Chapter 491: Gathering Place
After emerging from the flames, Xia Yu's eyes suddenly became clear.
He followed the vague connection between the flames and came to the gathering place. The Ringed City was at the gathering place, but the gathering place was not the Ringed City.
When the Age of Fire comes to an end, everything will gather at the end of the world - whether it is a kingdom or a poor place, no one will be spared, this is the gathering place.
The world called the Gathering Place is full of gray and distortion. Unlike the dim outside world, this world appears brighter because of the gray.
The end of the world has left it in ruins and grayness, but here this kind of ruin and grayness is the norm.
Xia Yu looked at the desolate gathering place and let out a breath. The end of life is death, and the end of the world is the end of the world.
The Age of Fire finally came to an end.
Without thinking too much, Xia Yu walked towards the front of the gathering place. The Ring Seal City was just in front of the gathering place, at the deepest part.
Xia Yu did not fly directly to Huanyin City. He wanted to see this gathering place, see the future doomsday, and see the end of the world.
Because the Ringed City is the place where the worlds converge and settle, he had not walked far when he saw the last old pilgrim who had not lost her mind, and also saw the complete pilgrim butterfly.
Although the angel-like Pilgrimage Butterfly can shoot out angelic beams of light from a distance, its maggot-like body is quite fragile and can be killed with just one sword.
After that, Xia Yu saw the Harland warriors and Lothric knights who were eroded by darkness in the ruins, as well as a large number of wet human figures possessed by large sediments of dark souls.
These wet human figures crawled out from the darkness, and their appearance was very similar to humans.
Feeling a little disgusted, Xia Yu casually sank it into the abyss, and obtained the pre-prop of "I'm fed up with red tape", the wet small sickle.
After entering the ruins of the bulldozer, some of the demons that had been exterminated long ago also emerged as survivors, namely the injured demon and the demon at the bottom of the cave.
This ancient creature, born from the chaos of Soul One, finally met its end in Soul Three.
After taking away the Chaos Fire of the surviving demon, Xia Yu found the small ring flag of the envoy in the ruins.
This is the small circular flag used by King Gwyn's envoys. If this is raised high on the circular rock wall, porters will come.
It is said that Gwyn gave the Ringed City, where the end of the world is located, and his beloved youngest daughter to the dwarves who had obtained the Dark Soul, and sent the little ring flag as proof that he would go to greet her one day.
However, the reality is that until the end of the world, Gwyn had never visited his youngest daughter, let alone welcomed her back.
Below the ruins where the small circular flag is hidden, there is a passage leading to the outside world, and there is a circular rock wall.
Xia Yu did not summon the porters through the small ring flag, but flew to the Ring Seal City by himself. No one knew how those porters survived and they did not become extinct until the end of the world.
After passing through the obscuring fog, the vaguely visible Ring Seal City was clearly visible and shining brightly under the setting sun.
Looking around, the interior of Huanyin City is majestic and filled with light yellow mist, and surrounded by towering cliffs, like a beautiful painting.
At the entrance, there sat a giant judge.
In the Age of Fire, giants have always been the representatives of slaves and coolies. At least this is the message that Xia Yu has revealed along the way.
Because Xia Yu was in the sky, the giant judge did not notice the invader. Xia Yu thought about it and did not go forward to provoke the other party. He directly landed on the stairs behind the giant judge and then walked down.
In the game, the giant judge's welcome ceremony is always unforgettable for first-time visitors.
Um……
Thinking of this , Xia Yu suddenly turned back and sent the giant judge away with a giant thunder gun.
After seeing off the giant judge, Xia Yu suddenly felt much better. Even the lobbyist bug lying on the wall not far away was not so disgusting anymore.
Um?
Lobbyist bug?
Xia Yu suddenly turned his head and saw a white insect that looked like a grasshopper lying on the wall, with a head that looked like a very sloppy human.
When Xia Yu approached, the lobbyist insect suddenly spoke: "There are many people who do not receive the fire's hope, not only you humans, but also us."
"Look around this city, it's clear that we are all like-minded people."
"So, you need not fear the darkness, for the time has come to feast."
“…”
Xia Yu had a strange expression on his face when facing the lobbyist bug's words. In fact, he had always wanted to know what the food the lobbyist bug was talking about. After all, it looked like there was nothing to eat here.
However, he knew about creatures like lobbyist bugs. Lobbyist bugs were originally lobbyists that tempted humans to fall into darkness, but now they have become addicted to appetite and have completely forgotten themselves.
These lobbyists all emerged from the abyss and are considered to be unique creatures of the Ring Seal City.
In the Ringed City, the bugs and the humans here have a consensus: they all rush to the abyss and do not look forward to the era of fire.
"What food are you talking about?" After thinking about it, Xia Yu decided to ask.
“…”
However, the lobbyist bug seemed to be dead, its lifeless round black eyes staring into the void, completely ignoring Xia Yu's question.
“Tsk.”
Seeing that the lobbyist bug ignored him, Xia Yu was too lazy to stay here any longer. Below the Ring Seal City, there was not only the abyss and quagmire, but also the darkness that could never be cleared.
A descendant of an ancient dragon named Midir, raised by the gods, was devouring the darkness without stopping. However, because the darkness was endless, Midir was eventually eroded by the darkness.
Apart from the Dark Soul, Xia Yu’s only target when he came to the Ringed City was Midir. After all, Mibao was very likely the last ancient dragon in the Soul III world.
It just so happens that this ancient dragon has been eroded by darkness, which is perfect for him.
On the way down, Xia Yu dragged the Ring-Marked Knights along the way into his own abyss, and obtained the prerequisite item of "My Ring-Marked Knight will not lose", the Ring-Marked Knight Straight Sword.
Until he came to the door of a huge church. There was a fresh breath of life inside the church, which was a life that had not been polluted yet.
Sheila?
Xia Yu thought about it and repeated the name in his mind.
Sheila is a maid serving Princess Felianor. She is also a descendant of gods and the daughter of the Duke of God.
As a descendant of gods, Hera is a typical god, with the glory of gods, pride in fire, and fear of darkness engraved in his heart.
In the game, you can get several items from Sheila, but in the end, Sheila and Ashes became enemies.
After all, a descendant of a god can never forgive someone who is tainted by darkness.
"Oh~ What a pity, what a pity! Both the gods and the flames have ended long ago."
Xia Yu sneered and strode towards the church door.
boom!!!
Without knocking gently, Xia Yu kicked the door directly and broke it, thus alarming the people inside.
She was a young woman dressed in gorgeous clothes and a green long skirt. She looked at Xia Yu who broke into the room in astonishment. Although she was panicked, she did not panic.
Seeing that there was no sign of darkness on Xia Yu's body, the young woman breathed a sigh of relief.
"Intruder, what is your intention in entering the church?"
"Look at you, you're annoying."
Xia Yu spoke from the heart, but this made the young woman frown: "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean, I need to guard the Mad King here, I'm sorry I can't leave."
Hearing what Sheila said, Xia Yu also saw the weapon that the other party had been holding in his hand.
That is the axe spear called the Mad King's Spear.
His original weapon was the sacred cross spear, but after killing the Mad Queen, the cross spear has since become inseparable from the King who will never die.
In order to guard and punish the Mad King, Sheila always carries the cross gun and stays in the dark space without going out.
It is said that in the past, a mad king was born among the kings of the dwarves, and was killed by Shira, the Knight of Filienor.
"Mad King? He is the king of mankind, right? Why would he kill the king of mankind? And why do we call him the Mad King?"
Hearing Xia Yu's question , Xila frowned, but still explained: "Because he is disrespectful to the gods, he arrogantly wants to contact the darkness that is opposite to the flames. In the Age of Fire, this is an absolute capital crime!"
"But because he is the king of mankind, we cannot kill him completely. We can only let him be punished here."
After getting this reasonable answer, Xia Yu sighed deeply and once again felt that the dwarf kings were really a bunch of trash.
No matter what, the Mad King is still a king, and a king who has obtained a share of the dark soul.
No matter how unpopular the Dark Soul is, it is still one of the four king souls. The Mad King who possesses the Dark Soul is at least on par with Gwyn, the Old Witch, and Nito in terms of status.
Even if the Mad King did not obtain a whole dark soul, but only a part of it, it was at least no worse than that of Princess Felianor.
But such a king, who held the title of king, was killed by Felianor's maid. Because the king could not be killed, the Mad King was hung on a gun and punished forever.
As for the reason for being punished, it was simply because of disrespecting the gods, being exposed to darkness, and not being able to see clearly his own status as a human being.
“Oh my God…”
Xia Yu sighed quietly. Gwyn was indeed a qualified ruler. It was a pity that he was the king of the gods, not the king of the dwarves.
Dwarves are actually humans. Dwarves are more of a description than an ethnic group, because compared to the tall gods, humans are really too short.
Even a two-meter-tall human is still much shorter than the gods, so dwarf is another name for humans.
"What do you want to say?"
Seeing that Xia Yu had no respect for the gods, Xila couldn't help but tighten the Crazy King's Spear in her hand, with a look of vigilance on her face.
"Do you know me?"
Xia Yu suddenly asked Xila a question. Seeing Xila's puzzled look, Xia Yu changed the question: "Do you know my race?"
Although Sheila was wary of this strange question, she still replied, "You are a human, right? What's wrong?"
"Since you know I'm human, do you think I would remain indifferent when I see you hanging the king of mankind on a gun and torturing him?"
Although Xia Yu does not recognize the dwarf king, this does not affect his dissatisfaction with the gods, after all, he is a "dwarf".
"So what do you want to do?"
Hearing this, Xila raised the Mad King's Spear and pointed it at Xia Yu.
Seeing this, Xia Yu grinned and said, "What do I want to do? I want you to try the darkness that you hate and fear the most."
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark shadow rushed under Xia Yu's feet, entwined and climbed onto the nearby walls, dragging most of the interior of the church into darkness.
Seeing this scene, Sheila was shocked, and hurriedly waved her hand to pull out a bow made of solidified thunder, and then the lightning turned into an arrow and was placed on the bowstring.
Lightning Arrow, this is a dragon hunting miracle used by the rare female knights in the Age of Gods.
After fully pulling the lightning bow, you can shoot lightning arrows.
Compared to a gun, its range is more outstanding, and it is said that it is enough to shoot through a dragon's eyes from a distance. Of course, the so-called beautiful story always comes with some exaggeration.
Xila drew her bow like a full moon, and the golden arrow was shot out in the blink of an eye.
However, what surprised her even more was that when faced with the lightning arrow, Xia Yu did not dodge or evade. Instead, he waved his hand and raised a wave of darkness that easily swallowed the arrow.
"Tsk, tsk, is this a god? He doesn't look much stronger than a dwarf like me."
Being mocked in this way, especially by someone who was tainted with darkness, Sheila's face turned red with anger. She was the knight of the head of the church, Princess Felianor.
With an angry roar, Sheila raised the Mad King's Spear in her hand and strode towards the darkness in front of her.
And then...and then nothing happened.
The dark waves surged and directly pushed Sheila into the darkness. Twisted black hands bound Sheila, so that no matter how she struggled, she could only sink in despair.
Xia Yu controlled the sinking speed, stepped into the darkness and came in front of Xila, sneering: "The fire you believe in is gone, and the gods you honor are all dead. Just sink into the darkness."
"I will never... forgive you..."
Muttering hateful words, with anger and hatred in her eyes, Sheila finally sank into the darkness.
"Who cares about you?"
Xia Yu rolled his eyes. The era of God was over. It didn’t matter whether to forgive or not.
Taking back the spreading darkness, Xia Yu walked directly inside the church.
As he was walking around, Xia Yu suddenly realized that although the Ringed City claimed to be the human capital, the statues of the Silver Knights were carved on the walls. These were the knights under King Gwyn.
However, when Xia Yu thought that the Ringed City was given to the dwarves by Gwyn, he no longer found it strange.
The Ringed City is the royal city that monitors and restricts the dwarves , so it is not surprising that the knight's statue is a silver knight.
After walking around for a while, Xia Yu came to a space that seemed to be inside a church, where stood a meaningful statue.
What comes into view is a statue of King Gwyn. The white stone sculpture shows the majestic figure of King Gwyn. Just by looking at the statue, you can tell that this is a majestic king.
However, the statue does not only show King Gwyn. In front of Gwyn, there is a pitiful guy kneeling, who is very thin, with his hands clasped together and looks very sincere.
Just by looking at his size, you can tell that this poor guy is a dwarf.
Although they both possessed the king's soul, King Gwyn gave a crown to the dwarf who was kneeling in front of him as if giving alms.
The theme couldn't be more obvious. Just by looking at this statue, one can seem to feel the dwarf's humbleness.
"Tsk, you really don't hide your thoughts at all."
Xia Yu shook his head slightly and ignored the statue. In any case, it would not be long before even the Ring Seal City would turn into a barren desert.
Everything here will come to an end with the end of the world.
