In the darkness of the night, the moon shed its bright white light on the people in the camp. The peaceful and cold feeling of this light made their bodies shiver, but the warm campfire was enough to prevent it. Some of them had lovers. They could feel the warmth by taking refuge with them. Some men had pubic hair, which gave them a warm feeling. Others could already use flames.

  In these 3 years, Kai had finally become a half-step Purple Lightning. Maybe he could have done better, but he had 4 sword skills, and they were not simple skills. He even had the strange ability to use 4 elements, from the legendary Black Lightning to the Ultimate Poison. It was difficult for him to use these abilities to their full potential in his body. Very much so....

  But Kai believed that he would find a way. Someday, there would be something on this celestial island that would help him become Purple Lightning.

  On the other hand, a few Legendary Leaders had joined the Purple Lightning, and Jace and Lena were usually nowhere to be seen, but tonight, even they were here. Only the geniuses from the other academies weren't here.

  Elena was tense. And her face was grim for the first time in a long time. She was probably about to tell her life story for the first time. She didn't seem to want to, but everyone around this campfire knew that Elena would. It was useless to tell her not to. If people kept it inside, the pressure in that heart could one day shorten their lives.

  "I am Elena. You already know who I am. I didn't really live in this country before I came here. My hometown.... It was very different."

  Elena stopped for a moment. She acted as if something had caught her eye, but most of the people here had more power than her. Every single one of them understood that Elena was shedding tears. What had happened to make even Elena, the always smiling Elena, the one who made everyone happy and made people fall in love with her, cry?

  Elena knew. She cried for the first time in a long time.

  "I lived in a dungeon. I didn't have a life I could call happy and I knew what development was since I was a child. I was a slave in this world. I was always sullen and struggling to survive. I wasn't stupid. Beautiful women were used and thrown away. So I did my best to make myself ugly."

  Despite Elena's words, her appearance was very different now. She was beautiful and sweet. Many people wanted her, not just men.

  But Elena had to tell them. So that the pain in her heart could leave her.

  "I was alone, but the people around me were very kind to me. They all worked for my well-being and some of them sacrificed themselves so that nothing would happen to me. Because I was very young. They didn't want me to experience something so painful at my age. Maybe one day I would have met a worse end, but they didn't want to see that. That was the only reason they went in my place. "

  At that moment, Elena smiled again. This smile could warm a person. It could take away the cold feeling of the moon and hide all the pain at the same time.

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  " But one day everything changed..... "

  " Because I've seen him..... "

  Elena's voice grew fainter and fainter. It was like a light was shining. There was someone in her eyes. Who had saved her that day?

  "I didn't know my parents my whole life. They were both dead, they said. But I was kept as a slave. Sometimes I wished to die with them. The fear I felt every day as a slave was too much for me. I couldn't stand it anymore. Death was the next best thing."

  "I was not and could not be in love with him, he was centuries older than me. But I could see him as a father, because Michael rescued me from the slave market and raised me as his own daughter. Sometimes he gave me strange food. But somehow, trusting him was the right thing to do, and I didn't go against him. I learned too late that what he gave me opened up my potential.

  "He told me when I was in despair. He taught me that under my ugly face there was a beautiful person. "

  'Why do you cover your face with your hair? No one can see your beautiful face when you do that.'

  Michael looked like a hero. Underneath him was the rubble of the crumbled wall and around him were pieces of broken dungeon iron, but Michael was smiling and looking at Elena. Elena had put her hair in front of her and that's why you couldn't see her face, but through her hair she could see this heroic man. All the other slaves had backed away, but Elena looked directly into Michael's eyes, despite the stones in her eyes. Was it her courage? No, it was not! She admired Michael completely. To be strong enough to protect someone. Could Elena be that strong? That was all she could think about at that moment. For the first time in her life, Elena didn't do anything, but a smile appeared on her face. It was the first time she smiled for real!

  "He wanted to send me to the academy so that I could develop for the first time in a long time. I was so happy. That day was very important for me, and I sat next to a girl with blond hair in the ward. Unlike me, she didn't look happy at all. I had no idea why she was like that or what she was upset about, but I had set a goal.

  Clara's eyes flickered for a moment at these words. She was the girl with the blonde hair. She always walked around with a sullen and angry face. Her anger was not directed at anyone. It was against all of humanity. It was against life. Death, birth, love. He was angry at everything in this life that made people think they were happy. Happy? There would always be a problem. Being happy in this world was forbidden to developers.

  "I wanted to make them smile. I wanted to make her smile sincerely and show her the beauty of life, and I still want to do that. I didn't learn the meaning of life, and my childhood was full of pain. But why don't other people take the chance they have? Why do they think they are so sad? Didn't they believe in someone who went through worse things in life than they did? "

  A tear fell from Elena's eye, but this time she couldn't stop it. She just lifted her eyes and looked up at the moon. At that moment, the tears began to flow slowly from her eyes, trickling down her cheeks and onto her chest.

  "I saw the moon when I was 12.... Why do they still feel so alone? Can't they see the moon in the sky even now? Why don't they understand? I'm tired of explaining. Please-”

  A hand grabbed Elena's and stopped her from speaking. Holding back tears, Elena turned her head to look at her captor.

  " Enough, Elena.... "

  Quentin looked at Elena with a sad expression. There was pain in his eyes. But Elena didn't understand why he stopped her.

  "We know how you feel, Elena. Look around you."

  Elena turned her head and looked at the other people around the campfire. They all had their heads down and were pensive. They all had pain in their minds. Just a little pain. A big pain rooted in their hearts. It would only get worse with time and one day it would destroy them. The way to fight it was to give up now. They had to let go.

  "There is pain in all of them. Let each of them face that pain alone. Your words only add to the pain in their hearts."

  Elena lowered her head when she heard the trouble she had caused. She wiped her eyes with her hand. There was nothing more to say. Elena could only sigh deeply, but she didn't.

  "I'm sorry. "