Skeleton King

A black crow flew out of the space crack of the small plane and landed on the dry branches of the valley.It has black bones, black, steel-like feathers, and no flesh. It is a messenger from the dead world.

It's like a signal.

The stone beast became even more restless.

Almost all astrological puppets also felt uneasy.

For a long time, the small plane has been an unexplored land, desolate, but implying vitality.

At this moment, the wind blowing from the black hole is cold, chilling, and carries the breath of death.There are also the galloping and noisy sound of horseshoes, and the sound of weapons made of steel intersecting from afar, it seems that there are thousands of troops ready to go.

More and more black crows flew out of the black hole, covering the sky and the sun, hovering over the valley, or stopping on dead trees, rocks, and stone beasts that dared not move.

After the messengers of the dead world, there are more and more skeleton soldiers, skeleton knights, and obviously different, such as human undead creatures. Their identities can be judged from their aura-the legendary immortal lich in the world of the dead.

Ace silently watched the arrival of these magical creatures with dark attributes, and at the same time he also silently felt the difference between the new realm and the past. , he can reach any place in it, and he can also summon undead creatures from any place to his side.

He can tell at a glance whether each undead creature is strong or not, and whether the fire of the soul is burning vigorously.

Ace didn't care about the small plane warriors and priests who were overwhelmed by the arrival of the undead army. Elephants don't care about the thoughts of ants.He didn't care about Tsval either, and it was impossible for him to pose a threat to him.

Ace looked through Angelica and her dark flame tiger, through the child-like Daniel floating in mid-air, through Ingersoll and a group of liches, and finally landed on the strictly disciplined Knights of Eternal Night With General Arnold.

He met General Arnold's eyes, as if they met for the first time in the wilderness of the dead world.

General Arnold knelt on one knee facing him, and said in a calm voice, "See Your Majesty."

Although Ace has long been recognized as the king of the Dead Realm, whether it is strength or the power of his subordinates, he is second to none in the Dead Realm, especially after the Hundred Regiments War between the Dead Realm and Magic Island, the reputation of Ace and Eternal Night City Pushed to the extreme, but most undead creatures call Ace His Highness, the more advanced the undead creatures are, the more so.

They admit that Ace is the heir of the previous Skeleton King Joe and the master of the future dead world.

But the crown prince is still not king.

Ace's strength surpasses that of ordinary liches by a lot, but only necromancers cannot make all undead creatures submit.

The last Skeleton King Joe who unified the dead world was an existence beyond the holy rank, and even a rare strong among them. His own strength also pushed the position of the Skeleton King to a height that ordinary holy ranks cannot touch.Therefore, even if Ace got his inheritance and showed an excellent talent for undead magic, they only called Ace His Highness.

Until now.

It was the liches first, who were the first to notice the difference.Ingersoll is one of the oldest liches. He had seen the previous Skeleton King Joe. He was stunned, "This breath..."

Ingrid is also one of the oldest liches, she awakened on the edge of the sea of ​​undead.At this moment, the feeling that Ace gave her was not inferior to the feeling that the Necromancer Sea gave her, the same vastness, the same unpredictable, she was dumbfounded, and an incredible thought popped out of her mind, "This is... ..."

It was at this time, against the background of crows, that they heard General Arnold's "See Your Majesty."

No need for others to say anything, their figures uncontrollably knelt down towards the center of the valley, "See Your Majesty!"

Then came the undead creatures all over the mountains and plains. They either turned over and got off their horses, or knelt on the ground, their voices were hoarse or sharp, and they shouted loudly: "See Your Majesty!" "See Your Majesty!" "See Your Majesty!"

This sound echoed in the valley for a long time, and then spread far and wide in all directions until it spread throughout the entire small plane.

……

There was no panic in Tsval's expression, even though they all knew that he was gone.

Countless skeletons appeared in the valley - Ace opened the channel connecting the two planes, and they would also appear in other places outside the valley of the small plane.

Ace's voice was completely different from the original, it became hoarse and low, with a strange rhythm, "Lord Tswar, if killing can bring peace, believe me, I will do so without hesitation."

"Obviously, you can still order them, order the astrological puppets on the plane battlefield and the astrological puppets in this world. We still have a chance to prevent greater losses. I think, now I also have the right to negotiate with you again."

Tsval's expression remained flat, making it impossible to see his thoughts, "I told you, it's too late to negotiate now, Ace Neumann."

"Just now." Ace said: "Not long after I broke through, I realized why you insisted on fighting against Magic Island. It's not because this is a plane that is about to die out, it's because this plane was born and is growing. ,Yeah?"

Every plane has a lifespan, they are born in nothingness, and after an extremely long time, they will die in nothingness again.

As for the new plane, its value is immeasurable.

At first, the astrologers thought that the stars here were dim, the sun and the moon were chaotic, and it was a plane that was about to perish—they regarded this place as an abandoned back garden in this world, and exiled countless astrological puppets that failed to make it.

They don't know that the land they abandoned is the real treasure, containing countless riches.

It was not until a long time later that Tsval, who lived here temporarily, learned the truth by accident. This is a plane that has not yet been developed by intelligent creatures, a plane full of vitality and rapid expansion.If Magic Island knew the truth, would they give up this treasure?Can those villagers who are so kind and caring to him continue to survive here?

After the duel with the owner of the magic island, he finally made up his mind.

He's going to guard here.

Tsval remained silent, but panic flashed in the eyes of the two high priests when they heard Ace's words.Jacob stood there in a daze, stunned. He was born on Magic Island, so he knew what it meant best.The Heaven Shield Sword Master also became thoughtful when he thought of the clues about the small plane he had collected over the years.Only Norn stood leisurely by the side, bored.

Now that Ace has also made a breakthrough, Norn doesn't think that people from the small plane or astrological puppets can still make waves, and the ferocious aura on him disappeared without a trace in an instant.At this moment, his whole dragon was extremely relaxed.

"I have no intention of investigating the right and wrong in the history of the two planes." Ace said: "Master Tswar, I still say that the most casualties in any war are civilians. I would also like to give you this opportunity to let you The request is only for those innocent people."

No one spoke for a long time, only the sound of skulls clicking around their ears.

Tsval's half-closed eyes reopened, his light-colored eyes stared quietly at Ace, and asked, "Is dignity important or life important?"

Ace shook his head, but didn't answer.

Tsval said to himself: "If you accept your charity at this time, what is the meaning of our struggle for so many years? This plane, and all the 'people' living on this plane, are still lambs to be slaughtered. Whenever you want to slaughter, it will be their end."

Ace said, "Even if I'm willing to make a promise?"

Tsval quietly looked at the priests and warriors around him. Most of the time, they were just ordinary villagers in the village. "They also just want to fully control their own life and death, and live with dignity."

Ace disagreed: "No one can enjoy absolute freedom."

They live in this world and must abide by the laws of this world.

Even the Juggernaut has to follow the route of fighting energy, and the mage can't go against the operation of the elements of nature.

No matter how high and powerful the nobles in the empire are, they cannot regard the law as nothing, and must show their loyalty to the royal family; no matter how prosperous the empire is, it will also be overthrown by the common people because of the brutality of the monarch.

No one can do whatever they want.

Existence beyond the holy rank may be able to escape the shackles of the plane, but how many people have such strength?It is impossible for everyone on the small plane to have such strength. Even if each of them becomes an existence beyond the holy rank, it will only mean the start of another fight.

"If this is your answer." Ace raised the bone staff in his hand again. This staff, which was inherited from the previous Skeleton King, emitted a faint, holy white light in Ace's hand.Ace has understood the mysteries of life and death. At the end of life is death, and at the end of death is rebirth.

Since the birth of these planes, no existence beyond the holy order has ever died of murder, but at this moment, Ace, who has such an ability, has no waves in his heart—he is not proud of the powerful power he possesses , nor was he happy that he could kill Tswar who had chased him to heaven and earth.He just regrets that if Tsval is willing to reconcile, they can help more innocent people.

"Wait a minute." Suddenly, an unexpected voice stopped Ace's movements.

Ever since he learned the truth about the small plane, Jacob has been restless and his figure is crumbling.

At this moment, he walked out from behind the Heavenly Shield Sword Master with a pale face, staring at Tsval with extremely complicated eyes, as if no one else existed.Jacob barely controlled his figure, turned his head, and asked Ace in a respectful tone, "Master Ace, can you give me a few words to persuade Master Tswar?"

The tip of Ace's Bone Staff drew a circle in the air, and he said softly, "Of course."

This is the first time Jacob has come face to face with Tsval, the titular enemy of the magic island, and also his teacher's first student, his senior brother.Jacob looked at him deeply—they knew about each other's existence a long time ago, and of course, they didn't like each other—his eyes at this moment didn't seem to be trying to persuade Tsval to let him live, but more like It is clear that Tsval's death is not far away, and he wants to remember him.

Jacob's first words still exceeded everyone's expectations.

He said: "Lord Tswar, do you remember why you used this name?"

Tsval thought he understood Jacob's plan, maybe Jacob wanted to play the tenderness card to him?

He was unmoved, and calmly recalled: "I was an orphan who floated to the Magic Island after the shipwreck. Before I came to the Magic Island, the people on the boat only called me Ah Qi according to my age. My current The name was given to me by the owner of the magic island before he exiled me to the small plane."

At their level, the grace of giving a name is nothing.

That's what Tsval thought, and he didn't feel ashamed before saying this.

At this moment, Ace felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart. He finally understood why he felt faintly familiar when he first heard the name of the Lord of the Little Plane.He also finally remembered where he first heard the name Tsval.Ace was not surprised by Jacob's subsequent questioning.

There was grief and indignation in Jacob's voice, and he said, "Natswar, do you know who this name belonged to before?"

Tsval didn't understand, so, "I don't know."

Jacob said word by word: "This name once belonged to our common teacher, the owner of Magic Island!"

Ace thought: Sure enough.

Except for Ace, Jacob, and Tsval, no one else in the valley understands this conversation.Only the eyes of the two high priests were full of surprise and uncertainty.

Norn walked up to Ace, he couldn't hide his words in his heart, and he was the only one who dared to ask this at this moment, "Isn't it common for you humans to give the children and students you like the same name as yourself?"

"It doesn't matter to ordinary people, but astrologers are different." Ace explained: "Names are part of our power. Sharing one's name with others is to share one's power with others. Because magic islands The Lord broke through the existence beyond the holy rank through external objects, and his realm is only slightly beyond the range of the holy rank. It is impossible for this name to support two existences beyond the holy rank at the same time. If the person who is given the name completely obtains the former power, that means the former is dead."

Ace didn't intend to hurt anyone, but the truth itself was like a sharp sword, piercing Tsval's eyes red and his heart full of holes.

Tsval took a step to the left.

In the next second, he disappeared from the spot.

Jacob was shocked, for fear that he would ruin Ace's affairs because of his unnecessary actions.

Ace didn't change his expression. He picked up Nou from the ground, grabbed Nou with his hand, and disappeared from the spot with Nou and Jacob, chasing Tsval.

At their level, no matter how far the distance is, it is only a blink of an eye.

They flew over half of the small plane, flew past the battlefields of countless astrological puppets and knights, and reached the space node between the small plane and the magic island.

Nine magic towers stand beside the space nodes, and each magic tower is guarded by wizards from Magic Island.The sudden appearance of Tsval and Ace naturally surprised the nine mages.

Before they had time to think about it, they subconsciously wanted to form a formation, but before they could move, a cold snort sounded in their ears.Immediately, the magic elements around them were out of their control and began to run around in disorder.

Jacob's face was completely bloodless, and he quickly flew to the magic tower closest to them, and explained to the mage inside.

The cold snort just now was made by Ace. The magic tower, the last line of defense, confuses the enemy far more than its actual lethality and poses no threat to him.However, Ace didn't want to focus on them now, so he frightened them first.

Tsval's hands trembled imperceptibly. He tried to tear apart the space between the world and the small plane, and the result was beyond his expectations. This process was like a fish swimming in the sea and a bird flying in the sky. It was easier than he imagined.

A huge passage exuding brilliant light appeared in front of their eyes, the passage was enough for thousands of troops to pass through, and they could even see the end of the passage, a world of blue sky and white clouds, and the island in the middle of the sea—Magic Island.

Tsval froze in place.

Ace sighed.

Sharing the obtained power, the recipient will have the same power attribute as the former.This space formation was laid down by the owner of the magic island himself, and the owner of the small plane with the same power attribute as him can naturally open it without any effort.It is also for this reason that the owner of the magic island asked the Silver Sword Master to bring the star map to the small plane to repair the formation—the Silver Sword Master and Jacob who came with them later should all know this secret. It should also have part of the power of the owner of the magic island.Even if the star chart is modified by the lord of the small plane, this part of power can keep them from being affected.

Ace asked, "Haven't you tried to open it in all these years?"

But Fantsvall tried, the small plane had already broken through the magic island, and the war would not last here.

Tsval's previous indifference has long since disappeared, he is a little dazed, he seems to be answering Ace's question, and he seems to be talking to himself, "No. I thought what was waiting for me was the net he laid...he set it trap..." He was already a bit out of line, "I won't come here unless I'm absolutely sure."

He still couldn't figure it out, "Why? Why did he do this?" The "he" in his words naturally referred to the owner of the magic island.

"You still can't figure it out?" Ace's voice was so calm that it was almost indifferent. He listened carefully and mocked, and said, "When he sent you to the small plane, you were still a child with little strength and no knowledge of the sky and the earth. , He left this secret door just to let you have a way out when you are in danger, and have a chance to ask him for help. Who would have thought that you would be able to get along like a fish in water in the village, and you would never want to leave. "

Tsval's mood was mixed, and he couldn't explain clearly.

It wasn't that he didn't really understand, he just wanted to refute, to refute the obvious answer, to prevent his years of hard work from becoming a joke.

He said: "But this is equivalent to teaching the key of the treasure house to an ignorant child. Isn't it too irrational? The magic island... the island owner... doesn't seem like such a person who cares about the overall situation?"

"Accepting an orphan who was shipwrecked as a student, and wanting to hand over the greatest power in the world to that orphan, for this reason he did not hesitate to hide him from the people of Magic Island, which indirectly caused all kinds of things today." Nai said: "The actions of the owner of the magic island have long been a rational and detached person. You think he is indifferent and has no emotions, but he treats you too well. You compare him to other people. Others feel sympathetic and feel that they have suffered an injustice."

Seeing Tsval sitting on the ground, as dazed and ignorant as a child, Ace was also helpless.

A deified person like the owner of the magic island has lived on the tower for hundreds of years. No matter how honorable his status is, no matter how detached his state of mind is, he is still lonely deep in his heart.In his later years, when he met such a lovely child, he couldn't help doting on him, and the harm he caused far exceeded that of ordinary parents in the world.

What he saw and heard during this period was finally connected by Ace.

Later, the owner of the magic island probably regretted it. He couldn't put his love for the students above the two planes, and he really wanted to kill Tsval with all means.

He wanted to make up for the mistakes he made, but he also pushed the relationship between the two parties into an irreversible abyss.

Tsval looked decadently at the other end of the space passage, the world of blue sky and white clouds was close in front of him, but he never wanted to go there again.All these years of painstaking efforts, efforts, and painstaking efforts are like flowers in a mirror, becoming illusory and unreal.

He even has a feeling that not only now, but even if he can live for hundreds of thousands of years, he will not want to go through the long years in the future.

Ace's patience has also reached its limit.

He asked: "What is your plan now? Is it to negotiate peace, or become my undead creature after death?"

Of course, Ace doesn't mind having an existence beyond the holy order in his collection.

"Negotiation? Surrender?" Tsval smiled weakly and said: "It's a pity that I don't even have the chance to surrender. Those astrological puppets who ran to the present world are all souls that are about to collapse, even you and I don't." There is no way to restrain them, their last will is revenge and killing. I can't let them harm the small plane, and I can't kill them myself, so I have to send them to this world."

Ace was annoyed and didn't want to talk to him any more. He took two steps forward and grabbed Tsval's hand, but he didn't see any movement, and the runes on Tsvale moved by themselves , turned into a small confinement formation.

With a thought in his mind, General Arnold appeared beside them.

Ace pointed to Tsval, and ordered: "Look at him. Wait for me to come back and deal with it."

The next moment, he took Nuoou and Nuoen through the space channel and returned to the magic island.

As soon as he returned to the magic island, Nuo Ou felt a lot of magic elements with light attributes around him, and his body naturally began to absorb them crazily.Others also woke up.

He felt the strong dark magic element of the person surrounding him, which was a little strange, but also a little familiar. Because the two forces were mutually exclusive, he immediately left the embrace.

Ace didn't stop him either.

Nuoou absorbed the magic elements of the light attribute too fast, forming large and small vortexes around him, but he didn't care, just stared blankly at the person in the black cloak in front of him—more precisely, It was a skeleton wearing a black cloak.

His intuition, his subconscious desire to get close to this skeleton all told him that the identity of the skeleton in front of him was Ace.

His memory also gradually came back, he remembered that before the destructive beam arrived, Ace pressed him under him and blocked him.He wanted to stop Ace's movement, but Ace's strength was so amazing that he couldn't resist at all.He still remembered that Ace's flesh and blood gradually melted in front of him, and at the last moment, Ace's fighting spirit still built a protective shield, trying to protect him.

Even so, the aftermath of the collision of the two forces knocked him unconscious.

Then, Ace became like this?

Are they still alive?

Nuo'ou stretched out his hand awkwardly, and looked carefully, he turned into a skeleton if he didn't.

It seems that they are not in the realm of death.

Ace felt that the usually smart-looking Nou looked very cute at the moment. His hand bone lightly touched Nou's cheek, and said softly, "It's all over."

"You have made a breakthrough." Nuoou used an affirmative sentence.He showed a bright smile without any haze. The trip to the small plane freed him from many shackles and restraints. He held the skeleton's hand bone next to his cheek and said: "After the Skeleton King breaks through, he is still a skeleton." form?"

He knew that the previous King of Skeletons, Joe, was also a skeleton.

"Not bad either."

He really does.His Ace is the best-looking skeleton even if it becomes a skeleton.

As for Tsval, the master of the small plane, Nou has already left him behind, not to mention that he has a kind of blind confidence in Ace, and his opponent Ace has never lost in the same realm; Clearly settled Tsval,

Just ...

Nou's gaze could not help but drift to between the skeleton's legs, he wanted to touch it a little bit to see if it was still there.

Ace understood immediately what he meant.

Nou: There should only be bones left in the skeleton, right?

Harmony in life is very important, but in the case of Ace...

"Plato or something, I think it's pretty good." Nou said immediately.

All the bones in Ace's body turned purple, so angry!Even if he turns into a skeleton, he can't be questioned, okay?But before he could refute, he was interrupted by a burst of crazy laughter.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha." Norn, who had been standing beside them, listened to this conversation from beginning to end without missing a word. After a few rolls, the prototype was restored.

Norn, who had recovered his dragon form, laughed even louder, almost resounding across the magic island.

It would be a bit embarrassing if Nootai landslide happened before and his face remained the same, not to mention that soon Sykes, Alice, and everyone from the Magic Island guarding nearby heard the news.

Sykes also quickly felt the familiar aura from the skeleton, and the realm far surpassing the ordinary holy rank. He breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good to come back safely."

Ace asked, "Where's the Silver Juggernaut?"

Sykes said: "Father came back yesterday." It's really strange for them to say thank you again.

Ace roughly told Sykes what happened in the small plane, mainly because of the astrological puppet that Tsval sent to the world.Sykes also knew all the inside information at that time, but he couldn't tell the truth about the deceased, so he just told Ace, "The island owner went yesterday."

Ace was silent.

"And now?" asked Sikes.

Ace rolled onto the back of the golden dragon.Norn managed to stop laughing, hiccupping, and he didn't bother to scold.

He said to Sykes: "In order to avoid harming the innocent, it's better for us to go through it ourselves. I'm in charge of the west of Prine Canyon, and you are in charge of the east, is that okay?"

Sykes' hand appeared on Alice's back—a silver dragon with a graceful figure and noble elegance appeared out of thin air.Sykes rode on the silver dragon. His silver hair was flying, he was as beautiful as the bright moon, and he was very confident. He said: "Of course."

Everyone on Magic Island watched the gold and silver twin dragons rise into the sky, turn into two streamers of light and fly in two completely different directions until they disappeared from their sight.

Ace's gnashing of teeth echoed in Nou's ears, "Retreat well. Wait until I come back to deal with you."

Although Nou's strength is much higher than that of Sykes, but Nou has just returned to the world, and it is a critical moment to consolidate his realm. Ace really doesn't want him to be distracted from dealing with Tsval's mess. Fortunately, Sykes has a contract with the Silver Dragon Alice, it won't be too different.

……

Pansy Imperial Calendar 1018.

The sky, the earth and the stars are dim, hundreds of space cracks appear in the Pansy Empire and the Finger Empire, and thousands of astrological puppets are burned, killed and looted everywhere.A few days later, the dragon knight Ace Neumann and the dragon knight Sykes Heinrich came out from the magic island, and spent more than a month finally slaughtering all the hidden astrological puppets.

Port of Nice.

Norn's body was more than twice the size when he left the port of Nice. In the process of strangling the crazy astrological puppet, Ace used star power to heal all the hidden wounds on his body.Norn lowered his head so that Ace could stroke the dragon scale on his cheek effortlessly.

Ace's soul fire burned peacefully, and a deep nostalgia surrounded them.Ace said: "Aren't you going to stay? Star power can help the dragon eggs hatch. The crisis of the dragon clan has been resolved. You don't have to go back."

Nuo En's voice was full of reluctance, but it implied firmness, "My ambition is gone, and I can no longer make a contract with you."

Ace muttered, "I didn't say that a contract must be made."

"You understand. It always means the same thing." After Norn finished speaking, the huge wings spread out, rolled up huge waves, and covered the sun with clouds. He didn't dare to stay any longer.He was afraid that Ace would stay for a few more words, so he stayed with a weak heart.

Reason told him that he belonged to the wider sky.

He finally understood Ace's painstaking efforts back then.

This time, he didn't look back.

Ace was a little sad and a little proud.He never regarded Norn as a warcraft that could be contracted. He couldn't have children. He raised Norn like a child.Taking care of him when he was weak, feeding him, and sheltering him from the wind and rain is out of love; after he has his own life, letting him go completely and not imprisoning him by his side is also out of love.

Behind him, there were footsteps.

Ace leaned skillfully on Noou's shoulder, and muffled, "He's gone."

The scene from many years ago seems to overlap with this moment, "Ace, I will always be with you."

It is their lover who stays with them longer than their parents, friends, and children.

Live in the same quilt, die in the same hole.

"Well. I know." Ace said naturally: "I will always be with you."

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"Beautiful Girl Trainee"~

Gao Fu lost unexpectedly, the family was in chaos, and Yu Yixiao had to go out to work.She didn't dare to tell her family that she actually wanted to be in high school for another year.She saw the registration poster of "Pretty Girl Trainee" on the street. As long as she passed the interview and stayed in the program group for one month, she could get 1 yuan.Through the first round of elimination, she can get another 1 yuan.

As for the debut...

Yu Yixiao: This show is so amateurish, it's her turn to debut.

If she is lucky, she will be able to find a good high school after leaving the program group at the end of August with 8 yuan.

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Gu Ze is a legend in the entertainment industry. When he was a trainee, he exploded onto the stage and gained countless fans. However, he didn't make his debut and went home directly to inherit the family business.He created a national-level talent show, launched the No. [-] contemporary women's group, and turned the precarious short video platform into a head platform.

Netizens are literally witnessing the birth of a legend, and no one believes that anything can shake him.

As everyone knows, in a small practice room, Gu Ze squatted on the ground with a gentle tone, "Yi Xiao, let's be together."

Yu Yixiao: "Boss, do you still remember the high-tension lines of our regiment?"

Gu Ze: "You are not allowed to fall in love during the group formation..."

Yu Yixiao: "You have to remember to abide by the rules you set."

Yu Yixiao was also intoxicated off that man's stage, until she heard that voice.

"Everything takes the popularity of the show as the highest criterion, and send the show out of the circle. If there are not enough stages, use the contestants' black hot searches to make up for it, and Yu Yixiao's is no exception."

Decisive.Show no mercy.

Just like her future heart.

tips: 1. The character has no prototype

2. The mysterious trainee who thinks he is hard-hearted X the amateur girl who is really hard-hearted

3. In the early stage of the show, the hero used to sacrifice the heroine to heaven, but he still didn't like the heroine at that time.Afterwards, he just wanted to sacrifice himself to heaven tcl