The atmosphere was stagnant in the darkness, and the real exhaustion and confusion of the night watchman were written on him.
The truth of the New Moon Calamity is so heavy that this holy city, once known as the "Hometown of God", has fallen into sin, and no soul is pure and innocent.
And the vigil is still struggling in vain for the ignorant inhabitants - they can't tell the truth, it will destroy the last peace of the holy city, and the city will be plunged into despair and sin, but if the truth is not told, They can't persuade everyone to stay awake on the night of the new moon, and as long as one person falls asleep... the consequences will be like a hungry wolf getting into the sheepfold, and after dawn, the whole city will be A hell on earth.
So they can only choose to guard silently, work humbly, persist in despair, and do their best to make everyone who wakes up forget this nightmare.
Qi Leren took a deep breath, and the cold air entered the lungs, suppressing the discomfort in the stomach, a gloomy cold spread from the lungs to the whole body, making people feel as if they were in an ice cellar.
Su He's cold and gentle voice sounded: "Suoyue disaster can't start suddenly without warning, please recall, did anything special happen eight years ago?"
The night watchmen shook their heads.
"We are also investigating the cause of the New Moon Calamity, but there is no evidence so far... There is just a suspicious rumor that eight years ago, the lord's wife gave birth to a baby girl."
Qi Leren shuddered instantly, eight years ago, baby girl? The little blond girl who tried to deceive the token brooch from him happened to be seven or eight years old, could it be...
"Let's talk about the baby girl." Ning Zhou suddenly said.
Qi Leren glanced at him suspiciously. Although the night was too dark, he couldn't see Ning Zhou's expression clearly, but there seemed to be a trembling in his usual icy tone just now. What was he worried about
The night watchmen looked at each other in dismay, and finally the leader of the night watchman said: "We have never seen that baby girl before. This rumor came from the lord's castle. It is said that the lord's wife was pregnant eight years ago. At that time, there were already ten There have been no new babies born for three years. There are even rumors that they are cursed, and no human beings will be born. If they are born, they must be demons. So the lord and his wife concealed this matter, and only the closest servants know about it. The maid who was ordered to take care of the child revealed this to her relatives because she was afraid. Later, the child was born on the new moon. From that day, the whole city fell into a nightmare, and the maid also disappeared in the new moon... "
"Has anyone seen this little girl in the past eight years?" Qi Leren asked.
"Occasionally someone said that they dreamed of a little girl with blue eyes, long curly blond hair, tied into two braids, with white roses in her hair, looking dignified and holy, like the Virgin in the Holy See Portrait," said the Night's Watch.
Blonde hair and blue eyes, a portrait of the Virgin... Mary in Ning Zhou's half-realm flashed in Qi Leren's mind...
Ning Zhou went to the Holy See at the age of thirteen, because Mary died that year, exactly eight years ago.
Is this really a coincidence
Qi Le people once again looked at Ning Zhou in the dark. Maybe he was the only one who understood the worries and fears in his heart at this moment. This area originally created by Maria to protect the holy city has now become the domain of the devil. The hunting ground, and the most terrifying thing is... They couldn't be sure if Maria's dead soul had returned here, but was tainted by demonic power and became an evil being
If so, this would be the most ruthless mockery of fate for a devout holy nun.
"Dreamland..." Su He whispered to himself.
Dreamland? By the way, everything that happens here is related to the dream, even the little girl will peep his memory from the dream...
"Nightmare witch? My friends and I have studied the information about the first demon invasion of the human world. At that time, the most trusted witch around the demon king was called Nightmare, who was good at manipulating dreams. If the catastrophe happened more than 20 years ago, She didn't die, but fell asleep, and then woke up eight years ago, so it makes sense." Su He said slowly, "The cause of the New Moon Calamity is probably that she polluted the field where the saint nun had died. , is slowly regaining her strength until she can escape, or..."
Su He looked in the direction of the old site of the Holy See, frowning slightly.
Dr. Lu suddenly covered his lower abdomen and said with a pale face, "My stomach hurts..."
Qi Leren, who had always felt uncomfortable in his stomach, also had a colicky pain, and cold sweat flowed down from his back, instantly soaking the clothes on his back, and there was something, as if something was tumbling in his stomach!
Dr. Lu spat out a mouthful of blood. In the blood, a blue-black butterfly was hatching from its chrysalis and emerged from its cocoon. The soft wings stained with blood quickly became hard in the wind, and it flapped its wings and flew.
Nightmare witch? By the way, when she was pretending to be Su He in the library, she poured tea for him and Dr. Lu, and they drank it unprepared at that time, and the skill of collecting clothes in the rain did not give him any reminders.
Qi Leren, who didn't have time to think about it, took out the holy water that Ning Zhou had given him a long time ago and poured it down. The acid and blood in his stomach calmed down a little, but it still made people sweat. Ning Zhou had run to him from the roof at some point, and held his shoulders to check the situation. Qi Leren handed him one-third of the remaining holy water: "Give it to Dr. Lu."
The butterfly hatched from Dr. Lu's stomach flapped its wings in the night, and a childish laugh came, and a sweet voice sounded on the butterfly: "It's useless, even if the holy water can be temporarily suppressed, in an hour, the two of you will People still die from toxic attacks."
Dr. Lu was in so much pain that he lost consciousness and almost fell into a coma. He used the [Three No Doctors] on himself once, but his skills had no effect on this weird witch poison. Qi Leren's condition was a little better, but he was also He was trembling and couldn't stand. If it wasn't for Ning Zhou holding him, he would have been unable to stand at this time.
"Is it painful? The pain will get worse and worse over time, until you can't even breathe. It's pathetic, this feeling of being alive, ah, maybe more painful than being eaten alive. "The Nightmare Witch's voice was still innocent and sweet, but her tone was full of sinister malice.
The night watchman let out a roar: "Is that you?! The one who made it all!"
The butterfly gradually turned into the outline of a little girl, she giggled and smiled: "Ah, I remember you, you are such a poor bastard, whenever I see you go to great lengths to maintain this false peace, I can't help but think. Gotta laugh. Thanks to you guys, these eight years of ignorant fools have been giving me the power to dream."
The Nightmare Witch clapped her hands and praised the group of night watchmen. The crisp applause made the night watchmen roar in a rage, losing their reason and going forward to fight the phantom, but the witch's butterfly spread its wings and flew high in the air: "I I hate places with many people, it seems that you can endure for a while, so you can take the domain token and call the old site of the Holy See in exchange for the antidote."
"Sorry, ma'am, we don't believe in the credit of demons." Su He said lightly.
"I have no interest in your lives, but if you need a promise, well, I'll give you a devil's contract." The witch's butterfly flapped its wings, and blue dots of light scattered from the wings. , transformed into a blank piece of paper with a contract written on it.
Ning Zhou glanced at it, and the contract asked to exchange the Saint nun's domain token for two antidote, and the witch promised not to hurt the contractor on the way.
Su He turned his back to the witch, and silently said with his mouth: Promise her.
"I will send the token." Ning Zhou said coldly.
"That's not good, I don't want to take anything from the people of the Holy See." The witch's voice became cold and disgusting.
"Then let me take him there." Ning Zhou said to the witch.
The witch's butterfly paused for a moment, then slowly flew to Ning Zhou and circled around him: "You remind me of a person... Okay, but this gentleman who holds the domain must stay here, Don't leave here until the contract is fulfilled."
"Yes." Su He said lightly.
The content of the contract is added and the transaction is established.
Although the Qi Le people were so hurt that they almost lost the strength to speak, their brains were still clear and everything was going according to their plan. Although the poisoning was a bit beyond their expectations, they originally planned to let the witch take one person and wait for her. Offer to exchange domain tokens for hostages. Although the poisoning is painful, the bitter trick will make the witch more relaxed.
"Come on, follow me." The witch's butterfly flapped its wings in the dark night, and the blue butterfly scales exuded faint fluorescence, floating in the night like powder.
Ning Zhou put Qi Leren's arm on his shoulder and helped him walk forward.
In the dark night, the pain slapped on the body in waves, from the pores to the bone marrow, suffocating. He tried his best to walk forward, but his strength gradually lost due to the pain. Several times his legs were weak and he almost fell, but Ning Zhou pulled him.
"I'll carry you." Ning Zhou's voice sounded in the dark.
Qi Leren shook his head. At this time, he didn't even have the strength to hug Ning Zhou's neck. He said he was walking, but in fact it was Ning Zhou who was carrying him forward.
Ning Zhou, who was beside him, paused for a while, and this brief moment became infinitely long in pain... He hugged him horizontally, and strode forward.
The world was so quiet that there was only one person's footsteps. Qi Leren, who was trembling in the pain, struggled to maintain his breath. His will became weak because of the pain. He finally abandoned reason and logic, leaving only pure sensibility.
In the darkness, the memories rolled around in pain. Qi Leren remembered the cold and damp cave in the witch sacrifice. At that time, he was just rescued from the pool and was held by Ning Zhou in the cold and pain. , go forward step by step.
That dark road was full of his innocent sweet and shy whispers, so warm, so warm, so joyful.
When the past and the present overlapped, he suddenly realized that the mood at that time was the same as that of today.
Pain blurs his vision, and his thinking is replaced by absurd imaginings. He fixedly looks at the sea of stars above his head. In the gap of time, they were pulled by the net woven by the goddess of fate. From the moment when two different worlds met, they were soaked in joy and joy, and they developed feelings that they dare not admit, and this moment is eternity. .