The self-proclaimed king tells a story to Ivan, a story that begins before the birth of heaven and earth.
In the dark age before the first ray of light in the sky, the sky and the earth were indistinguishable from each other in the dark. Except for the oldest sacred tree, there was nothing on the ground. There was only a large space between heaven and earth that contained infinite darkness. .
On the earth, only the mysterious crystals buried on the ground or underground can emit light, and this became the only light source between heaven and earth at that time.
But in this darkness, miraculously, several races were born.
The elves that grow near the sacred tree and live on the top of the sacred tree, emerge from the depths of the cave, the dwarves who live in the hot underground, and the humans who appear on the earth at some point and build houses with earth and stones, And the devil who was born in the darkness and is the darling of the dark.
As the darlings of darkness, demons in the darkness have advantages that no other race has ever had. Their physical abilities far surpass those of other races. They are also cunning and insidious. The flesh and blood of the soul feeds on, making the other three races miserable.
But even so, the other three intelligent races were still struggling to survive in the dark, and gradually established their own preliminary civilization.
And at this difficult time, in the human race, a wonderful person was suddenly born.
No one knows his name, but this man discovered the magical power of those crystals that were buried on the earth and can only be used as a light source, so he was respected as the leader of the human race, and others called him Dawn's with admiration. The knight, the first-born light, whom the demons resentfully called the usurper of light, could not stop him.
The knight gained the magic power of crystal and became the most powerful warrior in the world, he vowed to exorcise the darkness and demons that threatened his people for the world, so he traveled all the races, from dwarves, from elves, from his own race Got like-minded companions.
Together with him, a total of nine knights, plus warriors of various races, embarked on the road of crusade against the king of demons and drive out the darkness.
After untold hardships, they finally succeeded. At the moment when the Demon King was successfully defeated, the first light in the world bloomed in the east of the world. Bright Era.
However, at this time, the knights discovered that this ray of light must be maintained by sacrificing oneself alone, otherwise it will be swallowed up by the darkness sooner or later, so the light of the first life stood up and became a human sacrifice to maintain the ray of light and maintain the entire era of light.
The light of the entire Bright Era is obtained and maintained by igniting the spirit in his body.
"However, the real situation is not as good as the legend says."
The Demon King stared intently at Ivan's face, and after watching him show a thoughtful expression, a satisfied smile appeared on its face.
"The Light of the First Life did not volunteer to be the sacrifice, but from a shameful betrayal. Because of fear and jealousy, six knights finally betrayed the Light of the First Life on the eve of their victory and wounded him with a sneak attack. Forcibly put on the throne of human sacrifice."
"… "
No more words are needed from the Demon King.
In Ivan's mind, because of the story it tells, many fragments of memory have begun to recover.
He saw the sharp sword stabbing from behind, and vaguely felt the phantom pain in his chest. An anger surged in his heart, which was the shame of being betrayed by his most trusted companion.
He saw several people's eyes mixed with astonishment, fear and madness, and heard his own hysterical roar.
The scene in front of him flashed back and forth like a slideshow, and finally stopped on the face of a person he knew well.
It was the tomb guard girl. At this time, she had not put on the veil, and her eyes were still intact. Her eyes were like two shining stars, but they were full of sadness, and tears were flowing in her. On the jade-like cheeks.
"Eve..."
Unconsciously, Ivan chanted such a name.
He had already believed that what the Demon King said was true. After all, in his mind, there were many fragments of memories about that story.
"Come on, this is for you."
With an evil smile, the Demon King stretched out his fingers, took off the underworld god pierced on the bone staff, and threw it in front of Ivan.
"I still saved his life, I wanted to torture him, but, is he your enemy? Seeing as we met, you are also my most respected opponent, I leave this opportunity for revenge to you."
Ivan looked down at him. The underworld god who guarded the border for the entire Bright Era was really not dead. He raised his dying head and looked at Ivan quietly.
"I am sorry."
He spoke to Ivan in spoken language, begging for his forgiveness.
Having guarded the edge of an entire era for the entire Bright Era, the Underworld God is undoubtedly a respectable and noble deity.
Ivan pulled out the black greatsword behind his back, and the rage of the Demon God of Wrath ignited his greatsword.
"Yet you betrayed me."
Facing the prayers of the Underworld God, Ivan showed no mercy and cut off his head with his sword.
A deep purple aura appeared in the air, flew around the Demon King, and then drilled into Ivan's body. The Demon King just watched, but did not stop it.
Aura penetrated into Ivan's body, and in Ivan's mind, all kinds of memory fragments about the god of the underworld suddenly flashed.
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"Before the coronation ceremony tomorrow, I hope you can rest for a while, open one eye and close one eye."
In the dark night, the white knight came to the tent of Hades and asked the diligent knight who never rested:
"For the sake of our plan, I hope you can be a little lazy for a while this time."
"Is this really a necessary evil?"
The diligent knight was silent for a moment and asked.
"Yes, only he can afford that position, this position, you can't, I can't, Baldwin is far from it."
The white knight persuaded:
"We can't just let this hard-earned light fade away, and we can't ignore the world of tomorrow."
The industrious knight was persuaded by him, so in the darkest hours before dawn the next day, he broke his knightly oath and entered a short sleep.
The conspiracy succeeded, and the former leader was sent to the throne where the sacrifice sat.
The remaining knights rejoiced and divided their worlds, but the diligent knights felt ashamed, so they offered to guard the frontier for the whole world to atone for their sins.