The Dragon That Devours the World

() Time is long, hundreds of years have passed in a flash, somewhere in the human world.

Under the sunset sky, there are fine footsteps on the country road. The young woodcutter is carrying the dry wood on his back, which is as heavy as a hill. Even if there is a little sweat on his forehead, he can't care about it. After all, he Now I am in a hurry to go home.

Looking up, the mature and somewhat vicissitudes of face can vaguely see the face of the curious child hundreds of years ago, but in this era when human life spans thousands of years, he has just passed his 500th birthday. Noah is still very young and has only been married for a hundred years. Just a few months ago, Noah's third son, Japheth, was just born.

Although poor, Noah is still very optimistic. For him, as long as his life is peaceful and his family is happy.

He looked at the sky above his head, and under the reflection of the setting sun, the red sky sunset clouds looked extraordinarily beautiful, but he didn't care about this. Instead, he looked at the colors of the sunset clouds and muttered in his heart.

"Is it going to rain at this time?"

Thanks to the knowledge of astrology and other knowledge taught by the guardian angels, the humans on the continent of Atlantis have some experience in observing the celestial phenomena, and all kinds of magic and mysterious knowledge spread widely, even for civilians like Noah. Can understand some.

And looking at the sky carefully, suddenly, as if seeing something, Noah's face changed and he became extremely nervous, and he hurriedly hid in the bushes beside the path.

Not long after, a weird bird that looked like a vulture flew over the fading sky. Its wingspan was ten people long and its body was as large as a farmer’s cabin. The strange bird flew with a sharp and stern sound. The voice flew away while waving his broad wings.

After a long time, Noah got out of the grass beside the trail and stared at the direction where the big bird flew away, and his originally hanging heart slowly fell.

…

"Cracking..."

In the simple and rough log cabin, in front of a little fire, and in front of the swaying fire, the young woman is sewing up broken clothes with needles, brown hair, and soft eyebrows, focusing and earnest, occasionally gathering the ears of her ears.

Niya, a gentle and considerate typical Atlantean, silently contributed everything to the family, and now, she is concentrating on repairing the clothes damaged by logging in the bushes during the day for her husband.

"Are the children asleep?"

Looking at the wife in front of him, Noah's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing something. After all, Japheth, who was just born, was extremely noisy. If the voice was loud, he might cry again.

"Ok."

Niya just answered him, and then Noah was silent for a while and said.

"When I came back today, I ran into a strange rotting bird again."

The hands who were mending clothes got stuck...

"Have you encountered those things again?"

There was a bit of surprise and anxiety in the wife's voice.

In this world, there are too many weird creatures. Some are centaur and centaur, some are vultures resembling lion heads, and some are huge monsters. The thousand-year-long war between snake men and humans has changed so much.

But for ordinary civilians, the Thousand-Year War brought countless monsters that sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and the weird rotting birds that frequently appeared at that time were one of the biggest threats to civilians.

"Over the years, these things have appeared more and more."

Noah could only helplessly say.

Niya lowered her head, was silent for a while, and then said hesitantly.

"Or...you don't leave the village to log."

"How can this work, the children still need me to work hard."

Noah shook his head.

The young woman lowered her head and was silent, her hands clenching the clothes that hadn't been sewn. And Noah looked at his wife in front of him, but he was helpless.

…

The dark night without light is quiet, and nothing can be seen.

Noah was lying on the bed, while Nya next to him turned her back to him. Her childhood experiences let Noah know that Nya was angry with him.

After a long silence, a low voice sounded.

"I'm thinking about logging in the southern mountains these days. Although there are fewer trees in the southern mountains, there are many people, so I can take care of each other... you're satisfied."

At the end of the voice, a bit of helplessness was revealed.

The faint figure in front of him did not speak.

Suddenly, a cold hand touched it and gently grasped Noah's rough hand.

Although he didn't speak, Noah seemed to be able to hear his wife's expectations and muttering prayers. She only wanted Noah and the child to be safe, and nothing else.

With a warm heart, Noah gently hugged his wife in his arms, and then did nothing, and finally fell asleep in the feeling of exhaustion that was gradually hitting him.

…

Dreamland, illusory white mist.

"..."

Amidst the ambiguity, Noah moved forward blankly in the white mist, feeling that someone in front of him seemed to be calling him.

"Noah."

In the whispering voice, Noah's consciousness gradually became sober, and when he saw everything in front of him, the scene in front of him made him almost unable to believe his eyes.

The endless brilliance, the hot and dazzling huge sun above his head, approached him like never before, making him completely bathed in light.

There is a vast sea of ​​clouds floating beside you, and you can't see the end at a glance. It's not like looking up from the earth to the sky. When you are really in this vast sea of ​​clouds, its vastness and vastness can make you speechless. .

However, these infinite and vast things also appear insignificant in the greater things.

The huge figure, even if it is filled with all the sights, it can’t see the whole picture. It’s bigger than this sea of ​​clouds, and brighter than the sun above. The sun that overlooks everything seems to be a circle of light behind its head. general.

It held something in one of its hands, the pure white pupils were indifferent and cold, and the pure wings behind that covered all the light and darkness.

In front of this infinitely huge thing, the tiny Noah is as insignificant as an ant at the feet of a giant or a grass under the mountain.

"The sons of Adam, in the name of Gabriel, the monarch of the moon and the archangel, I am the messenger of God the Almighty and declare to you the apocalypse from God."

Gabriel's loud voice shook the vast sea of ​​clouds and stirred up a gust of wind.

Noah opened his mouth wide in astonishment and blinked blankly.

"God? Apocalypse?"

"Children of Adam, the people on the earth formed a nation, started wars, killed God's creations, did not believe in God's will, and slandered God's glory. Countless monsters mixed in among the crowd, dormant in secret, and those endless monsters It is the result of the depravity of the human heart."

"Humankind has fallen, and there is no clean soil in the world. There is no room for a pure soul. The rampage of unwholesome people is irretrievable. God is about to destroy this old world."

However, Gabriel ignored Noah's words, and only declared to the descendants of Adam before him.

"I... I don't understand, why are you looking for me?"

Noah said in astonishment.

The angel lowered his head, his pure white pupils looked down at the human being under his feet, and said word by word.

"Noah, this is exactly the reason I declared to you."

"God is indeed the most benevolent, God is indeed the most merciful, even though mankind is irretrievable, God still has a ray of hope."

"Noah, God is about to set off a great flood. The flood will submerge the mountains and the earth. No one will be spared. But you can build a big ship and take each of the animals and plants of the world, one male and one female, together with you. 'S family hid in this boat together."

"The flood will flood for forty days, and your boat will float on the water for forty days. When the water recedes, your boat will fall on the ground safely. At that time, a new world will be born, and your offspring will be born. Will multiply on this earth"

Following the angel's words, a silk scroll fell from the angel's hand. The huge scroll fell towards Noah, and then gradually became smaller. Eventually, when it fell in Noah's palm, it became no longer the length of his arms. UU Reading www.uukANAnshu.com

"This is the blueprint for making that ship. You can build that big ship according to this blueprint."

With the indifferent voice, everything in front of me shook with it...

…

morning.

"what!!"

Suddenly awakened, Noah sat up in shock, his face was sweaty and looked terrified, Niya rubbed her sleepy eyes and muttered in a low voice.

"what's happenin…"

Noah stroked his forehead, tried his best to calm his rapid breathing, and then looked at his wife beside him, trying to force a smile, saying that it was okay, but when he accidentally looked at his bedside I was stunned for a while...

I saw a roll of silk scroll lying quietly on the head of his bed, shining with a golden light in the sun.