Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"It hurts...my neck hurts."

Johnny's neck was hit twice in just half a day, and he couldn't even lift his head.

"you're awake?"

Mo Rong felt the strange movement on his back and turned to look at Johnny.

"Did we...escape?"

"Yes, to be honest, you should really thank me."

Ida suddenly appeared in front of Johnny, startling her.

Ida's departure in the cave just now was just a show, and he found a place to hide. After Zeruo left, he turned back.

"You, aren't you with that person?"

"If I were with that person, do you think you would still be able to wake up now?"

Ida waved her hand and looked at Johnny curiously, looking up and down for a while.

"Hey, why does that person want to kill you so much? Tell me?"

As soon as these words were spoken, even Queruo, who was playing with the amulet, came over. The three of them looked at Johnny, expecting her to give everyone an explanation.

Johnny was still a little hesitant at first, but the group in front of her actually rescued her, so she was embarrassed to hide it from everyone anymore.

"Why do you want to kill me, haha, because I am a heretic."

"Pagans, pagans, why does everyone call us pagans..."

Johnny spoke slowly, and although his tone was calm, the three of them could hear the dissatisfaction and grievance in it.

"Since I was a child, I have been living a life of no fixed abode with my elders. I was ignorant when I was a child, but when I grew up, I realized that this kind of life did not start from me, but from the ancestors of my ancestors. , they live such a life.”

"I don't know when the story told by the elders was, but they said that there was no life in this land at that time. It was not until the coming of my god that this land came to life."

"Life is precious and should not be wasted at will. If the meaning of life is belittled, the world will be worthless to us. Therefore, God has given us a limited life to let us try our best to experience the world. . ”

"But the desire flowing in the bodies of those barbarians has tainted the life given to them by our god. They despise and hate it. Why is life so short and powerless."

"So they followed their desires and fell into the abyss of darkness. They rebelled against their faith and allowed the filth to taint the life my God gave them."

"They did get the power and life they dreamed of, but they also lost themselves in the darkness forever."

"In order to expand their so-called faith, they do not hesitate to take action against our clan. Although our clan has the blessing of life blood, we are still powerless to fight back against those evil people who are imbued with violence in their bones."

"They also seemed to have forgotten their origins and slaughtered everything they encountered that was contrary to the darkness. They succeeded, and my god is no longer seen in that land."

"And those of us who were lucky enough to escape had to live a homeless life."

After hearing this, Mo Rong couldn't help but sigh secretly. War between faiths is often like this, life and death, no choice but to live together.

"What about now? Why are you still being hunted now?"

Ida interjected from the side.

"Why? Because I have different beliefs from yours. It's really ridiculous. My clan has not even done anything harmful to nature, yet we are despised by everyone."

"Is this really our problem?"

After Johnny's words, everyone present remained silent because they didn't know what to say at this time. After all, they could be counted as one of the 'everyone' in Johnny's words.

The group of people walked forward in silence, with only Johnny occasionally raising his hand to point them the way. Not long after, a few scattered blue rhizomes emerged from the gray gravel on the roadside, and there were still some branches growing on them. A butterfly-like fruit.

Upon seeing this, Quiruo and Ida hurriedly ran forward and looked at it with strange expressions.

"Brother Morong, is this the Life Butterfly that the hunter said?"

Johnny answered them for Morong.

"Yes, these are just growing life butterflies. Keep moving forward and show you the lives I have saved over the years."

Going deeper in the direction Johnny pointed, there were more and more similar plants on the roadside, until the gravel on the ground was covered up by them.

Not long after, the group saw a cave entrance that was completely different from the dim surrounding environment. The blue light emitted there made them notice it from a long distance.

“Go through that and it’s my home.”

Johnny broke away from Mo Rong's body and limped into the entrance of the cave. The three of them followed closely behind. After passing through the lush living plants, they finally saw the panoramic view of the cave.

If the green is the paradise of plants, then this is the paradise of life blood. Whether it is the stone wall in the distance or the gravel underfoot, there are blue life plants everywhere. Not only that, the scenes here will continue to The three of them were stunned at the sight of the tumbling and flying life butterflies.

"Oh my God, is there such a place in Hallownest?"

Kui Ruo couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. Even if he looked through the books in the archives, he had never seen such a scene, and he had never even seen a matching description.

Although Ida had been to more places than Queruo, she couldn't help but froze in place when she saw this scene.

"Well, this is the true meaning of life. Only those who truly care for them can feel its charm."

Johnny's whispers were accompanied by her raised hands. Within a moment, a large number of life butterflies were attached to her wound, flapping their wings slightly. After they left, Johnny's whole body had returned to its original state, full of energy. The state is also full that others cannot describe.

"It can be said that all my life so far has been devoted to them. They are like my children. Even if one day I disappear from this world, they will continue my will."

The three of them followed her to the bottom. Johnny's living place was extremely simple, and it could be seen at a glance. It was even shabbier than the maggot residence that Morong had seen before, with only a bed built among living plants. Nothing more.

Taking out the hunter's diary given by the hunter before, Mo Rong slowly placed it against a life butterfly staying on the bed. In an instant, the stone flashed with blue light, which dimmed after a moment.

"Phew, this can be considered as completing the hunter's commission."

The group of people was surrounded by life butterflies, quietly experiencing the shock brought by another belief.

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The author's mobile phone suddenly broke down today, so the posting time was delayed by an hour. For this reason, readers' comments may not be restored in time in the past few days. Please forgive me.