31 The Last Battle

Most people would have been surprised and unbelievable when they woke up and told they had slept for more than six months, but there must have been a minority like Parrett who thought they could use it this way to get through the long hours of winemaking. "Isn't it wonderful, you think, that I'll make the wine first, and then sleep for a hundred years, and then wake up and drink it for a hundred years?" He shared his thoughts with Milo, and Erin and Koran awoke from hibernation.

"Looks like you have a deep misunderstanding of the word wonderful......" Milo replied with a blank face, feeling that his friend's idea had an inexplicable "creativity...... Or the funny spirit......

"I thought only animals hibernated...... Just as a bear sleeps in a burrow for a winter, a squirrel puts enough food in a tree hole...... "Erin struggles to stretch, her body is very uncomfortable from her first hibernation.

Kelan had already gotten up, looked at the universe outside the window, and said, "The reason why human beings have not developed the habit of hibernation is because of the time that passes when sleeping, the family affection that they miss, and the inability to experience those big and small events in person...... will become a regret in people's hearts, but human beings are the animals that don't like to leave regrets the most......"

Melo was keenly aware of something: "Has Kolan ever had a hibernation-like experience?" ”

"Hey, because the body is delayed by magic, so I don't need to sleep, and I will sleep for a long time when necessary, and I once slept for three months, so it can be said that I hibernated."

"Huh? "Klan......" Parrett said dumbfounded, "and you're hibernating in a tree hollow?" Or in a cave? ”

……

Some people are always speechless and endless.

As a result of approaching the Watcher, gravity, which had not been seen for a long time, returned.

Although there is a lot to say, the situation in front of them still makes the four realize the reality.

"The people of our planet have been resisting for six months...... May they all be well. Erin mused.

"Alright, let's get it done! The sooner it ends, the more one person you can save," Milo said decisively, straightening the weapon at his waist.

Even if they wanted to prolong the relaxed atmosphere, the four understood what the end of hibernation meant, and soon an electronic voice sounded in the cruising spacecraft: "Docking with the Watcher is coming." ”

"The tone of the voice is uncomfortable to hear." Erin grumbled.

Parrett nodded in agreement, and Milo, who was next to her, explained, "Because this sound is not made by humans, it is simulated by machinery. ”

"Like a puppet show?" The childlike Erin has never lacked imagination in this area.

As Milo was worried about how to explain, the floor under their feet shook slightly, and then the electronic voice sounded again: "Docking completed, equilibrium air pressure...... The hatch can be opened. ”

In the center of the cruising ship's operating room, a round, manhole-like hatch slowly rises with a slight friction sound—the passage connecting the cruising ship to the Watchman.

Milo put his hand on the switch next to the entrance of the passage and instructed the other three, "Once I open this door, we will face the black nanobots, are we ready?" ”

"Hey." "No problem." "Hmm." The four of them took a stance ready to meet the enemy.

Milo took a deep breath, then spit out again: "It's my honor to meet this moment with you. Then, he pressed the switch, and the hatch opened—

The upper cabin of the Watchman beneath the entrance of the passage was silent, without any movement.

"What kind of robot is that...... Where is it? Parrett peeked through the passageway, but still didn't find anything, and then he wanted to look in, but was pulled back by Milo, "What? They're in ambush? ”

"Quite possibly!" "It doesn't look right," Milo said alarmedly, "It doesn't look right...... I'll be first—" He was saying when Kelan next to him jumped off without warning!

Landing lightly without making a sound, Kelan Xun quickly looked around: "Come down quickly, there is no danger here." ”

The three of them no longer hesitated, they knew that Kelan was a master of art and bold, but it was still too risky to do so.

"Sevia has fought nanobots here before......" Milo looked around the cabin and found that there were still some traces of the previous battle, "...... This room seems to be smaller than Via's memory...... Ah, that's the passage to the main control room. Melo pointed to the room near the raised round hatch in the center of the floor—the hatch was open.

The four of them cautiously approached the entrance of the passage and looked down, and Milo could even see the self-destruct device located in the center of the main control room - he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster, as long as he pressed that button, the cycle of disaster brought by the "Curse of the Stars" to the eleven planets would truly end, and his own planet and his friends and family on the planet would also be saved...... If they can survive the past six months.

Kelan suggested, "I'll go down first and see the situation......" As she spoke, her face instantly straightened and nervous—

Milo also felt the murderous aura rapidly approaching from all around-

"Get down!" "Be careful!" The two shouted together, immediately reacting and fighting back behind them!

Erin and Parrett subconsciously turned around and saw that the "wall" was already close in front of them! Fortunately, the reaction of the hand was faster than the eye, the weapon was quickly unsheathed, and the two of them also put on a defensive posture!

"Poof!" "Ding!" With a few crisp collisions, the four "walls" were knocked back, and then quickly gathered together, revealing its true face - a nanobot a full two meters tall!

"It was an imitation of this wall! I said how small the room was. Milo thought to himself, "If this guy is here, then the central control room is defenseless!" Thinking of this, I saw that the nanobots were already preparing to attack.

"Jump!" Melo shouted to the three of them, and Parrett jumped straight down from the entrance of the passage without hesitation, and by this time the nanobots had already pounced!

"Ding!" In a flash of lightning, Kran took the robot's attack and made a counter-attack, forcing the other party to back off - all this happened so quickly that neither Milo nor Erin reacted, but the only thing that made it clear to them was that Kran had an extra dagger similar to a "pocket knife" in his hand - this was the weapon that Kran really used well.

There was no time to be stunned, Milo took advantage of the time that Koran had won and immediately pulled Erin to jump to the cabin below-the central control room, but what the two didn't expect was that they saw Parrett, who had jumped down first, lying to the side with his forehand covering the bloody wound in his abdomen, and on top of the self-destruct device, there was another nanobot!

In order to meet Saivia, who may come with helpers, Wang Chen on the Watcher has created a nanobot to defend the space station!

Milo hurriedly pulled up Parrett, who had fallen to the ground, and the latter struggled to prop himself up, "I'm okay with my injuries, this scumbag actually sneaked up on me while I was jumping!" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Kelan also jumped down from the entrance of the passage, and there were patches of red blood on her white robe, only it could be hers!

"Get out of the way!" Before Kelan landed, he loudly alerted the three people below, and several people reacted quickly - in an instant, the nanobots above also fell from the entrance of the passage, almost hitting the four people! In the chaos, Milo pulls the other three together and confronts two nanobots on one side of the room. The two nanobots are very clear about their goal, and they stand on the self-destruct device to protect themselves while preparing to eliminate the intruder in front of them.

Only then did the three of them notice that Kelan's face and arms were full of wounds, and there were many cracks in his robe, which showed what a short and brutal battle had just taken place in the cabin above.

"Klan......" Parrett said in a weak voice, stunned by the multiple wounds on Klan's body.

However, Kran still stared at the enemy in front of him without changing his face, "Focus on the battle!" She reminded the others, "Let's lure them away, Milo, press the self-destruct button!" ”

"I won't let you down!" Milo said softly but firmly.

The robot is in a position and ready to attack. Here, Kelan also gave a battle order: "Parrett, Irene, let's create a chance for Milo together!" ”

"I will!" Erin clenched her fists and gritted her teeth in reply.

Parrett screamed, almost using all his life's strength, picked up his hammer and rushed towards the two nanobots! The heavy hammer slammed into the enemy in front of him in a wonderful, deadly arc through his rounded arm. Behind him, Kran and Erin also unleash an onslaught at two enemies - the nanobots are superior in strength but unable to compete with humans in terms of reflexes, and they repel Parrett's hammer attack, but they are at a disadvantage under Klan's fast and sharp attack, and Erin's timely replenishment of the knife makes them unable to parry. And most importantly, when the robot meets the opponent head-on, Milo has already circled behind them - not to attack the enemy, but to rush directly to the self-destruct button embedded under the circular glass in the center!

The battle was tight and intense, and the machine regained the initiative with near-infinite power.

Parrett had fallen to the ground, and the hammer was still in his hand, but he couldn't swing it. Kran and Erin were still attacking, and new wounds were constantly being created on their bodies...... Milo didn't have time to care so much, and took advantage of the two robots not paying attention, and smashed the glass with the hilt of his sword! Stretch out your right hand and press the self-destruct button -

However, the sound of glass breaking had already attracted the robot's attention, and it instantly stepped on Milo's right hand!

"Ahh Enduring the pain of piercing his heart, Milo stretched out his left hand again, but the robot's foot had already taken the first step and was about to step down-

A Chance of Chance –

"Poof!" With a bang, the foot of the machine that was about to step on Milo's left hand suddenly shattered! It was Parrett, who fell to the ground, threw the hammer out and shattered it!

There was no other obstacle, and Merlo immediately pressed the self-destruct button-

……

"The self-destruct system has been activated, the last information collection, sorting and transmission work is underway, and the space station will officially self-destruct in 15 minutes."

The sound of the electronic sound ended, and then as if the whole world was silent, the battle in the main control room was over.

"Little Irene, don't fight, they won't move anymore." Kran put her bloodied hand on Erin's shoulder, and the latter finally stopped all movement and sat down on the ground completely.

The two tall nanobots are motionless like ice sculptures, not broken, but in standby mode due to the termination of the command, which at first glance looks like huge black statues, and even if they are motionless, they cause a huge sense of oppression to people.

Melo reluctantly stood up and walked over to Erin, his right hand already a bloody blur, white bone and crimson bone marrow mixed together to greet his master...... In order not to scare Erin, he pulled a piece of cloth and wrapped his hand. "Erin, it's over! Curse of the Stars - it's over! ”

Erin didn't respond, as if she had lost her soul, and her eyes glistened with tears......

On the other side, Kran fell to his knees weakly in front of Parrett, the loyal bodyguard who fought for Kran until the last moment, his body almost split in half from his waist and blood spilled all around his body...... Klan ran his hand over Parrett's face and closed his eyes—he was already dying.

……

“…… They're all right, right......" Erin finally spoke, thinking first of the people on the planet, not caring about the wounds that covered her body.

"Yes, it's okay, they don't have to worry about harvesting anymore......" The two heads were pressed together, passing their respective temperatures to each other.

“…… So here...... How long will it take to self-destruct? Erin asked suddenly.

"I don't know...... But you see, these black robots have stopped working...... How much is 15 minutes, I don't know ......"

Who knows—

"Whoosh!"

—an iron nail pierced Erin's chest—the tiny body, swaying feebly, falling, blood gushing from the wound......

Faced with a sudden change, Milo picked up the fallen sword with his left hand, turned and stabbed at the man behind him who fired the iron nail, but it was too late - another iron nail was also coming at him!

The iron nail stabbed Milo's throat with great force, but it did not pierce, but Milo's long sword pierced into the attacker's body - Wang Chen fell in a pool of blood, and the nail gun in his hand fell to the ground.

Despite the wound to her throat, Milo threw herself beside Erin—her eyes closing as she lay dying. Her eyes seemed to be expecting something Milo could say to her, but the latter was unable to speak due to the iron nail pierced in her throat, and the two could only make one last exchange with their eyes.

Erin slowly raised her hand, and Melo immediately held it, and with the blessing of her own strength, Erin's hand caressed Melo's cheek, and then a faint, sweet smile appeared on her face, and then—

- Her hand hung down.

The eyelids were closed, leaving only a faint smile.

……

Melo sat next to Erin's body, feeling the blood flow from the wound in her throat as her strength and temperature slowly faded.

Like this space station, everyone's life here is coming to an end.

“…… The space station will self-destruct in 12 minutes......" electronic sound, which is somewhat incongruous compared to the previous one.

Klan staggered to Milo with her body propped up, she put her hand on Erin's body for a moment to express her respect and remembrance for this friend and junior, and then lifted Erin's body up and leaned against Milo's side...... Milo expressed something to Koran with a look and a wink.

Klan looked at the nail and wound in Milo's throat and said very blandly, "You will ...... too" She didn't continue, but looked at Parrett's body behind her. At this time, Milo struggled to take out the notepad that he always carried with him from his pocket, "I understand, you can't speak, so you have to write to me." Klan speculated, and Melo nodded in response.

Koran caught a glimpse of the stag cover on the notepad and remembered what Domi (Duminik Dutved) had said to her on Maruyama Island, and his heart stirred......

With her blood-stained fingers, Milo scribbled crookedly on a notepad: "We have broken the 'curse of the stars'. ”

"Hey, it's over......" Kelan said slowly, and Milo responded with a wry smile, and then wrote another line in the notebook: "Thank you, Kelan." ”

"I just did what I thought was right...... This is also the last wish left to me by my husband. Kelan responded humbly.

Melo shook her head lightly and wrote, "I completed the agreement." ”

Kran didn't say anything, but put his hand on Milo's head, stroked his head and cheek, and said, "Your souls can rest in peace, child......"

Feeling that his strength was running out, Milo found the unique blank piece of paper in Ben - the magic letterhead given to him by the wind chimes, and although he could not necessarily convey it, he still wrote on it with his finger: "I succeeded, wind"-

- Abruptly stopped

The fingers have begun to lose control, and the eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, and they are unable to lift their ......

A white glow looms.

With the last of her strength, Milo opened her eyes and looked at Erin leaning beside her......

He closed his eyes—

The white light obscured his vision, eventually engulfing him completely......

Kolan's lips twitched slightly:

“…… Farewell......"