Chapter 8: Hypocrisy
The sound of fierce battle faintly came through the wind whistling in his ears, and as he desperately urged Blessing to quickly move away from the monster, Slok continued to stream tears of pain and self-reproach from the corners of his eyes.
If he could be a little stronger, just like his uncle, maybe Uncle Crowe and the elders in the team who get along day and night will not be okay at all.
Or...... If you hadn't attacked the monster when it was tied up in the beginning......
However, at this time, no matter how much Srock regretted it and blamed himself in his mind, everything was useless.
All he could do was to urge himself to fly faster, and to avoid wasting the time his companions had bought for him.
Wiping a handful of tears, Srock gritted his teeth and increased his strength, driving more magic essence to make the blessing effect stronger, even if the already bloodshot eyes began to be unable to bear it, and the slow bleeding was not hesitating.
It's coming, it's coming.
The exit from the forest is already in sight.
As long as you leave this forest, there is an outpost not far away, you just need to get there as soon as possible, pass the news on, and everything else can rely on the great King Arthur.
For this, even if it is death, Srock will not hesitate.
With a clear buzz, Srock increased his flight speed again, causing blood to flow not only from the corners of his eyes, but also from his ears and nose.
Srock didn't seem to know anything about this, and only planned to continue to work hard and rush out of the forest as soon as possible.
It's close!
The light at the exit of the forest is so beautiful and warm.
It's ...... warm It's like a dream.
Ah, I'm so sleepy......
No, I can't sleep yet, so I have to pass the news out......
Hey, pass ...... What's the news?
I...... What the hell is ...... Where......
With a final question, Slok's consciousness sank into the boundless darkness.
At the same time, in the dense forest near the exit, a satisfied hiccup sounded from the dark depths.
Then there was the squirming, the departure of some behemoth.
When everything was quiet, the hoarse chirping of birds suddenly sounded.
Full of joy for the rest of my life.
……
One hand grabbed the woman's neck and lifted her into the air, but at the same time the toes occasionally touched the ground so that she would not suffocate to death, and at the same time stretched out tentacles into her mouth to find out if there was any poison or anything hidden in her teeth.
Gaia's other half of her attention was now on the glittering crystals she had collected from the others in her other hand.
After looking at it for a while, Gaia couldn't tell what it was.
Although he wanted to keep these crystals, which seemed to be very valuable, as his initial funds to start his life in the civilized world, Gaia was not sure if there was any tracking magic or similar mechanism on them.
Besides, I can't see the internal structure of my body now, so if I have to stay, the risk is unknown.
In addition, I can't tell what the identity of these people is, what level of strength they belong to, and how many individuals are stronger than them.
Even if you want to go back and get information from the observer, you have to temporarily abandon the body that you have so hard to build.
When he comes back, maybe he will have to restructure, and then these second sons who like to fight will not have to fight each other?
After thinking about it, Gaia opened two spaces on her arm, temporarily included these crystals, and then condensed a slender probe from her free hand from her fingers, slowly approaching the woman's temple.
(I'm sorry, kid, but I need your memory to better understand the modern world.) It's really selfish, and I don't expect you to forgive or understand, except to say, I'm really sorry. )”
Although she didn't know what was coming out of the tip of her finger from the monster in front of her, she instinctively sensed that it wanted to read her memory.
'Damn monster, do you think that if you control me, I will have nothing to do?' ’
The thought flashed through her mind, and a mocking smile appeared on Blissy's face.
His party was originally on a mission that could not be disclosed, so how could they not be prepared to destroy the traces?
“ᛠ!”
Strange syllables came out of Blis's throat, and although Gaia reacted immediately to lock her throat and prevent her from making sounds, it was too late.
Less than a second after the syllable was spoken, Blisi's originally clear and firm eyes immediately began to white, blood flowed from her nostrils and ears like money, and even her mouth began to drool uncontrollably.
Clearly feeling that all the memories, experiences, and even most of the common sense were melting and dissipating from her mind, Bliss who had endured great pain flashed through her last thought as she was dying:
'Crowe, you piece of wood, I'm ...... In the end...... Did you make you proud......
The next moment, Bliss couldn't let go of the arm that had been holding Gaia, and then hung limply at the sides of her body.
Seeing Bliss cut herself off in front of her, Gaia's palms almost tightened, but she quickly calmed down again.
The priority is to see if there is anything left, not to be angry.
So, while Bryis was not completely dead, Gaia quickly inserted the slender probe of her finger through her temple, grabbed it all the way deep, pierced into the cerebral cortex, and began to read what was left.
Luckily, at least the body structure is pretty much the same, otherwise Gaia wouldn't have known where to look for something to read.
With a sigh of relief, Gaia lifted her senses and began to examine the remnants of the reading.
Well, most of the memories have been destroyed, and all that remains are some fragments of unknown reasons, and even the characters in the fragmented memories are difficult to maintain even the basic body shape.
Realizing that her memories had been completely scrapped, Gaia decisively gave them up and began to search for basic knowledge about the world, including abilities, individual strength, race, nation, and so on.
There was no way, he was too impatient to come, and this awakening was not achieved by an observer, so Gaia subconsciously ignored the acquisition of a modern language system and basic common sense.
Therefore, Gaia had to pray that the woman's self-destructive behavior would not be too effective, and at least leave herself with some common sense about the current world.
It's just that after searching for a long time, Gaia didn't find effective information, so he had to sigh that this method was too effective, and he really didn't leave anything for himself.
Well?
Didn't leave anything behind?
As if realizing something, Gaia hurriedly began to search for another area.
It didn't take long for a look of joy to appear on his face.
Sure enough, this aspect of the language system will be subconsciously ignored, and even when it self-destructs, it is not taken into account in the first place.
Finally found something to gain in Bliss's brain, and after Gaia quickly absorbed it, she succeeded in mastering the entire language system with a little thought.
After doing all this, Gaia slowly pulled the long needle from her temple, and looked at Bliss on the ground who was constantly flowing gray liquid from the hole she had left behind, and was silent for a moment.
Then, Gaia nodded slightly at her remains, and manipulated the nanobots to dig a large pit in the ground and bury it properly.
Regardless of stance and offensive behavior, this woman who would rather die than leak information, and the man who intends to die with him, are all worthy of respect.