Matthew let out a soft exclamation, and the words he uttered sounded inexplicable to Sid: "What a sharp sword." Just now I wondered how you cut off your mother with a sword......"

Sid thought to himself, "When have I ever cut your mother?" but as shrewd as he was, he guessed that the boy was calling the mud monster his mother, and his heart shuddered, and a chill rose from behind him.

This child was born into a noble family, and his conversation showed a level of cultivation that commoners did not have, but the content of what he said was crazy and strange. Worst of all, he can also use psionic powers.

The mud monster was covered in dark red muddy slurry, but only the arm of the two-handed sword was jammed, which was as hard as steel. If it weren't for Sid's sword, which had been strengthened with the carapace of a manticore, it would have been unknown whether it would have been able to cut through the hardened body of the mud monster.

Just as Sid and the monster in front of Matthew were holding each other, a pair of immature hands appeared in front of Ian's eyes, holding snowballs, both hands red from the cold snow. The child's voice cried out, "Teacher, look, I can control the state of the snow!" Ian could even feel the tingling and numbness from the long freeze, but the pain was nowhere near as painful as it was afterward. It is a painful area of resentment, sadness, anger, and the accumulation of deep loneliness, and all the other negative emotions that merge together.

Immediately after, Ian was horrified to see a familiar face: Regin, appearing in front of him.

Reggin was always smiling and talking about something. Rekin taught him psychic powers, gave him psychic tests, and showed him how to use them......

In the blink of an eye, Ian saw "himself" walking in front of the mirror, covered in blood, with a strange smile on the child's innocent and white face.

It was Matthew's face.

In the mirror, there is a mountain of corpses behind him. The elderly, children, women, men, dry bones who can't tell the age and sex...... The intestines are opened, and the blood flows all over the ground.

Ian held his head in remorse, why should I do this?

Of course, it was because of the pain and loneliness, and the child's childish voice rang in his ears again, this time as if to Ian.

"You understand me, don't you?"

The voice continued, "I also see your past, and you are as lonely as I am. ”

No, I didn't. I don't understand you either.

Zach was alive and foremost, then Andrew and Frynn, and then they took on the form of spirits.

Yes, they are all gone from me.

I embodied them, but they were just ...... It's just spirits. All I can do is do justice for them.

"But I miss my parents. I miss my pets and I wish I had friends. I don't have any of that. Matthew stood in front of Ian, with a childlike look on his face, and said plaintively, as if trying to exonerate himself, "Then I had a teacher, Mr. Regin. He was very nice to me – he identified with me. But," he said in a lonely tone, "he went away as well." ”

Matthew said cheerfully, "But it doesn't matter! I can resurrect my parents, and here they are." You see, they can travel with me. ......" the child was a little shy, "though their appearance is not perfect, I will soon find a way, as long as I do enough research and use my soul - yes, I must have them hidden in my soul, right? Ida said! It can't be wrong! That youkai Ada!" Mathew chattered but confused, and a look of pride came to Ian's eyes from time to time.

"Nope. Spirituality does not revive them. No one can be resurrected," Ian's eyes grew clearer, and he distinguished between the imagery that Matthew had brought to him and his own spiritual world, and calmly said to the other, "They're gone." Here, it's just their shadow in our hearts. And this shadow, perhaps one day, will also be blurred. All we have to do, what we can do, is to try to remember them. Your so-called resurrection is nothing but a copy of hypocrisy. ”

Sid suddenly saw Matthew hiding behind the mud monster, curled up in pain, as if he was going through a great struggle. Behind her, the mud wrapped around Flynn stopped eroding and failed to further merge with Frynn's spirit.

"You're talking nonsense!" Matthew suddenly became angry and yelled at Ian, "You talk nonsense, I can talk to my mom and dad!

"Open your eyes and take a closer look, are your parents like this?!If you don't use your psychic powers, will they make a fire for you, cook for you, and talk to you?, they won't even be able to walk with you!" Ian's eyes were full of pain and resentment, and there was a hint of pity, "You are blaspheming them." He said coldly.

"You can see my memories, right? Then you can see how my family, my brothers and sisters, died before my eyes! Then you can tell me again who we have to refuse to accept the fact that they are dead!"

"No, you're lying! Don't show me—" Matthew covered his eyes in pain, but it didn't work, it all happened in the collision of the two spiritual worlds.

The grove, the screaming noise, the terrifying monsters, the charred Zack, the Andrew who fused with the wolf, and the Flynn who had her neck cut off...... Ian unreservedly let Matthew experience it all.

Blue light burst out from the mud monster's body that encased Frynn.

The monster was blown apart by the expanding force, splashing onto the walls around the alley, leaving puddles of dark red mud. Flynn fell silently to the ground and stood beside Ian. In Ian's eyes, the blue light slowly faded, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes with ruddy eyes.

The clouds slowly lifted, finally revealing some of the moon. The pale moonlight suddenly poured down, illuminating two figures that fell to the ground.

Sid's sword suddenly sank, falling to the ground along with the collapsed mud. He stuck his sword on the ground, bypassing the petite child in front of him to check on the man who had been attacked by the mud monster. Ian sat down slowly, his eyes glazed over.

What did he see just now? It was like a world away, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare, and he was full of prostration. There is no doubt that those were the things that happened to Matthew, bizarre, bloody, so full of tragedy. To his shock, Reggin had also appeared in the child's life. He taught Matthew how to use his spiritual powers, but why didn't he guide him out of the gloom of the spiritual world?

Ian suddenly felt glad and afraid, glad that he had met the fierce witch in the glazed woods, and he was afraid of what he would have fallen into if he hadn't met her.

Then he slowly remembered the fragments of memory he had seen during the mental collision. The long loneliness that Matthew has experienced, the end of the Lord of Wales and all the servants, and the missing people in Kushtown...... He closed his eyes silently. Exhaustion began to flood in, and the brief conflict made him feel as if he had gone through most of Matthew's life so far. Depression, restraint, loneliness, doubt, and all sorts of unspeakable frustrations. Although he grew up in a comfortable material environment, Ian's slum life was much happier than his.

Sid touched the man's snort and pulse as he fell to the ground.

"Alive!" he called out in Ian's direction. As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard a strange sound behind me.

His heart moved, and he immediately turned around, and vaguely saw that the pile of mud that had collapsed just now had gathered again, bubbling and flowing, enveloping Matthew's limp and thin body.

Sid rushed over, but the mud was surging all over Matthew's body at a great speed. Matthew didn't move, like a lifeless corpse. Sid was amazed to see that the red earth beneath Ma Xiu's body had also turned into soft mud, and it was sinking rapidly, sinking into the red earth that should be hard in this town.

He was startled and immediately flew and pounced. But in the end, it was still a step too late, and Matthew's whole person was already under the surface. Sid slumped to the dirt floor, the mud-soaked corners of his clothes slipping easily out of his hands. Looking again, he found that the pavement had regained its original hardness. Sid looked in disbelief and felt where Matthew had disappeared, no different from the road around him.

There was a deathly silence in the alley, as if nothing had happened, no one had come. Sid only heard his own heart pounding, and he forgot to call Ian.

At this time, the unconscious man who fell to the side let out a muffled snort of pain, which brought Sid back to his senses.

He got up and walked over to the man, carrying the man on his back, and walking towards Ian.

As the first white light began to appear in the eastern sky, Ian and Sid hovered at the door of the Mercenary Guild.

As soon as the guild door opened, the two of them immediately rushed in and went straight to the reception counter.

The commission was completed, but Ian and Sid's hearts were not at peace, and they lost the sense of accomplishment and joy they should have received the bounty. Sid has never cared about the so-called sense of justice, and after all these years in the army, coupled with his dual identity as an intelligence spy, he has long diluted his awareness of this aspect.

Justice is always subjective. The justice of the Federation is to obtain the information of the Empire in advance and make the country invincible, the justice of the Empire is to prevent the leakage of information and ensure the security of the country, the justice of Rift Rock Fort is the security and prosperity of the territory under its jurisdiction, and the peace of mind of Lord Baltod, and the justice of Ian is to find out the truth and avenge the dead. Even if the opposing positions are opposed, Sid will not deny the justice of the other party.

But even such a Sid could not get the slightest relief from the ending of this commission. Is Matthew insisting on his own righteousness? In any case, he could not convince himself to accept and understand the other side.

If he captures Matthew quickly, it may be Matthew's salvation. The veteran's mood was unusually mixed.

The man who was saved woke up after being taken to the hospital. He was a distant cousin of the Lord of Wales' family and, by seniority, Matthew's uncle. His family no longer had any titles, and he had been traveling abroad all the year round, and occasionally passed by the town of Lake to meet the Welsh family. The last time we met, it was when Matthew's parents died unexpectedly, and he rushed back from outside to attend the funeral.

As a witness, he confirmed Matthew's identity. It turned out that the mayor of Lakeheart Town had also issued a commission to find someone to investigate the bizarre case of the Lord Wales' family and the whereabouts of the young master Matthew, but to no avail.

At that time, the commission of the corpse robbery case in Lakeheart Town had been empty, plus the commissioning of the mayor and the investigation of missing persons in Kush Town that Sid took over, the three commissions were originally completed at the same time, but in view of the lack of evidence in the corpse robbery case, the commissioning of the mayor was indirect, so the last three bounties were paid to Ian and Sid at a big discount.

For the number of commissions accumulated by the two black iron level mercenaries, it is not less counted. As far as the mercenaries are concerned, Ian and Sid don't have anything to complain about this result, but the strange scene after last night's battle has never been able to let go of them, especially Sid, who is closest to Matthew.