Chapter 185: Three Choices
The strange changes in the mausoleum made it difficult for Klein, who had closed his eyes tightly and gathered his spirituality, to know what was going on for a while, and he didn't know whether this preference was bad or bad, so even if he had recited the opening spell and held the "thief" spell in his hand, he didn't dare to use it rashly, for fear of causing a negative impact and obtaining the opposite result.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, Klein felt that time had passed so long, as if a whole century had passed.
At last, he heard Mr. Azik's slightly hoarse but uncertain voice:
"It's ...... you"
Immediately after, a voice that did not fluctuate but clearly belonged to a woman sounded:
"You have three options:
"One is to move on, to seek wholeness, to allow Salinger to be reborn from within you;
"The second is that I will help you extract that half of your soul, let you leave with it, and find a way to stitch it up yourself, which can make you change back to your original appearance, not die again and again, and resurrect again and again, but this does not mean that you are now, and the life you have experienced in the past will really degenerate into dreams;
"The third is to give up everything and leave directly, you will always stop at the current level, you will not be able to move up again, you will still be the dead again and again, and you will wake up again and again from the loss of all memories, repeating the experience of looking for the past. ”
Crane was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't expect that there was an extra "person" in the depths of the mausoleum, and it seemed to occupy the absolute dominance, and he could give different choices, so that the former "Death Archon" Azik Eggers could only decide from it.
"This is the man-made Grim Reaper hidden in the depths of the black fog?
"No, He didn't seem to have much wisdom in the first place, and I didn't see Him want to communicate for so long......
"Pull out that half of your soul and find a way to stitch it up yourself...... What does this mean? Mr. Azik's spirit was originally incomplete?
"Where did the talking 'lady' do what Mr. Azik couldn't?
"Also, who was Salinger, and why was he reborn from Mr. Azik? he, the 'Grim Reaper' who caused the Pale Plague, Mr. Azik's father or grandfather, who foresaw his own fall and left the primer of the resurrection in Mr. Azik?
"The first choice must be directly ruled out, without consideration, the second and third have their own problems, one is no longer the current self and will become a strange 'me', and the other will bear the curse of immortality forever and will never be able to be liberated again...... If you have faith in yourself and truly regard your past life as an anchor, then you can consider a second option, reconcile with yourself and compromise with each other...... However, this involves the other half of the soul that has been divided, and the other half of the soul who has not experienced those lives at all, and there is no way to guess what will happen after that, and the anchor may not solve the problem......"
Thoughts flashed through Klein's mind, puzzled, curious, embarrassed, and puzzled, but he could only stand far away, unable to even watch.
It was Azik's life, the future he was going to face, and no one else could make decisions for him.
And what Crane should have said, he had already said before, and he stood helplessly and worriedly, waiting for Mr. Azik to speak.
Azk looked at the beautiful lady in the hood in front of him, and he was speechless for a long time, the pale flame in his eyes flickering.
The unreal and real mountain-feathered snake seemed to sense some bad change, and its tail was withdrawn, and it swept around wildly, and its head was buried with it, and its huge mouth was opened, revealing dark red flesh and fangs stained with pale butter, and it spat out a pitch-black snake core and dark green slime, and wanted to take the initiative to swallow Azk Eggers.
However, all of its attempts failed to make a difference, and it seemed to be living in another world!
In the unsettling silence, Azik raised his right hand, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and smiled peacefully:
"Maybe I'm used to the current life, I choose three. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the hooded lady across from him grabbed the bird-shaped gold ornament tightly in her palm, then withdrew her arm a little bit, pulling the ancient object out of the crack in Azk's forehead.
Azik's expression contorted again, as if he was suffering unimaginable pain.
In every drop of his blood, in every muscle, there was a little spirit pouring out, intertwined into a transparent soul.
The soul seems to be intact and unmutilated, but it is full of incongruous contradictions, because it is half golden yellow, from the eyebrows, eyes to the torso and limbs, with a simple beauty.
As the bird-shaped gold ornament was withdrawn, the translucent spirit of Azk began to split from the middle, inch by inch, as if it was being skinned alive with a knife.
Again a non-human sound came out of his throat, and Crane was dizzy and stinging in the distance, as if steel needles were stirring wildly in his brain.
In a matter of seconds, Azk's spirit body was completely split into two halves, half turned into a golden streamer and threw into the bird-shaped ornament's eyes, and half returned to his body, merging with flesh and blood.
The two pale flames in Azik's eyes were extinguished, the white feathers and pitch-black scales that grew on his body receded, and the distortion of his expression was eased, and he was no longer so hideous.
His face was slightly pale and transparent, and his forehead twitched, apparently suffering from the depths of his spiritual body.
"Thank you for your help. He saluted the hooded lady and turned around, and walked up the stairs in a vague manner to Klein's side.
"It's time to open your eyes. Azik smiled wearily.
Klein quickly opened his eyes, looked at Mr. Azik, and found that he did not show signs of madness and loss of control, so he was completely relieved and curiously looked into the depths of the mausoleum.
There was a black fog that obscured everything at the bottom.
"Who was that just now?" he couldn't help but ask.
Azik smiled, and the probe grabbed his shoulder:
"Even if I tell you, you can't hear unless He wants you to know. ”
As he spoke, Klein also subconsciously grabbed the shoulders of his two secret couples.
The surrounding color patches were all intense and distinctly superimposed, and the two of them quickly crossed the spiritual realm corresponding to the "Furious Sea" and returned to the hotel room where Crane was staying in Gulain City.
As soon as Azk let go, he pinched his forehead and smiled gently:
"I need a sleep that I don't know how long it will last to recover, if you have any questions, you can ask the Seven Lights of the Spirit World for advice, and you should have mastered the corresponding rituals. ”
"Mr. Azik, are you all right?" asked Crane with concern.
At the same time, he scolded himself:
How can nothing happen if you lose half your soul forever?
Azik smiled and said:
"It's not a big problem, it's just that it will remain the way it was before, foresee its own death, arrange everything, cut off the connection with the original life, and then forget everything, resurrect and wake up, and look for the past.
"Compared to before, at least you are still a person who knows a lot about me, and if I forget it again, I should be able to recall a lot when I see your letter. ”
He paused, nodded imperceptibly, and chuckled in a low voice:
"Sleeping, it's not a bad thing, at least I can dream, in the dream, I never left, I am still basking in the sun with her, I am still instructing the stubborn child how to use the broadsword, and I am still building a swing for the little guy who loves to spoil ......"
Before he finished speaking, Azik threw out the bronze whistle and smiled gently:
"Remember to write letters.
"But I won't get back to you until I wake up. ”
No sooner had Crane reached out to catch the ancient and delicate brass whistle than Azik disappeared into the room, nowhere to go.
After looking at it in a daze for a while, Klein suddenly sighed in a low voice.
............
To get from the city of Gulain, by land, you have to follow the winding road upwards, through blocks to the highest point of the city, and then you can climb the mountains and enter the plains.
At this moment, the "Red Glove" team led by Soster was standing on the highest square, looking out at the abnormal raging sea.
Dalie Simone, who had been pressing her forehead, suddenly lowered her palm and said rather strangely:
"Everything is normal again, nothing is wrong. ”
"Okay?" Leonard asked, slightly surprised.
In his opinion, it would be difficult for Dai Li to return to normal until the mutation of the Furious Sea was over.
"Intermittently, perhaps?" said Sost, hesitantly giving his guess.
Daly was about to respond, when everyone's inspiration suddenly touched, and they looked at the furious sea again.
In that pure deep darkness, one bright star after another lit up.
............
Beckland, inside the Church of St. Samuel.
Archbishop Anthony Stevenson received an urgent telegram from the sea.
The content of the telegram is quite simple, but surprising enough:
"Gelman Sparrow reappeared, boarded the Black Tulip and made Ludville a secret puppet, and he followed the one he called the 'Archon of Death'. ”
Gelman Sparrow ...... "Archon of Death...... St. Anthony silently repeated the two names.
He leaned back slowly, closed his eyes, and the information of the seal "0-17" once again appeared in his mind, the complete information:
"Item: 17. ”
"Name: Hidden Angel"
"Hazard Level: '0', Very Dangerous, Highest Importance, Highest Confidentiality Level, No Inquirement, No Communication, No Description, No Snooping. ”
"Classification of secrecy: The Pope, Group A researchers, and the Archbishop in charge of the Diocese of Beckland (Note: When the Archbishop is transferred out of the Diocese of Beckland, the relevant memories must be cleared with seals '1-29')"
"Sealing method: Through the cooperation of '1-29' and '1-80', the seal is completed. ”
"Description: This is not an item.
......
"Warning, He cannot be used!"
"Addendum 1: This seal was first found in the Quaternary Pale Age, specific year, missing, specific date, missing, specific location, missing. ”
Addendum 2: Information indicates that He was awakened five times. ”
"Addendum 3: The unusable premise is qualified, and it has been confirmed that He can be used as a vessel for the Goddess's presence. ”