A little note: If a dialogue starts with ' ' to end with " " it goes from being thought to speaking aloud.
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It was a message that Adolf never really thought of seeing because he didn't even know that something like this could happen, with some curiosity he opened the slope and when he did, he received a big surprise, this was so great that his brain turned off for several minutes without being able to process accurately the information that appears in front of your eyes.
[Due to some outside influence the quest [End of War] has changed]
[Mission difficulty has warned... Completion conditions have changed... Failure conditions have changed... Mission time limit has changed... Rewards have changed... Penalty has changed...]
[Please review the changes the mission has undergone]
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[An eternal ash]
-Mission range: ?
-Description: From ashes he was born and in ashes he died, grants eternal rest to the one who was denied him and gives the deserved and glorious end of the ¿? once and for all.
-Objective: Finally give eternal rest to the Sovereign of War.
-Completion Conditions: Win a solo match against the War Sovereign.
-Failure Conditions: Lose against the War Sovereign.
-Time limit: Indefinite.
-Rewards: Gnosis x1, Lamentum x1, Armor of the? x1, key of ? x1.
-Penalty: Final death.
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Adolf's eyes had a complicated light shining through them, the mission although his goal was the same, to end the War Sovereign once and for all for reasons totally unknown, the way to complete this had changed in his the most but the biggest changes were time limit, rewards and completion.
On his part the time limit had been removed so there were no worries in that regard, now Adolf could take decades if he wanted but for some strange reason he felt that this was not possible.
The second aspect that changed the most was the rewards section, these were totally unknown before but now Adolf had the opportunity to know what he would get at the end of the mission, the bad thing was that he was completely unaware of what they were used for and whether or not they would be useful to him .
The third and last aspect that changed the most was the penalty, before although it was unknown as to the rewards at most he thought he would have a stat decrease or something similar, but now it was shown as the simple words that the penalty is "death final" and although he does not know what is the difference between a normal death or definitively Adolf surely did not want to find out.
With a deep sigh, his eyes lost all their shine again and became cloudy, like stagnant water.
Adolf felt "lighter" so to speak when venting, even if his body was practically immortal in theory his mind was still the same, a couple of years although significant could not completely destroy and change the foundations of a "human" mind later of everything.
After a moment's hesitation Adolf simply closed his eyes without paying attention to his surroundings and for the first time since he could remember he slept soundly without being aware of his surroundings.
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In a room dimly lit by simple but lovely looking artifacts hanging on the beautifully decorated walls, the room was decorated with fine furniture made of an unknown dark brown wood that seemed to be made by hand.
In that room sitting on a sofa was a woman with golden hair like the sun, she did nothing more than just sat while she slowly drank some coffee, she stayed like that for a long time until she finally put the cup on a small table in front of her. to her.
With a smooth movement she took something out of the apparent nothingness, it was a crystal in the shape of a three-dimensional six-pointed star, it was colorless but in the center there was what seemed to be a small pale blue prism, the woman touched the crystal gently. with the tips of his fingers verifying the information of this again.
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[Crystal of Golden Dreams]
Type: Consumable (Uses 1/1)
Quality: Heroic (Pure)
Durability: 100/100
-[Effect]: Allows the user to contact the person they desire the most in their dreams. In the dream, both the user and the desired person will be able to feel everything like the real world, but compared to the real world, they will not be able to suffer any harm. At the end of the dream, both the user and the desired person will remember everything.
-[Duration]: 7-9 hours (Depends on the mental strength of the desired person).
-[Description]: A crystal born from the dreams of a maiden who waited for her lover to return to her, in the end the maiden and her lover will never be able to meet again, leaving an unbroken promise that in oblivion has remained and a love that turned into ashes.
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With a soft sigh that at that precise moment meant many things such as desire, doubt and regret.
With a quick and fluid movement she lay down on the sofa holding the crystal close to her chest, it was a few minutes before her thoughts went out like a match in the summer winds, at last her eyes closed and the crystal on. his hands lost what little shine they had.
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When her consciousness awoke the eyes of a golden-haired woman, she noticed that she did not see the person she yearned for anywhere.
'Even though I knew I might fail, I still clung to the idea that my wish could come true... I wanted my wish to come true.'
She said with a voice tinged with disappointment.
Her small lips released a soft and small sigh while her eyes began to wander in the place where she was, after a few moments she recognized where she was and she began to walk unconsciously towards that place.
'I haven't walked by this place in a long time and I had practically forgotten it, it's a truly magical object' she thought wistfully.
While he was walking past a store and wanting to look inside it he ended up looking at her reflection.
Her previously golden hair like the rays of the sun had turned light brown, her amber eyes were light brown again, her hands ran all over her being as she admired the changes in her body and marveled, for this was the aspect from her body before being sent to that world.
The more she walked and entered the depths of her memories, the more her appearance changed, she became younger and younger while her memories flowed endlessly.
At one point, a young woman of 10-12 years old was dressed in simple light blue pants along with a white shirt and a light blue wool sweater, the scene in front of her was a port in the afternoon, the waves They continuously hit the rocks of the coast in an apparent chaos, the soft sea breeze together with the typical smell of the sea made her eyes admire the view in front of her with great pleasure.
But while she was admiring her, she heard something that shocked her to the bone.
I feel the seasons go by
capturing those colors that make me think
in the time we lost"
Turning his head to where the voice originated, he found a young man of his own age wearing exactly the same clothes, they even had the same hairstyle but there was something in particular that stood out among everything, his features, these were identical to hers , be it their eyes, nose, lips, cheeks or features of the face, everything was identical.
Without looking at her, the young man continued singing.
"Looking once up to the sky
One day I saw a tear fall pushing us towards that sad abyss"
"No matter how hard I try to avoid them
there is no escape anymore
my dreams are gone
I have lost the reasons to continue"
"That, promise, unfulfilled that has been forgotten
And the passionate love that turned into ashes"
And when we wake up from the dream
my feelings will not have changed
I will continue to love you... my greatest memory of love"
Her eyes began to fill with tears as she listened to the song, because it was a song that she never thought to hear again, because the only person who sang it to her had disappeared years ago.
"I feel the breeze of the wind
capturing those colors that I once
in the past I could see"
"No matter how hard I try to avoid it
there is no escape anymore
there is no turning back
the consequences of that lie will arrive"
"That, promise, unfulfilled that has been forgotten
And the passionate love that turned into ashes"
And when we wake up from the dream
my feelings will not have changed
I will continue to love you... my greatest memory of love"
"I will continue to love you... I will never forget your love"
In the end, her eyes continuously shed tears as she listened to the end of the song, then the young man did not make any noise again and simply stared at the sea and its apparent infinity.
The young woman couldn't contain it anymore and she ran to him with tears while she screamed with all the affection and sadness of her heart.
"Ellie!"
Her cry reached him and he turned slowly to look at her, their eyes met when she was already a few steps away from him, when she started to get closer it was as if she had passed a thin wall of water and her appearance returned to what it should be. be, but she wasn't interested in that, no, she was interested in the young man in front of him.
Sickly pale skin, spectral white hair and captivating purple eyes, his body was thin but he didn't seem weak but quite the opposite, she wore only ragged pants while his torso was totally naked.
Although she didn't know how someone could go through such a drastic change, but that was not what she mattered at that precise moment.
"Eli…I…I missed you so much all these years," she said with a big smile as she continued to cry.
The young man opened his mouth and in a monotone voice spoke, "Eli...I've given up that name a long time ago, now my name is Adolf, Irina or should I call you sister?"
Erina didn't know what to say, in her mind she was prepared for this moment, she was prepared to be hated and even attacked but when she looked at Adolf's she realized, in his eyes there was no anger or resentment, much less the flames of fire were burning. revenge, because inside those there was nothing, it was nothing more than a void.
Adolf easily knew what Irina was thinking but still he did nothing and instead he walked towards the sea and sat on a rock letting his feet get wet with the ocean water, without looking back Adolf spoke.
"For some strange reason every time I'm awake it's hard for me to control my emotions and stay calm, this has been the first time in my life that something like this has happened to me."
"No, looking back, it was the second time this happened to me, the first time it happened years ago, in our childhood, or am I wrong, Erina?"
Erina did not answer her question and walked to sit next to him, as Adolf allowed his feet to get wet in the ocean water, and after a moment of silence and with a doubtful and fearful voice, she asked.
"Do you still hold a grudge against me?"
"No, honestly no, that hatred has long since disappeared."
"I see..."
There was a moment of silence in which neither of them spoke, and the first to break it surprisingly was Adolf.
"Thanks to you I was able to meet them."
"Know them?".
"Yes, meeting them, who were once my teacher and my greatest friend, thanks to your actions I was able to get to know them."
"I see and where are they? Are they okay?"
Adolf looked at the horizon and answered with a soft voice, "They are dead or rather I killed them."
"...!".
"They didn't need more than one hunting dog so naturally ending their lives was the right choice, the master was already old and his body was no longer the same, thanks to that his effectiveness dropped considerably and he no longer maintained a position of high rank as before."
"..."
"As for what I once called my best friend he was... too soft, he always took pity on the targets and ended up failing too many missions for their liking, in the end thanks to his kindness and compassion he met the end of his life."
"..."
"When the time came I knew it was better for me to do it than have some stranger desecrate his body in various ways or not get rid of them cleanly, so in the end I took both of them with my own hands."
Eli...
"I still remember how their bodies lost heat and how their life came to an abrupt end, but still they didn't blame me and just smiled...they really were bastards until the end."
"Eli it wasn't your fault, so…"
Interrupting her Adolf spoke, "I know, it was their fault for being weak in body and mind, but it was also my fault for being weak in heart and not being able to help them, in the end all I could do was take the master's name as my own." .
It was at that moment that Irina saw how Adolf turned to look at her and with a soft smile his lips parted and words came out of them that made Irina's eyes widen in shock, her pupils were dilated to the size of a pin while she prayed that the words she had just heard were nothing more than a lie.
"When the time comes I hope to have your help, my dear sister, my beloved Irina."
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Note: The song that Adolf sings is none other than the OP 1 of eureka seven performed by the band Flow entitled "Days".