Death of the Queen of Bugs

The ripples of light flickered in the small space, colliding with each other and blending quietly. The two figures crossed in the air, and taking advantage of the gap when the attack eased, [Eternity] looked sad.

"The Wise One promised that as long as he defeated the Monster Lord, he would send me home. If you were him, you would know the pain of staying here. Your power has been taken away, your existence has been erased. If you hadn't created an identity as a pollutant for yourself, you and I would have died long ago. We have the same goal, so why bother with me?"

For them, this world is just a foreign land they accidentally drifted to. Ever since she woke up, [Eternity] has been looking for a way to return. [The Wise] gave her hope, so Eternity joined the Craftsmen.

The man standing opposite was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "If I were to sacrifice the lifeblood of this world, I would be guilty."

[Eternity] sighed: "You are not him. If you were him, he would definitely go back with me regardless of everything."

Mr. Liu smiled bitterly. "I am not a dragon, nor am I the person you know. I am... just a few soul fragments fused together. The dragon part is concerned about the fate of the dragon race, and the human part is eager to leave here and return to my homeland. I can't go anywhere, and I can't give up anywhere."

At that time, Bai Long was nearly dead. If it weren't for the soul fragments left in the pen and fused with it, he wouldn't be alive today. Unlike [Eternity], for Mr. Liu, both worlds are his home, so how can he harm one and protect the other?

"I still remember the promise we made under the flowers that we would one day be together in a place far away from the secular world, with the man farming and the woman weaving, and we would be together for three lifetimes. I never thought that I would be facing you with swords here now."

With the eternal sound, this space has changed again. The gurgling stream and the quiet thatched cottage make people linger.

Mr. Liu looked dazed for a moment, and the past came to his mind, making him unable to extricate himself.

In their world, this place has a nice name: Peach Blossom Spring.

At the same time, the writing brush in Mr. Liu's hand rustled, and [Eternity] looked dazed, also falling into the beautiful dream he had woven.

The original body of the portal took a lot of effort to close the gate to the kingdom of God. At this time, it had been bitten several times by the annoying replica, taking away a lot of its power. The original body immediately became angry and yelled at the Black Mist believers beside it: "How long do you want to see?!"

Aamon sighed, knowing that any further delay would arouse suspicion, so he nodded.

With his permission, the water rushed up immediately. She was elegantly dressed, but she fought like a mad dog. Dense and slippery scales grew on the surface of her skin, and her movements became erratic. As soon as she joined, she immediately broke the stalemate between Mr. Liu and [Eternity]. The latter had time to assist the portal body in ambush the opponent a few times, and now it was the portal's turn to retreat step by step.

The two sides were fighting fiercely, and at the moment of intense fighting, a huge noise that shook the earth and sky was heard in the distance.

Everyone paused in their actions, and the portal itself suddenly changed color and disappeared without a sound.

The rest of the people ran towards the direction where the sound came from, and through the doors of two portals that opened one after another, they arrived at the deepest part of the swamp sea.

Under the dark sky, the red-haired young man had his back to them, surrounded by ruins. The entire swamp had been turned upside down. Broken mirrors lay all around him and under his feet.

Not one, two, three, or four pieces. It was a whole collapsing mirror maze. Millions of fragments reflected the face of the visitor. The solidified scarlet mark just divided the neck in two, like an omen.

The air was incredibly depressing, and just looking at that person made many nightmare-like scenes appear before my eyes.

Among countless scenes, only one person always stood in the center. The arrogant figure and the back of the red-haired young man overlapped, and finally formed the same face.

He turned his head, blood flowed down his hair, coagulating into a mottled red. Strange patterns crawled up his face, and the young man rolled his eyes, his scarlet beast pupils were turbid and unclear.

The person being targeted by the 1st felt a chill involuntarily rising from his back. The next second, the figure appeared in front of him and lifted him up by the neck. The bony fingers were slender and powerful, strangling his throat tightly, blocking the flow of oxygen.

"Ahem... ugh!"

Amon's face flushed red as he desperately pried the other's fingers apart. The mutant's powerful strength was like a cat at this moment, and his consciousness gradually blurred due to lack of oxygen. The water roared threateningly like a cat with its fur exploded, rushing towards the red-haired young man.

Amon was thrown to the ground and couldn't help coughing up blood. Yongheng looked away and became less suspicious of him.

It could naturally see that this attack was intended to kill Eamon. Eamon staggered a few times and was unable to get up.

"You actually attacked Lord Amon!"

Seeing this, Shui became furious and various strange parts grew out of his body, and his power increased. The power of the tiger, the explosion of the snake, the toughness of the wolf...

The shapeless monster roared and wanted to avenge Amon, but unfortunately she misjudged the difference in strength between herself and the other party. Compared with the red-haired young man now, she seemed so insignificant. The sword blade pierced her chest directly, and the thorns crawled into her body, sucking her into a dried corpse.

The dried corpse fell to the ground and shattered. A group of tiny insects crawled out from it and swarmed up like a hive of fire.

They were very fragile, and the red-haired young man killed a large number of them with one sword. Unfortunately, the speed was too fast, and the survivors disappeared in the blink of an eye and were never seen again.

"What on earth is that guy from Devil's Fang doing?"

The portal cursed secretly and contacted the Devil's Fang through special means. After a long while, the latter seemed to suddenly discover it and asked, "Why are you here?"

The portal greeted it with beautiful words and ordered it to take the gang away immediately. It was not until [Eternity] also interrupted with an order that the Devil's Fang reluctantly agreed.

It really liked the people who came this time and couldn't help thinking that they were made for each other.

What beautiful malice, what dazzling murderous intent. What a lovable monster.

All that is left is to guide the opponent to vent his anger, allowing him to be gradually eroded by murderous intent, and then gradually turn him into his puppet. And then——

....No, no, no.

Until this point, Devil's Fang suddenly felt something was wrong.

No matter how hard it tried, why couldn't it control the other party? In front of it was clearly a completely crazy and out-of-control bloodline. In its perception, it was like a chaotic and vast sea of ​​blood, and it was a poor little fish in the sea. The Devil's Fang tried its best to control the other party, which was not difficult, but it startled the out-of-control monster. The red-haired young man stretched out his hand, grabbed the Devil's Fang from the air, and crushed it.

“Aaaaaaah!!”

The screams of the pollutants spread all over the land, and the gemstones shaped like dog teeth were turned into powder. As if pleased by the sound, the red-haired young man covered his left face and laughed low from his throat. The sound gradually evolved into a wanton laugh. In the dim light, he looked like a mad beast. The scarlet eyes that emerged from the gaps between his fingers stared straight at the creature in front of him, emitting a terrifying murderous aura.

"Kill, kill, and let all things be our companions!"

"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much... Why don't you just die? Why don't you just die?"

“Aaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Kill, kill, kill, kill…”

Chaotic sounds echoed in his ears. The monsters and people he had killed never left. They were the ghosts who helped the red-haired young man to commit atrocities when he used his killing energy, and they were also the evil spirits who were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge at any time, driving the killing intent to dominate this body.

The irrational monster licked his lips and smiled handsomely. He bit his wrist and blood spurted out, forming a long sword wrapped in bright red thorns. Only two-fifths of it remained, still shining white.

——The so-called power is a curse.

The more out of control it gets, the stronger it becomes. The curse of [Oreus] is such an unreasonable thing.

In other words, the more you try to maintain your sanity, the less power you can use. In the end, once you encounter a battle, you will transform into a killing machine until you are completely lost.

Eamonn looked grim: "Is this guy crazy?"

The good news is that he doesn't have to worry about his identity being exposed, but the bad news is that something is really wrong with the other party.

The red-haired young man disappeared in the blink of an eye. The portal itself only felt that it instinctively issued a loud warning and narrowly missed the sword light. It groaned and fled in panic, and the fragments that were chopped off were scattered all over the ground.

The portal was trembling beside it, and the red-haired young man ignored it and slashed at the next target. [Eternity] was unable to dodge, and with a thought, two figures appeared in front of him. The originally cold sword light avoided the little flower girl and the queen of insects who suddenly appeared, and hit a large area of ​​the ground.

Mr. Liu took a step forward and said, "You go, I'll stay here."

"I owe you one."

[Eternity] gave him a complicated look, rolled up the portal, and fled.

Mr. Liu stared at the red-haired young man. After a long confrontation, he suddenly asked, "When did you recover?"

"Let's do it after we destroy the portal itself."

The red-haired young man who was originally full of murderous intent suddenly answered his question in a very natural manner. Amon, who was extremely nervous, had experienced ups and downs and almost choked because of the huge changes. Looking at the young man who acted as if nothing had happened, thousands of words were condensed into one sentence.

"Now that you've recovered, don't do such terrible things!"

It took Mason a while to regain control of Oreius, and he hadn't recovered yet. He smiled like a sunny and cheerful murderer: "Is it scary? Sorry."

Amon took a deep breath and decided to watch less of this nightmare-inducing scene in the future: "It looks like a thousand people were just killed."

"Get used to it, maybe it will become a common thing in the future."

“…Please don’t do this kind of thing.”

Mr. Liu stood aside and listened. After confirming that the other party was awake, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was not impossible to fight, but he was not sure he could defeat the other party.

Fighting is a matter of life and death. He always leaves a way out when he strikes, and is definitely no match for the opponent's desperate ghostly fighting style.

With this in mind, they followed the path that the young man had destroyed. This was supposed to be a camp, and in addition to the Devil's Fang, the craftsmen had set up many other pollutants here. As soon as the out-of-control red-haired young man entered here, all these pollutants were activated, and then torn into pieces by hand.

Walking through this passage made up of messy debris, Oleus successfully obtained the damaged godhead.

It’s too bad, too bad. Why do you have to trigger the curse?

Looking at the miserable conditions along the way, he couldn't help but sigh, and casually threw the Godhead to the portal: "Take it and fuse it. Don't forget to loot the remaining things here."

The portal was stunned. It had never expected that the other party would directly give it the entire godhood: "Lord Orelius, this, this..."

Even if it was missing a little, it was still a whole godhead. If it was taken out, it would be sought after by countless people, and yet Oreius had just casually thrown it to it! This respect really made me feel grateful to the point of panic.

Oreius comforted it: "Take it. Explore the world of the door to see what's inside. Don't let yourself get beaten to a pulp by the original body like you did this time. And see where the little flower girl has gone and see if you can find her back."

Portal: "..."

Portal: "Of course not! I'll take care of finding someone!"

It must avenge its past shame!

After the portal collected the divine power, it completed the search with great momentum and locked onto the location of the Little Flower Girl and the Queen of Insects. This time it went openly, and the main body probably lost its soul and did not show up at all. After finding them, the portal reopened the door to the outside world.

Mr. Liu declined Orelius's invitation, saying that he still had to report to the craftsman and then go to Nidhogg to reminisce.

After integrating the divine nature of the Twin Snake God, the portal's familiarity with the Swamp Sea was greatly improved, at least its freedom in this area was greatly improved. It teleported the group to the entrance of the Swamp Sea. The monsters that had been slaughtered a few days ago still remembered the breath of the few people and shrank back in fear, not daring to move forward.

After several days of traveling, Aurelius and his party returned to their temporary residence.

It must be said that some people's wisdom can only be revealed after they leave the crowd. During the days when Oleus was away, Nidhogg wiped out all the monsters in this area and taught several of the smartest monsters how to build. Dragons are natural favorites and are outstanding in intelligence. Although Nidhogg has certain flaws, he is more than enough to guide these guys.

The solid cement wall grew taller and taller, and it would surely become an impregnable fortress in the future. He called the stronger monsters, gave them blood one by one, and turned them into his followers. The little flower girl babbled and was reluctant to leave. Considering that there would not be so many monsters for her to command if she returned, Oreius replenished her blood mark and let her stay.

As for the Queen of Insects and Nidhogg, they must be taken away. In addition, the monsters prepared farewell gifts: meat, skin, medicinal herbs, fruits...

They had never left the depths of the fog, so they naturally thought that all long-distance travel required feet and wings, so they prepared a lot of food for Orelius and things they thought they might need.

The red-haired young man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still accepted them all with a smile. After all, the portal could be used, so there was no need to worry about any problems.

After leaving the room built specifically for him, a black gate stood in the center of the city. A layer of illusory silver-gray light flowed on the surface. Scarlet snake patterns climbed on the obsidian doorposts, like thousands of snakes dancing wildly, extraordinary and enchanting. Among them, the cloud-gray gem inlaid in the center of the door was the most dazzling.

A group of snakes condensed from the black mist rushed out from the door, entangled the luggage and moved it over. Oreius nodded to the little flower girl and then walked in.

In the west, outside Guixiang City, a magnificent gate suddenly appeared on the flat ground. Then, countless things packed with vines and furs spewed out from it: precious monster meat and fur, various bloodline inheritance necessities, precious medicinal materials that have been growing for who knows how long, and companion resources of plant monsters...

The red-haired young man stepped out and his eyes fell on the stone tablet not far away that symbolized the boundary of Guixiangcheng. The four words "Welcome Back" came into his eyes, and under his feet was solid and safe land. Human civilization was once again showing its beauty here.

Oreius let out a long breath and felt completely relieved.

…

Aurelius's return from the war caused a great sensation.

The first to be shocked were the Dragonborns. They rushed to check on Nidhogg's safety, and since they had enough time to calm down, their reactions were much more normal.

The red-haired young man, who was surrounded by the dragon race, tried to speak: "Everyone calm down..."

A good quality of the Dragonborn is that they dare to love and hate. If they find that they have done something wrong, they are willing to make amends, of course, only in front of people who are recognized by them.

So they sent a large number of gifts of apology to Aurelius and a large number of gifts of thanks to Mason.

The former is to express apology, while the latter is to fulfill a promise.

Unable to refuse the kind offer, Mason accepted it all and turned his attention to the construction of the city.

Only then did they hand Nidhogg over to the Dragonborn, and solved the Dragonborn's problem by diverting their attention. The Luo family came again, claiming that since they had been away from home for so long, Oleus had to go back with them to take a look.

During this time, the head of the family had trouble eating and sleeping, and he was always thinking about what happened to Oleus outside. Before hearing these people describe Ron from a golden lion king to a weak woman who coughed up three liters of blood every day, the red-haired young man chose to give in.

And this is the reason why he appeared in Guixiang City Government Office today with the Queen of Insects.

"I'm going back to the Luo family to have a look. I left this thing here for you."

The red-haired young man carelessly threw a bird cage-like object onto the table. The hard metal collided with the tabletop with a crisp sound. Mason sighed and looked at the other party helplessly: "Be nice to my table. I don't want to buy a new one. Just leave the things here. The Luo family has been waiting for you for a long time."

Aurelius shrugged his shoulders and said, "I brought back so many things. I'll give them to you as payment for the table."

"real?"

"I don't even care about this little bit of money."

The young man said meaningfully, "For someone who has no money in his pocket, this is probably not a small amount of money."

Oleus choked up immediately, and simply became a hands-off manager, turned around and walked out: "Why bother talking, I'm leaving now, I'll leave this family to you, don't let her have it too easy."

Mason tilted his head and gestured to Morse standing beside him: "Didn't you hear what Mr. Aurelius said? In that case, all of them will return to the hometown."

Morse's eyes lit up and his breathing quickened. Money, money, this is a lot of money! Mr. Oreius is such a good man! He agreed without hesitation, fearing that the other party would change his mind.

"I'll take care of it right away! Lord Earl, I'll get these documents when I come back."

After saying that, Morse walked out the door in a hurry. Mason, who successfully transferred the spoils from the small trumpet to the large trumpet, raised his eyebrows and looked at the insects in the cage.

"As for you, it looks like we need to go back to the South."

The Queen of Insects rolled her eyes and said gently, "Don't be so impulsive. I think we have a lot to discuss. What do you want? Wealth, power, beauty? Do you want to be the king of mankind? I can help you with all of them. As long as you provide me with enough blood food, I can make the world kneel at your feet. Including me, everything is yours."

It secretly activates its power, and its voice is full of temptation, stirring up the deepest ambitions in human hearts. All darkness is exposed, and as long as there is a slight impulse, one will be unable to help but agree.

The young man sighed, and looked at her calmly with his warm eyes, like a clear mirror.

"You still don't understand. I don't care whether you are strong or not, or whether you can help me or not. The reason why this world needs people to sacrifice is because there are many ordinary people living behind them. I only have one principle, that is, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be punished with evil. If I have people who are like me around me, then at least they will not let others down."

"Only children would believe such words. In the black fog, there is only strength and victory and defeat, not such rare and fragile things."

The flax-haired boy smiled.

He looked the Queen straight in the eye and answered calmly and steadily: "At least I believe it."

......

But after receiving the news that the lord had returned, Rex immediately stopped the work at hand and returned to the mansion.

"My Lord, why are you here so suddenly?"

Rex took off his cape and walked quickly into the room. The boy sitting on the chair looked up at him and said in a leisurely tone: "Why, don't you welcome me?"

"Of course you're welcome. But you came too quickly and I didn't have time to make any arrangements. Do you have any work to do next?"

"I have temporarily dealt with the matters at hand. I will stay in the south for a while to get some work done. This time, I came here to bring you gifts."

You? Rex was quick to recognize the other party's words and guessed what he had brought this time. He had already stopped digging the local iron ore according to the earl's teachings, relying on cement roads to speed up trade, and researched many ancillary products. What would the earl bring this time?

Treasure? Knowledge? Seed?

A series of conjectures finally solidified when Mason took out the cage. Ricks stared at the soft flesh worms in the cage with wide eyes, and the vague connection between them was completely connected at this moment.

An incredible thought came to his mind, and his voice trembled: "It, Lord Earl, it——"

The boy smiled and nodded: "Queen of Insects, please say something."

The Queen of Insects looked at her former slave with disdain. In her opinion, only the truly strong were worthy of her kneeling. It was okay for someone like Oreius, but why did a former slave deserve her respect?

"You really want to hand me over to them? As long as you give me enough blood food, I can be stronger than all of them. I can help you do anything - an SSS-level is much more useful than a group of ants."

Mason ignored the arrogant guy. He pushed the cage in front of Ricks and whispered, "She's yours, and here's one too."

The short sword was also handed to Rex. It was a pollutant found in the deepest part of the Swamp Sea. It was used to attack the spirit, and it was a rare thing that was not broken by the crazy Oreius.

The latter took the cage and the dagger with trembling hands. The weight was so light that he was dazed for a moment.

The dark and unchanging deep sky in the black fog, painful beatings and torture, corpses, death...

People rely on attacking and betraying each other to exchange for the right to live, and rely on bowing and scraping to gain mercy.

He bowed heavily and said, "Thank you, Lord Earl. I will go and inform everyone now!"

He was so anxious that he couldn't wait even a second. He even tripped over the door threshold when he went out, but he didn't even turn his head back.

Rex ran forward, and the Queen of Insects tried to influence him with her power. She succeeded, and the Bloodline's face began to show lines of insects. Rex felt the throbbing of his bloodline, and he trembled all over, his eyes shining brightly, almost like fire.

Yes, this feeling, this calling, this is the Queen of Insects, this must be the Queen of Insects!

He flapped his wings and flew up. The insects relied more on pheromones to communicate with each other, and the exciting information swept the entire town.

The insects all raised their heads, catching the information from the pheromones: [Come to the square]

After a brief moment of shock, the first person who kowtowing with the blood of the worm walked out of the house. His newlywed wife asked worriedly, "What happened?"

She is a normal person and cannot sense pheromones. The Bloodline comforted his wife: "It's nothing, just calling us. I'll be back soon."

He walked out and saw his neighbor's door opened and people came out one after another.

The praying bugs whispered what was going on and followed the instructions of the pheromones to come to the square. The first person to come here was surprised to find that the church standing in the center of the square had changed.

The white wall covered with ivy is full of traces of time. In the front stands a black stone cross, which is in tatters, as if waiting for someone to come and confess.

Rex stood on the cross, looking down at the insects at his feet. The pheromones that were difficult to suppress spread in all directions, stirring up the moods of all the people of the Kowtow Insect Bloodline.

"I'm sorry to gather you all here in this way. But I think everyone should know this."

"We have captured the Queen of Insects, and the Lord has handed her over to us. I think everyone wants a chance for revenge. From today on, within three days, the Queen of Insects will be placed here. Everyone can execute her. The only requirement is to take this knife. Killing her directly is too easy. This contaminant can pierce her soul and let her taste the pain we once felt."

"Really!?"

Everyone was excited and checking again and again. Ricks kept checking again and again. Like them, he was extremely excited.

The Queen of Insects looked at their actions coldly, with a hint of disdain in her eyes. If they were in the Insect City, these slaves would not have the qualifications to see her, let alone do such a rebellious thing.

This contempt came from her bones, so much so that until the first person stood in front of her, the queen did not take it seriously and even sneered.

"You can't even hold a knife steady, and you still want to kill me?"

She was right. The first woman held the knife in both hands, trembling slightly. The oppression from her blood made it impossible for her to resist, but on the other hand, as a human, she wanted to eat him alive. Hearing the queen's words, her eyes turned red. Recalling the days in the City of Insects. Anger exploded in her chest, and the woman held the short knife and stabbed the Queen of Insects fiercely.

"This knife was for my child. He was only three years old, but he was smashed to death by your bug!"

The blade bounced off the skin, and she screamed as she stabbed a second time: "This time I stabbed my daughter. She was only twelve years old, but she starved to death because of the insects' amusement!"

"This was for my husband, he was just trying to get some cars for the kids and they got eaten by bugs!!"

"This knife is for myself. From the time I was captured in the City of Insects until now, I have been wishing you dead every moment!!"

"You bastards, you are nothing but my slaves! It is your honor to be my food!"

The woman stabbed the Queen of Insects in the eyes with all her might. The Queen jumped up and tried to bite her hand, but was pinned down by Rex's power. The Queen of Insects let out a piercing wail, and blood spurted out of her fragile eyes, staining the woman's hand red.

The latter dropped the knife, covered his face and sobbed, his shoulders shaking: "I avenged you... I avenged you..."

Another one picked up the knife she dropped and stabbed at the Insect Queen with red eyes.

When the first knife was stabbed, the Queen of Insects didn't care. When the tenth knife was stabbed, she began to feel pain.

The hundredth knife, the thousandth knife... As more and more knives stabbed at her, the Queen of Insects let out a hoarse wail. Her soft skin was pierced countless times, and blood flowed out. What was even more painful was that her spirit was cut bit by bit. She liked pain and torture, but she never thought that one day she would fall into the hands of those slaves who looked down on her.

"If I ever get out of this cage, you'll all die!"

"You can't do this to me! I'm stronger than any of you!"

“Ahhhh!!”

After countless tortures, the Queen of Insects rolled on the ground in pain, screaming and hitting the cage. The knife was not sharp at all, so the most serious wound caused by the first woman was the eye.

Tiny scars piled up one after another, and blood oozed out. The torture lasted for three full days and three nights, until she realized that she was really going to die today at the hands of the despised kowtow insects. The proud Queen of Insects fell into true despair.

She was not afraid of death, but she never thought she would die in this way.

When she saw another human walking towards her with a dagger in his hand, a hint of fear flashed in the Queen's eyes.

"Don't, don't come over here..."

The dagger was soaked in blood, and the blade was even a little uneven. Hearing the Queen of Insects' plea for mercy, the Bloodline's eyes burned with hatred.

"My mother said the same thing at the time. She was just an ordinary old woman. But what did you and those bugs do? You hung her up for fun! You definitely didn't think you would end up like this at that time. I will never forgive you. No one will forgive you! You have to bleed to the last drop of blood here and repent to all the dead. You don't deserve any mercy!"

After saying this, he made a new heavy cut.

For the people living in the barn, the Queen of Insects was once a mountain that suffocated them.

The source of pain and the root of nightmares.

It is a despair from which they can never escape.

And today, listening to the shrill screams and cries, looking at the miserable appearance of the Insect Queen, the ice and pain in their hearts seemed to melt a little bit, turning into tears to comfort their former family and friends.

Only blood and bones can pay for the sins committed.

Only by repaying evil with evil and making the other party die in the most miserable and desperate way can the countless people who died in the City of Worms rest in peace!

Ricks, standing at the end, picked up the knife, which was almost breaking.

Warm, sticky, and carrying the thickness and weight of countless people holding it.

The Queen of Insects managed to regain some of her scattered consciousness, staring at Rex and making intermittent sounds. This was the human that she valued most, and it was also the regret that she had not succeeded until today.

"If you, hiss, hiss, become my holy son... you will never, be like this..."

"Let me go, no, no..."

"I want to ask you a question."

Ricks raised the knife and pointed it at the Queen of Insects' forehead. He asked calmly, "Did you say anything in the end?"

As if she foresaw her own death, the Insect Queen laughed wildly, her expression twisted and crazy.

"You care about him a lot, right? So he's willing to lie to me for you, even if he gets eaten alive, he won't tell me where you went! Ha, hahahaha! So what? You'll never know what he said in the end!"

Ricks tightened his grip on the knife and thrust forward without hesitation. The broken blade pierced into the flesh, and the Queen of Insects' screams came to an abrupt end. The insects' blood was sticky, fishy, ​​and cold, dyeing the field of vision red.

In the midst of scarlet, the Bloodline remembered what happened long, long ago.

The palace of the City of Insects was gorgeous but cold. His most loyal friend took his place and walked towards death without looking back.

They passed each other and said goodbye forever.

When he was alone with the Queen of Insects, when he was fed to those insects by the Queen, when he was eaten alive...what would he think? Would he regret it? Would he be in pain? Would he...resented me?

Rex's back bent a little bit, and he covered his face with his hands. Tears flowed from his fingers, and he thought of the last night he spent in the City of Worms, when they sat side by side on the roof, looking into the darkness in the distance. No one spoke, and the slightly cold wind blew between the two of them. He could see the other's profile as soon as he turned his head.

What will I do in the future? What will I do after I leave? I want to open a post office to mail letters for people coming and going. If you meet a girl you like and want to marry her, you must invite me.

The past was buried in the Worm City. Not just Rex, but people everywhere in the square were crying. For those who had made promises but never reached the future, for the past that was full of pain and despair.

There were footsteps behind him. Rex did not turn around and said in a hoarse voice: "My Lord Earl, do you think that people who died in the black fog can be saved?"

The voice replied gently, "Of course we will. We will meet again after victory. Then, we can tell the story of our journey to those who were unable to reach here."

Then, everyone will be happy.

At the end of this journey, this will be the answer.