The world-devouring dragon

Time flies, time is like water, I don’t know how many years have passed...

The east of the human world is known as the world of jungles and swamps, somewhere in the Kingdom of Rest.

On a dark seaside, on a beach, a group of men and women dressed in black were surrounding a small boat. Most of the people's faces were silent and sad. The whole crowd was enveloped in a thick atmosphere of sadness. One of them The young woman in gorgeous silk clothes was still choking and weeping, and her cry was sad and sad.

"Okay, stop crying. What do you look like when you cry?"

And as if he was dissatisfied with the crying of the woman next to him, a tall middle-aged man scolded her.

The two thick eyebrows on his forehead were like two machetes. They were not angry but were intimidating. The power on his body was extremely powerful. He was obviously not an ordinary person.

"But... our daughter passed away at such a young age. How can I bear it?"

The young woman raised her head and looked at the small boat in front of her that was dotted with oil lamps.

On the boat with dozens of oil lamps, under the light of the swaying oil lamps, a young girl who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old, wearing complicated and gorgeous clothes, was lying quietly on the boat with a peaceful expression. above.

Her face is extremely pale, and her hands and feet are as slender as a doll. It can be imagined that she must have been a cute child with an extremely pure smile when she was alive, and she should be extremely beautiful when she grows up.

However, this child as beautiful and pure as a flower is also like a flower, withered before it blooms...

Looking at her, the young woman's face became even more sad.

Hearing this, the man frowned and was about to say something, but the scolding words he had planned stayed in his Adam's apple for a long time, but he never spit them out. In the end, he sighed helplessly and fell into a bitter silence.

No matter how powerful he was, he was ultimately helpless in the face of this sudden death. He could only kneel down in front of death, as weak as an ant...

The sunset, the beach, the crowds dressed in black, the boats shrouded in dim lights, everything revealed a deeply sad atmosphere of death.

"It's almost time, let's get started."

At this time, a priestess with her face covered in a veil and her body shrouded in a black dress walked out of the crowd and spoke calmly to the middle-aged man.

Her face can't be seen clearly, and her beautiful face can only be vaguely seen. Only the vertical snake eyes above the veil are particularly special. Her body is covered with a pure black high priest's robe. , symbolizing her identity as a death priest who guides the way for the dead.

The man nodded, and the woman beside him obeyed and stepped aside even though her face was full of reluctance.

Led by the high priestess, several young priestesses followed slowly behind them, holding the snake statue in their hands, lowering their heads and muttering prayers all the time.

The leading female high priest stood in front of the boat, looking at the young girl lying in the boat in front of her. Her face, used to seeing death, was extremely calm, and she just murmured.

"May the fluting squid guide your path..."

In the ancient legends of the snake people living in the eastern swamps, the squid is the messenger of Jörmungandr, the father of snakes. It will play the flute for the deceased and guide the deceased to the world of snakes to meet the great father of snakes and the leader of the entangled world. Snake - Jörmungandr.

After that, people untied the ropes that bound the boat, and let the boat filled with lights slowly sail to the deepest part of the sea with the ebbing tide and wind, where the sleeping big snake would be accepted into the Snake City. ——Nano.

At the same time, the priests slowly sang that ancient song...

The song of mourning for the dead.

"KAGIROHIHA, YOMINIMATAMUTO (Dawn, waiting in the underworld!)"

"SAKUHANAHAKAMINIKOHINOMU (The blooming flowers are prayers to God.)"

"IKERUYONI, AGAMIKANASHIMO (In this life, no matter how sad your body is.)"

"IMEHAKENU (The dream is gone)"

"URAMITECHIRU (hate disappears)"

"URAMITECHIRU (hate disappears)"

"MOMOYOKANASHIKI, TOKOYAMINI (Countless nights of sadness, hidden in eternal darkness.)"

"KAHIKONOKOMUYOWO, SUMEKAMININOMU (Pray to the noble God for the next life of the egg.)"

Songs full of sadness are sung, comforting the dead and the living.

"Crash..."

The sea water lapped at the shore from time to time, while the young woman on the beach kept crying. Finally, she knelt down on the beach with tears in her eyes, crying loudly at the boat that was gradually moving away...

…

On the tranquil sea, an ownerless boat was driven by the wind and wandered aimlessly.

The moonlight is like water, shining quietly on the boat with swaying lights.

Under the moonlight, a girl wearing a gorgeous robe was lying calmly on a boat piled with various precious gifts and souvenirs. There was an inexplicable sense of beauty on her pale and bloodless face, as if she was just As if falling into a deep sleep.

The sea water was as calm as a lake, with no waves except for the faint strange sounds coming from the distance.

The boat full of lights floated quietly.

How long has it been floating? No one knows...

On the boat, the swaying lights gradually began to dim. One by one, the lights were extinguished because there was no lamp oil. When the last oil lamp struggled for a long time, it was finally extinguished.

As the last light went out, the entire boat fell into deathly darkness.

The only thing related to the human world was finally extinguished.

Without any warning, the boat just slipped into the sea calmly...

"Gulu..."

No sound was made, everything was so quiet, leaving only a small bubble in place.

In the sea, the girl with her eyes closed, her slender body fell weakly towards the deeper depths of the sea. The treasures and gifts filled with people's memories and sorrows were also scattered one by one in the deep and dark vastness. In the sea.

The body is falling.

Just like death, there is no turning back.

Unconsciously, the girl continued to fall deeper into the sea.

In the darkness, countless pairs of unkind eyes stared at her, but the owners of those eyes did not dare to move rashly.

Her carefully tied long hair spread out naturally, and the gorgeous soaked robe spread out messily, inadvertently revealing a small piece of snake scale on her shoulder.

I don't know how long it took, but she seemed to hear a low mournful sound while she was already in a long sleep.

"FOR_ALL_THE_NIGHTS_AND_DAYS, THE_BLUEGREEN_MOON_IS_HIDDEN_AWAY. (Even if there is no moon shining day and night)"

A sad and sweet female voice came from the deepest part of the sea.

The long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the eyes that were originally closed slowly opened, revealing a pair of snake pupils as beautiful as amber.

In the clear and pure pupils, there is still a bit of confusion and confusion when he wakes up.

Stiffly moving her hands and feet, feeling the dead body that no longer needed to breathe, the girl opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

And just then...

"Woooo..."

Suddenly, a whimpering sound came from the girl's side.

The girl couldn't help but heard the sound and walked away, only to see a huge squid covered with tentacles hovering next to her.

This huge and peaceful squid, with two long tentacles like human fingers, is placed on a long flute in an extremely humane way, as if to accompany the sad song, it is playing quietly. , making a melodious sound.

Its tentacles wandered randomly in the sea, wandering around the girl unconsciously, as if immersed in this wonderful sadness.

And as if it felt the girl's gaze, the giant squid slowly opened its eyes...

A pair of cold and indifferent pupils.

Watch her.

Immediately, the eyes were closed again, no longer paying attention to the girl in front of him, and the squid leisurely dived deeper into the sea.

For some reason, the girl had an impulse in her heart. She opened her arms, waved the water around her, and chased the squid.