In the scorching atmosphere, Sakel stared at Ricky with burning eyes: "But this has never been confirmed. ”

Ricky was silent for a while.

"Oh, interesting. ”

Ricky looked into the Punishment Knight's eyes and smiled:

"Which king?"

In front of the other party's meaningful gaze, Sakael shook his head decisively:

"I can't say. ”

Tails exhaled.

Amid the trembling of the floor, Ricky suddenly turned his head and glanced at Tails meaningfully.

Scared the latter.

But Ricky eventually turned his gaze away and responded to the Punishment Knight's words.

"Watchman, how much do you know about demons?"

"What do you know about me?"

Sakel was stunned for a moment.

"Come, tell me, and tell your prince too. Ricky laughed.

Sakel glanced at Tails oddly.

"In the stars, those who have long dealt with you beings are the Sunset Temple and the Kingdom Secret Science. ”

Tails was slightly moved.

"According to the Temple of the Sunset, you cannot invade the present world with your true body, you can only possess people and use your present body as a container, or you have confused the spirit and can only speak through the mouth of your believers," Sakel said, looking at Richy carefully:

"But in any case, your present form is only an illusion, and your roots are rooted in hell, which is why you have been mortally wounded, but you have not perished. ”

Possess...... Confused......

Tails endured the consternation in his heart, digesting the new knowledge.

Ricky stroked his chin and raised an eyebrow.

"Interesting," the leader of the Sword of Calamity nodded, "anything else?"

Sachael was silent for a moment.

"According to the records of the Secret Branch, you can 'pollute' the present world by going beyond consciousness," Sakel said as he stared at Ricky's wounded part, gritting his teeth.

"Your contaminated flesh and blood have an anomalous activity that cannot be explained by common sense, and you live in every inch of your body, in every trace of your spirit, and unless you encounter a natural enemy, you will never be reborn and never die. ”

Contaminate.

Tails remembered something, and couldn't help but turn white.

"Predators?" Ricky's interest seemed to be hooked by the new word.

Sakel was still watching Ricky's expression.

"The weapons of the prayers of the priests in the temples possess the power of the gods and can inflict irreparable damage on you. Sakel said softly:

This is what is called 'disillusionment before God.' ”

Temple.

Tails remembered several times he had crossed paths with Sunset and the Temple of the Bright Moon, but they were not very pleasant memories.

"But you must have a purpose, don't you?"

Sakel stared at Ricky:

"It is written in the "Sunset Sutra" that the devil will ask for something when he appears in the world. ”

"So, you came from Hell to ask the truth about the Dragonbreaker...... What is it for?"

Ricky was stunned.

A second passed.

"Hmph," Ricky curled the corners of his mouth, and finally couldn't help laughing:

"Hahahaha......"

Tails and Sacrael looked at him questioningly or coldly.

Ricky finally had enough of laughing.

He raised his eyes and said in a mysterious tone: "So, your understanding of gods and demons, heaven and hell comes from supporting the Sunset Temple of the Bright Star to become the king and thus become the Star Orthodox Church, right?"

Tails' nerves tightened.

Sakel pursed his lips and said nothing.

I saw Ricky leaning back on the stone platform, and seemed quite comfortable:

"You know, before the split of the Myojin Church, the most primitive and unmodified "Ming Sacred Edict" will tell you that the unreachable heaven and earth, there is the sun and the river opposite the hell, one is the source of all things, giving life, the other is the end of all things, burying death, the two coexist equally, everything is natural and has its own rules. ”

"Ming Sacred Edict".

Tails' heart moved, remembering that Thelma had told him about the dry creation myths of these religions.

But in the Imperial Age, the most powerful Saint-Sun cultists in the Church, and the Sunstrugies they enshrined, began to say that the sun was beautiful, holy, and merciful. Only those who believe in the gods, especially those who believe in holy days and are blessed by the gods, can ascend to heaven and enter the kingdom of God without being tormented after death. ”

Ricky's eyes froze:

"On the other hand, the river of hell is terrifying, terrible, cruel, and it is only through the river that sinful souls will fall into hell under the control of demons, and they will suffer forever. ”

"Since then, the self-proclaimed orthodox Shengri line in the Myojin Church has been in power, in order to win the favor of their main god, in order to prove that the Holy Day is the 'successor of the Myojin', they have been fighting for power internally, reopening the inquisition, suppressing the outer gods externally, and persecuting the infidels. ”

Ricky snorted:

"Ironically, in today's era of the decline and division of the Holy Sun, looking at the Sunset Canon and the Sunset Canon, what they begin to argue about is which is more sacred than the sun at different times of the day?

Ricky shook his head sarcastically and sneered:

"Huh. ”

Ricky straightened up and stared coldly at Saker:

"And you take what these churches tell you, this record that changes once in every age, and distorts once in every version......"

"As the truth?"

Sakel frowned fiercely.

"So what's the truth?"

The Knight of Punishment unconsciously raised his voice:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

But Ricky suddenly raised his index finger and stopped Saker's words.

"You just said that there was a certain king in the history of the stars, didn't you?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Ricky's face, causing Tails to shudder inexplicably, remembering the former's black countenance.

"Coincidentally, I also have a story about a king. ”

Tails and Sakel looked at each other, stunned.

"Legend has it that a long, long time ago, during the reign of the Mighty Kings, there was also a great king in the world. ”

"He was a man of great merit and wisdom. ”

Ricky's tone was mixed with the low rumbling sound of the platform under his feet, which was even more eerie in the empty and dim space.

"One day a demon stopped the king in his way, saying, 'Accept my help, wise king, and I will help you to conquer the world and discern the wicked. ’”

Ricky's smile is undiminished:

"How wise the king was, he was unmoved: 'Devil, I know your tricks, but you want to destroy my kingdom. ’”

"The demon was furious and attacked the king, but the king's strength and army were incomparable, and the king's wisdom and cunning were as deep as the sea, and soon the demon and its minions were defeated and imprisoned. ”

Ricky's tone became more and more eerie, making Tails's heart tighten unconsciously.

"The demon trembled with fear and cried out in prison: 'Please, great king, I may provide you with greater strength, or you will not be able to conquer the world.' ”

Ricky curled the corners of his mouth and looked at Tails, making the latter's heart awe-inspiring:

"'I can conquer the world without your feeble help,' the king wisely refused, 'Devil, I know your tricks, you only want to destroy my kingdom, but you are of no use in the face of my power. ’”

"The king conquered the world, but his exploits were all over the wilderness, and the army was everywhere, and the blood was everywhere. Soon, everyone began to oppose his conquest. ”

The king was ashamed of the words of the devil and went to the prison to torture the demon. ”

Ricky took a breath, and his words continued:

"The devil trembled with fear and cried out in prison: 'Please, don't torture me, I can give you wiser advice, or you will not be able to discern between loyalty and treachery.' ”

Sakel's eyes froze.

"'I am able to discern treachery, and do not need your foolish advice,' the king wisely rejected, 'Devil, I know your tricks, and you want nothing but to destroy my kingdom, but you are as stupid as a pig in the face of my wisdom. ’”

"The king returned to his court and used his tricks, and he suppressed the opposition and regained the support of the war, but one day, the generals loyal to him mutinied and betrayed the king after the expedition. ”

The king remembered the devil's words and regretted it, so he went to the prison and questioned the devil. ”

Tails had a hunch of the direction of this story and frowned deeply.

"'Come, damned demon, I will accept your help!' said the king angrily. ”

In the next second, Ricky raised his head, and a flash of yellow light flashed in his left eye, which had returned to normal:

"'But I have destroyed your kingdom. The demon said with a smile and disappeared in sight. ”

And the monarch could only sit feebly on the ground until the rebels broke his palace and destroyed his kingdom. ”

Ricky finished his story and looked at Tails, leaving a few meaningful chuckles.

This made the teenager especially chilled.

At first glance, it sounds like a fairy tale......

"Hmph," but Sakel didn't buy it:

"It sounds like a faint king who has brought disaster to the country and the people, and has been chiseled and attached to the cause of the devil. ”

Ricky shook his head disapprehantly, not in the slightest sense of offense.

"You know, the servants of the annihilated monarch are the most delicate and extravagant, they like to confuse the emperor and the general, possess the high-ranking magnates, witness death and chaos in the whispers and murmurs behind the scenes, and in most cases, where they are, there is war. ”

"And the followers of the Infinite Monarch, they are a group of theater fans, and their favorite actors are the believers in the major temples, oh, they will never get tired of watching these actors collapse their faith on the stage of life, under their guidance, and finally betray the blasphemous drama. ”

Ricky said a few terms seemingly casually that Tails hadn't heard.

Annihilate the Sovereign.

Infinite Sovereign.

Sakel finally became solemn and looked at Ricky solemnly.

"So you don't belong to the above two monarchs, but to the minions of the other five. ”

Ricky laughed.

"Yes, yes, hell has seven layers, so there are only seven monarchs who rule over hell, right?"

Ricky said perfunctorily:

"Let me guess, where did you hear that? Sunset Temple?

He then shook his head:

"Hmph, mortal. ”

Listening to their conversation, Tails blinked desperately.

That's right, when he was in Longxiao City, he also read a lot of religious works, but hell, but demons......

"But did you know that the Dead Monarch has a group of the roughest darlings, and they like to pollute the mighty warriors and the determined soldiers, because they can taste blood and violence most quickly? ”

Ricky looked at Sakel with a smile in his eyes:

"Like you. ”

At that moment, the Knight of Punishment was stunned.

But Ricky continues:

"They like to torture people's wills, to challenge people's limits, to enjoy people's pain. ”

"For example, they show certain prisoners who have been imprisoned for many years the illusion of boundlessness, the past that they miss the most, and even the people who they can't let go of the most. ”

They would bring out his greatest remorse, his worst pain, his worst nightmares, and make them think they had gone mad. ”

With Ricky's bewitching words, Sakel froze completely.

Just listen to Ricky deliberately said:

But they could unwittingly confuse his mind, distort his mind, and add the last straw to a loosened taboo belief that would dictate his behavior after he was released from prison. ”

"And this kind of insaneness, which can lead countless bloody warriors, is the favorite of the darlings of the Dead Monarch......"

"That's enough!" Tails interrupted Ricky.

The prince looked at Sakel's trance-like expression, and said angrily to Ricky:

"Stop!"

Saker took a deep breath and returned to reality.

"Of course, the devil is," Ricky didn't seem to be in the slightest offended by Tails's rudeness, he just leaned back to his stone platform and said quietly:

"The king thought so, too. ”

Tailston was speechless.

"Be careful, Your Highness, don't speculate about what the demon wants to do, it's better than thinking that you can be smarter than the demon, and don't think you can be more powerful than the demon," Ricky coldly watched the wall in the distance gradually slide:

"Because when you ask......"

Ricky turned his head and looked directly at Tails with a pair of cold deep eyes:

"It's already worked. ”

Sakel on the side was silent.

Tails looked into his eyes, and stopped talking.

"The devil is always there," Ricky smirked:

"It's just that the devil is silent. ”

"The gods know," Ricky snorted, adding coldly:

But the gods were silent. ”

The devil is always there, but the devil is silent.

The gods know, but the gods do not speak.

The prince felt the deep meaning of this sentence, and only felt an inexplicable chill on his back.

Tails was silent for a while, only feeling that Ricky was suppressed from the momentum to the scene.

But he remembered something.

"If you ...... If they were that scary," the boy respoken, drawing the attention of the two men:

"Then why did you react so much to the name 'Brother Truth'?"

Sure enough, the moment he said it, Ricky's arm trembled slightly.

He stared at Tails in a complicated manner.

"I've heard of it," Tails continued stiffly:

"Calamity, Magi. ”

"They slew the gods, launched the War of the End, and swept the demons of hell into the ranks. ”

At that moment, even Sakel frowned.

Tails took a deep breath and asked the biggest question in his heart:

"So you are here today to ask about the Pure World...... I mean, the details of the Dragon Breaker, asking about the relationship between the legendary anti-demon forces and the Two Emperors is also related to this?"

"Your goal is to be like the Magic Empress - a scourge?"

Ricky was silent for a long time.

For a few seconds, Tails could only hear the rumbling of the platform's rising friction and the whispers of the mercenaries in the distance.

Finally, Ricky spoke in his lightest and most mysterious tone:

"Scourge kills gods?"

"I guess the mage told you about it, or some of the mage's notes?"

Mage.

Tails' eyes froze.

The elegant figure in blue appeared in front of him.

"Tsk. ”

Ricky shook his head with a snort.

"What's wrong?" Tails wondered.

Crassus, who had only seen the Sword of Calamity, turned his head and looked at Tails with a complex and subtle gaze:

"You're so innocent...... It's cute. ”

Tails froze.

"What do you mean?"

Ricky didn't answer right away, he just looked at Tails very meaningfully for a moment.

"How are you going to kill someone?"

Tails was stunned.

Ricky nodded with a sneer and looked at Sakel opposite:

"Oh, that's right, stab him in the heart and wait until he stops breathing and loses his life. ”

"But if I come back to life and start breathing again...... Oh, sorry, you didn't kill me. ”

Ricky smiled more and more cheerfully, gesturing at his neck.

Sakel's eyes grew heavier as he stared at Ricky.

But Ricky's next sentence made Tails even more confused:

"So, how are you going to kill my sword?"

Tails was stunned:

"What?"

Ricky touched his "eternal truth" and smiled:

"In order to kill my sword, you also cut off the hilt of the sword, and wait until the sword stops breathing and loses its life?"

Tails blinked, puzzled.

"Nope. ”

Ricky shook his head mysteriously and pointed to his silver-bladed sword:

"Because the sword is lifeless, you can't kill a sword. ”

Tails froze.

"So, again, how are you going to kill a book, kill a dream, kill an oath, kill a spirit?"

Ricky's eyes became more and more stern and cold:

"How are you going to kill these things that are so abstract that there is no life at all, and there is no boundary between 'life and death'?"

Observing the prince's expression, Ricky, who seemed to have had enough of the stunned look on Tails' face, nodded contentedly.

"Now, my dear, answer my next question. ”

Tails took a deep breath and suddenly understood what he meant.

"No matter how powerful you are......"

Ricky looked at the deep ceiling, as if his eyes could penetrate it and reach the endless starry sky overhead:

"But how are you going to 'kill' a ......?"

"Gods?"

Tails breathed in a trance.

He couldn't help but start thinking about what Ashida had told him.

[Transcend the gods and look down on all beings......]

"Although I am reluctant to give up your simplicity and cuteness, but my dear ......"

I don't know when Ricky called him:

"It's time to lift your eyes away from lies—whether it's temples and churches, magic towers and mages made up......"

Ricky's eyes twinkle:

"Self-righteous lies. ”