In fact, the hermit of Genet didn't know what to call the figure floating inside the magic vessel.

As a sword-wielding hermit trained by Merin, he has witnessed countless cruel punishments, all kinds of magic used to destroy human nature and will, and many strange experiments that cannot be accepted by ordinary people.

But all the "bizarre cases" he saw in the past could not be compared with today's "Justina".

The hermit Gene could not comprehend, and could not accurately describe Giustina's tendencies, except that the female scholar, with whom he had worked for a considerable time, seemed to be too concerned with the terrible presence of inhuman.

When confronted with the children of the Abyss, who are both enemies and research targets, Giustina exhibits a rather abnormal, even "extreme" distorted tendency, which has even begun to shift towards "preference" and "identification" over time.

When the hermit Genet received a series of strange orders from Scug about Justina, he almost questioned Scugue's judgment, but in the end it turned out that Scug had made the right preparations, and Justina had indeed chosen to persist despite the failure of the first two rounds of experiments, and tried to extract weapons from the warehouse at the Judicial Commission's residence.

Even the types of weapons she had drawn were exactly the same as Shug had said.

"Is this some kind of sorcery that I don't know about? Or is it the 'prophecy' that Merhrin and never wanted to talk about head-on? ”

For the series of prejudgments made by Xiug, the hermit of Gene has already had countless doubts, and even Xiuge himself does not realize that many of his decisions and behaviors have actually caused countless impacts and challenges to the past cognition, habits and common sense of the hermit of Genet, but in the face of the crisis in the city of Seren, these doubts seem to be a little worrying.

Facing the silent Gene who was standing in the laboratory, the female scholar in the magic container asked slowly, "What are you thinking, Hermit Genius?" ”

Then the sword-wielding hermit looked up, his gaze fixed on the figure that had the characteristics of both a human and a descendant of the Abyss, and then said, "I was thinking...... Master Giustina, why did you make such a choice? ”

Inside the container, the female scholar tilted her head slightly, not quite understanding the point of Genet's question.

"Hermit Geente, does such a question still make sense?"

"Perhaps."

The burly sword-wielder tugged over a chair and sat down slowly, "The city of Salem has affected all of us, and it has changed us all...... So I wanted to find out what exactly you're thinking, which might help me in the future. ”

"Justina" thought for two seconds, then she nodded, agreeing with Genet's statement, and then she fluttered back slightly, and a voice came from inside the container: "In the beginning, I was the same as everyone else, I hated them, saw them as monsters and threats, and worked to find a way to destroy or expel them completely...... Until I was struck by their magic and fell into a coma because of it. ”

"You mean the Black Sun Society and Birva?"

"Yes, though, I actually want to thank them."

"Giustina" said in an understated tone that surprised Genet: "I could clearly feel the cold power flowing through my body, like a cold wave from a distant ocean...... It was constantly swimming in my body, like a fish or something, and I couldn't do anything at that time, so I tried to make contact with it, to communicate with it...... So, it responded to me. ”

"Answered you?"

"Yes, it was like the first time I tried to use my magic, and when my consciousness touched it, it responded to me in a friendly way."

As if caught up in some kind of fond memory, the female scholar muttered, "They're special, they're really special...... They are different from all the magical creatures I have come into contact with in the past, and they are completely different from beings like humans and elves, I have never seen such a structure, a whole race is united, so close to each other, spirit and spirit can be separated from each other, and can be fused together at any time, how wonderful......"

"But you almost died from them."

"Dead ......"

"Giustina" repeated the subtle word, then shook her head: "If we judge by the narrow views of our past, it is true, but if we accept this new form of life, then everything will change." ”

Her eyes widened a lot, and in her sockets, the dark shadow of the abyss was constantly beating: "Think about it, the body is no longer the key to the survival of life, and the death of the body does not represent anything at all...... Knowledge, memories, and everything that exists on the basis of spirit will be shared with the whole race, and as long as they exist, then the so-called dead individuals will also exist forever......"

Hearing these words, Gene felt a little sweat on his spine, and he couldn't help but reach for his weapon.

Naturally, such an action did not hide from the eyes of "Justina", so the female scholar slowed down her tone, and she said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, Hermit Genet, I am just putting forward a bold idea from the perspective of a scholar, I think, Mr. Hug Ernst has long been aware of these things, and no one knows more about those 'monsters' than he does." ”

"Was it Mr. Ernst who convinced you?"

"Persuasion? Perhaps. ”

The female scholar thought for a moment and said, "He must have been aware of my 'change' for a long time, so he has tested me more than once. Mr. Ernst was truly a wonderful man, and the words he uttered and the choices he made were very different from what I had expected......"

As she spoke, "Justina" gently raised her new arm made of shadows in the abyss and looked at it carefully: "It's a puzzling and amazing choice for him to have a power and identity that is beyond that of a human being, but he still wants me to continue to assert my identity and position, isn't it?" ”

These words made the hermit of Gene become more and more nervous, but the voice of the female scholar continued to come: "Hermit Genet, I do not regret making such a decision, it turns out that my judgment is not wrong, as long as there are enough suitable 'candidates', the third plan I proposed before will definitely be realized......"

Gene asked in a deep voice, "Even if it's at your own cost?" ”

"Myself?"

"Justina" shook her head slightly, "My memories and will have not died out because of this, but have been combined with another being...... In that case, what is the cost? ”

Her tone was resolute in saying this, reminding him of the time when Giustina's plan had been unbunked.

After unsuccessfully trying to put herself and her colleagues into the experiment as "experimental material", she resolutely chose the last path - she released the special sample left behind by Xiuge and threw herself into it, completely becoming one with it.

"I'm feeling amazing right now...... I could feel his power, and I could sense some of his thoughts...... He's approaching us, and it won't be long before I can meet him, and I'm curious to see how he looks and behaves when he sees me. ”

"Justina" muttered, she raised her palm again and pressed it against the surface of the container, and with a burst of force, the magic container protected by layers of protective rituals burst openly, so the female scholar walked out of the container that bound her with the ruffling alchemical liquid, and she slowly fell to the ground, her soaked clothes clinging to her body, but she didn't care.

In the face of the changes in front of him, Jeant also stood up, he did not hide his wariness and hostility towards the existence in front of him, his left hand was already clasped on the two alchemy bombs, as long as the situation changed, he would immediately respond.

"Justina", however, didn't pay much attention to this, her movements were a little stiff and her steps were a little staggering, and after taking a few steps forward, she turned her head to look at the crystalline wall clock on the wall next to her, and recognized the time scale she was familiar with for the last time.

Then, the female scholar reached out and brushed away a strand of hair stuck to her forehead, and she looked at the sword-wielding hermit in front of her: "Gent, thank you for staying with me until now, but when the time comes, you should also leave...... We all have our own things to do, don't we? ”

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to ...... Let's go and meet my 'father' first. ”

As she said this, 'Justina' looked like a real child, and she smiled: "I wonder what he thinks about what is happening and what is to come." ”

Gente didn't follow up on this strange topic, he just nodded slightly, and then asked, "So...... Do you have any wishes that I would like me to help you fulfill? Or, is there anything I need to bring for you? ”

"If you can, thank them for me...... Thank them for their willingness to trust me in those times, or to pray for their forgiveness for me for what I did. ”

Hearing this, even Jeant inevitably had a gloomy look on his face.

As Merlin's sword-wielder, he had long been accustomed to the loss and death of his companions, but he had never experienced such a scene before.

Sometimes, the peaceful separation makes people feel more painful and helpless.

……

The air was cold, but the magic that floated in mid-air gave people a sense of heat and irritability.

A new round of magic is just around the corner.

This time, even if he didn't use the roots of fate and the running rat to remind himself, Xiuge could still feel the looming shock and threat, if the previous magic movement was a dark turbulence hidden under the calm sea, then the magic in the air that was constantly vibrating now was like a breeze carrying sweltering hot steam.

A rainstorm is about to turn Vann upside down.

Through the countless roots of fate set along the way, Xiug reluctantly constructed a line of defense from the illusions, in which the corrosive dark flames were constantly beating, and the real threat simulated by the illusions constantly forced the children of the abyss to change their course and slow down their progress, but even so, they were still slowly approaching the southern part of Salem City.

As the Descendants of the Abyss continue to advance, the Tricolor Brotherhood has been completely destroyed, and the number of deaths among its members is incalculable.

The descendants of the Abyss who have received a new round of "nutrition" have become more active, and after the whole race has evolved, the flesh and memories that used to take them ten or twenty days to digest have now been completely absorbed by them in just a few hours or even dozens of minutes.

After receiving new information and information, the Descendants of the Abyss began to adjust their tactics, and a considerable number of the Descendants immediately dispersed from the group, and they quickly infiltrated the scattered survivors and bandit settlements according to the memories of the victims, and these survivors were basically ordinary bandits attached to the Brotherhood or ordinary residents who refused the invitation of Iris Street.

In the face of the surging black tide, they had no way to avoid it, and the few weapons and fuel they had accumulated in their hands could not stop those terrible enemies, and in front of the huge group of descendants, the survivors' fortified and sealed hideouts became clumsy "cans", and the predators always deftly found them from the corners and devoured them on the spot.

Dark clouds rolled slowly in the sky, and Xiuge couldn't even see the sunset at the end of winter.

Shug looked around the ruined streets where he was, and then withdrew the roots of fate left behind by his own path, and with his actions, the false illusions that had been used to confuse and hinder the children of the Abyss vanished.

He did not do this because of a lack of magic power, but because in the face of the sheer number of heirs, illusions could do very little to hinder them.

As the children continue to gather, the directives conveyed by the will of the subject are also carried out most resolutely and thoroughly—they are constantly pushing a huge front towards the south at a slow pace, and all living things in their path will be ruthlessly destroyed and devoured.

Shug looked up, and he saw that a military observation balloon was slowly floating in the dark sky, and it was clear that the members of the Emergency Committee had also managed to observe the shocking scene that was taking place in the city.

Shuge knew that they would be able to see the long black curve of the Descendants of the Abyss.

It was the vanguard sent by the Abyss Court, an army that was slowly advancing, and a tide of death that was enough to crush the hopes and wills of the people.

The time to test everyone has finally arrived.

(End of chapter)