Chapter 486: The King of Our Generation
In the Age of Fire, spreading the fire is the great mission of all undead.
But faced with the important mission of passing on the fire, some people chose to refuse, believing that the Age of Fire was a lie.
These people want an age that belongs to humanity.
Dark Ages!
If one wants to plunge the world into the Dark Ages, one needs to usurp the Original Fire. There are many people who hold this idea, and the most determined among them are the three sisters.
They claim to be the daughters of the World Serpent and are known to the world as the founders of the Black Church. They are the eldest daughter Friede, the second daughter Julia, and the youngest sister Liliane.
They joined forces with the wandering spirits of Londor to establish the Black Church, with the goal of usurping the First Flame and looking forward to the emergence of the King of Wandering Spirits.
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"So, why are you looking for me instead of your own Wandering Soul King? I don't want to be a Wandering Soul King."
At the entrance of the Firelink Shrine, Xia Yu frowned and asked as he looked at Yulia, who was dressed in black and wearing a bird-beak mask.
After meeting the First Fire, he did not seize it immediately. The way he seized it here was different from the way he seized it in the game.
In the game, when the Ashes take away the First Flame, it will not extinguish the First Flame. The First Flame will still burn slowly, so the world will not be destroyed.
But his seizure is no different from extinguishing the First Flame. After he seizes the First Flame, the light will disappear and the world will fall into complete darkness.
In other words, the worlds supported by the First Fire will also be destroyed.
In Xia Yu's vision, those destroyed worlds will turn into nutrients for the World Tree, nourishing the growth of the new world. The Age of Fire will end, and the Age of Deep Sea will not come.
Therefore, before absorbing the first fire, he had to take away everything that should be taken away, so that these things would not be destroyed with the destruction of the world.
But not long after returning to the Firelink Shrine, Julia from Londor suddenly came up to him, which surprised Xia Yu.
He clearly refused the side quest of becoming the King of Wandering Souls at the beginning, so why did Yulia still come to him?
Faced with Xia Yu's question, Yulia's expression could not be seen through the visor of her helmet, but her voice came through clearly.
"Lord of Darkness, although you are not the Wandering Soul King of our generation, we in Londor are still willing to obey you wholeheartedly."
“Ah, this…”
Xia Yu was a little dumbfounded. How did he become the King of Darkness?
Even if there really is a dark king, he should be the undead. He is the ash. Although the ashes and the undead are collectively called the undead, the two are different after all.
Besides, the King of Darkness should be born in the Dark Ages. Now the Dark Ages have not yet arrived, so where would the King of Darkness come from?
According to the ending of Dark Souls 1, the Dark Lord should have allowed the flame to go out, and the world returned to an era without flames.
Then the King of Darkness will become the king of the new era and rule over those lives that survive in the darkness.
Of course, it is also possible that the so-called Dark Lord is just a puppet of the World Serpents. After all, no one knows whether the World Serpents are truly concerned about the undead, or whether they have their own conspiracies and schemes.
"Don't rush to pledge your allegiance to me. First tell me what you mean by the Dark Lord."
Xia Yu waved his hand and looked at Yulia. It was not okay to make random accusations.
Hearing this, Yulia raised her head and said, "My king, the abyss has surrendered to you, and the primordial furnace cannot stop you. Then you who can decide the fate of this world, you are naturally the king of darkness."
Xia Yu: (￣□￣)
What kind of logic is this...
Since he can use the Abyss, he is the King of Darkness, but why don’t they say that he can also use fire?
However, Xia Yu understood what Yulia meant. After all, the king of the Dark Soul world is not just a title.
In the world of Dark Souls, there are mainly two types of kings. One is the name for ordinary kings in the world of Dark Souls, such as Overlord Wolnir, Knight King Rundel, etc. The title of king is merely a symbol of identity and status.
The other kind of king has the most important meaning in the Dark Souls world.
This type of kings all have one characteristic, or one common responsibility, which is to bear the responsibility for where the world is going.
For example, King Gwyn, who continued the Age of Fire, was called the Cinder King after he threw himself into the original furnace. Since then, heroes who passed on the fire and continued the world were collectively called Cinder Kings.
The undead who ignores the extinction of the First Fire and wants to return the world to an age without fire is called the King of Darkness. The ash who wants to seize the fire so that the world can continue in another unknown darkness is called the King of Wandering Souls.
So at this moment, Xia Yu finally understood that Yulia believed that he had the power to decide the direction of the world, so she called him king.
As for why he is called the Dark King, it is probably because there is no other way to call him.
You can't call him the Fire King, right? The Fire King is the king of fire, and Yulia and others obviously don't want the Fire Age to continue.
After thinking for a moment, Xia Yu decided to accept Londor's allegiance. After all, with his current strength, he was not afraid of any conspiracy.
Even if Yulia and others want to usurp the flame and establish the Wandering Soul Empire, he is not afraid.
Judging from the game, Yulia and others did not usurp the power of fire, otherwise she would not have to go to so much trouble to find the so-called King of Wandering Souls.
"I agree, but have you really decided to be loyal to me? Instead of trying to drag me into some conspiracy?"
Xia Yu suddenly reached out and took off the bird-beak mask on Yulia's face, then moved closer to Yulia, stared into her eyes and asked.
Being stared at like this, Yulia did not panic, but spoke calmly: "My king, please rest assured, since we have chosen to follow you, we will not betray you."
Seeing this, Xia Yu shrugged and put the bird-beak mask back on Yulia's face. If Londor really chose to follow him, he would not give the other party no chance at all.
The main reason why he had rejected Londor was because he was not strong enough. He was afraid of being caught up in a complicated conspiracy, and that after becoming their king of wandering souls, he would accumulate curses and turn into a zombie face, which would be too ugly.
When playing games, you may not care about the zombie face for the sake of achievement, but now it has become a reality, no one wants to become a zombie face.
As for now, since Londor has chosen to follow him, it is not impossible to let the World Tree grow a world of wandering souls.
The World Tree can not only grow one world. The World Tree in Norse mythology has nine realms, which is equivalent to nine worlds.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Londor has no ulterior motives, otherwise he would not mind destroying it.
Since he chose to accept Londor, Xia Yu did not hide anything and told the other party about his plan to seize the First Fire and give birth to a new world.
Firstly, it was mainly to make the other party return to the Black Church as soon as possible to pack up his things, otherwise he would be too late to wait until the world is destroyed.
Secondly, this is also equivalent to a test. If Londor and the World Serpent behind it really have ulterior motives, then they can only take advantage of this period of time to cause trouble. He just took this opportunity to eradicate it completely.
After learning about Xia Yu's plan, Yulia was shocked. After expressing her gratitude, she left in a hurry.
If what Xia Yu said is true, then she and the Black Church don't have much time left.
Xia Yu watched Yulia leave, then turned around and returned to the Firelink Sacrifice. Since he could explain the plan to Yulia, he naturally would not hide it from everyone in the Firelink Sacrifice.
After letting everyone at the Fire Transmission Sacrifice Site pack up slowly, Xia Yu left the Fire Transmission Sacrifice Site.
This was not only to give them time, he also had things to deal with.
The main storyline of Dark Souls III has ended, but he hasn't started the DLC yet.
"The Ashes of Ariandel" and "The Ringed City".
These two are the DLCs of Dark Souls III. Ashes of Ariandel is also known as the Painting World. So far, he has only explored the Painting World and has not even been to the Ringed City. If he remembers correctly, Dark Souls is in the Ringed City.
But before going to the Ring Seal City, he had to make a trip to the Painting World to pick up the eldest lady. He quite liked that half-dragon little loli.
There is also a bonfire leading to the Ringed City in the painting world. The slave knight Gale in the game once went to the Ringed City through that bonfire and then devoured the dark soul of the dwarf king.
But if we really talk about the painting world, in fact, the main BOSS of the painting world, Sister Friede, is somewhat related to Londor.
Sister Friede was once a clergyman. She was the eldest of the three sisters who founded the Black Church of Londor and the elder sister of Julia and Liliane.
When the Black Church was first established, the task of usurping the First Flame actually fell on the eldest sister, Friede.
At that time, they had no intention of looking for the King of Wandering Souls, but wanted to usurp the First Flame by themselves and then obtain the power of the First Flame.
Before Friede headed for the First Flame, she not only said goodbye to her sisters, but also to another outsider, the knight of Londor, Vihler.
Weihler was the most loyal person to Friede since the early days of the Black Church. He was also the one who accompanied Friede to the end under the shadow of the flames.
Before leaving, Friede bestowed upon her knight the Onyx Blade, a greatsword fashioned from the image of fire.
It is said that this item represents the end of the master-servant relationship and symbolizes separation.
After making all preparations, Friede came to the Initial Furnace and touched the First Fire. All the preparations of the Black Church were for this moment, to use human power to seize the false light.
But obviously, Friede failed .
Friede, who attempted to usurp the fire, could not endure the pain of being burned by the flames. Her once strong determination was completely swallowed up by the pain at the moment of burning.
Because she failed to usurp the fire, she turned into ashes and disappeared in the first fire.
After an unknown amount of time, the Fire Lords who were supposed to pass on the fire refused to do so, and so the bell to awaken the ashes rang in the Ash Cemetery.
The ashes that had failed to pass on the fire once woke up one after another. They had only one mission, which was to hunt down the Fire King, seize the firewood, and then pass on the fire once again to continue the world.
Of course, Friede, who failed to usurp the fire, was reborn from ashes.
However, because of the burning pain that penetrated deep into her bones, Friede, who turned into ashes, gave up her previous ideals. She abandoned Londor and chose a more comfortable place.
That is the cold Eredel, also known as the "Painting World".
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"Huh, I didn't expect to come to this place again, and the main storyline has already ended."
On the snow-covered plain, white snowflakes fell from the sky. Xia Yu stood on the bridge, looking at the dilapidated village below with some emotion.
Last time he just wandered around the periphery and went to the bottom of the painting world. After that, he went out to continue advancing the main storyline and never came back.
I didn't expect that this time when I came back, I would actually complete the main line directly, and my strength was enough to push through here.
Just as Xia Yu's thoughts were wandering, an unpleasant croaking sound suddenly rang out, and some souls so weak that they could almost be ignored also entered his body.
This is the passive ability of being an ash. If a life dies nearby and it is not the ash that kills the life, the soul will automatically sink into the body of the nearest ash.
If there are no ashes nearby, the soul will dissipate.
Feeling the soul entering his body, Xia Yu looked towards the location of the scream.
In the dilapidated and corrupt village, the sounds of flesh being torn could be heard one after another. A group of weak and deformed Crow People were fleeing, and the ones slaughtering them were still the Crow People.
The Crowmen who massacred the Crowmen were wearing armor and had sharp claws on their hands. Each attack would cause five rows of lacerations, so the scene was extremely bloody.
A large amount of blood sprayed on the ground, the blood gathered into a pool of blood, and then the pool of blood merged into a series of bright red streams.
Seeing this, Xia Yu frowned slightly. The current scene reminded him of a slaughterhouse.
Without thinking too much, looking at the group of Crowman Knights slaughtering their own kind, Xia Yu shot a soul arrow casually, shooting all the Crowman Knights in the head.
Because he knew the whole story, he showed no mercy to these Crow People who were slaughtering their own kind.
Those weak Crowmen who were originally fleeing everywhere, saw the executioners who executed them dead, and looked around tremblingly, as if trying to find out who saved them.
But at this moment Xia Yu had already left, and he walked towards the church on the top of the mountain alone.
Sister Friede and the priest were in the church on the top of the mountain, while the half-dragon little Loli was locked in the attic of the church.
As for why the Crow Knights slaughtered their own kind, it was all because Friede wanted to maintain the peace of the painting world.
Ever since Friede abandoned everything she once had, she suddenly felt that it was a good thing to continue living in this cold world. After all, the world of painting was the only destination for people like them.
However, the pigment of the painting world is the blood of dark souls, and blood will gradually corrupt as time goes by.
Before long, Friede discovered that the painting world was beginning to become corrupt.
It was at this time that she learned a rule of the painting world Airedel from the Crowmen.
That is, once the painting world becomes corrupt, it is necessary to ignite a fire to burn the old painting world. Then the painter of the world will understand what fire is and can paint a new painting world.
This rule immediately reminded Friede of the pain she had experienced when she was burned by the First Fire. She wondered why the people here, like those outside, placed their hopes on fire.
In order to maintain peace, she would rather the world of painting fall into corruption and degeneration than let the flames ignite.
Fried decided to challenge the rules of the painting world. She forced her way into the church and wanted to meet the priest of the Crow People.
Because the priest holds fire in his hands, the painting world is burned and repainted at his command.
But when she actually met the priest, Friede discovered that the priest no longer wanted to fulfill his responsibilities, nor did he want to destroy the painting world.
The two had the same view on the world of painting, so Friede and the priest formed an alliance, and Friede became Sister Friede from then on.
The changes in the priest naturally did not escape the notice of the Crow People. After all, the painting world had begun to corrupt, but the flames had not been lit.
As admirers of the priest, the Crows believed that it was Friede who bewitched the priest and caused him to forget his duties.
Realizing that there were still Crowmen who cared about the flame, Fried organized a group of Crowmen Knights and asked them to hunt down those Crowmen who cared about the flame.
Because those Crow Knights were obsessed with Friede, in order to save the painting world from fire, they willingly transformed themselves into executioners to execute their own kind.
Under Fried's power, the painting world has not changed, until now, corruption is rampant and insects and flies are proliferating.
