Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
“Damn damn damn! What is this?!”
Seeing the mass of rotten flesh outside begin to churn like waves, Nobody Does Human Things (M) felt his scalp tingle. He turned and ran. As soon as he was out of the room, he heard the sound of a window shattering behind him.
“Damn it, it’s already inside?”
Was tempered glass like this?
While cursing the profiteer in his heart, he continued to search his home. As a man who had lived alone at home for a long time, he always prepared some tools for self-defense, and now, he had found a baseball bat.
But he thought about it, the baseball bat seemed useless.
Then he went to the kitchen and got a cleaver.
As he passed the bedroom, he glanced inside.
He saw that the rolling flesh and blood had filled his entire room.
Without a second word, Nobody Does Human Things (M) slammed the bedroom door shut with a “bang.”
He came to the doorway, hastily put on his shoes, wore no socks, opened the door, and ran. At this moment, the clamor of the world was finally poured into his ears by the wind from the corridor.
Shattering doors and windows, screams of men and women, roars and growls of monsters, cries of infants, and the sounds of car crashes and police sirens intertwined into a chaotic, disordered symphony, drilling into Nobody Does Human Things (M)’s mind like an electric drill, agitating his taut nerves.
There was a window in the corridor.
Nobody Does Human Things (M) did not dare to take the elevator.
He leaned against the corridor window and looked out.
He saw a scene of purgatory before his eyes.
In the gray sky above, giant eyeballs with jellyfish-like tentacles swam between tall buildings; a flesh and blood giant, hundreds of meters tall, gnawed while holding a building with its four-瓣 mouth; tentacles covered in eyeballs emerged from manholes; cold spiders the size of small cars scurried about, preying on the surrounding crowd; ghouls looked around in dark corners; a Deep One slid down a wall and clung to a window, peering into a house…
“Old Ones’ Retainers?! How is that possible!!”
Nobody Does Human Things (M) stared blankly at this familiar yet strange world.
In fact, he should have reacted sooner when he saw that mass of rotten flesh.
But he found it hard to believe.
Monsters from a game would descend into reality.
“Bang!”
The sound of a door being kicked open pulled Nobody Does Human Things (M) back from his thoughts.
He didn’t need to look to know.
That mass of rotten flesh had followed him.
It had detached from the main body and was wriggling rapidly towards him like a slug, its pale eyeballs trembling, filled with greed and excitement.
Nobody Does Human Things (M) didn’t have time to think.
The lower floors were already filled with monsters. He could only run upstairs. He had the key to the rooftop, and if he could reach the rooftop, maybe he could use the iron door there to slow down this monster.
Fortunately, the rotten flesh was not fast.
Its main characteristic was that it stuck to you and wouldn’t let go.
Nobody Does Human Things (M) calmly arrived at the rooftop and locked the iron door from the inside, but he still didn’t dare to be too conspicuous, as the sky was not much safer than the ground.
At this moment, flying objects were constantly passing through the air, casting shadows on the ground. He could only cower in a corner of the wall, trying to minimize his presence.
At the same time, he finally had time to sort out his situation.
And why.
Why had Old Ones’ Retainers appeared on Blue Star?
Did all of this have anything to do with the Cain Continent?
…
Winter City.
Xi Wei sat on the highest chair in the conference room. Outside, there was a raging storm, but it was unusually quiet inside. All the leaders of Winter City were seated on his left and right, each doing their best to suppress the unease and nervousness in their hearts.
“Notify the lords of all cities in the Wintery Empire.”
The King of Winter, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke with an unquestionable tone, “Tell them to come to Winter City for a meeting. If they can’t come, use the communication crystals. It is the final moment, and we must come up with a unified plan in a short time!”
Gudbad and Clemon (Male) exchanged glances and each received the order. They went to the next room to use the communication crystals to notify the lords and nobles of the Wintery Empire one by one.
And during this short waiting time.
Xi Wei first received a communication invitation from Fario, the King of the Holy Rodya Empire on the South Continent.
The moment he saw Fario.
Even though Xi Wei was in a bad mood, his lips couldn’t help but curl up.
Inside the communication crystal, the old man’s hair was completely messed up, he had panda eyes, and his withered skin sagged, looking as if he hadn’t slept. Only the Old Ones could torment a peak Legendary-grade existence to this extent.
“King of Winter, you’re shameless!”
Fario pointed at Xi Wei and cursed as soon as he connected the communication.
“I graciously lent you my array masters to build the magic array, but you actually used such despicable means to keep them in the Wintery Empire. Do you deserve my trust? Doesn’t your conscience hurt when you do this?”
“Of course not.”
Xi Wei propped his chin with both hands, smack his lips, and said with a shameless, indifferent attitude, “Once they’re on my territory, whether they’re human or ghost, they’re mine. Since they’re mine, it’s up to me how to deal with them… Moreover, you wouldn’t be contacting me just to say this. If you have any requests, just state them. We don’t have time for nonsense.”
Seeing Xi Wei’s directness, Fario’s tired old face became serious: “Your Majesty Winter, the world has reached its end. If we cannot resist the invasion of the Old Ones, then the eternal end awaits us. The gods are already fighting the Old Ones. Although we are not gods, we can contribute our strength to this world, such as… delaying the arrival of the Old Ones!”
“Oh?”
Xi Wei looked at Fario with surprise.
“What are your esteemed suggestions?”
“The South Continent has the Magic Net. As long as I sense it with my heart, I can immediately know everything within the Magic Net’s coverage. I’ve discovered that the Old Ones’ Retainers have set up altars outside almost every major city. They are continuously summoning Old Ones’ Retainers through these altars, and they are also converting ordinary creatures into Old Ones’ Retainers to accumulate energy for the altars. These altars will strengthen the power of the Old Ones, making it easier for Them to invade this world, and even bypass the gods’ obstruction to descend directly into the main material plane…”
Having said this, Fario paused slightly, his gaze quietly observing the King of Winter’s expression. Seeing that the King of Winter was lost in thought and did not speak, he continued, “You and I are the kings of the first empires on the South and North Continents, and you are even the King of Conquest of the entire North Continent. Therefore, I hope you will work with me to eliminate as many of the altars built by the retainers as possible to delay the arrival of the Old Ones and reduce the pressure on the gods.”
Fario hoped that the current King of Winter would prioritize the overall situation.
The reason he personally contacted Xi Wei was that he was unsure of Xi Wei’s personality.
In his mind, Xi Wei was extremely ambitious and had immense greed, as he had even swallowed the array masters of his Holy Rodya.
If, at this moment, Xi Wei’s first reaction was to take advantage of the Old Ones’ invasion to annex the South and North Continents and achieve complete unification, it would be a disaster for the entire world.
If the King of Winter had such intentions.
Fario would deal with the King of Winter first, and then slowly deal with the matter of the Old Ones’ retainers invading, even if it meant exhausting all his strength.
