“......”

There were occasional faint spots of light in the endless darkness and void, and in the murmuring dreams, the serpent was coiled around its body, sleeping quietly, its belly bulging high, as if something was there.

Obviously, for the first time, the serpent was holding on, and in the midst of the fierce battle, which was so fierce that it almost lost consciousness, the serpent only vaguely remembered that it seemed to have swallowed something, as if it were the giant that was its enemy, and as if it was ...... Something bigger than the giant.

What is it?

It doesn't remember, and it doesn't bother to remember, for this monster, it doesn't care about everything that happened in the past, because even if it remembers what has happened, it doesn't make sense, and it can't be changed, let alone nostalgia.

So, just as it doesn't care about its past as a human, it doesn't care about what it eats, and it's full now, and it's enough to know that.

And when the whole universe collapsed, it wandered in this endless void for a long time, in its ears, those murmuring voices never stopped, and in this dark void, occasionally some strong or weak breath passed in front of it.

For these, the big snake did not care, just quietly sleeping, its body is still growing, in a long time, in its huge body even formed some inexplicable life, these ghost-like life in its body multiplied, with scales as peaks, with gaps as ravines, inhabiting its body, and even finally establishing cities and civilizations.

These beings who are good at spiritual power are divided into a number of different kingdoms and civilizations on the body of the great snake, fighting each other and fighting for territory, and many mages have created infinitely prosperous civilizations, they regard the body of the great snake as the primitive world, and the darkness outside the body of the great snake as endless darkness, but there are also some scholars who believe that the earth under their feet is actually an infinitely powerful life.

Apparently, these scholars are regarded by the vast majority of people as insane, ridiculed for their ignorance, considered them to have lost their minds, and even invented a term to call such similar statements "rationality to zero".

However, some scholars are not reconciled, they insist that their doctrines are true, but the public does not accept their theories, and they are forced to form secret orders one after another.

Among the many orders, some are obsessed with finding the truth about the world, some are trying to awaken the vast life beneath them, and some are trying to communicate with that huge life, and finally, one of the most intelligent people has found a way......

Inside the tall palace, all kinds of strange symbols were carved everywhere, and the transparent life faced the altar in front of it and whispered something.

This is known as the Dark Lord who stands at the pinnacle of black magic, a genius among geniuses that has not been met in a thousand years, the army under his command has already swept through all countries, almost all living beings have surrendered to its feet, only those white magicians who use white magic are still holding on to the last kingdom, struggling to support, but in the eyes of the vast majority of people, these white magicians are just powerless people to be conquered by the Dark Lord after all.

However, recently, there is a brave man who is regarded as resisting the demon king, he is calm, rational, handsome, brave, with incomparable charm and appeal, under his leadership, the white magicians who were originally struggling to support were able to defeat several demon generals, the huge army led by the king of heaven, and even had the potential to fight back, recovering many cities, however, all of this is not what the dark lord cares about, at this moment, he only cares about one thing, that is, the sacrifice in front of him.

From a long time ago, he knew that he possessed a talent far beyond ordinary people, but it was precisely because of this that he was able to feel a certain will hidden in the depths of the earth with his immense spiritual power......

In the face of that great and vast will, the power he was so proud was so vulnerable that even he was at last filled with trembling fear at that power, but after the fear was a deep longing that arose.

He longs to be in touch with that power, to gain that power, no matter what it takes.

To this end, he did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles across the world, just to be able to gather all the magic books and gain enough wisdom from them.

And now, he's finally found a way......

Since ancient times, those mysterious words have often appeared in this world, whether carved in the mountains or hidden in the sea, and so on. The ancient beings believed that this writing was not man-made, but that it was naturally formed, and that it had great power, for which there had been violent conflicts and battles, and now he was able to master all of them.

“......”

The transparent life was chanting a spell in its mouth, and the flames in front of it were burning, and at this moment......

"Bang!"

The door behind him suddenly opened, and the Dark Lord couldn't help but frown and look back, he wanted to see who dared to disturb his ritual.

The first to appear, however, was a squad of men and women, led by a handsome young man with a sword, and beside them lay a tall giant in thick armor.

The Dark Lord looked at the young man, then at the tall giant, and frowned slightly.

"Jemorro, you actually let outsiders break into this place?"

His tone was calm, but when he heard this, the tall giant covered in blood struggled to get up, but finally fell to his knees and trembled in a voice full of fear.

"I, O King, I ......"

"Rubbish!"

However, the Dark Lord didn't listen to his explanation at all, just whispered, and with a casual wave of his hand, the tall giant in front of him instantly turned into pieces.

Then, the Dark Lord turned to look at the young men and women in front of him, and then said calmly.

"Now, as a reward for your ability to break here, I command you to say your names......"

......

In the palace, several young men and women had already fallen sideways, but only the young man with the sword barely managed to hold on to the broken sword in his hand to keep it from falling.

"Ho ......"

He gasped with difficulty, feeling the sharp pain after his lungs were penetrated, and his clear blue eyes looked at the Dark Lord in front of him, but they were full of deep fear.

It's really strong and terrible......

It was just a blow that directly knocked away the holy sword Tomy Bard in his hand that was forged by all the white mage teachers and teachers at the cost of their lives, if it weren't for Levia's sacrifice in front of him, I'm afraid he would have died, but ......

"Levia ......"

His mind was in a trance, and the scenes that had once appeared in front of him appeared in front of him, but then they were interrupted by the sharp pain in his body.

"Ahem......"

While coughing up blood, he understood that this was not the young man who had been in love with children for a long time, gritted his teeth, and tried to stand up with his sword and continue to fight with difficulty, but after all, he still limped and fell to the ground.

And looking at the young brave man in front of him, the Dark Lord just looked at it indifferently.

"It's really overwhelming, you are indeed very talented, if you sharpen it for a few more decades, you may really have a chance to fight me, but now you are still too immature. ”

With a sneer, the Dark Lord turned, ready to perform the ritual again.

"Dark Lord, I ask you...... Why did you slaughter the city of Gold?"

But behind him, there was the weak and stubborn voice of a young man.

The Demon King stopped, and when he heard the name, he couldn't help but recall it in his mind, and with his extraordinary wisdom, he immediately remembered this humble little city from his dusty memory.

"You mean that little northern city, because I saw a record in the texts of a Order, and there is an ancient script hidden under this small city, why?

The Dark Lord said calmly, and then, he was keenly aware of something.

The young man behind him looked at the Dark Lord in front of him a little blankly, his lips trembled, and he said in disbelief.

"That's it...... That's because of this?"

"Of course, is there any other reason to do so?"

The Dark Lord scoffed.

A deep anger gradually appeared on the young man's blank face, and he clenched the holy sword in his hand tightly, almost crushing his teeth.

In the Dark Lord's tone, he couldn't hear any emotion, as calm as if he had crushed an ant.

"You monster...... Don't you have any feelings?!!

"Feelings?"

Unexpectedly, the Dark Lord in front of him sneered and glanced at him, just this glance made the young man's body feel like falling into an ice cave......

What kind of eyes are they.

Among the erected snake pupils, they were cold and indifferent, inhumane, as if they were ...... It's like a reptile looking down at the body from some higher dimension.

"Humble mortal, I thought you were also a bit talented, and you might be able to understand my thoughts, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid. Feelings? This country of thousands of miles is meaningless! What are these things in the face of that great will?"

Sneering, the Dark Lord turned his head and continued to walk towards the altar in front of him, where in front of him was a serpentine statue.

Looking at the statue, the Dark Lord, who was arrogant and invincible in front of outsiders, had a deep longing on his face, and muttered in his mouth.

"Eternal and immortal life, a power over all living beings...... Right away...... When I awaken that will, it's all mine. ”

As he spoke, his body trembled with excessive excitement.

Looking at the Dark Lord in front of him, although the young man did not understand what the Dark Lord was doing, he also realized that this seemed to be an extremely important ritual, and he tried to step forward to stop it, regardless of his seriously injured body, but then several black tentacles-like things were born and tied him alive, making him unable to break free.

"At the moment when I am about to transcend all life, all things, you have the privilege of being allowed by me to be here. ”

The Dark Lord said confidently, then closed his eyes and muttered a prayer.

“......”

He wrote down all kinds of mysterious words from ancient times, long before the birth of life, and those runi scripts that had been used by the gods to try to escape fate, in order to call on the great will that had been dormant for a long time.

"Boom Rumble......

Beneath him, the palace began to shake, and the shaking became more and more violent, and the young man looked at the Dark Lord in front of him, and he realized that this was not any ordinary magical ritual, but a ritual that could turn the world upside down and be unprecedented and large......

Outside the palace, in the midst of a violent earthquake, the Demon King's army, which had already received the order, began to slaughter the captives as sacrifices, and one after another flying dragons soared above the sky, making bursts of dragon groans, and many mountain peaks collapsed for it, and the rivers were cut off, like an apocalyptic scene.

"Stop! Are you crazy!!"

In the palace, the young man desperately yelled at the Dark Lord in front of him, his fingers digging deep into the stone slab, his nails bursting and bleeding, and a thick fear enveloped his pupils......

It's as if the city of Gold was destroyed.

And in front of the young man, the Dark Lord laughed wildly.

"Ho ho ...... Hahahaha...... I did it...... I succeeded!!"

At the same time, with the loud sound of the sky and the earth cracking, the Dark Lord seemed to feel in a trance that he was being thrown outward with the many palace fragments beside him, and the entire earth under him was shrinking.

"Hmm, something seems wrong......

With his last thought, everything in the earth was thrown into the endless darkness......

The serpent, which had been sleeping for an unknown amount of time, slowly opened its eyes, stretched its huge body that had not moved for a long time, and then flew towards a point of light in the endless darkness.