75. Parasite
Parr came to a street near the Primordial Flame Church, but his appearance didn't change in any way.
"Pal, do you have any will? Father Barton, dressed in disguise, asked beside him.
Pal whispered:
"It's not a good place to talk, you come with me first. ”
Parr waved his hand and walked into the alley.
Father Patton was unwary of his friend, whom he had known since childhood and had grown up listening to the teachings of the Goddess, and followed him with confidence.
As there were fewer pedestrians around and farther and farther away from the city center, Barton asked:
"Where are we going now. ”
Parr replied:
"Out of town. ”
Barton nodded, his friend had always been like this, very assertive, not used to explaining his actions to others, and only the people he knew most well could feel his kindness, and Parr would never betray his friend.
Because of this, when he was in the Holy City, he offended many people, but he still continued to climb up with his outstanding talent, and he was unstoppable.
I still remember when I was fifteen years old, when I was quite good-looking, but I was almost called to his room by the priest.
I was stupid enough to think that the priest wanted to talk to him about the teachings of the goddess, and those who saw it were just indifferent bystanders.
Only Parr suddenly appeared and saved himself from that hell and stopped the old priest's evil deeds.
I don't know if it's because of this, he has a very vague memory of the events of decades ago, but he remembers everything about Parr very clearly.
And that time, he met the girl he liked, and Parr also tried very hard to help him pursue the girl, but unfortunately at that time, he was working in the alien hunting court, and his hands were stained with too much blood, and he was worried about the attack of monsters all the time, and he didn't dare to fall in love with the girl.
Later, the girl seems to be married to a craftsman, and then he does not know.
Ten years ago, he could have returned to the church to be a bishop of a small parish, but he turned down the job, and he still remembers that at that time, Parr advised himself to just forget it, but it was that he was so hungry for power and power, eager to be so strong that no one could hurt him anymore.
If he had listened to Parr's advice, wouldn't he have woken up from a nightmare today?
Parr turned his head:
"This is it. ”
Barton looked around, and before they knew it, they were entering a palm grove:
"Is it really necessary to go this far?"
Parr said seriously:
"Of course it's necessary, you'll know why in a moment. ”
Barton believed his friend's words:
"Okay, what did you want to say to me, my lord. ”
"Your Excellency told me to tell you......" Parr walked over to Barton, "he'll be waiting for you in Hell." ”
Parr's hand went into his abdomen and gripped his spine.
Barton spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body trembled as he looked at Parr:
"You can't be Parr, who the hell are you?"
Parr threw his head back and laughed heartily:
"Hahahahaha, who am I? I'm Parr, I haven't even changed my name in thirty years, and you idiots still can't find me, it's ridiculous. ”
Barton said incredulously:
"No way! Parr would never do such a thing. ”
Parr lowered his eyebrows and said gently:
"Have you forgotten? Let me help you remember, pathetic aliens, shapeshifters, facelessers, parasites, demons, these are the names you gave us. ”
Barton's breathing nearly stopped, his eyes widened, and he didn't want to believe that his old friend of decades was actually a shapeshifter.
And it's the most evil, disgusting, and terrifying of the shapeshifters.
"Parasite! We have already wiped you out. ”
Parr shook his finger:
"No, no, no, we made you feel that you had killed us.
"It's ironic, in the beginning, although there were nearly 10,000 people in our race, our abilities were nothing more than deformations, and we made the people around us think that we were their friends or relatives, and even because of our ability shortcomings, we couldn't stay in one place for too long. ”
Barton looked disgusted:
"Pathetic species, you parasitize around us humans, feasting on feelings that don't belong to you!
Pal scoffed:
"We didn't kill anyone in the first place, we just added a few members of the human family, and you guys hunted us to the brink of extinction.
"But you don't know that we, who are weak and ordinary in addition to our abilities, have a great trait, that all dead parasites transmit their memories and powers to their closest kind.
"That's it, ten thousand, become a thousand, a thousand become a hundred, a hundred become dozens, but any of us who are left are more terrible than all the monsters you hunt. ”
Barton suddenly realized something, and his face was horrified:
"The reason we think we've hunted you is because there is a parasite in the church right now, and he is the one who makes the church feel that the parasite is extinct. ”
Parr patted Patton on the head with his other hand:
"Clever, reward you for living one more minute. ”
Barton shook his head:
"Don't kill me! I can help you. ”
Pal grimaced:
"Looks like you really don't remember, don't you realize why I found you?
"Thirty-eight years ago, four months and seven days.
"Greyreef Town, a simple woman in her twenties was pulled out of the hotel by you, you indifferently chopped her to pieces, and you burned her with holy fire to prevent her from coming back to life.
"That didn't do anything but make her die more painful. ”
Barton remembers this scene:
"She's a monster! I have to ......"
Parr punched him in the face:
"Monster, she was a newborn of our clan, she was only three years old, her parents were killed by you, she didn't even know who she was, and she couldn't use her abilities.
"She's just sleeping there now, but you broke her hope of survival, pulled her out of the covers, and killed her without saying a word. ”
Barton foamed:
"That town is dead. ”
Barton pointed to his head:
"She didn't kill her, I remember it very well. ”
"I still remember her despair, her pain, her wailing, the feeling of being burned alive by the flame, which still echoes in my mind.
"I swear to kill all members of the Primordial Flame, and perhaps destroy humanity along the way. ”
Although Barton was already inarticulate, he still smiled and said:
"You monsters, even if she didn't kill in the first place, she will still kill people later, maybe I have the blood of innocent monsters on my hands, but so what? In order to save more humanity, someone must bear these sins, I don't regret it.
"Not to mention, monsters are monsters, and innocent monsters are monsters. ”
Parr said with a smirk:
"Of course you don't regret it, and you don't have the right to regret it.
"I am not here to give you salvation, but to drag you to hell.
"You're right about one thing, I'm a monster, I'm going to kill everyone who has anything to do with you executioners, you should be glad your parents are dead, but the girl is still alive. ”
Barton said angrily:
"You can't!"
Parhaha laughed and said:
"No, I can! I'm a monster. ”
Parr ripped off Barton's spine.
It was only then that Barton suddenly remembered that when he was called to the room by the old priest, there was no one to save him.
All the decisions after that were also made by himself.
It's sad.