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Above the dome, the moonlight was falling, and Xiao Yan stood in the moonlight, quietly looking at the ugly life in front of him. Even though the creature was constantly shaking its massive body, making it look extremely hideous in the moonlight.

A few seconds later, Count Murathu's body also passed through the hole in the dome and landed on the pointed dome. At the feet of the two men, the dome was creaking dangerously, and it seemed that it would completely collapse in the next second. As for the cross between the two people, there is already a slight tilt.

Count Murathu, who rushed to the dome, found that Xiao Yan had not fought against that ugly life at all, he turned his head to look at Xiao Yan, and then asked, "It seems that you expected it." ”

Xiao Yan stared at the huge monster, shook his head and said, "No, everything is just speculation. I just know the Tao, and the mere gaze will never turn a person into a stone statue. The only way to do this is real spells, or poisons. ”

Xiao Yan did not intend to introduce that once mercury enters the human body, it will also cause the human body to solidify and will not decay for many years. If such a body is placed in a cave full of calcium, this body will gradually calcify, and the use of spells will accelerate the process of calcification until the entire body is covered with calcium. After that, the body is poured with melted wax and retouched on the outside, giving the body of a deceased person what looks like a stone statue.

Of course, most of the Earl's siblings would not have died from the mercury infusion, which would have been so painful that it would have caused a terrible distortion of the face. And it's very different from the stone statues on the ground. However, some poisons or strong deterrent spells can make ordinary people completely stop exercising until they slowly die in such a state.

Muratto was silent for a moment. Suddenly, he said, "She is my wife." ”

Xiao Yan realized that Count Muratto was talking about "she", not "it", which meant that the count did not regard the life in front of him as a monster, but a real human being.

For this information, Xiao Yan just said "oh", did not ask questions, and did not express any feelings.

This surprised Muratos, who asked, "Don't you feel strange?" ”

Xiao Yan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I said it." My father was a merchant who traveled back and forth to the shores of the Mediterranean, so he knew a few myths and legends. Although these legends were forbidden by the Church in Europe, at least I know some of them, including Medusa. I even know that the Tao is in Byzantium. Some of the soldiers wore shields decorated with Medusa. ”

Muratto laughed "hey" and said, "Don't let the legend spread." Actually, it's true. I was framed by my own brother. Forced into exile. On a small island in southern Greece, a cave was discovered. You know, at that time, I didn't have any wealth, and if I wanted to start from scratch, I had to take risks. So I went into that cave, and it was very smooth. It looks like people are coming in and out a lot. But I walked for a long time and didn't see any human beings, which made me feel very strange. The cave was very long, and soon I ran out of torches, right now. Guess what I found? ”

Xiao Yan shook his head.

"Crystal mines, very, very, very rich crystal mines, those crystals don't even need to be excavated, they just show up in front of me."

Murato's eyes were a little misty, and when he recounted this history, the huge monster in front of Xiao Yan's eyes was also motionless, as if he was reminiscing with Murato.

"I initially thought it was the remains of an ancient crystal mine that was abandoned by humans for some reason. However, I soon realized that something was wrong, and I didn't see any signs of humans next to the crystals. In fact, I realized later that the humans on that island also seemed to be a little bit unusual, you know, they seemed to have gills, just on, uh, on the sides of their necks. It's just that you can't see it at all when you usually speak, and only when you're very angry will the gills that cover both sides of your neck open completely. Of course, it turned out that this was all a later thing. ”

Xiao Yan's face was expressionless, but there were waves in his heart.

The Tree of the World is responsible for the geographical reconstruction of the whole of Europe, but is the history of Byzantium reconstructed by the Tree of the World? And now, listening to the story told by Count Murathu, that island is likely to be the work of another master of the world. In other words, the stitching of several reconstructed maps began at least a few decades ago.

It can even be assumed that these maps were already being put together before the First Crusade. Lives between different maps have begun to come and go. And the Medusa in front of Xiao Yan is actually not the real Medusa of human legends, but a product of another world.

Madrid is there, but it's not the Madrid of human history.

Medusa is there, but it's completely different from the Medusa of human legend.

It was only now that Xiao Yan had a slightly more intuitive understanding of such words.

Count Muratus seemed to be unimpressed by Xiao Yan's silence, or he had finally found someone who could quietly listen to his past stories, which made the Count cherish it even more.

"I was about to get those crystals out of the cave when she showed up."

Count Muratto turned his head to look at the hideous, but now motionless monster, and in his eyes there was a rare warmth. And the hideous monster also made a kind of hoarse sound, although this sound was very ugly, but it made people feel that their hearts were overwhelmed by tenderness.

The intelligent beings of different worlds all have the same feelings. Will love, will hate, will be gentle with the life you love. That's probably the case.

Xiao Yan looked at the scene in front of him and thought so.

Count Murathu began to try to think about the monster, but to Xiao Yan's surprise, the huge monster suddenly became nervous because of the count's actions. It let out a low, threatening voice at the Count, which caused the Count to stop immediately. Above him, the cross had become more and more oblique, and the moonlight caused the shadow of the cross to spread far away until it covered everything beneath the hall.

"The first time I saw her, I was very scared, very scared."

Count Muratus did not change his attitude because of his stopping, he continued to look at the monster with a gentle expression, and after the monster's menace quietly stopped, the count continued: "But she did not hurt me, and in fact, she was very afraid of me. Hah, sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? The first time we met, we were actually afraid that the other party would hurt us, because the other party's appearance seemed to me to be a terrible monster. ”

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, and suddenly remembered that Corey, when the old black dragon appeared in front of him for the first time, Xiao Yan also thought that he must be dead. Who knows what Cory thought at that time, whether he would have the same idea?

"We were in a stalemate in the cave for a while, I don't know how long it was, the torches had been extinguished. But the crystals in the cave sparkled like starlight. I just looked at her in the starlight, trying to say hello to her, even if I died like this, at least not in vain. ”

Count Muratto stepped forward again, and this time, the monster acquiesced to the count's actions and did not make a new sound until the count walked to its side. The Earl gently touched the monster's body, and this gentle movement looked a little infiltrating, but Xiao Yan was not surprised, and he did not feel uncomfortable because of it.

"Coincidentally, she wants to talk to me too, do you know what happens in that situation? Her voice was so loud that the whole cave was her echo, and I thought she was going to eat me. But luckily, she didn't eat me, but stopped there and waited for my answer. I stood there for a long time, my eyes closed, my pants were wet, it sounded ridiculous, didn't it? ”

Count Murathu slowly pulled up part of the monster's limbs, rubbed it in his hand, turned his head to look at Xiao Yan, and said, "She's about to die, do you know the truth?" Her venom is very limited, and every time she uses it, it makes her age a part, and when I first met her, she was so much more beautiful than she is now. She helped me get rid of my siblings who were suspicious of me, she gave me the crystals, and she even gave me two daughters. However, she is going to die, maybe tonight, or tomorrow, who knows. Will she go through the Lord's judgment? I don't know what to do, and I don't care about that. Tonight, she had just wanted to see me and her children from the dome, and yes, she just wanted to see it. She didn't even dare to come down to meet her own children, she was afraid that all this would panic them and make our children ostracized. She is also afraid that our children will be judged by the Holy See, she is afraid of everything. Very scared. ”

Xiao Yan rubbed his nose, he admitted that his nose was a little sour, not for love, but for mother's love. No matter what era or what world, the feeling of maternal love seems to have always been so. There is no need, only to give, and to give.

"Your presence disturbed her, and she did not see her daughter, nor did she hear her singing in the hall. As you know, I had invited the choir here so that she could die peacefully at the sound of her daughter's prayers. However, now all this is gone. ”

As soon as Muratto had finished speaking, at their feet, in the empty hall, there was a sudden sound of childish children's voices. The voice was choked and paused, but it was singing intermittently.

Murato's body froze suddenly, and he glanced at the monster with great difficulty, and the monster's body was equally tense. After a while, Murato, turning to the cross, put his hands on his chest and prayed: "Forgive me for my late piety, praise my Lord, you have made me aware of the existence of miracles of the Word." Praise be to my Lord, Thou hast made me known the greatness of love. Praise! (To be continued......)