They listened to Belcleral's story without distraction, except for Wade, who occasionally couldn't help but sniff and secretly weep as he leaned his head against Lena.

At first, Berclery's voice was low, and he reluctantly told his story.

Sometimes they see him struggling with himself, and then he tells the story in a burst of breath, as if it would be very painful to hold it inside.

But slowly, he spoke faster and faster, and the sense of liberation that he could finally tell the truth after so many years made him feel very relaxed.

"When—when I said I could get to know you," he nodded to Calamon, "I was telling the truth when I felt like losing my brother.

I had a younger sister. We are not twins, but we may be as close as twins.

She is only a year younger than me, and we live in a small field outside of Kinrakqa.

There was nothing around it. There were no neighbors, and our mother taught us to write and read at home, which was enough anyway.

Most of the time we worked in the fields, and my sister was my companion and the only friend.

I'm the same for her. ”

"She's hard working — she's so hardworking.

In the aftermath of the cataclysm, we can only work so hard to ensure that we have something to eat for our next meal.

And both of our parents are old and sick.

In the first winter, we almost starved to death.

No matter how many stories you have heard about famine, you cannot imagine it.

His voice narrowed, and his eyes glazed off. "Hungry beasts and hungry crowds, running around in the wilderness.

Because of our isolation, we are luckier than many.

But many nights we remained awake, clubs in hand, and listened to wolves pacing around our house......

I watched my sister—the sweet little thing—grow very old before she was twenty.

Her hair was as gray as I am now, and her face was wrinkled and spotted.

Tanyes, she never complains. “

"That spring, things didn't change.

At least we have hope, my sister said. We can plant seeds and watch them grow.

We can hunt the prey that comes back with the spring. There was food on the table.

She loves to hunt. Her archery skills are quite good, and she also likes to run around in the wild.

We used to go together, and that day—"

Berclery paused. He closed his eyes and began to shiver as if he were cold, then gritted his teeth and continued.

"On that day, we went farther than usual.

A flash of lightning caused a wildfire burned a clearing in the woods, and we saw a road that had never been seen before.

We really didn't hunt anything that day, and we walked along the path, hoping it was the trail of wild animals.

After a while, I realized that it was not the path of the beast.

It's a very old, ancient way of being walked by humans, and it hasn't been a long time since anyone has walked it.

I wanted to turn back, but my sister kept walking, curious to see what was in front of me. ”

Berclery's expression at this moment looked very nervous.

Robert was worried for a moment that he wouldn't continue, but Berclere continued to speak wildly, as if driven away by something.

"That road leads to a strange place. My sister said it must have been a shrine before, a shrine dedicated to evil gods.

I do not know. All I knew was that there were a lot of broken, collapsed pillars around me, interspersed with dead weeds.

She's right. There's an evil smell there, and we should leave.

We should leave that evil place......" Beclere kept repeating the phrase as if he were chanting a scripture.

Then he fell silent.

No one moved or spoke, and after a few minutes, he began to continue in a low voice.

Others were forced to get closer to be able to hear clearly

。 Slowly, they realized that he had forgotten where and when he was, and that he had gone back to that plane.

"But there is something of the utmost beauty in the ruins, a broken pillar with many gems embedded in it!" said Belclery's voice with awe.

"I've never seen anything so beautiful before – never anything so valuable!

How could I just leave? Just one gem! Just one can make us rich, we can live in the city!

My sister can have an exclusive tailor and she deserves it.

I- I knelt down and pulled out my knife. There is a jewel green gem that shines in the sun!

It's more beautiful than anything I've ever seen – I want it.

I plunged the knife in—" Berclery gestured with his hand, "and I began to try to broadcast it out of the stone under the gem. ”

"My sister was terrified. She yelled at me that she ordered me to stop. ”

"'It's a sacred place,' she pleaded with me, 'and these gems are God's things. It's blasphemy, Belclery!'"

Berclery shook his head, the anger on his face that reflected his memory.

Although I felt a chill in my own heart, I ignored her.

I told her, 'If this was some god thing, they would have given up on this place long ago, just as they had given up on us!'

But she didn't listen to me at all. ”

Beclery's eyes suddenly opened, his eyes full of fear.

His voice was hard to hear, as if it had come from far away.

"She grabbed me all of a sudden! Her nails pierced into my arm—it hurt!"

"'Stop, Berclery,' she commanded me—it's me, I'm her brother!

'I won't let you offend God's things!'' How dare she talk to me like that?

It's for our family, I don't let her stop me, she knows what happens when I'm angry.

Something will break in my head and my sanity will be obscured.

I couldn't think or see. I yelled at her—'Don't bother me!'—but she grabbed my hand anyway, and the knife flew and cut the gems. ”

A crazy glint suddenly appeared in Bercleel's eyes. Calamon subconsciously grasped the dagger at his waist, and the man clenched his hands into fists, his voice almost in a semi-crazy state.

"I- I pushed her...... I'm not trying that hard......

I didn't want to push her so hard at all, she fell backwards hard!

I had to catch her, but it was too late.

I'm moving too slowly, too slowly. Her head slammed into the pillar.

Sharp stones pierced through here—"

Beclery Bibi had her own forehead—"Her face was covered in blood, and the blood covered the gems."

They don't shine anymore. Her eyes dimmed as well. They stare at me, but they can't see me.

And then...... Then ......"

His body trembled violently.

"It was a horrible sight, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw it.

It was like a cataclysm, but it was a process of destroying everything! This time it was creation, but it was something evil and eerie.

The earth shattered in half, and huge stone pillars began to appear before my eyes.

A temple jumped out of the dark underground. It wasn't a beautiful temple, it was deformed and horrible.

I saw darkness rise before my eyes, darkness with five heads, each twisted and twisted before my eyes.

The heads spoke to me in voices as lifeless as the tombs. ”

"'I was sealed away from this world a long time ago, and I can only come back to this world from somewhere.

This pillar full of gems used to be a locked door for me, keeping me from being free.

You released me, human, so I'll give you everything you want, and the emerald will be yours from today onwards!'"

A horrible, mocking laugh followed. I felt a sharp pain in my chest.

I looked down and saw the emerald in my chest, just as you see today.

I was stunned by the evil in front of me and my own reckless behavior, and watched intently as the dark shadow in front of me became clearer and clearer.

It was a dragon! I can still see a five-headed dragon, a monster I've heard about in ghost stories since I was a kid!"

"I know that as long as these dragons return to this world, we will die.

I finally realized what I had done wrong. This is after the darkness that the pastors have told us.

She was defeated by Shuma a long time ago, but never gave up on returning to this world.

Now, because of my stupidity, she can step back into the world.

One of the huge snakeheads pounced on me, and I knew I was going to die, for there was no way she would allow anyone to witness her presence.

I saw her shiny teeth, and I couldn't move. I don't care anyway. ”

Then, my sister suddenly appeared in front of me!

She was still alive, but when I tried to touch her, I couldn't touch anything.

I screamed her name, "'Angela!'" and "Run, Belcleral!" she yelled like crazy.

'Run! she hasn't been able to get past me yet, at least not yet, what's going on!'"

"I stared blankly for a moment, my sister floating behind the darkness and between me.

I watched in horror as the five heads retreated angrily, roaring incessantly.

But they really can't do anything and continue to overtake my sister. And, right before my eyes, the form behind the darkness began to shake and deform.

She's still over there, an evil shadow, but that's all.

But her strength was strong, and she rushed at my sister again......"

Robert and the others never imagined that Berclery's heart was not bad, and there were so many unspeakable hardships hidden.

The eternal man has suffered many painful pasts. His beloved sister unexpectedly left this world because of her greed.

And he himself was cursed by the darkness because of his special physique and coincidence, and left an emerald in his body that would immortalize the host.

After the darkness, I want him to endure the suffering of the world for the rest of his life, and he will never be able to free himself from it.