Verse 159: Double salvation

When Marin entered this world, he unexpectedly found that he had become his original self, on the one hand, he was a middle-aged earth monkey, and on the other hand, he was the skin of the silver people, and there was no comparison between the two sides at all.

However, Marin had no choice.

If you give up, then don't talk about your adoptive father, the two great gods, Marin himself should find a crooked neck tree and use a rope to organically combine himself with the tree.

So, he had to come and find his sister and take her away.

But Marin never imagined that things would turn out the way they were, and when he reached out to take his skull, he looked at his sister who had finally completed the transformation in front of him, and sighed in sorrow - this Maya knew that all brides would not watch the remains of their loved ones being trampled on, so she threw Lorraine's skull to herself at the last moment, just so that she could not be distracted.

Don't get distracted to ...... Notice that you have another self around you.

So Marlin began to back away, noticing the bullet hole on the side of his skull in his hand as he stepped back.

Then the world seemed to change color, and Maya, who had been staring at her, moved very slowly, and some red dots formed one human form after another.

'Go! There was a childlike voice shouting, 'We're covering for you!' Walk! With the kids! ’

That little figure should be Lorraine.

'No! We said we wouldn't separate! Marin heard Faye's voice, hoarse, full of weeping, but it was Faye.

'Go! Don't let Lorraine down! It's Jessica's voice, the wolf girl...... Well done, if Marin is in Lorraine's position, he will also hope that a girl will take the lead in making the choice.

The shouts of killing grew louder, and then Marin saw a figure beside Lorraine turn around and point the revolver in his hand at him.

'Logan! What are you doing! ’…… It was Lilim, no, it was Malgen's voice.

Marin glanced at the skull in his hand again, and the bullet holes on it silently spoke of the reality of what Malgen had cursed.

Logan, so you're the one who betrayed!

At that time, Marlin was still wondering why Margen would look at him and say betrayer, it turned out ...... She looked at Logan behind her.

Logan, why are you a traitor?

Yes...... That's right, they went to the ruined castle, and if there was no Marin variable, Logan and they would only be afraid...... I guess my mind was twisted by the Chaos Sect that night.

As a pawn of Chaos, Logan mixed up well, and even gained Lorraine's trust.

But this trust has been exchanged for betrayal.

With Marin's sigh, the shots rang out.

All the human forms and points of light disappeared, and Maya in front of her stretched out her hand, as if begging, as if to get Marin to return the skull in her hand.

"You're going to want it, right?" Marlin handed the skull out.

The black bride nodded, her eyes full of joy and excitement.

Marin laughed, then crushed the skull in his hand.

With the destruction of the skull, the black bride in front of her wailed, the long sword in her hand was raised, and in the next moment, she appeared in front of Marin with an afterimage.

Aoife had turned into a longsword at this moment, and Marlin used it to block the blow while taking a step back—unexpectedly powerful.

With such surprise, Marin turned around and looked at his sister, who had disappeared in front of him and appeared behind him, and turned sideways to give way to this stab, and the long sword of the young branch of the World Tree was on his chest, and the black long sword intertwined with it, rubbing out black and white energy sparks.

That's my brother, mine. A whisper rang in Marin's ears, and the black bride drifted away, giving way to Marin's slash.

The twisted spirit split out of her body and rushed towards Marin, who was then purified by Marlin with the twig in his hand, the twig of the World Tree being the most effective weapon for a spirit.

The split spirits were destroyed, and the black bride, seemingly completely unaffected, wept and retreated into the void.

'You hurt him, why, you're him too......

Marin instinctively turned around, the long sword in his hand held the sweep of the slashing neck, the pure black soul fire in the eye sockets of the black bride floating in the air was rolling, she stretched out her hand, wanting to touch Marin's face, but was pushed away by Marin with her palm.

Taking two steps back, Marin raised his palm, and there was negative energy in his palm that was eroding his spirit.

The Maya of this world has completely degenerated.

Everything about her was destroyed by chaos, her lover, her family, her sisters...... Marin raised the long sword in his hand and pulled out the stabbing black long sword, while holding the hilt of the sword and pressing down to slash.

Before the sword struck the black bride, she once again escaped into the void.

'Why, you're hurting yourself...... Maya's cry seemed to be in Marin's ear, and her whisper seemed to hit Marin's head again and again: 'I see, you must be ...... It's twisted. ’

The black bride appeared from the void, and in the high-speed movement, the long sword in her hand slashed at Marin's neck, her position was wrong, and Marin, who had no time to lift the long sword, could only choose to turn sideways, and then the raised long sword held the long sword of the black bride at the last moment, avoiding the fate of being beheaded.

'Why don't you die, why don't you die?' She was whispering, she had questions, and Marlin turned sideways again, facing the stabbing sword, he swung it away, and at the same time he stabbed back, another sword in the Black Bride's hand slashed at Marin, forcing Marin to take a step back.

Then the Black Bride floated to her feet, she was rolling, and the sword slashed down her position again and again at Marin.

Marlin parried continuously, and was eventually sent flying by the heaviest slash.

Landing on the ground, he had to take a tumbling to remove the force, Marlin got up, the divine energy shone from his hand, and healed the injury on his left arm - the last slash Marin was completely unbalanced, his left arm was cut open by the long sword, in order to prevent the negative energy from eroding his body, Marlin chose to treat himself.

'You must die' whispered from the Black Bride as she leapt out of the void and tumbled and flew towards Marin once more.

With the experience of the previous time, Marin turned sideways, trying to let this slash pass, but the black bride turned in the air, first a horizontal slash crushed Marin's parry, and at the moment when Marin lost his balance, he saw the black bride change his stance again, and the stab took shape in her hand.

'Die,' her whisper echoed in her ears.

Marin closed his eyes - Maya, who has a lot of experience in life-and-death fighting, already has the strength to defeat her brother after gaining enough physical strength.

Is this going to die?

Marin sighed, then opened his eyes again, and when he lost his balance, he blocked the stab with the long sword in his hand - the black long sword was pointed in the middle of the sword body composed of the young branches of the World Tree, and the indestructible property saved Marin's life, but being knocked away again caused Marin to fall to the ground, and his back was pierced and cut by the broken object.

When Marlin got up, he felt his flesh being hooked open.

I feel a little bit at a loss, this sister of mine has two swords, and he only has one, although Marin is not really good at dual-wielding, but ...... Still not very happy.

With such regret, Marin saw her sister get up again, she looked up, the soul fire in the dark eye sockets rolling, and their owner seemed to be dissatisfied with why the enemy in front of her had not died.

Just as she was about to escape into the void once more, Marin noticed that she had stopped, as if it were ...... Noticed what was going on behind Marlin.

Marin took two steps back, pulling at the wound behind him, and he gritted his teeth and turned around, and saw a small branch growing out of the mud, and a small section of hand bones on top of it, and the black hand bones were being purified.

Marlin held out his hand, and the twig jumped onto Marin's wrist, then fused with the twig that turned into a sword.

'Brother's ...... Twig...... That's his...... The Bone ......' The Black Bride was confused, she seemed completely absorbed by the small cut of bone, Marin looked at the arm bone, and finally chose to crush it.

The Black Bride wailed again, and the waves of her wailing even blew Marin away, and when Marin got up, he saw her kneeling there, as if trying to pick up the pieces.

Absorbing the new World Tree twigs, the sword in Marin's hand began to change, and finally took on the form of a double-headed sword.

"Maya, this is just yesterday's illusion, your brother Lorraine is dead, and I, Marin, have made a pact with you to send you to rest with another brother." Marin healed himself once more, while also talking to himself.

You have said that your world is ringing the death knell; You said that everything about you is in vain; You also said, "I want only one death, and I only hope that the purification will come soon."

"What I promised you, I will do, Maya."

'You must die'

When Marin finished speaking, the black bride raised her head and looked at Marin in front of her, there was no longer confusion in her whispers, no longer gentleness, only killing intent and determination.

Yes, that's it, it's like a black bride, a poor worm who is obsessed with the past and remembers the beauty forever, but can no longer get out of that stagnant time.

Marin danced the double-headed sword, and the sword that was split at his waist first swung away, and at the same time as he turned around, the other end had already hit the stabbing sword sword, and while he took the crooked sword again, the sword head on the other side had turned around, and the black bride chose to retreat into the void.

Marlin took a deep breath, and in the next second, the giant's roar burst out from Marin's mouth, and the power from the bloodline strengthened Marin's strength and physique, and the divine spiritual energy swept around, and the dry bones were raised and purified; Fragments of weapons and children's tools were blown away and scattered; And the black bride in the void was 'squeezed' out of the void.

By this time, she had moved to Marin's left side.

Turning around, she turned the double-headed sword in her hand again, Marin's first blow was parried by her with her dual-wielding crossed sword, but she couldn't fully parry, the black bride's parry was crushed, she took a step back, and then used her left one-handed sword to frame Marin's second blow, while being distorted by pure force, she turned her body, and at the same time as passing the third blow, the right hand holding the sword held the hilt in front of her, wanting to attack Marin's head with the counterweight at the end of the hilt.

She conceded the third blow perfectly, but before she could hit Marin, Marin, who held the double-headed sword in both hands, knocked the black bride into the air with a push.

She fell into the dirt.

Marin didn't pursue, he just looked at Maya who was slowly standing up in front of him, feeling her determination.

'Kill you' has been whispering since it just started.

Marin knew that Maya was cursing the man in front of her who had destroyed her last treasure.

The double-headed sword in his hand was trembling, it was a new twig, and Marin was silent - the twig of the tree of this world must have known the Maya of this world.

Its owner is dead, and his lover is left with the only one left in front of him, perhaps awakened by Marin's blood, but it carries with it memories of the past, its sorrow.

The black bride turned around, and she once again rushed forward with the afterimage, but Marin grabbed the side of the double-headed sword and swept it away, sweeping the black bride with the sword to the muddy ground.

Marin, who received the blessing and once again won over the black bride in front of him in terms of strength, was not happy.

He was saving his sister, the little leopard who fell to the ground was his sister, but he was also destroying his own sister, and the woman in front of him, who was struggling to get up and whispering a little more sobbing, was also his sister.

He wanted to save her, but he also knew that she could no longer be saved, and he would rather die here than live any longer, or he would not have chosen to give up Chaos' resistance to his transformation.

And Marlin ...... Even if you can save her, what's the point?

Her family is gone, her memory is stuck in the day of the fall of Fort Carter, how far away this day is from today, she doesn't know, Marin doesn't know, maybe there is still resistance in this world, but Marin doesn't dare to guarantee whether such a rebellion can still light up this sinking world.

Maybe...... Maybe there was no resistance at all.

The Black Bride got up again, she stubbornly assaulted Marin again, and rushed to Marin with the afterimage, but this time, Marin disassembled the double-headed sword, and the longsword in her left hand broke the longsword in her hand with the force of a slap, knocking her over at her feet, and the longsword in her right hand had pierced her chest.

The twig in its left hand could no longer control its shapeshift, and it turned into a leprechaun, crying and pounced on the black bride's face.

'Fio'......' Unexpectedly, the Black Bride called out the name.

The goblin cried even louder.

'I made a long ...... Dream ......' was nailed to the earth by the twigs of the World Tree, and the alienation from the black bride was fading, and she reached out and stroked the little goblin with her broken palm.

'In the dream I came back to ...... When she was very young...... she said this, and the black wedding dress began to be ignited by divine spiritual energy.

In the flames, she turned her head to look at Marin: "That's me...... Seeing ...... for the first time" She closed her eyes, no more beautiful sighs, no more confessions of memories, and the black bride, who was devoured by the energy of the Holy Spirit, began the final ritual of purifying herself.

Marin took two steps back, a little unbearable to look at everything in front of him, and his Fio dragged his new friend and sat on Marin's shoulder.

'Thank you'

There was a whisper echoing in Marin's ears, Marin turned his head, he couldn't see anything, he was puzzled for a moment, and then as if he thought of something, he lowered his head and saw a small ...... Myself.

'Thank you, soul from another world'

This spirit of oneself is like a candle in the wind, as if it is about to be extinguished at any moment.

Marin squatted down and knelt on one knee in front of this little self: "Thank you for your hard work, it doesn't feel good to be betrayed by your friends." ”

'Nothing, I didn't even react and died, but I did my part at the last minute...... Sorry for showing you such a bad side of Fort Carter,' he smiled and held out his hand.

Marin also stretched out his hand, and the flesh hand shook the small hand of the spirit.

I can feel that you don't fit well with your body...... And you, for purifying Margen and Maya for me, as a thank you...... Take my last thank-you gift,' the child said, and began to dissipate, but Marlin could feel his body changing, he was getting smaller, and after a period of pain, he finally saw himself in front of the natural mirror of the rainwater pool.

The small, but somewhat long-standing self.

'I never thought that one day I would thank myself for ......' said that, there was no follow-up, and Lorraine, who could no longer maintain his form, turned into ashes and disappeared without a trace.

Marin was silent for a moment, not knowing what to say or what to say, and finally could only let out a long sigh.

He turned to his sister, and took the sleeping little leopard into his arms, which he had been able to hold with the princess before, but now he could only sit there, and took the sleeping girl into his arms, and patted her face.

poked her nose bubble with his hand, and there was really nothing she could do.

"Hey, brother, you're here." The girl rose in Marin's arms, and then looked at her brother: "I seemed to have a dream just now, and I grew up in the dream, and she said that she wanted to bless me, and I didn't feel any blessing." She sat up as she spoke, and saw the wounds and breaks on Marin's face and body.

"How are you hurt?"

"Because I'm here to save you." Marin reached out and rubbed Maya's little head.

The little leopard girl was silent for a moment, then she looked around, the smile on her face was gone, and she looked up at Marin: "I see...... That's all true, this is really Fort Carter. ”

"Yes, this is another world, where some people have sounded the death knell and some people ...... I want to make up for this rift. Marin wiped the dust off his sister's face, then took a small whistle out of his pocket and blew it, and the two great gods were able to drag themselves and Maya out of this damn space-time slit, a rare overlap between the two timelines, and it was unknown when it would break.

Because of the overlap, Lilim, who is called Margen, is summoned, so that the other Maya drags her other self, Marin's sister, into the slit.

"Brother......

"Well, what's the matter?"

Seeing the fog around him reappear, Marin hugged his sister, who he was afraid of letting go, and went back on his own, but his sister stayed here.

So he didn't notice the joy and shyness in his sister's eyes, or the way she finally smiled and took everything back to herself.

"What's wrong?" He just felt his sister scream at him, and then he became a little mute.

"It's nothing, I'll call you, I'm afraid it's all just a dream." He heard his sister's answer.

Ma Lin, who is an elder brother, reached out and rubbed the little leopard's head vigorously: "If you feel pain, it's awake, don't believe you...... Don't pinch me. ”

Marin, who felt some pain in his face, was not very happy.

This girl's family, where did she learn this hand?