Chapter 229 A new era
.........The fallen leaves brought a message: At the junction on the other side of the fog, the golden tree has become a thing of the past.
The favor of the gods has left this land, and the long dark night will end. The remaining people walk out of the ruins and leave the jungle. They will start a new era in this land that has lost the blessing and guidance of gold.
And this is...the age of stars.
[The fragment mission "Elden's Circle" completed]
[Obtain world fragments——junction]
[Acquire special abilities——Law of Death]
[The Law of Death (a new law born from the Death Rune): You can restore blood volume by attacking the enemy, increase the upper limit of blood volume, increase all ability values by 5%, and grant the ability to summon the Black Flame of the Soul]
"Phew... finally done."
Looking at the map in front of him, Duanmu Huai also sighed. After obtaining the world fragment at the junction, Duanmu Huai's first headache was where to put it. Finally, Duanmu Huai thought about it and decided to place the junction above the Holy City.
In other words, if the current map is regarded as a planet, then the area where the Holy City is located is in the middle of the Tropic of Cancer, while Manalia and Regnis are on the right side of the Holy City area. As for the junction of Duanmuhuai It is planned to be placed on top of the Holy City, which means that the border with the Holy City is the Weeping Peninsula, and the topmost Holy Snow Principle is close to the Arctic Circle...
The current order in the border area has returned to nature, and the power of the Death Rune has erased all things that were previously distorted by the Golden Law, which naturally includes the scarlet curse that Galede suffered. Currently, Mystrina and Melfi are leading the people of the forest to return to the border area, and together with the remaining people in the border area, they are rebuilding their own world and hometown.
Lorena also returned to the Holy City to report to the Archbishop, who also agreed to send people to the junction to help Mystrina and others build it. Of course, the issue of the junction will be resolved by Mystrina and the religious order in the Holy City. As for Duanmu Huai - although he is indeed the king of Elden in name only, Duanmu Huai has no interest in doing this. Professional matters should be left to professionals.
At least for now, it may be impossible for the border area to recover within a few decades.
Now that Duanmu Huai has obtained the ownership of the junction, he can naturally open the door and return to his battleship, so Duanmu Huai also kept his promise and brought Lani to his battleship.
When Lani crossed the portal and came to the battleship, what she saw really shocked her. Then Duanmu Huai briefly explained to her the concepts of the universe, the galaxy, stars, etc., which surprised Lani even more.
"...You mean, each of those stars shining in the night sky is a planet, a world?"
"Not all planets have life. After all, life comes from water and air... Well, later I will ask Ann for a few copies of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to help you with your literacy. Just remember to bring your own towel."
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"???"
"Nothing, just kidding."
It was obvious that Lani didn't understand Duanmuhuai's joke, but this did not prevent her from drawing a conclusion.
"Then, if what you said is correct... is the supreme will that rules the border area the cosmic civilization you mentioned?"
Although Lani doesn't particularly understand the concept of the universe and stars, Duanmu Huai has already told her that every world is a star, and there are some powerful forces that can even cross the sea of stars and rule several planets, as smart as Lani. , you can naturally understand the meaning.
"Ah...it's a little different, but it's almost the same. In fact, I know what the supreme will you are talking about is."
"Huh? You know?"
"Well, I wish I didn't know..."
Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai's face showed a bitterness, as if he had half eaten an apple and found half a worm.
"All in all, that's not you, and it's not someone we can face now. That thing is quite dangerous. Frankly speaking, I don't want to deal with it in my life... If possible, I would rather stay away from it. Far away.”
"What the hell is that?"
Hearing what Duanmuhuai said was so serious, Lani stared at him seriously, but Duanmuhuai just shook his head.
"Sorry, I can't even tell you its name. In fact, just by knowing its name, you may be noticed and paid attention to by it. Believe me, that is definitely not something you are willing to come into contact with, especially if you are currently The form is too easy to be influenced... In short, it is better not to know anything, at least for now."
"…………Okay."
Lani was not stupid. Since Duanmu Huai said it was so serious, she would not be so stupid that she could not understand the meaning of Duanmu Huai's words. So she nodded and went to watch the stars with the jellyfish sisters.
"Huh..."
Watching Lani leave, Duanmu Huai also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he gained a lot in the border area this time, but being noticed by that thing is much more dangerous than being noticed by the Chaos Evil God. But fortunately, that guy shouldn't have any special interest in a tiny reptile like me. As long as I don't take the initiative to provoke him--well, it should be fine?
Forget it, let’s talk about this later.
Duanmuhuai shook his head, and then he left the combat command room and came to the Void Barracks. Here, he saw the blond girl immersed in the drawings.
"Ah, Lord Knight!"
Seeing Duanmuhuai's appearance, Kurala raised her head from the drawings and saluted him.
"It's okay, no need to be polite. I came to you this time for that... have you done it?"
"It's done. Theoretically, there won't be any problems, but we haven't done a more precise test yet..."
"It doesn't need to be so precise. Are you sure it can achieve the effect I require?"
"Of course." "Very good."
After that, Duanmuhuai returned to the junction through the portal again. Then he followed the map and came to a cemetery near the royal city. Then Duanmuhuai opened the door... and walked in.
"Pfft."
A flying mouse was trampled to pulp under Duanmuhuai's feet. Duanmuhuai raised his head and saw that the originally flat cemetery had now turned into a huge hole, with rotten and dilapidated ruins everywhere. The surrounding torches burned with a faint green light.
A giant statue of a god stood erected in it. It had several long curved horns and an ugly and ferocious face. Duanmu Huai just glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze.
"Okay, let's start working."
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai hummed a song, and then unloaded a huge iron box that was almost as tall as him from behind. He stretched out his hand and placed the iron box on the ground, then removed the restraint and placed the bracket. Then he hummed while adjusting the equipment in front of him.
"The sun is shining brightly, the flowers are smiling at me, and the bird is saying, early, early, early, early, why are you carrying a bag of explosives..."
In the silent and empty underground hall, only the monotonous sound of steel clashing echoed. Black shadows emerged silently from all around, their eyes flashing with scarlet light, staring at the guy who was playing with something unknown in front of the statue.
"Hiss..."
Duanmu Huai seemed to have no idea about this. He just continued to hum and fix the things in front of him on the ground.
"Hiss... Intruder! Bad! Intruder! Bad! Kill the bad intruder!"
A series of whispers sounded, and then, an arrow coated with poison flew out silently, directly hitting Duanmu Huai's head. Then it bounced off the helmet with a "clang". Seeing this scene, those beings who were originally hidden in the shadows quickly backed away, but Duanmuhuai just stretched out his hand and touched the helmet without even raising his head.
"Bold! Bold! Bold!"
Seeing that the other party actually didn't take him seriously, the figure in the darkness became even more angry. It jumped and let out a sharp roar. The next moment, along with the roar, hundreds of rat-men suddenly appeared. Surges out of the shadows and rushes towards Duanmu Huai from all directions!
At this time, Duanmuhuai also finished humming the song.
"...As soon as I pulled the rope, I ran away, and everything exploded with a bang...!"
After the words fell, Duanmu Huai forcefully tapped the button on the steel box in front of him. At the same time, the portal opened from behind him again, and Duanmu Huai took a step back and disappeared directly into the portal.
Immediately afterwards, dazzling white light filled the entire space.
"————————!!!"
No one knows what happened.
Those who were lucky enough to witness all this only saw one thing - the notorious and cursed city of Skaven that was notorious on the continent and belonged to the rat people - the Skaven Demonic City completely erupted at this moment. The ground surged upwards under the huge impact force, and everything on the land of Skaven Demon City was blown to pieces. They flew into the sky with the huge airflow, and then fell downwards--entered the pitch-black world. It is almost impossible to see the underground cave.
The deafening roar swept almost half of the world. Even as far away as the imperial capital of Altdorf, the thunderous roar could be heard. The surrounding earth was shaking uncontrollably, and the houses collapsed under the violent vibration. In just a moment, the huge demonic city that was cursed in legend and became the City of Ratmen completely disappeared from the surface of the earth, and what remained in its place was only a huge, dark pit.
"Nasty! Nasty!!"
A rat-man screamed and emerged from the rubble. He was covered in injuries and looked almost dying, but even so, it was still trying to climb outwards. The underground place that was once extremely sacred to the rat-men The hall was completely destroyed, but only the huge rat-man statue was still standing there intact. It seemed that the violent explosion that could destroy an entire city was meaningless to it.
"Help me! Help me!"
The rat man desperately crawled towards the stone statue. It raised its hands and issued a heart-wrenching prayer to the statue in front of it. Perhaps it was because it was so focused that the rat man did not notice that there was something underground at this moment. There was some kind of terrifying scream and roar.
The temperature of the earth began to gradually rise, and the rat man's fur sticking to the ground was scorched, and even it itself let out a shrill scream and rolled its body desperately. However, no matter where the rat man rolled, it felt like the ground beneath it was like a hot iron pot, burning its body.
"It's so hot! It's so hot! It's so hot! I'm going to be roasted! I'm going to be roasted!!"
The rat man almost lost his consciousness under the high temperature. It rolled aimlessly while rolling. Then the rat man suddenly felt a light on his back, and the feeling that was almost scorching him disappeared instantly. At the same time, gravity bound the rat man's body, and he screamed, waving his limbs, and fell toward the dark ground—and then was completely swallowed by the huge magma that emerged from it.
"Boom————!!!"
Like a volcanic eruption, hot magma erupted from the ground. They spread in all directions and flowed in along every passage. In just the blink of an eye, the huge rat city beneath the entire Skaven Demon City erupted. Completely caught in a sea of fire.
The rat people screamed and ran away, but they had nowhere to go. The magma rushing in the tunnel flowed forward slowly and unswervingly, and nothing could stop this terrifying existence. Many rat men even fell to the ground while running, and then their whole bodies were completely swallowed up by the flames that appeared out of thin air.
In the underground world, these rat people have no way to escape.
They screamed, wailed, and made painful calls for help and prayers. And these sounds - of course were heard by their gods.
"Roar————!!"
The huge statue shattered in the roar, and then, a huge rat man strode out of it. It stared at the magma that was spreading in front of it and submerged the rat man underground city. Its eyes were red and it roared angrily. . However, just when the rat man raised his hand and planned to do something, suddenly a black flame fell from the sky!
"Go to hell! Horned Rat!!"
Duanmu Huai held the war hammer in his hand, his whole body wrapped in black flames, falling from the sky like a meteor, and rushed straight towards the horned rat in front of him!
(End of chapter)