Chapter 141 Dedicated to the Fire Giant Who Destroys Everything!

The howling wind blew across the barren land, blowing up the rolling dust from the cracked soil.

The seriously injured Xino Dragun shook his drowsy bull head and propped up his shaky body with a broken sword he picked up.

A few minutes ago——

Maybe longer ago.

He led his subordinates who had rested for half a day and launched another attack on the Demon King's army's position, fighting with the ogre troops that went out to fight.

That battle was a turbulent one, with blood flowing like a river and corpses strewn all over the ground...

He only remembered that he was facing a monster with an iron chain around its waist and two giant rusty battle blades in its hands.

That guy rushed in front of all the ogres like a madman, waving the iron chain and the sword in his hand, sweeping everything within the attack range without distinguishing friend or foe! Shino saw with his own eyes that at least twenty... or even more ogres were rolled into meat paste by the iron chain and the blade in the monster's hand, and turned into blood rain and scattered in the air.

However, the ogres following the monster were not afraid at all. Instead, their faces were filled with fanaticism and their morale was high.

They didn't look like they were on a battlefield at all, but rather were holding some kind of ceremony.

They seemed to have lost their sense of pain, were fearless, and even couldn't wait to die!

That bloody and cruel scene deeply shocked Xino, and also shocked the heavily armored demon warriors behind him.

They felt like they were not fighting an army, but wallowing in the mud with a group of madmen who had lost their minds.

Logically speaking, this disorganized and irrational fighting style would only accelerate the death of the ogres, but the reality is another matter.

When a demon swordsman chopped down an ogre cannon fodder with the sword energy he released, the half of his body that fell to the ground hugged his legs, and then the round, bald head opened its bloody mouth and bit towards his thigh.

Of course, teeth cannot bite through steel.

However, the sight of a "halfling" with half of his intestines hanging out hugging his thigh was enough to make his SAN value plummet.

Especially when thousands of ogres were like this, it was no longer just one ogres that surrounded him, but a large group!

As he swung his sword, it seemed as if what he cut off were not bodies of flesh and blood, but earthworms with hands and feet! It was not only physical torture, but also mental torture.

The frenzied arrogance was like a contagious virus, not only devouring the ogre's mind, but also gnawing at the tense nerves of every soldier in the "Hellfire" Heavy Infantry Regiment.

Under this chaotic pressure, their formation was quickly disrupted.

In addition, there was an extremely huge monster wielding chains and swords in its hands, whipping everything on the battlefield like a whip.

A centurion tried to stop the guy and rushed forward with his sword drawn. However, after only a dozen blows, he was chopped into a pulp by the whistling blade.

The bloody scene stimulated the nerves of all the demon heavy infantry, and in the chaos of each fighting for themselves, some people finally began to flee... and their defeat to some extent encouraged the frenzied atrocities of the ogres.

Shino tried to turn the situation around and regroup the defeated troops, but something hit his helmeted head, causing his eyes to roll back and he passed out.

Until now he didn't know what hit him, and he couldn't even figure out whether it was magic or the club in the ogre's hand.

Thinking back to the situation now, he couldn't help but shudder.

The monster wielding the chain is definitely more than just silver in strength!

Maybe his strength must be gold, or even platinum! This insidious and cunning demon king...

Cheating in a sacred duel! Sending reinforcements in public! Shino Dragun was furious.

Although he himself had done something similar, at least he did it secretly! At present, he was not sure whether the eldest daughter of the Colin family had succeeded, so he did not dare to be happy too early.

But if I succeed, I think the demon king might have gone back to see the demon god, and I might win without fighting...

After experiencing two consecutive bloody battles that were beyond his expectations, Xino had already begun to think about retreating.

Especially when he found out that he almost lost his life, he finally began to remember that war is not a joke.

However, when Xino looked around for the way back, he found that there was only a dead wasteland around him. Not to mention the familiar scenery, there was not even a corpse to be seen.

here……

Is it a maze? No——

There are no stone pillars connecting the ground and the dome here. Although it is also desolate, it is much brighter and more spacious than the maze.

But in contrast, the poverty here is even worse.

The dry and cracked earth seemed to have lost all the water. The sand blown by the wind seemed to be red, with a faint smell of rust, and like dried blood.

He raised his head, trying to find the dome in the sky, but the turbid sand blocked his vision, causing him to squint involuntarily.

The dim light was like a circle, shrinking into a vague dot in the air, emitting a light not much brighter than a kerosene lamp.

Is that the sun?

No……

It seems not.

Xino had been to the surface of the earth before, and he always felt that the sun in his memory was much larger than the one he saw now, and its light was more dazzling.

At this moment, a sharp wind blew, and the violent airflow almost blew him to the ground. Fortunately, he used the broken sword in his hand to support his body in time and did not fall over.

However, thanks to this sudden gust of wind, the rolling dust covering his head was blown away a little.

Xino raised his head again and looked towards the sky, but he was stunned for a moment and his eyes widened involuntarily.

Just as he expected, this was not a maze, but it was also not the world he was familiar with.

Right next to the sun that was emitting dim yellow light, an extremely huge disk stretched from the horizon to the sky, swallowing up one-third of the sky! "What... is that?"

A trace of fear appeared in Xino Dragun's pupils. He couldn't help but take a step back, and the broken sword in his hand trembled slightly.

Giant fear!

That is the instinct of most creatures, even demons are no exception! When faced with a huge and magnificent unknown structure, the instinct engraved in his DNA reminds him to run away, but he doesn't know where to run.

Everything around him seemed so small, both him and the earth itself, before that majestic giant that eclipsed even the sun.

At this time, footsteps were heard behind him.

Xino looked back suddenly and saw a creature that looked like a human but not a human walking towards him with heavy steps.

The guy was about two meters tall, and his sturdy body was not inferior to his. However, his bloated body did not have any beautiful lines, but only roughness and barbarity.

This was especially true of his ugly face, which was comparable to that of an ogre, or even worse, just like the dry and cracked ground beneath his feet.

Xino did not dare to be careless at all. He stared nervously at the figure that was getting closer and closer, and clenched the half-broken dagger in his hand.

Looking at Xino who was ready to fight, the shirtless warrior just sneered and threw a diamond-encrusted axe in front of him.

Looking at the axe dropped on the ground, Xino was slightly startled.

That was his axe! "Ka! O!"

A low roar came from the man's throat, but Shino Dragun couldn't understand what he was saying.

Maybe that was his name.

Or maybe, it's theirs.

The man opened his mouth again and made a completely different, hoarse sound.

And this time it was a language that Xino could understand!

"He dies...you live."

"Who?" Xino looked at him warily, threw away the broken sword and picked up his battle axe.

Feeling the heavy weight in his hand, Xino finally regained a sense of security after holding the familiar thing again.

However, looking at Xino picking up the battle axe, the weirdo standing in front of him chuckled, and a slight upward crack appeared on his ugly face.

The man pulled out the spear from his back and drew a few strokes on the dry ground, scribbling a monster holding two knives.

Shino's pupils contracted slightly.

Although the stick figure drawing was very abstract, he recognized this guy! "Are you guys in the same group?"

Shino swallowed and continued in a low voice.

"Where is your demon king? I want to see him!"

The man had no intention of answering him, but continued speaking in that dry and hoarse voice.

"Those who survive are chosen by Him."

"The dead become sacrifices!"

"Him? Sacrifice? Wait, what does that mean?" Xino was completely confused and looked at the man in front of him in surprise.

“Kalmandus!” The man thrust his spear back into his back and roared with a pious look in his eyes. “The Flame Giant who destroys everything! The Lord we serve!”

Kalmandez! Xino vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember where.

That doesn't seem to be widely known common sense.

However, when he heard the words "the fire giant that destroys everything", a hint of realization suddenly appeared in his copper bell-sized eyes... although that hint of realization was soon replaced by astonishment and panic.

"Wait... what do you want to do?" Xino roared angrily, "I only serve the demon god Bayeli! I don't want to be chosen by your card or something! Want to distort my faith? I think you are still asleep!"

He was terrified.

He even forgot to rebuke them for their blasphemy.

The man sneered and looked at him with mocking eyes, as if he was watching a trapped prey struggling to death.

"That's not up to you."

“I don’t want to be chosen.”

"Then die."

After leaving these words, the guy who exuded a dangerous aura turned around and disappeared in the rolling dust, as if he had never been there.

Almost at the same time, a bone-deep chill crept into Xino's heart.

It felt like being stared at by death.

The dog beast hiding in the darkness was grinning at him and grinding its teeth at him.

Xino's chest kept rising and falling. He looked around at the dead silent wasteland. His trembling pupils were filled with fear for the hunter who was hiding somewhere unknown, and hatred for the panic in his heart.

He's had enough.

He wasn't a coward who was afraid of death, at least he didn't think he was... but at this moment, he was frightened like this by a guy who hadn't even shown his face yet! In the end, the suppressed anger turned into a roar, and along with the muffled sound of the battle axe hitting his chest, it spread across the wilderness.

"If you want to fight, get out of here!"

"I'm going to smash your dog head into pieces."

The roar seemed to be the spark that ignited a bonfire. The boiling fighting spirit soared into the sky, dispersing the dust covering the earth and igniting the dead planet under his feet.

A bloodthirsty and ferocious figure walked out from the rolling dust.

Two iron chains were dragging behind him, and the mottled stains all over his body could no longer be distinguished whether they were rust or blood.

"Ka! Oh!" Kasen Skullcrusher let out a muffled roar, then quickened his pace and rushed towards the demon who was holding the battle axe.

The real duel has finally begun!

Or in other words——

A ritual to please the flames of destruction! …

The sound of metal clashing echoed in the wilderness.

Driven by the instinct for survival, Xino overcame his fear and burst out with amazing fighting power, even faintly breaking through the boundaries of the soul!

The same goes for Kasen Skullcrusher.

Driven by his thirst for killing and blood, the ogre chieftain also burst out with strength beyond his limits, using his body and weapons to the extreme!

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Under the gaze of the flames of destruction, the two sides fought back and forth...

Meanwhile on the other side.

It was not only Shino Dragun who felt confused about the whole world. There were also two skeletons, one tall and one short, standing here in a daze.

The ID of the taller skeleton is Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, and the ID of the shorter undead rat is naturally Hu Wan. One of them looked up at the sky, while the other looked around in confusion, looking like he couldn't figure out the situation.

A few minutes ago, they were still searching for spoils on the battlefield, but it was already dawn while they were walking?

"Fuck..."

"What the hell is this for me?"

The two of them stared at each other for a while, and finally it was Ye who broke the silence first, coughing lightly and speaking.

"First, we must rule out the possibility that this is a maze..."

"nonsense."

I thought he could say something useful, and after expecting for a long time, Hu Wan couldn't help but roll his eyes in reality.

Being criticized by his good brother, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu felt a little embarrassed for a moment, and said while touching the bridge of his nose with his index finger.

"I'm sorry... I'm a little confused right now. Let me sort it out. And then the floor suddenly collapsed?"

Hu Wan shook his head and said.

"It wasn't the floor collapsing. What I saw was a crack in the ground... but it didn't seem like a crack. It looked like a door."

It felt like there was a picture drawn on the ground, and he took a step forward, walked straight through the picture and into the painting.

However, what was strange was that there was a wasteland behind him, and there was no so-called door or anything similar in sight.

"...Well, to put it simply, it's something similar to a portal. What's uncertain now is whether this portal is one-way or two-way."

As he spoke, Yiye Zhiqiu raised his head and looked at the sky.

"The sun is much smaller than the surface of the earth... that huge outline, could it be a giant planet?"

"Giant planet?" Hu Wan was stunned for a moment, "What is that?"

"Similar to Jupiter and Saturn, the main component is gas. You can check the Internet for details. It will explain it more clearly than I can..." Yiye Zhiqiu stared at the magnificent outline in the sky for a long time, and after a long time, he squeezed out a sentence from his throat, "I even doubt now, are we still on the original planet?"

Hu Wan glanced at him.

"Any questions?"

Yiye Zhiqiu was stunned.

"Don't you find it surprising? It's like we were on Earth one second and on Jupiter's moon the next."

Hu Wan couldn't help but complain.

"It's just a texture... Do you think a game company would design a planet just for a copy or level?"

It's impossible from a cost perspective!

“…”

Because this sentence made so much sense, Yiye Zhiqiu didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

Maybe it's because this game is too real.

He always couldn't help but consider things from a real perspective, so much so that he forgot that he was sitting on a gaming chair wearing a VR helmet.

"I want to know what we should do now?" Hu Wan looked around, but couldn't see too far because of his height.

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu thought for a moment and said.

"Let's look around... We might not be the only ones sent here. There might be others as well."

Just as he was speaking, there was a sudden noise not far away, and a skinny jackal appeared around the two of them at some point.

It seemed to be blown by the wind. There was no sign at all when it appeared, as if it had been there in the blink of an eye.

Those turbid pupils were filled with bloodlust and greed, and there was a hissing sound coming from between his bared teeth, as if he had seen some delicious food.

The two looked at each other and saw disbelief on each other's faces.

How strange!

When they were in the maze, no living creature had ever shown interest in their skeletons. But here, someone was drooling over them? But now was not the time to be curious! Looking at the beast that was ready to move, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu raised his right hand first, and the red flame condensed between his skinny knuckles.

"Exploding flames!"

A ball of fire that looked like a solid object condensed into shape, and then it flew towards the grinning jackal like an arrow! Seeing the scorching flames coming towards him, the jackal dodged sideways and quickly pounced on the two people standing in the wilderness.

Seeing that the first attack failed, Yiye Zhiqiu shot out another fireball without any hesitation to block the jackal's movement, while reciting other spells.

Hu Wan, who cooperated with him tacitly, had already pulled out the enchanted dagger, rushed forward in one step, and stabbed the jackal's neck with the dagger in his hand.

A flash of cold light passed by, cutting off several hairs at the base of the jackal's neck, but did not pierce its flesh.

At the same time, the jackal with its front legs on the ground twisted its body without hesitation and bit back at the undead rat that was attacking it.

Fortunately, Hu Wan's reaction was quick enough and his agility was high enough to step back and avoid its bite, otherwise the previous attack would have been enough to kill him.

"What the hell? This guy is some good stuff!" Hu Wan exclaimed as he retreated two steps and waved a dagger to drive away the jackal.

One leaf tells the coming of autumn and a faint smile.

"Did you just realize that?"

Seeing that the jackal was gathering strength with its hind legs and preparing to pounce, Hu Wan spoke hurriedly.

"Stop talking nonsense. Is your spell ready?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ferocious jackal pounced on him.

Just as the sharp front claws were about to touch him, three sharp spikes suddenly rose from the ground, blocking the jackal's movement path like a trident!

The jackal, with its limbs in the air, had no place to dodge and could only watch helplessly as it crashed into the sharp spikes! "Woo--!"

The jackal let out a wail of pain as the thorn pierced its chest fur, and struggled to roll to the side.

Without missing the opportunity, Hu Wan took a step forward. The dagger with underworld characters in his hand flashed with green light and cut through the jackal's throat like tofu.

Gushing blood splashed into the air.

Hu Wan shook off the blood on the dagger and was about to put it away, but found that the bloodstains on the blade dispersed like sand.

Is it so silky?

His expression was slightly stunned.

And at this moment, he discovered that what turned into gravel was not only the blood stuck on the dagger, but also the corpse lying next to the spike.

“What is… happening?”

"have no idea."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu stared solemnly at the gradually disappearing corpse, watching the red dots flying like sand and blending into the rusty wind.

The dead body disappeared, as if it had been devoured by some unknown existence, leaving only a scarlet crystal in its place.

Hu Wan reached out and picked it up, holding it above his head, and carefully observed it in the sparse light. He saw that there seemed to be some liquid flowing in the scarlet crystal surface.

The liquid was like blood, and also like sand in an hourglass.

"Is this a magic crystal?"

Yiyezhiqiu shook his head.

“It’s a bit like that, but I can’t be sure.”

Hu Wan said nervously.

"There's something weird here. I have a bad feeling... Let's not waste time and find the way back as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Yiye Zhiqiu nodded, "I think so too."

In fact, it is not difficult to go back. Just die once.

However, both of them were carrying a lot of equipment, some of which were picked up and some of which were their own. No one could be sure that the lost items could be found again.

After putting away the scarlet crystal, the two skeletons, one tall and one short, continued on their way, wandering on the barren land, looking for a way back.

At the same time, in the Demon City deep in hell, at the foot of the tower of the Demon King Management Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kamu Dragun was grabbing Grion's collar with both hands and roaring angrily.

"…If my brother loses a finger, I will never let you go!"

At this moment, he was like an angry bull, making it hard to tell whether he was taking advantage of the situation or was really worried about the safety of his brothers.

Or maybe both.

"Mr. Dragun... please calm down first. I know you are worried about your relatives, but now we may have more serious problems to face." Grien persuaded with a wry smile, but he had no way to deal with this arrogant and unreasonable high-level demon.

He really had no recourse.

Even if he is the deputy director, the power of the Demon King Management Department is too low. Even many people in the same department don't respect him, not to mention those hell nobles with fiefs.

Just when he was at his wits' end, a carriage suddenly appeared in his sight.

Green's eyes lit up, as if he saw a savior, and he shouted loudly towards the carriage that had not yet stopped.

"Dear Demon King! You are finally here!"

(End of this chapter)