The Collection of The End

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The Kingdom of Shadows, the First Fire Sacrifice Site.

Prince Lothric, who had gathered the combat power of the entire Lothric Royal City, simply agreed to pass the fire after all other bosses were defeated. Then, this person became the King of Salvation, and his body has fully recovered. The only problem is that The little prince who can emit a faint flame is sitting on his throne and muttering "I am so stupid, really".

However, that has nothing to do with Thanos. After he and the Fireproof Girl had owners of all five thrones, they arrived at the place where the First Fire was located through the bonfire at the sacrificial site.

Abandoned weapons were still everywhere, the sky was still dim and the sun was like a ring of fire, but the "Incarnation of King Xin" guarding Chu Huo had changed. It was not so much a person as a burning body. Armor, inside the armor, you can see a vague humanoid figure composed of constantly flowing ashes. The moment it saw Thanos and the Fireproof Girl, it directly used flames and ashes to materialize a spiral sword out of thin air. The two-handed sword rushed over.

Then he was laid down by the fireproof girl.

"It is the incarnation of the salary kings of the past generations, but it is not that." The fireproof woman put away the +5 black knight sword and moved slightly away from the incarnation half-kneeling there: "After each generation of salary kings burns out, they will turn into There is no remnant of fire, and during the burning process, his/her fighting consciousness will be merged into the incarnation of the Xinwang who guards the first fire, so it is just an unconscious puppet with the strength of all the Xinwang who once passed down the fire."

As she spoke, she seemed to glance at Thanos, but because she was blindfolded, she couldn't tell if she actually glanced at him.

"My strength mainly lies in my wisdom," Thanos said: "With my fighting style alone, I would just be a soldier wielding a sword randomly."

【I have never seen such a shameless person. 】A message appears.

"What do you think of Jia Baoyu as your brother?" Thanos stepped on the message.

[The difference between Li Kui and Li Gui. 】

"Not only did you break the fourth wall, but you also went for a walk next door."

[I came across an article about Sun Wukong reincarnating into Jia Baoyu. Do you want to read it? 】

"……no."

"[Hang————!]"

Thanos was still communicating with the message, but he heard a high-pitched roar from the fallen incarnation of King Xin, and a burst of blazing flames suddenly burst out from his body, directly blowing the fireproof woman who was changing the dark dagger behind it and hesitating whether to take a last hit. Fei, then, holding the fire-transmitting sword wrapped in flames, turned his eyes with dazzling red light to Thanos, who seemed completely defenseless.

"Oh, the second stage." Thanos reached back to draw his sword, but before the golden sword could be unsheathed, the incarnation of King Xin had already rushed in front of him.

The fire-transmitting sword completed four consecutive blows of sweeping, diagonal, upward, and heavy blows with lightning speed. Finally, it transformed into holding it with both hands and stabbed hard, creating a violent explosion that destroyed a whole series of blows. The move sent Thanos flying away.

"Lord Ashes!" At this time, the fireproof girl had just gotten up again.

"Tsk, King Xin's Fifth Company..." Thanos, who broke a lot of weapons stuck on the ground, patted his armor and stood up again.

[Disgraceful health bar] message appeared.

"I was originally worried that King Xin would ignore me, so I asked the Fireproof Girl to come on, but now it seems..." Thanos ignored the message, put away the golden sword, and then took out a weapon that was in the hand of King Xin's incarnation. The almost identical flame-shaped sword rushed towards it: "Xinwang Fifth Company, right? It seems like no one can do it!"

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【Inherit the First Fire】

【Extinguish the first fire】

[Usurping the First Fire]

[Go to Huanyin City]

After destroying the incarnation of King Xin with some twists and turns, when Thanos touched the spiral sword stuck on the First Fire bonfire, a row of options popped up in front of him.

"Is there something wrong? I didn't see Lundall's wandering soul during the whole process, nor did I pick up the eyes of the first-generation fireproof girl." Thanos asked.

[You want to say that it’s not you that’s wrong, it’s the ‘world’? 】

"...I'm speechless," Thanos shrugged: "In short, how to let the fire-proof girl decide for herself on how to make the first fire. Judging from this option, 'she' is indeed the 'root' of the dark soul world - the ring. In Yincheng?"

【It is the Kingdom of Shadows. 】

"That's not important. Since 'she' is not in the 'ontology' but in 'dlc', it proves that the 'world in the painting' also exists..." Sanos paused for two seconds: "The world in the painting is the map of mountains, rivers, and society. , Luo Shen, Ancient One, virtual dimension, hum, so that’s it, on the surface he is the Supreme Mage, but secretly he is a little princess who paints?”

[Wrong, wrong, wrong, although the map of mountains and rivers and the country was indeed used to create a virtual dimension, what remains in the world of painting is the former man who likes to draw eggs. 】

"Da Vinci...oh, it's Meng Nali. Now everyone is almost here," Thanos paused for half a second: "But I didn't see the 'Slave Knight Gale' who took people into the world of the painting. "

[Hey hey hey, let me tell you some bad news. 】The message paused for a moment, seeming to be showing off.

"After confirming her whereabouts, no bad news can scare me." Thanos responded.

[Most people will call Gale grandpa, but she will call him grandpa. Who do you think it will be? And what are his responsibilities? 】

"...Wang Hassan?"

[Originally, you were to contact the goddess first and then meet Gale, but this time, you have to defeat 'Gale' before you can contact the 'goddess'. 】

[That old white-bone demon has no mercy at all, and he won’t even let me pass. 】

"Although you have basically no friendship..." Thanos raised his eyebrows: "But the mighty Monkey King can't beat Assassin, the champion?"

[Don’t be ‘just’, do you know what the standards are for comparing character strength across works? 】

"Who does the author prefer?"

[What I’m looking at are the ‘attributes’ of these characters after they’ve been assimilated into the ‘world’. I can’t beat Garen in Summoner’s Rift, where can I go to explain? 】

"You, old man, have a wide range of interests..."

[Another example is you, who seems to be able to use the abilities of your past identity casually every second, but you just can’t fly because you are hindered by your identity as ‘Thanos’. 】

"Um……"

[In short, 'Gail' was given by the girl of the Lin family the characteristic of 'can kill any existence with one strike', while 'Deadpool' has the characteristic of 'always being hacked to death but never dying'. I can't help but Going to get into trouble. 】

"Emil's replacement... I have no choice but to collect six infinity stones?" Thanos fell into thinking.

[After you enter Huanyin City, I won’t be able to leave you a message, so just ask for your blessings. 】

"Where are you now?"

[I am taking the recruited ‘Justice League’ to spread fire in other worlds parallel to yours, preparing to train them into salary kings. 】

"...Anyway, I'll go to Huanyin City to take a look first."

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"Lord Ashes, are you leaving?"

When Thanos turned his attention from the message that was no longer updated to Chu Huo, the fireproof woman standing there asked.

"Yes," Thanos nodded: "About this first fire..."

"You can't pass it on, can you?" the fire girl continued.

"Hmm...huh?" Thanos looked up at her in surprise, but his expression couldn't be seen clearly due to the mask.

"If you choose to spread the fire, the first fire will disappear with you, right?" the fire prevention woman asked in a positive tone.

"...When did you know that?" Thanos hesitated for a moment and did not try to refute.

"When you smashed through the Demon King's palace and arrived at the Ashes Cemetery," the Fireproof Girl lowered her head slightly: "I walked around the Ashes Cemetery and found that your coffin had not been opened at all."

"Although I can argue and question 'how do you know that's my coffin', but let's not go to the trouble. There must be a reason why you are so sure," Thanos replied: "So, what are your thoughts?"

"After arriving at the 'First Fire Sacrificial Site', I saw those buildings from various eras piled together. According to ancient books, they were originally in very far away places. They were destroyed because the First Fire gradually extinguished and the world continued to shrink. "They were pushed back, but," the fire-prevention woman raised her head and looked around: "This is the First Fire Sacrificial Site, and it is the last place where those 'things pushed back from the edge of the world' should appear. If this happens, there is only one possibility: The First Fire was once so weak that it could only save the First Fire Sacrificial Site, but if it had happened, it would be impossible for such a small world to have a salary king born and spread the fire, and restore it to the appearance of our original world."

"so……"

"So, the 'Deep Sea Age' has arrived a long time ago, and the so-called 'First Fire of the Deep Sea Age' mentioned in ancient books is just the first flame that was rekindled, and the only one who can rekindle the flame is someone like you. ," the fire prevention woman "looked" at Thanos: "He came to save our Lord Ashes from other worlds where flames are burning fiercely."

[Incorrect process, correct answer, zero points. 】

"...That's basically it," Thanos didn't intend to explain in detail: "If I choose to spread the fire, I will only take it away, and the flame in your world will still be extinguished. Therefore, it can only be done by people in your world. Regarding this matter, Prince Lothric should still be in a fever for a while, so there’s no rush.”

"I will remember it," the fireproof girl nodded slightly: "Before that, I hope to serve you and follow Lord Ashes to have a look 'outside'."

[Although I can’t see what’s going on in the Dark Universe, this is how your ‘Five Obsidian Generals’ came to be, right? 】

"...I have to go to Ring Seal City to do some errands before I leave, and I may not come back." Thanos said speechlessly.

"Do you agree to my service?" the fireproof girl insisted.

"Okay, if you insist." Thanos sighed and nodded.

"I, Amber Storm, am willing to serve Lord Ashes." The fireproof woman knelt down on one knee and bowed her head to Thanos.

"Okay, now I've made my money back...wait?" Thanos suddenly raised his eyebrows: "What did you say your name was?"

"Amber Stone, although she will give up her name when she becomes a fireproof girl, at this time she should..."

"You said your name is... [Ember Storm]? Gray Wind? Little Gray?" Thanos' expression changed uncertainly.

"You can call me what you like." The fireproof girl replied nonchalantly.

"As for Gray Wind...the world itself is false and repetitive...it's really right...I don't know if she will turn into a battleship," Thanos shook his head: "Then, outside, you It’s called Gray Wind.”

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Huanyin City.

As the core area of ​​the Kingdom of Shadows, it integrates almost all the buildings, monsters and traps that have ever appeared, which makes the fire prevention woman who is not very good at dealing with this kind of "malice from the world" a little confused, oh no, it should be Gray Wind .

However, under the leadership and command of Thanos, she still cut down the poisonous fog monster, the fat headless giant, the human-faced bug, the turtle shell monster, and the ring-seal knight, and successfully reached the deepest part of the ring-seal city, a magnificent The top chamber of the church.

"According to the intelligence we collected along the way, this should be the dormitory of the so-called 'Goddess of Ring Seal City'. Is she the one you are looking for?" Gray Feng asked, looking at Thanos who was lingering at the door.

"Huh..." Thanos took a deep breath and said to himself: "You can't be wrong. In such a situation where "death" is concentrated, there is no way to admit your mistake, absolutely."

Then, under Gray Feng's strange "look", he straightened his hair and armor, stretched out his hand, and pushed open the door with a solemn attitude.

Inside the door is a huge and gorgeous bedroom. The walls and floors are covered with flowers. They are not decorations, but living flowers that are constantly growing and withering.

Although everything in the room looks like a classic dormitory, there is no most crucial thing - the bed.

Instead, there was a soft bed with a backrest and pure white sheets in the middle of the room.

On top of the soft collapse, leaning slantingly, a goddess, or rather, a girl.

She has slightly yellowish shawl short hair, a soft nightcap on her head, and a dress and pajamas of the same style and material. She holds a huge translucent sphere in her arms and is sleeping soundly with her head on it. .

As her shoulders rise and fall slightly, the patterns inside the huge sphere in her arms are constantly changing.

It seemed to be a whirlpool composed of countless silver light spots. Every time she breathed in, deep black would flow out from the center of the whirlpool, engulfing the entire whirlpool, and then shrink back like an ebbing tide.

As for the appearance of this goddess... Although she did not open her eyes, Gray Feng was surprised to find that judging from the facial features and the outline of her face, she was 70-80% similar to him.

Could it be that she is his ancestor, or in other words, the first generation fire prevention girl?

Gray Wind turned his gaze to Thanos, only to find that Lord Ashes' eyes had lost focus, as if something was blocking his vision.

"Hahaha," Thanos laughed with unknown meaning: "A pile of 'deaths' surrounded a 'girl', just like back then."

"Also, because the goddess has her eyes closed all the time, the fireproof girl also has to wear an eyepatch. What kind of funny setting is this?"

"I heard you were very angry when you woke up, so come on, I think I can handle it."

As he spoke, Thanos stretched out his hand to the goddess.

Click.

The ball held by the goddess had a crack.

Click, click, click—crack!

The seemingly solid sphere fell apart within half a second, and the swirling and entangled silver vortex and black mist inside instantly overflowed.

As soon as the goddess's arms were empty, she was about to fall forward, but before that, the soft body under her body changed the angle on its own, catching her steadily, from a sitting position to a lying position.

However, even if there was such a movement that would surely wake up ordinary people, the goddess still showed no sign of waking up.

"This..." Thanos seemed a little surprised. He took a step forward and seemed to intend to continue the contact, but was stopped by the sudden appearance of a large number of feathers.

At the same time, an old and majestic voice sounded:

"[Thanos? What did you gain from that persistent pursuit? Countless unnecessary sacrifices? Stupid - hand over your head!]"

"[Death to the angel (azrael)!]"