The Fury That Burned for Fifty Thousand Years Had Been Extinguished (cont.)

They hadn't even recovered from Pardo's death when they were immediately faced with the sacrifice of Kalpas. It's no wonder the title "The Funeral of Heroes" is so fitting.

Even if I was already mentally prepared.

But seeing people around you die one after another must be incredibly painful.

In particular, Elysia is a rather sentimental person.

"Brother Jie, we... we can't bear to part with you!"

Pardo's pent-up emotions burst forth at this moment, and she cried uncontrollably.

Kalpas pressed down on Pardo's head with one hand, preventing her from getting any closer, as he didn't want to get his own snot and tears on himself.

"Pardo, you can't bear to Kalpas? But Kalpas is going to be with you now."

Little Knowledge was joking.

"Little Knowledge, this joke is not funny at all."

Seeing that she couldn't get close to Kalpas, Pardo put her hands on her hips and looked at Little Knowledge with teary eyes.

"Even Jie-ge isn't a match for the Herrscher of Corruption..."

The bell murmured to itself.

It's important to know that Kalpas's Artificial Collapse almost killed Mei, a fully-formed Herrscher of Thunder. A newly born Herrscher of Corruption was able to bring Kalpas to the brink of death.

"Actually, it's not surprising. Strictly speaking, a memory is just a bunch of data. When it encounters the power of the Herrscher of Corruption, it's a natural counter."

The more Vill-V looked at it, the more she felt that the Evil's actions seemed like those of an undercover agent, or that he was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

But Vill-V dared not speak out now, after all, the fact that the Evil had killed the Kitty had just happened before everyone's eyes.

"Kalpas isn't entirely brainless, is he?"

Mobius suddenly spoke.

"Mobius, what do you mean by that?"

Kalpas's gaze was icy.

It also attracted everyone's attention.

Mobius leaned against Yaqing's chest and said lightly.

"On the surface, Kalpas was enraged like a wild beast, and went to fight the mastermind behind the scenes. He lost and returned pitifully. But in reality, Kalpas entrusted the information about the mastermind behind the scenes to Aponia with his own life."

Mobius smiled.

"Kalpas, you really are all talk and no action."

Yaqing was stunned. She never expected that Mobius would one day accuse someone of being stubborn.

"What's it to you...?"

His eyes, hidden behind the Kalpas Mask, were unfocused.

"Kalpas has always been a very gentle child."

Aponia's eyes were filled with kindness.

"Shut up!"

I would never accept such kindness, even Kalpas.

After Aponia entered the state of mind of Kalpas, she encountered those strange monsters that appeared in the Elysian Realm. After dealing with these monsters, she heard the tone of the mastermind disguised as Kalpas.

Finally, at the end of the road, they saw Kalpas's consciousness.

This time, Kalpas unexpectedly agreed to let Aponia view her memories. After watching Kalpas's memories, she finally understood what the thing that had been hiding from her and searching for, and that had killed so many Flame-Chasers, really was.

At that moment, Kalpas's figure suddenly became erratic, and his consciousness was on the verge of collapse.

"Ah... this is my own end? How ridiculous..."

Against the backdrop of extremely sorrowful background music, Kalpas gazed at his flickering body and let out a long, melancholy sigh, his voice growing weak.

"Get out of here after you've finished reading. If you were the one watching me die... that would be disgusting."

"No..."

Aponia's voice was already choked with emotion.

"At least, let me preserve your last thoughts... After everything is over, I can still try..."

At this point, Aponia suddenly seemed to realize something, her voice abruptly stopping. She looked down at her hands, the hands that had touched Kalpas, now shrouded in the same shadow.

"How could this be..."

Shrouded in the same shadow, everyone knows what will happen next.

"Even Aponia..."

Eden frowned, his grief tinged with deep worry.

If even Aponia is in trouble, she really doesn't know how to deal with the Herrscher of Corruption natural enemy of Memory.

Without a doubt, Eden felt that the solution to breaking the deadlock in the Elysian Realm still lay with Mei.

"Mom Aponia".

Griseo ran to Aponia's side and hugged Aponia.

"Griseo, what's wrong?"

Aponia patted Griseo's head.

"Mom Aponia, I don't want to see you die."

Griseo's innocent tone shattered Aponia's heart.

Aponia had no idea how to respond.

"... Aponia?"

Kalpas's tone changed instantly. Was it self-blame, regret, or something else? He quickly concealed that unusual emotion, not wanting Aponia to notice.

"That's right, [after everything is over]... I'm no longer qualified to make such a promise."

Aponia's voice is extremely fragile.

The poignant background music reached its peak at this moment, giving people an inexplicable urge to cry.

"Even if you could, you can forget about dying... It's no big deal, I've died once... But don't even think about humiliating me."

Kalpas gazed at his hands, once stained with blood. Even on the verge of disappearing, he was still the Decimation Mad King.

"... I understand. Anyway, thank you, Kalpas. At least... you let us know what kind of enemy we are facing."

Aponia's eyes were dim.

"Where you are going, I... will be there soon."

"Hmph, that's right, you and I... both deserve to go to hell. Then we'll see if you can still ask me to do anything... but don't come too early, I don't want to be on the same train as you."

Kalpas remained defiant, but anyone could hear the gentleness in his words, a plea for Aponia not to die so quickly.

"Okay, I... I'm really looking forward to it."

Aponia's eyes shimmered, and she slowly closed them.

"Then, farewell, Kalpas."

The death of the Kitty was heartbreaking for the audience, especially when she leaned on Mei's arms and cried, saying that she didn't want to die. At that moment, the audience's hearts almost broke.

But Kalpas's death was the other extreme. He was not afraid of death. He died a worthy death, a tragic death. Before he died, he entrusted important clues to his comrades.

In just one hour, the audience has been presented with two completely different ways of dying.

There is no doubt that both of these ways of dying are extremely heartbreaking.

"Kalpas..."

Aponia suddenly shouted.

Kalpas looked at Aponia.

"Feel sorry..."

Kalpas apologized inexplicably, his tone extremely deep, as if he were suppressing some emotion.

"You don't need to apologize, Kalpas. On the contrary, I should thank you because it was because of you that we were able to get clues about the mastermind behind the murder and to know what we were facing."

Aponia held little Griseo in her arms, her tone sincere.

"Kalpas is indeed very gentle."

Elysia was so moved that tears streamed down her face.

"To put it another way, 'I don't want to ride the same train as you' means... don't die so soon."

Little Knowledge couldn't help but glance at Kalpas.

Being stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside is not a trait unique to Mobius.

"Brother Jie!"

Kalpas was getting a headache from all the noise, but he didn't say much. The last one was Pardo, and this time it was Ling.

"Wait, promise me one more thing."

Kalpas called out to Aponia, who was about to leave. The sorrowful tone of her voice, murmured by Kalpas fell silent.

"This time... I proved Sakura's innocence, right? My body... is the proof. She... was never a traitor."

"Go and tell them—tell everyone! This innocence was earned with my own hands, not given to me by them!"

The poignant background music resonated deeply with the audience at that moment. No one was prepared for Kalpas to prove Sakura's innocence even on his deathbed.

"Yes, Kalpas, Sakura is not a traitor, neither then nor now."

Aponia suppressed her grief.

"Now, it is time for me to atone for my sins. I will make up for all the debts I have owed."

"... Hmph, it's good that you know you owe me something. Get lost..."

Kalpas crossed his arms and turned away, the darkness concealing all of the Mad King's arrogance.

"Let him... be quiet for a while."

Even Kalpas's voice trembled.

"Waaaaah..."

The people in the courtyard were already sobbing uncontrollably.

Kalpas scratched his head frantically, realizing at that moment that he had experienced the same treatment as Himeko had once received.

They were crying, and while they were crying, they were also calling out his name. Anyone who didn't know the situation would think that Kalpas had suddenly died of illness.

Even Yaqing fell silent at this moment.

He thought he would burst out laughing when he saw everyone in distress, but when he actually witnessed the end of the Kalpas and saw everyone weeping uncontrollably, he felt no joy at all.

Before this, his feelings had never been so complicated, whether it was the deaths of Elysia, Kevin, and Pardo, because he knew that the three of them would reappear, and the real knife had not yet fallen.

Including Mobius, her disappearance, she hasn't really made her debut yet.

"Jie is a real man."

Kevin sighed.

Sakura was deeply moved when she saw Kalpas even on the verge of death, Senjou was still trying to prove her innocence.

"Big sister, Brother Jie went to such lengths to prove your innocence, don't you really have any other feelings about it?"

While Ling was moved, she looked up and glanced at Sakura's expression.

"You little rascal."

Sakura lightly touched Rin's forehead.

"Kalpas, how do you view your own death?"

Eden suddenly asked.

"Hmph, what do you think? Do you expect me to put on a tearful show like them? Don't be ridiculous, I'll be very satisfied."