In Sumeru, pretend to be a scholar

The one guarding the prison of Ergoria was none other than Prince Scylla, the dragon lizard who served the first Water Dragon King.

The two immediately started fighting upon meeting.

As if an ancient battle had begun again, the turbulent struggle that raged across the sea lasted for a full thirty days and nights. Only during a truce, after exhaustion, did Remus finally reveal his purpose through music.

Yes, the description of this battle in the text replicates the description of the battle between Tenri and the Dragon King.

However, in the end, the battle did not reach the point of life or death.

When Scylla heard that Remus had usurped the heavens and defied fate, he no longer regarded him with hostility, but admired his courage and personally took him to see Egolia.

Not only that, Scylla also wanted to see the peaceful and happy future that Remus had described, so she came to Earth with him and became Remus's most trusted ally.

Since then, humans and dragons have lived in peace under the rule of Remuria, with Scylla leading the dragon lizard legion as an important military force of the empire.

Yes, Remulia had already achieved coexistence between humans and dragons before Nata.

At that time, Hibarak, the first fire god of Nata, had just begun to rise to power, and the era of peace between humans and dragons was far from over.

Not to mention humans and dragons, even human tribes are still fighting each other.

So, despite being defeated by the Red King, Remus was actually quite outstanding to be chosen by the heavens as the first candidate for the Water God.

His personal charm alone was enough to get a water dragon prince to cooperate with him.

The reason Scylla lost her physical form was actually because of Remus.

The cause was that as the war between Remuria and the barbarians intensified, "The Great Symphony - Phoebus," which embodied the consciousness and soul of the entire nation, gradually developed self-awareness and was distorted by human arrogance and hatred.

Remus suddenly realized that the "Eternal Kingdom" he had created had gone astray.

Because Remus was bound by the "curse of loving humans" and unable to destroy his own people, he conspired with Scylla to devise a shocking secret plan:

Remus sacrifices himself, unleashing the full power of the music and awakening primal forces.

Scylla led his dragon army to 'attack' Remuria, played a 'Requiem' in the Golden Palace, utterly destroyed Phobos, and freed the souls of the Remurians from their stubborn stone bodies.

It was actually a ruse. On the surface, it was the dragon prince who betrayed humanity and destroyed the empire, but in reality, it was two close friends who joined forces to save the soul imprisoned by Phoebus at the cost of destroying the country.

However, Boethius (the tuner under Remus) was unaware of this secret plan. He mistakenly believed that Scylla had truly betrayed the King of the Gods, and thus launched a sudden attack when Scylla reached the Gates of Janus.

Boethius dissolved Scylla's will with the insoluble nectar, separating his spirit from his body, and then sealed him beneath the tower with three chains.

Scylla was sealed away and was unable to reach the Golden Palace in time to play the Requiem.

After Remus sacrificed himself, Phobos lost his guidance and his power went completely out of control, causing the entire royal city, along with the Remurian Empire, to fall into the sea.

This is the whole process of the destruction of the Remulia dynasty.

Of course, centuries later, Scylla still fulfilled her promise to Remus and, with the help of the stars, played a requiem.

It is precisely because of these experiences that Scylla is unwilling to believe that Wang Yan can restore the [Musical Movement].

After all, this was something that it and its closest friend had sacrificed everything to destroy.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan abandoned the idea of ​​telling the other party the truth, and decided to let the good impression of Remus remain in the memory of this water dragon prince.

"Yes, Remus is indeed remarkable. During the Red King's unification of the desert, many demons were conquered by Him and became his officials. Only Remus left Mount Sumeru and came to Maple Leaf, where he established such a remarkable civilization as Remusia."

Wang Yan said this.

Scylla listened, its enormous tail swaying slightly, and the surrounding water began to flow abnormally.

But it doesn't care; it's happy now.

Throughout its long life, besides its identity as a dragon, what it valued most was the experience of building the Eternal Kingdom with Remus.

Remus was also its most important friend, and one could even say a like-minded person.

In a sense, Wang Yan's praise of Remus is also a praise of it.

“Ahem, kid, if you want to understand the music of Remuria, the High Road is not the best place. You should go to the Harmony Academy and the Golden Palace. These two places are the core of the Remuria music system.”

Perhaps because of Wang Yan's praise of Remus, Scylla changed her attitude and began to remind Wang Yan.

Wang Yan nodded, then shook his head: "I know."

"you know?"

"Yes, I have done some research on Remulia, so I naturally know where the core of its musical system is."

Wang Yan replied, but his gaze had already turned back to the waterline below the Grand Avenue, and he continued to pluck the strings, recording the melody.

The Harmony Institute is where Remuria studies music. In the story, after the traveler arrives at this place, they will obtain a key item, the Blank Sheet Music, which will unlock the subsequent story.

That place must have left behind a large number of musical artifacts.

But for Wang Yan, the entire Old Sea was already his, so there was no need to rush.

Whether it's the Harmony Hall, the Golden Palace, or the Resting Palace, he will search every single one of them.

This process should proceed from simple to difficult, so he chose the Avenue of the Lofty as his first stop.

"...Kid, you say you've seen the Water Dragon King, so what kind of dragon do you think he is?"

Having probably run out of things to say about music with Wang Yan, and unable to understand Wang Yan's breakdown of musical reminders, Scylla changed the subject.

"He is more like a man than a dragon."

This time, Wang Yan didn't tolerate it and gave a harsh answer.

The old man fell silent.

Actually, it had heard Ying and Paimon talk about the Water Dragon King before, and it already had a guess in its heart. Otherwise, it wouldn't have waited several years to meet the new Water Dragon King.

Hmm... but whether it will actually see them when it goes is hard to say.

After all… Perseif only found Navellet after transforming herself into Melusin!

Could it be... that Scylla is going to become Melusin too?

The harmonious melody in Wang Yan's mind suddenly vanished, replaced by an image: an adorable Meloshen, who immediately uttered, "This old man..."

Huh…

Wang Yan shook his head with some disdain, shaking off the images in his mind, and began to calculate the melody of the sublime path again.

In fact, he has already made some gains.

After analyzing the two white stone golems, Wang Yan had a hunch that the Great Symphony not only affected the people of the West, but also the things of the Remuria.

Therefore, after the grand movement went out of control, the country of Remuria sank into the abyss.

Otherwise, if the grand movement collapses, what does it have to do with my architecture? It should only be Petrie, who constitutes the grand movement, who should be in trouble.

'All the buildings in Remuria, or rather… the main buildings, are themselves part of a grand symphony. For example, the sublime avenues, with their hidden melodies, likely embody concepts like [carrying], [communication], and [channel] within this grand symphony.'

It sounds a bit abstract, but if you put the rhythm in a different way and use runes instead, it becomes much easier to understand.

Musical notes with extraordinary power are, in a sense, a kind of rune.

The Grand Symphony is a super runic ritual, and the main building of Remuria is part of the ritual, also inscribed with runes.

As for why Wang Yan was able to understand the meaning of the musical note system?

When Wang Yan first arrived at the Order of the Church, he went to the Menakali shop to look for a job, and Khalid showed him Remuria's belongings.

At that time, Wang Yan's golden finger had already completed the translation of the [musical note]. Khalid even said that Wang Yan was amazing, saying that he had asked several scholars but none of them could recognize it. Only a clerk named Elhesen said that the pattern on it was a musical note.

Therefore, Scylla felt that Wang Yan was doing something futile.

In reality, every time Wang Yan stirred the waterline beneath the Grand Avenue, the resulting melody had a specific meaning in his ears, and was not just a simple syllable.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan memorized the melody of the last water line, then turned to look at the silent Scylla.

"I'm going to check out other places. Would you like to come along, Mr. Long?"

Upon hearing the voice, Scylla snapped out of his daze, realizing that the Water Dragon King was more like a human than a dragon, and swung his massive body: "Where are you going? I'll take you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yan suddenly remembered that in the game, Scylla could indeed create rapids that could transport travelers to certain places.

The underwater fast passage belongs to this category.

“There should be quite a few relics left over from the collapse of Remuria around Capitol, I want to see them all.” Wang Yan didn’t say where he wanted to go, only what he wanted to see.

Scylla pointed to the enormous dragon head: "Come to me, and I'll show you."

"Huh?" Wang Yan asked, somewhat puzzled. "Weren't you questioning me? Why are you suddenly helping me?"

“I also want to see if anyone can rebuild its musical system a thousand years after Remus’s fall,” Skula said.

Wang Yan couldn't help but shake his head.

The musical system was clearly established by Remus and Sibyl together, so why are you mentioning Remus's name?

Don't we angels deserve any credit at all?!

It's infuriating.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you."

Wang Yan felt indignant for Sibyl, but he acted quickly, moving to Scylla's head and grabbing one of its horns.

Scylla flicked its tail, and its massive dragon body began to swim forward.

It was very stable; you couldn't even feel the impact of the water.

A first-class mount.

Wang Yan stopped supporting him and sat directly on Scylla's head.

“Prince Scylla, may I ask you some questions?” Wang Yan stopped using the “you, sir” address and became more formal.

Scylla: "Ask away."

"Is there a big difference between your current spiritual body and your former dragon lizard body? Or rather, what are the differences?"

As Wang Yan asked the question, he also examined Scylla's body.

Wang Yan was actually very clear about the [spiritual dew], which was the primordial fetal seawater.

However, there is still a difference between [Spiritual Dew] and ordinary primordial fetal water.

The primordial seawater can only dissolve the Maple Humans, who are transformed from Pure Water Spirits.

However, the [Spirit Dew] dissolved the will of the Water Dragon Lizard Prince.

There must be something special in here.

“That’s not a good question…” Scylla’s voice was somewhat somber. “I was dissolved thousands of years ago, and I’ve long forgotten what it feels like to have a physical body. But if you ask… what the biggest difference is…”

"It must be my strength. Having lost my princely body, my strength is far less than before."

"As a result, he was trapped by Remus's men and could not escape."

Scylla's tone didn't contain resentment, but rather some regret.

Clearly, Scylla did not regret sacrificing herself for her best friend; it was just a pity that she no longer had a physical body and had lost most of her power.

"I see. But I remember that the spiritual dew should be from the same source as the primordial fetal seawater, so why was it able to melt you?" Wang Yan asked the question that had been on his mind.

"The Spirit Dew is an essence that Remus extracts and processes from the Primordial Sea of ​​Embryo. It is completely different from the Primordial Sea of ​​Embryo. In other words, it was created specifically to counteract the Primordial Sea of ​​Embryo."

“Remus said that since the Maple People (formed from pure water spirits) can be dissolved by the primordial seawater, then let’s do the opposite and create a body that is insoluble in water.”

"Therefore, he transformed the primordial fetal water into a spiritual dew that is insoluble in pure water, specifically targeting the will."

"Without a doubt, he was successful, and my current state is the best proof of that."

As Scylla spoke, a hint of pride in his best friend was undeniable.

Although I was dissolved by his spiritual dew, my current form is proof that he succeeded!

Wang Yan shook his head slightly.

In his view, Remus was a failure.

Although the spiritual dew can resist the dissolution of the fetal water, it cannot fundamentally resist the prophecy of the destruction of the Fengdan people.

The pain of the transformation of spirit and flesh is unbearable for any mortal life. The laws of the heavens tear at the shattered soul... The spiritual dew is stained black by the howling of the ravenous beast, its disharmony of mind gone, leaving only chaos and madness.

This is one of the fundamental reasons why the Remurians first corrupted the "Great Symphony Phoebus," and were gradually assimilated by it, ultimately leading to their distorted souls and the loss of control of their empire.

However, Wang Yan still did not refute Scylla.

"Yes, you're right."

He still wants to ride in the dragon carriage, so what if he argues with the other party now and they get angry?