Chapter 38: The First Memories Continued The Underworld and Hell
It took the same amount of time for the two to come out of the mountains, this road was steeper than when they came, and the two walked more anxiously, and the howling wind did not hinder the two of them this time, but turned into an invisible arm, gently pushing the two forward, but on this winding path, the headwind is far easier than the downwind, at least the headwind does not have to worry about the danger of accidentally falling off the cliff. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Ax and Ciel returned to the entrance of the mountain, the Orion was all gone, and the two stood halfway up the mountain to look out, only to find that a camp had been built in front of them, and the camp was full of people, merchants selling all kinds of goods in the camp, children and women wandering around the camp, and even troops patrolling the camp, but more of them were murderous-looking mercenaries, as if they were waiting for something.
"I think we'll have to go around again!" said Aix to Hill, who was still silent behind him, shaking off the gray snow that remained on his body, then pulling Hill's cloak and leaping from the winding path of the mountain range to the top of a bald hill in front of him, a mound of dirt that used to be full of trees, but now only yellow-black dirt.
Then the people in the camp seemed to have spotted the two men, and they vaguely heard a group of shouting men begin to pack up their weapons and climb the hill where they were, but before these poor men were halfway up the mountain, Aix jumped up with Hill and went to the mountains farther ahead, and then Ax did not stop, but went until they could no longer hear the voices of those men.
"Ciel?" Aix thought that Ciel's condition was a little strange, although this guy didn't talk much, but it was also a lot, the two of them had been in and out of the mountains for at least a few months, but Ciel didn't even say a word, "You shouldn't have been cursed by the sleeping guy in that mountain, right? But I don't see any traces of your curse!" Saying that, Ax circled around Ciel a few times, except for the same clothes, the hat became the hood of the cloak, nothing else changed, because of last time, Aix also carefully observed Ciel's shadow, and still didn't find any problems.
"My master, have you figured out how to define good and evil in Hell?" asked Ciel, who suddenly opened his mouth as Ax sat resting.
"It's easy, good, disciplined, evil, indulgent-" Ax drew two runes on the ground, the meaning of these two runes Ax himself did not know very well, Ciel looked at the two flickering runes in a daze until the runes dissipated from the air.
"In that case, I'm afraid all the people here will have to be planned to go to hell!" Hill replied, "The self-disciplined person is not one in a hundred as far as the current hell is concerned, and it is more realistic for you to define it like this, it is better to directly destroy the hell and return it!"
"Well, how about a complicated, unsurvivable plan to hell and then throw the guilty there?" Aix looked up at Ciel, "I know what you mean, Hell is not heaven, and hell is not hell, but I think there must be a place in this world where the bad guys are imprisoned, right?
In the face of Aix's answer, Ciel fell silent again, and the two walked all the way north, and it took about three days to reach the second sealing point, this time Fei Yue on the side recognized a few runes a little, although the runes used in the two seals were the same, but last time because of surprise and hurry, Fei Yue didn't have much time to remember and analyze the meaning of the runes, this time he was well prepared, although he couldn't say that he remembered all of them, but at least he remembered most of them.
At this time, Fei Yue realized that many of the words in these runes were also used when he signed the contract with the ghosts, and the meaning of these words in the seal used by Ax now was completely different, although only the order changed, but the meaning and power were almost completely different from the ones he used. Fei Yue immediately wanted to ask the truth now, after all, the user of the runes was in front of him, but Fei Yue couldn't let Ax see him, and Ciel who was next to him would definitely not ask such a question, and judging by Ciel's expression, he seemed to know the meaning and intention of these runes.
After completing the seal, Ax and Ciel began to rush to the next location non-stop, except for the first location in the mountains, which was very troublesome, the remaining six were either in the dead woods or in the uninhabited wilderness, although the road was not much different from crossing the mountains, but the road was much easier than the frightening twists and turns, and the road was not boring, after all, there were more people in the hell who wanted to kill the two than the stars in the sky.
However, just as Ax and his party returned to the vicinity of the temple to complete the final seal and begin the ritual, a red-haired and red-eyed girl sat quietly on an equally red stone beside the path.
Ax knew who the girl was, "You shouldn't have come here!" said Aix, "and I've made up my mind, and even you can't stop me!"
"I'm not here to stop you!" "Scarlet Snow stood up, her body swaying a little, and she looked as if she had been sitting here for a long time, "I just want to ask you why—"
"There's no why!" Aix walked over to Crimson, "Hell must be sealed, and you will awaken in the sealed world, which is more suitable for you than here, at least the air is pure and the sky is blue, of course, from now on, the living will no longer be able to set foot here, but you will have a true king in the future, and it is your mission to offer her your loyalty, and then follow her side!"
"But—"
"No, but-" Ax interrupted Crimson's words, the stern tone made Scarlet Xue's body tremble, she had been to the battlefield, and several deaths not only made her skills more proficient, but also made her more tolerant of pain, but when facing Aix, for some reason, Scarlet Snow always felt that she had returned to the appearance of her original child, and she couldn't be strong no matter what, and this time in the face of Aix's rebuke, Scarlet Snow also fell silent.
"I know what you're thinking, but I'm sorry, I can't respond to your thoughts, I don't belong to this world, and this world is just a passerby to me, but you will leave in the future, because you don't belong here now!" "Aix smiled at Crimson, he touched Fei Yue's long red hair, "Don't say goodbye, don't meet again, if we meet again, I'm afraid we'll have to fight for the people we need to protect—"
After speaking, Ax waved his hand to Crimson Snow and took Hill away, Feiyue stood in front of Scarlet Snow who was silent with her head down, Scarlet Snow's shoulders trembled, and she didn't start sobbing until Ax and Ciel's figures disappeared completely, Feiyue felt distressed for such Scarlet Snow, but Feiyue also knew that in the future, Scarlet Snow would eventually come out of this shadow, and then meet herself, and then embark on a fairly happy journey.
So, Fei Yue gently kissed Scarlet Snow on the cheek crying, Scarlet Snow's eyes trembled slightly when Fei Yue kissed her, as if she could feel who was kissing her, but when she opened her eyes wide and scanned her surroundings, Fei Yue had quietly left, leaving Scarlet Xue alone to return to her city.
I don't know if the current Scarlet Snow still remembers Ax as a person, following the footsteps of Ax and Ciel, Fei Yue thought, but the connection between himself and Ax coming to the underworld this time is really close, and even his contract with the ghost is related to the runes used by Ax, or does Aix's runes draw out his own power?
When Feiyue wandered, the last runes had been drawn, under the control of Ax and Ciel, the earthquake trembled, the underworld and hell began to separate, and the army of Hades was also assembled under the temple at this time, but it could not break through the barrier arranged by Hill in advance, so that everyone could only watch Ax divide the underworld and hell little by little.
Separated from Hell and Hell were many of its inhabitants, some unharmed, while others were swept into a vast whirlpool that floated in the air, with its poisonous waters, sulphur-filled air, rocky mountains, ghostly forests, and gloomy skies that never seemed to disperse.
When the earth stopped trembling, the survivors looked up and saw the blue sky, the river was clear and free of impurities, the lava was also returned to the ground, and in a trance, people forgot their hatred and threw away the ice blade, and at the border, humanity was gone, the enemy was gone, the terrible beasts were all banished, and everything seemed to return to the time before the fall of the moon.
Ax and Ciel looked at each other, "Is it really worth it, my master?" Ciel said to Aix, who was panting beside him, "You have used more power than you have, and if you continue like this, it won't be long before you will be split into two completely different people, one may be a human being, the other is nothing, no life, no form, no face, wandering in the void!"
"Then let's put everything to an end before we do!" Aix grinned at Ciel, then sorted out his clothes and began to return to Alish's city to complete the final mission, as long as Alish fell into a deep sleep, then the plan could continue to unfold, and at that time, no matter who it was, would not be able to stop the wheel of fortune from turning!
"You're a great man!" Ciel, still following Aix, "a horrible man!"
"I'm just accepting the mission of all things, and I'm only doing this to accomplish the mission of all things!