Chapter 294: Footsteps of the End Giant

Daphne slowly woke up. When she opened her eyes, she saw stars twinkling all over the sky and smelled a faint scent of gunpowder. All of this made her feel familiar, just like in her childhood and youth. She turned over, preparing to sleep beside her mother, but as soon as she closed her eyes, she opened them again. She had regained her senses; she was no longer beside her mother, nor was she in her hometown.

Daphne immediately opened her eyes and tried to flip up, and then she saw the man sitting beside her, who was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

Seeing him, the panic in Daphne's heart immediately dissipated. For a moment, she didn't get up, just continued looking at the moon in the sky.

"This is my hometown."

Daphne knew that Wu Pifu must have known she had woken up.

This man, who was like a god and a demon, was too strong and too powerful. If he hadn't noticed she had woken up, that would have been the incredible thing.

Daphne continued: "Eastern Europe... battlefield."

"I don't know when it started, but the whole world is at war, from east to west, from south to north, wars between mortals, wars between extraordinary beings, wars between extraordinary beings and mortals... everyone has gone crazy."

"Later I found out that the End Giant is coming. First came various natural disasters, and then came the man-made disasters influenced by these natural disasters, just like crazy rats before a ship sinks. No one has any hope left..."

Wu Pifu reached out and covered Daphne's face, saying: "What are you thinking about? If the sky falls, we adults will hold it up. Children should act like children. Sleep a while longer, and we'll find food when it's dawn."

Daphne was silent, tears suddenly welling up.

"I said, I'm not a child! It's just because I'm of the Silver Wolf clan, and my own magic power was sealed by my parents, so I look like a child!"

Daphne slapped Wu Pifu's palm away. She exhaled and stood up, saying to Wu Pifu at the same time: "Leave here quickly, at least go to a town. If it's in the wilderness..."

Before she could finish speaking, Daphne saw that the surrounding ground was full of corpses and blood, piled neatly, everywhere.

"There are people, wolves, bats, and some things I can't name. They... have no color." Wu Pifu's voice sounded behind Daphne.

Daphne looked at those colorless, seemingly white, but actually not even white, corpse fragments, and she was a bit stunned. After a long while, she said: "The Demon Castle's curse... has it become this serious?"

Wu Pifu was unscathed, not even stained with a drop of blood. He asked suspiciously: "What do you mean? The Demon Castle's curse?"

Daphne shook her head slightly and said: "No, it actually has nothing to do with the Demon Castle. You should know too, this is actually the footsteps before the arrival of the End Giant."

Wu Pifu nodded and said: "I naturally know about the End Giant, but it hasn't come to the real world outside the Demon Castle, so I thought this was a specialty of your hometown."

"... Your hometown's specialty is this! Your whole family's specialty is this!" Daphne shouted loudly, then turned and headed in a certain direction.

Wu Pifu naturally followed behind Daphne, saying nonchalantly: "My hometown's specialty is keyboard warriors, public intellectuals, colonialists, little fairies, and a group of heroes fighting against these things... But, has the influence of the End Giant become this great?"

Back in the Demon Castle, Wu Pifu had learned a lot of information from local natives like Charlotte and Mary, such as the Demon Castle connecting ancient and modern times, and giants from the time of the end backtracking the flow of time, destroying all existence, and so on.

Later, he learned more inside information from the skull that served as the library commander.

The End Giant did indeed come from the end of time in this world, but it did not backtrack and destroy in the order of future to ancient times. Instead, it destroyed equally from the end of every era, such as the end of the mythical era, the end of the ancient era, the end of the early era, the end of the Middle Ages, etc. As for how to distinguish an era, it was determined by the major events of that time node. It was relatively general, but it could be roughly divided.

In other words, this was an apocalypse faced by the entire world from beginning to end.

And the Demon Castle was not the source of this apocalypse. On the contrary, the Demon Castle was the only power and battlefield capable of resisting this apocalypse.

Above the uppermost city area of the Demon Castle, there was an entrance called the Inverted Demon Castle, from which one could enter the End Battlefield.

According to the skull, extraordinary beings from various time points had entered the Demon Castle, but the strongest gods and heroes among them had all rushed to the Inverted Demon Castle to fight the End Giant to the death.

Wu Pifu was noncommittal about this statement. After all, it was just one side of the story, and he would only know the specific situation after confirming it himself.

But whether from the native extraordinary beings or the skull, Wu Pifu at least confirmed one point: the End Giant was the End Giant, the Demon Castle was the Demon Castle, and at the same time, the Demon Castle was very likely the key point to solving the End Giant.

As Daphne led the way, Wu Pifu followed her forward. As they walked, Daphne said: "At first, the situation wasn't this serious, but 'colorless ones' did indeed appear all over the world... These are the footsteps before the arrival of the End Giant. And with the appearance of the colorless ones, various countries and regions around the world, as well as many extraordinary races and extraordinary forces, began to fight each other, and even wars broke out... But my parents were unwilling to let the Silver Wolf clan participate in the war."

"The Wolf clan has multiple tribal forces, which jointly formed the Wolf Clan Council. Our hometown is actually in Northern Europe, and before my parents disappeared, the vampires... that is, the Blood clan, an extraordinary race living in Eastern Europe, had already declared war on our Werewolf clan and launched wars against our hometown from multiple regions. After this war started, six tribes of the Wolf Clan Council had already participated, including the Gold Wolf clan, Copper Wolf clan, Black Wolf clan, Blood Wolf clan, Giant Wolf clan, and Mad Wolf clan. But as the Silver Wolf clan, which ranked in the top three among the werewolf races, we did not participate because of my parents, so we were blamed by the entire werewolf world..."

"Later, my parents disappeared, but I know they aren't dead yet. Not long after they disappeared, a coup occurred in the Silver Wolf clan. Several generals trusted by my father seized the holy relic of the Silver Wolf clan, and at the same time, I was in extreme danger. Thanks to a loyal servant, I escaped, and I crossed the battlefield and fled to Romania. I want to go to the current Demon Castle from this former site of the Demon Castle to find my parents."

Listening to Daphne introduce her past, Wu Pifu just listened silently and followed silently.

As they walked, light appeared ahead. That should be a village or town, and Daphne's pace quickened slightly.

"But I was kidnapped by you, and I still haven't found my parents!"

Daphne suddenly turned her head and glared fiercely at Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu immediately said: "Who kidnapped you? I just adopted a Samoyed! And I said, I'm only interested in beauties with big breasts and long legs. You little thing, let's talk when you grow another ten years older!"

"Awoo awoo!"

Daphne turned and bit at Wu Pifu, then was held back by Wu Pifu with his finger on her head.

!

Just as the two were bickering and heading toward the small town, suddenly both of them smelled blood.

Daphne stopped her 'awoo' and turned her head to look at the small town with worry. Wu Pifu nodded at her, then picked her up and placed her on his shoulder, striding forward and sprinting quickly. Dozens of seconds later, they rushed to the entrance of this small town, and then saw corpses pierced and hung up one by one.

These corpses were all in terrible shapes, with wooden stakes piercing from their lower bodies into their mouths, hung one by one on wooden stakes more than three meters high, from the entrance of the town all the way to the center of the town, and the blood they left behind was concentrated into a depression in the center by grooves on the ground.

"This... how is this possible."

Daphne murmured in disbelief: "Whether it's us, or the Blood clan, or other extraordinary creatures, we have long since stepped into civilization and modernity. It's impossible to slaughter humans on such a large scale. And doesn't the Holy See care? What about the human government's countries? Don't they care either?"

"Holy See? Countries?"

A voice sounded in the darkness.

Then, a handsome young man with a pale face walked out of the darkness. Behind him were several people wearing metal armor, and in the sky, a group of half-human, half-bat creatures flew, quickly surrounding the two and the bird in the middle.

"Princess Daphne of the Silver Wolf clan, I didn't expect you to have been hiding for so long, and only appear now?" The young man smiled elegantly, even bowing slightly to show respect when he said the word 'Princess'.

Daphne's expression didn't change at all, she just asked: "What did you say about the Holy See and countries? And killing people so blatantly, are you really not afraid of humans launching retaliatory massacres against our dark lives?"

The young man seemed unable to hold back his laughter. His mouth twitched, revealing a cold smile, and he said: "Retaliatory massacres? You mean these poultry? Hahaha, Princess, you've been hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, do you really not know about these things?"

"Technological weapons are already ineffective, all technological weapons! As long as it's made by humans, whether it's guns, explosives, or flamethrowers, all technological weapons are ineffective! They, humans, are now truly poultry!"

"As for human extraordinary beings, hehe, all extraordinary beings who have read the Holy See's Forbidden Canon have all turned into terrifying monsters, and together with the 'colorless ones', they have turned into the echoes before the arrival of the End Giant. So... this is now the world of our dark, no, our extraordinary lives!"

The young man slowly walked toward Daphne, reaching out his hand at the same time: "Now, Princess, please come to our Blood clan as a guest. I think the Silver Wolf clan will be very happy, hahaha..."

Then, Wu Pifu pinched the young man's hand with one hand.

The young man was furious: "Let go, dirty ant, who gave you permission to... let, let, let go! Pain, pain..."

"Spare, spare, spare my life!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 295 =====