Chapter 288: Cause/Apostasy

Lucilia turned her head to look.

It was Xia Daiti who was full of tears, couldn't stop grieving and shed tears in this sea of sorrow.

"We're all in this together."

"Hmm!"

The two of them held Arka's longing arm tightly with four hands, and pulled upwards together.

With the addition of Xia Daiti, Arka finally stopped the speed of falling downward.

The strength of the two and the power of Alka's fall are in a state of stalemate.

But this state of affairs did not last long.

Chardeti's resistance to Lucilia was limited, and the tide of grief was too strong.

"Aang!"

Outside, it clings to Alka's illusion, and on the other side of it there is also Shadetti leaning against it, and Shadetti also holds it on its antlers with a hand.

Through a deeper link, the illusion is used as a transfer to enter the spirit world of Arka.

With a high roar of deer, almost all of the gold and silver in the soul crystal gushed out of the crystal.

The deer's head lifted, looking at such a scene.

Phantom does not have such permission.

This comes from Arka, the most essential survival instinct.

The drag of the two made him temporarily regain a trace of sanity.

The golden and silver energy like a pillar of light intertwined, and smashed down fiercely.

Wrap up the entire area around where Arka is located and envelop it.

It was like a pillar of gold and silver rising into the sky.

Alka, who had been completely swept into it by the tide of grief, was held with one hand.

The body swayed in the tide of sorrow.

The energy of gold and silver poured in.

Light up the tide of sorrow where everyone is, and the essence of the tide has not changed.

It is unlikely that the energy of this gold and silver will play much role in such a spirit world.

But this energy seems to have awakened something, and the huge energy is integrated a little, and finally makes some movement.

"Pain...... Suffering...... Death...... Die...... It hurts......"

The heavy wails of pain and death echoed throughout the tide of sorrow.

It is the most essential soul sound, which does not need to be expressed in any language, just the sound can be very clear and accurate for everyone to understand, the meaning that the voice wants to express.

But at the same time, the grief and grief that filled the whole ocean, which was deeply affected, suddenly disappeared.

It all came too suddenly, but there was no time to think too much about it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lucilia and Shadetti took Alka's hand and dragged him out of the sea.

Alka, who had been dragged out, woke up in an instant, opened his eyes, and gasped for air.

It's like a person who is about to drown and suddenly regains his breath.

He immediately understood the scene around him.

After seeing the two of them, he hugged them one by one and rushed out.

Out of the range of being touched by the tide.

Looking back at the place illuminated by the pillar of light formed by the convergence of gold and silver energy in the tide of sorrow.

On the dark and silent surface of the sea, only a little light appeared in that place, which seemed to connect to deeper places.

The voice of the wailing soul was still there with a low murmur of pain, and the voice of the soul was so close to the ears.

Obviously I don't have anything to do with them, but I can empathize very much with them in my ears, as if I am a close relative.

Lucilia was already a little unbearable, don't look over.

If she watched and listened again, she couldn't help but want to pass.

"I will...... I will bring death to you...... Or save you, I promise. ”

As the words fell, Arka took control of himself and disconnected the link.

In the dream bubble, the deer head mask on Alka's face, which was buried in the snowdrift, fell off.

With the moment the mask fell.

The tide of sorrow in Arka's soul quickly dissipated.

Arka's spirit world was once again restored to its original state.

The link is broken in the moment it was restored.

Lucilia and Chardeti, who were in the soul of Arka, disappeared into space and returned to the outside world.

In the dream world, Arka opened her eyes.

Suddenly straightened up, and the whole person stood out of the snowdrift.

Lucilia emerged from his body.

Xia Daiti, who was leaning against the deer next to him, also woke up.

Lucilia came out and looked at Arka.

Xia Daiti also stood up.

Arka looked at the two of them and smiled, and said, "Thank you...... Uh-huh......"

Before he finished speaking, Xia Daiti, who stepped forward, slammed his fist into Alka's stomach.

The sudden blow made Arka snort and hook his waist.

Xia Daiti, who took a step forward, took advantage of the situation to hold Alka.

Lucilia, who was watching next to "...... Forehead", twisted her face together, and looked at Alka's expression, knowing how painful this punch was.

It's a heavy blow, but Lucilia thinks she should give him another punch.

"Do you know how worried we are about you? What did you do in your dreams? Xia Daiti, who was holding Alka, asked sharply.

"Hmm...... I'm sorry, I didn't expect this either, I'm sorry. Arka clutched her stomach, squinted slightly, and said as she endured the pain.

"So what is the situation, the ocean of sorrow in your soul, what's going on?"

Lucilia asked next to her, and the most puzzled thing was that he hadn't found out what had caused Arka to be like this.

The culprit is the sea water of grief and sorrow in his soul space.

But even when they dragged Arka out of the sea until the end, she didn't find out why.

I couldn't find any reason, so I had to ask Arka herself.

In the process, the only thing she felt was sadness, pain. Uncomfortable emotions rushed into her brain.

The main thing is that she can empathize, the pain as if they have experienced it, it is so real.

And the original body that this pain endured seems to be closely related to them.

I didn't want to cry, but the tears just flowed down unconsciously.

Shadetti also stood by and watched him.

At this time, the snow in the sky had long since disappeared, and the snow on the ground quickly melted the moment Arka woke up.

The dream creatures that had stayed here and there were revived and moved around the dream world of Arka.

Arka listened to Lucilia's question and looked at Shadetti.

"Let's go out and say, and say with them, I ......"

Seeing that Arka didn't know how to speak, Xia Daiti didn't force it anymore and nodded.

And Lucilia quickly returned to her dream and woke up.

……

"What's wrong with you? Don't scare me, how can I help you if you don't speak? ”

Jason on the deck asked, looking at the crystal dragon in front of him.

At this time, the crystal dragon was already the same size as a normal person, and this still did not count the slender tail and the wings that stacked on her body.

It's just that the torso is as big as Jason.

But at this time, the crystal dragon didn't seem to be in a good state, unusually sluggish, curled up on the deck and quietly looked at the ocean next to him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Even when Jason asked, she still didn't say a word.

She hadn't said a word since she woke up and walked out of the deck.

"Jason, let her be quiet, she doesn't seem to be in a good mood, she may have to slow down herself."

Julia seemed to see something next to her.

Hearing this, Jason nodded, glanced at the crystal dragon next to him worriedly, and could only sigh and sit on the edge of the flower bed.

looked at Xia Daiti lying on the carpet next to him and the doll next to him.

sighed.

"Well, what is this?"

"Hmmm......"

There was a sound on the carpet.

A few people next to him quickly looked over and watched Xia Daiti open his eyes and get up, and Lucilia next to him also woke up.

"How? Whether it was successful or not, I didn't feel sad anymore. Jason asked.

Xia Daiti nodded.

At this moment, there was a sound of the door opening from the stern, and everyone looked.

I saw Arka walking over with his head shaking.

Seeing that Arka seemed to be fine, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, in order to make sure that there was no problem, Martrisa swam over with her tail dangling.

He put his hand on Alka's shoulder and checked his condition.

"Aside from poor spirits, no other abnormalities were noted."

"Thank you." Arka nodded.

"So what did you do in your dreams to make such a big fuss?" Jason asked curiously next to him.

This time, Alka's movement can be said to be very exaggerated, affecting almost everyone on the ship.

They can feel the sudden grief very clearly, and even the manipulation of their emotions has completely failed.

I can only let the tears flow out, and the sadness hits my heart, making people feel unusually uncomfortable.

The grief is hard to forget, and it is heartbreaking.

Looking at the inquiring eyes of the crowd, Arka sat down on the wooden staircase.

"Whew......" exhaled slowly.

A mirror appeared beside him, and he hallucinated out of it.

As the phantom walked, a crisp bell rang.

After coming out, the dreamy creature that didn't look like reality came to Arka's side and lay down.

Arka touched its head and spoke.

"At first I was just planning the path after me and everything was normal.

Until I simulated Mirmy, the blood-colored deer we were dragged into our dreams. ”

"You dare to simulate that thing?" Simon said in surprise next to him.

Looking into the eyes of the crowd, Arka knew they had misunderstood.

explained: "It's not that he is simulated to become a monster, I told you before that the state of blood red has already had a problem, and I simulated him who was intact and normal before."

It's what the illusion looked like when it grew up, and you know that I turned it into a trophy with a treasure, and I also obtained the relevant memory fragments.

So I was able to simulate it almost perfectly. ”

Hearing this explanation, everyone nodded, and then looked at the huge dream fog deer lying next to Arka.

Under normal circumstances, it is indeed a very dreamy, positive creature.

"And then?"

"When I was simulating, everything was successful, and I was able to simulate it smoothly."

"The problem is a problem that I never thought about, and even if I did it again, carefully, I couldn't have thought of it in every way."

Hearing this, everyone found a place next to them and sat down and listened quietly.

They were curious.

After all, they have all experienced the movement just now, which is too exaggerated.

Especially the feeling of grief that made them care very much. I don't know why, it's as if the grief keeps them from thinking about it.

It just feels ...... It's as if your loved ones have suffered.

Even if they think about it, they can't help but feel extremely unbearable and want to help soothe them.

It makes them weird.

"You know that the world is broken and put back together, right?"

The crowd nodded, and Arka had learned from the church when they had left the homeland sea.

Simon, as a mechanic, knew it in such enlightened seas.

As for Mattlisa, their race has been recorded for generations.

Such a major event is recorded almost everywhere, and it is something that cannot be concealed even if you want to.

On the contrary, there is little record of what happened before this.

Seeing that everyone nodded, Arka continued.

"Then do you know that after putting it together, she is still alive?" Speaking of this, Arka's face couldn't help but become sad again.

Hearing this, everyone didn't show anything, but the crystal dragon, who had been looking at the sea, suddenly turned his head, and then walked over slowly.

Walked over to Jason and lay down.

"Huh? Would you like to hear about it too? Jason looked at her and said.

Urullius nodded.

"Alive...... What is the meaning? Julia asked with a heavy face, what had come to her mind.

As a guardian of the environment, she is extremely sensitive to this thing, and the grief just now has made her very concerned.

Speaking of this, it already made her have a very bad idea.

Arka looked at everyone with a solemn face.

He said slowly: "Literally...... The world has always been alive, and she has nurtured all things in her.

However, the arrival of the God War caused the world to be broken, and it was rebuilt under the operation of some gods. ”

It's obvious who some of the gods are, but it's clear that it's a bit of a perverse thing to say at this time.

"I should have fallen directly into the world of death, but I survived for a long time.

However, that's in ...... In a state of being broken and forcibly glued together, he barely survived. ”

"Oh my God." Hearing this, Julia couldn't help but wail.

As a caretaker of the environment, she already felt the same way, and with Alka's explanation, she recalled the sadness she had just had.

"It's like a normal life that has been turned into fragments, but it has been put back together because of inexplicable strength and manipulation.

And I had to endure this pain, and it hurt forever.

Such shattered scars are so exaggerated, so unbearable, the rules of the world have long been broken and chaotic, even if God tries his best to maintain them, it still does not help. ”

These words made everyone present frown, and such information was matched with the kind of grief that had just been experienced.

A feeling of suffocation welled up in their hearts.

They didn't know how to breathe for a moment.

Because it is the island under their feet, the ocean under their feet, and the world they live in that are so painful.

At this time, think about the four worlds that have been divided by God......

Stopped thinking.

"But...... But the Daughter of Life said that there was nothing they could do but let the world fix itself, and in time the world would fix itself. ”

Julia said sadly, apparently she knew better.

With Arka's explanation, some things can be explained when she thinks back to her past.

Arka looked at her and took a deep breath.

"But the spirit of the world already exists, but it has not yet fully awakened, and this pain makes her willing to die."

Arka then continued without digging deeper: "And the Mirmi I simulated is the natural spirit of the spirit world, and his duty is to repair the world.

As natural spirits, they are born to connect with the world, and they feel the pain of the world, and they have a natural resistance because they are born out of the world. ”

"But when I simulate, I naturally gain the same power...... Then, when the power became mine, it was a moment.

Naturally, I was connected to the world...... Grief, pain overwhelmed me, and that grief pain was like the sea. ”

Speaking of which, Arka isn't saying anything.

Everyone naturally understands why this is the case.

At this time, Julia's lower body became her own fish tail again, and the current of water rolled over the fish tail, lifting her up.

Arka looked at Julia as she walked up to her, looking at her with an inquiring eye.

Julia stretched out her hand and said, "Can you let me take it myself...... The sorrow of the world. ”

Arka looked at her, at Julia's determined eyes.

She seemed determined to experience it.

"Are you sure?"

"Hmm."

Since this was all the case, Arka naturally didn't say anything more, silently raised his hand and held her palm.

The mirror appeared on Arka's face, and Mirmi's figure appeared in the mirror, and then the mirror began to change.

The rapid change became the previous deerhead mask.

But this time, Arka already has experience, and he will not rush to directly connect with the world.

He pulled out some power manipulation techniques from the memory fragments.

Connecting others with feelings.

Plant thorns made of white mist spread from Alka's hands.

wrapped around his arms and all the way to Julia's hands.

As the thorns wrapped around his hands, the spikes of the thorns pierced into the skin of the two men.

"Here we are." With that, Arka closed his eyes.

The agony of the tide of sorrow passed through the thorns.

Instantly rushed into Julia's heart.

"Ahhh......h

Julia's eyes widened for a moment, and she wailed in pain, her face throbbing with bruises, and her veins spread from her face all the way through her neck.

The skin on his body immediately turned reddish.

Behind the ears, on the cheeks, on the eye sockets, and on the collarbones, fine scales appeared.

The coin that had been printed on her hand floated out, and the coin was reversed, and the side of the skull appeared on the obverse.

The blood-colored aura began to pour out, regaining the upper hand.

After the pain, Julia's tears flowed from her eyes.

The tears gradually turned from blue water to bloody teardrops.

"Let go, Arka! She couldn't take it anymore! Martlisha shouted from the side.

Arka shook her head: "No, it's not that I don't let go, but she still wants to bear it." ”

"......" the crowd fell silent.

After all, they had been together for so many years, and they already knew a certain amount about Julia.

While Julia doesn't say much at times, she often tinkers with the environment when she can.

Especially when you leave the home sea, cross the forward channel, and come to the infinite sea.

Julia can be seen to be often depressed, as she is powerless to mend her surroundings.

It was her responsibility for hundreds of years, and now she doesn't have the power to fulfill it.

Therefore, her strength has increased very quickly, and she is the most serious and hardworking among the people.

Her upbringing, her education, her beliefs.

It's all about paying for the world.

After the Infinite Sea, she spent more time trying to understand her surroundings, what went wrong, and how to change it.

Now Arka tells her that the world would rather die than be destroyed than suffer like this again.

It shattered her entire worldview and shattered her faith.

Although the teachings of the seed of life are not well understood, the maintenance of the environment is mainly about protecting life.

Some of the dogmas were the opposite of what she knew now.

While telling her to protect the world, she has indeed done so for hundreds of years.

However, the truth obtained is that the world is willing to die, and that pain comes from them.

"The favor of life is detaching her, she is turning her back on the doctrine, she is spitting on life, she wants to ...... Judged. ”

Simon stood next to Julia.

Said quietly.

(End of chapter)