Year 43 of the Human Calendar - Southwest district of the Holy Land of Xue - Airport

Before leaving, I personally created statues for the four heroes who gave their lives to defeat the Berserker Immortal Demon.

The statue of the Sword Saint, Tang Lynn

The statue of the Saint of freedom, Yue Lynn

The statue of the Spear Saint, Qianshan Seong

And the statue of the Healing Saint, Qianxun Alaslamia

Each one of them were placed on the center of the districts wearing their names.

[Yue died afterwards, but she was also an important part of the battle]

(...)

With that done, I don't have anything left to do here.

“KING, WE ARE READY TO GO!“ Cid

It is time.

“Grandpa, I...“ Hikari

“?“ Linjian

[It seems that she is struggling to say something]

“...“ Hikari

A crying face is all what she can show me.

(I can imagine what she wanted to say)

[She can't say it]

“Goodbye Hikari, have a long and happy life together with your family“ Linjian

“Unh“ Hikari

She nods her head as I jump onto the deck of the ship.

“LAUNCH!!!“ Cid

The Antonov leaves the ground and floats in the sky of the Holy Land of Xue, waiting for my last speech.

“Animal Whisperer“ Linjian

People from all the districts were in the streets, looking up at the sky.

...

“Residents of the Holy Land of Xue“ Linjian

“Three weeks ago, the impossible was made possible“

“An Immortal fell to mere mortals, that was something that was believed unattainable since the beginning of the world“

“Such a miracle didn't happen thanks to a superior god or higher order, It happened because they were there“

“Not because they were Kings, not because they were saints, but because they were Humans“

“Humans who didn't give up, humans who stretched their hands outside the injustice, humans who trusted their backs to each other“

“Humans who burned their lives in pursuit of the future!“

“...“

“Today I depart to fight against the incarnation of death itself, and I might not come back...“

“But that doesn't mean that I will lose, because humanity will be standing even without me“

“I believe in the human nature“

“I believe in the evolving future“

“I believe in you“

“Farewell, Holy Land of Xue“

[710 MP CONSUMED]

I look to the statue that started all of this, the tallest of them.

“Please look after me as always“ Linjian

And I said goodbye to them for the last time.

...

......

One week after, The wise giant of the sky reached my last destination.

The island surrounded by a colorless aura was incredibly artificial wherever you look at it.

The surface was a perfect circle of 45 km of radius, the ground was completely plane and the trees were symmetrical with each other.

There was no sign of any kind of food or water.

The ground, the coast, the trees, everything was made completely of Jade.

And at the center of it all, a green jade mansion stood as the only building in the place.

[I will never understand the obsession of the cultivators with jade...]

“Master Hero, I am ready!“ Mai

“...“ Linjian

“Master Hero?“ Mai

[You can't delay it anymore]

“You stand back, Mai“ Linjian

“What? Why?! I can help!“ Mai

She surely could, but ...

“This isn't your battlefield“ Linjian

“That doesn't make any sense! Didn't you say that humans are strong together?!“ Mai

Some of her Blue aura reacts to her sudden surge of emotions.

“...Yes, I did“ Linjian

“Then...“ Mai

“But I need to do this“ Linjian

“...“ Mai

“I know that this is selfish, but I need to fulfill my promise with my own hands. Please, grant this old man his last wish“ Linjian

“...Okay“ Mai

Her Blue aura retracts.

“... but, I will not forgive you if you lose“ Mai

“Thanks, Mai“ Linjian

I walk closer to her.

“Today is my battle and tomorrow will be yours. But in any conflict, humanity will always be held together by an invisible thread of hope“ Linjian

I take off my royal cape.

“Even now, I am not alone“ Linjian

I pass it to her.

“And you will never be“

“...Master Hero“ Mai

I take my slightly bigger Graphene pillar and I jump off the ship.

“Graphene Pillar - Pegasus“ Linjian

I get on the winged horse.

“HEAAAAA!!“ Linjian

And I fly to the center of the island.

“SALUTE THE KING!!“ Cid Sakaguchi

With my Life Detection, I can feel all the crew bringing their hands to their foreheads.

(That is something of your world, doesn't it?)

[They must have read about it in a book]

I am not alone.

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-Linjian Campbell Lv. 58(+ 41/41)-

HP 98%

MP 13999/14000

Stamina 338/299(+40)

Brawn 124(+45)

Awareness 122(+25)

Endurance 80(+55)

Resistance 75(+35)

SKILLS

Book of Appraisal

Earth Manipulation Lv. Max

Animal Whisperer Lv. Max

Life Detection Lv. Max

Mana Handling Lv. Max

OTHER

??? (HP - 2%)

Paladin exoskeleton (Brawn, Awareness, Endurance and Resistance + 25. Level limit +21)

Graphene leg (Stamina + 30, Brawn and Endurance + 15. Level limit +20)

Healthy mind in a healthy body (Endurance and Resistance + 10)

Trained body (Stamina + 10, Brawn and Endurance + 5)

Reincarnation of Maria Campbell (MP 10000%)

Pain Assimilated

72 years old

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