The Doomsday Volcano, this is the black volcano that Merlin saw from afar after waking up in hell and constantly spewing smoke and magma.The life in this wasteland calls it the "Doomsday Volcano".Although it does not bring much doom to the land, it is the conventional name of the "natives".It's like they all call this damn place "wasteland"."
Look!
There, the gates of hell you're looking for!
”Below the Doomsday Volcano, on a barren col filled with twisted bones of all kinds.Konstantin skimmed the dead fish's eyes, raised his hand, and said to Merlin beside him: "A bronze gate, everyone says that they can leave this wasteland by walking there." ”"But I'm telling you, it can't be."
Zakang took out a jug of wine from his bosom and placed it beneath the sky of ashes.As he turned on the kettle, he said to Merlin, who was silent beside him, "That's just the worst of all the nonsense lies circulating in this world...""
I can't get out."
Konstantin took a sip of his wine, and he leaned comfortably against the warm mane cushions of the infernal manticores in which the two of them were riding.It's like leaning against a burning fireplace, which makes you feel drowsy.The terrifying creature had a lion-like body, covered with scorpion-like scales, and had a scorpion-like tail vertebrae on its tail.It is cruel by nature, has its own lair in the wild, is brute-forced, and has a deadly toxin that most demons and the demons that roam the area will not provoke it.But it has a good relationship with Zakang.Because every week, Zakang will provide it with enough fresh meat.This allowed it to eat and drink without leaving the nest, and after a few years of maintenance, the manticore became the "bodyguard" of Zakang.To do business with those things in this wasteland, evil wisdom and sinister tricks are not enough, the necessary force is also necessary.As for Za Kang, he is not a martial artist.But he was very good at "making friends".This is how the ghost of Zakang can live in the wasteland, and live a very nourishing life.Of course, there is also gossip that when Zakang first arrived in the wasteland, he hugged the leg of a powerful succubus, and relied on betraying his hue to barely survive the most difficult time.Anyway, there will never be a shortage of true or false news in this place, and no one will pay attention to it.Manticores are terrifying creatures, and few people would be bold enough to stand on their heads.But now, Merlin was standing there, looking out at the Doomsday Volcano and the Gates of Hell in the distance.The manticore didn't even dare to make an angry sound.It could only tilt its head and let Merlin stand higher and see farther.Its beastly instincts told it that if it upset Merlin, it would be stripped of its right to live."
A door that has been pushed open—" Merlin could clearly see the bronze gate at the end of the black plain of ash.The door was carved with strange patterns, and it looked like a mural depicting the endless war between heaven and hell, but the frescoes were already covered in ash and dust.The door was square, heavy at first glance, and most wonderfully, it had been pushed open a bit.The two doors staggered there, a white light shining through the crack in the door.It felt like the heavy door would be pushed open with a gentle push of your hand.A path to freedom will also appear before the eyes of the explorer.A temptation.A temptation of relief.It contrasts sharply with this hell of chaos and mad twisting, and makes anyone who sees it feel an urge in their hearts.An urge to run to that door and truly embrace freedom.Zakang is right.That door was probably just a hoax, a nasty joke.But there's certainly a reason why it's standing there.Merlin's chin was rubbed, his eyes shining with thought, he had traveled to every part of this hell in the past seven months, every place where legends about freedom would be sung.He strangled many living beings and destroyed many demon caves.He searched all the way, but all he got was disappointment.He had a feeling.The hope of leaving the wasteland on his own is here...
That door...
Maybe a special approach is needed to...
But he doesn't have a clue yet."
Let's go."
Merlin reached out and patted the already asleep Zakang on the cheek, waking the guy up.He stomped his foot, the manticore beneath his feet let out a meek growl, then turned, cocked his tail, spread his limbs, and ran in the direction of the Zakang bar.A thick layer of ash splattered on the ground, and heavenly fire fell from the sky, like a rain of blood falling on the land.It's a bizarre sight.But Merlin had long since turned a blind eye to this."
I say, why did you kill those horned demons?"
Leaning on the cushion behind the manticore, he played with the flask in his hand and asked curiously, "I've dealt with those horned demons before, they only monopolized the business of the River Styx by the docks of the Wrath River, and they are not as fierce as the other local gangs. ”"Actually, for a small fare, they'll be happy to see you across the river.I'm curious, how did they irritate you?
”"Why do you want to hate it so much...
Throw souls into the River Styx, and they will never be resurrected. ”"Oh, that's it."
Merlin sat beside Zakon, he took the flask from Zakon, and he drank the spicy wine as he turned his head to look at the endless wasteland beside him.He said in a flat tone, "That incident was an accident. ”"Let's hear it."
Za Kang said boredly: "You dragged me out of my tavern so that I can't do business, you have to give me some compensation, tell me." ”"They asked me for money to cross the river."
Merlin said dryly: "At that time, I just came to this ghost place, and I didn't know the rules, so I asked them if they could replace it with something else, and I didn't have soul gold coins on me at that time." ”"They said they could...
Originally, it was over. ”Merlin whispered, "Unfortunately, they chose something I would never have given them." ”"What did they want?"
Konstantin looked at Merlin's slightly emaciated body with interest, and said, "I've heard that there are females among those horned demons, should they...""
Why are you dead or so filthy?"
Merlin glared at Zakon.He was silent for a moment, and then he said, "They asked me for memories. ”"Oh, memory!
Right!
”Zakang snapped his fingers, and he said, "The Horned Demon Lord over there is a madman, and he likes to read different stories and store the memories of those victims, just like watching a movie...
Then give them it. ”Zakham spread his hands and said, "Memory is the source of pain, less memory, more happiness." ”"That's you!"
Merlin said in a gloomy tone: "I have lost everything, I only live by memory, all the good, the bad, the happy, the unfortunate, all mine...
No one wants to take it away!
”"So you killed them?"
Zakang pursed his lips, and he said in an exaggerated tone, "Just because of an excessive request, you slaughtered an entire tribe of horned demons, oh my God...""
What terrible thing have you been through, my friend Merlin, how did you get to be the way you are?""
Have I changed?"
Merlin turned his head to look at Zakang, and he said, "No, I haven't changed, I'm still the same me." ”"The pain and the darkness are part of me, and in hell I need both to motivate me, to remember who I am, and to make me a better person.""
Better people?"
It was as if he had heard the funniest joke he had heard, and he lay behind the fast-running manticore, smiling back and forth.He pointed at Merlin, and he breathlessly said, "Don't make any more jokes, you're going to laugh at me...
Merlin, you've come to this place, and you still think you're a good person?
”"Do you know what the purpose of this place is?"
Zakang looked at Merlin and said, "I said, I visited all the big guys in this place, and they told me that this hell is different from all the others, it is special. ”"It is used to imprison and exile souls who are not accepted by all, who are not liked by all.""
Me!
Look at me. ”Zakang pointed to himself, and he said: "I died because of the third house, after I died, thanks to the blessing of those damn contracts I signed before, I can't go to any hell that is still normal, I can only come here, I have nowhere to go!"
Abandoned by all the world. ”"All the people here, all the demons, all the dead souls are the same, no one cares about them, not even the most despicable hell will not open its doors to them.""
Every soul here is an outcast, full of iniquity...
Do you know?
I've heard from a deranged soul-judge that this was not actually built by the lords of hell!
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”Pointing to the sky, he said, "This is the one who founded it in heaven, and the purpose of this place is to punish people like us!"
”"He has made us live in fear and madness every day, and he has brought up this hell to the dead wretched creatures at the turn of day and night, and at the beginning of the new day untold misery will strike again.""
A nightmare of constant reincarnation, never ending until we completely collapse and become a part of this desperate world.""
In every big piece of the earth we step on, there is a wailing soul buried in it, and you can't hear it...
It's not that you can't hear them, it's that you ignore those sounds. ”"You still think you're saved!""
Don't be stupid!"
Zakang pounced, grabbed Merlin's collar with both hands, and roared uncontrollably, "Wake up!
There's no hope if you fall here!
”"You idiot!
Together, with your strength and my wisdom, we can call the wind and rain in this place, and become gods and demons!
”"Look at you, you are willing to fall!
Led by the illusion of freedom, he pursues him like a pug...
And pull me on a desperate road together!
”The crazy Zakang was pushed away by Merlin, who stood up.In the running manticore's mane, he bent down and took Zakanti in his hands, staring at the soul that might have gone mad.He said, "Come on, I'm still working with a group of gods after you're dead." ”"I advise you to sober up, Zak, you're driven crazy by despair and fear, I don't blame you, but if you can't wake up after 2 minutes...
Then I don't care about you, I'm serious. ”Zakang was thrown aside and slapped twice in the face.Merlin controlled the force, and Zakang was not strong, and it was likely to scatter his soul if he used too much force.He lay there with a crying sound, mixed with mad laughter, like a complete psychopath.After more than 1 minute, Zakang got up.He rubbed his swollen face, he looked at the expressionless Merlin, and he whispered, "What can I do when I go back?"
”"I have no friends in that world, and I don't have anything to be attached to, you're not you, Merlin, you're loved by everyone, and if you hook your fingers, girls climb into your bed, but I can't.""
I'm a person, I know...
I'm going to mess everything up. ”"I'm no different from hell on earth, just leave me here, I'm more comfortable here."
Merlin ignores Zakang's self-pity.The poor man had lived alone in this wasteland for ten years, and he had lived with a group of demons, and he had not gone mad until now, which showed that Zakang was determined."
After your death, every year, Chas will take a day off to worship you, rain or shine."
Merlin said, "After we met, you didn't ask me how Chase was doing, you were scared, were you?"
I'm afraid he'll forget about you...""
He didn't, even after becoming a mechanical knight, he didn't forget his friends.""
Zakang, you've had a very failed life!"
Merlin said to Konstantin: "You only had one real friend in the first half of your life, and you always bullied him, but Chas remembers you, and when I was there, Chas had a girlfriend, and although he may not have children for the rest of his life, but...
He does remember you. ”"Do you hear that?"
Merlin shouted, "Someone in that world is also thinking about you!"
You give me like a man now, I don't ask you to help me, you don't at least don't hold me back!
”"I—" Konstantin's eyes shone with a gleam as he wanted to say something.But the next moment, on the ash plain behind the two of them, a low engine roar sounded like thunder.Merlin stood up abruptly and looked behind him, he looked at the straight line of fire that had been pulled out on the Ash Plains, and he said to Konstantin, "What is that?"
”"Oh, that's it."
Za Kang stood up, he shrugged his shoulders: "A madman, he has not been here for a long time, maybe less than a year, in short, it is alone, it doesn't communicate with anyone, it is strong and ruthless, no one dares to provoke...
It's about the same as you. ”"Oh, by the way, I've heard that it's a skeleton riding on a motorcycle, and a burning head..."