Chapter 183: Naive Child, Only Through Pain Can One Grow Into Adulthood (First Update)
Heiser raised her light golden beautiful eyes.
“Light up a… new sun?”
She spoke softly.
With bewilderment and a little yearning.
That was indeed her own wish.
As a High Elf who grew up on the Lost Island since childhood, this small island and the Royal Court were Heiser’s entire world.
Unlike the elders in the Council Hall, she did not have the ambition to return to the Western Continent, make the Elf Race as strong as during the Glorious Era’s Elf Royal Court period, and stand at the pinnacle of the continent again.
From beginning to end, Heiser’s wish—
was simply to make this island in the darkness a little brighter.
To allow the eyes of her tribesmen on the Lost Island, who were accustomed to darkness, to see the magnificent sea, the full splendor of the Royal Court, and each other’s faces clearly.
If only that were the case, she would be satisfied.
However, soon, the Golden Elf lowered her head again with a hint of disappointment.
“Teacher Shaya, you do have a sense of humor.”
She could understand that Shaya was trying to comfort her.
After all—
To spread Arcana and magic among the Elves of the Lost Island, for them to completely let go of the corrupted power originating from their bloodline.
To possess the ability to face the Fallen Sun and leave the Lost Island.
This was destined to be an extremely long and arduous process.
The power of bloodline was the cornerstone of the Elf Race’s existence. To make the tribesmen willing to abandon it and embark on a new path with an uncertain future would undoubtedly encounter countless obstacles and opposition.
Heiser had even prepared herself to dedicate her entire life to accomplishing this.
Even if the long wait disappointed Shaya, and he eventually chose to leave.
But…
Compared to her own thoughts, what Shaya said was truly a pipe dream.
“Light up a… new sun.”
That was a divine Authority surpassing Deities—
In the Glorious Era, the supreme Creator was known by the title of Sun God.
Even though the radiance of the Glorious Era had dimmed, its aftershocks still rippled through the entire Prime Material Plane, persisting for thousands of years without dissipating.
Even with Heiser’s confidence in the youth beside her, knowing that Shaya as a wizard was not his entirety, she did not believe Shaya could possess power that surpassed the Creator.
“So, Heiser.”
“You should have some faith in your teacher.”
Shaya unhurriedly patted his Shī Jiang’s head again, a smile revealing on his lips like he was abducting an innocent young girl.
Opportunities to take advantage of his Shī Jiang were extremely rare; each time was a loss, so he had to cherish them.
“Someone once told me—”
“Since you’ve chosen to walk the path of a wizard, you should cast aside all past reverence, leaving only a pure heart of inquiry.”
“To analyze everything in this world with Arcana, with known rules and principles.”
“Whether it’s inanimate objects or living beings… or even Deities, it’s all the same.”
Shaya’s words paused slightly.
“The Authority called a Star is not exclusive to the first Creator.”
“As long as one understands its principles, then it’s not necessarily impossible for you, me, or any wizard to touch upon it.”
“With our current Status, we indeed cannot reach the magnitude of a Sun God, nor can we create a Star that illuminates the entire Western Continent.”
“However, merely illuminating this Lost Island… that can still be done.”
As he spoke, Shaya took out a small core from his embrace.
Heiser could see that it was a magical item crafted from metal and magic array patterns.
Within it was engraved and solidified a profound, never-before-heard-of, never-before-seen magic model.
“This is the product of dissecting the principles of a Star’s operation and manifesting them into a tangible magic model.”
“I shall call it—the ‘Solar Furnace’.”
Shaya handed the dull, small core in his hand to the maiden before him.
“My spiritual power is limited on the Lost Island, so I cannot mobilize magic on a large scale.”
“Try injecting magic into this core, Heiser.”
The Golden Elf took the small magic furnace core from Shaya’s hand and examined it carefully.
It was quite ordinary.
Could the Authority of the Sun’s operation truly reside within this small core?
A trace of doubt arose in her heart.
However, out of trust in Shaya, Heiser nodded obediently and extended her plain white finger.
Formless radiance gathered at her fingertip.
The new power called magic, which originated from the Astral Realm and had been adapted over several months, now under her command—
was injected into the dull magic furnace core.
The next moment—
Boom.
The Golden Elf’s light golden beautiful eyes suddenly widened.
In that instant, she heard the magic particles resonating thunderously within the core.
This was not a low-level trick like ‘Light Spell’.
But a miniature, fierce sun truly ignited within the core forged from alloy and magic array patterns.
Although the magic she injected into this magic furnace core was only the magic of a low-level spell, enough to unleash a ‘Fireball’ spell at most.
But at this very moment.
Light and heat far exceeding the limit that a low-level spell could sustain were released within the magic furnace core.
Pure and brilliant radiance erupted from the magic furnace core, surging into her vision like a tide.
It illuminated the silent, gloomy beach, and also illuminated the pitch-black sea.
Although she had lived on the Lost Island for hundreds of years, this was the first time Heiser had seen the full view of this beach and sea.
Under the radiance of the magic furnace, the vast sea surface shimmered with sparkling waves.
Tens of millions of tons of seawater gently rippled in the faint light, like a dim, golden star sea, ebbing and flowing, rising and falling.
The figures of the Golden Elf and the Human intertwined in the slanting radiance, casting long shadows on the beach behind them.
Heiser remained silent for these few minutes.
She was immersed in the scene before her, which resembled the afterglow of a sunset, in prolonged silence.
Until, at a certain moment, the magic previously injected into the core burned out, and the magic furnace extinguished.
The curtain of eternal night replaced the brief light, once again shrouding the beach and the sea.
“Teacher Shaya, this is what you said…”
“A new sun?”
The Golden Elf’s gaze remained fixed on the sea, even though darkness had returned.
“Mhm.”
Shaya idly played with the magic furnace core, which had dimmed again.
“The core you used earlier was just a miniaturized portable Solar Furnace I used to power the Black Knight Mech.”
“And if scaled up according to a similar principle.”
“Then it can become a new light source illuminating this island beneath the curtain of eternal night.”
Heiser’s originally dim eyes—
Flashed with light again as Shaya spoke.
The feedback from her spiritual intuition told her.
This was not an unfounded promise—
But a tangible reality.
This island of eternal night could truly usher in the day when it would be illuminated by sunlight once more.
…
Shaya watched the Golden Elf, whose eyes were filled with flickering light, from the side.
He had also remained silent during those few minutes, but it was not because he was lost in that momentary brilliance.
Having bathed in sunlight every day since his birth, Shaya, while understanding Heiser’s emotions at the moment, had never personally experienced the hundreds of years of perseverance in darkness, making it difficult for him to truly empathize.
Just now, the moment the Solar Furnace was ignited.
He vaguely sensed.
In the center of the Lost Island, atop that towering ancient tree.
An ancient and lofty will had slightly cast its gaze downwards.
Although there were no further ripples beyond that, Shaya was certain.
His arrival, and the magic furnace that had just been lit, had already been detected by that ancient will.
“Realizing that it perceives an Authority similar to, or even exactly the same as, its own, has it finally become restless?”
“Because of the immense constraints and limitations, it remained calm and is preparing to use its controlled chess pieces to interfere?”
Shaya suppressed the ripples in his heart.
He had discovered the location of that slumbering will within the branches of the World Tree from the beginning.
And all of Shaya’s previous actions were intended to attract its attention.
He wasn’t afraid of its approach; rather, he feared it wouldn’t come.
Shaya didn’t know how long he could remain in the Historical Echo of the First Era, so he naturally couldn’t continue like this indefinitely.
The Lost Island had been plunged into darkness for too long; it couldn’t afford further attrition.
Only by thoroughly intensifying all the latent problems and conflicts on this island.
Then, like a swift knife cutting through tofu, resolve everything quickly.
However, that future—
Might not unfold as the Golden Elf maiden currently wished.
“Let’s go, Teacher Shaya, I’ll take you to the Royal Court.”
“To create a large-scale magic furnace capable of illuminating the entire Lost Island, we will need the support of the other tribesmen.”
“I believe everyone in the Royal Court will surely welcome your arrival.”
A sweet voice sounded in Shaya’s ear, with a hint of impatience.
Shaya looked at the Golden Elf before him.
This was a figure entirely different from the future “Eternal Page” Heiser, still possessing a touch of girlish innocence.
“Naive, immature children can only truly grow into adulthood after experiencing pain, can’t they?”
Shaya sighed in his heart and took her plain white little hand.
“Lead the way.”
