Chapter 1: Dead End
He felt a snowflake fall on the tip of his nose.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and found himself lying on a water's edge, half-immersed in an icy lake. The lake was pure blue, bottomless, without a trace of variegation.
Where is this?
He touched the clothes on his body blankly, remembering that he was in the brightly lit hall, and was congratulated by others...... And how can you soak in the lake?
Nightmares, must be nightmares. He closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, the view was clear, only the blue lake and the cold snowflakes. He burst into a sense of horror and tried to take a step, only to find that his legs were numb from the ice lake, as if his bones had been sucked away.
He propped his hands on the shore, and in order to keep himself from slipping into the lake, he had to try his best to hold on to the smooth pebbles. This awkward and humiliating posture caused him to burst into a nameless fire, and he shouted angrily, "Who?
For a long time, in the empty snowy peaks, only his own voice lingered in his ears for a long time.
What the hell is going on?
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a faint dark shadow in the shadows, where there was a person in a trance.
"Who, who?"
He felt his hairs stand on end, and he shouted, "Who's there, what the hell are you trying to do, what is this place?"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Do you know what happens if you hurt me?"
No matter what he screamed, the other party was always silent, and he had some suspicions that he had read it wrong.
The wind is bitter and the cold is pressing. Half of his body was immersed in the cold, and finally, he collapsed a little.
"Your Excellency, where is sacred? I have no grievances with you, so why bother to force each other? If you stop here, I promise that I will not pursue you...... Everything is negotiable. β
The figures in the distance melted into the darkness, and the light could only sketch a vague silhouette, not to mention the snowflakes that were like curtains between the two.
He was a little annoyed, his screams were like the sea, and the other party didn't pay attention to them at all. He has lived so long, and his heart has never been so confused and confused as he is now.
He meditated in his heart, peace of mind, peace of mind, do not panic.
Under the gray sky, the six-petaled snowflakes melted on his face, and the cold object of the white brush seemed to be some kind of ominous omen, making him feel uncomfortable.
He stared at the figure in the shadows and finally moved slightly, as if moved by what he had said.
He was overjoyed and tried his best to breathe slowly: "No matter who you are, I will not pursue who you are." As long as you let go of me now, whatever you want, I can satisfy you. I promise that when I go back, I will give you a prominent position of God, so that you will be exempted from a thousand years of penance. β
He said these many words in one breath, his breath fluctuated, his breath panted, and the white gas he swallowed atomized and condensed into ice ballast. He suddenly felt that he should not say these things in his own capacity, but the current situation forced him to have no good intentions, and if he did not use soft words to lure him, he was afraid that something bad would happen.
In the middle of the night, the black shadow slowly faded out of the darkness and walked to the lake step by step.
The man in black knelt on his knees, his fingertips gliding across the blue waters.
The other party's inexplicable gesture confused him, and he didn't dare to look away for a moment. His cheeks twitched, and he tried to resist, but his damn legs seemed to be off the line, limp.
"You, what are you going to do!"
The shadow made a silent gesture and had an extra candle in his hand.
In the moment of friction, bright yellow flames poured out from the top of the candle. The shadow guards the flame with one hand and gently sticks the candle in the snow with the other.
The flickering flames illuminated half of the face of the man in black, and his eyes were full of confusion, as if thousands of brilliance in the world were shattered, gathered in one point, it was an indescribable amazement.
"Ah, you are ...... You are...... How could it be ......"
And he seemed to see something terrible, his eyes bulged, and his hands and feet struggled wildly, causing the water to tumble and blue water splash in all directions.
The man in black stared at the flickering flame and pulled out a crumpled yellow note from his bosom. There were red and black runes on the note, which took on a strange appearance in the red flames, and burned in an instant.
His legs began to twitch violently, and his eyes filled with tears at some point. He wanted to make a final pleading, but his throat choked and he couldn't make a sound.
The corners of the other party's mouth smiled.
There was a buzz in his head, and he suddenly realized that this time he couldn't escape it again.
All his thoughts turned into a heart-rending scream, "Come on, come on, come onββββ" He struggled violently, blood dripping from his wrists, bleaching the original purity of the lake.
The man in black looked at the ripples trembling beneath him, so quiet that there was no fluctuation. Wait until he screams until his throat is cleft, and put on a pair of gloves cleanly. A thin blade between the two fingers of his right hand walked towards him.
The blade slashed through his throat with precision, and blood spurted into the air like a waterfall.
"Ahemβ" He slumped on the shore and could not say a word, his eyes full of astonishment never closed.
Above the water, a blue meteor glides across the night sky in a long arc.