I Am God!

Smerkle looked up under the stars, and Ivar stood by the fire and watched him.

The demigod suddenly spoke. He did not find any difficulty in Smerkel's wish.

Those longings that Smerkel couldn't reach were his daily routine.

"If you really wish."

"I can take you to see it."

Smerkel turned his head and looked at Ivar. He had not yet realized what Ivar meant.

"Go and have a look?"

"Where to go."

Shinhwa, who was wearing a dark silver smock, said calmly: "The Kingdom of God!"

"That dreamy star sea formed by the dreams of all creatures."

Smerkel looked at Ivar in disbelief, and then he vaguely understood that the person in front of him was not just a weird man with a strange appearance.

Ivar’s origins are probably beyond his imagination.

Being able to enter the Kingdom of God is something that even the former snake mother, Samos, could not do.

"Can you enter the Kingdom of God?"

Iva nodded: "I can't take you to other places, but if I just take you to see the Fantasy Star Sea, it's okay."

Before Smerkel could speak, he suddenly noticed that Ivar was moving.

He looked at the sky. There was only a cloud and nothing else.

But Ivar seemed to see something else, which was a huge ship emitting bright golden light.

It spans dreams and reality, walking on the edge of the consciousness of all living things, but it can also interfere with the laws of the world.

Ivar said: "It is daybreak, and the sacred ship is returning."

Smerkle didn't know what the Sacred Ark was, because no one had ever entered the Kingdom of God before.

Even before today, they only knew that there was a Kingdom of God opened up by the Creator, and specifically what was in the Kingdom of God and what the scene in the Kingdom of God was like.

Regarding how to enter the Kingdom of God after death, and what the form will be like after death.

Snake people know nothing.

Their Creator, Sally, the Mother of Life, never told them.

Immediately afterwards, Ivar showed an unimaginable trick to Smerkel.

Ivar's power overflowed from his body, the light of myth passed along the earth to the sky, and a huge door appeared behind him.

This is a dark silver stone giant door, exuding immortal light.

A flower is depicted on the door, which also looks like a mortal road leading to myth.

The flower cup blooms, carrying the shadow of all things.

The faces of all living creatures appear in the highest cup.

The desires of all living beings are gathered here, and joy, sorrow, and joy are intertwined and conflicting. However, Smerkle looked carefully but could not see clearly, as if it had not really collected all the desires.

This door is not complete. It feels like it has just been built and has not yet been painted or carefully crafted.

But even so, it is enough to shock people into a trance.

"The Gate of Desire."

Smerkel had never seen this door before, but now he called out its name.

He understood that this was something that no ordinary person could possess.

The Ivar beside him may be a god who stepped down from the Kingdom of Gods of the Creator, a being of the same personality as the Red Witch, the ruler of the Kingdom of Deep Sea Blood.

Smerkel suddenly felt a little scared. How could he be able to stand side by side with a god?

Ivar climbed the steps of the Door of Desire, and two stone doors slowly opened in front of him, opening up the boundary between reality and illusion.

Ivar looked back at Smerkel: "Come."

Smerkel suddenly felt relaxed. Since the other party didn't care about his identity, why should he tie himself up.

Smerkle followed him, walking into the door of desire with him in a trance.

Smerkel felt as if his body and consciousness had been distorted, falling into a strange realm where ordinary things could not exist at all, and only creations containing the power of myth could pass.

"This is where?"

Ivar told him: "This is the border between reality and fantasy."

Smerkel looked at the void and dark world: "Have we arrived at the Kingdom of God?"

Ivar stood in nothingness and looked into the distance, as if waiting for something: "Not yet. Only by boarding the sacred boat can we reach the Kingdom of God of the Creator."

Soon, Smerkel saw the sacred ship that Ivar said.

A huge golden boat came tearing through the darkness, its hull exuding bright and dazzling light. There was a metal human head horn on the bow, and there were golden sun patterns on the sails.

But if you look closely, you can see that the sun pattern looks like an eggshell.

An egg containing a dream.

When Smerkle and the man looked at each other, he could feel the metal head glance at him.

He felt as if he was being judged for a moment, and all the good and evil in his heart emerged, intertwined and conflicting in his heart.

It made him unable to calm down.

The ship gradually approached.

When the increasingly larger sacred ship arrived in front of us, it had turned into a behemoth that blocked the entire line of sight. It was so big that even if Smerkel raised his head high, he could not see the top of the solar sail. .

Ivar seemed to be very familiar with the ship.

His soft, thin blouse arched up, as if waving to someone on the ship.

The sun sail on the ship moved, and the light shone on Ivar and Smerkel.

In a flash of light, they appeared on the ship.

The boat is filled with dreams of life.

There are snake people, winged people, and various animals.

Dense dreams float on the boat, reflecting the beginning and end of every life in the brilliant light.

Smerkel did not expect that just by chatting with a traveler, he would have such an adventure and see such a sight that he had never seen before.

This is a scene that only the dead can know, a secret that has never been revealed to the world.

And at this moment.

Be known by him.

Smerkel stared at the dreams of each person and walked on the deck of the sacred boat with great excitement.

He finally knew what the Sacred Boat was, and finally understood what the journey of a mortal was like after death.

"so."

"All the dead will board this ship and go to the resting place prepared by the gods for them."

Ivar tells him: "It's not over yet."

"When you truly enter the kingdom of God, every dream in life will be judged. Those who are good than evil will turn into beautiful dreams in life and hang in the sky."

"Those who are more evil than good turn into dream lanterns and hide in the darkness, until one day the nightmare may dissipate."

Smerkel asked Ivar: "What determines this good and evil?"

"Is it a god?"

Ivar looked at Smerkel and said, "No, it's me."

"It's in everyone's heart."

"Whether there are good people or bad people in this world, whether they are kind or evil, they actually know their own good and evil, right and wrong deep down in their hearts."

"Even if they don't admit it themselves."

"They can deceive others, but they cannot deceive themselves."

Smerkel said: "What if a person mistook his evil for good and deceived him into passing the judgment?"

Ivar suddenly laughed, and he looked at Smerkel seriously: "Then that person will be reincarnated again and again in his 'goodness', and he will always taste what he thinks is right for billions of years. Never free."

Listening to these words, Smerkel suddenly felt a chill to his bones.

He suddenly understood what Ivar meant when he said that people can deceive others, but they cannot deceive themselves.

The sacred boat traveled far in the darkness. When the sky of the real world turned white, the sacred boat just passed through the gate of the Kingdom of God and arrived at the dreamy sea of ​​stars.

Ivar stood on the bow of the ship, staring into the distance, and said: "We are here."

Smerkel immediately raised his attention and observed all the changes around him.

He wanted to record all the scenery here.

because.

He may be the first snake man in the world to arrive in this country alive.

He is also the first person to arrive here in this era.

Smerkel's vision and perception were not enough to see the huge gate to the Kingdom of God, so all he could see in his eyes was a wall with no end in sight.

There was a huge gap in the wall, and the top couldn't be seen either.

You can only feel the bright light shining from the gap, turning into a fan and projecting into the dark void.

The dreams of life on the sacred boat began to transform one after another, some bloomed with the most beautiful colors, and some were swallowed by darkness in the blink of an eye.

They penetrated this "gap", and the originally dazzling light gradually subsided, as if the people walking out of the darkness adapted to the sunlight little by little.

Smerkle finally saw the dreamy sea of ​​stars he had been waiting for.

He opened his mouth wide and hurriedly ran to the bow of the sacred ship.

"Is this all life?"

"Each one is a mark of life? Recording their birth to death?"

Smerkel could not imagine how many creatures such a huge sea of ​​stars represented.

The vast dream of life turns into a long river flowing all the way from afar. On the higher level, you can see countless stars twinkling. It is the dreamy starlight condensed when people are dreaming.

When you fall into a dream, you will get knotted, and when you wake up from the dream, you will fall.

Unlike the sea of ​​stars in reality, the sea of ​​stars is deep and vast. If you look at it for a long time, you will feel like you are being swallowed up.

The Dream Star Sea, just like its name, is full of dreams and illusions, making people feel that everything here is extremely unreal.

It's like a dream, like walking into a fairy tale.

But after knowing the truth here, you will be overwhelmed by the weight of history contained in it. The sense of depth and oppression far exceeds the reality of the sea of ​​​​stars.

This is the end of life, the grave of civilization, and the dust of history.

It is also a stone carving of time inscribed by the gods. It is engraved with the disappearance of countless people who have existed in this world.

The source and first half of the Star Sea are the dreams of the Trilobites and the people of the Demonic Abyss of the last era, and the last end are the creatures of this era.

The sacred boat carrying the two of them was just at the end.

Prince Smerkel on the bow looked at the dreams one after another, and he saw the lives of one snake man after another.

They had never met, but Smerkel knew their story through such a strange method.

Prince Smerkel became a little excited, and he asked Iva eagerly.

"What should I do if I want to find someone, not... the dream of a group of people?"

Ivar asked him: "When did they die?"

Prince Smerkel: "Five years ago."

Ivar said: "It's almost time."

He looked up at the sky: "The people you mentioned are above our heads right now."

At this time, the sacred ship also released the dream of life on the ship, and each bubble floated to the star sea and fell into it.

The big ship will also turn around at this time, and it will start a new round of cruising again.

Smerkel was a little anxious.

The prince broke away from the sacred boat and headed towards the dreamy star sea.

He found himself floating in the air. He waved his arms and rowed forward, as if he was diving into the sea.

The dark silver blouse on Ivar's body surged, and he floated up. His figure was countless times more flexible than Smerkle's.

If Prince Smerkle looks like a clumsy diver, then he is an elf in the sea.

One colorful bubble after another kept passing by Smerkel, and he turned to look around.

"That's not it."

"Not this either."

Gradually reaching the heights, a city appeared in the brilliance of the bubble walls.

Moonlight City.

He saw those who had died in wars and disasters.

It's just that all the pain and disaster were overwhelmed by the beauty of the past. Smerkel didn't see those painful scenes in his eyes, but those scenes could not help but emerge in his heart.

Smerkel looked at each of these dreams in silence, and suddenly said to Ivar.

"That day."

"The sacred ship must be very busy, and it must be filled with the dreams of the dead."

"And the initiator of everything is me."

Ivar didn't respond to this statement, he just asked him.

"Did you find the person you were looking for?"

Smerkel shook his head and moved on.

There are countless dreams in life, and it is so difficult to find one's dream among them.

Time kept passing, but Smerkel refused to give up.

After finally getting here, maybe the next time he wants to see this dreamy star sea again will be when he dies.

He was unwilling to miss such an opportunity.

finally.

He saw a strange dream.

A dream between black and color, and it was precisely because he was so special that Smerkel discovered it at a glance.

Smerkel moved closer and confirmed it before he got a closer look.

This is Lu Qi’s life dream.

For a moment, he felt as if he had touched a scalding flame, and he involuntarily retreated back, not daring to get close to the other party.

The prince could feel that his heart was frightened and his body was trembling.

That was an image he didn't dare to think of.

Even if he smiles, even if he plays and sings cheerful songs, there is something that he never dares to forget every time he dreams back to midnight.

With a look of fear on his face, he asked Ivar who was following him.

"besides."

"Such a dream?"

Ivar is well-informed: "This is actually a beautiful dream in life. It has been judged and separated into two colors: black and color, and the color has overwhelmed the darkness."

"It's just that some dead people cling to their obsessions, even the most painful and regretful memories."

"Even if."

"These memories and errors have nothing to do with themselves, but they still hold on to them for some reason and are unwilling to give up."

"But all obsessions will eventually dissipate in time, and then this dream will naturally reach its destined ending."

Smerkel stood there for a long time, as if chewing on what Ivar had just said.

"Even if these memories and errors have nothing to do with themselves, they will still hold on to them for some reason."

His expression changed instantly.

"yes!"

"Everything is my fault. I gave the order. What does it have to do with them?"

"He must have died with resentment, and he must have been blaming me for letting them die."

Smerkel finally got closer, and he saw clearly the scene in this dream through the bubble barrier.

He saw Lu Qi's painful cry, he was faced with a choice, and he was wandering in madness and despair.

"Why, why must we die?"

"I want to tell the people of the Winged Demon Tribe to go to the Giant Snake Road to block their retreat. I want them to also taste the pain."

"It can't be like this. Not only the people in Moonlight City will die, but more people will die."

"I am a follower of His Highness, and I cannot betray him."

"If I can hold it, I will be able to protect Moonlight City, and I can lead everyone to survive."

"His Royal Highness Smerkel will be back soon, they will be back soon."

"It's over, everything is over."

The scene freezes in the final scene.

The Winged Demon swooped down from the sky, and the strong wind blew like a sharp blade that made people unable to open their eyes. Lu Qi led the last soldiers to fight in the streets.

A flash of cold light followed the Winged Demon, and everything was submerged in darkness.

Prince Smerkle watched the scene unfold quietly, and suddenly burst into tears.

Ivar observed Smerkel, and he could feel the strong emotions surging through Smerkel.

He asked the prince: "Do you regret it?"

Smerkel looked at Lu Qi's dream and nodded stiffly: "Yes! I regret it."

He clenched his fists: "But if I had to do it again, I would still choose to do this."

Smerkel's eyes were fixed on Lucci's dream, as if speaking to him.

"I know myself."

"I compromised with myself."

"My weakness, my choice, my cold-bloodedness, my responsibility."

"The things I least like and hate about myself are all myself."

Smerkel put his head against Lu Qi's dream: "But even so, even if thousands of people hate me, I still have to fulfill my duties."

"This is what I should have shouldered. Who allowed me to be the son of King Alpans? Who allowed Alpans to establish order and the city-state of Suinhor."

"I must protect it, I must maintain the hard-won order, and protect the fire of civilization that has just been ignited in the wilderness."

"If you have to let one person decide what to sacrifice, you can protect other things."

"Then...just let me do it."

Smerkel said loudly: "Lucci, you are not wrong."

"You don't have to forgive me, and you must hate me, because I asked you to die, and I asked all the people in Moonlight City to die."

"It has nothing to do with you, you did nothing wrong."

"I exchanged your death for victory and peace. I will definitely maintain this hard-won peace. I must protect the city-state established through sacrifice."

Finally, the dream that was teetering between black and color suddenly shook slightly.

The color finally overwhelmed the darkness, swallowing up the entire dream bit by bit.

That is.

A gorgeous dream.

Lu Qi was wearing armor, and his face under the helmet was full of passion. He controlled the chariot and rushed out of the city gate towards the heroic fighting figure in the distance.

The opponent pierced the head of the stone colossus with a spear, roaring like a god of war.

He came to the other party's side and greeted him loudly.

"The chariot is coming."

The other party grabbed Lucci's hand and boarded the chariot.

The two men were driving the chariot, standing side by side, as if they were chasing the chariot to the end of the earth.

Obsession dissipates and dreams come true.

Maybe it's because I just can't hold it any longer.

Perhaps, it was because of what Smerkel just said.

——

Smerkel left the sea of ​​​​stars, and his mind still could not calm down for a long time.

But he knew what to do next.

Some things are innate, and avoiding them has no effect. He must bear the responsibilities that he should bear.

His father, King Alpans, was old and he was the only heir to the throne.

"It's time to go back," Smerkel whispered.

Looking for the dream of Moonlight City and looking for Lu Qi's dream took too much time, and the day and night passed without realizing it.

At this time, after a round of cruise, the sacred boat once again passed through the gate of the Kingdom of God and appeared in front of them.

Only then did Smerkel notice that there was not only a sea of ​​stars in the dream world, but also the sun and moon.

The moon exudes a cool radiance, and the sun elongates its rays.

Looking faintly, the sun looks like a huge cup.

Look carefully again.

Smerkel seemed to see something on the cup.

Smerkel asked Ivar: "What is that?"

Ivar replied: "It is the Island of Gods."

Smerkel asked Ivar: "What's on the island?"

Iva told him: "There is a bright sea of ​​flowers on the island, and beautiful dream fairies are born in the sea of ​​flowers."

"The sun is the manifestation of the power of fairies, and this dreamy star sea is the blessing given by fairies to mortals."

"The most powerful goblin, who is also the messenger on the right side of the God of Creation and the master of dreams, once sent blessings to mortals, hoping that all living things can surround the Creator after death."

Ivar's blouse arched up on both sides, as if he were embracing the sea of ​​stars with open arms.

"then."

"This sea of ​​stars was born."

"All souls have a home and a resting place, and civilization and life have their own end."

It was the first time Smerkle heard the name of the goblin, and he never thought that such a vast dreamy sea of ​​​​stars all came from the blessing of a goblin.

"Fairies? Can you tell me what they look like?"

Ivar told him: "They are an ancient sacred race, and the story is too long to be told in a few words."

Smerkle held his harp in his arms: "Just right, I can listen to it slowly on the road."

The two boarded the sacred ship together, and Ivar began to tell the story as they walked.

"They are creatures born in dreams and prayers. They are the most beautiful divine spirits in the world. They live in the garden of the Creator and have the miraculous power to create all things."

"long long ago."

"They lend the power of miracles to mortals, so that mortals also have the power to create all things."

"Mortals also celebrate a festival called the Festival of Prayer. On this day, children will make wishes to the goblins, and the goblins will choose the kindest and purest among them to respond to their wishes."

"..."

After hearing this, Smerkel was filled with yearning: "Such a beautiful life actually exists."

But he remembered the key point in those words. Ivar first said about the sea of ​​​​suns and flowers, and then said that it was the garden of the Creator.

The ship is about to cross the gate.

He suddenly looked at the sun in shock and the faint outline of the island in the light.

The island was soaked in thick praying light, and layers of power and myths flowed around it.

"So, the Creator and Gods are also up there?"

He looked far into the distance, as if he wanted to see where the Gods and Creator were.

Ivar said to him: "You are too weak."

"Not to mention looking directly at the Creator, even the two people under the throne of God, you are not qualified to look at them."

"I once looked directly at the Creator, and was instantly swallowed up by that eternal power."

Listening to Ivar's description and the scene in front of him, Smerkel was greatly shocked.

"Is the Great Mother of Life on the Island of Gods?"

Ivar nodded.

"Um."

"She's here too.

Smerkel thought he had the answer, but he didn't notice the meaning of those two words.

The sacred boat sent them out of the dream world, and the two people appeared in reality again.

Smerkel looked around and found that they were still where they came from, in the uninhabited jungle.

It's just that the bonfire has been extinguished long ago.

In front of the extinguished bonfire, Ivar and Smerkel looked at each other, knowing that it was time to say goodbye.

Although they only met briefly, both of them felt that the other was their friend.

Before Ivar left, he gave Smerkel a Cup of the Sun.

Smerkle asked him with a smile: "Is it true that if you pray to the goblin with this, your wish will come true?"

Ivar: "That depends on whether your heart is pure enough and whether you are liked by fairies enough."

Smerkle gave up immediately and spread his hands: "Then I will definitely not be able to do it."

Even though he said that, Smerkel still sighed.

"That is such a beautiful life! No wonder it can only exist in the Kingdom of God."

Ivar turned and left without saying goodbye to Smerkel.

Smerkel suddenly shouted at Ivar: "Are you a goblin?"

Ivar didn't look back: "I'm not."

After a pause, Ivar continued.

"Remember the story I told about the two brothers?"

Of course Smerkel remembers: "Of course I remember, Whis and Henir."

Ivar told him: "I am the flower of nightmare that swallowed up Whiskers."

Smoker was stunned for a moment, and just stared at Ivar disappearing into the jungle.

After a long time, he couldn't help but said.

"The ancient king, the Wish, Henir, the saint, the goblin, and the flower of nightmare that runs through the beginning and end of the two brothers."

"What a shocking story!"

After saying that, he turned and left, heading in the direction of Fire Protection City.

And the other side.

As Iva walked, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Although it was broad daylight, he looked at the lantern in his hand that could not be lit at all, and felt that something was different from usual.

If you look closely, you will find that there is a faint firelight inside.