Chapter 195 The End of Life
"The world began in chaos, until the goddess awakened from her long sleep."
"She created everything in the world with her great divine power, and countless creatures were born in her hands."
Luke carefully checked the Goddess Codex and read out the contents of the Creation chapter bit by bit.
All goddess magic comes from the Goddess Codex and has been interpreted by countless sages from ancient to modern times. However, the current development progress is less than 3%.
"Elves are the closest children to the goddess, with their long lifespans, profound wisdom, and watching eyes."
"Human beings are the most beloved children of the goddess. Their short life span is exchanged for abundant emotions, and the spark of inspiration is born from this."
"Demons are the most despised children of the goddess. They are the gathering of all the filth in the world, cold-blooded and cruel, ruthless and cunning."
Terela took over Luke's words with a smooth and emotional tone. She put the food on the table and looked at Luke with her head propped up.
"You also believe in the goddess, and I've never seen you pray?" Luke asked, putting down the holy book.
"It's not about faith, I've only heard it all since childhood." Terela smiled lightly. The wrinkles on his face seemed to have faded a bit, "Only a monk who believes in the existence of the goddess from the bottom of his heart and prays like a monk can be considered a believer... You seem to be very interested in holy scriptures recently."
Luke put down the holy book and said with a normal expression: "I just look through it when I'm bored."
How to extend lifespan has been his topic a long time ago, but no matter how he experiments, there is no progress.
Restricted by ethics and conditions, humanoid immortal species such as elves and dwarves do not have any books recording their body structures or theories of immortality.
Among all the immortal species, only the body structure of demons has been recorded, but it is almost non-existent. The bodies of demons are very strange, as if they are made of pure and stable magic power. They will turn into nothingness when they die, and they will become nothing if they are injured too much. It will collapse, and its body will appear to be no different from a human being.
Luke had tried to secretly add a little bit of his own flesh and blood to the food and feed it to Telela, but obviously elves were not a panacea, and the secret of immortality was not here.
He can only accept that he does not understand himself.
After thinking for a long time, Luke understood that it was very likely that there would be no way to extend life span in this world.
After all, the original work is a drama that explores life, time and emotions. The legendary goddess who created the world most likely did not consider the possibility of changing the lifespan of species at the beginning of creation.
Since lifespan cannot be extended, Luke can only consider time magic.
But problems still come one after another.
All concepts are created by human beings to facilitate understanding of the world. Time is unimaginable and has no theoretical basis to support it. The only thing that can be used as a reference is the "Bird of Time" in the Goddess's sacred scripture that has not yet been deciphered.
In the original work, after the Goddess Monument is activated, it will be "archived". By reactivating it, you can travel to the recording point. However, "The Bird of Time Chapter" hides the magic to escape from the recording point.
But regardless of the fact that this kind of magic to read archives is very rigid, it took the brave Simmel fifty years to decipher "The Bird of Time Chapter", and the Goddess Monument is also a consumable item that is destroyed once used, which can provide a lot of information for research. The help is approximately zero.
This was a direction that no one had ever explored before, and even Fulian, who had lived for a thousand years, had no theory to help him.
Magic cannot be created without imagination and without theory.
There had been no progress for many years, and seeing Terela getting older and older, he felt that he was gradually becoming anxious, especially after the conversation with Amir that day.
When Amir passes away, Luke will be sad, but he will not be particularly demanding. He has a complete and happy life, and even if he dies, he will sleep peacefully surrounded by his descendants, wife and children.
Terela was different. She chose herself, an immortal species, as her partner. She lost the ability to be a mother and spent her whole life on him. Luke had to try to keep her, even if there was a slim chance.
Unless Terela wants to leave voluntarily and without any nostalgia.
…
After lunch, Terela half-reclined on the bed to rest. As she got older, she didn't like to move very much. She was already sixty years old, and her energy had declined severely.
"Amir has been ill recently, would you like to go over and see him?"
Hearing this, Lu Ke put down the holy book and looked serious: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Amir is sixty-eight years old. He has not had any serious illnesses in recent years, but many minor illnesses. The last time Luke saw him, his eyes even felt much darker, so whenever he was sick, Luke would see him every time.
"It's not serious. Sally just informed me."
"I'll go take a look and I'll be back in a few days." Luke hesitated, "Why don't you... rest at home?"
Terela no longer likes to go out in recent years. Occasionally she would ask Luke to handle something, but thinking of some bad possibilities, Luke shook his head.
"No, you'd better go with me. We'll choose a slower and more comfortable carriage."
Terela probably guessed what Luke was thinking and refused with a smile, "You can go alone. Don't worry about me. I'm in good health. It's not that time yet."
"...I'll be back soon."
Luke went out and carefully asked his servants to accompany him at all times. After arranging things at home, he returned, touched Terela's dull hair, and repeated it.
"I'll be back soon."
Terela nodded, watching the elf disappear around the corner with somewhat cloudy eyes, and then leaned on the bedside tiredly.
She could detect Luke's slowly impetuous heart beneath his calm expression, just as Luke could detect hers. When two people live together long enough, they will feel that their minds are connected, as if they have become an extension of each other's body.
Over the years, she has embraced the outdoor sunshine, maintained a healthy and regular schedule, ate fresh fruits and vegetables, and persisted in doing simple housework in the fields, just to live longer.
I don’t know if I can live another ten years.
Terela sighed and suddenly heard a strange male voice.
"Don't worry, you can live beyond ten years. This is the future I see."
At some point, a figure appeared in the room. The figure's body was covered in a cloak, but the horns on his head had revealed his identity.
Demons! The demon took off his cloak, revealing his handsome face and eyes that were indifferent to the point of mercilessness. He then bent slightly to Terela and bowed.
"First meeting, Ms. Terela."
"I am Shorahat, the deputy of the Demon King - Shorahat the Omniscient."
…
It was already late at night when we arrived at the renovated Campbell Mansion. This place had become unfamiliar to Luke in recent years. The house where he had stored half of his life had been demolished and renovated, and it was changing faster than people.
Luke knocked on the door, and a young strange man opened the door.
He is the new butler who succeeded Charles two years ago, just as Charles succeeded Arnold.
Lu Ke didn't remember his name, and he didn't even remember the names of An Rui's two children. He didn't want to know more people, at least at this stage.
"Welcome home, Master Luke."
Luke nodded casually, walked through the corridor, went straight to Amir's room, and saw the old man sleeping on the bed.
He did not wake up Amir, but stood quietly in front of the bed, looking at his old appearance, as if he wanted to carve him into his mind.
Time passed slowly, and Amir was surprised to see Luke after waking up, and his spirits improved a lot.
"When did you come? Why didn't anyone notify me?"
"Just arrived a while ago."
Luke moved a chair and sat in front of him, "You are so old, Amir."
"Because it's been a long, long time."
Amir smiled softly, "When I get older, I like to recall the past over and over again. Every time I see you, it always makes me feel that these decades of life are just a long dream, but when I look in the mirror, I will Bring me back to reality."
He suddenly glared at Luke, "You bastard, why don't you age? If we were both old, I would definitely be more handsome than you now, and Mi Wei would definitely choose me."
"Miwei?" Luke was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was saying. He was a bit dumbfounded.
"You have been married and had children for decades, and you are still thinking about that woman. Believe it or not, I will tell Sally what you said."
"It's just a joke, but you actually believe it."
Amir laughed loudly, his laughter was clear and hearty, as if he had returned to his once energetic youth.
Slowly, his laughter became dry and hollow, and then he looked at Luke with a look mixed with nostalgia and pain.
"You did what you said. You said you would come earlier and you will come earlier."
Luke had a bad feeling in his heart, "What does this mean?"
There was some regret in Amir's eyes, and he slowly became relieved, "I couldn't catch up with my mother to leave, but you can catch up with me and you are always better than me in everything."
"If you don't feel well, go see a monk. Don't tell me these useless things." Luke stood up and paced back and forth a little irritably, turning to stare at Amir and asking.
"Didn't Sally say it was just a minor illness?"
"It is indeed just a minor illness and has been cured. It's just that my life span is coming to an end."
Amir was very calm at this time, "Don't be sad, brother."
"Family, friendship, love, noble status, outstanding achievements, many people can't get two of them, but I have them all."
"You should be happy for me."
Luke covered his face and took a few heavy breaths. After a moment of silence, he looked at Amir and asked softly: "Do you have any wishes that you want to realize?"
"No, I have lived a happy life."
Amir answered affirmatively and smiled at Luke, "Just accompany me on this last journey."
After a moment of silence, Luke nodded.
"good."
In the next two days, Amir and Luke talked a lot about themselves.
He spoke in great detail and clarity, starting from childhood to old age, from the mansion to the army, and back to the mansion again, repeating it once and then a second time.
He actually kept the old mottled table and reinstalled it on the renovated roof of the mansion as a secret base. At night, he just pulled Luke to sit on it and told him energetically.
"At that time in the land of swords in the northern countries, several of us went to draw the sword together, but we couldn't pull it out. At first everyone was laughing, but then we stopped laughing."
"It's so cold in the Offen Mountains. People get sick every day. There are beautiful icicle cherry blossoms there that can cure illnesses. We take turns picking them."
"An Rui was very noisy when he was a child, right? I beat him many times after you and Terela left. He is still a little afraid of me and feels that I am not good at teaching children, but this child is not bad now. If he continues Give me a chance and maybe I can do better."
The sound in my ears became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped.
Luke looked at the bright moon, the moonlight elongated and deformed in his field of vision through a layer of water-stained moonlight, and he remembered Lenis's teachings.
She said that separation is a required course for elves.
"You should face all those who leave calmly."
(End of chapter)