Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

This kingdom also had its heroes.

In the hoarse and despairing laughter of the elderly man, the past of the Land of Joy slowly emerged.

"There was no paradise under the apocalypse. But how could we have understood that at the time?"

"When everyone was laughing, Harvey always carried a hint of pity."

"He said his relatives were far away, he asked us if we would miss those who did not come here. He asked if we worried if they were doing well..."

"Hahaha, of course we missed them, and of course we worried, but under the apocalypse, all emotions are so fragile. Just surviving required all our effort."

"When we were immersed in joy, we also thought about how great it would be if those people were here."

"But we never thought to search for them, not even for a moment did we want to give up everything we had and leave this place."

"Boluke once said that leaving here, we might never find our way back."

"We didn't dare to leave, or rather... we couldn't bear to."

"Here there was endless food, here we could indulge in every pleasure, everything here was like something only heaven could provide, no monsters disturbed us, there were homes to shelter us from the elements..."

"Hahahahahaha, how foolish we were, thinking all this happiness was ours by right."

"Until one day. One by one, we were exiled to Zone B by that bastard Aiou, and we finally realized that all the happiness... was a plunder on us."

"No, not happiness, but indulgence. Hahahahaha... look at these guys, each one of them, how ugly, we are all monsters under our desires, hahahahaha..."

The legless elder scoffed and chuckled, his torso convulsing as those around him joined in the laughter.

They despised the people of Zone A, because everything in Zone A, was plundered from the people of Zone B.

But they could only respond with "laughter," the laughter didn't last long.

Soon the elder continued with the story.

"Only Harvey... always watched here with empathy, he was not blinded by the joy of this place."

"As more and more people headed to Zone B and vanished without a trace, Harvey always cared about these people. He tried time and again to get Aiou to send their news back, and again and again, tried to go to Zone B to see them."

"Even if it meant just seeing them once and returning to Zone A, or never being able to come back here! But Aiou refused."

"Aiou's refusal convinced Harvey that there must be a secret hidden inside."

"When Harvey discovered that the so-called North Zone didn't exist at all, that the North Zone filled with numerous buildings spoken about by the people was nothing but a massive labyrinth constructed from human desires, Harvey understood that everything here was fake..."

"Everything people encountered in that place, all the good, was fake! Non-existent teammates, non-existent family and friends! Hahahahaha, all that we mentally craved was merely a mirage of desire! Hahahahaha..."

"It was all a net woven out of desire by Boluke!"

"After Harvey discovered all this, he was determined to redeem us out! He was our hero! He somehow learned... that ringing the bell in the sky could break this predatory laughter!"

Zhou Baiyu took note of these peculiar points, wondering how Harvey knew about the bell in the sky?

And the bell wasn't created by Harvey? It already existed?

He directly asked:

"Harvey wasn't from Longxia Kingdom, was he?"

"Certainly not. His full name is Harvey Nierbas, he had curly golden hair, was tall and muscular, looking very powerful. Hahahaha... such a perfect Harvey." The old man's smile was unclear whether it was remorseful or sighing.

Zhou Baiyu continued to ask:

"When Harvey came here, was the bell already there?"

"Yes. The bell and this floating island existed together. Whether it was Aiou, Luo Zan, or Boluke, including us, we were all newcomers." The elder nodded as he continued:

"Harvey once said, this place is a city in the sky, once home to two gods."

At these words, Zhou Baiyu perked up.

Was this place existent before the twilight of the gods?

Two gods...

If one of them was the God of Joy and Laughter, then who was the other?

"How did Harvey know all this? And how did you know all this from Harvey?"

Zhou Baiyu's expression became sharp:

"Or are you saying... you are Harvey?"

Clearly, in the story of the elder, Harvey was a hero who had climbed the ladder and nearly rang the ancient bell. The elder spoke highly of Harvey.

But Harvey had created the ladder that reached the ancient bell, climbed it before the elder was sent to Zone B.

How could he know about Harvey's thoughts and emotions in Zone A?

Moreover, the elder himself had climbed the ladder, even causing Boluke's fear, resulting in Aiou and Luo Zan breaking the elder's legs.

This script, it all looked like the elder was Harvey.

But the elder had hair fallen out, teeth completely decayed. His body was dark, his outline showed he was human, but beyond that, he was almost unrecognizable.

The elder laughed:

"Hahaha, how could I possibly be Harvey, if I were Harvey, how could I give Boluke the chance to break my legs!"

"I wish I were Harvey... then I wouldn't have failed the first time I climbed the ladder."