Legend of the Shattered Star
A brand new image appeared before Fan En's eyes.
Those were shooting stars scattered across the magnificent and wondrous night sky.
"What a nice view."
He saw a city standing beneath what seemed like an eternal night sky, with meteors streaking across the heavens, a magnificent and epic sight.
This city, stretching as far as the eye can see, is a place with an architectural style completely different from the outside world. It shimmers with a mysterious light everywhere and blends perfectly with the night, as if it were built according to the style of the night. The residents, dressed in strange white clothes, also look up at the shooting stars.
Just by observing, Fan En seemed to be able to guess the various histories of this city, which is the kind of imaginative power that a qualified adventurer needs.
A magnificent and mysterious city, a night sky adorned with shooting stars—if he could see such a sight every day, he would gladly live in this city.
People in ancient times must have eaten so well, and even the scenery they saw was so beautiful!
Fan En felt a pang of envy. He thought back on his life and realized that all the scenery he had ever seen that could be considered "fantasy" had been in the Zane Dungeon. He didn't know whether to call it luck or misfortune.
Although we can appreciate the scenery of the past through various images, simply watching images will make us increasingly unsatisfied.
He now deeply, deeply, deeply envies the people living in this nameless city, if—
"Boom!"
A meteor crashed to the ground, instantly destroying large sections of nearby buildings. Residents caught in the blast were left mangled and bloodied, with virtually no remains.
Whether it was rubble, meteorite fragments, or splattered blood, everything flew past Fan En. He could even smell the pungent stench of blood, and the immersion was at its peak at this moment.
"Why?"
He was stunned; his envy was shattered by this sudden turn of events.
What happened? A meteor hit the ground!
It feels like your computer wallpaper suddenly pops up and punches you.
The first meteor to fall seemed like a battle cry.
Suddenly, purple, shimmering starlight appeared in mid-air, and within the light, a torrential downpour of meteorites crashed to the ground.
The beautiful shooting stars that were originally streaking across the sky seemed to be forcibly pulled by this force, and they all instantly changed positions and crashed into the nameless city.
"Boom boom boom--"
A torrential downpour fell, leaving devastation and death in its wake.
Cities destroyed, residents perished, civilization vanished.
The roar, screams, and earthquakes blended together to create a melody reminiscent of the apocalypse.
Even if it were the end of the world, it wouldn't be this bad.
Fan En was completely stunned.
Where's the promised breathtaking ancient scenery?
My good mood changed in an instant!
It's like scientists painstakingly reviving ancient plants, hoping to recreate the beauty of antiquity, only to suddenly discover that the revived flower is called Gijira.
He suddenly realized that the meteor shower was not a beautiful natural sight, but a calamity that would bring destruction!
In this city ravaged by disaster, there are extraordinary figures who attempt to step forward and stop the catastrophe, drawing even Fan En's attention.
However, the other side did not succeed, because something else fell along with the meteor.
In the illusory darkness, a giant skeletal hand suddenly appeared and grabbed those who tried to stop the disaster.
In an instant, the owner of the giant hand appeared amidst the flickering starlight.
It was a humanoid skull that could only be described as a "giant"—pale, cold, and terrifying, with insect-like pincers extending from its mouth adding to its inhuman and eerie appearance.
The broken forehead reveals a single eye hidden within, the colors of the universe seemingly gathered within it, and all the feelings of the cosmos—grand, cold, magnificent, bizarre—can be found in that single eye.
Having crammed on knowledge about the outside world, Fan En naturally knew the name of this monster.
[Dark Meteor] Astel!
These are monsters that once appeared in the Zane Dungeon. Although they only appeared for a few short weeks, they left a deep impression on people.
Because this thing has never been defeated by anyone!
Fan En had seen footage of others challenging Astel, and based on his own feelings...
The Astel standing before him now was even stronger than the one that had appeared before!
As they were grabbed by the giant hand and forced to stare into Astel's "eyes," the people who stood up in this nameless city let out shrill screams. Their fate was so terrible that even Fan En turned his head away, unable to bear to look.
The moment Astel appeared, the fate of this disaster was already sealed.
The nameless city was not without resistance, nor was it without formidable strength.
But the dark meteor brought them utter destruction; no means were of any use against this mysterious monster.
Astel summoned more meteorites; it turned out that the previous attack was its doing.
Wherever the meteorite passed, it turned everything into wasteland.
"It's a truly hellish scene."
Having experienced the turmoil caused by the Hidden Blood Parasite, Fan En's psychological resilience was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but when he saw this scene, he still closed his eyes like Buddha.
Even with my eyes closed, the oppressive, suffocating terror emanating from Astel still lingered in my mind.
The feeling of despair even seeped into his body through the cries of the city's residents.
However, he believes that the emotions he is feeling now are not even one ten-thousandth as severe as those people felt back then.
It was as if they had fallen into a heavy, stagnant swamp, or plunged into an endless abyss of the sea; no action could change their inevitable fate.
It was at this moment that a question suddenly arose in Fan En's mind.
The Legend of the Shattered Star. Shouldn't the protagonist be Starscourge General Radahn?
Why did I have to see Astel destroy the ancient city?
Wait, Astel, meteorite, shooting star, star fragment.
Could it be that...?
The moment the thought crossed his mind, the terror emanating from Astel vanished.
Instead, he felt an indescribable sense of security that enveloped his entire body!
Fan En quickly opened his eyes, and the scene before him instantly changed. It was no longer an unnamed city, but a field that resembled Caelid, only without the Scarlet Corruption.
Before him stood a burly figure, his entire body clad in lion armor.
The lion's mane-like red hair seemed to be burning fiercely, the excessively wide and heavy double swords pulsated with purple waves, and the skinny horse beneath him formed a stark contrast with its master's physique.
Even just a glimpse of his back is enough to identify him by his striking features.
"Radahn!" Fan En instinctively called out the other person's name.
The figure standing firmly on the ground was none other than "Starscourge General" Radahn!
He now exudes an overwhelming fighting spirit that is almost tangible, his red hair flutters like flames, and his fighting spirit is high!
Before Radahn, the night sky was filled with twinkling stars, and a Dark Meteor streaked across the sky, revealing a grotesque and monstrous alien object.
It's Astel!
Seeing the two sides exuding an irreconcilable hostility towards each other, Fan En immediately understood what the so-called "Shattered Star" really meant.
The wasteland trembled.
Astel's skeletal maw opened silently, emitting a roar that could not be heard by the senses.
The scorpion-like form, composed of glittering stars, radiates an eerie light, while a bewitching cosmic nebula appears all around.
One after another, destructive [Astel Meteorite] peeked out from the nebula!
In that instant, the mysterious and profound universe unveiled a corner of its mystery to the world!
A moment later, a meteor shower that could only be described as a torrential downpour began to crash down on the earth without pause, its force even surpassing the Scourge that destroyed the nameless city!
The target is clearly Radahn, who is all alone!
Regardless of what others do, this time Fan En was genuinely trembling.
But he glanced at Radahn, who was standing in front of him.
That tall figure stood firm like a mountain amidst the torrential rain of meteorites, and even just standing there gave people a sense of security that words could not express.
Strong people always bring a sense of security, and Radahn is even more so!
"By the way, legend has it that he challenged and defeated the star all by himself, so the result this time is—"
Fan En stared at Radahn's retreating figure, his eyes brimming with anticipation.
Just as the meteorites were about to fall to the earth and Astel's giant claws were about to touch Radahn, he moved.
That's a stomp of the ground powerful enough to trigger an earthquake.
The twin swords, deeply embedded in the ground, vibrated as a result, and were then drawn by a strong suction force, automatically flying into his hands.
Then, a War Cry that made everyone involuntarily tense up burst forth from Radahn's mouth!
The deep purple Gravity Magic, which had reached a state of perfection, spread outward from the demigod in an instant, covering the entire plain in the blink of an eye!
That was such a terrifying range of coverage; even forbidden Fan En didn't seem to have many that could rival it.
Fortunately, I'm watching a video right now; if I were actually on that battlefield...
It would probably be crushed by gravity in an instant!
Astel, captured by gravity, and the meteorites suddenly slowed down to an extreme speed. The powerful gravity pulled them toward the ground, and despite its best efforts to resist, it could not escape the fate of being pulled toward the ground little by little.
Like a wild beast slowly falling into the hunter's mouth.
On the ground, Radahn had already raised his twin blades—his [Starscourge Greatsword]—high.
When battle aura and magic burst through the sky, the night sky, filled with countless stars, comes to a standstill.
The two Greatsword fell without restraint.
"----!!!"
The stars shattered.
The earth is cracked.
The stars stopped turning.
Fate is stagnant.
The image freezes at this moment.
The images receded like the tide, all the strange scenes vanished, and what reappeared was Caelid's blood-red sky.
But Fan En stood still, motionless.
His mind seemed to have been stolen away by the blow that shattered the star, and he stared blankly at the amulet in his hand.
The image of Radahn battling the stars, carved on the amulet [Legend of the Shattered Star], shimmered faintly.
After what seemed like an eternity, Fan En finally came to his senses. He stared at the amulet for a long time, recalling the scene he had just witnessed, and the sight of everyone excitedly heading to Red Lion City for the Battle Festival, especially You Fei's confident demeanor.
His expression changed instantly, and he couldn't help but exclaim:
"I'm fighting Radahn???"