Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 214 Recasting the Glory of the Dragon
tread!tread!
Ember stopped and stood in front of the one-person-high stove, quietly staring at the raging flames inside the stove.

Just knocking over the furnace can set the whole world on fire.

Russell was the first to discover this place, and built a city named after the 'Terra Palace' to cover up the existence of the church.He undoubtedly knew of the existence of this place, but the Church of Steam didn't necessarily know about it.

Embers want to burn the world down, and no one will stop it.

But that's not his purpose.

Ember slowly stretched out his hand towards the furnace, and put his palm into the flames that could burn an entire world.

The next moment, the raging flames in the furnace instantly 'boiled', like a dancing phoenix, crazily flocking towards the palm of the embers.The flames in the entire furnace were swept up like a storm of raging flames, but the moment this storm appeared, it was absorbed by the invisible vortex without overflowing at all.

Snapped!
Ember withdrew his palm, and the flames that had been burning were only a cluster of tiny flames at the bottom of the furnace.

The Steam Church's understanding of the painting world is obviously insufficient, and there are even considerable misunderstandings.

They even regard the painting world as a specific place for the promotion ceremony of the demigods, causing the "vitality" of this world to decline significantly.And this ritual of plundering life force not only caused the desolation of the land and the drying up of the lake, but also accelerated the corruption of this world.

The flames in the furnace have long been burning, and it will pour out in a short time, engulfing the whole world in a sea of ​​flames.Of course, burning is not necessarily a bad thing, because only the burning of the old world can bring hope for the birth of the new world.

But the Church of Steam obviously doesn't have a world painter, once this painting world is burned, it means complete destruction.But the embers absorbed the almost overflowing power of the fire, allowing the flame to return to its budding state, which can be regarded as continuing the life of this world in disguise.

Of course, with the passage of time, the world will still inevitably slide towards corruption.If this situation cannot be reversed, it will be destroyed sooner or later.The embers can only delay the arrival of destruction at best, they cannot stop it, and sooner or later the flame will ignite again!

And the reason why Ember wants to do this is that on the one hand, he has the right to pay the entrance fee to the Church of Steam.

On the other hand, he himself also needs the power of the tinder.

Ember looked towards the back of the fire, at the end of the chapel.

There is a statue enshrined in the alcove in the middle, which looks like a person wearing a leather wind and sitting cross-legged on the ground.But if you look carefully, you will find that what the opponent is wearing is not legs, but a thick and long snake tail, and even the 'face' under the cloak is a snake body covered with scales!

Unfortunately, there is no bonfire under the alcove, and there is no way to get to the gathering place from here.

Of course, there are no gathering places in this world, let alone Ring Seal City.

Ember looked around and confirmed that there was nothing missing, then turned and left.

The flickering fire in the stove is extremely weak, but it will never go out, because the fire is part of this world.

As the world slides into corruption, sooner or later it will burn!
Inside the church, Carula looked at the embers passing under the statue and asked softly:
"Do you want to leave?"

Ember shook her head lightly, turned her gaze away from Carula, and finally landed on the straight ladder behind the wall on the right.

Under Carula's strange gaze, he slowly climbed up the stairs.

And above the stairs is the attic of this church.

Bright light spills into the attic through the beautifully carved windows, illuminating this modest room.

The attic looks dilapidated under the scouring of the years, and the putty on the walls has peeled off a lot under the baptism of time, revealing the red bricks and stones inside.There are also many paintings scattered in the attic, most of which are rolled up and properly placed in the wooden box against the wall on the right.

On the left side against the wall, there are a large number of empty picture frames, and a huge oil painting near the window.A high stool was placed in front of the oil painting. In a trance, Ember seemed to see a petite girl sitting on the high stool. She held a paintbrush in her hand, and her crystal white and tender feet swayed gently in the air. His long hair dragged all the way to the floor...

But when he came back to his senses, everything turned into a phantom and disappeared, leaving only the empty high stool in front of him.

But the girl sitting on the high stool has long since disappeared.

"Miss." Ember murmured in a low voice.

Carula made a mistake in saying one sentence. He didn't just remember the fireproof girl.

He still remembered Missy, and Sister Friede.

The fire girl exists to spread fire, which is the beginning of everything.

The Missy is the end of everything, and her paintings are used to shelter survivors of the deep sea age.

He can remember the beginning and the end of things, but he only forgot the process.

So he doesn't remember Karula, nor Irina, or anyone else...

But what makes Ember a little strange is that the part he has forgotten seems to be all women.

As for the memories of those men, he is very clear.

Gale the slave knight, Horace the silent knight, Andre the blacksmith, Hawkwood the escapee, Orbeck of Biheim... even the hypocrite Gwyndolin, and the dog Patch, all of their memories are inseparable. Quite clearly, it has a beginning and an end.

But with regard to women's memories, apart from the Fireproof Girl, Missy, and Friede, there seems to be only some insignificant passers-by, such as the maid from the turkey farm, and the old woman with the cover on her back...

But it is obviously all memory, why is there such a huge difference?Why is it a woman?
Ember was silent for a long time, then silently walked forward to the high stool, staring at the painting.

The painting didn't show any content, it was just covered in white paint, like a child's scribbled.

"You smell like ashes. You must be the man Grandpa Gail said? The one who can let me see the flames."

"It's okay, after I finish this, I will go back there, because you opened the door."

"..."

"You are Ashes. I want to tell you because you agreed to Grandpa Gail's request."

"Thank you. I will draw the world with that name as the theme. It will be a very cold, dark, and soft painting. One day, it will be a painting of someone's shelter."

"Those who do not know the flame are not good enough to paint the world; those who are tempted by fire cannot paint the world."

"..."

Complicated thoughts flashed back from his mind one by one. Ember looked forward and looked into the distance through the window. The 'Terra Palace' had stopped not far away.It didn't go far, it seemed to be waiting for the embers to leave before returning to its original position, which was the last order Roselle left for it.

Withdrawing her thoughts, Ember turned around and prepared to leave the attic, but there were still not many clues left here.

It's just that before he leaves, he still has one more thing to do...

Ember looked towards the straight staircase ahead, which was the only way out of the attic.

But behind the straight ladder, there was still a bonfire, a bonfire that had been extinguished long ago, leaving only ashes.There is an iron-black spiral sword inserted into it, but it has long lost the warmth of the past, and it is cold and dead.

Ember walked to the bonfire, closed her eyes slightly, and at some point there was a ball of 'ash' in her palm.

A long strip of ash with obvious traces of melting.

Or, as it may be called, embers.

He slowly raised his palm and clenched it tightly.

Snapped!
The embers were crushed, and the finely divided ashes floated in the air, releasing sparks all over the sky, adhering to the surface of the embers, as if the whole body was burning!

At the same time, Kalula, who was waiting in the church, had a sudden change of complexion, and she looked up at the attic above her head.

Fly to the top of the straight ladder and climb up to the attic.

But when she climbed up to the attic, all she saw was an empty room, and the embers that were supposed to be in the attic had disappeared.

She turned around, only to see a burning bonfire.

The bonfire that had been silent for thousands of years was rekindled, no longer cold or dead.

But Carula's expression gradually became silent, with deep resentment revealed in her eyes, her silver teeth clenched:
"I should have thought of it a long time ago. Even if this is not the real painting world, how could they not hold back?"

She finally stood in front of him again, and she hadn't even had time to show him what she had learned in this life, but now she had lost it again.

And more importantly, she didn't know where to look for it!

The power of Chuhuo can overcome all obstacles, whether it is time or space.Relight the embers of your campfire and go anywhere with it!Carula believed that Ember would never leave without saying goodbye, so his sudden disappearance could only be because the bonfire had already been adjusted to the 'setting'.

Embers are teleported to other areas at the same time as activating the bonfire.And the location of this 'area' is only known to them who placed the bonfire here, and Kalula is obviously not among them.

With the barriers of time and space, where should she go to find the embers?

"No, there's her!"

Carla took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

She has been waiting for thousands of years, which is enough time to burn several Gwen to death.

Even after a brief parting, she was not completely without clues.

For example, the girl she saw outside the Church of Steam, she had the ring presented by Ember, so she must have some special relationship with him.As long as you follow her, you will definitely meet again.

but……

Carula's tone revealed a little displeasure:
"Why is it a girl again?"
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Ember looked around and found that he was in a hot yellow desert, and could not help but whisper to himself:
"Am I still in the painting world?"

The desolation here is exactly the same as the scene in the painting world owned by the Church of Steam, which even makes Ember suspect that he has not left.But soon he changed his opinion, also because he sensed the spirit world again——

It is not the "little spirit world" that is divided in the painting world, but the real spirit world that covers the entire real world.

The bonfire he lit had already set a 'beacon' and a predetermined 'route', and it would be teleported away the moment it was lit.This was the information that Ember had received when it was lit. He could have resisted this 'transmission', but he chose to accept it.

Because the painting world is drawn by the young lady, the bonfire is also set by the young lady.

And only the embers can light a bonfire.

This trip was originally arranged by the young lady for him, and Ember believed that the young lady would not harm him.

The only question is, what can he get out of this journey?
In other words, what did the eldest lady hope he would find here?
Taking a ten thousand step back, Ember must at least figure out which country she is in.

"Roar!"

A roar suddenly came from the sky, echoing between the sky and the earth, shaking the sky and the earth.

Ember looked up into the distance, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, huge monsters with black and gray soared towards them.They have a thick lizard-like body, with a pair of broad leather-covered wings growing from their backs. Their huge bodies almost cover the sun and all light.

Ember saw the plate-sized scales, and saw the dark golden vertical pupils in their eye sockets.

"Dragon."

Ember immediately connected it with the corresponding image in his mind, and immediately realized a problem:
As early as in the Quaternary, giant dragons and giants had withdrawn from the stage of history and were on the verge of extinction.

Even if there are occasional rumors of a giant dragon appearing, it is still in those remote mountains and old forests.And once rumors spread, these giant dragons will be slaughtered soon - because the dragons are full of treasures, and their extraordinary materials can be used for promotion, and the corpse of a giant dragon is also extremely valuable.

This also led to the fact that even such rumors had disappeared by the Fifth Epoch.It is generally believed that the dragons have long been completely extinct.Even the Kia species has become extremely rare, whether it is the colorful lizard dragon or the phantom dragon, few people can find their traces.

But now, a group of giant dragons are soaring majesticly in the sky, and even let out a shocking dragon roar unabashedly, deterring other creatures around them, as if they are not afraid of being hunted by humans at all.

There is only one possibility -

This time period is not the Fifth Epoch, nor can it be the Quaternary Epoch.The possibility of the third era is not very high, because the ancient gods have already fallen in the third era, and although the dragons have not yet perished, they are still treated as prisoners like the giants.

As for the first era, the first era is the era of chaos, and the dragon is not the master of that era.

Then, this could only be the Second Epoch.

The Second Era is called the 'Dark Era' for humans, but for the dragons, this era can also be called the 'Golden Era', because this period is the golden age of the dragons.In this era, the dragon is the well-deserved overlord of the sky!
Only in this era can giant dragons soar freely in the sky, as high as patrolling their own territory.

"The second era again?"

Ember suddenly felt a little funny, the first time he traveled through time was also in the Second Epoch.

It's just that that time was at the end of the second era, and even the ancient sun god had already appeared, and the ancient god was about to fall.

And now.

Roar!
At this moment, the giant dragons all of a sudden roared their huge mouths, and there was a hot light shining faintly in them.

(End of this chapter)