It's been three days.

Three days had passed since Eren entered the castle, and for those three days, Alice and Shanna had stayed at the entrance to this hinterland. The two women didn't talk, just waited silently.

Suddenly, a familiar but unfamiliar aura rose in the castle. I say familiar because once I can distinguish it, I know that it is Allen's. It is strange because there are other things mixed in that gas engine.

Alice and Shanna looked at each other, both looking in the direction of the castle.

A moment later, someone walked out of the castle, who else but Allen. The two women flew past and met outside Ellen's castle.

Eren looked a little dazed, and it felt like there was another person living in his body. When Alice saw him reach out and scratch the side of his cheek, the corners of her eyes suddenly moistened. She stepped forward and said, "Creator, is that you?" ”

Alan walked over and sighed, "It's me, but I'll soon disappear and be part of Allen's will." Alice, no, Alice ......"

Stretching out his hand and gently holding it on Alice's face, Alan said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I should have put you to eternal sleep on that day, because of my selfishness, I let you be born again in another form. But I left you behind again, and let you live alone for so many years. What the hell did I do......"

The tears finally fell from the corners of Alice's eyes, and she shook her head desperately: "No, you don't have to apologize. Creator, from a very early age, I knew I was a replacement for Alice. But I didn't hate you, because for me, you are also my father. I love you just as much as Alice. ”

"I love you, Daddy."

What a familiar phrase that only exists in distant memories. It's so far away, like a dream from a past life.

That sad night seemed to be in front of me again.

After leaving Suros, Ranger rode to the Vicious Wind Gap. If the White City of Suros is a paradise, then the Vicious Wind Gorge is undoubtedly a hell. There was a long howling wind, like the devil of hell whispering in the wind. It wasn't a day or two since the horse thieves from the Evil Wind Gorge had been hiding in the canyon, but the terrain in the canyon was complicated, and although Baicheng had organized several crusades, they all ended in failure.

And this time, the horse thieves of the Vicious Wind Canyon will attack the White City in order to retaliate for the crusade a year ago.

Horse thieves have their own secret passages that keep them safe from the winds in the canyon. As a hunter, Lan Jie naturally has a set of tracking skills. He found the trail left by the horse thief and tracked it all the way to the depths of the canyon. It was already night, the moon was not visible from the canyon, and the canyon was overcast.

Several times, Ranger thought he had lost it. Thankfully, he persevered and finally saw some fire in the darkness.

He chased him to the thief's lair, and in the distance he heard the men laughing loudly and the women screaming. Lan Jie gritted his teeth and touched the horse thief's den, some horse thieves were venting on the women they caught, they didn't know that Lan Jie, an uninvited guest, had sneaked in.

Suddenly, Rangier heard a soft snort, it was Alice's voice. Ranger looked up, and in front of her, on a wooden bridge that hung on either side of the mountain wall, Alice strode forward. She seemed to have escaped, Lan Jie was overjoyed, and he didn't care about hiding his figure, so he jumped out and shouted, "Alice, I'm here!" ”

A few horse thieves next to him were startled, and they didn't care about the women under them, so they jumped up and drew their swords and rushed over. Rangier quickly cut them down and headed for the wooden bridge. But at this moment, the fire on the opposite cliff lit up, followed by a cannon shot.

Alice, who was already running to the end, was suddenly overwhelmed by a burst of firelight, and a cannonball landed next to her, a wooden bridge bomb. The impact of the explosion made Lan Jie stumble, and by the time he stood firmly, the wooden bridge had been bombed, and the wreckage of the bridge had fallen more than ten meters below. There, Rangier saw the girl who was crushed by several stones.

"No, no, it shouldn't be like this!"

Amid the laughter of the horse thieves on the other side, Rangier came to the bottom of the mountain. He pushed the stone away, and looked at the girl covered in blood, and Lan Jie's tears welled up at once. He hurriedly squatted down and lifted the girl's head. When he met the girl, he knew that Alice could not be saved.

The girl opened her eyes and tried to put together a smile, and she said weakly, "Don't cry, I'm fine." ”

"Yes, you'll be fine. We'll go back now, and I'll find the best doctor to treat you." Ranger said, picking Alice up.

The girl smiled and said, "No, I'm dying." I know, now I feel so light, like I'm about to fly. ”

"No, no, I won't let you go. Do you hear that, little ghost, live honestly for me, I won't allow you to fly! ”

"No, it seems that this time, I can't do what you say." The girl looked at Lan Jie and smiled as brightly as the March sun: "I love you, Dad." ”

Then the eyes slowly closed.

At that moment, the world in front of Lan Jie's eyes seemed to be shrouded in darkness, and great sadness hit him like a flood. The girl who has lived with him for almost ten years finally called him dad for the first time, but it was also the last time.

"Why..."

"Why!"

"Why take her away and give her back to me!"

Rangier raised his head and let out a hoarse cry. The corners of his mouth even cracked because of this, so the tears drawn from his eyes, mixed with the blood at the corners of his mouth, dripped to his feet, splashing plum blossoms.

An arrow sliced through the air and landed on Ranger's shoulder.

Above, horse thieves poured down with loud shouts.

Ranger gently put Alice down, and the girl smiled as if she had fallen asleep. He tore off a corner of his clothes, wiped the blood from the girl's face, and gently placed her hands on her chest. After doing all this, he silently turned around and drew his sword.

The next moment, a series of screams rang out at the foot of the mountain.

Blood was splashing.

The hot and humid blood splashed on Lan Jie's body, but it couldn't wash away the endless sadness in his heart. He just mechanically raised his hand and swung his sword to slash the horse thieves he could see.

On this night, the horse thieves of Vicious Wind Gorge became history. When the women who had been captured by the horse thieves returned to Suros, all they knew was that a weeping demon had killed all the horse thieves.

As the morning light fell into the canyon, Lan Jie, covered in blood, left with the girl in his arms. He looked at the girl as if she had fallen asleep, and said softly, "You'll wake up again, I promise." ”

"For we are called the gods of creation and destruction."

When Alan came back to his senses, he saw Alice's face with tears in her eyes. He raised his hand, gently wiped it off for her, and said, "He's gone." ”

Alice nodded.

"But he'll always be here watching you." Alan pointed to his chest: "No matter what, you are his proudest daughter." ”

"I know."

"No, you don't know. He doesn't tell you that there is a part of your body that belongs to Alice. Alan said softly, "So you are Alice and Alice." You're not exactly a replacement, you know? ”

Alice looked up, stunned.

Alan nodded vigorously: "It's true."

”

This time, Alice's tears welled up in her eyes again, but a smile appeared on her face.

"Let's go, it's time to go back.

Alan sighed.

Here he harvested another twilight will, and at the same time touched a sad soul. Unlike Taylor, Ranger is more of a small person. He doesn't care about power and status, as evidenced by his refusal to join the mercenary group. He prefers to live his life, but the appearance of the blood road makes it impossible for him to resist his fate. And the loss of Alice made him plunge into the fate of the blood road without hesitation.

All he had to do was to go to the end of the bloody road, sit on that throne in the name of destruction, and become the child of the twilight of that era. Then created Alice before the instinct did not awaken, allowing his daughter to awaken in another form.

And the reason why it chose to create on Agareth . Alice, it's simple, because there was no life on Agareth at the time, and it would be a planet forgotten by the Children of Twilight.

Leave the Black Gate of Canon and return to Alice's Castle. It took Eren another week to finally digest some of Langer's experience and gain his most valuable strength.

Absorbing Taylor's will, Taylor left him with the Endless Sword Outfit. Lan Jie, on the other hand, gave Eren a type of combat skill. It was a combat skill created by Lan Jie in despair and remorse, and it was called ......

Twilight!

When Eren walked out of the door that had been closed for a week, Shanna and Alice exchanged glances. Alan seems to have matured a lot again, and now he has a sense of maturity that does not match his age.

In addition to the fact that he has more experience than his peers, he has received the will of Taylor and Ranker, which is equivalent to him having two more lives than the others. While receiving the will, Alan is equivalent to experiencing the lives of Taylor and the others, carrying their joy, sorrow, pain and anger. Under the wash of those emotions, he was able not to lose himself, and his willpower could already be called strong.

I came to the relics alone, and when I went back, I was also alone. Shanna and Alice didn't leave with him, and the two Guardians, Allen, didn't want to be exposed to anyone else. Only when they are needed will Eren summon them. Until then, they can live quietly in the Relics.

It was already evening when he returned to the Ring City, and Alan was standing in the garden of the dormitory, standing in front of two tombstones. He reached out and gently stroked the tombstone, feeling the rough touch of his fingertips. The light of dusk behind the distant fault, until this moment, he really came out of Lan Jie's life.

Alan exhaled heavily.

At the entrance to the garden, Lucy and Lola watched him quietly. In their eyes, Alan was a little more unfamiliar, and that was the phenomenon after receiving the will of dusk. They glanced at each other, and in each other's eyes, they both saw a hint of worry.

If Eren continues to receive the Will of Twilight, will he become a different person completely?

This is a concern that neither Lucy nor Lola has spoken.

And this worry has been planted in their hearts since Alan received Taylor's will.