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Then I heard Li Re in front of me continue:

"You are my 'Knight', and a 'Knight' must rely on the 'Master' to exist!" He said it casually and confidently.

"Oh, don't get me wrong, I didn't say I would deprive you of your power as the 'king' of this city." At the end, he suddenly waved his other hand: "What I want to say is that if you want to do something, just do it. As your backer, I will always support you-"

"And I suppose you're not so honest, are you? Miss Rebellious Knight?"

"Just leave the biggest guy to me!" Li Re raised his finger and pointed to the sky, his meaning was self-evident.

Do whatever you want to do...Antis chewed on this sentence, raised his blue eyes and looked at Li Re, who responded with a signature, unbridled smile.

Then Antis finally understood what Li Re meant.

Then the girl who looked like both a princess and a knight smiled even more brilliantly.

She said, "I will."

"I won't be polite with you - my lord." The rebellious female knight seemed eager to try!

...

"Your Excellency, 'Great Elder', have you really decided to hand over the future direction of the Crucible City to His Highness Antis?"

A dark and cold space.

In the large underground library after everyone left.

A fire lit up, and a figure walked out from the passage behind the deepest door - a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a thick beard walked out with a fire in his hand, and his face illuminated by the fire looked quite hesitant.

"Chairman Anri, please stop being so elusive."

The old man sitting on the floor of the library opened his eyes and responded. He looked at the man who suddenly appeared from behind the door and said seriously, "Don't you believe in my decision?"

"It's not that I don't believe it, but it's too early."

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Her Highness Antis is very talented, but she is still too young after all... In fact, you should ask more about the Lord of Time."

"He is the real savior of this world."

"The Lord of Time is indeed very strong. Although I cannot feel everything, I know that he is no less powerful than Her Majesty Yanike back then. He does have the ability to break through this darkness." The Great Elder did not deny the middle-aged man's words: "But I am not the only one who gave the choice to His Majesty Antis."

"The Lord of Time is the same - it can be seen that he is very good to Antis, the kind of real good, and he also intends to cultivate her."

"Moreover."

"You underestimate His Majesty Antis."

"She'll make her choice."

Anri, holding the flame in his hand, was slightly stunned when he heard the words of the old man in front of him. He also wanted to say something.

The next second, the old man suddenly spoke.

"Look, isn't this coming?"

He said so.

The words that Anri was about to say were stuck in his throat.

Because of this sudden fire——

And because of this moment, the message emerged from the fire.

'After three hourglass days, put out the fire'

'Actively awaken the Giant King'

"——"Moon Princess" An Tis, "Time Savior" Li Re"

This is the fire of the furnace.

It is also the 'fire' used to send messages in the Crucible City.

The old man looked at the message and laughed for the first time in his life!

Chapter 396 Fire Extinguishing

Since there is only one chance left.

Then just go for it - make one last attempt!

This will ensure that everyone's efforts will not be wasted and that the knights with only their last bit of strength left will have the possibility of seeing a successful future.

This is Antis' idea.

This is also the plan proposed by Li Re.

Rather than passively waiting for the abyss monsters to attack again and again in larger scale until the Abyss City can no longer resist, it is better to take the initiative to put out the fire and awaken the sleeping ancient giant king.

Thus.

Facing the giant king in his prime in the sky, Li Re could also fight with all his strength.

No more worries!

Therefore, during this hourglass day, not only the 'Grand Elder' and 'Speaker' in the Great Library received the message from 'Fire'.

People in the city.

Even Yabulu, the 'High Wall Guardian' who returned to the outside of the high wall of the furnace, received such a message.

Where the furnace fire shines,

The message of 'fire' can reach everyone.

This tall furnace knight just stood in front of the towering furnace wall. He looked back at the prosperous city inside the wall that was collapsing towards the center, and recalled the shocking fact said by the "Great Elder" before. The eyes revealed between the gaps in the heavy furnace armor seemed somewhat solemn. Yabulu still just wanted to guard this high wall, but he also knew better that the dangers he would face in guarding this high wall would be far greater than before!

only...

"I must not retreat."

Yabulu took a deep breath and exhaled a breath of scorching hot steam from under his armor. He thought of the Furnace Knights and his predecessors who had turned into statues underground. He raised his hand and grasped the huge heavy sword at hand, and his gaze looking into the distance became even more solemn.

Compared to the solemnity in the hearts of the 'guardians of the high walls', the soldiers on the high walls were obviously not so calm.

They looked at Fire's message in astonishment, with disbelief written all over their faces.

The soldiers on the wall did so.

There is no need to say much about the people in the city.

Everyone knew that once the fire was extinguished, the entire Furnace City would be completely shrouded in darkness.

The abyss will have no scruples anymore.

The cold will also take away all vitality.

The prosperity accumulated over the years will no longer exist.

This is what no one wants to see.

The travelers who came from afar were shocked, and the residents of the Crucible City quickly gathered together and rushed to the "meeting room" in front of the furnace, demanding an explanation from the leader of the "Crucible Faction", the "Moon Princess".

The bustling and noisy crowd soon broke through the soldiers guarding in front of the meeting hall - the soldiers were also confused, and faced with these citizens who came to seek explanations, they did not try too hard to stop them.

On this day, the bustling Crucible City seemed to be boiling like a furnace.

Everyone seen in the area where the fire was raging was filled with anger.

...

The Crucible City had experienced periods of chaos in the past. Resources in the Dark Ages were limited, and unfairness could easily occur when limited resources were allocated.

The original residents who came from the camp period, the new citizens who came from outside... various complex factors led to conflicts that broke out more than once, and even a large-scale riot in the end, forcing the "City Builder" Andrei at that time to come out personally to appease.

But this time.

Faced with the indignation of the citizens in the city, no one stepped forward.

'The Speaker' did not.

The 'Great Elder' did not.

Neither did 'Moon Princess'.

They simply allowed the citizens to surround the meeting hall for two full hourglass days.

The soldiers had not received any orders to expel the citizens.

Under the crackling flames of the furnace, the entire city seemed to be in some strange state.

It is boiling like a furnace.

Yet it seemed to be frozen in place.

The hourglass in the meeting room turned upside down twice, and the flames on the high walls burned twice.

Two days later.

'Fire' finally sent a message again.

'One more day to put out the fire'

Compared to two days ago, the fire on the furnace had dimmed visibly.

People seem to have finally realized that the message of extinguishing the fire cannot be changed.

The indignation in the hearts of the citizens finally turned into powerlessness.

In the dark ages, the power of fire is not in the hands of most people.

They just don't understand, don't comprehend, and are confused.

Confused as to why it turned off.

What will happen to the Furnace City after it is shut down?

And this time.

New 'message' emerges for the third time.

"Antetus, a warning to the citizens of Furnace City"

The flames left such tracks wherever the furnace shone, sending a message that even an illiterate person could understand.

"People of the Crucible, I know you are all angry, confused, bewildered, and thinking."

'In two days, I went from excitement to confusion'

'And now, it's time for you to know the whole truth'

"In the 3,072 hourglass days since the Crucible was built, you have all left deep footprints in this city. But at this moment, the abyss has invaded and darkness has descended. The high wall erected on the edge of the Crucible has reached its limit. It can no longer block the next attack and can no longer serve as a barrier for you."

"But the target of the abyss is not you, nor us, nor the furnace, but the land beneath our feet."

"I know you may not believe it, but the fire of the furnace is just a prison of darkness hidden deep in this land. The soil you stand on was once the 'heart' of the giant king who caused the fall of the silver moon."

"If the Crucible is engulfed by darkness, the Giant King will awaken from the sky."

'Rather than sit and wait, it is better to take the initiative'

"But this battle has nothing to do with you. After the flames are extinguished, the darkness will also usher in a deeper riot."

'One day later, the furnace went out'

"I hope all residents in the city will leave within this day."

"The last firewood in the city will be distributed to everyone, so that you will not lose your way in the darkness."

''An Tiss, present'

...

"The evacuation has begun."

at the same time.

In the deepest part of the meeting hall in the Crucible City, as Antis' message about fire was released, Li Re could clearly feel that the 'fire' in the Crucible City was receding - not only the fire in the furnace, but also the surging fire of the people.

Two days ago, they were very angry.

Two days later, the anger in their hearts gradually subsided. After hearing the "truth", they became more thoughtful and hesitant.

Believe it or not, they had no choice in the face of a fire that was doomed to go out.

And under the order of Antis to distribute the remaining firewood in the "Furnace City".