I, the final BOSS of the beta test server!

Last had not forgotten everything described in the shore watcher's diary... It was a time similar to his own in Deep Blue Harbor, which was constantly restarted over and over again.

As soon as this thought arose.

The next moment, Rast heard Hiltina's whisper in his ear.

"Last, have you used the Eye of Secrets to find the clues to clear this level of the Echo of Disaster?"

"Gray...right?"

"If not, with your personality, it would be impossible for you to talk so much to a little girl who has nothing to do with you."

"Ah."

Rust nodded. "But given our current situation, these are just empty talk until we get rid of those puppets chasing us."

"So, if someone stops all the puppets for you and eliminates all interference, how long will it take you to resolve all this?"

"Not sure, but if everything goes well, maybe around fifty minutes."

As soon as Rast finished speaking, he realized that this conversation seemed familiar.

It seemed that I had had a similar conversation in that port city not long ago.

The person he was talking to that time was the rapier wielding girl in front of him.

However, the roles played by the two in the conversation seemed to have changed drastically.

"Is it……"

For some reason, Rast detected a sly smile in Hiltina's words.

"So this time, you'll have an hour."

boom--

The moment the words fell.

The gust of wind that had been lingering around Hiltina dissipated.

The "Wind Step" that had been bestowed upon her for a long time was now actively removed by Hiltina.

But it was in stark contrast to the gradually subsiding wind.

It was the pale blue flame that suddenly rose from Hiltina's body.

"Burning blood".

The third-tier capability of the tank series.

Burn the body, incinerate the soul.

Squeeze out all the potential from the body, and then concentrate all the power within a very short time limit and release it.

The blue flames lingering around Hiltina at this moment are the product of the burning of blood and soul.

Amidst the blazing blue flames, Hiltina smiled. "Back in Deep Blue Harbor, you acted on your own and succeeded. I've always wanted to force myself on you."

"This time is different from Deep Blue Harbor. These puppets were all members of the Clearing Group in their lifetime. I'm more familiar with their Night Blades and Sequence abilities than you are..."

"Besides, my abilities are all about enhancing combat power. They are useless for cracking the mystery of the time loop, so I can't help you."

"It is undoubtedly the best choice for me to stop these manipulated puppets."

Hiltina's figure burned in the blue blood flames as she walked step by step to the open window.

She turned back and looked into Luster's eyes.

"Last time, you entrusted your hopes of escaping Deep Blue Harbor to me... You bet on me to win."

"Well, this time."

"I bet on you to win, too."

The red and white knight's uniform rose and fell, and his long chestnut hair fluttered in the wind.

The dignified rapier user leaped out of the window, his slender figure shrouded in pale blue flames standing out against the night sky.

She rushed towards the night, facing the sound of footsteps coming in the blood mist.

Just like many years ago, the female knight named Cecilia faced the thunderous roar of the Fire Elemental King and walked alone into the raging flames of Qiuye Territory.

"so--"

"Leave it to you, Luster."

"Let's put an end to this damned reverberation of disaster once and for all."

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PS: There will be another chapter later.

Chapter 67 Is this really the ending you want?

Gray had a very long dream.

In her dream, she was not living after the catastrophe.

But they live before the Cataclysm... There is no Iron Cross, no evil gods, no beast tides and alien races, and no pollution that may erupt out of control at any time.

People live and work in peace and contentment, and do not need to worry about whether their homes will fall tomorrow. Instead, they only need to care about their future, studies, and work...that prosperous old era that only exists in the descriptions in books.

And Grey's own parents are not dead either.

On a winter evening, the family happily sat around the fireplace and enjoyed dinner.

The aroma of food lingered in her nose, and the warm heat from the fire added a bit of warmth to her originally cold body.

only--

When Gray finished half a bowl of porridge in small sips and called her mother softly, wanting her to taste it too.

The figure that turned back in response to his call was not the gentle face he had expected.

A huge iron-gray cross brand pierced through the woman's originally gentle face.

She looked down at Gray in front of her, her mouth stretched into a hideous arc that a normal person could never achieve.

No.

Not just my own mother.

And my father, brother...

A clearly visible, hideous iron-colored cross brand appeared on everyone's face.

They all turned their heads at Gray's call, staring at her intently with their faces etched with iron crosses, their mouths curled up in exaggerated, ferocious curves like those of circus clowns.

The former family members walked slowly towards Gray step by step with that weird smile on their faces.

……

"No!"

"do not want!"

Gray struggled to sit up from the bed, waving her hands wildly as if trying to grab something, but in the end she grabbed nothing.

There was still fear and confusion in her eyes, and she was gasping for breath.

After a long time, the confusion in Gray's eyes slowly faded away.

This is Frozen Water Town, and I've been taken in by the mayor...

I have lived here for more than a year. Everyone in the town is very nice to me. Unlike the cities I used to wander in, they did not reject me as a wanderer.

If this kind of life could continue forever——

So even if I can't join the shore watchers, living in Frozen Water Town should be a pretty good thing.

Thinking of this, Gray's mood gradually calmed down.

But then.

She noticed something amiss in this small room she had lived in for over a year...

White silk thread.

There were white silk mixed with blood everywhere, covering the sky and the sun, as if you were in a spider's nest.

"what happens?"

She sat up from the bed in a daze, put on her clothes, and looked at the room where silk threads were everywhere.

Also, throughout the mansion, on the corridors, there were cocoons woven from silk threads.

Most of the cocoons have been broken open and there is nothing inside.

Only a few cocoons were still intact, but they had inexplicably dried up.

She gently reached out and untangled the silk threads entangled in the shriveled cocoons...

next moment.

Gray's pupils suddenly contracted.

Inside the shriveled cocoons were dried-up corpses.

There are animals like mice and cats...

There are also thin human figures.

Not all creatures are qualified to be made into puppets by the blood mist... Some weak lives die in the woven dreams, and their bodies are ruthlessly abandoned by the blood mist.

……

Gray recognized the withered, thin figure from the clothing.

She was also a girl adopted by the old mayor. She was always in poor health and therefore often needed care from other children.

Just a few hours ago, Grey had fed her and talked to her.

But now she has turned into a shriveled corpse, and the last bit of nutrients in her skinny body has been squeezed out by the bloody thread, turning into nourishment for the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Do not……"

"Do not……"

Gray's voice was trembling.

Her memories began to sting, forcing her to cover her head and run in terror down the hallway towards the door.

Maybe, something happened at home...

With this lucky thought in mind, Gray stumbled out of the door.

Then, she saw—

All the streets, all the houses...

What caught the eye were the blood-stained silk threads and the dried and broken cocoons that revealed the shriveled corpses inside.

It blocked out the sky and turned the entire Dongshui Town into a spider cave.

However, the most devastating thing was the scene in the night sky.

Above the small town shrouded in fog, in the dim sky, where the moon should have been, was now replaced by a distorted red sphere.

The hideous flesh and blood formed a weird red moon, which was constantly wriggling and surging.

Shattered memories flashed back in my mind.

Gray remembered this strange, bloody moon.

She had seen this kind of scarlet moon in the towns she had wandered through before, when half of the strongholds were destroyed by disasters.

And every time this strange red moon appears, it means that the safe haven she has finally found will be destroyed, her past life will be shattered, and Grey will have to start a new wandering.

She had lived in Frozen Water for over a year...longer than in any other town she had wandered through before.

And in Frozen Water Town, at the home of the kind old mayor, Grey also felt the long-lost warmth...

Apart from her hometown which had long become blurred in her memory, Dongshui Town was the first place where she felt the warmth of home.

She had thought this place was different from the other towns she had wandered through before.

She thought she could live here for a long time...even if she couldn't go to the Shore Watchers' headquarters, because she was already satisfied in Frozen Water Town.