Just as the war around Mycroft's world begins, the Sixth Abyss, the Molten Hell.
In the deepest hall of the Valley of Tears Fortress, there was only the shadow of the Demon King sitting on his throne, quietly staring at the flame in his hand.
It was a blazing white flame. It burned silently, without relying on air or fuel. This flame seemed to come out of nothing, continuously generating holy power from the void, and the pure black devil placed this fire on himself. In the palm of his hand, he could see that when the dark energy in the Demon King's palm touched the white fire, it was like boiling hot oil meeting water. Countless black smoke and white mist spewed out from the place where the two touched, filling the entire place. hall.
If there were any supreme high priests from the Seven Gods Church here, they would definitely be shocked, because this is the completed form of the Seven Gods Church's supreme secret magic, the 'Immortal Flame' - this white flame looks fragile. , but in fact it is connected to the void and can burn forever. Chaos and evil beings hit by it will be burned forever until they repent sincerely or are completely purified.
But now, the Demon King of the Sixth Abyss, Lord Goliath of the Abyss, is holding such a sacred fire and is lost in thought. Although it seems to be staring at the flame in his hand, in fact, his thoughts have drifted back to the long past. .
That was a long, long time ago, so long ago that it was not yet a demon, it had not yet become the lord of the Sixth Abyss, and it had not yet become the king of demons who ruled over all demons.
The Gluttonous Demon King at that time was just an abyss worm awakening around the ruins of an ancient insect civilization.
Cold acid rain beat on the roof of the ancient laboratory shed exposed from the depths of the mountains due to rain erosion. As the internal energy cycle that had been maintained for thousands of years ended due to line collapse, the ancient laboratory was finally forced to end its silent state. , once again opened the door that had been closed for an era, and in the deepest part of the laboratory, a hibernation chamber that had been sealed for a long time was opened, but inside, an experimental insect man was slowly straightening his body, and it opened Open your eyes, look around, and look at this world that has been thousands of years away from its original time.
At that moment, an abyss worm entered through the broken door, got into the laboratory, and then pounced on this perhaps the last normal worm in the world, and when the other person was unable to move due to hibernation, it bit its throat.
Green blood splashed, and the sounds of swallowing raw meat and devouring internal organs could be heard.
That was the first time Goliath swallowed a complete intelligent life soul, and it was also the first time it produced the concept of 'self'.
That was also the first time it swallowed 'the same kind'
Most demons are just survivors of destroyed civilizations in the past, mutated in extreme environments, just like the insect civilization destroyed in the civil war. Their super weapons destroyed the ecological cycle of the entire world, extremely The few survivors struggled to survive in the winter that lasted for hundreds of years. They forgot all knowledge and degenerated into beasts. Thousands of years have passed, and the harsh environment caused the beasts to mutate and alienate again and again, and finally became ferocious and bloodthirsty monsters... Gradually, the insect people lost their name full of glory and pride, and became the name of other civilizations. demon'.
The so-called abyss worms are just the original reproduction method of the insect civilization... Before they had civilization, they were a race that spread their eggs across the sky and the earth and relied on luck to give birth to offspring. After they had civilization, they learned to collectively cultivate their offspring, and also No longer will they scatter their eggs haphazardly and let the larvae worms squirm around. But in the current Sixth Abyss, no demon tribe has this concept.
At that time, Goliath did not know what he would encounter later, nor what he would have to bear. As an extremely greedy demon, he was just glad that he found a large piece of delicious and extremely weak raw meat to fill his stomach. It lasted several days and completed the first transformation. It wasn't until he became the Lord of the Abyss and the King of Demons, and after knowing everything that had happened in this world in the past, that Goliath realized that he might have killed the last normal insect-man in the world.
But so what? The time of the bug-men is long gone. They destroyed themselves, and no one can blame them, let alone demons.
Now, hundreds of years after that satiation, the Demon King is meditating - at this time, it is not thinking about the 'destruction' or 'conquest' that the demons desire, but is thinking about the 'future' and 'hope' .
Is it funny? No. Even if he is the Demon King who is extremely greedy... No, precisely because he is the Demon King who is extremely greedy, Goliath longs for the future and hope that can never be obtained in the abyss.
After all, in the abyss, compared to absolute strength and victory in war, hope for the future is a more rare and incredible thing. Even the most naive devil dare not ask for it. It is precisely because of this that the devil fell into a long silence.
Under the centuries-old rule of the Abyss Lord Goliath, the unified demons no longer drank blood and fought each other in chaos. They regained the basic concept of group and learned how to build cities... The demon army followed in its footsteps. Conquering other worlds, but as the power of the Sixth Abyss continued to expand, the targets of plunder became less and less and became stronger and stronger. The cruel and bloodthirsty demon king in the past finally gradually calmed down, and it began to think about how it should continue. Develop a civilization of demons—not of insect people, but a civilization of demons.
If they continue to wage war like this, one day, the Sixth Abyss will hit the iron plate that they cannot defeat. A civilization more powerful than them will completely destroy the Molten Sea Hell and leave all demons to die without a burial place. This is not Just kidding, Goliath knows that there is no shortage of strong people in the multiverse. Even the world of Mycroft, which was originally the target, has recently shown great potential and strength. This is proof.
So give up the war and develop with peace of mind
Not possible either.
The shadow of the Demon King raised its head, and the map of the Sixth Abyss appeared in its mind—the world it owned was extremely barren in resources, and the poisonous gas and howling winds everywhere were strangling the lives of its people. In this desperate doomsday, Even demons find it difficult to survive. If it weren't for the large amounts of supplies plundered in recent wars, a large number of monsters and demons would have killed each other out of hunger, starting a civil war that spread throughout the abyss. This is also the norm in most abyss. , the remaining lives devour each other until the entire world dies completely, just like the Seventh Abyss.
Thinking of this, even a cruel and ruthless person like Goliath can only remain silent and unable to speak.
Should we use the few remaining resources to build a school so that the next generation of demons can have a glimmer of hope and order, or should we focus all resources on strong men like the Demon Lord and let these beings serve as the main body to continue civilization? For the demons who are too old to complete their labor, should they be cruelly expelled into the wilderness to fend for themselves, or should a concentration camp be established to properly resettle these old but experienced demons
A more extreme question... In order to survive, can we eat the corpses of the same kind? Can parents’ bodies be reused for the sake of future generations? Should we respect the dead and build graves that can provide them with boring psychological care, or should we regard corpses as resources that can be reused and ruthlessly send them to the canteen
Can demons who have long been accustomed to devouring and killing each other really have morality and conscience and pick up the long-gone civilized norms from the garbage heap thousands of years ago
The answer is no.
Now is the end, and this is the abyss—this is the hell that is so abhorred in all legends, the place of eternal damnation, so there is no mercy or redemption here.
This is the problem that civilization that reappears after the destruction of the original world order needs to face.
Demons are demons not because they want to, but because they can only be demons. Insects are doomed to fall. In such a doomsday, as long as life wants to survive, it must give up all reason and morality, because in addition to living, They couldn't ask for more.
The demon king with only the shadow stared at the leaping flame in front of him. This flame was white and hot enough to melt steel and boil rocks. It contained incomparable holy power and could make the ignited Jiyi-level demon wail in pain for seven days and seven nights before dying. , but it can also purify sewage and revive the polluted land, but Goliath silently extinguished the flame in his hand - it didn't want to see this, the holy fire had no effect on the resurrection of the abyss. It wants something else.
The other one can rekindle the world, satisfy its greed, and allow the Demon King to possess the most precious flame of 'future and hope' in the abyss.
Of course, if one day, the demons can get to the point they want, then at their feet will be the bones of other civilizations full of resentment and lamentation. The rebirth of a race must be preceded by the deaths of thousands of other races. The rise of civilization will inevitably cut off the hopes of thousands of other civilizations. Who can criticize whose cruelty and ruthlessness? Who actually sacrificed, who lost everything, who cried in the destruction? Goliath didn't care about that. It is a demon, it is the Demon King, it is the master of the Sixth Abyss.
"I'm going to get it."
Goliath whispered to himself, and then his voice changed from the voice of one man to the echo of millions: "We must get it."
Along with this sound, circles of ripple-like twisted space echoed behind the Demon King, seeming to be replying.
The will of the abyss remains with its lord. Its wish is 'its' wish.
This is their wish.
At this moment, the two demon kings who carried the hope of the demon king were facing their own fears in the Blood Moon Abyss.
Not water, there will be a chapter later
(End of chapter)