After the full level, my soft rice system is long overdue

And, not confident.

"Did such an era really exist?"

Even for a would-be legend, 200 years seems like a long time.

It's so long ago that it's enough to make an innocent child into a very old man.The dying old man.

So long ago that too many good memories I have experienced have been forgotten and become hazy and blurred..

And Shire, who was looked at by the old man with such complicated eyes, just nodded slightly.

"That kind of world..."

"It's real."

Chapter 49 Light Chaser 6k

(The previous schedule was too much, so I adjusted it a bit, and now I am a man of the world.)

The old man's hands trembled slightly.

He was a little taken aback by his gaffe.

I don't know why I would ask this stranger in front of me such a gaffe..

The other party looked very young, but in his early 20s.

How could it be possible to know that 200 years ago——

Before the catastrophe came, the real appearance of the world...

At that time, the other party should have not been born yet.

Think carefully.

the other party's words.

It should be just a kind-hearted outsider, casually perfunctory words of comfort to him, an old man who seems to outsiders to be delusional.

but--

Don't know why.

There is always a faint, vague feeling in the old man's heart.

Unreasonable premonition——

What the other party said may be true.

he--

Maybe I have really seen that people work at sunrise and rest at sunset.

You only need to work with peace of mind to harvest food, and the residents never have to worry about degeneration and madness, nor do they need to worry about the golden age when the city falls when they wake up the next day.

..

"So—what is the twilight disaster that those people talk about?"

Charles spoke quietly.

As a legendary mage, he has traveled to countless subplanes and even secondary dimensions in the past.

However, the vast majority of those places are Jedi with harsh living environments, disordered world laws, and very few lives.

And even if life exists in a very small number of secondary dimensions, most of them are non-human races similar to elemental life.

For example, the "Water Elemental Summoning" and "Hellfire Summoning" often used by summoning wizards are completed through the contract with the life in the elemental plane.

But this secondary dimension in front of me is definitely not the case.

There are human beings who are no different from Shire..

Even the language is somewhat similar to the Western Continent.

Charles doesn't even need to use his own computing power dedicated to legendary mages to decipher it, he only needs to listen to a few words to get a general grasp.

Moreover, according to the description of the white-haired old man, there used to be many kingdoms here, with a splendid civilization no less than that of the Western Continent.

This is extremely shocking news for the entire Western Continent.

"Twilight Scourge.."

The old man's lips parted slightly.

This is another question that is common sense to the residents of Aurora City, and even this world.

"Twilight disaster, this is what people call this disaster now..."

"In the past, our kingdom's chief scholar, His Majesty Xilin, once named it—"

"The disaster of no light."

The old man's eyes showed the color of reminiscence.

"No one knows the exact time when the Agnostic Disaster originated."

"But according to scholars' research, it can be roughly judged that it was within half a year after the catastrophe."

"At first, it was just reports from all over the continent—"

"It's said that in some areas the night is coming a little faster than in the past, and the time of sunrise is much later."

"At that time, the high-level people in the entire continent were still immersed in the chaotic aftermath of the outbreak of the catastrophe and the collapse of the Orthodox Church, and no one paid attention to these inconspicuous reports."

"Until that day, at noon, the sun went out over the kingdom."

The old man's expression gradually calmed down.

While recalling, while calmly narrating.

"The specific phenomenon of the Agnostic Disaster is that within a certain area, all external light sources such as sunlight, moonlight, and starlight will completely disappear, making it difficult to observe."

"Therefore, people can only rely on spontaneous light sources such as candles and torches for lighting."

"And once the light source goes out and you are in the dark, no matter whether it is a person or other living things, they will fall into a coma."

"If you stay in a dark environment for a long time, then the coma will evolve into out of control and madness, and you will lose your sanity as a human being, and it will become the so-called..."

"Twilight creatures."

The old man's cloudy eyes looked at the center of the square, the burning blue fire altar, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"If it's just lack of light, then although food will be scarce, there is still a way to survive."

"In fact, as early as three months after the Lightless Disaster broke out, the scholars of the Kingdom relied on alchemy to research edible crops that could grow in a lightless environment."

"And relying on the collection team to go out to collect combustibles, it is not too difficult to maintain the most basic lighting needs."

"However, the existence of Twilight Creatures has made all our efforts in vain."

"Twilight creatures will attack the nearest light source in an organized manner, and will not stop until the light source is extinguished."

"Not only are they not afraid of death, but they also seem to have a higher personality than before—"

"So, starting from the capital..."

"The light sources of the cities were extinguished, and they became the paradise of the creatures of the dusk, and then those warriors who fought on the front line of the creatures of the twilight became members of the twilight, and in turn eroded the homes they had sworn to defend."

"Scholars in the Kingdom once speculated that the coming of the Agnostic Calamity may be directly related to the cataclysm, and it may even be caused by some of the fallen gods."

The old man smiled helplessly: "However, today, these things don't matter anymore."

The kingdom he belongs to was once one of the most powerful countries on this continent.

As a quasi-legend, the old man is naturally respected in the country.

however--

Years can wear away many things.

With the spread of the disaster at dusk, cities and towns were separated.

The glory of that glorious country in the past has long since disappeared with time.

To this day, the different cities have already become isolated islands in the dark ocean, and the connection with each other is almost inaudible.

And the people on the isolated islands can only do it day after day, year after year——

Carrying on the long and hopeless persistence.

If one mentions the name of that old kingdom to the newborns in Aurora City today, it will probably only make them look dazed.

"You said that during the catastrophe, the Orthodox Church also collapsed?"

Charles calmly listened to the old man's narration, and did not speak again until the other party had finished speaking.

"Then what are these people doing?"

He pointed to the center of the square with his finger, and those missionaries who were standing on the high platform were talking passionately and eloquently.

"No one in the entire continent knows the truth about the catastrophe."

The old man also cast his eyes on those missionaries and shook his head slightly.

In the past, he didn't have much devout belief in the Orthodox Churches all over the mainland, so he was able to survive the catastrophe and not become one of the many depraved and crazy believers.

Naturally, therefore, he has little respect for those responsible for the direct cause of the Cataclysm.

"They...maybe dead, maybe they're crazy."

"However, no matter whether he is dead or crazy, after all, he has once ascended to the throne of God, so there is always some backhand and authority remaining."

"Over the years, people have often claimed to have suddenly heard the oracle and became a heavenly awakened person."

A little clarity flashed in his cloudy eyes.

"Frankly speaking, in such a world, some beliefs are not necessarily a bad thing, and they can always give people more hope in their bleak lives."

"And if it is true that this city can be sheltered from the Agnostic Plague—"

"It doesn't matter if it's a god that's crazy or dead, if you believe in it, you'll believe it."

"Unfortunately.."

The old man shook his head slightly, but did not finish speaking.

"So--"

"I have one last question."

Charles was silent for a moment, then stood up.

He looked at the burning flame altar in the center of the square.

Obviously, the firewood below was piled up like a mountain.

But what the bonfire altar can illuminate is only a small area around the square.

"Since a light source is needed, why use such a simple burning method for lighting—"

"Magic lamp... Even if it's just the lowest-level lighting spell, it is undoubtedly a more efficient choice."

The white-haired old man had a puzzled and puzzled look on his face.

After thinking for a long time, the face of the white-haired old man revealed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Your Excellency said..."

"Could it be... from the records in the ancient book..."

"magic?"

Charles nodded.

"But, that magic..."

"There are also so-called wizards."

The white-haired old man said these two words a little jerky.

"As early as more than 2000 years before the catastrophe came, it had been completely extinct from this land."

Charles paused slightly.

And the white-haired old man seemed to have sensed the importance Shire attached to this, and he took the initiative to say, "These things happened too long ago."