Chapter 493: World
In the desert, Xia Yu moved forward quietly.
There was only the unchanging dim scenery all around, and occasionally one could see magnificent buildings on the horizon that had not yet been buried by the yellow sand, a bit like Lothric.
This is no longer the Ringed City. Due to the end of the world and the chaotic time, all traces of the Age of Fire have gathered here.
Xia Yu even saw Lordran in Soul One. The land of gods, the main stage where the story of Soul One took place, has now turned into a large area of sand.
In addition, there are some royal cities that were also buried by wind and sand. Xia Yu had never seen them, but he guessed that it might be Dolan Gureg, the capital of Soul Two.
After all, the only things that can leave traces here are the characteristics of these times.
"This is the real Ragnarok."
Facing the dim light, Xia Yu felt a little emotional. No matter how much glory and pain the Age of Fire brought, all of this would eventually be buried under the yellow sand.
No one knows how long his world tree can live, or how many eras the world he created can last.
Let’s not talk about other worlds for now, but in the world of Dark Soul, Xia Yu could only sigh.
God is not eternal either.
The strong wind blew on Xia Yu's face, and the wind with fine sand made him feel a little uncomfortable. He didn't know why there was wind in the end of the world. It should have been dead silent.
After crossing a sand dune, Xia Yu saw his target, which was several stone thrones standing on the yellow sand. On each throne sat a shriveled figure.
The figures seemed to be still alive, but their appearance was no different from zombies. They wore crowns on their heads that symbolized the king, but they were more like shackles than power.
He was a king, but ended up like this, which makes people sigh.
Xia Yu looked at the group of dwarf kings who were almost dead, and strode towards them.
As if they had noticed the movement over there in the sand dunes, the dwarf kings all turned their heads to look over there. Xia Yu did not hide himself and walked boldly among the dwarf kings.
The dwarf king was looking at Xia Yu, and Xia Yu was also looking at them.
Originally in the game plot, Gael would go crazy for a long time, then kill the dwarf kings, devour their dark souls, and turn himself into a carrier of the dark soul blood.
The slaughtered dwarf kings had no power to resist and could only crawl towards Felianor's bedroom, wailing for the goddess to save them.
They couldn't have been unaware that Felianor was sent by Gwyn to monitor them, but even so, they still asked Felianor for help.
Although he is a king, he has always relied on others, and even his own life depends on the mercy of God.
It is really hard to imagine that this group of dwarf kings actually led the Ringed Knights to participate in the Ancient Dragon War and obtained this Ringed City because of their merits.
They all have the courage to swing swords at ancient dragons, but they can only bow their heads in humility before gods.
The same goes for the Ringed Knights. They are all knights who have participated in the Ancient Dragon War, but their resistance to the gods is just to cover themselves with black cloth stained by the abyss, so as to prevent the seal of fire from destroying all invisible things.
This feeble resistance is simply laughable. They have the courage to swing the sword in the face of an ancient dragon, but are so petty in the face of a god.
Perhaps it is precisely because the Ringed Knights are led by the ancestor of these dwarves - the Dwarf King, that the Ringed Knights feel powerless.
Since even their own king chose to surrender and not resist, the Ringed Knights could only use their own methods to silently show their determination to resist the gods.
"Alas, I feel so sorry for those knights."
Thinking of this, Xia Yu sighed deeply, his eyes suddenly turned cold: "I know you can still understand me now, I will give you two choices, either give me the dark soul, or I will forcibly take the dark soul out of your body."
"No matter how much I look down on you, I cannot deny that you are the king of mankind after all, and I am also on the side of mankind in this world, so I don't really want to take action against you."
"Now, give me the dark soul. Of course, you can also try to refuse."
As soon as these words were spoken, a look of fear appeared on the zombie-like face of the dwarf king.
After looking at each other, one of the dwarf kings with long hair trembled and said, "But, the daughter of the sun god, Felianor, is watching us. If the dark soul..."
"Tsk, you also know that she is here to monitor you."
Xia Yu let out a light click of his tongue in dissatisfaction, reached into his body and pulled out a golden soul, then showed it to the dwarf king.
"Felianore is dead. This is her soul."
"Besides that, all the gods outside are dead, and the Age of Fire is over. Everything is over."
Hearing what Xia Yu said, the dwarf kings were shocked and started talking to each other in panic, their tone full of disbelief.
But no matter how they guessed or communicated, Xia Yu just looked at them without saying a word.
Gradually, the communication between the dwarf kings changed. It was no longer related to the gods, but to humans.
They talked about their own miserable plight and the oppression of humans by the gods. Although King Gwyn opened up the Age of Fire, from the perspective of humans, Gwyn was undoubtedly a tyrant.
They, the kings, had to be cowardly because they possessed dark souls. In the Age of Fire, darkness was taboo and was absolutely not allowed.
Therefore, their power is far inferior to that of the gods. They can only accept the reality and have to accept everything the gods do to them.
Fire is warm, but darkness is the era of their human rise.
After venting, the dwarf king looked at Xia Yu. Xia Yu was undoubtedly a human like them, and therefore could also control the dark soul.
After discussing it, the kings decided to hand over the dark soul to Xia Yu. After all, the Ring Seal City was gone and they, the kings, had nothing left.
Even the blood is gradually drying up because of the end of the world.
But Xia Yu is different. Even in this doomsday, Xia Yu did not turn into a zombie, which shows that his power is far beyond that of their group of kings.
Rather than letting them continue to hold dark souls, it is better to hand over the dark souls of ourselves and others to them, and let them lead mankind to rise in the dark ages.
After reaching a consensus, the dwarf king took out his dark soul, fused it, and gave it to Xia Yu.
Xia Yu also took out the Mad King's dark soul from the Mad King's spear and merged it with the dark soul in his hand.
At this point, the originally split dark soul returned to one again.
Having lost their dark souls, the dwarf kings who were still alive fell one after another, and in the end, no king was left.
Xia Yu looked at the fallen dwarf kings silently. Only after all the kings had lost their breath did he sink the dark soul into his body.
“Although the next era will not be a dark age, I guarantee that it will definitely be an era of humanity.”
Muttering these words, Xia Yu turned and left. Behind him, the yellow sand rolled back and completely buried the body of the dwarf king, like a huge golden tomb.
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Fire sacrifice site.
Xia Yu appeared from the flames. The Fire Keeper who had been watching the flames noticed changes in the flames and hurried forward.
"Welcome back, Master Xia Yu."
Looking at the fire keeper who was always the first to come forward to greet him, Xia Yu smiled slightly.
"Didn't I tell you that you don't have to keep staring at the fire to greet me first? Don't you think it's boring to just sit there like this?"
The Fire Keeper smiled back, "Because I have expectations in my heart, I won't be bored."
"When did you become so good at teasing?"
Xia Yu's old face flushed, and he coughed lightly and said, "My work is basically finished. Since I promised to take you to the new world, it's time to go."
"Are we leaving?" The Fire Keeper was slightly startled. She thought she would have to wait for a long time. After all, the new world was not so easy to open up.
As if seeing through the Fire Keeper's thoughts, Xia Yu paused for a moment before saying, "The new world will grow out of the original furnace, so the original fire must be gone."
"When the fire disappears, the world will fall into darkness. Therefore, I will transfer you to a safe place first. As for the new world, we will have to wait a little longer."
"I understand. I will go tell the others now."
The fire keeper nodded and walked away from the campfire. Xia Yu sat down on the ground and recalled a magic spell that the zombie Xia Yu had shared with him.
That magic can open up a gap in the space and use it as a temporary residence.
The crack space is located in the gap between spaces. Once it is opened up, it can exist forever and will not be affected by any external influences.
In this way, even if the First Fire disappears, it will not affect the people in the Fire Transmission Sacrifice Site.
Soon, everyone who had been instructed long ago came to the bonfire on the top level with their luggage.
Although most people here don’t care much about life and death, since they are still alive, they will naturally live first.
Furthermore, they are also very curious about the new world.
Of course, not everyone is willing to go to the new world. A few people choose to stay in the Firelink Shrine and wait for death to come.
In their words, they had been bound to the mission of passing on the fire for too long, so long that they had forgotten how much time had passed.
They are the remnants of the Age of Fire, and there is no place for them in the new world.
Although Xia Yu wanted to give them some advice, seeing their determined eyes, he didn't say anything more. He generally would not force others, let alone make any decisions for them.
Therefore, after solemnly thanking those who had helped him, Xia Yu left.
On the way to the original furnace, Xia Yu met a refugee from Londor.
He was not so gentle towards Yulia and the group of wandering souls. He sank directly into the abyss and waited for the new world to appear. Anyway, under his control, these wandering souls would not be eroded by the abyss.
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Initial furnace.
In front of the original fire, Xia Yu looked at the weak flame in front of him calmly.
Although the flame is not big, the world is still surviving because of this small flame.
But now, he is going to usurp it.
He wants to usurp the foundations of the old world and then create a new world on the remains of the old world.
"Hey, now that I think about it, I am also a creator god."
Xia Yu grinned. King Gwyn rubbed the sun with his hands to start the Age of Fire and was given the title of Sun God. He, Xia Yu, rubbed the World Tree with his hands to create a new world, so he must at least be given the title of Creator God.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu stretched out his hands towards the campfire, and under his guidance, the small first fire came to the palm of his hand.
Compared to the flame of soul one, the first fire of soul three has become a small flame, but it is this small flame that still firmly supports this world.
Xia Yu held the First Fire in both hands and took it into his body.
"That is a nameless, cursed undead being that cannot be used as fuel. But that is why the ashes crave the embers so much."
For the sense of ritual, Xia Yu added narration to the picture while talking to himself.
As soon as the first fire entered his body, Xia Yu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, because after the first fire entered his body, it directly used the other forces in his body as firewood.
In just this instant, the initial fire from the firewood was obtained, and the energy increased a lot.
This scene frightened Xia Yu so much that he immediately isolated the First Fire and even did not dare to get close to the Dark Soul. In Soul One, the King Soul was originally a fuel, and he was afraid that this last King Soul would also be ignited by the First Fire as fuel.
It must be said that this first fire is indeed overbearing, and it seems that there is nothing it cannot ignite.
"It still needs some training, otherwise it won't be a big deal."
Xia Yu shook his head slightly. If the primordial fire burned indiscriminately, it would be of no benefit to him.
In his conception, the First Fire can just be used quietly as a large incinerator. Everything that should be burned will be burned, and things that should not be burned will not be ignited even if they are gathered together. Only in this way can one be considered to have mastered the First Fire.
It would be a real loss if everything we touched caught fire like now.
After absorbing the first fire, darkness descended.
Xia Yu did not lose his sight while in the darkness. At the moment, with a dark soul, his strength increased significantly under the amplification of darkness.
No wonder the Dark Ages are said to be the age of humanity. Humans, with their dark souls and nature, are indeed most suited to the Dark Ages.
After the increase in strength slowed down, Xia Yu took out the golden seed, pulled out the spiral sword from the initial furnace, and then planted the golden seed.
In an instant, the golden seed began to absorb the darkness nearby, trying to fulfill the law of darkness.
Xia Yu mobilized the power of darkness, blocked the surrounding darkness, and firmly controlled the golden seed, making it impossible for it to condense the law.
He didn't want the golden seed to condense the law and become the golden tree. He wanted the golden seed to merge with the rock roots and become the world tree.
Feeling the gray fog beyond the darkness, Xia Yu had a feeling that the fog was the chaos before the world was differentiated.
But the world can no longer return to its former chaotic era. There will always be a new era to replace the Fire Age, the Deep Sea Age, and the Dark Age.
But these eras were not what he wanted, he wanted to open up a new era.
The time, the place and the people are all right, and there is no shortage of the forces needed for reference or implementation.
After receiving the information about the World Tree released by Marvel's Xia Yu in the group, Xia Yu instantly understood the composition and operating .
Then, based on his own understanding, he used the remaining roots of the rock tree as the base to construct the framework of the world tree, with the golden seeds as the support to carry the growth of the world.
In order to meet the consumption needs during the period, Xia Yu did not use the surrounding darkness, but directly forced in the endless chaotic fog, and then burned and fused it with the primordial fire.
The method was extremely rough, but it made the World Tree take shape quickly.
