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The air began to become dull.
Silence is like a cross-species contagion. Under the impending storm in late July, except for the ignorant cicadas and amphibians living by the water, you can hardly hear other sounds.
The first thing that came was the strong wind caused by the air pressure difference in the highlands. On the hillside, everything from palm trees to sky-high bamboos to flax and shrubs swayed crazily with its flow. The light began to flicker and dim, filtering through the thick The light that shines through the gaps in the thick gray clouds looks like it is shining down from heaven from a distance - this scenery is extremely beautiful, but also extremely dangerous.
"Tick tock, tick tock." A few drops of rain fell and slapped on the drop-shaped leaves of these tropical plants and flowed down it, just like the common advance party of the Sivalier heavy cavalry. In just a few seconds, the violent main force Invasion comes.
"Wow!"
All the noises were covered up by the rain, and all the sounds of animals and plants turned into pure sounds of rainwater at this moment. The dirt ground was first wetted and small pits appeared one after another. They cover up all traces of the rain.
For those fleeing for their lives, the downpour means hope of survival.
Even the deep marks left by the horses running at full speed can still be easily erased by the rain. Coupled with the strong wind and lightning, no one will risk their lives to track them in this weather. The sound of "clanging" echoed at the entrance of the cave, and curved breastplates and helmets were placed there to serve as temporary water collection tools. The firewood that was lit on the dry ground inside was left by the hunters who originally camped here. In addition, there was a wooden bed made of logs and covered with animal skins, on which the unconscious Emmanica was lying.
Mira had helped to remove the plate armor and cotton armor from her body. Even though it was raining, the inside of the cave without ventilation was still very hot. The unconscious Emonica's face was red and her exposed skin was leaking a lot of liquid. Sweating and distressed, the Luoan girl held two dry palm leaves and kept fanning her to dissipate the heat.
This cave is in a dense forest east of Allen Slope. Before, they speeded up their escape and waited until the heavy rain fell. The group had no time to set up tents. Fortunately, the height and depth here are enough to accommodate twice the current number of people, even if Plus four war horses are more than enough.
Everyone took off the armor they were wearing before and only wore light clothes. Although it can provide excellent protection, a set of white church standard armor is still too conspicuous in the Thoradin area. After the rain stopped, it started Escape, it will become an unnecessary burden. The same goes for the saddle. The rations he carried were being cooked next to the campfire. Henry summarized his subsequent actions like this.
"No, if I go to the church headquarters for this matter..." Mikhail still didn't seem to give up. He was stubbornly still thinking about how to bypass the other party's possible tracking and go to the rear to reveal everything. But Henry just shook his head calmly and smiled faintly.
"Do you think the regional bishop is qualified to call out the knight captain who is equal to him in rank?" The sage hit the nail on the head, and the young guardian knight looked at him blankly.
"We lost in this matter due to the total amount of intelligence. Control of the overall situation was in the hands of the other party from the beginning. The regional bishop who provoked all the troubles naively thought that he had repeatedly suppressed the number of casualties. His report can hide everything, but we have fallen into this maze of thinking. Following his thoughts, we feel that the people above are still unaware of it." Henry took it from the pile of wood behind him that was covered with a lot of dust. He took a piece and added it to the fire. Several insects that loved darkness were disturbed by his movements and quickly climbed onto the cave wall.
"Actually, I should have guessed it long before my opponent started mobilizing local farmers to carry out large-scale pursuit and interception. Although the west coast was in chaos and there were continuous small-scale conflicts between the White Holy See and the grassland people in Thoradin, the large-scale group war was not It disappeared a long, long time ago." He looked at Mikhail, and the flickering fire made the sage's expression flicker. A flash of lightning flashed outside, and two seconds later there was a rumble of thunder, and Henry continued Said: "You may be good at fighting and cooperating in small groups, and the quality of individual soldiers is very good, but this kind of thing-"
He said: "This kind of thing is to mobilize a large number of farmers and cavalry to cooperate at the same time, and to find our destination and ambush there in advance. This kind of thing is strategizing at the strategic level, and tactics are two different concepts." Xian The reporter lowered his eyes and stared at the swaying bonfire: "Not to mention the White Church, it is difficult to find such a talent on the West Coast."
Mikhail also followed his eyes towards the bonfire, but he could see nothing except the dazzling orange color.
"Has there been a power change within the church recently?" "Uh-" After speaking carelessly, the young man suddenly raised his head and looked at the sage, with no concealed surprise on his face.
"I guessed it...the behavior of the bishop standing behind him in trying to cover the lid was too decisive. If he just wanted to think about his own future, in fact, all this would be no big deal. But the reason why he He is so desperate and desperate to cover this lid, and while his behavior is stupid, I am afraid it is also because this matter is too important to him."
"For the high-level members of the White Church who are from Raman, what can be more important than returning to their homeland." Henry looked at Mikhail again: "Let me guess, the guy who has appeared inexplicably recently The leader inside, regardless of age, has black hair and blue eyes, looks like me?" He asked, the amount of information in his words was too huge. The young Guardian Knight was not able to sort it out at the moment. He was slow. It took him a while to answer, and he stuttered a bit: "I, uh, I don't know... In fact, I haven't seen that person..."
The young man's tone was a little low, and Henry could definitely tell the existence of such a character from his words - he sighed, and the heavy meaning in it was even the person who was helping to take care of Emmanica later. Both Joshua and Mira could not help but turn their heads. 【△网.】
"He hid it too well." The sage said: "The intention of the action was completely based on the idea of that stupid bishop. Whether it was the pursuit or the subsequent blockade, it seemed that it was all to achieve the stupid purpose of the stupid bishop. The fake show was done to such an extent that there was no way to clearly judge the other party’s reasons, so I waited until I saw the knight commander to understand the true meaning of the other party’s actions.”
"The meaning...but..." Mikhail couldn't turn his head around. All this analysis was still a bit too advanced for him: "But, if it is that person, he has already learned all this, Why do you have to follow the bishop's ideas and help set up the situation? Isn't this like helping others to give advice and deceiving yourself? This, this is too..." "Ahhhh!" Mihai Er covered his head and yelled irritably because of this series of things. Not long after the sound came out of the cave entrance, it was covered by the pouring rain, and no one could hear it except a few people inside.
"..." The sage added firewood to the campfire again. He seemed quite calm, but then said in a light tone: "Sometimes actions are not to achieve a certain goal in the end, but the action itself is the goal. "
He said this, and then seeing the confusion on Mikhail's face, Henry shrugged: "If you want to know whether a sword is sharp or not, what is the most effective way?"
"Uh..." Mikhail opened his eyes wide, and then slowly lowered his eyes. He sighed, and then said slowly and melancholy: "Is that so..."
"Just to try to mobilize the army here..." "Partly, right." The sage continued this sentence in a low voice, then turned his head and looked at Kramer who was placed aside. , with a thoughtful expression.
"In short, we'd better leave this place. For the time being, this place is no longer friendly to all of us." He concluded. Mikhail nodded, but he still had some doubts: " But... even so, I am... I mean, I am also a member of the church... why do they-" he said, and Henry pointed to the wall behind Mikhail: "There There is a bug." The sage said, Mikhail turned around, picked up the flaming wood and smashed it directly.
"Pa-ta-" The yellow-green body fluid shattered into pieces, and the dead beetle stuck to the wall.
"It's actually non-toxic, but why do you want to kill it?" The young man turned his head and Henry asked. He was stunned on the spot, unable to answer any words, and he hung down after a long while. He shook his head and smiled at himself: "That's right... In the eyes of those people, I am actually no different from an insect..."
"So this is all meaningless? Dying for meaningless, meaningless things... I, I miss the previous team so much... even though I was just a rookie there. Not a captain. But... why all this... I originally thought this was a good start... why, inexplicably, all this..." Mikhail clenched his fists and lowered his head, his whole body shaking with excitement. , his face was so red that he couldn't even say a word.
"Meaning is given by oneself, not given by others. Even if it is for a more correct reason, the so-called justice and faith are actually just self-hypnosis. The real meaning still does not exist..." "Pa!" Henry dropped another piece of firewood, sparks flying, and the words he spoke were like a boulder thrown into the sea of the young man's soul.
"Live on, live on, go further and find the meaning of your life."
"You are still young. As long as you are alive, no matter how much pain you experience, it will pass." He did not look at Mikhail, and his gray-blue eyes only reflected the orange-red firelight. "What on earth are you..." The young man used the honorific title, which was different from the titles that were strictly regulated in the church due to the relationship between superiors and subordinates. He felt that his heart had been baptized in some form, and some vague and dark insights began to linger.
"The noodle soup is almost ready-" "Teacher! Emonica is a little strange!" Henry's words were interrupted by Mira's nervous words. His eyebrows knitted together and he stood up in a flash and walked to the simple little room. On the edge of the bed - the blond girl still had her eyes closed, but her pained expression was obvious. Emmanica turned her body left and right, and kept scratching her chest with her hands like claws, cold sweat dripping down her whole body. The face showed a flushing color.
"Something is very wrong!" Mira said. Joshua next to him looked at Henry nervously: "What happened!" The red-haired swordsman, like the sage, did not often show his emotions. He was a human being, and his anxious look at this moment just proved the suffering in his heart - Henry turned his head and glanced at him. In fact, he was aware of the entanglement in Emmanica's heart and the embarrassing atmosphere within the team these past few days. It was noticed, but more than all this, the sage understood more than the two parties involved how much they cared about each other.
When this intention exists, all problems will not be a problem - which is why he did not make mediation or the like, but now it seems that there is no chance for all this.
Emmanica's symptoms Henry could tell what the situation was at a glance: "Go and pull up the waterproof sheet at the door to block the sun-" He said this, and Mira immediately turned her head to look at him with a surprised look on her face. , the only emotion on Henry's face was seriousness. The Luoan girl realized the urgency of the situation. She grabbed the tarpaulin bag and ran towards the cave entrance. Joshua anxiously turned his head to look at the sage, and Henry opened the quilt covering Emmanica and began to examine her whole body.
"...It was arranged." Something that penetrated the cotton armor and left dark marks on the thighs of the loose trousers made of linen caught his attention. The faint smell of potion was accompanied by a little... The smell of blood could only be detected at a very close distance. It was no wonder that due to the exhaustion of running and the dimness of the rainy environment, no one noticed it.
"What is-" Joshua asked anxiously, and Henry sighed longly.
"The vampire essence and blood added with the magic catalyst were probably prepared earlier..." "Pa--" The sage held his forehead with his hand. Although the encounter was still brief, this was Joshua's first Once he saw him clearly expressing his powerlessness like this - the red-haired swordsman realized something. He lost his previous composure and calmness and rushed forward to grab the sage's collar.
"Tell me what's going on! What happened to her! What is that thing!" The hysterical roar stunned Mikhail and Mira, who had just gone out in the rain and spread the tarp outside. land. Henry did not resist Joshua's action. He just continued in a neither high nor low tone: "Catalyst... The vampire's blood is a high-strength hormone for a being like her. Those people have no way of knowing it." Come on, so I’m going to play dirty..."
"They're going to change her from a half-vampire to a real vampire."
"Now the magic circuit in her body is undergoing drastic changes. When this is over, Emonica will wake up, but by that time, she will no longer be the kind girl you know..."
"From now on, she can only live in darkness."
"Pah..." The pole used to hold up the tarpaulin in Mira's hand fell to the ground: "Liar..." She froze in place.
"..." Joshua let go of Henry's collar. Although he was blind, he could accurately judge the terrain in a high-speed battle. He staggered and hit the edge of the bed and almost fell to the ground.
"No, there's no way to save it..." He muttered as if he had lost his soul.
Henry shook his head, even though he knew Joshua couldn't see it. He tightened his grip, then let it go.
The flush on Emonica's face began to subside, and the rhythm of the rise and fall of her chest gradually began to slow down. Finally, with the last rise and fall, the originally healthy blood color on her face was replaced by paleness——
The girl is dead.
Then it came to life again.
"Squeak-" She held on to the edge of the wooden bed, straightened up, and slowly opened her eyes.
There was nothing to explain or explain. The moment she regained consciousness, Emonica knew what had happened to her.
A heart-wrenching smile appeared on her pale face - and then in the next moment, she suddenly stood up and rushed forward.
"Ah -" Mikhail, who was not familiar with this girl, drew out his sword in panic. The flash of light flashed across Mira and he rushed towards him and threw him down to stop the attack. "Wow!" The rainstorm poured down and the tarpaulin was directly lifted by Aimonica. After the complete transformation, she rushed out at an astonishing speed.
"Hurry up and catch up!" Henry grabbed the frustrated Joshua by the collar and lifted him up with one hand. Mikhail, who had not yet reacted, was stunned on the spot while the white-haired Luoan girl stubbornly said He pursed his lips and leaned on the ground before getting up.
"There's no time to lead the horse, hurry up and catch up!"
…
It rained heavily and there was lightning and thunder.
The barefoot blond girl ran at an alarming speed.
There was a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, but it was bitter; tears kept flowing from the corners of her eyes. This was the only flowing gland left in her now, but it was also mixed in the rain and could not be distinguished from each other.
This ending may be the best. I have been worried for a long time, but now I think I am truly liberated.
She laughed and cried.
The opportunity to stand by that person's side must have been gone since he was rescued.
But I really like him...
Who will become his wife in the future, give birth to and raise a child for him. I have never had such an opportunity. Although the body is still growing, the essence of being a human being has been lost. Even the flow of blood has become so slow. How can this body nurture a new life?
The rotten body struggled and fearfully hid its secrets. Perhaps it would be better for it all to end this way——
She did not hate those who had imposed such a fate on her, whether it was the person who made her become this inhumane in the first place, or the person she had never met who did such a thing to her again today. Regardless of that person, Emonica didn't hate them.
She didn't even complain about this fate itself.
People always say that only those who have experienced real suffering understand the value of life and life. This girl does just that. She cherishes all the beauty, seizes every moment and smiles to bring full sunshine to the people around her.
Even though the pain and suffering is something that goes with her life, and many things that other girls take for granted, she will never be able to achieve, but as long as she stays with him, as long as she can continue traveling like this, even if nothing happens. That's fine, even if he falls in love with another girl in the future, as long as I can accompany him through this journey, everything is enough...
Yes, Emmanica, you have long since lost the chance to stand next to that person. Such a change, such a tearing of this calm surface to expose everything, no longer need to cover up everything. It’s not an excellent choice to expose all the changes and end everything, isn’t it——
So what's going on.
What's going on with this pain that's almost tearing through the whole body coming from a heart that stopped beating an hour ago?
No, no, I don’t want to leave him, I don’t want to leave these precious partners, I don’t want to leave the people I love most, I want to experience more adventures with them, laugh and look at the sea together, I want to be with him He got married and had children, and wanted to spend his later years together in his hometown house, telling his children and grandchildren about his adventures and the best friends he had ever met.
Why is it only me...that this happens to me?
Gradually she slowed down and the raindrops began to get smaller.
They probably didn't chase after him either.
After all, this is the case. No matter how tolerant a person is, it is impossible for him to care about a monster that can hurt him.
She understood it. She understood it the moment she woke up. This feeling of hunger and thirst filled her whole body. When she looked at her partner, she saw not a friend but a beating blood vessel. That feeling The unbearable hunger will eat away at one's own humanity and do irreversible things.
"That's okay." Emmanica raised her head and looked at the sky. The last moisture in her tear ducts had been drained. From this moment on, she truly became the opposite of human beings, who could neither breathe nor have a heart. The throbbing pale dead.
Her clothes soaked by the rain clung to her body, and she stood on the highest point of the hill with her bare feet. After running at a high speed for more than an hour, Emonica didn't know where she had arrived.
The heartbreaking pain still exists in the left chest.
It was as if her dead heart was still beating, sending pain throughout her body time after time.
"I'm sorry, Mira...I'm sorry, Joshua..."
"I really-" "Emonica!"
A familiar voice came over.
She turned her head with surprise on her face. The red-haired swordsman was panting, and then the sage carrying the white-haired girl appeared.
The rain stopped.
Mira's face showed a look of panic - but it was not from fear, but from real worry.
This girl is better than myself, and the life she leads will surely be more colorful in the future. It's great, it's great to be able to meet someone who has the same state of mind as me, someone who can understand me. It's great.
It would be great if I could watch her continue to grow. A smile appeared on the corner of Emonica's lips. The heartache disappeared somehow with the appearance of these three people, and there was only peace left in her heart.
The dark clouds began to disperse gradually, and the burning feeling reverberated on her skin, but she did not avoid it.
"Come down from there!" The Luoan girl's scream, which almost broke her throat, echoed in the clearing in the forest, and Joshua rushed towards this direction regardless of the mud all over him.
"Grab that end!" Henry put down the exhausted Mira and handed the corner of his cloak to Joshua. They opened it and ran towards this side.
Emmanica looked at him, the sage's face was always calm.
The relationship between her and him has always been a bit subtle. Emmanica always felt that this man was a bit scary. His knowledge and the way he could always hide his inner feelings made the girl feel that the other party had already known her secret. This He was also the initial cause of a series of events. Although it is true that his current end had something to do with him, if this person did not exist, I would not have been able to overcome those difficulties again and again.
A reliable person and a trustworthy leader. With a mentor like him, Mira's future is worth looking forward to.
"Come here quickly!"
The water on the ground was splashed everywhere by the heavy falling steps. Joshua shouted heartbreakingly at Emmanica. He was not a person who was good at expressing his emotions, but this series of actions showed that The meaning that came out was enough to convey that feeling to the blond girl.
The pain in the chest quickly turned into full happiness under the actions of the other party. Just as Henry thought before, two people who care about each other so much do not need other people to mediate or any long conversations, just One look and one movement - all the misunderstanding and pain disappeared.
Emonica seemed to want to cry, but she couldn't shed tears. The expression on her face changed rapidly in an instant, and many emotions such as touching and regret were intertwined and complicated. The girl finally closed her eyes. , his face returned to calmness.
"I'm sorry, Joshua—"
The dark clouds began to disperse in a large area, and even Henry's usually calm face showed a look of panic. Joshua felt the brightening light, while Emmanica tilted her head and smiled slightly towards this side. .
"I think we're not suitable for each other, so I'm breaking up with you."
"What about you in the future -" Emmanica said lightly, the distance was quickly closing, and Henry and Joshua sped up together.
"I'll meet a better girl."
"At that time, I hope you can get rid of your reluctance to talk and tell the other person your feelings properly."
"Goodbye then." The dark clouds dispersed and the sun shone down. Her figure could not be seen clearly due to the backlight. Only the smile at the corner of her mouth was clear. Mira stood up in the distance, and Henry and Joshua were only a few steps away from her. Far away - the girl spoke calmly, and in her last words, the meaning of happiness was so full that it almost overflowed.
"I love you--"
"Chi-Boom-" "No ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah-" The open cloak covered the white dust on the ground.
"Plop -" Mira, with tears on her face, knelt down and sat in a pool of water.
Joshua fell to the ground and huddled in pain.
"Ah-ah-ah-ah-"
There was blood in the tears flowing from his closed eyes, and the sound coming out of his mouth was not like the usual gentle swordsman but like the roar of some kind of wild beast.
The heartbreaking meaning in it made the animals in the nearby forest turn their heads and look here.
"Ah ah ah ah ah--"
The sound echoed for a long time until the throat became hoarse.
The short-lived heavy rain that was the vanguard of the second round of storms quickly dissipated, the sun shone again, and the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers that had been obscured by the sound of rain began to sound again. The world was bright and colorful, and the sky washed by the heavy rain was full of life. .
It's like no one has died.
…
"When did you first realize the changes in her."
"...Seven years ago."
"Because of body temperature?"
"...Well, that idiot thought he could hide this secret, but as soon as he held his hand, I knew that this temperature is not normal for humans at all."
"...She is always like this, rash and careless, but she still thinks that everything is perfect."
"..."
"...Now, aren't you a sage? Then let me ask you, do you think her life is meaningful?"
"...You have endured so many things, but you still always put on a smile. You clearly have the qualifications and identity to hate and blame others, but you still decide to forgive everything. This kind of lifestyle is like living for others. Is it meaningful to live without thinking about yourself even once in your life..."
"I don't think so."
"...Really, that's really the case..."
"No, I mean, I don't think she's forcing a smile."
"People will choose to end their lives, and it cannot be done through some coercion or the like. There are usually two types of people who end their lives. The first type is those who really feel that there is no hope of living. Taste After too much despair, we have lost the ability to believe that everything will get better - and the second kind is even better."
"Because I prayed that everything would get better, and because I sincerely felt that if I was gone, the people I loved would have a better life, that's why I chose to end it."
"I made this choice not out of despair, but out of love."
"Ineffable, ambiguous, human emotions."
"Love itself is a complex and wonderful thing..."
"..."
"...Well, because I feel that I will have a better future if I am no longer here..."
"…But what can I look forward to in the future without you?"
"A long time ago." "...Huh?"
"A long time ago, someone told me something like this."
"If you have some meaning to someone; if you help someone or love someone; if even just one person remembers your existence. Then you may never really die."
"..."
"We remember her, Joshua, we all remember her."
"She lives here and has always lived here."
"..."
"……Thank you."
"..."
"What are you going to do next? Although they have achieved their goal, this place is no longer suitable for us to stay."
"...She said she wanted to see the sea."
"Really?" (laughing)
"...Why are you still laughing? She proposed to break up with me." (laughing)
"Then let it go, my friend."
"……Um."
"...I will record the whole story. Call it selfish on my part, but I want more people to remember her."
"Really? I don't know enough about her. When you write out the book, I also want to take a look."
"...See you again, my friend."
"...You are going to continue moving towards the south, right."
"Well, the storm is coming."
“Whether it’s the weather or the country.”
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