Volume 8, Chapter 19 – Ysera’s Thoughts

As the demon camp was on the verge of falling into internal chaos, far away from the Main World, within the Graveyard Plane that lay beyond it, the Frost Dragon who ruled the entire Graveyard, Ysera, also received the news that Inferno was about to attack Dawn.

In the past, Ysera had always been accustomed to appearing in her dragon form. But now, after spending such a long time together with Tianyin, Ysera had already grown used to existing in the form of a human.

At this moment, Ysera had long ice-blue hair. On her petite body was a face that looked somewhat cold at first glance.

Of course, this was only how she appeared on the surface. In reality, Ysera herself was not a cold and distant person.

“Inferno invading Dawn… recently, it really has been a time of endless troubles…”

As she recalled the events that had happened when she was in Dawn, Ysera could not help but admit that ever since Tianyin appeared, the entire world that had once been lifeless seemed to have undergone unimaginable changes.

One had to know that for countless ages in the past, the Eight Great Factions had stood at the very pinnacle of the world. Yet now, the Graveyard had already lost all its strength. The Kingdom had also been replaced with the bodies of outsiders.

As for the Strongholds, they were already strongholds in name only. Nature and the Academy, on the other hand, had long been firmly controlled by those outsiders.

Of course, the Sanctuary had always maintained an ambiguous stance. However, as Ysera had once stayed with Tianyin for a period of time, she was very clear about the fact that the Heavenly Father of the Sanctuary no longer existed.

Now, the only forces that had not changed much were Fortress and Inferno.

And ever since the last war, when the Graveyard directly invaded the Main World, that massive conflict had caused severe losses to all major factions.

So now, it seemed that the power structure of the entire world had been completely thrown into chaos. And upon careful reflection, one would realize that all of this had happened within just the past half year.

“Fate, or perhaps the future. It really is so unfathomable. If Kersu were still here, maybe he could have offered some good advice.”

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Seated upon the throne, Ysera lowered her head and looked at the few remaining Graveyard high-ranking undead below.

Now, with Kersu’s departure, more and more Graveyard high-ranking undead had chosen annihilation. More precisely, they had followed the departed Undead Grand Duke into death.

Those who remained among the Graveyard’s upper ranks were merely undead who felt uneasy leaving Ysera behind. Of course, there was also the Headless Knight, Fischerna.

“We cannot sit by and do nothing while Dawn is invaded by Inferno. Fischerna, I hope you can lead part of the army to support Dawn.”

After thinking for a moment, Ysera issued the order to support Dawn.

Fischerna, who received Ysera’s command, accepted it gladly.

“My lord, I will go prepare the army at once.”

Watching the Headless Knight take her leave, Ysera’s mood did not improve in the slightest.

Although Ysera had now become the new Undead Grand Duke of the Graveyard, the longer she sat in this position, the more unease she felt in her heart.

As a Graveyard personally created by Sargus, every undead within it that possessed intelligence had been rescued by Sargus from the darkness, from the Abyss.

Toward Sargus, the undead of the Graveyard were born with reverence. And now, as the obsessions of the undead gradually faded and Sargus passed away, most of the undead had already given up on the desire to continue existing.

Indeed, the undead possessed eternal life. But at times, eternal life was not necessarily a blessing.

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The undead were, in fact, cursed beings.

Their vision was forever limited to black and white. They had a sense of smell but no sense of taste, and no sense of pain either.

They could not feel cold, nor could they feel warmth. Aside from the flame of the soul that continued to burn, in a certain sense, each day of existence was a form of suffering for the undead.

And now, many undead no longer held any attachment to this world.

Those lives should have faded away many years ago, yet were forcibly retained by the “Greedy”. And now that Sargus had passed, those undead whom Sargus had kept should also return to silence.

Those undead belonged to Sargus… his family.

Having inherited Sargus’s legacy, the Frost Dragon Ysera had already felt the heavy responsibility carried by this title.

Take good care of the family.

Allow the undead to depart in peace.

What exactly was the long-cherished wish of the Undead Grand Duke. Even now, Ysera still did not fully understand.

But Ysera knew that she would never be Sargus, and she could never become the Undead Grand Duke Sargus.

The true Undead Grand Duke was Sargus alone. No one could replace him. Not even Ysera herself, who was merely a daughter that Sargus had “adopted” in the frozen wastelands.

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It was precisely because she understood these truths that Ysera felt so uneasy.

She simply was not suited to become the Undead Grand Duke.

Although she had once vowed with absolute confidence that she could do better, Ysera knew in her heart that she did not possess such ability at all.

“But… perhaps the undead of the Graveyard were never meant to exist in this world. Father has already left. Kersu has already left.”

“And so many others. Everyone has left, one by one…”

Recalling the familiar figures who had departed one after another during this period, Ysera’s mood gradually turned sorrowful.

Yet aside from sadness, Ysera had no idea what she should do. And now, among the Legendary-tier undead high-ranking members of the Graveyard, aside from Fischerna, all that remained were the former elven princess who was now the Crypt Spider Queen, and the Abomination who had once been an experimental subject in the Academy.

And lastly… the Skeleton King with his towering figure, who said he would only leave after watching all the undead depart.

“Honestly… these people…”

Thinking of the high-ranking members who had stayed behind, Ysera’s emotions became extremely complicated.

Aside from being worried about her, each of them had their own reasons.

The Abomination stayed because he could not bear to leave Ysera behind. That simple-minded Abomination only needed to see Ysera become a true Undead Grand Duke.

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The Crypt Spider Queen, on the other hand, chose not to pass on because she wanted to witness her former sister, now the Elven Queen, die completely.

As for Fischerna, her reason for remaining in the world was her concern for her descendant named Fisiel.

Ysera could not interfere with their choices. However, the once lively Graveyard had become incomparably quiet with the departure of most of its inhabitants. While feeling the weight of responsibility and unease, Ysera also faintly felt a trace of loneliness.

“After everyone has left… should I leave as well?”

The Graveyard was never meant to exist.

And in that frozen world of long ago, she herself had actually already died.

Translator Note

Oh no… I have a bad feeling about this…

What I am thinking about won’t happen, right…?