In the sky, dark clouds are so dense. Under this sky, all the colors are covered, and only the dark colors are left.

Le carried the oil lamp in his hand and continued to look at the extremely dark desert ahead, smiled and said-

"Did I hear it wrong? Or is it because you have been leisurely for so long for so long that you completely retreated? It's really hard for me to imagine that the dignified Sword of Destiny would ask for help?"

The person behind Le continued to hide in the darkness. He didn't seem to care about Le's slightly mocking tone, but just said lightly-

"Because of this opponent, there is some trouble."

"trouble?"

"………………………………………………I can’t see the other party’s fate clearly. This is the first time I have encountered such a thing. In the past, this situation was only possible when the Angel of Doom participated in the war."

Le raised his head slightly, looked at the darkness in the sky, and said, "Then... do you mean, is the Angel of Doom coming?"

"No."

The voice behind him decisively denied this point.

"I don't know what that is. The only thing I know is that I can't see the fate of that human being. Maybe he will become a very terrible enemy. But it is also possible that he will not have any intersection with us at all, and have another line of fate."

He laughed. Under this dark sky, his laughter seemed so hearty: "Brother, your words are really interesting. They are even more interesting than the human who claims to be my father! He gave me that country to me, and then died on his own. He also asked me to take care of those humans. Do you think there is a joke that is better than this?"

Le shook his head, as if he heard something very funny, and continued, "So I ran out. Whether that country is prosperous has anything to do with me. The life and death of those human beings has nothing to do with me. I used to think that this is the biggest funny thing I can recognize, but I didn't expect that brother, you would actually tell a more funny joke?"

The person standing behind Le didn't laugh. It should be said that he could no longer laugh. After Le finished laughing, he calmly said slowly-

"I don't have time to deal with the affairs of this city. So I can only leave it to you."

Le raised his head and snorted: "Why? I don't plan to participate in the Battle of Gods and Demons. Why do you want me to help you save this city?"

The voice behind him was hoarse, and he said slowly—

“Because, that’s your ‘responsibility’.”

"responsibility?"

"That's all. If you are still one of the members of the demon clan, you should be able to understand what I mean. I have my own things to do, and whether you can fulfill your 'responsibility' depends on your own."

After that, the voice behind him disappeared.

When Le turned his head and lifted the oil lamp in his hand, there was no figure behind him. Only the towering cliff still stood here, silently standing in front of him...

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Le shook his head, stretched out his hand, and slightly pushed away the light green hair in front of Liuhai. As he shook his head, the long braid also slowly shook. A different color was embellished in the darkness.

"Forget it! Anyway, I want to see if the king of this country will agree with my request. I just hope that the little beauty I saw last time would not die."

While thinking, Le walked towards the locked door. As he walked, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Ah~~~ If I weren't dead, could I marry her successfully? Hehe, it would be great if I was willing to marry me. I am really a very personal girl. I must take her to many places to play and let her see my skills. I will never throw my wife aside like before, just paying attention to the 'national affairs' that is meaningless."

He stretched out his hand and pushed open the locked door. Looking at the dark tunnel in front of him, Le smiled, and the color on his face slowly changed to gentleness. He took out a pendant on his neck and opened it. He revealed a picture of a sixteen-year-old girl inside, and looked at it gently...

"Ashi. Where is your soul now?"

The girl in the photo looks old-fashioned, dressed in luxurious clothes, and on her head, she has the queen's crown. But on the corner of her mouth, she shows an equally gentle smile, like a smile that can tolerate everything.

"No matter where you are now, I hope you can bless me and let me chase that girl. This time, I feel that I will no longer ignore your illness because I was busy with the work of the country. I will spend all my time taking good care of her and loving her. I will immerse myself in the happiest world. I will never let you worry about me until the last moment, for fear that I will not be able to live a good life. Can you... support me?"

The girl in the photo still only showed a faint smile. Looking at this smile, Le's light green eyes also had a slight smile. He closed the pendant and stuffed it into his inner clothes. After that, he once again carried the heavy packages and walked step by step into this world surrounded by layers of darkness...

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In the woods, now it is day.

The dazzling sunlight fell from the sky, illuminating every part of the woods. Here, and the outside world, are like two completely extremes. There is no light outside.

And here, there seems to be no night.

What time is it now? Is it morning or afternoon? Or evening?

No one knows.

In this world where there is no more day and night, it seems that the only thing people can follow is to wake up, open their eyes, sleepy, and close their eyes. Even the clocks brought in by some people are now useless.

Around the tall trunk of the Duran tree are many simple tents built by leaves and branches. If you look closely, you will find that these tents were not built by humans, but more like they grew out of the ground for people to live in.

The surviving people looked at the branches and leaves, and compared them with the largest Duran tree in the entire grove. It was almost impossible to use much botanical knowledge, and people knew that the place they lived in was completely given by this tree.

When some people recognize that this tree is the divine tree that was planted only in churches or sacrificial platforms - Duran. These people who have lost their homes and relatives will never forget to come to this big tree and pray with a pious mood.

"Mom, is this the legendary 'world tree' of the Hero King?"

When a child occasionally calls Duran Duran by the name "World Tree", the people around him couldn't help but feel a little tacit in their hearts. The name "World Tree Duran" is also silently and engraved in their hearts.

"Ah, Lord Brad, hello."

An old man with thick calluses on his hands crawled out of the tree house. He was holding a pot of fruit in his hand.

Brad, the deputy captain of the Blood Knight, nodded at the old man, smiled, and said, "Dad Buffon, how are you doing recently?"

The old man laughed, then shook his head with some difficulty and said, "That's it. After a month here, how do you live, how do you live, how do you live? I just..."

Mr. Buffon, who was once a blacksmith, looked up at the magnificent brother-in-law house built on the tree of the world and said in disappointment.

"I just...want to know when that adult...will come out again? I want to thank the adult myself...for giving us food and shelter...and at the same time, we also gave us a shelter."

Brad also raised his head and looked at the big tree. After a moment, he turned around and smiled, saying, "Don't worry. The captain will definitely not ignore everyone. When the captain finds ways to think about how to solve these problems, we, the Blood Knight, will be responsible for protecting everyone's lives and maintaining the order in this 'Gift Forest'. Please believe that Captain, everything will be fine."

"Yes, yes, of course I believe it, of course I believe it."

Dad Buffon laughed. Compared to the moment of that day, there was no longer a look of despair on his face. At this time, an old woman's head was poked out from the tent of the tree. After seeing Bled, she nodded slightly. Then she began to urge Dad Buffon: "Why are you still here? Wouldn't you go quickly?"

Dad Buffon nodded and saluted Knight Brad. After that, he quickly held the fruit in his hand and walked towards the other side of the "Forest of Gifts".

Forest of Gifts - This is the name given by the people who entered here unanimously.

This forest always seems to bring people too much surprise. Even those students who have always lived in the school have never imagined that the facts are so different from the past before entering this forest that is said to be dirty and messy and is still living in scumbags.

Within this barrier, this forest seems to have no boundaries. It is as vast as it can reach the entire world

Fruits always bear from time to time on the surrounding trees, giving people here a meal to satisfy their hunger.

There is no hunger or coldness here. Although the place to live is not too spacious, the soft grass is not bad to sleep.

Heaven.

If we can only use one word to describe this, then there is probably only one word like this.
Chapter completed!