Jiang Xiao and Catherine flew northeast, passed through a mountain forest, followed the rolling river, and flew towards the coastline.
It is getting late and the sun is setting in the west.
The crimson fire clouds dyed the distant horizon red, adding a special charm to this beautiful peninsula scenery.
It was at this point in time that Jiang Xiao and Catherine saw a small wooden house standing on the sea cliff.
The wooden house faces the sea, and the backyard of the wooden house is a sea of flowers.
Amidst the sound of waves lapping against the rocks, the advancing figures of Jiang Xiao and Catherine slowly stopped in mid-air and looked down.
In sight, behind the slightly dilapidated wooden house is a sea of extremely beautiful flowers.
Among the flowers, there was an old woman with gray hair, standing with her head lowered and her hands behind her back.
Her clothes were ordinary and somewhat masculine.
The light-colored plaid shirt, which seemed to be a men's style, must have been worn for many years. Although it looked a little shabby, it was washed very clean.
When anyone first sees this old man, their first impression of her should be: skinny.
She was simply too thin, like a bamboo pole, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.
The breeze blows, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers. The ups and downs of the waves also bring the salty and moist breath of the sea, which mixes with the fragrance of flowers to form a special taste.
Such a picture is beautiful enough.
What made this scene even more desolate was that in front of the old woman, who was standing with her head lowered and her hands behind her back, there was a tombstone.
Next to the tombstone, there is a special tomb. This tomb seems to have been dug not long ago. There is a pile of dirt next to it, which is empty.
The old woman turned around, raised her head slightly, and looked at Jiang Xiao and Catherine standing in the sky. After looking back and forth at the two of them for a moment, she locked her eyes on Jiang Xiao and said, "Here we come. "
"Yes, here we come." Jiang Xiao nodded gently and slowly landed in the garden of flowers.
The old woman turned her head, looked at the tombstone in front of her again, and said, "You are here to claim my life."
Jiang Xiao also looked at the tombstone and said, "What about you? Did Hopkins promise you that as long as you kill me, you will be free?"
The old woman shook her head and said, "I don't need that."
Jiang Xiao frowned slightly. After Troy's fraudulent behavior just now, Jiang Xiao certainly knew what the goal of this group of people was.
The old woman said: "Judging from the direction of your flight, you seem to be coming from Sparta and Troy."
Jiang Xiao couldn't understand the words on the tombstone, so he just made a nasal sound: "Yeah."
Old woman: "Are they all dead?"
Jiang Xiao: "Yeah."
"Hey," the old woman shook her head slightly, with a bitter smile on her face, and said, "It's time to go and accompany him."
As she said that, the old woman turned around and faced Jiang Xiao. Her wrinkled old face was engraved with the traces of time.
She suddenly said: "Can I ask you to do me a favor?"
Jiang Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly but did not respond.
She pointed to the empty grave aside and said, "After you complete your mission, can you bury me here?"
Jiang Xiao was still wary and said in a deep voice: "What did Hopkins tell you?"
The old woman smiled, with a trace of disdain between her eyebrows: "He said that he found a similar person.
New gods always step on the bones of old gods to ascend the throne. "
Jiang Xiao shook his head silently and said: "He and I are not the same kind of people, not before, not now, and not in the future."
"Whatever." The old woman didn't comment, just smiled, walked to the empty grave, closed her eyes silently, and said, "You can do it now."
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the old woman's body, coating her skinny figure with a layer of orange.
Jiang Xiao looked at the tombstone and said, "Who is he?"
She responded: "My love."
Jiang Xiao: "What happened?"
The old woman opened her eyes again, looked at the tombstone beside her, and said: "He is old, and when the time comes, he doesn't want me to extend his life anymore.
I spent my entire life with him and I always respected him.
In fact, I have been regretting it. Maybe, for the last time, I should have been more willful. "
Jiang Xiao pursed her lips and said silently: "When I met Sparta, he said that he would fill his courtyard with my flesh and blood.
When I met Troy, he invited me to a card game in an attempt to control me and trade my life for his freedom.
But you have dug your own grave. "
The old woman looked at Jiang Xiao's young face and said calmly: "I don't need freedom. In fact, I have nothing to miss in this world.
I just promised him to live. Otherwise, what you see here should be two tombstones.
Now, you are here, coming to me with your achievements in shield battle and legal system.
Obviously I can't survive, I'm just a medical student. "
Jiang Xiao smiled and said, "What a coincidence, so do I."
The old woman looked slightly surprised, but after a while, she shook her head and smiled and said: "Okay, everything doesn't matter anymore, let's do it."
Jiang Xiao was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Sorry, madam, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to fulfill your wish."
"Oh?" The old woman was obviously stunned for a moment. She looked at Jiang Xiao with cloudy eyes and said, "You have to consider the consequences. I don't know what your abilities are, but if you disobey Hopkins' wishes, he will make you worse. die."
Jiang Xiao shook his head and said: "You understand wrongly. I am not his believer, nor his disciple, nor his subordinate."
Hearing this, the old woman's eyes widened slightly, as if she heard something incredible.
After a while, she finally said: "If you are not here to kill me, then please leave here now. He likes to be quiet."
Jiang Xiao said, "Would you like to talk to me about Hopkins?"
After saying that, Jiang Xiao turned to look at Catherine in the distance and said, "I heard you have hot tea and pastries."
"Yes, sir." Catherine immediately understood what Jiang Xiao meant, hurriedly opened the door to the space and stepped in.
The old woman frowned deeply and looked hesitant, but Jiang Xiao had already walked to the tomb of the old woman's late husband, and with a casual move, a space door opened.
Jiang Xiao put his hand in and seemed to catch something. When he took it out again, it was a bouquet of lilies from Huahai Ranch.
Jiang Xiao leaned forward slightly, placed the white flowers in front of the tombstone, and said softly: "Sorry, sir, for disturbing me."
On the side, the old woman stared at this scene in a daze, and also saw the way Jiang Xiao straightened up and turned to look back.
There was a trace of exploration in his eyes, giving her full respect.
The old woman was silent for a long time, hunched slightly, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
On the sea cliff, there is a small table and two wooden chairs.
Catherine brought a plate of exquisite pastries and a steaming pot of scented tea.
Jiang Xiao looked at Catherine and said, "Go and change your clothes. I think you feel uncomfortable."
"Okay, sir." Catherine didn't hesitate at all. In front of the young prophet, she seemed to have forgotten all the requirements of the old prophet. She opened the portal and walked in.
Jiang Xiao looked at the old woman and said, "Jiang Xiaopi."
She responded: "Axo."
Axl
Looks like the god of medicine in ancient Greek mythology
Jiang Xiao smiled and said: "Your team's codenames are all very interesting. It seems like you can find clues in story books. This Axl seems to be the name of a goddess?"
Axl nodded, but changed the subject and asked: "What is your relationship with Hopkins?"
Jiang Xiao picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth: "It's a little complicated, but in general, we are enemies rather than friends."
Axl was a little confused and asked: "Since you are enemies, why did you come here as he requested? Were you threatened by him?"
Jiang Xiaodao: "I am just like you, I should be considered imprisoned by him.
When he threw me in, Hopkins gave me a map. I had nothing to do here, so I just took a look at each place.
However, Sparta is very unfriendly and Troy is very cunning. They wanted my life, so I killed them. "
"Haha." Axl laughed dumbly and said, "They are still blinded at such an age that they still think they can regain their freedom."
Jiang Xiao asked curiously: "Why are you, as close comrades-in-arms of Hopkins, imprisoned here?"
Axl: "In your mind, what kind of person is Hopkins?"
Jiang Xiao thought for a while and said: "On the surface, he is elegant and easy-going, but in fact, he is unscrupulous and ruthless."
Axl sighed softly, with a hint of memory in his cloudy eyes: "In the beginning, he was a sincere, kind-hearted young man with ambitious goals.
We followed such a leader, fought in the north and south, and finally came to a different planet.
But as time went by, he slowly changed. He no longer respected life. Maybe his hands were stained with blood, so he no longer cared.
He no longer listened to people's opinions, and he could only have one voice in the team. He became arrogant and conceited, until finally, he established an empire and ruled the entire European continent."
Axl looked at Jiang Xiao and said, "That was the beginning of the nightmare."
Jiang Xiao: "What?"
Axl: "Maybe he thinks this world can no longer bring him any challenges.
His personality became increasingly eccentric and moody.
Until the third month after the establishment of the empire, because of a trivial matter, he turned on the Jin Yu clan. "
The Golden Feather clan
The Golden Feather Walker of Lanxi Kingdom
Aksuo: "After we stopped and persuaded him, he did not annihilate the Jin Yu clan, but there was only a small part of the Jin Yu clan left, and they were thrown into this sea ridge space by him, as prisoner.
Likewise, those of us who tried to persuade him were also thrown here by him.
The Golden Feather Walkers were the veteran star beast species established by the empire. Hopkins suddenly became ferocious and killed this species. In this way, the newly established empire was on the road to disintegration. "
At this point, Axl smiled and said: "You know, Sparta, Troy and Poseidon are all team members who firmly follow the leader.
They did not participate in the persuasion or prevention, but they were thrown here like several other members of our team and suffered the same fate. "
"50 years? 60 years?" Axl sighed softly, "I don't know. I have been imprisoned here for a long time, and I no longer know what it looks like outside."
Jiang Xiao pursed his lips and said: "If nothing unexpected happens, after he threw you in, he destroyed the empire with his own hands, but most of the races are still there, and the only thing missing is the Golden Feather Walker clan.
It seems that there are some mysterious undersea giants
Are those star beasts that ascended with Hopkins on the altar mural? "
Axl said: "Minister of the Dead Sea
If you continue to move forward, you will see them. After so many years, the Dead Sea Clan, which was almost wiped out by the Hopkins Death Clan in the past, has slowly restored its former population size. "
Jiang Xiao nodded silently and said, "Why is Hopkins so vicious?"
Axl shook his head and said: "It is said that the elders of the Golden Feather Walker clan want to expand the territory of the empire and push towards Asia along the direction of Eastern Europe.
I don’t know how many requests and negotiations it was, but Hopkins suddenly became violent and made such an incredible move. When he slaughtered the Jinyu clan, he kept repeating one sentence. "
Jiang Xiao's heart moved: "What?"
Axl: "Nothing matters anymore."
Jiang Xiao: "."
Behind him, a space door opened, and Catherine, with long hair hanging over her shoulders, stepped out in a black dress.
Although it still looks like a dress, compared to the expensive evening dress before, it can be considered a lower standard.
Axl glanced at Catherine and said, "She is your servant."
Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "She is Hopkins' servant, sent here to monitor me."
Axl raised his eyebrows slightly. Looking at Jiang Xiao's calm expression, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile, saying, "You are an interesting person."
Catherine picked up the teapot and added tea to Jiang Xiao, but did not refute. She knew what she should say and what she should do.
Axl said: "If you follow your current route, you will still have an enemy."
"Huh?" Jiang Xiao hooked his hand at Catherine.
Catherine took out the map and handed it to Jiang Xiao.
Jiang Xiao unfolded the map and looked at the six locations. If you include the Axos and his wife, Jiang Xiao has already visited four "old gods".
How to calculate? There are still two left? Why is there only one enemy
Could it be that there were also dead people in those two locations
Aksuo leaned over and looked at the map in Jiang Xiao's hand and said, "It looks a bit old. According to the location marked on it, my husband and I have not yet established a relationship and have not moved here to live together."
Jiang Xiao:? ?
This map is actually a map from 60 years ago
Axl looked carefully, moved up the coastline, clicked on the red X on the Alps, and said: "Maybe you should go to the end point and visit her first."
Jiang Xiao: "Who is she?"
Axl: “She was once Hopkins’ lover, but now he is Hopkins’ prisoner and his enemy.
She knew Hopkins better than any of us.
If Hopkins were your enemy, she would be more than willing to help you, I mean, in any way. "
Jiang Xiao: "What's her name?"
Axl: "Gaia."
Jiang Xiao couldn't help but grinned and said, "Do you really dare to name it!?"
Axl looked at Jiang Xiao seriously and said, "Believe me, she deserves this code name.
Although she is also a member of this team, the gap in strength between the others and her is so great that it is unimaginable.
How would you define Hopkins' strength? "
Jiang Xiao thought for a while and said: "It's very tricky, and I even feel like I don't know where to start."
Axl nodded, clicked the red X on the Alps, and said, "You will find the same feeling in her."
Jiang Xiao nodded, picked up the teacup on the table, drank the scented tea in one gulp, and said, "You can go and survive in my space. One day, when I leave this world, I will release you."
To Jiang Xiao's surprise, Axl shook his head and refused, and he shook his head very decisively.
"Well" Jiang Xiao thought for a while, stood up and said, "In that case, I won't bother you anymore."
"I wish you good luck." Axl just nodded and said nothing more.
"Let's go." Jiang Xiao motioned to Catherine beside him, and with a flash, he went directly to the Alps.
Axl, on the other hand, sat silently on the chair, listening to the sound of the waves hitting the rocks, as if he had turned into a watchman's stone.
She didn't know how long it took, but she picked up the teacup on the table and drank the cold scented tea in one gulp.
She stood up. Her body was as thin as a bamboo pole, making people worry that she would be blown down by the sea breeze.
She left the cliff and walked back to the courtyard of her wooden house.
In this sea of flowers, she stood in front of her husband's grave again and whispered: "I promised you to continue to survive in this world.
And the news that he was coming gave me hope and light.
But I didn't expect that I had been waiting for many days, but I couldn't get the ending I wanted.
Sorry, maybe. I'm going to break my promise.
You know, I have been rehearsing it in my mind for a long time, imagining the scene of meeting you again.
But he is not here to kill me. You can feel the disappointment in my heart, you must be able to"
As Aksuo spoke, he walked to the empty tomb, turned around, and lay down on his back.
"Bang!"
There was a cloud of dust.
A withered palm poked out of the empty tomb, a gust of wind blew by, and the mounds of soil on the ground kept pouring into the tomb.
"Like I said before, I should be willful for once."
Soil keeps pouring into the grave, burying it and filling it up.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, accompanied by the sound of waves hitting the rocks, the sea breeze blew.
The sea breeze swept over the sea cliff, swept over the ice-cold tea on the table, and scattered the crumbs of pastries.
Gusts of sea breeze passed through the wooden house and blew into the courtyard, mixing with the fragrance of the flowers in the courtyard and surrounding the two tombs.
Two quiet graves.
Thank you for a pot of cool breeze and half an hour of leisure, and for the ten thousand rewards from the two poles of the stars.
(End of chapter)