48. End
"Rhaedia's love fluctuates so violently. ”
Lynn, feeling Retia's churning emotions like waves in a storm, hesitated for a long time, but finally did not appear.
What happened after that, Lynn didn't try to understand—it was a terrible memory that belonged to Rhodia alone, and as an outsider, Lynn felt that she really didn't fit to look at it. Just from the extremely complicated and churning mood of Rhaedia now, she can more or less guess what a scene she has seen that makes her angry and sad.
Let's hope she can stick to it...... Lynn also understands that it is very painful for Retcia to watch the death of her family and not be able to do anything, and it is she who is forcing Rhodia to fall into it......
It's a very strong sense of guilt.
"You must hold back, Rhaedia, if there is really a battlefield, your battlefield is not here......"
Suddenly, Lin shuddered.
It was like a chill that started on Lynn's heels and reached her heart when she was about to get into the warm quilt after a hot bath in the winter.
She almost subconsciously reacted to the enemy.
"Why is this happening here...... What a depressing feeling!"
Lin now had no idea what was going on outside because she had blocked off her sense of sight and hearing, but the suppressed terrifying fluctuations that had infiltrated her had already made her fidgety without having to see it with her own eyes. This feeling is not very strange to Lynn. Because in her experience, those crazy demons just felt the same way.
But. Compared to the current situation, Lin found that there was even more of a strangeness at the moment - not that the darkness she felt now was powerful, in fact, in terms of intensity, it was just average, but compared to the demons of the other world, it made Lin more uncomfortable.
The "evil" of demons is innate. But here now, that vicious thought belongs to humanity - betraying the light and splendor of human nature. The evil thoughts that fell into darkness made Lynn feel more depressed and unhappy than mere demons.
What the hell is going on out there! What did Rhodia see!
Lynn was tempted to rush out to see what was going on, but in the end. Out of respect and trust for Rhaedia. She still didn't. It's not just a matter of being rude or not, but more importantly, Lynn believes that after leaving here, Rhodia will explain it to herself.
"But...... It's really unsettling. Carefully analyzing this sudden wave of evil, Lynn found something very subtle in it, "the dead, hatred, rage, and this lingering resentment...... It's very similar to what was on Gatis's side!"
......
From the place where Lisa's left hand holds the wrist. Her right arm began to make a screeching sound of "zez". It's like a short circuit in the circuit, accompanied by bursts of "arcs", which look very hideous.
"What's going on!?"
Seeing this scene in front of him, Bard immediately felt bad and hurriedly pulled back. However, there was no such thing as an explosion from Lisa's side. There was no fire on her side, nor did she appear to have been hit in any way. If anything, he smelled a choking scorching stench.
Lisa's right hand had already appeared in countless mottled black, and at first glance, I thought that her right hand was scorched. But the scorching smell coming from the air is definitely not the stench of burning human flesh...... It was more like the stench of rotting corpses!
"Hah...... Ha ......"
Lisa gasped in pain, and as the black markings on her right hand became thicker and thicker, her whole aura became completely different. Before, she was just a weak woman, but now, the heavy gasps that emitted from time to time made Bard have the illusion of facing a lion who chooses people to devour.
Isn't it said that this woman's strength has been almost lost with multiple births?
Bud, whose hobby is killing people and his specialty is torturing and killing people in various ways, is extremely rare to find that his legs can't help but tremble, even if he tries his best to restrain it, it hasn't changed much. Because it was all from the fear that occurred in his heart.
"You...... You still have such power......"
Bard didn't have time to think about why Lisa hadn't fought when his own children had been killed, and only at last he had an outburst—he just knew that if he didn't do something about it, if he didn't stop the woman...... I'm going to be killed!
"Hehe, you think too highly of me......"
Lisa smiled noncommittally at such a question, but when she was still restraining the waves of evil thoughts that came up in her heart, Lisa's smile looked unusually hideous and terrifying.
"It's just what you want to go for...... Incomplete posture...... Hehe, but I don't think anyone with your ability would know about this......"
"You-!!"
Bard's figure couldn't help but tremble, as Lisa said, he really didn't know the secret behind Lisa's person at all, all he knew was that she was once an extremely important member of the organization, and she used to have an extraordinary identity, and at the same time, her ability was also something she needed to look up to. However, not only did she flee and betray the Order, but even her great power was almost lost with the birth of her children.
"Why do you think Lyle's heart is the object of your search? He is my child, and if you want to say 'inheritance', he will naturally inherit some kind of trait from me...... It's just that I've lost the so-called 'development prospects', and Lyle still has a possibility - hmph, he won't have to worry about my problems in the future, after all, everyone is dead. ”
"Inherited from you? Could it be that you were the ...... in the first place? Woo!"
Bard suddenly noticed that something was wrong—Lisa just now. Her words, her demeanor, her tone. If Lisa dies normally, it is absolutely impossible to brush off the fact of her child's death in that tone, and laugh at it with a hint.
This is completely inconsistent with her identity as a mother!
Sensing this, Bud hurriedly retreated, and at the same time let all the soldiers behind him block in front of him. But even hide behind a solid human wall. The pervasive chill still made him shiver.
"Oh, I think you've noticed it too~"
A pleasant smile that could hardly have been seen on Lisa's face just like that—in the midst of intense pleasure. There are also a few wisps of undisguised malice. The gentle and beautiful young mother, in an instant, turned into an evil woman who involuntarily gave birth to fear.
"I'm not Lisa, not even her hidden personality...... Me. It's just that after the personality of the person named 'Lisa' has completely died out. It's just a 'tenant' who temporarily dwells in this shell. ”
"Lisa's" left hand slammed into the whole of her right arm, which had become pitch black, from her shoulder! However, there was no blood gushing out of the wound that had been torn from the shoulder blade, and not even the severed section of the normal wound could be seen, and it was completely enveloped in a layer of black smoke.
"See, this is what you boring guys are after! The past glory of the so-called 'Third Reich'~"
The torn right arm was twisted. In Bard's eyes, it gradually turned into a pitch-black scythe with hideous serrations.
Underneath that very aggressive exterior. It also exudes a suffocating smell of blood and rust all the time, and there is a foul smell in it...... It was like thousands of abandoned corpses piled up, decomposing and emitting a strong putrid stench.
Just looking at it, one can't help but think of negative and vicious words such as "slaughter" and "death".
"Stop her for me!"
From the conversation just now, Bard also noticed a key piece of information - the woman opposite said that the personality named "Lisa" has completely died and disappeared, and now there is someone else living in it. Bard is reluctant to find out who is taking the nest, and crucially, Lisa seems to be dead.
What would be such a woman's deepest obsession before she died?
The person who caused this qiē could not be clearer - in the same position, what he wanted to do most now was undoubtedly to kill the culprit who killed his own children in the most cruel and vicious way!
No!
Bud had just had the idea of running away, and before he could even put it into action, his body had time to turn and run away, he only felt a cold on his knees, and then his body seemed to lose its support, and he fell to the ground without resistance.
It wasn't until the sound of his body colliding with the ground that the pain in his knee reached Bard's brain. In just an instant, his brain was tossed and almost exploded by wave after wave of increasingly intense painful messages.
The screams couldn't stop coming out of his mouth.
And all the soldiers he assigned to stop in front of him had already been cut in two in the blow just now. The scythe last thing the scythe slashed through was Bard's knee, removing his calf directly. Not only that, but the strong resentment and curse attached to the scythe seeped through the wounds on the severed legs.
It was literally like thousands of ants gnawing on the wound, and the sharp pain and itching tortured Bard at the same time, causing his consciousness to fall into a blur.
It is said that perverted scientists who like to be inhumane living beings often do not have the spirit of actively "dedicating" themselves to science, and Bard, a guy who is keen on torture and killing, is obviously not very psychologically resistant.
"Leave me alone, please let me go! Lisa is dead, isn't she? I don't have a grudge against you......"
Whoa.
The pitch-black scythe blade unceremoniously pierced Bud's throat, tearing his vocal cords open without severing his trachea.
"It's noisy. ”
"Lisa" looked at Bud who was clutching his throat and hoarsely leaking air with a disgusted expression, "When you kill someone, do you need the other party to have a grudge against you? Right?"
"So I don't need to...... I just really want to kill people, that's all. ”
The scythe dragged on the ground with a screeching grinding sound. But it fell to Bud's ears, more like the footsteps of death.
"I don't need any reason to kill you~ It's just that, after all, Lisa's last thought is so strong, and I have to use her body for the time being, so naturally I have to agree to it-so, congratulations, you don't have to die for the time being......"
"Because I'll be in the next hour. Let you slowly move towards death little by little - rest assured, my skills are absolutely excellent. You won't die until 3,600 seconds from now, and there will be no 'accidents' until then...... Even if you really want them to appear. It's useless, isn't it?"
......
An hour has passed.
There is no minimum "homely" atmosphere in the room. Blood, flesh, and bones were splattered throughout the house in such a bold manner that it had been turned into a slaughterhouse completely.
The man named Bard, a considerable part of his body, was no longer visible. I'm afraid that even the best of puzzles will not be able to put his fragmented body back together bit by bit - "Lisa" in the previous hour. Spare no effort to disassemble the body of this person, at the same time. Bard stayed awake all the way to his last breath.
If he doesn't struggle and doesn't scream (even though his vocal cords have been cut off and he can't make a sound, but that hissing sound is quite emotional), then it's not interesting at all......
"Can you only play for an hour? ”
Lisa, who had lost her "toy", swung her scythe in a bored manner, smashing the corpses of the soldiers on the ground to pieces one by one - but she did not do any cutting damage to the corpse of Lisa's eldest daughter.
"Well, this is the so-called 'stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, it takes no effort to get there', right?" "Lisa" picked up the heart of Lisa's youngest son Lyle who had fallen on the ground, and looked at it with satisfaction, "Hahaha, with this 'key', I, a temporary tenant, can always 'live'!"
Holding her mother's body and eating her son's heart—the thought of this made "Lisa" tremble with excitement. It's not that she lacks more efficient ways to absorb it, but this primitive way makes it even more evil and cruel, isn't it?
If it weren't for the lack of a camera on site, "Lisa" would have really wanted to take pictures of this scene...... With such a strong and distorted sense of betrayal, it really wants to be preserved forever.
However, just when "Lisa" sent the heart to her mouth, the heart "struggled" strangely, and even broke free from "Lisa's" hand. Before she could react, she "jumped" onto the cold Rhaedia, and from the wound in the back of her heart, it sank into her body like a liquid.
"This ......!"
Seeing this qiē in front of her, "Lisa" was immediately stunned, and finally realized that the original owner of this body had already made a decision, and he was also wary of what "himself" might do. From the beginning, did Lisa just hope to use her own hands to kill these enemies who had ruined her family, so as to win a chance for her little daughter to recover?
Little Raetia's heart had been pierced by a bullet, and it was normally a lack of recovery, but Lisa replaced it with her youngest son's heart, and restored it to life. Come to think of it, Lisa is actually a madman, right?
"Lisa" hated this so much that she couldn't completely ruin her chances? After all, she was a shadow of Lisa herself, and even if she could ignore Lisa's own likes and dislikes, her deepest obsession before death was still something she could not disobey.
Lisa's last obsession was not to kill Bud and the others at all, but to hope that the only remaining little Rhedia could live well. In any case, it is impossible for "Lisa" to defy this obsession and do anything dangerous to little Rhetia. Now that the things she longed for had melted into little Rhaedia's body and become part of her heart, there was no chance to get it again.
"I really can't help it......" staring at little Retia, who gradually recovered her body temperature and her face was bloody again, for a long time, "Lisa" sighed helplessly. "Do I only have an hour and a half to live?, ah, think about it, this is really a short-lived and cruel life~"
That being said. But on "Lisa's" face, there was not much frustration and anger. She simply threw the sickle aside and leaned over to pick up the unconscious Retia.
"It's maddening with envy, Lisa's daughter. ”
In the end, "Lisa" found that she still couldn't bring up the idea of hurting the little girl, so she had no choice but to give up.
"Forget it, I'll kill them anyway. It's enough to kill and kill, if you really want to say it, it's time to be satisfied...... But. If I could only show up that way...... Hey, that's not weak, so it's better not to appear from now on. ”
It seems that Lisa dared to give this dangerous thing to this girl, and she probably believed it. This girl's thin shoulders can hold up, right? Most of the time, she won't have to be expected to go down the wrong path - because she received her mother's blessing before she died, and this powerful buff will not fade even for a lifetime, and will always protect her. Therefore, hoping that little Rhedia will go the wrong way and liberate the demon in her heart is, in the eyes of "Lisa", completely unrealistic delusions.
Even if it does...... Hm. It's probably similar to the current situation, right?
"Lisa" pushed open the door before the smell of blood wafted out. He went out and closed the door.
After carefully wiping the blood from Raetime's body, she placed little Rhedia on the benches on both sides of the road, helping her to fix her crumpled collar by the way.
"There will be no chance to meet in the future......
After one last glance at little Rhaedia, "Lisa's" gaze began to soften, just like the owner of her body did before she was alive.
"You have to live well. ”
Lisa...... No, Lisa closed the door and found the bodies of her two remaining miserable children, and held them in her arms.
After that, flames rose and engulfed the whole house - all the sinful things, the sad memories, all in the flames.
......
After the house was engulfed in flames, Rhodia found that she was finally able to reconnect with the world and gain a physical body once more.
She had seen those images before, and several times she couldn't hold back the anger and sadness in her heart, so she rushed out. However, she couldn't touch anything at all, neither could she stop the bullets fired at her sister, nor could she see the blades of those enemies, and she could only watch as everything that should and shouldn't happen was displayed in front of her eyes.
"Turns out I've actually died once?"
Rhodia couldn't help but put it on her chest, feeling the rhythm of life beneath her skin—not only her own life, but also a part of her brother's tragic death.
She didn't feel any sense of joy at all.
Redia couldn't comment on her mother's actions, but for herself, sacrificing her brother's life was not something to be happy about. Just thinking that she had survived by stepping on her brother's bones, Rhodia felt a faint pain in her heart.
It is unfortunate for those who die, but how can those who survive be called "lucky"?
At least, Rhaedia doesn't feel at all.
"Is it over yet?"
Sensing that Rhedia's mental state was no longer the frenzied, shocked, and angry it used to be, Lynn appeared and asked cautiously. Although Raetia's spirit seems to have stabilized, Lin can't guarantee that Rhedia will be stimulated by anything......
"yes, it's over. ”
Rhodia was not very surprised to see Lynn's appearance, and nodded at her with interest, but her eyes still stayed on the burning house not far away. It seemed that her gaze passed through the flames and walls, and shone all the way to the person she missed inside.
"Now, Lynn. Rhodia suddenly turned to Lynn, "Do you think it's worth it or not to sacrifice one person to save another?"
“...... It depends on what the rescued person thinks. ”
It wasn't surprising that Rhedia had asked a question, and if Rhodia hadn't been thinking about it at all, Lynn would have been scared and nervous - in that case, it would probably be a sign that Rhedia had fallen into hatred.
"Look...... What do the rescued people think?"
"If she is depressed and miserable and undignified, it is not worth it, and if she has the courage to try to make her life better, it is worth it. Because no matter what, the starting point of saving a person is never to hope that she will live in pain from now on. If the rescued person does not even meet the minimum expectations of the rescuer, let alone sacrifice the life of another important person, even if the price is just a coin, it is not worth it. ”
"Is that so?"
"I think that's the case. Originally, there are not so many complicated things in this world, if you really have any doubts, as long as you live seriously, you will always be able to find the answer. ”
Redia nodded thoughtfully.
"What's wrong?" Lynn walked over to her side and took Rhodia's hand, "Still confused, still in pain?"
Rhodia did not shy away from it, and nodded helplessly: "I seem to understand my mother's thoughts, but I still don't seem to understand...... They are also their own children, why do they want to save me? Is it in her heart that I am the most important? But I can't be happy at all when I think about it. ”
If it was because she was the most favored, and the death of her sister and brother, such a statement, Rhaetia would not have accepted it anyway.
"Well, have you ever heard of a question that has puzzled countless men -- if a wife and mother fall into the river at the same time, and neither of them can swim, which one should be saved first? ”
“...... It seems that there is something wrong with saving everything. ”
"Isn't that what you do? The palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, and if you have to give up one of them in exchange for the safety of the other, you will regret whatever decision you make. But even if it were, it would still be done, wouldn't it? Because if you don't try to save the next person, in the end, you won't be able to save anyone. ”
“......”
"As for how to make a decision...... This kind of thing, no one can give a definite answer. More than that, it's just a momentary impulse -- maybe in this plane, your mother chose you in a moment of excitement, but in another parallel world, maybe you'll die? You have a 50 percent chance of suffering, but think about it, your mother, the one who made the choice, has a 100 percent chance of suffering - no matter what she chooses, she will only end up with this result. Compared to her, you're actually lucky, aren't you?"
Rhaedia found herself completely unable to argue with it.
The most painful thing is indeed your mother, isn't it?
"So, as the one who was rescued, he didn't have the time and energy to worry about himself. Since you are the one who will be saved in the end, you have to shoulder the responsibility of not letting your mother chill you no matter what. As she wants you to live, you must shoulder her expectations...... Well, if you really can't stand the condemnation of your conscience, just keep 'hypnotizing' yourself. (To be continued......)