Chapter 12: The Man of Lance (Part II)

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Moore remained silent.

Ralph began to get even more confused.

"This ...... What the hell is going on with you, me, huh, what the hell is going on? What are you ......doing? ...... the end?"

The reality in front of him was too much for Dahan to accept, so that while he began to babble nonsense, he could only ask such a sentence as "what happened".

"Don't worry, ah, I'm sorry, I should be in a hurry, I don't have much time to stay in this state, but what I'm going to say next is very important, and I have to tell you two to do it. ”

Turning around, he looked at Moore slightly apologetically. Looking closely, Lance seemed to be different from usual, as the muddy water could not stain his robes before, and even Ralph's hand passed through his body...... In fact, Lance does not appear to be a human entity at this time.

- He is indeed dead. The mangled body lay on the mountainside, beside Vina.

"To cut a long story short, the 'me' standing here now is just an illusion of my 'magic'. Even if you say the specific content, you can't understand it, but in layman's terms, maybe it's the so-called 'ghost does not go away', right?"

Seeing that Moore finally raised his head, and his expression was generally normal, Lance also looked relieved. After the little joke, his expression immediately became serious, and he began to explain what had happened before.

"I came to the village yesterday before you to meet us, and although I was praying that no accidents would happen, but in the evening a wave of pirates and robbers came to attack. ”

The tone of the words is still quite playful, but the content makes people listen to it without being relaxed at all.

Based on the information investigated, it is not surprising that the village was attacked, but why did it develop into the way it is? Moore still couldn't understand.

How can a pirate kill a pirate who has almost zero chance of even hurting Lance?

He waited quietly for Lance's next words.

"I don't want the robbers to harm the lives of the villagers, but I also don't want these poor people who have gone astray to be harmed, so I stood up and hoped that they would stop. If they were just seeking money, if these people were just ordinary robbers...... It's a pity that there is no if, this may be providence. ”

The smile was not bitter, he still spoke indifferently. A man who wants to build a happy world will never allow killing to happen in front of his eyes, even the most heinous ones.

He believed that no one was born evil, even what he called a heinous person, and that there must be some way to redeem him.

In the eyes of most people, what Lance did was absolute hypocrisy.

But when you really see his decades of good deeds, no matter how mean and vicious people are, they can't stand up and accuse him.

One person really can't change the whole world.

However, at Lance's side, disputes can be resolved, killings can be resolved, and at all times, this man does his best to make the weak people have something to rely on, so that hopeful children can fantasize to their heart's content, so that good people can get what they deserve, and everything around him can be better and more harmonious.

Perhaps because of this, he has become an existence that must be eliminated in the eyes of many "wicked people".

The act of protecting the weak inevitably touches the interests of many who base their pleasure on plundering others, and hold on to their interests.

"These people are well-trained, and each of them is quite strong, and it occurred to me for a moment that this might be an army disguised as bandits, and that their goal was very clear, which was to kill people, and there was no room for me to negotiate. It's harder than I thought it would be to stop these people, and it took too much of my power to create a magical barrier that trapped them without killing them......"

Steady and plain words, but you can read the heartache from them. Hearing this, Moore knew that the next thing was the point of the matter.

"I was too careless, these people I trapped may have been bait, and there were three masters hiding in the shadows, and while I was focusing all my attention on maintaining the barrier, they suddenly attacked......"

"Who are they!?Let me go and get them all out and kill ......."

What interrupted Ralph was Lance's slight shaking of his head.

"Everyone has their own will, what can you do if you kill them? Yes, because I'm gone, you can do whatever you want, open, kill, quit, and do you want?"

"Uncle, I'm ...... That's not what I meant......"

The voice that grew snarky made Ralph's uplifted body shudder, and his whole body wilted again.

"It's nothing, don't worry about me, you should stick to your own choice. The switch from an imposing expression to a smile was only instantaneous, perhaps as if it had suddenly changed from sitting upright to standing up, something that only the current "Magical Body" could do, "Also, I didn't say that I was killed by these three people, although I was indeed seriously injured, alas." ”

A sigh of relief to let Moore and Ralph know that things didn't end so easily.

"Wounded, I was unable to maintain the barrier, and I was surrounded by three very strong people, and I had no time to take care of anything else, and as a result, the villagers I instinctively guarded were poisoned by them without resistance......"

The depressed aura finally enveloped the helpless man at this moment, and the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared, but he did not show a fierce or malicious expression, even in this case, Lance continued to insist.

"It's because I've overestimated myself, overestimated my strength, and overestimated my patience, maybe it's been too long since I've seen a similar scene...... When the murderers with sharp knives rushed into the unarmed villagers who didn't even know how to defend themselves, the moment the blood splattered, I thought, I've gone crazy to see that I can't do anything this time, yes, like this. ”

- Lance often says that human beings should be strong.

"What? this ......"

"Lance you!"

The voice suddenly became low and almost inaudible, and before the words fell, Ralph and Mohr on the side suddenly changed their faces, and they retreated a few steps back together, and their eyes at Lance suddenly became suspicious.

- Because, human beings are inherently fragile.

Lance suddenly put his hands on his forehead in pain, and for some reason the sharp pain caused him to tremble and twist his limbs, and the reason why his companions pushed away was that the "tentacles" that had appeared around the man lying on the ground at this moment had revived.

At the same time, they felt the killing intent.

In Lance, there was an unprecedented fiery killing intent in the past.

If the rain is still falling at this moment, then I am afraid that it will also be evaporated by this killing intent, and the momentum of the person is strong to a certain point, and it will naturally give birth to the effect of "magic".

"Blood...... I'm going to...... Blood ......"

A low roar that did not resemble a human voice came, and a strange and vast magic reappeared! Moore, who was fully guarded, suddenly realized that at this moment, what was emanating from Lance's body was the kind of magic he had felt at the beginning.

"That's ......"

Moore suddenly understood what was going on, and the spear in his hand trembled, ready to make a move at any time.

"Hey...... Brother Mo, in this case, we should ...... How?"

Ralph was a little restless, and when others were present, the Northwest man would always choose to give up thinking.

"All you have to do is applaud my acting skills~"

Suddenly, Lance's unexpectedly high-spirited voice was heard in the middle of the field.

β€œ......”

β€œ......”

The murderous aura disappeared suddenly, and Lance, who was made of magical power, straightened his body again, and the regenerated scarlet tentacles focused on one point as he spoke, turning into a liquid ball floating in his hand, and the smile on his face was stronger than usual, however, there was no trace of the crazy expression that could match the words that thirsted for blood before, and he clasped his arms and looked around at the other two, but he didn't see the expression of appreciation as he hoped.

"Huh...... Isn't my acting skill good, and I didn't deceive you? No, if that's the case, you shouldn't cooperate with me in preparing for battle?"

β€œ......”

β€œ......”

The two of them were as if they were petrified, and there was no response.

- I'll give you a round of applause, that's why my brain was hit by a cow, no, by Ralph!

Moore's already depressed face became even more gloomy at this moment, and he suddenly understood that the memories between the two of them were not simply to kill time waiting for Ralph to arrive, but also to imply that he himself would make similar "jokes" in the future, so the meaning may not be clear.

A little angry, no, Moore is sure that he is very angry, but other emotions are gone, and even this anger will disappear after a while.

Lance is still the same, since I met him.

It seems solemn, but he will always suddenly make an unexpected move that makes you fall through the glasses, and then, when you think that he must be mentally abnormal, he will use an unexpected reversal to close the distance with you, dispel the doubts in your heart, break the barrier between people, and then ......

...... Then you feel like you're the one with a brain problem!

Anger was about to flare up for a moment, but Mohr was silent for a moment, but suddenly straightened up, puffed up his chest, and smiled knowingly on his tense cheeks.

- Lance is Lance, even when he dies.

Are you trying to convey something like this to me?

"If I hadn't been able to touch you now, I think I'd have punched you hard. ”

"Hah, that's what should be done. ”

The perfect man in Vina's eyes, the respectable man in Ralph's eyes, the absurd good man in Mohr's eyes, and the messenger sent by the true God in the eyes of those who have been helped by him, also laughed out loud at this moment.

- How can one polish one's fragile heart into one as strong as Lance?

The laughter came, but his figure became "lighter".

"Ah, looks like I'm going to disappear. ”

β€œ......”

"I thought I could hold on for a little longer, so I said something that didn't matter, so listen well, the next thing is as important as what I said before, and it's key information. ”

The magic that made up Lance's body seemed to be about to fade, and his face finally became serious again.

"This thing that I fought with you seems to be part of my magic, because this is the first time it has appeared, so I don't know the specifics, I only know, this magic is so dangerous that even I can't control it, ah, the situation is indeed a bit complicated, let's talk about it later. Phew, back to before, at that time, I couldn't protect the villagers and my emotions collapsed, and when I regained consciousness, I found that I had come from the village to the church on the mountainside, and there was already a sea of blood around me, I must have done it, ha. ”

The laughter came out again, but it only added to the loneliness.

"It seems natural that these people killed innocent villagers, and I killed them as murderers, but you know, Moore, this is not the result I wanted...... To me it is my sin. Then, that's when I saw the kid. ”

He gestured to the young man lying behind him, but his eyes were full of strange gratitude.

"Do you remember? He was from this village, and I remember that I told you that because he was young and strong, he was the only woodcutter in the village who could go to the distant forest to cut trees, and he seemed to be absent when the 'soldiers' attacked the village, and when he came back from the other side of the mountain in the early morning, he saw such a miserable sight, and he fainted. ”

- It turned out to be a young man from the village, no wonder he was impressed.

"Maybe it's fate. ”

As Lance spoke, the ball in his hand suddenly jumped violently, and in the blink of an eye, it quickly turned into a point of light and flew into the body of the fallen young man.

"Although I have no talent, and I have almost no magic power, but because of this, at that time, when the magic was violent and I was seriously injured, no, it should not be said that it was me, it seems strange to say that, under the circumstances, it was my magic that chose this child on its own initiative, and it broke away from me and attached to him...... After that, my consciousness was gone, and when I woke up again, I was already attached to this mass of magic, and I had lost my physical existence. Ah, by the way, I must have been awakened by Ralph's attack, and besides, this magic is not completely under my control, all I can do is try to reduce the intensity of its attack. Gaining full control wasn't possible until I spoke to you for the first time, which was a real failure for my magic......"

As Lance's description progressed, the general course of events was understood, but the description was still too brief for Moore to be puzzled about.

For example, what exactly is this magic power, and why is it not usually used by Lance, but it appears in a life-or-death situation?

For example, is there a connection between magic and human consciousness, and why is Lance able to rely on consciousness on magic, or is it still in ...... It should be "after death", right?

It's all about magic, and the answers to these questions can only be understood by experts who have studied the arts.

- At least a few more details!

However, just as he was about to ask a question, Lance's glowing body suddenly coughed heavily.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Lance ......

"I'm fine, cough! cough is, acting. ”

Lance, who has never lied, seems to have lied this time.

"Protect this child, he is the last survivor of this small village. I'm sure you can do it, and besides that, please protect Vina, and Christopher, both of them are ...... Too dependent on me, too dependent on others, in the end...... Ahem!"

Such words seem to be the last message, and after all, it is still a little sad, however, on the body that gradually disperses as a point of light, it is impossible to distinguish whether it is light or tears in the eyes.

- No matter how difficult it is to part, parting will still come.

In the face of life and death, Lance wanted to laugh, in fact, he who had long been dead and could meet his old man again in this form, which was already something to boast about in front of death.

Death is not a god, and the gods of Southwell are only "true gods", is there no doubt?

Lance, who was about to disappear, suddenly thought of this in his heart.

In an instant, Lance remembered many things, but none of them had anything to do with him.

The human mind is such a wonderful thing, he wants to smile, but his body is already crumbling.

Even thinking is starting to stagnate.

- Is this what death feels like?

"Moore, Ralph, I trust you both. ”

β€œ...... Well. ”

β€œ......”

"Well, goodbye. ”

Death could not bring him to his knees, and Lance left behind an open-minded and optimistic voice after all. Finally, the points of light that made up the body were completely formless, and they scattered in all directions.

The reunion was so short, and the parting came so suddenly, but Moore unexpectedly did not have any emotions related to pessimism and negativity, etc., which must have been a mess of normal thinking by the man's strange behavior, and besides, the guy must still be ......

"Ahhhh......h

Even if it turns into a point of light, it can still make a sound, and the tone is anxious to a little playful, but because of the vagueness at the end, there is a little tension.

"Totally ...... It doesn't look like he's dead at all......"

The point of light finally completely dissipated, and the young man who fell to the ground still closed his eyes tightly and did not move, and he was accidentally involved in the incident, and he did not know what kind of situation he would have in the future. However, Ralph, who was completely unable to think about him, was silent for a long time, as if he was really petrified, finally spoke, but he didn't know how to express his inner entanglement.

Although Ralph never agreed with Lance's philosophy from the beginning, and he only became a member of the team because he wanted to follow Mohr, after years together, he had to admit that his human emotions forced him to revere Lance.

- Ah, still ...... You're still dead......

It might take him a few days to come to terms with this reality, and of course, maybe just a drunken heart.

"Well, that's Lance. Whewβ€”"

Xiang Tian breathed a long sigh of relief, not much time to be sad, Mohr stepped forward a few steps forward, but he walked towards the fallen man. With one hand plunging his spear into the ground, he picked up the young man with both hands, and carried his taller body behind him.

"Mo ...... Dude, where are we going?"

"Where are you going?" of course, to fulfill Captain Lance's instructions, and after settling the young man, go to Vina first, and then ......"

There are still too many things to do in the future, Lance is dead, but that doesn't mean that the Lance team is going to be disbanded like this.

Someone has to take on this burden.

"And then?"

"We're going to the City of the Flower Moon. ”

The last words left by Lance before he disappeared were vague, but Moore could still hear them word for word.

"What are you doing there?"

"Go to the Flower Moon City and find Ekavia!"

Since it was Lance's guidance, Moore believed that he would be able to get more information from that person, and perhaps he would be able to solve all his doubts.

From that, "the dictator of the peninsula", "the female tyrant of the capital of the flower moon......

Lance died, but Moore didn't leave a single tear for him, at least not yet. It's not that he's cold-blooded, it's just that it's far from the time when he's negative, or perhaps, he's been negative in his previous life for too long, so that he has to be positive about what follows.

And that's just the beginning.

......

- Perhaps, I just gained enough strength to support myself from the fact that the words at parting were "goodbye" instead of "goodbye".

Moore gritted his teeth, and then took a somewhat heavy step.

He believes that if Lance is the most capable of doing things that he doesn't expect, even if he is "dead" and "gone", they still have the possibility of "goodbye".

Human beings are inherently full of infinite possibilities.

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