【Choice】Section 3 Vorrell (3)
"Here we are, the village I live in front of!" Tatsuji pointed to the place where smoke rose in the distance surrounded by ruins. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Arriving at the entrance of the village, Vorrell felt a dead silence, everything in the village seemed to be completely lifeless, and the people seemed to be empty shells, just waiting for death to come. There are not many residents in the village, but most of them are women and children, and there are very few adult men.
"They are all family members of the warriors, many of whom are in the nearby barracks, but they are said to have been slaughtered by one of Oden's soldiers in the last war. When Tatsu said this, Kyalais sank his head.
Worrell saw the empty eyes of the old women sitting at the door, the tears that never dried up in the eyes of the dusty children, and the lifeless faces of the men with mutilated hands and feet.
"A few of us warriors who have traveled through time and space together, know the inevitability of history, but also fear and are tired of war, so we have tried everything to keep ourselves from returning to the battlefield again, this endless war, we have long had enough. Daji said, "This time the archmage was eliminated, our life will be better in a short time, but I am afraid that a war will come again soon, and I don't know if we can survive when the time come......s."
Vorrell knew in his heart that the next war was already coming, or rather, this war was not over in the first place, but only a short intermission. Saint Lucas and Vasilian, Oden and Miller, elves and men. Once a war has begun, it will never stop, and this endless war is predestined long as the war is chosen.
"This is my home. Tatsuji stopped in front of a wooden hut with a thatched roof. Outside the hut there is a fence made of broken wood strips, which forms a small courtyard. A bonfire was set up in the courtyard and enclosed with stones, and there was an iron frame on the bonfire with several pots and pans hung.
"Honey, I'm back, with a few guests!" Tatsuji shouted to the house.
"Daddy's back!" a little girl in a garment sewn from rags ran out of the house, threw herself into Tatsuji's arms, and then poked her head out and looked at the five strangers standing behind Tatsuzi with some fear, winking incessantly.
"Luna, have you been obedient at home today?" Tatsuji rubbed his daughter's hair.
"Her name is Luna?" Vorrell and Regulus expressed surprise at the same time, as the other Luna behind them stepped forward, crouched down, and leaned her face closer to the little girl.
"Luna, how old are you?" The large shocking scar on the right side of her face was exposed to the little girl, but the little girl did not show fear when she saw it, but tilted her head and said puzzledly: "I am seven years old this year, sister, what is your face drawn, like the moon!"
"yes, it's the moon that drew you, you're so smart!" Luna smiled and touched her head.
Worrell looked at the people in the village, and at the poverty of the Tatsu family, and her hardened heart softened a little. In the past, she would only enjoy the thrill of war and slaughter, and dominate everything with absolute power, but she did not think about the people who suffered in the war. In the past, she was always driven by hatred to kill all the elves, but after seeing Reiner trapped by revenge, she thought of herself and the elven civilians who were killed by the war. Is war really just a contest of power?
After leaving the Tatsu family, Vorrell has been thinking about these things in his mind: what is the point of fighting for himself? to defend his family and country, to protect Luna, if the outcome of the war is predestined from the beginning, then why choose, is it really worth all this, is it really worth fighting for himself, for St. Lucas, and for humanity?
"What's wrong with you, Vorrell? You've been absent-minded since you went to that village. Luna asked, looking at Vorrell's frown.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing, just thinking of the little girl with the same name as you. ”
"What? One Luna is not enough and you want two, don't you even let the little girl go?" Luna smirked as she nudged Vorrell.
At this time, Daji suddenly chased after him from behind with a panicked face: "Please...... Save Luna!"
"What's going on?" asked Regulus.
She ...... After you left, she sneaked into the cave in the back mountain to play, but ...... But that'...... The cave had been unstable since the castle explosion a few months earlier, and not long after she entered, the entrance collapsed, and two boulders rolled down the hill, blocking the only exit. We ordinary people can't move the boulder at all, only you can save her...... Please, save my daughter!" Tatsuji said as he gasped and spoke very quickly, his face covered with sweat from anxiety.
"Take us there!" said Kyales.
They followed Tatsu back again. When they reached the cave, Vorrell saw two boulders like hills blocking the entrance to the cave, leaving only a finger-thin slit between them, and the back of the boulders had been buried with rubble and dirt, so that they could not see the inside of the cave. Tatsuji's wife lies on the edge of the slit and keeps calling out Luna's name, but her voice can't be reached, and no movement comes from inside.
"We can't do it with such a big boulder...... Dave shook his head, but Yalais glared at him and told him to shut up.
"I'll see if I can freeze the boulder. But Yalais clenched the pendant with one hand, and placed the other hand on the boulder, and a layer of frost rose on the surface of the boulder, and then a thin layer of ice appeared, but the ice shattered at a slight point, and had no effect on the stone.
"No, my strength is too weak now, and I was sucked away so much by Reiner before...... If you can awaken......" Kyales sighed, "Regulus, your power must be possible, right?"
Regulus swung his moonstone sword and slashed at the boulder, but only a scratch appeared on the surface of the stone, and the sword was bounced off. He put his hand in the gap and tried to break the boulder, but the boulder remained untouched until his face was red. "I can't do it now. Regulus shook his head.
"My strength won't be useful either. Luna didn't even try to awaken, "But I know your power will!" she looked at Vorrell steadfastly.
"Please!" Tatsu knelt down in front of Vorrell, "as long as you get her out, you can take my life!"
Vorrell looked at the man in his forties who was crying in front of her. She used to think that crying was a sign of weakness, but after affirming her strength, she never shed a single tear. Over the years, countless men have been beaten by her to the point of tears on their faces and begging for mercy, and at that time, she only felt disgusted when she saw those crying men. And now, this crying man has made her feel heartache.
She placed her hands in the gap between the two boulders, gritting her teeth and trying to unleash the power of the stone arm, but her arm was only a circle larger than before. "Ahhhh The boulder stood between her and the little girl Luna, but it seemed to weigh on her heart, making her feel heavy and breathless.
"Even you can't help it, is there really no one who can save my child?" Tatsuji said in despair.
Vorrell's cheeks twitched, she already knew what she needed to do. Before she could speak, Luna understood that her ability floated into the sky, "I can fly, I'll take you there!"
Luna flew through the forest and over the mountains with Vorrell in her arms, and soon returned to the site where they had first arrived at Miller, the site of the castle with the greatsword, the holy weapon of the Son of the God of War.
Vorrell asks Luna to place her on top of the hilt. She fell to one knee and rested her hand on the hilt of her sword. Although she did not want to admit that she was the son of God, and did not want to do what others told her to do, she did not want to see the little girl named Luna suffocated in the cave. She wants to save her, and becoming the son of the god of war gives her the power to save her.
"Is it decided?" a female voice rang in Vorrell's ears.
"Hmm. Not knowing who the voice was, Vorrell nodded.
"Now, pull me out, it's time. The voice said, and Vorrell knew she was talking to the sword. She pressed the hilt of the huge sword with her right hand, and then the giant sword began to slowly shrink, and her whole body slowly landed with the giant sword, and when the sword was too small to have a place for her, she stood upside down, holding the sword tightly with her hands, maintaining her balance. After the sword finally returned to its normal size, Vorrell did a somersault, stepping on the ground and pulling the sword out.
"It worked!" Luna exclaimed, "Do you feel the power?"
Vorrell closed her eyes, and then the voice of Regulus, no, Marruth, sounded in her head: "Vorrell Stonearm, you have been chosen as the son of the god of my god of war, awaken!" Vorrell opened her eyes again, and she saw a blue transparent soul floating out of the sword, a female figure in steel armor. The soul floated into Vorrell's body and disappeared, and then the female voice sounded in her ears: "For tens of thousands of years ago, I was the sword of the God of War, and from today on, I am your sword, and I will be a part of you." ”
The voice vanished, never to be heard again, and at the same time, Vorrell gained all the experiences and memories of the sword. She saw the sword born in the hands of the Divine Craftsman in ancient times, the previous God King used it to balance the connection between the gods and the demon gods, the current God King touched the Divine Sword to seal the Otherworld, the God of War pulled it out after thousands of years of mortal training, the Hades sealed the soul of the sword with the obsidian stone, and the experience of Regulus and the sword and the moment when he sealed the Gate of Miller......
"Remember, Vorrell—" Marruth's voice came again, "no matter what you choose, no matter where you use your power, the essence of the god of war will not change. The god of war has the power to cause wars large and small in the world, and war is the source of power. You, as the son of the god of war, will also have the ability to influence war, and you can't choose. But you can believe it. ”
"Believe, believe what?"
"Believe in yourself, in others, in the beings of this world, in the good thoughts they have, in their desire to put an end to strife...... Don't rely on your own to change the big picture, people have the responsibility and ability to take responsibility for their own choices, not to mention, you have companions. I used to want to fix everything by the power of one person, but I failed, so I tell you this so that you don't repeat the mistakes of the past. Vorrell, your mission is to stop all the demon gods who try to interfere in the mortal world, and to find out the truth about the gods that even I don't know. Hades' behavior has become strange lately, and perhaps I will soon be planted in his hands. I only know that the gods created everything in the world, but what created the gods? where did the gods come from? what was the reason why this sword was stuck on that island? ”
"The truth of the gods...... "Vorrell stood in the middle of the wasteland, the broken circle on the ground vanished after the sword was drawn, and all that was left was the yellow sand and dust flying in the sky.
"...... Warrell," Luna looked at Warrell with some concern.
"Let's go, let's go back and save Luna. ”