" Phainon! Dan Heng! Look over there!"
March 7th broke the dull silence with a joyful shout as she pointed to the back of a relatively intact metal structure at the edge of the platform.
The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw two faint lights stubbornly flickering in the shadows.
The light carried a familiar, lingering rainbow hue from the sky; though extremely dim, it was not completely extinguished.
It's Lunabis and Sorabis!
After Aegle's fall, the bodies of these once elegant and powerful Skywing Beasts began to irreversibly dissipate.
At this moment, their massive bodies became almost transparent, like two fragile phantoms made of starlight and iridescent embers.
Light continued to peel away from the edges of Lunabis's streamlined wings, Sorabis's majestic neck drooped, and his eyes were filled with weariness and the impending eternal sleep.
They should have returned completely to the embrace of the sky and merged into the starlight, but at the last moment of their dissipation, their process was unintentionally delayed by the freezing air of the ice bow on March 7th, which carried the meaning of " Eternity ".
This allowed the two winged beasts to successfully retain the last trace of their existence and power.
Furthermore, after taking everyone away from the " Dome Stronghold," they could even return to the " Vortex of Genesis " using their divine sense.
"They... can still move?" A hint of surprise flashed in Dan Heng's eyes.
As if sensing the gazes and predicament of the crowd, Lunabis struggled to raise her almost transparent head, emitting a faint yet incredibly clear mental fluctuation that directly reached everyone's hearts:
"The last... Child of the Sky... bears... the journey home..."
Sorabis also let out a low, resonant sound. It struggled, using its last strength to make its almost transparent, enormous body even more solid, as if in a final burst of energy before death.
Dan Heng and Phainon exchanged a glance. There was no time to hesitate; this was their only hope!
"Quick!"
Phainon was the first to rush towards Lunabis. Dan Heng followed closely behind, and on March 7th, carrying Mimi, they lightly leaped onto Sorabis's broad but now illusory back.
The moment the three of them and the bewildered one stepped onto the back of the winged beast, Lunabis and Sorabis simultaneously let out a long, soul-piercing cry.
This cry is no longer one of sorrow, but rather one filled with a resolute determination and a heroic spirit of sacrifice.
The last remaining trace of "sky" divine power within them was completely ignited, and their illusory bodies burst forth with unprecedented iridescent light, like two shooting stars igniting in the eternal night.
"Roar--!!!"
Suddenly, the wings unfurled, no longer the flapping of physical feathers; two dazzling streaks of rainbow light tore through the deathly darkness that enveloped the platform.
With unstoppable momentum, it swooped down towards the holy city of Okhema, shrouded in eternal night!
It was incredibly fast; the sound of the wind in their ears turned into a piercing shriek!
The winged beast beneath him dissipated rapidly as it plummeted, the points of light flying backward like burning stardust.
March 7th held Mimi tightly, while Dan Heng gripped his spear firmly, maintaining his balance.
Phainon knelt on Lunabis's back, a baseball bat stuck in his side, his gaze fixed intently on the approaching outline of the Holy City below.
Just as they were about to cross the invisible boundary that enveloped the holy city and enter the Okhema airspace—
Lunabis and Sorabis's bodies finally reached their limit, bearing the weight of the three of them and burning out their last bit of divine power. Their almost completely transparent bodies suddenly exploded.
There was no loud noise, only an incomparably dazzling and gentle rainbow of starlight, like the grandest fireworks, silently blooming in the sky above the holy city of Okhema.
"The sky... is burning." Phainon's face was filled with sorrow. "The dawn of Okhema... has ended..."
The starlight gently enveloped the falling crowd, supporting them and allowing them to land as lightly and steadily as feathers on a relatively intact holy city square.
As their feet touched solid ground again, March 7th and Dan Heng turned around abruptly—
All that could be seen were the scattered iridescent stardust, which did not dissipate into the void, but instead, as if drawn by some divine force, transformed into two pure streams of starlight.
Immediately, the two streams of starlight silently merged into the center of the Holy City, at the entrance leading to the " Vortex of Genesis," and completely integrated into it.
Lunabis and Sorabis, the last celestial companions, sacrificed themselves to complete their final act of protection, sending hope back to the Holy City.
At the very moment they landed, from the direction of Dawncloud Cliff, a pure and holy white light, containing supreme " Eternity " power, shot into the sky!
It instantly dispelled the darkness over the square, casting warm light back onto the still-shaken people.
The Dawn Machine... has been repaired!
The holy city of Okhema has regained its light!
Phainon stood in the plaza where light and darkness alternated, looking up at the sacred pillar of light that had re-lit the Dawncloud Cliff, and then looking down at the rainbow battle staff in his hand that shone even more brilliantly under the " Eternity " radiance.
The sacrifice of the winged beast, the reappearance of dawn, the mystery of the Flame Reaver, and the increasingly clear call within one's body, stirred by the war club... countless clues intertwine and collide.
A new storm seems to have just begun.
Phainon frowned slightly, "Why is that...?"
The darkness that recently descended upon them remains an unsolved mystery to everyone. "If there were truly similar records... it's impossible that Teacher Tribbie wouldn't have mentioned it at all."
Even if Hyacine were to inherit the divine authority over the sky, she probably wouldn't be able to dispel this darkness...
" The Black Tide... its power probably surpasses even the authority of the Titan."
Mimi flew out at that moment, shivering. "This... is this the end of Okhema...?"
Phainon was the first to rally, especially now that the "holy city" of Okhema had regained its light.
"Don't give up, we are the guides... We must not lose our way first."
"Unexpected events are the constant on our journey. No matter what, we will stay with Okhema until the very end."
Dan Heng chimed in, saying that their " Trailblaze " business had always been like this.
On March 7th, a blind spot was discovered. "Over there—do you see that? Those damaged structures seem to have turned into a flimsy, hollow material..."
"I've never seen this phenomenon before... Is it also caused by the Black Tide? There are so many things that lack explanation... but we don't have time to stop and investigate further."
"We can't delay any longer... Let's go down the mountain. Hopefully, the Core Flame of Kephale is still safe and sound."