Murphy had never felt so tired.

Even when he closed the subspace rift below the R-9 base, he didn't feel as tired as this, and he had a lot more profound understanding of the gods as he continued to ignite the soul of the Lord of the Hunters, and the most intuitive of them was:

These high-concentration belief aggregates are really resistant to burning.

It's like igniting a carbonstone with a flame, just the ignition of the constant peeling requires Murphy's undivided concentration to suppress it, and the Lord of the Hunt has been struggling, and that mental struggle makes Murphy feel like he is pressing a fish that keeps jumping and biting.

It took seven minutes and twenty-one seconds to maintain this posture of full force explosion before finally completely incinerating the core symbol of faith of the Lord of the Hunt.

Murphy used an omega program to constantly inspect his eyes and surroundings, and only after confirming that the last traces of the Lord of the Hunt had been completely purified, and after the state of the Divine Hunting Marker on his body disappeared, he let go of the five fingers of the machine.

A white mass of substance fell in the palm of the hand, as light as a feather.

But this is the last thing left behind by the Lord of the Hunt, which can barely be called "ashes".

He didn't look at it immediately, but glanced at Xu Gesen, this guy was in his current state like a poor worm with a spontaneous combustion body, not only his hair was burned, his eyes were burned, but even his black skin was covered with high-temperature scars, like porcelain that had failed to be made.

"This guy is hopeless, his body is seriously injured and even his soul has been ignited by you."

The prison tiles assisted Murphy in crushing the Lord of the Hunt, and at last he let out a bad breath, and as he departed, he sighed in a rather human tone:

"It's a man, but it's a pity that he went the wrong way."

"It knew it was a wrong path from which there was no turning back, but it stepped on it anyway, just so that the other gnolls didn't have to accept that choice."

Murphy shook his head and said:

"You go first, I want to hear its last words."

"Hmph, you dare to speak to a berserker in such a tone! According to my temper in the past, I want to teach you a hard lesson, but for the sake of us joining forces to crush the evil gods, I will let you go today. ”

Before leaving, he didn't forget to drop a cruel word, which is really quite a kind of vigorous and impoverished and vivid posture.

Murphy manipulated the power armor to pull out the wolf's fang rifle inserted into Xu Gesen's armament and body, and placed the shattered power armor flat on the edge of the muddy water in the swamp.

He was half-kneeling there.

Looking at Xu Gesen, who let out a faint mournful cry in front of him, this guy's current state is really the most miserable fate of all the villains Murphy has ever seen.

"I know you're watching, please help."

Murphy whispered:

"At least let it finish its last words."

At his request, streams of emerald green aura poured in from all around, merging into Hangson's completely shattered shell under the manipulation of Avalon, the "God of Voyeurism".

It wasn't enough to heal it, but it would allow it to temporarily strip away the pain and give the still-smoldering soul a moment of peace.

"Ahem. Ahem."

A cough rang out from the mouths of the burnt Overseers.

Its eyes burned and it was dark, but the painful extinction allowed it to at least speak, and the damaged vocal cords could no longer produce the majestic voice they used to make, and could only whisper in an unpleasant voice:

"It's dead, right? Are you sure it's dead? ”

"It's dead, it's broken, and if you can see it, I'd even be happy to let you take a bite out of its ashes."

Murphy flicked off the helmet's protections and joked in a gentle voice:

"It must have hurt a lot, after all, our lord of the hunt had been cremated in a state of total sobriety. But I don't think it's a big deal, after all, it's an evil god who takes pride in bringing pain to other people, and I think it's probably enjoying the pain itself.

You tell me? ”

"I didn't hear any enjoyment in its wailing, like a kobold who had been stepped on his toes, letting out a terrible scream in the last moments. It always disguises itself as powerful, but that doesn't change its cowardly nature.

Alas, like us, like jackals. ”

In a relieved tone, Whitsen said:

"It's the villain that we make, it's the embodiment of us, what we are, it's what it is.

But I guess that the gnolls of a thousand years ago were definitely not like this, and Hogg could have gathered so many gnolls in such a short time, and I guess that the ancestors of a thousand years ago must have been much more powerful than we are now.

Not only the strength, but also the mind, and the abundance of the spiritual world, I can't imagine that kind of life, but I'm sure it's definitely much better than what we are now.

Murphy

You say, will Hogg bring the gnolls into that future?

Let's no longer have to draw swords and fight for something to eat, let's no longer have to launch a black plague for the sake of food, so that we don't have to live as barbarians in this cold world? ”

"According to your current state, I should say something nice and fool you so that you can go on your road with peace of mind."

Murphy thought for a moment and whispered:

"But actually, I think you should listen to the truth, Hogg can't do it! No one can take you back to the Golden Age a thousand years ago, not even the Creator.

We have missed the best blueprint that the Creator has planned for this world, and we will never get that chance again, everyone is a poor worm rotten in the mire, but each has its own rotten method, so no one should laugh at anyone.

But I guess you can rest assured.

Hogg can't be ten times better than the Gnoll Man is in his current state, and at least your child won't have to go through everything you've been through.

You are a very failed commander, Shügeson, you are not a perfect brute or hunter, you keep saying that you want to avenge Potana but end up with the enemy to kill your god, you are not a devout believer and you are not a qualified son.

You have abandoned your wife and left her to die of old age in every lonely night that misses you, and therefore you are not a good husband.

But, you're a good father

You have created a future for your children with your own hands.

They will be grateful to you, and all the jackals born since then will be grateful to you. ”

"No, you don't! Why should they be grateful for a slaughterer, a loser, and an evil chosen one? ”

Xu Gesen said in a resolute tone:

"Please tell Hogg that my name does not need to appear in the history it has written, let me carry it all and be forgotten, only this unbearable and ugly thousand years have been forgotten, and the gnolls can truly say goodbye to the past and step into the future."

"You're wrong, Ugson, you're very wrong."

Murphy glanced back at the swamp behind him, where Tracey was arriving with a lame claw, and he turned to Hygson:

"You can't forget the past thousand years of history, you can't hide the ugliness and failures of the past to make you grow, and pretending not to see the fall and struggle of your ancestors can't make a new backbone for you, I guess Hogg will not only give you a strong stroke in its history books, but also write a special book about your story.

It will not hide your depravity, nor will it refute your awakening.

It will write everything down, tell it to every gnolll who will listen, and let them answer for themselves.

Forgetting the past means betraying the present and the future, and trying to cover up the sins of the past can only create a group of pathetic clowns without a backbone.

If your people don't know where you came from, they won't know where to go. ”

"Okay, okay, you have a point, it seems that I am indeed a savage gnoll, and I cannot stand on the same level as you civilization leaders."

Hygsen let out a self-deprecating laugh, then fell silent.

Murphy smiled, and he asked again:

"The last time we met, I asked you that question, I asked you what you thought when you came all this way, and you told me that you would only take a moment to reveal that answer if you killed me or I killed you.

It's time.

Go ahead.

After all, I've got to carve something into your epitaph. ”

"Didn't I say it all? I want to carry the sins of the past of the gnolls and express our repentance in the most extreme way, knowing that one day I will be the vessel of the Lord of the Hunt, and I will do my best to trap Him and create an opportunity for all righteous people to kill Him. ”

On the occasion of his death, Xu Gesen said in a light tone:

"Someone has to take this step, like the first person to crawl out of the mire, to open his eyes from the illusory future that the Lord of the Hunt has woven for us, to face this cold world, I can't be a leader like Hogg, I can at least be a bearer.

All evil is on me, so that after my death Hogg will be able to paint on a cleaner canvas, so here I am, and I have brought all the craziest villains I can find here to start a war with you that I cannot win.

But it's also a trial, Murphy.

When I have made up my mind to entrust the future of my civilization and my species to a foreigner and his cultivated agent, I must make sure in my own way that you are sufficient to take on the burden of it all.

If you can't deal with the black plague I have brought, then Hogg's so-called new future is destined to be nothing more than a beautiful and unrealistic drama.

Luckily, you guys have a perfect answer for me.

Do you know? Murphy.

On the battlefields of Crimean Fortress, when I saw you bring Cadman City back from the astral plane, I knew you were the right one.

At least if it were me, in your position facing such a war, I would have no time to care, if I want to win, I have to give everything, if I want to survive, I have to sacrifice something, and in my opinion, it is appropriate to sacrifice the present for tomorrow.

But you didn't do that.

You see, that's the difference between you and me.

Not only did you win, but you saved you, and I'm sure I don't have to worry about you using the gnolls we've pulled out of the mire as cannon fodder when the toughest hour of the future comes.

You win.

I was convinced that it was a neat and honest win, but I was still curious, how did you do it? Is it just relying on the Gentiles? ”

"It's hard for me to explain it to you, but it's like the whole world is making a way for me."

Murphy let out a sigh of helplessness, and said in a self-deprecating tone:

"You know, I came into this world under the care of the Creator and felt like a chosen one, and occasionally I wondered if other people could do the same if they were put in this position.

Even if the bolted dog is there, with the help left by the Creator, it is estimated that it can still do such a thing.

As for me?

What is the biggest win I've ever achieved on my own?

Maybe it's only by winning the favor of Tracey and Adele, you know, Hygson, that I'm not relying on my own abilities to defeat you.

If you really compare it in every way, you are much better than me. ”

"Well, other people can't say anything like you when they do this kind of thing Murphy, don't underestimate yourself too much, you are my Xu Gesen's lifelong enemy hahahacoughcough."

It coughed more violently, and the pain returned, meaning that not even Avalon's divine powers could heal it anymore.

"The time has come, I asked the Lord of the Hunters for a large amount of aid from Dusk, on the island of Sifenic, off the coast of the Genoa Peninsula, to get them as soon as possible, that is what I left for Hogg. Heritage. ”

It says:

"I'm sorry we can only talk openly now, but the time is too short, if in another scenario, in another fate, we may become friends"

"It's not bad now, having a friend who is too brave can put a lot of pressure on a mediocre like me."

Murphy stood up and made way for the claws running through the muddy water behind him, leaving the last of his time to Hygson and his wolf brothers.

"Goodbye, Shügerson."

Murphy took a step back and said:

"I'll inscribe on your epitaph the words 'Lying here is Shügeson Splitter, the last wind in the night, and the first light in the dawn,' do you think it's okay?"

"It's so ceremonious, my friend, that I have to question whether I deserve such a high level of evaluation, but this is your recognition, and I will gladly accept it. Here, I am buried here, in the place where my ancestors were born.

I finally walked the millennia and was able to return to my original hometown. ”

Xu Gesen's tone weakened.

It turned its head at the last moment, and said to the claws that lay there screaming and licking its wounds:

"Go back to Nanak and take care of them for me I'm just one step ahead, we'll meet again in another world, Deathclaw, thank you for taking care of me for so long. I have to go.

Ah, in the midst of this dawn

It's so dazzling."

Its shattered and smoldering consciousness seemed to melt into the water, and it seemed to have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers under some kind of call.

In the last remnants of that consciousness, it saw a frail Nanak lying in the tent and the two cubs placed beside her, their fluff not yet colored, but sure that they would grow a beautiful golden yellow in the future.

That's the wind of kings.

Xu Gesen tried to get close to the two children and kissed them with the last of his strength, and the two newborn cubs suddenly began to cry, causing the tired Nanak to open his eyes as well.

She seemed to have a premonition of something, and wanted to reach for the dying-out intangible.

This startled Hogg, who was dozing off in a wooden wheelchair and still wearing bandages, who also looked up, and seemed to see Hygson, smiling at him with a "feel at ease" smile and waving his paws in farewell, while behind Hogg, Hygson saw Philae in his final gaze.

His ancestor, the true great man of the Gnoll clan, the only king.

"Well done, boy."

Philae said to it:

"Come with me, you are ready to step into what the Creator has left us"

"No, Your Excellency."

It refused, in a wind-like voice:

"I ended my life in battle, my life was long enough for all the jackals to aspire to, I have a wife who understands me and I have a healthy offspring, and I have no regrets.

Let me stay in the last moments of the night, let me sleep forever in the first rays of the dawn, let me pass away with that savage and crazy age, let me be the last victim of that age.

There is no place for me in the future, but I shape it with my own hands.

That's enough.

That's enough

I bear all evil, and I serve hope;

I have died with the past, and what I see is the future."

(End of chapter)