The original fire sacrifice ground, the world is dark. Is this the world after the flame is extinguished, is this the future or another world?

Hero Guda, belated hero, the bell has not yet sounded, the first fire has been extinguished. Perhaps there was also a fireproof girl who had been waiting for Guda's arrival, but unfortunately he came too late.

Guda's eyes can be seen glowing red, which indicates that he has begun to be eroded by the abyss, unlike the Ash Inquisitor in "reality", at this time he has not yet been completely consumed by the "human pus". He still retains his strongest strength.

As the years passed, the armor that wrapped his body was still solid, and the halberd shone with a sharp luster.

Charge and leap, jump and smash straight above your head, embers tumbling and dodging. Taking advantage of Guda's stiffness, he swung several swords in succession, and sword marks visible to the naked eye appeared on his armor. But it's not enough, this level of damage is tantamount to scratching the boot.

Guda wielded his halberd wide open and closed, and the embers moved sideways, tumbling and jumping as if they were dancing on the tip of a knife, always accumulating more wounds when they were taken by surprise.

After a dozen rounds, Guda didn't seem to plan to delay any longer. His long halberd swung back and his body shimmered, and suddenly the speed of his whole person's movement increased by more than a notch. The halberd charge, followed by a continuous stream of slashing and stabbing blows, Ember was able to avoid his form, but he could not avoid Guda's unexpected sideways shoulder impact.

The body of the ember flying out rolled on the ground a few times, and just came to a stop on the edge of the cliff. Ember turned his head to spot the Black Knight's sword halberd on the edge of the ruins.

This weapon is dark and is the weapon that the Black Knight uses against the Chaos Demons in the form of a large body. The unusual length and weight, from straight to curved like a crescent halberd blade, is this exaggerated but not presumptuous quaint style.

Ember lifted his halberd with his front feet, held the center of gravity with one hand, pulled the spear flower from left to right of his body, and pointed at Guda in front of him. That's how heroes are treated, a dignified battle.

The way to deal with the vertical chop should be parried with a horizontal handle, and then the halberd blade should be turned back to the side and returned to him. The fight is whose strength prevails and whose skills are more subtle. Both sides are experts in long-handled weapons, and you come and go to see and dismantle the moves, depending on whose will can hold on to the end.

Ember lay on his sword halberd with both hands, and turned sideways to slash at Guda, whose halberd was full of fire, and with a sharp and dull sound, it was really suspicious that it would be cut off in the next moment. With a swing, Ember leaps down and slashes downward.

Guda could no longer withstand the tremendous force and fell to one knee on the ground, the ground centered on him showing a cobweb-like crack.

The halberd blade was already embedded in his left shoulder, and as the blade retreated, it brought up a large piece of broken armor and blood flowers, and Ember did not intend to stop it, and the halberd with his backhand pierced his entire body, which was the best tribute to the hero!

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The giant gate guarded by Guda was opened, and a familiar path appeared in front of him. This is clearly the fire transmission sacrifice field of another time and space, and the flame of this time and space is extinguished.

Ember was going to go inside. There is no doubt that there is neither a king nor a spark here, and there is no fire prevention girl in sight. However, the old woman who loves bibimbap with ashes is still here, is it really the same person?

"Oops, oops, it's really strange, the bell didn't ring, but someone who got lost appeared...... Still, you seem to know what my old woman does. What's the matter with me, an old woman? If you're not bound by a curse, there's no point in staying any longer. ”

"Now that it is dark and empty, the fire will die quietly...... Or are you too late? Just like that girl. ”

"Girl, what girl?"

"Hehehe, you might find something else if you go."

Sure enough, there was no one else in this fireless sacrificial ground except the old woman. Ember just felt that every place was familiar, yet very unfamiliar.

Wait, it seems that this wall is a little different. As a rule of thumb, this is a phantom wall.

Ember finds what the old woman may have called the "girl", the corpse of a fireproof woman. There seemed to be something on the corpse that shone with a soul glow.

It was a pair of eyes, and it was hard to imagine that there were complete eyes on a corpse with only dry bones left. Perhaps this has an extraordinary meaning for the fire prevention girl.

Probably because the fire girl didn't wait for her hero, so she died alone in this place, and Ember felt a little sad in his heart, and he didn't plan to make the living wait too long.

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"Lord Ash, I hope you will tell me, the king of the throne, the dwarf Lord Rudos, if he told you something? That adult must have understood what the Fire Girl had lost, and how important or terrible it was. Should I look into this? ”

Ember who returned to the sacrificial ground was stopped by Rudos and talked to him about something inexplicable, as if he didn't like the fire girl very much. It is said that it is to let Ember be careful of the fire prevention girl.

However, all this was "seen" by the fire prevention woman. Or maybe she had foreseen something herself. Ash, he may have hesitated, he struggled - what to do with these eyes.

He had already felt the change in both Rudos and the Fireproof Woman, and it seemed that it was because he had brought such things here from the Fireless Sacrifice Ground. What can make the two of them "out of shape" like this must be related to the inheritance of the first fire.

On the one hand, she is the unshirkable responsibility of passing on the fire, and on the other hand, she is a fire prevention woman who always believes in herself.

Ash, sure enough, chose to give her eyes.

"Lord Ash, this is...... Is it the eyes? Thank you, Lord Ash, this must be what Firefighter has lost. Lord Ash, thank you so much for the eyes. ”

"But for the fireproof woman, keeping eyes is a taboo. If you give me a faint light, I will see that terrible betrayal. A world where fire is gone, Lord Ash, is this what you want? ”

The firefighter has never been so excited, and sure enough, what the firefighter wants is to extinguish the flames? Ember began to doubt, to doubt what they had done, and what the gods and kings had done.

The inheritance of the first flame is to let the light generated by the flame illuminate the world forever...... Is there something wrong with that?

"I see, please kill me...... Take these eyes. I have indulged in darkness, tempted by the glimmer of light, and fallen into that terrible betrayal. ”

Before Ember could speak, the Firefighter seemed to sense his hesitation, and her trembling voice seemed to be moaning and crying...... He had never seen her so sad and desperate, it was the soul that was close at hand and crumbling in the storm.

"No, I'm actually tired too, and I want to see the world where the flames go out." Ember felt that he had betrayed the way of spreading fire and betrayed the whole world at this moment...... But as long as she's happy, wouldn't it?

Perhaps he can also find a high-sounding reason, isn't such a twisted, terrible and desperate world because of the "spread of fire"? Even if it is a royal family, isn't there a existence that violates its mission and is unwilling to spread the fire?

"I see, I'm your firefighter and will follow your instructions. Please keep this in your heart, and please don't let anyone know. You've been running to find the Fire King, and I'm just an eyeless firefighter. This level of awareness waits until the moment you betray everything. ”

"Lord Ash, if I say something inappropriate, please forgive me. There is infinite darkness in the world of fire that shines with that eye...... However, that is not the same as what we feel without eyes. I could feel a small cluster of fire far ahead, and it was like the fire of the kings—like embers. Maybe that's why the darkness appeals to me so much, right? ”

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"By the way, when the flames are extinguished, can you take off your 'crown'? I want to look at your eyes, they must be beautiful! ”

"Okay sir...... Then you will take off the 'crown' and crown you......"