Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 211 What have you been protecting?

Woo!
The steam train spewed out white mist as it traveled on a track suspended in the clouds, penetrating the clouds all the way down to the city on the ground.

With the long whistle blowing, the train slowly entered the station and stopped at the platform made entirely of steel.

There was a crowd of people waiting on the platform for a long time. They seemed to be the natives of this world, who came on this special day to welcome the Mechanical Heart members from the outside world.

"Sir Ash."

Horamick, wearing a white priest robe and a clergyman's cap, stepped forward and handed a badge to Yu Jin with a smile:

"You can move freely and go wherever you want. As long as you wear this holy emblem, no one will restrict your actions. But you must return to this platform within one month, otherwise you will miss the return date."

[Holy Emblem of Steam]

[The badge bestowed upon the faithful by the God of Steam and Machinery.]

When the bearer displays the badge,

The followers of the Steam Church will regard him as a favored one of God. 】

"I'll pay attention."

Yu Jin took the badge from Horamik, glanced at the description of the badge, and nodded slightly.

Horamick smiled and nodded, without saying anything more, he walked towards the natives who came to greet them.

Yu Jin didn't stop and turned to leave the station.

Although he had never been to this world, he could clearly sense the core of this world through his sensitivity to the 'spark'.

Although the painting world itself is different, even the physical laws within it are completely opposite to those in the outside world.

For example, the Steam Church's "steam world", the anti-gravity aerial track, the huge sun hanging in the sky for unknown reasons, and the steam cities on the barren land, all of which violate the laws of physics. Another example is the Aurora Society's "flesh and blood world", where the seemingly endless flesh and blood fungus blanket covers the entire world, with only a small area on the top of the mountain suitable for survival.

But no matter what, there is one thing that is exactly the same between these two worlds -

Any painting world must have a "core", and this "core" preserves the "spark" that is the foundation of the painting world.

When the painting world begins to corrupt, only by breaking the 'core' can the 'spark' burn the entire world to ashes.

of course.

This world was far from the brink of corruption, and the embers did not come in search of fire. He was not looking for the core in order to break it.

Yu Jin looked up and found himself standing on the 'road' of this city.

Just like the platforms, even the roads in this city are made of steel.

Even with a rough estimate, the steel needed to build this city is enough to form a huge fleet of tens of thousands of ironclad ships! This is enough to replace all the existing fleets in the entire Kingdom of Loen, and there is far more than one such city in this painting world.

There is no doubt that the steel production in this painting world is really too abundant.

“Maybe it has something to do with the path taken?”

Ember thought thoughtfully, the world in Aurora's painting was filled with bloody and fleshy fungi covering the world.

The Sequence 6 of the 'Secret Prayer' path mastered by the Aurora Club is the Rose Bishop, which is undoubtedly a sequence with a huge demand for 'flesh and blood'.

The path mastered by the Steam Church is the 'Universalist'. As can be seen from the name and symbol of the Steam Church, this church has an extreme worship and fascination with machinery and steel, which is related to their beliefs.

But these differences are obviously not innate to these painting worlds.

After all, according to the information that Yu Jin knew, this painting world was not exclusive to the Steam Church, but was shared with the Eternal Blazing Sun Church. Even more than a hundred years ago, this painting world still belonged to the Eternal Blazing Sun.

The Church of the Eternal Sun obviously does not have much demand for these steel cities. These were all built within the hundred years since the Church of Steam took over. This means that the world itself has great plasticity.

This was slightly different from the painting world that Yu Jin knew before, but it was not incomprehensible.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to me, and a phantom light blue light suddenly appeared.

His figure became blurred and almost invisible.

He saw many indescribable shapes, even things that were so transparent that they seemed non-existent. He also saw one after another bright light of different colors that contained endless knowledge... In that strange world that was higher than reality, Yu Jin did not linger in it, but took steps in a certain direction.

Soon, he came out of that transparent and illusory state and returned to reality.

What appeared before him was a steel city that was no different from the previous city.

But he knew that this was not the original city, but the 'core' he needed to find.

But this did not make Yu Jin happy, instead he felt a little confused.

The fact that he can use the spirit world to teleport means that this world is also connected to the spirit world.

The existence of the spiritual world is quite wonderful. It completely overlaps with the real world, yet the two do not interfere with each other. Only extraordinary power can break the gap.

In theory, the painting world should be completely independent of the real world, which means that the painting world itself should be isolated from the spiritual world, and any extraordinary abilities that require the help of the spiritual world will be ineffective.

But this is obviously not the case. This world is also connected to the spirit world. But on the other hand, the spirit world here seems to be isolated from the spirit world of the real world. Because the embers cannot be teleported through the spirit world, they can be directly teleported from the painting world to the outside world.

In other words, the 'spiritual world' here might be separated from the spiritual world of the real world.

The spiritual worlds of the two worlds have the same world, but are independent of each other, which can be described as a miracle of nature.

Yu Jin put away his thoughts and walked towards the city ahead.

But just as he took a step forward, a figure appeared in front of him.

She was a lady in a black dress and a black veil. She appeared quietly by the roadside and stared at the embers quietly.

For some reason, Ember seemed to be able to see the complicated look in the lady's eyes.

Ember stopped and looked at her in silence.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

The lady took off her veil, revealing her beautiful face underneath, and said softly.

Yu Jin was silent for a moment, then asked hesitantly:

"do we know each other?"

"Eh?" The lady in the black dress was stunned for a moment, as if she had not expected Yu Jin to give such an answer.

The lady in the black dress had a more complicated look on her face, and she whispered:
"Is that so? You don't remember me?"

"As expected, this is how it should be. Perhaps as a taboo, I shouldn't be known to others?"

Yu Jin was silent for a long time, then said softly:
"I'm sorry, I really don't remember, but I guess it has nothing to do with you."

"No, it's okay."

The lady in the black dress smiled faintly, "Actually, I was just joking."

Before Yu Jin could react, the lady in the black dress suddenly asked:
"Do you remember the Fire Keeper?"

Yu Jin nodded slightly.

The lady in the black dress didn't seem surprised by this and asked:

"Well, what else?"

Yu Jin was silent for a long time, then said in a deep voice:

"Patch!"

The lady in the black dress was stunned for a moment. Yu Jin's answer was once again beyond her expectations. She changed the subject and said:
"Who else?"

Yu Jin thought for a moment and said slowly:
"Brother Thor, Brother Grayheart, and Onion Knight, I remember them all."

"That's it,"

The lady in the black dress nodded thoughtfully and said to herself:
"Are these the only ones besides the Fire Keeper? Even if you have forgotten all your female friends, you still can't forget the Fire Keeper? Ah, of course, how could Yu Jin forget his own Fire Keeper? As for other women? It's normal for them to be forgotten, after all, women will only affect the speed at which you spread fire!"

"So……"

The lady in the black dress suddenly changed the subject and asked:

"Do you remember the name of your fire keeper?"

Yu Jin was stunned for a moment, lost in confusion. He had never thought about this question. It seemed that in his mind, the fire keeper was just a simple fire keeper. Why did she need a name? But even the fire keeper was not born a fire keeper, so why didn't she have a name?

Why didn't he know his fire keeper's name?

"Is that really the case?"

The lady in the black dress smiled when she saw Yu Jin's reaction and said softly:

"It doesn't matter if you don't remember. I can tell you the answer. Do you want to know?"

"of course."

Ember nodded solemnly.

The lady in the black dress raised a finger and said seriously:
"Carla."

"Your fire keeper's name is Carula."

Yu Jin looked up at the lady. Her expression was extremely serious and it was hard not to be convinced by her solemn look.

But Yu Jin could clearly realize that there was no emotion in her words, they were just personal opinions.

【Fallen Child of Darkness】Kalula
Yu Jin withdrew his gaze from the lady's head and said silently:
"Although I don't remember much, and I don't remember the Fire Keeper's name. But is there a possibility that the Dark Fallen cannot become the Fire Keeper?"

"Eh~"

The witch named Carula blinked, but she didn't seem embarrassed at all. Instead, she smiled and said:
"Have you been discovered? But I'm not lying to you. Compared to the real fire keeper, I'm more qualified than her."

Yu Jin did not care whether Carula's words were true or not, and asked:
"So, what's her name?"

"Irina."

Carla's lips curled up slightly, "Your fire keeper's name is Irina. You who saved her from the darkness are her only salvation."

This is not a lie.

After all, Irina is indeed the Fire Keeper of the Embers.

"Irina?"

Yu Jin muttered the name in a low voice, and a certain dusty memory in his mind seemed to be touched...

"Ah, ah, please, whoever it is, please touch me quickly. It's so dark, I can't see anything, the darkness has bitten me. The bugs keep biting me and torturing me. So please, please touch me..."

"Ah, Lord Ashes, are you ready to leave? Please, please come back soon. I am so scared, I am so scared of the darkness that tortures me."

"Ah, ah, Master Ash, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Please, please touch me. Those bugs are torturing me again."

"Ah, you are there. I am not alone. Thank you, God..."

"Ah, Lord Ash, you are speaking to me again. I'm fine. This darkness is my mission."

"..."

"Do you remember?" Carla asked with a chuckle.

Yu Jin put away his dusty thoughts and nodded gently:
"I remember some of it."

Although his memory is still fuzzy and he can only recall a few words, that timid girl is indeed his fire keeper!

"It's ok."

Carla smiled and said, "I will help you remember everything. Before that, I will always be by your side."

After that, too.

Yu Jin nodded silently, not rejecting the lady's proposal, but suddenly asked:
"how about you?"

"I?"

"How did we meet?"

"Ah, this is a long story. It's really troublesome."

Carla raised her lips slightly, and although she was talking about troubles, she took the initiative to speak honestly:
"To put it simply, he is a hopeless pervert who loves lolita. He kept saying that he wanted to change my miserable fate, but in fact he took me away from my parents and forced me to look like him. After I became an adult, he ruthlessly abandoned me without hesitation because I was no longer a lolita."

Carla said, and then asked with a chuckle:

"Very bad, right? Just like my hopeless scumbag father."

"..."

Yu Jin opened his mouth and said hesitantly:

"Is there a possibility that the person you are talking about is not me?"

"Do you wish that this person wasn't you?"

Carla asked back with a smile.

"..."

Yu Jin was silent and changed the subject, "Who is your father?"

Carla's eyes revealed a complicated look, and she said softly:

"He is just a fallen knight who betrayed his oath and the saint for the sake of a forbidden witch."

"In order to save the saint, he traveled with the forbidden witch."

"For the forbidden witch, he abandoned all the ethics and ties of the world."

"What a scumbag."

"Until the last moment of his life, he still couldn't forget the forbidden witch, and even paid the price of his life for her..."

Although she was cursing her father for being a scumbag, Carla's eyes revealed undisguised envy.

That must be a very sad love story.

Yu Jin asked softly:

"What is your mother's name?"

Carla had a complicated look on her face and whispered:
"Apostle of jealousy, Belle, a very nasty woman."

“The Apostle of Desire, Duna Xiangzhuo of Dolan Gureg.

The Apostle of Wrath, the Queen of Filth, Elena of the Holy Wall City.

The Lonely Apostle, the Bride of Coal, Nadra of the Black Mist Tower.

Apostle of Fear, Priestess of Silence, Arshuna of Esloyes."

The triggered memories flashed back from his mind one by one, and Yu Jin murmured in a low voice:

"Apostle of jealousy, Carula."

"Yes, I'm here." Carla tucked a strand of hair that was blown to her forehead by the wind behind her ear and responded softly.

Before he met her, Yu Jin had been through a lot. Although his memory had been sealed, it could be easily triggered by her, which meant that the seal itself was no longer an obstacle. As long as he was given some more time, he could solve all the puzzles on his own.

But she couldn't wait that long, she needed to be there for him in person, just as he had done.

Yu Jin looked at the lady in front of him, but his expression became more silent.

The scattered memories only disturbed his thoughts more.

"Oh, you are confused?"

Carula walked slowly to Yu Jin and said in a gentle voice:

"As the saying goes, only those who know how to go will get lost. This is proof that you are a hero. And no matter what decision you make, I will always support you. So, you must be safe."

Ember stared at the lady in front of him. For some reason, he felt like something was wrong.

There was something wrong with her character.

(End of this chapter)