Intertwining Light and Shadow (Part 2)

Outside Tianming City, war raged.

The Spirit Hall Empire's legions gradually encircled Tianming City.

Within Tianming City, a boy and a young man stood facing each other.

The boy wore a white tracksuit, while the young man wore green robes and a dark green hat. He held a harp in his hands, looking somewhat like a bard.

"Even at a time like this, you're still going to stand by and watch?" The boy gritted his teeth. "I'm just an ordinary person, but you aren't! You have the power to save the world... no, at the very least, the power to save this city. Yet you're leisurely acting as a spectator?"

"I am merely a traveler, a witness. Nothing more. I have neither the right nor the need to interfere with any of this. I am simply myself." The bard spoke calmly. "I am only someone who gathers stories, creates music, and spreads music. If I weren't here today, what was meant to happen would still happen."

"As the holder of the Diamond Guardian Badge, one of the Eight Legends of the Heaven Dou Empire, and a legendary adventurer of old, how can you turn a blind eye to all this?" The boy clenched his teeth.

"Anyone can talk big, but when it comes to actually taking action, things may not turn out as you wish. Being a good person does not necessarily bring good rewards. I've seen far too many things like that." A bitter smile appeared on the bard's lips. "Back then, if I hadn't saved that person, I wouldn't have fallen so low, or even implicated..."

"Enough, kid. Stop forcing him. Everyone has their own circumstances." At that moment, a young man clad in battle armor appeared and patted the white-clad boy on the shoulder. "Pack up. Get