Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

Warfarin didn't know, because even without the monsters, the town was already ruined, and its residents could only be relocated.

There will be many troublesome things to deal with afterwards...

Many people died, and someone always has to pay the price.

"Quickly take some men into the cave! I haven't received any life signals. Take a few people in!"

An operator standing nearby shouted to the squad resting in the open space.

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"If there's a communication problem, do I have to go out and find my own way?"

With one hand dragging the still unconscious Grani, and the other dragging the village chief of Drip Village, Skadi, covered in wounds, walked in the direction where she could see the light, the only way to find her way in the cave.

Skadi's equipment was broken, and although she could wait for rescue, she didn't intend to sit idly by. She preferred to take these two idiots out with her, which would save a lot of time.

You can hear the roar of aircraft engines in the night sky.

[The bad guy] looks like he's ready to land.

The surrounding villages have likely suffered heavy casualties and are no longer of any significance as settlements. The fact that Kal'tsit ordered her pet aircraft to come here suggests that she is likely trying to undermine Kazimierz.

These villagers have little sense of belonging, but they are a valuable source of labor.

Rhodes Island has always been short-staffed.

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It has nothing to do with her.

Looking at the ruins left here, the rocks look as if they have been gnawed by some huge monster, making it hard to imagine what happened here before.

All she could hear was static from the communication and a girl's voice.

This was clearly the result of a fierce battle; the girl seemed to have held someone back.

That's what led to the current situation.

What exactly happened here, and who caused it?

Skadi didn't know, but such power was something she definitely wouldn't be able to withstand.

After all, no matter how strong she is, she is just a deep-sea hunter. She can split rocks with a single sword, but she can't change the entire structure of a mountain.

The lava was about to rise. She had to get away with these two unconscious idiots.

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Darkness, boundless darkness, so deep that one cannot see the end at a glance.

Am I dead?

Yelena felt herself sinking and falling continuously.

Even though she couldn't hear the slightest sound of wind, and had no way to see any reference points to determine if she was falling.

However, this feeling of weightlessness, this feeling of being pulled all over, is like falling.

And so, she remained asleep for an unknown period of time.

Suddenly, a purple light was reflected in the girl's eyes.

That is—!!!

It's like someone who has had their eyes closed for a long time suddenly opening them, and everything before them suddenly becomes clear.

Yelena looked around in surprise.

"Where is this...?"

The purple sky stretched as far as the eye could see, and huge crystals, like purple crystals, floated in the purple space.

They were stepping on the same style of purple crystals.

However, the texture is not as smooth as I imagined; the rough surface provides good friction.

The enormous crystal floated in mid-air, seemingly without any visible power source, and appeared to have no distinction between sky and ground. Above and below it stretched an endless expanse of purple, with no end in sight. Only similar crystals could be seen floating in the distance.

There wasn't a breath of wind, only an empty atmosphere.

These enormous objects can easily trigger megalophobia.

Fortunately, Yelena did not have this syndrome, so she simply got up slowly, looking around with a confused yet curious expression.

Where is this place?

I just...

Just now, inside the mountain, he was trying to stop his sister...

And then...

In the last part of her memory, Yelena only remembered rushing towards her sister and knocking her away.

The plan succeeded... right? Probably.

Yelena didn't know either.

I should...

—It should be dead.

She felt a sharp pain in her chest, and her body was breaking down. Even if she wasn't killed, she would slowly die eventually.

So I really am dead?

Looking at the strange yet magnificent scenery around her, Yelena felt a little disappointed.

Is this the afterlife?

Does dying a heroic death count as leaving no regrets?

For some reason, even though she felt she had let go, when she realized something terrifying, her legs went weak and she sat down again.

There were no tears; they simply wouldn't flow.

There wasn't even much sadness.

There are just some...

There was some regret and trepidation.

After all, no one has ever experienced something like this, and those who have can't really talk about it, right?

Despite the fact that the space was not cold at all, the girl sat there with her arms crossed.

She had imagined how terrible it would be, and she didn't even dare to think about the outcome.

He simply closed his eyes and crashed into it.

But unexpectedly...

It's really lonely...

Looking at the boundless purple sky, the girl slowly got up again and walked towards what seemed to be a fairly spacious area.

She didn't know where to go, but since she was already dead, she figured she might as well wander around.

It's as if looking around more can make up for something.

------until.

What's this?!

It was an endless plain, a plain made of purple crystals, and she had no idea how big the purple crystal she was standing on was.

But...weapons were everywhere on the plains.

A massive sword, a blue scimitar, guns lying on the ground, and even...

Things she couldn't understand, like the giant with the metal body, stood there silently.

I've seen so many, even countless identical things, everywhere, covering the mountains and fields, it's like...

————Sword Tomb.

The graveyard of weapons.

They are everywhere, all standing there quietly, having stood for who knows how many years.

Passing through weapons, colossal metal giants, and other incomprehensible objects, you can find golden chains hanging between giant crystals, and even the white javelin that your sister uses most often!

Where exactly is this place?

Why would I see things that my sister used to use?

You can even see...

That crimson greatsword.

Yelena remembers it vividly because of its unique design.

This made her doubt whether what she was seeing was the afterlife, however...

She couldn't explain where she was using common sense.

She walked through countless weapons, for an unknown amount of time, until she reached what seemed to be the center.

I saw a low-rise building that wasn't very big... and even looked quite old.

The presence of these things in one place is rather...incongruous.

Driven by mere curiosity, the girl walked toward the low building.

Chapter 318 [Old House and Old Photos]

It's a rather old building; you can find similar ones in Ursus, except this one looks even older.

Moreover, their styles are slightly different.

But this thing doesn't seem to belong here at all.

In the heart of a place strewn with weapons, there stands an old house, all alone, surrounded by a purple space.

Giant crystals float in the air all around, yet an old building stands here.

This sense of incongruity makes it hard not to be interested in it.

Pushing open the rusty door, a damp and cold wind blew out from the corridor.

The whitewashed walls were covered with peeling paint and doodles that looked like they were left by a child with charcoal pencils.

There were also pieces of cardboard pasted on the walls and stuffed into the cracks of doors.

It's probably an advertisement; you can see this kind of thing in Ursus too.

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There were inconspicuous spider webs in the corner, and although the ground was covered with some dust, it wasn't very old.

You can even see footprints left by people.

This place seems to be filled with the atmosphere of people living here, except that all the small advertisements are in the Chinese characters for "Yan".

The girl could roughly recognize the characters as those from the Yan Kingdom, but she didn't understand their specific meaning, since her older sister would occasionally write some characters from the Yan Kingdom as well.

Those square characters that look very complicated.

But strangely, the place was filled with the scent of human life, and even the shoe prints were brand new, as if it were full of people just yesterday.

However, there was no one there, not even a sound.

All that could be heard was the sound of the girl's footsteps on the stairs.

There was no one there, and this sense of disorientation was truly chilling.

After all, looking out through the stairwell window, what you see is a purple sky that shouldn't exist in the window at all, and inside the window is a building that looks like it was still in use yesterday.

There were even traces of children; this place should have been quite lively...

It's like...

Time seems to stand still here.

Perhaps no matter how much time passes, this place will always look the same, as if someone had been here just yesterday.

A strange place frozen in time on a certain day.