【Siren】

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The gloomy night, the dark sea with a faint mist, the atmosphere is ominous.

Departing from Galadia to the strait where the incident occurred, everyone was silent along the way.

"We're here this time," Madeleine said suddenly, "no one knows Sibir Russos very well. ”

"I've worked with her once," Colin Nightingale replied in a whisper of silence, "and it's not familiar, and it doesn't get in the way." ”

"That's good," Madeleine's deep voice grew desolate in the sound of the waves, "the Primordial Branch...... She was semi-demonized and escaped in the middle of a cross-border cooperation mission, right? This time her latest sighting appeared a few weeks ago, and it has been going on for more than a month, but why did she launch an attack on such an obvious and important route......

"I want to take the liberty of asking," Ataya couldn't help but ask, "Senior, we all know about semi-demonization, but how does semi-demonization happen and what are the chances......?" Can this process be reversed?"

Madeleine glanced at her, her gray-green eyes dimmed in the dim light: "Creatures are prone to alienation when their spiritual endurance reaches the limit, and the higher their wisdom, the easier it is to be eroded by demonic thoughts, and then invaded and assimilated by demonic breath, this is a secondary demon." If the spirit of the secondary demon is stabilized again, it will continue to evolve and become able to converge on the demon form, think independently, and act purposefully, and it will be a complete secondary demon that can integrate into the demon society. And most of the secondary demons will only retain the chaotic form of madness and unsteady, and for the pure demon race, they are only at the level of demonic beasts, which is what we call 'semi-demonization'. Odds? That maybe, but the odds are not low among the Heavenly Punishers. As for the reversal, unfortunately, there are no successful cases at the moment. ”

The chance of semi-demonization among the Heavenly Punisher is not low...... That's terrible. Ataya was silent again, and Selena, who was listening silently, thought, it is probably understandable, the work of the Heavenly Punisher is probably more dangerous and painful than imagined, and I am afraid that a single thought will turn into a secondary demon. And I saw a philosopher named Nietzsche say before, "When you fight monsters, you should beware of becoming monsters yourself." When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. ”

"Miss Mercury. A low call interrupted her from her musings.

"Eh, Miss Madeleine!" she replied hurriedly, and a smile seemed to appear on the black sage's rugged face.

"Don't be too nervous, girl. I got your information from He Qing, you are from the Xuan world, your father is Sun Chongdao, your mother is Tajiana Mercury, and your mother took you and your brother Silas to take refuge in the white world. Madeleine said flatly, staring at her countenance.

"Yes, my brother's current name is Sun Rin, this year's No. 1. ”

"Your brothers and sisters are excellent children, which is very rare. You've met the Mercury Witch Graceia Shirovra in the White World, right?"

Her right hand was gently shaken by Ataya, and Sally gently shook her sister's hand back and replied in a deep voice, "Yes." ”

"Well, the next action will probably bring back unpleasant memories for you," Madeleine struggled to show her kindness contrary to her rugged and fierce appearance, "The monsters created by the Mercury Witch's demonic energy are semi-demonized, and Sybil's situation will probably be similar." I'm sorry to tell you now, but as a Heavenly Punisher, you have to deal with this. ”

It is indeed painful to think about the brutal murder of her mother, but Sally is used to it and wants to face it bravely: "Thank you for your concern, I will adapt to any environment." ”

"That's good. Then, since this is a crusade, the next step is to be commanded by the Red Name Raid Team. Cessna. Madeleine handed over, and once silenced, her burly figure seemed like a statue of sorrow carved into the twilight.

"Yes," said the Red Sage Philhisna Mira again, though gentle, and her voice was full of power and majesty in the turbulent waves, "Ladies and gentlemen, Sybil Russos is a warrior who specializes in phonological magic, she was once a member of our Asgard Band, and her seductive singing voice is the origin of her 'Siren' name, please be careful. According to the intelligence, she lives on a rocky reef and uses her song to confuse the crew, and it is also possible to summon, create, and control the demon with her voice, and under various conditions such as terrain and environment, we believe that she is a second-level danger. ”

"I've heard the words 'Sirens,' and the Odyssey where people cross the channel with wax on their ears," Ivan began, "and how do we deal with it?"

"The phonological magic 'Silence,'" replied Filcisna, "but the maximum duration of 'Silence' is about half an hour, and there is a good chance that Sybil will crack this technique, so the situation is not optimistic." This time we mainly used ranged attacks to minimize the control of the singing voice. ”

"In that case, you need to find out where the other party is. Yueming said slowly.

"The old man will find her. Madeleine was talking about Captain Rod Pano, the grumpy little old man known as "Purple Smoke".

"Children, I don't think we're in great danger, but I must say," Filsina added slowly, "that we are going to carry out the most annoying mission, and the crusade is the most important thing to be merciful, so it will be torture for both the celebrity and us, so don't hesitate, death itself is not painful, it is the process that suffers." ”

"Understood, understood!" came a loud reply, and everyone looked up, but it was the macaw on the shoulder of the little old man who answered.

"We've been discovered," said the little old man Rod, "and she wants to talk to us." ”

In silence, Madeleine was the first to stand up and walk to the deck, and everyone slowly followed, walking into the floating night fog.

"Lady Sybil Russos?" said Madeleine aloud into the darkness, a light mist that swayed in front of her.

The sea and the breeze chirped in his ears, and then a moving voice slowly pierced through the night and fog in response: "Yes, I am Sybil Russos." ”

Soft and clear female voice...... Was she really a monster? Sally tried to look ahead, but all she could see was the thick night.

"We are the Heavenly Punisher, and I am Madeleine Mino!" said Madeleine in a deep voice, not moving.

"Are you here to crusade against me?" said Sybil's soft voice with a sad calm, "I've waited too long...... Please, I've been patient for decades and don't want to eat anymore......"

What? And not resisting? It makes it harder to get started, if it's not a lie.

Ivan and the others looked at each other, and in silence Sybil continued: "As a human being, I long for the end...... But I can't stop my thoughts, please...... Don't be careless and kill me!"

"We see," Madeleine replied in a deep voice, "old man, Cessna. ”

"Good. The little old man Rod took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled a dark cloud of smoke—

The smoke stretched out as if it had life, and gradually became a whole as it blended into the sea mist, and the road ahead gradually became clear, a turbulent darkness in the dim moonlight. As soon as Filcisna raised her hand, the pink flames fluttered like countless petals, illuminating the way.

"Reef danger, please ......" Sybil's voice weakened abruptly, and then intermittently began a whimper-like sound, "...... Yes...... I'm sorry—"

The bewitching song of the Siren came low, accompanied by the gentle ups and downs of the tide, and the ethereal and cold came into consciousness-

"'Quiet!'" Madeleine tossed Carlos's magic card into the air, the powder-purple glow that spread out brought a dead silence, the sea breeze still flapping on her face, and Celie clung to the railing and breathed in the warm and humid sea breeze before she felt a sense of stability again, and she and everyone else lost their hearing at the same time, which was both an advantage and a disadvantage.

Madeleine gestured back, and Maryse stepped forward and raised her hand with the gold bracelet, and the intense spread of golden light caused a huge vibration, and the weapons prepared on the ship flew out with golden light, like countless seabirds.

There was not a single sound...... Sally knew that this would interfere with the magician's control, but Maryse still steadfastly manipulated the millions of weapons to throw forward, and the dead silence in front of her was like a million schools of fish swimming and impacting, and the two collided violently, like an explosion in the rosy firelight!

It is a large number of sea beasts, sandwiched between some sea demons...... Was it all manipulated by Sybil's singing?Sally looked at Madeleine and Filcisna, the two sages silently watching the battle, not ready to help.

Atayal next to him moved slowly, and for the first time in front of everyone, he released the "immortal" seal inherited from his eldest sister Paris, and then drove the sea water-

Just as the sea devil La Niña did when she controlled the stormy ocean, the waves of water and the coercion drove out the herds and opened the way for the ships.

After looking ahead, Filsina suddenly exerted force, and her rosy fireworks burned in the purple smoke of the little old man Rod, illuminating the front in an instant.

The boat continued to move forward, and it didn't take long to see a shadow floating over the waves, which was a rocky island.

At this time, Rod turned back to the group and gestured to everyone, and Atayal quickly gestured together, as if to indicate that the ship could not move any further. Sally tried to look, and the reef could be seen faintly between the waves......

And then there'...... The stench of blood that came up like a tide caught my eye was a few floating corpses.

While she was hesitating, Daria Nightingale suddenly grabbed the edge of the boat and stretched out her hand: a light green thread of light flew out of her sleeve, and the scattered thread pierced through the carrion corpses that were crawling the boat, tearing the evil puppets to pieces!

Surrounded by a large number of corpses left by Sybil for many years, plus sea beasts...... But it can be dealt with, the members of the crusade are too strong, and the constant stream of demons is powerless under the hands of Marith and Daria.

It's just that the ship can't get any closer, and Atayal continues to use his ability, and in an instant, the frozen sea forms a smooth road.

Mariss disembarked first, and Madeleine and Filcisna motioned for the Ataya siblings to stay on the boat and hold the rear, and then disembarked with Colin, Moonlight, and Sally.

Even if you can't hear the sound, the vibration from your feet is a good signal of danger. Sally could see the corpses of sea beasts and humans beneath the ice, and the bare reef ahead was the monster they were about to defeat—

A giant bird-bodied banshee in the middle of a sea of corpses.

The frost feathers were stained with blood, the huge monster retained the human body covered with feathers, and the sculptural faces under the weak moon still belonged to such beautiful women, looking at them sadly, indulging in desperate songs, calling for everyone's approach—

And then in the far corner of my heart, the low chant rang out!

Feeling the pain and sorrow coming into her senses, Sally raised her eyes to look at the beautiful banshee singing, the brown-haired banshee with tears fluttering her wings, and countless blades flew immediately!

Selie felt the surging power behind her, and Ataya drove the atmosphere to sweep away all the blades, but the banshee remained unmoved in the storm—

"Come here......" the mournful voice called to everyone.

Requires the power to kill with one hit...... The half-demon's self-healing speed is too fast, and neither can Marise's Awakening Sword and Atayal's Ice Storm do this, nor can Miss Madeleine, who is a physical magician, only Miss Mira, Moonlight, and herself can try...... Celie glanced at the two men manipulating the flames, and motioned to each other to continue approaching Sybil.

"Love me...... the tearful banshee in the middle of the demon sea still sang in a low voice, evoking pity and pain in the depths of people's hearts.

Madeleine seemed to cry out loudly, and Celie couldn't hear a single sound except the sobbing, but Madeleine probably said "We love you", right?

Because of love, I want to be rescued, but the only way to save the Heavenly Punisher is to kill, and this must be done.

"Lady Sybil Russos!" was the only time to convey the words, and Sally shouted in the wind, "I'm sorry, but we came as you wished, and we're going to bring you back!"

"Come to me......" The mournful call seemed to have a smile in it, and the banshee's wings that were about to flutter again trembled.

As a human, she is wrestling with her demonic self...... Although she understands but can't do anything about it, Sally also knows that some changes are difficult to reverse, just like life and death can't be reconciled.

"Darker than the afflicted, O tide of death surging in the darkness, now answer my call!" Unable to hear her own voice, Sally sang as hard as she could to channel her strength, "I am the Devil, I am the Darkness, I am the Death, I am your Ruler!"

Sybil sang along with her incantation to death, his face deep and beautiful under the dim moonlight like a martyred saint. All around them, the surging killing intent that surged up from all the evil spirits condensed into a thick black tide of the Sea of Death, following the mind to achieve the foreseeable fate—

"Rush here to destruction, Shadow Tide!"

In a world dominated by Blackwater, Sally felt that her mana had reached its peak. She watched as the darkness she channeled rushed up, engulfing the entire reef.

The only song in the silence finally turned into a mournful cry, and it was swallowed up by death in an instant. Then, when the darkness cleared, all of them saw in front of them was a mountain of corpses, and in their ears were the wailing cry of the sea beast and sea devil, and the relentless commotion of the wind and waves that had not changed for thousands of years.

In the midst of this desolate chorus, Filcisna slowly called, "Colin. ”

"Okay. Colin stiffly jumped into the sea of corpses, and then slowly turned out an unharmed corpse from the scattered feathers and tendons: "She's here. ”

Sally came closer, and saw Sybil lying on Collin's lap in a deep sleep, his tear-stained face smiling calmly, still beautiful and dreamy.

Colin gently placed his slender hand over Sybil's forehead, a faint blue light emanating from his hand. Then he closed his eyes and spoke slowly: "My name is Sybil Russos and I am from the beautiful Greek island of Corfu. ”

Is this what Colin is capable of? Read the minds of the dead, identify the red names, and understand what they did?

"My power has awakened because I have taken all the shipwrecks that have taken me, and I have used this power to become the Heavenly Punisher, and I have used this power to make up for my original regrets again and again. I must have fulfilled my dream, but I lost my way at sea again during the expedition to the Dark Continent, and this time I became the shipwreck......" Colin said expressionlessly, his voice extremely soft and sad.

"I know I deserve to die, but my demonic body doesn't allow me to die...... I look forward to the continued love of my companions who know my name, and only those who love me will remember that I have not returned, and will search for me, call me, and bring my body back to Corfu...... My destiny must be death, but can you, can you take me back?"

Madeleine stepped forward, a burly and rugged woman, who picked up Sybil with such a precious tenderness, and whose hoarse voice seemed to tremble: "Now let us go back, Lady Sybil Russos, our friend and doom-bearer." ”

Then the lost warrior will be buried in his homeland. Sally walked beside Madeleine, looking at Sybil's pale face, trying to say something but unable to make a sound.

All the Heavenly Punishers will end up with an unnatural death, at the hands of their enemies or their companions, which will be happier? Is Sybil's fate also the fate of himself and his friends, and who will bury himself then?

At that moment, in her unstable heart, Harden's face appeared.

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Preview: "If you become a heavenly punisher, you probably have your own reasons why you have to do it. Losing everything to come here, otherwise who can bear this fate in peace?"

Strength, justice, discipline, cruelty, affection, and misfortune, which is the characteristic of the Heavenly Punisher? Today and tomorrow will continue to pursue the reason for the righteous survival of a long life, Heavenly Punishers, until the end of the spark that takes away your souls—

The next chapter, The Flower of Judgment.

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The BGM of this article is Nightwish's song "TheSiren", which is why the title of this chapter is recommended. Here is the Chinese translation of the song:

A woman playing the violin against the sea (/seal/seal).

Where the voice of the call can reach

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[Sailor]: "Who tied my hands to the steering wheel?"

The zodiac signs turn to me" / I feel the world spinning

Siren ("Come to Me")

[Sailor] "Somewhere shows my destiny / My destiny lies ahead."

I heard it, but what will I see?"

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[Sailor] I tied myself to the steering wheel

The wind talks to my sails, not me

Siren ("Come to Me")

[Sailor] "Somewhere shows my destiny / My destiny lies ahead."

I heard it, but what will I see?"

— Note

I see that there are several translations, and it seems controversial whether the first sentence is playingtotheseals or sea, and because I heard the s here, I think it means seals, seals, or seals. In addition, the slash represents another translation of the sentence.