The Star Knight

Corolin seemed to have opened up a whole new world in Opal's soul that day—something he had never imagined.

His interpretation of beliefs is completely different, and what he said is not as empty and ethereal as Rector. Opal can't help but sigh that many people have misunderstood him.

"...To sum up, the power of belief is the virtual wave generated by all consciousness. It is endless in the five dimensions. You can reduce it to form a field and directly act on all objects in this world."

Opal asked, "All of them?"

"Almost everything, at least I haven't found anything that isn't influenced by belief," Collin said.

Corolin finished his first class, stood up, and said with a smile, "It's hard?"

Opal got up on his knees and said, "Some...don't understand."

Corolin stretched out his left hand, and the metal skateboard swirled in the air, saying, "Try it."

Opal closed his eyes and released the power of faith. He had learned it a long time ago, and this was no challenge for him at all.

With a hint of surprise in her eyes, Corolin said, "You're very smart."

Opal opened his eyes, and the skateboard fell to the ground with a clang.

He imitated Cologne and stroked the air in front of him with his hands, repeated several times, but he couldn't move it.

"No... no." Opal said, "I can catch it, but I can't get it up from the ground out of thin air."

Corolin turned and left, saying: "Your power of faith has taken the first step of passive acceptance, and soon you will be able to actively use it."

Opal: "Teacher, wait for me."

Cologne twirled her fingers around her temples and said, "Think about it and put forward your own opinions. You finally stopped calling me Your Majesty. This is a good start."

Opal laughed, and said helplessly, "I..."

"The matter in this universe is the same existence, and the volume and mass are just their external forms, and in the face of belief, all of these are 'points'." Corollin said: "Whether it is a hundred thousand light-years in size There is no difference between a beggar and a king, or a grain of sand in a desert. There is no difference in essence between moving a stone and moving a planet with faith, because the lever you use is not the 'hand'."

"You can't do it because you first set up the first barrier for yourself, so your beliefs are trapped by yourself. Why can't your beliefs take the initiative to work? This is because you have always been in a passive position in front of me. So low confidence, trying to be alone, remembering those times when you were someone’s guardian, and being proactive.”

Opal nodded slowly.

Coroline said, "Go for a walk by yourself, and come into the garden at supper time."

During dinner, Opal saw Cologne feeding a few fluffy pom in the garden. He held a dead leaf, and six little pom lined up, squatting side by side on the railing, one after another jumping happily.

"Teacher, look."

Opal raised his hand, and there was a slovenly puppet in his palm, which slowly floated in the air.

There was an appreciative smile in Corollin's eyes,

Opal thought for a while and said, "I have learned."

The puppet floated away from Opal's hand and slowly flew towards Cologne, who stretched out his broad palm to hold it, and the moment the puppet fell, it was caught by his power of faith.

"Don't be so shy." Cologne said with a smile.

Opal blushed, and felt a little nervous. He seemed to be afraid of something, and he didn't dare to let his field of belief come into contact with Corolin's.

"This is for you." Opal said: "A long time ago, a child thanked me for saving my life and gave me something."

Corinne said, "Thank you, it's very kind."

A few days later, Cororin began to teach Opal how to use weapons.

Opal still chose the big sword, and Cologne said: "That's right, I actually like this weapon very much."

Opal said: "Why do you like it?"

Corollin said: "The broad sword represents responsibility and courage, come here."

Corolin also took a big sword himself, and led Opal to the open platform. Opal thought he was going to fight him, so he couldn't help holding his breath.

"Opal, look carefully."

Corolin held the sword flat with his left hand, raised his right hand, and Opal said, "Teacher, are you used to using your left hand?"

Corollin said: "You talk too much nonsense, Opal."

Opal had no choice but to keep silent, Corolin snapped his fingers with his right hand, and a glowing black feather floated down from the sky.

Opal looked up, and Cologne motioned him to look, then stuck the feather with the big sword and dragged it, and caught the feather's whereabouts with the sword.

Black feathers fell one after another from the sky. Cologne started sideways and swung his sword from top to bottom, from left to right. There was a kind of unrestrained and unrestrained attitude in his gestures. Feathers fell on the sword one after another. disappear.

Opal seemed to understand something. There were more and more black shining feathers, and Cologne's movements became faster and faster. His expression was always focused and cold, until the sky was full of black feathers. Among the feathers, the robe fluttered, like a black eagle flying with wings.

Opal's eyes were filled with reverence and admiration. After a full hour, Cologne put away his sword and stood there, saying, "This is the first lesson in teaching you how to use a weapon. Let's begin."

From this day on, Opal went to the platform every afternoon, and Cologne stood with his hands behind his back, snapped his fingers, and the sky sprinkled countless feathers like snow. Opal's task was to intercept all of Kuroba.At the beginning, there were only one or two pieces. As time went by, his speed became faster and faster. From the beginning when he looked up at the sky and analyzed where the feathers fell, he had no time to look with his eyes at the end. Judging instinctively, Opal seemed to have learned what he never learned from Rector.

"...the tyranny of the Republic has aroused resistance in many areas..."

Corolin was still in the black robe, and walked through the garden with a Green Mercury man. Its tentacles were twisted into a ball, and it seemed very disturbed to face the King of Meteor.

"...ah yes, I say, Your Majesty... we're in a mess right now..."

Opal was practicing swordsmanship on the platform. Three months had passed, and a small area around him had opened up, surrounded by a thick layer of black feathers. He concentrated on holding the big sword, The slashing action aroused the black feather that was about to fall to the ground, brought out the up-and-down airflow, and then drew a circle with the blade against it.

Corolin stopped, and the tentacles of the Green Mercuryman stretched out, and the eyes on the tentacles stared at Opal curiously without blinking.

"This is my student," Cologne beckoned, "Opal, come here."

Opal heaved a sigh of relief, put his sword back, and saluted in front of Corolin.

Ke Luolin said: "This is Your Excellency Binbin from Green Mercury."

"Ah, hello." The Green Mercury greeted Opal.

Opal nodded and said with a smile, "Hello."

Corinne said, "What do you think of him?"

The tentacles of the Green Mercury man surrounded Opal, looking around him, Opal remembered the specialty of the Green Mercury man - being able to accurately judge a person's strength, and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

His expression was unnatural, Corolin stretched out a hand and pressed it on his shoulder, and Opal's heart beat wildly.

This was their first physical contact, and Opal blushed unknowingly. Corolin said, "Your Excellency Binbin comes from the oldest family of Green Mercury."

Opal said, "That sounds imposing."

"The members of their family, even King Green Mercury dare not offend at will." Corolin said again.

Binbin murmured: "But it's not like it used to be...my lord...ah...let me see, what did I find?"

At that moment Opal's tension had reached its peak.

"He's like...a simple khakiwana stone." Binbin withdrew his tentacles, one of the eyes on the tentacles stared at Kolorin, and the other still looked at Opal, and said in his mouth, "My Wang, with all due respect, your apprentice has missed the best time, he can even say... was ruined by some incomprehensible stuff, because you found him too late, I am sorry, his heart He and Wisdom have passed the period when they can maximize their potential...it is impossible for him to shine again, which is a pity."

Corolin laughed and touched Opal's head, Opal's expression dimmed at that moment.

Binbin patted Opal on the shoulder, and said to Corolin: "My lord, if you had met him ten years ago, I believe your apprentice would have achieved good results, but now, his body and The skeleton has been set, no one taught him how to fight, how to sharpen himself, I bet he has been doing everything he wants in the past few years, lack of systematic training..."

"He used to be a ranger in the desert," Collin said.

Binbin: "Ah, look at him like a mess of rags. He has no future, no ideals, and his only purpose is to study and practice for your pleasure. My king, why do you accept an adult human being? As an apprentice? That doesn't make sense..."

Corollin said: "His belief is very pure, and I like the form of his belief field."

Opal listened silently

"But his thinking has also become rigid," Binbin said. "It's full of messy things that don't help him progress. It's terrible. Someone destroyed this khakiwana stone. It seems to be intentional, I guess he also studied with other people for a while before this..."

Opal: "!!!"

Opal never expected to be turned out of his old background under such circumstances. The ability of the Green Mercury people is almost terrifying. If it is discovered that Rector taught him, all previous efforts will be for naught.

Coroline: "He just didn't have a good mentor."

Binbin tilted his head, looked at Opal unblinkingly with the eyes on the tentacles, and said, "No, no, he may have learned something, but his first teacher doesn't seem to like him very much, deliberately Taught him a lot of wrong things, maybe to mislead him? That's not sure...it's really insidious."

Corolin said with a smile: "Everyone has their own selfishness, this is the normal state in the universe."

Opal said: "I... have learned marksmanship from an old pirate, er, yes."

"Pirates." Corolin said, "It's understandable."

Binbin said regretfully: "So you can't restore it. No matter how good the material is, it's just what it used to be. Now—he's finished, throw away your apprentice."

"Thank you very much for your evaluation." Corolin said politely, and then made a gesture of invitation.

Binbin said: "I am not someone who is willing to comment..."

Ke Luolin said: "Of course, it is his honor to be evaluated by Your Excellency. Opal, continue to practice swords."

Opal was a little disappointed and a little uncomfortable. He stood for a moment, cursed in his heart, turned around and stood in the middle of the platform, extremely disappointed.

The black feathers in the sky continued to fall, and he was holding the big sword, sitting on the platform covered with feathers in a daze quietly.

Corolin came back. He looked at Opal sitting in the middle of the platform and smiled. Opal glanced at him sideways and couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Sorry to disappoint you," Opal said.

Corolin sat down beside him, dressed in a black robe, with his hands on his knees, Opal vaguely felt that this look was very familiar, and Rector liked to sit like this before.

"My teacher once thought I was a genius." Corolin said, "It turns out that I am indeed."

Opal had to admit that what Corolin said was right, he was not as good as Corolin at all, no matter in the past or in the future, it was impossible to surpass him.

Opal said: "Does he like you very much?"

Cologne nodded slowly and said, "But I betrayed him in the end."

Opal thought for a while and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't think a person should be too smart, but don't be too stupid either. Just right. Teacher, what is khakiwana stone?"

Corolin replied: "Kaqiwana stone is a very special ornamental ore. It means 'stone with soul' in Green Mercury language. After getting a rough stone, the craftsmen must follow its soul pattern. It needs to be carved to make it shine, otherwise the stone is destroyed and can never be altered in any way."

Opal nodded.

After a while, Cologne got up and said: "But in fact, your situation is much better than that of khakiwana stone. Let's change the training content. I think you should be tired of it."

Opal followed him through the garden, somewhat disappointed in his heart—he might be a person with limited achievements, and if he couldn't be a star knight, he wouldn't be able to help Coroline either.

Maybe when fighting side by side with him, he has to be distracted to take care of him, dragging him down...

Coroline glanced at him and said, "Go to my room and bring me a box full of little stones."

Opal went over to fetch it, and handed the humble little tin box to Cologne.

"Catch it with the power of your faith." After the words were finished, Cologne threw it casually, and all the small stones in the box flew out with a clatter.

"Wait...wait!" Opal was in a hurry, releasing the power of faith, but the targets were too many and too complicated, he only caught two, the two stones were floating in the air, and the rest all fell to the ground.

Corolin held the iron box flat with one hand, and a few seconds later the stones all over the ground flew back automatically.

Opal said: "Again... again." After finishing speaking, he stared at Cologne's hand intently.

Corolin sprinkled the box again, and the stone goddess scattered flowers.

Opal focused and caught several of them.

Corinne said: "Very well, continue."

Corolin collected stones, sprinkled them, and so on. Opal caught them a few times, from the first two or three until sixteen or seventeen floated in the air. will appear very unstable.

"Observe." Cologne said, "Find out a set of application methods that belong to you."

Opal stopped, and noticed that the stones in Cologne's hand flew back one after another. The stones that were far away flew up from the ground first, and then the ones that were close to each other flew to the iron box in Cologne's hand one after another. Then return to the box at the same time within a second... What does this mean?

"Very good." Cologne said approvingly: "Well done, speed, balance and stability are the keys to the power of faith affecting multiple targets."

Opal said, "I'll try again...understand."

Corolin's teaching is undoubtedly much more serious and interesting than Rector's. He always trains Opal in different ways, so that he learns a lot of new things every day.

"I don't like to talk about it." Cologne said lightly, "I prefer to let you experience it with facts. Sometimes after you experience it, you have to think independently."

Opal said: "Teacher, your teacher, did that teach you the same way before?"

Corolin shook his head and said, "He is used to telling me many things, and then let me try them one by one."

"Now I want to teach you the most important thing about the spiritual world and beliefs." Corolin looked into Opal's eyes and said, "Mind reading."

Opal's heartbeat suddenly slowed down, the world was blurred, and Corinne's voice came from his ears.

"Diverge your spiritual world." Corollin said: "Invade the enemy's mind and analyze what they are thinking. Take me as an example..."

Opal's power of faith touched first, feeling the vast power of Corolin, and then backed away in fear.

"Relax." Cologne said with a smile: "There is no need to be afraid, the teacher's thought world welcomes you, Opal."

Opal closed his eyes, his heart was pounding, and once again released the power of faith to meet Cororin. As soon as their domains were handed over, Opal's consciousness was dragged in by an extremely domineering force.

"Ah!" Opal couldn't help shouting.

In front of it is a sea of ​​steaming lava, and Kolorin turns into a ghostly red mist, wrapped in opals and passing by the vast black rocks, volcanoes and lava lakes.

"Follow me." Cologne's voice echoed in Opal's ears.

Opal realized one thing, he couldn't break the connection with Corolin!

Corollin said: "The human heart is endless. You may be able to find the end of the universe, but you will never find the boundary of the spiritual world."

The surrounding scenery changed ever-changingly, and Cologne regained his human appearance, still wearing the black robe. He stretched out a hand, holding Opal, and the two of them stepped barefoot on the rolling desert. land.

"What is this place?" Opal said.

"Sax Star." Corolin said, "My hometown."

The scenery changed again, the desert receded into the distance, and a bustling arena appeared. The ring stands were filled with intelligent life, and strange aliens waved their arms and legs and couldn't stop shouting.

In the center of the Colosseum stood a six or seven-year-old child, holding a photon shield.

"That's you." Opal said.

"Yes, it's me." Cologne said, "I used to be a slave. This is the most impressive contest I have ever experienced, facing a thorn dragon."

A giant beast covered with thorns rushed out of the turn-door, and the shouts at the scene reached its peak. Its four feet trampled the ground wildly, roaring and rushing towards the young Cologne in the arena.

There was a loud bang, and the world dimmed. When the light was restored again, Opal opened his eyes, trembling uncontrollably.

In the scene before leaving at the end, he saw the young Cologne with his stomach pierced, his head hanging down, his mouth full of blood, hanging on the head of the spinosaur like a rag.

Corolin stroked his face with his palm, and Opal calmed down a little. He looked up at Corolin who stood up, and said, "What happened next? Did your teacher save you?"

Corollin said: "Of course not, I pierced its eyes with a dagger, and I survived."

Opal said: "You...you didn't die?"

Corolin said: "They gave me a quick recovery with a therapy machine and sent me home and put me in bed with a wound on my belly that wasn't even fully healed, Shakes that shit, you know, It's almost like a sphinx...I was lying in bed for almost a month before I slowly got better."

Opal asked, "Is there anyone taking care of you?"

Cologne thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "Faith is always accompanied by despair. Faith is light and despair is shadow. Pain must be experienced by yourself. The stronger the pain, the stronger your faith will be. One day when you find that the pain is over, the faith remains."

After a while, Opal didn't even know how long he had been in the Grip of Light.

He only felt that he was getting stronger every day, and his belief was constantly expanding like Corolin's ambition.

Coroline said, "It feels good, doesn't it?"

Opal pushed forward with his right hand, and the water flow in the fountain in the garden turned around and criss-crossed in the air.

There was a look of surprise and joy in his eyes.

"The process of pursuing power itself is very fascinating." Cologne murmured: "Every day when I open my eyes, I feel that there is an infinite source of power surging in my body, and my belief is constantly becoming stronger .Suppose you were learning to play atomic pool yesterday, and after playing for a whole day, the moment you hold the stick again today, you will feel that you are more familiar with it.”

"Suppose yesterday you were practicing writing ancient phantom star essays, wrote tens of thousands of words, went back to sleep, picked up the ink pen today, and wrote smoothly, becoming more and more proficient... This is a sense of accomplishment in pursuit of skills, a This kind of fun, it has nothing to do with how strong you can become in the end, what realm you can reach, this process makes you excited every day..."

Opal said, "It's like... like..."

Corolin said with a smile: "Reborn, reborn."

Opal said: "Yes, teacher, I think I can do many, many things now."

"Not yet." Corollin said lightly, "It's not time for you to release your power yet."

The palm of his empty hand was loosened, and there was a small bird lying in the palm of his hand. The bird felt the light, narrowed its eyes, twirled its tail feathers, and then spewed out air with a buzzing sound of spiral propulsion, flew out, passed through the energy shield, and shot towards distance.

Corollin said: "Release your beliefs, Opal. By my side, you don't need to be afraid, don't restrict your beliefs, and see where it can reach the farthest. Release your spiritual realm without restraint, and follow it goes."

Opal exhaled, the power of faith spread out at the moment of meditation, followed by the bird across the city, and shot out of the sky like an arrow, the flying bird was extremely fast, Opal tried his best to catch up behind it, the power of faith Almost spread the entire New Phoenix.Nearly fifty kilometers away from the capital, he has reached his limit, the speed is getting slower and slower, and the scenery is getting more and more blurred.

"As long as you don't feel that everything is far enough away." Corolin's voice sounded in Opal's ear: "The scope of thinking has no boundaries..."

Before the words fell, Corolin's power of faith caught up, and the spiritual detection power that swept Opal suddenly rose, spinning and flying towards the boundless and vast sky, rushing out of the atmosphere!

Opal was shocked instantly, as if two souls were soaring in the sky, Corolin's supported his, and shuttled down from the clouds, the bird went nowhere, and their spiritual power surrounded one A propulsive airship rushed into the sky again, drifting in the vast universe.

This is a quiet space, something seems to be missing in the universe, looking at the Grip of Light from outer space, the light of stars refracts and rotates around it.

Corolin's spiritual power is separated from Opal's spiritual power, leaving a vague connection between them.

"Believe in yourself." Coroline gracefully broke the last link, saying, "Belief is omnipotent."

The next moment, they opened their eyes at the same time, and returned to the platform of the hanging garden.

Opal said: "It doesn't matter where you go?"

Corollin said: "The detection limit of meditation is the speed of light, as long as you can think of places, you can go there."

Opal felt a little tired, he didn't seem to be able to last this long, Corolin said: "You still need to continue practicing."

Opal said: "I... rest for a while and try again."

Corolin received a call and said in a deep voice, "Understood, let's go down now."

Opal was sitting cross-legged on the grass. He looked up at him when he heard it. Corolin said: "The teacher will be away for a while. When you are away, you should practice the emptiness of belief and the effect of meditation. Practice three hours a day. Big sword."

Opal said, "Where are you going?"

Corollin said: "Leeve Galaxy, go to resolve a political dispute. By the way, go to ACU company."

Opal followed behind him and asked, "ACU is also with us?"

Cologne walked into the room and said, "The Gene Company and the Universe Bank are neutral institutions. Unless I have to, I won't touch them...Come and help me get dressed, that set."

Corolin took off her robe, only wearing a shirt and white shorts, with a perfect figure and a heroic face.

Opal brought clothes for him to put on. Corolin wore a knee-length jacket and a pair of black trousers. He stood barefoot in front of the mirror, and Opal buttoned his clothes for him.

Cologne's eyes in the mirror were deep and inexplicable. Opal buttoned up his neckline, and Cologne turned and sat on the side of the bed, motioning Opal to look at the corner of the wall.

Opal went to get the black metal boat shoes in the corner, knelt down on one knee, and untied the black gold chain on his ankle, thinking how long would he be going this time?

"If it's more, it's one cosmic month, if it's less, it's five to six days." Corolin read Opal's heart and said.

"Will there be a war?" Opal said.

Corolin said: "Not necessarily, don't be afraid that I will be injured. After Azeroth's death, there is no one in this world who can injure me except Rector and Legason."

Opal hummed, feeling relieved.

Corolin's hands and feet were exactly the same size as Raymond's. Opal tied the chain loosely around his wrist. With a slight vibration of Corolin's wrist, the black gold chain gathered.

He put on the metal boat shoes, turned around and went out of the garden, turned his head to Opal and said, "Practice seriously, the teacher will be back soon."

"I wish you all the best." Opal said: "Teacher, goodbye."

"Goodbye, Opal." Cologne took a step forward, and the black gold bracelet shattered into fragments to wrap him, and then suddenly rose high, transforming into the prototype of Tao in the sky, and flew out of the sky.

Leaving Cororin, Opal finally had his own thinking space.These days, I lived under his nose all the time, and I didn't even dare to think about it. Now that he is gone, I can finally sit down and sort out the information.

He walked to the platform, started to practice martial arts with a big sword, and at the same time made a summary of what he had seen and heard these days.

Is this the real Cologne?It doesn't seem to match Raymond's character... Opal couldn't help recalling Raymond's every move, Raymond would smile at him, and occasionally touch his head, which is a bit similar to Corolin's behavior.

But the tone is different. Corolin hardly has any emotion when he speaks. Opal can't see what he is thinking at all. It seems that whether it is teaching him to practice or chatting with his master and apprentice, there seems to be a layer of separation between them. What.

It was an almost unfamiliar barrier, as if he was regarded as a stranger... a stranger.

Opal understood this attitude almost at the same time. He mistook Corolin for Raymond, and subconsciously took Corolin's reaction to him as Raymond's reaction to him!

This is a misunderstanding that has existed from the beginning!Corolin doesn't love him like Raymond, so this kind of reaction couldn't be more normal. This is his attitude towards strangers when he just met Raymond and made the first commission together!

It was also Raymond's attitude towards other strange mercenaries, unsmiling, polite and alienated.

Opal retracted his sword and let the flying feathers fall on him. When he thought about it carefully, he felt that Corolin taught him a lot, and he taught him very hard. What is the reason for this?

He only sees himself as an apprentice, not a lover.

Opal put down his sword, took a deep breath, stood in the center of the platform, and released the power of faith.

【Opal. ] A familiar voice sounded.

Opal opened his eyes instantly, frowned and remained silent.

【teacher? 】 Opal couldn't believe it.

Opal closed his eyes and released his belief again.

Opal: [Teacher?Did you hear that? 】

There was a vast white light in the sea of ​​thinking, and Rector's figure appeared: [Opal, how is everything going? ] Opal's mood is extremely complicated, which is beyond his comprehension.

【How did you talk to me, teacher? 】

Rector: [Don't be afraid, Corolin has left you. He is now on his way to the Leif galaxy. Meditation detection can only look at the appearance of things across space, and mind reading can only be performed face to face with you.This is the innermost layer of your spiritual world, which is even more hidden than the inner memory world opened up by Legerson, and Corollin cannot read our dialogue memory through dreams. ] Opal asked: [Is this also a manifestation of the power of faith? 】

Rector said: [This is a way of consciousness induction, a new ability taught to me by the phantom star. A senior phantom star who has lived for tens of thousands of years left the Eye of Igna, and he still remembers you. ] Opal: [All those phantom stars in Jixing Prison have come out? 】

Rector: [Yes, they agreed to help us deal with Corolin. At the same time, Lejason discovered a very serious thing. Corolin's dream was far more than that simple. He also learned this. When he was in I dare not turn on the sensor easily when you are around, otherwise he will notice it immediately. 】Opal: 【Let me think about what happened these days...】

Rector: [I am in the Stars Sanctuary, the distance is too far away, I don’t know much about it, I may not be able to last too long... Now let me ask, you answer. ] Opal: [Okay. 】