角色故事•四(解鎖條件:角色等級80)
「天威煌煌,化而為矢;天雷九重,滌筋盪骨。」
極盡威嚴,仿佛震動全身骨骼的聲音,在意識的最深處響徹。歷經「天虹封典」,她仍需跨越最後的試煉,方能真正執掌符節,以「將軍」為號。
「第一箭,穰災破穢!」
即便是在唯有意識的法界內,她仍覺汗毛倒豎,一股前所未有的警兆如電流般刺痛神經。她凝神觀測方位,口中呢喃爻辭—— 「天雷」猛然落下,法界如瀕臨毀滅的星球,發出可怕的震顫。她堪堪躲過了這一箭,只差毫釐,她便將化為烏有。
「第二箭,誅戰無蓋!」
劫難仍在繼續,絲毫不給喘息之機。她竭盡生平所學,推演方位——這一次,她仍是妙入毫顛地避開了一箭。
「第三箭!」
「第四箭!」
…………
「第七箭!」
她如同翻騰大江中的孤舟,亦如荊棘海中的蝴蝶,唯一能仰仗著不讓自己跌倒的,只有她洞察未來的眼睛。
但精神漸趨渙散,腳下愈發遲緩……她逐漸力不從心。
「第八箭,逆吾者凶!」
「我躲不開了……」
她聽見自己的絕望。為山九仞,功虧一簣…死亡和失敗的陰影蒙上雙眸,而帝弓無情的雷霆已然高懸。
她仰頭望著那即將降臨的天雷,忽然想起了遙遠的過去,師傅為她卜算的一卦,與那個雷聲大作的晴天。
「如果躲不開的話,不妨安心享受這難得一見的奇景吧!」
她聽見年少的自己如此說著。 第八道天雷於此時落在她身邊,衝擊撫動了她的髮絲,但她巋然不動。
第九箭沒有落下,威嚴的聲音告訴她,她已然通過了試煉。
時至今日,她仍不知道——那最後的天雷,是否將在未至的某刻,倏然降下。
但在她啟程向二相樂園之際,她已不再在乎。
——卦曰 :或躍在淵,無咎。
Character Story: Part IV
• Unlocked at Character Level 80
"Radiant heaven, morph into arrows. Celestial thunder, cleanse the flesh and bone."
A voice of absolute authority, seemingly resonating through every bone in her body, echoed in the deepest recesses of consciousness. Even after enduring the Rainbow Ordainment, she still had to overcome this final trial before truly taking up the mantle and claiming the title of "General."
"First Arrow, Purge Calamities!"
Even in this realm of pure consciousness, her hair stood on end as an unprecedented sense of danger seared across her nerves like electricity. She focused intently on detecting its direction, muttering the verses:
The "celestial thunder" struck violently, and the Barrier trembles in fright, like a planet on the brink of destruction. She barely dodged this arrow. One hair's breadth closer, and she would have been obliterated.
"Second Arrow: Fell the Unbridled!"
The ordeal continued relentlessly, giving no room to breathe. She drew upon every bit of knowledge she had learned to extrapolate the trajectory. Once again, she managed to dodge the arrow with perfect precision.
"Third Arrow!"
"Fourth Arrow!"
...
"Seventh Arrow!"
Like a lonely boat in a surging river, like a butterfly in a sea of thorns, the only thing keeping her from falling was her eyes that could peer into the unknown.
But her spirit was gradually scattering, her steps becoming slower... As time passed, her spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
"Eighth Arrow: Quell the Defiant!"
"I can't dodge this..."
She heard her own despair. So close to the summit, yet falling at the final step... Death and failure cast their shadows over her, blinding her as the merciless lightning of the Reignbow loomed above.
Tilting her face to meet the descending celestial thunder, the memories of the distant past abruptly resurfaced, a divination from her Master, and that bygone day when thunder roared over fair skies.
"If we can't dodge it, might as well sit back and enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle!"
She heard her younger self say those words.
The eighth bolt of celestial thunder struck beside her, the impact rustling her hair, but she remained unmoved.
The ninth arrow never fell, and the imposing voice told her that she had passed the trial.
To this day, she still does not know whether that final bolt waits somewhere in the unwritten future, ready to drop without warning.
But as she departs for Planarcadia, she no longer cares.
— The divination reads: From the abyss to the sky, no blame shall follow.
