Chapter Eighty-Four: The Fire Is Not Extinguished, the Heart Is Not Dead (Part II)

In the center of the hall beneath the temple, on the hilt of the Holy Avenger's sword, a flame burned so faint that it seemed to be extinguished at any moment.

But it was such a small flame, but it exuded tenacious power, protecting these balls of light in the center of the hall, firmly resisting the order and evil that spread throughout the world.

It could even separate a little aftermath and wrap around the ruined temple on the ground, so that even Sui Xiong, who surpassed the attributes and rules, was not aware of the existence here at first.

Sui Xiong cautiously flew in front of the flame, lest he use too much force and extinguish it.

Inside the flames, he saw the figure of a pig-headed man. This pig-headed man was old and ugly, skinny as wood, as if only a layer of skin was left to wrap around the skeleton, which was terrifying. But even so, it can be seen that his face is full of pain, and it is obvious that he is enduring great pain.

His body was trembling, but he was holding on to a cane, trying to keep himself straight so that he would not lose his balance and fall to the ground from pain.

It took Sui Xiong several seconds to recognize the pig-headed man.

He is the latest deity promoted under Sui Xiong's command, and is nicknamed the "salt-eating pig" god of salt-making, Ferra Kentji.

It is not surprising that Ferra Kenji will appear in this last position against the "New Order" of the Lord of Radiance, and he believes in the loyalty of this subordinate to him. But he wondered why Ferra Kenji was standing in the flames like fuel.

Where did the other gods go?

Sui Xiong felt that he had almost guessed the answer, but he would rather guess wrong.

With some trembling, he stretched out his tentacles and reached into the flames.

A very familiar force swept in, brave, determined, bright, loyal, and unyielding.

Of course he knew where this power came from, this was Leon's power, although it was much stronger than the demigod Leon in his impression, but the essence had not changed.

Along with this power comes a wonderful power. This power is similar in essence to the Lord of Order, it is supposed to be left by the Lord of Order, but it is very weak, and it has no mind at all, but it is unconsciously operating in a predetermined way. It draws power from the flames and transforms them to maintain the barrier around the temple, preventing the "New Order" from destroying the last refuge of the "Old Order" and erasing its last vestiges.

When Sui Xiong reached into the flames, the wonderful power immediately entwined around him, trying to draw power from him and transform it into the power to maintain the barrier.

The way to absorb it is to burn.

If Sui Xiong wanted to, he could certainly stop his tentacles from burning. But instead of stopping him, he transmitted a lot of power to the past, causing the flames that were about to be extinguished to burst into flames at once, illuminating the entire hall.

In the light of the fire, murals appeared on the walls around the hall. These murals are very familiar to Sui Xiong, and they are a long scroll of narrative. Sui Xiong's divine thought swept away, and he figured out all the contents—this long scroll recorded the resistance of the "old order" to the "new order".

As Sui Xiong guessed, after Sui Xiong fell into the main plane with the Kingdom of God, he was sent to the Lord of the Most Good, and the Kingdom of God was split up, and based on the Void City, he built a position to resist the Lord of Radiance.

After some time, the Lord of Order was defeated by the Lord of Light and retreated to the Void City. In that battle, he realized that he had finally resisted the Lord of Light and barely managed to maintain the situation with the help of this position based on the "shelter".

To be honest, if the Lord of Radiance really goes all out, even if the Lord of Order adds this position, plus the gods who rushed to help, most of them will not be able to resist it. But no one knew why, but the Lord of Radiance drifted away after a fruitless attack, and did not reappear here, personally launching even one attack on the Void City defense.

But this does not mean that he spares everyone, and with the transformation of the world order, Void City gradually becomes incompatible with the whole world. In order to maintain the existence of the defensive position, the gods thought of many ways and spent a lot of divine power, but they still couldn't support it, and finally the defense line had to retreat again and again, until it retreated to the temple built with the core of the divine kingdom, Sui Xiong's "computer" as the material.

Retreat here, there is really nowhere to retreat. A large number of mortals are sealed in the underground halls, and they are incompatible with the new era, and they simply cannot survive under this so-called "new order". And the gods who have fled here one after another have no way to adapt to the "new order" of the Lord of Radiance's madness, and they have no choice but to fight to the death.

Seeing despair, Leon, who had become the "Guardian Spirit of Void City" at that time, stood up.

He consulted with the Lord of Order for a long time, and finally found a solution to the problem.

Leon thrust his sword into the hall, and the Lord of Order abandoned his reason and turned himself into a strange flame. The flame itself is weak, but it is capable of transforming any fuel into a powerful force to sustain the patron temple and reject the enchantment encroached upon by the "New Order".

And the first god to jump into the flames to become fuel was none other than Leon. He ignited himself, his body, his soul, his divinity, his Godhead, and even existence itself...... All of this was turned into fuel, igniting a flame as bright as the sun.

With this flame, the temple was finally defended, and although the gods were saddened by the fall of the Lord of Order and the patron saint of Void City, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the power of the flame is not eternal, and as the days go by, the flame weakens day by day, and gradually, it is no longer enough to protect the temple.

When the flames were about to be extinguished, the god of justice, Jörgardeman, jumped into the flames, turned into fuel, and took over the burned Leon to continue to guard the temple and everyone's last hope.

And then one god after another became fuel. There are also some gods, evil gods, and demigods who cannot bear this bleak death, and would rather rush out and fight to the death...... The last one to be fueled was the weakest of the remaining gods, the god of saltmaking, Fira Kentji.

On the scroll, many gods left their last words before jumping into the flames, and at the end of the scroll, there are the last words of Fira Kenji:

I am Fira Kenji, a pig-headed man with no skills, who only became a god and gained immortality by luck thanks to a whimsical invention and the promotion of His Majesty, the Lord of the Void. Many people say that maybe I am the weakest god in the world.

In a few moments, I will be part of the flames, following my companions, and try to defend this place with my modest strength, guarding the last positions of our "old order".

I don't think what we identify with and hold on to is stale and wrong, and neither do my companions. One by one, we have become flames, not to fight for victory, but to try to protect our last dignity, to protect those who are willing to believe in us and stand with us until the end.

Perhaps our flames will eventually be extinguished, and the people we want to protect will die, but we fought until the last moment, and no matter whether we are strong or die, we will not bow our heads.

The reason why life is noble is not the strength or weakness of the godhead or the level of the godhead, but the courage to face the enemy and death. I'm not sure if these scrolls will survive, but I believe that even under the insidious and cruel "new order", there will be people who will have such courage to bloom the noblest posture of life in the face of despair and death!

Finally, may our Majesty, Lord of the Void, return, may this scroll record our final gestures and determinations and dedicate them to you, and may you triumph over the villain who claims to be supreme and restore the world to its right direction.

We can't wait for you to come back, but we'll always bless you.

The flame we have turned into may be extinguished, but our blessing for you will always be there!