The Collection of The End

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"Come, let me take you to see this world, 'Supreme Mage'~"

After the "desert" disappeared, Sherlock followed Melina out of her, uh...

bedroom? dormitory? boudoir? None of it seems right.

In short, Melina left the tower that she had not left since her birth.

However, this "never left" is just the result of Sherlock's own analysis. Judging from Melina's appearance as a host, she obviously knows what the outside world is like before it is covered by sand.

However, she is probably limited to "knowing" that the outside world is likely to be the same as when she saved the "Sand World". It is also a mirror image of the "original body" and does not really belong to her.

Of course, the above is just speculation, and it is better not to say anything unless necessary.

Da da da.

Outside the door of the tower, there is a spiral staircase that has never been seen before, extending downward. Its walls and passages are made of old blue-gray stone bricks. Every time you go down a step, a radiating snake will appear on the wall. The fluorite wall lamp with a faint blue light makes this windowless staircase corridor even more eerie.

If Sherlock hadn't looked outside twice before the desert disappeared and was convinced that Melina was indeed at the top of the tower, he might have mistakenly thought that this road was heading underground.

"I usually live in the attic and usually don't come down," Melina said as she walked down the spiral staircase: "The work of the mansion is usually handled by the housekeeper and the head maid, and I don't know if they are still there. "

Unless they were sandworms, they would be long gone.

"You said that there are no living things in this world?" Sherlock asked another question.

"No," Melina replied: "This is a world that has ended. There will be no birth or death."

"Really?" Sherlock looked up at the sky, but he only saw the bottom of the spiral staircase.

Although you can't see it, those saved sand worlds should be densely packed on the false sky now.

"Yes," Melina seemed to understand what Sherlock meant: "I can save those worlds, but I can't save my own world."

"..." Sherlock almost slipped and fell.

Isn’t this conjunction wrong?

It's okay to use "although, but", "why, because", or even the slightly outrageous "because, so". Why is it juxtaposed with "both, and"?

Forget it, I often get points deducted on my literature exams, so I am not qualified to teach others.

If you analyze it carefully, although Melina is using "I", she should be talking about "mirror body".

Perhaps it was because her own world was destroyed by disaster that she awakened the ability to save the world, but even if she searched across the galaxy, she could never find her original home.

Judging from the unknown time point where the "former junction" is located, the "mirror body" should have left the current multiverse long ago. If she could see the vice-principal, she would definitely hate each other. Late - that's how the word is used.

"Here we are, this is the hall of the mansion." At this time, the spiral staircase had reached the bottom, and Melina easily pushed open a rather thick double wooden door lined with iron sheets in front of her.

squeak--

Behind the gate is a magnificent and empty hall with exquisite decorations, statues, murals and hangings. However, it has obviously been neglected and has been covered in dust for a long time.

That is of course, after all, the countless sands that buried the entire world have just disappeared.

"Maid maid?" Melina walked to the center of the hall and walked around. After making a circle of small footprints, she called to the empty hall.

Well, if she had called "Butler", maybe I could have answered it, but the head maid...

"[Welcome back, Miss ■■■■■■]."

Sherlock was still thinking wildly when an ethereal female voice sounded in the hall and responded to Melina with a name that Sherlock couldn't understand.

When he followed the sound, he found that the ashes all over the hall were rising one after another, and then gathered like a tornado. In front of Melina, he was reshaped into a man wearing dark robes, holding a huge scythe, with a pale face and a sick look. female.

You call this look a maid? Don't underestimate the British!

"Clean the house, ■■■." Melina said to her.

"[Okay, I will clean up the 'dust' immediately.]" The woman who didn't look like a maid replied.

When Sherlock was guessing how she was going to use the scythe to clean, he saw her raising the scythe high, and a black flame ignited from the blade, and then... pointed at Sherlock.

The dust is actually me?

At the same time, Sherlock's eyes suddenly flashed.

A long health bar that he had not seen for a long time but was still very familiar appeared in front of him. At the same time, the name of the head maid also appeared above the health bar:

【The Buried Fried】

Whose maid is called this?

Sherlock was thinking whether this was the "blind fish eating technique" taking effect or the characteristics of the "junction" itself. The "head maid" had already wielded a sickle to kill with the afterimage.

"Melina?" Sherlock dodged three consecutive slashes of the black flame scythe with ease, and then called to Melina.

Although the head maid's attack is not threatening, beating a dog depends on the owner, right?

"Huh?" Melina looked at the crazy maid in confusion, and changed into the tone of reading the manuscript before: "[Becoming murderous under the influence of the 'Ghoul of the World']? What is that?"

Why are there these "subspace evil gods" everywhere?

"Just think she's crazy!" Sherlock once again dodged a series of attacks.

"Oh, just kill her once." Melina replied.

The personnel management in this mansion is really strict.

Sherlock cursed while continuously flashing to distance himself, and then pointed his wand at "Buried Fried": "[Comet Azle!]"

The head maid was unable to dodge, and her long health bar, along with her body and name, were washed away by the green torrent.

[Buried Fried] → [‘Black Flame’ Fried] → [Maid Fried].

"I'm very sorry, miss, and this guest," Fried bowed to the two of them and apologized immediately after reshaping from the ashes: "We were too slack during your absence."

"Yeah." Melina replied nonchalantly.

How can a pile of dust slack off... No, wait a minute.

"Did you just say...'we'?" Sherlock looked at the door in the hall leading to the depths of the mansion.

Bang!

The huge iron door was kicked open, and a giant man whose whole body was wrapped in blazing flames and carrying a brazier with lava flowing out continuously on his shoulders rushed in.

【Father Iredell】

"[Heresy!]" he pointed at Sherlock and shouted.

At least this time his behavior was consistent with his identity...probably.