Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Go through the hallway.

What appeared in the vision of the embers was a prayer hall with a high dome.

The slightly thin sunlight pierced through the clouds and sprinkled some spots of light in the prayer hall.

But this church is just a replica after all, what he reproduces is only the building, no people.

For example, the giant judge in the prayer hall, who was almost as tall as the dome, was summoned and vowed to guard the princess' church gun.

Perhaps feeling emotionally touched by the scene, Ember stopped, and took out an ornament covered with green rust from her bosom.

【Church Gun】

[Decoration of sprouts with green rust.

The buds are the pattern of Princess Fei Liannuoer.

After being equipped, it will become the swearer of the 'Cathedral Gun'.

The gun of the church is the guardian who protects the princess's sleep,
When the outlaws invaded the church, there was a call from the judge,
Turned into the oath spirit to go hunting.

(When this item is equipped, it will be automatically summoned)

And the oath spirit, who is the gun of the church, will be given shelter. 】

Possessing the oath certificate of the 'Gun of the Church' means that he also fought for that princess.

Not for protection, but for liberation.

The princess who was sealed in the Ring City and could only be freed at the end of the world brought her to be liberated.

There is no need for Arianna to lead the way.

Ember looked towards the left arch at the end of the prayer hall, and went straight through.

Behind is a spiral upward staircase, and on the platform at the end of the staircase, there is an extinguished bonfire.

Whoa!
A faint flame slowly ignited from the ashes, restoring some warmth to the already cooled bonfire.

Ember calmly withdrew her palm and looked to the right side of the platform——

At the end of the corridor, there is an elevator room, which can go directly to Felianoer's bedroom.

Boom!

Step on the round stone slab in the middle of the disc, amidst the roaring sound of friction.

The elevator room was activated, and the disk slowly rose.

When the disc reached the top floor, the steeple solidified under the dusk also appeared in Ember's sight.

Ember climbed the stairs to the top of the tower without any hesitation, and came to the closed door.

Rumble!
Amidst the heavy rolling sound, the door was slowly pushed, opening a gap that could only accommodate one person.

Through the gap, Ember saw a princess.

Wearing a white and flawless long dress, holding a gigantic egg with a broken egg shell, the princess who fell into an eternal sleep.

"Philianol."

Ember murmured in a low voice, staring at the girl's beautiful face slightly absent-minded.

Although he knew that it was just an oil painting and not the real Felianoer, he still inevitably fell into memory.

A long time ago, the world was undifferentiated and shrouded in thick fog.There are gray rocks, towering trees and immortal dragons everywhere.

Then, one day, the initial fire was lit.With Rise of Fire, the world began to look different.

Heat and cold, life and death, light and dark.

Then, several species born from the darkness were attracted by the fire and found the king's soul around the fire: the first dead Nite, the witch of Izaris, Gwen, the sun king, and his knights .

After they gained the power of the king, they challenged the ancient dragon.Gwen's Thunder pierced through the rock-like scales, the Witch's flames formed a storm, and Nite set off a miasma of death.With the betrayal of the scaleless white dragon Hiss, the ancient dragon was finally defeated, and the age of fire began.

In Rhodeland, this is a well-known legend and history.

But not all history.

Because those who found the king's soul in the dark, there are also tiny human beings that 'no one knows'.

And these "unknown" small human beings also participated in the dragon hunting war that was remembered by history!
As the winner of the Dragon Hunting War, the protoss reigned supreme in Anor Londo and ruled the world.

The witches get Izaris, a detached status.

Nite is in charge of the life and death of the entire natural world and even everything beyond the natural world. He lives deep in the deepest and darkest place of the giant cemetery, and no one dares to set foot on his plane, even God.

Even Gu Long's betrayer, White Dragon Hiss, became the relative of the Sun King Gwen as a duke, and got Gwen's great soul.He even grandiosely carried out inhumane research in the big library as a duke, hoping to obtain immortality.

They all got everything they wanted, except humans.

Obviously human beings are also the victors of the dragon hunting war and have made indelible contributions to this war, but they are still 'unknown'.

Because the reward they got was Ring Seal City!It is the end of the world!
It is the place of exile created by the gods for the dwarves!It's a walled and isolated city!
In order to completely erase the influence of the dwarves, exile is far from enough.

The achievements of the dwarves, their contributions in the dragon hunting war, and even the traces of their existence were completely erased the moment they entered the Ring City, and they became 'unknown' ever since!
But even so, the gods still set a lot of seals for the dwarves who entered the ring city!
Not just the dwarves themselves, their weapons, their armor, everything they've ever known is set under the seal of fire!
And the reason for all this is just as Cass said:

King Gwen is deeply afraid of the darkness. He is worried that the fire will go out, those who belong to the darkness, and that human beings may give birth to the king of darkness, fearing the cycle of heaven.So I kept spreading fire, ordering my own children to lead and restrain people, let you humans forget everything, live in ignorance, and avoid the birth of the king of darkness!

Cass is undoubtedly a liar, but he is a good liar.

He will not deceive you with pure lies, but will guide the undead to the path he wants, guided by the truth.

Gwen was indeed deeply afraid of the darkness, so he exiled the dwarves to the Ring City, sealed everything about the dwarves with a fire seal, and made humans forget that they were once kings of the dwarves, and that their ancestors also participated in the dragon-hunting war Great cause!
Just like the description of Dragon Head Shield:
In the past, the Knights of the Ring, at the behest of the gods,

Join the ranks of the dragon hunt,
Only their exploits will never be celebrated.

When the dwarves were exiled in the Ring City, when everything about them was sealed with fire and all traces left in Rhodeland were wiped away, the only thing that could make them feel relieved was perhaps the Sun King His youngest daughter, Princess Felianoer.

Ring Seal City is the place of the end of the world, a place of exile created by the gods for the dwarves, but the dwarves don't know it.They naively thought that Ring City was a paradise like Izaris, a reward given to them by the gods for recognizing their achievements.

Perhaps in order to confuse the dwarves, the Sun King Gwen rewarded the dwarves with the "Ring Seal City" and his youngest daughter at the same time.

[Special envoy's small ring flag]

[The small ring flag used by the special envoy of King Gwen in ancient times.

Hold this up against the ring, and the porters will come.

It is said that the Great King sent Huanyin City, where the end of the world is located,
Together with the beloved young girl, it is given to the dwarves who get the dark soul.

This is proof that one day he will go to meet her. 】

Felianoer may know the truth, that's why the Sun King promised to meet her one day.

But it's just a lie after all.

Until the end of the world, the Protoss failed to keep their promise.

And Sun King Ge Wen, perhaps never thought of fulfilling his promise.

Ge Wen is a king, but by no means a hero.

Perhaps at the moment he bestowed the youngest daughter to the dwarf, he had already foreseen what would happen to Felianoer——

The dwarf who learned the truth brutally killed her as the youngest daughter of the Sun King in a fit of rage.

However, none of this happened.

The dwarf who learned the truth was angry, and his heart may have been filled with resentment.

That's why the ring-sealed knights took off their helmets and put on the black cloth soaked in the abyss, especially covering their eyes with more layers of cloth.This is their weak resistance to the gods in order not to let the seal of fire wipe out all invisible things.

But even so, they still love and support Princess Felianoer from the bottom of their hearts.

Until the end of the world, until the slave knight Gail slaughtered the dwarves king and had his legs cut off, the dwarf king who survived the slaughter still struggled to crawl to Felianoer's bedroom, trying to get to this place. A princess seeks redemption.

And what about Felianoer?

Maybe she has resentment towards her father who abandoned her?

But she is still performing her duties and fulfilling the agreement with the Protoss.

At the cost of her life, she sealed the darkness that Ge Wen was afraid of, and fell into a deep sleep ever since.

As a descendant of the immortal ancient dragon, Midil has always been faithfully guarding her, devouring the overflowing darkness, until he himself was also swallowed by the darkness and suffered a lot.

Even though she was betrayed and abandoned, even though the gods had long since dissipated, she still fulfilled her mission well.

To the protoss, she has already done her best.

All that remains is redemption.

With a little nostalgia in his eyes, Ember gently reached out to touch the giant egg in the girl's arms.

Click!Ka~!

The eggshell shattered into pieces the moment it was touched, and finally collapsed like a building.On the girl's long skirt, it was torn apart, revealing the deep darkness inside the white eggshell that was the opposite of it.

The holy light then bloomed, completely illuminating the entire room and wrapping Ember's body.

Arianna was standing just outside the gate.

The light was one step away in front of her, but it couldn't leave the room.

She watched all this happening calmly, everything was the same as what happened last time, nothing seemed to have changed.

"My lord, please accept everything from me."

The girl's soft calling sounded beside Ember's ears, and Ember slowly raised her head.

The blind princess was holding out her hand to his head with a smile, and the warm fire flowed from her palm into the ember's body.That is the king soul, one of the king souls divided into nine parts.

It was a parting gift given to her by Ember himself, but now it is just a return to the original owner.

Arianna stood quietly at the door.

After the light dissipated, she returned to the room.

The layout of the house remains the same, and the huge painting depicts a beautiful and indescribable girl.And in her arms, she held a giant egg that was broken but mostly intact.

And the embers that had just entered the room had disappeared.

Everything seemed to return to the way it was before, without any change.

Arianna grabbed the edge of the door and seemed to want to close the door and leave.

But at this moment, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a faint smile on the corner of the girl's mouth in the painting.

Arianna's expression moved slightly, because this time it seemed to be different.

But she still didn't do anything.

Just close the door calmly and let everything return to calm.

She returned along the same path, walked down the stairs, and returned to the lower floor through the elevator.

Through the corridor guarded by the statue of the knight, she saw the bonfire dying at the end of the stairs.

The burning just now seemed to be some kind of short-lived illusion.

The bonfire was still cold, without any warmth.

Arianna tapped clockwise four times on her chest, and said in a low voice:

"May the goddess bless you, Your Excellency."

She immediately went down the stairs and left the church.

The sun had already set at this time, and the crimson moon had just emerged, slightly dimmed under the cover of cloudy clouds and mist.

But suddenly, the crimson moonlight on the snow-covered ground outside the church suddenly became darker and thicker!

Arianna raised her head and found that the cloud and mist in the mid-air had dissipated, and the crimson moon, which was more than a semicircle, was clearly revealed.Its outline quickly plumped up, and after just a second or two, it turned into a full moon, a full moon as red as blood!
"Blood Moon?"

Arianna's lips moved slightly, and she muttered to herself in a little surprise.

Among the honorable names of the goddess is 'Lord Crimson'.

But Arianna knew that there were other beings competing with the goddess for control of the 'Crimson Moon'.Just like the blood moon that appears from time to time, it is not all controlled by the goddess.

Your Excellency has come to the Church of Evernight almost every day for the past few months, but why does the blood moon appear today?
Arianna was puzzled, and suddenly looked down the mountain as if she had realized something.

There, the figure in broken armor was climbing to the top of the mountain step by step, and came to the church step by step in the wind and snow.

The quiet church in the night is particularly beautiful, and it complements the red moon hanging high in the air, shining coldly on the earth.

But he was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery. He just glanced at the cemetery next to the church. There was a sarcophagus in the cemetery, but the lid had already been lifted, showing an empty interior.He moved his eyes away from the bonfires that were still burning quietly even in the snowstorm, and looked calmly at the church ahead.

At the entrance of the gate of Tranquility Church, a figure appeared in His line of sight at some point.

It was a lady with ordinary facial features, dark eyes, a simple robe, a bark belt, long black hair hanging down, no shoes and socks, and bare feet.

The head of the Night Monastery, the leader of the ascetic monks, the servant of the secret, the angel on the ground, Arianna.

"Good evening, Your Excellency."

Arianna looked up at the tall figure in front of her and greeted softly.

He didn't speak, just stared at the lady in front of him calmly, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Take me to the world of painting."

"it is good,"

Arianna nodded lightly and said, "Your Excellency, please follow me."

He quietly followed Arianna, passed through the Tranquility Church, and entered the familiar but unfamiliar building.

He was greeted by half-kneeling stone statues of knights, and entered the prayer hall.