Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 694 He is my hero
They heard the words coming from the hero's helmet.

Li Miao paused for a moment, then walked to the towering pillar and slowly lowered the hero's helmet.

At this moment, a few rays of light emanated from the cracked pillar and fell upon the hero's helmet.

The next moment, the points of light fell and converged, instantly forming the outline of a person, who bent down and picked up the hero's helmet from the ground.

Rumble.

At the same time, the earth trembled, and next to the original pillar, a new pillar suddenly broke through the ground and rose into the sky.

Their gazes involuntarily fell upon the new pillar.

The person who picked up the hero's helmet then explained the current situation to them.

"Belief is the first trial in the Long Night Divine Realm."

"Each pillar here represents the previous victor. Only by destroying the pillar and taking its place can you pass the trial."

“That is the pillar that represents your will.”

"But that was before the world changed."

His voice was exactly the same as the one Li Miao heard through the hero's helmet; although he was still somewhat tired, he was no longer weak.

Correspondingly, the already cracked pillars began to tremble, and fragments fell in a flurry.

The pillars representing Alucard the hero have begun to crumble.

"So...you are the real Alluka hero?"

Li Miao looked at him.

"true and false……"

He shook his head with a wry smile.

"That depends on how you define an Aluga hero..."

He gently patted the hero's helmet, brushing off the dust.

"If you're asking about the hero named Alluka who stepped out of the fairy tale through the ritual, then he's already dead."

"His body died in that monster-ravaged village, at the moment he saved the children."

"And his belief died the moment the pillar was raised, the moment he abandoned his belief."

He calmly held the hero's helmet in his hand in a strange posture, as if he had done it countless times before.

"As for me, I am a fake Alluk hero, a once naive and innocent child."

Hearing this, and recalling some of the things the hero had said during the previous battle with the resentment, Li Miao instantly understood.

It seems that the previous "heroic resentment" was actually the fairy tale character "Aluka" who was summoned by the ritual.

This is why Aluka's power is limited in many ways, preventing him from becoming stronger in this world.

This is why his obsession with "power" was so deep that it eventually turned into resentment.

The person before them was not a part of Aluka, but the child who had summoned Aluka through the ritual.

His real name is unknown, but perhaps he can be called a "hero".

The one who died in the monster-ravaged village was not a hero, but Aluga himself.

"He saved me, but lost his own body. Although he didn't die completely due to the special power of the ritual, he had to live on this helmet forever."

"His beliefs have always guided me."

"That's why I changed my name to Alluka the Hero. I'm determined to make his name and my dream resound throughout this land."

"But he and I often think, if the protagonist of the fairy tale book I put in the ceremony had been a powerful hero, instead of him, a weakling who could barely lift a knife, would none of the tragedy have happened?"

"He often suffered because of this."

"I also often feel regret."

"But there are never 'what ifs' in the world."

"All we can do is try our best to find ways to become stronger and become true heroes."

At this point, the hero paused and looked towards the place where Aluga had died.

Although he didn't say anything more.

But Li Miao knew that all he wanted to say was one sentence… Aluga, lost. The hero sighed, “But after arriving here, I was attacked and killed by a raider in the oasis.”

"Aluka's helmet, which he had been staying with, fell into the hands of a mysterious treasure."

"Coincidentally, that treasure only requires the user to discard some things from their soul to gain immense power..."

"Aluka therefore went mad and abandoned the beliefs that belong to heroes."

At this point, his face revealed an undisguised sadness and an indescribable complexity of emotions.

“With the help of the treasure, he gained great power and was resurrected in my dead body.”

"The raider was also devoured by him."

"Then, he invited me to leave here and use my power to build a world that belongs to us."

At this point, the hero's voice was weary and filled with pain.

“I have no reason to blame him; I even feel guilty towards him.”

"He saved me."

"He gave up his heroic beliefs, he gave up his most important hero's helmet, but he did not give up the precious memories between us."

"That's why... I absolutely cannot let him leave this place, otherwise... he will definitely do the thing that I once hated the most."

"Therefore, by residing my soul in the pillar, I also restricted his movements, since it was once my body."

"However, he still found you, attempting to smash the pillar and seize your bodies to leave this place..."

……

Hear this.

Both of them were deeply shocked.

Unexpectedly, the power of Aluga's heroic soul originated from this.

No wonder...

No wonder the description given by the Spirit Candle says, "When I relinquished the spirit of heroism, I gained the power to change my destiny"...

"..."

Li Miao and Shang An both fell silent, feeling an indescribable sadness in their hearts, despite their usual talkative nature.

Because, from whose perspective they are, they are not wrong.

Aluka's soul indeed abandoned his beliefs and his ego.

But he never abandoned his most important partner.

And what about the heroes?

As the person who knows his partner best, he certainly couldn't stand by and watch the other person go astray.

After all, that was the road the other party used to hate the most...

"Fortunately, you didn't blindly believe him and die in battle... It's all for the best..."

His gaze calmed down, and the temporary body constructed from his soul and beliefs began to gradually disintegrate.

Rumble!
The pillar representing Li Miao and his companion's beliefs rose into the sky, supporting the massive meteorite, while the original pillar began to rapidly collapse.

The two of them knew without a doubt that this meant the last trace of the other was about to disappear completely.

Feeling unwell upon reaching the shore, he couldn't help but ask, "What's your real name?"

Almost all the help they received along the way came from this person in front of them.

But now that the other person is near death, they don't even know their real name.

He simply shook his head in silence, staring at the hero's helmet in his hand.

After a long while, he finally raised his head and smiled.

"My name is Alluka the Hero."

He glanced again at the hero's helmet in his hand.

"And he is my hero..."

(End of this chapter)