Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Great Murderer Hides in the City
"Quick!" Rena suddenly snapped.
Before Rena could finish speaking, she saw the crater begin to tremble violently, the rock walls were peeling off piece by piece, and large pieces of rubble fell into the pit.
"Pull hard." Bluebell also realized that something was wrong, but the fat man's strength could not support the weight of the three of them at the same time, so he tied Quinta and Iwayama to the rope one after another, and motioned for the fat man to pull them up.
Although as long as Quinta and Iwayama are two, they are also beyond the load of the fat man.
"Fat Pan, work hard, you must hold on." The fat man's hand was gradually grinding to the point of splitting the flesh, but he grabbed the rope and pulled it upwards with all his might.
Seeing that Kunta and Iwayama were about to be pulled out of the pit, but no one answered, and their bodies were stuck on the edge of the pit. Seeing this, Blue Bell began to climb the rock wall with his bare hands.
The fat man had been supported to the limit, with tears of grief and indignation in his eyes, but he could only watch the rope slide down again.
"Fat Pan, you're a piece of waste." Although the fat man's hands had been ground out to the bone, he still couldn't stop the rope from sliding.
But just as the fat man's body was being pulled step by step towards the pit, a thin arm suddenly pushed Quinta's strong body up the pit, and the fat man felt a sudden lightness at the other end of the rope, as if he realized something, and ran desperately to the edge of the pit to look down.
The rope had been broken by the rubble, but the rocky mountain had fallen again, along with large pieces of rubble.
"Don't!" The fat man subconsciously wanted to jump, but was dragged by a pair of big hands.
The bluebell, who was climbing upwards, suddenly saw the rocky mountain fall again, and hurriedly reached out to grab it, but it was too late.
By this time, the pit had been half buried by rubble, and Bluebell withstood his grief and withdrew his gaze and climbed up again.
When Bluebell climbed up the pit, he saw that Rena had fallen to the ground, two lines of coagulated blood coming out of her nostrils.
"I did my best." Rena had tears in her eyes and fainted.
At the same time, the pit disappeared and the giant spear tree reappeared. On the blood-stained spear, there was no longer a figure of Iwayama.
Quinta had woken up and realized that everything was irretrievable, and immediately hugged and cried bitterly with the fat man. Since childhood, the three have never experienced the taste of family, but they can deeply understand what it means to be a relative.
Loved ones can dig you out and hold you in their arms when you are in the mire. When you are surrounded by hunger at the same time, you can hold back your desire to give up a bite of food. It can even accompany you to jump into the abyss when you are obsessed.
Recalling scenes of the past, under that warm torture, the fat man finally fainted from crying.
"I understand the pain of loss......"
Bluebell's eyes were red, and he picked up Rena and walked deeper into the jungle.
Quinta picked up the fat man and followed him step by step, but when he looked at Bluebell's back, his eyes were not only full of tears, but also a touch of contradiction and hatred.
With every few steps Quinta takes, she looks back. I was expecting a familiar voice in my heart.
"You two bastards, wait for me."
However, this was only his imagination. It wasn't until the spear tree completely disappeared into the fog that hope was finally dashed.
The Spear Tree Jungle is boundless, with no sun and moon to guide and no sense of direction to speak of.
Rena had been sleeping soundly on Bluebell's shoulder, and she was so tired. The fat man and Quinta silently followed behind, looking dejected. Several people searched the spear trees, but they never found any trace of Wren.
I don't know how long it took, but Rena finally woke up.
"Bluebell, let me go."
"Are you sure you can walk?" Bluebell hesitated.
"I'm fine." Rena barely bred up.
"Okay."
Bluebell carefully put Rena down, and the fat man leaned over and gave Rena a brief check-up.
"You're weak right now." The fat man persuaded Rena.
"You can't find Wren without me. These illusions all need mental power to excavate and open up, otherwise even if they will not be digested by the mirror demon, they will always be trapped and die here. Rena shook her head and said helplessly.
"But your current state doesn't support ...... at all" The fat man was about to persuade, but was stopped by Rena.
"I owe Wren so much that I can't let him have anything to do with him anyway."
The fat man glanced at Bluebell with some embarrassment, but heard Bluebell say:
"We can't give up on each other anytime and anywhere."
"It doesn't include rocky mountains." At this point, Quinta lowered her head and whispered.
"Quinta, Iwayama is our closest companion, and we are heartbroken by his departure, but you see, we all did our best." Although the fat man is sad, he understands the cruelty of reality, and the so-called everything has a price.
"Why didn't we die?" Quinta looked up, a look of indifference on her face that made her shudder.
"Everyone dies once, but for the sake of a certain meaning, we are temporarily ahead of the pace of death." Bluebell was equally saddened by Iwayama's death, but he was a staunch pragmatist. Don't waste too much time on personal emotions.
"If Wren dies too, will you still be so open-minded?" Quinta lowered her head again, a sneer on her face.
Hearing this, Bluebell frowned and looked at Rena, only to see that her shoulders were trembling slightly.
"Quinta, don't say a word." The fat man didn't know what to do, but whispered to Quinta to persuade him.
Just as the atmosphere was frozen, a huge spear tree rose from the ground and appeared in front of several people. There was also a bloody body hanging from the canopy, as if it had died.
"Sheriff Wren!" The fat man recognized the man's appearance and exclaimed in a loud voice.
"It's a trap." Rena looked at the suffering Wren, her nails already plucking blood out of her palms.
"But we had to step inside." Bluebell stared at the spear tree, a grim look on his face.
"Remember, we don't have much time this time. The spirit of the Mirror Demon is hidden inside, killing it if possible. Rena said.
"And Wren?" Bluebell was a little surprised.
"I can't put everyone's safety at risk for Wren's sake, I think he'll forgive me." Rena closed her eyes again, and two crystal tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.
At this time, the spear tree gradually disappeared, and a lively town appeared in front of several people. I saw all kinds of people crowding the streets, shouting, scolding, laughing, and crying all in one, compared to the hellish scene when saving the fat man and Kunta Rock Mountain, the scene that appeared this time was very humanistic, and it seemed that there was no danger at all. But Bluebell is well aware that there is a demon hidden in this town that eats people and does not spit out bones.