Alik sighed as he felt a heat in his lower back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Suddenly, the pain that had been tormenting him was gone, but it worried the old knight even more. He clearly felt that he was gradually becoming something else. She could no longer call herself a human being who ate bread and drank beer. This is particularly distressing for Alik. He understands that the process of turning into a monster is irreversible.

"Helois, you have to promise me one thing. ”

Alik stroked the head of the herois beetle with his claws. But in Alik's eyes, it was a kind father stroking his daughter's flaxen-colored hair. Helois noticed that a piece of Alex's hand was missing at some point, and purple blood was gushing out. When she looked closely, Alik's body was already covered in scars, as fragile as cracked earth. Helois grabbed Alex's hand.

"Alex, you're too badly hurt!"

"Injuries are just small things, and now I want you to listen to me. Alik shook his head and said, "Helois, I don't know if you can understand. My brain is starting to mess up right now, and I'm starting to lose track of what's right and what's wrong. Because I will gradually become a demon, and of course the human part will gradually be replaced by the demon part, and I will not be like myself. ”

"Aren't demons bad? Alek, didn't you say anything wrong with demons?" said Helois, "Are you lying to me?"

"There's nothing wrong with the demons, I didn't lie to you, Herois. Alik said with a wry smile, "I'm just, just a little wayward." I want to be human, and even now, I want to be a knight. Ridiculous, right? I also want to see the Holy City prosper, and I want to see the spirit of knighthood continue to live. So I couldn't kill Palmer, I was a guy who didn't do anything from start to finish. ”

Teardrops the size of beans welled up in Alec's cold golden pupils, and his monstrous shoulders trembled as he cried.

"No, Alex, you're already great. Heliois had already foreseen Alex's decision, and she said with tears in her voice, "Your life will be more glorious than many people." You've beaten yourself, you've come all the way here, you've won. ”

"Have I already won?"

Alik looked around blankly, wanting to see Palmer again. He was going to tell Palmer that with more power comes how much responsibility comes with learning. But the old knight couldn't see half of his figure, and he only felt a sudden overflow of brilliance around him, and Alik remembered the first time he went to the church of the twin goddesses as a child. He saw the huge statue of the goddess, and then prostrate himself under the statue, just like thousands of other believers. Alik began to muttered to himself that he was going to pray to the twin goddesses. He began to talk nonsense and swing.

Subjects parasitized by demons have less than a 1 in 10 survival rate, and unfortunately Alik is not suitable for demon transformation. His massive body began to crumble like a landslide. The soldiers around him were dumbfounded, and Helois's golden eyes moistened. Alec suddenly saw his daughter, who was smiling at him. Alik's confused mind could no longer remember what his daughter looked like, and she looked a little like Helois. The girl opened her mouth and changed the shape of her mouth. Alik "saw" the meaning of the lip shape.

Thank you.

Alik suddenly felt a sense of relief and satisfaction. When the burden of years was finally lifted, he fell to his knees and savored the wonderful feeling. Receiving this thank you, Alik was happy like a child. In the dark, Alik suddenly woke up, and this may be the last human emotion he has left. With all his might, he shouted into the sky.

"Kill me, Hylois. When I was a human being!"

A broken sword plunged into Alik's body. The hard armor on Alex's body had long since crumbled, and his body had become as small and fragile as a human. The sword easily pierced the old knight, and his expression ended at the last moment, looking happy. Helois let out a howl of pain, and her body shrank and became human. The soldiers' eyes widened as they watched as the little girl with flaxen-colored hair drew her sword from Alex's body and stabbed it into her body.

"Thank you, Alex. Thank you for giving me this time, it seems like I've become human again. ”

Most of the soldiers didn't figure out what was going on, and the two monsters they saw as a threat died suddenly. One of them begged his companion to kill him, while the other committed suicide. Suicide is probably something that only humans do. Only human beings will overcome the fear of death because they have greater persistence in their hearts. However, Palmer did not frustrate with these soldiers.

"Shoot, soldiers. Shoot at these two monsters. ”

The soldiers hesitated.

"Your Excellency...... They look more like human ......"

"Even if it's a human being, the flesh that remains now is a demon. You promise these things won't come back to life and eat your old mother?" Palmer roared with a hideous expression, "Listen to me and shoot them." ”

Numerous arrows pierced Alik and Helois, and Palmer himself threw a torch and set the two demons on fire. For Palmer, the two demons must be completely eliminated from the world, especially Alik. Helois is a full-fledged demon, but Alik did die in a half-demon state. If someone is interested in studying it, they may be able to see Ni Duan. The Church's research on demons has always been carried out behind the back of the Stave Organization, and it would be bad if it was discovered.

Suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky, followed by a torrential rain. The clouds came late after the rain fell. The rainstorm came without warning, and it came so suddenly as if it were some kind of curse. Alik and Helois's bodies were charred black, and the rain eventually extinguished the flames. The soldiers found that the posture of the two dead men was faintly similar to that of the twin goddesses. Some of the future believers had fallen to their knees, thinking that something on the ground must have offended the gods. Otherwise, why the sudden rainstorm? The other soldiers in their clearer minds wanted Palmer's next step, as there were other demons roaming the city.

"My lord, then we should ......"

The soldiers froze, and Palmer, who had just directed them to shoot arrows, had disappeared without a trace.

There is an old saying on the continent: when a truly great person dies, the sky grieves. The rain continued to fall, as if it wanted to wash the whole land. The rain seeped into the ground, mixed with the dirt, and moistened Sulfona's cheeks. She frowned and pushed away the demonic claws that were blocking her cheeks, and then opened her eyes. The young warrior lay down in the muddy water, his golden hair getting wet. Her already ugly cheeks were shriveled and wrinkled, and she looked like an old woman in her sixties and seventies. As the bitter fruit of the overuse of demonic power, Sulfura overdrew her life. She had used "Demon Stillness" several times in previous battles to immobilize the demon. But that still doesn't help.

I don't know why, but the demon attacked like crazy. Sulfona first felt exhausted and fell to her knees. The demons have no interest in her, and their main target is Hety. In a haze, Sulfur watched as Hetty pulled the sword out of the demon's claws and swung it again. Hetty's figure was submerged in a sea of monsters, but she still struggled to move her feet beyond the Holy City. Hetty knew that the demon was targeting her, and she didn't want the demon to stay close to the Holy City. Finally, Hetty let out a roar......

It was then that she lost consciousness, so now she was in a daze looking for Hetty. Sulfona was lying among the corpses of the demons, and several soldiers belonging to the Holy City were cleaning up the battlefield nearby. The young soldier was picking up unbroken arrows and demon stumps from the ground, and the sudden rise of Sulfona from the corpse made them feel terrified. When Sulfona saw them, she knew that Alik was supposed to be dead, but he must have died a heroic death. Sulfona focused all her attention on the ground, and she walked along the trail of demon blood. There was a pool of black-brown water on the ground not far away, and Sulfur walked over, which must have been the mark of a strong slinger slamming the ground with his hind foot. Sulfona sniffed, and for the first time here she smelled blood different from that of a demon.

Hetty...... Hurt here. ”

Sulfona closed her eyes, as if she saw the slinger swing his misshapen alien claws and knock Hetty into the air. Hetty used his great sword to block in front of him, but he was still very damaged. Or maybe her account was shattered, or maybe her internal organs began to shift. Sulfona continued to walk forward, and saw patches of blood in front of her. Hetty may have deliberately taken the heavy blow of the slinger, because with the help of this power, Hetty escaped from the demon. She dragged her body and ran on the ground, blood mixed with rain running down. Sulfona walked to the side of the woods, where there was a large pool of blood on the ground. There are both red and purple ones. Fragments of demon corpses can also be seen in the bushes.

The Hetty seduced the demons here, and then there was another tough battle with their backs to the trees. Sulfona crouched on the ground, and she saw a series of fine, indistinct footprints. One of her arms should have bled from her body, or half of her body, because Hetty's footprint was deeper on her left foot than on her right. Sulfona picked up an oval leaf from the ground and felt its temperature with her hands. Here, Hetty uses her swordsmanship to fight back against the demons, telling them that even wounded warriors are not to be messed with. Demons are dying here, but there are still a lot of them. Sulfona stood up, and it saw thick blood lipids spitting from the rough trunk. Here, Hetty wiped his greatsword clean, or the blade of the greatsword would be covered in the flesh and blood of the demons. Every time she killed a few demons, Hetty had to clean the blade again - until the tree she was leaning against was dyed purple.

Hetty then chooses to leave, and she must use the complex terrain to deal with the remaining demons. The rain-soaked wound began to swell, and Sulfona saw a few fragments of her clothes. That's the waste that Hetty used to make simple bandaging. Although Hetty used her vast experience to treat her wounds in a timely manner, and despite the unusual system of the warriors, her injuries continued to deteriorate. Sulfona pushed aside the bushes and continued along the trail of Hetty's blood. In the beginning, the grove was still intact. But later, some of the branches were split, leaving smooth fractures. At first, Hetty could barely navigate between the branches, but then she had to split the branches with her great sword in order to move forward. The demons won't pass up this good opportunity, and Hetty is getting more hurt here. Finding more blood on the branches around her, Sulfona began to put herself in Hety's role, wondering what she would do if she faced so many demons.

I have no choice but to fight to the death.

Sulfona stood silent in the heavy rain. Not so long ago, a warrior in an uninhabited wood, made the final decision. For a warrior, dying in battle is never something to be feared. Rather than being defeated by the demons in your own womb and turning into a real monster, it may be a good thing to die on the battlefield. As the warrior who slays the most demons, Hetty is not afraid of death. As one of the creators of these demons, paying off this debt with his own life may also be a perfect ending. Thinking of this, Sulfona took a step forward and continued to move forward. Suddenly, her vision widened. A small clearing appeared in the middle of the woods. The bushes that had grown were trampled into mud, and the tall trees were cut down and fell to the ground.

Sulfona stopped, this was supposed to be the place where Hetty was fighting. Demons surrounded the sword-wielding warrior and surrounded her. The hooves and claws tore everything around them apart, and they trampled out of thin air. Hettie wielded her sword in this and felt like she had gone back to her former days as a trainee. While wielding a great sword, he recorded the numbers. Each number represents a second she has been alive in this world, each number represents her greatsword and slashes another demon of her own creation, and each number represents that she is one step closer to death. The warrior, whose vision was obscured by the rain, forced all the demons around him back with a sweep. According to the last rites of the warrior, the only thing that can end the life of the warrior should be the great sword. Random Hetty raised his greatsword, and the blade that was washed smooth by the rain reflected Hetty's appearance at that time, she-

"She died a glorious death, didn't she?"

Startled, Sulfona raised her greatsword in her hand and turned to the source of the sound. A man in black walked slowly out of the woods, and only an agent of the organization could hide Sulfona's perception and get so close. Sulfona frowned, this agent was not Lulu who had been working with her.

"Don't be nervous, No.45. ”

The agent looked like he knew everything about sulfona. He walked on the mud floor, not at all looking like he was mourning the soldiers he thought had died, but like walking in his own garden. Sulfona frowned, but the strange agent approached Sulfura step by step. He tapped his finger and tapped it on Sulfona's greatsword held in mid-air.

With a soft thud, Sulfona's greatsword almost came out of her hand. Trembling, Sulfona thrust her sword into the ground before regaining her balance. The agent looked at Sulfona's appearance, straightened his cloak, and smiled.

"If you can't hold that sword, you don't have to hold on, you're tired, aren't you?"

"You ......"

Sulfona gasped for air, it was true that she was already a strong outsider. But she still didn't want to show fatigue in front of others, but for some reason she was seen through by this agent. Sulfona looked around with her own eyes, wanting to know how Hetty would end. But there were no bodies on the ground, no blood, only branches and dirt. Obviously, there are still a lot of blood stains on the path where Sulfur came from, but it is unusually clean here.

As if seeing Sulfona's doubts, the agent spread his hands.

"Don't be surprised, because we're professionals. For you warriors, fighting is your job. The agent straightened his black cloak, and under the cloak showed small eyes wrapped in bandages, "But we agents are very experienced in cleaning the battlefield. ”

"You...... You'll have everything here...... Cleaned?" Sulfura asked, squinting, "Where's Hety?"

"You mean No.2? She was dead when we arrived. It looked miserable, so we put her in order and put her back in the organization for burial. She fought the demons until the last moment, she is a great warrior, she is a good person, and we will bury her. ”

Sulfur was stunned for a moment, and Elamida's words seemed a little ridiculous in front of Sulfona, who knew the truth. Hetty did fight the demons to the last moment, she was indeed a great warrior, but she could hardly be considered a good person. Sulfona shook her head, she didn't need to name it. What kind of misunderstandings the organization will have, and what they will think of Hetty's death, none of this has anything to do with Sulfona. During their apprenticeship days, Sulfona and Jaslin hid a lot from the organization.

"I'd like to see her one last time. Sulfur said.

"Unlikely, our guys were on the road an hour ago. At your current physical condition, it's better not to travel long distances. ”

"Where's her greatsword?"

"Took it away together. We agents respect your habits, and men are to be buried with the sword. The black-clad agent shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't it?"

"What about demons?"

"Some were killed by her, and some were gone. Fighting is not our specialty, we came after the demons are gone. ”

"What about the corpse of the demon?"

"We took it with us, and if we stayed here, we might pollute the land. ”

"So...... Nothing here?" Sulfona looked at the empty ground and bit her lip, "No, nothing. I don't know what happened here at the end, I don't know anything......"

Sulfona knew that the agent would help Greatsword tidy up the battlefield. In the previous raids, Luru also cleaned up the mess that Sulfona had messed up. But Sulfona couldn't accept this "cleanness", as if Hetty's whole person had been erased at once, and the last time of her life was gone. The agent shook his head slightly when he heard Sulfona's words.

"No, there's me here. ”

"Who are you?"

"Finally started asking for my name. ”

The rain stopped, and the sun came out from behind the clouds. The agent lifted his hood, revealing a horrible face. Layers of bandages covered his head, revealing only his two eyes.

"You can call me Elamida. ”

"What about Lulu, who has been my agent before?"

"He went to the north and hasn't come back yet. ”

"North?"

"That's right, the North. ”