“Ding…ding…”

The bell rang.

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked at the night sky in front of him. The blood moon that was originally hanging high in the sky had disappeared, and the silver moon reappeared in the night sky. There was silence all around, without any sound. He carried the big sword and slowly walked into the small church in front of him.

At this moment, Maria was the only one left in the chapel.

"You're back."

Maria smiled and nodded at Fang Zheng as he walked into the chapel. Fang Zheng also bowed and glanced around.

"What about them?"

"The nightmare is over, and they will soon wake up from the real world."

Maria raised her head and closed her eyes as she answered.

"Such a long time, such a long nightmare...it is finally coming to an end."

Muttering to herself, Maria looked at Fang Zheng again.

"Are you leaving, stranger?"

"Yes."

Hearing Maria's question, Fang Zheng nodded.

"In this world, I am just a passer-by, and now, I have completed my duty...what about you?"

"I'm going to stay here."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Maria was silent for a moment and gave an answer.

"Although the nightmare is over, I know it's not over yet. I plan to rebuild the hunter team, but this time, our targets are not just those evil monsters. We will destroy the remains of those evil ancient gods, destroy their power, and prevent the tragedy of Yharnam from happening again."

"Then I can only wish you good luck. The monsters in the abyss are not so easy to deal with."

Hearing Maria's answer, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. He could guess why Maria made such a decision. But he couldn't say anything else. So Fang Zheng was silent for a moment, then reached out his hand, took out the music box and ruby ​​brooch from his pocket and handed them over.

"Please pass this to the child for me... As for how to say it... it's up to you to decide."

"……I see."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Maria lowered her head, staring at the music box and brooch in Fang Zheng's hand, and slowly took them. Then, Maria raised her head again and looked at Fang Zheng.

"Goodbye, stranger."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng saw Maria's figure surrounded by a cloud of white mist, and then slowly disappeared into the air. Until this moment, the entire chapel was empty except for Fang Zheng.

"Huh...done."

Looking at the empty little church in front of him, Fang Zheng let out a long breath. He then raised the sword in his hand and pointed it at the ground in front of him.

"The world trembles because of my torture, and the pitiful kingdom collapses under my wrath! In the end, all of Yharnam will be destroyed. In my shadow, everything will turn to ashes!"

After reciting this line again, Fang Zheng shook his head.

"As expected, one should not speak carelessly or recite lines carelessly, but as I was reciting them, this actually came true?"

Fang Zheng certainly didn't intend to destroy the world, but he planned to pack up this dream as his firewood and burn it to repair the system before leaving.

Do I really have to consider changing the name of Tiandao Palace to Burning Legion in the future?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sighed again, then he raised the sword in his hand and thrust it hard into the ground!

“Crack!”

The sharp sword was deeply inserted into the stone slab in the center of the chapel, and then the dark sword began to gradually flash with scarlet flames. The surging flames burst out from the sword and quickly spread to the surroundings. It was like a swirling whirlpool, or a wild tornado, swallowing everything around it into the bright red and burning flames.

The flames began to spread from the chapel to the entire Yharnam, including the church, the forbidden forest, and the Byronvis College. Everything was burning in the flames. Countless bright red sparks flew up along with the smoke, and in the flames, there were also streams of black smoke...

At the same time, Fang Zheng's [System Repair Progress] also increased rapidly, and soon increased from 5% to 30%.

"Fireless Ashes!"

Just as Fang Zheng was burning the dream world, suddenly, Aldrich's voice rang in his ears again. The voice seemed to be filled with madness, hatred, and endless anger.

"Don't think this is the end! I will curse you! I curse you to step into the abyss like me! Hahahaha!!"

Along with Aldrich's wild laughter, Fang Zheng suddenly found that the black smoke produced by the burning dream world seemed to be attracted by something and rushed over from all directions, wrapping him up. And then, Fang Zheng felt a crazy and dark force penetrate into his body along his skin!

not good!

Realizing this, Fang Zheng was immediately startled. He then closed his eyes and entered his soul world again.

In the Fire Sacrifice Field in the Soul World, the Fire Keeper was still standing quietly beside the flame, watching the surroundings. When Fang Zheng entered the depths of his soul, he could see the smoke seeping in from the surrounding walls, then condensing into something like muddy water, setting off a "storm" in the entire sacrificial field.

"Lord Ashes."

Seeing Fang Zheng coming, the Fire Keeper bowed to him respectfully. Fang Zheng nodded to her and then looked at everything in front of him with a serious expression.

"What's going on now? Fire girl?"

"The power of the abyss is pouring into your body and merging with your soul... Lord Huijin, you should understand what this means."

"So, I've been infected by the Abyss?"

After hearing the Fire Keeper's answer, Fang Zheng asked with a serious expression, and the Fire Keeper nodded.

"Yes, Lord Ashes, this power of the abyss will merge with the dark power in your body... After all, you know very well that humans are born with a dark soul..."

“So that’s why we are human beings…”

Fang Zheng grappled as he muttered to himself. He had never thought that Aldrich was such a disgusting bastard. Not only did he kill him, but he also tried to seduce him before he died. Obviously, generally speaking, after being infected by the Abyss, there is only one outcome... Just look at the bosses that Fang Zheng had killed in the Dark Souls world.

But...will things really turn out as Aldrich thinks?

"Fire girl."

Looking at the black mud flowing down the wall, Fang Zheng spoke.

"Is there any way for me to master fire and possess the power of the abyss at the same time?"

"this……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the Fire Keeper was silent for a moment.

"Humanity was born in the abyss... Therefore, humans are born in darkness, but they yearn for light, and therefore they have the glory of the first fire."

Fang Zheng raised his hand towards the flames in front of him.

"Because we are in darkness, we yearn for light. If so, why can't light and darkness coexist? The abyss cannot be eliminated, just like we cannot eliminate the dark side of ourselves as human beings. Yin and Yang, light and darkness, since everything is a cycle, why should we choose one?"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng clenched his hands tightly.

"I'm going to give it a try. After all... only the weak make choices, while the strong... want everything!"

As soon as Fang Zheng finished speaking, a fierce flame suddenly erupted, illuminating the entire sacrificial site in a fiery red!