After destroying the evil dragon, just like the original witch, the evil dragon's body turned into countless fragments of memories of the "old days".
Only Zero can do this.
As a mechanical species, the characteristic of a mechanical species is to observe and record everything around it every minute, and use the collected data to imitate and learn to improve itself.
So in a sense, Zero is the best historical encyclopedia, a photo collection of stories.
Dreams can dig into people's deep memories, and the same is true for Ex-Machina.
Now these fragments come from the deepest part of the zero database.
And in the light and shadow of the fragmented memory, the pictures of the past that are being presented at this moment are none other than Jiuyou's real past, a world where "ashes" exist, a...
The story of the encounter between the dragon girl and the gray-robed man.
Poof!
The blade pierced the heart, and the gladiator in front of him fell helplessly with fear and despair.
The clean battle did not make the arena resound, but instead caused dissatisfaction among many people in the audience. After all, watching this kind of instant kill drama is fine once or twice, but if you watch dozens of games, you will get tired of it. Well, no one wants to watch a game where the outcome is known and there is no suspense.
However, the dragon girl in the center of the arena didn't care. In other words, there was nothing in this world that could make her care. Perhaps the only reason she was still alive was to fight.
She put away the knife with an expressionless face and stepped over the gladiator's corpse in the pool of blood. The dragon girl's heart was already numb. This was the one hundred and third gladiator who died under her knife.
The audience in the arena hated the Dragon Girl, and when the Dragon Girl returned to the gladiator's rest room, all the gladiators inside also looked at the young Dragon Girl with hatred and hatred.
It's not because of Tang. Tang has become a thing of the past. Under the deliberate control of the organizers behind the scenes, Tang was forgotten by everyone in less than half a year.
Now this new batch of gladiators are just afraid of the Dragon Girl, because the Dragon Girl is like a killing machine. A killing machine without independent consciousness has become the knife used by the organizers to "borrow a knife to kill people."
After experiencing Tang's incident, the organizers learned their lessons and tightened their control over the gladiators.
Whenever a popular gladiator shows up, the organizer will immediately arrange for him to have a duel with the Dragon Girl.
As for the result, it was just like the last game.
Therefore, the current Dragon Girl is equivalent to the dark cloud hanging over the heads of all the gladiators, and a sharp sword hanging on their necks.
But there was nothing they could do because they couldn't beat him.
No, let alone being invincible, no one can even hurt the dragon girl at all, so the only thing they can do may be to express their hatred with their eyes in the lounge like now.
After all, the dragon girl who didn't care about anything would naturally not care about their hatred at all.
However, this time in the lounge, the dragon girl felt something different from usual. Among the many gladiators' hateful glances towards her, there was another one that was very plain, with a bit of "scrutiny" Sight.
The dragon girl subconsciously looked towards the source of this unique sight.
There, sitting in the corner of the lounge, was a man whose whole body was covered by a cloak.
Such an outfit would look very strange anywhere.
Like a weirdo.
Soon the dragon girl withdrew her gaze, continued to remain silent, and walked straight out of the lounge without looking at the gray-robed man again.
This is.
Her first encounter with Ashes.
After this fragment of memory ended, Jiuyou, who had just cried loudly in Liao Ji's arms, with the crying marks on her face and red nose, couldn't help but clenched Liao Ji's clothes a little tighter, obviously feeling that she had ignored him at that time. Extremely self-blame.
"I'm sorry, Lord Ashes, the me back then, me"
"I guess you must have looked down on me at the time and thought I was too weak." Liao Ji saw Jiuyou hesitating, looking like he wanted to explain but didn't know what to say, so he smiled and spoke first.
After that, Long Niang was also relatively naive.
If it were Sxiutiya, she would definitely have some more quibbles, but Jiuyou's straightforward temperament made her nod directly.
"My memory of that time is very vague, but I remember that I only had one thought, hoping to find someone like me."
Jiuyou said it very implicitly, but it was not difficult for Liao Ji to hear that Long Niang hoped that a strong man would appear and kill her just like she defeated and killed Tang with her own hands in the arena.
This was the relief that the Dragon Girl was looking for at that time.
Soon we came to the next memory light and shadow, which was from the perspective of the dragon girl, witnessing that the man in gray robe was really like her before. As a newcomer, she broke through the siege in the arena and became this person with a complete victory. The biggest rookie dark horse in this class.
Naturally, such people also attracted the attention of the organizers. Soon, the gray-robed man and the dragon girl met again, and this time it was no longer in the lounge, but in the arena.
Seeing Jiuyou here, she concentrated all her attention, because that day would never be forgotten for her.
It was this man in gray robe who had been ignored by her and regarded as weak by her, but actually defeated her in the following arena duel.
It wasn't that the man in gray robe was hiding his strength. On the contrary, when Zhendang entered the battle, she sensed that she was right. Her strength was indeed far superior to that of Lord Ashes.
The real reason for her defeat was that she lost in her most confident martial arts.
That's right.
Jiuyou clearly remembered this battle. All her moves seemed to be seen through by Master Hui. Even when she arrived, Master Hui seemed to know what she was going to do next and made corresponding defenses in advance.
That was the first time Jiuyou felt that her strength was empty, but it seemed to be hitting cotton.
With Lord Ashes' obvious life strength, it may only take two swords of his own, or no more than five swords at most, to end him directly. But the problem is that Lord Ashes can always deal with it skillfully, either by using strange props or by using magic weapons. special power.
Just like that, the dragon girl in the picture, under the shocked eyes of many gladiators, spectators, and the organizer, was constantly entangled with the gray-robed man for a while, completely losing her cleanliness like countless competitions in the past. neat.
Even as time went by, the dragon girl went from having the absolute upper hand at the beginning to gradually balancing the power, and finally, she was completely at a disadvantage. The man in gray robe consumed a lot of strength, and she was a little exhausted.
However, looking at the man in gray robe, although his face is hidden by his cloak and no one can see clearly, from the attitude of the man in gray robe, it can still be seen that he has no intention of relaxing at all. On the contrary, he seems to be more alert and nervous?
Liao Ji, who was holding Dragon Niang in his arms, was also recalling the details of this "BOSS battle" in the game that he still remembered vividly.
It was strange that he wasn't nervous at the end of the battle.
After all, this is the time when the BOSS is about to use his special move.
Sure enough, seeing that she would be consumed to death if she continued like this, the dragon girl took the initiative to distance herself from the gray-robed man. Then the familiar action came. The dragon girl summoned the flaming sword from her chest, sacrificing the whole body in exchange for the destruction of the cauldron. When his momentum reaches its peak, he must kill the man in gray robe to end the game.
That's right.
It was this move that made Liao Ji sigh outside the screen.
In the past, whether Jiuyou was the BOSS, he had many times the health and attributes of the players, and various small skills and moves. He could try every means to find a way to break through the resistance, but this move was the only one that was sure to kill.
Liao Ji still vaguely remembered that he used SL three times before he succeeded in the "Detection Technique", letting him know the skill description of this technique.
To put it simply, [Zhan Chitong] will be judged based on the strength of both parties. With Liao Ji's level at the time, there is a 99.99% chance of being killed directly.
This move ignored any defense, ignored damage, and ignored the resistance effect of items. With the resources in the game at that time, there was no way to prevent it.
So Liao Ji's only option was to gamble.
Bet on the 0.01% possibility that this "Dragon Lady BOSS" will fail to release her skills.
fortunately.
He is a stubborn person.
If it doesn’t work once, do it twice; if it doesn’t work twice, do it three times, five times, ten times, fifty times, a hundred times
This is why Liao Jihui remembers this battle so deeply.
Even if it was just a game to him at the time.
Liao Ji did nothing that day. The only thing he did was to SL like crazy in front of the screen. He was instantly killed by Jiu You with a knife, so he just loaded the file and started again, and again! Come again! !
Fortunately, it seemed to be the 1,300th SL, Liao Ji couldn't remember clearly, and he finally succeeded.
In the picture, the dragon girl was full of momentum and was about to kill that "flawless sword", but suddenly, something seemed to go wrong.
In just a few seconds, instead of being able to cut out the flames, it was like a deflated rubber ball. The powerful momentum just now was gone forever, as if it had suffered some backlash.
The man in gray robe seized this opportunity, and amidst the incredible screams of all the people in the arena, he successfully defeated the dragon girl in one fell swoop, and put the sharp blade on the neck of the dragon girl who knelt in front of him.
"So Jiuyou, were you then?"
In this scene, Liao Ji was a little curious and asked. There were just cold values in the game. Liao Ji wanted to know why Jiuyou failed to release his skills in reality.
Jiuyou's answer made Liao Ji stunned for a moment, but then he showed a "no wonder" look, as if this was the only reason.
"Lord Ashes, I didn't know why at that time, I seemed to see the phantom of my mother behind you."
"So at that moment, I recalled the original memory. Fear and fear filled my heart. Without Wu Nian's blessing, this sword was no longer flawless, and I couldn't swing it like Zhan Chi Tong."
"Think about it now, Lord Ashes, is this my mother helping me?"
Jiuyou murmured to Liao Ji.
After all, it was precisely because she failed to swing the sword that the subsequent story came about, that's why there was Jiuyou, and there was the Emperor of Ashes who saved the world.
Liao Ji touched the red hair of Long Niang in his arms.
Is this it?
It doesn't seem to be the case. After all, Jiuyou doesn't know, but he knows it. In the thousands of SLs (loading and restarting) before this, Tang Ke didn't show up to help him. His role was directly given by the dragon girl. One knife kills him in seconds.
but.
"Of course, Aunt Tang must have been moved by my dedication to Jiuyou, so she came here to help!" Liao Ji chose the most romantic explanation.
But Jiuyou obviously couldn't understand it.
Long Niang raised her head in confusion, looked at Liao Ji's face, and asked in a low voice: "Master Ashes is obsessed with me?"
"Humph, actually, I have fought thousands of back and forth with you in a place that you don't know about Jiuyou, so I know you very well, Jiuyou. To put it bluntly, you may not be better than me. I know more about Jiuyou, the dragon girl!"
What Liao Ji didn't expect was that after listening to his romantic speech, Jiuyou was not happy, but her eyes were red, her beautiful purple eyes were covered with mist, and she was about to start crying.
The reason is also very simple.
"Then, was Lord Ashes killed thousands of times by Jiuyou? I, Jiuyou, really deserve to die, I..."
Well.
Liao Ji really didn't expect that Jiu You's brain circuit was like this. He looked at the crybaby Long Niang who looked like she deserved death, and quickly comforted her:
"How is that possible! You underestimate me too much! In fact, you have lost miserably a thousand times! You have not been able to hurt me at all!"
"Then why does Lord Hui Jin come here thousands of times?" Jiuyou didn't understand the meaning of Liao Ji's joke and asked straightforwardly.
"Because...because! The losing gladiator must be severely punished and trained! For an evil dragon girl like you, one training session is not enough. You must be punished thousands of times!"
Liao Ji was also questioned until he had no choice but to make this decision.
After hearing this answer, Jiuyou nodded as if she suddenly understood, and accepted it. Then as expected, Long Niang whispered softly: "Lord Ashes, you are so perverted."
Liao Ji pretended not to hear and twitched the corners of his mouth.
However, Jiuyou soon stared directly at the young man again, and lay next to Liao Ji's ear with tears in her eyes, and whispered secretly like the lively and cute little dragon girl with a little control over her appearance. :
"Now the perverted brother Liao Ji, Jiu You, likes him even more!"
Cough cough cough!
Unlike a certain pink-haired succubus, Jiuyou has always been good at playing straight balls.
Seeing Long Niang blinking at him, Liao Ji felt a little embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic and returned his attention to Zero's memory fragments.
In the picture, after defeating the legendary dragon girl in the arena and putting the sword edge on her neck, deafening and crazy sounds came from the surrounding audience.
"Kill her!", "Kill her!!", "Kill her!!!"
Without Tang Hou, the arena has returned to bloodshed. Every audience is expecting the man in gray robe to cut off this sword and end the life of the dragon woman.
Even the dragon girl herself was like this. At that moment, she seemed to have finally been freed.
There were two choices on Liao Ji's screen at that time.
[Kill her (perform action)]
or
["Zhuohe is our real enemy" (verbal dialogue)]
Choosing Liao Ji was a no-brainer. Corresponding to the scene in reality, the man in gray robe did not swing down. Instead, he put away his weapon. He just left a word to the dragon girl and then turned around and left.
"Zhuo'e is our real enemy."
Amidst the dissatisfied shouts of the arena audience, the dragon girl's mind echoed with the words of the gray-robed man, and she stared blankly at the gray-robed man's back as he let her go.
At that moment, the dragon girl's expressionless face finally felt a little touched. She seemed to remember some of her mother's words, and seemed to understand why she saw the shadow of her mother in the gray-robed man.
At that moment, the dragon girl moved her body, as if she wanted to chase him.
But soon, from the exit of the arena, there were two figures who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time, waiting for the victorious men in gray robes.
One of them is dressed as a nun and the other looks like a housemaid.
Looking at the followers of the two men in gray robes, the dragon girl realized that she could not leave the arena. She was a gladiator here, and she was imprinted with a mark that she could not leave. There was no way the organizers would let her go. Go.
The glimmer of light that had just brought the darkness to Dragon Girl seemed to follow the departure of the gray-robed man and his two followers, causing Dragon Girl to be enveloped in darkness again, her eyes dim and lifeless.
until
That night.
Not the arena, but the entire Gulasai base, was destroyed by a gathering place called "Ashes" in just one night.
Complete capture.
That night.
light of fire
Light up the night again.
The past two days have been a bit busy, so the chapters have been put together, and I feel that reading will be smoother. I will have double updates in the future.
(End of chapter)
