The young man with black hair and black eyes grew up in an orphanage on the edge of the kingdom's capital. Although his life was poor but very warm when he was young.

Children without parents gathered together to keep warm, and grew up under the protection of a dying old dean.

Even if he had to take on housework that other children didn't need to do at a very young age, he was very lucky at that time.

We were very lucky that this haven did not encounter any major storms.

It wasn't until the eldest child in the orphanage had become a strong boy with black hair and black eyes that the old director actually stepped into the tomb and slept in the ground.

Immediately, whether it was luck or misfortune, the boy with black hair and black eyes was selected as a qualified member of the Brave Reserve Army and became a [quasi-brave].

In this way, even if he is an orphan with nothing, he still has the ability and money to continue to maintain this shabby orphanage, preventing his younger brothers and sisters from suffering hunger and poverty.

But the price he paid for this was that he himself would undergo arduous training and hone his swordsmanship and magic every day.

Just wait until the [true brave] is in danger, inherit the brave's [strongest holy sword], and continue to fight for the kingdom and people against the three evil earth gods and a star god who created the earth god.

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However, whether it is luck or misfortune, the black-haired boy does not seem to be the protagonist of this era. He is a "quasi-brave" from beginning to end.

The true hero—a heroic girl with long crimson hair—successfully defeated the Star God who tried to exterminate humanity at the cost of sacrificing the "Strongest Holy Sword" with her own life.

The soul of the Star God was sealed in the "Strongest Holy Sword", and the eternal body of the god was recovered by the human kingdom, which began to study how to use its power.

Although there is still one earth god who has not yet been eliminated, the human kingdom is already preparing for the celebration of victory.

At this moment, the quasi-braves who were about to lose their mission received an order from the kingdom and needed to select some people to send to the battlefield to defeat the last earth god, trying to use the power of the [Lower Holy Sword] to eliminate him as soon as possible.

The last threat to the human race.

I don't know whether it was the sense of responsibility deep in his heart that he was a quasi-hero of the kingdom, or whether he was deeply touched by the death of the red-haired hero he longed for, but the black-haired boy resolutely volunteered to embark on the battlefield.

He was both brave and ignorant and made a promise to his brothers and sisters in the orphanage that he would return safely.

However, should I say it was unexpected? Or expected? That final battle was extremely tragic——

The true form of the Earth God is a giant made of metal and rock. If it were not for the participation of several low-level holy swords and quasi-braves with special qualifications, humanity alone would have almost no hope of victory.

But even so, the battlefield was still brutal. The ground for several miles around turned into lava, the human army was swallowed underground, and the would-be brave boys and girls sacrificed one after another in order to buy time.

Until the end, only the black-haired boy, who was best at swordsmanship and divine mysteries, was left alone to confront the Earth God. Full of regret and despair, he used forbidden magic to shatter the Earth God's giant body.

The Earth God was finally defeated, and at the cost of losing his body, his soul fell into a hundred-year slumber.

The black-haired boy also endured the petrification curse of the Earth God with cracks all over his body and internal organs almost shut down due to the price of forbidden magic, and fell asleep peacefully.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already the world five hundred years later...

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When Serekia received the contact notice signed [God-Slaying], the memory of this young man with black hair and black eyes gradually revived in her mind.

When she met him seven years ago from a world that was almost plunged into doomsday, he was wandering the earth in a seriously injured state that could die at any time.

But even then, he still didn't drag his tattered body around to keep fighting——

When you are hungry, look for food, when you are thirsty, look for water, when you are tired, take a rest, and when you are rested, continue fighting...

He doesn't look like a living zombie at all, but only his fighting spirit and belief in immortality keep him moving forward.

Moved by this belief, Serekia and her team rescued him and introduced him to the Macrorealm Ark.

At the beginning, his spiritual world was so riddled with holes that he couldn't even answer his name.

After his injury improved and he tried to communicate, it was with the enthusiastic help of Serekia and Karon that he settled on a name that didn't seem like a name like "God-Slaying".

...In other words, at that time, her relationship with Cuaron was not as rigid as it would later be.

Thinking of this, the nameless fire in Serekia's heart boiled again, and she fiercely inserted the practice sword in her hand into the rocky ground under her feet, causing a continuous wave of magma.

"That's it for today's exercise. Let's clean up the place."

Leaving a message to the surrounding knight attendants, Serekia disappeared into the knight training ground of the imperial capital with her own maid.

A group of tense knight attendants and lower knights around them breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the strongest aerial combat knights in the empire, Duchess Serekia Eubitilia, one of the greatest contributors to the empire's victory in the Continental War, a strong person who can personally challenge mecha weapons.

Although every time he returned to the Imperial Capital, he would give guidance to his juniors as a routine. But for some reason, when he came back this time, the aura around him was extremely heavy and terrifying.

Even some sensitive newcomers will be frightened to the ground just by looking at it.

"It was obviously not like this in the past..."

Although almost all the older Sky Knights thought so in their hearts, no one dared to say anything.

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Serekia is not in the mood to care about whether her expression and breath scare people. Just like the expressions and eyes of ordinary people who stay up late for three days are also scary, she is very confused inside now.

She tried hard to use various methods to restore calm, but every time she thought about the non-existent [Karon], her heart would be confused and her mood would become anxious.

Revenge, planning revenge, exercising to vent, finding someone to talk to... Serekia has tried various methods, but the results are not very good.

——Celekia tried her best to find something else to do to divert her attention.

Looking at the name of [Zhu Shen] who requested contact in the badge communication, Serekia decided to listen to what he wanted to do first.

Many years have passed since he was introduced to the Macrorealm Ark, and Serekia did not pay special attention to this once decadent and lifeless young man.

I just heard that he has been performing daily security duties in the death courtyard in recent years... seems to have settled down?
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