198. Chapter 198 – Thirty Years of Leaping the Star Ocean

Chapter 198 – Thirty Years of Leaping the Star Ocean

Two hours later, when David successfully broke through the gravitational well of Torrell’s planet into near-Earth orbit by virtue of his physical body, he finally didn’t hold back to look back, gazing at the gradually diminishing Feren continent below and the magnificent sea of stars rising in his field of vision, and letting out heartfelt exclamations of admiration.

In his last life, the beautiful fantasy of ‘dying on Mars’ that didn’t wait for him didn’t expect to be realized in this moment, in such an alternative way.

In the extremely primitive and limited technology of the present, this is destined to be a one-way ticket.

If it was in Ellaria, he would never have had the courage to make such a crazy move.

After all, there is only one life, in addition to dreams, but also life is not.

That is, with the five-colored dragon queen Tiamat under the deal, he was able to use the soul projection of the Batou Devil, to use this to realize the dream of running to the stars and the sea at the moment.

David used [Spell Illusion] to record the magnificent scenery he saw at this moment like a camera, and then used [Telecommunication] to send it back to the ground ‘Ghost City Base’.

And when this ‘planetary panorama’, which was once again transmitted by intelligent beings through space after a thousand years, landed in front of Papa Long, Atilicia, who was originally still a bit apprehensive, suddenly felt an unspeakable feeling of emotion and pride in her heart:
”This, is my Attilicia’s child.”

Obviously, there was no communication between them, but Attilicia still felt David’s determination and mood of desperation through this ‘Panorama of Planet Torrell’.

She couldn’t help but think of her own strong desire to explore and learn about the world outside Dragon Island when she was young, and the embarrassing scenes when she tried to leave Dragon Island several times in her early years, only to be forcibly brought back by the silver dragon guards who were searching for the realm.

But since when exactly, in one’s own head, all that was left was earning money?
And just how long had one, oneself, been stagnant in the ‘seemingly unrivaled’ position of Master Alchemist?

Perhaps, it was the moment he successfully developed the [Sobering Potion].

Although he didn’t enjoy the flowers and applause from the world at the first time, he still thought that with his achievements at that age, he had already stood on the same level as those famous masters, coupled with the almost insurmountable spiritual pressure from Pavoula’s peak-like achievements, he had a feeling of disillusionment that he couldn’t surpass the other party in this life anyway, and only hoped to earn more money to get the best from Pavoula, and to get more money from Pavoula. He only hoped that he could earn more money to get another kind of recognition from Pavela.

Until Pavla became a god.

The difference between a mortal and a god left him in a state of utter confusion.

It wasn’t until David’s invitation from hell that he found some ‘worth’ in himself.

He knew that Davy didn’t mean anything else, he just thought he liked that feeling of seizing wealth.

Until it brought him that reminder from the Queen of the Pentacle before leaving for Toriel:

“If you have hopes for the path of legend or even god-by-god in the future, don’t waste too much time on chasing money, because restraining boundless desires and loathing mediocrity are the necessary qualities that lead to the Legendary Mandate of Heaven.”

These words were like a heavy hammer that struck above his soul and could not be calmed for a long time.

Only he himself knew that he wasn’t addicted to chasing money, nor did he have too many desires, and was equally disgusted with his mediocrity.

He is only .
Some can not find their own direction.

Until this moment, to see his own child in order to complete the task entrusted by the dragon queen, in order to break the Killing King Star this set of shackles on the neck of all the dragons to run to the stars and the sea alone, but he can not help any help powerless, he finally suddenly realized.

Perhaps the direction had always been under his feet.

And he was just caught up in the confusion of his mind.

All he had to do was to bend down and pick up his beginnings, with his curiosity for the unknown and knowledge.

At least for the Arcanist or the Alchemist in his own right, as long as there was endless learning, it always led on the path to greatness.

And a slight bit of wisdom slightly above the dragons seemed to be the only advantage he, Atilicia, could take.

At this moment, it was as if Atilicia had finally seen his destiny on the map of the stars that his son had ‘photographed’ in near-Earth orbit.

His legendary destiny.

“Dad. What’s wrong with you? Didn’t my brother say everything, that he’s just sleeping things off? When the time comes for us to return to Ellaria together, my brother and I will both be young dragons.” Compared to the sentimental dragon father, Attilicia, dragon sister Tania was much more naive and optimistic.

Just like many young dragons, she always dreamed that she could grow up quickly.

Hearing Tania’s words, it was only then that Attilicia suddenly realized that she had, at some point, already burst into tears.

He touched Tania’s little head and said with a smile:

“Yes, after a nap, you should all grow up.”

If his own parents knew that they had spent a total of just a few years raising these two dragon children before they quietly grew up on their own, they didn’t know if they would be swept right off their feet when they returned to Dragon Island.

Atilicia, who was amused by this somewhat shameful thought, immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote quickly before handing it over to Tania and said:

“Then the soon-to-be-grown-up Miss Tania, can you do daddy a favor?”

“Hm?” Tania, who was at the side, had long since seen that this was the potion formula that her father had always kept her from touching, as well as a copy of Barto Inferno’s potion business plan.

“Write them down, and then give these potion formulas to that Drow Elf dependent Hiatt under your brother’s command, and tell her that from now on, our family’s potion business will be handed over to her.” Atilicia said so.

If they wanted to pursue their dreams and legendary destiny in peace and quiet, someone had to carry the weight for them, didn’t they?

This kind of burden certainly couldn’t be placed on their daughter Tania.

And Zorciat was a good candidate.

Though doing so, it was also destined to result in potions that were not as high quality as the ones he produced himself, and there was a risk of the formula getting out in Barto Inferno.

But with the demand for potions in a Bato Hell, he couldn’t keep up with the production even if a dragon worked until he died and then renewed his life with the Witch Demon Transmutation.

As for the potion formulas flowing out, whether it was the [Sober Potion] or the [Anger Combination], it had long been almost ‘well known’ in the realm of Elariya, but as long as he continued to learn, there would be new potions that would be invented.

This was a point of confidence that he still had.

“You’re not going back?” Tania asked with some hindsight.

“Well, dad, need to ‘sleep on it’ in this ‘Toriel’s Dream’.”

It was only at this moment that Tania suddenly felt a little lost.

Her mother had become a god, her brother had gone to heaven, and her only father was also going to sleep here for a long time
In the whole family, she was the only dragon left.

Although she was a bit reluctant to let go, she also knew that she shouldn’t become a drag on the family.

Tania suddenly gave Papa Dragon a hug and said softly:
“Then I’ll see you in the long sleep.”

“See you in a long sleep.” Attilicia patted her daughter’s still-childish back.

After sending Tania back to Bato Hell, Attilicia came to the old devil Dharonas, who was in his old mind, and bowed in a mage’s salute to request:
“Lord Dharonas, could you teach me the way of the arcane arts?”

Old Devil Dharonas pretended not to understand and raised his hand to knock his head:
“I’m not an Arcane Artist, I’m just, well, a devil.”

Attilicia, however, laughed:
“I would like to learn your philosophy of building and designing soul engines.” Dharonas narrowed his eyes and examined the silver dragon in front of him deeply, smacking his lips:
“You might have to start with ‘Magic Dynamics’ then.”

“And please don’t be shy.” Attilicia’s body bowed more humbly.

“Tch, you guys are the real devils.”

The old devil felt that his vacation plans were, 80%, going to go down the drain.

While Atilicia was deep in the Anarok Desert of the Feren Continent, learning magical dynamics from scratch and even restoring the arcane arts from the unearthed Nesser antiquities, David in near-Earth orbit, after flying thirteen times around the planet Toriel, finally accelerated himself to 57,890 kilometers per hour, thus completely breaking free of the gravitational force from the planet Toriel, and shooting himself towards the closest planet outside of Toriel, named Karl Pei’s planet.

At this moment, he had already turned into a silver dragon through [Jealousy].

It was too cold in space, and he couldn’t maintain the [Arrogance] mode all the time, but the silver dragon state, which belonged to the cold system, could ignore the cold, while the [Magic Energy Draw] carved on his body surface allowed him to draw magic energy directly from the surrounding space in order to maintain the low metabolism of his body, just like a red dragon soaking in magma and sleeping.

After six and a half hours, David swept to the meteorite belt formed by the moon ‘Sullen’, the Tears of Sullen.

This band of countless asteroids and rocks of varying sizes shimmered faintly in the starry sky, each asteroid seeming to be gently caressed by the moon’s silvery-white rays as if it were a string of pearls floating in the night sky.

Rumor had it that this was the result of the great battle between Sullen and her twin sister Shar in the first place.

But this was the first test of this interstellar journey for David at the moment, who needed to maneuver his body to avoid the rocks and asteroids floating in the starry sky through the outpouring of power from the six ‘Heavenly Wisdom Engines’ of his wings.

At this speed, if he hit one, he would have to go straight offline and restart.

However, when he was about to swept out above the Tears of Sulun, David, who had a bright idea, utilized a [Meteorite Technique] to drag and pull a small rock in relative motion, just like putting a layer of eggshells back on himself.

After disguising himself as a stray ‘micrometeorite’, his nerves relaxed and he prepared to step into the first stage of slumber.

At the current speed, it would take him about two years and two months to fly to the planet Calpe, use Calpe’s gravitational slingshot to accelerate himself to about ninety thousand kilometers/hour, and then fly towards the next massive water planet that had been named Chardus by the Great Arcane Master Oberon.

Then, using the gravitational slingshots of several more planets in succession, Gos, Garden, and Hecas, he accelerated himself to more than 150,000 kilometers, or 42 kilometers per second, before he could break free from the gravitational bonds of the star and fly toward the comet outside of the stellar system.

It was destined to be a long journey of endurance and heart.

An interstellar journey of thirty-two years over a sea of stars.

Fortunately, the old devil Dharonas had already calculated the best route for him in advance, he only needed to wake up regularly for a while to correct his course and ensure that he could utilize the gravitational slingshot to accelerate when he arrived at the next planet.

The only drawback was that he couldn’t get offline from Toriel and return to Bato Inferno or Eralia whenever he wanted like the Dragon Sisters.

Otherwise it might not even be possible to find him in the middle of the vastness of space and re-link the soul projection back with the power of the five-colored dragon queen.

The only one who had the ability and qualification to control the entire Kingdom of Heaven was the God on God.

Because of this, even after he had successfully completed the ‘marking’, there was no way for Rose or the Five-Colored Dragon Queen to directly destroy it directly in that uninhabited deep space.

They had to wait for it to approach the main material plane of Toriel or be summoned by the High Elves and teleported to Elariya.

And at that time, if the High Elves don’t perform a re-orbiting operation on it.

Forty-four years later.

Once this trip was successful, he would have secured for the Five-Colored Dragon Queen, and even for his mother, Pavla, at least twelve years’ head start on a strategic arrangement based on this plan.

Provided, of course, that he was able to complete the mission that the Five-Colored Dragon Queen had given him, namely, to successfully approach, observe, and leave a mark on that comet, a mark that could not be easily detected and touched off, even by a deity incarnate.

The former observation mission was relatively easy, after all, even the Elven Gods might not be able to imagine that there could be a giant dragon that could leap over the sea of stars for thirty years like him, quietly approaching the Killing King Star at the end of the edge of the Kingdom’s sky, just to leave a mark.

Just as he had had to be in a deep sleep for most of his trip, he was sure that the two incarnations of the elven gods had done the same.

After all, there was only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to prevent one.

Above all, an intelligent consciousness, eternally awake and trapped in a pitch-black sea of stars
was going to go insane.

Only the latter was troublesome, he had to be like a meteorite directly impacting on the King Killing Star, as those aimless micrometeorites in the universe.

There was no spatial coordinate dependent prop that could remain intact and stable under such an impact.

A divine mark would be even worse, and it would be the same as directly announcing their intentions to the elf gods.

But he couldn’t wait that long.

He had to leave immediately.

Otherwise, once the rear could not come up with a better solution, it would directly mean that the plan was completely bankrupt.

”Damn, if only ‘my ashes’ could be used as coordinates.”

He sent this absurd idea and dilemma to the floating city in the Torrell Desert through a summoning spell, and slowly stepped into a deep sleep.

There were still thirty-two years to go.

He chose to trust in the wisdom of the ‘post-dragon’.

Choosing to stay in Toriel to become the ‘dragon that stands behind Davy’ Dragon Father Attilicia was also dumbfounded after receiving the ‘technical difficulties’ submitted by Davy.

After rummaging through the various unearthed ‘Nesser ancient books’ and failing to find an answer, Atilicia chose to go back to Batou Hell, and then unashamedly sought the help of the God of Power, Pavla, through the Pillar of Faith.

And after some thought, Pavla gave a potentially viable derivation of a potentially viable derivation of a Nobel Prize-winning Chemistry of the Blue Planet of 2023, one that Davy had not been able to even witness in the time period prior to his travels:

“Quantum dot ink.”

An ink containing ‘synthetic quantum dots’, where the quantum dots are semiconductor nanoparticles whose electronic structure allows them to absorb or emit light.

This property allows them to excel in display technology, bio-imaging, photovoltaics, and a variety of other applications, and they can even be used as fluorescent probes for labeling and tracking cells and molecules at the microscopic level.

And this, definitely, is a direction that David, a Blue Star traverser, failed to even conceive of.

“An ink? As long as it’s in the field of alchemy, I can definitely build it.”

“Wait for me! Son of a bitch!”

Attilicia, who had re-returned to Toriel, was caught up in an unprecedented frenzy.

As in that year, in order to cooperate with David’s plan to steal the Centennial Fragrant Fruit.

Learning to calculate spatial coordinates from scratch like that.

(End of chapter)