621

The evening breeze in the Amanda Mountains swept the snowflakes from the summits, and in the past the ascetics could be heard chanting holy scriptures and singing hymns, but tonight, with the sound of the wind, only the sound of artillery could be heard.

Vincent looked at the child who was sleeping peacefully in the hands of strangers, and tried to find some shadows of his two old friends from above, but at the glance, it felt that the child could not see any other physical features except that his nerves were a little like her mother.

"Her mother was an extraordinary member of the church, and her father was the recorder of the town."

"When they got married, I sat in the first row. They used to say, "When this child was baptized, I was the godfather......"

Some of the nervous laughter gradually stopped, and the memories belonging to the human came back little by little, and Vincent's arched back slowly straightened, but the stubby wolf fur on his face did not subside.

Vincent reached out and put the scarf back on it, looking at Edward earnestly.

"I don't need your help."

"At the same time, I won't help you."

Edward blinked, smiling politely with a hint of confusion, "Why?" Your mission is over, and you have protected the people you want to protect, so you can go back to the rear to rest. ”

"No why."

Vincent looked at Edward: "Because you are a demon, isn't it natural not to make a deal with a demon?" ”

Crash. As if shattered by glass, Vincent lifted his head, his hideous front paws scratching the ground in deep shape.

He hadn't turned back into a human, what little human will he had was quickly being consumed by mad instincts, he was still half wolf, half human horror, a huge shadow looming over the demon, and one of his distorted teeth was about the size of a baby in swaddling clothes.

"I don't need your help, demon!"

The human who had once been Vincent looked at the dirty strip of red cloth wrapped around his front paws, and his eyes overflowed with madness, and a little struggle and human emotion reappeared. His completely mutated vocal cords could no longer speak human language, so he roared at Edward twice, and the momentum was so strong that the wind blew Edward's clothes and hunted, and his hat almost flew away.

But he woke up the sleeping baby, who waved his little fist angrily, opened his eyes to see the culprit who had awakened her sweet dreams, and then began to cry out in a very uncertain way. I don't know if I was smoked by the smell of the demon wolf, or if I was scared by the appearance of the demon wolf.

The wolf glanced at the child, turned and walked away without looking back.

It's gone, it's time to go.

Finally, hold on a little longer and remember some good things.

The remnants of a human named Vincent brought tears to the corners of the monster's eyes, which were dried by the wind in an instant.

Snowflakes fell along the way, leaving a thin layer of snow on Edward's hat and shoulders, and he perfunctorily coaxed the little girl who was still crying and trying to grab his hair, and then patted the snow and dust off his clothes with his free hands.

“…… Really, I thought that after becoming a god, my eloquence had diminished. ”

Edward smiled and sighed, and walked along the messy wolf paw prints, Vincent's target was the town where the Archbishop and the Fursac Sage were at war, and Edward was interested in going over to see the end of the brilliant Red Glove.

Well, it's definitely the end.

"There aren't many people who can directly reject me, and for that alone, your adoptive father deserves praise." Edward said to the little girl, "You must not be like your adoptive father in the future, a person who has too high a sense of morality and is not strong enough, and he will suffer a great loss in the future." ”

The little baby who had just finished crying looked at Him with tears on his face and reached for the fluff from Edward's collar.

……

The singing roar faded away with the wind, and no more spirits and spiritual creatures were summoned.

Only the blazing white flames still burned silently in the ruins, and the starry night sky slowly dispersed, revealing the real sky covered with clouds, and the light of the red moon faintly spilled through the clouds, and the whole land seemed to be soaked in blood.

The giantized witcher did not dare to be careless, he had already experienced the power and obsession of the hostile Sage, and the wounds that were healing faster and faster were a sign of Arnold's declining state. His solid arm, like a blue-black stone, stuck in the throat of the giant wolf, and withstood the bombardment of countless waves of crazy dreams and bad luck, and was slightly better in the wrestling between mythical creatures.

The two giant mythical creatures faced each other for a long time like real sculptures, a scene that was like a myth, but no audience dared to open their eyes to witness it.

Finally, there was no longer a heartbeat in the giant wolf's chest, and the demon wolf, whose vitality was beyond imagination, was finally defeated by him.

After another twenty seconds, Arnold disarmed himself from the limit of his imminent "dangerous state", his body gradually shrunk, and the mysteries that could not be seen were hidden under the skin again, and the huge vertical eyes parted again, becoming normal human eyes. He stood up, took a few uncomfortable steps, and then looked at the huge corpse lying beside him.

The old demon wolf fell to the ground, its body slightly shrunk, as if it was about to change from a mythical creature back to a human, but because this body had long been completely out of control, it was frozen at a certain stage between humans and demon wolves.

"Hoo ......"

Arnold finally relaxed, and he half-knelt on the ground, drawing a simple emblem of the Night Church on the wolf's body with his own blood.

"Brave warrior, may your spirit ascend to the starry heavens."

He simply sat cross-legged, adjusted his breathing, and thought about his next move.

Starry Town was completely destroyed, and it was impossible to build any useful fortifications, and such a big movement would definitely attract the attention of the Night Church headquarters, and after this gap was noticed, it would be difficult to attack through these small gaps.

You have to strike while the iron is hot, and hurry forward and continue to advance......

After resting for a few minutes, Arnold got back to his feet, and the dead demon wolf next to him had begun to excrete its extraordinary properties, and many starlight-like substances gathered somewhere on its side, gradually converging into a peaceful thing.

Arnold didn't bother with his loot for a moment, he tilted his head sideways, waiting for his ears to repair automatically.

In the battle with the crazy mythical creatures, he punctured his eardrums, preventing the singing voices from affecting him to the greatest extent.

Before he knew it, he heard the sound of wind and snow howling again, which was somewhat similar to the snowfields of the northern part of the Vorsack Empire, but much softer—he listened attentively for a moment, then suddenly frowned, and looked sharply at the bottom of the mountain to the southwest.

I saw a long steam train passing by the tracks below, the car was lit up with a faint warm yellow light, and the yellow and white mist was spewing out of the chimney at the front of the locomotive, and the train quickly drove into the distance, like a snake circling along the mountain road.

Arnold subconsciously turned his head and looked at the open space outside the city where the airship had landed.

The hunters, staggered by the demigods' battle, were regrouping, and as soon as the airship was raised again, they could immediately notice the fleeing steam train below.

Want to get your hands dirty?

Arnold hesitantly turned his head to look at the corpse of the demon wolf lying on the ground.

At a time when the Vorsack Empire did not have enough resources to feed all its citizens, it was common for tribes to fight between cities and distant plains, and tribes welcomed fighting, as stronger leaders and soldiers could bring more people alive. At the same time, the victorious tribe was to generously accept the people of the tribe he had defeated, treating them as if they were his own.

Killing - it was okay to kill them all, which would have been understandable hundreds of years ago, but such a tribe and his leader would not last long, and people would band together to bring them down.

This is the source of the warlike and united tradition of the Fersaks, and in a relatively harsh environment, only a broad-minded leader can make the tribe continue to expand, and can make everyone's strength work together, so that more people can survive.

As a tribute to the worthy warrior, Arnold raised his hands in favor of letting go of the people protected by Garion, but now that his hands were held down, he couldn't lift any of them, and even subconsciously made a gesture of touching his saber.

If these people had returned to safety alive, it would have conveyed what the Fersaks had done in the Amanda Mountains.

Although Arnold didn't know how much they knew about the war, how dangerous their situation was, and what public opinion the war bringed, he instinctively felt that they should not be allowed to go back, otherwise it would affect the country and the church.

But he genuinely respected the dead pagan saints, and the pride of a warrior was mixed with military affairs, and he hesitated for a moment.

“…… Lift the airship back up! ”

After the silence, Arnold shouted orders to the hunter team in the distance.

He didn't hear the hunters reply, but he saw the hunters dancing in place to indicate that they had heard the order, and quickly lined up back to the airship, and soon the balloons began to fill and the weather-beaten propellers began to spin again.

After shouting these words, Arnold let out a long sigh, looking unusually tired.

He sat down a little depressed, the cold snow wind blowing across his cheeks, his cheeks and back heating with guilt.

Already involved in the war, having come this far, there is no going back, is it?

It was just the dignity and pride of a warrior that made him feel shameless in the face of the dead heretical sage, and when he turned his head, the dark blue eyes of the dead demon wolf widened with suffocation, as if he was also staring at him fiercely.

He was so immersed in his own thoughts that the only sound in his ears was the crackling sound of flames burning wood.

Arnold thought, thought, unsuspectingly startled by a wolf howl that pierced the night sky.

He suddenly realized something, and stood up at once, only to see a strange creature running on all fours like a wolf with a human face and hind legs running far beyond the ruins—an out-of-control extraordinary, but not a high sequence! Arnold was ready for battle immediately, and although he was now at the limit and had lost his weapon, it was still possible to take out an out-of-control extraordinaire with the help of the Hunter Squad.

Seeing that the monster rushed directly as if it had no reason, he immediately prepared for battle, but at the moment when he was about to make a move, the monster suddenly turned in front of him and rushed towards the corpse of the demon wolf lying there!

Arnold was stunned.

The monster rushed towards the precipitated extraordinary properties and swallowed the jewel-like extraordinary properties in one gulp, and its body suddenly began to twist and distort further, and dense black short hair grew on the hind legs of the two humans, and the bloody tentacles around the waist also moved.

Then the monster turned its head sharply and ran rampantly.

Arnold could have dodged, but he suddenly didn't want to dodge, and just made a defensive move in place.

Bang!

The newly promoted demon wolf couldn't break through the guardian's defenses, but knocked Arnold's whole person out like a ball, smashing through the walls of two small buildings in a row before stopping.

"Ahem...... Thank you very much. ”

Arnold climbed up from the rubble against the wall, slapping away the falling masonry and pieces of wall skin. He looked at the path of the railroad tracks in the distance, and was surprised that the strange wolf was also looking in that direction.

His expression became relaxed again, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he shouted loudly to the airship in the distance:

"Retreat outside the town first!"

After saying that, he jumped out lightly, and the demon wolf crashed into it the next moment, knocking down the entire building. It doesn't seem to have mastered the abilities it just had, and is only attacking its enemies with some instinct and obsession.

Arnold ran out of Starry Town as fast as he could, and as he and his team retreated to the wasteland outside the town, the demon wolf stopped the chase and stubbornly dragged its massive body back and forth through the ruined town, letting out a menacing roar.

It guards here, and anyone who comes close will be the first to be attacked.

Outside the city, Arnold and the hunter team converged, and when the hunters saw that the leading demigods had no intention of attacking further, they began to set up tents and light fires, preparing to wait for when the demigods were ready.

"I'm going to change my mind about the country of Rune."

Arnold looked at the wolf wandering in the ruins and whispered:

"What does it matter if war is just or not?"

"The justification of war is nothing but self-deception, idealism...... Only the battle is real! ”

In mythology, people often come up with various ways to kill aliens or even their own kind, and sacrifice their lives to the gods. By now, sacrifice has become more and more civilized, and sometimes even flesh and blood sacrifices are not needed, but the war has become more and more cruel, and life has flowed in the other direction.

"War is the time when God feasts on sacrifices."

"As human beings, none of us can escape this circle - in that case, just fight, fight until the last moment, it's fine."

622

The train made a rhythmic sound and whizz along the tracks in the mountains.

The carriage was so crowded with people and their little luggage that there was not even an inch of space to fit in. Some were standing, others were sitting, and they all kept quiet, chanting the name of God in their hearts and asking for refuge.

A middle-aged couple snuggled together in the seats of the carriage, the old gentleman with gray sideburns wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looking suave, he grabbed the hand of his wife, who also had gray sideburns, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

They were a wealthy couple, childless, with an accumulated property of over £200,000 to their name, enough for them to enjoy a quiet life in the mountains away from the city. Now this car is full of such people, and there are many people who are richer and nobler than them.

Now, they all sit here, or stand here, as equals, waiting for the verdict of fate.

The train was moving forward.

Every now and then the shaking and shaking would cause the spirits to be stretched to the limit to scream, and they managed to escape, and soon saw the fire and explosions erupting from the mountain, and the extraordinary members of the church came from time to time to spread some peaceful and beautiful dreams, so that people could stay in the car as steadily as possible.

The sky outside gradually brightened, and the passengers by the window couldn't wait to look out, and immediately let out a small exclamation:

"We're out of the Amanda Mountains!"

No one can fall asleep in such an environment except children. The crowd suddenly stirred, scrambling to stretch their necks to see the scenery outside the window.

Instead of snowy and sparsely populated mountains, there are scattered houses on large farmlands and hunting grounds, livestock roaming around the farms, and occasionally huge mansions and castles in the distance, and people on horseback running back and forth.

"We survived! We escaped! ”

"Praise God, praise the gods!"

"It's really East Chester County, look, it's a farm in my name......"

……

The voices of discussion came and went, and people's hearts finally fell after hanging all night.

The middle-aged couple also raised their heads, and the old gentleman let out a long sigh of relief and patted his wife's hand.

He was just about to say something, when he suddenly saw his wife holding a somewhat unfamiliar swaddling cloth in her arms, and a small baby with open eyes in it stared at him. He frowned strangely, and gradually remembered everything about the swaddling baby:

They had no children and had written in their wills that they would donate all their inheritance to the charity of the Church after their death. But the wife had always had the idea of adopting a child, and just this week, through the Church of the Moon, they adopted a newborn baby who had lost his parents.

The old gentleman remembered the name of the little baby, and remembered more details about the adoption of the child, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the pair of light green eyes like his own were pleasing, and he smiled and said:

"We also have some properties in East Chester County...... When the time comes, settle down and give little Vanessa a new home. ”

"She has cute toys and little daisies in her little room." The lady responded with a smile, teasing the child in her arms.

Soon, the train arrived at the city train station in Stone, and the people on the train were waiting for it to get off the train in an orderly manner with joy and under the arrangement of a few red gloves.

Those who were lucky enough to escape stood in the station of Stone, breathing in the fresh air and feeling the bright sunshine, as if they had been reborn, and a few of them who were slightly more sensitive even shed tears on the spot.

When they all got off the train, the empty train started again and headed off into the distance.

"Praise be to the Goddess!"

Several ladies wept and said, "We have escaped, praise be to the Goddess!" ”

The people echoed this remark, and they comforted each other as they walked out of the station and praised the gods from the bottom of their hearts, thanking them for their favor and blessings.

TBC

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The end of the double watch!

(End of chapter)