Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 933 915. Fireproof Woman Exile

"I was sent by the Emma priest from Lothric to check the situation of the Fire Sacrifice."

Lan En pulled out the small flag given to him by Emma's officiant.

Although the other party is a blind girl, as a fire-proof girl who guards the initial flame and the fire-transmitting sacrificial site, who would believe it without supernatural powers?

Sure enough, after Lan En took out the small flag, the fireproof girl seemed to confirm it, clasped her hands in front of her belly and bowed slightly to him.

If you put aside this obviously ancient and antiquated environment, the fire-prevention woman has an excellent appearance and figure.

But in this apocalypse of fire, everything must be sacrificed for the sake of inheriting the flame.

The fireproof girl has a slightly messy but graceful pale braid that hangs down to her lower back.

After she straightened up, she pushed back the braid that had slid down her back.

Lan En also bowed slightly in return.

"The situation is not optimistic." After returning the gift, Lan En talked about what he had seen and heard along the way, his tone solemn.

"King Osroais has gone crazy. He has spread experiments in the city that have not been seriously verified at all, hoping to turn his subjects into people who can live in the fireless era. Now there are not many people in Lothric. A living man. I killed him."

"And the hero Guda, who was originally scheduled to replace the salary king, was escorted by an internal agent from the prince faction. After Guda escaped from the trap, he killed the escort team internally and externally, and blocked the road in front of the Fire Sacrifice to prevent anyone from letting anyone in. Passed, and I killed him too.”

"So far, none of the former salary kings who were awakened by the bell have come?"

Under Lan En's narration, the fire prevention girl also understood how bad the current situation was.

She also became serious.

However, due to her good upbringing and training, she did not look at a loss like an ordinary woman.

Instead, it showed a kind of demureness and strength.

She shook her head slightly at first, indicating that the situation was indeed extremely bad.

But then, he looked over Lan En's shoulder and looked at one of the five desire thrones high up.

"There is a former salary king who arrived not long ago."

she whispered.

"But... only this one."

Lan En frowned, then looked in the direction of the fireproof girl's face.

Only then in the dim flickering candlelight did I see a figure sitting on the throne of desire second from the left.

It's just that the figure is really inconspicuous, short and thin. And there is no breath of living things at all, just like a piece of dried firewood.

That's why Lan En didn't notice his presence when he entered the door.

He was a dry little old man with a grayish-white body glowing with death.

Not to mention candidates like Hero Guda who are candidates for salary king. Even the Demon King Osroais, who had given up most of his power and mutated himself, was more powerful than him.

Is this the salary king?

Lan En couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Although so far, the only salary king he has seen is [Sage of the Deep] Eldridge.

But King Xin, who was not known for his combat prowess, had left a deep impression on Lan En with the terrifying and profound nature of his power.

After all, the darkness in his body now is only the product of seeing a corner of the essence of Eldridge's power.

Strictly speaking, the opponent just let Lan En chop him, and Lan En 'contaminated' himself.

The power of King Xin and the high level of his personality are evident.

But this little old man in front of me?

"If there are more than three salary kings who can sit on the Throne of Desire, then they can burn themselves in a way that does little harm, continue the initial fire for a short time, and buy precious time for the world. But now."

The fireproof girl worriedly faced the only person who sat on the Throne of Desire.

"We have been waiting for the other two salary kings to arrive, but judging from the news you brought"

Most likely no other salary king will come.

"What will happen if there are no more salary kings to share the burning damage?"

Lan En asked with a frown.

A Salary King has arrived, and it stands to reason that he can activate the Throne of Desire and let him burn slowly.

As for the reason why the Fire Transfer Sacrifice did not do this now, Lan En figured it out after thinking about it for a while.

The Xinwang who can sit on the throne of desire are the candidates to take the top position when the transition period of the Fire Passing Ceremony comes. It is not a one-time consumable, but something that needs to be awakened and maintained repeatedly.

And when there is only one salary king sitting on the throne.

"King Xin will completely and gradually burn himself out, even if he is sitting on the Throne of Desire where he can control the burning speed."

Sure enough, the words from the fireproof girl's mouth were consistent with Lan En's guess.

The two fell silent for a moment.

"But there's no other way now, is there?"

Suddenly, a soft and old voice came from the throne.

It was the King Xin who was the only one who rushed to the fire-passing sacrificial site who was speaking.

Firebender and Lan both raised their heads and looked upward.

His voice was smooth and soft, so soft that he did not look like a strong man who had been able to support the operation of the world order, but rather like an ordinary old man telling stories to his younger generations.

"The world is about to sink into darkness. The bottomless, terrifying darkness."

"To this day, since no one will come again, there is only one thing we can do in the end. The fireproof girl who guards the initial flame."

On the throne, the short and thin figure with a shadowy figure spoke plainly.

He sentenced himself to death.

"Start the ritual and let the world see the light of day again."

".Let me burn."

Lan En looked at the figure on the throne and pursed his lips.

The image of a person determined to sacrifice himself for a certain goal or a certain person will be shocking no matter what.

In this world where death is regarded as normal, the fire-proof woman just lowered her head and then bowed to the short figure on the throne.

Said that he would obey King Xin's will.

"I understand, Lord Ludos."

The fireproof girl said softly.

The ritual to activate the Throne of Desire is simple. In the middle of the Fire Sacrifice, there is a large basin filled with some kind of ashes.

There is a spiral sword stuck diagonally in the basin.

The sword looked very rough and crude, like two steel cables intertwined and stretched into a sword shape, and then a handle and sword grid were added.

But there is only one special thing: even now, as the darkness sinks deeper and deeper, the sword still looks like it has just been taken out of the furnace, revealing a luminous dark red color after the steel has been roasted by the flames.

The fireproof girl walked to the side of the spiral sword and gently touched the hilt of the spiral sword.

"Poof"*N

The moment the fireproof woman touched the hilt of the spiral sword, a series of flames exploded into a large explosion!

The entire Fire Transferring Sacrificial Site suddenly became brighter.

Originally there were only a few candles lit around a few people, but there were actually many more in the Fire Transferring Shrine.

But the candle that brings light can not only dispel darkness, it can not be overwhelmed in darkness, and it also requires the maintenance of strength.

In this world where the concepts of 'light and darkness' are transformed into real and imaginary forces, this is the operating law.

The three people in the Fire Sacrifice could only maintain a small candlelight around them.

But at this moment, all the unlit candles seemed to be supported by some kind of flame power and burned spontaneously!

The old woman who was sitting against the wall and couldn't move, and the sturdy blacksmith who was minding his own business, both stopped their movements at this moment and looked solemnly at the longing throne, which was the only one occupied.

All five thrones were activated. The thrones were originally ordinary and looked like simple carvings from ordinary rocks.

Now it emits a dark red light, like lava between solidification and flow. Among the cracks in the stone material, a scorching red light can be vaguely seen coming from the cracks.

However, all five thrones were activated, but only one had a burning salary king.

Lan En pursed his lips and looked at Ludos on the throne, his thin and short body suddenly tensed up.

At the same time, traces of burning dead branches appeared on the dark green corpse's skin.

There were burnt cracks all over the body, with sparks and red light coming out of the cracks.

It was like a piece of firewood that was charred on the surface but still burning hot on the inside.

The process of burning oneself must be very painful for King Xin.

Lan En walked along the steps and walked to the side of Ludos' throne.

Each throne is engraved with the name of its owner, and on Rudos' throne it is [Exile of Courland].

He should be called 'Ludos of Courland'.

"Ah, it's so hot, my bones are burning, it hurts so much. Please help me, kill me. No, no, this is too painful. It's so hot, please help me."

The sudden pain seemed to torture the skinny, short old man to the point where he lost consciousness and started talking nonsense unconsciously.

"Look, everyone, even if the fire is weak after I become the king, I can still continue the world. So forgive me, forgive me. Don't blame me all the time. Don't."

Even if you made a mistake and became an exile in your hometown, would you still beg for forgiveness from your hometown people?

Perhaps among the four consecutive salary kings, he came here not only because of his responsibility as salary king, but also because of his guilt?

Ludos' whole body was tense and trembling, obviously the pain he longed for from the throne was too sudden and intense.

And as the fireproof girl said, the price of having only one salary king sitting on the throne of desire is too high.

Ludos sat on the throne, his dangling feet unable to reach the ground. Starting from the tips of his toes, wisps of burned white ash were peeling off from above.

He was literally being 'burned clean'.

As for Lan En himself, the hidden darkness that had affected his mind more and more since the sky darkened seemed to be suppressed and became lighter at this time.

The pained murmur of the king on the throne gradually stopped, and it seemed that Ludos was finally getting used to the intense pain.

No matter what he looks like, he is a salary king who can sustain the world after all. As long as the willpower is strong enough, speaking and acting freely in pain is nothing more than a common thing.

The trembling in his body was gradually suppressed.

Yes, it’s ‘suppression’, not disappearance.

Because Lan En was still watching helplessly, burnt white ash continued to fall from the tip of his toes.

The pain definitely didn't stop.

It won't stop until he's burned out.