The tidal black shadows began to fade at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"It's safe now."

Hoffenheim's voice rang out in the dark tunnel. The feeling of depression that seemed to make people unable to breathe disappeared with his voice. Izumi, who originally wanted to trap Pride, also escaped from the prison where he had created Zào. Her face was pale, and there was blood on the corners of her mouth. The series of collaborations with the Edward brothers just now did not succeed, but instead put her in a dangerous situation. At this moment, Izumi. Cadiz's face was full of fear.

I saw that I had just come out of the prison where I had created a zào out of the clay. Cadiz immediately exclaimed.

"Hoffenheim?!"

"It's been a long time, Izumi." Edward's father, Hoffenheim, towards the spring. Cadiz smiled and nodded. As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze swept past the two Edward brothers as if he was evading. The two brothers were not unaware of Hoffenheim's gaze, they were even more sensitive than anyone else. The elder brother Edward looked at his younger brother Alphons, who seemed to be tall and short in an instant, almost cowering behind his brother.

Neither of the two brothers spoke, but their words had already collided violently in the dark tunnel.

Father, the father who ran away from home, and the mother who ran away from home were not able to see him before he died...... Father!

Father! It was a task that even the highest alchemy could not accomplish for those who had given their own lives, to create a truly human father. And now, the father, who had not seen him in thirteen years, was standing three steps in front of him at this moment. As long as you lift your feet, it doesn't take you a breath to get to him.

But neither Edward nor Alvons took any step of their own, and even the expressions on their faces began to stiffen. How should we deal with this father who abandoned my mother and myself, and what should I say to him?

I don't know!

The Edward brothers were speechless and speechless. No one can break the silence. Not even their fathers. Hoffenheim subconsciously swept his gaze away from the Edward brothers again, but did not withdraw any response from the two brothers. It was as if a high wall had been forged from hard cement and stone between the three of them, blocking all speech and eye contact, and even breathing began to be out of the same space.

After a long time, Izumi. Cadiz broke the suffocating silence.

"Why are you here?"

"Because ......," Hoffenheim glanced at Edward secretly and laughed subconsciously, "for the same reason as you." ”

"The land is in formation......" Edward said almost through gritted teeth when he heard Hoffenheim's words. No matter what the reason, a child cannot forgive himself, and his father will not be by his side for a long time, even if he is as strong as the Edward brothers, he cannot do this. So the two of them tried to make their words as stiff as possible, like the sound of iron crushing against rock.

The voice was harsh, but powerful at the same time.

"It seems that Liu Mengchao has already told you about this." Hoffenheim listened to Edward. But he could only smile helplessly. He didn't know how to beg his son to forgive him, and even now he seemed to feel that his son was like a glass object, and if he came closer, he would shatter into countless pieces with a bang.

Unable to find a reason, or even think of anything, Hoffenheim could only choose one person to walk at the front of the line. Hoffenheim put on his gentleman's hat again, looked back at Olivia and her soldiers, and said in a deep voice, "Please stop here, the battle ahead belongs only to ...... We sinners who have violated the taboo of the gods.

Hear Hoffenheim's words. Olivia didn't even think for a second, she turned around and waved at her men and made a retreat motion.

"This is indeed not a battle we should be in, so please be sure to win!"

As Olivia's voice faded away. Hoffenheim has taken its steps again. Spring. Cadiz followed in third, followed by the two Edward brothers. The two of them still seemed unable to accept this situation, and each of them wanted to rush to Hoffenheim and ask him aloud why he had abandoned himself and his mother, and let his mother die alone.

But now......

"It's not time to ......," Edward clenched his fists hard. Teeth clucked, "After that...... Afterwards...... I'll have to ask it out! Certain! ”

"Well, brother!" Alphonse gently pressed his brother's trembling body. "I'll ask too, definitely!" ”

The road is still long, and the underground tunnels seem to be so extensive, like a desperate labyrinth. As the distance expanded, Edward Brothers and Izumi. Cadiz gradually discovered something.

"How did you know the way?" Izumi walked up to Hoffenheim and asked, "Have you been here before, Hoffenheim?" ”

Hearing this, Hoffenheim's footsteps subconsciously stopped. He took off the gentleman's top hat from his head and carefully organized his language in his head.

"It's a millennia struggle." Hoffenheim said slowly, the resolute look in his golden eyes irrepressibly converging, "In order to be able to keep my promise and Teresa's, I want to die as a human being. ”

"Do you want to escape! Father! ”

If you want to die, how can you escape like this! Edward and Alphonse shouted in unison. Edward's face was full of anger when he could embody expressions, and even though there were no waves on his face that could not embody expressions, Alphonse's voice was unprecedentedly excited.

"You're good, you're good...... Teresa taught well......" Hoffenheim said softly, but the hand holding the gentleman's top hat clenched. He closed his eyes tightly, but the image of Edward's mother couldn't help but come to mind.

Yes, it is the scene of the only person I love in my life, and it is because of her that I can truly live like a person.

Now, after this qiē, he will die like a human being.

After a long time, Hoffenheim opened his eyes, and he slowly walked in front of the Edward brothers. Despite the reluctance and reluctance written on Edward's face, Hoffenheim's warm palm gently rubbed his son's blonde hair. On the other side, Alphonse, who was attached to the armor because of the refining of the human body, had not had time to speak, but he had already seen his father stand on tiptoe and pat his head gently.

"You've grown so tall, Al."

"Bastard! You don't want to get away with it so easily! Edward turned his back and touched the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, but he was unwilling to be rubbed by his father again, "I am...... I will never forgive you, Hoffenheim! ”

The father, who was roaring at his own son, spread his palms helplessly, but only replaced the answer with a satisfied smile.

Just as the group was about to continue their march towards the place where the villain in the bottle Holmcruise was, a burst of brilliant fire suddenly erupted not far in front of them.

"So that's what you're looking for? It's disgustingly ugly, Envi! "Roy holding a windproof lighter in one hand. Mastan stared coldly at the android who had consumed all the Philosopher's Stones in his body.

"Kill me...... Kill me...... Kill me......"

Envi had turned into a tiny bug at the moment. No one would have thought that an android that looked so terrifying would look like this when he finally revealed his true body. Such a pitiful and ugly appearance, but Roy. Mastan lost the urge to continue.

"I still have and Mas. The ideal ...... agreed upon by Hutz So I'm definitely not going to fall into the abyss of revenge here. After all...... You're far from worth it! "Roy. Mastein responded, and when he looked back at his words, he saw Hoffenheim and his party. None of the people in this group commented on Roy. Stallan decided, but everyone who walked past him reached out and patted Roy gently. Mastan's back, as a statement of his own.

The group walked farther and farther in this dark underground labyrinth, and got closer and closer to the villain in the bottle, Holm Cruise.

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Sitting on the throne, the villain in the bottle, Holm Cruise, propped his head in his left hand, but his gaze wandered coldly between the goblet filled with the Philosopher's Stone in his right hand and the android in front of him.

"The land refining array has been completed, right?"

"Yes...... Father. The answer was a large man, with his hair unkempt to the extreme.

"The human pillar forces have all been concentrated in this underground labyrinth, right?"

"Yes...... Father. The answer was a child who looked like he had just started elementary school, dressed in spotless clothes, polite and sincere.

The villain in the bottle, Holm Cruise, set his sights on the androids Rust and Gratney, who had only come to him at the end.

"So what are we missing now?"

"Start this qiē, father!"

All the cyborgs spoke their answers in unison. (To be continued......)