Chapter 20: The Choice
Outside, the battle was drawing to a close.
And the crisis in the house has also reached the critical point, and at the same time......
The house was in shambles, of course, not because of some special "battle". Instead, the shadow is uncontrolled, causing pinching and even fist smashing a little shallow depression everywhere.
At this time, he curled up together: "Hungry... I'm so hungry...", the originally slightly delicate face was twisted together at this time, and Ying felt that he couldn't do anything, because he was hungry and had no strength. Lacking experience in ability awakening, he finally cheated himself once. Theoretically, three bottles of "Physique Restoration Elixir" are barely enough, but it depends on what kind of awakening. At this point, the three tubes are already empty, and the hungry cells and activated genes need a lot of nutrients.
A scientist once said that if a person is unable to consume enough nutrients when these two are in a truly "active" state, then the consequence is that the living self will be "devoured" by "himself" soon after. And Shadow is now embarking on this dangerous path.
And this knowledge;
Shadow doesn't know
The Book of Sin doesn't say that this broken book seems to have a special subjective momentum for those who qualify for the pit.
Fei probably saw something, and maybe he didn't care.
Whereas......
The arrogant angel Berial Ermes also knew, but was also silent.
There is something called distance, whether it is the Book of Sin, the Shadow, or the Berial, although they are together for reasons that are known or unknown, active or passive. But reality can never be like in the novel, when the shadow yawns, and his wife and concubine Chengyun will bow down to each other. The fact that a covenant may bind Him does not mean that He is truly convinced. And if he bows his head, He will not fall because of arrogance.
At this time, Berial looked at the shadow of pain, and he turned into a small "microangel", floating above and looking down at this mortal. His eyes were complex, and he could actually feel that this mortal was not a complete fit with the previous owner of the Book of Sin. For even some of His tentative little actions, the Book of Sin is silent and does not respond, as if it were, "He is my husband, but not my man."
In fact, there is a loophole in the contract, which is not said in the Book of Sin and has not been filled, and He is obviously capable of doing it, but he forgets it like an inadvertent bug, that is;
The Lord's covenant has the right to give life and death, but it will not be both good and bad.
This means... Berial can watch as Ei devours herself and dies because she can't get the aftermath of the nutrients.
You can also choose to... Help him.
In His opinion, this may be the best way to escape, and from then on the sky is high and the sea is still flying. But what about the attitude of the Book of Sin?
Berial looked at the shadow, but he didn't look at him, but at the book of sin.
"Nothing happens?" Berial muttered to himself, and he was tangled.
If it weren't for "that thing" (Note 1) that happened in the game today, He would have let him die in such a comical way. Even if the Book of Sin finally comes to the aid of Shadow.
Berial was haughty and arrogant, so he would not have been sealed by that man in the gate of pride in the seven deadly sins.
Berial was not satisfied with his state, when did he become so emotional? Looking at the shadow whose breath was getting weaker and weaker, the Book of Sin still didn't move.
"You're still so cold, there's no ego ......," Berial said mockingly, and he didn't expect an emotional response from the Book of Sin, and if it did, it would scare him.
He took a deep breath and did it even without a physical body, as if the next decision required a big stride.
"You and I have made this damn and beautiful "contract" in the Book of Sin. But what you did today has succeeded in winning me, Elmes..."Speaking of this, the contract slowly flowed through his soul, making his mind ache slightly, as if to remind him that you are not what you used to be, so he had no choice but to change his words: "A little bit of Belia Elmes, a little respect." So... Let's keep the damn pact alive......"
As soon as the words fell, a wave of energy entered Ei's body, and the last step of 'self-devouring' that was about to begin was relieved.
The shadow was like a long drought and a sweet rain, the whole person relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt a tearing pain hit his body, and finally couldn't help but cry out in pain: "Ah!! "Self-devouring generally begins with the flesh and then ends with death, and the previous shadow has almost begun the first stage of 'self-devouring', although it is only for a short moment, but the entire body has subtle damage.
And when Berial's energy was infused, Shadow felt pain and happiness. Pain, naturally, is the pain caused by the body's almost 'self-devouring'. Le, Ying felt a long-lost sense of strength, the kind of body that was not weak was invisibly shaped. The state of being in a state of poor energy is slowly moving away, which can be described as extremely tormenting.
At this time, Berial's expression moved, and he could feel that the middle-aged man was approaching at a very fast speed. Of course he knew what was going on outside, but this level of battle didn't allow him to enter his vision, but now was obviously not a good time to expose himself, his form slowly dissipated into the body that lurked into the shadow, and the energy instilled began to decrease, although not to death, but still to breathe. Seeing that the incoming man's actions were not malicious, Berial made this temptation, and if there was, it would be a big deal to kill him.
And this is a bitter shadow, and finally there is a little 'comfortable' feeling, the rain turns into a drizzle, and the feeling of pain intensifies, and the transformation of the body slows down all of a sudden, even if it is an iron will, in just one day of the game and three days of experience, no one can stand it! And Shadow howled happily again! "Ahhh ......”
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Time rewinds slightly, unlucky shadow downstairs.
"Two little ones, I'm sure I'll take this little hoof and this muscle bump out of my hands before you go up a level and open the door to catch that stinky boy, believe it or not?" At this time, Fei stood in front of the unconscious middle-aged housekeeper and Nolan, who fell to the ground and couldn't breathe for a while. seemed to have found something, and then said gloomily, obviously speaking quietly, but it could clearly reach their ears.
When Fei and Nolan were fighting, the two looked at each other when they saw that the situation was not good, and they were ready to touch it to catch the kid in the young lady's mouth as a threat, but when they were only one floor away, they had to stop, in fact, they didn't know that Fei invisibly saved their lives. Of course, Fei himself doesn't know.
"Ahem... I didn't expect that the steward of the small virtual stealth center was actually a seventh-level ability, we leave now, and if you want to fight hard, I will accompany you to the end. At this time, Nolan said with a strong breath, obviously having the idea of retreating, after all, now is not the time to think about other issues, first retreat with his whole body.
Fei didn't know where to find a box of cigarettes, took it out, lit it with a pinch of sparks in both hands, and exhaled: "I know you are unwilling, you soft eggs in the imperial circle like to mess with people behind your back." As he spoke, he glanced at Nolan: "I also know your situation, you are also clear about what it actually means that you were sent out to this place to conduct so-called enrollment this time, right?" ”
Nolan's heart sank, her affairs and situation were limited to the high-level circulation of the Imperial Circle and the Federation Circle, this man could understand her affairs in a short period of contact, which meant that his high-level side at least hid the same 'energy' as him......
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Note 1: Note 1 The plot will be discussed in a later chapter. No need to look back, you didn't miss a look, rest assured.