Chapter 198 Thirty Years Across the Sea of ​​Stars

Two hours later, when David successfully broke through the gravity well of the planet Toril and entered low-Earth orbit with his body, he finally couldn't help but look back and stared at the gradually smaller continent of Faerûn below and the rising sky in the horizon. The magnificent sea of ​​stars exudes heartfelt admiration.

The beautiful fantasy of ‘dying on Mars’ that could not come true in my previous life was unexpectedly realized at this moment in such an alternative way.

At a time when technology is extremely primitive and limited, this is destined to be a one-way ticket.

If he were in Ellaria, he would never have the courage to do such a crazy thing.

After all, you only have one life, and besides your dreams, you have to live.

In other words, through the deal with Tiamat, the five-color dragon queen, he was able to use the soul projection of the devil Baator to realize his dream of running towards the sea of ​​stars at this moment.

David used [Spell Illusion] to record the magnificent scenery he saw at the moment like a camera, and then used [Messaging Technique] to transmit it back to the "Shadow City Base" on the ground.

And this 'panoramic view of the planet' that intelligent life once again transmitted through space after a thousand years fell in front of Father Long. Artilicia, who was still a little uneasy at first, suddenly felt an indescribable touch and pride in her heart:

‘This is my Atilicia’s child. ’

Obviously there was no communication between them, but Artilicia still felt David's desperate determination and mood through this "panoramic view of the planet Toril".

He couldn't help but think of his strong desire to explore and learn about the world outside Dragon Island when he was a child, as well as the embarrassing scene when he tried to leave Dragon Island several times during his childhood but was forcibly brought back by the silver dragon guards who were looking for a place.

But since when did the only thing on my mind be making money?

And how long has he been stagnant in the 'seemingly arrogant' position of master of alchemy?

Maybe it was from the moment he successfully developed the [Sobering Potion].

Although he did not enjoy the flowers and applause from the world for the first time, he still believed that with his achievements at that age, he was already on the same level as those long-famous masters. The spiritual crushing of La Na, who was like a peak and almost insurmountable achievement, made him feel decadent that he would never be able to surpass her opponent no matter what in this life. He only hoped that he could earn more money to get more money from Pavla. , received another recognition.

Until Pavla became a god.

The gap between mortal beings and gods made him fall into complete confusion.

It wasn't until David's invitation from hell that he found some of his 'value'.

He knew that David didn't mean anything else, he just thought he liked the feeling of grabbing wealth.

Until before going to Toril, I brought him the reminder from the Five-Colored Dragon Queen:

"If you have hopes for the legend or even the road to chasing gods in the future, don't waste too much time chasing money, because restraining boundless desires and hating mediocrity are the necessary qualities to lead to the destiny of legend."

These words were like a heavy hammer that struck his soul, unable to calm down for a long time.

Only he himself knows that he is not obsessed with chasing money, nor does he have much desire, and he also hates his own mediocrity.

He is nothing but.

Some just can’t find their own direction.

Until this moment, when I saw my child running towards the sea of ​​stars alone in order to complete the task assigned by the Dragon Queen, in order to break the shackles of King Killer on the necks of all dragons, I was unable to do anything to help him. , he finally came to his senses.

Maybe the direction has always been at his feet.

And he just fell into the confusion in his heart.

All he has to do is to lean down and pick up his original intention and curiosity about the unknown and knowledge.

At least for the arcanist or his own alchemist, as long as he keeps learning, he will always be on the road to strength.

And a little superior wisdom seems to be the only advantage that Atilicia can take advantage of.

At this moment, Artilicia seemed to finally see her destiny in the map of the starry sky that her son had 'photographed' in low-Earth orbit.

His legendary destiny.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Didn't my brother tell you that he just wanted to take a nap? When we return to Ellaria together, my brother and I will both be young dragons." Compared to the sentimental one, The dragon father, Artilicia, and the dragon sister, Tanya, are much more naive and optimistic.

Just like many young dragons, they always dream that they can grow up quickly.

Hearing Tanya's words, Atilicia suddenly realized that she had burst into tears at some point.

He touched Tanya’s little head and said with a smile:

"Yeah, after a nap, you should all grow up."

If his parents knew that they had spent several years raising these two dragon children and they had grown up quietly, who knows if they would have kicked them out when they returned to Dragon Island.

Artilicia, who was even amused by this somewhat shameful thought, immediately took out a pen and paper and started writing quickly, then handed it to Tanya and said:

"So, Miss Tanya, who is about to grow up, can you do your father a favor?"

"Huh?" Tanya, who was standing by, had already seen that this was the potion formula that her father had never allowed her to touch, and there was also a potion business plan for Bator Hell.

"Write them down, then give these potion formulas to your brother's drow-affiliated Siatt, and tell her that from now on, our family's potion business will be handed over to her." Artilicia So said.

If they want to spend quiet time pursuing their dreams and legendary destiny, there must be someone to carry the burden forward for them, right?

Of course, this kind of burden cannot be placed on daughter Tanya.

And Zolxiat is a good candidate.

Although doing so would definitely result in the quality of the potion being inferior to what he produced himself, and there would be a risk of the formula leaking out in Baator Hell.

But for the amount of medicine required for a Bator Hell, even if a dragon worked until it died, and then used the Lich Reincarnation to extend its life, it would not be able to keep up with the production.

As for the leakage of potion formulas, whether it is [Sobriety Potion] or [Wrath Mixture], it has already been known to everyone in the plane of Ellaria, but as long as he continues to learn, there will be new potions. invented.

He still has this bit of confidence.

"Can't you go back?" Tanya asked somewhat belatedly.

"Well, Dad, I need to 'get some sleep' in this 'Dream of Toril'."

Until this moment, Tanya suddenly felt a little lost.

My mother has become a god, my brother has gone to heaven, and my only father will also die here.

She was the only one left in the whole family.

Although she was a little reluctant to give up, she also knew that she should not become a burden to the family.

Tanya suddenly gave Father Long a hug and whispered:

"Then we'll sleep and see you again."

"Goodbye, sleep well." Artilicia patted her daughter's still childish back.

After sending Tanya back to Baator Hell, Artilicia came to the old devil Dalonas where the old god was present, bowed with the mage's salute and requested:

"Lord Dalonas, can you teach me the art of arcane magic?"

The old devil Dalonas pretended not to understand, raised his hand and knocked on his head:

"I'm not an arcanist, I'm just a devil."

Artilicia smiled and said:

“I want to learn from your philosophy of building the soul engine of design.”

Dalonas narrowed his eyes and took a deep look at the silver dragon in front of him, smacked his lips and said:

"Then you might have to start with 'Magic Power' first."

"Please feel free to teach me." Atilicia's body bowed even more humbly.

"Tsk, you are the real devils."

The old devil felt that his vacation plan was probably going to go to waste.

While Atilicia was learning magic dynamics from scratch in the depths of the Analok Desert in the Faerûn continent and even restoring the arcana from the excavated ancient Nether books, David in low-Earth orbit was orbiting After flying around the planet Toril for thirteen times, he finally accelerated himself to 57,890 kilometers per hour. In this way, he completely broke away from the gravitational pull from the planet Toril and directed himself towards the nearest planet outside Toril named Calpe. The planet shoots away.

At this moment, he has turned into a silver dragon through [Jealousy].

It's too cold in space, and he can't maintain the [arrogance] mode all the time. However, the silver dragon state, which belongs to the cold element, can ignore the cold as nothing. At the same time, the [Magic Energy Absorption] glyph on the body surface allows him to directly draw from the surroundings. Drawing magic energy from space to maintain the body's low metabolism, just like a red dragon sleeping in magma.

After six and a half hours, David passed by the meteorite belt formed by the moon Sulon, which is the Tears of Sulon.

This belt-like area composed of countless asteroids and rocks of different sizes shines faintly in the starry sky. Each asteroid seems to be gently caressed by the silvery light of the moon, like a string floating in the night sky. The pearl of the world.

Rumor has it that this was caused by the war between Suellen and her twin sister Shar.

But this is the first test of this interstellar journey for David at this moment. He needs to use the power of the six "Tianhui Engines" on his wings to control his body to avoid the rocks and small rocks floating in the starry sky. planet.

At this speed, if he hit one, he would have to log off and restart.

But just when he was about to fly out of the Tears of Sullun, David had an idea and used a [Meteorite Technique] to drag a small rock in relative motion over, as if to himself. It looked like it was covered with a layer of eggshell again.

After disguising himself as a wandering 'micro-meteor', his nerves relaxed and he was ready to enter the first stage of sleep.

According to the current speed, it will take him about two years and two months to fly to Calpe Star, use Calpe Star's gravitational slingshot to accelerate himself to about 90,000 kilometers per hour, and then head towards the next planet that has been destroyed. The huge water planet named Chadus by the great arcanist Oberon flew away.

Then he uses the gravitational slingshots of Goss, Garden, and Hekas to accelerate himself to 150,000 kilometers, or more than 42 kilometers per second, before he can break free from the gravitational constraints of the star and fly towards the comet outside the star system. .

This is destined to be a long journey that competes with endurance and character.

A thirty-two-year interstellar journey across the sea of ​​stars.

Fortunately, the old devil Dalonas had already calculated the best voyage route for him in advance. All he had to do was wake up periodically and correct the course to ensure that he could use the gravitational slingshot to accelerate when he arrived at the next planet.

The only shortcoming is that he cannot log off from Toril and return to Baator Hell or Ellaria at any time like Long Mei.

Otherwise, even with the power of the Five-Colored Dragon Queen, she may not be able to find him in the vast space and reconnect the soul projection back.

The only one who has the ability and qualification to control the entire kingdom and heaven is the God above God.

Because of this, even after he successfully completed the 'marking', Rose or the Five Color Dragon Queen could not directly destroy it in No Man's Sky.

You must wait for it to approach Toril, the main material plane, or be summoned by the high elf to be transported to Ellaria.

And at that time, if the high elves don't change its orbit.

Then forty-four years later.

Once this trip is successful, he will gain the right to make strategic arrangements based on this plan for at least twelve years for the Five-Colored Dragon Queen and even his mother Pavla.

Of course, the premise is that he can complete the mission assigned by the Five-Colored Dragon Queen, that is, successfully approach the King-Slaying Planet, observe it, and leave a mark on the comet, a mark that cannot be easily discovered and removed even by the incarnation of a god.

The observation mission of the former is relatively easy. After all, even the elves and gods may not have been able to imagine that a giant dragon could fly across the star sea for thirty years like him, quietly approaching the Killing Star at the edge of the country's sky, just to stay. Next mark.

Just as he had to be in deep sleep for most of his trip, he believed that the same was true for the incarnations of the two elven gods.

After all, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, so how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days?

The most important thing is that an intelligent consciousness is always awake and trapped in the dark sea of ​​stars.

Will go crazy.

Only the latter is very troublesome. It must hit the King Killer directly like a meteorite, just like those aimless micro-meteors in the universe.

No props attached to spatial coordinates can remain intact and stable under such an impact.

Not to mention the divine power mark, which is equivalent to directly announcing their intentions to the elves and gods.

But he couldn't wait that long.

Must set out immediately.

Otherwise, once the rear cannot come up with a better solution, it will directly mean that the plan is completely bankrupt.

‘Damn, it would be great if ‘my ashes’ could be used as coordinates. ’

He sent this absurd idea and problem to the floating city in the Toril desert through communication technology, and then slowly fell into a deep sleep.

There are still thirty-two years left.

He chose to believe in the wisdom of the 'Hunter Dragon'.

Choosing to stay in Toril and becoming the 'Dragon that stands behind David', dragon father Artilicia was also confused after receiving the 'technical difficulties' submitted by David.

After searching through various unearthed 'Nese ancient books' and failing to find the answer, Atilicia chose to go back to Baator Hell, and then shamelessly sought out the powerful God Pagoda through the Pillar of Faith. Furla's help.

After some thought, Pavla came up with a possible derivation plan, a result of Blue Star's 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry that she had not been able to witness before David traveled through it:

"Quantum dot ink."

An ink containing ‘synthetic quantum dots’, where quantum dots are semiconductor nanoparticles whose electronic structure allows them to absorb or emit light.

This property makes them excellent in display technology, bioimaging, photovoltaics, and many other applications. They can even be used as fluorescent probes to label and track cells and molecules at the microscopic level.

And this is definitely a direction that even David, a Blue Star traveler, could not imagine.

"A kind of ink? As long as it's in the alchemy field, I can definitely make it."

"Wait for me! Son smash!"

Artilicia, who returned to Toril, fell into an unprecedented frenzy.

Just like in order to cooperate with David's plan to steal the century-old fragrant fruit.

Learn to calculate spatial coordinates from scratch.