Chapter Seventy-Seven: Ripples of the Heart
The temple is assumed to be on a track hundreds of meters in the air, and the resplendent ground is actually a pavilion in the sky.
The Regent had fallen helplessly into the sea of gears, but at the last moment, he grabbed the bare steel bars on the temple floor.
One more blow will completely defeat the Regent!
However, Yuri had barely taken aim with the steam blade cannon when he heard Benaliss coldly tell him to stop.
"Unless you're going to trade the little girl's life for the regent's. Otherwise, lay down your arms. ”
Yuri looked back in surprise to see Princess Flora standing beside Benalis with the Thorn of the Sun in her hand, and her own neck was pressed against a pitch-black iron arrow.
It's the Ranger General's Iron Arrow.
While the earth was shaking violently and everyone's attention was focused on the regent, the princess decided to make a desperate attempt and launched a final assault on Benalise. Originally, her speed was already faster than that of the Ranger General, because she understood Yuri's tactics, and when she slashed the fire blow, she jumped high to avoid the violent earthquake on the ground, while the Ranger General stood in place, but had to sway left and right to maintain his balance.
The time difference of this second allowed the princess to reach Benalis's side one second faster than the Ranger General.
Just stab the thorn of the sun into her heart and it will end the war.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through the princess's mind.
If Benaryse dies, the Ranger General will cease to exist.
But the princess's lead is nothing more than a second, and this hesitation is wasted in exactly a second.
Like a black storm, the Ranger General instantly moved behind the princess and pressed an arrow to her neck.
In order to carry out his obsession with living, he did not hesitate in his heart.
The boys felt the coldness spread to their hands, and the weapons that had accompanied them until now suddenly became extremely heavy.
The Lord Regent snorted like a beast and climbed slowly, eventually leaping back to the ground again, shaking his thick arms and slapping his cheeks hard.
The teenagers completely lost the chance to knock out one of the apostles.
"Hand it over, and give me back the dark matter hidden in the space. Benalisa twisted the princess's face hard.
The princess's white skin was pinched bloody, and she closed her eyes tightly and stubbornly turned her face to the side.
"Don't be stubborn!" Benalis, suddenly furious, slapped the princess in the face with all her strength, "It's because you damn girl, you won't live your life according to the script I wrote for you anyway, that my sister Moloni, the fallen witch, can't come!
The princess turned her head sideways, feeling a chill in her neck, and it was a black iron arrow piercing her skin. Her own blood slowly flowed down her neck, and the princess was extremely sad in her heart, and she was already in tears.
She sobbed under her breath and said, "Raphael, whoever wants to kill me at this moment, why you!"
Obviously, whether it is in a bleak trip to a foreign land, or in the beautiful sea of flowers in the hometown. We will all support each other and never give up.
I have fulfilled my promise, Raphael, and I have not chosen to give up on you when you are about to say goodbye to me, but will do whatever it takes to give you back your life. Even if I broke the taboo, even if it made the witch laugh sarcastically, at least I didn't hesitate when I knew there was a way for me not to have to say goodbye to you forever!
"Do you regret it? The person who wants to kill you now is the same person you brought back from death even if you broke the taboo. ”
The princess's heart suddenly brightened.
Although unwillingly.
But I never regretted it.
The heartache of the moment when I saw the Ranger General stop breathing felt so real.
The moment he learned that he was once again active in the Resistance, the joy was so real.
The princess suddenly realized that in her heart, as long as the Ranger General was still alive, no matter what kind of person he became, whether he remembered the past, whether he would see her or not, and everything else did not matter. As long as you live, it's precious.
After all, in the heart of the former ranger general, as long as the princess can grow up safely and smoothly, no matter where she is, whether she can see the sun tomorrow or not, it doesn't seem to matter.
At least now that I'm dead, he can live.
At this moment, the princess understood the mood of the Ranger General's last words.
"Raphael, listen well, I don't want to see you die after all, it's my choice. At least you can survive after I die, and if one day you suddenly remember the princess you once protected, don't be sad or sigh, because her greatest wish is that you can live freely as before. ”
The princess's burning tears dripped onto Raphael's hand, and the black arrow that was about to pierce the throat suddenly stopped.
The pitch-black iron armor of the Ranger General, the bright line that was originally dark red, suddenly flashed with blue light for a moment.
The princess's tears turned into a clear spring, dripping into the silent pool, stirring up a circle of blue ripples.
The man, who was almost one with the rock wall, was awakened by the sound of water droplets, and opened his dark green eyes that he hadn't opened for a long time.
He had been asleep in this dark and secluded cavern for a long time, and the last time he was awake was probably more than two years ago.
"Oh, this is the depths of my own consciousness. The soul that was originally locked at the bottom of consciousness will not change the scene in front of them no matter how much time passes. ”
The man slowly stood up with his drowsy head in his hands, and began to remember why he chose to stay here instead of die generously, and his soul returned to Mingchuan to start his life in the next life.
At that time, he was indeed dead, his vital signs were zero, his breathing stopped, his heart stopped beating, and his consciousness was the last piece of red-hot firewood left in the fire of life, but he was about to go cold.
He felt extremely relieved for a while, since people are dying, no matter what kind of worries and can't let go, it will be useless, it is better to enjoy this ultimate peace at the last moment when he has lost all connection with the world and only exists in his heart.
However, the appearance of the black witch disturbed his peace.
"Are you really willing to die like this?"
"It's not a question of willingness, it's that since you're dead, it's just that. ”
In front of the man's eyes appeared the forest where he had run and jumped in his youth, geese flying south under the blue sky, the warm and pleasant autumn sun shining through the leaves, and the fish jumping out of the shallow stream from time to time. This is the scene of the love of a man's life, and it would be nice to be able to return here in the last time.
"Generally speaking, people who are dying will have an ugly final struggle, wanting to stay in this world for a second longer, which is the most instinctive desire of all life. Why can you wait so peacefully for death?"
The man smiled and replied, "Because I have just lived my life without regrets." ”
"But without life, love doesn't exist. Don't forget that there is a girl waiting for you to go back to your hometown. ”
The man shook his head nonchalantly: "If I now kneel on the ground and beg you to let me live, the girl's heart will fly away like a bird at once." ”
But the end of your life without regrets may be someone else's lifetime of regret. For example, the princess you protect will hate herself for dragging you down. ”
The man shook his head: "No, the princess is a strong girl, she must have known that we must have parted eventually, not this year, or ten years later, a hundred years later, the day of parting will always come." And today is a very good day to say goodbye, it happens that the weather is very good, the tears dry quickly in the early summer wind, and it happens that you are by her side, and she hates you, or she can dilute the sadness. ”
"Do you really think that little princess can let go as much as you think?"
The man wavered a little: "Of course, she is my apprentice. ”
"But in fact, your death has brought her great sorrow. If you could feel her tears, I'm afraid it would rain in the world you're in. ”
The black-clothed witch waved the crystal ball: "Why don't you just see it with your own eyes." ”
The man saw the young princess crawling on her cold body and weeping.
The dashing and uninhibited soul suddenly lost that lightness.
"How's it going, really can't you rest assured? Sure enough, I still hope that I can have life again, even if it's only for a few minutes, I can wipe her tears away, okay?"
The man was silent.
"There is nothing to be ashamed of not wanting to lose your life, as is the case with the world, and besides, you are completely selfless in your heart, not living for yourself, but not wanting to bring sorrow to others and therefore not being able to die generously, and even less ashamed of the thoughts that you want to move again. This girl thinks she can use a spell to resurrect you, but it doesn't work, but she doesn't know it. She knew that she violated the precepts of life and death by doing so, but she did not hesitate to cry and recite. ”
The man couldn't bear to close his eyes: "But dead is dead, no matter how unbearable you are, you have to learn to accept it." ”
"But the princess can't help you, I can. As long as your desire to live is strong enough, I can bring you back to the world. ”
"What did you say?" the man asked suspiciously.
"Make a choice, whether to watch the princess cry coldly, or to respond to her wishes to come back to life again. General Ranger, can you be indifferent to the princess's tears? You have been by her side since you were a child, and have you ever seen her cry with such a strong heart, and you have resolutely refused to fulfill her wishes?"
The black-clothed witch smiled, "I swear that as long as you move your fingers, the princess's tears will stop." ”
"Say it, shrine maiden. The man sighed and said, "What can I do?"
"As I said, as long as you have a strong enough thirst for life. Greedy, trying to grasp the last bit of life light that is dying, and as long as I do that, I can bring you back to life. ”[.]