Chapter 4: The Black Knife Strikes for the First Time
Suzu lay on her side on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time, she twisted her head to the other side, and glared at the culprit who made her unable to sleep peacefully - Lyle, Lyle was sitting in front of the window at this time looking at the moonlight outside, only one meter away from Suzu's bed, which really made Suzu a little uncomfortable, after all, a strange teenager who suddenly appeared stayed in front of your bed so closely, no matter which girl could not sleep in peace. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
What's more, he's still a vampire, even though I've never seen him suck blood.
A few hours earlier, Suzu had heard Lyle in the school infirmary say that when they met at her house that night, it was destined that tonight would be another sleepless night.
Because I slept for two days for no reason, the school doctor didn't find out what was wrong, and when the bell went to the teacher's office to report, sure enough, he was punished several times for absenteeism without reason, according to the teacher's idea, the bell was pretended to be in order to satisfy his idea of not wanting to go to class.
When the teacher said the sentence "I didn't expect you to be able to pretend to sleep for so long, your stamina is quite strong", which seemed to be a compliment, but it was actually full of sarcasm, Suzu could only smile helplessly. And this smiling face angered the teacher again, and even Suzu didn't know why the teacher's anger was so big recently, probably because of menopause. As a result, in order to make up for her mistakes, Suzu took on all the cleaning after school today.
When I got home, the moon had risen. For three minutes before opening the door, Suzu prays that Lyle is not in her house, but when Suzu enters the house and finds that the first thing that catches her eye is Lyle's seemingly innocuous smiling face, Suzu is completely desperate.
Suzu, who was lying on the bed, did not turn her head back after staring at Lyle's figure for a moment, but turned her whole body to this side.
"Now, Lyle. β
"What for. Lyle twisted as well, blending his eyes with Suzu's.
"You're a vampire, I've never seen you suck blood. β
"It's a long story, vampires don't usually have to suck blood to survive. Lyle turned back and continued to look at the crescent moon in the distance. We have a lot of different bloodlines, you can understand that there are many different races, and some of them can give the inheritors of the bloodline a powerful power, but this power can not be flexibly controlled, it will continue to erode the heart, and finally make people bad, just like us vampires, can make their own blood boil, and then greatly stimulate the cells, to improve the extreme of cell ability, at the same time, our flesh and magic have also been unimaginably improved, but at the same time, the boiling of blood will also reduce their own blood volume, which is very harmful to themselves, may be out of survival instinctAt this time, we vampires will have a thirst for blood, this desire will continue to prompt us to have a blood-sucking instinct, this instinct is uncontrollable, there is no reason when the attack occurs, in view of our ability will hurt the interests of others, the Queen of the Night will seal this power, and now we vampires, all we have is the powerful physical power that this bloodline brings us, so we vampires do not suck blood now. β
"That's right. β
"By the way, then again, Suzu," Lyle asked Suzu rhetorically in a sudden tone, full of seriousness, "You, did you encounter anything strange when you came back at night, or rather, saw strange people?" β
Seeing Lyle looking at herself with such an eager expression, Suzu had no choice but to dig into her memories carefully.
"You asked, but it reminds me of that. β
"What do you remember?"
"I don't feel anything when the sun has not completely receded, and when the night rises, I feel as if I am being followed, and that feeling is very uncomfortable, and it makes me feel very scared, that feeling, how to say, it is like being stared at as a prey," Suzu said, and she curled up unconsciously, shivering.
"Don't be afraid, go on. Looking at the bell like this, completely devoid of the vitality of the day, Lyle walked up to her with some worry, patted the bell on the back, and comforted her in a very gentle voice.
"I was haunted by this somewhat suffocating feeling all the way, and when I turned back and looked at the source of the staring feeling, I vaguely saw a dark shadow, but the black shadow seemed to be aware of it, and disappeared all at once. β
Lyle was silent.
"Lyle, what do you think it would be, it doesn't feel like a normal person. β
Lyle still didn't speak, thinking about something.
Suzu watched Lyle not speak for a long time, so she thought about opening her mouth to break this embarrassing situation.
"Well, you see what I said, isn't it a bit exaggerated, I don't know why, since that fainting, I've been inexplicably a little sensitive, maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's just a hungry wild dog, although I don't have anything to eat. Suzu said with some childishness.
"Your sensitivity should be due to the liberation of the demon source, so that you have a perception of magic, and, from your life, you are born with a perception that surpasses others. β
"What do you mean..."
"I mean, you can't conclude that you were wrong about what you saw, but I was watching you the night you were in a coma at school. β
"You're peeking at my sleeping face again," Suzu said, holding a pillow and burying half of her face in it, deliberately in a somewhat cute voice.
Lyle glanced at Suzu speechlessly, and said, "Listen to how your tone feels like it's happy." β
"What, I, I'm not happy, it's too late for me to scold you for being perverted. Suzu's face immediately flushed.
Lyle ignored Suzu's embarrassed expression and continued, "At that time, I was just leaving for a while, and when I came back, I suddenly realized..." Lyle said this, his eyes kept staring at Suzu, and Suzu was a little nervous.
"What did you find? Tell me, don't be appetizing. β
"There's a strange dark shadow coming in through the window next to the bed you're lying in, and he's supposed to be targeting you. β
"You're saying someone wants to work against me?"
"Fortunately, I rushed over in time, and the dark shadow also sensed my presence and ran away. β
Suzu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Lyle say this, "Thank you, Lyle." β
"Huh?" Lyle glanced at Suzu in surprise, "So you're going to thank me." β
"You're still so rude to speak, and I'm not a scoundrel, so of course I'll be grateful for this most basic thing. Suzu pouted a little unconvinced.
"Really, ignore you, I'm asleep, don't think anything strange about me. β
"I won't. β
Suzu closed her eyes, still imagining the scene of Lyle hurrying to see that she was in crisis, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved upward.
The next day, Suzu continued to walk towards the school as usual, and to be honest, she still haunted the dark shadow that was following her.
What the hell is that black shadow, what is it going to do to itself, Suzu shook his head vigorously, with the current situation, even if he wants to break his head, he can't find any clue.
"Hey, people over there, danger, get out of the way. An inexplicable shout was heard in the distance.
"Hey, are you talking to me?" Suzu muttered to herself as she watched passers-by in the distance open their mouths and yell at her.
What happened next made Suzu's mood unable to calm down for a long time.
When Suzu saw the crowd of passers-by looking at her with frightened eyes again, she realized from her previous thoughts, a large black shadow had appeared under her feet, she looked up, and the scene that greeted her was not only shocking, but only 2 meters above herself, a large stone wall was falling.
Seeing that the stone wall was gradually about to be pressed down, the bell at this time had already made the legs soft on the ground, and at the same moment, a figure flashed in front of the bell's eyes, not giving the bell a chance to react at all.
After a while, Suzu came to her senses, squatted on the ground and gasped for breath, "Hey, I, am I not dead?" After saying this, Suzu realized that there was no scar on his body that had been crushed by the stone wall, and the stone wall was in front of his eyes, scattered all over the ground in the form of rubble.
"I, didn't I get crushed?"
"Don't worry, you'll be fine with me. β
When this familiar voice reached her ears, Suzu realized that she was being protected in her arms by a man wearing a black shirt and a hood.
"Yes, is it Lyle?"
The man lifted his hat a little upward, revealing the face that Suzu was all too familiar with, with red pupils and a few silver hairs protruding from his hat, none other than Lyle himself.
"Fool, of course it's me. Lyle showed his harmless smile, which finally calmed Suzu's heart, which had been hanging in the air.
"Thank you for being there in time, I can stand up on my own now, can you let go of me first. When Lyle heard this, his hands immediately let go as if they had been electrocuted, one hand groping around on his lap at some point, and the other scratching his already flushed cheek.
Suzu laughed out loud. "You're blushing too. β
"It's not surprising. β
"But why did the wall suddenly collapse?" looked at the rubble in front of him, and then moved his gaze to the place where the stone wall fell, and the wall that should have been intact now has a large hole in it. Suzu still said with some trepidation.
Lyle was also holding the big hole in the wall, and suddenly there was an imperceptible look in his eyes, "This doesn't look like a naturally occurring shedding, I'm going to investigate a little tonight, you should be careful when you're home alone." β
"Well, don't worry, I've been living alone for several years, are you still afraid that you won't be able to take care of yourself, you still worry about yourself, don't get into any trouble." β
"Well, I see, you continue to study, I'll flash first. With me, Lyle got up and left. Looking at the distant back, Suzu's heart unconsciously welled up with a strange feeling, which made Suzu feel very relieved and warm.
But what Suzu didn't know was that this seemingly thrilling accident was just the beginning, and invisibly, Suzu had gradually been involved in a huge change, but these are all later words.
That night, as Lyle himself said, when Suzu opened the door, he didn't see his smiling face at a glance like yesterday.
"That guy is really not here, he said he was going to investigate, and I don't know where he went, forget it, it's just right that he's not there, and I can't get a good night's sleep for the past two days. Suzu muttered to herself, yawned, and as if she wanted to get rid of all the fatigue of the past few days, she jumped into bed and soon fell asleep.
With a "bang", accompanied by a powerful air current, Suzu's window was shattered by an invisible force at once, and Suzu herself was bounced off the bed by this force.
"Ahh
"Woooooo There was a beastly cry in front of her, the cry was full of hunger and killing, Suzu opened her eyes to see what was attacking her, to be honest, since she saw Lyle perform a move that ordinary people can't do, she has begun to slowly adapt to this situation that ordinary people can't predict, so now, although she is facing a crisis, she still feels calm.
Don't panic, you must not mess up, if you give up, there will really be danger, Suzu leaned against the wall and slowly supported his body, while comforting himself in his heart, encouraging himself, while staring at the front of him, out of the broken window, there was nothing at first, gradually, a black person who couldn't see clearly, no, not so much a person, but a monster, because the black shadow was several times more than Suzu, and the feeling of giving Suzu was not like a person, more like a beastγ
The scene is still in a state of stalemate, and the dark shadow in front of him will pounce at any time, and Suzu looks around, trying to find something that can bring him a glimmer of life.
After a few seconds, Suzu grabbed the pillow that had fallen on the ground next to her, and thought to herself that running outside the house would definitely be stopped at the gate, so it was better to make a desperate bet.
"Roarβ" At this time, the monster under the dark shadow roared, and cracks began to appear in the wall next to the window, as if it had been corroded, and the cracks began to slowly turn into wind and sand, and then continued to invade the outer walls, and finally, within a while, the walls were destroyed into a large hole.
When this big hole was already as big as a black shadow, the black shadow pounced on the bell at once.
"This is the opportunity. Suzu whispered, while pounced on himself in the opposite direction, he jumped to the left side, at this time, Suzu's ankle was still aching, but it was enough to support himself to jump this level of activity, due to the size of his bedroom, Suzu expected that this monster several times larger than himself would not be so easy to turn around after rushing straight over.
"Sting" With a sound, Suzu tore a big hole in the pillow in his hand, and threw it directly at the head of the monster who turned to look at him, of course, because he couldn't see the touch of the monster under the black shadow, the part that looked like a head was just Suzu's guess, but the guess didn't seem to be wrong, the black shadow seemed to be obstructed, and there was no head and no brain, and Suzu was not so stupid, he wouldn't stay there all the time and watch the black shadow get the pillow down, after all, this was just a delaying tactic, and it couldn't last long in the world, and the key now was to escape quickly.
Suzu got up again, fought to the limit of her physical strength, supported her injured ankle, and fled as fast as she could.
It seems that the strategy has worked, Suzu just thought like this, and was knocked down by the cruel reality again, and there was a strong pain in the ankle again, "Damn, this sprain is really not the right time." β
"Roar--" The black shadow let out another roar, and this time it was obvious that the monster under the black shadow was more irritable and angry than before.
Move, move, my feet, Suzu looked at the black shadow that had come out of the house, and kept shouting in her heart. The pace of the black shadow approached little by little, like the countdown to death pronounced by death, each blow directly hit Suzu's heart, and despair continued to entangle Suzu's body and mind like a crazy vine.
"Ahh
Two large blood-red spots of light appeared in the black shadow in front of him, like the eyes of a murderer, surrounded by the desire to kill, eyes filled with blood, Suzu thought, is this the eye of this guy, it is really a monster, where do ordinary people have such big eyes.
Suzu was caught by the black shadow and kept sending her to her own bloody eyes, no, not so much to the eyes, but more to the mouth, because the sight that appeared in front of Suzu's eyes made him feel great fear, and at this time only one thought came to her heart, eaten, to be eaten.
That's right, the black shadow is in front of Suzu's eyes, after revealing his eyes, then a big mouth appeared under the eyes, and the mouth kept opening, because it was very close, Suzu could clearly see the two rows of fangs exposed in that mouth and the cloudy saliva stained on the teeth, and a bad smell spread directly from the black shadow's mouth to Suzu's face, and the urge to retch for a while stimulated Suzu's brain.
"I, am I going to die?" Suzu opened her mouth slightly, whispered the last words she thought she had said before she died, and slowly closed her eyes.
Time passes little by little, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds... Nothing happened, and suddenly, I felt a green light streak through, and then I heard the sound of something breaking and the cry of a black shadow, but there was no joy in this cry before eating, but more like a sad scream, Suzu held the question in her heart, and opened her eyes.
Where is the giant hand that grabs himself, there is just a teenager's chest and arms, the boy jumps back, with the bell principle of the black shadow, let her put her down, the bell raised her head, under the moonlight, the silver hair is even more dazzling, although the face is not visible in front of the shadows, but the warm feeling from the red pupils has convinced the bell who the person in front of him is.
"You've saved me again. The tired Suzu reluctantly squeezed out a smile and handed it to the young man in front of him, but this simple smile contained all the emotions of Suzu at this time, gratitude, happiness and security.
"I said, you'll be fine with me, leave it to me next," the boy smiled back.
"Yes"
Suzu leaned against the wall next to the road, looking at the young man who was slowly walking towards the black shadow, if he stood in front of him at this time, he could see that the anger in the young man's eyes at this time, a kind of anger that the young man himself didn't know where to come from.
"Nobody, remember my name and appearance in hell, Lyle Plath, know for yourself the life of the man for the rest of your life, and then, give me a careful reflection under the Nine Springs, and I will let you know what a serious thing it is to provoke me. β
Lyle threw out an emotionless sentence to the black shadow with an expressionless face, and then at a distance of 3 meters, he stretched out his left hand and held the big black knife on the ground in his hand, next to the knife, was the hand of the black shadow that was cut off, it was the hand that had just grabbed the bell, at this time, because of the separation from the master's body, the black shadow that was originally covered on it also faded, and it was a big hand that was as white as a bone.
"Don't you plan to show your original appearance, your killing intent has completely exposed your disguise, and the black aura and exposed eyes and mouth of your whole body are the best proof of this. Lyle stretched out his knife and pointed it at the shadow,
As if he couldn't understand human speech, the black image yelled at Lyle and rushed over.
"Is it?" Lyle jumped forward, easily dodging the black shadow's pounce, and then stopped with the black shadow's back as a foothold, only to see that Lyle's empty hand slowly began to gather green magic, and then slapped directly on the black shadow's body.
"The strength of the camouflage technique is indeed good, but the level of this warlock is about to collapse, and even people like me who don't use magic well can easily crack it. After all, the magic in Lyle's hand has been wrapped around the black shadow's body, and it can no longer be called a black shadow at this time, because the black shadow used to hide his body has been completely disintegrated.
The clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, and the moonlight shone completely on the earth, and Suzu could see clearly the appearance of the enemy who attacked him, it was a monster that looked like a dog and an ape, and the whole thing was like a dog, but its arms were like orangutans, and one of them had been cut off by Lyle.
"Sure enough, the person who came was not the one behind the scenes, but just his own domesticated pet," Lyle said contemptuously, "It's a pity that his little pet bit the wrong person." β
Without giving the other party a chance to continue to act, Lyle took the preemptive action, jumped directly into the air, and sent it directly to the monster, in the air, Lyle made a posture of raising his sword and fell rapidly, and at the same time, a lot of magic power was released from his body, all gathered on the black knife.
With a "poof", Lyle fell to the ground, and the monster in front of him still maintained a posture of looking up to the sky, in the middle of the monster's body, a green line appeared, and then, with this as the dividing point, the monster's body began to break into two halves, separating to both sides, and dirty black blood splattered from it, and finally, including the hand that had been cut off before, together with the body that had been turned into two halves, all seemed to be decomposed, turning into piles of black particles, scattered under the blowing of the wind.
"Is it a spell that will automatically disintegrate the body if it fails?,It's really a bad taste.γ Lyle said.
There was a slight call from behind "Lyle", and Lyle turned his head to look at the owner of the voice, Suzu looked very haggard at this time, and suddenly fainted.
"Hey, why are you dizzy again," Lyle hurriedly ran to Suzu's side and picked her up, "because she was too frightened." β
Looking at the face of the girl in front of him, Lyle smiled, the nervous feeling he felt when he saw her being caught just now finally calmed down.
"So, what is going to happen to her broken house, really, she fell asleep and threw all the aftermath on me. Lyle sighed helplessly, "However, she was really frightened too much today, so let her sleep well." β