Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1273: The Curtain of Time (3)

He had a dream.

In his dreams, it was as if he had returned to his youth. That was truly a golden age. At that time, he was still strong and powerful. Throughout the entire wasteland, there was no opponent at all. At that time, there weren't any Bone King Zasuo or White Devil Luci. It was his era, the era of the black god of death, Grace.

In his time, there was only one other person who could stand at the same height as him. However, the reason why that person was able to stand so high was not because he possessed powerful combat strength, nor was it because he possessed many territories and subordinates. It was only because he had returned from a certain place, the Lost Realm.

The man's name was Roddo. Before joining the expedition, he was just an unknown person. It was a bug hiding in the darkness, but when he returned from the Lost Land and brought back some information about the Realm of Remains, he became a legend. Roddo was even more delighted than he was. Oh right, that bug even wrote a book, calling itself the "Book of Roddo".

At that time, he only found it funny. However, his fate had changed because of this book.

Once he read the Book of Roddo, the "She" that Roddo wrote. In that book, Roddy describes such a woman as "crueler than death, more beautiful than the stars". This aroused his interest, and he decided to do the great things that Roddo's team had not done.

He set off alone.

After that, there was no longer any black god of death in the wasteland. People thought that he was dead, dead in that mysterious and unfathomable land. However, he was still alive. Even though countless days and nights had passed, he still remembered the day when he met her.

As he followed the route taken by Roddo's team, he visited the Roddo Mountains and passed through the Roddo Pass. He passed through the dark hills and finally arrived at the Gate of Sighs. The first thing he did was to announce his arrival to the world of darkness.

Not long after, some powerful and intelligent beings attacked him. There was no shortage of people who had strength comparable to him, or even stronger than him. At that time, he did not know that those were her generals, her most loyal and powerful subordinates.

Now he was a part of these lives, but instead of being her general, he had become her butler.

His job changed from fighting to taking care of everything in the castle while she was asleep. In this ancient and secluded castle, he lived through the most brilliant years of his life. Now he began to grow old, and she was still young, and always will be.

The singing woke him up.

In his dream, he still remembered the bloody yet incomparably beautiful scene when he met her back then. Then the singing entered his dreams, and he woke up. When he woke up, he immediately opened his eyes, but he couldn't see anything. Then he laughed self-deprecatingly. He had long ago seen her awaken from the iron coffin, and the shock of a skeleton recovering into a city-toppling appearance made him dig out a pair of his eyes without complaint or regret.

Now that he had seen the most beautiful thing in the universe, there was no difference in whether he had this pair of eyes or not.

The truth was the same. Although he was old, his profound Origin Energy still allowed him to move as usual. He followed the song to sense the direction and route of the castle. He knew that he was leaving the neighborhood and walking through a winding outer corridor to the castle's Time Hall.

She's right there.

She was indeed here. This place was called the Hall of Time. Whether it was the dome or the pillars, they were all made of abyss crystals that glowed with lavender light. The magnificence and bearing of this hall was not inferior to the Dark Castle that was known to be made of abyss crystals in the slightest. At the very least, every inch of the hall was covered with abyss crystals, as if the hall had been dug out from a complete and enormous crystal. As for the Dark Castle of the Black Emperor, there was actually only one hall that used Abyss Crystals. The rest of the hall was replaced by similar colored Black Magic Crystals.

In the center of the hall of time, there was a round pool. The pool was filled with the water of Elendi, a waterfall in the valley that flowed without end all year round. The castle draws its water into use and fills the pond all year round. Every day, the pond would automatically change water, so every day the pond water was clean, even during the countless days of her slumber, the pond water did not stop changing.

At this moment, she was naked and immersed in the pond water. The pond water refracted the amethyst light of the abyss crystal, transforming into a multicolored halo, like a pond filled with gemstones. She leaned against the pool and sang a song that Grace did not understand. About a hundred steps away from the pool, Grace stopped and said respectfully, "You're back."

"Yes, I'm back."

"Have you seen the person you want to see?"

"I've seen it, or I can say I haven't." She had a smile on her face and did not seem to be in a bad mood.

"Where are my generals?" She asked.

'"I think we've awakened them" Grace raised his head and looked at the narrow window outside the hall with empty eyes. "It seems like they're coming."

She nodded, "Then go and see them."

She stood up from the pool, and droplets of water rolled over her body and fell into the pool, making it the most beautiful sound in the world. The maidservant who had been waiting for a long time quickly put on new clothes for her, pulled up her noble hairstyle again, and gently inserted a crown full of crystal diamonds into her hair. The Queen of the castle glowed with dignity as she dragged her long skirt out of the hall.

The meeting place for the general is in another hall.

This hall was not as magnificent and elegant as the hall of time, and it was more appropriate to the atmosphere of the castle. It was dignified and dim, and the hall was illuminated by the three enormous chandeliers hanging from the dome, each of which had hundreds of densely packed lampstands. Even so, the lights were still unable to illuminate the entire hall. There were still many places lingering in the shadows.

When the dozens of meters tall door of the hall was pushed open, a figure walked in first. The general was tall and sturdy. His entire body was wrapped in thick armor. The chest of the armor was carved with a devil-like head. From the eyes of the head, green flames continuously spat out from his mouth. The tall general dragged a dark-colored soldier, and the blade was shaped like an axe or a sickle. The axe sickle was covered with lines filled with a sense of strength. These lines flickered with a jade light, resonating with the jade flame in the head portrait on his chest. The axe sickle pulled out a series of sparks on the ground, and the steel statue-like general silently walked into the depths of the hall.

The second general who came in from outside the door was much thinner. He hid himself in a thick cloak, and this cloak was covered with chains decorated with countless precious crystals and diamonds. As he moved, the chains collided, making a sweet jingling sound. The large and wide hat covered the general's appearance, and from time to time a faint blue light shone from the shadows beneath it, as if there was a ball of blue flame hidden beneath the hat. The two arms that stretched out from under the cloak actually had dark blue transparent skin. Through the skin, one could see the pale golden blood vessels, nerves, and pitch black bones inside. With just these two arms, it was clear that the general was not from Baal.

After the two generals quietly entered the hall, a loud laugh came from outside the door. Without a doubt, it was a woman's laughter. Sharp, open, and then a charming face drilled in from outside the door. She had an arrogant and beautiful appearance, and it could be seen that the general loved both black and red colors very much. Otherwise, they wouldn't have painted their eyes bright red and their lips pitch-black.

Then she walked into the hall, her red hair tied up high and tied into a bright red ponytail, swaying behind her head like a ball of burning flame. She wore black and red leather armor that outlined her fiery curves. However, the leather armor protected too few places, so it was more exposed to the dark red skin in the air. Four slender curved sickles were carried behind her back, and the sickles spread out like spiders with their claws and teeth dancing.

Everyone who knew her knew that this was a difficult female spider. After all, the Spider Queen's name was one of the best amongst her many generals.

When the fourth general walked into the hall, the temperature in the entire hall dropped. Even the lights in the hall seemed to be dimming a lot. The general who walked in after the Spider Empress had the strange appearance of an eagle-headed person. He even had a pair of wings, but now they were tightly folded behind him like a cloak. What was even stranger was that from head to toe, every feather on his body, including his wings, was made of light blue ice crystals. He was like a moving ice sculpture, leaving behind a pale blue ice path where he walked, emitting traces of cold air.

More generals walked into the hall, but the generals didn't dare to approach the four in front of them. They were clearly separated from them. When the door of the hall was closed, she walked out. When she appeared, the lights in the hall immediately dimmed, and all the generals knelt down towards her.

She glanced at the generals below and said indifferently, "I'm glad to see you again, my generals. Now that you've all arrived, the curtain of time can be opened again."

The generals were all shocked when they heard the "curtain of time" numbers. Especially the Spider Empress. She even raised her head and excitedly licked her pitch-black lips with her red tongue. "Who is the target this time? My lord, are they those fools from the edge?"

"No, it's a human." She shook her head.

"Human?" The Spider Queen's expression seemed to be somewhat disappointed. "You mean those creatures from far away? Soft eggs used as slaves. Yes, they are quite rare, but summoning us is only to deal with a mere human. My lord, isn't this a little too much of a fuss?"

She smiled faintly, "If you knew that he could escape from my spiritual kingdom by his own will, my dear Yami, I suppose you wouldn't have said that."

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