Chapter 166
After a brief pause, Ye Bai subconsciously asked, "Who is the king you are talking about?"
"King of kings, God of gods... Isn't the other half of the key you carry with you because of Him?" Inollucia blinked and smiled gently.
Although she seemed to have recognized the wrong person just now, she was still very happy to see Ye Bai coming with the key. She continued:
"I have been waiting for you for a long time. Although I have no memory of the 'future', I still know that if the two keys are combined into one, they can open..."
"Sorry, did you...just mention a place?"
The scene before her forced Ye Bai to interrupt the Elf Queen rudely, because when she mentioned a certain place, the holographic version of the 'mosaic' that she had seen from the mouth of the Purgatory Demon appeared again.
From Ye Bai's perspective, when the Elf Queen mentioned that place, her voice suddenly disappeared and her lip movements became unclear. Even though they were face to face, Ye Bai didn't know what the other party had just said.
"Oh, I forgot that you can't know this information..." Ye Bai's question made Ino Lucia realize something, and she replied: "Yes, I just mentioned a place. It belongs to the king."
Hearing this, Ye Bai couldn't help but mention the name of the mission: "The God King's Treasure House?"
"Treasure House?" Inollucia was slightly taken aback, then slowly nodded: "It's not a problem to call it that."
Ye Bai remembered the question he had just missed and quickly asked, "What did you mean when you said I couldn't know that information?"
Judging from the meaning revealed in the words of the upper elf queen, it seems that the other party knows that some information will appear "mosaic" in front of Ye Bai.
Ino Lucia's next response caught Ye Bai off guard. She said, "Perhaps it's because the king... endured annihilation."
Ye Bai was stunned again.
The Queen of the Lower Realm mentioned that the God King said that the Great Annihilation would break the "balance" of this world. If each ethnic group does not control itself, all living things will gradually usher in an unknown end at an unknown time.
Now, Inolusia, who seemed to have the most crucial information, said that the God King might have encountered 'annihilation'.
Ye Bai immediately asked the new question that had arisen in his mind: "What is annihilation? How does it relate to the Great Annihilation?"
Inollucia sighed. "The King encountered annihilation. That's my guess. He told us that a great annihilation was coming and that He would find a solution. Then, one night not long after, the King disappeared. At the same time, all memories and records of the King in the world gradually disappeared."
"disappear?"
Inollucia nodded. "Ordinary people's memories of the King are constantly being forgotten. At first, some still remembered the King's name, but soon, many couldn't even name him. Later, they only vaguely knew of the existence of the Divine King, and then completely forgot that such a being ever sat on the Divine King's throne..."
"Compared to ordinary people, the stronger they are, the more memories they retain. Gods are able to retain the most memories, but they also gradually decrease with the passage of time, starting with the most minor details. When you look back, you will find that you have forgotten most of them."
"And this memory cannot be passed on to others, nor can it be known by those who don't know Him. Just like just now, I can't tell you the name of that place '...'. No records related to it have survived. Now, I'm afraid only the gods have memories of the king, but I can't describe him to those below him, and can only use vague references."
At this point, Inollucia looked sad. "Even I have forgotten the King's name, and I can't quite remember what He looks like... I only vaguely remember His figure, so when I sensed the other half of the key on you just now, I made a mistake."
Hearing this, Ye Bai couldn't help but think of the paper man without a name, memory, or body. Could it be that the other party's current state was not due to a curse, but the "annihilation" that the Elf Queen mentioned?
and……
Ye Bai asked, "What is the Great Annihilation?"
Inollucia nodded. "If the king encountered annihilation, then the Great Annihilation would be a silent disaster that would sweep across the entire continent. When it descends upon ordinary races, our world would silently wipe out a large number of lives. Even those who encountered the Great Annihilation...their tribesmen and friends would completely forget they ever existed."
This is really a complete disappearance...
Ye Bai suddenly realized that this was the Great Annihilation. No wonder, apart from the chaotic purgatory, all races were shrinking and looking for solutions.
"You said the God King disappeared shortly after proposing the Great Annihilation?"
Inollucia nodded. "Yes, although there were various rumors among the human race at that time, only Walsh, a guy with a head full of magma, would believe them, but they were all random conjectures and conspiracy theories."
Ye Bai thought for a moment and said, "If I go to the place you mentioned, can I revive the God King?"
Hearing this, Inollucia corrected him, "No, the King was merely annihilated, not disappeared. I still remember Him, and even if I split a few more times, I will retain my memory."
Ino Lucia meant that memory could serve as some kind of...anchor?
Ye Bai paused, then readily changed his description: "I mean... return."
"Of course, the king will definitely return and end the Great Annihilation." Inollucia answered very affirmatively.
If he could see the loyalty, Ye Bai could confirm that the Queen's affirmation of the God-King was 100%.
At the same time, Ye Bai felt that many of the things that had confused her before became clearer. She sorted out the chronological order of the whole thing in her mind.
The memory of the upper queen in front of him is the earliest. The starting point is when the God King discovered the Great Annihilation and disappeared. It is suspected that he was the first to encounter the disaster of Annihilation. Then there was the middle queen. The Void Clan who pursued knowledge had an accident, which indirectly led to a civil war between the ambitious people of the two principalities of the human race, and finally opened the door to Purgatory.
Because the God King disappeared, the Infernal Devil, without suppression, invaded the Emerald Forest under instigation or rebellious instinct, and after a fierce battle, both sides suffered heavy losses.
After the war, the missing God-King reappeared, indicating that he still had strength left after suffering annihilation, helping the Elf Queen to support the Emerald Dream and move the deep sea to suppress the revival of Purgatory in the future.
So what was the God King's state at that time? When the Elf Queen believed that the God King had been annihilated, the God King should still have had strength at that time, able to make the subsequent arrangements and finish the work. Where did the God King go after doing all this?
Ye Bai felt that many of his doubts were finally answered here, but some key nodes were still shrouded in mystery. After all, the information that was truly related to the God-King was in a mosaic state.
"I forgot to entertain the guests..."
At this time, Inolucia glanced at Ottophis next to Ye Bai, as if she thought of something, and with a wave of her hand, she opened the space leading to the location of the fruit of the Tree of Life.
It looks like he's going to treat Ye Bai with the fruit of the tree of life again.
However, after seeing the bare branches inside, the Elf Queen was suddenly stunned:
"Why... there are only two left?"
Ye Bai's whole body stiffened and he didn't dare to breathe.
The narrator, Ottophis, seemed to have already smelled the fragrance of the fruit of the Tree of Life, and excitedly shouted to Inollucia, "Ahh!"
The forgetful Elf Queen hadn't figured out when the stock was used up yet, so she smiled and said, "Fortunately, there are only two left."
Looking at the green fruits floating in front of him, since these are the last two...
“Crack, crack…”
Ye Bai and Ottophis moved in unison and finished eating the last of the food that had been in the Emerald Dream for who knows how many years.
"Thank you so much!"
Seeing Ye Bai and Ottophis finished eating, the Elf Queen smiled and was about to say you're welcome, but suddenly, her expression changed:
"Danger is approaching. You need to leave the dream as soon as possible."
Not long ago, Fort Saint-Lory.
The majestic and towering fortress lowered its drawbridge, and a column of elite troops, dressed in solemn attire and with a sharp aura, rode on mutant nags and entered.
Crossing the drawbridge and the heavily guarded gate, Kodos, the highest commander of the knights and the executor of Saint Lori Castle, jumped down from his heavily armored mount.
The armor he wore looked dusty, but the emblem on it, representing the bloodline of light, still reflected light because it was constantly wiped.
"grown ups……"
All the soldiers along the way bowed their heads and saluted, while the slaves working in the fortress crawled on the ground in fear. It was not until Kodos strode without stopping and disappeared into the depths of the fortress that the slaves hurriedly stood up and continued to work under the kicks of the soldiers.
Kodos walked through the lobby of the fortress and went down through the secret passage. The guards standing guard on both sides of the key points became more and more powerful and mysterious.
Going deep into the maze-like underground of the fortress, there is another world. Compared with the underground part of this fortress, the majestic and magnificent surface part is only the tip of the iceberg.
Finally, Kodos passed through the last deserted corridor and stepped into the deepest part of the fortress.
A huge, cold and gloomy mausoleum appeared in front of the highest executive officer of Saint Lori Castle.
The interior of the mausoleum is dark and filled with the smell of corruption. Only the night pearl emits a dim light, outlining the gorgeous coffin in the center of the mausoleum. The entire mausoleum looks like a terrifying giant mouth leading to the abyss, and the coffin in the center is the tongue in the giant mouth that chooses people to devour.
Kodos's cold and majestic face couldn't help but show a look of uneasiness when facing this scene.
At this moment, the night pearls inside the mausoleum became brighter, illuminating more of the environment inside the mausoleum. In addition to the most magnificent coffin in the center, there were a large number of other coffins and precious and powerful weapons as burial objects.
Kodos swallowed secretly, and finally stepped into the mausoleum and knelt in front of the coffin in the center.
"Ancestors."
The coffin in the center had no lid. A withered, shrunken hand poked out from it, sketching a teleportation spell:
"I sensed it... That's right, it's the power of the Deathly Hallows. Go explore and confirm its location, and welcome my arrival."
"yes!"
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