(Thanks to the book friend "Snow White and the Seven Dead Boys" for the tip!) )

……

"Whew, call it a day."

Falling to the ground from mid-air, Zhou Yao let out a long breath and shook his fist.

As the scattered eggshell fragments turned back into mist, the noisy noise finally stopped.

"What's next?"

Zhou Yao glanced at the moon who fell to the ground, and then looked at the depths of the city.

After a moment's hesitation, he chose to go deeper.

It's not because he has a grudge against Tsuki, it's just because Sakiya is more important to him than the two.

As soon as he came in, he encountered such a scene, and he didn't dare to take Xianyue with him anymore.

Whether awake or unconscious.

Although it is possible that Sakiya's disappearance was due to being brought into another dimension, it may only be possible if you don't explore this place again.

"So wait quietly for me to come back."

Zhou Yao left this sentence and turned to leave.

Walk down the straight avenue, and everywhere you look, there are old streets covered in gray.

This fog-shrouded city was once part of London, but it is the only place that has survived to this day.

Britain is no longer what it used to be, and today it is part of the Kingdom of New Britain.

The Kingdom of New Britain is led by the Knight King Mordred and the Knights of the Round Table.

A kingdom that belongs only to the undead.

As we all know, the Immortal Soul relies on the Valhalla to exist, and when the old Valhallon was broken, the vast majority of the Immortal Spirits perished, and the few who survived also faced a problem that could not be ignored.

Without the "source" of Valhalla, how can they survive for a long time?

So a certain method was explored.

That is to continue to exist as a hero of the undead, as the king of the undead.

The undead of the Old World are spreading, and they can already be called "races" on a scale.

Just like the race of "humans".

Paradoxical, at two extremes of incompatibility.

But there is one thing in common, and that is "faith".

There are Heroic Spirits who have discovered that it is possible to gather faith from the undead. to maintain and continue its own existence.

And so after a long period of time that humans could not know, the Ten Kings were born one after another.

They divided their territories among themselves, and gathered their faith while administering the spirits of the dead as people. Even if a new Valhallon is born later, no one wants to return to bondage.

The Kingdom of Britain is one of them.

Originally, Zhou Yao thought that if he wanted to come to London, he would inevitably come into contact with the people of the kingdom, but after asking, he learned that the kingdom's base was not here.

Well, that's all for gossip. The most suspicious place was found......

Zhou Yao stopped and came to the river in the center of the city.

Here he found a jet-black dagger left behind by Sakiya.

"This is the disintegration of the Virgin of Sakiya, so ......"

Gripping the short knife in his hand, he looked down.

The river is still, and its color is close to pitch black chaos.

It would have been nice if it had been so, but under the probing of the Eye of Judgment he saw an even worse view.

The chaos that is completely twisted together, the cheeks like grimaces and masks everywhere, where is this still a river, it is simply a field of accumulation of chaotic things.

"Chaos? In other words, this is the subject of resentment, right? ”

Zhou Yao raised his knife and wanted to attack twice tentatively. But after thinking about it, I gave up.

Sakiya's disappearance was obviously related to the river, but he wasn't sure what the impact would be if he attacked it.

It is possible to defeat resentment and rescue Sakiya, or it is possible to cause damage to Sakiya.

So if you don't confirm it yourself-

"This is called not entering the tiger's den, but getting the tiger."

Muttering, he took a deep breath and plunged into the still river.

For this reason, he also closed the eye of judgment first, otherwise he would not have been able to make up his mind.

"Sakiya, I don't even care about my life for you, don't have an accident with you."

Zhou Yao muttered in his heart, and he felt that his body was wrapped in a cold and moist feeling.

It's very similar to real water. But there's something more inexplicable in it.

He barely opened his eyes, and was instantly startled by a face that was about to stick to his face.

Nima! I've closed the trial!

Subconsciously want to shout this sentence. Zhou Yao's consciousness fell into darkness.

I don't know how long it took, but when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.

Western-style buildings, horse-drawn carriages come and go, pedestrians talking and laughing, and black and white as the protagonists of the color palette.

is like a black-and-white movie played on old film, presented in front of Zhou Yao's eyes.

"I'm not going to cross over again...... Just kidding. ”

Zhou Yao walked slowly while talking and answering himself.

Check it out. The memory is not wrong, I jumped into the still river to get here.

The purpose is to find Sakuya, OK.

Magic words......

Zhou Yao raised his hand and stretched it out in his palm to light the flames.

OK, no problem, magic works fine.

So. Now comes to the main topic.

Zhou Yao approached a man standing on the side of the street and started talking.

However, it was as if he was being treated as air, and no matter how much he spoke, he couldn't attract the other person's attention.

Unpleasantly, he even used the flame to come a little, and found that it had directly penetrated the other party's body.

"That's exactly what it looks like."

After trying for a while, Zhou Yao sighed and stopped.

It's as if I'm an outsider here, and I can't interfere with everything here.

The other actor is an actor on the stage, playing his own role according to a predetermined script.

"In this case, you can only take one step at a time."

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out what to do next, so Zhou Yao had no choice but to walk aimlessly.

If Sakiya is here, there will be a time when they will meet.

I don't know how long I walked, but it gradually got dark.

Even though there were only two colors, black and white, you could still feel that the scene had switched to night.

As night came, the pedestrians on the streets disappeared in a blink of an eye, and there was not a single carriage to be found.

The whole city seems to have become a ghost town.

As soon as Zhou Yao had this feeling, he found that the air was gradually infected with white, from light to dense, and finally the vast fog came.

"It's fog again, it's night again, this can't be the London of the old days, and it's the London where Jack the Ripper exists."

If that's the case, then Sakiya's role here is obvious.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yao suddenly had a sense of crisis, very faint but real.

From the eye of the heart (pseudo).

Worst!

His face changed drastically and he was about to take action, but unfortunately he was a step too late.

A pitch-black blade pierced his heart from behind. (To be continued.) )