This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"King Slayer, you should know that there are countless planets and civilizations in the vast universe."

“The demise of civilizations is like the waves crashing onto the beach, a recurring tide that is not worth mentioning.”

"The world outside is vast beyond your imagination. With your abilities, there's no need to cling to one of them."

"As long as you wish, no matter which planet or civilization you are on, you can live a luxurious life like a king..."

"Why would you risk your life and everything on that impossible-to-break goal?"

"Are you trying to persuade me to give up?"

Hearing the voice, Ye Yiyi raised his head, sneered, and showed a look of disdain.

"Abandon the home planet that gave birth to you and raised you? Abandon the people who serve and admire you? Hide away in some unknown corner, rule the mountain, and live like a parasite?"

"Is this something a king could say?"

Despite being poked in the back like this, the Dragon King did not get furious as Ye Yiyi had imagined. On the contrary, his straight spine slightly hunched and bent, and he seemed to have aged by an unknown number of years in an instant.

He slowly turned his head, hiding his face in the shadows of the aurora and thunder. His dark golden vertical pupils emitted a dim light, like a candle in the wind.

The Dragon King gazed deeply at Ye Yiyi and said:

"I am the king of Kongheim...but where is Kongheim?"

"..."

Ye Yiyi suddenly fell silent.

Kongheim...was destroyed in the war long ago.

The kingdom of the dragons is located in the sky, and Skyheim is also composed of many floating islands.

But now, only one in ten of the floating islands remain, most of them perished in the war, and even the flying dragons were stripped of their minds and reduced to beasts.

It is true that the Dragon King is the king of Kongheim, but what about his Kongheim?

Ye Yiyi was silent for a moment and then continued.

"...but you still have tangled dragon horns."

"Tangled Dragon Horns... that's a rather distant name."

The Dragon King raised his head, exhaled a long breath, and then said quietly:

"But you know, the king dragon served by Tangled Dragonhorns is just an abstract belief, not a specific existence."

Abstract...faith?

Ye Yiyi was suddenly stunned.

He vaguely remembered the origin of the prop "false idol".

The kings are so powerful, like gods high in the clouds, omnipotent, so the people of the kings also regard the kings as a place of faith and worship.

But faith is a poisonous double-edged sword. The kings have long understood this, so they place false idols on the shrine to accept the invisible faith on their behalf.

And the king that the people believe in, and the king that actually exists...

In the eyes of the people, who is the real king?

"what do you mean……"

Ye Yiyi murmured.

"The King of Kongheim died long ago in that great battle, at the hands of the One Who Cannot Be Mentioned."

The Dragon King said calmly, "I am no longer a king. I am just an ancient dragon named Tiangu Rex."

"Oh... Come to think of it, in the eyes of the ancient dragons, I am just the incarnation of disaster, not the ancient dragon king I once was."

"..."

Ye Yiyi fell silent again.

In a trance, he suddenly understood the feelings of the Dragon King.

No wonder the kings and princes in ancient times all called themselves "I", because they were high and mighty, unparalleled in the world, and could not find anyone to confide in.

But the King Dragon is different. He lost his country, his people, and everything. Nothing is left except the title of king.

He could certainly pick himself up and start over.

But even if the earth has become the seal of the original stagnation curse, what can he do even if he can start over and rebuild Kongheim on the earth?

In the end, He still had to endure the pain of losing everything.

"The road to fighting the curse of stagnation is very difficult, so difficult that there is almost no hope."

The Dragon King slumped on the bench, filled his glass with wine, and then drank it down with his head tilted back.

"But if it were you, you could give it your all, Kingslayer."

The Dragon King put down his wine glass and turned to look.

"Since you were able to kill the Decline King, perhaps you can also break your fate... At least, two kings are very optimistic about you."

"What? Who's optimistic about me?"

Ye Yiyi turned his head blankly, but did not get any answer from the Dragon King.

The scales and flesh on his chest trembled and spread outward, and the sharp dragon bones twisted like tentacles, extending two objects outward.

The King Dragon stretched out his hand, picked up the two gems and a pale white egg, and placed them on the round table.

"This body can't withstand your attack after all..."

At the same time, his breath weakened rapidly, and the blood bar in Ye Yiyi's eyes, which was only one tenth left, also dropped until it approached zero.

That battle was nothing to the Dragon King, but for the body he had descended into, it had already reached its limit.

"The Rainbow Horned Dragon is my offspring after all, so I'll take his true spirit with me... Also, if you give up in the end, use the things I leave behind to escape the border."

The King Dragon leaned his head on the bench, his voice becoming weaker and lower, and the scales on his body gradually turned gray and petrified.

"This universe is vast, and there will always be a place for those who are alone and displaced."

"One last piece of advice for you... Kingslayer!"

The Dragon King slumped his head to the side, his dark golden eyes fixed on Ye Yiyi.

"Before the war, there were ten kings in total!"

"Think carefully. In your memory, and in the impressions of the people around you, how many kings are there..."

In Ye Yiyi's confused eyes, the body of the King Dragon turned into ashes and drifted away, completely disappearing on the bench.

"Kings... ten?"

His dazed eyes passed over the empty bench and gazed at the horizon hidden in darkness.

Which kings does he know of so far?

"The Creator of Heaven, the Dragon King, the Light of the Universe, the Eternal Radiance of Flowers and Moons, the One of Chaos and Impermanence, the Master of Skill and Divine Power, the King of Universal Love, the Lord of Life and Death..."

He counted them one by one in his mind, but after counting to the Lord of Life and Death, he could no longer think of any other names.

"That is to say...there are eight kings."

Ye Yiyi's eyes dropped, and she was thinking about something.

But the King Dragon said that there were ten kings before the war...

What about the remaining two?

He suddenly remembered what the Dragon King had just said.

The King of Kongheim had long since died in that great battle, at the hands of the One Who Cannot Be Mentioned.

The king who cannot be mentioned?

seem……

Ye Yiyi recalled that both the Saint and Alice seemed to have said "I can't say it, it will be discovered" when mentioning certain things.

Once he talked with the Saint about the "rebellion launched by the King Dragon", and once he talked with Alice about the "reason why the Bell of the Past was not completed".

Could it be that all these things are related to the king who cannot be mentioned?

It cannot be mentioned because if its name is mentioned, He will discover it?

But this is a bit weird.

Even the Dragon King did not dare to mention the king's name, and even used other ways to remind himself.

What happened to that king?

Besides this one who can't be mentioned, there should be another one...

What about that king?

Speaking of the kings mentioned in the game, it seems that there are only these eight.

There was not a single word mentioned about the remaining two kings.

I don’t know if those two kings don’t exist in the game, or if they are hidden in the DLC.

Ye Yiyi frowned tightly, until the faint sunlight pierced through the aurora and thunder, emerging from the edge of the horizon, he suddenly realized.

Before I knew it, the night had passed quietly.

"Did I actually fight the King's Dragon all night long?"

As expected, you are the king.

He sighed slightly, picked up the glass and poured himself another glass of wine.

The king's combat power cannot be underestimated, but it did not exceed Ye Yiyi's original expectations.

His assessment of the combat effectiveness of the kings in reality is a ProPlusUltra version with absolutely no shortcomings!

Therefore, the combat effectiveness displayed by the King Dragon through the body of the Rainbow Horned Dragon was still within his expectations.

But if you face the real body of the King Dragon, it would be hard to say.

"If I don't use spells and rely solely on melee combat, my 98 Strength attribute alone won't be enough to crush the opponent. I need to raise it to at least 100, and then raise my Skill attribute to over 70. Only then can I fight beautifully and spectacularly!"

"But if it comes to a magic showdown, the magic I currently possess cannot match the magic of the kings in terms of both quality and quantity..."

Although he relies on infinite life, as long as he doesn't cheat, he will be the final winner of any battle.

But if the fight is not good, it will make Ye Yiyi feel uncomfortable.

Although this is a Souls-like game, I used cheats just to play Devil May Cry and mow down enemies without any rivals. What's the point of letting monsters suppress me?

"It seems that there is still a long way to go on the road to upgrading."

He sighed, collected his thoughts, and looked down at the light curtain.

Soul Echo +17250 Qiwoshanlongqisixi0.

Current soul echoes: 226492.

"The base reverberation is 15. Even though it's due to the King Dragon's influence, it's still a significant amount."

"It's a pity that its true spirit was taken away by the King Dragon, and there is no true spirit echo."

He shook his head with some regret, then looked at the things on the round table.

"I hope that what the King Dragon left behind is valuable enough to replace the True Spirit Echo."

The King Dragon left behind a total of three items, including two gems of different colors and a pale white egg the size of a fist.

"This egg... could it be from the Autumn Locust?"

Ye Yiyi faintly felt a familiar scent and couldn't help but reach out to pick up the egg.

The light curtain then popped out.

[Egg of Birth]

Item Description: An egg obtained by conceptualizing the essence of life.

After injecting the embryo of life into it.

It can serve as a seedbed for the birth of immortal life.

At the same time, it can provide the special conceptual essence of "immortality" and "eternity".