Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Wordless Farewell
The place where Lin Yuqing met the hat falling spirit was halfway up the mountain, and there was still a long way to see the mountain road from the Valhalla on the top of the mountain. Glory and Ada must not have come down from the top of the mountain just now, they must have come down from the top of the mountain—the thought came to the mind of the boy as he climbed the mountain out of breath.
Glory and the Falling Hat Spirit, one after the other, sandwiched Lin Yuqing and Nagarjuna in the middle, and hurried along as if they had set them up, and the young man was so tired that his sweat had just burst into his sweat and immediately became cold, and he clung coldly to his skin, attracting the cold wind. He had just wiped his face when Nagarjuna suddenly leaned over his shoulder and said vaguely, "Yiri." ”
What the?
He turned his head, his gaze on the black-haired ball, and landed on a bunch of black, shriveled berries.
Nagarjuna held the berry in its mouth, and as it tried to speak, the fruit flickered in its mouth: "Day." ”
Does it say "you eat"?
"You let me eat?" Lin Yuqing held on to his luck, hoping that Nagarjuna would shake his head.
Nagarjuna nodded.
The look in its big silver eyes was not only very sincere, but also with a hint of anticipation - Lin Yuqing froze with such a gaze for a while, and finally slowly stretched out his hand. As he sighed inwardly, Nagarjuna also opened his mouth and spat a bunch of berries into his palm.
A sudden snowstorm had frozen the berries so that they couldn't even be seen in their original appearance, and that's all, mainly because there was a wet glow on the fruit—Lin Yuqing glanced at Nagarjuna's mouth.
"Eat, I walked a long way to find it," the black hair dumpling urged, "It's sweet at first glance." ”
He can't wipe it yet, and if he rubs it he does, he'll get angry. The thought that he had even drunk muddy water when he was trapped in the Jiying Collar was what this saliva was? Lin Yuqing was ruthless, and under its eager gaze, he raised his head and swallowed a bunch of fruits-Ida heard the sound, looked back, and said with a smile: "I originally prepared some food for you, but now it seems that I don't need it." ”
Lin Yuqing heard it clearly, but was so astringent by the berries that he couldn't speak for a while.
After a long while, he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and asked, "Ada, Ying, Valhalla ...... yesterday"
"Well, I know," said the little girl, walking ahead without looking back, her voice wafting through the air briskly, "I brought you some meatloaf before Valhalla was destroyed." ”
"No, I'm not asking for food," Lin Yuqing said this, suddenly stunned, frowned and stopped.
Valhalla had indeed been destroyed—though he had known it for a long time, the boy couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in his mouth, and then he realized something else.
Ida had brought out some food for Valhalla before it was destroyed, because she knew that she would not be able to sit still and would rush over immediately, and when she thought of Glory asking "Why did you come?" before thinking of it, it was obvious that after Valhalla was destroyed, the reason why Glory had not left was because Ada was waiting for her to come.
So, why did Glory listen to her?
"Ada," he called out again, looking at the small slender figure in front of him, his voice almost pleading, "what's going on?"
Ada didn't look back or say anything.
Lin Yuqing's heart became heavier and heavier, and when he was about to catch up a few steps, he was suddenly grabbed by the corner of his clothes - in Nagarjuna's low roar like a warning, he turned his head to look, and found that Rongguang was looking at him with rolling eyes, and asked with a chuckle, "It's coming soon, do you want to see the current Valhalla?"
Lin Yuqing stiffened, glanced at it, and pulled his clothes out heavily.
The group hurried and finally reached the top of the mountain.
Lin Yuqing still remembers the first time he saw Valhalla, when the statue of the god of war illuminated by the golden sunset looked as if it was fluttering under the clouds, and later, the empty stone hall he remembered was immersed in the dark night, and the totem was slammed by an alien Cash.
Now, Valhalla doesn't exist.
The first half of the hall was all turned into a shallow and concave white ground, just like the birdshed that had been evaporated by the glory, and perhaps the scope of the glory was finally insufficient, but the second half was still there, but it was all smashed and buried by the mountain stones that poured down, and there was nothing left except the ruins piled up like hills.
The mountain forest that Lin Yuqing went out of the window and plunged into at that time was also neatly cut off a top, as if a piece of tofu had been cut diagonally. As for the room where he and Ada had lived for a while, it had long since been swallowed up by the endless rocks and become part of the mountain.
In front of the emptiness and ruins, there was only a statue of the god of war, still standing straight and lonely in the gray sky, with a thick layer of snow on his head and shoulders.
"How's it going?" Glory was in a good mood, happily even taking a turn under the statue of the god of war. Its robe suddenly spread out, fluttering like wings in the air, and the snow and skin shimmered with a cold luster as they moved, and for a moment they couldn't tell each other—Glory smiled like a little girl and asked, "I did it, I did it!"
Ida took two steps forward and smiled at it, "Awesome." ”
"I've long been unhappy with Valhalla, but every time I came in the past, I could only appear on the battlefield outside the gates, and the priests watched, so annoying. Rongguang hooked his red lips, glanced at Lin Yuqing, who was standing still, and suddenly smiled at Ida in an aggravated tone: "But if it weren't for your help this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to destroy this place so smoothly." Thank you!"
"Did you help? What did you help?" the young man was suddenly shocked, and his afterglow trembled slightly: "Why?"
Ida lowered her head and didn't say a word, just silently climbed onto the base of the statue.
"Don't you have something to say to me, why don't you say it again?" asked the young man as he took a step closer and raised his voice.
The thin and slender girl stood up, her body blocked by the sword of the god of war, as if hiding behind the sculpture. No one could see her expression, only heard her whisper behind the sword, "I...... I didn't do anything, I just lent Hundred Nine's spiritual weapon to Glory and let it regain its energy inside. ”
As she spoke, the girl stood on tiptoe and took something from the statue of the god of war, and she climbed down the base with the white thing, Lin Yuqing was angry at the same time, but also immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted: "Baijiu!"
The white fox had woken up from its coma, and looked much better, and slowly lifted its eyelids and whispered to the boy, "It's you." ”
Other than that, it said not a word, and didn't even glance at Glory—as if the latter didn't exist.
"Baijiu, are you okay?What's going on?......" Lin Yuqing only hated himself for having a few mouths for a while, and felt that there were thousands of questions that were eager to come out together, "Ada, why are you helping Rongguang?"
"Because, it can help me. ”
Ida took a deep breath, raised her head, stared into the eyes of the tall and thin boy for the first time, and whispered, "Glory needs energy, and I will provide it to it." I don't care what it does with this energy. In the same way, what I need, Glory will provide to me later. ”
"What do you need, do you want revenge? I—I understand this...... But do you know the consequences of Glory destroying Valhalla?Have you forgotten that it was the High Priest who saved you and Baijiu?" A series of questions rushed out of Lin Yuqing's mouth almost uncontrollably: "Why do you trust it? It's not even your Falling Spirit—your Falling Spirit, it's obviously Baijiu!"
The white fox lowered his eyes slightly, his face expressionless.
Now to divide Glory and Ada, you must start from this point!
The young man's cheeks flushed slightly, and he raised his voice: "It barely lives on the wrong person, and one day it will change hosts! Once it has a host, will it still care about you? It is using you-"
"Indeed, I am not yet her fallen spirit. Rongguang smiled lightly, and his tone focused on the word "yet". It jumped onto the base, and its two pointed feet dangled in mid-air: "But what can we not worry about when we two take what we need and cooperate with each other? This fox-like guy can't do what I can do......"
"I didn't ask you, shut up!" the boy suddenly yelled.
He was almost an adult, and his voice was so deep and powerful that it shook people's hearts and pounded in his ears for a while; Glory bowed his head aggrievedly and giggled again: "What a murderer!"
Ida had a small pale face, as she had been in the Earl's Court, with a vague stubbornness.
"Don't yell at it," she said softly, "I offered to cooperate with Glory. I...... I need its power, not just for revenge. ”
"That'...... So what are you trying to do?"
She brushed her wet hair, her eyes still fixed on the slate beneath her feet.
"I'm going home. Although the little girl's voice was low, every word was like a stone that had been frozen all winter, cold and hard. "What's the use of chasing and killing Romandan, without Glory and its fallen spirits, relying only on me and Baijiu, I'm afraid I won't be able to get close to Mesoko Manor. ”
"Baijiu," Lin Yuqing seemed to be reminded, and hurriedly looked at the white fox in her arms: "Do you agree?
"I'm just a fallen spirit following the host. Bai Jiu still had a half-lowered face, and his tone was so flat that it was almost numb.
The young man was angry for a moment, and cried out hatefully: "You are all stupid, seek strength from a fallen spirit who likes chaos...... Ada, you don't want to think about it, why should it fulfill your heart's desire?"
This sentence blurted out, but there was no response. Ida lowered her head and said nothing, only Glory covered her mouth with her hand and yawned a little—the young man looked at the little girl, and then at the fallen spirit beside her, and suddenly realized that Glory could not be willing to help Ida recapture the Mesoko Manor just because he used a spiritual weapon once. So what is its purpose?
Think again, retake the Mesoko estate...... Do you really need the power of glory?
"It was you who told me that there has always been a rift between His Majesty the Emperor and the Holy See, and he has always favored the Mesoko family......" Lin Yuqing slowly raised his head and asked tentatively: "As long as you catch Romandan, this matter will be in front of Your Majesty—"
"Say no more!"
Ida suddenly interrupted him sharply, and her face turned red and white: "We have been trapped in Jiyingling for a month, what did the emperor do? Where was the emperor when my father died? Expecting him to take back the territory-"
She smiled and shook her head, "You know too little about these things. Don't look at how bad his relationship with the Holy See is, if I appear in front of the Emperor now, he will be the first to grab me and give it to the Holy See. ”
She was right, Lin Yuqing really didn't understand the struggle of these aristocratic royal families. He asked in a low voice, "I see you...... It seems that there are already plans. So how are you going to get your territory back?"
Ada shook her head again.
"I can't get the territory back. She said calmly, "At least, in this situation, I can't get it back." ”
The boy frowned.
"So, I'm going to have to destroy this situation. Ada brushed her wet hair, her eyes still fixed on the slate beneath her feet.
"I'm going to destroy the Holy See. I don't care if it's a nobleman, an emperor, or even a rebel...... If they stop me, I will ask them to go down with me to bury my father. The entire Holy Alliance, must — I mean, must — prostrate under the surname Mesoko. ”
Ida raised her eyes, her gaze slowly slicing over Lin Yuqing's unkempt black hair and thin edges: "This is the only way for the Mesoko family flag to re-establish itself in the Holy Alliance. ”
When Rongguang heard this, he suddenly looked up as if he had taken a good puff of cigarette, and his eyes were closed, and his whole body trembled slightly because of the enjoyment—and after a while, he exhaled, his body softened, and he smiled in confusion. A few words from Ida hinted at the exile, bumps, and struggles of tens of millions of people, which is indeed a supreme delicacy for the glory of the god of war, as long as you think about it.
Lin Yuqing was shocked, stood for a long time, and then suddenly smiled bitterly.
"If the Holy See can pay the price, I ...... I don't think anyone is happier than I am. He muttered in response, bowing his head and burying his face in the palm of his hand: "But...... I can't let you cooperate with Glory. You probably don't know it...... You don't know what it's doing. ”
"I know. Ada's eyes cleared.
The boy raised his head suddenly, his thick black eyelashes trembling.
"I told her all about my plan with Cash, I broke a fortress...... The premise of cooperation is honesty, I'm so honest. ”
Rongguang tilted his head with a grin and narrowed his eyes: "Why do you hate me so much? If you were more like me, I'm afraid you wouldn't be so frustrated." You also want to save this one, and you want to help that one...... Exhausted in the end, who did you help? The High Priest is dead, Stuka is dead, how many corpses have been left behind by the Fangs outside the checkpoint-"
"Glory," Seeing the young man not far away with his face lowered, and he didn't say a word for a long time, Ida turned his head suddenly, and his eyes were red and interrupted the falling spirit: "The next time you say such boring things again, don't think about any cooperation!"
"I'm just telling the truth. Glory shrugged his shoulders, his silk robe slid to the crook of his arm.
Ida shook her hand angrily, and hurriedly walked a few steps to at least the year, and was frowning and not knowing how to comfort him, but saw him suddenly raise his head.
Under the messy and fluffy black hair, Lin Yuqing's black eyes reflected the snow on the top of the mountain in the distance, shining with a cold luster.
"Ah Yu......" Ida opened her mouth.
"I just did what I was supposed to do. The boy's voice was low and hoarse, "I won't let myself regret it." ”
"I can't see the future, so ...... I can only do what is right at the moment. Lin Yuqing exhaled softly, and there was still the smell of wild fruit in his breath—Nagarjuna seemed to sense something, and slowly stood up from his shoulder.
Just as Ada was stirring up and hurriedly retreating, the boy had already made a sudden move—he took a step forward and reached out to grab her arm, while at the same time Nagarjuna let out a long howl, and with a flick of his tail behind him, he waved away the approaching footsteps of the Falling Spirit, and as he leaped forward, he rose in the wind and stopped in front of Glory.
When Nagarjuna landed, Lin Yuqing had already clasped Ada's wrist without any suspense. His fingers were cold, and he clutched the little girl like a steel ring, and let her struggle several times but could not break free, and the young man looked into her eyes and said in a deep voice, "In the same way, I can't let you go with the glory." ”
"Let go of me!" Ida screamed angrily, she hugged Baijiu tightly with one hand, and shouted back to the glory who was stopped by Nagarjuna, "Hurry up!"
Lin Yuqing was about to raise his head, when he suddenly saw a pair of eyes of the white fox turn behind him—he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted.
There was no time to turn back, so he simply dragged Ada and threw herself towards the edge of the cliff, and almost at the same time as he rushed out, a puff of smoke drifted right towards where he had just been, slowly wafting through the air.
As soon as he fell to the ground, Lin Yuqing immediately closed his breath, his heart pounded, and his eyes swept around a few times: Nagarjuna stopped the glory on the one hand, and on the other hand, he deterred the Falling Spirit, which seemed a little difficult and powerless; it could not contain the two Falling Spirits at the same time, he had to take advantage of this brief confusion to find a way to forcibly take Ida away-
"Let me go," Ada whispered in his ear, "you forgot, there's more than one fallen spirit under Glory. ”
The young man's heart was mentioned, and before he could turn his head to look at her, he felt a gray shadow suddenly pounce down from between the branches and leaves on his head, covering his head and face, and the whole person fell out uncontrollably backwards--In the midst of the confusion, Lin Yuqing felt that Ida took the opportunity to break free of his hand, and was shouting, "He has fallen!", Nagarjuna roared, and then pounced in this direction—
He didn't feel the slightest feeling, as if he had turned into a feather and fell lightly down the cliff.
Below, the dazzling whiteness of the snow covered the valley, silently waiting for the boy to fall, and at this moment, the world fell silent, and not even the slightest sound of the wind could be heard.
When all the chaos sounded again, Lin Yuqing's ears were filled with all kinds of sounds—the sound of him tumbling down the hill, the heavy steps of the dragon tree, the howling of the wind, the crunch of the shrubs breaking...... Nagarjuna's shadow finally caught up with the boy just as he was about to hit the rock, biting his coat and holding him back from his downward rush.
It was only then that Lin Yuqing faintly heard a shrill whimper from the cliff that seemed to cry and relax—it was Ada.
"Look, he's not dead...... Glory's voice came down a little vaguely, "it's the ...... that fell."
The boy wiped the snow and mud off his body and face, and his exposed skin was slaved. Relying on the strength of Nagarjuna, he struggled to stabilize his body, raised his head and shouted, "Ada, don't go with glory!"
His cry echoed far away in the valley, startling a few birds, but the cliff was silent, and no sound came for a long time.
There were clumps of shrubs on the cliff, obscuring Lin Yuqing's vision, so that he couldn't see whether they were still there, and his heart was hanging higher and higher, and he was about to speak again, when suddenly he heard a plop, and something rolled down the cliff wall, splashing all the way with snow powder—Nagarjuna's tail swept and rolled the thing up.
Lin Yuqing's gaze fell on a roundly wrapped cloth bag. The cloth was soaked in sporadic grease stains and looked like it had been in the kitchen for a long time, and Nagarjuna sniffed it and tossed it to the boy - the cloth bag was loosened, revealing a stack of cold and hard cakes.
"Little brother," Glory's soft voice rang out in the valley, "we're leaving, you remember to miss us." ”