Re-live your life and start speedrunning

Li Re exchanged a glance with the absolutely beautiful girl wearing glasses beside him and couldn't help thinking that this was truly extraordinary - they looked at the prosperous and lively scene in front of them and for a moment forgot that they had entered a world that was about to end, a time and space that was on the brink of the abyss. Instead, they felt like they had entered a medieval background copy with fantasy elements.

So Li Re couldn't help but grin and said, "Interesting."

“It looks really good!”

he whispered.

"Hahaha, right, right?"

The old man patted his seat and his beard trembled. He became happier after receiving recognition. However, he said, "Of course, since you are here, you have to drink wine and eat meat. There are some rules. I have to tell you so that you don't get confused."

"See that place?"

The old man pointed to the bottom, near the "furnace" - to a "palace" with a sharp dome in front of the furnace!

Just like the furnace, there are knights guarding there.

Strict protection,

"Is that the meeting room you mentioned?" Li Re raised his eyebrows and understood instantly.

The old man nodded: "That's right."

"The Council Hall has existed since the early days of the establishment of the Crucible City. It was built by the original residents of the Crucible City, led by the great City Forger Andre. Now, as I said before, it has been occupied by the Crucible Knights faction."

"There is an hourglass in the meeting room. Each time the hourglass turns over, it symbolizes the end of a day. At this time, a bell will be rung in the meeting room. During the ringing of the bell, everyone must remain silent."

"If you speak at this time, you will be expelled from the Crucible City. This is a taboo in the city, and even a fire mage like you must abide by it."

"In addition, the council hall will announce new 'rules' every day, and ring bells as a warning when monsters from the abyss attack the city."

"The warning bells are more urgent than the bells that signal the end of a cycle. The difference is huge and you can hear it."

"Okay - that's all I have to say. Next I have to report to the Giant Chamber of Commerce and collect my commission. Dear fire mage, dear mage apprentice, please enjoy the beauty of this city!"

The old man pulled the reins to tighten them slightly, and the dark giant, which was still staggering forward at a fast speed, stopped. Li Re and Lu Baixi looked at each other and nodded at the same time - they jumped from the empty space in front of the carriage and stepped firmly on the mud and gravel road.

The old man shook his beard and said, "I'm leaving first. If you need help, you can come to the Giant Chamber of Commerce to find me - just say you're here to see the 'Old Witch'!"

With a rumbling sound, the wheels rolled forward again, dragged by the giant.

The trail of fire gradually faded away.

Li Re stood there, looking at the shadow of the huge carriage moving forward in the middle of the street with his hands in his pockets and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Ah, what should we do next?"

Lu Baixi beside him moved slightly closer.

She pushed her glasses, her long hair swaying in the wind, covered with a layer of faint light from the fires burning everywhere, as if she was wearing a gorgeous raincoat. The girl was still wearing an outer coat and a long skirt, but outside of that she had a cloak that covered most of her body.

As she spoke, she pulled on the hood of her cloak.

Li Re glanced at the girl and said, "Just take a stroll and wait, that's all."

"wait?"

Lu Baixi was stunned.

"According to what this 'old witch' said, during the time we were away, this world has changed tremendously. Silver Moon Knight Andrei used the huge furnace he retrieved from the so-called 'ruins' to build this city and became the 'city builder'."

"But now the Silver Moon Knight has disappeared, and has been replaced by the Crucible Faction, and the Crucible Faction leader who may be Antis. Based on this, the first thing we need to do is to get close to the Crucible Faction leader and confirm whether it is Antis! In order not to wake up the Giant King too early, I can only use the Sky Eye to concentrate and scan at close range."

"But you can see that the place is heavily guarded. Unless you break in, it will be difficult to contact Antis..."

Li Re pointed to the meeting room that the 'old witch' had just pointed out to them, and said, "But resorting to force is boring."

"Don't forget, I am still the 'Savior of Time'!"

"So, A're wants to wait for the 'abyss monster' that attacks the city?" If you don't want to be a thug, then you can only be a hero - Lu Baixi instantly caught up with Li Re's thoughts.

She followed Li Re and walked forward, the cloak wrapped around her body swaying gently in the flowing light and shadow of the wind and fire.

People were coming and going on the streets, and compared to what I saw and felt when I was sitting in the car just now, it became clearer. Most of the buildings in this furnace city were directly built with mud and rubble. They did not look flat, but were full of the flavor of another world. Those deformed people were also dazzling because of their strange and inhuman features. Lu Baixi, who followed behind Li Re, held his hand and walked steadily. She stretched out her other hand to pull the hood covering her head, and the shadow under the brim of the hat unconsciously raised a beautiful arc.

This feeling is very much like a date with A-re!

She suddenly thought so.

Are you satisfied with this?

Lu Baixi smiled disdainfully in her mind.

Don't forget, we still have the grand ambition of crushing Li Re under our feet!

That's your feat, not mine!

Lu Baixi responded happily.

Tsk... I knew you weren't firm in your stance!

Lu Baixi said unhappily.

At this time, a soft voice suddenly sounded in front of them: "Are you two from outside the Crucible City? After a long dark journey, would you like a cup of hot Crucible Wine to warm yourself up? It only takes one Silver Moon Coin!"

Lu Baixi came back to her senses from her secret joy and communication with Lu Baixi, and looked up, she saw a small girl standing in front of them, looking up at Li Re, a pair of black horns and a slightly pale face were revealed under her withered yellow hair. Li Re paused and looked at the "wine bottles" placed on the cart towed by the figure.

The bottle has a rolling scarlet color.

It's like magma, really hot!

"A silver moon coin?"

Of course, Li Re did not have the currency of this world - but he knew that where there is communication, there is naturally currency. On the way to the Crucible City, the old witch also mentioned to them that most of the currency used in this land today is the currency of the Silver Moon Age discovered from the "ruins".

Excavating the remains of previous civilizations was something that the barely surviving people in this world did not have the energy to do when Li Re arrived. It was also a job that only started after the Crucible City was built.

The most abundant currency excavated from the ruins is the currency of the Silver Moon Age.

One coin for one bottle of wine.

This price is not expensive.

But no money means no money. Li Re pondered for a moment and thought about what to use as a substitute.

The girl selling wine spoke again: "It seems that you have no Silver Moon Coins, but it doesn't matter, I can also give you a bottle, as long as you help me sell it!"

Li Re was immediately delighted.

This girl is quite good at business!

"Of course I have no problem with selling it - but I don't plan to eat for free." He shook his head: "I don't have Silver Moon Coins, but I can give you this."

He held out his hand.

The little girl pulling the cart was slightly stunned: "This is..."

"Solid fire." He crushed the dark green crystal in his hand with a bang. With a loud noise, a raging flame instantly surged from his palm, scaring the girl so much that she took a half step back and her face flushed.

She stammered, full of excitement, "You...you are the 'Fire Mage'?"

"If you think it is, then it is." Li Re did not comment, and then he squeezed the fire in his hand into a 'crystal' and threw it over: "Here you go."

"This thing should be worth one Silver Moon Coin, right?"

The little girl who caught it in a panic took a deep breath and hesitated for a while, but finally said honestly: "I don't know the specific value of solid fire...but I saw a knight showing off something similar to others."

"I'll trade you this small cart of furnace wine..." She thought for a moment.

"No, I just need one bottle."

Li Re didn't wait for the girl to react before reaching out and taking out a bottle of wine from the cart - he was quite curious about the taste of this 'magma'!

After taking it, he turned and left without waiting for the girl to react.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, looked at the crystal in her hand, then looked at Li Re's back as he turned and left without hesitation, opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly stopped.

because--

The bell is coming!

when!

when!

when!

The long and clear sound of the bell spread throughout the city shrouded in flames. In an instant, the world was silent, and the only sound in the world was the crackling sound of burning flames.

Li Re looked back at the source of the bell sound and thought that this was probably the sound of "end of loop". He glanced at the furnace wine in his hand and shook it gently, and also noticed the look of Lu Baixi looking at him from under his hood.

The girl was also very curious!

But I didn't have time to speak.

The bell that just paused for a moment rang again!

Dangdang Dangdang!

The sound of bells was everywhere, with only a few seconds between each one.

And compared to the last time, this time it will be faster and more urgent!

"The monsters from the abyss are coming!"

Li Re and Lu Baixi looked at each other and realized this.

“It came so quickly and just in time.”

Li Re couldn't help but think so.

At this time, the city, which had become very quiet because of the bell ringing, became even more agitated!

"Everyone, retreat directly towards the inner city!"

Some soldiers shouted loudly.

A roaring sound was heard immediately. Li Re looked in the direction of the sound and saw the burning giants on top of the high walls outside the Furnace City slowly raising their hands. They held huge bows and arrows in their hands - at this moment, they were also aiming at the invisible area outside the city walls.

Aiming at the tidal shadow in the dark world, deeper than the darkness!

That 'monster' from the abyss!

Chapter 375: Crucible Knight, Pus of the Abyss

Of course, Li Re had never seen the so-called "abyss monster" before.

But when he first arrived at this 'Abyss and Fire' dungeon world and was trying to uncover the secrets of this world, he had heard from afar from the then 'Silver Moon Knight' Andrei mentioning the past of the Silver Moon Era.

He knew that in that era, the Giant King who now covered the sky had not risen from the abyss, and the dark giants had not yet occupied the darkness. The threat to people's safety forced 'Silver Moon' Yanike and her deployed Silver Moon Knights to rely on the power of the 'giants' representing one side of the abyss to fight against the existence called 'abyss monster', which also lurked in the darkness!

According to Andrei at the time, they used the power of the abyss to defeat the monsters from the same abyss. Although the power they used went out of control and led to the appearance of a large number of dark giants, those monsters did not make a comeback - instead, they were still suppressed by the raging giants.

And now.

The Giant King is about to revive, and He begins to gather the power that He had "borrowed" from others.

The giants gradually became scarce in the darkness.

It is only natural that the monsters from the abyss would make a comeback!

Looking at the burning giants on the high wall, they slowly raised the huge bows in their hands.

Li Re, who was also feeling the vibration coming from outside the high wall, stopped on the street among the chaotic crowd, slightly narrowed his eyes and thought so.

He looked at Lu Baixi next to him and said with interest: "It's time to be a 'hero'."

"Ah."

Lu Baixi pulled the hood on his head and nodded, and his eyes hidden under the frame of the glasses seemed slightly brighter.

She had already prepared...

If you do a good job, you will move forward instead of retreating.

Be prepared to go against the flow in this chaotic and converging street crowd!

...

"A monster from the abyss?"

at the same time.

On the high wall, as the blazing giant drew his bow and aimed his arrow, the figure who was also standing on the high wall couldn't help but mutter in a low voice. The 'Furnace Knight' was nearly three meters tall, with armor and body. Layers of steam-like white mist gushed out of the gaps in his helmet. His eyes flashed with scarlet light. He tightly grasped the heavy sword and the huge shield in his hands. The darkness within his sight seemed to see the surging tide, and the whole world was roaring!

It was a shadow deeper and darker than the lightless land.