Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

After making the promise with Avia that day, she immediately returned here to find the sword under the lake for him, as Avia had said. However, she searched for several days without success, which made her wonder if Avia had misheard the legend somewhere. After all, that guy had never been here before, so how could he know that there was a sword hidden underwater?

As for whether it's deceiving oneself?

She didn't think that way, since it was pointless, and Avia was quite serious when she said it.

As for Mary, although she felt that she would gain nothing this time as well, she was used to it and didn't feel anything special.

At the bottom of the lake in the dim night, the small fantasy species that lived there peacefully passed through the mysterious end.

What awaited the white-haired girl was not the indifferent clear water, but rather a gentle and warm sword that blew from the planet itself.

The light that hangs so brightly above the rocks in the lake, even with its dim glow, is dazzling and heavy.

A sword was created in the inland sea of ​​Earth when the giants destroyed the world. It is unknown whether it was a human, a god, or someone else who called it the "Holy Sword".

That is the strongest fantasy that emerged after the planet forged people's sorrowful wishes, a ray of starlight that transcends all time and space. The dream itself that all living beings have failed to realize is the hope for saving the world from crisis.

"Wow, it actually exists... this sword..."

As the white-haired girl sighed, the holy sword naturally detached from the rock and floated before her eyes, which she instinctively picked up.

"Have you already found someone to entrust this to?"

Upon hearing the gentle voice, Mary looked back.

Gazing at the magnificently dressed woman standing quietly at the bottom of the lake, amidst the very faint shadows cast by the starlight.

That was a familiar face to Melly, the female fairy who had taken care of her for a long time after her parents left her here, the Great Mother of the fairies.

The highest-ranking pure fairy born in the Starry Sea, a being comparable to a god, is the Great Mother.

The later Morgan is a half-blood fairy of the Great Mother level, and also the Lake Fairy Vivian, with elements of Morgoth and Morrigan.

"Well, how should I put it..."

Mary probably knew that this seemingly powerful sword should belong to the Lady of the Lake, and that her actions constituted theft, which she had been caught red-handed.

Seeing Mei Li's expression, the eldest mother probably realized something, so Yu Mi explained:

"Right now, it's just here; the Lake Fairies aren't in charge."

"That's good......"

Mary couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because in her memory, the Lake Fairy and her gang were really troublesome to deal with due to their many sides.

"But why are you here, Madam?"

"You're still immature; the illusions you set up can only fool me for a while. But so, you came back these past few days just to find this." The Great Mother said in her usual gentle tone, "That sword should have been given away a hundred years ago, but unfortunately, it was delayed until now. It's only right that you take it now. Do you have someone to give it to?"

"Um, I was commissioned by a human; it's more of an exchange..."

Looking at Mary's current state, the eldest sister couldn't help but recall the past.

"Great Mother, I'm entrusting my child to you."

Using unfamiliar etiquette, the father of the nightmare kowtowed as hard as he could, his voice choked with tears.

"You shouldn't have gotten involved. You're really going to die this time."

"...Yes, but I was about to die anyway, and I still had to go and rescue my lover."

The more dazzling and lavish the dinner party, the more people look to the future and talk about their dreams, the thicker and darker the shadows that lie prostrate on the ground.

"How strange, that human woman, how could she make you feel emotions?"

The encounter between a human and a fantasy species stems from a simple acquaintance, but because they are fantasy species, their union can only end in tragedy. However, they still end up together. As pure nightmares, once they have offspring, they will die quickly due to the responsibility of procreation. After death, all their abilities will be slowly passed on to their offspring.

Will this child be like you?

"This child is different. As a child of both humanity and nightmares, she possesses both her mother's kindness and her father's indifference."

Nightmare looked at the Great Mother and continued.

"The lesser good and the greater the sin, the greater the evil and the lesser the punishment, her views are the same as mine. She can always judge these things from an outsider's perspective, even if the object is God. Her perspective is based on her own sense of entitlement."

And just as her mother hoped, over time, she will climb the sand dunes, her vision will broaden, and she will see things—joy, happiness, fondness—that she will unexpectedly discover and recall, sometimes even warming her frozen nature… She will one day be independent, and sooner or later fly to a world unknown to us… Although this child left our hands a little too soon…”

"Since that's your wish, I can only watch you go."

As Nightmare disappeared from the Great Mother's sight, he said:

Please take good care of her...

A breeze picked up, and the clouds drifted by gently.

There were no road signs, yet the river flowed on its own in one direction.

How long will the footprints of the past remain? By now, we probably don't even know who left them.

"Is that so?" The First Mother smiled, then turned and left. "Since it was you, Mary, who gave it away, an exchange is fine too."

Even so, precisely because of this—

We should cherish what we have found, the North Star, even more.

153: Mooncell

At dawn, as the first rays of sunlight pierce through the thin mist and gently caress the snow-capped peaks, the silvery world seems to awaken, radiating a dazzling light.

This is the Alps, the highest and most extensive mountain range in Europe.

Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, one can see the towering peaks reaching into the clouds, majestic and imposing. On the mountainside, exposed rocks and lush green vegetation are interspersed, forming a unique natural landscape.

"Finally found."

In a corner of the mountains, Avia, who had come here immediately after leaving the ancient city, smiled. As she exhaled white breath, her fingers snapped together, and along with a slight tremor that followed, a corner of the snow-covered rock wall changed.

What should have been a hidden paradise undiscovered at present has a man-made "door" appearing on the rock wall. To be more specific, it is a very high-tech door, but behind it is a cave shrouded in shadow.

This is the giant ruin with alien bonds that was later discovered by Charlemagne and Astolfo.

It was here that the young Karl the Great came into contact with the alien key, touched the will of the stars, and learned that he was destined to pacify Europe, and thus began his efforts to achieve this.

According to Karl the Great in FEXL, he and Attila were both inspired, but neither of them could make the alien key their own; they could only drive it.

In order to see if he could use the things in the ruins to solve the crisis that Odin told him about the giants, Avia came alone this time, without Typhon or Black Princess. After all, going to the moon on a spiritual level is still somewhat dangerous.

Once inside, Avia turned up the brightness of the magical lights, making the dark cave brighter.

Is there any danger here, or is it a high-tech trap? Neither is impossible. Exploring here requires utmost caution. This is Avia's opinion.

The silver-haired youth slowly made his way deeper into the cave, having already passed several branching points. This cave seemed surprisingly deep, and the closer he got, the more numerous the stopped gears appeared. They had been moving forward silently for nearly three hours—

A mural depicting the three Yusei siblings, created by an unknown person, appeared before Avia's eyes.

At its center, a gigantic eye, seemingly embedded within, appears to be alive, gazing intently and intensely at everything with its condensed essence.

This is the alien key that does not belong to the Wandering Star. It was with its power that Emperor Karl sublimated his ability into the Assimilation of Celestial Voices.

Without much hesitation, Avia lightly jumped and touched the alien key with her hand.

In that instant, he felt as if he were in an endless sea of ​​blue data, a vast amount of information, a project that wrote down the different concepts of humanity, an information storage system edited like patterns, which was not a knowledge system used by humans.

But at this moment, Avia could sense that the 'moon' had been recording, observing, and measuring, and had given birth to intelligence several times during the recording process, but had personally dismantled it, remaining a mere observer.

No matter what humans do on Earth, the 'Moon' will accept it all and simply keep watching.

Avia understands that the 'moon' is actually the mooncell inside the moon, an observation device placed by an alien civilization that has disappeared 4.6 billion years ago, now known as the Moon UO.

Because the goal was to record everything equally and faithfully, it was necessary to go beyond the capabilities of an observer. As a result, the capabilities of Mooncell evolved dramatically, from observation to surveillance. The capabilities of this calculator eventually expanded to the point where it could even control planetary operations. With the expansion of its scale, the operational policies also became more complex.

It has created countless terminals and even manufactured artificial intelligence to manage functions at all levels, but on the other hand, it has resolutely refused to equip itself with artificial intelligence.

Observers should not possess intellect; if observers possess intellect, the meaning of things will be determined by the observers.

In the world of Fe, due to a grand magic ritual performed by magicians in Britain in the 1970s, the "Great Source" was prematurely depleted, resulting in continuous disasters on Earth, the depletion of resources, and the Magic Association being reduced to the Atlas Institute, which is not heavily reliant on magic.

Against this backdrop, the financial groups known as the "Western European Financial Groups," descendants of Charlemagne, successfully rose to power, becoming a political force that nearly controlled the world. They united most of the countries to form NERO, while the United States of America, the Kingdom of England, and the Republic of India, allied with the Western European Financial Groups, constituted most of their military strength.

Due to the depletion of the Great Source and the exclusion by organizations such as NERO, the Mage's Association was basically wiped out. Some remnants of the Mage's Association went to the Middle East and formed a resistance organization called the "Liberation Front" with other people who opposed NERO.

In 2015, a lunar exploration team led by Western European conglomerates discovered that the moon itself, except for its surface, is entirely composed of giant photonic crystals, known as Mooncells. MC scans the entire Earth approximately once every nanosecond and then accumulates the scan results in its own database.

Based on this, the Northern Hemisphere Resources Agency, an organization composed of 45 member states, was established in the same year at the call of Western European financial magnates. It proposed and agreed to completely restrict space exploration.

By 2030, technological and human progress had stagnated. The world's resources were monopolized by "Western European conglomerates," leading to conflicts between different people's ideologies, frequent wars, and the world on the verge of destruction.

However, Avia also understands that in the world she is currently in, which is a mixture of various stories, FE is just an insignificant parallel world.

Unaware of how much time had passed, the silver-haired youth, whose consciousness was wandering in a sea of ​​data, opened his eyes without warning.

What comes into view is a spacious 'room' with not much stuff, but the sheer size of the place, which seems to encompass both heaven and earth, makes one hesitate to call it a room.

In the center, there is an odd object, surrounded by stone pillars that stand haphazardly as if they were surrounding a Holy Grail. None of them stand straight, giving a sense of desolation.

That heterogeneity brings about different concepts; it is an ancient relic of an unknown civilization.

This is the center of the Moon Cell, and the Holy Grail that depicts the seven oceans in the world of Fe.

The moment Avia appeared, a mechanical voice rang out:

“You who come from the earth, why have you come? Tell me.”

154: The Moon King Who Has Not Yet Arrived

MoonCell can actually talk?

This was something Avia hadn't expected. After all, in his memory, this spirit crystal didn't have its own consciousness; it was something that absolutely wouldn't allow itself to develop consciousness.

However, he quickly recovered from his surprise and returned to calm. Perhaps it was just a mechanical question, after all, MC is a product of high technology.

Did you send me here?

Avia stood atop a pillar, an expression of interest on her face, without directly answering the MC's question.

"You came into contact with the remnants of the Planetary Vanguard Wilpa 02 clone on the ground. The erosion she left in Serial Phantasm was weakened and chose to draw you here."

Serial Phantasm, abbreviated and commonly known as "SE.RA.PH", is a fictional world of spirit particles built within the Moon Spirit Crystal. It is a "lunar city-type engine" created to operate the Moon Spirit Crystal and is distributed throughout the Moon Spirit Crystal.

In the past, the starship carrying the elite asteroid SE.RA.PH soldier Sephalu pierced the back side of the moon, invaded the interior of the Moon Spirit Crystal, and after reaching a state that was physically impossible to eliminate, it made contact with the photon network inside the Moon Spirit Crystal, eroding the Moon Spirit Crystal in the form of an intelligence agent, and gained the territory of the asteroid within SE.RA.PH.

Meanwhile, Sefaru's main body is causing destruction inside the moon while simultaneously sending its clones to Earth. Sefaru is also an entity composed of pseudo-spiritual particles, having been a pseudo-spiritual particle since birth. Sefaru is only recognized as a life form in historical records.

Therefore, to people on earth, Sephalus is nothing more than information. Thus, in order for Sephalus to move on earth, something must be made that can reproduce Sephalus's information on earth—a physical body.

So, Sefalu, who landed on the moon, used the functions of the Moon Spirit Crystal to create a clone that appeared on Earth.

This is similar to using the Lunar Crystal as a 3D printer to print "Earth's Sefalu Entity" using "Lunar Sefalu Information".

Before the Holy Sword Wielder used the Holy Sword to destroy the Titan's clone, on the Moon, the Moon Spirit Crystal had already suffered a crushing defeat and was deeply attacked and eroded by the Starship. Fortunately, Sephalu's clone on Earth was defeated by the Holy Sword, which caused the main body of the Star Vanguard, which was synchronized with the clone, to be unable to move for a few minutes.

Taking advantage of this brief opportunity, the Moon Spirit Crystal created an isolation space within itself, surrounding and sealing the Star Vanguard's true form with an unknown domain. In human terms, it was like turning a part of the body into a hollow.

"So that's it?"

For Avia, this was to be expected. After all, he knew that although the giant god Sephalus was trapped in the unknown realm by the Magecraft, he had actually been gazing at his memories of his time on the surface of Earth all these years. These memories included those of destroying the gods and those of being Attila.

"MoonCell, could you please help me use your blockade to stop something from coming from another star system?"

This was one of Avia's goals. Ever since he learned from the Gemstone Elder that Qihuang had planetary support, he had been worried that when the time came to fight him, Beelzebub, who was hiding behind the scenes and might have made a deal with the Kreece gods, would use this to break through the planet's blockade of the Kreece gods from other star systems, thus bringing about his desired arrival.

"Assistance is permitted, but because we must do everything we can to contain Yusei's elite soldier Wilpa 02 and prevent him from leaving and being discovered by Yusei, it cannot be permitted."

After the Titan's defeat, the Lunar Crystal launched an extremely powerful interference campaign across the entire galaxy, making Yusei "unaware" of this solar system. However, once it loses its normal function, or the Titan emerges from its seal, Yusei will rediscover this place.

"Well, actually, that's why I came here."

After speaking, the silver-haired youth glanced around.

Speaking of which, a thousand years after the world of Fe, Tevis H. Pissman, who has the qualifications of a savior in Type-Moon, fought against the Moon King here with his own Servant, Awakener, to decide who would win the Moon Grail.

This gave him a sudden thought: what if he directly controlled MC now? After all, it was impossible for the Great Source to be depleted prematurely like in the FE world.

Seemingly sensing Avia's thoughts, the MC's mechanical voice continued to ring out:

"However, I must remind you that my presence here is in one of the many parallel worlds without Zhu Yue, and this is the place I am meant to reach. The phantom I ascended in the world that discovered me can also be seen as the final destination of this place. If you are willing, please make a decision as soon as possible."

So you can actually communicate through your thoughts...