Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 227 I've always wanted to see your expression, the expression of jealousy towards me
Above the gray fog, at the top of the mottled bronze table, Klein was quietly looking at the remaining fire in his palm, lost in thought.

Ember, an item unique to Dark Souls III.

[The remaining fire in the heroes' bodies.

It is something that the fireless ashes cannot obtain,

That’s why I’m attracted to it. 】

The description of the item is quite concise, but it is also not detailed enough. For example, these heroes with embers in their bodies actually have another name -

Salary King.

Yes, the heroes with the remaining fire burning in their bodies are the Fire Kings!
The reason why the fireless ashes long for the embers is actually that they long for the power of fire. When they use the embers, they become the new fire kings!
Of course, rather than being firewood kings, they are more like firewood - firewood that is forced to burn itself and add fuel to the remaining fire!

Roll to Death, Fran's Undead Squad, Giant King Youm and Eldridge, they are the fire kings who have been burned once.

Guda and the two princes are the fire kings who are supposed to fulfill the mission of passing on the fire.

The other "heroes" with residual fire in their bodies are the burning fire kings.

When the fire is about to go out, the whole world will be forced to burn itself and add fuel to the fire.

Therefore, in the third generation, most bosses have residual fire in their bodies, so when they are killed, they will automatically turn into the "Lord of Fire" state. Even Gwyn's eldest son, the nameless principal, is no exception.

The item 'Ember', which is unique to the third generation, actually also exists in the first and second generations.

The 'human nature' of the first generation, the 'human portrait' of the second generation, the essence of these three is actually the same.

Even just from the appearance, it can be seen that the three cannot be said to be exactly the same, but only that there is no difference between them.

Because the embers are the burning humanity!
In the first generation, the undead were still needed to inject fire and throw humanity into the bonfire. But in the third generation, all "humanity" was forced to burn, regardless of whether it was thrown into the bonfire.

However, in the description of the items in the first generation, human nature is undoubtedly unique to humans:

[A small black sperm that can occasionally be found on corpses.]

Although this black essence is also called human nature,
But what it actually is is unclear.

If the soul is the source of all life,

So what does human nature, which only humans possess, represent? 】

In theory, only humans possess human nature.

But in fact, not only humans, but also many other species of creatures have human nature.

The Daughter of Chaos has humanity, the Tomb King Nito has humanity, the Four Kings of Anor Londo have willfulness, the lifeless steel puppets in the ancient city of Sen have humanity, the gay men Smough and Ornstein in the royal city have humanity, and even the soulless white dragon Seath has humanity!
There is no doubt that within a generation human nature has departed from its own definition and is no longer unique to humans.

Whether it is the daughter of Chaos, the Tomb King Nito, one of the original four kings, or the gay man from the God Clan and the white dragon Hiss from the ancient dragon, they all, for some unknown reason, possess the humanity that should belong only to talents.

Judging from race alone, these races with human nature are so different that there seems to be no pattern.

But in fact, there is not no regularity between them——

That is, these creatures with human nature are the tests that the undead must go through on the road to passing on fire!

This was undoubtedly another backup plan of Gwyn before passing on the fire. Placing humanity in the bodies of these creatures of different races might also be to guide the undead to pass on the fire, or to guide the undead to hunt these creatures with humanity!

Because whether they like it or not, they who have humanity in their bodies will become the target of the undead.

In order to avoid accidental injuries, those bosses that are not necessary tests on the path of passing on the fire will not have humanity in their bodies, such as Gwyndolin.

The emergence of humanity in other races was undoubtedly the work of Gwyn.

The birth of the ember is even more confusing.

This may be another conspiracy of Gwyn, or it may be the self-protection mechanism of the First Flame.

When it is about to go out, the First Fire begins to burn everything in the world to add fuel to itself.

For Ember, this is a question worth pondering.

But for Klein, he just went over the relevant settings in his mind, and then deduced the answer of why the embers gave the embers to the Fool from these known settings.

"It's definitely not just as simple as divination."

Klein instinctively raised his hand and rubbed his temple, only to feel an immense headache.

Yu Jin obviously had high expectations for Mr. Fool, and thought that Mr. Fool would understand even if he didn't say anything. But he, the Fool, really didn't understand!
The only use he could think of now, besides using the remaining fire to predict the current situation of the embers, was to hold the remaining fire to save his own life.

But the second option was impossible. First, Klein didn't want to become the 'Lord of Fire' yet, and he didn't want to be burned. Second, if he pinched the embers and failed to bring out their true purpose, there was a high possibility that the embers would chop him on the spot.

"never mind."

Klein sighed. Since he couldn't figure it out, he decided not to think about it for now. He decided to do some divination first.

We have to determine the situation of the embers first.

Klein placed the remaining fire on the table and materialized a piece of parchment. He wrote the specific divination statement on the paper:

"The location of the embers."

After reciting it silently seven times, he leaned back in his chair, holding the parchment and the embers.

After a few seconds, Klein's eyes darkened from brown to black, and he entered a meditative state. His eyelids drooped, and he "saw" an illusory and hazy dream.

He saw a town in the wilderness and the towering castle in the town. Then, his sight zoomed in and out, moving quickly from the sky to the window of the castle.

He saw the scene inside the house -

Yu Jin was squatting on the ground, reaching out his hand towards the silver-haired girl who was curled up in the corner in front of him.

There were two other women standing next to them. One of them was a silver-haired maid who looked like the mother of the silver-haired girl. She looked a little nervous, as if she was afraid that Yu Jin would do something to the silver-haired girl.

The other one was a charming girl with dazzling blonde hair, looking at the silver-haired girl with unfriendly eyes.

"This……"

Klein came out of the dream and his eye twitched.

Based on Yu Jin's behavior just now, those who didn't know would think that he was abducting the little girl. But what he was holding in his hand was not a lollipop, but a beating blood-red heart!
Klein remained silent for two seconds and began to organize and analyze the scene he had just seen:
"That heart should be a Beyonder characteristic, but I don't know which path of Beyonder characteristic it is... Well, it should be the 'Pharmacist' path. The girl's eyes are red, which is the symbol of the vampire race."

"But judging from the silver-haired maid next to her who is suspected to be her mother, she should not be a natural-born vampire. She is the offspring of a vampire and a human. She probably only inherited the red eyes but not the Beyonder characteristics."

“That’s why Yu Jin took out that heart. He probably promised to help the other person become a Beyonder…”

Klein's eyes twitched. Isn't that still luring the little loli?
Although what you are holding is not a lollipop, the attraction of extraordinary characteristics is much greater than that of a lollipop!
How much is a lollipop? At most, it's less than a penny. And a Beyonder characteristic, even a Sequence 9 Beyonder characteristic, is worth 400 pounds, which can buy at least lollipops!

Klein made a "tsk" sound, sneering at this act of abducting a loli.

But after all, she has white hair and red eyes. Which Chinese person can resist a little Loli with white hair and red eyes?
"Let's not talk about who the silver-haired loli is for now, but I have a certain impression of that blonde girl..."

Klein's eyes flickered slightly. The last time Yu Jin disappeared, he went to the God-Forsaken Land—

Go to the Eastern Continent before the Cataclysm, where giants, dragons and other extraordinary creatures ruled the world.

This not only transcends space, but also transcends time.

Klein clearly remembered that the last time he divined the whereabouts of Ember, there was a blonde girl beside Ember. The blonde girl and the blonde girl who appeared beside Ember now could not be said to look exactly the same, but they were completely identical!
The only difference is what they wear, but it's normal for women to have multiple sets of clothes.

And if we rule out the possibility that these two people are twins, it means that the person appearing next to Yu Jin should be the same person.

"So, does this count as a continuation of our past relationship?"

Klein had a strange expression on his face. He even suspected that Yu Jin's "time travel" was related to this blonde girl. After all, he happened to be with her during both "time travels". This was definitely not a coincidence.

The world is so big, why did he appear around you twice? Could it be because of love?

"But why do I always feel like something is wrong..."

Klein frowned, as if he had overlooked something, and tried to recall the scene he had just seen.

It seems that there is nothing missing. The scene is just a monotonous room in a castle. The furniture in the room is also quite "simple" and there is nothing extra...

"What did I overlook?"

Klein frowned for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He compared the previous divination images and immediately saw the problem -

“It’s the mentality!”

Klein took a deep breath. They looked exactly the same, but their mentalities were completely different!

In the first divination scene, the blonde girl was obviously more confident. She always had a smile on her face and dominated the whole process. She also had a much closer relationship with Yu Jin.

But in the current picture, she has obviously become much more restrained, and unlike the dominant position the first time, this time she looks more like Yu Jin's servant and vassal, and she may even be jealous because Yu Jin abducted the little loli.

"This……"

Klein frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.

Why does the same person change so much?

Are they really twins? Or did the embers do something to her to make her like this?
"Forget it. It has nothing to do with me anyway."

Klein shook his head and stopped thinking about these things that had nothing to do with him.

Humans’ joys and sorrows are not the same, and he cannot experience the happiness of this Shura field. Let Yu Jin worry about it himself.

"There are still too few images to accurately determine where Yu Jin is now..."

Klein thought for two seconds and decided to do one more divination.

But not now.

Although his spirituality was still sufficient, he did not have enough time. After all, the previous Tarot Club had already consumed a lot of time.

Moreover, continuous divination is of little use. After all, what he wants is not to monitor the every move of the embers, but to determine the location of the embers through the divination screen.

If you do multiple divinations in a short period of time, the embers are likely to stay in the same place, and the repeated images will have no meaning every day.

Therefore, it would be better if you wait for some time before fortune-telling.

"but……"

Klein subconsciously looked at the first seat on the left, which was Miss Justice's seat.

Miss Justice would definitely be interested in the current situation of the embers, and she had already made a request in this regard. However, the Fool couldn't do such a shameful thing as fortune-telling in public, so he could only fool around at that time.

But now...

Klein's expression became a little amused. He suddenly felt that Miss Justice still needed to know about Ember's recent situation.

Just do it!

Klein immediately materialized the scene he had just seen, and without hesitation, he threw it into Miss Justice's crimson star.

After doing all this, Klein suddenly had the urge to divine Miss Justice—

He wanted to see Miss Justice's reaction when she saw those images.

But this impulse came and went quickly, and Klein quickly and decisively gave up the idea.

Firstly, Miss Justice is a master of expression management for the audience, and she is unlikely to show any expression.

Secondly, this is indeed inappropriate.
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On the train to Backlund, Audrey was eating exquisite snacks in the luxurious compartment. Opposite her was Carla, who was lazily lying on the sofa, revealing her beautiful and seductive body.

Although she called herself the Witch of Jealousy, Audrey always felt that the Witch of Lust was more suitable for her. The code name of the other party in the Psychological Alchemy Association's Jury was not for nothing. It could be said that it was tailor-made for her and it couldn't be more suitable...

Audrey drank her tea elegantly and complained silently in her heart.

Although she knew that she would not be able to hide this from Carla, after all, she was a demigod of the 'audience' path and could directly spy on her thoughts from the sea of ​​subconsciousness, Audrey did not care.

Since I can't hide it anyway, I might as well not hide it.

In the words of Emperor Roselle, this is called open poker!
At this moment, Audrey, who was mentally active, was slightly startled. A hazy gray fog occupied her vision, followed by a picture...

Looking at the familiar figure in the picture, Audrey was delighted, because she knew that Mr. Fool had confirmed the condition of Ember, and it looked quite good, and it could even be said that he was enjoying it... For some reason, Audrey felt an inexplicable emotion surge in her heart.

"really interesting."

The corners of Carla's mouth rose slightly, and she suddenly chuckled.

Audrey was awakened, and suddenly had an inexplicable intuition, and subconsciously asked:
"Can you see?"

"of course."

Carla smiled and said, "I said, I am the witch of jealousy. I can see any emotion related to jealousy."

(End of this chapter)