Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 352 I am here to end the demon era
Northern border.

"You ask why we respect young girls so much here. It's because there has been a legend circulating here that we firmly believe in..." an old herdsman said seriously as he walked.

The wind is very clean and dust-free. When you take a deep breath, you will feel as if you have absorbed the special fragrance of the vast land. This place is too open. There are no dense forests, mountains, or buildings. There is only the flat land in front of you and the magnificent lines of the land in the distance. Then, with a slow arc, the terrain that rises and sinks slowly borders the dark blue sky...

Occasionally, a silver ribbon would meander across this endless surface, creating a simple yet stunningly beautiful scene!
"Legends, but I like legends the most. A local legend can usually reflect how stupid the people in this area are." The young man wearing sunglasses couldn't help but say lazily.

"Then you come and listen to this story, and then judge whether it is stupid or not. A long time ago, the prairie on this ridge was very depressed. Even grass could hardly grow, water was always drying up, and locusts were everywhere. People here could no longer survive, and the livestock were constantly decreasing. There was no fresh milk, no meat, and no work..." The old herdsman was holding a half whip in his hand at this time, waving it very casually.

"This is a very cliché beginning," said the boy.

"Indeed, at that time, in order to prevent the people here from leaving their homes and leading a nomadic life... Oh, our nomadic life means there is no grassland and water... At that time, there was a girl named Qi Qi Ge who decided to climb the high mountains, because she knew that the river water flowed out of the mountains and was the result of springs gathering together. She walked a long way and climbed for a long time before she saw the source of the spring, but found that the spring had been frozen by the cold air. The higher she went, the lower the temperature became." said the old herdsman.

"So what did the girl do next?" the boy seemed to be aroused with interest and asked.

"She has no abilities, but she has a sincere heart that wants to help the villagers, so she took off all her clothes, revealing her perfect body, and then she embraced the freezing ice with her body. She wanted to use the temperature of her body to melt the hard rock ice. The melted water gradually flowed through her pure and flawless body, and then poured into the stream. The spring water and water veins carried her virgin fragrance... The spring veins came back to life, and the land regained its vitality. Look... that is the statue of Qi Qi Ge. She is embracing the ice and the ice spring that gave birth to our life." The old herdsman pointed to the front.

In front of them, there is a lonely sculpture. It is a sculpture of a girl painted the same color as snow. The shape is very abstract. If it is not explained, people might mistake it for a strange-looking boundary monument.

"So that's how it is. No wonder half of the girls here are called Qiqige." The boy couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, every young girl is a blessing to us, and every family is proud to have a girl." The old herdsman smiled, with a bit of simplicity on his face.

The young man walked around the sculpture for a few times, then took another look at the map in his hand, and an evil smile appeared on his face.

He suddenly turned his head, then glanced at the beautiful woman in a short cheongsam behind him, and said, "I think this is a hint from God. We can set the coordinates here, right here at this statue."

"As long as you like it." The beautiful woman in short cheongsam said with a smile.

"Old man, have you ever heard of another legend that didn't happen in this land? But I think it fits the story you told very well." The young man turned his head and said to the old herdsman.

"Really? I like to listen to it too. Go ahead." The old herdsman sat down immediately and started smoking, looking particularly comfortable.

"That's a story about Egypt. The status of Egyptian women has always been very low. They are slaves and playthings of men. Even two strong cows can be exchanged for a healthy girl. There was a girl named Kongsi who suffered all kinds of humiliation and torture, and also suffered this endless lowly life. So one day, she stole a very beautiful gold necklace from a slave owner. She wanted to sell it for money and escape, but the necklace was very special, and in the middle of the night a special demon flew out...ah, his name is Aladdin, but it doesn't matter...The demon told her that it could fulfill the girl's wish, but the premise was that the girl had to sell her soul to it. In order to get people's attention and love, the girl agreed...Sure enough, she enjoyed the support of the stars for a full ten years, and she also enjoyed the love of countless men. She enjoyed a more noble status and luxury than the slave owner."

"But the ten years were soon up, and the demon came as expected, demanding her soul."

"But Kong Si is a very scheming woman, and she is very greedy. She wants to get more and enjoy it longer, so she has been looking for various ways to avoid the evil spirit and prevent him from taking her soul."

The young man was speaking with great interest at this time. When he said this, he even glanced at the old herdsman who was smoking.

The old herdsman immediately shook off his cigarette and couldn't help but sighed, "She is a girl who is incomparable to our Qiqige. She is dirty, greedy, and selfish... Then, what did she do next? Shouldn't she receive the punishment she deserves?"

"This is the most memorable part. The girl Kong Si has been doing research in the following years. She knows that the demon spirit is actually a Hades, the king of the kingdom of death. He will play such a trading game with humans every once in a while, and the souls obtained will be completely locked in his harem and will be tortured as toys for eternity. Kong Si knows that she has gained the most wonderful ten years, but the price is that the endless years to come will be more painful than before, so she began to fight. She knows that the Hades has a mansion in the human world. You should have heard of this thing..."

"The residence of Hades in the human world is called the Pyramid. Hades can only enter the human world through the dark light emitted by the pyramid."

When the old herdsman heard these words, his eyes opened wider, and he nodded and said, "The Pyramid is very famous. What's next?"

"Kong Si used her ten years of fame, wealth, and power to collect a very special thing, which is called a triangular dimensional mirror. She refracted the pyramid's dark light through this dimensional magic mirror in a very disordered way, making it impossible for the pyramid's dark light to shine on her city...hahahaha," the boy continued.

"She is such a smart girl, but also very pitiful. She works so hard to stay alive," said the old herdsman.

"Well, her actions angered Hades. Hades believed that he had traded with insignificant people with his noble status, and then gave them the most perfect things, but people used such despicable means... Hades can only appear in the human world once every ten years, and the pyramid's dark light cannot fall on where Kong Si is, so Hades vented his anger on other people."

"Because the light of the triangular dimension mirror is refracted, not absorbed, it means that the dark light of the pyramid has already illuminated other cities and other areas. After that, every time refraction occurs, the god of the underworld and his followers will trample madly, slaughter angrily, and vent their dissatisfaction with the despicable and shameless behavior of human beings!"

The old herdsman was listening intently at this time. For some reason, he felt that this legend was a little different from the one he had told. Even though the young man's story was more absurd and the background was bigger, it always gave people a feeling that such a thing really happened!

"Every ten years after that, Kong Si would cause a city to become a river of blood and corpses to be scattered all over the ground in order to protect herself!" the boy continued, and he seemed particularly excited when he said the last few words.

"What a despicable girl!" said the old herdsman.

"Yes, compared to you, Qiqige, she is the most evil example of the other extreme. By the way, the story is not over yet." The boy said. "It's not over yet? Did this girl get the retribution she deserved?" The old herdsman asked hurriedly.

"Yes, she got her retribution. A boy who survived the destroyed city later became Kongsi's servant. The boy was very smart, handsome, and loyal to Kongsi. Kongsi soon took him as her favorite male favorite. Hahahaha, just when Kongsi thought she had finally found the most sincere love, the man stole Kongsi's triangular dimensional mirror. It was thundering and lightning at that time, and the man threw the triangular dimensional mirror into the air. Kongsi looked at the triangular dimensional mirror hysterically, and it turned into pieces and then powder in the thunder and lightning..." the boy continued.

"He did a good job! The girl finally got her retribution." The old herdsman sighed.

"No, no, no. This man did not win people's love for what he did. Kongsi was finally taken away by the god of the underworld and is still being tortured. And this man is still being spurned and cursed by the world, and his body is still spread in front of the Egyptian palace, being trampled by people." said the young man.

“Why is this happening?” The old herdsman was very puzzled.

"Although this triangular dimensional mirror has turned into powder, it still exists in the air throughout Egypt. Their dust is too small to be seen by the naked eye, and there is no way to disperse it because they are eternal. At certain times of the year, the monsoon will blow the dust from these triangular dimensional mirrors together, and the pyramid's underworld light will be refracted once again, and then appear near a certain Egyptian city. The god of the underworld's anger towards humans has not diminished, so the Egyptian undead continue to attack the city..." The young man smiled.

"What you are talking about, I...I seem to have seen it somewhere." The old herdsman was not uneducated at all, and he had heard a little about Egypt.

"Of course, because that's what it is now - a mirage!!

Egypt, the most famous disaster - mirage!
It is not a natural phenomenon of light disorder. For the whole of Egypt, the mirage means that the army of Hades has once again descended upon the earth, with blood flying into the sky and corpses everywhere!
The old herdsman had learned some knowledge before and had read records of major foreign events in some books. For some reason, he felt that this story was very real, as real as if there really was a Qi Qi Ge here who melted the ice and snow with his body.

"What do you think? Do you think Kong Si is more popular among the people, or your Qi Qi Ge?" the young man asked with a smile.

"Well... I still think our Qi Qi Ge is greater." The old herdsman replied.

"Hahaha, but your Qiqige is only circulated in your small area, while Kongsi has long been synonymous with the most evil woman in Egypt for countless centuries! In fact, both are widely circulated, but the harm done is often remembered by people longer. By the way, do you know what the power of faith is?" The young man seemed to enjoy chatting with the old herdsman.

The old herdsman nodded. He was not an old man who knew nothing.

"There are many different gods in this world. The more believers there are in the world and the more devout they are, the stronger their divine power will be. So in the earlier times, many gods were willing to do something meaningful for mankind, so that they could gain more powerful divine power from people's faith. Respecting gods, being loyal to gods, and worshiping gods will all invisibly transform into the power of faith and float into the realm of gods, allowing gods to continue to grow stronger." The young man continued.

"Yes, we believe this too," said the old herdsman.

"But do you know? The power of faith actually has another half." The boy continued.

"The other half?" The old herdsman was puzzled.

"You see, respect, loyalty, and worship can all give God the power of faith. So when people begin to spit on, hate, and despise a certain evil spirit, then will this power of evil resentment also give the evil spirit an unparalleled evil power?" said the young man.

……

Lin Ran looked at the foggy sky and felt depressed as if something big was about to happen.

At this time, Mo Fan's little Flame Princess and Lin Ran's Light Spirit were catching green moths in the yard. Poor green moths.

Yu Shishi looked at Yan Ji and the others nervously, fearing that they would kill the little green moth.

Zhao Manyan came over and said, "If I die, will that thing still be useful?"

Lin Ran glanced at Zhao Manyan and said, "Don't be so pessimistic. You won't die. Becoming a ghost means being tortured forever. When everyone dies, you will still exist."

"And you will die?"

"Me?" Lin Ran looked at the foggy sky and said, "I might be the one who comes to end this demon era. If they don't disappear, then I won't die."

"Hahaha, you're such a boaster."

Yu Shishi looked at Lin Ran. She always felt that Lin Ran was not joking.

If all of them died and he still existed and was still fighting, how lonely and painful it would be.

(End of this chapter)