Chapter 113: The Escapee
Leomast walked on the Long Bridge at Dusk for a while.
Esther tried to look back, but due to the difference between the cliff height and the bridge, she couldn't see anyone who was stuck on the boulder.
It seems that he saw Gardelia just now, and he didn't even say hello to her......
Esther turned her gaze to the building that was getting closer and closer, the minaret and the round tower on both sides, and the main entrance was several stories high, obviously not a design of human form.
Giant? Could it be that this is the "Giant Court" that "Sun" once mentioned?
In the gray-blue gate, there is an equally large hole.
"We don't seem to have the key." Esther whispered to Leomaster, standing in front of this magnificent building, she always felt a sense of awe that she was worried about waking up or something.
Leomaster shook his head: "As long as we push open this door." ”
He pressed his hands to the door, and Esther had to fly, and she watched as Leomast exerted all her strength, black shadows writhing between his palms.
Little by little, the door was pushed open, but the scene inside the crack was blurry.
After the lark landed on his arm, Leomaster lifted his foot and stepped into the gap in the door.
Esther felt as if she had been thrown into the washing machine, her body and spirit whirling wildly between tears, and a strong humming sound sounded in her head, which was enough to stabilize her spirit.
Until this strange feeling subsided, and the lark reopened his eyes, the round wheel that had been hovering beside the two of them had disappeared, leaving only a few faint points of light, most of which were annihilated in the moment when they had just passed through the barrier.
Esther hurriedly called them back, allowing the point of light to disappear again in the lark's feathers.
The moment the light converged, Esther sensed both an unknown gaze and a constant call, as well as some kind of guidance from a distant direction.
After leaving the dream, Leomaster and the lark were in a deep blue seashore without sound, the sand and gravel under their feet were so black that they seemed to be soaked in ink, and the sky was swirling with the unchanging twilight.
Esther felt a little heavy on her neck, and when she looked down, she saw a night emblem hanging in front of the lark.
Leomaster's clothes had turned into a gray-black hooded robe, the corners and cuffs of the robe were tattered, but his spirit looked better than in his dreams, and the wrinkles on his face were not as exaggerated as in his dreams, except that there were many bloodshot eyes.
Leomaste drew a cross in his heart: "It's time for us to move on, we are close to the kingdom of God, but there are still bumps in the road." ”
Esther could steal distance, but her abilities were limited, and she didn't know where Leomaster was going, so she crouched quietly on his arm and let him lead her around the majestic peaks guarded by the vast palace to the edge of dusk.
As the direction of progress was the same as that call, Esther was not in a hurry to leave, and he knew something about Leomaster's condition.
Esther had heard the "Sun" describe the dangers of the "Godforsaken Land", and of course she would not easily leave the combat power that she could partner with each other now, even if this Leomast was the "Secret Prayer Man" path, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages for Esther.
There was no movement from the "Spiritual Intuition", and there was no direct appearance of "Zoya", which made Esther feel a lot more at ease.
Felt even more relieved that she didn't even encounter any monsters along the way, Leomaster unleashed his black armor and became much stronger, so that he could resist the decay of the twilight.
The lark's foothold had to be changed to the top of his head.
Even if the rest of the journey will be filled with dangerous darkness, the lark can release points of light to illuminate the surroundings for Leomast.
However, Esther soon discovers that fate is as malicious to her as ever, and that good fortune and bad luck always come too fairly to be avoided.
Having just escaped the haunts of the dream world and regained control of her body, Esther's calm lasted less than an hour when she encountered something that gave her a bad heart and a headache - to be precise, it was a bird with the name "Zoya" endlessly, a crow with a black beak and claws, and white eyes.
The raven stood atop a square boulder, surrounded by darkness and out of the confines of the dusk. The text on the boulder has been blurred by weathering, and one can only guess that it was once a remnant of a street sign or something.
It wasn't until Leomast approached that the white-eyed crow smiled and said, "It seems that our luck is quite good, but unfortunately, I bet that you will not show up at all." ”
Then it stared at Leomast dissatisfied, narrowing its eyes: "How are you with that crazy man, what good did he promise you?" If you want to be promoted, why don't you just come to us? The ontology will be happy to see you. ”
The lark closed his mouth tightly, and scolded the crow in his heart for his stinky shamelessness, and if he found Amon's body, it was not called seeking promotion but delivering food to the door, and Esther relied on the other party not to steal his own heart, so he decisively scolded him first.
When Leomaste heard the other party call him "madman", his eyes were already scarlet, his hand raised to his side, and his shadow wriggled and rolled upward, forming a wide black giant sword, which was firmly held in Leomaster's hand.
The white-eyed crow did not care at all about the hostility emanating from Leomast, and when it saw that the lark did not respond, it chuckled again and spoke:
"There's no way Urorius can help you, the 'fate' path is not the same as the 'thief', he can't give you the extraordinary traits he has absorbed."
Esther replied coldly, "Why don't you ask the dear 'Angel of Destiny' deity?" ”
The "spiritual intuition" was suddenly touched, and the black giant sword was weakly raised to the side and upwards, and it actually slashed towards the lark above his head.
The light shattered and scattered like snow foam, covering Leommaster in an instant.
The lark stomped on top of Leomaster's head, a light movement, and the corrosive blade of the "depraved" aura staggered, and the lark struggled to retract the tips of its claws to prevent it from being touched by the forces above.
"The last time I met the doppelganger, he became reckless because his death was approaching, and you were a little more scheming than him."
But just as shameless. Esther added in her mind.
The lark flew into the air and flapped its wings vigorously.
The next moment, the point of light that enveloped Leomast emitted a humming sound, using him as the intersection point, constructing a huge Möbius ring.
Leomaster's previously raised greatsword gradually fell, and another wriggling phantom was pulled away from him, and the time worm continued to fly upside down, and after leaving the range of the aura, it quickly transformed into the form of another white-eyed crow.
"I don't think it's a good plan," said the crow who had previously parasitized Leomast, looking at the lark flying above with interest, "You can still use the 'Restart' ability on an individual, we thought you would be in a more insane state." ”
"I thought you'd choose to leave one mouth and the other to ventilate the body." The lark unceremoniously recoiled, flapping its wings and falling back on top of Leomaster's head.
The Möbius ring had shattered, and the recondensed into an illusory circular light wheel remained by Leomaster's side, slowly circling him.
Leomaster's eyes quickly regained their composure from their fear, and the crimson under his eyes became more and more intense. As the "Black Sage", he has no shortage of experience in fighting people, but he was silently plotted, and when he saw the crow taking the initiative to communicate with the lark, he did not have enough defense.
At this time, Leomast's heart was even more angry, the other party not only blasphemed the Lord of his faith, but also controlled his body and let him do something to the Lord's "messenger of the gospel"!
"Don't be afraid of parasites, they're not very threatening." After saying this, the lark flew up again.
Leomaster's head was also gradually covered in shadows, eventually forming the same set of black armor as his body, revealing only two spots of deep red and blood-like eyes.
Two white-eyed crows grabbed at Leomast in unison, trying to steal his will and idea to fight, steal the sober sanity of this "black knight", and the extraordinary person of the "upside-down man" path is too easy to get out of control, which is a weakness that is very easy to grasp.
They didn't choose Zoya because they were wary of the unknown risk of stealing larks, which was easier to solve than Leomaster.
The partial stealing of the two crows failed, and Leomast was only stunned for a moment, not directly entering a state of loss of control, and did not even lose much of his fighting instinct.
The aura that hovered around Leomaste wasn't just meant to dispel the darkness beyond dusk, it also gave him extra good luck.
Esther wouldn't be stupid to sit on the sidelines, and the lark opened its claws at the nearest bird.
This was the same crow that had just tried to parasitize Leomast, and the moment it noticed the lark's movement, it changed its flight path and let gravity pull its body down.
But in the next moment, the lark that had simply stolen part of the spatial distance had already appeared on the other side of the crow, and while shrinking its wings and flying rapidly, the lark opened its claws again and stole it.
Luck on the side, a success.
"You're a 'thief' yourself! You even steal the ability that others have stolen? The crow grumbled loudly in dissatisfaction.
"I'll steal it, I want you to take care of it!?" The lark retorted loudly as well.
The knight, fully armed by the darkness, kicked the ground, stepping the solid layer of earth out of a deep pit, and the armored body bounced high.
The heavy sword slashed horizontally, making a sound of breaking wind, and the crow that was squatting on it at first flapped its wings rapidly and flew upwards suddenly, but its consciousness suddenly emptied.
The feather flew away in the blink of an eye, but the crow instantly regained its senses and flew out diagonally.
The top of the boulder slanted, and the part that had been cut off by Leomaster fell to the ground, smashing into the dust that flew up.
(End of chapter)