The insect-like vehicle galloped on the Tarsis Plateau, and on the barren plateau, only the figure of the insect swarm remained.

As time slowly passed, the plateau was pulled apart, and they now entered a broken landscape known as the Labyrinth of Night.

The metal bugs carrying them quickly climbed up and down the shattered landscape, and it was only then that Hades understood why the vehicle was this vehicle.

The rest of the normal vehicles are afraid that it is difficult to move an inch on this terrain.

After a long and almost endless bump, Hades, who was sitting in the bug's cavity, finally felt the car begin to slow down.

He looked at Machado, who had been frowning since he got into the car, as if he had met a great enemy.

Psionic fluctuations enveloped Machado's body from time to time.

Hades knew his physique, so he didn't dare to approach Makado rashly.

Although Hades still has a lot of questions about himself that he wants to ask Machado, it is clear that not right now.

The giant worm slowly stopped, cooling steam spewing out of its body.

The door opened, and Collier Jersey looked at Macado with pale blue eyes.

"Here we are, my lord."

Makado opened his eyes slowly, and he glanced at Hades,

"Let's go."

The old man began to move, and Hades followed him.

When Hades stepped out of the car, he was shocked to find that the swarm had stopped in front of a deep cavern, and in the dark cavern, something seemed to flicker.

Macado didn't stop walking, and he walked into the hole.

Hades swallowed and followed Macado into the cave.

He knew where it was.

[Dragon] is here.

Fragments of the Star God, Void Dragon.

The dragon, who knows everything about the physical universe, is imprisoned by the emperor in the eternal night labyrinth of Mars.

But Hades didn't know why he was brought here.

Is it to make him a dragon guard? Guarding the Void Dragon?

As the two disappeared into the cavern, Collier Jersey took one look at them and commanded the worm-shaped vehicle to crawl at the entrance of the cave.

No one cares that a hole is covered in the intricate terrain of the Labyrinth.

The wind and sand are blowing, and the sun is shining brightly.

"Hades."

Machado walked through the tunnels with a sturdiness that didn't fit his size at all, deftly cutting through the translucent stalactites.

"Huh?"

Hades tried his best to follow Machado, but he was much bigger than Makado, and there were places that Machado could quickly drill through, but he couldn't get past them, so he had to find another way.

"Do you regret it?"

Well?

"Regret what?"

"Come here."

"Mars?"

"No, this world!"

Macardo frowned, as if dissatisfied with Hades' unresponsiveness,

Hades was shocked, and he remembered that Macado had called him "The Outsider".

But Machado is such a straightforward question

Maybe he's met a human like Hades before?

Hades decided to tell the truth,

"Of course I regret it!"

"Could it be that you can let me go back?"

"I can't."

Macado replied decisively.

So what do you say?

"I asked you, do you regret all this that you have taken the initiative to do?"

Hades was silent.

For a long time, the two of them just silently shuttled between stalactites and stalagmites, translucent crystal-like natural products.

It was as if some living biomass was half-frozen between the rocks, emitting a faint fluorescence.

As they began to cautiously cross a crystal stone bridge, Hades spoke.

"It's false to say that I don't regret it, there are too many people I haven't saved."

Herella.

"Of course I made mistakes."

"But if I look back from my current standpoint, I know that I will never be able to save everyone."

"I know I've tried to do it."

“.”

The old man nodded,

"He chose you."

Then Macado paused, and spoke again,

"I know you've seen fate before."

"But I'm telling you now, fate is like a book in a library, and you've only seen one of them now."

"Fate is ever-changing, and there are no absolutes."

"You try to change your fate, you try to move a stone on the road."

"But that could mean that there is a poisonous snake lurking under the stone."

"No wise man can predict what his fate will look like."

"On this path of trying to change your fate, on the path of trying to intervene in this world, you may die a miserable death,"

"You may be transformed into a piece of flesh of immortality, contorted through your life in agony."

"You may be betrayed by your own people and crucified to the top of a cliff."

"You may be tormented by unknown madmen who jump out of the roadside and imprisoned in a cage."

"Even though you may die a happy death, the change you bring will continue to have a profound impact on the world."

Makado continued to whisper, a wizard who cast a spell and cursed Hades.

"You could plunge the entire planet into ruin, and billions of people die because of you."

"You may turn your brothers into enemies, your warriors turn against each other, and the flames of war ignite."

"You could send an entire legion into madness."

Finally, Macado stopped.

A strange faint light was ahead.

He looked back at Hades, and even though Machado was small, he was like a giant at the moment.

A golden light surrounds Machado,

The old man's eyes were fixed on Hades,

"Or, let me give you the simplest example,"

"Even with your efforts so far, the fate of the Death Guard is not as clear as you think."

"Betrayal or loyalty, life or death, no one will know until the game is decided."

"Your efforts are likely to be in vain, and you will die on the way to your efforts."

"Or worse, your efforts have brought about the exact opposite."

"So now, it's too late to regret it."

"You can regret your previous actions, and then give up everything, and I will arrange for you to manage the paperwork of an unknown planet, and you can live the rest of your life in peace."

"Or you choose to follow us, become a man with a backup plan, and die on the road."

Hades swallowed.

He. He would have liked to choose the first option.

After all, in his previous life, he was a passerby who lived silently.

But. He's now. After going through this world, after going through the things of Barbarus, after going through the things of the Fourteenth Legion, can he still choose that option frankly?

Will he be able to leave everything behind without any burden and leave on his own?

Can he really be alone when humanity inevitably slides into the abyss?

Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs?

Besides, he's already here.

At this time, if you look back and let go of everything, why can't you feel justified?

Hades spoke slowly, his voice a little hoarse,

"It's coming."

He said.

Makado looked at him with complicated eyes, but eventually slowly looked away.

"Okay."

So they walked into the light together.

A dazzling white light burst on, a hall of geometric shapes, multicolored sheepskin scrolls glued haphazardly to the walls, red iron beams supporting the hall, and countless experimental equipment were placed here haphazardly.

In the secret part of the hall, there is a narrow tunnel that seems to lead to the center of Mars, faintly bubbling with blood-colored light.

A man stood in the middle of the hall, holding a large sword in both hands, with a haggard expression, and a pattern of gradually tightening wings on his forehead.

"Dragon's Guard, Simon."

Machado's voice rang out, introducing the man to Hades.

The man didn't speak, he stepped forward, and Machado waved it in the air a few times, his dense streaks glittering in the air.

Simon looked at it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he bowed and withdrew.

Before leaving, he turned off the lights in the hall,

In the dimly lit hall, the only light was the red light oozing from the side tunnels.

Hades followed Makado as he walked over.

"It's one of the few things I can do for you."

Makado sighed,

"After that, we can't give you anything, we can't tell you anything, but you and I both know what you're going to face."

"Good luck."

Burst of golden light!!

The rickety old man's body was instantly shrouded in dazzling golden spiritual energy, and the coercion that made people unable to straighten their waists appeared in front of Hades-

That's the Emperor's psionic power!

Makado was like a torch burning violently, his withered body was burning violently, and the emperor's psionic figure faintly appeared on the old man's body,

He stretched out a hand, and with a sudden force, it pushed Hades directly into the deep tunnel.

"Go and dig into the dragon's wisdom."

"It's a dream, as long as you follow it and wake up at the end."

Hades felt his body plummeting —

"What will I encounter??"

He shouted,

"Everything you can't understand!"

Machado, or the Emperor, shouted with his face at the entrance of the cave that grew farther away,

"Ridiculous everything!"

So he fell, falling into the dragon's dreamland.

There is another one today

(End of chapter)