52. Chapter 52
In his military career for so many years, Dauberman has never met a person like Lady Anna, even those sea thieves who do all kinds of evil, before the war, they have to talk a few nonsense, which one will make a big move if they don't agree with each other? I don't distinguish between friend and foe.
Although there is a saying that 'strike first is strong', but this island is not only aliens, but also her daughter? And also... And what about their naval advance forces? Does she want everyone to be buried with her?!
If it weren't for the wrong time, Dauberman would have pried open the woman's head to see what the hell was inside!
Even if everyone else has nothing to do with her, in her opinion, it doesn't matter if these inconsequential people in the navy die with her enemies, what about her daughter? That little ghost in the Science Department is still lying unconscious on the ground, hey!
It's better for her to attack and see that the entire island is about to be wiped out, and then what to do? Waiting to die?!
What do you say 'impatient', she's obviously irritable, right?! On weekdays, he is gentle and gentle, and he moves... The attack was ruthless, and Rao was a battle-hardened veteran like Dauberman, and he couldn't help but be frightened.
No wonder she has been pretending to be a quail for more than ten years, she is self-aware, right? Knowing that my habits are really hard to agree with, if they are like today, it's okay not to do it, but once you do it, you will do things absolutely ...
If it were in Marlingford, she would have become a public enemy of the whole people long ago, hey!
With a lot of resentment, Dauberman glanced at the lady patiently and distortedly, and deeply felt that his cultivation was really good.
At this moment, the chaos was terrible, and the ground first roared one after another, and then the whole island shook, and even a fool knew that a great catastrophe was imminent.
Not long ago, Lady Anna struck a blow, and the energy mass that melted into the ground was afraid that it would destroy the foundation of the island, and even... The support, located on the deep seabed, was not spared ... This caused an island to collapse in a short period of time.
More than a demon slaying order, this lady is simply... Fierce.
It's hateful that everyone is in the period, and at this time, even if you want to escape, most of the time is too late.
And then... The other generals of the advance force were shocked and changed, and that Mrs. Anna, the guy who single-handedly created the predicament here, lived and looked like nothing was wrong!
Grinding his teeth, Dauberman snorted hatefully, then turned around, and swept towards the girl lying on the ground with a little step... He's not enthusiastic, but he just sees that the little ghost in the science department hasn't woken up yet, and if he lies on the ground, he will accidentally fall into some crevice... That's no joke.
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Instantly rushed to the front, and without waiting for him to hesitate how to pass through the looming flame barrier to get people out, the next second, the wrist that poked out towards the little ghost was caught by something cold and hard.
His eyelids were slightly raised, Dauberman glanced at the person who appeared beside him without warning, his wrist spun quickly, and he quickly broke free from the confinement, and the person who came was Mrs. Anna, and I don't know how she did it, and in a blink of an eye, he teleported from more than ten meters away to a few steps away.
His eyes were half hateful and half guarded, and the lady seemed to be unconscious, leaned over and picked up her daughter, and then, after a pause, she turned her head to look at him again, and her inky eyes unexpectedly slipped with an incomprehensible light.
Immediately after, the floppy imp was stuffed into Dauberman's arms, "Protect her, I won't cling to a single hair." "In such a chaotic situation, this person still has the heart to threaten.
After two seconds of stunnedness, Dauberman's forehead crackled and countless green tendons burst out.
"Hey!" I was about to tell her that he didn't have time to care about the life or death of the little ghost now, and now at this time he should take care of himself and the safety of the people he brought, since the 'mother' is so capable, the little ghost of the Ministry of Science should naturally be taken care of by her mother.
He shouted, not wanting the man to turn a deaf ear, and after throwing his daughter to him, her hand was raised in the air and struck lightly.
The miserable white fingers with black sharp nails seemed to slip through them, and in an instant, the space became trance with a piercing sound that made people's teeth ache.
Like a rainy lake, raindrops fall, and layers of ripples ripple open.
Dauberman narrowed his eyes, calmed down and realized that the vision was not an illusion as he thought, but a tear of space.
The transparent air split into two sides in the lady's hand, and out of thin air turned into a huge [door], behind which was a dark and dim chaos, and there was no end in sight when you looked into it, like an abyss.
"Get in."
The sound was picked up by his ears, and Dauberman only felt his eyes glaze out, and he slammed into [the door] with a strong blow from his side.
With a mistake at his feet, he froze his stumbling figure, then turned his head and looked gloomily at the person who suddenly pushed him... The roar and vibration that filled the auditory sense a moment ago all disappeared in this second, as if it was invisibly cut off by a door, and Dauberman could not hear anything.
His lips moved, and before he could say anything, a bunch of people smashed straight at Dauberman's feet from the outside, falling to pieces like arhats, and it was the advance force of the Navy that was casually thrown in.
Dauberman glanced at his feet and saw that there was no shortage of men, all of whom were thrown in, except for Sakasky.
His gaze flickered over the mountain of struggling people, and then slowly raised his eyes.
The lady stood outside [the door], with her back to the light, and her face was unrecognizable, and it was only then that Dauberman noticed her... The face was so pale that it was close to bluish, and the lips were pursed, and the corners of the lips showed a little bit of Senran teeth...
looked at the people inside the door without moving, with an indescribable gloom between his eyebrows.
After a brief silence, the lady slowly turned around, her black hair and a small sharp horn on the top of her head, very similar to the guardian beast of the ghost clan.
Or rather, this lady, her appearance at this time is no different from the ghost clan in the mural.
Claws, fangs, horns... The queen of xenos.
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She turned her back to the crowd in the door, and the swirling wind gathered at her side, blowing her hair tangled, revealing a barely obstructed back, pale skin, hideous bruises... The back is thin and weak.
With a snort, Dauberman turned his gaze away, that person, even if she was not of my race, even if she was a xeno-queen, here and now, she was just a woman who gave up her mind to protect her children.
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With a twist of thought, another person was reflected in the staggered line of sight, and Dauberman saw Sakasky, their Akainu Commander was left outside, in the space that was about to collapse, and the black-haired xenomorph was blocked farther away by the golden-red magma flow.
Oddly enough... The enemy, who was supposed to be dying and struggling, stood motionless, staring at the lady with a wrong gaze, the ground shaking, and the black-haired xenomorph had a strange expression of relief on his face.
I don't know if it's the illusion caused by the shaking of space or something else, in Dauberman's opinion, the black-haired alien, Kiryu Takao actually looked at Mrs. Anna with a look that was close to gentleness.
In this situation, it is not surprising how the enemy will resist, but I don't want to... Kiryu Takao was actually very calm, and he didn't move or say anything like he was tied.
Of course, this is not the time to pursue the enemy's unusual behavior, Kiryu Takao has not moved, and it is an excellent opportunity for those of them on the opposite side to evacuate, whether it is Mrs. Anna who is guarding the door or Sakasky who has acted in an instant.
The two lines of defense changed in an instant, and Sakasky suddenly turned and swept towards the [door], and with each point of his toes, the rocks under his feet turned into a puddle of golden red, and under the effect of the Devil Fruit, the lava stream silently swallowed up the little remaining surface.
It only took a few breaths before the general Akainu swept to the side of the door and glanced at the lady quickly----Sakasky's breath softened, and his lips were slightly pursed, and there was a faint smile.
At this moment, when Sakasky and Mrs. Anna were about to pass by, the face of the lady standing quietly changed slightly, and she raised her hand without warning, and slapped a palm on Sakasky's shoulder with her back...
On this side of the door, led by Dauberman, the crowd watching this scene didn't even have time to react, Sakasky's figure staggered slightly, and at the same time, a steaming black mist rose out of thin air behind Lady Anna.
Wisps of thick black mist crept into the door like snakes and insects, catching people off guard, and the chaotic colors like a pitch-black curtain seemed slow, but they were like raging tides.
Soon, the lady's shrill voice came, "Ghost-faced beast! How dare youβ"
The field of vision, which had slowly dimmed, lit up with a golden red, and then disappeared in an instant.
Through the fading light, Dauberman saw Sakasky's raised arm, after the elementalization, the golden red magma was strangely cooling, and beyond the chaos, the lady's sharp claws clenched at a piece of flesh that I didn't know, and it was dripping with blood...
Far away, Kiryu Takao suddenly appeared at the lady's side, grabbed her wrist bone, and the black-haired xenomorph's face became more vicious than before, fangs, horns, and a pair of black eyes flashed ghostly red.
Lady Anna's expression was furious.
In just a flash, the darkness that followed was obscured by the little light left under the hood, and the next second, Dauberman heard the hoarse and low roar of Sakasky, who had never lost his way in front of people...
"Annaβ"
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Dauberman had never heard Sakasky call anyone in such a voice, nor had he ever seen their Admiral Akainu panicked, even many years ago, when he fought against a large fleet of pirates with a handful of people in the New World, Sakasky was as calm and calm as if he was in control of everything.
The 'Anna' just now, the tail note even trembled a little, and even gave people the illusion of weakness, for a moment, Sakasky's mind was undoubtedly exposed, he was afraid of losing...
It's a pity that Dauberman can't think about anything, something in the darkness is overflowing, formless and substantial, but cold to the bone, his body is suspended in the air, slowly drifting, can't see, hear, can't speak... Among the five senses, only the sense of touch still has a slight effect, but it seems that even this feeling will soon be annihilated in the nothingness of ten thousand years of ice.
It should be the relationship between those fogs, Dauberman thought to himself, he tried to do something, but the joints of his body were frozen, he couldn't even move a finger, and gradually his consciousness began to blur...
The little girl in my arms... A shallow warmth in his heart reminded Dauberman that the children he was protecting were safe... Mrs. Anna fought with her life not to snatch back the child, and at this moment she has not lost it again...
Fortunately... Otherwise... He... I don't know how to explain it to that mother...
The lady closed the entrance to the space at the last moment... She herself was stopped by the black-haired xenomorph...
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In the void, his mind gradually fell into a trance, and I don't know how long it took, Dauberman vaguely felt that he had a dream, or that he had received a fragment of consciousness in his mind who he didn't know.
Many, many fragments, bits and pieces without a clue, as if they were a lot of stories with no beginning and no end, and he experienced some strange things that did not concern him from the perspective of a third party.
It wasn't until he had seen thousands of clips that Dauberman was slow to discover that some of the episodes he felt familiar to him were actually incompatible with the scenes depicted in the murals on both sides of the mountainside passage.
The scene of the one-horned oni clan fighting with humans...
Black-haired xenomorph Kiryu Kaohsiung, a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes similar to the little girl in the Ministry of Science, a young black-haired girl, looks a bit like a xenomorph who broke into Marlingford and finally had no bones...
The three with unique temperaments vaguely have a very high status.
Disaster is coming, thousands of ghosts are on one knee, high up, the blonde woman hides a lingering sadness between her eyebrows, and the black-haired girl beside her has a strange gaze.
Finally, the sleeping, uncountable ghost clan people quietly closed their eyes.
The blonde queen was turned away, the black-haired girl resolutely turned around, giving the queen freedom, and finally, a second before the sealed land was cut off from the world, the young girl quietly turned her head, looking sad and happy...
Dauberman heard a voice from nowhere, a strange girl's voice, and whispered, 'Farewell, Mom-'
Deep underground, layer upon layer of labyrinth, black-haired xenos roam the quiet underground day after day, and in the uncertain light of grease torches, guarding the ghosts alone.
It's been all the time, there's no end in sight to survival...
Kiryu Kaohsiung, Kiryu Cangzi, Kiryu Scarlet... Kaohsiung, Luo Xuan, Jidu... Husbands, wives, children...
Under the merciless tricks of fate, a family of three is scattered in all corners of the time labyrinth, and they will never be reunited until they die...
Xuanwu in the north, Canglong in the east, Vermilion Bird in the south...
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When I opened my eyes suddenly, my brain was up and running.
At first glance, Dauberman saw a lead-gray sky, the dark clouds were low, almost pressing overhead, and then the howling wind, the cold stickiness, the fishy smell of the sea.
A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and the rumbling thunder lit up the entire canopy with a thousand pounds.
The waves are several meters high, but there is no feeling of going up and down, and it is eerily calm.
After a moment of confusion, his gaze slowly slid over the admirals lying down nearby, everyone in the advance force was safe and sound, and the little girl from the Ministry of Science was also on the side, Sakasky... Lying farther away, he seemed to be equally unconscious.
Only Lady Anna is missing.
His eyes jumped, and Dauberman's attention was finally fixed... Strange creatures that shouldn't be there.
The Guardian Beast of the Ghost Clan, its long mane floated gently in the sea breeze, and when it heard the movement, it turned its head, and the single horn on its forehead oozed blood, and a vicious scar crossed its face, almost deep to the bone.
After looking up and down a few times, Dauberman then realized where the blood dripping from Lady Anna's fingertips came from, it was a ghost-faced beast that broke through the door with a black mist, and the moment it staggered, Lady Anna killed and injured it.
Judging from the location of the scar, the horn of the ghost-faced beast was almost broken by Mrs. Anna, if it weren't for Kiryu Takao's sudden help, the ghost guardian beast would have died on the spot.
And Lady Anna disappeared, perhaps because the situation was critical, and the island collapsed, and the man had only time to protect everyone, while she herself remained on the other side of the door.
Thinking of this, Dauberman narrowed his eyes, and had to say that the behavior of the ghost-faced beast was really strange.
They rode in a gray mist, like a tide, and at odds with the sea, just floating on the crest of the waves, allowing hurricanes and tsunamis to blow silently into the distance.
Speaking of which, Lady Anna tore through the space and transferred everyone, and the ghost-faced beast suddenly broke in, saying that it was hostile, it was protecting them at this time, and it was friendly... Of course it's not like that.
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Half-shocked, Dauberman heard the ghost-faced beast's voice, its tone was gentle, without any emotion or hostility, "It's strange that you woke up so soon." β
His eyebrow bones jumped slightly, and when he looked over, his eyes met a pair of eyes that were as calm as a deep well, "Those are the memories of the ghost clan." β
"Oh?" He replied noncommittally, and then sat cross-legged, seemingly defenseless, but in fact, Dauberman had adjusted in a few breaths, and the slightest movement of this creature would break its neck in an instant...
After thinking about it and snorting again, he said in a chat-like tone, "Why did you save us?" Before I wake up, you can take the girl from the Ministry of Science and kill everyone by the way. β
This question bothered Dauberman for a long time.
From the first time Lady Anna made a move, the ghost-faced beast has become strange, and even Kiryu Takao has been... That black-haired xenomorph can make Marlingfowl uneasy, and easily kidnap the little ghost of the Ministry of Science, the 'queen' in the mouth of the ghost clan.
Before setting sail, Dauberman and the others decided that they would encounter a fierce battle, and the purpose of the navy was not only to destroy the alien entrenchment but also to rescue Nana, and even, when the two purposes conflicted, they needed to abandon the battle plan and save the imps of the Ministry of Science at any cost.
Who knows the final development peaks and loops.
Mrs. Anna's unexpectedly tough one piece, Kiryu Takao later almost gave up on another.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, Dauberman couldn't see it, the situation was turned upside down, and in the final analysis, the reason was that lady, and from the moment he learned that she was the queen of awakening, Kiryu Takao and the appearance of the ghost-faced beast became strange.
It's like you're going to die.
Obviously an enemy, who has always claimed that Anna and Nana's family bloodline is a revival ghost clan, and the black-haired xenomorph who behaves paranoidly to the point of madness, gives up a qiΔ for no reason.
The Guardian Beast has repeatedly helped humans... It's just so weird.
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'Why did you save you?' The ghost-faced beast's voice sounded like a sigh, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Because it is the will of the queen, the awakened dragon, and I cannot resist her will." β
'You've seen the mural, but you don't know the last part. β
'The holy place we have guarded for thousands of years has long since died in name. β
Hearing this, Dauberman was slightly startled, and stared at the ghost-faced beast, but he didn't interrupt it, the 'last part' of the mural refers to the few pieces that were destroyed by black paint at the end of the passage, right?
The holy land of the Oni Clan...
As if knowing what was in his mind, the Ghostface quickly continued, 'Counting this time, Queen Luo Xuan has awakened for the second time...'
At the beginning of the dismay, after that, it turned its head, looked at the sea quietly, and said in a low tone, even with a little sigh:
At the beginning of the fall of the ghost clan, Luo Xuan left a strand of hair, and her husband Kaohsiung volunteered to let Suzaku cut off his head, in order to protect Luo Xuan, who was reborn one day. β
'Thousands of years ago, the reborn Luo Xuan met the white tiger of the Western family at that time, and the Canglong and the white tiger, who were originally natural enemies, actually fell in love with each other..."
The creature that guards the sacred land of the ghost clan, with a low and soft timbre, narrates plainly and plainly--entangled in the past for thousands of years, and the final ending is narrated in its mouth.
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Canglong gave up reviving the ghost clan, and the queen chose to stand on the side of humanity, giving up supremacy, giving up her long life, and her lover grew old in just a few decades like ordinary people, and finally died.
Xuanwu chose to close the holy land, guarding the 30,000 sleeping ghost clans, waiting for the clan to wake up again one day. The same reborn daughter, Ji Du, the former child of the last queen.
There is no light in the dark, and it is impossible to calculate time.
Also awake is the Ghost-Faced Beast, whose duty is to protect the Holy Land, it has no human feelings, and it has no way of knowing what a terrible loneliness it is, but it is an incalculable long time... It's just as exhausting.
The ghost clan did not reawaken, an unexpected disaster suddenly came, the first to die were children, then slightly weaker women, groups of clansmen died in their sleep, and the surviving panic fled from the Dongjia Holy Land and entered the Southern Holy Land under the leadership of Kaohsiung.
It was a catastrophe that swept the entire world, and even the Oni Clan was not spared, with less than a thousand of the 30,000 people left.
Kiryu Scarlet died on the way to escape, and in order to protect the young children of the Oni Clan, the once arrogant and arrogant heir chose to fulfill the queen's responsibilities at the last moment and protect the clansmen, even if it cost his life.
After that... Kiryu Takao went crazy.
The remnants of the clan temporarily took refuge in the Suzaku Holy Land, and the seemingly peaceful Xuanwu, the man who lost his wife and daughter, was finally slowly swallowed up by remorse.
The ghost-faced beast is like a bystander who doesn't care about himself, just watching, unable to lend a hand.
The Southern Holy Land is still there, the ghost clan has not yet been extinct, the Suzaku Holy Land is the only remaining place for the ghost clan to escape the world, the clansmen who fled the disaster are still alive, Kiryu Takao and the ghost-faced beast, it and he are not responsible, but many things have become out of control.
Willing to accept Suzaku's punishment, Takohsiung, who has only one head immortal, cannot sleep like a clansman, wanders alone in the depths of the labyrinth, day after day, year after year, in his loneliness, he paints the past of the ghost clan with one stroke.
Sadness, joy, pain, happiness, all carved on the cold hard rock wall.
After a few hundred years, there are not many remaining clansmen, even if they use all the methods, they can't resist the erosion of time, and the ghost clan claims to be the ruler of the world, but they will actually die of old age, but they will live longer than humans, thousands of years of life...
In addition to Kiryu Kaohsiung, the former northern Xuanwu is truly immortal.
Merely... He is an illusion, and the real being is only a head.
The so-called 'eternal life' is a terrible punishment.
Kiryu Kaohsiung can't do anything, so what about not growing old and dying? Everything he cared about was slowly taken away by time, and that pain was better than any punishment in the world.
And, there's no end in sight.
Probably... From the moment he first chose to disobey the will of the world and destroy the ghost clan, fate was punishing Northern Xuanwu little by little.
Gone mad, Kiryu Takao once again chooses to be the enemy of the world, he leaves the Holy Land and begins to search... Descendants of Kiryu Aoko.
Thousands of years ago, the bloodline that the dragon and the white tiger may have left behind, even if it is pitiful, the ghost genes will never disappear, Kiryu Takao tried to reawaken the power of the dragon with the help of secret arts.
Because the ghost clan has once again reached the point of extinction.
In the catastrophe thousands of years ago, the holy land of the eastern family was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, and the ghost race where the ghost race multiplied, leaving there, the ghost race had long been unable to give birth to newborns.
Perhaps... The last madness, right?
Kiryu Takao finds the descendants of Soryu.
This is where the qiΔ begins.
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"Sure enough, it's crazy." Dauberman snorted and coldly concluded that Lady Anna's family bloodline... For thousands of years, even the ghost genes should have been so thin that they could be ignored, and the black-haired xenomorph is really... Lunatic!
'It's a madman, we admit it, but...' The Ghost-Faced Beast replied calmly, 'Canglong's family has a cold-blooded tradition, perhaps because the Western family was afraid of Luo Xuan's bloodline. β
For generations, that family would kill newborn girls. β
After a pause, it whispered again, "A few generations ago, Kaohsiung killed boys from every generation of the Canglong family, forcing those parents to let the girls live. β
'The birth rate of the descendants of the Canglong line is very low, the reason is that the ghost genes, pregnant women do not give birth in the holy land, and the baby will die eight times out of ten, it is difficult to survive in the first place, and the girl will be killed when she is born. β
Speaking of madness, parents who have strangled their own children for thousands of years are also cold-blooded madmen. β
"Are you arguing for your actions?" With his eyebrows furrowed, Dauberman stared at the ghost-faced beast, a hideous color flashing in his eyes, "This is the reason?" Protecting baby girls and killing their brothers? β
"Kiryu Takao is for the resurrection of the queen of the ghost clan, don't use high-sounding excuses to cover up evil deeds."
'Not the Queen of Resurrection, just want to see her again. The creature didn't seem to heed his scolding, and there was a hint of pity in his voice, 'Or, death at her hand.' β
Stunned for a moment, after thinking about it, Dauberman's eyes jumped slightly, "Canglong awakened, the thousand-year-old wish is about to come true, what you said before..."
'Yes~' It finally turned its head, as if it had been seriously injured and exhausted, and the light of its black crystal-like eyes gradually dimmed, "The island is ruined, and the last holy place is gone, and there is a place where the southern Suzaku has taken refuge." β
'Kaohsiung... It's deep underground. β
This time, he was finally able to die. β