Chapter 16 Chapter Thirteen

Kant jumped out of the red door again. "Where is this? What day? Baiya, Yundi, where are you?" There was still darkness in front of him, and the underground river roared and galloped. Kant ran along the river, suddenly, he saw a person falling in front of him, that was Bai Ya. "Baiya...Baiya, wake up!" "Kant..." Bai Ya opened his eyes weakly, "You...didn't you enter the Red Gate...why are you still here..." "I'm back. Where are they? What about the magic army? What about the others?" "After you and Yundi jumped into the red door, the others took the opportunity to escape. Some of the magic army went to salvage the helmets, and some went to chase them, and they all dispersed."

"Baiya... I saw the future... I also came back here through the red door, but I entered late, so the time of returning was not the same... Baiya, I think I understand that you prevented me from wearing The reason for the helmet." "Because in that last moment, he told me that if there was magic to turn back time, he would like to have another fate... I was wrong, I thought he wanted a triumphant ending. But I didn't think about it Victory is meaningless to him, he just wants to be free. In fact, he has been fighting with the devil's soul in his body for ten years, struggling between faith and evil. His coldness is not born with him, because I saw you, The man ten years ago... what he actually wanted was... to live according to his dream, to be a healthy, upright and happy person, not a scary dark knight. So... I figured it out, I can't Let you become the devil again... Kant, let's get out of here... let's go..."

Kant walked in the dark for an unknown amount of time, feeling that Bai Ya's body was getting colder and colder in his arms.There was a huge roar in front, like the laughter of countless devils. They finally stopped by the great underground river.Condensed water from the cave wall above his head dripped down in pieces and splashed on the ground. "Why? What's all this for?" he asked tremblingly. "I don't know, I don't know either." Bai Ya showed a bleak smile, "There are some things we don't know why, but we... can't choose." Fighting because of inexplicable things?Killing people because of the illusory future?

"Kant, I am powerless to save you... Please forgive me..." "Don't talk about that anymore. Life and death mean nothing to me." "I'm... very cold..." Kant's body is also cold, he has no body temperature to warm her. "I've been thinking...what...made us meet...and what...separated us..." Bai Ya suddenly grabbed Kant's hand, "Kant...promise me...you won't ...to become the Demon King. Because...that was, his dream." "he……" "He's in your body, maybe you don't know him, but you shouldn't forget your dream, you wanted to be a hero paladin. No one can help you with the devil in your body, only you I... defeated him..."

She was so tired that she finally stopped talking.Boundless drops of water fell like rain, hitting the two cold people. Kant hugged Bai Ya's body and walked towards the underground river. When Kant sank to the bottom of the river, he found that the water was actually warm. His dead body should have no feeling, but he clearly felt the warm current.The banshees sang softly around him, as serene as a hymn. Is death coming? Suddenly, the old man's chanting sounded again. It was the Ruo Xinghan song that he had heard in the village when he was a child: deepest seabed and the farthest sky

all the same dark mystery mortal world walk thousands of miles out of reach Because they have no wings to fly And the sword that pierces the unknown... Kant felt that he was also flying, and he was supported by gentle hands. He didn't know whether it was going up or down. The starry sky is reversed, time is spinning, and the past scenes are flying by. When he was young, he ran in the wilderness under Ruo Xinghan's starry sky. When he grew up, he came out for adventure. He was thrown in the air like sandbags, taunted and beaten by gangsters, chased by monsters, walked inexplicably in the world, and ended his life inexplicably.

This life is so ridiculous, they are fighting for him, it seems that everyone has the right to decide his life and death, but he doesn't even have the right to speak... Kant buried Baiya at the bottom of the river.Then stood still for a long time, surrounded by the sound of the surging water of the underground river. Amidst the thunderous sound of water, Kant's body was shaking silently. Suddenly the water sent something to his feet. It is the helmet of the paladin that seals the soul of the demon king. Is this a fate that cannot be escaped no matter what? "Don't come near me!" Kant yelled in fear, turned and fled to the river bank.

But just as he poked his head out of the water, he heard another wild laugh. On the river beach stood a man covered in light. The light came from the holy knight armor on his body, and the holy sword he held high was burning with flames. "This power finally belongs to me, a powerful and invincible power! Hahaha!" "Smaragu?" Kant looked in surprise, "He made others think he was dead, but put on that battle armor while everyone was distracting the devil?" On the opposite side of Smaragu, forced by the light, Yundi, Ron and Dulis all leaned against the stone.

"Yundi, I'm so glad you're back too." Kant shouted. "What did you say? I don't understand..." Yundi only stared at Smalar angrily, "Smalar, I didn't expect you to wear this battle armor, you would rather let your body be controlled by the soul of the devil king ! You wanted to get this power from the very beginning when you helped us, right? That's why you have been eager to kill Kant." "Whatever you say! Just now I was shot by a magic arrow and fell to the ground. I was about to die. I was terrified. I suddenly figured it out... Righteousness and evil have no meaning to the dead. You are all talking about Kant. Kill Kant to save Kant, no one will control a dying person under his feet, because of what? Because he will get this power! And now, this power belongs to me, hahahaha!"

Smaragu swung the sword, and a burst of flames shot out immediately. Yundi screamed, and Duris pulled her behind the stone. "It's useless, hahahaha!" Smaragu swung his sword again, and the huge stone burst open. "Why kill us?" Ron shouted, "If you still have a little soul, you should use this power to deal with the demons." "You don't understand...young man...you don't understand...what do people with this power care about? What does it matter if they kill one or two more? What does it matter if the person they kill is good or bad? Anyway, the devil's The soul has already invaded my heart, hasn't it? Instead of being defeated by you in the future, of course I should kill you now! I'm not that stupid Kant who would rather die than become a devil!"

"Bastard!" Kant cursed angrily.When Smalar looked back, Duris raised his sword and rushed out, but just a few feet away from Smalar, he was swept away by a light wave of his arm, and fell heavily on the stone. superior. "It's ridiculous. Do you think you can defeat the devil with a little trick like in the knight novels?" Smaragu turned to Kant, "Dear Mr. Kant, do you regret it? Seeing that I have this power, Can control everything?" "But the only thing you can't control is yourself. Your soul will soon be swallowed by the soul of the demon king in the armor!" Kant roared. "The devil's soul? Where is it? I can't feel it. Now I am very happy because I can finally not hide my desire. Everything is not as terrible as you imagined. I got this power, but I am still me." "Don't you realize that you have changed? You are a completely different person now, Smaragu. You were a loyal and brave knight before." "Fart, those are all pretense. For the reputation of ridiculous knights, those hypocritical etiquettes, the king is a pig, and he still has to swear allegiance to him, it is ridiculous to want to sing some poems to praise the earl's wife, saying It's fanatical love, but it's actually just falling in love with her thighs and wanting to have sex. Be courteous and humble at all times. When you meet an enemy, you can't wait to bite him with your teeth, but you still have to pretend to be a knight. Let him live at the risk of getting revenge at night, everyone is performing, just for the damn chivalry. But now I don't have to, with this power, I can be completely myself, no longer Don't you envy me if you don't care about anyone? You must be envious in your heart. Hahaha, if you kneel at my feet, I can consider letting you live, and the little beautiful mage over there..." He was laughing and suddenly his feet sank into the ground, and the dwarf Az jumped out from the ground: "The ground, turn into rocks!" A large piece of mud solidified into stones, and suddenly everything returned to darkness and silence. "Look, what kind of devil knight? It's not as good as my great Az, an earth-based spell." Az said proudly, "Now, I declare that I am the hero who defeats the devil and saves the world. The name of the dwarf Az will be Recorded in history... Hey, where are you going? What are you running for?" The rocks on the ground began to crack red hot. "Your magic can't help him for too long, so run away." Yundi stepped forward to drag the injured Duris, "Kant, you also hurry up!" "Fate has changed, I will no longer be the future devil king, and I am no longer important, but she still thinks about me..." This person whose blood is already cold, even if he has a little bit of concern, he can feel relieved. "Flee into the water first, quick!" Crystal flew over and chanted a spell, a bubble in the river swelled up, "This way he won't be able to find us." But Azi rushed over and squeezed into the blisters first. "Smelly dwarf, haven't you always said that your earth spells are more useful than my water spells? Don't borrow my magic if you can!" Crystal cursed. "Who bravely jumped out to save you just now? Now you are just sitting in your bubble, so much nonsense, let's go!" Everyone squeezed into the bubbles, and the bubbles sank to the bottom of the river, drifting with the current. "It looks like we're safe, but where does the water go? Demon Dungeon?" Az muttered. "If you don't want to wait, get out if you don't want to sit." Crystal shouted. "You think you can't leave without me?" Azi stretched out his legs, and the icy river quickly changed his mind, "But I want to stay here to protect you." The bottom of the river in front rolled up, and the light rushed out of the river mud, and the figure jumped out. "Smalagu!" People screamed, Aziz grabbed the crystal tightly, "Stop on the brakes, brakes!" When Smalagu waved his hand, the bubble burst, and the river rolled up the crowd. Yundi sent out an electric light magic, but it didn't work on Smalagu at all.With a flick of Smaragu's finger, a vortex engulfed the female mage, twisting wildly. Crystal used a jet of water to lift herself out of the water, and Aziz opened another hole in the bottom of the river and got in.Kant struggled to grab Yundi and drag her out of the whirlpool, and Yundi hugged Kant tightly in the drowning struggle.Maybe it was only at this moment that she was not afraid of his body. Kant just pushed Yundi ashore, but he saw that the light had shone on the river beach, and Smaragu was already standing there. "Thank you, give her to me, and I will take good care of her." The devil knight grinned, and took the unconscious Yundi into his arms. It seemed that there was no hope, no miracles.Kant stood there in a daze, and suddenly said softly: "Okay." He turned around and jumped back into the water. The river beach became quiet again. Crystal Azduris and the others hid somewhere, and Smaragu felt a little bored. He looked at the female mage in his arms, smiled grimly and carried her into the darkness. Yundi woke up from a coma and found that she was lying on her back on a cold boulder. The strong light made it difficult for her to open her eyes. It was the light of Smaragu's armor. "You are the only one left, cute baby. Everyone has fled, they abandoned you, you see, no one is willing to give up their life to save you, do you still persist in believing in the power of justice?" "Kant..." The first thing Yundi thought of was this name, but then she realized that everything had nothing to do with Kant now. She was used to living under this name from the past, and she was afraid that Kant would defeat Kant and find Kant to save Kant. , but now fate has really changed, Kant is no longer the devil, but another devil has appeared again. "Kant also took me into his very dark palace back then, but at that time he seemed to only want me to listen to what he said... The devil Kant and the devil Smaragu are completely different...Why are the same Being invaded by the soul of the ancient devil king, how will it behave completely differently?" But Yundi didn't have time to think about these questions. Smaragu smiled grimly and stretched out his hand to her: "You are soaked through, let me warm you up." Yundi kicked and tried to struggle, but when he touched the cold armor, he suddenly laughed. "Why are you laughing?" Smaragu was puzzled. "Poor man, all your strength comes from this suit of armor. If you take it off, you are nothing. You will only be able to live in this suit of armor forever, because once you take it off, you will lose the power of this armor." Help, and you will become that weak and seriously injured Smaragu again, anyone can easily tear you apart! From now on, you will be a person living in an iron shell, and it is impossible to live a life of flesh and blood , and will never be able to enjoy the happiness of normal people.” Smaragu's face looked so pale, angry and desperate under the light and shadow.The fact that he understood what it took to gain power really drove him crazy. "Even so! But I can still give you pain, which is more terrible than my pain! And watching you trembling in fear and begging is the source of my happiness! Hahahaha." Yundi finally understands what is the real evil, that is, without any reason, just because she envies that others have more happiness than herself, she wants to destroy everything. Seeing that he was about to be crushed by the crazy Smaragu, a voice suddenly sounded. "Pain? No, you don't know what real pain is." "Who are you?" Smaragu looked around, but he seemed to be unable to see anything. The voice merged with the darkness. "So you don't understand what real power is. Poor man, wearing a set of shiny props, holding a piece of silver-plated iron? Think you can decide the fate of the world?" In the darkness, an ethereal shadow approached. "It's you? Kant? You think you can scare me by playing tricks?" "You don't understand what a devil is. You can't become a devil with only crazy desires. That's just a clown." "But I still have strength!" Smaragu raised his sword and slashed down, but the flame disappeared when it rushed to the extremely dark place, as if being sucked into endless nothingness. "Let me tell you what the devil is." The shadow approached, and Yundi could feel that even the air retreated due to the pressure, and she began to suffocate, and at the same time a strong fear invaded her heart, as if seeing A huge tide rose in front of him, knowing that he could not escape, that he could not resist, that he could not think in despair.This is a feeling that you will never have when facing Smara in ancient times. "He...he's really back..." Yundi closed his eyes, knowing that fate had returned again. With a roar, Smaragu raised his sword and rushed over.But he was like a small meteor crashing into a huge black dark moon.The black shadow sucked all the light from his battle armor, including his life.He saw his battle armor rust and decay and turn to dust, as did his own body.Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and with one last cry of despair his exposed soul was blown away. And the ashes of the battle armor on the ground absorbed the body of the black shadow, and re-condensed into a set of gorgeous armor, but it no longer emitted any light. The sword was condensed in Hei Ying's hand again, and he sneered: "Who told you that with the so-called 'holy object', a humble will can inherit great power?" Yundi looked at the black shadow: "Kant, is that you?" The black shadow was silent for a while, then slowly walked over. "Sorry, Yundi." "You...you put on the helmet that Bai Ya kicked into the river?" "Yes, I went back to the river, found that helmet, and put it on. Because I need strength to save you. I broke my promise to Baiya, and I broke myself, so what happens in the future, I can't take care of it, I hope I can bear it alone." Yundi didn't know what else to say, everything happened again at last, but she seemed to be relieved, lazy, tired, unwilling to say anything or do anything.Maybe all manpower can't change it, the devil finally returns, the storm will roll up again, and she is tired of taking on the so-called mission of saving the common people, she just wants to be a leaf in the storm and go with the flow. After a long time, she said again: "But the person who spoke just now doesn't look like you." "Yes, I can feel his presence, another soul. In the armor. Smaragu got the strength of the armor and the destructive power of the sword, but he didn't get the will in the helmet. Now, the will It will often speak for me, until... one day, it completely occupies my heart and merges with me, and then... the devil king is truly resurrected..." ... "Who am I?" he asked. "Who am I?" Another voice, a loud voice, came from deep inside his body. "Are you the Demon King?" "What about you?" the questioner. night. The bright moon hangs over the enchanted forest.The abandoned village of the dwarves was quiet, only a bunch of bonfires were lit. Kant sat away from the campfire, looking at the huge sword. And the people sitting around the campfire were looking at him worriedly. "Will he really be the future devil?" Crystal asked, "It's so scary, will he turn into a devil at any moment? Does he like to eat wing elves?" "Now there are two wills in his body, Kant's and the devil's. I think tolerance and care can protect Kant's own soul, while hatred and desire will fuel the other. Now Kant can still control his body, but in the end The two wills will eventually merge into one. Whether it is himself or the devil, it depends on his willpower and what happens in the future." Yundi said. "So, is there a way for him to take off this equipment and destroy it?" said the black-clothed swordsman Duris. "Maybe there is a person who has a solution." Ron said suddenly. All the people looked at him.The young man paused for a long time before he said, "Go to the snow mountain and find my teacher, the last paladin in the Temple War three hundred years ago—Ming Kangen, the editor of "Ruo Xing Han Epic"."