Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Long Sword Twenty-Six
"One more thing. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info your swordsmanship, no, I should say that you have a temperament that I have seen before. ”
"My swordsmanship?" Sulfura was stunned, "Have you ever seen this kind of swordsmanship?What does that person look like?Is it a great sword?Where is she now?"
"You're thrilled and you can see that person is important to you. "Unfortunately, he's not a greatsword. He was an old man, dressed strangely and looked weird. He wears a gray robe, is barefoot, bald, and holds a kind of bracelet in his hand. The emphasis on the speech wasn't like any accent I'd ever heard. I met him by chance during a mission, and he helped me out. Similar weirdos can sometimes be seen in coastal areas, and we often call them 'Inhumans'. ”
"'Inhuman'?"
"I don't know what these Inhumans do. They just wander aimlessly across the land, but they are kind at heart. "If you get stuck, they'll help you for free." Sometimes they will give you small items as a souvenir. ”
"I made a note of it. ”
"Sulfona. I can feel that you are a knight too. Alec left his last words, "I hope you don't follow my path." ”
After Alik finished speaking, he disappeared into the dark shadows outside the door. Sulfona stood in deep thought. She has been a great sword for nearly a year, and has been looking for news of Simona but has found nothing. Sulfona asked some of the warriors, but none of them had heard the name. Combined with Simona's behavior of eating raw hare entrails at that time, Sulfona guessed that Simona might be a warrior who was very old and close to awakening, so none of the active warriors knew about her. Old warriors generally have their own names and should not be so obscure. Caught in a dead knot, Sulfur didn't expect to find clues here.
“…… Stranger? It seems that I still know too little about the world. ”
Sulfona muttered to herself, and suddenly she turned her gaze to Helois beside her.
"I can't understand you either. Can you tell me why you suddenly wanted to leave Alik?"
"Me?" said Helois, surprised by Sulfona's question, but her face remained calm, "Because, his heart is gone, and I can't keep him." When Alik looked at me before, I could feel half of his gaze fall on me. But now, when he faces me, he's looking at someone else. Now that his mind has drifted elsewhere, what's the use of me keeping him?"
"Did you know he was going to die?"
Sulfona asked bluntly. Heliois looked at Sulfur in silence, then relaxed her shoulders and nodded. The girl sat down in a chair, and part of her flaxen hair fell down to the table, looking quiet and beautiful.
"Everybody dies. Greatsword. Humans will die, you will die, and I will die. "It's just a matter of priority." Everyone is like a child playing in circles around the dining table. You want to grab this act, he wants to grab that seat. But when everyone sits down and eats together, there is no difference between you and me. ”
"Looks like you don't want to act anymore, demon. Sulfur said.
"It's you who are acting, Greatsword. I didn't admit that I was a demon, but I didn't deny it either. With your abilities, you would have been able to discover me long ago. Helois shook her head, "Demons aren't as sophisticated as you are. Everything I speak to you is what is in my heart. ”
"I did see through you, but I didn't want Alik to know that. "She sees you as the reincarnation of your daughter, and he sees you as a pillar of his heart." I don't want him to know the truth. ”
"But now he doesn't need me anymore, he wants to avenge his daughter. "Well, what do you want, Greatsword?" Are you going to kill me? We've fought each other, and I'm no match for you. But before I die, I want to know why you can see through me? I've heard that you can't tell demons without using them. ”
"I have been suspicious for a long time, but it is better to say that it is strange from the first sight of you. Why should a little girl be the only survivor in the village?" said Sulfona, "You should have heard me talk to Alik, the warriors are generally made up of people who have escaped from the demons, and I myself too. There are complex reasons why I survived, so I pay special attention to you. The night after that, I went out alone and encountered demons in the ruins of the town. The people of this town are dead, why did the demons come to such a place of death? Later, when the house was destroyed by the aftermath of my battle with the demons, I was even more confused. ”
"I see, my appearance was a bit abrupt. The demon was silent for a while and said, "But how can you tell if the demon is lurking around you?"
"It's simple. Do you remember our conversation that night?" said Sulfur, stroking the edges of her chair, "I need to vent and keep attacking you, and you say, 'It's not me who makes you feel uncomfortable, why do you want trouble with me?' and 'They don't want you, but the sword behind you...... Look at what the humans have said to you......'. I was so excited that I didn't notice anything wrong. But when we ran away, I washed my face with the stream and greeted the morning sun. I suddenly found something suspicious. Why do you know why I broke out of the house alone? At that time, I suspected that the demon was hiding in the house in the form of a human. Later, Brewster and Alec arrived, and the only suspect I found was you. ”
Helois was stunned for a moment, and she suddenly smiled bitterly. Her smile faded, and the corners of her mouth cracked behind her face. The girl's mouth grew larger, and a xenomorph with brown slime protruded from her throat. The xenomorph has a hard elytra and an insect-like head that glows with a metallic sheen and looks unusually hard. Sulfona had an impression of it, and it was the demon that had fled from her hands that night. Now that Helois's identity has been revealed, it makes no sense for her to continue to mime.
"I thought you were a warrior who could only fight and kill, but then I found out that you are a madman at heart, and you like to destroy others and yourself. But now I think you're a smart man, and I'm speechless about your meticulous observations. I take my words back, if you're just a normal human. I think you're going to be a great one, too. ”
"You're the first person in years to say I'm smart. Sulfur said with a wry smile.
"I don't understand, but it seems to me that you are much smarter than I am. I...... Sometimes it's stupid. Helois said, her voice tinged with an eerie tinge, "I don't know why, but when I saw that human, I felt an indescribable sense of familiarity. I don't want to kill him, I want to see what he really is, what kind of person makes me weird. So I chose to follow Alik. I was frightened when I saw a warrior appear here. I don't know why you don't expose me, why don't you talk about my neck cut. You even give me food and try to talk to me like I'm a normal little girl. It was as if a sword was held up on my head, but it never fell. I couldn't take it anymore, so I found a chance to meet you alone. I don't want Alik to know what I'm like right now. ”
"Do you really care so much about Alex?" said Sulfona, confused.
"No, it's not Alik who cares, it's Alex's ending. I want to know what will happen to Alik in the end. "I don't know much about the human world, but I know that Alik has chosen a difficult path. I just want to see him go to the end. But it doesn't seem to be able to, I'll die before him. ”
"Let's go. ”
Sulfona said as she stared into the eyes of the Helois Alien. Helois looked at Sulfona hesitantly, the last time she said that, she had been untamed in eight seconds. This time, though, it seems that Sulfura really wants to let Herois go.
"The child named Helois has been fostered in the ordinary people of the Holy City, and she will live happily. That girl won't have anything to do with demons or the church anymore, and she won't remember Alik or my name. Sulfona lowered her head and said, "And you, demon, you should give up the name Herois. You can live the way you want, but don't show up to us again. ”
"I can't read you anymore, Greatsword. You're so changeable, it's like there's two people in your body. Hellois turned her head sideways in confusion.
"No, there was always only me. Sulfona gritted her teeth and said, "Kind me, tyrannical me. Calm me, manic me. Everything is me, this is the warrior. Balance the evil and the good in the body. Let's go. ”
"I have one more thing to ......"
"Before I change my mind!
The demon tried to say something, but it watched in horror as Sulfona's hand slowly sank into the table. The solid wooden table didn't even move the corners, but Sulfona's slender hand drilled a hole in the table as if it were poking into a piece of butter. The whole process is silent and creepy. Only then did Helois smell the suffocating demonic power in the air, and it immediately fell low, and the mover rushed out of the room on both legs. As the sound of running in the corridor faded away, Sulfona sat down on the ground as if she had lost her strength. The gold in her eyes was slowly fading, and blood was spilling from the corners of her mouth.
"Sure enough, as Hetty said, my body can't support the use of demonic power anymore. ”
Sulfona spat out the blood from her mouth and smiled harshly. Every time I use my demonic power, it's like I'm trying to squeeze my body into juice. The demonic power unleashed by Sulfura was as precious as her own blood. If the use of demonic power is a great load, then forcibly stopping the anger in the body will devastate Sulfona's body even more violently. But Sulfona was pleased. As her body weakened, she found that she could gradually overpower the "angry sulfona". I don't know if it's because Sulfona's willpower has become stronger in the continuous tempering, or if the imminent collapse of her body has made the "angry Sulfona" also begin to soften.
"Alik and Helois, maybe I'll fall before you. ”
Early the next morning, Brewster woke up to find Sulfona packing up her old clothes. Brewster wanted to open his mouth to say something, but felt a tightness in his chest. Last night's vigorous running had worsened his injuries somewhat. Seeing him like this, Sulfur poured Brewster a glass of water. Brewster took the water and drank it dry, noticing that Sulfona's face had become even more ugly than it had been yesterday.
"Last night ......"
"I had some insomnia last night, so I ran outside the watchtower and blew the wind. Sulfona said lightly, "I can climb the spire without using demonic power, don't worry." You went out for a walk last night, too?"
"I went to the toilet, but I didn't find the right way, so I took a few more turns in the corridor. ”
"Sounds good. I said, no wonder you smell like an oil lamp on the road. Sulfur said.
"That's right. How was the moonlight yesterday?"
"The moonlight was nice. ”
Sulfona and Brost looked at each other and smiled. Obviously, both of them knew that the other was not telling the truth, but neither of them wanted to delve further. Sulfona had promised Alik that she didn't want to tell Brewster about Alik. Brewster, on the other hand, was in a state of confusion. He didn't know what to do with what he saw last night. If she were against Herty and Palmer, she might not be able to defeat her, not to mention that she was still injured. As a man, Brewster decided to find out more information on his own before making a detailed plan. But he didn't know that his approach coincided with Alik in some way.
Men always like to be mysterious when they do stupid things.
Two people who live together keep smiling at each other and then keep the secret in their hearts. This may be the best interpretation of the same bed, different dreams.