By returning the bone fragments, he returned to the fireless sacrificial grounds.

Just as Ash was about to ask the Fireproof Girl to help find the fourth episode of the Powerpuff Girls, Ash's eyes were suddenly stunned, and then he was suddenly attracted by another group of inexplicable existences......

These people are not strangers to ashes, and they are even very familiar. Their names are pilgrimagers, and although they are also immortal, they are not qualified to carry on the flames.

And not just the pilgrims, after the ashes returned, countless pale, amber, or scarlet eyes appeared in the dark corners of the sacrificial grounds. Seeing these things, Ash narrowed his eyes, and then silently took out the dragon hunting sword spear that shimmered with golden thunder from his backpack...... The geist, the biggest enemy in the path of fire, is also the biggest obstacle.

The high walls of Rocles, the undead settlement, the path of the living sacrifices...... The flames began to extinguish, and geists could be seen everywhere. They are the enemies of the Flame Bearers, and will unconsciously attack anyone they see. Countless killings, but every time I take a moment's rest, even if it's just to sit in front of the fire for a while. They will come back to life and continue to stand unconsciously in place, or patrol. Their flesh, their torsos, their dying screams, the ashes are all familiar......

Thinking, just when Ash was wondering. In the darkness on the side, there was a sound of "da-da" high-heeled shoes. Hearing this, Ash also looked over. Hela was now wearing a dark green dress that outlined the perfect curves of her body, her neatly groomed hair was draped behind her, and her slightly dark eyeshadow and sharp eyes made her look like a proud queen.

"What's going on?" Ash looked at Hela in front of him with some confusion, and when he heard Ash's question, Hela on the side also shook his head.

"I'm not the master here, why is this happening, you should ask the fire girl."

Hearing Hela's words, he didn't notice that Hela mentioned that the fire girl was the smoke rising from her face. Ash just nodded as a matter of course...... After all, the sacrificial ground itself is a place for fireproof women.

Sharp eyes looked at the spirits around them, and for some reason, Hela could feel the feeling of ashes in their bodies, a thick, similar feeling of "dependence", or "attachment" or something like that. It has nothing to do with love, this attachment is more similar to the attachment of a child to his mother...... But alas, Ash can't seem to understand this attachment of theirs. After all, Ash has not felt anything since its birth, and has no concept of death.

The only mother who can be regarded as an ash should be the original ancient tree, right? After all, ashes are born from the dust of the burning of ancient trees.

Just when Ash was still wondering, I don't know when, the fire girl had walked out slowly and quietly from behind Ash.

Seeing the fireproof woman, Ash also asked suspiciously, "What's wrong here?" ”

Hearing Ash's question, the fireproof girl on the side nodded, and then said softly, "Don't worry, Lord Ash...... They are not your enemies. ”

“？”

Looking at the doubts on Ash's face, a chuckle rose on the face of the fireproof girl, and then she said slowly:

"In the previous battle, you took off the helmet of the King's Weapon. Thus, in the Age of Fire, the fragments of the soul that were instilled in you escaped...... Although this allows you to escape most of your power. But in the same way, these fragments of the soul are also mixed with the pus of human nature and have been fully released. Entered the body of the other and obtained a new shell. In this time without fire, you are the last king...... The King of the Spirits who guided them, the King of the Ashes......"

As he spoke, he was accompanied by the soft voice of the fireproof girl. From the shadows and corners around them, creatures of all shapes slowly crawled out.

With slender limbs and pustules, the thin and cruel hound shrugged its head. The swollen, naked, white body covered with a layer of slippery mucus, the unwielding maggot struggled to crawl. Like a dead corpse, the soldier bowed down with a broken sword and wooden shield in his hand, and a few fragments of armor remaining...... and the pilgrims who walked slowly and with devout eyes in their eyes.

The moment they saw the ashes, their bodies trembled. He tossed aside the palm that was supporting his body. Kneeling on the ground as he watched the creeper of the rope, he lowered his head and kept kowtowing. Crawling in front of Ash, he uttered the old phrase of the Age of Fire celebrating the birth of kings, and then bowed his head and kissed Ash's iron boots.

Hiding in some unseen corner of the sacrificial ground, Brünnhilde stood there silently watching everything in front of him. As an immortal who was transformed in this era, the memory of the age of fire also appeared in her mind...... But this memory did not swallow her.

The big blue eyes were full of piety, but there was also a little bit of an inability to give up on his own essence. Clenching her fists, she could vaguely see the embers on her body like ashes, like molten iron. Holding Gungnier in his hand and pursing his lips, Brunhilde finally sighed distantly. I closed my eyes, and it seemed that I was saying goodbye to something.

A little light shone down from the dome of the altar, and the scattered dust made the already dilapidated inch of light look gray.

The wraiths let out all sorts of murmurs, and the old words of the Age of Fire came out of their mouths. As the origin of all languages in this era, the deep sea age, although I couldn't understand what they were saying at all, for some reason, Hela could easily understand what they were saying...... The same is true when Ash speaks, but the only difference is that Ash's voice is not as jerky.

"What's going on...?"

McRae and Banner, who had just returned from outside, looked at the scene in front of them with some incomprehension. Because they weren't very familiar with the fire girl, they had to look at Hela beside them. Hela gave them a cold look...... This made McRae know that Hela was in a bad mood right now.

Glancing at McRae and the others with puzzled faces, the fireproof woman on the side smiled lightly and nodded gently. Then, with a silver tiara, the firefighter looked her eyes into the ashes.

Then, in Hela's murderous gaze, he pressed his lips to the ashes...... But because of the helmet, the fire girl's lips only fell on the ashes' visor.

Some couldn't understand this behavior of the firefighting woman, which caused Ash to wonder.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at the ashes in front of her, the firefighter on the side shook her head gently.

"Nothing, Lord Ash......"

As she spoke, the fireproof girl smiled at Hela on the side......