Chapter 3: A Desperate Reunion

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This is the thought that occupies the most space in Vina's mind at this moment.

For the first time, she felt for the first time that the rain that had made her feel soft and dreamy was so cold, so heavy, so disgusting.

"Captain Lance......" bit her lip and read the name of the person she cared about the most. The same action had been repeated too many times, and the woman's thin, delicate lips had long since lost their blood, and the air was so thick that the bloody breath was somewhat dizzying.

Too many people have shed too much blood here, too many people have lost their lives.

However, Vina doesn't care about any of that right now.

She didn't have time to care about that.

It is often said that women are psychologically weaker than men, and for many women on this continent, this is true, and the tragedy before them is enough to make most women faint at the first sight, let alone walk through the sea of corpses with blood on their feet. Vina can do it, she has already experienced too much blood and suffering from a rough life, although it is a little chilling to say this, but if it is just pure blood and slaughter, this level of things will not make her tempered heart ripple.

Originally, until she met Lance, it was the person who made her frozen heart thaw instantly at the first sight.

The sun is so warm and shining, and he is her sun.

She knew she was in love with him. And perhaps, a woman like Vina, who had a tragic experience when she was a child and lacked the love of others, once she fell in love, she fell in love with madness.

Love is inherently a reasonable madness of human beings.

Everything about that person was perfect in her eyes, perfect gentle words and deeds, perfect chic posture, perfect handsome appearance, and, perfect, compassionate and compassionate mind. In the same way, Lance was a very capable and powerful man, so powerful that he would have feared too many people around him. The reality was different, and Lance's noble ideals and unapologetic practices led too many who would have become his opponents to become part of his ideals willingly.

Create a world without blood, without war, without hatred, without sorrow. This kind of childish joke, which others say will only make people laugh off their big teeth, is the ideal and goal that Lance and many like-minded people with him have been fighting for all their lives.

As mentioned above, if Vina had heard this from someone else's mouth, she would have only laughed at it, but if it was the ideal of Lance, whom she loved, then she was willing to give everything, even if it was just to add a few insignificant bricks to his ideal. So, she joined the "organization" in which he was and became one of the people who fought hard for their unattainable ideals.

A woman in love, who loves him so much that she can give all her heart, is the greatness of women, and perhaps it is also sad.

He cares about the world, but she just wants to see the joy of his dream come true, which sounds somewhat sad, sad, but also great.

"So...... Absolutely, promise me...... Don't get into trouble......"

The voice seemed to be longing for a straw on the edge of the cliff, Vina didn't have time to think too much, the miserable death of ordinary people who had no quarrel with the world could not shake her heart, at this moment, the life and death of others, in her opinion, compared to Lance's safety, was too small.

However, this is undoubtedly contrary to his ideals.

However, if even he is gone......

Quickening her pace much heavier than usual, Vina simply couldn't continue to think along this assumption, and if she continued, she was afraid that she would repeat the same mistakes as before. Because the magic of Lance, which he had finally perceived, suddenly disappeared, his joy suddenly fell to the bottom, and in addition, the cruel scene in the village of the joint intensified the ominous premonition, and finally, the information that "Captain Lance's magic has become weird" overheard in the mouth of Moore, who arrived later, became the last stone that overwhelmed the psychological defense.

Without the sun's rays, life loses its original color.

And if Lance is lost, for Vina, it will be even more terrible than losing her life.

"There is hope...... I will never give up hope until I see it with my own eyes......" There was a fiery look of determination in his eyes, and it was obvious that Moore's words before still had an effect, "Wait for me Captain Lance...... Definitely going to see you again, even if it's ......"

With only the phantom of her beloved man fading away, Vina didn't notice the situation under her feet, her hurried steps were hindered by the deceased who fell on the side of the road, and she almost tripped and immediately adjusted her center of gravity back, but she didn't have time to pray more for her disrespect to the deceased, for fear that if she was one step too late, it would lead to an irreparable tragedy. The words were abruptly interrupted because of this, but this seemed to be a blessing from heaven for Vina, and the rest of the content could not be said in the first place, so it was not lucky to be interrupted in such a way.

The village is small, and as you can imagine, a village like this almost isolated has little chance of developing into a large settlement. There are only a few dozen households in the village, and the population is no more than 200, and there is no trace of the ornate brick buildings or magnificent glass buildings that have long been the norm in the big cities of the peninsula, the rudimentary wooden houses are arranged irregularly, the markets and shops of all kinds are not connected to the place, and even the squares, large or small, that would have existed in ordinary villages, do not exist.

Geographically, the peninsula's rugged coastline has created many natural harbours, and although it is not far from the sea, the shallow water depth and remote location make it difficult to gain popularity, but it also makes this small village far from the hustle and bustle of the world.

Vina still remembers the brief introduction Captain Lance made to the place when she first set foot on the land. And the simplicity and kindness of the villagers also left a pretty good impression on several people, including themselves. Needless to say, More, who has always had a straight face, also showed a few times, although it was not a smile, but it was indeed a heart-touching expression, and Ralph even became a "big toy" for several children in the village, and it was really strange that the fierce-looking face did not scare them. And Christopher, who was by no means inferior to Moore in terms of expressionlessness, and who did show a gentle look.

The fond memories made a slight smile appear on Vina's lips, but the smile disappeared immediately.

It was indeed a good memory, but the fact that such a scene could no longer be seen ended up casting a shadow on the already worried woman's heart. The more we move forward, the more uneasy we feel, and the more hope we have.

"Ah...... At least let me see someone alive......"

There was even such a lament, and Vena tried every means to find a shadow of hope for herself, but the true God did not even give this little hope. After passing through the village and climbing up the hill along a rugged path carved out of the weeds and low trees, not far in front of you is a small church that will give you the impression of "why such a thing exists here", and along the way, Vina's eyes are only met by lifeless bodies lying on both sides, not to mention the "lively" survivors, not even the slightest moans or movements for survival.

Who and for what purpose carried out such a horrific massacre?

Of course, there are doubts like this, but this is after the status of Captain Lens has been confirmed.

"Ah......h

The inexplicable throbbing made the anxious Vina stop moving forward, and raised her head for no reason, the broken rain on her cheeks didn't seem to make her feel anything, only the slight touch of the rain on the half-open eyelids, the sky seemed to become dark, and in the next blink of an eye, the sky was still as blue as the sky that was too far away from the land where humans lived.

Hallucinations began to appear in front of him, but the throbbing came from the familiar magic that made the gray state of mind open a ray of dawn, and again, the vast and vast magic of Captain Lance, which had disappeared before, appeared again in Vina's perception, and the latter's whole body couldn't help but be shocked. As the irrepressible joy welled up all over her body, Vina couldn't help but forget everything before, and no longer paid attention to anything else, refining the magic around her body to the extreme, she once again activated the "levitation technique" that changed direction, pushing her thin body forward - this speed was far faster than walking on two feet.

- Captain Lance!

The direction of the familiar magic is the church that lies in the bosom of the mountainside. If you think about it, the magic of the captain you noticed before also came from the north of the village, so it should be here, right?

- Captain Lance!

The trembling heart kept roaring with joy, and Vina only hated why she couldn't appear in front of Captain Lance right away. Magic that can turn a long distance into a "moment" must exist in this world, right?

- Captain Lance!

The desire to reunite outweighed everything else, and the only thing left in my mind was the thought of reuniting with that person as soon as possible, and I didn't notice the strangeness ahead. The church was in front of them, and the corpse lying at the gate was not a villager living in such a remote village, just by the clothes it was wearing.

"Team Lance...... Long?"

The joy faded as the signs of magic vanished again, and the sudden appearance and disappearance of familiar magic seemed to mean something that could not be guessed, and Vena, who had walked to the door, finally noticed something strange here. The boots fell back to the ground, and her eyes widened, but she didn't dare look behind the door.

"These people are...... How...... It shouldn't be because of the rain......"

Because of the angle of the light, behind the door, the situation inside the church was still shrouded in darkness, and the reality around her, which Vina could not understand for a short time, made her fragile nerves tense to the extreme.

The only sound in my ears is the sound of raindrops crashing against objects.

The church on the hillside is arguably the largest building in the village, and the chief's house is only a crude bed, but it looks like it can accommodate at least a few dozen people. The windows were rarely fitted with rudimentary stained glass, the doors were no longer just wooden fences, and the roofs had been replaced with stone spires, but even then it still had nothing to do with the words "glamorous and solemn".

"Dead...... But ...... these people in the end?"

Outside the door of the church was also full of corpses like in the village, and it was surprising that these corpses seemed to be arranged in an arc by some external force, and what was even more surprising was that there were no traces of trauma on any of them.

Still not mentally prepared to enter the church to investigate, and after bowing to the deceased, Vina had to do the necessary intelligence gathering on the corpse here.

There were no traces of blood, no scars, these two points made people wonder how they died, and at this time, the woman in a trance finally noticed the difference in these people:

Armor made of various animal skins, plus blood-soaked weapons - weapons are the focus, and there were almost no weapons around the villagers before, so these people are "murderers"? That's why Mohr said it was a "massacre" at that time.

Vina began to dig into the conversations between the other two while she was giving up on herself, but was unable to recall more valuable information.

That's when the change happened.

An eerie dazzling red light suddenly pierced through the windows of the church, reflecting onto the earth where the corpses were miserably arranged. The sudden change made the already tense Vina no longer have time to care about the investigation in her hand, and she hurriedly turned around and changed her face, and at the same time, the fiery magic elements had begun to gather in her hands.

At the earliest, Moore first felt the strange magic, but he only felt the existence of Captain Lance's magic in general.

Lifting her body a little, instinctively shifting her attention to the battle that might happen at any time, at this moment, Vina, who could not bear the mental torture, finally made up her mind.

When he came to the entrance of the village, the magic disappeared suddenly, and then, the unique and vast magic that belonged to the captain appeared again, and disappeared again.

Moving forward, Vina moved her steps inch by inch, her lower lip bitten red from her clasped teeth, but it didn't matter. In the half-open and half-closed left palm, the magic elements were still surging from all directions.

Hope and despair, joy and sorrow, I should not be so simply toyed with.

Such thoughts were fleeting, and Vina soon became clear about the direction in which her heart, her path, and everything she was supposed to take.

-- It's time to face it!

The next moment, the petite body boiled with fiery battle intent, and the thin limbs burst out with amazing strength, and Vena rushed into the still gloomy church after the red light dimmed.

At the moment when the red light appeared before, the magic that was felt again was no longer as wide and inclusive as the sea, but as Moore had described, the resurgence of magic was wrapped in an unpleasant breath of blood.

That's why Vena was completely determined to find out.

"Teng!"

A circle of flames bloomed from Vena's palm the moment she leaped in, and with it came the light, which has been with the footsteps of human development since ancient times, helping people to dispel the darkness and the fear of the unknown, the light that symbolizes hope.

-- In this land, the light symbolizes hope.

Outside the window, the rain that had been falling leisurely and not too little, but suddenly became dense and powerful.

Inside, the steps that had been trying to move on suddenly stopped, and the magic fire still flickered brightly and darkly.

"Captain ......" opened her throat and couldn't make any more sounds for a while, time seemed to stand still, but Vena only felt that this world, full of light and warmth, had quietly left her at this moment.

There was only the sound of rain outside the window.

The room was surprisingly quiet.

Silence is the last silence before the irrepressible emotional outburst comes.

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"Captain Lance, ―――――――――――――――ahhh

Illuminated by the rising flames, the truth of the truth that had tormented her heart for a long time finally came into Vina's disgraced vision, only to bring only the only time in her life so far, a miserable and deep howl.

The familiar clothes, the familiar body, the familiar man leaned motionlessly against the wall at the end of the church, silent. The blue robe was stained bright red with blood, the wound on the chest was shocking, there was no internal organ in the terrifying hollow, there was no blood flowing out there, the blood splattered on the wall had long since coagulated, the lowered head, half of the expression obscured by the shadows, only the slightly raised lips, and the rest were a warm smile that could never be seen again.

Vina's wails rang out, and the painful emotions might need to cry out to vent a thing or two, but the tears were frozen in her eyes. Extreme sorrow turned into a monstrous rage, but for a moment there was nothing to be said, only to add to the wounds of the soul.

-- The light that symbolizes hope reflects the fact of despair.

At this moment, the image of Lance's death turned into an eternal memory that remained in her mind.

At this moment, darkness obscured the sky, and her sun fell from the sky.

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