Chapter 0061: Edward Eric
Amestolis, a country far, far away from this world—too far away to be measured in terms of length alone—is the hometown of Edward Eric.
It was a place where alchemy was very developed, and 'understanding-decomposing-rebuilding' was the most fulfilling part of Edward's childhood. It's like a toy, like a game, bringing color to his and his brother's somewhat hard life. But all this changed after my mother died of a serious illness. What started as games and toys became knowledge that Edward and his brother, who were only eleven years old at the time, were eager to master. Having never seen their father, they want to resurrect their mother, who had been raising them alone and so hard, through alchemy. However, this is a taboo in alchemy - the human body is alchemy. In return, Edward lost his left foot, his brother Alphonse lost his entire body, and his mother ...... The crafted thing was not their mother at all, but a soulless inhuman shell, a monster. In the end, Edward had no choice but to sacrifice his right arm to secure his brother's soul to a suit of armor. He endured the severe pain, put mechanical armor on his lost left foot and right hand, and then together with his younger brother, who only had his soul left, he silently killed and buried the 'mother' who had been trained.
No one knows what the brothers were going through. All you know is that since then, the originally cheerful and optimistic Eric brothers have disappeared, and they have become resolute, silent, and mature. They have only one goal, and that is to find the legendary 'Philosopher's Stone' through which they can recover their bodies that have been lost to the 'equivalent exchange' principle of alchemy.
In the process of searching, Edward and his brother made many friends, and finally discovered the secret of the Philosopher's Stone. It turned out that the Philosopher's Stone, which could overcome all the principles of alchemy, was actually made with human life, and not one or two human lives, but many, many ...... Edward and his brother are involved in a conspiracy, a group of artificial people born from alchemy, who want to turn the entire country into a refining array, and use all the people to train the Sage Stone!
In the end, Edward's side lost the war against the androids, who had already controlled most of the military and political power in Amistolithus. He failed and failed to be the hero who saved the world and saved the people. He lost many friends, including the only remaining soul of his beloved brother, and his childhood girlfriend.
At that time, tormented by despair, grief, and shame, he gave up his resistance and waited for the enemy to kill him, or to refine him, along with the people of the whole country, into the Stone of the Wise. He didn't expect that someone would rescue him in that situation. Unconsciously, the man gave him a chance to redeem. He promises to send Edward to the past as long as he helps him with his plans, to rewrite history, and for him to save his friends, brothers, and lovers!
In desperation, hope arises, and although it is still far away, it may not even sound too good to be true, but Edward accepts it. In this way, he became the green lantern of that man.
In the years since, in this strange world, Edward, no, the 'Green Lantern' has done a lot of things that he would not have done, and even hated and despised in the first place. In contrast, this kind of disguised identity is now a child's problem to break into an organization and seize what the leader wants, regardless of the fact that there will be many deaths and injuries in starting a war. At first he hesitated and considered protesting, but the thought of distant Amistolis and the fate of his friends, brothers, and lovers made him endure it. Of course, he also knew that gradually he was no longer his former self, and he was going further and further on the dark road, but ......
"It's an equivalent exchange, isn't it. As an alchemist, I should be the best able to recognize this...... "Whenever he encounters something like this, he will convince himself like this."
He stretched out his left hand, without actual contact, without refining into a formation, or even using the most basic 'drawing circle', or using the power of a circle or something, he directly built a plexiglass hand out of thin air, and grabbed the sister in the experimental subject outside the laboratory door.
"So, Dr. Strock, everyone is in my hands, and you have no leverage." Edward said with a smile. At the same time, he casually knocked the younger sister unconscious, and then forged two pieces of rope out of thin air to tie up the two test subject siblings.
Von Schock grimaced and stared at Edward on the other side of the plexiglass. If eyes could kill, Edward would have died hundreds of times. However, this was not von Sdrock's last 'attack', and it was clear that the guy, who looked far younger than he actually was, had not given up yet.
"You think you're going to win? Don't forget, you're still in my base, on my turf! A, block the entire base for me! ”
Although the base is said to be in a kind of ancient castle, it has been reinforced and thickened in many ways. The experimental area where Lab 2 is located is under a thick marble floor, nearly thirty meters underground. Although he had suffered all kinds of deflated before, von Schock had this self-confidence, even with Edward's ability, it was very difficult to escape through the ceiling directly. And as his orders were issued one by one, the special operations team of S.H.I.E.L.D., which had been on guard against the imminent arrival, began to retract inside, and all kinds of locally effective heavy firearms such as bazookas and high-explosive bombs were transported to the outside of this No. 2 laboratory. Through the transparent plexiglass walls, Edward even saw the world's most advanced cutting tool: the one-of-a-kind ion diamond. Clearly, von Sdrock was planning to attack.
Edward was not worried, but once again used his ability from alchemy, but beyond it. In the midst of a hail of bullets, circles of rock were pulled up from the ground, protecting the entire Second Laboratory inside. Then, his voice that made von Sdrock's teeth itch with hatred came out again: "What I said before, I can drag you here." Why, aren't you really going to think about the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. side, and you're really going to break the net with me here? Come to think of it, I can still hand over Captain America's body to you. ”
Von Schock hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth: "You haven't been able to please the people of S.H.I.E.L.D. when they come!" I'll see how long you can last alone! ”
Two exclamation points and two threats, in exchange for a chuckle from Edward.
"Who told you I was alone?"
As Edward's voice fell, a "buzzing" sound accompanied by a slight vibration came from under everyone's feet. Then, with a "boom", the ground in Laboratory 2 cracked, and through the transparent plexiglass wall and translucent 'rock', a drill rig bit that was slowly slowing down appeared there. In other words, without von Sdrock's knowledge, someone drilled a tunnel for Edward Eric from the surface to the underground experimental area thirty meters below - further down!