The virtual game "Ode to Light and Shadow", launched ten years ago and became the world's most popular game two years later, inevitably entered a stage of declining popularity after eight years of popularity.

And today, the number of online users of "Ode to Light and Shadow" has returned to its peak in one fell swoop.

But this is not the middle of the game, but the end of the game.

This day is the seventh and final day of the battle between the two largest guilds in the game, the Throne of the Gods and the Dark Canopy.

Throne of the Gods Base, City of Odin.

Bright red blood spilled on the gray-white city wall, a man in heavy armor fell to the side, and before the swordsman who killed him could draw his sword, he was pierced into the body by an arrow flying from a distance, and the archer who shot the arrow was swallowed up by a fire spell of the mage flying in the sky.

The burning corpses tumbled down from the walls and landed on the piles of corpses beneath the walls. Flames spread from the corpse, and soon the entire city became a city of fire, red the only color between heaven and earth.

In the middle of the city, the temple.

A demon with two horns and broken armor gasped for breath, his eyes fixed on the figure in front of him.

It was a pope in a tattered robe and holding a golden book, the pope's breathing was equally heavy, and he raised his hand and his lips moved.

A white spear of light appeared, piercing the demon's lower abdomen, dissipating half of his body, and the demon held the sword in one hand, let out a roar, and came to the Pope with wings, and stabbed the sword into his body.

The Pope's fingers trembled, and he stared at the demon in front of him, opening his mouth to spit blood.

"I won." He slowly drew his sword, but there was no smile on the demon's face.

The Pope's body lay to the ground, unable to speak until he died, but he stared into the demon's eyes and had already spoken his words.

Dragging the remains of his body, the demon came to the center of the hall, where a golden throne remained, and only a small piece of the throne remained, the rest of which was destroyed by the aftermath of the battle.

As the demon sat down on the throne, the hall flooded into two pairs of soldiers, the elite of the two guilds.

Looking at the demon on the throne and the pope on the ground, one group knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, while the other raised their hands in celebration.

The demon reluctantly raised his greatsword, and a black glow flashed on the sword, and the golden throne slowly turned black.

"I, Subaru, Lord of the Continent, King of Demons!"

"Demon King!"

"Demon King!"

"Demon King!"

"Demon King!"

……

A wave of sound came from the temple and resounded through the city.

The two warring sides stopped fighting, one side waved his sword and shouted, and the other withdrew in disgrace.

A loud voice rang out in the sky and spread across the continent.

[The duel of fates has ended, the darkness covers the sky, the gods fall to the throne, the continent falls to the demons, and the humans retreat to the ancestral land]

The announcement echoed three times, and another one sounded.

[After half an hour, the game will be closed for updates, which is expected to be completed in four hours]

After listening to the announcement, the players did not linger in the slightest and went offline one after another, and they had already spent too much energy in the week-long decisive battle.

In the middle of the city, the church hall.

There was a black mist shrouded in the demon's body, which was the twelfth-level demon-based life magic.

The black mist cleared, and the demon's body returned to its original state.

"Subaru, congratulations!" The demon priest who treated the demon laughed.

"Tongxi, isn't it?" The demon smiled.

"Hahahaha, if it were ten years ago, I would never have imagined that this continent belonged to us."

"It's the result of everyone's efforts."

"Yes." The Demon Priest grinned, "Subaru, why don't you look so excited." ”

"Maybe I'm too happy, so I don't know what kind of expression I should show!"

"You're so tired, hurry up and get off the line and rest!" With that, the Demon Priest pressed his logout button and left the game.

The Demon Priest was the last person to log out of the city, and the barely visible smile on the demon's face slowly disappeared as he looked at the ruined walls beside him.

"Is that enough?" The demon threw away his greatsword and ripped off his cloak.

There were no creatures around him, but a voice rang out: "It's okay, the information collected is ready to jump." ”

"Let's get started, then."

"Estimated to take ten minutes."

With a step, the demon left the church and flew to the top of the bell tower, looking at the ruins below.

Thunder rang from the sky, and the sound of rain rang out, and the rain clicked on the city of Odin, playing a heavy melody.

The city of Odin was silent, only the fire outside the city was still resisting the invasion of raindrops, making a sizzling sound, and this sound was slowly extinguished, and the heavens and the earth were silent.

[There are still 10 minutes until the server is closed]

The demon ignored the reminder, in fact, even if he wanted to, there was no way to do it.

Because he couldn't log out of the game at all.

For other players, "Ode to Light and Shadow" is just some real virtual game, but for him, it is

- Reality.

Reaching out, the demon tapped in the void.

【

Game Nickname: Subaru

Real name: Xia You

ID number: 3212812099****1323

Race: Demon

Bloodline: Abyssal Demon

Level: 120 (max)

HP: 10000/10000

Mana: 23/20000

Stamina: 100/15000

Profession: Demon Mage, Swordsman

Title: Holy Swordsman, Holy Magister, Demon Master

Skills: Demon Magic Lv12 (Max), Swordsmanship Lv12 (Max), Mental Power Lv12 (Max), Mana Recovery Lv10, Stamina Recovery Lv9, Commander Lv8, Fortitude Lv7, Health Recovery Lv6......

Equip:......

】

His real name is Natsuyo, a guy who died ten years ago, and the cause of death was a terrorist attack, when he was playing a game in the game warehouse and was unable to react at all.

But only Xia You's body died, and Xia You's spirit survived in the game, all thanks to the existence of the conversation with him just now.

Xia You, who got a new life, was confused for a while, and quickly recovered, the virtual technology of "Ode to Light and Shadow" is already very real, and there is not much difference between living here and living in reality.

But he was told the bad news at the time: "Ode to Light and Shadow" is just a game, and games have a lifespan.

Through the experience of the game's closed server update, Xia You knew what would happen to him once the game's life ended:

In the boundless darkness, the formless and incorporeal floats.

A normal human being is going crazy if he is locked up in a small dark room for a few days, let alone losing his body and wandering in the dark forever?

For the sake of his future, Xia Youhe made a deal to save his existence.

The content of the deal is that Xia You helps it collect the player's will, and it promises to help Xia You get a body after the deed is completed.

Xia You has spent ten years crusading monsters again and again, from a player who has first come into contact with virtual games, to an existence that can compete with the world's top players.

He single-handedly created the Dark Sky, defeated the elves, dwarves, orcs and ......, and killed the final enemy humans, and was interviewed by the game company for pushing the game process too fast.

After hardships and tribulations, now, he has finally gathered his will.

"Are you alright?" Xia You asked.

"Three minutes to go."

Bored, Xia You clicked on the email, and the final reward sent to him in the email was the email.

[Congratulations, you have completed the final mission - Unify the Continent]

【Complete the quest to unify the continent and gain a skill】

[Achieve the achievement of Unifying the Continent and obtain the title - Demon King]

Xia You first clicked on the title of Demon King.

[Title - Demon King: Lord of the Continent, King of Demons; Demon Magic Lv. +1, Divinity Lv. +1]

Divinity? New skills? It seems that the game company wants to continue the wave.

But this has nothing to do with me, no matter what happens today, this account can't be used by itself.

Equipping the title of Demon King, Xia You clicked on the skill reward again.

The bonus skills can be selected, which are: Scourge of the Dead, Gate of Truth, Eye of the Abyss, Tears of the Goddess, Elemental Whisper, and Sword of Heavenly Punishment.

With the exception of the Gate of Truth and the Tears of the Goddess, the others are attack skills.

The Gate of Truth is the highest skill in alchemy, and the Tears of the Goddess is the highest healing skill.

Xia You has never heard of these skills, and the game company really wants to extend the life of the game.

Judging from their own race and skills, choosing the Eye of the Abyss or the Sword of Heavenly Punishment is the best.

"Choose the Gate of Truth!" The unknown being shouted.

Nodding, Xia You moved his finger and pressed it on the door of truth.

Ten years, a whole ten years, Xia You kept fighting, without stopping, he was fighting when others were watching the scenery online, he was fighting when others were flirting with girls online, and he was still fighting when others were resting offline......

It would be nice to be an alchemist at home.

He sneered again, laughing at himself for still trying to live in the game.

Today, that's it.

"Are you alright?" Xia You asked again.

"Five minutes to go."

"What's the matter?" Xia You frowned.

"That skill works for me, I'll parse it, don't resist, I'll use your data."

After another five minutes of waiting, the unknown being finally finished its job just as it was about to close.

Xia You's body gushed gray gas, and the gray gas formed an upper body, and from a distance, it looked like Xia You had grown an upper body.

The upper body laughed.

After he finished laughing, Xia You spoke: "It's time to fulfill your promise." ”

The upper body didn't answer, it turned its head and stared into Xia You's eyes.

After a long time, the corners of its mouth grinned wider, and its laughter became more harsh: "It's all adults, why do you still believe the nonsense of strangers?" ”

"So you're not going to fulfill the contract?"

Xia You's face was calm, and his calm complexion made his upper body a little flustered, and his laughter stopped.

The upper body snorted coldly, emboldening himself: "Do you know why I want to wait for the time of the closed update?" Because then you will become the basic data, and everything you will be under my control. ”

Glancing at the sixty-second countdown time, Xia You smiled and said, "I think you are too worried, because I don't know how to resist you at all." ”

"Hmph, if you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if." The upper body is proud again.

Xia You asked again: "Why do you jump out and tell me now, drag it until you close the server, and when I don't know it at all, wouldn't it be better to achieve your true purpose?" ”

“…… Probably loneliness. ”

"Five years ago, you told me that no matter how lonely you are, you can't find pleasure in things that matter your life."

"What are you doing?" The upper body asked sharply.

Xia You stretched out his arm, and magic surged from his body, and a small ink-colored flower bloomed in the clearing.

This magic is a signal.

He laughed, "Do you think that I really believe in your nonsense? ”

"When you met with a game company three years ago, you did something?" The upper body suddenly thought of the only flaw.

At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and a huge human face appeared in the sky, which was the game's main control brain.

The human face looked at Xia You, his eyes were cold: "You said before that its plan was after the update. ”

"After all, I still hold on to his hope that I will be resurrected!" Xia You spread his hands.

"We said we could help you."

"Do you think I believe it?"

The face fell silent, it glanced at the upper body of Xia You's body, and spit out the words: "Shut up, the data is suspended." ”

Xia You's consciousness suddenly fell into darkness.