The Collection of The End

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A world filled with gray snowflakes.

In the other direction leading from the City of the Dead to the Lake of Ashes, there is a vast, rugged wasteland with a darker tone than other areas.

Perhaps it once had a more intense color, but now there is only silence.

This wasteland is equally covered by the gray snowflakes that are scattered throughout the world, but there is no thick "snow" like other areas that makes it difficult for those who set foot in it.

Because they were scattered by the warriors who lingered here and still wanted to fight even though they had no memory of their lives.

Their height, height, weight, armor and weapons, and even whether they maintain human form are not entirely the same. The only similarity is their decisiveness in attacking any "opponent worth fighting".

At the same time, because there are also a large number of ferocious monsters in this wasteland that are not smart at first glance, but are very challenging, this place has not become a scene of duel.

All that's left is the skeleton, a crazy skeletal dog with a head as big as its body.

With a wingspan of more than ten meters, the vicious bat hovers in the dark sky and waits for an opportunity to pounce on its target.

The ghost of the mage, whose body is transparent, wanders in any ruins and attacks those who approach at any time.

In the process of fighting each other, the warriors and monsters blew away large tracts of gray snow, revealing the broken armor, old weapons, marching tents and even the remains of siege equipment remaining on the surface. It seemed that a tragic battle had occurred here. , but now no one remembers the whole story.

Wearing a black robe, with a golden pendant hanging on her chest, a girl with only one eye open sat sideways on a horse-like mount, completely ignoring the melee that broke out everywhere. In this ancient battlefield Go straight through.

They obviously did not pose any direct threat, but even the brainless skeleton dog subconsciously stayed away from the weak-looking cow, horse and girl.

If these warriors and monsters who were immersed in fighting fever had any sense, they could easily discover that the seemingly irregular route of the black-robed girl was actually exactly the same as that of a new "challenger".

It was a knight wearing heavy armor, holding a giant halberd, and riding an armored horse. He was keen to charge at any enemy who appeared in sight, and then cut the opponent in two when he crossed with them. Because of the weapon itself, If it is too long, when it is caught in a relatively unfavorable close combat, it will actively distance itself, causing the overall action route to twist and turn, which is very strange.

"Moo——" the cow and horse called out.

"[Well, I know, this is the guy most likely to become a 'general',]" the black-robed girl nodded slightly: "[But his 'combat time' is not enough. Before he can truly 'promote', he has everything. It can happen, can't it?]"

"Pfft?" The cow and horse stopped mid-noise.

In front of the invincible knight, a swordsman wearing ghost-faced armor and holding a strange-shaped sword appeared to block his way.

"[Oh, I really found a good opponent.]" The girl in black robe said with unclear meaning.

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"Puff puff -" The cow and horse turned around to look at the knights and swordsmen who were following behind them, and snorted a long series of times.

"[I have not changed the rules, Torrett,]" the black-robed girl touched its head: "[Although only the 'winner in battle' can become a 'general', there is no limit to what 'battle' must be. Duel'.】"

"Huh?" Thoret questioned.

"Look." The girl in black robe raised her hand and pointed forward.

At this time, the three men and two horses had arrived at the edge of the dark wasteland. In front of them was a patch of gray woods that symbolized entering another area, and a gray creek was slowly flowing in the forest.

This scene seems ordinary, but if you look closely, you will find some abnormal clues.

Below the gray and transparent stream, there are traces of black mist steaming. They try to break through the shallow water surface but fail. In the end, they can only keep moving forward with the flowing stream.

"[Follow me.]" The girl in black robe tilted her head and gestured to the two followers behind her, and drove Torette along the bank to the lower reaches of the stream.

The knight and swordsman looked at each other, as if they had exchanged glances through each other's thick masks, and then followed together.

Crash, crash, squeak, sizzle.

As the "Gray Creek" merged with several other tributaries, the water gradually grew larger, and it could barely be called a "Gray River". At the bottom of the Gray River, the black mist that was constantly surging but always restricted to the bottom of the water also followed. The number increases, and the occasional strange sounds can even penetrate the river and be heard by people on the shore.

The knight and swordsman were still following the black-robed girl walking by the river, but their movements were stiff and tight, as if they were ready to deal with some kind of enemy emerging from the river at any time, making the two people who were originally hostile look like they were walking side by side. Because of this, he was ridiculed several times by Bull Horse Torret.

"[Don't be nervous, the enemy you have to deal with is not them, but...]" The girl in black robe raised her finger and pointed: "[Here, there.]"

Ahead, the meandering "Grey River" finally merges into a "lake".

No, that was not a lake, but a huge hole that suddenly appeared in the gray wood forest. The river was cut off abruptly, and the water poured rushing down into the depths of the cave. The black mist that was originally "sealed" did not. Following the fall, they broke free from the pressure of the water body and floated into the air, quickly blending into the thick mist that filled the entire surface of the pit, making it look like a black lake.

"Moo!" Torrett's voice was filled with panic.

"[You are right,]" the black-robed girl drove the cows and horses to a stop at the "lake", then turned to face the knights and swordsmen following behind: "[They are the key elements that led to the destruction of the 'single universe' , are vicious in nature. Even if the universe that was originally going to be destroyed no longer exists, it will not eliminate itself. It can even breed seeds of destruction that can go to other universes by accumulating a certain amount. These seeds of destruction are different, and before you The name of this element is——]”

Snap——

The girl in black robe was still speaking, and the "black lake" behind her suddenly started to churn. A huge monster that looked like a scorpion from a distance broke out of the "water", and behind the "scorpion", the long... The outrageous hook tail, which itself was a little lumpy, shot a stream of colorful dazzling light as dense and thick as an integrated array through its tip towards the three people on the shore without stopping.

The swordsman drew his sword and faced him directly, while the knight raised the mirror-like shield in his off-hand.

With a cry, Thoret carried the black-robed girl on his back and flashed to a nearby hill that would not be hit by the beam, and the rest of her words had just come out:

"['The Ghoul of the World'.]"