Chapter 48: Variables
"Yes, I am the undead of Mataru." The man takes off his hat and reveals his mask-like face.
"You're not human??" Aaron was surprised.
"I'm a puppet."
Matielu, the forgotten land of the gods.
The unusually dry climate and the unbearable harsh sunshine have left the people of Matielu living in despair and misery.
In order to seek a moment of pleasure in the midst of suffering, the people made dolls that could sing and dance.
Even if the city is destroyed and the people die out in the future, the dolls can still continue to sing and dance, preserving the joy of the past.
"This is me, the undead of Ma Tielu." The man's voice was low.
"The city was destroyed five hundred years ago, have you been in operation ever since?" Kanda thought it was incredible.
"Because I have holiness in my heart." The puppet puts its hat back on.
"The power of holiness? It's not impossible," Kanda suddenly realized, "But, fleeing here with a heavy puppet, I can't do anything"
Kanda pulled out the Six Illusions.
"I'm so sorry to get you into the fight. Your heart, I take it. ”
"Wait a minute! If you can't escape, wouldn't it be better to hide? The girl next to the doll stopped in front of Kanda.
"Who are you?"
"I am Guzeru"
"It's a human outcast, I picked him up and took him with me," the puppet Guzeru coughed.
"Kanda! Are you going to kill it? "Aaron couldn't believe it.
"The night is long and there are many dreams, and we must reclaim the holiness as soon as possible. Get out of the way, rookie! Kanda carried the Six Illusions and approached the doll step by step.
"Wouldn't it be better for us to protect the puppets here, and wait for the senior brother to come and meet?" Arendon didn't give an inch and blocked Kanda's way.
"Sentimental guy, are you really a disciple of Kuros?"
"What do you mean?"
"Now the demons of the whole city are besieging Li Xianhua. Aren't you worried about his safety? ”
"This"
"The best way is to leave with holiness now, so that Li Xianhua has a chance to evacuate! If you stay here for a second longer, Li Xianhua's danger will be greater, understand?! ”
Yalian was stunned, he hadn't thought about these things, or rather, Li Xianhua impressed him too much.
The youngest marshal, with a miraculous holy ability, subconsciously, Yalian has always felt that Li Xianhua can solve all problems.
Kanda's words made Aaron suddenly wake up: The marshal is also a human being, not an immortal body.
"But but," Aaron didn't know what to say. The safety of the senior brother or the life of this puppet, which one should I choose?
Of course, the safety of the senior brother is important!
But aren't exorcists supposed to protect humans and redeem demons?
There is no solution to such a choice! The white-haired boy stood there, his heart full of contradictions.
Kanda pushed Aaron aside and walked towards Guzeru.
"Please" The girl beside Guzeru cried, looking at Kanda.
Kanda sighed, "I'm sorry. It's my duty. ”
"Huh? So it's here, hee-hee. ”
A twisted laugh erupted from the darkness.
"Who?!" Kanda stood in front of the puppet.
Several dark shadows jumped down from the audience and slowly approached the stage.
Lv2, three heads.
"Exorcist! There are even surprises! Lv2 smirked.
"Tsk, trouble." Kanda clenched the Six Illusions.
The sudden incident temporarily resolved Aren's entanglement, and the white boy breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to stand side by side with Kanda.
"Kanda"
"It's all your fault for being a rookie, you can't leave now if you want to."
"I'm sorry, but I still can't agree with what you're doing!"
"You! Hmph, let's clean them up. ”
"Hmm!" Aaron turned his head and smiled at the doll and the girl, "Don't worry, we'll protect you." ”
What he didn't know was that the puppet and the girl turned behind him, glanced at each other, and quietly backed away
In the east of the ancient city of Matielu, the battle was fierce.
Li Xianhua occupied a high-level ruin, which was simply repaired with a frozen grenade and turned into a fortification. Several people were condescending and poured bullets with impunity.
LV1 attacked the fortifications like a tide, and even did not hesitate to use his body to hit the walls of the ruins, and Li Xianhua's fortifications gradually shrank under this desperate fighting style.
The four team members beside Li Xianhua were panting, and their bodies were also cut by the debris splashed by the artillery fire.
Li Xianhua still had a smile on his face, but the hem of his coat was also tattered, indicating that he was not as relaxed as he looked.
A few remnants of lv2 stood on the periphery, directing lv1 to launch a suicidal attack, but they themselves did not rush forward, clearly planning to use cannon fodder tactics to consume the physical strength of Li Xianhua and others.
"Give up resistance! Exorcist! Surrender holiness and your lives! Hahaha! "A few lv2s are obviously not masters of persuasion, nor are they scolding masters, they are simply expressing their pride.
"Hehe, the guy who only has steel in his head. Any idea why I'm playing with you guys for so long? Li Xianhua smiled sarcastically, "Toma, have you been contacted?" ”
Toma had been standing behind the four of them, never putting down the phone in her hand.
"Sorry, I only got in touch once half an hour ago, now"
"Ahh
"Huh?"
"I've seen them." Li Xianhua smiled.
Behind the demon army, several black shadows quietly sneaked into the ruins, and one of them even made an "OK" gesture to Li Xianhua.
The smile on Li Xianhua's face was even stronger, and he shouted at the few lv2s: "Hey! Idiots over there! Let's stop! I have something to say! ”
"Haha! He couldn't hold it anymore! Don't give him a respite! Up, up, up! "A few lv2s are obviously not fooled, it's just a delaying tactic, how can you give him time to rest?
Under the order of lv2, lv1 pressed all the lines, and lv2 himself was eager to try, just waiting for Li Xianhua and others to reveal their flaws.
"There's someone behind you!" Li Xianhua informed LV2 very seriously.
A fool will believe you! Kill you, Lao Tzu, and then look at the back!
"There really are people" Li Xianhua glanced at these demons with pity and whispered.
"Okay, after waiting so long, these should be all the demons in the city. Now that lv1 and lv2 have also been separated, everyone looks at my signal"
Li Xianhua raised his gun: "Explosive flame bullet max-hell flame!" ”
An outrageously powerful red bullet shot into the ground, as if it had awakened a sleeping demon, and a rumbling sound was heard from the ground.
Within a few tens of meters, the soil turned into magma, and the demons flying low at high altitude fell one after another, as if a demon's hand had dragged them down.
Under the high temperature of magma, the steel plate on Lv1's body melted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Raid!" A few dark shadows in the ruins saw a scene on the mountain, like LV2 launching a fierce attack.
"Nani !!" Several LV2s were blinded by the sudden attack.
Is there really anyone??
"Hahaha! Try Uncle Patton's shotgun!! The big man at the head appeared, dressed in a black trench coat, holding a thick shotgun and releasing it to his heart's content.
His shotgun actually has a stun effect, and all the lv2s that were hit were pinned to the spot, unable to move.
Behind Barton are Li Xianhua's former good roommates - Corey and Joff, one of whom uses flame bombs and the other uses freezing bombs, and is responsible for controlling the situation.
Behind them is a former comrade-in-arms, Buzz - a bombardier of great weight! All kinds of grenades seemed to be free of money, violently shaking the demon's fragile heart.
"We are Li Xianhua's direct troops - Black Thorns! A wall of thorns that can't be crossed! Remember that name in Hell! Demon! Barton laughed.
Li Xianhua, who was not far away, stumbled and covered his face.
I'm so ashamed to have this name just because I think you're ugly! Barton Dasha X, you look very much like gay in those black leather pants, you know????
Heavy fire flanked back and forth, and it didn't take long to clean up the demons.
On the path paved with demon corpses, the two sides converged.
"You're slow."
"It's not instantaneous, your order is too sudden!" Barton didn't care.
"Are there any remnants of demons left in the city?"
"Not yet!" Patton suddenly raised his shotgun and blasted at the pile of corpses.
"Whoa!" A LV2 who pretended to be dead was in pain and jumped up.
Bullets of all kinds rained down, and lv2 became a sieve.
"Hehe, I've learned to open my eyes too!" Barton smirked.
"Show off, Corey they've already learned."
As everyone walked forward, Toma found that Barton and the others were walking strangely and briskly, which was obviously different from ordinary people.
The ability to discern demons? And Chinese Kung Fu? Is this the direct force of Lord Instant? It's no different from an exorcist, right? No, sometimes even better than an exorcist! Toma on the side was a little distracted.
The radio interrupted Toma's distraction.
"Marshal Instanta, Lord Kanda and Lord Aren are under siege by LV2!"
"Hmm, it's really a medicine that can't be stopped, let's go!"
In the underground tunnel, the girl held the doll Guzeru and walked slowly.
"Ahem, ahem!" Guzeru suddenly couldn't hold it anymore and fell to his knees.
"Guzeru!"
Blood was pouring out from the fingers of the puppet covering its mouth. Guzeru sat down against the wall and took off his hat and mask.
Impressively a human face!
"Lala, I can't run. Get out of here, don't get caught by the exorcist."
"Nope! I'm Guzeru's puppet! I'm going to be with Guzeru! ”
Guzeru's hands trembled, and he took off the girl's hat, revealing the mechanical parts.
Lala is the puppet, and Guzeru is the outcast of humanity.
He was adopted by Lala and accompanied Lala, and the two depended on each other for decades.
Finally, in order to protect Lara, he would rather disguise himself as a doll and deceive the Black Order.
"It's great that Lara can still be with you in her last days."
"Guzeru, are you tired? I'll sing to you. ”
"Well, thanks, Lala"
Melodious and mournful singing echoes in the underground tunnels.
Guzeru was in Lara's arms, asleep forever.
As if she didn't know, Lara kept singing, she was just a puppet, and she didn't even know how to express her sadness, so she had to sing over and over again.
"Oh, child, why are you so sad? Is it because someone significant other died? ”
Lara stopped and looked at the fat man in the clown mask who suddenly appeared next to her.
"I can help you save your loved ones."