Volume 2: The Holy War of Blood Chapter 16: The Island of Ice and Fire (5) Obsession
"What's going on? Shore stood in front of Akureyri's main port, fiddling with the walkie-talkie in his hand. At this time, the sound coming from the walkie-talkie was all "hum-buzz-" noise, and it looked as if it had been damaged.
"Is this thing broken?" Xiao Er looked at Ye Xiang and said, "How can it be at such a critical time, it's really a headache." ”
Ye Xiang took the walkie-talkie in Xiao Er's hand without saying a word, and then looked up at the crowd around him: "It's not that our walkie-talkie is broken, but someone is disturbing here, I don't believe you look at the people around you now." ”
The three of them turned their heads to look, and sure enough, the scene was exactly what he said: many people were yelling at their mobile phones that couldn't communicate, and the wireless networks in the various stores seemed to have been cut off. People were noisy and asking each other, hoping to figure out what was really going on, but it was clear that no one had an answer.
"Now the city is probably completely cut off from the outside world. Ye Xiang calmly made his own analysis. "The worst-case scenario can only be considered for now, which is that the enemy has already raided the city, and I am afraid that the interruption of contact with the outside world is only the beginning of the raid. ”
"And what about Jon?" Shore felt very uneasy, "what will happen to them now?"
"Or according to the worst-case scenario. Ye Xiang said, "We can only assume now that they may have fallen into the encirclement of the enemy, and even more may have been completely destroyed." ”
"Damn it!" Shore kicked the steel pillar beside him, and the solid steel was dented by his angry blow. "It's really embarrassing to put a hard fight for them. ”
"I'm afraid the enemy is still secretly hunting us down in the city. Ye Xiang judged, "But our time is running out, it is likely that he already knows where we are now, and is chasing after here." ”
No matter how much we come, we'll be with you, bottom. Raven was not afraid at all, "We must not stop here, fighting is our only option." ”
"From the moment we decided to take on this task, there was no way back. Nicholas answered, "Not now, not in the future, we can only fight to the end!"
"It's rare for everyone to be so unanimous. Shore smiled and glanced at each of them. It was as if it had happened yesterday, when he had stood in that room and met them for the first time, and now the faces lingered in his mind.
"Don't you plan to run away? If you don't run away, you may not have a chance. A man's calm voice came from far and near, and although it was in the bustling crowd, it was so piercing to their ears that it was impossible to ignore.
The owner of the voice also revealed his true face as the distance approached: it was a young man with black hair, with a handsome face, but there was a slight cunning in his eyes, which always made people feel very contradictory after looking at it for a long time.
"Impossible, impossible......" Nicholas clenched his fists in disbelief as the man approached. Even Raven, who was standing beside him, was frightened by this scene, he had never seen his partner so flustered, even in that life-and-death duel with Jordi, he had never shown such an expression.
Nicholas took an irrepressible step forward and shouted at the man, "Who are you? You can't be him, who are you?"
Before the man could reply, Nicholas rushed to the man with an arrow and struck his fist at the man's face. The man dodged Nicholas's punch on one side, but Nicholas quickly turned around and continued to attack the man.
"Answer my question!" Nicholas roared like an angry lion, his eyes bloodshot as if he wanted to eat the man in front of him alive.
"This ferocious attack is exactly the same as it was back then. The man looked at Nicholas's moves, but showed a hideous smile. "There's no mistake, you're a little ghost at that time, I still remember it very clearly after all these years!"
Nicholas's movements paused slightly, but then he unleashed the ability of Divine Word Extreme Cold, and a slender and sharp ice sword condensed in his hand.
"Is that you, is it really you!?" Nicholas roared, his swordsmanship had lost its classical elegance and now added a sense of rage. It was an anger that could tear the man in front of him apart, and even from a distance he could feel the emotion he was trying to convey when he swung his sword.
"It's me, and it looks like you haven't forgotten me. But what is even more jaw-dropping is that the man actually seems to be very comfortable under such a violent sword dance. He seemed to know every direction of the sword stab, and dodged it in near-perfect stance, and Nicholas's sword dance did not hurt him at all.
"What a furious sword. Ye Xiang looked at Nicholas, who was almost out of his mind, and said, "He completely injected his anger into his sword, and now he has been dominated by anger." ”
Shore was well aware of the dangers that could arise when he was dominated by anger, and he had experienced it firsthand. "Stop, Nicholas!" he cried, "and if you are dominated by anger, you will lose all judgment!"
"It's a little too late to warn now. The man smiled slyly, and a clean flying kick hit Nicholas in the chest, squeezing the air out of his lungs with great force, and a sharp pain ensued, just one blow to the man made Nicholas temporarily incapacitated.
Nicholas didn't make sense of stopping, struggling to get up despite being knocked to the canvas, but it was clearly too much for him to get a blow to the chest.
"You guy, can you not be so reckless?" Raven quickly stepped forward and helped him up. But Nicholas, who was picked up by Raven, was roaring there, his anger was burning, this guy actually dared to appear in front of him with that face, if he didn't completely destroy this guy, he would definitely not be reconciled!
"You bastard, sober me up!" Shore punched Nicholas in the abdomen, and the hard-hitting Nicholas seemed to regain consciousness in a trance.
"It hurts!" Nicholas immediately felt a sharp pain in his abdomen after regaining consciousness, and he squatted down to cover his stomach and said, "It's probably too heavy, boss." Can't you just be gentle?"
"If you're not sober, I'm going to stab you to sober you up!" Shore's expression was extremely serious, and he didn't mean to joke with him at all.
"I was too impulsive. Nicholas apologized to the three of them, "I can't control myself when I see that guy's face, obviously so many years have passed, there are many things I have forgotten, but only that person I will never forget!"
"Who is that man?" Ye Xiang asked the question that everyone wanted to know now, "You must know that man, and it seems that that man is important to you." ”
"He's not the guy I remember. Nicholas said through gritted teeth as he stared at the man's face. "The owner of that face belonged to my former captain, Berry Folens, who was the only person in my life whom I trusted and adored as an older brother. But he is dead, and now he is killing him with his face, and I am right, Beelzebub!"
Beelzebub raised half of his eyebrows, and replied in a tone that didn't care at all, "Yes, it's indeed Berry's face, but he's already a dead man, and I shouldn't be wrong with borrowing it, right?"
Is that that Berry? The three of them hadn't seen Berry in person, but they all knew about Berry's deeds. The man who sacrificed his life during the Polar Night Vampire incident to save the remaining three members of the team is a recognized hero in the BPRD. But they never knew that one of the three surviving members was next to them, and that Beelzebub was involved in the incident.
"Beelzebub, the embodiment of gluttony, will actually lead the troops in person, it seems that you seem to think that we are a very big threat, then let us confirm your thoughts" Ye Xiang stretched his hand behind his back and pulled out the Tang knife, "Dawn".
"It's rare for such a big figure to appear in front of us, it makes my blood boil!" Shoal also pulled out the two swords of Maia in the scabbard behind his back, "Lord Demon King, we are ready to fight you for a long time. ”
"I knew it wasn't going to be that simple. Beelzebub's handsome face began to deform, and at last it returned to its original form. "Humans are such stupid creatures, they like to fight like to be trapped, and they can never learn to behave. ”
Nicholas stumbled to his feet and stood in front of the people who were about to make a move: "Please don't make a move, that guy is the enemy I should defeat! Yes, this guy, I beg you to let me come in person!"
The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and they all understood Nicholas's current mood in their hearts: watching the face of his former captain being used by his enemies, the painful memories that had been sealed for a long time were awakened again, and no matter who wanted to face their enemies in person.
"We get it. Shore lowered Maia's blade, and Ye Xiang and Raven lowered their weapons. Shore looked at Nicholas and whispered, "Although I understand you very well, don't be too impulsive by yourself. We will always be your solid backing, and we will defeat him together. ”
"Thank you, it's enough for me to fight him. Nicholas nodded gratefully at them, and the ice sword condensed in his hand again, and this time the chill from the sword literally made the air begin to freeze.
"I thought you had frozen to death on the way out. Beelzebub looked at Nicholas as he walked in, and sneered. "Honestly, a few of you would have died in that case, but now I'm curious how you survived. ”
"What sustains us is the obsession with revenge on you. Nicholas said to Beelzebub word by word, "That obsession has transcended time and sustained us to fight again and again, but now is the time for this obsession to end!"
He made a sword salute to Beelzebub, and the cold ice sword was attached to the obsession with the past: "Demon, now is the time for you to pay for your sins." All these years of obsession will also end here, in this hometown of Captain Berry, let me put an end to this!"