After quitting the team, the adventurers regretted it

Linda walked along the main city gate and into the palace.

The floor was paved with dark green tiles, and the walls were lit with blue candles, creating a dim light.

The huge palace was empty.

The sound of footsteps echoed in the palace, cold and eerie.

Linda held the sword of the brave in his hand and moved forward cautiously.

At the end of the palace is a black throne.

The scarlet carpet stretched straight from the gate to that side.

Linda stood still ten meters away and shouted, "Demon King, come out and die!"

Get out and die.
受死
死.
The sounds overlap, like a bird trapped in a maze, unable to get out.

squeak~ah~
What the hell is going on?

Linda looked back.

The black gate of the palace closed quietly, and magic runes jumped out from it.

It turned out to be some kind of barrier.

"Super Demonic Heart Slash!"

The sword flashed.

Boom!

Thunder, little rain.

The palace gate remained motionless.

Linda couldn't help but frown.

The Super Demonic Heart Slash, blessed by the Law of Destruction, has a 99% true damage rate. How could it not break this barrier?
Even if the Demon King is level 99, he still has to open a hole in this barrier himself.

Tina's eyes before she died flashed through his mind.

Just like a wife bidding farewell to her husband going to the battlefield, knowing that he would die. Even if Linda killed her, there would be no hatred on her face, but more of a lament for her fate.

If Tina is a witch, Linda might consider giving her a chance to atone for her sins, after all, the witch's mind is controlled by the devil. But Tina is different from Baimian, Lin Xi, Crescent Knight and others. She acts completely according to her own will.

Linda's eyelids jumped. After seeing the sword of the brave and the law from the dragon of time, Tina, who was defeated by him, looked like she still didn't believe he could defeat the devil.

This recognition of the Demon King's power comes entirely from Tina herself, rather than the witch's abnormal reverence for the Demon King.

He is already so strong.

Does Tina still think that she is no match for the Demon King?

A faint sense of uneasiness arose in my heart.

Linda gritted her teeth and put her mind to her work.

He looked around the Demon King's Palace and used his magic power to perceive.

Where is the enemy?
I looked around but found nothing.

The uneasiness in my heart gradually intensified.

It was as if a large cold hand was slowly squeezing his heart.

The air in the Demon King's Palace changed.

The nose was filled with a strong and pungent smell of sulfur, and the demonic elements were boiling like a volcano about to erupt.

A drop of cold sweat oozed from Linda's forehead.

Snap, snap.

suddenly.

Clear applause sounded.

In the empty Demon King's Palace, the voice seemed abrupt and harsh.

Linda's scalp was numb.

His magic power still couldn't sense the enemy's position!

The space ahead was fluctuating.

It's like raindrops falling into the lake, creating ripples.

The ripples expanded, opening up a spatial channel.

A large woman in an emerald green dress walked out with a smile.

Linda's mind was in a mess.

He raised his head and looked at the woman with a beautiful face and long emerald green hair that reached the ground.

"Goddess?"

The one who appeared in front of Linda was the goddess of the world tree, Tricia!

How is this going?

Isn't it true that Tricia cannot interfere in the fight between adventurers and demons?

The Demon King's Palace was empty.

Where is the devil?
Could it be that Tricia had destroyed it in advance?

Linda was completely confused.

Tricia looked at him with a smile as gentle as when they first met.

"Mr. Brave, you did a great job. Because of your existence, the world has been saved."

Tricia's voice is soothing.

"But I haven't defeated the Demon King yet."

Linda said in a deep voice: "My Lady Goddess, what is going on? Where is the Demon King? Why did you come here? How many things have you hidden from me?"

"My lord, I did not deceive you."

Tricia: "Let me show you the truth about the 'Devil' with your own eyes."

She stretched out her left hand and opened her palm, revealing a fresh leaf of the World Tree.

With a gentle breeze, the leaves flew towards Linda.

In mid-air, the leaves turned into a soft green light and entered Linda's eyes.

A cool and refreshing feeling surges into the body.

Linda's perspective changes.

He saw various magical elements flowing in the space.

The golden spots of light are the [light element], the brown ones are the [earth element], and the black ones are the [dark element]. Colorful energy fills the space.

Although it is possible to perceive with one's own strength, it is an abstract expression, just like a blind man touching an elephant.

The world of magic elements in Linda's eyes has never been as clear as it is now.

But that wasn't what Tricia wanted him to see.

Soon, Linda noticed.

There are black cracks everywhere in the space!

What is this?
He was secretly shocked.

The world I live in is like a huge transparent mirror, and there are many dense black cracks on this mirror.

The emerald green magic power continued to repair the cracks, much like the "centipede marks" left after healing.

Such cracks are everywhere, and 90% of them have been repaired by emerald green magic.

The remaining ten percent expanded to the surrounding area at a slow pace.

Linda's expression changed. "Is this a space crack?"

"Correct."

Tricia showed a sad expression and said, "They have existed tens of thousands of years ago. Since you have been to the Holy Land and seen the Time Dragon, you should understand what I mean.

The war between him and me caused a large area of ​​space to collapse, all lives were lost, and many races disappeared in the war.

If I hadn't used my magic power to repair the space cracks, both the Secret Realm Continent and the Demon Realm Continent would have fallen into the space turbulence and turned into dust."

Linda roughly understood what Tricia meant - [Space] is the basis of all material existence.

For example, plants need sunlight and water, and humans need air. Space is the foundation of everything.

Whether it is plants or life, they all exist in space.

Once the space is broken, even a powerful deity like Tricia would most likely perish.

Linda sensed that Tricia had something else to say and looked at her quietly.

"Yes, just as you thought. Repairing the space cracks requires a lot of divine power."

Tricia sighed: "The source of divine power is the souls of the dead. Tens of thousands of years ago, the Time Dragon greedily absorbed magic power in an attempt to surpass the divine level, resulting in the draining of magic elements and the death of a large number of lives.

I was originally an ordinary little tree.

However, it unexpectedly absorbed the souls of powerful lives and grew into the Holy Tree Tricia, which has the power to repair space cracks.

However, a broken mirror cannot be completely healed.

Repairing space is something that only the main god level can do.

Even if I keep patching it up, the space crack will still slowly expand.

Fortunately.

When life on the continent dies, their souls will turn into leaves and return to the Holy Tree and the Demonic Tree.

I use this power to continue repairing the cracks in space.

However, with the normal death rate of adventurers and demons, my strength is not enough to cover the expenditure.

Therefore, every thousand years, there must be a cleansing.

Eliminate more than 70% of life and provide the magic power to keep the world running."

Tricia closed her eyes in pain, “So, there is a hero and a demon king.

There are two continents.

It is destined that war will break out between the two races.

Brave Linda, you did a great job.

Gain the inheritance of the Time Dragon and gain power beyond ordinary legends.

With your soul as magic power, I can ensure the operation of this world for thousands of years.

You saved the world.

As a goddess, I am proud of you."

The brave sword in Linda's hand turned into a white light and returned to Tricia's hand.

His skill [Blessing of the World Tree Goddess] disappeared.

At this point, the truth is revealed.

The so-called war has no meaning.

All that matters is that enough people die. It doesn't matter if you win or lose.

They can all achieve Tricia's goal.

“Haha, hahahahahaha!”

Linda couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that this was a planned chess game from the beginning to the end.

Recalling the adventure of life and death over the past decade.

Comrades who died, citizens who died.

Even the demons who have racial hatred.
Everyone is a chess piece.

The fate is written by the goddess of the world tree.

The strength in Linda's body dissipated at once.

It all feels so meaningless.

I guess if a Goblin were the hero, he would be able to get to where he is today. Even in the most dangerous situation, he still has the blessing of the World Tree Goddess to help him.

He marched forward triumphantly all the way and led the army of adventurers to the Demon King's Castle.

The brave man enters the Demon King's Palace alone.

Finally, the truth is revealed here.

The only difference between himself and previous heroes is probably that he has obtained the laws of the Time Dragon.

But this cannot fill the gap between the legendary level and the divine level.

The souls of other heroes can allow Tricia to suppress the space rift for a thousand years, and her own will take "several thousand years".

This was the greatest compliment Tricia could give him.

“So, what am I coming all this way for?
What was the reason for the death of Bovis, Robbitt, adventurers and citizens?"

Linda's eyes were bloodshot as he asked angrily.

Tricia showed sympathy and said, "My lord, I understand how you feel. No one would feel good if they knew the truth.

But your death and the death of your companions were meaningful.

Without your sacrifice, I would not have enough magic power to repair the space rift, and the world would be destroyed.

So, you saved the world.

You are all great warriors.

Please become my magic.

I will put your soul to good use."

"Hahahahaha!"

Linda laughed.

"In other words, all the people died because of you, the goddess. I also have to be slaughtered and become your fertilizer?"

Tricia frowned, “My lord, please watch your tone, your sacrifice is to save this world.

Don’t you have a spirit of dedication? Over tens of thousands of years, dozens of heroes have arrived at the Demon King’s Castle.

For the sake of the lives on the continent, each of them chose to sacrifice themselves.

You should know that after your death, your name will be written into the history books, and you will be remembered by thousands of people as the hero who defeated the devil 'Hades'.

I will always remember your name.”

Linda: "You mean, I should not resist and just let you kill me?"

"That's understandable."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Linda held his forehead and laughed so hard that tears were almost coming out.

After more than ten seconds, he slowly regained his composure.

"Goddess, I have a suggestion. You can save the world without sacrificing me."

Without waiting for Tricia to interrupt, Linda quickly said, “It doesn’t matter who becomes a god, and repairing the world is so tiring.

That being the case...

Why don’t you let me come?”

Tricia was stunned.

Her expression instantly turned angry!
The goddess raised her eyebrows and said coldly: "Brave man, your power comes from me, please watch your tone!"

“My Goddess, your expression right now is so ugly.

save the world?

For life on the mainland?

These are all your lies, right?!

Once you lose this world, you will no longer be a high and mighty god!"

Linda stared at Tricia intently, her sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the heart of this goddess:

"I have inherited the legacy of the Time Dragon, and naturally I have also inherited its broken godhood. As long as you give me the power, I will be the new god.

I, Linda, will repair the space crack that you cannot repair.

What you can't do, I, Linda, will do.

I, Linda, will be the deity!"

"How arrogant! How dare a tiny human like you say such arrogant things!"

Tricia was so angry that her facial features were distorted, the rugged bark was exposed under her fair skin, and her long green hair turned into branches with bared fangs and claws.

She stretched out her left hand: "Ant, disappear!"

puff!

The brown roots of the World Tree emerged from the ground and pierced Linda's heart.

However, Linda's figure only flashed for a moment and then recovered.

"Just like you can't completely kill the Time Dragon, you can't kill me either."

Linda curled his lips mockingly, "Since you have fought against the Time Dragon, you should understand what my laws are."

"My dear hero, please do not resist in vain!"

Tricia took a deep breath and changed the subject: "Even if I give you divine power, you can't repair the space, and the world will still be destroyed.

You don't want to see your team members die one by one in the space turbulence, do you?
Even for them
Please give up resistance."

Seeing that Tricia's attitude softened, Linda felt a little relieved.

It seems that this woman is not sure about breaking the law of the Time Dragon.

"Tricia, why don't you just let me go? I can forget what happened today."

Linda's eyes flickered.

He must go back to the Holy Land, perhaps there is a way to become a god there.

"My lord, it seems that you are unwilling to surrender."

Tricia shook her head regretfully.

"The Law of Time is indeed powerful, and almost nothing can kill you.

Past, future, present, as long as you exist at any time, you will not die.

This is the truth of the law of time."

Linda's trump card was revealed by Tricia.

indeed so.

The reason why Linda was able to ignore the attacks of the demon legends and remain immortal was due to the law of time.

The Linda who was "killed" was him from the previous second.

Not him now.

The amount of time in the past and the future is equal to the number of lives that Linda can replace.

And the measure of time is "endless".

Even the shortest second can be divided into countless parts.

Therefore, as long as time exists, Linda is immortal.

Even if space collapses, the continent is destroyed, and the goddess of the world tree falls
He won't die either.

By then, by absorbing the remains of the World Tree Goddess, it is very likely that he will be the next god.

Linda quickly figured this out.

Perhaps Tricia was interested in more than just his soul.

And inside him, there is the shattered godhood of the Time Dragon!
In the battle of gods tens of thousands of years ago, after the Time Dragon was defeated, he set up a barrier to protect the sanctuary, and only the chosen ones had the opportunity to approach.

Tricia used her own hands to bring out the divinity of the Time Dragon.

Then gain this power by killing yourself.

Linda shuddered.

By then, Tricia probably wouldn't care whether the world ended or not.

Anyway, Tricia, who has the law of time, can survive.

Keeping the world running for thousands of years and preventing him from rebelling may be all lies.

After my death, who can guarantee that Tricia will diligently repair the space cracks?

Instead of trusting this unreliable goddess, Linda would rather believe in herself!
"Legendary skill, Annihilation Slash!"

Linda switched to the form of a pitch-black shadow, and the magic sword Filo slashed out an invisible sword energy towards the palace gate.

"Brave man, you disappoint me so much."

Tricia's eyes were icy cold. "I admit that tens of thousands of years ago, I didn't have the ability to kill the Time Dragon, but now it's different. With the nourishment of the souls of the brave men of all generations, 'it' has finally become a complete form."

After saying that, Tricia raised her right hand.

A rich emerald green light began to condense.

The roots of the World Tree grew from beneath her feet and climbed into the light.

Tricia pulled her right hand down and unexpectedly pulled out a long sword made of wood from the emerald green light.

The blade of the sword was wrapped in vines and fresh green leaves, and the hilt was integrated with Tricia's hand, connected by tree roots.

A huge and vast force rose up madly.

The entire Demon King's City and even the Demon Continent were buzzing and vibrating!

In the outside world, the adventurers and demon legends who were in fierce battle looked towards the Demon King’s Castle in shock.

People who don't know the truth just think that the hero and the devil are fighting the final battle. (End of this chapter)