Walking in silence, Kuriyama Mirai glanced at the young man who was being carried by the two of them, covered in blood, and the dazzling blood stains always reminded Kuriyama Mirai of killing his best friend with the curse blood of his body.

That day, Yui's body was also covered with blood.

As a result, he still didn't kill the Shadow of Nothingness with his own hands.

"yes, I'm really unwilling."

The half-demon boy who had already understood the future of Kuriyama could naturally understand the other party's words, he was silent for a moment, looked at the sky, and muttered.

……

When Ye Ran was covered in blood and sent back to Xintang's house, Xintang's family suddenly panicked, to be precise, it should be Xintang's love panicked, scurrying around at home, constantly looking for medicine, scrubbing, medicating, and bandaging Ye Ran.

Xintang Caihua sat on a chair in the hall, silently listening to the other party's statement.

Then he took a puff of his cigarette and didn't open his mouth.

Long.

"You guys go back first, and we'll take care of this matter."

Xintang Caihua rubbed his forehead, as if he was quite tired, and said softly.

Kamihara Akito and Kuriyama Mirai glanced at each other, bowed slightly, and after saying goodbye to Shindo Caihua, they walked towards the door.

After the two left, Xintang Caihua walked towards the second floor, came to Ye Ran's room, pulled it away, and walked to the girl who was kneeling in front of the futon and looking at Ye Ran worriedly, her eyes focused on Ye Ran, and she took a deep puff of cigarette.

"Xiaocai, is this good?"

Some trembling voices came out of Xintang Ai's mouth, her big watery eyes stared at Ye Ran, her petite and timid lips trembled, and her white teeth gently bit her lower lip.

“……”

Xintang Caihua didn't answer, just stood quietly behind Xintang Ai, smoking a cigarette in silence.

"Xiaocai, do we have to pin our hopes on Ye Ran? Is there really no other way? ”

Xintang Ai stretched out his hand and timidly tapped Ye Ran's face in the slumber, and after confirming that Ye Ran had really fallen asleep, he put his hand on Ye Ran's face with peace of mind and gently rubbed his cheek.

“… Shiro's prophecy says so, but the decision is always up to you. ”

This time, Xintang Caihua did not continue to be silent, she opened her mouth to answer the struggling girl, looking at the pale red runes floating on her body, her eyes flashed with a sad light.

"I'm sorry, Xiaocai, it's me who is willful, but I still just want to be willful once."

Withdrawing her hand, Xintang Ai's eyes looked at Ye Ran, and the ordinary face that was sleeping turned into a tremor that penetrated her heart in her eyes.

She stood up and took a deep breath, burying the sadness in her eyes, and the pale red runes floating around her suddenly flourished.

The black runes jumping on the forehead are so clear.

……

Ye Ran opened his eyes from his slumber, it was still a familiar wooden roof, and the sharp pain from his body kept hitting his body, this pain was very familiar, because he had tasted this pain before.

The aftermath of the fifteen swords.

So, for the fourth time...

Turning his head, still the familiar back busy, he turned his head and stared at the ceiling in silence.

Ye Ran was clear about the fact that he had cast fifteen swords but did not die, because with Ye Ran's current strength and the ability to perfectly control the crippled fifteen swords, it was completely expected that he would be able to save his life under this fifteen swords that killed both the enemy and me.

But...

He shook the hand in the quilt, he was sure that he still hadn't killed the Shadow of Nothingness, but the Shadow of Nothingness didn't hold the power of the Holy Stone Seed, and he could be sure that the Shadow of Nothingness was just imitating the power of the Holy Stone Seed.

"Na, Ye Ran..."

A faint voice came from his side, and he looked up, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, Xintang Ai actually knew his name?

He propped himself up, his dark eyes looking at the girl who turned around and looked at him quietly.

Ⅲ。

The runes on the girl's forehead were burning with black flames, and in the depths of her eyes, the meaning of crystal blue was surging.

"Want to save that girl?"

The girl burning the black runes did not have a violent mood such as madness and bloodthirstiness in her eyes, but it was calm, she looked at the young man quietly, with no sadness, no sadness, and no joy in her eyes, but just asked very calmly.

“……”

Ye Ran's eyes were always staring at the burning rune on the girl's forehead, then he closed his eyes, displayed the story in his mind, and then repeated this fact again.

There is more than one seed of the Holy Stone.

So, how many holy stone seeds are there in this world?!

“……”

Ye Ran didn't answer, and Xintang Ai didn't continue to ask, just stared straight into Ye Ran's eyes, even the dazzling Huanghuang sword intent in Ye Ran's eyes didn't make her look away.

“……”

Ye Ran sat up straight, and Xintang Ai stared wide-eyed, the two seemed to be testing each other's patience, and the air in the room gradually became heavy.

Long.

Poof...

Xintang covered her mouth and smiled sullenly, with this laughter, the solemn atmosphere that was spreading in the room suddenly relaxed, she shook her shoulders, and although the laughter was low, it never stopped.

Ye Ran had been looking at Xintang Ai who seemed to be poked with a smile on his face, his eyes were slightly closed, and the meaning of emptiness was permeated.

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

Stopping the laughter, Xintang Ai sat in front of Ye Ran, looked at the young man who was already impatient to take care of her, and asked softly.

"All."

"That's impossible."

There was no doubt about Ye Ran's answer, Xintang Ai's face fell into a shadow, and he refuted the other party without hesitation, sighed, and continued to say softly: "Because even I don't understand what happened. ”

"All I can tell you is what I know."

"It's a long story."

"A long, long time ago, there were no demon dreams in this world."

Many years ago, many years ago, even history has not recorded, this world was still a stable and calm, exclusive to human beings, human beings on the ground with countless fierce beasts, with natural disasters to fight, difficult but free life on this land.

Originally, the quiet development of this world was believed to be able to develop into a world that only belonged to human beings, but a few crystals that broke through the void crystal wall and descended to this world changed everything.

These crystals contain inexplicable and strange energy, and wherever they reach, some living and non-living things, through the power of the Heaven and Earth Vitality, change the arrangement of all life.

They transformed the beast, and they had a physical demon dream.

They transformed the flames, the lake, the volcano, the sea, and they had a dream of nothingness.

They transformed humanity, and they gave rise to the Alien.

Then, the ferocity hidden deep in the body is triggered, and an endless war between the beast and the man begins.

Until the present day.

The war is still going on, but it has basically fallen into a one-sided situation.

Humanity is beginning to gain the upper hand.

……