"But the structure here does have some similarities to the kanria of the past, well, it would be more like it if you came over."

"Or rather, the kanria of the past is similar to this place."

"Let's go, there's a light there, be careful not to fall off the platform in front of you......"

Before Dain could finish his words, he saw Sasuke start to undress.

"You're ......"

I saw the dragon wings stretched behind Sasuke.

"It's okay, I'll fly."

“……”

Looking at Sasuke's almost identical wings to Dvalin's back, Dain was stunned at first, then laughed.

"I see...... It seems that you have a credit for the failure of the Abyss Order's biological weapons project in Mondstadt. ”

"It's no wonder that Ying Hui came here in such a hurry to find you, and he didn't re-disrupt the teleportation aether node, so that I could track it down."

"It seems that the biggest gain of this trip is getting to know you, Sasuke Uchiha."

Sasuke just smiled.

"The appearance of you and Sora has also taught me many mysteries of this world."

"Perhaps...... But let's go and uncover the secrets that the Abyss Order wants to hide. ”

Dain turned and jumped in front of him to open the way, and Sasuke also pulled up the air, waving his wings to carry Paimon to Dain.

As they arrived, several Black Snake Knights came out of the corner and stopped in front of them, but instead of taking the initiative to attack, they took on a defensive posture, as if they were guarding something.

There were more and more Black Snake Knights, almost encircling them, and they kept roaring.

Just as Sasuke was about to make a move, the strange cyan black snake knight from before reappeared.

A strange sound came from inside the cyan Black Serpent Knight's helmet, and it was very hollow, as if the cyan armor was hollow and air was leaking out of it.

The Black Snake Knights who had surrounded them began to slowly retreat after hearing this voice.

It's like a guard who has been given an order.

"Retreat...... Is this knight who brought us here calling the shots? ”

And Sasuke finally saw what the group of black snake knights was protecting.

Hilichurls.

A group of hilichurls.

Sure enough, it was the same scene I had seen when the bell rang before.

The Black Serpent Knights defend a group of half-dead hilichurls.

Dain, who also saw this scene, lowered his head, and his hands that were originally crossed and hugged in front of his chest drooped unconsciously.

"It turned out to be you...... Halfdan ......"

“…… Is that so......"

"If that's the case, it's sad."

"The reason why the Black Snake Knight is here has nothing to do with the Abyss Order, and it has nothing to do with secrets...... I should have guessed earlier. ”

Looking at Dain, whose face was getting heavier and heavier, he walked up to him, as if he wanted to share the burden with his traveling companion.

Dainsleif shook his head, freeing himself from the emotion he had just had.

"What's going on?"

"Dain, do you know that Black Snake Knight?"

"Why did those Black Snake Knights just now seem to be guarding this group of hilichurls?"

At this point, Paimon was still confused.

Hearing Paimon's words, Dain sighed and explained:

"Well, they're really guarding the hilichurls."

"Remember what I told Sasuke?"

"Hilichurls, Black Serpent Knights, and Abyss Mages, the Knights are all transformed by the Immortal Curse of the Kaurrians."

"And for those Black Snake Knights, they're just doing their duty."

"It's only now that I remember the one who drank the Black Serpent Knights...... It was a young elite of the palace guards in the past, and its name was ...... Hafdan. ”

People from 500 years ago?

"I vaguely remember that on the day of the Kareya Cataclysm, as the Sword of the Last Light, I rushed to the palace and asked the knight named Hafdan."

"I ask him to tell all the Black Serpent Knights, no matter what, to protect the people of Kanria."

"Admittedly, we have the title of palace guard, but in the face of that kind of catastrophe, the royal family, the celebrities, the commoners...... These identities have lost their meaning. ”

"In the face of the power of the gods, we only exist as Kanriya."

Dain paused at this point, his palms unconsciously clenched into fists.

"Perhaps in the hearts of these Black Snake Knights who have lost their minds, they are still fighting to protect the people of Kanria."

"They see the ruins as the Kaenria of disaster, and the hilichurls as people who are asking for help."

"And the constant roars from the mouths of those black snake knights just now, although it is difficult to distinguish, can still be vaguely heard, it is the language of Gukanria."

"That's not a warning to us, it's a ...... to those hilichurls"

"Run."

Silent.

Dain tilted his head and closed his eyes.

"Even I have to admit that this will is so tenacious that it has not been erased for 500 years...... It's a miracle born out of despair. ”

"Just now...... I misunderstood them, even though they were twisted by the power of the abyss, they still had diamond-like qualities......"

"They...... is the real hero of Kanria. ”

It seemed that he thought of the Black Snake Knight that dissipated under his sword, and there was no expression on Dain's face at this time.

"Dain ......"

Paimon looked at the man in front of him who seemed to be in a state of self-reproach, and unconsciously lowered his voice.

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something. Are you trying to comfort me? ”

"That's not necessary."

Dain, who reopened his eyes, regained his previous somewhat indifferent appearance.

"Let's go, we haven't figured out the true purpose of the Abyss Order's occupation of this place yet."

The Black Snake Knight, named Hafdan, also moved again, leading Sasuke and them further into the upside-down ancient city.

As they went deeper, the ruins grew brighter and brighter.

Is there light here?

Everyone looked up, only to find a pool of water overhead!

In the same upside-down pool, the water in the pool does not fall, but flows upwards, and even the pool water is upside down, and the light is emitted from the pool.

It seems that not only the building has been turned upside down, but this space has been turned upside down.

"What's going on with this pool?"

Sasuke had never seen such a strange sight.

Dain shook his head.

"The pool and the whole city are one, and they must also be the remnants of ancient civilizations."

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Being in this place, my body feels a sense of peace and relaxation that I have never felt before, and this feeling is even stronger than when I first came here, and it seems that the effect of weakening the curse comes from this pool."

"The water in this pool has a similar purifying effect."

"And can this pool purify the curse completely?"

Sasuke asked suddenly.

Hearing Dain's description, he had a conjecture.

The reason why the Abyss Order has made this place a stronghold.

"Impossible."

Dain's answer was categorical.

"So sure?"

Paimon looked sideways

"Yes."

Dain said in an unquestioning tone.

"I have remained awake and cursed for five hundred years."

"No one knows the curse better than I do."

"It is the causal level of this world, and the curse of the gods is even higher than the human race itself."

Well?

Sasuke sensed something was wrong in Dain's words.

The curse of the gods......

Why were Dain and the Kanria cursed by the gods?

If the gods were hostile to Kanria, they would have killed Dain directly, so why did they choose to cast a curse?

This if vicious curse is only chosen if the gods want all Kanria to be worse than death.

I can't die if I want to, and I'm always in pain.

According to Dain, it was the gods who destroyed Kanria.

What did Kanria do to make the gods still cast this immortal curse on all the Kanria even after destroying Kanria?

(End of chapter)