boy in front of her, and so many questions she wanted to ask Brother Last.

For example, the truth behind the betrayal that happened on the rainy night on the cliff of Paradise three years ago, and why did Brother Last betray the shore guards?

For example, the final outcome of the ascension ceremony in the royal capital's sacred text... and the true explanation of the simultaneous appearance of two "Fools' Libraries" as told to him by his brother, Rast.

For example, why did Brother Rast get himself into such a miserable and bruised state now, such as the whereabouts of Leader Cessel... and the final outcome of the Battle of Broken Coast, where did the Old Death, the Shore Keeper and the Gravekeeper end up.

But as soon as these words came to her lips, they were swallowed up by the huge grief that rose in Gray's heart, and she could no longer speak them.

Brother Rast is leaving.

He will disappear from this world forever, leaving no trace behind.

This was a premonition of fate, becoming increasingly clear and vivid, foreshadowing the final fate of the broken black-haired boy in this world.

The young man who brought light to his life will disappear from his world forever.

Compared to this fact so close at hand, whether it was the truth of the betrayal on that rainy night or the outcome of the Battle of the Broken Coast...

All these things seemed infinitely distant and no longer important in Gray's mind at this moment.

As if sensing the immense confusion and grief in Gray's heart, the black-haired boy, whose figure had become so ethereal that it seemed transparent, spoke softly again.

"How should I explain it to you?"

"If I were to simply talk about it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to finish even if I talked for a whole day and night."

Luster gently stretched out his hand, feeling the night that descended silently, covering his figure like a veil, making his broken body become even more illusory. He smiled and said, "Besides, I don't have that much time anymore."

"Since we are all members of the Shore Watchers organization."

"Then let's do it the way only shore keepers can."

A unique method...of the shore watcher?

Gray was slightly startled.

next moment.

The sea breeze blowing from the Sunless Sea blew the gray hair on Gray's forehead.

Followed by.

A blood-stained finger, with extremely weak movements, gently touched the girl's smooth forehead.

And accompanied by the light tap of that weak index finger.

Suddenly, thousands of illusory torrents flowed along the boy's fingers and into Gray's spiritual world.

It is a torrent called "knowledge" that contains countless information and countless images.

At this moment, countless broken images came together in front of Gray's eyes.

In the highest-level conference room of the Watchtower, Cecil and Last worked out the overall plan of "Lost Paradise" in the warm sea breeze, and determined that Last would infiltrate the gravekeepers and destroy the ascension ceremony.

Outside the palace of Paradise Royal City, Shadow Servant said his final farewell to Rast before stepping into the deadly trap - "It is my honor to fight alongside you."

On the cliff in the rainstorm, Rast and Cecil worked together in secret, performing the self-torture trick perfectly without revealing any flaws.

Three years later, during the ascension ceremony deep in the underworld, the young man leaned backwards, falling into the abyss with determination.

The glory of the Zenith Sword descending upon the world... Leader Cessel's unexpected appearance rescued Rast from the collapsing abyss.

And the final battle of the Broken Coast, the most intense and bright supernova explosion, and at the end of the brilliant galaxy, the dark sun that swallowed up all the light.

Those events that Luster had personally experienced, but Gray had never known before, happened in the shadows...

But at this moment, after the parts related to "Night Traveler" and "Night World Rules" were erased, it manifested as extremely clear information and scenery, appearing in Gray's spiritual world.

Gray learned the truth about everything - the death of Shadow Servant and the betrayal on that rainy night, the Holy Book of Ascension and the Battle of Broken Coast, and the final outcome of the old man.

But the information and knowledge that Last carefully wove and then instilled into Grey's mind was far more than that.

Before the outbreak of the Plague of the Iron Cross, the level of civilization in the Sixth Epoch was roughly at the end of the Steam Age. The prototypes of electrical appliances had just appeared, but had not yet been truly popularized.

After the outbreak of the Iron Cross Plague, the level of civilization took a sharp turn for the worse and even began to regress, with many important basic disciplines experiencing gaps in knowledge.

But at this moment, countless complex basic subject knowledge and applied technology information from the future were instilled into Grey's spiritual world.

That was the result of Cessel's lifelong research, and it was the complete knowledge blueprint that was enough to lead civilization from the end of the steam age to the electrical age, the atomic energy age, and even the Internet age.