The sun rises to the highest point in the sky, but the bright sunlight shines on the body without feeling the slightest warmth, and there is only lifeless coldness in the valley of laughter and laughter in the past, and the former paradise has become a cold and lonely cemetery.

After settling Jim briefly, Lird returned to his father's tent, where the maiden priest was gone, replaced by two young girls in white who cared for him.

His father, Pym, was still in a coma, and his demeanor seemed quite peaceful, and he could not see that he had consumed a huge amount of mental and physical strength, and was in a serious coma.

However, its bluish-white lips also reveal the extreme weakness of its body to a certain extent, and Pym's breathing amplitude is very weak, giving people the illusion that he may stop breathing at any time.

Lird looked at his father's face solemnly, and his heart was already extremely complicated, but his father Pym couldn't sense his son's strong thoughts about him at the moment, and he was still "unscrupulous" and asleep.

After a long time, Lird sighed helplessly, then nodded to the other two white-clothed girls who could not understand his words in thanks, and then withdrew from the tent. For every extra minute spent there, Lird felt terrible pain.

Fortunately, the maiden sacrifice gave him a comfort, and his father had almost ten days to live, and this has become the spiritual pillar that supports Lird from collapsing now.

Now Lird would like to say something simply, not about the tragedy of last night, not about the past of this mysterious tribe, but about simply saying something.

For example, the coffee brands that both parties like to watch and hate to drink, skilled poker skills, and the experience of shopping for goods at underground erotic bookstalls, as long as they can make them forget about the things here for a while.

If someone were to hand Learde a cigarette gun at this time, he would not hesitate to take it and take two puffs. It's a pity that in this deserted and dead valley, not even a single demonic poppy flower exists.

His father was unconscious, and Jim was in a state of grief, and although he was often surrounded by a few people who were scattered around him, they could not understand Lird's words in the slightest, and they could not respond to what Lird confided.

This seemingly fulfilling loneliness is the most desperate, and Lird sighs again, realizing that there is only one person left to talk to him...

...

Lird found the maiden priestess next to the burned-out wreckage, and there was no one else on the wide plain except for the wreckage of the plane whose flames had been extinguished but emitted faint black smoke.

The shattered wreckage and the lonely figure of a girl make for a unique picture that is difficult for even the most creative artist to imagine.

Lird slowly walked to the side of the maiden sacrifice, and the other party did not look back, but when Lird walked to his side, the maiden priest suddenly spoke: "This person is dead, the plane was killed by the explosion the moment it was penetrated, and the whole person's body has turned into a black carbonaceous structure, and the face is not visible at all, I don't even know whether this person is white-skinned or yellow-skinned, and whether the hair color is golden or black." ”

Lird knew that the person in the Maiden's Sacrifice was the pilot of the Reaper, the man who plunged the entire Atlantean remnant into great grief overnight.

"He didn't die painfully, or very coolly, and I don't think even a patient with an acute heart attack would die so quickly as he did. ”

"I was furious, because such a death was so simple for him, and I only hated him for his broken bones. ”

"But I can't blame him..."

The maiden priestess raised her head to look at the sunny but gray sky.

"It's all a kind of reincarnation. ”

Lird was speechless, he knew that "reincarnation" was just a more euphemistic word used in the maiden sacrifice, and the word "retribution" was more appropriate to be precise, and the reason why the maiden sacrifice had this scruple was because of her father.

"Seventeen people have been killed and nearly thirty-four injured in last night's attack, and the items destroyed have not yet been calculated, which can be said to be the most serious wound experienced by the entire tribe in more than a hundred years. But it pales in comparison to the military market town that I and Mr. Pym destroyed and erased. ”

"I couldn't sleep for a while after that happened, and every day I was in a state of tension, feeling like someone would find out and take revenge on us. ”

"But as time went by, the feeling became lighter and lighter, and the quality of my sleep even returned to the way I used to be, and although I had been nervous, I was completely absent from the vigilance of danger. When you get here, I feel like everything is back to normal, and the valley will continue to be quiet for a while. How stupid and ridiculous I am!"

Lird opened his mouth, he wanted to comfort the other man, but he couldn't say a word. In desperation, he had no choice but to reach out and pat the girl's shoulder.

Just as Lird's hand landed on his shoulder, the maiden priestess shuddered uncontrollably, and her whole body seemed to be like a frightened bird.

At this moment, Lird realized how helpless and vulnerable the girl in front of him was. In any case, she is just a young girl, but she has to bear such a heavy responsibility at such a special time.

She has no one to rely on in this world, because he is the pillar and soul of the entire tribe, and no matter what difficulties he encounters, he must face them with the strongest strength, and he cannot escape or complain in the slightest.

But even though she showed her strongest side to the world, this shoulder was still so immature and fragile.

"It's not your fault," Lird comforted softly.

"Of course it's my fault. The maiden priest said categorically.

"It was I who could not save the tribe from danger, it was I who made the wrong judgment and decision, and it was I who put the whole good in danger, and everything started because of me..."

A feeling of pity arose from the bottom of Lird's heart, perhaps because of the young man's blood, Lird didn't think much of taking the maiden sacrifice directly into his arms.

The Maiden Priest couldn't help but be taken aback by this, since she was a child, no man had ever dared to treat her like this, and this shock was really unbearable. However, although he wanted to push Lird away at the first time, his palm could not exert any strength, as if the power in his body had been instantly emptied.

For a time, the maiden sacrifice could only be powerlessly at the mercy of Liard.

Lird didn't make any gestures of salute, he just hugged the maiden priest in his arms, gently patted her back with his palm, and said softly: "It's not your fault, it's definitely not! If one party must be held responsible, then the fault is this crazy world." ”

The expression on the girl's face changed, and her trembling body regained its composure after a more violent tremor.

"As my grandmother said, the world has fallen into a state of madness, almost everyone has been bewitched by the devil, in their eyes only their own interests, money, power, wine and sex, man's own self-control is becoming weaker and weaker, the human nature that has been born for tens of thousands of years has rapidly regressed into a more primitive beast nature in just a few decades, and the sinking of desire has begun to make them crazy, and it is the madness of desire that has led to the current madness. ”

"Although I am not familiar with the lost nation of Atlantis, as far as I have been with and watched recently, I know that you are not a group of people who have been blinded by desire, you do not want to be a lonely group, you are just constantly resisting the devil. ”

The Maiden's stunned expression changed, and gradually it changed to a gentle smile, and its head rested unconsciously on Lird's shoulder.

"We don't need mercy in the face of demons. Lird whispered slowly, and in the ears of the maiden's sacrifice, Liard's words were more like a kind of whisper of God.

"Maybe your actions have triggered a bad reaction, but it's definitely not your fault, you just want your tribe, your people to live in peace, that's all. ”

"So, don't feel guilty for a momentary failure, this may just be a test of fate for everyone here, and no matter how difficult the test is, there is a way to pass it, I believe that you can complete the test, and I hope you can believe my words. ”

After a long time, the maiden priestess whispered in Lird's arms: "I... Trust you. ”

An indescribable feeling wandered between the two, and this feeling washed away the pain and sorrow in their hearts, making them forget all the unpleasantness for a while, and at this moment, they only had each other in their eyes.

Suddenly, as if they had woken up at the same time, they broke free from each other's arms as if they were electrocuted, and they both took a step back one after another.

Seeing that the two of them were quite embarrassed, they hurriedly turned their heads to the sides. However, the ostrich mentality was absolutely unable to resolve the embarrassment, and after a while, Lird coughed lightly and said to the girl: "That... I'm so sorry, I... There's no that..."

The maiden priest suddenly said, "You don't have to apologize for anything, after all, we didn't do anything just now." ”

"Huh?" Lird was stunned for a moment, looked at the girl priest with some puzzlement, and saw the stubborn gaze of the girl priest, Lird came to his senses at the moment, coughed lightly and said, "Ah, yes! Nothing has happened, nothing has happened." ”

The girl snorted, sounding quite satisfied, but there was a slight loneliness in her eyes.

Lird still felt that the two of them were full of embarrassment, but it was obviously unrealistic to escape from here now, and at the moment Lird quickly used his brain to think quickly, and soon he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "That... Although the pilot of this fighter plane cannot be detected, it is always known which country and type of fighter this plane belongs to!"

The maiden priest said: "This kind of thing still needs to be thought, of course it is the British fighter, after all, only the British have the conditions and motives to discover us." ”

Lird shrugged his shoulders and said, "Hmm... That's right..."

Looking at Liard's expression, the maiden priest said casually in her heart: "Forget it, anyway, it's already like this, and then I'll let people see and investigate the type of plane, and I should finish the information on the tribal historical materials." ”

"Hmm... Huh?" Lird suddenly realized something, and looked at the maiden sacrifice in surprise, and the maiden priest pouted with some disdain, "What is your attitude? Could it be that you think that our nation does not have its own historical data?"

Lird hurriedly shook his head and said, "No! No! Of course not! I just suddenly felt a little bit about these historiographical materials... Interest. ”

The maiden priestess smiled: "People are indeed curious creatures, no matter what it is, as long as it is secret, they want to know it well." Lird grinned when he heard this, but the maiden priestess shook her head quickly and resolutely, and said, "But you will never know these things in your life, and although we trust you very much, there are some things that cannot be told by trust." ”

Lird didn't feel unhappy about this, but just said with a grin: "It's a pity, in fact, I have to say that the historiography of Atlantis is definitely an important document that can affect human history, if..."

"There are no ifs!" the maiden priestess interrupted Lird decisively.

Lird shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture of raising his hand in surrender and said, "Okay, no ifs." ”

At that moment, a sound of footsteps came from behind them, and the two looked back, but saw that it was an extremely tall man walking towards them. Seeing that this man was very familiar, Lird suddenly realized that it was the man who would throw all the spears into the sky last night, and now thought that his identity must be that of the warrior of the Atlantean remnants.

The tall, burly man walked up to the maiden priest and whispered something to her, which Lird could not understand in the slightest. The maiden priest nodded frequently, and after the man finished speaking, the maiden priest said to Liard: "I still have some things to deal with here, so I will leave." ”

Lird nodded that he didn't need to worry about himself. The maiden priestess gave Lird one last deep look, then turned to leave, the tall man following behind him.

After the two of them left, Lird turned his head to look at the black metal ruins not far away, and began to be stunned. He didn't think about anything in his head about this, just used this way to simply empty himself.

However, what Lird didn't know was that the man who was following the maiden sacrifice suddenly turned his head, his fierce gaze comparable to the spear he threw last night, and his eyes were full of violent ferocity and endless killing intent.