The little queen had a dream.
This is very unusual. As the aggregate of the consciousness of the Dragon Ant Queen of all ages, she is not a human being, nor is she a demon. She hardly dreams, but every time she dreams, she cannot take it lightly.
There was a vast mist in the dream, she descended from the sky and slowly fell into the mist.
The mist was pushed away, revealing the black swamp beneath his feet, which was as vast as a lake.
She landed on the top of the swamp, and there was a woman who was also floating there, and black blood flowed continuously from her eye sockets, as if she were tears of pain.
The woman was wearing a gorgeous palace dress, but if you look closely, she has no feet.
They looked at each other from a distance, as if staring at their own half.
They are indeed half-lengths of each other, but one represents good and the other represents evil.
"I thought you had given up," the woman said.
"I originally planned to give up." The little queen said.
"Then why did you choose her again?" the woman asked.
The little queen thought for a while, and said lightly: "Probably because I saw something... different in her."
"It's just an ordinary human being, who will get carried away because of the huge power that descended from the sky, and be resentful because of the pain that they have to bear. They are greedy and cowardly, arrogant and inferior. Such people can actually support a domain. It's ridiculous. It is." The woman said with a sneer.
"That's why you turned to the Demon King of Power?" The little queen replied with an equally mean sneer.
The woman was silent, and her bloody eyes quietly "looked" at the sky, as if seeing a hint of fate through the fog.
"I saw him." She murmured nonchalantly, "The future Demon King of Destruction."
"oh?"
"The power of the Demon King of Power is admirable, but destruction is also awe-inspiring." The woman said, with a sudden smile, "Now I understand why 'she' would prostrate at the feet of the Demon King of Destruction, even if it was a A force that is repulsive to 'order'."
The "she" she was talking about was naturally the Dragon Ant Queen who had just died.
"I didn't turn to power either, I was just... like you," the woman said.
The little queen understood what she was talking about. As "personalities" split from the same source, they were connected with each other.
The little queen is tired of the cycle that must be repeated every twenty years: the old queen dies, chooses a new heir, and then continues this dilapidated domain until she collapses and goes crazy... They are all tired of it.
So she dealt with all this negatively, preparing to watch the destruction of the underground ant city, but Aya's decision on the verge of life and death touched her, and made her feel a little absurd expectation—maybe she is different
Maybe this little girl who grew up in a remote tribe, suffered discrimination, and couldn't even read the words, has a different soul
The little queen also doesn't know whether Aya can still maintain the kindness in her heart after she has endured the torment of fate, whether she will give birth to the inner demon in the long despair and pain like them, whether she will go to Crazy and depraved
"I want to try again." The scene of the girl crying and taking off the blindfold appeared in the little queen's mind. For the bravery and kindness she gave at that moment, she was willing to believe again.
The woman looked at her indifferently, for a long time, and said calmly: "I know, but I will stop you, using my 'method'."
"Whatever you want," said the little queen.
"There is no need for this field to be passed on, and it is impossible to pass it on. It's okay to tell you that the holy fire maidens who betrayed the queen have gathered here and are about to start the ceremony. Arrival. At that time, no one can stop the Demon King of Power, and she will definitely annex this domain and make the underground ant city a part of the ideal country." The woman said, "But maybe, before that, the underground ant city has collapsed Yes. You can also feel it, this fragile field is already vulnerable. If there is no other force supporting it, it would have fallen apart long ago."
"Their actions are very fast... Thank you for your reminder, then I will hurry up and set off now." The little queen looked at her half body with complicated emotions.
The woman also looked at her, silent.
The little queen sighed lightly, but did not ask that sentence in the end: Actually, you also hope that she can be different from those people, right? Even after experiencing so many disappointments, in the end, our hearts still hope for the impossible.
The fog gradually dissipated, and the swamp under his feet gradually disappeared, and the surrounding world fell into a grotesque, and finally dissipated like a dream.
The little queen sat up, looking at Aya who was sleeping by the window sill, and Qi Leren who was stroking the scriptures as if lost in thought.
"The situation has changed. Wake her up. We will go to the sacred fire place now." The little queen stood up and said to Qi Leren.
Qi Leren closed the book and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"
"The group of holy fire virgins can't wait any longer. If it continues, they may start the summoning ceremony of the Utopia—no, before that, they will extinguish the holy fire first. Although the holy fire cannot be extinguished by water, it can be extinguished by blood. Extinguished, before they kidnapped and killed other candidates in large numbers, just to get enough blood." The little queen said seriously.
Qi Leren thought more than she did. He thought about it and asked cautiously: "Apart from the supporters of the Demon King of Power, are there other forces taking advantage of the troubled waters?"
"Who are you referring to?"
"... Kill the Demon King." Qi Leren said, recalling the task reminder given by the system.
The little queen showed a dignified look: "I was just skeptical before... You know that this ceremony shouldn't have started?"
Qi Leren nodded: "I heard that the Dragon Ant Queen actually chose an heir?"
"That's right, she carefully selected the heir, but at the juncture of the inheritance, the heir was assassinated by a maid, resulting in the failure of the inheritance, but the assassin escaped—maybe he is still in the palace of the Dragon Ant Queen," said the little queen. Then, there was a sudden pause.
"Or maybe the assassin is among this group of candidates." Qi Leren said.
The little queen nodded: "At first I suspected that the assassin was a follower of the demon king of power, but now that I think about it, it may not be the case. The demon king of power hopes to annex the underground ant city completely, so she should bother to confuse the chosen heir instead Assassinated people at the last moment, causing the underground ant city domain to almost collapse."
"If the territory of the underground ant city collapses, who will benefit from it?" Qi Leren asked.
"Originally, I couldn't think of anyone who would benefit, but you reminded me just now." The little queen gave him a deep look, "It's the Killing Demon King."
"Isn't he sealed?"
"This is also a secret of the demon world. The Demon Slayer was suppressed in the lake of fire by the Demon King of Power. One of the most important seals is the underground ant city. If the underground ant city is not destroyed, the real body of the Demon Slayer is almost impossible. Break free from the seal, so he must hope that the underground ant city will collapse as soon as possible." The little queen said solemnly.
"Is it possible that his consciousness has broken free from the seal?" Qi Leren remembered what the system prompt said.
"It's not impossible. There was indeed a change in the lake of fire before. In this way, maybe the incarnation of the Killing Demon King was also mixed in this ceremony... The situation is more complicated." The little queen looked serious.
Aya woke up slowly, confused and nervous after hearing the conversation between the two: "What's the matter? Is it dawn?"
"The situation has changed, we set off overnight." The little queen said.
On the way to the seam of the sacred fire, Aya was not in the situation. She looked at Qi Le people frequently, and finally Qi Le people patiently explained the situation to her: "Many of the group of holy fire virgins have died. Betrayed the queen and turned to the power demon king, now they are preparing to extinguish the holy flame, and then summon the Utopia to come."
"Summon Utopia to come?" Aya was taken aback.
"Yes, using a very evil ritual..." Qi Le people have experienced it before, but even now recalling the horrible situation at that time, they still shudder. Summoned, that ferocious monster from a different dimension...
Aya didn't know why, but she could see the danger from Qi Leren's dignified face.
"Strange, why did the demon disappear?" Qi Leren, who had walked for a while, felt something strange and asked the little queen.
The little queen stopped and stared straight ahead.
Qi Leren followed her line of sight, and there was still a fog that could not be dispelled, but in the fog...
The uninhabited buildings along both sides of the street stood there, but the corpses of girls hung one after another under the eaves.
Aya covered her mouth and looked at them in horror.
Honey ants, maids, virgins of the holy fire... No matter what their identities were in life, here, at this moment, they are all the same.
But the blood is drained, and there is no use for the corpse.
And at the end of this group of corpses, a bloody and evil conspiracy has revealed its ferocious fangs.