At the same time that the whole world was about to change, on the Void Glow Ship, Tears also seemed a little restless.

"That......... Bud? ”

"What's wrong? Tears? ”

Sitting in a chair, looking out the window, Lei turned her head and looked at the tears.

"Can you tell me why you want to go there......... That ........."

"Eddie Lou's Courtyard?"

"Yes, Eddie Lou Courtyard."

Tears stuck out her tongue and looked at Rei.

"Come to think of it, it's been so long, I haven't asked, why are you going there."

“…………………”

Rei was silent for a moment in response to Tear's question, and then began to speak in a low voice.

"Because someone is calling me."

"Calling?"

"That's right, her name is Thea......... is my most important friend. ”

Looking out the window, Lei whispered to Tears about that history.

That time was there.

At that time, the world had begun to become unstable, so humanity needed strength, and the angels of jihad were seen as the strength they needed. People went around capturing jihadist angels, enslaving them, and forcing them to fight with them. And at that time, Lei also lived in such a village of jihadist angels.

However, Lei's experience is not the same as that of ordinary Holy War Angels, she is the Seven Brilliant Treasure Tree, a legendary existence, and because of this, Lei has been ostracized even in the Holy War Angel's village. And at that time, it was Xiya who gradually opened Lei's heart and made her feel the joy of life again.

One day, Thea took the children to the mountain, where they met a human hunting party that had come to capture the Angels of the Holy War, and Thea and Rei were almost caught, but at this moment, another group of humans suddenly appeared, killed the human hunters who tried to capture Thea and the others, and rescued them.

They were envoys from Edillus' Courtyard, led by a young man named Chis. They came here on behalf of the Eddilou Courtyard in the hope of building a bridge between humans and the Angels of Jihad, changing the status quo so that the two sides could live in harmony.

After this, the envoys stayed in the village, and at first the people were shunned from the humans, but gradually, the two sides gradually began to come into contact. Not only that, but the young man named Chiss also fell in love with Xiya, became a couple of lovers, and eventually got married.

After that, Thea followed Chis, and before leaving, Thea made an appointment with Lei that they would definitely meet again.

When Rei was fifteen, she did receive an invitation from Eddie Lou's Courtyard, but .........

“……… At that time, I was attacked, and then sealed, and when I woke up again, I met you........."

"That's ........."

"Knock knock."

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and then Fang Zheng walked in.

"I'm sorry to disturb you talking about love, but Eddilou's courtyard seems to be coming."

"What, really?"

Hearing this, Tears hurriedly stood up, and Rei also looked at Fang Zheng in surprise.

"Tinker Bell just made a discovery."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand, and soon, a holographic scene appeared in front of the girls. It was a group of floating islands floating in the sky, and they looked like small islands full of crystals, connected by chains. However, there is not the slightest light on the buildings at the moment, and it looks like they have long been abandoned.

"Is this it?"

"I, I don't know, but ......... I can sense Thea's voice, right around here........."

"So, shall we rest for the night and set off tomorrow, or shall we ........."

"I can't wait!"

"Okay."

Hearing Rei's answer, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Then you guys get ready, and I'll also go and inform Mikoto Misaka and Kuroko Shirai."

Soon, the Void Glow Ship approached the floating island group under Fang Zheng's control, and then landed on the most central floating island, followed by a flash of light, and the next moment everyone appeared on the ground.

"This is Eddilou's Courtyard?"

Under the snow-white light, the girls looked around curiously. But as far as the eye can see, there is only a ruin, and from the outside, it does not look like it is the product of natural weathering due to age, but more like the ruins left behind after a great war.

Either way, however, this is a far cry from the heavenly place in Rei's mouth.

"That......... Rei, this ........."

Although I had a premonition, I didn't know what to say when I saw this scene. Rei, on the other hand, stared blankly at the ruins in front of her, and then ran towards it suddenly.

"Wait!"

Seeing Rei running inside, the others also hurried to follow, but not long after Rei ran into the building in front of him, the people behind saw Rei suddenly shake and fall to the ground.

"Rei, are you alright?"

At this moment, Tears hurried over and helped Rei up, but Rei shook her head.

"It's fine, just tripped up."

Hearing Lei's answer, everyone lowered their heads and looked at Lei's feet, only to see that there was a rhizome that had broken through the ground. It's just that judging from its appearance, it is obvious that the rhizome has long since lost its water and withered. And the crowd instinctively continued in the direction of the rhizome, and then .........

"What's that!"

"Wow!"

When she saw the end of the rhizome, Mikoto Misaka suddenly gasped, and Shirai Kuroko was also pale, and her tears held Lei's hand tightly, and her face was bloodless. Only Fang Zheng stood behind the four and whistled.

I saw that in the light of light, I could clearly see that at the end of the stem, something that looked like a human was being tied up in it——— no, strictly speaking, it was a person at all.

Fang Zheng stepped forward and took a closer look.

"Hmm......... It's mummified........."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and fiddled with the corpse in front of him. That's right, the corpse in front of everyone is a mummified corpse, no flesh and blood, only skin and bones, from the remnants of long hair and pendants, it looks like this mummy should have been a woman before her death.

"It's been about two hundred years since I died."

Fang Zheng scanned the personal terminal and then gave a conclusion.

"In other words, was this place abandoned two hundred years ago?"

"Almost, all in all, just keep walking."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng walked forward, and Lei hurriedly followed. Seeing this scene, Tears and the other three glanced at each other, and finally followed behind with a hard head.

However, the deeper you go inside, the more wrong it becomes, as the whole building looks as if it has been broken by the roots and vines of some plant, and the mummified corpses can be seen everywhere in the glow of magic, just looking at the scene in front of you, it is enough to imagine how tragic the situation was.

"For, why are there so many ......... So many mummies........."

At this moment, Mikoto Misaka was hiding behind Fang Zheng, and the whole person was almost like a fried cat.

"Oh, because they're artificial."

"What do you mean by artificial!?"

Mikoto Misaka only felt that her legs were weak.

"To put it simply, something that instantly sucks up everything in their body except for skin and bones, just like dehydration and preservation, that's why so many mummies are left."

"So, what could that be!?"

At this time, Mikoto Misaka had already begun to discharge all over her body, and even Shirai Kuroko had to retreat.

"Then I don't know, according to the urine sex of Hollywood movies, what secret experiment is usually messed up, and then what monster comes out of the cage and destroys the entire base?"

"Experiments? Monster? ”

"Hmm......... You tell me? ”

Saying this, Fang Zheng glanced at Mikoto Misaka and Kuroko Shirai, and then pouted at Lei in front of him, the two of them were stunned for a moment, and then their faces changed slightly.

Everyone here is dead in a brutal way, but Rei says she's heard the voice of the person she's looking for here, and if it's not ghosts and ghosts, then ......... There is only one possibility left.

In this way, everyone walked through the broken passage and came to an indoor square, but at this moment, Rei suddenly stopped and looked at a statue not far in front of him.

"Lei?"

Looking at Lei's eyes, Tears also hurriedly raised his head and looked ahead, only to see that there, there was a statue of a handsome and dashing looking man, dressed in white, holding a long sword, and below the statue, the name and date of the statue were engraved (2186-2401)

"Chis........."

"Huh? Is this the guy named Chis, you're talking about? ”

"Hmm."

Speaking of this, Lei was obviously a little sad, the lifespan of the Holy War Angel was different from that of humans, she knew this before, but she didn't particularly care. But now, I saw that the person I knew had long since died, leaving only a statue......... Let Lei still not know what to say.

So, do tears die too?

"It's weird........."

At this moment, the others also walked over, looking at the statue in front of them curiously, and then Shirai Kuroko frowned.

"What's so strange?"

"The gentleman's name is Chis......... Is it human? Can a human being live for 200 years? ”

"This ......... It's a bit weird. ”

Hearing Shirai Kuroko's inquiry, Saten was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the situation was not right, according to the date on this monument, then the person named Chisi lived for at least 215 years, but ......... After all, this world is not my own world, and I don't know if the people here can really live for so long.

But Rei obviously didn't pay attention to the conversation of the crowd, she looked left and right, and then soon, Rei noticed a few faint flashes of light in the passage not far away, it was.........

"Xue Jinghua! Thea is here! ”

While shouting, Rei quickly ran in the direction of the radiance, and the others hurriedly followed her, unlike the previous passage, the passage in front of her was tightly stuffed by those ubiquitous vines and rhizomes, and more importantly, on these rhizomes, you can see a faint white glow, like a lily-like flower, its crystal clear appearance, it looks as if it is condensed by ice and snow.

And finally, in the camera of the passage, everyone saw a figure imprisoned in an iron cage.

It was a woman, with long silver-white hair and a shabby robe, surrounded by flickering snow. At this moment, the woman was leaning against the wall with her eyes closed, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

This scene was so weird that even the tears involuntarily stopped, but Rei threw herself directly on the fence, staring at the woman in front of her and shouting.

"Thea, it's me, I've come to Eddilou's courtyard, because I agreed with you, I'll come! Even though it was so late and made you wait so long, I ........."

And at this time, with Lei's words, the woman slowly opened her eyes, looked at Lei in front of her, and smiled, and then she opened her mouth and softly called the girl's name.

"Lei."

"Thea!"

Hearing the woman's voice, Lei reached out and held her hand tightly.

"Wait, I'll let you out first......... What's going on with these vines? Thea, what happened to Eddilou's Courtyard? How did you end up locked up here alone? ”

After the joy of reuniting after a long absence, Rei finally realizes what the problem is.

However.........

"Where's Chiss?"

With this inquiry, Rei's movements suddenly froze. However, in front of her, Xiya still looked at her with a smile.

"Lei, do you know where Chiss is now?"

“……………？”

In the face of Thea's answer, everyone looked at each other, judging from the statue outside, the man named Chis had been dead for almost two hundred years, but how could it ......... She doesn't seem to know at all?

"You, what are you talking about........."

"I hate it, Rei won't forget him."

Facing the iron-faced Lei, Xi Ya showed a soft smile again.

"Chis, the captain of the Goodwill Legations, the hero of Orkanad, and the jewel hunter. Philugo. ”

"Jewel......... Hunter? ”

Hearing this, for some reason, Lei began to tremble, and Xiya lowered her head.

"I miss Chis, I should have been able to help her more............ You see........."

As she spoke, Xi Ya raised her hands and showed her body to everyone. Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng frowned, and the girls were even more shocked and speechless.

I saw that the surface of the white skin was full of traces that seemed to be eroded by plants, and there were even a little bits and pieces, terrifying scars like blood stains, which appeared in it.

"Not only can I make the flowers bloom more, but I'm also stronger than before, right?"

"Xi ......... Thea? ”

Lei staggered back, staring at Xiya's body in front of her in a daze, which no longer looked like a human body at all, but more like a disgusting form that had been brutally inserted into a human body like a mixture of machinery and plants. But Xiya herself didn't show a painful expression at all, still with an innocent and pure smile.

"Look, Rei, I'm strong, right, because I'm working hard, right?"

"Xi ......... Ya ........."

"What's wrong with you? He had an expression that looked like he had seen a youkai. ”

Xiya smiled and waved her hands.

"Oh no, it's just because my hair is longer, wait a minute, I'll get out of here now."

As Siya spoke, I saw that the rhizomes that had already looked like they had already withered began to swing, and then tore the original cage, and then, the girl slowly walked out of it, and then she raised her head and looked at the people behind Lei.

"I really didn't expect you to bring me food, Lei, it's really good......... Thank you, I haven't eaten in 200 years, and I'm struggling with it. ”

"Huh?"

"Brush ———!"

Before Lei could react, he saw those vines suddenly shoot towards Fangzheng, Mikoto Misaka and Kuroko Shirai. In the face of the sudden attack, Fang Zheng just snorted lightly, snapped his fingers, and the next moment the flames suddenly erupted, directly burning the surrounding vines to the ground.

Seeing this scene, instead of being afraid, Xi Ya became more and more excited.

"That's amazing! This power is even more powerful than the ones I have eaten before, and as long as I can obtain this power, then I will definitely become more beautiful, and Chiss will definitely love me more! ”

As Siya spoke, more vines emerged from all around the passage and rushed towards everyone. But before the vines could catch the prey, Xi Ya saw a figure flash in front of her, and the next moment she completely lost her target.

When the crowd came back to their senses, they were back in the square outside the building.

"Xi ......... Thea ........."

Lei sat down on the ground with a "bang", trembling and not knowing what to say at all, the joy of seeing the people closest to her had been completely replaced by indescribable complex emotions at this moment.

"Boom!!"

The earth roared, the shattered ruins completely collapsed, and then, Sia, who had completely changed, walked out of it.

"Hurry up, hurry up and give it to me, I'm going to absorb their lives, their power!"

"Stop!"

Looking at the monster in front of her, which had almost become inhuman, Rei couldn't help but let out a sad scream.

However.........

"Who are you?"

“……… Ay? ”

At this moment, Xi Ya, who was looking at Lei again, completely lost her previous affection, and she stared at Lei coldly, as if she was looking at an enemy.

"You want me to stop? You're going to order me? Who are you? What do you have to order me?! ”

"Boom ———!!"

With Sia's roar, hundreds of rhizomes emerged from the ground and stabbed towards Lei, but at this moment, tears suddenly appeared.

"Face the wind!"

The roaring wall of wind immediately rose to the ground, blocking the rushing rhizomes.

"Lei, hurry, let's agree!"

“……………”

Hearing Tear's words, Rei raised her head and was silent for a moment, then nodded as if she had made up her mind, and grabbed Tear's outstretched hand.

The next moment, the wind roared.

"Let's go."

Looking at the furious waves of wind in front of him, Fang Zheng turned around and walked towards the other side of the ruins, and seeing him actually turn away, Mikoto Misaka and Kuroko Shirai were stunned.

"Wait, Mr. Fangzheng, aren't you going to help?"

"It's a fight between them, we'd better not get involved, and I have something to do."

“……… Something? ”

"That's right."

Fang Zheng said this, snorting coldly.

"This poor young lady is just a victim, and if we want to scare us, we will go to the mastermind, won't we?"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng raised his head and looked coldly at the tower on the other side.