midnight.
Madison was in her own apartment in the mill, raising her head and staring at the chandelier on the ceiling, "There's a broken light bulb."
The five-petal flower-shaped chandelier has one petal that is black.
Brian was in Madison's apartment, but what he was looking at was not the light that Madison was paying attention to, but Madison herself. "Don't interrupt suddenly, continue the story."
Madison lowered his head and said, "Oh, let's continue." Madison raised his wrist and looked at the time, which was twelve o'clock sharp, "Then, after confirming the death of Lutre Sembula, he destroyed Lut After all the 'evil' blood of Lesembra..."
was interrupted, "Why destroy Root's blood?"
"Because he is Lesembra." Madison shrugged. "The blood of Lesembra can contain information about a person's entire life history. Even if the creature Rutler is dead, Rutler Sembula (the vampire) may still be alive in a jar of blood, waiting for the day of resurrection."
Brian blinked, "Lesembra is so strong." This was an exclamation.
"Otherwise, why do you think Zac had a 'duell' with Root, why did Root win?" Madison smiled, "Lesembra's blood can keep bleeding, but Toledo can't keep watching. Lesembra.”
Brian nodded in understanding, "Go on, then."
"Then, Bruch's messenger Sard, along with his father, Bruch's messenger, prepared to kill all the Lesembras in the Sabbat..."
"Why?" was interrupted again.
"Because as long as Lesembula still exists, things that will replace Zach may be continuously created." Madison shrugged, "From an objective analysis, Root's obsession with Zach is not his personal Choice." Madison seemed to be willing to explain to Brian, "It is something that Root must persist in his position. He is the head of Lesembula, he is the leader of the Sabbat, and he must deal with Zach, who continues to create vampires. The characters in the pattern are attentive.”
"Oh." Brian still blinked, not sure if anyone understood, "Just tell me, if it were someone else, he might have made the same plan as Root to create another Zack?" The conclusion was: Yes.
Madison nodded, "Sard is not smart. He only recognized one fact. Lesembula can create Zach's replacement, so he made such a decision."
"Chopping the forest with a knife." Brian curled his lips, "It's really extreme."
"It's not extreme, it's just stubborn. Besides, this knife was given to him by Zach. He... probably felt eager to show off, so, like any mentally retarded person eager to show off..." Madison waved his hand and said nothing. . He looked back at the blackened lamp on the ceiling and said, "Brian, please promise me that you will remember to change the light bulb."
"I promise, I promise, keep telling the story." Brian urged.
"Well, let's continue." Madison looked away from the lamp and placed it on the sofa where Brian was currently lying comfortably and listening to the story. On the edge of the sofa, there are burr scratches on the wooden legs, which are the marks left by the black cat when West brought it here. Madison stared at the scratches and continued, "But Lesembra did not exterminate the clan. Because Frank stopped the Bruch clan ancestors."
"The ancestor of the Bruch family could rush directly into Vega City and kill Root under the siege of the entire Sabbat vampires, but couldn't defeat Frank??" Brian's eyes widened.
Madison curled her lips and said, "Brian, you must remember to change this sofa in the future."? ? Uh, forget it, Madison immediately returned to the topic, "The entire siege of the Sabbat vampires is nothing to the ancestors of the Bruh clan. Don't use this kind of thing as a reference for Bruh's combat ability. "First correct Brian's cognitive error, and then, "It's not that the Bruhl's ancestors can't beat Frank, but that the Bruhl's ancestors and Frank have..." Madison's eyes retracted, showing a look of thinking about the words, "Same mood."
"Is this how the clan ancestor feels?"
Madison nodded, glanced at Brian, and showed a rare look that showed you were listening to the story attentively, "Yes, in addition, Frank also promised that the future Lesenbra would not be able to make Zach. A promise to the ancestors. A promise between Cain, the original vampire who was once exterminated by the Holy Lord's faith, and Cain's sons, the ancestors who are the source of all vampires in this world today."
Brian tilted his head and thought for a while, "But Salde will not agree to this promise. Salde is not in the mood of his ancestors. He only cares about Zach as a teacher."
Madison had a smile on her face, her eyes no longer wandering around and there was no place to wander around. Madison started telling this story at noon, starting from when Brian was driven away from Grand by Zach. Until now, in the process of telling this story, Madison has looked at everything in this apartment, and I gave Brian a lot of "Promise me, you must remember to change..." orders in the future.
Now, Madison has nothing to make Brian promise to her.
Because Madison didn't speak, Brian blinked his eyes, "I know! The promise between the clan ancestors is relatively big!" Brian himself explained these vague words, "Just like the thirteen clan ancestors agreed to guard the Holy Lord before, It’s like believing in the secret of the ultimate reward and then going to sleep. So even if Salde doesn’t want his father to make an agreement with Frank, he can’t change it. The agreement between the ancestors is the agreement between the ancestors!”
Madison still had a smile on her face, but she still didn't continue telling the story.
Brian could only continue on his own, "But Salde will definitely not give up just like that. He is eager to perform and keep Zach as a teacher in a place he knows. He cannot place all his hopes on his father's agreement..."
Brian stood up from the couch.
Because the apartment door was forced open.
Incoming one, two, three, four, five. Five strangers.
"Who are you?" Brian stared at the five strangers who came in.
Madison stood in front of Brian, "Brian, be polite to Bruch's messengers and ancestors, even if you hate vampires." Madison glanced at the wandering apartments and gave Brian his final order, "Remember to replace the door too."
Salde walked towards Madison, "You are Madison."
Madison nodded, "I am."
"It was you who wrote Zach's story and made it possible for Lesembra to create another Zach." Salde continued to get closer to Madison.
Madison nodded as if he was prepared, and pushed a suitcase behind him in front of him, "This is a backup copy of all the manuscripts..." Before he could finish his words, the suitcase connected to him turned into dust in the dazzling afterimage. . Salde's body reappeared and continued to approach Madison.
When the other party raised his hand, Madison said, "I have a request."
Salde's joined hands stopped in front of Madison's face, "Say."
"What's going on?!" Brian started shouting behind Madison, "Madison! What's going on!!"
Madison looked at the sharp palm in front of him, and maintained a smile on his face, "Don't get excited Brian, the future will inevitably become the present and then the past. This is the law of how this world works~"
Then, "I hope to be killed by your father." Madison stated her request, "If you are killed by a perfect vampire, you will go to purgatory. I want to go where the Holy Lord wants to go. Then, hehe," Archangel', it can be considered that he has completed his mission."
Salde was silent for a while. Withdrew his hand, "Grant your wish, because you did not write the story of my arrival at Barton to Lutresembula!" Then, turned around, "Father, kill him, and then my teacher, Zacharito Ruido, in the Federation, there is no threat at all, he can always be here to guide our clan forward."
Among the four strangers, a young man walked out with confused eyes, "Son, are you sure?"
"I am sure."
"You don't have to ask Zach, is this okay?" The young man walked towards Madison, but the questions continued, "Frank said during the Sabbat that Zach would not be happy that we slaughtered all of Lesenbra. clan, and now, you want me to kill Zach’s friends in Barton.”
"He is not Zach's friend." Salde glanced at Madison, "We have read Root's manuscript. This Madison does not regard his protagonist, Zach, as a friend at all. He is just a writing partner. He has no respect for Zachary Toredo."
"Okay." The confused young man walked up to Madison.
"Madison! Madison!!" Brian... uh, "Run away! Run away, Madison!!"
Madison smiled and glanced at Brian one last time, "Remember to change the things I told you..."
The world has changed. Apartment with a bunch of stuff that needs replacing? no.
Madison looked ahead.
Plane, Madison only saw a plane, an endless plane.
Madison took a step forward, turned back, and looked at the entity-like afterimage pulled out behind him. Within one step, Madison seemed to have created countless versions of himself, stacked and squeezed together.
The smile on Madison's face finally disappeared and turned into a pout. He watched the pile of himself slowly disappearing in one step. Is this death? Or is this purgatory? It's completely different from what I imagined.
"Is that Madison standing there??"
Some familiar voices. Madison turned around and pulled out countless afterimages. Madison didn't dare to move much anymore. He squinted and looked at the place where the sound came from, "Who is calling me?"
"it's me."
On the distant plane, a person trotted over.
Madis looked at the other person's six swinging arms, "The gatekeeper of Purgatory, Leo?"
"It's really Madison!" Leo seemed very happy, but immediately said, "Uh, you were also killed by 'Colt'?"
Madison waved her hands instinctively, "Oh, no..." He found that his movements had pulled out countless overlapping arms, and he froze there, not daring to move any more, "I was killed by the ancestor of the vampire clan."
"Oh." Leo's arms drooped before running behind Madison and merged into normal arms, "Sorry."
Madison wanted to shake her head and tell Leo that there was nothing to be sorry for, but she didn't dare to move. Maybe the movement of turning her head just now had already filled her face with afterimages. Therefore, without moving, "It's considered suicide. There is nothing to be sorry for..." Madison looked at Leo, who had no residual image, "Why didn't you..." Madison moved his fingers, and countless fingers were pulled out.
"Uh..." Leo looked at Madison, stretched out his hand, and held the end of the afterimage that Madison pulled out, "It will hurt a little..." and pushed it towards Madison.
Madison felt the squeeze, the feeling of every cell in her being crushed? It hurts a little? Leo was too polite. Madison doesn't even have the ability to think about pain!
Fortunately, the process didn't take long. "Move again?" Leo's hand was already on Madison's back, and the action of pushing the afterimage was over.
Madison still only moved her fingers. The afterimage still existed, but it was not as serious as before. At least it would not remain for too long and disappeared much faster.
"Uh..." Leo frowned and glanced at Madison, "Maybe you are not a creature of this world after all. I can't completely help you eliminate the influence of time."
Madison shook his hand, watching the afterimage appear and then disappear, "Does the creature that is not this world mean that I am an angel of the Holy Lord's faith, or that I am a human being in this world?"
"Angel." Leo answered simply, "This world is where purgatory begins. Purgatory is where time begins. It is the same world as the past, present, and future. It is the faith of the Holy Lord that hijacked the past and the future. What does not belong to this world is Faith in the Holy Lord.”
Madison nodded, "It's pretty much what I thought."
"Come here." Leo waved his hand and turned around as if he was taking Madison somewhere, "Everyone is over there."
Madison didn't move, "Everyone?"
"The creatures killed by 'Colt'." Leo smiled, "You may see a few guys you know, haha, such as the descendants of 'Toledo' (descendants of Eli) killed by Zach )."
Madison shook his head, "No, I'd better stay where I am."
"Well... you're going to be bored."
"I don't mind. There's no concept of time anyway, right? I won't feel anything." Madison seemed to insist.
Leo frowned again, "There are also some creatures that believe in the Holy Lord, such as angels and demons, that were killed when 'Colt' first appeared. You may be able to meet your friends."
Madison continued to shake his head, "I don't remember them." As if he didn't want to be disturbed by Leo anymore, "Go ahead, I'm right here."
Leo pursed his lips and took two steps, "You don't think you can get out of here, do you? Madison, this is different from the world you know. No one can find you if you stay where you are. "
Madison shook his head, "I know this place is different from the current world. At least since I came here, I can't feel the 'future'." Madison looked at Leo, "But I still remember what I saw 'Future', I am in the future, I am in this world at a certain moment in the future, I can go back." Madison smiled, "I don't need to make friends here~"