Chapter 82

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Chapter 82: The Queen’s Inheritance (XXI)

The little Queen had a dream.

This was very unusual. As the collective consciousness of the Queen’s from past dynasties, she was neither human nor demon. She could hardly dream, but every dream couldn’t be taken for granted.

In the dream was a vast fog. She fell from the sky, slowly falling into the fog.

The fog parted, revealing black muddy ground below, which was as wide as a lake.

She landed on the top of the swamp, where there was a woman floating as well, with black blood flowing down from her eyes as if it was her pained tears.

The woman was dressed in a gorgeous palace gown, but if she looked carefully, she had no feet.

They looked at each other as if they were staring at their own other half.

They were indeed two halves, but one represented good and the other represented evil.

“I thought you had given up,” the woman said.

“I originally meant to give up,” said the little Queen.

“Then why did you choose another girl?” the woman asked.

After thinking about it, the little Queen said faintly, “Probably because I saw something… different in her.”

“It is just an ordinary human being, who will get carried away because of the great authority falling from the sky, and become indignant because of the pain she has to bear. Humans are greedy, weak, arrogant, and inferior. It’s ridiculous that such people can support a field,” the woman said with a smile.

“Is this the reason why you take refuge in the Devil of Power?” The little Queen responded with an equally bitter sneer.

The woman was silent, and her tearful eyes quietly “looked” at the sky, as if she had seen a hint of fate through the fog.

“I saw him,” she murmured irrelevantly. “The future Destroyer.”

“Oh?”

“The force of the Devil of Power is admirable, but Destruction is equally awesome.” As the woman spoke, she suddenly pulled out a smile. “Now I understand why ‘she’ is at the Destroyer’s feet, even if it is a force that opposes 'order’.”

The “she” she said was naturally the Dragon Ant Queen who had just died.

“I didn’t trust in Power either. I just… like you,” The woman said.

The little Queen understood what she was talking about. As a “personality” split from the same source, they had the same mind.

The little Queen was tired of the cycle that had to be repeated every twenty years: the old Queen died, chose a new heir, and then continued this broken field until she collapsed and went crazy… They were all tired.

So she responded negatively to all this, and prepared to look on coldly at the collapse of the Underground Ant City, but Aya had touched her choice on the edge of life and death, which gave birth to an absurd expectation in her heart—maybe she was different?

Maybe this little girl who had grown up in a remote tribe, suffered from discrimination, and even couldn’t recognize all her words, had a different soul?

The little Queen didn’t know whether Aya could keep her inner kindness after suffering from fate, whether she would bear inner demons in the long despair and pain like them, and whether she would go crazy and degenerate.

“I want to try again.” In the little Queen’s mind, the girl cried and took off her blindfold, and she was willing to believe in her courage and kindness at that moment.

The woman looked at her indifferently for a long time and said calmly, “I know, but I will stop you and use my 'way’.”

“Suit yourself,” said the little Queen.

“There is no need to pass on this field, and it is impossible to pass it. It doesn’t hurt to tell you: the Virgin who betrayed the Queen’s flame has gathered here to begin the ceremony, and they will do whatever it takes to extinguish the Flame and summon Utopia. By that time, no one will be able to stop the Devil of Power. She is bound to annex this field and make the Underground Ant City a part of Utopia,” the woman said. “But maybe, before that, the Underground Ant City will have collapsed. You can feel it, too, in this fragile field. If there was not another force supporting it, it would have fallen apart.”

“Their actions are very fast… Thank you for reminding me, then I will hurry and start now.” The little Queen looked at her other half with mixed feelings.

The woman also looked at her, silent.

The little Queen sighed lightly and finally didn’t ask that sentence: In fact, you also hope she can be different from those people, right? Even after so many disappointments, in the end, our hearts still yearn for an impossible miracle.

The fog gradually dispersed, and the mud underfoot gradually disappeared. The world around them fell into a strange place, and finally dissipated like a dream.

The little Queen sat up and looked at Aya sleeping on the windowsill, as well as Qi Leren who stroked the Canon as if lost in thought.

“The situation has changed. Wake her up, we will go to the Holy Flame now.” The little Queen said, standing up and facing Qi Leren.

Qi Leren closed the book and asked nervously, “What’s the matter?”

“The Flame Virgins can’t wait. If they drag on, they may start Utopia’s summoning ceremony—no, before that, they will extinguish the Flame first. Although the Flame cannot be extinguished by water, it can be extinguished by blood. Before, they kidnapped and killed other candidates in large numbers. They have just enough blood,” the little Queen said seriously.

Qi Leren thought more one what she said. He considered it for a moment and asked cautiously: “Are there any other forces here besides the followers of the Devil of Power?”

“Who do you mean?”

“…The Devil of Slaughter,” Qi Leren said, recalling the task prompt given by the system.

The little Queenshowed a dignified color: “I had doubts before… Do you know that this ceremony should not have started?”

Qi Leren nodded: “I heard that the Dragon Ant Queen actually chose the heir?”

“Yes, she carefully selected the heir. But when the inheritance was to be passed, the heir was assassinated by a maid, which led to its failure. But the assassin escaped—maybe they are still in the palace of the Dragon Ant Queen,” the little Queen said, suddenly pensive.

“Maybe the assassin is among these candidates,” Qi Leren said.

The little Queen nodded, “I initially suspected that the assassin was a follower of the Devil of Power, but now that I think about it, it may not be so. If the Devil of Power hopes to completely annex the Underground Ant City, then she should try to confuse the selected heirs instead of assassinating people at the last minute, causing the Underground Ant City’s field to almost collapse.”

“If the Underground Ant City’s field collapses, who will benefit from it?” Qi Leren asked.

“I couldn’t think of anyone who would benefit, but you reminded me just now.” The little Queen gave him a deep look. “It’s the Devil of Slaughter.”

“Isn’t he sealed?”

“This is also a secret of the demon world. The Devil of Slaughter was suppressed by the Devil of Power in the lake of fire. One of the most important seals is the Underground Ant City. If the Underground Ant City’s field is not shattered, it is almost impossible for the Devil of Slaughter to break free from the seal. Therefore, he must hope that the Underground Ant City will collapse as soon as possible,” the little Queen said solemnly.

“Is it possible that his consciousness has broken the seal?” Qi Leren remembered that was what the system prompts had said.

“It’s not impossible. There have been changes in the lake of fire before. In this way, perhaps an avatar of the Devil of Slaughter has also mixed into this ceremony… The situation is more complicated.” The little Queen had a heavy expression.

Aya woke up leisurely. After hearing the conversation between the two, she was confused and nervous. “What’s the matter? Is it dawn? ”

“The situation has changed, we set off tonight,” said the little Queen.

On the way to the Holy Flame, Aya was not aware of the situation. She frequently looked at Qi Leren with her eyes. Finally, Qi Leren patiently explained the situation to her: “Many of those priestesses have betrayed the Queen and turned to the Devil of Power. Now they’re preparing to extinguish the Holy Flame and then summon Utopia here.”

“Summon Utopia?” Aya was taken aback.

“Yes, with a very evil ceremony…” Qi Leren had experienced it. Even if he only recalled the horrible situation from that time, he still shuddered. The tall bloody altar, the corpses and blood on the ground, and the ferocious monster summoned from the void…

Aya didn’t know of these things, but she could sense the danger from Qi Leren’s solemn expression.

“Strange, why are the demons gone?” After walking for a long time, Qi Leren felt something off and asked the little Queen.

The little Queen stopped and looked straight ahead.

Qi Leren followed her gaze. The fog was still thick, but in the fog…

Empty buildings along both sides of the street stood there, while the bodies of girls hung under the eaves.

Aya covered her mouth and looked at them in horror.

Honey ants, maids, Holy Flame Virgins… No matter what their status was, they were all the same here in this moment.

After their blood was drained, the bodies that remained were useless.

At the end of this group of corpses, a bloody and evil plot had revealed its ferocious fangs.

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Editor’s Notes: Sorry for all the recent delays and thank you for your patience. This is now (hopefully) back to its regular schedule.

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