The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 677 The First and Last Betrayal
Without warning, the ground began to shake and churn.

The group of people who had just disembarked from the treasure ship "Baiyin" suddenly became serious.

"...Is this place about to collapse?"

Ao Feishi fiddled with the strings a little uneasily.

He looked at the female centaur Lucia: "Can I take a look, Lulu?"

"let me try……"

Lucia stepped on her four hooves with some anxiety, and stretched out her white and slender hands forward—her nails were sharp, white and bright, like jade flakes.

As she sorted out something in the void, her expression became more and more dignified.

"Fortunately, it's not about to collapse."

She took a deep breath: "But you still have to be careful..."

But at this time, the second wave of shocks swept across.

It was like an invisible roar—the ground didn't move this time, and the surrounding ancient low stone buildings didn't suffer any damage.But they staggered backwards... as if they were pushed hard by something, and their bodies were instantly submerged in icy chill.

That is the power full of hatred.

Allie's expression changed.

"Feel sorry!"

She shouted hastily.

Celesia frowned slightly, just about to reach out and grab her, but it was still a step too late——

I saw four rainbow-colored bands of light suddenly burst out behind Ai Lei—they looked like wings with weird shapes, tentacles, or even tentacles of some indescribable thing.

The moment the band of light emerged, her body was covered by a stream of colored light, and her whole body turned into a huge illusory figure.

A strong curse breath erupted from her body, forming a colorful halo visible to the naked eye.The halo covered her body, forming a distorted figure in the style of Coraqi-like a witch in an enchantment.

Just staring at her made Celicia throw her head back violently as if she had been hit hard.Ao Feishi felt a less intense dizziness.

The horse people with strong perception ability are even more obvious.

She wailed and staggered back, with blood spilling from her mouth and nose, and blood soaked from her nails in an instant.

The next moment, the iridescent storm formed by the curse surged violently, pushing them away in an instant.

The huge figure in Coraqi's style, like thin origami, quickly disappeared in front of his eyes.

Like the wake left by a jet plane, many iridescent bands of light still remain in the air at distorted angles, illuminating the dark underground.

"That is……"

Ao Feishi looked at the direction Ai Lei was going away in shock: "God?"

It's as shocking as if the fluffy puppet around him suddenly turned into a huge lion...

"...I saw it. It is the half body of the god of bones and betrayal [Skeleton Lord]."

When Ai Lei revealed her real body, the thread of her fate suddenly became clear.

Lucia, a centaur who can look directly at fate, said with a complex expression: "Do you still remember the story she told before coming here?"

According to the rules of the Silver Brigade, all those who want to borrow "silver" to go to the destination must tell a story of their own—that is, why they went there. Willing to take each other for a ride.

And the story Ai Lei told...was that her father abandoned her without warning, and Ai Lei planned to catch up with her to find out.Only recently did she find out that her father was planning to go to the destroyed Duchy of Sangsong——

Why was such a lovely girl abandoned?

And why did her father insist on going to the Principality of Sangsong, which was almost forgotten by people?
This did make Celesia a little interested.

Her request was to "watch the whole incident until the end" to make sure that she was not deceived.As compensation, they can help Ai Lei to a certain extent.

... looking back now.

Ai Lei's father, I'm afraid it's the skeletal man...

——Mr. Bones went to the Principality of Sangsong, which is too reasonable.

Is it not normal for people to go back to their hometown to visit relatives?

"...Then what shall we do now?"

"Lily" wearing a mask couldn't help but said, "Are you really going to see it?"

Everyone looked at each other.

And the other side.

When the skeleton god destroyed the statue of the bone mother-in-law together with the tomb behind her.

Terrible vibrations began to occur around - as if some giant beast woke up in the ground, and it seemed that the machine roared, and everything around was shaking rumble.

The skeleton man, who had just attacked the statue of the buried mother-in-law, quietly looked up at the sky.

Or rather, looking at the rock formation...and the city above it.

"People call my country 'Death Song', or the country of giants. But how many people still remember its real name?"

Skeletal Lord's old and deep voice sounded: "Forgetting... is betrayal."

The surrounding roaring became more and more intense, even gradually burying the voice of Mr. Bones.There's even a loud squeaking sound—like the sound of a huge truck when it fails to brake and drifts on the ground.

But the voice of Skeletal Lord still came calmly amidst the huge noise.

"Its real name is [Eternal Life Principality]. But this does not mean that the citizens have eternal life... but the ruler of the Principality is called 'Eternal Life Duke', just like the ancestor of the Grand Duke Winter, 'Frost Whisperer Duke' .

"As I said, giants are a race that looks down on 'life and death'. And this open-mindedness comes from their preparations to reach the 'must die'... This 'must die' is the end point in the giant's philosophy .

"But there is a problem here... Ordinary giants can indeed prepare themselves in advance in order to pursue a more peaceful, complete, and purer death. Cut off karma, forget old feelings, and live in the silence of no one, surrounded by everyone. The forgotten corner died without a name.

"—But, I can't do it."

Skeletal Lord's voice was almost drowned in the noise.

Nothing had changed in the surroundings—the ground hadn't caved in, the tombs weren't cracked, the ceilings were intact.But the surrounding noise is getting louder... There are even falling and breaking sounds.

It was like the sound of huge iron boxes and wooden boxes falling from the sky, cracking or breaking on the ground.

But at this time, the voice of the bones gradually became louder.

"Why are we called the Lord of Eternal Life? Because our rulers have been imprisoned in this pure white armor for generations - from generation to generation, we have only one name. It is [Eternal Life Lord].

"No one knows which generation of Eternal Lord I am, and no one knows when the previous generation of Eternal Lord died and where he was buried. People don't care about these...

"They pretend that their grand duke is immortal, and everyone is playing it—even though they already know that there are no immortals in the world, and mortals cannot live forever. Because of this, they don't need to be the successor, the continuation of the government order. , The continuation of friendship and forgetting and worrying. Everything that needs to be remembered can be pushed to [Eternal Life Gong].

"All memorable deaths are remembered by their Grand Duke; and they can easily forget everything and usher in a free and unburdened death."

The so-called [Eternal Life Duke] is the living tombstone of the Eternal Life Principality.

It records the karma of all people, records the relationship of all people... the only [existence] that is not allowed to die and not allowed to let go.not a person, but merely a being, a symbol,

Mr. Bones said calmly: "But my fellow clansmen didn't know a thing until they died...Of course, maybe they don't care about it either.

"That is... the inheritance of [Eternal Life Duke] has long since ended.

"My rule has lasted for more than four hundred years, and the lifespan of a giant is 150 years. That's because...in the four years of No.20 of my reign, I have already transformed myself into an undead. That was the original betrayal .”

Gonggu's voice gradually became distant and indistinct: "The so-called mourning song, who is it singing for?

"—yes, the mourning song sings for me."

Finally, space began to shatter.

It's not like the glass is broken...it's like the germination of a seed, or the hatching of a chick.

Something that cannot be seen directly leaked out.

The rainbow-colored and distorted "angel" from afar attacked Skeletal Lord without hesitation.

A stream of iridescent light emerged from the tip of the "four wings", focusing on Skeleton Gong like Tan Ji's laser beam.

"—Stop it, Father!"

Ai Lei's voice with heavy echoes sounded, and the sharp and vague baby's voice and the sweet girl's voice sounded in the air at the same time.

But the laser beam failed to approach the skeleton male, and was blocked by some transparent, water-like thing outside his body.

And the moment Ai Lei came into contact with the bone bone, the surrounding space suddenly boiled.

The distorted brilliance on Ai Lei spread into the surrounding air in an instant.

Tombs were transformed into houses full of life, and the darkness of the subterranean world into the splendor of the setting sun.The dust on the ground turned into grass, and giants emerged from among the empty tombs.

It's just that all of these are as if they were painted-fragmented.

"Although you noticed it, it was too late. You were fooled."

The bone bone said calmly: "The meaning of your existence is to be betrayed again...

"This is the last betrayal, Ellie."

(End of this chapter)