The twilight was getting darker, and the setting sun was better than blood.
A few thin wolves paced back and forth on a distant slope. They looked at the campfire and two figures under a stone slope below. One of them was busy making dinner, while the other sat quietly, as if he had fallen asleep. The thin wolf was very hungry. God knew how much they wanted to go down the slope to hunt, but their keen senses constantly reminded these wild beasts that the atmosphere over there was too dangerous.
That cold and terrifying atmosphere was like a giant python coiled under the slope, quietly waiting for food to come to its door.
Therefore, under the setting sun, they only occasionally let out a few long roars, but they didn't dare to go down the slope.
"Coward." Bai muttered. This was the word he had just learned. He looked at the wolves on the distant hillside and drooled, but he had no choice but to roast the dry smoked meat. Then, according to Lucy's teachings, he sprinkled salt on it for a simple seasoning before throwing it into his mouth and chewing it. For humans, this kind of dried meat tasted pretty good. After all, in this wilderness, you can't expect a tavern or restaurant to serve you. But as far as Bai was concerned, fresh wolf meat was obviously more delicious. However, Lucy had said more than once that since he had transformed into a human form, he had to learn how to be a human.
Everything started with changing the habit of eating raw food, so Bai took out the spirit of facing a strong enemy and ate all the bacon without hesitation. He licked the oil off his hands and looked at Allen beside him. After Allen found this place to stay for the night, he began to temper his Origin Energy. Bai was no longer surprised during the journey. The youth didn't know that after returning to Planet Heaven, Allen had tempered his Origin Energy much more frequently than before. Even Bai could feel that Allen was thirsty for power. However, the youth didn't understand where Allen's desire came from. No wonder the youth didn't understand. Allen didn't mention a single word about Earth's experience.
Bai only knew that at this time, his duty was to protect Allen. He was happy to do so, just like Allen had protected him all the way from when he was a young snake.
However, what Bai did not know was that Allen did not deliberately temper his Origin Energy tonight. At this moment, he had already entered the depths of his consciousness and descended into that strange world once again.
Patter patter patter.
As if waking up from a long dream, Allen slowly opened his eyes in the world of consciousness. He first heard the sound of rain, then looked up. Sure enough, thick clouds floated in the sky. The black clouds were like thick smoke rising after a big fire. Raindrops continued to fall from the thick clouds, sprinkling all over the ground.
He had been to this world a few times, but this was the first time he had seen rain. Ellen stretched out his hand, but he couldn't catch any raindrops. Only then did he see the scarlet skin on his hand. From time to time, scarlet flames flashed, illuminating the nerves and blood vessels beneath his skin. Near his palm, there was also a ball of dark colored fire mist. This dark mist looked ordinary, but it had a high temperature. The raindrops that fell into the mist evaporated instantly, not even the water vapor could rise. Therefore, Allen's hand was very dry. He retracted his hand and looked around, only to discover that he was sitting on a throne.
This throne was located on a hill, carved directly from a boulder, and the base was connected to the top of the hill. The throne was large and wide. For Allen's slender body, it could even be used as a bed. Thus, he understood that this throne was not prepared for him. Its previous owner should be Rogsya, who was known as the Flame Shadow.
Below the hill was the Fiery Forest. At this moment, the crown of the fire tree was dark blue, and the flames retreated to the point that they were about to be extinguished, like small flames. The raindrops fell on the flame crown, and the color of the flame crown was extremely dim, as if it was about to be extinguished in the next moment.
This oppressive feeling made Allen very uncomfortable, reminding him of his unpleasant experiences on Earth. Thus, he stood up, took a deep breath, and suddenly let out a long roar. Allen's whole body burst into flames, and sparks spurted out from the gaps of the lava armor. A circle of flames rose under his feet, and from a distance, it looked like a flame crown had fallen on the hill. The dark mist around him suddenly soared, and behind Allen, it stretched to the left and right, like a pair of shadow wings.
This pair of wings almost covered the entire hill.
The Fiery Forest seemed to wake up from a deep sleep. The originally dim canopy of the trees gradually changed from dark blue to orange, and finally turned into a vermilion flame. The flames rushed up, and the circle of flames lit up in the forest. All the fire trees were spewing out heavenly fire, and from a distance, it seemed that a corridor of flames had appeared on the ground.
Looking at the dazzling flames, the depressed air in Allen's chest disappeared. His perception became more sensitive, and he suddenly looked up at the sky. This time, when he looked up for the second time, the scenery in front of him was different. At this time, Allen's eyes were burning with heavenly fire, and the dark clouds that shrouded the sky began to stir, gradually forming a huge face. On that face, Allen felt that there was a gaze falling on him.
Some other existence was peeping at him through some mysterious way. The white flame above Allen's head suddenly lit up, like silver hair flying angrily. He resolutely shouted, "Get out!"
A very small gap appeared in the middle of the clouds, and then the gap quickly expanded. The clouds were like a whirlpool on the sea, rotating with the gap as the origin. The whirlpool in the sky became more and more intense, and finally the thick clouds were washed away. The blazing sun shone again, and the earth was bright again.
At the moment when the thick clouds disappeared, Allen vaguely heard a roar. The roar was full of anger, but also a little surprised.
He snorted coldly and did not take it seriously.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded. Allen looked down from the top of the hill. A horse rode out of the forest and followed the path to the top of the hill. It was a Knight riding on a fiery warhorse. He held a huge half-moon scythe, and the flame cloak behind him pulled out a long flame tail in the air. This fiery Knight arrived at the top of the hill in the blink of an eye. He jumped off the warhorse, knelt on one knee in front of Allen, and said to Allen in the language of Eboynes, "Welcome back, Your Highness King of Darkness."
This was the Knight who had once served Shadow of Flames. He had basic intelligence and could command the army in place of Shadow of Flames. Of course, one could not expect him to carry out any brilliant strategies. He could only simply order the army to charge or retreat. In this fiery world, battles were often simple and violent, so for this high-ranking Knight, it was enough to be able to carry out simple commands.
Allen turned around and pointed at the throne that blocked his view. A red dot of light appeared on the back of the throne. Then the dot of light spread, and the throne quickly collapsed and melted. In the eyes of the high-ranking Knight, the throne that Shadow of Flames had once sat on collapsed, revealing the world behind the hill. Allen took a deep look at the vast world behind the hill, and then said softly, "Gather all the troops."
The Knight's eyes seemed to spit out flames, and he stood up sternly. He stretched out his hand, and flames spewed out from the gaps in his armor, forming a flaming horn in his hand. The Knight blew the horn, and the sound spread far away in the Fiery Forest.
The horn sounded three times in a row.
After that, there was silence. After a moment, the sound of flapping wings began to sound on the other side of the forest. A fiery cloud floated through the forest. Its head and tail were a few kilometers long and deep. It was an army made up of tens of thousands of fire boys. They flew through the forest, circled in the sky, and made chirping sounds. However, no matter how the fire cloud spun, not a single fire boy dared to cross the hill and pass over Allen's head.
For them, there was an invisible boundary.
Then came the fire gnomes. These creatures that lived on the fire tree or under the forest floor scrambled to appear. They held rough weapons, slid down the fire tree, or drilled out of the soil, and then screamed as they ran out of the forest. These creatures had big heads and small bodies, and their appearances were ridiculous. However, there were so many of them that if the fire boy blocked the sky, then the fire gnomes would drown the earth. They were like a flood that flooded through the forest and gathered under the hill.
Not long after the fire gnomes appeared, the roars of wild beasts sounded in the forest. Fire horned demons dragged their chains out of the forest. Their numbers were relatively small, but there were still a few thousand of them. If the fire gnomes were a flood, then the fire horned demon was a dark-colored turbid stream. They tyrannically squeezed out a passage in the flood and occupied the front row. The fire gnomes screamed in dissatisfaction, but none of them dared to challenge the authority of the fire horned demon.
However, when the extremely heavy but uniform footsteps rang out, even the fire horned demon felt uneasy. Under the command of a few particularly strong fire horned demons, the dark-colored turbid stream split into two, clearing a path. The Flame Guardian, whose head was like a ball of fire and whose body was made of rock layers, stepped into the tunnel with heavy steps under the lead of a few Flame Commanders. They were Allen's personal guards and had higher authority than the fire horned demons. These guards went straight to the hill and walked up the mountain path. They lined up densely from the foot of the mountain to the top of the hill. A few flame commanders came behind Allen and knelt down on one knee.
The next to arrive were the knights who had once served the Flame Shadow. The Flame Knights rode their warhorses and galloped out of the forest in groups. There were fewer of them than the Fire Horned Demons, but there were more of them than the Flame Guards. Seeing his Knight appear, the high-ranking Knight saluted Allen before mounting his warhorse and galloping down the hill to meet up with his army.
Allen's army was finally assembled when the skeletons, but their bodies were spewing flames, and the headless giants holding fire whips or flame axes came out of the forest. He turned around and looked at his army. Then, he pointed forward and said, "Let's go!"
The fire boy screamed, the fire gnomes waved their weapons, the fire horned demons roared at the sky, and all kinds of creatures responded to Allen's orders in their own ways. Then the army set off. The red cloud formed by the fire boy floated over Allen's head first, followed by the fire gnomes that covered the mountains and plains. The turbid stream formed by the fire horned demons split into two and bypassed the hill. The last fire beast arrived nearby. Allen chose it as a mount and stood on its head. The giant beast's flames lit up, and then it strode forward, carrying Allen to the front of the army.
This time, Allen's army advanced a thousand miles, and the name of the Dark King gradually spread throughout the land.
A river meandered through the low slope, extending to the west, and the terrain became narrow and wide. The place was covered with rock fragments and withered weeds. They and clumps of dark bushes covered the bottomless pits on the slope. Fireflies constantly rose from the withered grass on the scarlet ground, like sparks dancing in the sky. The heat here was astonishing. The high temperature not only came from the ground, but also from the river. It was different from a river in a broad sense. It was because what flowed in the riverbed was not cool water, but magma that was constantly bubbling the size of a bowl. The river of magma flowed slowly and circled the slope to the north, disappearing into the canyon that looked like the bones of a giant beast.
Allen stood on a huge rock on the slope and looked at the canyon in the north. He could vaguely sense that there was an extremely tyrannical existence in the canyon. It was an opponent that he had never encountered in his thousand-mile journey. However, he was not afraid. On the contrary, he had a trace of anticipation.
His army was lying dormant on this slope to rest. Fire Boy drilled into the deep pits, the gnomes occupied the banks of the magma river, the Fire Horned Demon casually chose a place to rest, and the Flame Knight tirelessly patrolled around the camp. Along the way, although he hadn't met any enemies, after removing a few forces, Allen's army had also been reduced a little.
Of course, Allen didn't feel any heartache about losing cannon fodder like Fire Boy and the Fire Dwarf. These low-level creatures were everywhere. Even though they had consumed the most in battle, the number of these two creatures was even more than before they set off. Even the Fire Horned Demon didn't make Allen take it to heart. However, it was difficult to replenish the Blazing Knight and the Headless Giant, especially the Headless Giant.
After traveling a thousand miles, Allen wouldn't be able to see their kind, even if there was only one of them.
This world was vast, and Allen believed that there were more tyrannical existences and superior life forms waiting for him to discover. He hadn't considered how far his army could go, but as long as he moved towards the giant shadow at the end of the world, even if the distance he advanced was limited. However, as long as he didn't stop, Allen believed that he would one day reach the place where the giant shadow was. At that time, he might be able to understand the meaning of this world's existence.
Allen's eyes spat out heavenly flames, and the dark mist on his body surged like two wings spreading out. He pointed in the direction of the canyon and was about to order the army to set off when a flame lit up in the direction of the canyon. In the dim sky, the flame was so conspicuous. The flame soared into the sky, turned in midair, and flew straight in Allen's direction.
Its speed was so fast that in the next second, it was still a fingernail-sized dot of light. In the next second, Allen had already seen a blazing ball of fire the size of a table. The ball of fire flew straight, and when it passed by, a flame ignited on the ground. The flames were like a path, starting from the canyon and ending at the location of Allen's camp. The azure flames on Allen's head burned wildly, and his Qi was released without reservation. The entire slope was buzzing and trembling, and small pillars of fire continuously emerged from the magma river.
Allen was ready to fight, but the ball of fire in the air suddenly retracted its aura and slowed down. When it arrived above Allen's head, it slowly descended and turned into a pool of magma when it landed on the ground. Allen's Flame Guardian immediately rushed over. A Flame Commander raised his giant axe and walked towards the surging magma. Allen raised his hand to signal it to stop. At this moment, the pool of magma began to squirm, and a bulging head rose from the center, followed by a body, hands, and finally the magma condensed into a humanoid creature that stood in front of Allen.
It opened its eyes, and the eyeballs were two black jade-like crystals that flickered with the light of wisdom that other life did not have. It did not even look at the soldiers around Allen. It just spread out its hands and bowed to Allen. "Valiant King of Darkness, the flames on your body are as dazzling and brilliant as the light in the sky. I am Amondo, and I greet you on behalf of the Abyssal Fire Mitinas, young king. "
Allen nodded. "I do not feel any hostility from you. I am surprised that there is a life with intelligence like you in this land."
"My little wisdom cannot compare to yours," Amondo replied humbly.
"Then please tell me why you are here."
"Yes, Your Highness." Amondo asked, "The Abyssal Fire has seen your flames, and he wants to know where you and your army are going."
Allen did not say a word and pointed to the canyon.
Amondo sighed. "That is the problem. His Highness the Abyssal Fire's flames cover the entire canyon. I am afraid he cannot pass through for you."
"I am not begging you to let me pass, but no matter what stands in my way, I will crush it. Whether it is the Abyssal Fire or something else. "
Amondo spoke with a slightly surprised tone: "Young King, you are going to start a war between kings. But don't you know that there's no meaning in a war between kings? It seems that His Highness is right. You have not been born for long enough to know many rules. "
"For example?"
"For example, kings cannot fight each other."
"Is that so? That is a pity. Not long ago, I seemed to have killed a fellow who called himself the Shadow of Flames. "
"The Shadow of Flames?" Amondo shook his head. "The names of all kings are in my mind, but there is no Shadow of Flames among them. As for your name, it has only been echoing in my mind recently. The voice chanting your name was so loud and clear that it was impossible to ignore it. "
Allen asked, "You kept talking about kings. Tell me, what is a king?"
Amondo did not show any impatience. He said in a respectful tone, "A king is a king recognized by him, and has the privilege of eternal life in this land. A king will fall, but not die. After falling, a king will be reborn in the flames. This is a privilege that other beings do not have. "
"Him? Who is he? "
Amondo looked up at the giant shadow on the distant horizon. "He is our creator, and our destroyer. He is the beginning, and the end. He is now sleeping, and we exist in his dream. When he wakes up, we will no longer exist. But we will not simply disappear. We will appear in his world in a different form. We are his most loyal soldiers, whether it is other beings, or even kings. "
"As long as he wakes up, we will be his strongest army!"
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