Dawn breaks with the sun, a new day arrives as promised.
The Hero washed his face simply, and after breakfast, he first arrived at the Offshore Island Chapel, which was still empty.
The Church's chapel opening hours are not standardized; most chapels operate throughout the day, including the forr Offshore Island Church. At this ti, there would often be believers coming for morning prayers.
However, the Offshore Island Church has now adopted a reservation system.
Currently, the interior is empty, with only the morning light falling through the colored glass onto the swimsuit, creating a peaceful scene.
The Hero took out the Sea Jade containing the Little Sea Horse's contract, placed it on the high platform, then clasped his hands and began to pray silently.
Accompanied by the girl's longing, the blue Treasure Bead harboring the elf began to float, gradually transforming into starlight, rging into the swimsuit, and finally becoming an embedded jade at the position of the chest.
The Little Sea Horse appeared, reluctantly circling the Hero twice.
"Then I'll leave it to you to watch over here." The Hero extended a finger, gently tapping the Little Sea Horse's head, then proceeded alone to the empty space in the backyard of the Offshore Island Church.
The Offshore Nun and Gleaming Scale Serpent had been waiting here for quite so ti.
Though it was the day of the Saintess's departure, the island did not prepare any grand farewell ceremony.
After all, with the Holy Artifact as a road sign, the Hero could co over anyti he wanted, so there was no need to rally a large crowd for this.
Thus, only one person and one serpent were here to bid farewell.
"Well, I'm off!"
"Safe travels, Lady Saintess/Queen."
Then, brilliant starlight suddenly blood. The Hero's figure swiftly expanded in the light, and even in daylight, the dazzling Star Wings soared high, revealing a Divine Statue of a goddess, elegantly and independently standing.
[Hero (Returning Star) LV80]
Strength: 322 | Agility: 672 | Constitution: 667 | Intelligence: 806 | Perception: 288 | Charm: 333
After several years, the Offshore Nun witnessed this Star Stone Statue once again, vastly transford compared to the past, yet still sacredly beautiful, her expression beca incredibly focused, unwilling to miss a single detail before her eyes.
The Hero waved to the two, then fluttered her wings.
No running start, nor any need to gather strength, she transford into a stream of starlight flowing upward, disappearing instantly from the spot, leaving only a trail extending straight to the sky.
[Hero Skill Activation: Escape World's Star Wings—Third Escape Speed]
At the initial fusion of Returning Star, the Third Escape Speed could only be reached using the Carnival Horn; now, the Hero could easily control it at normal pace.
However, she did not directly accelerate to the limit and slip into the world's layer but paused briefly in the high sky near the clouds, gazing down at the Offshore Island.
The wide island barely appeared in her sight, and sowhere near the center of the island, golden radiance flickered as if waving goodbye to her.
Receiving the signal from the Flower Field Master, the Hero also waved back from the clouds. Then, without lingering, she turned her head.
Star Wings flapped, streaming across the long sky, the Returning Star Goddess Statue finally transford into a distant star in the sky.
The once lengthy voyage completed at the speed of Star Wings transford into indistinguishable fleeting glimrs.
When scenery around blurred to the extre, and everything lost its concrete form, she finally broke free from the world's gravity, slipping into the void layer connecting star to star.
Here, direction, speed, even ti and space lose aning—it's an external realm only dared tread by senior Traveling Mages, a labyrinth of dinsions.
Without a precise guide, an accidental intrusion ans eternal loss.
But this is no challenge for the Hero transforming into Returning Star.
In the next mont, she followed the path engraved deep in her soul, traversing a distance beyond normal calculation, regaining the coordinates of the Material Realm.
Yet, the Hero didn't choose to directly erge at the locations of the Noble Lady or Dusk Fairy.
If manifesting abruptly in the form of a Returning Star Goddess Statue, it could cause damage to surrounding structures...
Thus, learning from past mistakes, she skillfully decelerated at the mont before reaching the coordinates, accurately breaking out above the Holy City.
"Woohoo~"
In the mont of thrusting through the celestial curtain, the Hero relieved the Transformation of Returning Star, free-falling toward the Cathedral.
Her entire body spread wide, the white skirt fluttering fiercely in the wind, indulging in the caress of high winds, then this wind beca her new wings, the girl like a free bird, adjusting her posture through the clouds.
The shimring coastline unfolded before her eyes, she gazed below, finally seeing again that vividly colorful, grand and magnificent Holy City.
"Wow?"
Capturing the entire Holy City in her view, the Hero couldn't help but let out a slightly dazed exclamation.
As the headquarters of the Church, the fountainhead of Kingdom faith, and the largest port city of the Kingdom, the Holy City has always been bustlingly lively.
Yet the Hero has seen its apocalypse.
Streets broken, buildings empty, bell's silence, no more faith and prayers...
If not for leveraging the status of the Eternal Holy Sword, she alone could not have produced such elaborate and real prophetic dreams, nor would there be another Holy Sword waiting for her to forge a contract across the continent.
Thus, that was a "simulation" occurring only once.
Precisely because she had witnessed an unimaginable despair, she returned here sowhat impatiently.
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