Chapter 26: The Choice [III.]
Finally got out of a chapter.,Revised twice.,Ha Luha! Failed the interview.,Cheating daddy.Hey! Ask for courage and support.,Recommend and collect.,Youmu You? The writing is not very good.,I can only be shameless.γ
Vandal didn't know how many times he had fallen, and he didn't know how far he was from his destination to the rocky canyon, he only knew that he had been going from early morning to dusk, and used the old method to store a pot of water again, and ate the last three pieces of dried meat, according to past experience, the desert of the dead is not big, and ordinary business travelers only need to spend a day to cross the desert, but this desert is called the desert of the dead, because of its changeable climate, travelers never know what will happen in the next minute, maybe the wind and the sun are shining, maybe the sand and rocks are difficult to walk, countless travelers are swallowed alive by the weather, and can no longer walk out of this desertγ
As the only direction of this desert, is a building standing high on the highest peak of the Troubled Canyon, no matter where the desert is in the desert, travelers can clearly see the shining spire in the distance, as long as they move towards the direction of the spire, they will definitely reach the junction of the Troubled Canyon and the desert, and there, there is a clear stream, which is called "the river of life continuation" by every traveler.
At this time, in Vandal's eyes, the shining spire not far away was getting closer and closer to him, if Vandal still had hope in his heart, maybe it was to set foot on the stone forest where he camped in the rocky canyon again, and accompany Mia to see the stars in the sky again.
Finally, when the first stone mountain and the Gobi came into Vandal's eyes, his physical strength had reached the limit, and he turned his head to Mia's corpse and said softly, "We will sleep here tonight, and we can be together tomorrow." β
After settling Mia's body, he went to the surrounding area to clean up some shrub branches, dug a small pit with a knife, lit the branches, and then went to the Gobi to look for prey for dinner in the evening; not long after, Vandal slowly walked back with a lizard, cleaned the entrails and peeled off the thick lizard skin, Vandal stuck the lizard in the knife, set it on a stone and roasted it slowly, the fat and tender lizard meat dripping golden oil droplets under the campfire, constantly emitting "nourishment... The sound of "zi...", a fragrant smell of barbecue wafted on the Gobi in the evening breeze, and the lonely firelight reflected the closed meatless meat of Vandal, which seemed to tell endless melancholy. From time to time, Vandal turned the hilt of his knife and threw the dry branches into the fire, and the flames slowly devoured everything.
Vandal's eyelids gradually closed, and memories broke through the shackles and flooded out of his brain like a tide.
"Well, haven't you found the chaplain yet?" and when Mia first met in the Gustinshire Mercenary Guild, the girl with long blond hair, a sky-blue robe, and a blue elemental scepter in both hands, looked very well-behaved, and from the first time he saw her, Vandal felt that a crack had appeared in his iron-blooded heart.
"I think you're a man with a lot of responsibility, and it might be a good choice to join your mercenary group!" was Mia's first compliment to Vandal, and it was at sunset that Vandal knew the girl's name: Nitassa Mia.
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And Vandall's memory of Mia's last is frozen in the last dialogue before the slaughter of wolves in the rocky canyon: "You went to bed early last night and didn't see the bright starry sky, when we finish the task tonight, let's go to the boulder in front of us to see the stars, okay?" Vandal still remembered that Mia's face was red at that time, and he said very shyly: "Just know that Lu Dao bullies people!"
After that, they were separated from each other forever, and Mia who appeared in front of him was already a cold corpse, all of which Vandal couldn't accept at all, thinking about it, two lines of tears flowed through the cheeks full of vicissitudes, Vandal buried his head deep in his knees, his body kept twitching and crying, he was blaming himself for making such a stupid decision that day, if it weren't for this decision, Mia wouldn't have lost her life.
Suddenly, the smell of roasted paste pulled Vandal back to reality from his memory, and he hurriedly picked up the knife with the lizard, fiddled with the roasted place with his hand, blew a few times with his mouth, opened his big mouth and bit it hard. Maybe the meat is too hot, maybe the memories are too sad, the tears that slipped from the corners of his eyes and the lizard meat were mixed in his mouth, Vandal smiled bitterly: "Just less taste, now it's enough!"
Forcing himself to finish eating a roasted lizard, Vandal fell to the ground in a large shape, looked at the stars in the sky, turned his head to look at Mia's corpse not far away, and muttered: "I've known you for so long, I haven't seen the stars once, I didn't expect to look at the stars with you in this situation, life is really full of accidents!"
Vandal gently held Mia's shoulders, leaned her body against his broad chest, gently stroked her hair, kissed Mia's cold lips from time to time, looked up at the starry sky from time to time, and said some romantic love words alone, but tears came out of her eyes again. I don't know how long I stayed with Mia like this, my soul was hit by a mixture of happiness and sadness, and then the exhaustion of a day's running came, and I gradually fell asleep, and Vandal fell asleep.
The dawn of dawn stung Vandal's eyes, his left hand supported his body, his right hand rubbed his eyes, and then he stood up and moved his body, the fire beside him was only a pile of ashes, exuding a little residual warmth, grabbing a single knife and pinning it to his waist, and walked to Mia's side, suddenly seeing many spots on his originally pale face. The corpse has begun to appear corpse spots, and I must hurry up, carry the corpse on my back hard, and keep muttering: "I won't let you be lonely, wait for me, Mia!"
Vandall's figure faded into the entrance to the rocky canyon.
At the same time, at the junction between the entrance of the canyon and the Gobi Desert, three figures appeared on the horizon, none other than Connie and his party. Connie looked around and said, "We have been searching near the Gobi Desert for nearly a night, so let's take a short rest and then spread out from here for ten minutes, and then see if there are any valuable clues." Hal and Rose nodded, and found a shady place to eat dry food to replenish their strength, while Connie meditated not far away.
Since arriving here yesterday evening, the three of them searched everywhere for the traces of Vandal, but the junction between the Rocky Canyon and the Desert of the Dead is unusually wide, and the three of them have been busy until late at night, all in vain, after a little rest for a night, the three of them searched in the direction of the entrance of the Rocky Canyon early in the morning, but there is still no gain.
"Did you say that the regimental commander could cross the desert of the dead with Mia's body on his back? Rose looked at the endless yellow sand in the distance and muttered. Thinking that it was not so appropriate to say this, he immediately changed his mouth and said: "Or the head of the regiment didn't come here at all, Hal, maybe the head of the regiment took Mia's body back to Gustinshire." You say yes, right?"
Hal didn't even think about it, he snapped Rose's fingers lightly, and said dissatisfiedly: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll be happy to dig a pit and bury you, little ghost." β
Rose knew that he was speechless, and he didn't say much, so he unscrewed the kettle he was carrying and drank water by himself. Connie, who was on the side, suddenly said: "I'm sure Vandal must have been heading towards the Rocky Canyon, if he has regret or even guilt in his heart, then the way to make up for all this is to return to the Rocky Canyon and die with Mia." It is also the only way to redeem his heart. β
When he heard the word 'martyrdom', a certain nerve in Hal was touched, and he quickly took out the note left by Vandal from his arms, and after reading half of it, he muttered: "No wonder I feel that the content of this note has an indescribable feeling, it turns out to be his last words, no, we must find him quickly and stop him from doing stupid things." After saying that, he couldn't hold back any longer, tidied up his clothes slightly, left a sentence of "I'm searching this way, and I'll turn around in front of me for a while", and ran away in a hurry. Looking at Hal in the distance, Connie and Rose smiled helplessly, and the two sighed, cleaned up a little and stood up, and scattered again to search for Vandal's traces.
After a long time, Rose's excited exclamation suddenly sounded: "Hal, Connie, come here, there is a !! to discover"
I saw a pile of burning bonfires, a leftover lizard corpse appeared in front of the three of them, Hal squatted down, probed the embers of the bonfire with his hand, and said: "The innermost ashes are still a little warm, the person who made the fire here has been away for a while, but it won't be more than half a day, let's find out if there are footprints nearby, if it's Vandal, he is carrying Mia, the weight of the two people will definitely leave traces on the surface." β
Hearing this, Connie and Rose hurriedly dispersed to carefully search for various traces on the surface, and as the three of them found the intermittent footprints one after another, Hal roughly estimated his weight based on the depth of the footprints, which was basically far beyond the weight of a normal human. And the most exciting thing for the three of them is that the direction that this series of footprints points to is the rocky canyon.
Hal looked at the rocky canyon and said silently: "Brother, don't do anything stupid, wait for us." The gods bless Cohen, and a few of them must catch up. As Connie blessed the two of them with the Wind Blast, three figures burst out and galloped towards the Rocky Canyon.
At the same time, in the Mercenary Guild of the Holy See of Miruphas, Cohen hurriedly ran out of the gate and said to Rachel and Xuelu who were waiting outside the door: "They haven't turned back yet, let's continue to chase in the direction of the Rocky Canyon, Xuelu, do you still need time to recover your mental strength?"
Xuelu, who was standing quietly on the side at this time, shook her head and said in a cold voice: "It's not in the way, we can fly directly to the entrance of the Rocky Canyon and rest for a while, the sooner this plant is used, the better the effect, and the more it drags on for a while, the worse the effect will be." After speaking, ignoring Cohen and Rachel's reactions, he directly cast the wings of the clear sky and dropped a sentence: "Keep up!". Flew in the direction of the rocky canyon.
Cohen and Rachel laughed bitterly and hurriedly followed, and in the free time of the flight, Rachel approached Cohen leisurely and said loudly: "What are you going to do about those things that happened in Crescent Lake?"
Cohen was still a little confused in his mind at this time, after all, what happened in Crescent Lake last night was too mysterious, and even said that it surpassed the constraints of the entire Noah Continent, thought for a while, and said: "It's better to talk about it after meeting Connie and them, maybe we can get some news from Connie's mouth, but I think it's better for us to rot everything we see into our stomachs." β
"Do you think that little girl from Xuelu will report it to the Holy See?" Rachel asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, I won't talk too much, I still want to live longer!" A cold voice suddenly appeared in front of the two, and Xuelu's blue eyes without the slightest emotion were staring at the two of them tightly.
Cohen smiled bitterly again, hesitated for a while, and said: "Half of the reason why I took the liberty of returning to the Holy See is because of what happened last night, and I really want to ask Connie for clarification. But the ugly thing to say is ahead, everything everyone saw last night, don't tell the fourth person for the time being, avoid touching some taboos. β
Rachel and Shellw nodded, no more talking, and the three of them sped away in silence again towards the rocky canyon.