A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

“Yes,” Bray did not deny it.

"You must be feeling really bad too."

Bray shook his head slightly.

“You can’t kill this big guy in your current state.” Sass was breathing with some difficulty.

“Yes…that’s true…” Bray stood up with the help of Sass.

“But we still have to try. If we don’t try, then there’s no chance at all,” Bray said quietly.

Upon hearing this, Sass suddenly laughed.

“Yes… there are many things we need to try,” Sass said, then took out an ancient scroll from his bag.

The Weiss family has many legends surrounding this scroll.

Some records say it can create miracles, others say it can avert disasters…

Sass suddenly wanted to see what this scroll would create.

Even if the price of failure is life.

“A bard…has many things to do.” Sass looked at the imposing figure of Bray, gently unfurling the ancient scroll on the ground, biting his finger, and dripping a drop of blood onto its intricate patterns. The first Weiss, no one remembers his full name.

All that remains in this world are many legends about the first Wis, the legend of a bard.

What is most impressive is what he kept saying in his later years.

"A bard is a poet who spends his life telling stories."

Of course, the real version is not like that.

Actually, the original words were even more colloquial.

"—Bards, you're risking your lives to be funny!!!"

The quotes of the original Whis are often talked about, but few people know what experiences led him to say such things.

This bard had seen the deepest secrets of the world and then returned alive.

It was a pitch-black, endless void, where the bard stumbled upon a plane outside of Kapras.

Each dimension outside the world is a small world created by a Golden Race after it was expelled.

Therefore, a plane can also be understood as a small world.

Of course, the first Wies, being a bard rather than a scholar, was unaware of all this.

For the original Whisper, this was simply an unfamiliar place.

However, the arrival of the first Whis attracted the attention of the master of this plane.

"Void Emperor Wade," as a golden species, is an existence that transcends all life.

However, due to the expulsion of the world's will, He, like the other golden races, can only remain outside of Kapras.

The first Vis was like an ant that had wandered into a mansion, greatly irritating the Void Emperor.

Over the long course of history, it is not uncommon for lower species to have stumbled into the Void Emperor's endless void by accident.

Without exception, they were all crushed to death by the Void Emperor.

Then the Void Emperor appeared, intending to crush the ant.

However, for some reason, the Void Emperor wanted to say something pointless this time, perhaps because he had been bored for too long.

"Before you disappear, take a good look at this endless void." The majestic voice resounded in every corner of this endless void.

If the Void Emperor were to raise his voice even slightly, the First Vis would have his very soul shattered.

"It really is a magical place!! It's fantastic material for storytelling!" Even though the original Whis felt a shiver run down his spine, he still managed to suppress his discomfort and exclaimed.

Later, because of this one pointless remark made by the Void Emperor, the first Vis, a lower-level being, established an inexplicable relationship with the Void Emperor.

The relationship between listening to stories and telling stories.

As a man who once saved a country with his words, the original Whis was very talkative.

Despite the possibility that a single wrong word could cause him to vanish into the void of the main story, the original Whis still spoke eloquently.

Of course, to put it bluntly, they have absolutely no self-awareness.

"..." The story of the first Vis seemed endless, and he kept telling it to the Void Emperor.

The Void Emperor, who was spying on Kapras, had never seen anyone like him before.

The Void Emperor found it amusing for the first time. Although he couldn't quite grasp the humanity in the original Whis's story, it didn't stop him from finding it interesting.

"Bard, I am satisfied. Speak your wish," the Void Emperor said in a haughty manner.

However, the Void Emperor did not refer to the first Vis as an ant.

The first Viss saw the Void Emperor's appearance clearly and then fell into deep thought.

Of course, this so-called contemplation is nothing more than counting breaths.

"I want to go back, back to my world, and then tell more stories! See more interesting things, and tell more interesting stories!"

The Void Emperor remained silent for a moment, then spoke.

"The bard has produced a record of the item," said the Void Emperor.

The original Weiss pulled out a draft paper.

Then, complex patterns and incomprehensible characters were printed on the paper that the first Weiss took out.

"Let your descendants continue your stories, and then I will fulfill their wishes, just as you have."

The first Whis thus walked out of the endless void alive, and the Void Emperor did not try to keep this interesting person.

Unfortunately, the Void Emperor hasn't found it interesting since the last time.

The Void Emperor often slumbers in the endless void.

There was nothing else to do but spy on Kapras.

During the long wait, the Void Emperor never encountered anyone like the first Whis again.

While the original Whis was quite interesting, his descendants don't seem to be.

It could be fear or flattery.

The Void Emperor found it very boring.

Each time the Void Emperor saw the descendants of Viss brought, he would feel a little hopeful, but after hearing some stories, he would be extremely disappointed.

"That's all there is to it."

The stories told by the first Vis descendants were not even as interesting as what Capras saw when he peered into the Hazakura.

After hearing these boring stories, the Void Emperor would irritably drive these tedious ants out of his endless void.

Of course, let alone the Black Iron type, even the Silver type cannot safely cross the narrow passage of the endless void.

Without the special treatment of the Void Emperor, those who were driven out were all torn apart by the spatial turbulence, none of them escaping unscathed.

But the vast expanse of time in the endless void is but a fleeting moment to those outside.

The timelines have been inconsistent from the beginning.

Therefore, after using the scroll left by the first Weiss, the user will die in a mutilated state the next moment.

Because they had already entered the endless void once, and then they would bring Kapras with them again.

Of course, it was in the form of death. "Has another descendant of that guy arrived?" The voice echoed in the void where nothing existed, reaching Sass's ears.

I stretched out my hands, and even though there was no light, I could still make out the outline of my own hands.

Incredible, that was the only thought on Sass's mind right now.

"This one is really young." The deep voice continued.

"Who, who are you?" Sass asked instinctively.

"Void Emperor Wade."

The voice in the void proclaimed its own name, a name that almost no one knew.

“Tell me a story, bard.” The Void Emperor’s enormous figure appeared before Sass.

Its indescribable posture gave the impression that this figure was the master of the entire void.

Surprisingly, Sass's expression calmed down.

Despite having urgent matters to attend to, Sass calmed down somewhat.

Simply because this voice told Sass something.

That was Sasvis, a bard.

Sass, who had been anxious and restless, suddenly had a clear mind.

"Thank you..." Sass murmured.

This expression of gratitude was completely incomprehensible to the Void Emperor.

"Do you want to hear a story? Then I'll tell you one." Sass lowered his eyelids.

With no sense of solidity beneath his feet, Sass found himself in this void.

The Void Emperor was stunned. Even with his unbelievably powerful strength, there were still many things he couldn't understand.

The first person to make the Void Emperor think, "Why is this ant doing this?" was the first Whis.

But now, we're adding one more person: Sasvis.

Without asking any unnecessary questions, or even why the Void Emperor wanted to hear the story, he simply accepted everything calmly.

"What's your name?" The voice echoed, sounding to Sass like countless echoes piled together.

Unfortunately, the meaning of the words was still clearly understood.

“Sassavetes, a bard.”

“Then, bard, tell me a story, I’m listening.”

Sass nodded slightly, choosing to accept what he couldn't understand with equanimity.

A melodious voice tells a story in this endless void.

Interesting, the long-absent Void Emperor finds it interesting.

Time passed, and stories came one after another. It seemed that Sass had an endless stream of stories, and it never stopped.

Sass found it amazing that he had been telling stories for so long without feeling any discomfort.

I didn't even feel thirsty.

However, stories are finite, and after an unknown amount of time, Sass finally stopped.

“I’m sorry, I’ve already told all my stories.” Sass shook his head.

While Sass can still make up stories, impromptu ones lack flavor.

"That's enough, enough for me to savor for a very long time," the Void Emperor said without any regret.

“Bard, you are very much like your ancestor,” the Void Emperor said quietly.

"My ancestor?" Sass looked at the figure, which was completely out of sight, with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, your ancestors."

“My promise to him is that his descendants will tell me stories, and then I will do a small thing for the person who can fulfill my wish.”

"You've satisfied me."

It was rare for the Void Emperor to speak so much. Before Sass, none of the Vis clan members had ever inspired the Void Emperor to speak so much.

Sass didn't ask about the consequences of not being able to satisfy the demand.

Because Sass had already guessed the consequences; it would probably be death.

"Go back—"

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Standing amidst the ruins, Sass silently retracted the scroll.