I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 531: Exploration and Speculation to Find Back the Eyes

Zhang Hong, who had originally given up hope, walked around the Firelink Shrine and unexpectedly discovered a living person.

"Mother-in-law!"

At the old maid's seat in the sacrificial field, Zhang Hong unexpectedly discovered that the old woman was still sitting there.

"Ah, it's really strange that a visitor came before the bell rang... It's a pity that you came at the wrong time... There is no one here..."

"Grandma, what's going on? Why is this place like this?"

Zhang Hong asked hurriedly.

The old woman laughed and said, "What else can it be? Of course the First Flame has gone out, and the Cinder King failed to reach the Fire Throne in time..."

"Where's the Fire Keeper? Where's Andre? Where did they go?"

"They've all left... Go and see for yourself... It's in the tower behind..."

After speaking in a mysterious manner, the old woman handed Zhang Hong a key, remained silent, and refused to answer Zhang Hong's questions no matter what.

Zhang Hong had no choice but to explore on his own.

The entire Firelink Sacrifice Site was indeed deserted. Apart from the old woman, there was no one else there, not even a corpse.

At the place of the blacksmith's furnace, there was a hammer. It was Andre's treasure that he never let go of. But he was gone...

Zhang Hong came to the tower behind the sacrificial site, opened the iron fence, and followed the spiral staircase to the upper level. A shocking scene appeared before him.

The rooms on the upper floors of the tower were densely packed with corpses - corpses of women, all dressed exactly the same, wearing the black long skirts unique to fire keeper women, lying in layers in the rooms, there were dozens or even hundreds of them.

The way they died was very peaceful, as if they had come here on their own and then sat down and died quietly.

Is this the Fire Keeper's final destination?

Among the many corpses, Zhang Hong found the freshest one, which seemed to be the fire keeper who died recently.

He went closer to investigate, trying to understand the cause of her death.

The body was intact, without any scars, and looked like a normal zombie.

According to the Fire Keeper herself, she is also immortal and will not die unless her soul is exhausted.

Then there is only one possibility, that the fire keeper did not wait for her fire carrier, and exhausted her soul in the long wait, and then met death.

The hero Guda who was wandering outside the cemetery was most likely the fire bearer that the fire keeper was waiting for, but he arrived too late and the fire keeper was already dead.

Without the Fire Keeper, the Fire Bearer could not pass on the fire on his own, so Guda knelt outside the door in remorse and despair, losing his will to survive and becoming a walking corpse...

Of course, the above are all Zhang Hong’s own guesses.

There is no way to confirm it.

"Huh? This is..."

Zhang Hong discovered that the dead fire keeper was holding something tightly in her hand. He took it out and saw that it was two gray-blue beads the size of eyeballs, which seemed to be some important item.

Zhang Hong felt that this thing was very important to the fire keeper, so he collected it and planned to take it back to show his own fire keeper.

After exploring the tower and finding no other clues, Zhang Hong returned to the sacrificial site and discovered that the old woman had disappeared and no one knew where she had gone.

"I was thinking of asking her some more questions... Never mind, I'll just explore on my own..."

Zhang Hong explored around.

But as soon as I went out, I ran into trouble.

There are cliffs all around, and below the cliffs is a bottomless abyss shrouded in mist. How can we leave the sacrificial site?

Zhang Hong scratched his head in distress.

He used to rely on the teleportation function of the campfire to leave the sacrificial site, but now the campfire is out, the spiral sword is nowhere to be seen, and he can't activate the teleportation.

I had no choice but to stand on the edge of the cliff, pick up a telescope and look out to see what the Lothric Wall looked like on the other side of the abyss.

But there was darkness in the distance, and he could not see anything. Moreover, Zhang Hong had a strange feeling that the darkness outside the sacrificial site was empty, and other places had disappeared.

Just when he didn't know what to do next, a melodious bell sounded from the direction of the fire in the darkness.

The sound of the bell was mighty and penetrating. Zhang Hong could feel an invisible wave spreading in all directions, and the whole world was shaking slightly.

Then Zhang Hong saw a flash of white light in front of his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he had left the fireless sacrificial site and returned to the wall of the previous Royal Palace of Lothric.

"grown ups!"

"Are you okay?"

Several concerned voices came from the side.

Seeing Zhang Hong return, Shiris and others who were waiting in the room were very happy.

Zhang Hong stared at them for a moment, then nodded, "I'm fine. Let's go back."

Returning to the Firelink Shrine, Zhang Hong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Fire Keeper, Rudolph and everyone else were there.

Fortunately, the world on his side did not become so dead and dark, otherwise it would be too painful to survive in such a world.

Zhang Hong became more confident in passing on the fire.

If the First Flame is extinguished, the world will fall into darkness. Although all living beings will not die, they will inevitably lose their humanity quickly due to despair and eventually become zombies. They may even be infected by the power of the abyss step by step and become monsters like human pus.

There is no meaning in such a world.

The dark age ruled by humans that the people of Londor expected would never come. After extinguishing the fire, all they could get was chaos and distortion, and in the end everyone was deformed into irrational monsters.

This is a shitty kingdom!

"Ah, you're back... You brought back the last Cinder King. Great, I can finally rest... Oh, that ring is... It seems you found that place..."

When the fire mentor, old man Rudolph, saw Zhang Hong, he sensed the aura of the king's soul in him and took the initiative to speak.

Then his eyes fell on the golden ring on Zhang Hong's hand, and he showed a look of surprise.

"Master, do you know this thing?"

Zhang Hong raised the ring to signal.

Rudolf nodded slightly, revealing a nostalgic look. "This is the proof of the ashes, the ancient oath object, the elemental ring, which has the power to heal the soul..."

It turns out that this is Ashes' exclusive equipment.

Zhang Hong took out the two purple beads he got from the Fire Keeper at the Fireless Shrine.

Rudolph looked at the bead with a complicated expression. He was silent for a while and sighed, "This is the eye of the original Fire Keeper. The Fire Keeper who lost her eyes can use it to see scenes that she shouldn't have seen... Whether to do this or not, the decision is up to you..."

The old man started to make riddles again.

Zhang Hong knew that even if he pressed further, he would not be able to explain himself clearly, so he nodded and turned to look for the fire keeper.

"Lord Huijin, I don't have much time left. I hope you can think carefully about this..."

Behind him, Rudolph's sighing voice gradually faded.

"What do you need, my lord?"

When she saw the Fire Keeper, she was still quiet and gentle, and she bowed and greeted Zhang Hong respectfully.

Zhang Hong looked at the metal eye mask on the Fire Keeper’s face. From the moment she became the Fire Keeper, the girl would lose her sight forever.

Zhang Hong took out the eyes of the original fireproof girl and gently placed them in her hands. "I think you may need this thing."