Extraordinary Pedigree.

In 1550 of the Terran calendar, the lower jurisdiction of the Oretin Empire - the Crete area.

[This war is a holy war dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor! 】

[Rebels who underestimate the authority of the empire and act recklessly on the land of the empire! 】

【Let us impose sanctions! ! ! 】

【God bless my emperor, we will surely——

Chang Shengli, Mu Rongguang! 】

On the dilapidated land, there are ruins everywhere, and the ships belonging to the Oretinian Empire are floating in the sky, and they convey their belief in the emperor to the bottom through the broadcast.

The only intact place here is a field hospital, which is full of infected out-of-control people, and none of their body parts are intact.People's eyes are too numb, they are eyes that have been devastated by the war to the point of lifelessness.

Outside the emergency room and intensive care unit of the hospital.

The strong smell of disinfectant soaked in memory, and the presence of many strangers.

Facing the white wall, people put their hands together and prayed to their respective gods. How sincere is this prayer.

The walls of hospitals hear more sincere prayers than churches, for life is born in hospitals and lives in them as well.

The out-of-control intensive care room.

The pattering rain was beating on the window outside, Kellogg was quietly peeling an apple with a fruit knife, while his wife Hannah Alice was lying on the bed and watching the rain pattering on the ground outside, she The exposed skin was covered with scales, this was already the late stage of pollution, and the body began to be covered with deformed organs.

"Hannah, come." Kellogg handed the peeled apple to his wife.

Hannah turned her head. She looked at the apple in her husband's hand, and then at the new scar on his face.

"You went to the supply station with those people again, there is a dense area of ​​​​war, you..."

"Hey, I got it, I got it, come on, eat some apples to calm down." Kellogg stuffed the apple into the mouth of the nagging wife, which aroused the abnormal dissatisfaction of the other party. I took a bite out of the apple.

"Is it sweet?" Kellogg asked with a smile.

Seeing her husband's stupid look, the depressed Hannah felt a little better, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her sad face.

"It's sweet."

*******
In order to avoid the natural disasters that emerged in the Eastern Continent, I followed my tribe from my homeland, crossed two large regions, and passed through the Great Plains of the Midwest to the Crete region. When we arrived here, the natural disasters stopped spreading.

Along the way, I saw countless people of all colors fleeing with us.We did not have a war with them. The elders of the clan told me that most of the people who can walk on the ground of Terra now have inheritance. Ancient experience told them that killing each other will only exacerbate the extinction.

Because natural disasters do not appear regularly, today it can wreak havoc on the Eastern Continent of Oretin, and tomorrow it can wreak havoc on the Western Continent.

The historians of Terra once said that frequent natural disasters liberated the Oretinian Empire from "the bondage of the land".

In past history, Terra's ancestors transitioned from food gatherers to food producers.But now, due to natural disasters, we are forced to return to the stage of food gatherers again, we have started to wander, and we are forced to turn back the wheel of history.

Now, the original civilization system has been destroyed, and people are forced to become nomads. Religion, new humanistic systems, and new ideas have begun to grow savagely in the lower realm of Terra.

The people in the lower realm have become more enlightened and tolerant than before, while the floating cities above have become more extreme.

Without enlightenment, people in the lower world will surely die; without totalitarianism, the rule of the sky will collapse.

The original social system has also undergone fundamental changes; the "celestial beings" living in the floating city discriminate against the "grey people" in the lower realm, while the "out-of-control people" are hated by all human beings.

We quickly negotiated the division of living areas with the people on Crete, and they gave us a piece of land with fertile soil—only people in the Eastern Continent still retain the custom of farming, and now people are more inclined to Sky City bought cheap synthetic food - the patriarch thanked them, and we signed the "Mutual Aid Agreement" again.

Both parties who signed the "Mutual Assistance Agreement", if a natural disaster occurs in the area where one party is located, the other party that belongs to the safety needs to provide assistance within its ability, including but not limited to food, land, and necessary living materials.

This may sound unbelievable, but this is the reason why the people of the lower world can still survive.

There is one last item in the agreement; when the natural disaster in the area where the refuge belongs ends, and the natural disaster forecaster predicts that there will be no more natural disasters in the area within 2 to 5 years, the refugees must return to their own area immediately.

In the past, when there was no natural disaster in the Eastern Continent, more than a few ethnic groups were taken in. After the natural disaster is over, these ethnic groups will return to their homeland.

This treaty was established through the painful experience of countless blood and tears. In the first 50 years of the new Yuan calendar (the natural disaster calendar method, the second set of calendar method commonly used in the Olivia Empire), people who died from robbing land were more likely to die from natural disasters. There are more people.What's ridiculous is that when these perpetrators rejoiced for their victory, natural disasters came.

Natural disasters are as unpredictable as the three celestial bodies mentioned by scholars.

We settled down in the Crete region, and I continued my carefree life. Every day I was playing with mud in the fields, or chasing the chickens and ducks raised by my uncles.

At that time, I was in the stage of annoying people and dogs, but I was often beaten by the elders in the clan.

one day.

"Kellogg, you are almost 8 years old, and you are about to go to school." The clan elder smiled and said to me who had just harassed Aunt Jasmine's dog next door.

"go to school?"

I remember this word, there is also a school in the Eastern Continent, but he was still young at the time, and he was not old enough to go to school.After reaching the school age, natural disasters began to ravage the Eastern Continent, and the school disappeared.

"Well, I have completed the admission procedures for you, and you can enroll tomorrow."

"Okay, go to school." I don't reject going to school, because it allows me to get in touch with more people and novel things.

******
"The six largest floating forces in the Eastern Continent floating in the sky are: Utopia (this is a bad name, because it is a city made by the kingdom of heaven), the factory, the courtyard of heaven, the Academy of Sciences of the Oretin Empire, Eddie West Mechanics, Peace Initiative."

"Rather than a floating city, it should be called a floating city group. They will expand a new floating city every five years. And these expanded floating cities can be separated, so the floating city is actually More than six."

On the podium, the teacher was tirelessly telling the students the history of Terra, while I was looking out of the window, the huge shadow floating in the sky.

"The floating city group still maintains its dominion over the ground. Each of us needs to pay tithes to the floating city to which we belong, and the ones above only charge thaumaturgy stones as taxes, so..."

ding ding ding-

The bell for the end of get out of class rang, and the children became restless, so the teacher had no choice but to announce the end of get out of class.

Recently, the patriarch and the elders are all frowning, as if the city that appeared in the sky is a floating city belonging to the Oretin Empire, and its name is Sargon.

The school is preparing to hold a special festival recently, in order to celebrate the appearance of Sargon in the sky above Crete, and also to welcome the "celestial beings".

The children were cheering and jumping for joy, because children like to be lively, and they are also full of curiosity about the "celestial beings", and I was keenly aware of the strong smiles of the adults.

Recently, my uncles often go out early and return late, and they are sweating every time they come back. They bring glowing stones with them every time they come back, and these uncles who bring stones live in another place far away from the village. , the clan elders warned the children not to approach them.

I once asked the elders, why?Why not let Uncle Wang and the others be with us? Why tell the children in the village that they are monsters?
For they are cursed, cursed for us.

I still remember the sad expression of the clan elder. In my impression, he is always kind and smiling.Now, he showed a helpless side in front of me, and I subconsciously reached out, stroking his face like he used to comfort me when I was crying.

The clan elder was taken aback for a moment, then he held my hand firmly with both hands and put my hand on his forehead.

I seemed to see something carving scars on the clan elder's face, his back seemed to be no longer straight, and something was crushing him.

*******
"Hush-hush-hush-"

"Papapa -----"

Gorgeous fireworks illuminated the whole of Crete. At this time, the people of Crete were wearing the most important clothes, and everyone was celebrating. I was selected by the school as the flower girl to welcome the "Heaven and Man".

All I have to do is wave the flag and smile innocently at certain spots.

I met the 'Heavenly Man' that day.

What, I thought they had three heads and six arms, but they turned out to be the same as us.

This is what I thought at the time, the heavenly beings are human beings with one mouth and two eyes just like us.They are no more noble than us.

The Celestials don't seem to care much about our welcome. They clearly stated the purpose of their trip to the leader of Crete. They did not shy away from the fact that this is a public place. Maybe they didn't care at all.

I can only vaguely hear words like 'conscription', 'assessment', 'bring in talents', 'prevent external forces from invading'.

My task was quickly completed. After welcoming the heavenly beings, the teacher gave everyone a pack of candies, and then let us go out to play.

Instead of following the crowd to the streets, I ran towards the area of ​​the Cretan Mountains, which he knew very well.After he came to Crete, he ran wherever he had nothing to do. Uncle East and Uncle Eston often went up the mountain to look for him. Every time he found him, his butt hurt for several days.

I plan to go to the highest point of the mountain to see what the interior of the floating city looks like. I climbed up and down, and I met her on the mountainside.

It was dusk at this time, and I heard the sound of a girl crying on the way up the mountain.

I walked in the direction of the sound. On the tall steps, a girl was sitting on the steps with her hands folded on her knees. Her head was buried in her knees, and intermittent crying came from her side.

I walked towards her, she seemed to hear my footsteps, the girl raised her head.

Beside the stairs, there are sycamore trees, the leaves on them have fallen, and the dead branches cut the dim sunlight into pieces, and under the reflection of the gaps in the pieces, there is a small face with pear blossoms and rain, a girl Her face looked extremely red at this moment, and she looked at me with small, aggrieved eyes.

"Hey, are you lost?" I asked the girl with concern.

"...Well, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo to. I just separated from my parents for a while.

I glanced at the shadow on the top of the mountain, then at the crying girl with eyeballs, sighed helplessly, and stretched out my right hand.

"Come on, let me take you down the mountain."

"it is good."

So, I just took the girl's hand and started to walk down the mountain.

"...Well, what's your name. My name is Hannah Alice."

"Kellogg, well, there is no surname. The patriarch said that people in the Eastern Continent don't need that thing."

"Are you very familiar with this area?"

"Well, I come here often."

"You are from the Eastern Continent, right?"

"Ah."

"you····"

The girl was like a lark, chirping in my ears, but I was absent-mindedly coping with it, and I was still regretful that I couldn't see the appearance of the floating city.

"Did you know that there is a poet named Yeats in Dublin, his poems are very famous in the New World..."

The continent where the Oretin Empire is located is blocked by the huge Skyhold, and the world outside the empire is called the New World (of course, this is for the gray people of the lower realm).

"Shh!"

I suddenly covered Hannah's mouth with my right hand, and then I took him to hide in the bushes in the mountains. Hannah looked at me nervously, and I motioned her to keep quiet.

Ahead, there is a group of people wearing special combat uniforms, and I can see the unified logo on their shoulders; it is a double-helix spire and holy wings, and beside it is a channel of Terra script, which says [Heaven Utopia ].

"Remember, the corresponding arrangements for this campaign to seize the city have been made." The leading man with the red epaulettes said to his subordinates.

"Well, we will definitely teach these heavenly beings a lesson."

"Be careful."

"Relax, leader."

"Go and act first."

"Yes."

Except for the leader, the other members of the Tower of Babel left here quickly, and the leader stood still thinking about something.

His right thumb unconsciously pressed the red handle on his right hand, and he moved the handle back and forth.The blade was pulled out from the scabbard, and then pushed back by his thumb again, and he just flipped the handle back and forth like this.

I lay down in the bushes and didn't dare to move. The hand I was covering Hannah was already sweating. Hannah seemed to have sensed something was wrong, so even if she was terribly scared, she didn't dare to speak out. sound.

"We should be proud of our identities, and actively acquire and use the power that belongs to the public." The leader suddenly said this paragraph that I didn't understand at the time.

"It seems that I am not a qualified leader." He laughed at himself, and finally pushed the knife back, and then he turned and left without hesitation.

After confirming that the other party had left, Hannah and I were completely paralyzed on the ground, and fear and fear began to flood our hearts.

He must have spotted us, but, why?
When I was young, I was full of confusion about many things in the world.

After that, I took Hannah down the mountain successfully.

I saw Hannah's parents. They looked like they were in the dust. They must have suffered a lot to find Hannah. Hannah's mother first scolded Hannah, and after scolding each other, she hugged Hannah. head, and wept with her.

And Hannah's father came to thank me specifically. To be honest, I was a little shy in the face of adults' praise.From Hannah's father, I learned that they are a group of wandering merchants, and they are planning to settle here in Crete this time.

The next day.

inside the classroom.

"Students, there is a new person in our class today. Come, come here, and introduce yourself to everyone." The head teacher beckoned to the door, and the students all turned their curious eyes on the beautiful girl with blond hair. girl.

The eyes of the students in the class were all attracted by this beautiful elf, especially the boys.

"Hi everyone, I'm Hannah Alice." Hannah waved enthusiastically to everyone present. She seemed to be looking in my direction intentionally or unintentionally, and I pretended not to know him.

Children of this age are always easy to make a fuss, as long as a man and a woman are together, the children will yell and say who is whose little daughter-in-law.

Hannah didn't think so, and the teacher asked her to find a seat.Instead of walking towards the empty seat, she walked straight towards me. She came near my seat and said softly to my seatmate:
"I want to sit here, I wonder if you can change the seat."

"Oh oh oh oh--"

As I expected, the students in the class started to make a fuss, and the teacher patted the table on the podium to signal the students not to make noise.

I looked at my deskmate with pleading eyes, and he showed me a "really like you" expression, then quickly cleaned up his classmates, and left here in a hurry, while Hannah was by my side sat down.

"Meet you again, Kellogg. We will be at the same table from now on."

"..."

In this way, Hannah and I became tablemates.

That's it, another important thing happened.

Sargon, who was far away in the sky, suddenly turned on his naval guns, and it bombed the Crete Mountains indiscriminately, and many people were affected. I heard from people in the tribe that the heavenly people were chasing and killing a man named [Utopia] ] members of the organization.

I was curious to ask the clan elder what kind of organization Utopia is.

"Utopia is an organization composed entirely of out-of-control people. They are extremely xenophobic and hostile to the normal society that oppressed them. The members of Utopia hope to get fair treatment in society through their own methods, even surpassing the treatment of non-out-of-control people— —This is the declaration of the Empire to them."

"Out of control?"

"They are all poor people..."

"You will understand later." The clan elder's eyes were full of exhaustion.

It was also on this day that the clan uncles who left early and returned late were taken away by the heavenly beings of Sargon, and they have not returned since then.

In the following years, I began to understand the words of the clan elders.

******
Time flies, I have been in Crete for almost ten years, and during this time, Hannah has always been my tablemate.

She is always by my side, whether it is gym class or after school.Even during holidays, she would come to our village to look for me, and the adults in the village always looked at us with ambiguous eyes.

At first I couldn't bear it, but then I gradually got used to her presence.

It was summer at this time, and I was sitting under the sunshade vine I built, with the iced watermelon brought in from Aunt Huang beside me, and at the same time, an old Walkman was playing pure music; I picked it up online, and when I picked it up, I also picked up a lot of tapes.

The breeze caressed me, and I crossed my legs, eating watermelon while listening to music.

"Kay-lo-ge-"

Just as I was enjoying a comfortable holiday life, a familiar and annoying voice came to my ears from far to near, and I turned sideways, holding the mentality of deceiving my ears.

Can't see, can't hear.

"Wuhu——Kellogg, Che Che——"

It's a pity that some things cannot be avoided. Hannah rushed in on a battery car. I felt the danger, so I immediately got out of my seat and avoided Hannah's impact.

"What are you doing!" I glared at her angrily, at this moment she finally stopped the car, and my watermelon had already made intimate contact with the ground, and the ground successfully dyed the bright red flesh a layer of khaki.

"Sorry." She stuck out her tongue at me.

"・・・"

"Don't be angry, come on, I'll take you for a ride."

Hannah patted the empty seat behind her and handed me a black helmet at the same time. I glanced at her speechlessly, how could you have the confidence to carry me.

"Uncle, why did Auntie agree to let you drive a battery car? Isn't this old antique left to your father to eat?"

"Um, O(∩_∩)O haha~"

"Okay, I understand." Looking at her appearance, I understood that she was expressing her feelings secretly.

"Go for a drive, it's so boring to wait here." Hannah tried to encourage me.

"Have you written your homework?"

"Does that thing need to be written?"

"...That's right." Seeing her surprised expression, I didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Where do you want to go?"

"whatever."

"It's casual again. You said it was casual last vacation, and after I took you to the destination, you complained about it for several months." Seeing her say casual, I couldn't help but slap her.

It’s okay if Kellogg doesn’t say anything, but she gets angry when she mentions Hannah. She said angrily to me:

"Where did you take girls to the old market to buy goods! You were very happy at that time, chatting with those vendors in full swing, I was bored to death by the side."

"I didn't pick out the rabbit rubber band you are using to tie your hair for you. Don't you like it very much? I think you always wear it."

"I... Kellogg, you are an idiot!!!"

"Why are you scolding people!"

"Idiot idiot idiot idiot—"

"Crybaby crybaby-"

We quarreled again, and the tribe was led over. The adults looked at us with kind eyes, while the children ran over and sang to us in a singing tune:

"Little daughter-in-law, little husband, Huanxi's friends show their affection!"

"Who is showing affection!" Hannah and I yelled angrily at the children in unison.

The children said that the monster was coming, and then scattered like birds and beasts.

"Let's go." Hannah looked at me angrily.

"Go." I snatched the helmet from her hand, then picked up the Walkman and put it in my pocket.

"Get out of the way, I'll drive." I rode on the battery car and squeezed Hannah to the back. She didn't say anything, after all, she also knew her driving level.

"Sit down." I twisted the handle and told Hannah behind me.

"...Hmm." I don't know if it was too hot, but Hannah's face turned red suddenly, and she twitched at the corner of my clothes.

I said speechlessly: "What's the use of this, hold me tight."

"Understood, what are you yelling at!" Hannah yelled like a cat with fried fur.

She stretched out her hands timidly, and slowly extended her hands from my sides, and then clasped them tightly. For some reason, she seemed to be very nervous, and I felt her breathing was a little short.

"Let's go." I didn't pay much attention.

I slowly tightened the handle, the battery car started to speed up, and I drove it towards the outside.The wind kissed our cheeks from both sides, and I didn't drive too fast because I was carrying Hannah.

"And I still dream that he treads the grass,

Drifting and walking in the dew,

Let my song of joy pierce easily—"

The music sounded from behind me, and at some point, Hannah reached into my pocket, took the Walkman away, and inserted the tape she had brought into it.

"It sounds good." Hannah waved the Walkman triumphantly behind her.

I looked back at her proud appearance, and couldn't help but want to play tricks on her.I pressed the brake lever on my right hand, and the car came to a sudden stop, and Hannah's face hit my back.

"Hey - bah bah, it's all sweat! Wood, what are you doing!" Hannah shouted dissatisfied behind her.

"There is sand in front, so we have to drive slowly." I smiled.

"I think you are looking for a hit." She reached out to hit me, and I drove again.

"Sit still."

"Ah, drive slowly."

I drove the car and took Hannah to the field, the sun was shining on our shoulders, the breeze was blowing on our faces, and the surrounding golden ears of wheat seemed to be following us, and they swayed their heads Body.

Hannah suddenly pulled off the bunny-shaped rubber band behind her, and her golden hair began to flutter in the wind. A few strands of her hair floated to my shoulders, and they exuded a very pleasant fragrance.

This is a very beautiful picture, sunshine, breeze, ears of wheat, boys and girls...

In this way, I unknowingly took Hannah and drove out of the village. We didn't know how far we had traveled. When I realized that I should go back the same way, an accident happened.

"There is something wrong with the display of this car. It clearly shows that there is still 56% of the battery, so why don't you leave." I patted the display on the battery car.

"Ahaha——, I remembered, my dad said before that there seems to be a slight error in the display of this car." Hannah smiled awkwardly at this time.

"That's a little bit!" I laughed angrily.

"What should I do now..." Hannah said with eyes dodging.

"Ha~ Push it back, I hope people in the village can notice us."

I didn't say any more about Hannah's thick lines, and we started pushing the battery car back.It shouldn't be us. In fact, I was the only one pushing the car, and Hannah followed me cautiously. She was a little embarrassed now, for fear of being scolded by me.

"Play a song and listen to it."

"Ah."

This time Hannah played pure music, and after the initial embarrassment, she started to come back to herself, chirping into my ear again.

"Kellogg, every year the floating city group will hold a big exam. I heard that this is an old-age system. As long as we people in the lower realm do well in the exam, we can go to the floating city to study. If we are lucky, we can also obtain residency status."

"Ah."

"Kellogg, with your grades, it should be no problem to pass the exam."

"You too."

"So, which city group do you want to go to?"

Hannah suddenly asked in a cramped tone, and I started to think.

"I should go to the Eddy West Federation."

"Eddy..." Hannah murmured.

"What about you?" I didn't say the reason, but changed the subject instead.

"Secret." Hannah smiled slyly.

"If you don't want to say it, forget it."

"Oh, you're really not curious."

"Not curious!"

"If you call me sister, I'll tell you."

"Ha ha."

We just pushed the car back and walked back. At this time, the sun had already started to set, and the road conditions began to be unclear. My hands and feet were already feeling sore.

I didn't hold on, I told Hannah that my physical strength was a little weak, and she wanted to switch to another pusher, so I told her directly that there was no need for it. In this situation, we should find a foothold and wait for rescue. The people in the village and Your parents should have noticed something is wrong, the rescue team may be on their way to find us.

So, we came to the stone tablet next to the road, I put the car in a conspicuous place, and then I lay flat on the ground without any image.

"Hannah, you bastard." I couldn't help complaining.

"I know it's wrong." Hannah also sat cross-legged next to me with a look of embarrassment, and then she carefully put my head on her lap.

"As compensation, I'll give you a pillow."

"You have a conscience." I said a little tiredly.

"Should you squint for a while, maybe when you wake up, the rescuers will have already arrived."

"Hmm..." I actually squinted for a while when I lay down.

"You chat with me for a while, maybe I will fall asleep after chatting."

"Okay." Hannah said with a smile. She stroked my head like a child, and to be honest, it was a little comfortable.

"Kellogg, what are your plans for the future?"

"I don't know, I don't have much ambition."

"Well, do you want to stay in the floating city or in the lower realm in the future."

"I'm not sure, I don't know if I will continue to stay in the lower realm after learning about the floating city, I'm not sure..." Sleepiness began to hit.

"Yeah, me too."

"Um···"

"Kellogg..."

"..." I had already closed my sleepy eyes, and Hannah continued to stroke my head gently, her tone became unusually soft.

"Kellogg, you're a log."

"..."

"Kellogg, you're an idiot!"

"..."

Hannah looked at the boy who was sleeping soundly like a baby, showing a beautiful smile. She gently rubbed the boy's face with her fingers. After confirming that the boy was really asleep, she blushed and moved her face closer to the boy. The distance between them is so close, as long as they get a little closer, the skins of the two will touch each other.

"Kellogg, I like you." The girl said these words softly.

Her lips touched the boy's lips.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

The girl's face was as red as an apple at this time, but the boy didn't know what dream he had, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

I slept very comfortably this time. After Hannah woke me up, I heard shouts from afar. I knew that the rescuers were coming. I ran up immediately and shouted loudly towards the place where there was a light source in front of me. shouted.

"It's here! It's here!"

The crowd seemed to hear me, and they started walking in my direction, and I looked back at Hannah happily.

"Why are you still sitting?"

"Nonsense, you slept comfortably, my legs are numb now, please help me up." Hannah muttered to me.

"Okay." I smiled and lifted Hannah up from the ground.

Soon, people found us, people from the village, and they took us back to the village on a bicycle, and tied a rope to the battery car, and carried it back to the village.

Back in the village, Hannah's parents were already waiting for us at the same place, this scene looked a bit familiar.

Hannah's mother scolded Hannah a lot, and this time I was scolded too, because of this incident, the two of us have become well-known in the neighborhood.

*******
The shadow of Sargon hangs over Crete again, and this time it is accompanied by the news of the new emperor's enthronement, and - a long war!

bloody sky,
Shouting people.

The distance is no longer the lights of thousands of houses,

It is the pain and despair that is close at hand.

·······
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he began to suppress the old opposition forces. He was already dissatisfied with the floating city that wandered outside the urban agglomeration and established itself.He asked these wandering floating cities to enter [Constantinople] to swear allegiance to their new emperor, and those wandering city warlords are not fools, they can naturally see that the new emperor is dissatisfied with them.

Those in the Senate also began to denounce the new emperor's 'tyranny', and they contacted the warlords.

Afterwards, the war started with the tacit understanding of both sides, and the people in the lower world naturally became the victims of the war.

Sargon is one of the floating cities that opposed the rule of the new emperor. They were also very dissatisfied with the brutal rule of Augustus. It formed a wartime alliance with Hammurabi, another floating city in Crete, to resist the emperor together. of the Guards.

The empire's thaumaturges and thaumaturgical devices fired wantonly in the sky over Crete, and Sargon and Hammurabi did not give up. The flames of war spread all over Crete, and many people became Sargon Temporary soldiers of Hammurabi, or slaves of Hammurabi.

The battle between the two sides caused EVE particles to pervade the entire Crete region, and the proportion of out-of-control people exploded exponentially, and the out-of-control people are the cradle of suffering.

Hannah's family has become out of control, so they were expelled from their original residence by people who had seen the out of control.

People are too frightened, and those who are out of control look crazy, just like demons.

And at this time, I made a decision.

Crete area - a gathering place for out-of-control people.

"It's okay, come here, drink the medicine." Hannah smiled gently at the boy with horns in front of her.

Maybe it was because the woman in front of him was so angelic, the young man was infected by her gentle aura, so he opened his mouth obediently, while Hannah carefully fed her medicine.

"Good boy, what's your name, kid."

"Rist, Rist Virgil."

"Come on, strong Mr. Virgil, can you drink the medicine yourself?"

"Yes." The boy took the medicine automatically.

Hannah, as usual, treats the out-of-control people and helps other out-of-control people to overcome the difficulties in front of them.

Weary, she returned to her own residence, a small house with a dilapidated appearance. When she just put her hand on the doorknob, she realized that someone had entered her room, and the mark she made was touched.

She took out a lady's pistol from her bag, and then slowly opened the door.

"Snapped--"

"Long time no see, Hannah!" I smiled at Hannah holding up fireworks.

And Hannah looked at me blankly with a pistol in her hand. I looked at her sluggish appearance, and couldn't help but tease me:

"Can you put the gun down, it will be fun if it goes off."

"Why are you here, get out quickly, you know where this place is, you are looking for death as an ordinary person coming here!!!" Hannah ignored my hippie smiling face, but yelled at me angrily.

"I haven't seen you for so long, why are you treating your childhood sweetheart like this?" I continued to smile heartlessly.

"Go away quickly." Hannah came up and tried to push me away.

I sideways to avoid Hannah's movement, and then I took out what I had prepared, which was a small square stone, which was emitting a fluorescent green light.

"This is—! What are you doing, Kellogg!!" Hannah, who was out of control, could clearly feel the EVE particles contained in the thaumaturgy stone in his hand.

I didn't say much, I put this high-radiation thaumaturgy stone into my mouth, and swallowed it suddenly.

"you--"

"In this way, we are all out of control, and you don't have to avoid me anymore." I walked to Hannah's side and opened my hands.

I held Hannah tightly in my arms, and I was afraid that she would disappear from my world.Hannah leaned tightly on my chest, her hands kept beating me, crying and shouting:

"stupid stupid stupid--"

"Hannah..." I gently supported her head, then I lowered my head and said to her seriously.

"What." Hannah lifted her teary face.

"Will you marry me?" I said nervously.

First Hannah lowered her head, then she tiptoed, her lips pressed against mine.

We are all immature and only know that we are interacting with each other.

After entanglement for a long time, we finally separated because of lack of oxygen. Hannah raised her flushed face and said to me:
"That's my answer."

*******
This is the third year of my marriage to Hannah, and the war has not calmed down with the passage of time, but has intensified.

War leaves traces of struggle on the bodies of soldiers.

Killing is exchanged for bones,
Despair turned to death.

gradually,
It bared its terrifying fangs.

gradually,
It becomes stronger.

Dotting the sky with blood red,

Decorate the temple with bones.

·······
Hannah's parents passed away, and she was hit by a thaumaturgy blast in a ground contact battle between Sargon and the Empire. Hannah cried until she fainted because of this incident. I found Hannah on the battlefield through my relationship. Some belongings of Na's parents, and then simply organized their funeral.

And Hannah's symptoms are also in the late stage, her whole body is covered by dense scales, she doesn't look in the mirror now, because the projection in the mirror makes her feel scared.

Those who are out of control are the cradle of suffering.

The war does not stop because of personal suffering, it continues to hang over everyone in Crete.

In the year 209 of the New Year's Era, a catastrophe broke out, and external forces began to intervene in the empire's war.

Edisi, Peace Initiative and other external forces intervened in the war. They sold a large number of war weapons to the warlords. They hoped that the empire would continue to maintain the chaotic situation. At the same time, they also began to accommodate a large number of out-of-control people.

The utopian rebels began to flood into the battlefield in large numbers. In order to treat the out-of-control and restore the peaceful situation, they also became the promoters of the war.

The fundamental purpose of most foreign forces is just to want a large amount of experimental materials for them to study the related theories of runaways and EVE.

At the same time, the force field radiation in some parts of Terra will disturb the mechanical and numerical control devices and cause them to go out of control, and these places have very important strategic materials. At this time, a lot of cheap labor is needed, and those who get out of control are naturally cheap of the workforce.

In the year 210 of the new era, Utopia called on those out of control to unite.

They gathered a large number of out-of-control people and began to resist the oppression of the big forces.

Empires and warlords, alien forces, utopias...
in the dark,
Boundless disasters were quietly born.

Greed blinds people's eyes,

Killing filled people's hearts.

Greed spreads,

The footsteps of death are gradually approaching.

The killing spread,

The test of human nature gradually became clear.

What is purgatory?

What is heaven?

Under the piercing gaze of the true knower,
The last fig leaf is gone.

And under the fig leaf,

It is the ugliness and darkness of human nature.

the cold eyes of those in power,

the sorrow of the fighters,

dislocated situation,
contempt for life,

ignorance of disaster,

A mockery of humanity.

Everything,
shows the fragility of human nature,

But made it, it.

It seems like the war will never stop.

********
field hospital.

After visiting Hannah, I walked out of the intensive care unit, and then came to the roof of the hospital. I took out a cigarette from my arms, then shook the cigarette case, and took out the most prominent one with my mouth, and then light it up.

The depression in his heart has been slightly relieved with the puffing and puffing of cigarettes. The war of the empire has forced the Crete area to be blocked. He heard that the natural disasters in the Eastern Continent in the Far East have stopped, but it is a pity that they cannot get out now. Now, and the village and the clansmen have already...

Snapped--

The cigarette butts were dripping, and before I knew it, I had finished smoking the cigarette. I stared at the red setting sun in despair on the rooftop. Under the setting sun, the shadow in the sky above shrouded the hearts of Cretans, giving every Everyone is covered with a lingering haze.

······
"Kellogg, have you heard? Virgil has joined Utopia."

Just when I returned from collecting supplies from the war zone with the scavengers as usual, Old Jack whispered to me.

"How do you know, who told you." I said with a frown.

It is difficult for me to connect the gentle boy in my memory with a rebel organization like Utopia.

After the Crete area was mixed with Utopia, the situation became more complicated and cumbersome. Other floating forces intervened in the Crete war in the name of destroying Utopia.

"I saw it with my own eyes. He was wearing the uniform of Utopia before, but he didn't wear a mask."

"What does that kid want to do!"

"Who knows? Maybe it's really unbearable. You see, in our area, many young adults have joined Utopia, while old people like me and critically ill patients like Hannah have not joined due to physical factors." Among them, but, Kellogg, why are you..." At this point, Old Jack carefully looked at the man in front of him with his dazed eyes.

"You are different. Although you have an infectious aura like someone out of control, your deformed organs are not exposed at all, which means that you are internally deformed, and you are still in a stable state. You are because of Hannah... "..."

"Okay, old Jack, don't need to say if there are any." I interrupted old Jack, and then took out a bag of food bags full of synthetic cans and handed them to old Jack.

"This is your material, keep it by yourself, and don't tell Hannah about this."

"Ah."

After saying goodbye to old Jack, I went to visit Hannah as usual, and Hannah asked me aloud:
"I haven't seen Virgil for a long time, have you seen him recently?"

"That kid, I saw him outside just now. This time he didn't know where to find a tome about the mythology of Crete. Recently, I have always seen him reading books in the safe area fascinated."

"That's great, Virgil is such a person who can immerse himself in his own world to enjoy himself even in the middle of a war, that's great."

"Yeah, sometimes I really envy that silly boy."

night.

I left the field hospital and walked towards the original village, which had been razed to the ground by the war. The reason why I wanted to go there was because Virgil asked me out.

Today is the crimson moon shining, the sky is extraordinarily bright red, and the earth is under the radiance of the red moon, as if it has been sun-drenched with extremely bright red blood spots.

I saw Virgil, he was already wearing the uniform of Utopia at this time, and there was a knife hanging on his right chest. Unsheathed knife.

"Virgil." I called to the boy in front of me.

Virgil turned his head to look at me, his eyes lost the tenderness of the past, and now there is only grief and fortitude.

"Uncle Kellogg..." Virgil replied dryly.

"What happened to your throat?"

"It's fine, it'll be fine in a while."

"Have you ever cried?"

"·······,No."

"Why did you call me here today?"

"Uncle Kellogg, this is for you." Virgil threw me a tube of special injection.

I took the potion that Virgil threw to me, and looked down, the LOGO on it had been crossed out, but I could only see a few tiny Terra characters that remained below.

Heaven ■■wu ■■ belongs to.

"what is this?"

"This is an inhibitor. We got it from Utopia. I asked for a tube from the leader. You can give this to Sister Hannah."

"Virgil, you..." I wanted to say something, but looking at the inhibitor in my hand, I swallowed everything I wanted to say.

"Uncle Kellogg, I won't go back anymore, Virgil is dead." Virgil took out the exclusive mask of the Tower of Babel, put it on slowly, and then left here without looking back.

Under the red moon, I watched the young man go away without saying a word.

********
In the 212th year of the new era, the flames of war finally spread to the last pure land. Sargon took the lead in entering the rest zone established as a neutral zone. Afterwards, the other three parties headed by the empire also brazenly tore up the so-called civilian protection treaty.

Total war started this year, old Jack died, I heard that he was affected after the outbreak of the war, I heard that he was directly covered by thaumaturgy turbulence, I hope he didn't at that moment feel the pain.

The field hospital was bombed by swarms of Sargons the day after the all-out war broke out, and I left the hospital with Hannah overnight after the war started.

Through my contacts, I have successfully obtained two places for black ships docked in the Clay Sea area.

After entering the New Yuan Era, most of the original ocean ships in various parts of Terra have lost their important status in the past. The disasters contained in the ocean are more terrifying than those on land, and they are also more erratic.

And these abandoned ships were taken over by some bold people with high skills in the lower world, and these people formed a special logistics company-Sihai.

Four Seas has almost monopolized the ocean transportation industry in the entire lower realm. It is said that there are large floating cities behind them, and the black ship is a special outsourcing service of Four Seas. They lease the ships to people who are more fearless.

Only these people dare to enter the Crete region during the battle of the floating cities, trying to earn a fortune here. I only got these two places after paying countless expensive prices.

Port of Crete.

"According to the usual practice, the two of you will stay on the bottom floor of the ship." The fully armed ship personnel said to Hannah and me.

"Hmm." I'm used to being discriminated against by ordinary people. I took Hannah and followed them silently. They took me to the cabin at the bottom. The environment here was dim, and the only light source was the gas lamp in the center.

Several mats were simply placed on the floor of the cabin, and some people were already sitting on the mats. These people were out of control.

"Find an empty seat for yourself, the ship will leave soon." The soldier said to us.

"I want to ask, what is our route?" I asked the soldier.

After he looked me up and down, he didn't refuse to answer my question, he replied directly:

"After leaving the port of Crete, we will first log in to Aiden for supplies, then cross the Klein Sea, then cross the Barents Sea and then sail to the New World. Where do you need to disembark?"

"it is good."

********
This is the third day we stayed in the ship. The bumpy journey caused Hannah to vomit and diarrhea. Her face was pale. I took care of her dearly, and the scales on her body became more dense. up.

"Cough, cough, Kellogg..." Hannah raised her hand in confusion.

"I'm here." I held her hands tightly.

"I seem to hear something calling me, can you give me the Walkman, I don't want to hear that voice."

"Okay." I hurriedly found out the Walkman, then connected the external device, put it on Hannah's head, listening to the music, Hannah's expression improved a lot.

For the next few days, Hannah, who wore her Walkman, said the voice grew louder and closer, and on her worst day, she held me by the collar and leaned against my chest. Before, he said to me in a pleading tone:

"Kellogg, if I die, you must live."

"What are you talking about, hold on a little longer, after arriving on land, I... I will find a way to get some suppressive drugs, you must hold on."

Hannah just looked at me stupidly, she smiled and said to me:
"You must live. I can see that there is no god at the end of death. Death is death. So, don't praise death and live." Hannah seemed to have something to say.

Yes, there is no god at the end of death.

This is the true portrayal of the heart of every out-of-control person who wants to live. They just want to live. They reject this ugly death, this death stripped of their human identity.

After that, Hannah's scales began to cover her face. At this time, the out-of-control people in the cabin stared at us with fear, and my worst fears still happened.

During the voyage one day, those soldiers rushed in rudely.

"Come out." The heavily armed soldiers pointed their guns at Hannah and me.

"What's going on, do you want to go back on your word?" I kept Hannah behind me and said angrily to them.

"We came here after being reported. You should know what's going on. She has reached the threshold of losing control. As a loser, you should have seen them turn into monsters."

I looked around in silence, and the "similar" who were also out of control did not dare to look at me.

"I don't want to say anything more, we will let her die humanely, and we will never make her feel any pain, so let's get out of the way." The red laser on the gun stayed on the foreheads of me and Hannah.

hateful--

I clenched my fists tightly. In fact, I have a way to quickly deal with them now. My deformed organs endow me with a powerful instantaneous burst ability, but what happens after I deal with them? There are all opponents outside.

"Kellogg..." Hannah tugged at the hem of my shirt.

I didn't pay her any attention, I knew what she was going to say, and I wouldn't agree with it.

"I'll go with her."

"Kellogg!"

"Hannah, you're right, the end of death is death. But, for me, in a world without you, I can't find the meaning of living." I smiled at Hannah.

"Fool," Hannah said, watching me through tears.

We were both taken to the deck, where the soldiers decided to execute us.

"Think about it, this is the last chance, we are the gray people of the lower realm, we don't want to kill, we just want to survive." The soldier said to me again.

"What's your name?" I asked the soldier.

This soldier should be a newcomer, he still has sympathy for the people on this land.

"Dalun."

"Dalun, thank you."

Da Lun didn't say anything more, we were taken to the very center of the deck, and the soldiers in the distance gave us two tubes of lethal agents, which were said to be made from the saliva of the extraordinary toxin species, the eight-faced spider.

"After we die, the bodies should be thrown into the ocean, although it's a pity that we can't be buried together." I joked to Hannah.

However, Hannah has not said a word from the beginning until now. I thought she was afraid at first, but now I feel something is wrong. Hannah's head has been hanging down, and her hair is blocking her face. I can't see her clearly. expression.

"Kellogg, go—live," Hannah said to me hoarsely.

"Hannah, you—"

"coming."

"what?"

Just when I was wondering, the whole ship suddenly shook violently, followed by evil singing;
Please stop and listen to our singing!
No ship can sail past fair siren islands,
Unless the helmsman listens to our sweet song.

Beautiful songs give you joy and wisdom,

Accompany you safely sailing forward.

"Damn it, there is still a distance from Xiya Sea, why are there sirens!" Da Lun said in pain, covering his ears.

"Could it be..." Da Lun realized something, and he turned his head in Hannah's direction.

Hannah's whole body was covered with scales, she opened her mouth and sang along with the song at this time, Da Lun shot at her without hesitation.

clap clap-

The bullets only rubbed sparks on her surface scales, and at this time a huge seaspout appeared near the ship, and under the ship, the sea-monsters with their mouths wide open attacked the ship.

"MD, we have encountered a one-in-a-million psychic phenomenon. She is the psychic body of the Siren, and this place is just not far from the Xiya Sea."

"All personnel, enter combat readiness!"

All the soldiers started to shoot at the sirens who were trying to board the boat, but Hannah had changed at this time, her eyes became extremely cold, she waved her hand, and a water wall appeared around her to separate the bullets.

"Hannah!" I yelled at her sadly, Hannah's expression was briefly confused, and then she turned back to a cold look again, she ignored me, just kept waving her hands to summon a powerful Water cannons attacked the soldiers.

Following Hannah's attack, the Walkman she had been wearing just fell beside me, and I saw a line of writing on the surface of the Walkman.

[If I become a monster, kill me. 】

I stared at this line of words in a daze, at this time the sea tornado had already engulfed the entire ship.The strange thing is that there is no danger in the area where Hannah and I are. Sirens are fighting with soldiers, roaring, shooting, cursing...

These seem to be separated from us by an invisible barrier, which blocks all disasters.

Suddenly, a huge wind blew by, and a soldier was blown up on the spot, and the tactical knife in his hand fell away.

A tactical knife was inserted between me and Hannah. I watched all this blankly, while Hannah continued to sing.

"Why—" I knelt on the ground and howled in pain.

"why!"

"why!!!"

"We just want to live, why—"

I roared angrily, powerlessly,
From the outbreak of the war to the present, the sense of powerlessness has always been with me.

After roaring, I stood up from the ground, I unsteadily pulled out the knife in front of me, and then came to Hannah's side, Hannah didn't respond at all to my approaching.

Tears didn't know when my whole face was covered. I tried to hug Hannah, and there was a brief pause in her singing voice, but the pause was only for a moment.

I leaned my head on Hannah's shoulder and raised the knife in my hand.

"I love you, Hannah."

呲——

The scales, which are strong enough to resist bullets, were pierced by an ordinary tactical knife, and it was not only Hannah who penetrated, but also me who swung the knife.

"I love you too"

Hannah stopped singing, a smile appeared on her face, blood dripped on the ground, forming a pool of blood, and my consciousness gradually became blurred.

Just let me sleep, whoever it is, please, don't wake me up, I want to sleep like this forever...

My consciousness fell into endless darkness, I let this darkness swallow me, I didn't want to open my eyes, I was too tired.

It's exhausting to be alive.

"Live!"

Hannah's voice came from afar, and a light shone from the dark sky. I subconsciously stretched out my hand to touch the light.

********
"... Please, don't die... Please live, please... Please live... I have seen too many dead people, why do this kind of experiment, Empire, Your Majesty, we We're all going to hell, we're all going to hell!?"

I stretched out my hand to touch the light, and my hands seemed to be held by Nao Nao. They were a pair of small hands, probably a child, and I opened my heavy eyelids.

The strong operating light dazzled my eyes, but in front of the operating light, an unusually handsome young man held my hand and called out to me in a sad tone.

"Han... Na..."

I asked the boy in front of me with a dry voice.

I am here.

"Hanna, where are you..."

I heard Hannah's voice, so I looked around, but the boy remained silent.

Kellogg, I'm here, I'm here.

Hannah comforted me with a gentle voice, I seemed to feel someone hugging me from behind, but behind me was empty, nothing.

You have to live and find a reason to live, and I believe you will find it.

"What are you talking about, Han..." My consciousness began to blur again, I stretched out my hand and waved it helplessly in the air, and then I fell asleep again.

***

"You're awake." A majestic voice came from my ear.

I struggled to get up from the operating room, and then I saw the bright purple robe. In the Auritin Empire, only one person was allowed to wear a purple robe.

"You are..." I looked at the other party in disbelief, the words spit out from my throat were so dry, it made me feel a little strange, and I stretched out my hands subconsciously.

This is my body...

"You are the only one who has successfully manufactured a body imitating the technology of angels from the kingdom of heaven. You are qualified for [Spear of the Sun God], and [Sparta] has the highest compatibility with you."

The purple-robed emperor looked at the successful experimental subject in front of him, and said to him:
"I'm not curious about anything about your past, I just ask you, are you willing to fight for the empire?"

When I heard this sentence, an unreasonable anger swallowed me, and I stretched out my hand and stretched it out to the emperor's neck.

He didn't struggle, but looked at me silently, expressionless.

"Anger, that's fine."

I increased the strength in my hand, but the emperor looked at me blankly, my strength could not shake him a bit.

"It's better to live with hatred than anything else."

"What do you want!!!" I roared and questioned the purple robe emperor, my eyes were bloodshot.

"Peace, stability, unity, and everything I can see."

"Just for this, just for this..."

"You don't have to like me, just like humans don't like the heat of the sun. I can give you a chance, a chance to avenge your enemies, a chance to swing a knife at those maggots in the Senate."

"I will kill you first!!!"

"No, you won't."

Looking at those deep amber eyes, under the gaze of those eyes, I began to regain my sanity, and finally, powerlessly put down my hand.

"I can give you control over [Sparta], give you the opportunity to join the Forbidden Army, you can gain power, you can choose to end the war in your own way, and you can shelter the gray people of the lower realm..."

The purple-robed emperor stared at me condescendingly.

"You can have it all, and there's only one thing you need to give: loyalty."

***********
Terra calendar 1590.8.7.
The once magnificent Senate House has now become a victim of war.

Under the flames of the [Five Tyrants], this ancient building suffered devastating damage.

The once stately façade is now shrouded in smoke and dust, and the thick, boulder walls have cracked open, revealing countless cracks and fissures.The tall square pedestals were covered in the marks of battle, the gates had been blasted open, and the broad steps were the remains of ruins.

Once inside the House, the tragedy is even more heartbreaking.The great dome had collapsed, its beams and arches shattered like a withered flower.

The once magnificent dome no longer shone brightly, but was replaced by darkness and dead silence.

The walls of the hall were originally decorated with gorgeous murals and sculptures, but now they have been burned by war and become dilapidated ruins.Huge columns had collapsed, no longer supporting the dome, and fell to the ground as the remains of ruins.

"Patriots, how dare you!?"

On the broken steps, wearing the Elder Ring, wearing a knee-length short-sleeved tunic, with a five-inch (13 cm) wide purple stripe on the right shoulder The new commander-in-chief of the imperial guards and the head of the imperial army covered in black armor.

"According to the emperor's order, all rebellions will be suppressed."

I stepped on the blood-stained steps to the front of the Great Elder and held up the [Spear of the Sun God].

"Patriot, you know what you're doing..."

puff-

"I know, I've always known, because I've been witness to everything."

"We are all heading towards destruction, but you will go to him one step ahead of us."

I pulled out the spear and looked around. All the arrogant elders died under the spears of the Imperial Army. The whole ruins were dyed bright red, and the former [tyrant] was hanging high in the sky.

The army of the empire knelt down on one knee, clenched its right hand into its heart, and shouted loudly to the sky:
"Glory to Augustus!!!"

"Glory to Oretin!!!"

"Glory to Constantinople!!!"

I didn't kneel down, but I couldn't help but look to the sky.

The huge Constantinople was guarded by five [tyrants], and the purple-robed emperor held up the [Constantinople Imperial Scepter] in his hand, and stepped on the corpse of the rebel to announce to the world:
【All the honor of the empire bows down to it! 】

Over [Constantinople], there was a huge beast.

"The beast had ten horns and seven heads, and on the ten horns wore ten crowns, and on the seven heads were names of blasphemy. It was shaped like a leopard, its feet were like those of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. 』

I know what the seven heads on that beast are, they are the [Seven Hills] of the Oretinian Empire.

I know, the man above has only two options:

Either lead the empire to destruction, or lead the empire to glory.

I will witness all this.

Originally, it was quite free to post the testimonials of the chapters, but it seems that it has passed [-] words, so I won't let it...