For Fang Zheng, if there is one thing he hates most in the game, it must be the maze.

European and American games are better in this regard, but the mazes in Japanese RPGs are so numerous that they are simply despairing. Fortunately, with the advent of the fast-food gaming era, manufacturers have to compromise with players, and even mazes are not too difficult. But Fang Zheng still remembers how crazy the mazes designed by those people were in order to delay the game time as much as possible.

In fact, many games back then did not have the design of small maps and large maps. Players had to prepare a notebook and draw on it, otherwise they would almost forget who they were after walking around in a circle.

And now Fang Zheng has this feeling of despair.

"Where the hell am I?"

Standing in the sewer, looking at the crisscrossing roads ahead, Fang Zheng felt his scalp tingling.

The Royal City of Rodel itself is quite good. As a royal city, this city is indeed very brilliant, grand and luxurious.

However, when Fang Zheng followed Haida's instructions and entered the sewer to look for the Mad Fire Seal, he felt like he had stepped from heaven into hell.

Not to mention the narrow, dark, and interconnected sewers, the stench and the slug-like monsters living in the sewers are the most annoying.

The only lucky thing was that Fang Zheng knew he was not taking the wrong path - he could feel the raging fluctuations of the First Fire below, and now he was like walking on a large iron lid that covered the flames. As long as he lifted the lid, the entire flame would burst out.

But this also brought some bad effects.

That is, under the interference of the First Fire, Fang Zheng's prophecy spell could not be used, and he also could not rely on the breath of the First Fire to find it - because the breath of the First Fire was everywhere in all directions, and there was no way to rely on it to guide the direction.

“Guga!!!”

Just as Fang Zheng was walking past a sewer pipe, the small stone monster climbing on the wall suddenly let out a strange cry, jumped down with a knife in hand, and pounced towards Fang Zheng - then it was pierced through the body by the pitch-black sword and stuck in the wall next to it.

"Oh, I've had enough!!!"

After throwing the little stone statue to the ground and watching it turn into a pile of broken stones, Fang Zheng finally couldn't hold back and exploded. He originally wanted to keep the royal city as intact as possible, so he patiently entered the sewer to find the seal of the crazy fire. But now, this maze-like ghost place has completely exhausted Fang Zheng's patience, not to mention the underworld monsters everywhere. Although they can't cause much harm to Fang Zheng, but... mosquitoes can't cause much harm to humans, aren't they annoying to death?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also made a decision... He didn't want to play anymore!

MMP, why run in a maze! Just blow it up! !

He did it right away. Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and took out a square black box from his arms. Then he let go of his hand and placed the black box on the ground in front of him. Then, the black box quickly unfolded and a countdown appeared in it.

Fang Zheng also hurriedly distanced himself from him, turned around and covered his ears.

At the same time, the countdown came to an end.

“——!!!”

The black box collapsed in an instant, and then a small black sphere emerged from the collapsed black box. It shrank slightly, and the next moment the black sphere expanded instantly and turned into a beam of light that shot up into the sky.

"boom--!!!!!"

The earth trembled and rubble kept falling down. The huge impact and the waves caused by the explosion even affected the royal city on the ground. The hard floor rose and fell like waves, and the castle began to tremble and collapse.

After a moment, the dazzling white light disappeared. When Fang Zheng turned his head and looked forward again, there were no more crisscrossing sewers and water pipes. Instead, there was a huge cave with a diameter of a hundred meters and almost bottomless. When he looked up, the originally dark underground was also broken through, and he could see the blue sky and white clouds outside, and even a ray of sunshine.

"Well... this is much more comfortable."

Looking at the big hole in front of him, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, then leaped... and jumped directly in.

The whistling wind blew past his ears. After an unknown amount of time, Fang Zheng suddenly landed on the ground. It was then that he realized that he was in a place similar to a church, and under his feet was a broken ceiling - and underneath the ceiling, there seemed to be a person...

Well, I guess he's out of breath.

Fang Zheng silently mourned for three seconds, then he raised his head and looked forward. In front of him, he saw a sealed, heavy stone door standing not far away. If Fang Zheng's feeling was correct, behind that door, his first flame was sealed.

Next, all you have to do is push open this door... and you can take back what originally belonged to you.

"Please wait a moment."

Just as Fang Zheng was walking towards the door, suddenly, a voice was heard, and then Fang Zheng saw a woman in a black cloak appear out of nowhere and stand in front of him.

"I remember you seemed like...Melina?"

"Yes, allow me to advise you, traveler."

Melina lowered her hood and looked at Fang Zheng anxiously.

"If your heart is set on the fire of madness, I hope you will change your mind. It is something that cannot be touched, a chaos that will devour all life and all thoughts."

“…”

Well, I know everything, after all, it is my flame.

But sister, you are wrong. This is not chaos.

However, Melina naturally did not hear Fang Zheng's inner complaints, but continued to speak to him.

"Even if this world falls into destruction, filled with pain and despair, as long as life exists and the world continues to thrive... everything is still beautiful. I hope you don't deny this. Please don't let your heart turn to madness. Don't deny the existence of life and the endless cycle of life in the world."

"Uh, this lady."

Fang Zheng waved his hand, interrupting Melina's words.

"I'm not sure what you think of this thing, but in fact, this thing originally belonged to me. I just came to take back the flame that belongs to me. Besides, I don't want to burn this world down. At least as a scenic spot, this world is still very good. I don't plan to destroy it completely."

"This is not something you can control, the consciousness of the Dianhuo..."

"It's the way you use it that's wrong, not my flame."

Fang Zheng shook his head again. Although he didn't know how this world had brought out his First Flame, he was sure that what Melina was thinking was completely different from the First Flame itself. Indeed, if it lost control, the First Flame would burn the entire world, just like the Dark Soul, turning the entire world into an initial furnace, and then a new life would evolve.

But as long as I can take back the primordial fire, won’t all problems be solved?

"This fire is not meant for mortals. Even gods cannot resist its power, so it's normal that you can't control it... Okay, is everything alright? Then please get out of the way."

"…Who are you?"

After listening to Fang Zheng's words, Melina looked at him in confusion. In fact, ever since she learned from Fang Zheng that his target was Dian Huo, Melina had been silently paying attention to Fang Zheng. She also saw everything he did. No matter whether it was the strongest demigod or those terrible cursed children, they could hardly block a sword in front of him. Such a powerful force was not like the power that ordinary people would have.

And now, he actually said that Dianhuo originally belonged to him?

This made Melina even more curious about Fang Zheng's identity.

"I'm just a stranger."

Fang Zheng said this casually, and then walked forward again.

"If you're worried, you can just watch from the sidelines. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Melina hesitated for a moment, but still made way. Then Fang Zheng walked to the huge stone door, stretched out his hand, pushed the stone door open, and walked in.

Behind the stone door was pitch black. But then, Fang Zheng saw three fingers slowly stretching out from the darkness and grabbing towards him.

Thumb, index finger, middle finger...oh, here it is.

Looking at the three fingers in front of him, Fang Zheng counted them silently, and then suddenly realized. He was curious about the two fingers that were the little finger and the ring finger, so where were the remaining three fingers... After all this fuss, these three fingers were responsible for sealing his first fire.

Unfortunately, as Fang Zheng said, not everyone can suppress the First Fire. In fact, the current Three Fingers has fallen into a state of madness, just like those crazy guys who were burned by the First Fire in the Dark Soul World.

【All things begin with the great one, and differences arise from the one】

A voice sounded in Fang Zheng's mind.

[After the difference, life was born and also had a mind. However, this is the mistake made by the Supreme Will, pain, despair, curse - all the sins and pain. All are born from "mistakes", so we must go back to the starting point - melt everything with the fire of chaos, melt everything, and go back...]

Melina's face turned pale as she listened to Sanzhi's speech, but Fangzheng just sighed silently.

"Hey... I'm sorry to bother you, but I still want to say..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng tightly grasped the pitch-black sword and raised it high towards the three fingers.

"You've come to the wrong set. This is not what your script is about."

My passing on of fire has nothing to do with you burning trees! Are you confused?

The pitch-black sword fell heavily and directly cut off the three fingers in front of his hand. The whistling sword blade tore the palm, and the severe pain made the three fingers begin to twitch and tremble. Then, countless hot flames seemed to have lost the control panel and spurted out from the wound!

“Traveler!!”

Seeing this scene, Melina subconsciously stepped back, staring uneasily at the runaway Chuhuo in front of her, while Fang Zheng just raised his eyebrows.

"Fire girl, come out to work."

"Yes, Master Ashes."

Following Fang Zheng's call, the Fire Keeper appeared silently in front of him. She clasped her hands together and raised them high. Then, the flames that were originally scattered all over the place were instantly sucked into the Fire Keeper's palms as if they were sucked by a vacuum cleaner. In just a moment, the raging flame that was enough to engulf the entire royal city in a sea of ​​fire turned into a small flame, burning and swaying gently between the Fire Keeper's hands.

The fire keeper held the flames in both hands, turned around and looked at Fang Zheng, bowing slightly.

"Lord Ashes, your flame... has returned to its original position."

"Very well, thank you for your help."

Fang Zheng also smiled and nodded to the fire keeper, who smiled softly, stepped back, and then disappeared. At this moment, in this stone chamber, there was only the tattered three-fingered palm that was almost split in half by Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng, carrying a big sword, turned around and looked at Melina.

"How is it? You see, it's not that difficult."

“…”

Facing Fang Zheng's answer, Melina's expression was somewhat complicated.

"…Excuse me, will you become the King of Elden?"

"That won't happen. I am only here to represent the Supreme Will. King Elden is not in my consideration."

"So, where should this world go?"

"Take your time, there is always a way."

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Melina lowered her head and remained silent.

Then, she disappeared into thin air.

Fang Zheng didn't say much after watching Melina leave. He just told the truth. Whatever the other party wanted to do next was her own business. What he had to do was... to kill his way into the golden tree, and then find the Supreme Will - to kill it! !