The Star Knight

A rusty barren star appeared in front of him, piled up with scattered spaceship wreckage, old entertainment taverns, all kinds of adventurers and strange creatures occupied the streets, a child hugged his knees and cried loudly in the alley, was The other adults were bullying for fun, it was Xun's hallucination before he died.

Opal fell into the spiritual world of Xun, and released the belief field of the stars with his hands. In an instant, the rusty iron star changed its appearance, and the red sea waves rose and fell one after another. desert.

Standing barefoot in the middle of the desert, Xun stared blankly at the sky. He gradually grew up from his childhood appearance, and then became a naked young man.

"Am I dead?" Xun asked in surprise.

"No, not yet." Opal's spirit merged with the sky: "Stay there, don't move around."

Xun said: "What's going on? I clearly remember that I'm dying!"

Before the words fell, Xun suddenly realized something, frowned and said: "Are you the god of death?"

Opal: "..."

"You say yes." Opal said: "Uh... In short, stay here first, don't talk, no, let's chat. Say something, don't go away."

"Is this the world after death?" Xun was completely confused.

Opal suddenly remembered that Rector and Corolin once ignited the fire of his belief, and their spirits were in a closed space. Could it be that he is igniting the seed of faith deep in Xun's heart? !

This is really ridiculous... Opal faced such a situation for the first time in his life, but how to ignite Xun's fire of faith?He tried to say to Xun: "Yes, I am an omniscient god, I know your father Azeroth..."

Xun suddenly became vigilant, and Opal felt his strong rejection in an instant, as if he wanted to drive Opal's spirit out of his conscious world.

"You have to go back." Opal changed his tone and whispered: "You still have your mission unfinished."

Xun said: "I don't want to do it anymore, I'm too tired, let me die."

Opal had a headache again, he simply cursed at Chao Xun: "You still owe me two lives! Do you want to die like this?!"

Xun was not afraid at all, and scolded back: "Who are you! When did I owe you two lives! Aren't I already dead now?! What else do you want?"

Opal: "Sid is still waiting for you to go back."

Xun: "Fart! He doesn't love me anymore!"

Opal asked, "What happened between you?"

Xun said vigilantly: "Aren't you a god? An omniscient god, don't you know what happened between us?"

Opal: "Do you want to go back alive?"

Xun: "I don't want to."

Opal: "..."

Opal said: "I will give you the power to go back and do the unfinished business. This time you will definitely be able to do it."

Xun said, "I don't make deals with the devil."

Opal said violently: "Spare yourself! If you do this again, I really don't care about you!"

Xun: "Who the hell are you?!"

Opal said: "I..."

Opal is really a mess, I don't know where to start with thousands of words, at this moment, I suddenly thought of something, and said: "Do you remember that someone brought you a letter?"

fast:"!!!"

Opal: "Four years ago, someone sent you a newsletter, telling you that the wrench was controlled by Coron..."

Xun said: "You are that person?!"

Opal immediately said: "Yes! I am!"

Xun said: "I've been looking for you for a long time! The wrench was hypnotized by Corolin, but he has always denied that there was such a thing... Rosen conducted a detailed investigation. Back then, Corolin used the password of the wrench to enter the Meteor Building ..."

Opal said: "Yes, yes, you have to go back and deal with him."

Xun said: "Who are you from Coron?"

Opal said: "I am his, uh... enemy, well, that's it, he has a twin brother, no, brother, and he is trying to stop him."

Xun asked again: "But Wrench is acting very strange now. Neither Rosen nor Urka can understand him. Logically, he should sell the entire Liexing to Iszur, but in fact he didn't do that. It's with the Empire... Where are you? Can I meet? I have too many questions to ask you."

Opal: "No no...we don't have any extra time...listen to me, let go of your soul, and I will try to strengthen your power of faith."

Xun: "The power of faith? What is that?"

Opal said: "I'll tell you later, if you want to know more inside information... release your spirit first, don't resist me."

Opal recalled the first time when he and Recter's soul met, and Cologne's blood eye suspended in the sky, trying to fully integrate his soul into Xun's thought world.

Xun stood alone in the middle of the desert under the night, and Opal turned into a hazy light and circled around him, saying: "I hear your soul crying."

Xun said: "None of your business, hurry up, what are you going to do?"

Opal said: "You can't resist me like that, I'm here to help you!"

Xun said helplessly, "Well, I just remembered something from a long time ago."

Opal recalled the scene when Xun was replayed before he was alive. He stretched out his hand, gently pressed Xun's head, Xun trembled slightly, and said, "Am I dead now?"

Opal said, "No."

In fact, he didn't know whether Xun's current state was dead or alive, so he stretched out another hand and put it on Xun's shoulder.

"It's very strange." Xun said, "Why... I seem to know you."

Opal said: "We knew each other from the beginning."

Xun said: "And you're still...a very good friend, what's your name?"

Opal didn't answer, but closed his arms and embraced Xun's soul. For a moment, he felt that Xun's consciousness was filled with loneliness, coldness and pain, just like the endless night desert, but the surroundings instantly lit up, and the scorching sun dissipated The entire night sky seemed to disintegrate Opal's belief in the star curtain.

Opal felt very uncomfortable, he had to back away a little, he understood what Legason said - when igniting the beliefs of others, part of the power of his own beliefs would be burned as a price, at this moment he only felt that his own The spiritual world collapsed rapidly in the scorching sun and desert. He wanted to leave here several times, but he was afraid of seeing Xun's corpse in the real world after leaving, so he had to hold on.

However, at this moment, the two woke up at the same time.

As soon as Opal opened his eyes, he suddenly found that the surrounding environment had changed. The ground trembled, and the sky was filled with blood-red flames—is it an illusion? !No, it's not!

Xun was sweating profusely, lying on the ground twitching uncontrollably, his absent-minded eyes looked at the burning indigo zenith, it was already night in the desert, and with the last twilight before dusk, the sky was dyed dark red, and the two A large warship broke through the night of the Sphinx, unleashing countless artillery fires towards the ground.

It's war!

Opal raised his head in a daze, looking at the warship on the zenith, which was the star cruiser of the Imperial Army, while the ground released defense planes to rush to the sky, and an anti-aircraft battery appeared under the desert on the distant horizon. Max fights like crazy!

An incendiary bomb flew towards a village not far away, setting off a thunderous explosion!

"Raymond!" Opal moved Xun and Yinlong into the cave, stretched out his hand to press it, and the power of faith drove the boulder to seal the entrance of the cave, then turned and ran to the village to find Leimeng.

Raymond ran over with the healing machine and shouted, "We're at war!"

Opal said: "What's going on?! There are so many spaceships chasing you alone?! It's too exaggerated!"

Raymond said: "Don't be kidding! It's an armed conflict between the Empire and the Sphinx!"

Opal went to meet Lei Meng, and suddenly saw a ground oil truck overturned by artillery fire in the distance, flying towards the two of them in a whirl, Lei Meng turned around on the spot, Opal pushed with both hands, and the oil truck hovered In the middle of the air, the oil storage tank on the car flew out, Lei Meng shot it and exploded, Opal pulled his hands away, the front of the car fell slowly, and landed safely with a muffled sound.

The two went to carry Yinjian and Xun to the car, Lei Meng started the suspension car, Opal was treating Xun with the X-ray medical device, and inserted the circulating blood filter into the aorta next to Xun's neck.

Xun's deep black lips gradually faded, and some blood color returned. Raymond drove away from the destroyed village. More and more fighter jets joined the battle group. Opal said: "What's going on?"

Raymond said: "The Sphinx and the Empire are fighting, and I found that nothing good has happened since I met them."

"Please." Opal said helplessly: "

Yin Jian moaned from the side, he was not seriously injured, but without the protection of Opal's power of faith, he became weaker during treatment.At night, the temperature dropped sharply, and after the scorching heat of the day dissipated, the Sphinx was like a hell of ice, with artillery fire flying everywhere, illuminating half of the night.

Opal couldn't bear it any longer, and fell asleep leaning against Raymond's shoulder.

They drove across the entire desert area and entered the largest oasis on the Tropic of Cancer of the Sphinx. Raymond whispered: "Opal, wake up."

Opal opened his eyes in a jerk, and two guards came over to check.

"Who?" a woman asked.

Raymond handed them the adventurer's diary, and Opal said, "We are adventurers."

"Where are the two in the back?" Another female soldier asked, "Are they all from King's Wharf?"

Raymond nodded, and Opal asked, "What happened?"

"The empire and the pirates are at war." The female soldier said, "Be careful not to get involved."

Raymond thought about it: "The empire and the pirates are fighting on the territory of the Sphinx?"

The female soldier said: "Actually, the empire is chasing pirates... There is a big man who is seeking the temporary protection of the Sphinx. The Queen has her own ideas. I wish you good luck and be careful."

The suspension car passed the checkpoint so easily. Opal jumped onto the seat, looked out through the skylight, and said, "This is called the city of quicksand. It is the second largest city in the Sphinx."

It was a chaotic night, the lights were pale and dazzling, many people came and went, walking on the ground breathing white air. The Astronautics seeks help.

At the moment, the Great Astronautical Association is full of people, tourists account for nearly [-]% of them, only two adventurers in velvet hats are drinking beer and playing cards in the corner with cigarettes in their mouths.

Opal went over to say hello, they were all in the same company,

"Guys, how's it going?" Opal said.

"It's terrible—" a middle-aged adventurer said slowly, "It's as bad as Queen Natasha's mood. Is there any information from the Sha Palace? I'll ask for a glass of clarified wheat wine."

Raymond also sat down beside him, and said, "No, we invite you to drink. It's like being blind all the way here. I also brought two injured friends with me."

"I can't get out." The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly: "No one can go, we have to wait until the fight is over. For the sake of wine, there will be a temporary departure of the spaceship and you will be notified, but don't expect too much, most of the surrounding areas It's all banned."

Opal asked, "Why the war?"

"Who knows?" Another one-eyed adventurer shrugged and said, "The association is in chaos, and there is no one in charge."

Lei Meng told the guard in detail when he came, and the middle-aged man smiled and said: "Natasha is a crazy woman, let me guess, the pirate... Could it be the long-lost pirate king?"

Opal narrowed his eyes slightly, and the middle-aged man rubbed his thumb against his index finger. This is the usual action of adventurers: If you pay me an intelligence, I will return you an intelligence, and do you want more?Take money to buy.

Opal couldn't ask any new questions for a while, so he nodded, and Raymond said politely, "Thank you, is the rest room above full?"

The one-eyed adventurer showed a thoughtful expression, glanced at the outer hall, and said, "Passengers can't go up, but you can. We have two beds, and we plan to play cards all night and wait for news..."

Raymond said: "This is obviously a good deal. Adding the two of us, there are four beds, and each bed is [-] credits."

The two sides swiped their cards, and Opal rented two beds from the adventurer, and placed them in Yinlong and Xun. Just as Lei Meng sat down and wanted to say something, Opal went to find water, and brought back a child by the way, and asked him to sit on it. On Xun's bed.

It was a child lost by a tourist, and an adventurer downstairs registered his identity.Promised to help him find his lost relatives.Opal went down to chat for a while, seeing how many people were unsafe, he brought him up.

Raymond patted the child's head, handed him a can of milk, and said, "How old are you?"

"Twelve years old." The kid said, "Thank you."

Raymond said, "Where are your parents?"

The child said: "Arguing, don't want me anymore."

Raymond said, "You sleep with him, his name is Xun."

The child was very sensible, and he got into Xun's bed and lay down with him. The passengers were still making noise in the hall, and the cosmic temperature was close to minus [-] degrees outside, and there was heavy snow in the sky.

"Opal." Raymond said, "I want to talk to you."

Opal hugged one knee and leaned against the window to look at the night sky. Outside was the fleet of planetary guards roaring by.

Raymond looked at him.

Opal knew that their conflict was about to start again, but he had no choice but to think about how to apologize to Raymond, with a questioning look in his eyes.

Several people in the room were asleep, Raymond went to the corridor, Opal closed the door, and the two stood facing each other.

"I thought you'd be happy with the money," Ramon whispered.

Opal said: "I am very happy, I am proud of you, really, I was very proud when I told the shepherd about you, Raymond, if I was the one who would leave my friends and run away, we are now We won't be together either, after all, we also experienced this during the battle of Lie Xing."

Raymond was silent for a moment and said, "I don't mean this, but whenever we have disagreements, I will listen to you in the end. Can't you listen to me once? I am also thinking about our safety!"

Opal said: "I'm sorry, Raymond, I dragged you down, but if the same thing happens again, I think I will still save Yinlong, as long as I don't hide on an asteroid, whether it's a mercenary or a Adventurers, no place is safe, even the teacher can't predict what will happen next moment."

They stared at each other for a long time, and Opal suddenly read Raymond's thoughts - he hated himself a little, hated, not angry.

Opal said, "You think I'm annoying."

"Yes." Raymond frowned violently. At that moment, Opal couldn't help but stare in a daze. Raymond's expression resembled that person very much. He seemed to see a look about to kill someone. He couldn't even Believing that this kind of demeanor belonged to Raymond, he couldn't help but take a half step back.

Raymond whispered: "You are disobedient, Opal."

"We're not married yet." Opal came back to his senses, and said stubbornly, "What did you say before? I don't think it's necessary to talk about a new relationship."

Raymond said, "Let's just separate for a while. Calm down."

"I agree with the proposal." Opal replied.

In that brief moment, Opal actually wanted to expose Raymond's lie - he read Raymond's thoughts emotionally, and knew that Raymond just wanted him to listen to him.In fact even Raymond knew better than to throw the silver fence away.However, they are all angry about this matter, as if something has been suppressed in the hearts of the two of them, and after several years, it has accumulated deeper and deeper.Opal was annoyed that Raymond didn't understand him, and Raymond felt that Opal always didn't listen to him. It was a little bit of a trivial matter, and finally it gradually rose to a question of principle.

Opal was lying on the bed, thinking over and over again, recalling the years when they were still on Lie Xing, he used to think that Raymond would protect him no matter what he did, whether it was taking risks together or fighting together with life and death as a disregard, living together Just like when he found out that Raymond was a robot, no matter how dangerous it was, he spontaneously tied the fate of the two people together.

At that time, he never cared about the consequences, whether he lived or died in the future, as long as he could live the same way, or die the same heroically, he would have no regrets.However, they gradually desire to live, and tremble while they are alive because they are afraid of death and separation.I am afraid that because of an accident, heaven and man will be separated again forever... This may also be Opal's own problem. Raymond has a sense of crisis about his own death once and the lost and regained relationship between the two. It is like a timed memory buried in his heart. bomb……

The atomic furnace glowed red between the two beds.

Raymond came in anyway, and closed the door to block out the sound from the downstairs hall.

Opal's back was facing Raymond's bed, and he could hear the sound of him taking off his boots and coat. The sound was so familiar, like a part of his life.

After a while, Raymond sat on the opal bed, lay down on his side, and surrounded him from behind.

"You owe me once, you promised me before the game." Raymond said in a low voice.

Hearing his deep voice, Opal couldn't help feeling sad.

"Come on." Opal turned his head sideways, his lips almost touching Raymond's.

Raymond didn't speak, but just unbuttoned Opal's shirt, and groped into his shirt with his big hands. The atomic furnace in front of the two of them was glowing, warm and comfortable.

Opal's panting became heavier, and he couldn't help but hold Raymond's hand and put it in front of his chest, his heart was beating violently.

"Raymond."

Opal's voice came from the darkness, and he whispered, "I'm sorry, Raymond, let's not separate. I was just impulsive just now."

"I'm sorry." Raymond said in Opal's ear almost in a whisper: "I was impulsive, that was angry, Opal. I don't want to leave you."

Opal sighed, turned to look at Raymond, and touched his face.

Raymond kissed Opal's lips earnestly, their hearts were throbbing with each other, Raymond touched Opal very comfortably, he suddenly had a desire to give himself to him and surrender to him, as if it came from Instinctive reaction.

"It's up to you in the future," Raymond said.

Opal thought for a while and said, "Rock-paper-scissors from now on, whoever wins has the final say."

Raymond suddenly laughed and said, "If someone is in danger someday, we are still slowly making rock-paper-scissors..."

Opal buried her head in the pillow and laughed.

Raymond smiled and said, "Turn around."

He turned Opal around, and the two hugged each other face to face. Opal heard coughing, and the two noticed that the child on the fast bed was still awake, and opened their eyes to look at them.

"Sleep." Opal whispered to him: "Go to sleep, tomorrow will be fine."

The child said, "Did you quarrel just now?"

Raymond made a booing gesture and kissed Opal again.

The child huddled under the quilt and covered his head.

"Don't do it." Lei Meng whispered: "Don't teach children badly."

Opal hummed. He hadn't closed his eyes for 72 hours in a row. Raymond would never have to sleep. He couldn't hold on, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep curled up in Raymond's arms.

In his sleep, he vaguely felt that Raymond was touching him from time to time, so he couldn't help but hugged him tighter, almost wanting to rub his whole body into Raymond's body to become a part of him, and felt that Raymond was kissing him, and they Intensely lingering, it's like being trapped in a hallucination that is about to fall asleep, and you can't always wake up.

The room is very warm, and the desert kingdom with heavy snow blowing outside the window is like two worlds.

Opal slept very well this time, without any dreams, but it seemed that he had vented something, and swept away the dull mood of the past few days.

When he opened his eyes, he was still a little tired, his crotch was wet and greasy, and he suddenly realized one thing - he passed out last night.

Opal sat up abruptly, rubbed his collar, let out a hot breath, his chest was still throbbing.

Xun, Yinlong, and Lei Meng were not in the room.

Opal got out of bed to change his shorts, put on his jacket and trousers, looked for cleaning equipment, and found that he had slept for nearly twenty hours.

"Raymond?" Opal went out of the corridor and looked down. There were more passengers in the hall than last night. chat.

Opal recognized that figure in almost a second.

"Teacher?" Opal ran downstairs.

Rector nodded towards Opal, and Raymond said, "I can't see that the old man is Sauron..."

Rector: "Many people don't even know who Sauron is. This is just my guess, not necessarily... It's hard to say. I have to find a way to meet Natasha."

Raymond: "She is the queen of the Sphinx."

Rector said: "Back then, she and I...were considered a little friendly."

"What happened?" Opal said, "Teacher, why did you come here?"