It all happened so fast that Estelle didn't even get a chance to pounce on the old man. All he saw in his eyes was the sharp edge of the scythe flashing over the old man's neck, and then a transparent mass burst out of the top of the old man's head, breaking into two parts in the air and dissipating completely. Then the old man fainted and fell unconscious.

Estelle's face showed a look of shock, whether it was because he was worried about Madame Magnon's safety or driven by great fear, his golden eyes seemed to unconsciously use his talents, and he saw the old man's body chill a little - she was dead.

Although he was in his last years, Estelle couldn't help but feel sad in his heart when he saw a life fall so fragile and silently.

"Grandma Magnon!" Céline screamed. She tried to go up, but was stopped by Estelle.

The horse dropped its front hooves and kicked in place. The robed skeleton swayed from side to side, and the sound of bones rubbing against each other came from under the robe.

"Oh, maybe I shouldn't have taken her life in front of you. At this time, the skeleton looked at the brother and sister, and actually spoke. Although I don't know where it happened, and the mouth didn't open and close, the skeleton did make a low, hoarse man's voice.

Estelle looked nervously at the skeleton in front of him.

"Why are you looking at me like this," said the skeleton as he stepped off his horse, and as soon as he touched the ground, the horse dispersed like a mist in the morning light, "Are you afraid of me? ”

"What are you talking about?" Estelle looked at the slowly approaching skeleton and stepped back vigilantly. He wants to protect Selene, even if he doesn't know if he can escape from the skeleton's clutches.

"Hmm?" said the skeleton with confusion and understanding in his tone, "It's no wonder how dare an unmarried woman raise two children, she was already very brave without killing you both." ”

"Sir," Selene wanted to trade a more gentle attitude for what she cared about, which was also what Estelle cared about, "You just said that we are the children of the stars?"

The skeleton turned its head slightly, and Selene felt the gaze in the skeleton's hollow dark eye sockets, and shivered unconsciously.

"Yes girl," the skeleton said, carrying the scythe to her shoulder and gesturing at Estelle and Seline with her other idle finger, "I guess your mother must be someone who can communicate with the incommunicable, so she can summon the inhuman to give birth to an heir." Is it a priest? Such a heretic can't survive in this land. ”

Estelle frowned, he felt that the words of the skeletons they were talking to were absurd but not implausible—to be able to communicate with the uncommunicable, wasn't that what Selene could do?

"But, I think you're more dangerous, sir," the skeleton said to Estelle again, with a smile in his voice, "I can see that you do have the blood of the stars in you." Even if you yawn, there is a possibility that this town will be burned down. ”

Estelle took another step back, and although he had some clarity in his heart, it was not time to relax: "Then, please tell me why you are here. Also, restore Madame Magnon to what she was!"

"Oh?" the skeleton poked the old man's already cold body with the long scythe shaft in his hand, "Unfortunately, she's dead and won't be coming back." As for the reason why I came to this town, hum hum ......"

"It's just a matter of repeating what you just did a few more times. ”

Hearing this, both Estelle and Seline had a look of fear on their faces. This skeleton is going to slaughter the entire town.

As he spoke, the skeleton raised the scythe in his hand and swung it in the air: "Since there is no one in the market yet, I plan to start with the monastery." But I see you, you are a different being, there is no need to live and die with these creatures, take the girl behind you and get out of here. ”

It's hard to imagine how a muscleless body could swing the huge, heavy scythe into the air with one hand, causing it to make a sharp cracking sound.

Hearing this, Selene clenched Estelle's sleeve hard. Just now, the skeleton's words had made her realize that the reason why Estelle was so cold, indifferent, and desireless was probably because more of the blood that flowed in his body came from their unknown father. The son of an inhuman thing, even if he is raised by a human being, probably will not have any nostalgia for the world and mortals.

Fortunately, Estelle's answer brought a little comfort to Selene's heart.

"No," Estelle replied, shaking his head and staring at the skeleton unquestioningly, "I can't leave town, and I won't allow you to hurt its inhabitants." ”

"Why?" the skeleton tilted its head in confusion, "Is it because you don't know the times? False believers are like sugar sprinkled into a cup, nowhere to be found but everywhere. Rather than let them slowly erode and kill each other from within, let me do it myself more quickly. That's what I enjoy. ”

Estelle continued to shake her head: "No, this town has nuns who raised us, and there are kind-hearted villagers, and it has no reason to be destroyed, I can't let you kill them like this." ”

"You will, kid," the skeleton laughed, the laugh was long and soft, and seemed to be in the hands of the winner, "you're going to let me do it, you're even more impatient than I am." ”

With that, the skeleton whistled. The blue-gray horse jumped out again with a neighing breath.

As soon as he spoke, the giant scythe swept towards Estelle and Selene behind him.

The quick-eyed Estelle turned around and hugged his sister, and the two fell to the ground. The massive scythe slashed through the air above their heads, and a biting cold wind whistled through.

Or rather, it's fate. ”

As he spoke, the skeleton stepped on the stirrup and stepped onto the horse, raised the scythe in his hand and rushed towards the brother and sister lying on the ground.

"Oh my, Dean, oh my!" Sister Emma, who had been ignored by Estelle and Selene, felt challenged by her existence, so she ran up to Sister Chloe, "You should really look at your good sons and daughters, they are so unruly, unruly!"

"Oh Sister Emma, let them go," Sister Chloe smiled, she also knew Sister Emma's bitterness, "they will grow up, just for a little longer." ”

"God will punish everyone if they are as unruly as they are!" Sister Emma shook her head and muttered incessantly.

Such a scene attracted the discussion of other nuns. Naturally, they couldn't understand why the siblings, especially Estelle, often did things that ordinary people couldn't understand, but as long as they had the slightest selfishness, they understood the nun's thoughts. Sister Chloe, she is not a flexible, ordinary person, but she is more partial to Estelle and Selene.

"I also think it's not right. ”

"The two of them have been going too far lately. ”

"Does even Sister Chloe have to protect the unbelievers?"

So, under the brewing atmosphere, it seems that a quarrel is inevitable. Sister Chloe's heart seemed to be shaken by the whispers of the crowd - did she really have the courage to protect her "children" before God, before the Almighty Father?

However, at this moment, shouts were heard outside the monastery.

"Sister Chloe, Sister Chloe, God forbid, Sister Chloe!!" was the voice of the townsfolk who were barely recognizable by fear.

"Oh my God," Mother Chloe shook her head to look in the direction from which the voice came from, "what happened this time?"

"Nun, your child, he's not an angel!" the townsman rushed forward and grabbed the nun's sleeve, almost tearing it to pieces, "He's not an angel! he's a devil!"

......

"Oh, exactly as I said," said the skeleton as the horses screamed, and the skeleton swayed in the fire, "perhaps you are more terrible than I thought." ”

The whole bazaar was in flames at the moment. Fire enveloped the skeleton, scorching its robes and sickles, and scorching the grey horse on which it sits. Estelle took her sister behind her and waved her hand to spread the flames around her.

"That way you can't threaten the town anymore. Estelle looked at the skeleton and said steadily. In desperation, a flame burned in his hand, but he was so eager to protect Selene that the flame burned so violently that it was out of control.

The skeleton nodded, then raised his hand to Estelle, "Boy, I've already said it." The town no longer exists, and its destruction is inevitable. I will be back soon. ”

"If you come back, I'll still treat you like this. ”

"Hehe," the skeleton smiled and turned away, stepping into the flames, "child, I'm just here to reap life. I am not the one who slaughtered life. ”

With that, the black robe swayed in the wind from the raging flames, and soon disappeared under the shadow of the flames.

Holding his breath, Estelle seemed to be waiting for the figure to disappear completely. When he finally couldn't feel the cold and terrifying breath of death, he sat down on the ground with a thud.

"Estelle!" Selene stepped forward to help him, and though her brother drove away the flames around them, the blazing heat made her sweat.

"I'm fine. "It's the first time she's released so many flames in one go, and now Estelle is completely out of strength.

And at this moment, along with the burning bazaar, a long howl sounded far away.

"Behold——! behold——!

Estelle and Selene turned their heads to look.

Amid the mournful wails of the townspeople, Sister Chloe almost fainted.

"Estelle, he's not an angel, he's a devil! Look what he's done! Hellfire! Hell's fire! He's killing the innocent Madame Magnon——!"

At this time, Estelle slowly got up with Selene's support. In the firelight, his blonde hair and his golden eyes all exuded a dangerous aura. Not far from them, Madame Magnon's body had been burned beyond recognition in the flames.