Chapter 9: The Misinterpreted Unknown
In this complicated and strange valley, 042 finally found some clues, 016 and 011 were vigilant around, they were not afraid of the enemy, they were just worried that they would not be able to protect this man in the melee, after all, he was the only person to communicate with at the moment.
The only sanity in this valley of madness.
042 took a potion out of his waist bag, which might help the dying man.
It may be that he has suffered a great deal of pain before, and the man has no action to resist 042's violent note, and he is paralyzed on the ground like a dead man, with only a slightly undulating mouth, announcing that he is not dead.
Time passed little by little, the potion worked, and the man's breathing became violent, which made him much better, and he looked at the cold demon hunters with cloudy and collapsed eyes.
"You...... Who are you?"
There was trepidation in his voice.
042 is covered in armor at the moment, and fire flickers under the dark armor, and in this oppressive environment, people are only given the fear of the unknown.
"Come to your rescue. 042 replied briefly, "So tell me, what's going on here?"
The man didn't seem to listen to 042 at all, and he spoke as fast as if something was chasing him.
"Stranger...... Stranger!" His voice sharpened, which made 042 look displeased, he didn't want something strange to be drawn to the man's voice.
"You ...... It's from outside?"
The pupils of the panicked eyes continued to expand, and the only whites of the eyes were retreated to the edge of the eyeballs, and the whole eye socket seemed to be about to go dark.
"Outside?" 042 listened to him, then nodded, affirming it.
But after seeing 042's affirmation, the man became even more crazy, he tried to struggle, but was strangled by 042's powerful big hand.
"You're demons! You're demons! Sure enough, the Pure Land has fallen!"
042 covered the man's mouth fiercely, making him as quiet as he could.
Well, the most troublesome step in the work of the witcher has arrived, and the average person is mad after facing extreme fear, and it is usually very difficult to find out what is reported in the mouths of these madmen.
042 didn't appease the man, but his face was fierce, he raised his nail sword and said viciously.
"That's right, I'm a demon, and my last Pure Land has been conquered by me...... But as long as you answer my question, I'll let you live, clear?"
"No, no, no......"
The man wailed, but 042 was not polite at all, and the nail sword slashed slightly, leaving a shallow wound on the already scarred body.
"Of course, you can refuse, but the most cruel punishment awaits you. ”
011 seems to disapprove of 042's approach, but his concern is not the problem of intimidating men, but the fear that 042 has scared the only clue to death.
But apparently, the man's consciousness was okay, or his death plea kept him in control of his panic for the time being, and he breathed violently, trying his best to steady his almost explosive heartbeat.
After a long pause, he nodded with difficulty as he was pressed to the ground.
"Very well, so the first question...... What's wrong with the outside world in your eyes?"
042 asks from a side perspective, he needs to understand the world through the eyes of this man.
"Destroyed...... Completely destroyed, those demons finally escaped from their cages and completely destroyed the mortal world. ”
The demon hunters looked at each other, and the destruction of the world seemed to be something that the Ultimateum could say, and the entire valley town could basically be confirmed to be under the control of the Ultimate.
But the question is, where does the strange sense of oppression of the crowd come from? It is similar to erosion, but it is different, and it constantly increases the psychological pressure.
"Then why do you say that the Pure Land has fallen?"
"Because...... Because they come...... ...... everywhere"
The man's words were mad and indistinguishable.
But it doesn't seem that this is some Pure Land, it's not that people can't get in, but the people who come in are basically killed by them, and it seems that the reason for the isolation of the entire valley town has also been found, not just the terrain problem, they are controlled by the Terminal Society, and the group of gods has stripped this place from the society of the present world, and established a cruel Pure Land here.
"You're not afraid of demons, so ......" 042 looked at the corpse he had killed on the other side, "why do you need to kill." ”
The Ultimate Society seeks death, the destruction of all things, and the ultimate nothingness.
As a result, everything related to it will eventually lead to death, but 042 needs to know what they are doing with these deaths at this moment, and if it has something to do with an unknown force that the witcher does not yet understand.
"We will die, we will all die, but to die here, as long as we go through the ritual, we will ascend to heaven. The man's voice whimpered, even a little indistinguishable.
"So after some hellish ritual, your soul will ascend to heaven?"
042 didn't expect it to be like this.
"You won't understand, it's true......"
As if seeing the mocking look on 042's face, the man said repeatedly, but then he screamed as if he had thought of something.
"Yes, you're going to stop me, you're going to stop me!"
He shouted, his struggle intensifying, "I can't die here, I'm going to die in rituals, I'm going to ascend to heaven!"
042 said with some mistaste.
"If you have money, I can pardon your sins as a pastor. ”
He held the man down, and apparently the brainwashing of the Terminal Association was successful, and the residents believed it.
But 042 still felt that something was wrong, but maybe some of these people with some IQ would not make the situation worse like this, so how did the final association do all this without borrowing the power of demons.
“042!”
011 suddenly yelled eagerly, as if it was a short time to call out 042's name, but that was enough.
042 knew that danger was coming, but with armor to protect him, the only thing he had to think about now was where the danger came from.
But sometimes it's not dangerous.
The man struggled hard, as if he had drawn all his strength, and he forced himself to escape from 042's men, even though he was cut by the erected nail sword, he didn't care, and the shadow swayed.
011 and 016 moved at the same time, and they couldn't let the man go, but a sudden whistle sounded, and a spear-like weapon pierced out of the fog outside the window, and it hit the man directly, piercing and nailing him.
Everything happened so quickly that 042 walked directly to the man's side and asked.
"What is the so-called ritual?"
But the man answered him.
"This is the ceremony!"
There was peace on the distorted countenance, as if it were not death, but a gift.
042 suddenly understood that the so-called ritual death, the death that occurred in the valley town, this is the reason why those madmen are not afraid of death, what they originally wanted to do was to die, death in the valley town.
"Ascend to heaven after death...... What the hell. 042 said indignantly.
"No...... Pay attention to his words, die here. 016 gestured to the ground beneath his feet, the problem was in the valley town.
011 didn't participate in the discussion, he stared at the window that pierced the spear, and there were people walking around behind the fog, perhaps the remnants of the madmen who were going through the ritual of death through the witchers.
But as he approached the window, the pressure on 011's heart increased, and he seemed to see something, and the resolute witcher also brought a strange panic.
“042...... It's coming......"
In 011's eyes, the distorted eerie beyondness of the fog slowly walked towards the building, and 011 couldn't distinguish its appearance, as if its strange parts were all carved with symbols that were difficult to look at, and the witcher could not judge its form, only felt the fear that came from it.
"Is this the end of the story?"
The kestrel sat on the side of the house, watching the horrified witchers.
"Yes, but don't expect too much, remove the weird parts, all of this is actually quite vulgar from a third-party point of view. ”
Lorenzo said lightly, looking calm.
"But you say it's special, it's important. Robin asked.
"Indeed, after this incident, I realized a very deep thing. ”
Lorenzo stood up and walked to the window to join the witchers in looking at the strangeness in the mist.
"A lot of times, when you start to understand the 'unknown' and give it an intelligible concept, the 'unknown' is no longer the original 'unknown'. ”
"You were misled and misinterpreted at that moment. ”
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