"Maureen."

When Mo Lin was walking on the mountain path, suddenly someone called him.

It was none other than Alan.

Mo Lin looked around and realized that he had arrived at the mountain path without realizing it.

"Alan." Maureen let out a breath lightly, as if nothing had happened. He smiled, came to Alan, and sat down on the stone steps next to Alan.

He looked at Alan and said nothing.

It seemed that Alan was still the same as before, sloppy and in a very dishevelled state, with numerous bloodstains and blood scabs on his body and thick calluses on his palms. He looked like a slave, without any demeanor of a prince, and had nothing to do with a prince.

But Alan looked different from before, and the difference was extremely obvious. It was indescribable, but it could be felt.

"Are you tired?" Alan put his hands on his knees and swayed gently, looking quite leisurely.

"A little bit." Morin did not deny it. He nodded and said, "We had a hard time fighting the Abyss Demons before, but after this battle, we should be able to have some peace for a while."

"The loss is too great. Both us and the Abyss Demons need to rest for a while."

"The two thrones gave me a task, asking me to go to District 11, to collect resources from various wizard organizations and to increase the collection efforts." Morin looked at Allen, thought for a while, and said one thing.

"Molin, you are really busy. No wonder you are so tired."

Alan smiled.

He thought for a moment, took out a parchment scroll and handed it to Morin, saying, "I accidentally found this in a cave. Morin, if you feel tired, just read the scriptures on the parchment scroll, and you will feel much better." Alan looked at Morin with sincere and earnest eyes.

"Okay." Morin took the parchment and said, "Thank you."

Alan laughed out loud.

He made a prayer gesture towards Maureen, and the relaxed and teasing look on his face suddenly disappeared.

"Light is above." Alan said softly.

Light is above.

Yes, light is above.

Maureen said goodbye to Allen and walked quietly on the road alone.

He took out the parchment scroll in his hand, opened it, and began to read it slowly.

There are some scriptures recorded on the parchment. These scriptures are not profound things. They are just some ordinary scriptures chanted by the Eternal Holy Light. However, these scriptures on the parchment are different. Although they do not do anything, just reading them can make people feel peaceful.

“It’s really… very good.”

Morin slowly put away the parchment scroll. He seemed to have thought of something, and the corners of his mouth twitched as he smiled slightly.

He went to the Hall of Eternal Holy Light, and after completing some handovers, he left the Eternal Holy Light and went to District 11 under his jurisdiction to collect resources.

Morin can go to different wizard organizations, but Morin still plans to go back to Gintama first. After all, he has been away for a while and he hasn't been back for a long time.

When leaving the Eternal Holy Light, Morin turned his head and looked at the Eternal Holy Light. The surroundings were quiet and the tall buildings seemed to be immersed in light. He stood silently for a moment, then turned and left.

When Morin left the Eternal Holy Light and walked far away, Kasa came to pay homage to the Throne of Light Usdima.

"Your Majesty." Kasa saluted Usdima and knelt on one knee on the ground.

"Kasa, you came to see me, what's the matter?" Usdima's eyes moved slightly and his gaze fell on Kasa.

"Your Majesty, I want to become a high priest in red, not just a priest in red."

Kasa stated his request and said, "I fought hard in the Outer Realm, and with the merits I have accumulated over the past decade, it is enough."

Usdima's face was calm.

He didn't say anything, just shook his head slightly at Kasa.

This is already very simple.

No.

no.

Kasa looked the same as before, with no change or variation, and a faint smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Throne..." Kasa's voice came faintly.

"Kasa, there is darkness in your heart."

Usdima stood up and said this.

"Darkness? There is darkness in my heart? You have been saying this for a long time." Kasa said in a very low voice, "There is darkness in my heart. Then, Your Majesty, what is light?"

"I grew up in the eternal holy light, bathed in light. I thought I was the closest to the legendary Crown of the Original Light, the closest to that great God. I was born to receive light. I am a priest of light. I was born to be one, and I should have been one."

"But Your Majesty, I was wrong."

"You chose to give the judgment to a dark species, a dirty vampire, but not to me. You said it was not you who did it, but that the judgment had chosen Mary. Well, from now on, I will be subordinate to that dark species. It's okay. After all, everything is for the light."

"It has been a long time, a long, long time, Your Majesty."

"Sometimes I get shaken, I get jealous, and I have other thoughts, but I always stand firm on what I have believed in since I was a child. After all, there is nothing better than light, and nothing that can better support people's faith, right, Your Majesty?"

"But later, later... later I found out I was wrong!!"

Kasa still had his head down, but his voice was trembling and his whole body was shaking.

"That girl, Jenny, the girl from Red Maple City in the Red Maple Forest Principality, she is so pure and so good."

"But those damn nobles took her away!"

"According to the rules of the Eternal Holy Light, I did not attack those nobles. In the end, I only brought back Jenny's body. However, I was really angry. At the same time, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, is this the light I want? Is this the light I am protecting?"

"I can't bear it. I can't bear it anymore."

"Your Majesty, you said, yes, right?"

Kasa's voice became lower and lower, and finally, he sounded like he was crying.

He knelt on one knee on the ground, then Kasa slowly raised his head, and tears of blood began to flow from his eyes.

Then, countless black smoke flowed out of his eyes like floating mist.

Tears of blood and black smoke.

Strands and wisps of it fell to the ground as if they were endless.

The entire earth seemed to have turned into a lake. After the black smoke fell to the ground, ripples appeared and then surged wildly in all directions, just like circles of waves rolling around.

There was no other expression on Ustima's face.

"Your Majesty, light... Light is above..." Kasa opened his mouth unconsciously, he stood up and revealed a smile that was uglier than crying, and tears of blood kept sliding down his face.

boom.

A silent and grand vibration.

The darkness surged violently in all directions.

The eternal holy light, the land of light, has become dark.

Light is above.

May the light be above.

…………

"The key is activated."

Hera, Germain and others stood in the Demon Sealing Cave, feeling the familiar and vast darkness coming from a distant place. A faint smile appeared on Hera's face.

"Abyss above, may your power come to you!" Hera knelt on one knee facing the Demon Cave and began to chant loudly.

The same is true for Germain and others.

The ancient language of the abyss resounded throughout the sky.

Buzz! The void trembled violently, and in the void, a blurry gate that was extremely huge, tall and wide vaguely emerged.

Inside that gate was deep and endless darkness.