New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 57: Lover Sealed in a Box

An explosion of unparalleled intensity.

Lei Ye had only seen nuclear explosions or similar scenes on TV, but the explosion before his eyes was a hundred times more shocking than the scene in Oppenheimer's movie. The expanding light and heat almost covered the entire world in an instant.

The temperature suddenly rose, making Lei Ye's mouth dry. He saw that the large group of knights in front, who were about to catch up with them with great difficulty, were overturned by the shock wave, and the flesh and blood of the group in the front even flew into the sky.

Behind him, the Holy Sword was still supplementing the settings, like an old woman chattering in a cold girl's voice.

"Witchcraft and hypnosis. During your contact with Buyadi, you have learned that there are two kinds of magic in this world. I will explain them to you."

"For the Frey Empire, Buyad is an unkillable and terrifying enemy. No matter how the witches predict, even if they exhaust their lifespans, they cannot figure out how to kill Buyad. The kingdom finally cultivates a hero who can kill Buyad, and the timeline in the eyes of the witches will be broken again. That's because Buyad is really killed and the timeline is rolled back. In the new save file, she will master the heroes' fighting methods more and more and win through unlimited battles. She will even clear out the threatening heroes and great sages in advance. In this way, for the witches in the real timeline, Buyad becomes a monster that they cannot predict even if they burn their lives."

"The witches kept dying, and the royal family changed heirs several times. The old emperor you met was named Gaggan Frey. He was born with a very unique inherent skill - hypnosis. He had thought of using this skill to hypnotize Buyad, but gave up after using a captured high-level demon to try it out. He knew that with Buyad's mental resistance, even if he hypnotized her face to face, this skill would not work on her."

What Lei Ye had worried about was indeed what those people in the royal city had imagined.

But the armor that Lei Ye wanted to get in preparation seemed unnecessary.

The mental endurance of the high-level demons is already incredible, and Buyadi's mental endurance, which has been repeatedly rewound, is even more abnormal. Of course, the old king may not know about the rewind, but he obviously does not have the confidence that his hypnosis can capture a demon king.

"So, it's foolish of Gaggan to give up using his inherent skills to challenge the Demon King directly."

"He chose to hypnotize the knights. Since he took the throne, all knights have been selected. Those with outstanding talents have to go through a hypnotic ceremony of awarding honors. The knights in a hypnotic state can practice endlessly without any entertainment except for the necessary eating and sleeping."

"After a long period of training, Jia Gang selected four knights with the best skills and attributes from these people and trained them as secret weapons. Their attributes now are probably not inferior to any brave warriors in history. But even so, the witches still did not predict the chance of victory until five years ago, when you came. After that, the witches finally predicted the possibility of killing Buyadi, and the preparation work to be done was also very simple, just send you to the scorched earth at a suitable opportunity."

Endless practice made Lei Ye think of something.

The Holy Sword's voice was cold and steady, like a long and drawn-out narration in an adventure game.

She added a final sentence that was like a needle piercing Lei Ye's heart.

"I think this flaw is probably because after meeting you, Buyadi's save frequency has become unprecedentedly frequent."

It's already the third day.

No matter how fast the dragon horse is, it cannot be as fast as the griffin. Lei Ye rushed for three days without sleep before finally returning to the scorched earth.

He is now in a very depressed state. He can hardly hold on by just eating grilled mushrooms. He feels like he will fall asleep at any moment.

The shocking explosion barely brought him back to his senses.

Lei Ye slapped himself twice, shook his face, and glanced around. He noticed one thing. In addition to the big explosion just now, the ground nearby already had signs of being destroyed by super-level magic.

In front of him was a knight lying in a mess on the ground.

The center of the explosion was still several hundred meters away. Most of these knights were just shocked by the aftermath and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. It would take them long to get up. Lei Ye passed these people and hurriedly headed straight for the Demon King's City.

The scene was completely different from the final battle. This battlefield was in a mess. Even Buyadi's castle had been destroyed, with broken walls and ruins scattered in the burning flames.

flame
Right in the middle, he saw a bonfire burning.

Lei Ye saw four bodies.

The armors on those four men were different from all the armors Lei Ye had ever seen. They were all specially made products without epaulettes. Just by looking at the shape, you could tell that these armors were made purely for their numerical value.

The helmets were basically rotten. Lei Ye took a look at those people. There were two men and two women. The youngest looked to be in his twenties and the oldest was in his forties. Whether as a knight or as an explorer, this age was no longer young.

Unless they have not been accumulating injuries from various battles, but have been practicing continuously, like four swords that have been sharpened for decades.

"Aha."

Someone made a sound of air being squeezed from their lungs.

Lei Ye turned around and saw Buyadi struggling to climb out of the pile of dirt.

Hey, my cell phone is not like that.

He ran over in surprise, grabbed Buyadi's hand and pulled her out of the ruins.

"It hurts so much." She covered her lower abdomen and sat down to the side.

The wide red cloak on her back was dirty and stuck in the dirt, getting stuck on Buyadi's neck. Lei Ye immediately helped her take off the cloak and rolled it up.

Then he helped her sit down and handed her the cloak he had arranged.

Buyadi reached out her hand, but instead of taking the cloak, she grabbed Lei Ye's wrist, pulled him back, and made Lei Ye lean towards her.

Hold the body.

Sniff the neck.

Turn over.

A deep, breathtaking kiss.

You just start biting me right away, right? So what is our relationship now?
Lei Ye wanted to complain but didn't, because a large drop of warm liquid rolled into his eye sockets, burning him.

Those were Buyadi's tears. It was the first time that Lei Ye saw the Demon King showing such a weak attitude. She suddenly hugged Lei Ye tightly and burst into tears.

An indescribable sense of disconnection.

Who is this weak girl? Is it Buyadi? Why is Buyadi so strange?

He suddenly realized with horror what was going on, because... this was more than three hundred three days later.

He hadn't seen Bu Yadi for three days, and he hadn't seen him for nearly three years.

It's like a thorn in the back or a fishbone stuck in the throat.

The lover is in my arms, yet we are so far apart.

"I promise you, I promise you"

She said crying, shaking the clean love letter in her hand.

"Okay! Now we are officially a couple. We will be great lovers and do many, many things in the future. But now stop talking and eat this."

[Mandra Soup]: All injuries are restored, all physical strength is restored, all magic points are restored, and negative items are cleared.

This is the most powerful tonic in Lei Ye's menu. Lei Ye has a large number of backups of other foods, but this herbal soup is the only one he has. In the final battle, he was reluctant to give it to the hero.

But now Buyadi looked so bad that it was a little scary. Lei Ye was really a little scared. He was so scared that he couldn't even feel the joy of having his confession accepted.

Buyadi didn't drink the bowl of grass soup and kept mumbling.

What Lei Ye heard was
"But it's broken, ...

What does it mean that she keeps repeating the bad file in her mouth over and over again?

I can’t ask, I dare not ask.

After looking at the rolled-up big red cloak in his hand, he placed it next to Buyadi's hand, took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the edge of the Demon King's City step by step. He stood on the high place of the ruins, and he examined the uninvited guests alone.

Under the moonlight, the knights stood up one by one, but not all of them could stand up. The knights in the front were affected by the explosion just now. Some of them were dead and some had lost their hands or feet. But even if they couldn't stand up, they would hold on to the ground and crawl towards this side. Soon, the knights behind them passed them with stiff steps, and the sound of armor rubbing against each other was solemn and murderous.

Is this the real final battle? The dense crowd of high-level knights can indeed support the grand scene. Lei Ye felt a little nostalgic. When he first came here, he was still a member of the brave team and traveled thousands of miles to kill Buyadi. Now he is completely in another camp.

There's no way, he is the Bull Demon King now.

He drew the holy sword from his back and at the same time took out his own masterpiece from his storage bag, holding the holy sword in his right hand and the thunder and fire sword in his left, he danced casually, causing arcs of thunder and fire to burst out from the weapons.

It is worth mentioning that the holy sword was shining at this time, and tremendous power was poured into Lei Ye's body.

This holy sword was officially taken over by him.

"For your sword, my brave hero," the cold voice lingered in my ears, "My mission has ended, and everything is settled. Next, please allow me to help restore your reputation as a 'brave hero'."

He felt an unprecedented sense of power, as if he was really a brave hero. However, he was still a little scared when he looked at the dark group of knights. The weakest of those knights had two bars, equivalent to a B-level explorer in the Explorer Guild. As for those with three or four bars, there was no need to say more.

Reason told him that he still couldn't win.

but--

You can be weak, but you cannot be cowardly. Lei Ye, you are not very lucky, but you never lack courage.

"Humph!"

Unparalleled determination shook his heart and soul. He took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and rushed forward, jumping down from a height!

In mid-air, he crossed his two swords! Thunder and lightning roared!
"Lightning! Tornado--" He crashed into the magic bubble, his nose felt sore, and then he fell down the slide made of magic bubbles.

Through the translucent magic bubble, he saw the scene on the ground. It was an extremely grand magic fireworks show, as if someone was showing off their skills. All kinds of magic blossomed on the ground, and the fancy magic elements lit up the whole world amid the bombardment.

After sliding down the magic bubble slide, he staggered and landed in front of Buyadi. The girl who was chanting various advanced magic at high speed was bathed in the moonlight. She turned her head to glance at Lei Ye. She had calmed down from her previous collapse, and Lei Ye had never felt such gentleness from her, such a gentle gaze.

After a while, she seemed a little tired, put down her hands that were casting spells, and placed them on Lei Ye's shoulders.

"Aye, let's sit over there and talk for a while." She said in a low voice.

"it is good."

"I want to hold hands."

"it is good."

The hand on his shoulder slid down and held Lei Ye's hand, and Lei Ye shook it back.

They sat at the edge of the ruins, and in the moonlight, they quietly looked at the hideous, bloody ground that had been bombed by magic. It was hard to see clearly because of the smoke and dust, but it had a kind of enchanting beauty.

Buyadi rolled up the big red cloak with her other hand and threw it on Lei Ye. Because of the difference in body size, the cloak covered Lei Ye like a large blanket.

"This is for you," she said.

Leaning into Lei Ye's arms, Buyadi lay quietly for a while.

Quiet and gentle, the world is lonely.

Lei Ye felt more and more that something was wrong with Buyadi. She looked too tired. Her usual majestic look was completely gone. She was so weak, as if she had stayed up all night in the Internet cafe.

Lei Ye was also very tired. He hadn't slept for three days and three nights.
No.
He thought of the things that he always neglected. For Lei Ye, he had been sleepless for three days and three nights. For Buyadi, she might have fought for more than three hundred three days and three nights in a row.

"It is amazing that the weakest demon king in thousands of years can be so strong."

Someone was standing in front of both of them.

Lei Ye looked up and saw a girl in a black dress with long light blonde hair and a cold, expressionless yet delicate face. She was holding a small handful of flower petals and scattering them casually. The petals were like raindrops hitting a tombstone at a funeral, melting into the body of the girl with the scent of flowers.

Lei Ye turned his head to take a look and saw that Buyadi in his arms had no reaction to the girl. He immediately guessed what was going on. This guy should be the holy sword. This posture was probably that of Yao Chen, Lu Mingze or Johnny Silvershou. It was only visible to Lei Ye and no one else could see it.

"She possessed the most powerful inherent skills in this world, but she did not abuse them excessively in the real timeline. This simple funeral is a tribute to her." The girl continued.

What the weakest demon king? Bullshit!
What a funeral, so unlucky!

Lei Ye opened his mouth and was about to curse.

The girl tilted her head slightly and spoke before Lei Ye could curse.

"Would you like to ask what are Buyadi's three inherent skills?"

The atmosphere right now is a bit bad, with a dull and ominous feeling like a huge rock pressing on my chest.

Lei Ye didn't want to ask, he just hugged Buyadi in his arms, holding her tighter.

But Buyadi suddenly felt relieved.

It was like some thought had yielded results, there was no more hesitation or confusion, only relief and ease.

"Remember what I told you about my grandfather?" Buyadi suddenly talked about what happened before.

Lei Ye didn't know why Buyadi suddenly talked about her grandfather, but nodded in response.

"Let me correct you. What I saw at that time was that after the knight had finished all the preparations, my grandfather suddenly became nervous. I saw a bonfire suddenly rising behind him. When I saw the bonfire and looked at my grandfather, his face suddenly showed an expression of collapse that I had never seen before."

"I saw my grandfather killed, killed, killed, over and over again."

"I later found out that it was my grandfather who had given me his Quick Save 'Pass the Fire' because it was broken. He probably died hundreds or thousands of times in that short period of time, and finally broke down and gave up."

Buyadi said softly.

"My three inherent skills are [Memory Reading], [Voice Transmission], and [Self-Destruction]. For an ordinary demon, these inherent skills are enough for him to get a good job with me, but for the demon king, they are too weak. These three inherent skills are not very helpful in battle. I am the weakest demon king in thousands of years."

What's the meaning.

The rollback is not Buyadi’s skill, but her grandfather’s skill?
This skill is inheritable.

【Big Self-Destruction】

Lei Ye had seen the description of this skill in Hillius's library. It was able to compress the magic power in the body to create a small but powerful explosion. After that, the user's body would be like a bucket with holes everywhere, and the magic power would flow out of these holes uncontrollably. When the magic power was gone, the person would die.

For a moment, Lei Ye thought of the explosion he saw when he just came here, and his back gradually felt cold.

Buyadi was probably about to die, her body was already feeling a little cold. Lei Ye had seen Buyadi die several times, but this time he felt something was different.

Otherwise, why would Buyadi, who had experienced more than 300 deaths, be crying?

"Perhaps because she's happy," Holy Sword said, "She knew a long time ago that your save function was no longer effective, so she had been asking you to help her investigate various things over the radio. She probably knows that her save function is dead, so she tried to ask you for help for the first time, and you came, traveling thousands of miles for three days and three nights. When she saw you, she must have been very happy, because you are the hero who would risk his life to save her when she asked for help."

Dead end? What a dead end. She has a way to rewind. How can it be a dead end?

Perhaps it was because Shengjian saw the resentment in Lei Ye's eyes, and Lei Ye saw the answer to this question in Shengjian's eyes.

'You'll find out soon enough'.

"That's great." Buyadi suddenly said softly.

"For one hundred and fourteen years, they have all looked at me with fear because I am the king of the demons. I have tried to have good relations with them, but they would look at me with pity because I am the king of the demons." She tilted her head slightly, "Only you have looked at me with love. It was from your eyes that I saw who I wanted to be."

"If only I could go back one more time."

Lei Ye began to tremble violently, as if there was suddenly a fire in his heart and lungs.

Subconsciously, he turned his head and looked in a certain direction. There was a blazing bonfire.

[Archive inheritance]

When I turned around again, Buyadi was already dead.

Lei Ye saw Buyadi's body for the first time, with her eyes closed peacefully in his arms, but it shouldn't be like this. How could she be dead? Shouldn't the game be rolled back at this time?
It's broken. It's broken. It's broken. It's broken. It's broken.
Weird, weird, weird, weird.

He stood up with a dry mouth, his horns heaving with the violent fluctuations of emotions, and his cloak rose with him, fluttering in the night wind.

The sight of his lover's body made him collapse. He pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into his heart.

A burning pain like that of being devoured by a raging fire engulfed him.

——First Week——

Lei Ye opened his eyes.

The bonfire burned brightly.

Beside him was the corpse of a griffin, and not far away was an angel knight stuck in the ground. Further away, he saw the dust flying all over the sky as the knights ran past.

Unspeakable ecstasy covered Lei Ye's sadness. She is not dead yet! Buyadi is not dead yet! As long as he rode faster and arrived earlier, he would be able to reach her before she exploded!

It’s still not too late!

He ran over there, jumped on the horse, kicked the horse's belly, and galloped wildly across the wasteland.

"Mainline update."

The light blonde girl sat behind him, mumbling like a dirty thing that even the wind couldn't blow away.

"From now on, your mission is to live with this skill until the end of your life. It's okay to use it moderately. As compensation for these five years, I will help you live a relaxed and happy life. From now on, it's all your turn."

For the first time, Lei Ye heard the holy sword's chuckle.

"Of course, you can use it to save someone if you want."

There was a hint of disdain and sarcasm in that laughter.

"Your enemies are four brave knights trained with all the strength of the kingdom, thousands of elite cavalrymen who know neither pain nor fatigue, and even Buyadi gave up after saving more than 300 times. You only have three days. Do you really think you can win?"

"If you can really go from being a hero who is five years behind in progress to a warrior like that in just three days, then I won't say anything more, but it is indeed easier to bury her properly, save the file, accept her legacy, and start your new life of glory."

"What will your choice be, Quick Save or Quick Load? -Rainye?"

(End of this chapter)