The flying blade was like a ray of light, light and fast. York could be sure he wouldn't be able to dodge such an attack unless he added a high enough agility to himself first...... But the other was so fast that he could almost leave an afterimage in the air as he stepped back.

“...... Do you want to kill me now?"

The one of Yorktriesi, pale, and in his terror half-raised his chin proudly.

From his tone to his demeanor, he is really exactly the same as him.

There was a gurgling sound in his throat, like bubbles in the mud, so weak that only he could hear it.

And Ed had already turned his head to look at the other him.

"Is......" he cried out hesitantly, as if trying to stop his friend.

"Let him out, he'll just self-righteously tell everyone that we killed a high priest!"

In the direction he couldn't see, Is's raised voice sounded extremely irritable: "Do you think we haven't been in trouble enough?!"

"But he helped us. "He's not unreasonable. ”

He stood up, stepped aside a bit, and made an inviting gesture.

"You can come and see," he said, "he's really not ......"

York's eyes widened desperately. The torment of hope and despair made him almost insane, but he saw Ed's fingers hidden under his sleeve, and the tips of his fingers twisted a little silvery powder, like the scales on a moth's wings.

The pillar of light fell like a boulder, and was smashing on the other of him.

This time, he couldn't dodge.

A strange black shadow suddenly expanded and contracted in the pillar of light, dancing wildly as if it wanted to break free from something. The blackness seemed to drip venom into the water, causing the dazzling pillar of light to dim rapidly.

The long-handled ice blade roared again, fiercely slicing across the waist, and the sound of the weapon breaking through the air was mixed with a helpless cry from Ed: "...... Don't get killed!"

York watched eagerly, not even realizing that he had barely managed to hold up his upper body.

The black shadow was clearly cut into two sections, but it did not fall to the ground, but was instantly connected by wisps.

"Can't die. Isis replied impatiently, and swung his sword again.

The knife was stopped, and it was covered with a shield made of vines.

The pillar of light disappeared completely, and York could finally see the monster that could instantly transform into another person...... It's barely a "monster".

It looked like just a shapeless mass of vines, black with red and red mixed with a hint of white. The severed parts were being reconnected at a rapid pace, and the "shield" it held up seemed to be a part of its body wound together.

The vines seemed to be its muscles, its veins and its veins. They tangled, climbed, twisted, and gradually became a thin, skeletal humanoid.

York just glanced at it and unconsciously wanted to twist his head, as if he was a half-burned, skin had fallen off, and even his facial features were blurred.

Isis stopped his attack.

York didn't think a dragon was so easily frightened, but he did freeze there.

"Yi ...... ......"

The monster raised its hand tremblingly, and called in a low voice, hoarse, full of sadness and guilt.

York was terrified for a moment that he knew who it was, he had heard that Scott's body had been stuffed into the stove where Lockburg had burned the garbage after being sacrificed by Antbowford, but he had "heard" far from seeing it himself...... Even if he knew that it was fake, the impact of this moment was too strong for him, let alone for the other two people.

Ed waved suddenly. There was a huge fist in the air that slammed into the monster, smashing it into the wall, smashing flesh and blood everywhere.

Isis shuddered involuntarily and subconsciously took a step forward.

"Is," Ed shouted, his voice clear and cold, like water in an icy lake...... As if he were an emotionless ice dragon: "That's not him. ”

Iss paused, and after a moment of stiffness, he roared and lunged over.

This roar was even more terrifying than the one before, and it didn't just hit York's chest...... It nearly shattered his fragile soul.

He fainted.

The sweet darkness was fleeting, and when he was pulled back into the light, the strongest in the pastor's heart was anger, he was really fed up...... Can't he even faint for a while?!

“...... I'm sorry. ”

It was still Ed who looked down at him, but his eyes had returned to the clarity he was familiar with.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

York was silent. Ed's treatment was quite thorough, and the watery power was gentle and strong, simply astonishing...... He should have thanked him, but his gaze turned uncontrollably to the other side.

The dragon exuded a terrifying violent, living monster. He threw his weapon, and with a silent sound of his claws and fists smashed the shapeless thing into a puddle of mud.

Ruthless...... But it's quite relieving.

"You...... Don't you stop him?" and when he realized that his emotions were far more excited than disgusted, York shook and struggled to find his senses.

"That thing, it's better to live, isn't it?" he whispered against his will, but it was right.

"Whatever he wants. Ed replied calmly, "The chaos that a phantom can cause is so unpredictable that it wouldn't hurt to send it back to Hell...... If we want to know, there is always another way to know. ”

"Phantom?" said York, frowning. The priests knew a little bit about hell, but he had never heard of the name.

"The monster can use human flesh as a material, transform its body into any shape, and it's quite ...... Have fun with it. Ed said, "This tower is ...... It is written in this book. ”

"So, you already know Lord Laval...... Not himself?" asked York.

Ed smiled self-deprecatingly, "Not either. When Iss stabbed him, I was also shocked. It took me a while to find a solution to it, or I wouldn't have given him a chance to get close to you...... Luckily, Iss can tell the real from the fake by the smell of blood. ”

So when did you go to flip through the book?

York thought silently and changed the subject: "Then are you really missing, or are you ......"

"It's true...... It's a long story. Ed clearly didn't want to explain, and didn't hide it, "Anyway, I'm back." ”

It wasn't long since they last saw each other...... In addition to his gray hair, there seemed to be something indescribable about this once simple young man who could see through at a glance, so that York did not dare to ask any further.

At the end of the muffled sound not far away, their brief conversation ended.