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Chapter 431 The Curse of Fire

Although the Storm Binder was broken, the power of the storm still remained, and it could exert its original strength when facing the Giants.

Its characteristics are indeed similar to those of the Circle's Serpent Hunting Spear. However, when it comes to weapons that possess the power of storms and are only effective against specific enemies, the Storm Binder is not the earliest. The Storm Breeding in Demon's Souls came before it.

It was a great sword with spiral thorn-like patterns on the blade. It was said that it could calm or control storms, and had the power to tear the sky apart when swung.

The shadow projected onto the Storm Controller in Li You's hand at this moment was exactly this sword.

However, this does not mean that Sakura Dragon has any connection with the worldview of Demon's Souls. The image of the phantom is actually based on Li You's consciousness, and what he imagined was the breeding of a great sword storm.

Because he felt that Storm Breeder was a little more powerful than Storm Binder.

In other words, if he thinks the toilet plunger is stronger than Storm Breeding, he can also imagine the corresponding image.

But Li You is not that bad of a taste.

In short, with that sword strike just now, Li You released divine power to amplify the power of the Storm Controller. After the hidden power in this broken sword was combined with the storm power of the Sakura Dragon, the storm blade swung out was completely different from its original appearance.

The giant storm blade like spiral thorns chopped down, and even if the Fire King Youm raised the big hatchet to block it, he could not offset much damage. He was hit hard by the blow, and his huge body leaned back and fell to the ground again!

"Boom-!!"

The ground shook, Youmu's armor shattered, and he roared. The damage of this sword was almost equal to the sum of the previous accumulated attacks, and even Jackbaldo was stunned when he saw it.

Is this the power of the Storm Binder?

But he immediately realized that it was definitely more than that.

Li Youze raised his sword, the shadow created by the storm disappeared, and his arms became extremely sore and difficult to move flexibly.

Although the sword just now was much more powerful than the Storm Binder's own fighting skills, the burden on Li You's body was not much greater, and he could still hold on. He had told Jackbaldo before that the two of them could not defeat Youm even if they died of exhaustion, of course, it was just a lie he told to stabilize the other party.

No, buddy, if you keep fighting like this, I’m afraid you’ll kill yourself before Yum falls.

Li You complained silently in his heart.

He took two gulps of the medicine gourd again, but the recovery effect was only average. However, the Fire King Yum had already struggled to get up again, and he couldn't delay any longer.

"Yuzu! Onion! Get ready!"

Yuzu at the door of the hall and Jackbaldo on the side both nodded. At this time, Jackbaldo didn't care about Li You repeatedly calling him Onion, and quickly charged the power of Storm Control, and the storm roared towards the big sword.

Yuzu let out a low roar, revealing the first stage of tyrant form, and the high-tech gun in his hand has been fully charged.

The Fire King Youm immediately stood up, roaring, and looking around with his red eyes. He saw that the swords in Li You and Onion's hands were wrapped in storms, and he immediately became more alert and even angrier.

As for Yuzu behind him, he simply ignored her.

In order to deal with the Storm Sword, Youm held the large hatchet with both hands to protect himself, raised his head and roared, and was about to pounce on Li You!

But Li You had no intention of hiding at all. He just looked up and grinned at Youm!

"boom--!!!"

At this moment, a gunshot instantly echoed in the hall!

A long, thin blue electric light shot out from the entrance of the hall diagonally upwards, crossing the entire hall in an instant!
"boom--!!"

The lightning actually pierced through the head of the Fire King Youm from behind, and then came out from his forehead! The remaining force was still there, and it went straight into the huge rock on the top of the hall and disappeared without a trace.

With a muffled "bang", the Fire King Yum seemed to have lost all his strength and fell to his knees. From the perspective of Li You who was standing in front of him, he could see that half of his head was shattered, and he could even see the flames burning inside.

Jack Baldo was completely dumbfounded.

What just happened?
Li You was not in a hurry to explain, but such an outcome was not beyond his expectations.

Yuzu's giant gun, Giant Killer, has a special attack against giant humanoids, and the special attack multiplier is increasing (although there is a limit). After the modification, the power of this gun itself is extremely strong, and with the special attack increase, it is not surprising that it can seriously injure Youmu.

Li You used to regard this gun as one of his trump cards, especially because the ammunition had to be specially made and was extremely scarce, he didn't dare to use it casually.

As for why he was willing to give it up now? Because the Messenger Demon God had just delivered two new bullets not long ago, and after using this one, there were still two bullets. Besides, they were already fighting against the Fire King, so there was no reason to keep them unused.

Although the fire king Youmu fell to his knees, he did not die. He leaned hard on the big axe and tried to stand up, but he could not stand up again.

Seeing this scene, Jackbaldo's eyes also showed sadness: "...My old friend, enough, enough, you should take a rest."

As he spoke, he was about to raise the greatsword in his hand and deal the final blow to Youm.

But Li You stopped him.

"Jack Baldo."

At this time, Li You did not call the wrong name.

Jackbaldo turned his head and looked, while Li You raised the Storm Controller in his hand.

"If you don't mind, could you let me take the final blow?"

The two men looked at each other from a distance, exchanging many things in their eyes, and finally Jackbaldo took a step back.

"...Well, I'm sure my friend Youmu won't mind if a strong warrior like you comes to see him off."

"Thank you." Li You smiled.

He is certainly not a dog with a human head, but Jackbaldo's body may not be able to withstand the burden of another sword, so it is best for him to finish it off.

Li You raised the sword again. There was already a layer of storm wrapped around the sword. As he injected divine power into it, the phantom of the sword appeared again!
Looking at the eyes of the Fire King Youm that were filled with confusion and rage, Li You swung his sword without hesitation!
"boom--!!"

The storm struck, turning into a sharp sword that tore apart the flesh of Cinder King Yum. Under the amplified storm blade, even the body of the strongest among the five Cinder Kings was torn apart.

"Boom!!!"

The heavy body of Lord of Fire Youm fell to the ground for the last time, and this time he would never get up again.

Before his body dissipated, Youm just stretched out one hand towards the sky, as if he wanted to grab something, but before he could complete the action, he turned into a drifting soul and disappeared.

All that was left was a deformed soul and his burned head.

Li You put down his sword and exhaled.

Yum, the Lord of Fire, is both plain and exaggeratedly strong. In the game, his damage reduction rate is extremely high, and it is difficult to cause effective damage to him without using Storm Binder.

Although the battle was actually going relatively smoothly, if there was no storm and no giant killer, Li You would have no choice but to use the amplification of the dragon form to aim at Youm's head - his head was the only part of his body where his defense was relatively low.

The dragon form + blood undead slash is still enough to break Youm's defense, but the battle will become long, and what Li You lacks most now is time.

Otherwise, he actually thought about imitating a certain King Qin, slicing Yum away with his sword, and finally stepping on Yum's throne and yelling at the Storm Binder on the ground: "FNNDP!"

——Just consider it as a tribute to our predecessors.

Li You was thinking wildly beside him, while Jackbaldo came to the head left by Yum, was silent for a moment, and then sat down cross-legged, not paying any attention to the shallow water on the ground.

Li You, Yuzu and the other two also came to him and looked at Yum's firewood. This firewood matched Yum's body size, it was ridiculously large, almost as high as Li You's waist, and there was a hole in the skull that was blasted by the giant killer before.

Jack Baldo looked at Li You, took a breath, and slowly said: "It seems... I owe you again. But, thank you. Thanks to you, I can fulfill my promise."

Having said that, without waiting for Li You to answer, he took out a few wooden wine glasses in the shape of wine barrels and distributed them to everyone.

"Come on, let's raise our glasses for the last time!" Jack Baldo raised his glass high and gave a toast.

"May your courage and mission, as well as my old friend Yum... remain with the sun! Hahahahaha!"

Still laughing heartily and drinking it all in one gulp, Jackbaldo put down his glass, looked at the people holding their glasses but not reacting, and said with a smile: "Ah, I know that you are not immortal and cannot drink this kind of wine. But don't worry! No matter what, my gratitude will not change!"

Jack's wine itself should be mixed with elemental power, and it is indeed not suitable for people other than the undead to drink. The wine that Jack Baldo gave to Li You for the first time is still lying in Li You's backpack.

Since he himself understood, Li You stopped being pretentious, put away the wine glass, and asked, "So what are your plans next?"

Jack Baldo smiled and said, "After the celebratory drink, of course I have to take a nap! But don't worry, my mission has been completed. But my friend, I still hope to see the day when you achieve your goal, so before that, I will not die."

When talking about death, Jackbaldo spoke calmly, as if it was not something to be afraid of at all, but just an ordinary destination. Edge and V listened and looked at each other, still unable to understand.

Li You knew very well that people in the soul world were like this. For them, death might be a peaceful sleep after completing their mission.

But at least, Jackbaldo didn't die in the battle with Youm this time. So Li You nodded and said, "In that case, you can rest first. This firewood..."

Jackbaldo waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! This is your mission, I will certainly not interfere. You can take my old friend's soul and firewood. When he became the Fire King, he had already realized something."

Li You then nodded: "Okay."

He did not stay for long. After collecting Yum's soul and the firewood of the Fire King, he teleported away, leaving only Jackbaldo sitting cross-legged in the hall belonging to Yum, sleeping with his head down.

……

Fire sacrifice site.

Li You returned to the campfire and attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared.

"Lord Li You, you're back." A gentle voice sounded, and the fire keeper girl bowed slightly and greeted Li You.

"I have heard that you defeated two Cinder Kings, right?"

Li You looked at her and smiled: "To be precise, there are three."

Hearing this, Rhodes, who was sitting above, couldn't help but look sideways. The Fire Keeper even covered her mouth in surprise: "In such a short time, you have already... You are worthy of it. But, please forgive me, Lord Li You, I seem to sense... the breath of the undead in you?"

Li You was stunned for a moment: "How could you find out?" He then remembered the last time he came back, the fire keeper was hesitant to speak, "Is this what you wanted to say before?"

The fire keeper nodded and said, "Master Li You, I don't know what happened exactly, but if you touch the curse of the undead somewhere, please be careful not to let the curse contaminate you... The curse of the undead is different from the ashes. It is a torture that ordinary people cannot bear."

Hearing the Fire Keeper's concern, Li You thought about it and decided not to tell her the truth. He knew that the Dark Ring was only temporarily attached to him, but he couldn't explain it to the Fire Keeper, so it was better not to tell her.

So Li You just nodded slightly: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

The Fire Keeper said no more.

From the throne above, Rhodos' voice could be heard: "...You have defeated three Cinder Kings. Come on up, and let's have a good chat."

Li You didn't care and came to Rhodos. Rhodos closed his eyes and sensed it, then nodded slowly: "...Fran Undead Squad, Deep Saint, and Giant Youm. You defeated them all so quickly, your strength is amazing."

Li Youze said: "Not really, I also had the help of other people to make it so smooth."

Rhodos shook his head: "Don't be modest. You have brought back three firewoods of the Fire King. This is proof of your strength. The remaining Fire King is only the Saint King Lothric."

Li You knew that Rhodos was talking about the two princes of Lothric who lived in seclusion at the top of Lothric City. They were the last Lords of Fire.

And Rhodos continued, "You must be very careful with the Holy King. He is definitely not someone you can easily deal with. The price of underestimating him will be heavy."

Li You nodded.

Rhodos supported his chin with both hands and changed the subject again: "By the way, the female knight named Anri left something with me and said it was for you."

Li You was stunned: "Huh?"

Shouldn't the thing Anri left behind in the game be the Anri sword? But the sword is already in his backpack?

Rhodes stretched out his hand, and in his charred and skinny palm, he held a broken finger that was equally dry, but that finger was pale and slender, and contained an inexplicable aura.

Li You was slightly stunned: "This is..."

Rhodos just smiled mysteriously and said, "Who knows? The knight Anri just said that she picked it up by chance on the battlefield where you fought together. She thought you might be able to use it, so she kept it."

"...That's it." Li You pondered for a moment, then took the severed finger, "Then I'll take it."

The scent of this severed finger was very familiar. Although Li You did not remember having such an item in the game, he guessed its function and put it away.

And Rhodos nodded slightly and said, "One last question, I wanted to ask before. You... found her, right? And... those dark eyes, right?"

A strange look appeared on his face, and he said, "I won't say anything more, but you have to be careful, those eyes are dangerous."

"They will reflect a world where darkness continues endlessly after the end of the Fire. I think that is a heretical world.

"Why did I become the king and pass on the fire? It was to prevent that kind of world from being born... What do you think? As a hero who found the King of Fire in human form, how do you view passing on the fire?"

Facing Rhodos's scrutinizing gaze, Li You looked at the dark eyes in his backpack, and then slowly said, "Since Gwyn, the Dark Lord, heroes and kings of every generation have fought bravely, turning themselves into firewood to continue the burning of the First Flame and bring light to the world. This is a sacrifice worthy of praise and an undoubtedly noble act."

"However, although sacrifice is worthy of praise, forced sacrifice cannot be called sacrifice at all. The act of passing on the flame has continued to this day, and its essence has long been distorted.

"Isn't that what happened to the royal family of Lothric? In order to continue the flame, they were obsessed with the bloodline of the gods, and ended up creating one tragedy after another. Didn't the madness of the demon king Osroais and the distortion of the twin princes all stem from this?

"The path of passing on the flames is cursed, and there are many people who think so."

Rhodos looked at him calmly and said, "You actually know these secrets... So, you also want a world without fire?"

But Li You shook his head again: "Although the actions of the Lothric royal family are not worthy of praise, or in other words, their actions can be completely called sins, but in my opinion, the transmission of fire itself has its significance."

"The inheritance of generations of Cinder Kings and the burning of countless souls have allowed the First Flame to continue to this day. What was the purpose of those Cinder Kings who devoted themselves to the fire?
"After the First Fire is extinguished, the world will enter the Deep Sea Age. No one knows what kind of world that will be... Maybe Aldrich knows a little. But precisely because of this, we can get some clues from its choice.

"Aldrich began to devour gods because he foresaw the horror of the Deep Sea Age. After all, he is the Cinder King standing at the top of this era, but he still made this choice. It is not difficult to guess what the world will look like when the flames disappear."

At this point, Li You paused, then said seriously: "These are just my personal thoughts, but as far as I am concerned, even if it is just a miserable lingering, I am more inclined to continue the flame - even if it is for those who are still struggling in this world."

Hearing this, Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief silently, but in Li You's chest and spiritual world, the Ring of Darkness couldn't help but tremble, as if it also wanted to convey something to Li You, but finally calmed down.

And Rhodos finally looked at Li You deeply and said: "Hero of the living, you are an outstanding king hunter, and you also carry a mission and secrets that I don't know, but I hope you remember what I am going to say next."

"I became the Lord of Cinder according to my own wishes, and I am deeply proud of it. You should also make your own choice, because you are the one who brought the Lords of Cinder back to the throne. This is your right... Even if it will cause excessive betrayal, you should do so."

Li You nodded: "I understand."

Rhodes said no more and just nodded slightly.

Li You turned to the throne belonging to the Fire King Aldrich and poured the firewood in his backpack onto the seat.

Next came the heads of the Farran Undead Squad and the giant head of Yom. The heads of the three Cinder Kings, plus Rhodos himself, were all that was needed to start the initial furnace: the firewood of the twin princes of Lothric.

Li You had returned to the campfire below. He looked up at the empty stone throne at the highest point and in the center, and murmured in a low voice:

“The two princes… the final Lord of Fire, also the gatekeeper of the final BOSS. This battle will surely not be easy.

"So, how should we deal with it?"

(End of this chapter)