The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"What the hell are you?"

The dimly lit tent was filled with a rancid smell. Otto glanced at the shadows of the guards reflected on the thin curtains and asked in a low voice.

"As I said, my name is Void Manzo..."

"I'm not asking what your name is!"

Otto covered his cheek with force. This was the countless times the two of them had had this conversation along the way.

The experiences along the way, as well as this strange thing named, no, claiming to be "Void Manzo", told Otto with the facts - those methods and strategies that play with people's hearts must be based on the fact that they can threaten the other party. superior.

In other words, a person who has no power to control a chicken, even if his command can fool all mankind, will never be successful.

The sudden battle in the early morning of that day was like this. Mark Hughes made all the correct judgments. His response until now after Otto's review still has no room for improvement, but in the face of absolute strength, these are of no use.

And he, Otto, did the same when facing this strange golden cube. He used both soft and hard tactics to try to get some information about this guy. However, after dozens of days and nights, his understanding of him still only stopped at a name.

Because he has absolutely no means to threaten it, but with the opponent's ability, it doesn't seem difficult to take away his life. Therefore, the identities of the two are not equal from the beginning. This is what Otto hates the most. .

However, he is not too discouraged. He knows that there must be something in him that Kong Manzo desires, but he doesn’t know what it is yet - as long as he thinks carefully, it is not difficult to find that it was Kong Manzo who took the initiative to appear before. , and saved him from the sword of Mingren cavalry.

Then he even tried to be mysterious, just because he didn't want to notice his initiative.

Thinking of this, Otto felt relieved. Void Manzang longed for him, which was a good thing for him, because it meant that the two people's unequal identities were just a superficial phenomenon. In essence, he and it were still the same. It's good to use the relationship to each get what it needs. This is the relationship that Otto believes is the strongest and most reliable.

"Just wait...'Void Tensions', one day, I will reveal all your secrets..."

"Otto!"

Otto quickly put away the Void Manzo and suddenly turned his head to look outside the curtain. A slim figure was cast in front of the curtain, but before the shadow could reveal its outline in detail, the curtain was forcefully opened.

"Otto! Are you okay?"

Kallen rushed to Otto in two or two steps, and before he could say anything, she started to "move" on him.

First, he raised his arm and squeezed it, then patted his knee, and then rubbed his head, as if he wanted to personally confirm that every hair on his body was intact before giving up.

"Tsk, your relationship is so good."

The voice of Void Manzo sounded directly in Otto's mind, with a tone of envy that was almost sarcastic.

"Shut up!"

No matter how much he claims to be "mature and sophisticated," Otto Apokalis is still just a young man in his early twenties. Being intimate with the girl he loves is naturally not an unspeakable thing, but if there is a third party, Watching with interest, the scene would probably be quite embarrassing.

What's even more embarrassing is that Kallen doesn't know this at all.

"Huh? Otto, why is your face so hot? Could it be that you have a fever?"

Karen's fingers slid across his cheek, and she quickly put her palm against his forehead.

"Huh? Isn't it obvious..."

Karen curled her lips, then put her forehead against hers.

"Cough cough cough cough!"

Void Manzang coughed rapidly, and the sound was as if he was choking on water.

Otto couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, and distanced himself slightly from Karen.

"Ahem!"

Probably under the influence of Kōku Manzo, Otto first cleared his throat, and then under Kallen's puzzled gaze, he did a complete set of jumping jacks, kicks, squats, stretching, etc. Then he forced a smile and said:

"Look, I'm blessed with great fortune and nothing will happen to me. You don't have to... worry..."

As he opened and closed, Karen inevitably stepped back, and the light that sneaked in from between the two curtains inevitably fell on her face. Only then did Otto see the red and swollen face of the other party clearly. eyes.

"Karen, I..."

Otto had always been eloquent, but he didn't know what to say at this moment. Even Kudo Manzo, whom he regarded as a talkative man, remained silent at this moment.

After he got the Kukong Manzo, he did not accept his "help" immediately. Instead, he avoided Akito's cavalry all the way, and finally used his pocket watch to exchange for a horse from a Magyar tribe, and finally got there Two months after that battle, he arrived at the frontline camp of the Destiny Army.

The news of the annihilation of the three thousand men had already spread throughout the entire army, and the reason was very simple - after Akito tallied up the battle achievements, he generously piled nearly three thousand heads in front of Tianming's battle line. Beijing view.

The good news is, there's no Otto's head in there, the bad news is, there's no Otto's head in there.

For two months, everyone has been wondering, what happened to the young master of the Apokalis family? A lucky escape? Was he captured by Akito, or simply surrendered?

Kallen is the only one who is worried, what is happening to Otto and where is he?

Now that she saw him standing here intact, she felt... relieved.

Under the sunlight, a blush quickly appeared on Kallen's cheeks.

"You...you have a good rest first, I'm going back to the Valkyrie Army, otherwise I will be laughed at by Eleanor and the others again..."

"Karen!"

Otto stretched out his hand to retain her, but Kallen had already quickly opened the tent and escaped without a trace.

The rancid smell of sweat in the tent seemed to suddenly disappear. Otto gently covered his mouth with the right hand held by Karen just now, and instinctively smelled it. There was a faint sweetness, a fragrance that Otto was all too familiar with.

But under that sweetness, there is still a hidden smell of blood...

Obviously, Karen's departure may not necessarily be entirely due to fear of Eleanor's gossip, but more likely because she has a combat mission to perform.

"You just had a chance to keep her."

Otto was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the indifferent and cold voice came from Void Manzang.

Ever since they met, Kōku Manzo's tone had always been so flirtatious and cynical, and Otto even found traces of imitating himself in his tone.

It seems to be the first time for Kong Kong Wanzang to speak seriously like this.

But Otto didn't know how to answer.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter."

Void Wanzang smacked his lips and suddenly asked:

"Do you know what kind of flower the perfume she wears is made from?"

"Iris, purple iris to be precise, what's wrong?"

If Void Manzang didn't try to be mysterious, Otto wouldn't have to quarrel with it. Just a normal question and answer could be a way to relieve loneliness.

I don’t know whether it was intentional or not, but Void Manzang was silent for a moment before continuing to ask:

"Otto Apokalis, do you really know what an iris... is?"

"Um?"

Otto frowned. He was not used to being called Kong Kong Manzo... very uncomfortable.

He was rarely called by his full name, and coupled with Kudos Manzo's uncharacteristically cold tone, it was difficult for Otto not to think of the feeling of being looked down upon.

After all, he was a member of the Apokalis family, and he had an almost pathological noble pride in his bones, so he couldn't stand the indifference... or even contempt that Kong Kuangzang felt when he read the name Apokalis.

But now he really has nothing to do with Kong Manzo, so he can only ignore these unpleasant parts and answer the second half of Kong Manzo's sentence. However, the grammar of the second half of the sentence is also a bit weird——

What is an iris?

Iris is a flower, an iris. If the answer was strictly based on the question raised by Kōku Manzo, Otto should have said such awkward nonsense.

But he didn't think that a being like Kong Manzo would seek a nonsense answer.

So, after thinking for a while, he corrected the problem——

Not what the iris is, but what the iris symbolizes.

"Freedom and light."

"Um?"

Otto frowned. Although he couldn't imagine the human form of Void Manzo, Otto felt that it should have frowned just now. Obviously it was not satisfied with his answer, or in other words, it didn't understand why Otto gave it give such an answer.

Could it be that the question it just asked wasn't "What does the iris symbolize?"

"Is it asking about the language of flowers?"

Otto inexplicably thought of the concept of "flower language" that was recently popular in Klosten's upper circles. It is said that the ancient Greeks originally proposed the "language of flowers". In this way, the ladies of Klosten should have "revived" this concept.

Wait a moment……

Ancient Greece……

Irises and Ancient Greece…

Otto held his chin. People's thinking is so wonderful. Sometimes it only takes a flash of inspiration to discover something between two seemingly unrelated things.

However, this kind of inspiration came and went quickly. Otto only remembered that he had seen a description of the ancient Greeks and iris in a book, but now he could not remember it in a short time.

Perhaps, if you want to understand the meaning of Void Manzo, it is better to ask it directly.

But Otto couldn't open his mouth.

It's not that I can't help but ask, it's just that I can't speak. The simple question was clearly brewing between the lips and teeth, but it could not be formed into concrete words, as if there was a higher-dimensional existence that separated this question from reality.

"never mind……"

Otto is not in a hurry. The book is still in his underground laboratory. As long as he returns to Klosten after the war, he can read it and look at it to get the answer. He is not an impatient man.

"Alas...it seems you can't give an answer?"

Void Manzo's tone once again took on a touch of sarcasm, but Otto turned a blind eye. After struggling just now, Otto had some vague guesses——

It seemed that Void Manzo was trying to imply something with that question.

Otto had a hunch that what it was trying to imply was something very important to him, but Otto, just Otto now, couldn't give an answer. No answer can be given anyway.

Or maybe... it's not the time appointed by fate yet.

"Otto!"

There was another shout outside the tent, but it was definitely not Kallen leaving and returning. To be precise, it was a male voice that Otto had a certain impression of.

He replied with some uncertainty:

"Is it...William?"

"Tsk! Please add Kaslana after my name! Do you still want to be my brother-in-law?"

The curtain was opened again, and a young man with a head full of white rags and a rather delicate face, but more chiseled than Otto walked in. His clothes were not gorgeous, but they were clean enough, which made him look different from the dirty military camp. Somewhat out of place.

"I'm sorry, some of Akito's rangers know something called 'disguise'. We have suffered several losses. Otto, your situation is... a bit special. We have no choice but to let my sister It’s up to someone to judge.”

After entering the camp, before Otto could say anything, William Kaslana apologized first.

"how to say……"

In Otto's mind, Void Manzo spoke inexplicably again.

"Kaslana...Whether it's appearance or personality, Kaslana is just like a person carved from the same mold."

"!"

Otto's pupils trembled, "Have you seen Kaslana before?"

"Uh...huh? I'm talking about your little girlfriend and your brother-in-law."

Otto didn't believe its nonsense, but after answering the question, Kudos Manzo pretended not to say anything, with a "believe it or not" attitude.

Therefore, he could only turn back to reality and face William:

"It's okay, I understand, and...thank you..."

Among the three Destiny families, the Apokalis family is responsible for politics, while Kaslana and Shaniat are more responsible for the military... Well, speaking of which, the ancestors of these two families are still the same family.

The three major families are spread out, but they are also married to each other, and the direct families are all familiar with each other. And with Kaslana and Shaniyat everywhere in the army, there was really no need to look for Kallen to confirm Otto's identity.

Just like the attendant William in front of him, it is not impossible to just ask him to come. Calling for Kallen specially was obviously an assist from William.

He stretched out his hand and wanted to do Klosten's recently popular handshake with William, but unexpectedly William's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed.

"What's wrong?"

"No...it's okay..."

William's smile was extremely forced. He hesitated for a long time, and finally slowly raised his right arm.

Looking at the empty sleeves, Otto was silent for a while and then said:

"I'm still wondering why you were removed from the front line to work as an attendant for your uncle..."

After hearing what he said, William forced out another smile:

"Anyway, at least I'm still alive. I'm much luckier than Laura, Gaspar, and Claudia...Otto, among my father's children, only my sister is left intact."

"Well, I understand. I won't let anything happen to her again."

"That's good."

William shrugged and put his right arm behind his back:

"Uncle Luca has read Bishop Nicholas' letter. He... has some questions he wants to ask you face to face."

Otto nodded. In order to reverse the situation of the war, what they had to do was to do something that broke through the "moral bottom line" of ordinary people. If they wanted to prevent more people from knowing, the only way was to have an interview. Judging from William's current attitude, I'm afraid he still doesn't know what is written in the letter...

But just as he was about to respond, Void Wanzang appeared again:

"Hey, don't take me with you where you want to go. I don't want to go."

The corners of Otto's mouth twitched, wondering what the madness of Void Manzo was.

"Uh... I have some things that need to be sorted out. Can you wait a moment?"

William did not answer, but bowed slightly and exited the tent.

After confirming that he was not peeking, Otto spread his right hand flat, and a golden cube appeared out of thin air in his palm.

"Hey! What are you going to do again?"

"No, I just don't want to see more Kaslana."

This guy couldn't tell the truth, but Otto was used to it.

"Isn't it easy to spot something as conspicuous as yours in a tent?"

Otto changed the direction and tried.

"It doesn't matter, I can change."

Otto blinked, and the golden cube in his hand had turned into the pocket watch he had given to the Magyar before.

Otto didn't believe in evil and opened the watch cover, only to find that even the hand-carved patterns on the watch cover were exactly the same.

Although he was surprised, it wasn't surprising when he thought about the weird abilities used by Void Manzo when he was alone.

He gently placed the "pocket watch" on the only pony in the tent and walked out slowly.

After two seconds, he opened the door curtain again and saw that the "pocket watch" was still sitting on the horse. He nodded with confidence and left.

The hem of the door curtain was still swaying slightly, but the pocket watch on the horse had disappeared.

…………

Two miles behind Tianming Camp, there are two small hills. Probably because it is behind the battle line, a being hidden under a black robe and holding a strange black umbrella has stood. On one of the hills, I waited all afternoon.

"What's up?"

Gray Snake seemed to be down for a tenth of a second. Even though he was prepared, he was still very unaccustomed to the elusive way of "Lord".

"Lord, the clone I sent to Taixu Mountain has died again. This is the 23,651th time in five thousand years."

"oh."

Gray Snake tilted his head imperceptibly and carefully looked at the man beside him. Then, even he himself didn't know why, he silently took a step back and stood beside the man.

The evening breeze on the grassland caressed the man's dark clothes and swayed his silver-gray hair. He made no movements or words, as if what the gray snake said was just a trivial matter.

He just looked at the grassland in front of him from a distance. On the skyline to the east of the Tianming Camp, along with the misty horn sound, countless smokes rose up, sloping straight, like sloping towers. tower.

Not long after, the smoke from the Tianming Camp was not outdone, but it was still smaller in number and seemed a little less powerful. It was slightly distorted by the wind.

Gray Snake stared at the floating smoke, wondering why the Lord would be interested in such a meaningless thing.

Or maybe the Lord is not looking at the smoke, but since he exists in reality, he must look at a certain point in space, that's all.

But there are some words that Gray Snake still has to say:

"Lord, although I don't want to criticize you and your comrades, but... the one in Taixu Mountain seems to be completely out of control. For five thousand years, she has completely severed her relationship with the World Snake... So, still Do you need to send another me to Taixu Mountain?"

"No."

Mikael replied without thinking.

"She has her own ideas. She is unwilling to meet me for the time being, which is expected. But I will meet her again soon, so you don't have to worry about it."

"I understand, Lord, no Gray Snake individuals will bother Taixu Mountain anymore."

"Well, that's good if you understand... Where did Mebius go?"

"Doctor...Doctor, she went to Australia."

"Australia?"

"Well... the doctor said she found something interesting there, and she planned to study it by herself first. However, you didn't let her go alone, so [Setsuna] also went."

Mikael snorted lightly and then said:

"Let her be. Is everything still stable in the Promised Land?"

"Judging from the report sent back by Klein, Lord, none of the comrades you sent in...has noticed the truth yet. But...perhaps my reminder is a bit unnecessary, Lord, [she] has actually always been You know, right?”

"snort……"

Before Gray Snake could figure out what Mikael's cold snort meant, he discovered that the voice of "Lord" suddenly disappeared.

He felt something in his heart and looked towards the hill on the other side. Accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, two knights appeared on the opposite hill. They took off their helmets, revealing the familiar face of Gray Snake.

"Hmm... [Salvation] and [Tianhui] are here too..."