Escape Through the Gray Fog

[Fallen Zone · Longevity Island, eastern shore]

Crack!

Inside the meteor crater still glowing with embers, a charred vine was crushed beneath someone's foot. Black charcoal flakes mixed with the gray-white sand beside it, rustling down around the person's shoe.

Then, the anime camera rose from the sole of that shoe.

Before long, it focused on Tiandao's exquisitely detailed face, rendered in the style of a Movie Edition.

He stood expressionlessly before the spot where Rose Gentleman Wilfred had vanished, his azure eyes filled with fathomless depth, as though he were contemplating something.

During this time, the white rose petals Wilfred had turned into when he disappeared slowly drifted apart before Tiandao, as if hinting at the old gentleman's "graceful exit."

But both Tiandao and the Dimensional Audience on Station 13 understood that Wilfred was definitely not dead.

Whether it was Longevity Island's special rules or Wilfred's own Star Source traits, both ensured that he was among the hardest of all Star Envoys to kill. His survival ability was practically maxed out.

Wilfred might not have posed any substantial threat to Tiandao from beginning to end.

But Tiandao knew very well that, first, Wilfred simply did not have much killing intent.

Second, he had long grown weary of his present life.

Thus, while he appeared to be following the ancient god's decree, he still retained a certain degree of autonomy in how exactly he carried it out.

The number one rebel of Longevity Island—that was this guy.

However, this was still only the early stages of the Longevity Island storyline. There were many things that even an old-timer of Longevity Island like Wilfred could not be absolutely certain about.

Therefore, although he did have some thoughts of "cooperating" with Tiandao—

Until he was certain Tiandao had what it took, he