"It's over …"
Maria raised her head and looked at the world in front of her as everything around her gradually turned into mist and dissipated. She didn't know how long she had been trapped in this nightmare, but now, everything was over.
"Foreigner, who exactly are you?"
Maria looked at Fangzheng. She had vaguely sensed that this foreigner's identity wasn't simple. One must know that even the Healing Church wasn't very clear about the origin of the ancient gods, but this foreigner seemed to know everything here, including the true identity of the ancient gods.
"I'm the watcher of the abyss, the Undead Squad of Faran."
Fangzheng put away his sword and looked around. The man with the big chin had also disappeared. Perhaps he was also the Hunter's Phantom in this dream.
"To be honest, I also want to know what happened to this world. Why did it become like this?"
"Let me answer this question, Madam Ashes."
At that moment, a voice sounded. Then, Fangzheng and Maria were surprised to see another figure appear in front of them.
"Fire Girl?"
Fangzheng was taken aback when he saw the fireproof woman in front of him.
"How did you get here?"
"Because this is also a dream, Madam Ashes."
The fireproof woman smiled at Fangzheng and raised her hand.
"I've been waiting here for your return, Madam Ashes. I've witnessed the changes in this world, and now, it's time to tell you everything."
Along with this action of the fireproof woman, the world in front of Fangzheng changed. The coast disappeared, and at the next moment, a burning battlefield appeared in front of him.
"This is …?"
Maria was taken aback when she saw the battlefield in front of her. She could sense that this wasn't any place she had seen before. There were burnt ashes everywhere, and the weapons that were stabbed into the ground were in tatters. In the sky, it wasn't the sun that Maria was familiar with. Instead, it was a pitch-black Halo of Darkness with a scarlet radiance on its edge.
"This is really familiar."
Fangzheng lamented as he looked at the broken sword and the burning bonfire. The fireproof woman quietly came to Fangzheng's side. All of this was like a repeat of that day.
"Lord Ashes, do you still remember? That day, you chose to extinguish the embers of this world … "
The fireproof woman stretched out her hand and a small flame appeared in her hand. Then, the fireproof woman closed her hands and extinguished the small flame. Following the Fireproof Woman's actions, the entire world began to gradually darken as if the sun had set.
"The embers have been extinguished. The era of fire is over …"
"Crash …"
Fangzheng heard the sound of water. In front of him, Fangzheng saw the raging flood engulf everything, covering the entire world in a sea.
"The era of the deep sea has arrived."
"Boom!!"
As soon as the fireproof woman's voice fell, Fangzheng and Maria saw the sea in front of them suddenly explode. Then, huge monsters emerged from it. They were like prisoners who had escaped from prison. They danced wildly with their bodies, releasing their excitement and joy to their heart's content. Seeing this, Fangzheng snorted coldly.
"With the disappearance of the gods, the power of the abyss began to gradually grow. They once thought that this world would become their possession …"
The flood began to recede, and all kinds of powerful abyssal creatures emerged from the flood. Most of them had strange appearances, huge bodies, strong and evil. They excitedly rushed to the place where the embers had disappeared and was no longer protected by the gods. They wantonly enjoyed everything here.
But no one noticed that on the shore where the waves were rolling, small figures slowly crawled out. They looked at the world in front of them with confused expressions, as if they didn't know what to do.
"With the extinguishment of the embers and the disappearance of the gods, the curse of the undying also dissipated. But for this world, they are still too weak."
Next, the world in front of Fangzheng began to spin rapidly, showing him the subsequent history of this world.
The embers disappeared, but humans did not gain freedom because of this. The abyssal monsters began to imitate the former Lords of Cinder. They enslaved these humans and forced them to serve them. They built gorgeous buildings, cities, civilizations, and everything else. They were like prisoners who had been released from prison and were enjoying themselves. They greedily enjoyed everything in front of them.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long.
Even the abyss did not realize that the disappearance of the embers did not just allow them to gain control of this world.
The temperature began to drop. Cold wind blew across the earth and gradually froze everything. Although the abyssal monsters were extremely powerful, this did not mean that they could freely face the erosion of the cold. The arrival of the long Ice Age made the abyssal creatures feel fear, but it was too late. Most of the abyssal creatures were frozen to death in the endless cold. Others retreated into the depths of the endless dark abyss, and some who could not escape in time chose to sleep for a long time.
"But … not all living creatures can't survive this long winter …"
In front of Fangzheng, when the first ray of sunlight passed through the thick clouds and illuminated the endless darkness, humans in ragged clothes walked out of caves. They raised their heads, looked at the sun in the sky, and knelt on the ground with their hands raised, as if they were praising or singing.
"After that, the cycle of reincarnation …"
The world once again fast-forwarded in front of Fangzheng. Fangzheng saw what happened in the land of Yanan after that. The ancient gods who had once enslaved the Sumerian civilization fell into a deep sleep during the long Ice Age. The Sumerians began to grow ambitious. They tried to seize the blood of the ancient gods to make themselves powerful and superior beings, but the Sumerians failed.
Because so much time had passed, most humans had long forgotten where they came from and what they had experienced. The abyss, the Soul of Darkness, the Ring of Darkness, the First Flame, everything had disappeared from everyone's memory with time. The once great heroes, the once glorious deeds, and everything that had happened in this country called Lothric had been buried forever in the sea.
This also led to the Sumerians not understanding what it meant for them to extract the blood of the beings they called "ancient gods" and inject it into their bodies.
The abyss was the accumulation of human nature, and the creatures of the abyss were its embodiment. The result of the Sumerians' actions was to be contaminated by the abyss and transform into abyssal monsters.
This led to the destruction of the Sumerian civilization.
Until the river of time flowed again and Yanan appeared …. When Byron Weiss Academy discovered the ruins of Sumeria, it meant the beginning of another cycle.
"What a joke."
Upon seeing this scene, Fangzheng shook his head. So many people had fought to seal the abyss. Even the gods had thrown themselves into it to protect the world. But now, this group of stupid and ignorant mortals had taken the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of the abyss …. Ironically, as the fireproof woman had said, this was like a cycle. Humans came from the abyss. They became humans because they longed for and obtained the power of the First Flame. But now, they wanted to return to the abyss of their own accord ….
The Sumerians did not know, nor did the Yanans, that the end they had been longing for, seeking, and looking forward to was actually the place their ancestors and the ancestors of their ancestors had escaped with great difficulty.
"This … this …"
Upon seeing everything in front of her, Maria was dumbfounded. She looked at Fangzheng and Firegirl and was at a loss for words.
"This is really a satirical drama."
Fangzheng couldn't help but comment as he watched the final scene vanish and his vision return to the shore from before.
"Humans are always making the same mistakes and trying to make up for them.... Hmm, fortunately, the lunatics in Yanan are done for, and they didn't spread the idea of blood therapy to other places. I've had enough of those bastards from the abyss. I don't want any more trouble from these lunatics. "
"Foreigner …."
Upon hearing this, Maria could not help but take a deep breath and look at Fangzheng.
"Are you … a god?"
"I'm not a god."
Fangzheng waved his hand in response to Maria's question.
"As you can see, the gods who once ruled this world are dead, and the monsters of the abyss have basically left. This world is now the world of humans. You're free …. Hmm, maybe you should think about it. Don't give up this hard-won freedom. You know, I made a big decision when I chose to extinguish the First Flame."
"… So, what should I do next?"
"That's up to you."
As he spoke, Fangzheng extended his hand to Maria.
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