Thor, who followed Ustad back to the monastery fortress, was standing on a lookout with his hands on the parapet, seemingly looking up at the starry sky. It was late at night, and the sky was dotted with boundless stars.
The occasional passing evening breeze disturbed the long hair on his shawl and the scroll strips on his armor.
At this time, there was a burst of rapid footsteps, and then an angry figure came up the stairs.
"Why don't you stop him!"
Elena, who was wearing a long black dress, immediately started questioning Sol after meeting her.
"Why let him do this!"
Sol turned his head slightly, glanced at Elena, who had an upturned eyebrow, and said softly:
"He has made up his mind. There is no way I can imprison him."
"This is inconsistent with our agreement! If something happens to him-"
"There will be no surprises."
Thor withdrew his gaze, still looking at the galaxy, as if he was looking at a certain being on the other side.
"You promised too soon! Accidents have happened so many times that I can no longer trust you!"
"Even if you don't believe us, at least you have to believe him."
"That's Comoros! Not anywhere else!"
"Concern will lead to chaos. Calm down. Things are not that bad. It is not at the point of no improvement yet. Maybe someone can persuade him to turn back."
Elena was stunned for a moment and suddenly frowned.
"It's not that person who wants to see him, right? This can't be done, it's too early."
Thor shook his head.
"It's not him. He is currently on the other side of the galaxy with other things."
"That is........"
"Anyway, I guarantee that Soshiyang will be able to return safely no matter what. But the person who told him the location of the Tombstone Gate... makes me a little concerned."
Thor looked at Elena with sharp eyes, causing the original wife's expression to change slightly, but she quickly covered it up.
"Is he the one who contacted Xerxes back then?"
"I don't know either."
"Queen Elena, I hope you can understand why Xerxes went to that point. How can you trust someone who is not my race?"
Elena sneered several times when she heard this.
"Can humans be trusted? I remember very clearly that my husband was driven to death by his father and the person he trusted most."
Thor sighed softly.
"Things are not what you think, Queen Elena...the reasons are much more complicated than what you see."
"Then you should explain it to me."
Thor pursed his lips, but was speechless in the end. He could only turn his gaze back to the galaxy, while Elena turned and left the observation deck.
"...This is sacrifice..."
When Elena walked down the last step, she vaguely heard a long sigh coming from above.
"This flute sound——"
Talos almost jumped up in surprise. He looked at the observation window again, and this time there seemed to be something.
In the depths of the darkness, a little golden light seemed to be blooming slowly.
"There's a situation!"
Kayon reacted and immediately said loudly:
"So the weapon system is online and the scanning devices are all turned on."
Although the Lost Word is an exploration ship, Bangura has also equipped it with powerful weapons that are inconsistent with its size, including two special plasma cannons that can threaten destroyers.
However, when all fire control and monitoring systems were activated, the operator was surprised to find——
"Sir! There are no scan results! Nothing!"
"this--"
Khayon hurried to the observation window and looked out together with the surprised Soshyan and Talos.
That golden light was still blooming, and even he couldn't see clearly what it was, but for some reason Khayon felt strangely familiar——
"Kayon, is he a demon?"
Soshyan pressed the power sword on his waist. This unexpected situation may be the first challenge on their journey.
Kayon shook his head.
"No, I can't feel the devil's breath either."
At this moment, golden light suddenly flashed through everyone's retinas, causing bursts of stinging pain.
The originally dark webway was instantly illuminated, revealing a large number of signposts with mysterious symbols. The Lost Words seemed to have suddenly come from night to day.
"This is......."
Just when Soshyan was so surprised that he could hardly open his mouth from ear to ear, he turned around and found that all the crew members were frozen, or that their time had frozen, staying at the moment when they covered their eyes.
Khayon and Talos also noticed this situation. Talos kept blinking, as if this could erase the illusion, while Khayon mobilized all his spiritual energy, as if to find his opponent.
The flute sounded again, this time very close, very close...
"look!"
Amid Talos's surprised cry, Soshyan and Khayon turned their heads and saw a scene that shocked the hearts of their Space Marines.
In the boundless golden light, an ancient light yellow papyrus boat with its bow and stern tilted up was slowly approaching. There was a lone sail on the boat, which seemed to be made of primitive linen, and there was a person standing on the bow.
The man looked quite tall, wearing an ancient-style white hooded robe. His body was dotted with many golden beads and ancient religious ornaments, ranging from crosses to swastikas to gossip, and he
His face was covered by a glittering golden mask, with a crying and smiling human face engraved on it, and his long white hair spread over his shoulders.
Although he was wearing a mask, his white-gloved hands held a white bone flute. The flute tail was pressed against the mask's lips, emitting a melodious ancient flute sound.
Looking back, you can vaguely see a boatman rowing an oar at the stern of the boat. Compared to the man standing at the bow, he looks much smaller. His whole body is covered by a brown robe, with almost no trace of skin exposed.
"Well! No...how is that possible!"
Seeing this person, the most surprised person was Kayon. He shook his head slightly, as if he couldn't believe it at all.
The muscles on Talos's face also twitched twice.
"Well! It can't really be Him...how is this possible..."
No matter how surprised the three of them were, the small boat still sailed towards the Lost Words without any speed.
After a while, it came to the observation window.
The distance between each other was only fifty meters, and looking at each other closely through the thick observation window, Suoshiyang suddenly felt that the mask looked familiar, very familiar...
"ah!"
Suoshiyang, who suddenly thought of something, also let out a cry of surprise.
“Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold—”
The demon in Soshiyang's hand made a strange sound and then immediately stopped moving.
Under the gaze of the three people, the man put down his flute, and the sound of the flute stopped. Then he stepped forward, crossed the void, and approached the three of them.
Almost instinctively, the three of them retreated at the same time, and then watched helplessly as the man crossed the observation window and came to the bridge. The boatman of the papyrus boat remained on the boat. Soshyan saw that the man was holding the oar.
The hands are very much like those of women, and some long golden hair can be seen peeking out from under the hood.
However, his attention quickly shifted to the stranger who invaded the ship. Because of the mask, he read out the name——