Volume 5 Pearls Chapter 501: The Last Vacancy of the Ceremony
Chen Lun stood in the middle of the music store with an expressionless face.
On the shelves and walls around, there were violins, recorders, and other orchestral instruments of different sizes, as well as some niche instruments. Some customers stopped to look, and some came and went, but they seemed to be unable to see the two people, nor to hear the moving music played by the blond man.
[Spiritual Intuition] seemed to be ineffective, and there was no movement. Even though Chen Lun could clearly feel the unprecedented pressure Howard brought to him, this powerful passive that had always helped him to warn him was like a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.
This made Chen Lun feel even more solemn.
As the crisp notes of the piano gradually became lighter, Howard's body swayed gently, like a pianist immersed in the performance.
"Struggle, rejoice, repeat, until the great victory...Jack, your script is like the four chapters of this song, and it is coming to an end. I think it's time to give you an ending."
Howard said without turning his head.
Chen Lun stared at His back, the veins on the back of his hand that was gripping the silver staff bulged, and he resisted the urge to transform into a mythical creature and rush forward to deal a fatal blow to the opponent.
Since I embarked on the path of destiny, behind the many coincidences, it was this blond man in front of me who fanned the flames and guided them behind the scenes, which ultimately had a great impact on myself and the people around me... the death of Mr. Byers, Arnold's exile, Noah's narrow escape from death, and all the anxieties I have felt since I traveled through time.
All of this was facilitated by Howard!
He knew that he would have to fight the other party eventually, but he didn't expect that this day would come so suddenly...
Perhaps it was his promotion that aroused His vigilance, or perhaps the other party's plan was nearing completion... In short, this moment came quietly.
Chen Lun couldn't suppress his murderous intent.
His eyes instantly turned into a pair of emerald pupils, and a few crystal-like white scales appeared at the corners of his eyes. All the musical instruments in the store rang and vibrated at the same time, and countless cracks appeared on the walls and ceiling. The guests were horrified by this inexplicable strange phenomenon and ran out in panic, shouting.
"Don't be impatient, Jack. I know you hate me, but there is still some time for your last performance...please allow me to say something."
Howard kept playing with both hands, and "Symphony of Fate" came to the final chapter. The passionate melody seemed to foreshadow that the struggle had reached the end and a sweet victory was about to come.
But at this critical moment, he deliberately pressed a wrong note, and with a thud, he broke the perfect playing, and it was also like a terminator, forcibly ending the song.
The blond man turned around slowly.
On the deep facial features, a pair of sapphire eyes are smiling.
He then took out another book.
The book cover says "King of Clowns".
"This is a script about you, Jack, but I didn't write your ending... I never like seeing the endings of other works, because when I was young, I always felt lost and empty after seeing the endings, and had an extremely strong sense of detachment... I think it's because I was too involved and resonated with those characters, so I felt sad and happy, painful and entangled for them. Once the ending is over, all the stories will turn to dust and fall to the ground."
Howard shook his head nostalgically.
"Honestly, I don't like this feeling... Over time, I stopped looking at the ending of the story. At most, I just imagined a beautiful future in my mind, where those characters live forever and everyone is happy forever."
He smiled and stared at Chen Lun, as if he could not see the murderous look in the latter's eyes, and just said to himself:
"You are my favorite character. If possible, I don't want to write your ending... But I have more important things to accomplish, and I need you to fill this final vacancy."
"It seems to be just as I expected."
Chen Lun said coldly.
"You have been hiding for dozens or hundreds of years, and all you have planned is for this moment, for the Angel Ascension Ceremony... So I am also a part of your ceremony?"
"Well, you could say that."
Howard didn't hide it and nodded frankly.
"But this is the royal city. You actually showed up here in broad daylight. Aren't you afraid that Emperor Andre will suppress you?"
Chen Lun asked indifferently.
Howard chuckled and shook his head, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said calmly:
"The Sun King? He is indeed a great monarch who dominated the Fifth Era for more than four thousand years... But now he can hardly protect himself, and it is almost impossible for him to take action. The oracle of the fierce father is like a sword hanging over his head, ready to fall at any time."
He spread his hands and smiled.
"The script this time also proves this point very well... I followed the example of Duke Huan and pushed the 'Three Starry Sky Families', the Sun, Moon, and Stars, to fight each other. After the Fourth Epoch, I completed a great moment like the 'Hour of Pearls' again, forming a new cycle of fate, thus advancing the promotion ceremony of [Sequence Two - Anonymous] by half... The Sun King clearly saw this, but did not personally stop it. He only erased the traces of the little prince's existence to reduce the effect of the ceremony. This shows that "He" is indeed bound by his hands and feet and cannot use too much power."
Howard explained it slowly to Chen Lun, his tone as if he was sharing interesting things with a friend.
"Unfortunately, I was well prepared... The ceremony went on as expected."
After hearing this, Chen Lun narrowed his eyes slightly.
According to Howard's words, he thought of the "Time of Pearls", which was the great deeds of Duke Huan recorded on the Monument of Destiny... The Lord of Destiny had hidden behind the scenes in the Fourth Era, pushed the God of Death Bankrotf to the front, and used His power of killing and chaos to disintegrate the Star God Cult from within, causing the Anita civilization to split into three major families, which corresponded exactly to the three families of the Sun, Moon and Star.
What he didn't expect was that everything Howard did was actually imitating Duke Huan... Or was it that the promotion ceremony to Destiny Sequence Two was to complete some kind of epic destiny cycle?
'But who plays the role of the old man who buries the bones in this fight?'
A flash of doubt flashed through Chen Lun's mind.
The next moment, the answer quietly emerged——
'It was the Council of Generosity... In the Church of the Seven Gods, the key faction choice was the difference between myself and Houston, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back... At the same time, the Council of Generosity took the path of conspiracy, which happened to symbolize the god of death.'
Chen Lun took a deep breath, seeming to feel the meticulousness and terror of all this layout. Howard was the most unscrupulous, even crazy guy he had ever seen.
Howard slowly stood up from his chair and continued:
"Now, the ritual only lacks you, Jack... The promotion of an angel requires the unique divinity of the path authority, and the bookmark in your hand happens to correspond to a divinity of the path of destiny. Although it is incomplete, it is enough to support my promotion."
His expectant eyes were revealed from beneath the lenses.
"Are you confused as to why it is in your hand? Haha, because I left it in your hand... Although it is extremely important to me, according to the 'Law of Supernatural Fusion', if it stays with me, it will have a huge and uncontrollable influence, causing me endless troubles before all this is formed, and even affecting the smooth implementation of the plan... And now, it's time to take it back."
Chen Lun's pupils shrank suddenly and he took a step back unconsciously.
Was Howard scheming me from the very beginning? !
At the beginning of the time travel, the reason why I was able to obtain "Philip's Adventures in Wonderland" was because of his guidance behind the scenes? !
"No...something is wrong. So many things don't make sense!"
Chen Lun's mind was in a mess.
He quickly used the [Multitasking] skill, and with the support of the mythical creature's characteristic "Skull of Enlightenment", his brain worked rapidly, thinking about the blind spots that he had not noticed.
But more and more threads were tangled together invisibly, forming a knot that was difficult to untie. Chen Lun himself did not realize that his fingers were trembling slightly due to the fluctuation of emotions.
"Fate is always like this. It is destined, but it also gives people a sense of magnificent ups and downs. It is not a toy, but it is better than a toy..."
Howard turned his head and looked to the side, his sight seemed to pass through the wall of the store and look at the golden Sun Palace.
He said calmly:
"Jack, I will wait for you in the depths of the dream world. I believe you will come... because my time is running out, and your time is also running out."
The voice hasn't fallen yet.
Howard disappeared without a trace.
Chen Lun still stood there, holding the silver cane tightly, not even paying attention to controlling the strength. The part that was sticking on the ground went straight through the ceramic floor, leaving cracks.
He felt a strong sense of pollution spreading from his body, and those dazzling white crystal scales emerged one after another.
'I'm losing control?!'
Chen Lun's heart tightened and he quickly controlled his emotions.
The mythical power gained after the transformation was extremely powerful, but it was also accompanied by terrible pollution. This was the first time that Chen Lun felt his body and spirit, like a nuclear bomb about to explode, causing him to feel extremely uneasy.
After a moment.
He let out a long breath, and the emerald vertical pupils in his eyes returned to normal. The murderous intent gradually dissipated, returning to its depth and silence.
The white crystal scales that appeared on his body also slowly disappeared.
He knew exactly what Howard meant by what he said before he left... The ceremony was about to be completed, and Howard would not let him go, but the Royal City was not a suitable place for a decisive battle, so He chose the Dream World.
'Even if I don't go, Howard will probably have a backup plan. Once He really becomes an angel, I will never be able to turn things around...Although it's hasty, this is my only chance.'
Chen Lun has made up his mind.
He will go to the dream world, face Howard, and face his own destiny.
Then break it with your own hands.
But before that, there is one more thing I need to do...
Chen Lun ignored the boss who was shivering in the corner, dropped a bag of gold pounds, and turned to leave the musical instrument store.
