The world-devouring dragon

Nano - the great original city, the origin of the snake-people civilization. According to legend, the oldest snake-people were born here through the power of the father of snakes. Later, many species such as mermaids and sea giants appeared.

The Snake Man was born the earliest, so the Snake Man is the eldest son of the Snake Father and rules the entire ocean on his behalf.

The snakemen are the rulers of the sea, the mermaids are the musicians of the snakemen, the sea giants are the guards of the snakemen, the fishmen are the warriors of the snakemen, and the spirits in the sea are the eyes and ears of the snakemen... In the long-standing legend Among them, the world is like this, with distinctions between superior and inferior, thus establishing the order of the entire ocean.

Nano is the crown of the father of snakes. From ancient times to the present, many marine races have come to Nano for pilgrimage, and the priests of the snake people will accept their worship and foot kiss. But now, this tradition has been discontinued for a long time. Already...

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In Nano City, a city with more than a million inhabitants, the steam towers in the sky are continuously spewing steam. The huge mechanical monsters are like eight-clawed spiders, using thin and strong metal claws to advance through the crowded city streets. , elves who use small steam jet flying devices to shuttle messages between various twisted and weird houses made of steel and machinery.

Above Nano, those powerful floating battleships that looked invincible and resembled mountains were slowly soaring in the air. Thousands of spirit slaves inside were driving the powerful activation core day and night under the whipping of the overseers. The shadow cast by it was enough to block the glimmer of light cast from the barrier; and the powerful sea giants riding the beluga beasts were constantly patrolling the blind spots that the floating battleships could not reach.

Deep underground in Nano, many huge machines composed of brass gears and metal chains are constantly operating under the power of steam. Underground, there are many dark-skinned shells and rock monsters diligently manipulating them. Among the underground tracks, steam trains with complicated decorations and runes shuttled back and forth. Their streamlined bodies were like underground monster dragons... These huge mechanical monsters contributed to the prosperity of the city.

This is a world unique to steam.

The snake people did not choose to harness the power of thunder and lightning and compete with the gods. Instead, they chose to let the power of fire and wind converge in this underwater world, blooming an amazing charm that is absolutely invisible on the surface.

But in the center of Nano City, which is revered by many city-states under the sea, there is only unspeakable silence and solemnity...

In a domed room decorated with exquisite shellfish and gems, a beautiful mermaid is resting on a huge shell bed.

She has very beautiful eyebrows, slender eyebrows, slightly trembling eyelashes, soft and boneless wrists, and a thin waist that is difficult to hold. She wears complicated and elegant strange clothes, and there is a green gem on her forehead. It looks like It looks as delicate and fragile as a doll, but the long fish tail shows its inhuman identity.

Mermaid.

In ancient legends, these "mermaids" in Western eyes and "mermaids" in Eastern rumors are all extremely beautiful. Sometimes sailors can see these beautiful creatures in the sea. But hundreds of years ago, due to a huge change that the Eastern monks called "the ultimate power between heaven and earth", many miracles no longer appeared, and mermaids gradually disappeared. But in the snake-man civilization on the bottom of the sea, mermaids But it's not uncommon.

After a while, the originally sleeping mermaid gradually opened her eyes, revealing her vertical snake pupils.

Stretching casually, her long hair flickering, the beautiful creature that seemed to be waking up from a dream raised its arms, and as it woke up, the soft and lazy voice sounded.

"Enya, what do those old guys in the White Palace say now?"

The White Palace is the seat of power in the entire Nano City. The ancients in the White Palace are all sages gathered from various city-states. Many small city-states have to obey the wishes of the ancients in the White Palace, but this mermaid in elegant clothes calls him an old guy without any care.

"Princess, I think they are scared out of their wits now..."

The elf on the side started to fly and chattered beside the lazy beautiful creature.

In a very ancient era, the entire world faced a huge crisis. As for what it was, I don’t know why even the snake-people civilization could not be preserved. The only thing that is known is that some fantasy species were protected by the snake-people. After surviving, many other fantasy species were extinct in that catastrophe, and not a single one was left.

And these elves are one of the few surviving species. The elves who were originally born on the ground are less than the size of a hand, but they are extremely good at hiding. These clever elves who do not know what betrayal is are deeply loved by the snake people. In order to adapt to the underwater environment, the elves who came to the bottom of the sea had to become the pets of many underwater nobles, including snakemen.

As the princess of Nano City, this extremely beautiful creature is naturally accompanied by an elf.

While combing her long hair slowly, she listened leisurely to the cheerful voice of the elf beside her, with a smile on her lips.

This situation does not surprise her. Those sages have great power and control the fate of billions of creatures on almost the entire seabed. However, the older they get, the more timid they become. When the predicted disaster is about to come, At this time, they were naturally extremely frightened.

But yes, who can ignore the impending disaster...

The mermaid's delicate and complex mind is like glass. She can detect the subtleties in the other person's heart. She slowly combs her hair, and the panic and fear in the hearts of those venerables pour into her heart like gurgling water...

Prophecy, just three months ago, all the prophets who were good at divination in the entire seabed unanimously received a revelation: a prophecy about the imminent return of the "Exiled King".

Legend has it that in the oldest mythological era, there was a noble king in the country of snake people. That noble king had indescribable power. He was the most beloved son of the father of snakes, and his mind was as broad as the sea. Cold as ice and snow.

It rules the entire sea and all sea creatures. Among the many descendants of snakes, it is the most beloved. Snake people respect it. There have been as many as 7,000 long poems about it, and as many as 700 poems about it. One, even surpassing the Magic King and the white snake girl Mona. But one day...

The king is crazy.

This king, who was second only to the father of snakes in power, fell into inexplicable madness. The powerful king destroyed snake cities one after another, and almost forced the snake civilization that it once cherished extremely, once prosperously and powerfully. In a desperate situation, no one can stop its supreme power.

In the end, the snake people banished the former lord of the sea and drove him to the earth.

After that, the king's deeds were "forgotten" and were not allowed to be mentioned. From then on, no one knew the name of the king, nor his gender, nor his deeds. Only a handful of records that were lucky enough not to be destroyed had one of his titles:

"King Unogaya".

In the language of the snake people, Unogaya means void, emptiness, and in the language of the Atlanteans, the old enemies of the snake people, the pronunciation of void is... "hidden".

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"...The king will return, the king will be destroyed, and under the watchful eye of the Snake Father, the end has come."

All the prophets who are good at divination have received this revelation, and all the endings about this revelation almost point to the same ending: the destruction of the snake-people civilization.

The venerables can ignore the words of one prophet, but they cannot ignore the words of all prophets. Tens of thousands of prophets have mentioned this prophecy with one voice and insisted that what they said is true. This is already true in the entire underwater world. Set off a tremor.

In recent days, the sudden appearance of two Atlanteans and a snake transformer shocked the White Palace Venerables even more...

The beautiful creature inadvertently looked out the window. Not far from the window, the majestic white palace stood. The magnificent statue of the white snake woman behind the white palace stared indifferently at Nano City in front of her, but looking at all this, she let out a Inexplicable self-deprecation.

"Snake transformers... Haha, in the six hundred years since the extinction of the snake people, the first snake transformers to appear are actually from the earth - Atlanteans."

Putting down the comb, the last snake-man blood descendant and snake-man princess had a complicated look in her pupils. Most mermaids have normal round pupils, but her pupils are upright and needle-shaped, like snake eyes. This is the proof of the last trace of snake blood in her body.

Yes, she is the last snake-man. She is not a mermaid princess, but a snake-man princess.

Six hundred years ago, all the snake-men suddenly died suddenly for unknown reasons. The natural monarch who symbolized the respected status of the Snake Father died, and fierce civil strife broke out in the entire underwater world. Finally, Nano City, led by the mermaid and the sea giant, finally found the last snake-man blood descendant.

Although there is only a very small amount of blood left, he is still the king of the sea, and the sea is barely unified. This snake-man bloodline is carefully protected by Nano City, but it is still getting thinner. Until now, she Ya'anjiemu should be The last snake-man blood descendant.

After her, the snake-man bloodline will be completely cut off, and the direction of the entire underwater world will be impossible to determine.

But the sudden prophecy, and the snake transformed from the Atlanteans, seemed to have a pair of invisible hands manipulating everything. The Snake Man is the embodiment of the will of the Snake Father. What will the reborn Snake Son mean...

"Enya, come with me and go to the White Palace to see what those old guys are planning to do."

He stood up, put on a long skirt under the service of several respectful fishmen maids who came forward, and then put on a small crown. The original elegant demeanor faded and was replaced by a sense of majesty.

The snake-man princess looked in the direction of Baidian, with a hint of arrogance and stubbornness in her brows.

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"Hear my call! Lord of the Endless Void! Star Shifter! Solid Foundation! Controller of Earthquakes! Conqueror of Terror! Creator of Pain! Destroyer! Victor of Glory! Son of Void and Chaos! Guardian of the Abyss !Original God of Darkness! Lord of Dimensions! Enigmatic Wise One! Guardian of Secrets! Lord of Labyrinth! Master of Angle! God of Nighthawks! The Last Tip! Lord of Doors! Pathfinder! Almighty Eternal Life of the Beginning Lord! Umer At Tavel! Iak-Sathath!! Yog-Sothoth NAFL'FTHAGN!!! Your servants call to you!"

In the ancient castle, the crazy nobleman and former French marshal held an inexplicable book in his hands, dancing and shouting enthusiastically at the sculpture in front of him.

Behind him, "himself" watched all this indifferently.

"I" have never heard of the god called by this Frenchman, and "I" once knew what this Frenchman was thinking, but now I don't know.

At first, he was just a depressed mortal. When I saw him, he became famous but was deeply confused. But later, I don't know where he got a human skin book filled with strange symbols, and then he concentrated on studying the mysteries inside, and gradually... He kept mumbling, and finally fell into a madness that he could not extricate himself from.

The human skin book in his hand seemed to contain some kind of strange power and knowledge, but "himself" was not interested. The power "himself" possessed was already powerful enough, and "himself" had no desire for power.

The only thing "himself" knows is that he can help himself create a container to seal the "heart".

"Container? Of course, the saint needs to be resurrected, but this damned, evil world does not allow the dead to be resurrected, but it doesn't matter! As long as the eternally sleeping Snake Father is awakened, the world will be destroyed. By then, the new saint will be resurrected. The female general will be resurrected!"

In the face of his own words, this crazy Frenchman said a lot of words that he didn't understand. He never understood the logic of why the saint he longed for would be resurrected after the world was destroyed.

"... Noble saint, my beloved Lord, you will eventually wake up, and the God in heaven will never stop you. You will definitely be resurrected again, for sure... for sure! Joan of Arc!!! !”

At that time, the French man's chaotic and crazy words seemed to be addressed to several people, but it didn't matter, the heart was "sealed", and the only flag used to open the sculpture was destroyed by himself. This was enough... …

Is it enough...?

In the dim dream world, it seemed as if a pair of cold, vertical snake eyes were staring at him, overlooking the crazy French people and "himself" below him, as if they were laughing at the insignificance of the little insect...

Open your eyes slowly.

Wake up from dream.

My heart is as calm as an ancient well, calm and calm.

In the dark depths of the seabed, under the huge sea pressure that exceeds the limits of human beings and even exceeds the endurance limit of steel, even a submersible made of special alloys will be squeezed and twisted into twists, but this naked skin The man turned a blind eye, as if he was walking on the beach.

He lowered his head inexplicably, not looking at the ground under his feet, but looking at the "existence" deeper underground.

After a long time, he muttered something, but no voice answered him. He was silent, then raised his head and continued walking forward in the dark seabed, with only the sea water echoing his voice...

"Is this your will? If so, then let it be as you wish..."