Pillar of Yita

Blink covered a mere thirty meters, and after Fang Hong crossed through that ’wall’, he chose his first landing point within the range cleared by the explosion, a terrain marked by faults and undulations, with streets shattered and fragmented. He landed on a protruding piece of rock, and immediately claws of the Giant Dragon converged from all directions. Even though some had fallen during the previous impact, these Dark Creatures seemed to take no heed of this fact, trampling directly over the bodies of their own kind.

The encirclement, like holes in the dark water’s surface, was closing swiftly.

Hilveld and the Energy Angel landed on the other side. Fang Hong looked in that direction, and the girl nodded at him—to indicate she was unharmed. He then looked further away where a high tower was splitting apart, the ground trembling seemed to be intensifying. Fang Hong raised his hand and pointed, a flash of Silverlight winked out, and the Energy Angel had already taken Miss Ship’s Officer farther away with a Blink.

The encirclement had not yet closed, but Fang Hong had already released a swarm of golden Clockwork Fairies. With a wave of his hand, they dropped towards the key nodes where the claws of the Giant Dragon were gathering. Flashes connected in the dark, forming a streak, and after lingering briefly in one’s vision, a new ’path’ appeared.

The two blinked twice in quick succession, and by the third time, the landing point had vanished. Ahead still lay the oppressive mass of the enemy, but the third wave of assault had arrived. The Clockwork Fairies formed a flying squadron mid-air, three abreast, swooping down with a howl.

The claws of the Giant Dragon now realized the threat of these tiny contraptions, scattering in all directions, but was it too late? Compared to the Agility of the Clockwork Fairies, their clumsiness and sluggishness became all the more apparent. The golden orbs drew arcs as they plummeted to the ground, transforming into a vast light that engulfed everything.

And a golden path of flame extended forward through the dark, the light deeply etching into people’s Vision.

People finally snapped out of their initial shock.

A path forged with fire and sword—just like the ancient adage of the Ishurian, in that ignorant era when mortals and Dwarves from Eteliria, with the help of the Numelin Elves, defeated the minions of darkness.

They watched the young man as he directed his Flexible Constructs to launch their attack. He advanced with composure, guiding the howling squadron with gestures as they swept across the battlefield’s sky. Wherever they passed, the Dark Creatures inevitably scurried to avoid them, everyone receding like the tide.

Finally, he enraged the Dark Giant Dragon in the sky, which let out a deafening screech, spreading its wings in a swoop. But Fang Hong raised his palm towards it, and in the darkness, a sprinkling of starry lights flew towards them, one after another, illuminating the Giant Dragon’s diving path from top to bottom, sequentially bursting into light.

That sun-like radiant torch reflected in the depths of Fang Hong’s dark eyes. Three successive waves of saturated Attack traced a long golden line in the sky, from south to north. The Dark Giant Dragon, still a young beast, finally could not endure and wailed as it plummeted towards the ground.

Its tragic state horrified the other dragons of its kind. Fang Hong provocatively raised his right hand towards these Dark Giant Dragons which, despite flapping their wings, could not get away fast enough, and there in the darkness was a silver Crown Mark, reminding these Dark Giant Dragons of the lesson learned earlier. At last, they became subdued.

One man, several dragons, and the retreating forces of Dark Power in the blinding light seemed to create a fixed scene.

And that young man stood at the center of the battlefield—

Everyone’s hearts swelled with emotion, their gaze ignited with a flame, as if they were witnessing a marvelously grand spectacle, feeling as though they stood shoulder to shoulder with that young hero, jointly defending against the powerful enemy.

Even if it was but a moment on the battlefield, it was destined to be etched in people’s hearts, turning this moment into eternity.

Suddenly someone shouted from the square: ”Morning Light Holy Sword, Hailin Radiance—”

”Stand with us!”

”Colin Ishurian—”

Then a storm erupted as people raised their clenched right fists and roared:

”Victory is ours!”

”Our hero!”

”Keep moving forward—!”

Phales Copper Bay was pushing open the window beside the castle, listening to the thunderous cheers from outside, coming from the direction of the square. And the old man’s wrinkled face couldn’t help but form a slight smile.

In the community, countless posts were flooding the screens.

”That’s a Fire Giant...”

”Did you see? He was modifying his Clockwork Fairies earlier.”

”What a joke, how can it be that fast!”

”If he’s an Artisan Master...”

”He’s a Fairy Master—”

”But no matter what...”

”Indeed, too cool!”

”Imagine this, everyone? Do you remember Loofah? Perhaps in the battle of Murky Domain, we will have a new ’leverage point’—”

”By the time he grows up, Murky Domain will no longer belong to us.”

People fell silent.

But as long as he was still alive, they would always catch up with the next battle.

”Hope he’s lucky enough.”

”And hope we’re lucky enough as well.”

This was a shared sentiment in everyone’s heart.

Perhaps after a very long time, they would find it difficult to forget such a scene.

In the emergency command center of Stargate Port, after a moment of silence, people began frantically calculating. No one spoke; intelligence personnel rummaged through heaps of old papers for any information and data on the Fairy Master.

At the higher echelons, they communicated their thoughts to each other through text.

Chenxi replayed the recorded scene more than once and then wrote: ”It’s a Fire Giant. Look carefully at the video, you can see there’s a clear acceleration at the end,” he drew a line on the screen with his finger: ”Here, here, and here, straight advancement every time.”