Chapter 14: The Sorrow of the Dead
Ian only felt that his mood at the moment was extremely complicated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Looking at the pale face of the blonde girl in front of him, he knew that his guess was indeed not wrong.
What made him even more embarrassed was that the girl obviously knew her true condition, and she knew the fact that she was already dead.
Sometimes, it may be cruel to tell someone about their unfortunate misfortunes. However, Ian has always believed that it is more cruel to expose the misfortunes that some people want to hide in his face.
For a moment, he didn't know how to speak again.
"Black, what the hell is going on? That ...... You said that Lilith-senpai is dead, what the hell is ......?"
Seeing Ian and Lilith fall silent, Camilla shifted her gaze back and forth between the two, only to feel confused. Lilith is obviously alive and well, why did Hei say to her that she was dead?
In fact, it was not only her, but everyone else present felt inexplicably weird. However, when they saw Lilith's increasingly miserable expression, they all faintly sensed in their hearts that what the Sword Saint Lord said was probably not a lie.
"Your Excellency, thank you very much for your previous assistance, but, ......what exactly are you talking about," Seeing that Ian did not respond to Camilla's inquiry, Adolf, as a mentor, stepped forward and said.
"I'm sorry, I heard some of the conversation between you. Ian sighed deeply and said, "This girl didn't lie to you, with her you really can't escape the Purgatory Wasteland." ”
"What?"
"Black, what does that mean?"
"If you don't want me to say it, then leave them with me, okay?" Ian asked instead of Adolf and Camilla's question, turning to Lilith.
If he could, he didn't want to uncover the girl's secret. But it would be extremely dangerous for others to keep her with these people any longer.
Lilith looked at him and said lightly, "And then, find a place where no one is there and kill me?"
"You should know that it is impossible for you to go back to the circle now. Sensing the desperation in the girl's eyes, Ian only felt that his words were utterly dry.
"Well, I know. Lilith lowered her head and sat on her knees, as if she had figured something out but didn't want to face it, and said in a muffled voice, "Now that you can see it, tell them." I didn't dare to say it myself, but I didn't want to hide it anymore. ”
"Hey, what the hell are you talking about, why don't I understand it at all?" Elan, who had a premonition that something bad was about to happen, suddenly got up from the ground and grumbled restlessly.
"You remember, when I lured almost all the demons with my sword chant, there were still dozens of inferior demons chasing after you. Ian, who had gotten permission from the blonde girl, gave her an unspeakable look and said.
"Ahh Hearing Ian mention this, Camilla hurriedly defended: "I really committed an unforgivable mistake at that time." But then Mr. Adolf gave me his own mental image seal. ”
"Silly girl, do you really think that's the reason?" Ian turned his head and smiled wryly. After rigorous training, he could completely hide his mood swings, but he didn't realize that there was such a thing before.
"Isn't it?"
"Forget it, Camilla. I told you. When demons are attracted to extraordinarily strong sources of mood swings, they will selectively ignore other sources of mood swings, and even ignore the prey in front of them! ”
"Which, isn't it because of your mistakes?" Camilla, who had almost forgotten all about it, quibbled cautiously as Ian repeated the theory he had said. In fact, if it weren't for Mr. Adolf's previous revelation of Ian's identity, this girl would have always thought that it was due to his mistake.
"Do you really think so?" Ian rolled his eyes in annoyance, though no one could see it.
"You mean, they go against their instincts?" Camila, sensing the slight anger in Ian's tone, quickly straightened her posture and replied uncertainly after thinking for a moment.
"That's right. Ian nodded, he had always thought that his deception plan had succeeded, but later he realized that it was just that the other party could not suppress the instinct of most demons and was forced to give up control of most demons.
"So, Camilla, under what circumstances do you think an inferior demon, a demon that acts only on instinct, would go against his instincts?"
"Well, being dominated by the superiors, or being controlled by the superiors......" Camilla, who was faintly thinking of something, suddenly felt a little trembling at what she said.
Ignoring the girl's trill, Ian continued to ask in a guided manner, "So, why do the demons who are dominated or controlled keep chasing you?"
"Because ......"
Ian, who knew that the girl had understood, interrupted her and looked back at Lilith, who had been sitting with her head buried in her knees, "Because the Dominator, or the Controller, is among you." ”
For a moment, everyone turned their gazes to the blonde girl.
"Liar, deceit, black. Camilla felt that her tongue was beginning to knot: "Li, Lilith-senpai, how can it be a demon?"
"I've never heard of a demon in the appearance of a human being or anything like that. ”
"Impossible, impossible, although this child has a bad personality, she started from the circle with us, no matter how you say it, she can't be a demon. Adolf quickly denied it, he couldn't believe that such a thing could happen.
"She's certainly not a demon. Facing the chaotic crowd, Ian spoke again, "Among the many mid-ranking demons in the Purgatory Wasteland, there are four demons that have evolved the ability to dominate or control. ”
"Among them, there is a rare species called Pansaimo, they are very rare in number, and only a very small number of people know about the existence of this demon. Although this demon is classified as a mid-rank demon, it is not powerful, and in terms of combat power alone, this demon may not even be comparable to an inferior demon. However, it has a summon and dominance that surpasses other mastery mid-rank demons, as well as a rarity that is maddening. ”
"It's... What?" Camilla, knowing that this was the point, couldn't help but ask.
"Anyone who knows about this demon knows that it has another name," Ian paused, he felt that he was cruel at the moment, but finally told the truth: "Parasitic demon." It can parasitize and live with a person when they are fatally injured, but the brain is not completely dead. ”
"It can allow this dead person to live for another week or even half a month, and during this time, it will continue to absorb that person's soul and attract demons to protect itself. Until he breaks out of the shell and completes the evolution that leads to the Upper Demon. ”
"That is to say, Sister Lilith, she ......" Camilla, who finally learned the truth, forced herself to spit out these words, and found that she could no longer make a sound.
"That's it!" At some point, the blonde girl had already raised her face, and two obvious tear streaks were hanging on it: "As he said, I'm dead." ”
"Wait," Andy, who suddenly reacted to something, shouted violently, "If you are parasitized, then the demons who have suddenly attacked and besieged us in the past two days......"
"That's right, that's what I brought in. And it won't be long before a large number of demons will gather with the summoning power of Pansaimo. ”
Hearing Lilith's confession, everyone else looked at her with wide eyes.
"Why? Why hide such an important thing! Do you know how many people have died because of you!" Andy roared as if he were speaking to the hearts of the crowd, "Karen, Aru, Calland...... They, they're all because of you, they're all dead because of you, you know!"
"I know, of course I do, but what would you do if I chose to tell you?" Lilith roared as if she had lost all her mind, "Do you think I don't know those demons that I brought in because of me? Do you think that killing them really makes me feel bad at all? They are also my classmates, and there are also my best friends in them!"
"Then why don't you die!" The emotional Andy jumped up and wanted to pull her hair, but was restrained by Adolf on the side!
"If it were you, would you choose to die?!" Lilith asked rhetorically, unable to bear the guilt and pain any longer.
This sentence stunned everyone in the audience.
"Do you know the pain of waking up and finding that you are dead!" Lilith's tears could not be stopped: "You know, you know, do you know the despair of this soul being sucked every day? I should still be alive, I should be alive!"
"Do you think I didn't think about dying?" The girl with tears on her face roared loudly with all her strength: "I have deliberately caused trouble so many times, and I am deliberately angry that you just want you to leave me, and even want you to kill me!"
"But ......"
After the roar, the girl who couldn't stop gasping seemed to have lost all her strength.
"But I'm a coward. She whispered: "I'm so cowardly that I don't even have the courage to say this, I'm so cowardly that I don't even have the courage to leave you alone, I'm so cowardly that I don't even have the courage to commit suicide! I was still thinking about dying one moment, but the next moment I wanted to live no matter what! Don't say I'm dead, I'm even afraid of pain, I wanted to anger you a little more, but after being slapped by Seran, I didn't dare to continue talking......
"Why? Why do you still want to save me when you already hate me so much? I warned you a long time ago. I have warned you a long time ago that you will all die today with me!" At this point, the girl fell on her back as if she had lost all her strength.
"God, how cruel you are. She looked at the gray sky from afar and whispered, "I want to live, I really want to live." But why? Why don't you even give me the power to choose? Why am I dead?"