Chapter 35: The Withering of Life

What is it like to die?

This is undoubtedly an incomprehensible temptation for the living, everyone has ever thought about it, what kind of feelings they will have when they are dying, although it sounds very ridiculous, but it is undeniable that the living want to continue to live. {.Fastest Text Chapter Reading}

Because death is really a terrible thing······ Especially for those who have already died once!

In an instant, a strong sense of powerlessness surged all over his body, and with a thud, Ace fell straight down, and Natsu's arm also drew out the blood hole in his chest.

This time I couldn't stand up anymore, it was really self-inflicted, feeling the gradual passage of my vitality, Ace laughed at himself weakly, his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and the indescribable tiredness slowly emanated, invading his consciousness that had begun to fall away again and again, I really wanted to sleep like this, but it wasn't right now······

He saw Natsu, his nominal foster, with a panicked face and babbling as if he couldn't understand what was happening in front of him, why he had put his hand on Ace's chest, which was stained with blood, and his eyes that had once been bright were now full of confusion and fear.

In the past two months of getting along, although the two are called fathers, their relationship is more like brothers, remembering the past scenes of his love for himself and teaching him, his heart is like a knife with tears, and he can't help dripping on his face.

"Don't be afraid, Natsu, it's a beautiful withering ······ of life"

Ace's words were intermittent, and as his physical strength passed, his voice became more and more, "So don't be afraid, everything will be fine, tell Mom, everything is fine, it's just that I may have to miss the appointment about marriage······ Tell Anilu that I like their brothers, and the juniors will still be brothers, and the juniors will be ······ And Baihu, I'm sorry I couldn't give a real fight, I hope my two unsuccessful brothers may be able to ······ And ······"

"Lilith······"

Looking at this incomparably attached sea for the last time, a stream of hot tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and his heart was in a trance, like a dream, hazy, as if he saw a meteor faintly streak across the night dome and disappear between the sky and the sea.

"Mix, mix······"

Seeing that his eyelids gradually closed and he didn't move, Bai Hu was anxious and sad, panting and calling out repeatedly, and tears couldn't help but gradually blur his vision.

The light of the fire that gradually stopped reflected Lilith's pale face, reflected her vertical and horizontal tears, reflected her scarlet eyes, and time seemed to stand still.

The surging and raging killing intent, the overwhelming heat, the sharp spirit, and the tenacious and persistent eyes, this is the scene they first met.

"It's really powerful, such a guy, if he has that kind of strength, maybe he can take revenge······"

It's pitiful to think about it, the only thing I have is only those good memories, when the sky seems to be always blue, the sun is always so bright, in that paradise-like mountain village, under the care of my parents, there is no intrigue, no conspiracy, every day is as beautiful as spring, pure as water.

But since picking up the devil fruit that changed her life, the girl at that time already knew the taste of loneliness and betrayal. Not only must you disguise yourself and secretly accumulate strength, but you must also take steps to guard against the betrayal of others.

Since when did she no longer see the sun around her and hear the wind? How did she go from an innocent girl to a demon fox with nine tails? And why did he endure humiliation for nearly ten years and live in a constantly expanding hatred and ambition every day?

She wanted to remember, but she couldn't remember it clearly.

In the tornado that wiped out her life drop by drop, everything seemed to become ethereal, all those laughter, those tears, those sorrows, those angers, the hatred and pain that had been too much for her to bear, all like the blade of the wind, as if there was nothing and uncertain.

"So, is this what death feels like?"

For some reason, after learning that she might die, she felt an inexplicable relief, but what greeted her was not death, but another cycle, but this time it was a little different from the past.

"Do you want to be a companion? As long as you want to, it's not impossible······"

Ace is the first person who is willing to accept himself, willing to accept everything about himself, even the deepest hatred in his heart, he does not keep persuading in his ears like a hypocrite, the only thing he does is how to make himself acceptable to people other than him, it is really ······ Ugly!

It's just a junior high school boy with a naïve and unrealistic pirate dream!

I don't know how to be a successful leader, I don't know how to control my subordinates, I don't know how to survive as a pirate! Like a fool, if you simply think that you are good to others, others will definitely be good to you.

No, he doesn't even care if others treat him well, and sure enough, he's a fool.

But······ It's so reassuring, as long as she is by his side, enjoying the wonderful feeling that Ace brings her, she doesn't have to worry about any hatred, she doesn't have to worry about any conspiracy and calculation, she just needs to be at ease, just relax, everything is so beautiful.

"How could it be ······"

It wasn't until the moment Ace's life passed that she finally realized that the last person in this world who was willing to be good to her was finally gone.

"How can you just die like this······"

Lilith muttered to herself in a trance, but tears wet her cheeks and trickled down, her heart ached, and she felt as if something was pouring out of her heart, and all the suppressed pain, helplessness, struggle, and choice broke through her reason, and roared out of the cocoon.

Those pasts, those years, those unclear and unclear subtle emotions, and countless memories that came to her heart, all of them were like the howling wind and the scorching waves of fire, squeezing her so that she couldn't breathe or think.

It turned out that this teenager who promised to be her companion had occupied so much in her heart.

"No, you can't die! Can't die! ”

The panic and fear in her heart were fleeting, Lilith hugged him tightly, and her hands trembled and covered with a bleeding wound, as if she wanted to plug it, but it was useless, in a panic, her eyes inadvertently fell on the autumn water on Ace's waist, and her body trembled, as if she suddenly woke up from a dream, her breathing was like suffocation, and her tears suddenly stopped.

It's this knife!

Lilith remembered that after she woke up, the first thing she noticed was the blue black knife that was inserted into her chest at that time, and because of it, her flame would sublimate in essence, and then obtain the power that even time could interfere with!

In any case, I had to gamble, only this time, it was no longer for myself.

"Thief God, I don't care what kind of painful arrangements I have made for my life, but I only ask for now, I just want this luck to let him live, for this, I am willing to accept all the previous misfortunes······"

"Treat it as if I begged !!"

A sad smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she glanced at Ace, who had lost consciousness, as if she wanted to remember his appearance in the deepest part of her soul, and never forget that her body emitted a blue-purple point of light, and she picked up Ace with one hand, and hugged her tightly, tightly, as if she wanted to become one with him.

The misty color in her eyes flashed, and she suddenly lowered her head and kissed him, sealing his lips tightly, and tears spread on the tips of her tongues and his, and fell into sweet and sour flavors.

And then ——,

One knife through!

Join yourself!

There was an instant pause in the surroundings, and everything was silent, not even the howling wind and the flying flames could not be heard.

Except for her own heavy breathing and heartbeat.

The earth-shattering aura of destruction rose to the sky, and the blue light of autumn water that ran through the two of them echoed with another red light divine soldier around Ace's waist, and roared and rolled around the two of them, just like ice and fire, light and darkness, order and chaos, scorching heat and cold, good and evil, life and death, everything opposite, and the tricks of fate, weaving this world together.

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ps: I originally wanted to write an FT-style demon supplement version of the resurrection, after all, many people complained that I didn't push it to the play, but after thinking about it, it was canceled, and the river crab couldn't afford it!