Verse 210: The Price of Growth

When the Lady Matthew appeared in Marin's perception with her child in her arms, he had already noticed the abnormality of the lady.

And when the kid called out to him through several walls, Marin knew what was wrong.

It was a black bride and her infant spirit.

Consider what Mr. Doma said that it was a gift with a Farol character.

So, the kind of guy who wants to dream back to the Middle Ages is really stupid, look at this world, Sidney Union is okay, in these more wild and marginal worlds, there is actually no difference between man and beast.

Madame Matthew was young, beautiful, and had a lover of the earl of the same age, and because of this, Baron Matthew eventually died at the hands of her lover.

Marin doesn't know why she turned into a black bride, maybe her dream of becoming a countess was shattered, maybe she felt betrayed by the person she loved the most, and she wanted to become a real countess, but she was sold to a foreign inquisitor by her lover's subordinates.

In the hopeless despair of life, she was transformed into a black bride on the rooftop.

Perhaps because of this, the little girl named Pam immediately chose to hug the beacon in front of her when she found Marin.

Her lost soul embraced Marlin, hissing and struggling, as she found that the real murderer of her father, Mr. Matthew, was close by, and Marlin had to comfort her again and again until he was put on trial by Count Victor.

What happened to the Count, and what about Rick's nephew, who, in Marin's eyes, was nothing more than a greedy hunter like the nobles of Doma's faction, who wanted to take the city for themselves, and would do whatever it took to do so, and after discovering the depraved tendencies of the lord, instead of choosing to act immediately, he waited for the opportunity.

is a very cunning guy, but it's a pity that he ran into an amateur player like Marin who didn't play chess on the stage but lifted the chess table.

Lady Anna may have wanted to test Marin's performance in the face of such a complicated situation, but Marin felt that she should have disappointed her, after all, Marin did not like aristocratic tones, so he would let the infant spirit commit murder.

After all, Marin felt obligated to let the poor kid get what he wanted.

As for the fact that the Count of Victor was her own father...... I'm afraid that no one will admit it.

Pam could only have been the eldest daughter of Baron Matthew, the only child he left in this world, and eventually turned to ashes...... It is just another demonstration of the cruelty of this world.

I remember someone saying that in the peaceful era, some people would cry over the death of a person, and in troubled times, the death of a million people was just a line in the history book called war.

"Mr. Marin, all personnel have been arrested, ...... here" Baron Tony stood honestly behind Marin, and looked at the empty manor hall, looking at the sky that was lighting up in the distance through the floor-to-ceiling Gothic windowsill, Marlin nodded.

He exited the hall, and the two guards led up the two doors of the gate.

In the crack of the door that was gradually closing, Marin saw the lady Matthew, and saw Pam in her arms, and even more saw the middle-aged man behind him.

Hmph, did you forgive her in the end, licking the dog is really bad to die.

Marin turned, snapped his fingers, and the guards smashed the torches into the manor.

Marin turned his head, looked at the hammered fist marks on the gate of the manor and smiled, how could there be innocent souls in the sealed manor, except for Pam who was purified by his own hands, Mrs. Matthew and Mr. Matthew had already been distorted.

The screams of the soul grew inaudible, and Marin walked towards the exit of the Qingyuan, the guards following Baron Tony, while their master carefully followed Marin a step away.

On the lamppoles along the way, hanging members of the nobility who had been confirmed by the trial to be tainted by Chaos, most of them had been distorted by the divine energy, so the corpses of monsters hanging on them looked a little ...... Weird.

But Marin thought it was fine, but unfortunately there was no camera now, or Marin would not have signaled them to take a picture of the scene and print it in a newspaper.

Every chaos will not die well, and this must be a good news that belongs to the front page headlines.

"Mr. Marin, there is news from the Inquisition Court of the Church of Justice that there are still some people who have not been tempted by chaos and have not committed serious crimes, what are they going to do?"

"Ask our Lord Protector, the northern defense line should need these warriors who have sworn to atone." After Marin finished speaking, he stood in front of the carriage and looked at Baron Tony: "Don't think about giving me this manor after renovating it, when the time comes, tear down the manor and build a monument to the heroes here, in order to commemorate every warrior who died in the war against Chaos." ”

After saying that, Marin jumped into the carriage: "And, Baron Tony, remember the oath you made to me. ”

"Yes, little Mr. Marlin, I will always remember." The baron bowed his head.

"May the Lord have mercy."

Marin nodded, then leaned back in his chair, and the coachman raised his whip: "Sir, where are we going." ”

"Central District, maybe Master Bruni can open a door for me." After Marin finished speaking, the whole person leaned back in the chair, his left hand touched something cold, and when he looked down, Marin saw a baby spirit.

No, it's not a baby spirit, and the cub in front of him doesn't have the negative energy breath that the baby spirit brings to him.

She's more of a projection.

Marin frowned, then he noticed that the carriage was beginning to decay rapidly, and then he looked up to see the driver's disintegrating husk.

Marin instinctively covered his mouth and nose, and then noticed that the world ...... Seems to have changed?

No, it's not changed.

Jumping out of the carriage that was about to disintegrate, Marin reached out and hugged Palm, who happily hugged Marin.

Marin looked at the world before himβ€”a world of total destruction, and the low slope of the city of Rosilione in the distance was in ruins, and he turned to find that the manor was gone, leaving behind a half-cut monument.

Marin turned and walked towards the half-section of the monument, then noticed a line on the pedestal.

To commemorate every warrior who died in the war against Chaos.

It was Marin Gayat.

Ah, damn it, it's another timeline.

Marin was a little helpless, he would come to another world because he slept before, but now he can go through the process of sleeping in the daytime? Or is it ...... The moment he leaned back in the chair, he was already asleep?

It's a mystery.

Marin thought about this, listening to the whispering song of the infant spirit in his arms, and remembering that when he held the child in the orphanage, Marin patted the cub on the back.

What should I sing?

Marin thought about it, and suddenly thought of an episode in the third part of the trilogy of some unlucky guy who can fall to his death when he goes down the steps, which was originally a song used in weddings, how did he sing it at the beginning?

Just thinking this, the infant spirit in his arms had already sang.

Marin was stunned for a moment, feeling that her spirit was in tune with the fact that this cub was in tune, and Marlin finally made her stop.

The first sentence is beyond the norm, the gods gather here, and this place has become a ruin.

I'm afraid this world has been destroyed for a long time.

Walking on the dust-covered road, the stone slabs under his feet had long since been shattered, and through the collapsed city gates, Marin saw the ruins of history, the bones of which no one had to pick up.

There are no wailing spirits, no chaos, and no survivors.

Some inexplicable deep dives - yes, Marin has given his own double timeline crossing a cheesy and elegant name.

Dive deep, just like the knowledge gainers of the old era.

Walking down the street towards the central district, in a square, Marin sees a broken and messy carriage that appears to have lost control while driving and crashed headlong into a fountain, the only piece of debris that unexpectedly bears the Lilim family crest.

At this moment, whether it is a carriage or a fountain, it has lost its usefulness.

Marin circled halfway around, but failed to see the scattered corpses.

Maybe it's an escape.

With this judgment, Marin was about to leave, and the infant spirit in his arms screamed.

Marlin turned around and saw the little ghost coming out of the bottom of the carriage - well, crushed under the carriage, unlucky boy.

"The living." The ghost seemed to think, and it saw Marin, "Who are you?" ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Marin. Marlin smiledβ€”out of respect for a ghost capable of thinking for himself, Marlin replied.

If this person had just screamed and pounced, Marin would have been able to lift him all over the place: "What the hell is going on here, it feels like the end of the world." ”

"It's the end of the world, sir."

The young boy patted the hem of his garment, completely oblivious to the fact that there was no dust to sweep away.

Marin noticed the rounded corners on either side of the child's head...... Like Lilim's horns, really, Marlin's chest and lungs know this.

Lilim is who you are.

Marin asked, looking at the young child.

"My mother, she died of illness in the cities of the north, before she died, my mother told me to go south, in New Rome further south, there are ships from the eastern world waiting for us, they are flying ships, and the Thaians will always make something inexplicable and very powerful."

When the kid said this, he seemed to notice what was on Marin's face, and he stared at Marin so hard that he wiped his face, but found nothing.

"Do I have anything on my face?" Marin asked.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Father. The little ghost looked at Marin: "You and your father looked like it on the photo camera when they were young." The cub seemed to be laughing, but he squatted down with a smile: "I'm so sorry, I must have admitted that I was mistaken, my father died in the north a long time ago...... The world he wanted to protect had failed. ”

Marin sat down on the edge of the fountain, and the infant jumped out of his arms and into front of the child.

He stretched out his hand and hugged her: "It's been a long time since anyone came to this world, the last time someone came, but soon they went crazy. With that, the child stretched out his hand and pointed to the ruins not far away, and Marin saw a corpse lying on the ruins.

Walking over, Marin found an identification plate from the corpse.

Thorne Romney.

The Holy Kingdom Mage Tower, historian of the Old Era.

There is such a line on the back, which makes Marin silent for a moment - it seems that there is indeed a problem with the historians of the old era, they may not all dive into the old era of the past, or they may come to the future of destruction, this Xiun is afraid that it is because he understands the truth of destruction that he will die in madness.

In layman's terms, it is an unlucky person who has never seen strong winds and waves.

Back at the fountain, Marin sat down: "In this world, are there still living people?" ”

"I don't know, I'm the only one alive in this city...... Maybe I'm not alive, but I'm probably the last living person in my family. The child hugged the infant spirit, as if reminiscing, and seemed to sigh: "Everyone is dead, sister and brother, brother and sister, only me is alive...... But...... I should have died. ”

"Which Chaos has invaded and destroyed the world?"

"The Chaos Evil God didn't invade, but everyone fell ill...... Everybody said it was Nurgle's means, everybody said so. ”

Marin stood up, and he lifted the carriage open, revealing the child's crushed remains.

In the psionic vision, purple dust was lifted, but it was soon completely purified in the blessing spell of Fio, Lorraine, and Merlot.

It was indeed Nurgle's method, and this child was afraid that he would never reach the south...... He was also sick.

"The world is really lively." Marin sighed, and then he felt his heart skip a beat.

Turning around quickly, Marin saw himself standing not far away.

No, it's not me, because it's still the appearance of a steppe elf.

"Daddy!" The lamb next to him cried out in surprise, and he wanted to run to his father, but as soon as he raised his hand, he fixed his cub in place.

'Long time no see...... What do I say to myself.

"I think it's good that we're all extensions of the same will in different timelines."

Marlin held out his hand.

The latter shook his head, revealing his bony hands.

'I am the dead, and you are the living.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ What the hell is going on. ”

'Who knows, Nurgle's legions have invaded the north, we tried to control it, but failed, he didn't know where to find a terrible champion of chaos, blonde, we only know him as the Great Eagle Lord, and nothing else...... Damn Chaos, their plague has destroyed these worlds.

Marin was silent for a moment, and then cursed: "By the way, is there anything you need me to help with, your child ......"

Truth be told, I'm here today to destroy my last offspring.

This sentence made Marin stunned for a moment, he turned his head to look at the child who was stunned because he heard this sentence, and then turned around: "You must be crazy, that's your last sane child." ”

Yes, he is the last life in this world and the biggest obstacle to my revenge.

This one sighed.

I don't believe it myself, I tried to do something for the world, even at the cost of abandoning everything to become a god, but in the end I was too weak, and I watched the world destroy, and this pain and despair finally distorted me.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ You've become an evil god too? Marin frowned: "You must be crazy, become an evil god, how can you get revenge." ”

There is no affection between the evil gods, let alone friendship, so I'm in the other world, let's come and watch the ceremony.

With his sigh, there was a scream from the lamb behind Marin, and Marlin turned his head to see that it and the infant spirit were disintegrating.

"Do you still want to kill me, kill yourself in another world?"

You are not on my path, I am in another world, you know, the sacrifice I have made to avenge all the chaos in this world...... None of you will understand.

Marin watched as he began to turn into a black hole of negative energy, Fio and they trembled, and Marlin saw a twig of the world emerge from the distorted eye socket of his own.

The twig of the World Tree struggled to stop its owner, but eventually it was ripped out and thrown in front of Marin.

I feel a different twig in you, and it is clear that you have seen some of us before you met me, and fate has given you another path...... That's nice......

With his sigh, Marin saw that the negative energy had completely enveloped him.

At this moment, the whole world was crying, and Marin saw countless ghosts emerge, flying towards himself in front of him, and finally merging with him.

Eventually, the world lost its light, and Marin's own glimmer could only illuminate the square inch in front of him, and the new evil god finally stood up from his huddled state.

It was a pitch-black humanoid, with pure white flowing light in its eye sockets, as if in place of his eyes.

It ruined everything I held dear to me, but naively thought I would stop for the last soul...... It's wrong, wipe out the last regret with your own hands, I will be stronger, the other world's me, remember my name, Mana...... Father didn't know how to choose a name at all......

With that, he spread his wings, the pitch-black wings of negative energy spreading out into the darkness.

Maybe one day, we will see you again, but want to come...... Don't see it well, because it means that your world is also going to destruction, and then I will come to your world and erase all regrets.

Then Marin woke up.

At this time, the carriage was passing by the fountain, and Marin looked at the crowded city in front of him, and looked at the fountain at work.

Finally sighed deeply.

The pro-World Tree twigs emerged from his cuffs and turned into a goblin, with gray hair, unlike the long green hair of his companions.

It wept until the carriage reached its end, until Marin got out of the carriage and carried it to the residence.

With every step he took, Marin felt that he was growing, and when he walked up the long steps, when he came to the door, and waited for the door to open, Marin felt that his whole body was full of joy and singing.

He was promoted, and it wasn't a normal detective ladder.

It seems to be ...... A path never conceived.