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Waking up to the sound of several explosions, the tank looked feebly around him.

Not a dream, he was still in the castle called the Tower of Eternal Life. He remembered that his mother had told him as a child that the violent Duke Croof had always fantasized about an ethereal eternal life, so he named the castle the "Tower of Eternal Life" when he built it. Later, Duke Crove stopped loving her and imprisoned the mother and son in this tower, which became their "Tower of Despair".

He reluctantly thought about all this, but too much pain and hardship echoed in his mind, and this place once again became his "tower of despair".

How he could escape this fateful joke, he himself was at a loss.

He tried his best to break the door but couldn't, the structure of the tower was so hard that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get out.

There were explosions one after another, as if the night was not quiet in Ponte.

He dragged his weak body towards the top of the tower, and suddenly, a strange sound sounded in one of the rooms of the castle, he at first thought it was the sound of a mouse, and stamped his feet but stopped to find that the sound was still there.

He was a little scared, but curiosity drove him to open the door and light the oil lamp in the room.

An ugly-looking old man appeared in his gaze, it was almost like a hell, and the tank roared, but immediately calmed his heart, it turned out that there were still people imprisoned in this tower.

"Sorry, I was just taken aback. Tank said to the old man.

"It's okay, it's me who's so horrible that scares you. "Still a good talker.

At first, Tank thought that the old man was sitting on the ground, but after looking at it, he found that he had no legs, and at this time he only had resentment in his heart, and he didn't expect Duke Crove to be so cruel to such an old man.

"You—" Tank said, pointing to the old man's body a little embarrassedly.

"As you can see, it has been scrapped. The old man did not hide it at all, and smiled helplessly. It can be seen that the old man is still a little optimistic, at least he has not despaired.

The tank lifted the old man into his chair and began to talk, forgetting that he wanted to go to the top of the tower to see what was happening.

"My name is Tank Lakus. ”

"I know, you can just call me Misrod. ”

Unexpectedly, the old man knew about him, and the tank was a little surprised, but out of politeness, he didn't ask much about himself, and he didn't ask the old man's surname.

"Why are you imprisoned here?"

"I've forgotten all about a few years ago, would you like a cigarette?" the old man took out his cigarette from his pocket with great interest, and gave one to the tank, but was politely refused.

"What good end can you do for that person, the slightest negligence was ruined by his legs, locked up here, and never went out again. The old man lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and talked very calmly about his past, as if it were not his story.

"It's actually good to be locked up here, and you don't have to be under his control. ”

"How?"

"The city is completely mechanized, and all the people are being watched by the machine, except for this tower, which is made of stone. ”

"Well, how do you know?"

The old man happily exhaled a large smoke ring, glanced at the tank, and said, "The Tower of Eternal Life was originally built under my design, and although it is as impregnable as a mechanical barrier, it must be the only building that can change the city because of its uniqueness. ”

The old man was very excited when he said this, as if the tower had poured all his heart and soul into it. This undoubtedly made the tank even more confused, but it also happened to explain that the old man really knew his identity.

Neither of them spoke for a long time, and the old man kept puffing out smoke rings, as if it was very funny.

"Did you hear the explosion just now?" said the old man suddenly and mysteriously to the tank, lighting another cigarette with one hand.

"Hmm. ”

"That's a signal, a start signal, and a signal for you. ”

Confused, the tank didn't understand the old man's meaning at all, and even suspected that the old man had delusions.

"Let me tell you, the people who came to save you are already in this city, and they made the explosion just now. ”

"No way, how would they know I'm here. ”

"You underestimate your companions, too!" the old man seemed a little angry, choking on the smoke, and the tank almost thought that he had passed like this.

If it was really as he said, Lan Li and they came here to save him, he was a little scared: he knew the strength of Duke Crof, plus his brothers who had been extremely inferior since childhood, it was almost impossible for them to be saved, and once a large-scale operation was launched, it was impossible to even get out of the city.

And these, Lan Li and they also took into account.

Tank still chose to believe the old man's words.

"What should I do?ah, why are they here!" Tank was a little confused inside, glad that everyone hadn't abandoned him, but also regretted that he had driven them all to a dead end.

Is there a choice, only to give in to Duke Croft, but, how is it possible!

"Do you choose to trust in your own power or let go of your past?"

At this moment, the tank remembered the existence of an old man, and this old man was also a wise man.

"My strength can't stand up to the Croft family. ”

"Are you going to give up?"

"Maybe giving up is the best way to go. ”

"But will you be happy?"

In the midst of the old man's incessant questions, the tank was silent. Happiness, this luxury, he also had: he met Myron, joined the Feather of Sin, met the friends in it, and everything was happy. But as long as he submits to Duke Crof, the future will be as full of pain and remorse as the past imprisoned in the Tower of Eternal Life.

"They'll enjoy that happiness for me. ”

The life of a companion is much more important than one's own happiness.

The old man stopped smoking and angrily threw the cigarette butt at the tank, as if he was sad to see his child alone and unable to do so.

The tank did not dodge, he knew how cowardly he was. The moonlight shone through the small window on his face, and a tear flowed from the corner of his eye, streaked across his cheek, and shimmered with a crystalline light.

"You thought that the man brought you here so that you could do things for him like this? You thought that you would be able to survive under that man in the future as you are? Do you think that without you your companions would live happily every day?" the old man was so angry that the tank was like a coward in front of him, and there was no hope for him.

"Tonight, whether you give in or not, that person will not let go of your companion!"

must wake up, he has no qualifications to talk about conditions, he can only give it a go.

"But I can't get out of here!" Tank roared, realizing that he was grumbling again and had no brains. But he forgot that it was the person in front of him who designed the Tower of Eternal Life.

"I know the weakest point of this tower, as long as you have enough strength to get out. The old man's tone was calmer, but he glared at the tank angrily.

"In the easternmost room on the second floor, there is a relatively large wooden cabinet, the cabinet is directly embedded in the wall, the wall behind the cabinet is only about one-third of the thickness of the other walls, the wall is still made of ordinary materials, can not withstand the continuous and vigorous impact, you can get out from that place. The old man's speech quickened a lot, and now that time was incomparably precious, he had to quickly inject what he knew into the tank's mind.

Tank nodded and wanted to run straight there, now that he had some hope, he had to do something.

"Don't worry, it's useless for you to be in such a hurry. ”

Tank wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, looked at the old man and asked, "What else?"

"After you go out, run all the way east, the light will guide you, your companions will be in the Tower of Annihilation, and no matter who you meet on the way, do not hesitate. ”

"Got it. ”

The old man stared at the tank meaningfully, and then said: "You must believe in your own strength, you will definitely be able to, but there is one more thing that must be remembered." ”

"What?"

"Don't look back after everyone gets on the sky boat, don't fall in love!"

"Understood!" Tank seemed to be a different person just now, full of fighting spirit, and instantly had infinite hope.