(Added to "Starsfalling" [4/5])

Femis knew that he had fallen for the enemy's ploy to lure him.

She knew she was in danger, but she had to.

Because the information that the guy who hid his head and tail sent into her perception just now was already threatening the seed of life in her body, and the other party claimed that if she didn't make the appointment, then the destruction of the Crimson Keep would be brought by Fiimis himself.

There is also information about the vampire god Sin who was created by Sarlokdal

These two things perfectly hit the most vulnerable part of the eldest lady's heart, which is also what she worries the most after the start of her new life.

She was no longer afraid of the troubles that her ugly past would bring her, and she didn't want to drag her family into trouble for her own reasons. As one of the top leaders of the Blood Vulture Clan, no one knows better than Phimes the tricky situation that Triss and Murphy are facing at this time.

It may be difficult for her to be part of the answer, but she doesn't want to make herself a new question.

However, as a psionic master, Phemis is not reckless.

On her way to the place of psionic guidance, she didn't forget to send a message to Trith with the Orb of Calculation.

If something happens, only a psionic master like Triss can rush to help in the shortest possible time. But Triss doesn't know what she's doing? The message was sent out and there was no response?

This made Femis's heart sink.

Could it be that there's something wrong with Trace's side too?

But at this time, she could not think much about it, and under a remote hill a kilometer away from where the caravan was attacked, the eldest lady sensed the midnight barrier held up in front of her.

This should be the location where the wolf venom ambushers were hiding before, and what made Fiimis feel extremely stressed was that the barrier in front of her was more advanced than the one she had used before, both in terms of scale and efficiency of psionic energy flow.

In other words, there is also a psionic master on the other side, and his academic attainments are much higher than hers.

"Come in and speak, my dear child."

Just as Philemis hesitated, a woman's voice sounded in front of her, a gentle voice with a hint of laziness that struck the eldest lady's heart like a bolt of lightning, as if tearing through layers of fog.

Beyond those memories, true or false, unraveled the fragments of Femis's deepest part of his psyche that had been forcibly forgotten.

That's the sound!

She will not forget that unique feeling of familiarity, which is the voice that belongs to her mother, the voice that has been by her side since she was a child.

Philimis took a deep breath.

She knew that she had met the Lord and that all the questions she had hidden in her mind might be answered tonight, so she cautiously applied a shield to herself and stepped into the midnight barrier in front of her.

What appeared before her eyes was a camp.

The silent ascetic Blood Servants were tidying up the camp at this time, and they were busy evacuating, but there were several cages standing at the edge of the camp, and a few vampires who had been tortured to the point of only one breath were still imprisoned.

In front of the only tent that was still intact, a chair and a small round table that looked like the ladies used for afternoon tea were very well arranged.

Two chairs, one in front of the other, and a mature lady in a long white dress is holding a cup of tea, as if waiting for the arrival of the guests.

Feimis felt like she had never seen this face, and she couldn't find the slightest trace of her in all the flawed memories, but the truth was that she was sure that this was her mother when she saw her.

The feeling of a heart-shaking vibration cannot be faked.

This is the legendary Lady Cecilia, Salokdal's human lover and the dangerous man who single-handedly masterminded the destruction of Cadman City.

She was no longer human.

From the overly pale skin and the glint of blood in her eyes, it was clear that this lady had embarked on the path of no return for a vampire, and the ancient blood she obeyed most likely originated from Edward the Elder of the Wolf Venom Grand Duke.

She has become the "new star" of the Wolf Venom Clan, and has established her own powerful faction within the Wolf Venom Clan based on the Blood Vulture traitors she leads.

They took the place of Greypaw and called themselves "Wolf Vultures", a name that is full of slots in every sense of the word.

"You've grown up, my daughter."

Seeing Philemis standing still, Lady Cecilia smiled, and she put down the teacup in her hand and looked at her slim daughter with a gentle motherhood on her face.

She smiled and said:

"What are you doing standing there? Before we can say a few words to your poor mother, we don't have much time left until the pesky Scarlet Witch arrives to stir things up. Look, Phimes, your mother didn't need to be here, but I'm still squeezing time out of this dangerous juncture.

Just to not miss the reunion with my daughter. ”

"Your demeanor is perfect, like another more mature me, but I can't see any sincerity in your actions and gestures!"

The eldest lady scolded very facelessly:

"It's just an astral projection. You keep saying that you won't hold me back, but you don't even dare to come to your former homeland in person? ”

"Well, I thought you could understand your poor mother's distress."

In the face of Fimis's reprimand, Lady Cecilia looked very helpless and sad.

In the background of the busy crowd behind her, she stood up and walked a few steps away from the eldest lady, maintained the posture of a noble lady, played with the lady fan in her hand, and whispered:

"I sold everything I had to an organization I can't even name in order to take you back from that old madman, but I don't regret it, my daughter.

I'm satisfied to see you blessedly escaping from the ugly trap that Salokdal has set for you.

It proves that all my sacrifices are worthwhile.

In the next step, I hope to save you, my daughter, again, from a doomed catastrophe and to continue your wonderful life.

There is no need to grieve for me and my sacrifice.

I volunteered.

For the sake of my beloved, for you, I am willing to give everything I can like all mothers in the world, and thankfully, my employer is generous enough for now. ”

This statement has revealed a lot.

At least for Femis, she already knew quite a bit of the inside story.

So she asked rhetorically:

"So, your joining the Wolf Venom Clan is just a 'master's task'? Did old Edward know about this? I guess he doesn't know, otherwise the old dog wouldn't have dared to take your hot potato under his command.

As for the organization you keep saying you've betrayed everything you have, it's 'Twilight,' right? ”

Philimis's inquiry made Lady Cecilia's face change slightly.

She said in a deep voice:

"Where did you know about them? No! You shouldn't know all this, you have to forget everything you know, it's a quagmire! I've jumped in, and you're supposed to be innocent.

I thought it would be better for you to grow up by keeping you in Transnsia, but now it looks like I made a terrible mistake and it was a big problem for you to stay with the bastard Trace. The Scarlet Witch will never learn to accept the bounty of fate, and her terrible spirit of defiance will eventually drag you into a corner.

My daughter, you must come with me.

You have to get out of here!

I will arrange for you to start your life again in another absolutely safe place.

Obedient!

Don't resist, you won't hurt. ”

Lady Cecilia raised her hand towards Femis, a cloud of scarlet mixed with a unique gray psychic energy that haunted to turn into chains to bind the eldest lady.

But the hum from the Nightshrill Staff erupted as the eldest lady slammed the weapon into the ground with both hands, and the blood-colored and golden streamers instantly turned into a circle of guardian spells, clearing out all the filth within three feet of her.

Caught off guard, the gray psionic energy in Lady Cecilia's hand was shocked and exploded.

The aftermath affected the stability of the astral projection, causing her body to glow like a disturbed electronic screen in a strange snowflake shape, and it took several steps back in a row to regain the stability of the psionic projection.

She looked at her daughter in amazement.

The spell that Phimes just used was by no means the traditional power of vampire psionics!

It didn't even come from midnight, it was from Lord Pa Ying's "personal teaching", but Fiimis really didn't expect to use it so soon, and the eldest lady stood in the guardian spell that emitted a white and red streamer, staring at her mother with an incomprehensible look.

She said:

"Why did you get involved with Chaos Psionics? So the source of power behind Dusk comes from subspace? No wonder you can tempt your father to open a dangerous rift in the Vulture Corridor. You've been bewitched by the chaos consciousness, Mother.

Anything you say is not to be trusted, and you don't even know what you're talking about!

I was disappointed by this meeting.

I thought I could get more comfort from my loved ones from you.

But all I saw was a madman who buried the love of his life with his own hands and planned to drag his daughter into the myth of chaos. ”

"You! Everyone has the right to call me crazy, but you don't, Phimis! ”

Lady Cecilia was also enraged.

She raised her eyebrows and scolded coldly:

"I've sacrificed everything I can for you!"

"But it was Tris and Murphy who really saved me from despair! It was Finoch and Paliano who sent my father to rest! It was the warriors of the Crimson Keep who put an end to the Vulture disaster themselves! I don't see your so-called 'sacrifice' in it.

Instead, it was your behind-the-scenes manipulation that reduced Cadman City to ruins overnight, killing 150,000 people, and even Trancia being dragged to the brink of destruction by you.

The entire continent trembles at your madness.

You're only trying to get revenge on my father, but there's not even the slightest bit of salvation in this revenge. ”

The eldest lady's voice was also full of sadness.

She said:

"That's enough, Mom, you don't even know what you're doing, stop! Tell me everything you know about Twilight, and give me the slightest chance of freeing your soul from the bondage and temptation of subspace.

Don't go any further!

Everything you do in the name of 'for my good' will only make me more miserable and even implicate more innocents, and enough is enough! ”

"The seed!"

Lady Cecilia seemed to have an explanation for what she had done.

She looked panicked at this time, as if the rebuke from her daughter had made her uneasy, so she said with some indiscretion:

"If it weren't for my sacrifice, that seed in your body would have devoured you long ago, Avalon has never been a benevolent god, it's just a neurotic from the astral plane! They only show mercy because of their duties as 'frontier guards', but they don't care about what happens in this world.

You don't understand, kid!

The influence of subspace on the continent has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and the appearance of dusk is not the beginning, it is only the final chapter of the end.

I really gave everything for you!

You can't slander your poor mother like that, I admit I did some bad things, but it's all for you.

Obedient!

I can't stay here anymore.

Transencia is destined to be the first piece of the puzzle when the Age of Destruction arrives, and there is never such a thing as salvation, but we can use our hands to win the chance to survive the next era.

Dusk is a ship!

It is an ark, and you can only be redeemed if you step on it before the bell of the Age of Destruction rings, as the 'Chief Monk' himself told me.

Yes! ”

She said something she shouldn't have said, and the pain of punishment made Lady Cecilia lose all decency and curl up in pain.

The projection in front of her was also unstable, and it meant that she was suffering from excruciating pain without knowing where she was, but soon the pain dissipated.

Lady Cecilia regained her feet.

There was no longer the madness and pleading on her face, but a touch of permeating calm.

It was as if a pair of invisible hands had penetrated deep into her brain, peeling away all the weak emotions that she should not have as an "Apostle of Twilight", leaving only an absolutely sane shell standing here.

"I don't want to say too much more, Femis."

Lady Cecilia said calmly:

"You must get out of here tonight, and I'll tell you everything you want to know when you arrive at the 'Sanctuary', all you need to know is that your mother sacrificed herself for your survival. You can not appreciate this sacrifice, but you have no right to yell at me. ”

"You answer my last question!"

This scene in front of her like a "personality transformation" made Fiemis even more desperate, she was a psychic, she knew what this change in her mother meant, so she asked in a low voice in a posture of "mourning more than heart death":

"Why did my father sacrifice the entire family to create a god, and why did I have to be the core to be complete? Is this what you guys are doing behind your back? ”

"No, that's Salokdal's own crazy idea."

Madame Cecilia seemed to have lost interest in speaking.

With a wave of her hand, she let the gray teleportation spell rise in the barrier as her projection dissipated, and four greatsword guards wrapped in filthy shadows strode out, their gray psionic energy tangled like dense cobwebs, sealing everything around them, as if they had separated this small area from the material world.

The gray filthy psionic energy collided with the barrier of the guardian spell on Fimes's body at this time, and a blinding fire erupted, echoing in the night, which was the annihilation and collapse caused by the collision of extreme positive and extremely filthy forces.

This is to forcibly take away the rhythm of the eldest lady.

At the end of her projection, she whispered:

"Maybe you can't understand it, but your father did everything just to protect you. As for that god, silly boy, that's not for you.

It was just Salokdal racking his brains to 'steal' it from us in his last lucidity, and that poor and stupid man wanted to give you the strength to survive in the next era.

You are his most perfect creation, and the heir to whom he has poured all his energy and expectation.

He loves you.

But not in the way you want it to.

That's all. ”

"So that so-called 'Midnight Mistress' was originally the 'Ascending Thing' that you left for Trissy?

The hidden 'Source' has been staying in Transcia to promote this project, and your real goal has always been Tris! ”

Just as the eldest lady was stunned by the truth, Murphy's voice rang out from beyond the midnight barrier.

With the sound of the Psionic Stream tearing apart the barrier with the necessary evil, the Vampire Lord strode into the scene of a "mother-daughter meeting".

He looked at Lady Cecilia, who had only the last glimmer of her shadow left.

He said:

"No wonder Zweig kept shouting about the 'path to godhood' before he died, the so-called 'path to godhood' was never reserved for Femis.

It was Trith who confronted the gods that night and made them whole

It's only because Sarlokdal tampered with your plan, and as a result, both Fimis and Tris survived.

Ah, my poor old patriarch.

He's really a jerk, but we really misunderstood him. ”

"Murphy?"

The projection of Lady Cecilia disappeared completely.

But her cold voice still echoed in the whistling night, and she snapped:

"You little imp knows too much, I wish you had left a suicide note for your beloved Tracy before you left for Crimson Keep, poor worm! You're just a praying mantis trying to stop the wheels, and shattering your bones is the end you deserve.

Yes, there is! Just tonight, Ha, Transcia will lose its new owner, and I wonder if this land, which you love so much, will weep for you? ”

(End of chapter)