It was a reunion that wasn't bad, not so bad, not so good, and the two who were once familiar with each other had become unrecognizable, fading from their mortal posture and turning into that hateful appearance.

Seni Lothair, a corpse emerging from the flames, in a nightmarish form, smiled at Watson, his voice ringing from his broken throat like a dusty gramophone, hoarse with friction.

"Crowned ......"

Watson stiffened, feeling a fear she had never felt before, unable to understand what she was facing.

Monsters?

Seni Lothair in front of him is not a human at all, life and death appear on his body at the same time, the flesh is withered and shriveled, but there are strong muscles in the depths slowly wriggling, the two are fighting each other, and there is still no winner or loser.

What about humans?

Watson hesitated, if he hadn't lied, since the night of Arrival, Seni Lothair had supported himself with his almost monstrous will, keeping the human will undefeated by the demons until today.

What a feat Watson couldn't believe it.

"Welcome home, 016. ”

Seny Lothair opened his hands as if to hug Watson, but he didn't take them down, just stood there.

"How much do you know?"

Watson was on guard against Seni Lothair, she didn't know what had happened to him, but now his strange gesture was enough to terrify everyone.

Not to mention the terrifying will, this dry body has a strange power that even he can't resist, and what's even more strange is that his [gap] invasion is actually useless to him, combined with Seny Lothair's various reactions before, Watson has an uneasy expectation.

What exactly is a demon?

What is the truth of this world?

Everyone's purpose is different, but it's interesting to note that everyone's purpose somewhat overlaps with the final question.

Lorenzo Medici wanted to usher in that golden age, to eradicate all this sin, and he longed to know the truth of it, as well as the study of Shermans, the future as seen by Lawrence, and the mysterious Seni Lothair in front of him.

Before we knew it, we were all on the same path, meeting together, and questioning the final mystery.

Even Watson has Lorenzo...... It's like that for everybody.

However, everyone has incomplete information, and Watson is hoping to get more information, but in the current situation, she realizes that Seni Lothair knows far more than she expected, and maybe he is the closest person to [the truth] at the moment.

"How much? It's a very expensive secret. ”

Seni Lothair was very calm, as he said, he was an absolute powerhouse, he didn't care what kind of weirdness and scheming Watson had, all this was not threatening in his eyes.

"We can cooperate. ”

Watson said that although he was weird, he was the only ally Watson could unite and be worthwhile at the moment.

"Collaboration? It's really exciting......"

Watson could not read any emotion from the distorted face, and unknown thoughts rose in Seni Lothair's mind, which, combined with the information he had received before, seemed to know the story behind the veil.

"So Advent Night is just a conspiracy on your part?"

His voice was cold, and one of the reasons why Seni Lothair could guess was Watson was that he also participated in the ritual of [Ascension], and if anyone could survive that tragedy, the only thing he could think of was 016 who was [sublimated].

"It's not really, it's just a choice made to adapt to the situation. ”

Watson replied that if it weren't for the greed of the cardinals, Lorenzo Medici would not have done his part, the aims of those people conflicted with his ideals, and all he could do was destroy them.

Cruel and ruthless, he easily destroyed so many people, and he never regretted it until his death, and even said that he was glad that he could dedicate himself to his ideals.

"Do you want revenge? ”

Watson gripped the mottled blade again, she was no longer sure of defeating Seni Lothair, this guy was ridiculously strong, not to mention that the [Gap] invasion was useless to him.

Seni Lothair didn't say anything, his scarlet eyes rolled in his sunken sockets, as if he were thinking about something, and he sighed helplessly after some time.

"I really want revenge, 016, I want to avenge my dead compatriots and ask for an explanation for their deaths, but now those parties are almost dead, or like me, they have become this kind of inhuman and ghostly appearance. ”

The dry muscles twitched vigorously in a chilling smile.

"There's no need for it, it's just that I'm in a trance, who would have thought that I would know the truth about the night of Advent so easily?, though it's not yet complete, but your presence has confirmed too many of my suspicions, and I might be very excited and angry when I think about what this moment looks like......

But when it really came, it was so calm, no different from usual. ”

As Seni Lothair had said, this time it was too peaceful, a little too strange, there seemed to be only two people in the temple of stagnation, and there was a silence and coldness all around.

"What did Lorenzo Medici want to do all this?" he asked.

"Eradicate demons. ”

Watson replied.

"Is that so...... Is that why you are willing to be 'sacrificed'?"

Seni Lothair pondered, and the spiked sword fell to the ground, and he didn't seem to have any fighting intent for the time being.

Maybe...... Maybe the two can work together.

Although all this happened so quickly, it was clear to both of them that the only thing they could trust for the time being was the other, and that under the threat of the mysterious Silencer, all the information seemed so precious.

I don't know how long this calm lasted, and Watson didn't bother Seny Lothair, she just stayed where she was, as before, staring at the Pope with the crown of thorns.

Like a knight of yesteryear, Seni Lothair hung his head and his sword in hand, and every now and then sticky blood spilled from the scars of the thorns and dripped onto the ground.

In this long calm, Watson was also looking at this familiar friend, no one could have imagined that the once handsome guy would finally become such a hideous appearance, and it was in this subtle observation that Watson realized the source of Seni Lothair's power.

He was eroded, and although he had remained awake with his monstrous willpower, he had already demonized mutations in his body, and it was this deformed mutation that gave him strength far beyond that of the witchers.

Look at the bare arm, there are round scars on it, just like the stigma of the Holy One in the Gospels.

Watson vaguely guessed that such scars must be all over Seni Lothair's body, and only then could he pull those melted silver bolts out of his body, she could think of such a picture, the demonized body gave him a strong life force, and while fighting all this with his will, he cut one scar after another on his body that went deep into the bone marrow, and expelled those molten holy silver from his body.

Just thinking about Watson can feel the piercing phantom pain, and no one knows how Seni Lothair has supported himself to this day with this body.

"Eradicate demons...... This ideal sounds pretty good. ”

Seny Lothair broke the silence, a smile in his voice.

"I'm not interested in eradicating demons, but ...... I'd also like to know what all this is all about, what is the true face of this twisted world. ”

He put away his spiked sword and said.

"Looks like we've got something to talk about, 016. ”

Hearing this, Watson's tense thoughts finally relaxed, and she exhaled a long breath, although she relaxed slightly, but she did not completely let down her vigilance, and it can be seen from the previous conversation and battle that Seny Lothair's mind has been more or less affected by this long period of pain.

"I can tell you everything I know, but I also want you to be honest with me. ”

As he spoke, Watson approached Seni Lothair, raising his hand to his head.

"What are you going to do?"

He didn't look scared, just a little confused.

"It's a power called the Gap, and it's somewhat similar to that of the Silencer. ”

"Invasion of consciousness? I've been exposed to. Seni Lothair said.

"Yes, I can let you see my memories directly through this, or this kind of thing is more real than my rhetoric, isn't it?" said Watson.

"Do you want to do this for your successor...... Will I see him in your memory?"

"Perhaps. ”

His hand touched Seny Lothair's skull, caressing the shriveled skin and the sharp crown.

"You will also see in my memory what you used to be. Watson said.

"Is that one of the reasons why you're relaxing?" he asked.

"Pretty much ......"

Speaking of this, Watson also fell into a little confused, and sometimes she also wondered if she was Watson, or 016, just like she should see the man in front of her as Seni Lothair, or the former Raphael?

That burning night changed everyone's fate and pushed everyone down different paths.

"Whether you are Raphael or not, at least you have a shadow of him, and I used to be good friends with him. ”

The light of the burning fire swelled up from under the eyes.

The distance between the two was close, so close that at this distance, both sides could easily kill each other, but fortunately, Watson occupied Anthony's body, she was not afraid of physical death, but in front of her, Seni Lothair had the same confidence as her.

The scarlet pupils reflected the firelight, and the [gap] invaded, and the thoughts surged to try to contact Seni Lothair, but just like what happened to Watson before, she encountered an invisible wall that blocked her path, refusing to invade the thoughts of the man in front of her.

After a brief moment of confusion, Watson retreated vigilantly.

"Don't be nervous, your abilities are blocked by it. ”

Seni Lothair reached out and lightly tapped the crown of thorns.

He smiled at Watson, who was puzzled, and then turned and walked towards the well of sublimation.

"Sure enough, you don't know much about it. ”

Everything just now was his disguise, and he tested Watson once more, confirming his conjecture.

"What's going on?" asked Watson.

"It's going to be a long story, but ...... brief"

Seni Lothair stopped at the edge of the Well of Ascension, looked at the sticky darkness below, and turned to Watson.

"Many years ago, after I became the new Pope, I scavenged a lot of information about [the truth], and this undoubtedly caught the attention of those who were silent, and I was not sure what I was up against, and I was exhausted until one day I was almost killed. ”

"And then?"

"And then I fell into this deep well, I thought I would die in that darkness, but unexpectedly, I survived, and the Silencers did not continue to pursue me, but when I left the Well of Ascension, they reappeared. ”

Seni Lothair gently stroked his crown of thorns.

"I've done a lot of experiments with myself, and I've found a way to fight this power. ”

"It was the Holy Silver, the Holy Silver that hindered the invasion of thoughts, and the whole Well of Ascension was a large structure poured by the Holy Silver, which became a barrier at that time, through which the Silent One without a physical entity could not pass through it, and it protected me. ”

Watson's face was cold, this was extremely crucial information, but it was easily told by Seni Lothair.

"Follow me, 016, I want you to see something. ”

"Sounds like a big deal. ”

Watson didn't move, but said vigilantly.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have told me this information, after all, everyone has become unrecognizable, and the memories of the past are just memories of laughter...... We all have some value for each other, and we can all trust each other until the value is exhausted. ”

In the silence, the sound of mechanical twisting sounded, and at the edge of the dark wall of the well, step after step stretched out, spiraling downward, pointing to the endless darkness below.

"Follow me. ”

Seni Lothair said again, this time stepping directly on the old staircase and heading towards the abyss below.

Watson paused for a long time, she understood what he meant, and although it was only a guess, it was enough to wary herself.

I now have an entity and can step into it, but once I am killed below, then the barrier will become a cage, and will I be imprisoned in it by the Holy Silver if I lose my entity?

She didn't know the answer, but she had to make a choice.

Watson swallowed, she hadn't felt so nervous in a long time, and after a little hesitation, she still stepped out of her steps, keeping up with Seni Lothair, and the darkness passed over her body little by little, swallowing both of them completely.