Chapter 90

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Chapter 90: Return to the Village of Dusk (I)

[Player Qi Leren has completed the task “The Queen’s Inheritance”. Task completion is 150%.]

[A reward of 200 survival days is given; For capturing the Devil of Slaughter’s avatar a reward of 100 survival days is given; The total number of survival days awarded is 300 days.]

[Data synchronization countdown, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, synchronization completed.]

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The aroma of coffee wafted through the office, and Celia, the chief person in charge of the Court’s headquarters in the Underground Ant City, held her forehead after listening to Qi Leren’s report, and gave a long sigh: “Fortunately, it was you, otherwise the Illusionist would be in trouble, and perhaps the whole Underground Ant City would have become a vassal of Utopia.”

The Illusionist snorted coldly, but instead of making sarcastic remarks, he looked at Qi Leren and Ning Zhou sincerely and said, “I owe you one favor… The bastard Prophet must have known something would happen! He didn’t even mention it to me!”

Qi Leren knew that this was true. With the Prophet’s skill of foreseeing the future, he probably knew that the Illusionist would encounter danger when he went on this business trip, but it could still be avoided.

The Illusionist snorted again, and began to gush out how much his teacher had cheated his three students.

“Want to drink some? A little bitter?” Seeing that Ning Zhou hadn’t been talking, sitting beside him silently, Qi Leren took the coffee and poked his arm with his elbow.

Ning Zhou looked at the coffee that had been passed to him, lowered his head and took a sip from Qi Leren’s hand: “It’s too bitter.”

Qi Leren took another sip: “It is a bit.”

If there were no other people here, Qi Leren would have the urge to kiss Ning Zhou, and then flirt with him: Look, it would be sweet to kiss.

In the “Queen’s Inheritance” task, the two people were so blessed that they generally began to understand their hearts. The original estrangement melted quickly after their two kisses, and they suddenly realized that the boundaries between lovers were different from those of friends. Just like now, the two people sitting in Celia’s office actually hooked their hands like nobody was watching, and distributed dog food* with their love.

*{E/N: PDA}

“Ahem, let’s continue to get down to business. When are you going back to the Village of Dusk? How will you deal with the captured Devil of Slaughter?” Celia felt the expanding “lovers’ field” in the air and struggled to bring the atmosphere back to business before she suffocated.

“I handed over the Devil of Slaughter’s avatar to Ning Zhou.” Qi Leren pursed his lips. His half-field had just taken shape. He was worried that the Devil of Slaughter could break out of the half-field, so he simply handed him over to Ning Zhou, who was more reliable. “As for returning to the Village of Dusk… We have to delay for a few days. We have to wait for Aya’s inheritance ceremony to be completed, and she invited us to watch the ceremony.”

The new Dragon Ant Queen had been born, and the next step would be to hold a grand ceremony for her by her household, announcing to the residents of the whole Underground Ant City and even the whole Nightmare World that there was a strong new field-level person here.

“It seems that the position of the new Queen will be more inclined to us, which is a good thing,” Celia said.

“Come on, people don’t even know which direction the door to the Court opens. She’s just an ordinary little girl. Maybe in the future she’ll look towards the Devil of Fraud at and follow him.” The Illusionist said with a look of disdain.

When he heard the Devil of Fraud’s name, Qi Leren suddenly remembered his agreement with Su He.

Now, he had been promoted to a half-field. If he found the laptop again, he would have to hand over the computer loaded with the Nightmare Game to Su He… Although the contract at that time hadn’t really taken effect because of his “cheating”, how could he explain it to Su He?

Then don’t explain it, Qi Leren thought. Anyway, the remaining survival days gained just now are enough, so don’t do a copy for a while, and study hard for a while. He really had too many things to learn, especially the knowledge related to half-fields and fields.

But after this trip back, Chen Baiqi would certainly be surprised. Qi Leren imagined her surprised expression, and his heart was full of joy.

After going back, he should also prepare the ring for the marriage proposal. Ning Zhou’s birthday was on the Village of Dusk’s founding day, and he was going to propose marriage on that day. Imagining Ning Zhou’s surprise, his heart was even more excited.

Qi Leren couldn’t help smirking, and received Ning Zhou’s worried eyes and the Illusionist’s disdainful sneer.

Celia tried to find a topic to save the atmosphere: “Illusionist, before you went to the Dragon Ant Queen’s royal palace, you went to the underground casino. What did you do?”

“Nothing, I saw someone on the road who looked like a fugitive I’d seen before. Oh, you should pay attention to that underground casino. At that time, I was in a hurry to go to the royal palace, so I didn’t search carefully. That person is very similar to the remnants of the Slaughter Secret Society who escaped from the Village of Dusk, called Kathleen,” The illusionist said.

“I see. Don’t worry, Mrs. Kathleen has been arrested,” Qi Leren said with a smile and looked at Ning Zhou.

Ning Zhou gave him a smile back, which was a rare response for a person with few other expressions.

Illusionist sitting on the side: So angry! A pair of gay men show their love in front of me like no one’s watching! Can’t stand it!

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“Your Majesty’s hair is really good, black and thick, and it looks good when combed,” said the Dragon Ant Queen’s maid as she ran a comb through her hair.

Aya looked at herself in the mirror. Her skin was still brown. She had cried the night before because she learned that the Valentine tribe had been exterminated, and there were red ring lines around her eyes. She had seen her appearance in the water many times, but reflected in this luxurious bejeweled dressing mirror, she seemed to be different from the past.

What was the difference? Was it the precious earrings that adorned her earlobe? Was it her complicated and gorgeous extravagant dress? Or the scepter that belonged to the Queen in her hand?

After stripping away these things that she didn’t deserve, was she still the same as before?

No, she wasn’t.

Aya was still the same Aya, an illiterate girl from a lonely tribe, but in this short bout of ups and downs she had experienced, she had learned many things, such as faith, sacrifice, and responsibility.

But there was still only more and more that she would have to learn.

She was destined to bid farewell to worldly happiness, and her joys and sorrows were no longer her own. Everyone expected her to lead them on the correct road. This responsibility was great and arduous, which was enough to make a girl who was only 18 years old feel fear—because what she saw was the thorns on the road ahead, not the wealth brought to her by power.

She was eager to seize something and give herself more courage to fight against this cruel world.

“Serena,” Aya called her name.

The maid lowered her eyes and asked respectfully, “What is Your Majesty’s order?”

“Can you help me find a female officer who knows the Canon? I want to learn.” Aya smiled shyly. “I don’t know how to read many words.”

The maid asked, slightly surprised, “Do you know about the Devil of Destruction?”

Aya showed some confusion: “You mean Lord Ning Zhou?”

“It was the previous one. The previous Queen swore allegiance to him,” the maid answered.

“Oh, I don’t know much about this.” Although Aya has some memories from the Dragon Ant Queens of past dynasties, it is more about strength, and she knew little about many things. “What happened to him?”

“Once, rumors of his secret love with the Holy See’s Holy Nun were circulating throughout the Underworld, which were true. Later, he led the demon army to attack the human world, and the battle ended with the Holy Nun killing him.” The maid told her the story of that year.

Aya was stupefied. Like every girl, she was filled with infinite curiosity and regret for this tragic love story: “Then why did he attack the human world? If he hadn’t done this, they may not have had such a tragedy.”

The maid smiled, “Your Majesty, you don’t know the power of Destruction. The farther you go on this road, the more you lose yourself. Those who chase power at all costs will eventually become power itself. The love in the world is profound, but when you step into the field, the love, hate, and hatred of mortals should no longer be your shackles, and you will be destined to break away from all living beings and become a god on high. On that day, are Order and Destruction really good or evil for a god?”

Aya seemed to understand, and she murmured, “But if the price of power is to make the people you love and the people who love you so miserable, why should people pursue it?”

“Because power is greater than love, Your Majesty. In those days, the Destroyer and the Holy Nun loved each other so much. You didn’t see it with your own eyes, but we all saw it. It was like their love was burning up the world. He believed in the Holy See. Before he became the Devil, he thoroughly studied everything about the Holy See. It can be said that he was a divine person with faith and love. However, such a person still couldn’t resist the force of destruction. In the end, he opened the road to the human world, did something that he would not do before, and then died at the hands of the person he loved.”

Tears welled up in Aya’s eyes, and she choked and asked, “Couldn’t his love for the Holy Nun allow him to overcome destruction?”

The maid smiled and shook her head gently: “No one can do that.”

“So… what about Ning Zhou?” Aya even forgot to address him. She missed them, and felt such great anxiety at how she could hardly imagine their future.

“…Speaking of it, Lord Ning Zhou is still the child of the Devil of Destruction and the Holy Nun.” The maid sighed lightly and told the news she had just received from the Devil of Evil. “He has true loyalty and deep affection. When I saw him incarnate into the magic dragon, I seemed to see that one from more than twenty years ago.”

Tears fell from the eyes of the Queen dressed in extravagant clothes, and the maid quickly wiped them for her. She comforted softly: “Your Majesty, the ceremony is about to begin. Don’t cry, it is not necessary.”

“Yes, it won’t be like that.” Aya choked with tears. “They will be fine, and together forever.”

The young Queen really wanted her maid to smile, but she didn’t say any more. She just followed her words and whispered, “Yes, they will be fine, and together forever.”

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