Sign a contract with the devil

missing memory

It was dusk when the setting sun dyed the desert orange.Gabriel drove the car into the city, and they finally saw a house made of bricks and tiles.Gabriel drove up a high slope and stopped when he descended.

"Here we are." Gabriel said, and Michael and Belial got out of the car.

Gabriel knocked on the door, and an Arab with a white sash around his head opened it for them.They went in, and there was a low wooden coffee table with a brightly colored rug on the floor.The Arab knelt down on the rug and asked them to sit down too.They had no choice but to follow his example and kneel down on the carpet.

"The tomb you mentioned is really strange. Its tomb was dug out, and it was a stone chamber. On the door was carved a statue of a beautiful woman. The woman wore a crown with jewels on her head and rode a horse. Camels. At night, we heard a terrible sound, which seemed to come from the statue. The two gravediggers who had gone, retreated. They said that this sound meant that the owner of the tomb was not welcome. Our interruption," said Ajibi, the Arab.

"We wanted to see for ourselves," Gabriel said.

Ajibi looked at him in embarrassment, "It's not that I won't take you there, it's better not to have anyone go there."

"I believe the Lord will bless us." Gabriel made a prayer gesture.

Seeing that he was determined to go, Ajibi stopped persuading him and said, "Well, I will only take you to the entrance and not accompany you down. I will wait for you at the same place, but I will only wait until the sun is about to set." Before."

Gabriel agreed.It was almost dark today, and they stayed at Ajibi's house.Early the next morning, they got into Ajibi's car and went deep into the desert.The tomb was still a certain distance from the city, so they ate bread in the car at noon and drove towards the tomb without stopping.They arrived at about two or three o'clock.

The tomb is underground, and the people in front dug a big pit, and there is a tunnel entrance that a person can pass through at the bottom of the pit.Ajibi prayed over and over again towards the entrance, while Gabriel was worrying about how to get down.Because this big pit is more than ten meters high, it is not easy for people to go down.Ajibe took out a bunch of strong thick ropes from the trunk. They were one, very long.Ajibe tied one end of the rope to the bumper of the car, and moved stones to block the wheels.Then he threw the rope into the big pit, and the end of the rope almost reached the bottom of the pit.

Gabriel thanked Ajibi, "Just wait for us here."

"I wish you all the best and peace." Ajibi said auspicious words.

Gabriel went down first, and he grabbed the rope and said to Michael: "When you come down, don't hang your whole body weight on the rope and step on the stone. Are you afraid?"

Michael shook his head.Gabriel went down with his backpack on his back.

After Gabriel went down, Belial jumped directly, Michael panicked, and then suddenly realized that Belial was not human.Michael grabbed the rope and slowly climbed down. Ten meters looked very high, but after a while, Michael came down.

They entered the tunnel, Gabriel at the front, Beryl in the middle, and Michael at the back.Because it is a passage that can only be passed by one person, Gabriel had to turn his head to see Michael.He was holding a flashlight, the front was pitch black, and the only sound in the passage was their footsteps.

"Have you followed?" Gabriel asked aloud from time to time, "Can you see the road?"

"Following up, I can see it." Michael replied.

Walking to the end is a stone gate, on which, as Ajibi said, a beautiful woman is engraved with a crown inlaid with gems, riding a camel.There are many scratches on the door, and there are marks from prying with a stick.The gravediggers ahead must have tried to open the door, but without success.Gabriel stepped back, giving the space to Belial.Belial put his hand on the statue, and with a slight force, the door opened towards the inside.

Behind the door is a room of more than [-] square meters. On the wall are engraved words that Michael does not know but is familiar with. Gabriel is full of surprises when he looks at these words.

"This is heavenly text." Gabriel said, "It records the creation of the three realms by God, from the beginning of the world to the division of the three realms. It must not be written by humans. It also says that you wiped out the invaders who invaded Jerusalem overnight." about the Assyrians."

"There is an aura of demon god activity here," Belial said, "but it is already very weak. If there is a demon god here, it must be more than this aura. It seems that a demon god has been here before, and then left for some reason .”

"Can you sense memory?" Gabriel asked Michael.

"No, I can feel something familiar here, but it's gone," Michael said.

Gabriel said with a heavy face: "Someone took everything here before us. I can feel that there used to be your memory here, but now I can't feel where it is at all. No matter who enters here Come, take your memory away, he must not be an ordinary person."

"The statue at the door is Gremory," Belial said. "Her statue is here. She must have been here. Perhaps the bottle that sealed her is stored in this tomb. If we find her, we may know who it is." Who has been here."

"Isn't she sealed in the 72 demon pillars?" Gabriel asked.

"She was sealed away in recent years," Beryl said.

They went back the same way, and Ajibi was still waiting for them up there.

That night Michael told Gabriel what he heard the voice while packing his luggage. Gabriel put the folded clothes into the box he was packing and said, "Maybe it's the place where you once stayed." Memory, you have a sense of it. Michael, can you promise me that no matter what you think of, you are not allowed to hurt yourself?"

"Why do you say that?" Michael asked, "Could it be that if I think of something, I will do something that hurts myself?"

"I can't tell you yet," Gabriel said, "I don't want to tell you." Because once you know the truth, you will be desperate to sacrifice yourself, and I know you, and that's why I don't want to tell you.

"I really want to promise you," Michael stopped what he was doing, and said with a smile, "but there must be things in life that you want to accomplish at all costs, and people you want to protect at all costs. Gabriel is also what I want Protector, I think 'whatever' happens to this 'whatever' I can't guarantee."

Gabriel felt both joy and bitterness in his heart. The joy was that Michael said that he was one of the people he wanted to protect, and the bitterness was that what he said was not the kind of care he wanted.Belial opened the door and came in, yawning against Gabriel.

"We don't need to hurry. I heard that there is a bay nearby. We can go there tomorrow." Gabriel said.

Nearly a thousand miles of coast here are almost all rocky shores. Gabriel heard about Bordeaux Bay, and Ajibi drove them to Bordeaux Bay.There is a cliff here, tens of meters below is a semi-circular bay, only the locals know how to get around the cliff.As Ajibi led them up the secret path, he said: "Every year at a certain time, this place is full of people. We bathe here to cleanse our bodies and our souls."

"Inside?" Michael asked in surprise.

Ajibi made a gesture, "Inside, the intestines should also be washed clean."

They went down to the bay. No one has come here to set up a tent yet, but there are a few wooden barrels on the shore with rubber pipes beside them.This is the tool they use to clean the inside, and no one will take it here, and it will not be blown away by the wind.

Gabriel jumped into the water, and Belial watched him swim, and remembered how he looked when he was the "angel of water".At that time Gabriel was in charge of all the waters in heaven, and he loved swimming in the water like a fish.He had a big swimming pool on the sixth day, and Beryl often went to take a nap by the pool, whether it was for sleeping or waiting for someone.

"Come down for a swim, too." Gabriel invited Michael.

Belial jumped down with a thump, "I'll swim with you."

Ajibi said to Michael on the shore: "They have such a good relationship."

"When I knew Gabriel, he was with Belial," Michael said.

"I really envy you, like brothers." Ajibi said with emotion.

Gabriel splashed water on Belial, but Belial couldn't dodge it, so he just stood still and let him splash it, and fought back with the water in his hand.They splashed each other like children and played for a long time before they came ashore.

As much fun as Gabriel was having, he hadn't lost sight of the purpose of his trip.Michael's memory was not found, and he didn't know where it was, and he felt faintly uneasy.Someone appeared in the dark who didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend. This person took away Michael's memory. What is his purpose?Gabriel regretted coming to find Michael's memory so late, maybe he should have found his memory in the first place and let him restore it.

They stayed for a few more days, mainly because Michael wanted to visit the market here, so they decided to pack up and go back.Before leaving, Ajibi was a little bit reluctant, and gave a stone sculpture, saying it was a unique decoration here.

"I will miss you, my friends." Ajibe bid us farewell.

Goodbye, Ajibe.We got in the car and we bid him a silent farewell with the lights on twice.

Belial didn't go back with us, he went to hell, to the 72 demon pillars to ask Gremory about Michael's memory here.He came and went quickly, and before Gabriel and Michael arrived home, he went back first.

At this time, Gabriel and Michael were still on their way out of the desert. They met people who had pitched tents, stayed for one night, and soon went on the road again.After about a day and a half, Gabriel and Michael returned from the desert.