Seven gates.

There is a statue in each of the six gates on the left and right sides, corresponding to the six gods:

The two doors on the left correspond to the Goddess of the Night and the Mother Earth, while the four doors on the right correspond to the Lord of the Storm, the Eternal Sun, the God of War, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.

In addition to the gods of steam and machinery, the six orthodox gods are here. And the reason why there is no god of steam and machinery is also very simple, this god is too young, and he may not have been a god as long as this underground ruin.

Stab!!

In the jerky and heavy grinding sound, the stone door in the middle was slowly pushed open.

Behind the door is a corridor that can be used by four people in parallel, and the front is dark and deep, mysterious and weird.

But as soon as the embers entered, the dark and deep environment was immediately dispelled by the glow of the Sunworm Helmet. In the face of the light, all shadows are hidden. Because of this, Ember can easily see the full picture of this road:

The end of the corridor is blocked by boulders and earth, but on either side of the corridor there is a stone door of the same shape as the hall, and the right side is half open, and the inside is also filled with mud and stones. The stone door on the left side is also not fully closed, leaving a narrow gap for one person to pass through.

Trample! Trample! Trample!

Rustling!

The sound of heavy footsteps sounded at the same time as the rustling but incomparably dense sound.

The Silver Knight flooded into the room along with the summoned insect tide, taking up all the space in the blink of an eye.

Ember followed suit, the glow of the sun worm dispelling the darkness, reflecting the black slabs of the room covered in the corpses of beetles, with piles of white bones covered in rotting clothing.

Apparently, this was left behind by the people who had previously explored this underground ruin.

At the end of the room, there stood a bloody folio door!

And most importantly, the door has been opened.

Again, only one gap was opened, and the same was for only one person to pass.

There was a terrifying aura from it, and it was these aura that instantly killed the influx of insects-

Although they are numerous, they are particularly weak individuals.

But to the Silver Knight, these breaths were completely ignored by them.

Because although the breath is terrifying, there is only a residual residual power.

This also means that the 'evil spirit' in this door may have been out of trouble long ago!

Trample! Trample!

A silver knight suddenly rushed towards the half-open, bloody door, and in the blink of an eye, walked through it and entered it.

However, the moment the Silver Knight passed through the gate, a shadow flashed through the darkness behind the blood-soaked gate.

While!

Silver rays and shadows intertwined, and sparks of collision and friction burst out in the echoes of metal.

And taking this opportunity, Ember also saw clearly the person who attacked the Silver Knight-

It was a knight covered in armor and a helmet with two horns.

His armor is clearly the same as that of the Silver Knight, with the only difference being that his armor is black.

Bang!

Suddenly, a silver knight in bright silver armor flew out upside down and slammed into the wall.

And the knight in the pitch-black armor slowly walked out of the bloody gate, staring at the intruder outside the door.

"The Black Knight." Ember looked at the tall figure that appeared in front of him and muttered in a low voice.

The Black Knights used to be Silver Knights as well, and they were the elite of the Silver Knights, serving Gwen, the Sun King.

While Gwen chose to pass the fire, most of the Silver Knights stayed behind in Arnoor Lund, but as the elite, they followed the king of fire into the Initial Furnace. Gwen completed his mission to spread the fire, and the knights who followed Gwen were burned to the ground, and since then they have been reduced to ashes and have continued to wander the world.

In Ember's memory, it seemed that he had never met Gwen, and it was unclear what kind of person it was.

But for the Protoss, Gwen is undoubtedly a qualified 'God King', and it is his sacrifice that continues the rule of the Protoss. And Gwen also distributed most of his power to the Protoss before going out to spread the fire, which further consolidated the rule of the Protoss.

But it was a curse for the undead who were forced to embark on the path of spreading fire and accept that it was not their mission.

Ember had never collected the ashes of the Black Knight, for they were an empty shell.

Like the embers themselves, these Black Knights are 'embers', the residue left behind when they are burned out.

Essentially, they are a kind of ashes in their own right. Therefore, they who are already ashes cannot be turned into ashes twice.

And it is not the embers that manipulate the ashes, it is the 'fire'.

But the question is, why is the Black Knight here?

The Silver Knight was called to this world by embers because his corpse was made into ashes by embers.

And what about the Black Knight?

Who else can summon the Black Knight besides fire?

While! While! While!

The remaining two Silver Knights were already engaged in a battle with the Black Knight, the silver glowing and the sound of metal colliding echoed through the empty room.

The silver knight and the black knight who used to 'learn from the same school' are now fighting for life and death here-

It may not be appropriate to fight to the death, after all, they are long dead, and it is only their ashes that are fighting here.

Dangdang, dangdang!

Sharp silver rays stood out in different places as the sword swung, slicing through the Black Knight's hard armor. But it is obviously a righteous two-on-one, but the silver knight has faintly fallen into the disadvantage.

This is not surprising.

Even if the Black Knight has been burned by the first fire, only the residue remains. But in their lifetime, they were still the most elite knights in the Protoss army!

And the three silver knights in Ember's hands, none of them even followed Gwen to participate in the war against the ancient dragons. They were born at the end of the reign of the Protoss, when the Protoss was already crumbling, and even Gwendrin had gradually been overshadowed by the Pope.

So don't expect these Silver Knights to have the same strength as the Silver Knights who fought against the Ancient Dragons in the first place, they didn't even have half of them.

Whether it is strength or skill, it is too far from the black knight who followed Gwen to spread the fire and was burned to ashes!

If you divide it according to the strength of the extraordinary in this world, then the strength of these silver knights in Ember's hands is between Sequence 5 and Sequence 4, stronger than Sequence 5 but not at the level of Sequence 4. And the strength of the black knight in front of him is between Sequence 4 and Sequence 3.

Among all the black knights, his strength can only be regarded as the bottom, but it is more than enough to deal with these silver knights. In the absence of external interference, even if the black knight faces three silver knights at the same time, it will end in a complete victory!

Dangdang!

In the fierce metal collision, the silver light kept flashing.

The silver knights, dressed in ornate shining silver armor, seemed to have the upper hand.

However, at some point, one of the silver knights suddenly stopped attacking, and stood motionless as if in a daze.

At some point, a pitch-black crack appeared on his forehead.

The crack rose rapidly upwards and downwards, splitting him in half in an instant.

There was no blood gushing out of the cracks, because the Silver Knights were ashes, and they wouldn't bleed without flesh.

And even with such mortal wounds, the Silver Knight was still 'alive'.

They don't have the concept of 'fatal wounds' as long as the 'health bar' hasn't been lowered to the bottom.

But soon, more black light burst out from the Silver Knight's body, splitting his body into countless pieces like broken porcelain.

Syllable!

The body of the Silver Knight was silently annihilated, and in the blink of an eye, it turned to ashes and completely disappeared.

Ember stretched out his palm with a feeling, and a square urn silently appeared in the palm of his hand, which contained the ashes of the Silver Knight.

Normally, the Silver Knights don't die.

Because it is only their souls that appear in the real world, and their souls reside on the ashes.

Even if the soul is killed, for the Silver Knights, it is only the soul returning to ashes.

As long as the ashes are still in your hand, you can repeat the summoning.

Theoretically, this process is irreversible, and even angels cannot actually kill the summoned souls.

The ashes are like anchors of sorts that can summon the souls that reside in them, or lead some of their soul fragments back to the ashes when they are killed. It only takes a period of nourishment, and when their souls are fully recovered from the ashes, they can be summoned again.

Of course, this usually takes a long time without the help of external forces. And the stronger the strength, the longer it will take to recover.

But this time it's different-

The slain Silver Knight did not return to the urn, and his soul disappeared without a trace.

In other words, the Silver Knight has been completely killed!

The Black Knight has a certain power in his body, and this power can sever the connection between the soul and the ashes.

When the soul dies completely, the ashes of the Silver Knight become a real pile of ashes, worthless.

And the power that killed the Silver Knight, Ember is almost all too familiar, it is the power called the First Fire!

The Black Knights are the dregs of the First Fire, but they are also the agents of the First Fire's will!

Dangdang!

Even though one Silver Knight had died, the remaining two Silver Knight were still fearlessly attacking the Black Knight.

Almost at the same time, a strong light bloomed from them, and that light formed some kind of invisible barrier that covered their already bright silver armor, making it look even more dazzling. At the same time, this also gave them a stronger defense, resisting the attacks of the black knight's broad sword.

The Silver Knight Sword in their hands was also covered by light at the same time, rapidly becoming longer and wider under the convergence of light! From a standard straight sword, it has been transformed into a two-handed giant sword that is not much different from the Black Knight's sword!

And on top of that giant sword, there is also a golden lightning entwined, which is the oldest and most powerful miracle from the Protoss!

Bang dang!

The Silver Knight took a step forward, and with the sound of heavy footsteps, his two-handed greatsword slashed at the Black Knight from top to bottom, smashing through buildings like a building.

The Black Knight was tall, but his movements were extremely agile, he almost brushed shoulders with the greatsword, seemingly dangerous but easily dodged the Silver Knight's slash!

Bang!

The two-handed greatsword slashed into the ground, shattering the stone slab, leaving a huge crater several meters deep on the black stone slab that had passed through the years before, and a large number of cracks quickly spread to all sides, forming a depression that even the Silver Knight almost fell down with-

If he hadn't pulled out in time and jumped up from the ground of the pit.

However, when he returned to the ground, the Black Knight had been waiting for a long time.

He dragged the heavy Black Knight's greatsword, rubbed against the surface, leaving a terrifying scratch on the hard stone slab that erased sparks, and swept towards the waist and abdomen of the Silver Knight!

This move is for opponents who love to roll.

The shield in the Silver Knight's hand reappeared, the light of the greatsword faded in the blink of an eye, and the two-handed greatsword turned into the Silver Knight Sword again. But the light did not dissipate, but converged in an instant on the small but delicate shield in his hand!

Endless light condensed from this, giving the shield a terrifying defense.

And at the same time, another Silver Knight finally made a move!

He grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, bent his back, and stabbed the greatsword straight up and down into the stone slab in front of him!

With a clicking sound, one after another of the bright light like the dawn poured out from the sword body, turning into a hurricane and sweeping the surroundings.

Rumble!

A brilliant storm of light swept through the room, almost in the blink of an eye.

The floor of the entire room was flattened by the storm, and the original hard black stone slabs completely disappeared, revealing the dirt that had been rolled up in the storm below!

And the figure of the black knight also stiffened and half-knelt on the ground, and even the black knight's sword in his hand fell to the side.

He seemed to be stuck in some kind of stiffness.

And taking advantage of this gap, the silver knight holding the sword and shield quietly appeared behind the black knight.

Bang!

The Silver Knight's sword pierced through the Black Knight's hard armor and stabbed into his body.

But just like the Silver Knight, not a single drop of blood escaped from the Black Knight's body.

They were all long dead, and everything they were experiencing now meant nothing to them.

Bang!

The body of the Black Knight fell to the ground heavily, splattering dust and obscuring vision.

But he couldn't get up again, and quietly disappeared into ashes.

【Plaque of Blasphemy (Red Priest)】

……

The two silver knights withdrew their gaze at the same time, and walked towards the bloody gate step by step.

Ember watched calmly at the place where the Black Knight had finally fallen, and he had only watched the whole time, never trying to make a move.

He didn't know why the Black Knight was here, or why he had something to do with that evil spirit.

If the Black Knight let the evil spirit go, then why did the Black Knight stay where he was after the evil spirit fled?

The Black Knight was left alone in the underground ruins, as if he had been waiting for him here on purpose.

From the moment he woke up, Ember knew he had a mission-

Spread the fire.

This belief drove his actions in the initial time, and he continued to approach the end of the line with the goal of the Black Emperor.

However, this goal was extremely hollow from the outset -

The Black Emperor is undoubtedly an excellent piece of firewood.

But, where is the stove that lights the firewood? Where is the first fire?

If there is no stove, how can we add firewood even if we have it?

If there is no initial fire, what is the point of adding firewood?

All this time, Ember has not been able to find any traces of the first fire.

But now, in this underground ruin, he has encountered the Black Knight, a Black Knight who is housed with the power of the First Fire and is clearly controlled by the First Fire.

(End of chapter)