The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Click-bang-"

The key was inserted into the keyhole and turned suddenly. If it were normal, the door would be pushed open the next moment. In fact, the door did open, but it was kicked open.

The huge sound and vibration startled the fairy Ellie who was sleeping on the table. She trembled all over and fell off the table.

Before she could complain about the pain, with a "crash" sound, countless white papers flew like snow, and she was buried in the blink of an eye. Only a small leg like a ham sausage stretched out, twitching and waiting. Someone came and pulled her out.

Mei held the foot, and then directly lifted Fairy Ellie out of the pile of paper.

As the white paper was flying, Mei seemed to see dense or sparse black characters on the paper. Before she could make a move, Mikael and Kevin, who had followed in, had already picked up the paper from the ground and fell into it. into a long silence.

"What's wrong?"

The dark shadow in my heart became thicker and thicker, almost covering everything.

"Ah bah bah bah - ah! How could this happen!"

Elf Ellie coughed twice and looked at the white papers flying everywhere in the room, and she fell into a state of complete confusion for a moment.

"What's written on the paper?"

Mei turned to look at Mikael. After two or three seconds of silence, the latter put down the paper in his hand and raised his hand to point to the typewriter on the table in front of Mei Yi that was still spitting out white paper.

Swallowed gently.

Is it a prank? With Alicia's character, it's not impossible for her to pull off such a nasty prank. So her missing an appointment and disappearing must be a prank, right?

With this thought, Mei Yi picked up a piece of white paper.

The black words on the white paper were neatly arranged, and it was just that sentence that kept coming over and over.

A sentence that is quite simple from both a grammatical and semantic point of view——

[Alicia is dead, Alicia is dead

Alicia is dead, Alicia is dead

Alicia is dead, Alicia is dead

Alicia is dead, Alicia is dead

Alicia is dead, Alicia is dead

Alicia is dead]

"!?"

Mei Yi's eyelids trembled, she twisted the paper with three fingers and handed it to Mikael:

"Has she always been so into pranks?"

Yes, how could such a ridiculous development be reality?

The typewriter was introduced to her by Alicia. The so-called "recording everything that happened in the paradise of the past" was just Alicia's words. The most important thing was, how could such a thing be possible?

How could a memory die suddenly? What's more, Alicia's combat power is second only to Mikael and Kevin?

The Eternal Paradise is our resting place and a collection of all beautiful dreams. How could there be danger in it?

What's more, Mikael is still here.

So, this is definitely a prank, right?

Meiyi looked at Mikael with some expectation, but the latter just let his breathing become heavier and heavier and did not give any answer.

After a while, it was Kevin who gently patted Mei Yi on the shoulder.

"Unfortunately Raiden Mei, this typewriter has never failed in the past fifty thousand years."

"...I didn't make any mistakes before, but that doesn't mean I won't make mistakes now, right?"

Meiyi opened her mouth, and the last thing she blurted out was an unconvincing argument.

But she felt something was strange.

Why is it that both Mikael and Kevin, and even the heroes who did not follow, are somewhat inexplicably calm and restrained about Alicia's disappearance and even Alicia's death?

Even Qianjie's anger was quickly extinguished by Aponya's commandments. Based on Mei Yi's understanding of him, this was not something that could be easily accomplished.

Easily seeing through Mei Yi's thoughts, Mikael explained in a low voice:

“No matter when and where, in the face of sudden changes, preparing for the worst will only have a hundred benefits and no harm.”

Mikael crumpled up the paper in his hand that was filled with [Alicia is dead], and then gently threw it on the ground.

"Take Fairy Ellie with you - even though she seems to have no idea what's going on, let's just let her hold the typewriter."

After saying that, Mikael crushed the paper ball on the ground with his feet and left the room first. It seemed that he walked too fast. The rewinding air flow threw the white paper at the door into the air again, and the door slowly opened. On.

"Ah - why is this guy like this? The typewriter is so big, I can't even carry it!"

Fairy Ellie raised her wand and complained, as if she still hadn't figured out what was going on.

"I'll take it."

Kevin showed a somewhat gentle side, but the way he picked up the typewriter with one hand made both Mei Yi and Elf Ellie shed cold sweats - that posture... was almost like carrying the Heavenly Fire Sacred Blade.

The two of them walked towards the door in silence. From the beginning to the end, only the fairy Ellie picked up two pieces of paper from the ground without believing anything evil, and after carefully identifying the handwriting on them, she let out a breathless sound.

Kevin walked in front, but when he opened the door, he almost hit Mikael's back.

"What's wrong?"

"Shh-"

Mikael turned sideways and put his index finger in front of his lips.

But in fact, there was no need for him to remind them. Mei Yi and Kevin soon heard sounds that should not appear in the paradise of the past, and smelled smells that they should not smell.

Not far away was the rumbling sound of gunfire, and the black smoke rising from the explosion was clearly visible, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke drifted in front of several people unsurprisingly.

"Isn't Qianjie going crazy again?"

"impossible."

Mikael shook his head and denied Ellie Ellie's bloody remarks.

"Whether it's Kevin's sky fire, my power of fire, or the flames of a thousand tribulations, it may cause an explosion, but it will never smell like gunpowder smoke. Someone has fired a gun - go and take a look and you will know. "

As soon as the words fell, Mikael disappeared first, and Mei also turned into lightning and rushed out. The slowest ones were Kevin and Elf Ellie.

However, by the time a few people arrived at the scene, the battle was over.

The snow-white wall tiles were burned black by the fire, and there was no red blood on the ground. There were only a lot of weirdly shaped broken limbs, which looked a bit like Honkaimon, but not completely similar. They looked more like ugly monsters temporarily assembled from ether blocks. .

Himihu is leading a team of soldiers to clean the battlefield. They are all wearing casual clothes, even jeans and miniskirts. The weapons also smelled of haste. Some people only had guns in their hands. Of course, there were also people who were wearing combat vests but did not get guns. Fortunately, Mei Yi scanned around and saw only one unlucky guy with a small cut on his arm.

"Yo! You guys are a little late here. The monsters have been wiped out by us, ah——"

Himiko stretched out generously—probably she was the only one of these soldiers qualified to show such a lazy and casual look in front of Kevin and Mikael.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I finally went out to buy some food. Who knew I suddenly encountered these monsters... Hey, Falk, Wang, Kishibe, Fumiko, and Syndicate, your skills are a bit slow. oh."

While answering Kevin's question, Himihu did not forget to scold the soldiers who had just temporarily joined the battle.

"The next thing is as you can see. Fortunately, when we originally designed this place, we had a certain amount of weapons stored at certain distances. Otherwise, we would not be able to deal with these things with our bare hands with just a few of our old bones that are about to rot." ”

"It seems that Eternal Paradise is no longer safe..."

Mikael kicked the monster's stump.

"Kevin, let Mei know that if necessary, we should take the third set of Paradise... Well. In short, since it is no longer safe here, for the sake of everyone's safety, we should evacuate the non-combatants first."

Kevin nodded and was about to report to Mei.

But at this moment, the soldiers standing around suddenly started making noise:

"Non-combatants, are you talking about us?"

"Are you mistaken, captains? We are warriors and soldiers. When did we become non-combatants?"

"Yes, we were a little decadent before, but didn't we think that the outside world had nothing to do with us? But it's different now, these guys actually"

Everyone knows that the Mikael in front of them is Mikael in the world bubble, but they still call him captain, but this is not an important thing.

"enough!"

The one who spoke was Himihu.

He stomped his heels on the floor tiles, "Since you still remember that you are a soldier, you must obey orders. And..."

Himihu's eyes circled around, and finally rested on Mikael's face.

"I'm also very reluctant - maybe it's irresponsible to say this, but... but just like in the past, no matter what happens, we are willing to put all our trust in you."

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Mikael declared expressionlessly.

Kevin quickly received Mei's reply, so the warriors who were originally gathered here by Himihu regained their responsibilities. They re-armed and prepared to quickly assist the entire Eternal Paradise in a team of three. Ordinary people completed the evacuation.

After the so-called "evacuation" is completed, their brain neural activity will temporarily fall into an extremely inactive state, and some people will briefly wake up from the hibernation cabin, but for most people, what awaits them will be a battle. A safe but protracted dream.

The soldiers dispersed quickly, and even Himihu personally led the team away. In this case, Mikael and Kevin no longer had the need to stay here, and Mei Yi had no need to stay here. They quickly returned to the starting point, which was in front of the seaside railing that Mei Yi and Alicia had originally agreed upon.

There is a small pavilion behind the railing, and the heroes and warriors rest against the pavilion in twos and threes, while waiting for accurate news.

Kosmo and Destobia sat neatly, with little Gratius in the middle, while Hen and Blanca stood behind the three of them.

Pado and Velvet were squatting in the middle of the pavilion, tossing silver coins incessantly, not knowing what they were counting.

Hua frowned and meditated.

Su leaned against the stone pillar, closing his eyes tightly and motionless.

The most maverick is Mebius. She stands alone far away from Ying Jie, as if she is planning to leave the organization.

Mei put her hands in her pockets and stretched her neck. She immediately saw the returning people.

However, the first person to greet him was not her, but Sakura, who was holding a sheathed sword in her hand.

"Thousand Tribulations showed signs of attack. Aponya gave him several commandments, and then took him to rest with Eden... So, did you get any information from the typewriter?"

Kevin slowly reached into the pocket of his coat. In that situation, neither Mikael nor Mei had any intention of taking the paper back. As for Fairy Ellie...

But as soon as his fingers touched the paper, Mikael had already told the truth in a tone as lifeless as a robot's announcement:

"Alicia is dead."

"ah?"

"The answer the typewriter gave was that Alicia was dead."

Mikael repeated it again.

He did not suppress his voice. The heroes in the pavilion, except Mebius, all gathered together when they heard the sound, and Kevin, after a slight hesitation, also handed over the paper in his hand.

"..."

Mei Yi wanted to say something, but she couldn't. While the heroes were silent, there seemed to be an indescribable weight that pressed down on her, wrapped her up, and made her unable to even move her fingers.

"In addition, we encountered an unknown monster on the way back. When we arrived, Himihu led a team to deal with it. Kevin reported this to Mei, and you should all know it."

"Oh no……"

After the words fell, Paduo hugged Mao Er in pain.

"How could Sister Aili just disappear so easily? And how could there be danger here..."

"have no idea."

Mikael's answer is surprisingly simple and clear.

"But rather than questioning the possibility of what has happened, it's better to be prepared to deal with it."

"What do you think, Michail?"

Mei crossed her arms on her chest, not surprised by the reality at all, and was too calm like a warm person.

"The Paradise of the Past has been operating for 50,000 years. Although things that have not happened before do not mean that they will not happen in the future. But generally speaking, it is unlikely that there is a problem with the data of the Paradise itself."

Mei pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose and followed Mikael's guess:

"You think it's man-made? But who here has the motive to attack Alicia and the power to kill Alicia without alerting anyone?"

"Obviously, such a candidate exists. What needs to be verified is just whether he exists in the promised land."

"who?"

"The first possibility is the twelfth Herrscher of the present civilization."

Mikael paused.

"The foundation of the Paradise of the Past is a mixture of three forces, the world bubble, data, and the power of the Twelfth Herrscher. Once the Twelfth Herrscher appears in the Paradise, it will only bring a catastrophic blow. "

As Mikael spoke, he stared intently into Mei's eyes.

But Mei didn't even blink.

Mikael glanced at the other heroes again, but before he could take a closer look, Mei hesitated and spoke:

"However, we still have the Twelfth God's Key as a countermeasure, right? But no matter what, it is necessary to check the situation of the [hub]. Suzu is in charge of it, Sakura, you can confirm it later one time."

"yes."

Sakura nodded slightly, and the slender fox ears on her head swayed.

Mikael stared at Mei again, but the latter seemed to turn a blind eye to his eyes, and just asked the next sentence lightly:

"So, you still have suspicions?"

"Um."

Mikael nodded, then slowly raised his hand.

Between the five fingers that were in a relaxed state, the index finger was slowly raised and straightened. The fingertips seemed to cross every Ying Jie's face while trembling, but in the end, the fingertips were reversed and pointed at himself.

"Obviously, the person most capable of doing this is Mikael."