The flames dissipated, and everything was calm.

Rod sighed softly and stepped forward to pick up the blade.

This sigh is not for the sake of the ruined king, but for a genius who has lost his position under the tide of the times.

With the help of the mage's hand, Rhodes easily inlaid the blade and hilt together, and a purple long sword appeared in Rhodes' hand.

"Looks like a good sword." The sheep spirit appeared by Rod's side again, "I didn't expect you to have the potential to join our Order-"

"Excuse me." Rod waved his hand and refused the solicitation of Yang Ling, "I'm afraid the husky will tear me apart." ”

"The mouth is not enough." Yang shook his head, "You already know about the thousand-year reincarnation, don't you want to take action?" ”

"Something?" Rod scoffed, "For example...... Join you, like Yorick? ”

"How do you know about Yorick's relationship with us?" In the face of Rod's cross-examination, Yang Ling was quite surprised, "Even he didn't know all this ...... at first"

"You know the rules of the world." Rhodes interrupted the sheep spirit again, "But you don't understand human nature, you don't even know that it's almost impossible for Yorick to join your order. ”

"Why?" Yang Ling was a little curious, "For thousands of years, he has followed my teachings, guarded life and death, and never gave up even in the most difficult times, why do you say that he will not join my order?" ”

"Because your goals are different." Rod looked at the puzzled sheep spirit, and finally a smile appeared on his face, "Yorick has sent countless funerals, but that's because he has buried his friends, and he just sends his friends where they should go." ”

Yorick knew it was the rule, but ...... The rules weren't the most important thing to him, and there were times when he could break them - like in the years he spent on the Shadow Isle, he didn't use a lot of forbidden knowledge. ”

"Maybe this doesn't seem to you to be in accordance with the rules, but in Yorick's opinion, it's a choice that has to be made - you have your divinity, and Yorick has Yorick's humanity, and even more human than those guys who are in the market."

"Yorick is doing his best to make a promise to his 'friends' that he will bury everyone on this island – and you're different."

“……”

The sheep spirit was silent.

A moment later, the wolf spirit appeared beside the sheep spirit.

Yorick refused.

"What did he say?"

"He said that he didn't have any faith, and he didn't have any faith, it was just a promise and a responsibility on his part, and that the dead should not exist in the world."

"Wait-" Rhodes interrupted the wolf spirit suddenly, "what did he say?" ”

"This is just a commitment and a responsibility on his part, and the dead should not exist in the world."

Rhodes disappeared where he was.

The next moment, Rhodes appeared at Yorick's side.

The guard hall had been lifted off the ground at some point, the tattered ceiling was on the verge of destruction, and the dappled sunlight was pouring down, and Yorick was sitting comfortably squinting and sitting beneath it.

Yorick's friends were all gone, and only a shallow layer of ash had accumulated on the ground.

Seeing Rod arrive, Yorick showed an unsurprising expression.

"You're here?"

Instead of agreeing, Rhodes turned to Yorick and asked, "You want to go?" ”

"You guessed it." Yorick smiled and nodded, "I've sent all my friends away, and I'm going to send myself away." ”

“…… You don't have to be like this. Rod shook his head, "You've touched that boundary, life and death can't limit you—"

"I know it all." Yorick waved his hand and stood up with his shovel, "The wolf told me just now, but I've made up my mind. ”

“……”

"I sent everyone I knew, and I fulfilled the promise I made when I set foot on Fukuko Island, and although there were some difficulties along the way, it seems that I did a good job." As if thinking of what had happened before, the expression on Yorick's face changed many times, "I know very well that I am different from you, I am different from sheep and wolves, I can neither assert myself as thoroughly as you, nor do I obey and defend the rules as thoroughly as wolves and sheep, I will always be a 'human' - although my body is an undead now, I always think that I am a human being, a mortal." ”

"It's not that you can't do it, it's that you don't want to." Rod shook his head, "To be honest, you're really a great guy. ”

"I love this identity, just like I like my friends, and I know that I can go one step further and get rid of death, but as a human being, death is inevitable for me." Yorick didn't seem to hear Rod's words, but just said to himself, "Without death, life is meaningless, the guardian outside of life and death, it is enough to have Qianjue, wolves and sheep are enough to defend the dignity of life and death, I think a quiet death is more suitable for me." ”

Rod didn't know what to say, so he could only look at Yorick in a daze.

"We're friends, aren't we?" Yorick suddenly spoke, "For the sake of fighting side by side. ”

Rod didn't know why, so he nodded indifferently.

"So—my friend—sit down and enjoy my last moments, I haven't seen the sun in a thousand years, and I remember the first friend I knew, and he liked the sun...... Remember your promise to me, and now add one to help me with my funeral, okay? Yorick reached out and took off the pendant that had accompanied him for thousands of years, "This is my last gift to my friend, take it." ”

Rod took the pendant and sat down directly, looking up at a smiling Yorick standing motionless.

The sunlight became more and more dazzling, and the sculpture-like Yorick finally disappeared into the bright sunlight.

The old shovel fell to the ground with a thud, splashing a puff of ash.

The voice caught the attention of Jinx, who was chattering with Jana about something.

"Where's Yorick?" As soon as he turned his head, Yorick disappeared, and Jinx, who was still elated by the victory just now, suddenly widened his eyes, "Why is that bitter gourd face gone?" ”

"Yorick is gone." Rod turned around and looked at Jinx with a smile, "The undertaker has completed all the funeral tasks and left." ”

"Left?" Jinx still didn't react, "He...... He's dead? ”

This time, Rod didn't answer Jinx directly, he just silently picked up Yorick's shovel, put it in his spatial package, and sighed in a voice that only he could hear.

"Hell is not empty vows and you will not become a Buddha, and now ...... Hell is finally empty. ”