Ember Gun

  Chapter 79 Valkyrie

The flesh of the demon links the steam and machinery, so the armored knight rushes on the path of flame created by the dragon's breath. Thousands of demons follow them outside the sea of ​​fire, with a harsh roar, like a wolf chasing its prey. group.

Shrike's vision has begun to blur. His willpower is much weaker than he thought. He mechanically removes the armor and the fire, and then opens a path of dragon's breath on the land full of monsters, the heat is burning. The strong armor, the metal has burned red, even slightly melted.

  The hot molten iron melts the complex mechanical structure together, and the shrike is like the feet are frozen, making it more and more difficult to move.

Perhaps those lunatics, when designing this armor, never thought that the Shrike would travel in the sea of ​​fire for so long. If there was no monster’s vitality as the filling and link between the machines, the Shrike would have fallen into the sea of ​​fire. middle

  It was not the time to stop, the arm stretched out to the weapon rack on the back again, but nothing was touched, and the firecrackers were exhausted, but in that blurred vision, Shrike was still some distance from the front of the Glory.

  It was a difficult distance. The demon kept watching the two of them. They were hungry and unbearable. That would be the fiercest attack. In the state of Shrike, he didn't even know whether he could hold it.

  "Blue Emerald..."

  The voice was a little weak, but soon the blue jade face appeared in the narrow vision of the visor. She crouched on her shoulders, her arms wrapped around his helmet as if hugging him.

   "I know what you are going to say, rush forward, don't stop."

  Blue Jade remained calm, the rising fireworks ignited her cloak, so she now only has a close-fitting leather jacket and armor, just like a dark elf.

  No longer had any strength to speak, and even thinking that it was a difficult task, Shrike was silent again, but with sufficient strength, he rushed out of the fire.

At that moment, countless monsters leaped forward. They were like tides, with their twisted arms scratching the scarred plate armor. Some monsters even tried to climb up through the bulge on the armor, but they were caught by the blue jade. The gunshot killed them mercilessly, and the burning thermite bombs left scorched round holes in their heads, fell from the armor, and were immediately engulfed by the surging black tide.

   is almost here.

  Shrike wielded the sword in a machine-like manner, cutting the grass, killing all the monsters blocking the road. The armor was so heavy that he rushed like a rhino, crushing those monsters over.

The front of the Glory is near, but only then did Shrike realize the problem. In order to deal with the attack of the monster, the entire carriage is not only reinforced and strengthened. According to the original design, the door will be locked from the inside after an emergency stop to ensure that The safety of the personnel in the car is also because of this design, and the soldiers who fell into the dream are still sleeping safely in the car.

  But this layer of protection has become the last level.

  How to open the car door under the attack of the monster? Whether it is a shrike or a blue jade as long as it stops moving, it is bound to be besieged and killed by the monster.

This kind of thinking did not last long. Shrike grabbed the blue jade on her shoulder without even thinking about it. At first she was panicked, but then she understood what Shrike was going to do. She wanted to stop it, but Shrike didn’t give her at all. When he chose the opportunity, his legs stopped abruptly, leaving two deep marks on the ground, and then he threw the blue jade up forcefully.

Only an elegant arc could be seen, the blue jade figure swayed in the air, and then steadily landed on the carriage. At this moment, Shrike held up his great sword, twisted his whole body, and swung out a huge sword. Arc, relying on the power of the original sin armor, opened up a vacancy.

  Like a dam between life and death, the shrike was ahead of the demon. He wanted to buy time for the blue jade to open the car door. There was no dialogue in the whole process.

Every second seemed so precious at this moment. The shrike fought and retreated. The demons came over the sky. His actions began to appear dull. The sharp claws cut into the gaps in the armor. The demons greedily bite, tearing off a piece and then A piece of plate armor, the complex machinery is so unprotected unprotected.

This is like a war hundreds of years ago. A knight in armor has an absolute chance of winning on the battlefield. The sword blade slashed on the solid armor will only splash dazzling sparks, but it will not hurt the knight. So those People will try to trap the knight, and then pierce the gap in the armor with a short knife.

The demons are like ant colonies. They jammed the joints of the shrike with flesh and blood. The joints were stuck and he couldn't swing the blade at all. They pressed against him in piles, and the shrike finally couldn't support it and was weak. After kneeling down, his vision was completely filled by the demon.

There was only endless wailing in the ears, never stopping, countless palms tore the armor, rubbing the metal with a sharp sound, the armor was being peeled off a little bit, and the shrike could no longer swing his sword. Like a dying person, this armor became his grave.

  In fact, he was already at the end of the crossbow, his sight slightly lifted, and he could see the monster's hideous face in the gap of the visor, blood mixed with mucus dripping from the gap with a disgusting smell.

Shrike was about to die, and he could finally rest, but when he was about to close his tired eyes, he saw it again. In the gap, the blue jade opened the car door forcefully, and she had already opened a small gap. But the countless demons behind her were heading towards her.

  Yes, the Shrike has fallen, no one can contain the demon for her, she is going to die too.

  It seemed to recall something, Shrike heard another voice.

  【You want to save her, right? 】

  【Accept me. 】

  【Be one with me...】

  A weird voice sounded from the ear, and it seemed that someone whispered to himself that the face of the demon began to be distorted, and then became consistent, it seemed that some ancient existence was talking to him...No, it was this **** armor.

  Shrike's erosion degree is already close to the critical value, and the original sin armor is eating him back and dominating him.

  He should refuse. Even if he died, he would not be able to join the demons, but he suddenly thought of Lan Jade. What will happen to her? Torn to pieces, or become a member of the demon?

  For a moment, Shrike was moved by the deal. In the darkness, he stretched out his hand, and when he was about to hold the palm of the devil to conclude the contract, the burning anger rescued him.

  The demon wailed in pain, the boiling flame burned everything in an instant, the oxygen was quickly consumed, and the painful lack of oxygen made Shrike sober for a few minutes, and then a scarred hand quickly zoomed in his sight.

   "So I just said, men are unreliable!"

In the midst of the anger burning, Lan Jade lost the forged spear in her hand, her slender hair was twisted and burned in the high temperature, and the fiery flame reflected her firm face. She was like a Valkyrie, descending from the sky. Saved the shrike, so thousands of demons turned into ashes.

"get out!"

She cursed, obviously that the deal was about to be concluded, but the shrike still listened to the blue jade's words, the emergency switch of the original sin armor was activated, endless steam gushing out of the gap in the armor, and then the machine that was bound by the shrike Bounce one by one.

In the deadly temperature, Blue Jade endured the pain caused by the steam, and dragged the shrike out of the broken armor. She stepped on the burning molten iron, as if she could not feel the pain, and threw the shrike on a piece of plate armor. On top, then dragged him toward the opened car door.

  This is the escape of iron and fire. There is no time to worry about the pain. Pure will drives the body. Countless demons bypass the dead armor, and they chase the two.

  Shrike only felt that the whole world was shaking, and then turned into pitch-black steel, her breathing mixed with violent heartbeat, and a metal sound immediately separated all the chaos.

  The monsters beat the carriage, the heavy metal shook slightly, Shrike tried to get himself up a little, and looked to the other side of the dimness, the blue jade leaning against the door of the car, seemed to have lost all strength and slumped in place.

No one can think about why she turned back to rescue the shrike in the end, nor can she understand how much fear and pain she endured. The arm that dragged the shrike out of the armor has been burned, and the clothes and skin are stuck together. The small and small blisters looked terrifying.

  After a long time, it seemed that after finally lifting up some strength, Lan Jade tried to say optimistically.

   "Look, we live a few more minutes."

  She tried to laugh cheerfully, but there was only a hoarse sound in her throat, like a broken blower.

  "You shouldn't do this. If you don't save me, you still have a chance to leave."

   Shrike was lying on the ground weakly. If Lan Jade did not save herself, she would still have a chance to move the Radiance, but now both of them have lost the ability to move, and it is a question of whether they can stand up or not.

   "It's difficult to stay sensible, just take it as my kindness."

  Blue Jade said casually, Shrike couldn't see her face in the dim space, it was an invisible shadow.

   "Ah... I have been thinking about what to do in the last time of my life."

  Shrike looked at the dark car roof, his ears were full of the faint sound of the demon, he finally found the answer, but he wanted to laugh a little.

   "I think... it's better to be in a daze. After all, at the last moment, don't let yourself be so tired. A daze is also good."

  The pupils of his eyes dilated slightly, and he really seemed to be in a daze.

  But after a period of time, Shrike reluctantly rolled over, then pulled out a crumpled letter from his chest and slid it towards the blue jade.

"what is this?"

  Her voice also appeared weak.

  "My will, please have one thing, if you can survive, please give it to Arthur, he knows where my house is."

  While in the armor, the Shrike regretted not surrendering his will, but in the end the wish was actually realized.

   "Do you think you will die?"

  "Will I not die?"

   was silent for a long time, and Lan Jade's voice sounded again.

   "You owe another one."

  Shrike smiled, "Don't you let the favor of the dead?"

This is not a funny joke. The atmosphere fell silent again. The demons scratched the carriage. Although it was reinforced, it was obviously unable to withstand it for a long time. Coupled with the weird erosion, the two would die sooner or later. Or become a member of the demon.

   "Maybe you will survive in the end, Shrike."

  Blue Jade's voice suddenly sounded, she said.

   "I knew, I would also write a will. This profession is really high-risk."

  She also smiled. If she knew this, she might as well go to jail. With the fierceness of the blue jade, she might still be a big sister in it.

   "Shrike, I actually lied at first."

  Blue Jade said again, which made Shrike a bit of spirit.

   "What do you mean?"

  "My past, my will."

  The exquisite eye pupils revealed the nostalgia and memories of the past, she continued.

  "Some stories must be remembered. If no one remembers him, he will really die."

"Who?"

"my father."

  Shrike was taken aback. He remembered that the relationship between Lan Feicui and her father was not very good. She came to this point largely thanks to her father.

   seemed to understand Shrike’s doubts, she shook her head and said.

   "I mean my biological father, not the stepfather in social relations."

  That is a deeper past, and Lan Jade has never talked about it.

   "After the Glorious War ended, he and my mother had me. At first it was a pretty good story, but then he started to drink and abuse my mother."

   There was confusion in her eyes, everything seemed to be quiet, Shrike couldn't help holding her breath, this mysterious woman showed her true past to others for the first time.

   "My mother thought he would get better over time, but the situation just got worse, he stopped working, and the financial conditions of the family were deteriorating."

   "All this turning point originated in a winter, and that was the winter that changed everything."

  Blue Jadeite spoke quietly, slowly raising his hand, because of the force, the scalded blisters burst open, and the light yellow liquid dripped, accompanied by pain.

"He drank too much again and fell into the snow. There was heavy snow and a shallow layer was piled on him. I saw him, and I would call him up and take him home as usual, but I suddenly had a strange idea that day."

  She talked and laughed.

"If you say... if I didn’t see it? Just as if nothing happened and went back home, the heavy snow would freeze to death without dawn, and no one would beat my mother. Buy The money from wine can be used to do more things, and the family’s plight will usher in a turning point."

  Maybe it was the injury, her voice sounded extremely hoarse.

"Later at night, my mother found that her father had not yet returned home, so she went out and looked for it in a panic. But she couldn't find it. Of course she couldn't find it. The snow was so big that even a giant bear would be covered up there, and then she When I went home, I didn't say anything, but she seemed to see through me. She knew what I was thinking."

  Blue Jade showed an ugly smile.

"Of course she knew. She was my mother. She knew what I did instinctively. So she asked me to take her to find my father. But I was silent and pretended to know nothing. Then she started to fight. I scolded me, and finally knelt in front of me and pleaded with me."

  Something seems to be tearing, revealing the fragile part.

   "That was the first time I saw her crying, but I was still silent. In my opinion, she was a stupid woman, hopelessly stupid, and obviously everything would be better if he died.

   Then he really died. In the spring, the snow melted, and we found him. Since then, my mother has never spoken to me again. After a simple funeral, she married my stepfather.

  Life didn’t change for the better, it just got worse. I don’t understand why. No one beats her anymore, and no one buys wine with her money..."

   "I did nothing wrong, right?"

  She looked at the shrike, this Valkyrie Kingfisher was so sad for the first time.

"On the last day of escaping from that place, I returned to my old home. It was like taking a last look. I saw many things in the dusty cabinet, such as the Medal of Honor for the Glorious War, such as a photo of the whole family... I watched it inside. When I got to my father, I had never seen anyone else in the photo.

  Later I arrived at Old Dunling, and I knew a lot, such as what the Glory War is, and what some soldiers will experience... It seems that everything in the past has an answer, but it's too late. "

  Blue Jade remained silent, and only the roars of demons were left in the weird silence, but at this moment the voice sounded so relaxed.

   "There is always someone to remember, right."

  A long time later, she said again, and the shrike paused, then nodded earnestly.

  Some stories need to be remembered by someone. As long as they remember, they exist in the heart like a thorn of self-punishment. This is the secret, the last secret, and the only secret of Blue Jade.

  She doesn't know why everything turned out like this. The only person who can give her the answer has been asleep in that winter, and she will never get this answer.

   "So this is my will. If you can survive, please remember this story."

  The fragile little girl was gone, she got up fierce again, stood up slowly, enduring the pain in her body.

   "But, nothing is reliable, such as you, so if you can work hard to survive, you still have to try."

  Lan Jade panted heavily, holding the carriage, her feet were also severely burned, and every time she walked, she felt severe pain.

The console of the Glory is right in front, and the hapless driver is still sleeping comfortably on the side. She marches hard, but suddenly she looks at the shrike like a thunderbolt. Shrike had the same meaning in her eyes.

  They all noticed that something had disappeared, the strange thing that had been trapped in the entire area had disappeared.

  That weird dreamland!

When desperation finally ushered in some hope, the eyes of the two of them were hopeful, but the wailing of all the demons disappeared in the next second, and only the heavy footsteps approached here in the silence, like a drumstick. One tap on the heart of the chest.

Lan Jade gritted his teeth and pulled out the folding knife at his waist, shaking his fingers in the direction of the car door, but suddenly the sound of footsteps disappeared. The thing had arrived in front of the car door, and then the dark sword penetrated through the gap in the car door. .

  The blade twisted, and amid the harsh metal friction, the indestructible car door was pried out of a gap, after which the blazing fireworks burned.

   "Yo, Shrike, it's not dead yet."

  The dark armor stripped open the closed carriage, the witcher smiled at the shrike who fell on the ground, and behind him, the corpses were everywhere, and the blood ran into rivers.

  (End of this chapter)