[Bump World] Erosion [Ruijin]

——Eastern part of Ice Lake——

At this moment, Gray seemed to smell the thick and heavy smell of blood coming to his face - Gray was no stranger to the smell of blood, since he was able to hunt monsters alone, his blade was already stained with blood, He is keenly aware of the smell of blood but he has long been familiar with it, but at this moment, the overwhelming memories in his memory, as if even the air was stained with a rust-colored fishy smell, were suddenly rolled out by his subconscious mind.

It was the fishy smell from the river of blood flowing from the corpses of monsters on the whole mountain, and the instigator was the disordered and distorted black arrows in front of them.

They are very close.

Some crawled from the ice surface and stuck to it, the tip lingered on the vamp, and more extended from the opponent's body. From the bottom to the top, the sharp arrows almost touched the compression pants. The fringe, the end of the shorts, the buckle at the waist, the hem of the jacket, the button on the chest... He lowered his head, and some of the arrowheads were almost touching his neck—they just stopped there, like a The beast with its huge mouth open will devour itself completely as long as it moves forward a little.

They are too close, the black arrows are attached with unknown black energy, but they are clean, and they are not covered with the blood of monsters like in the past——

There is indeed a smell of blood, but it is very weak, and it is not exactly the same as the one in the memory that has been bothering me all the time, but... that cold and overly strong intrusive breath, like an extremely sharp killing intent—no, it needs to be more intense It is more inorganic, the black vector arrow does not contain any killing intent, it is a more pure and single wanton abuse of power...

Destruction.

as well as……

——Gerry...play with me...——

Possessive.

Seeing Jin in this state for the first time gave Gray such a deep memory that even the details are hard to forget after many years.He remembered that he was busy improving his own strength at that time, and naturally rejected Jin's request to play together, maybe once, maybe twice, Jin pestered him to death but he kept refusing, and then...

Just wanting to play with him by himself, Jin allowed himself to be eroded by the special state, just for the desire to play together, Jin killed the entire mountain of monsters.

At that time, Gray recalled the fire, and recalled the screams and cries of his fellow clansmen. It was just an undiscovered desire of the superiors. Gray lost the hometown he once owned and everything related to it.

Even though the monsters were meant to be killed—that was the test stone for sharpening themselves, Gray’s original plan was to kill them, but... at that time, Jin didn’t have any way to hone himself by fighting monsters He has no desire for those monsters, maybe if he didn't mention it himself, Jin may never care about those monsters who are far away from the mine and hidden in the forest...

They have nothing to do with Jin, however, just for selfish desires, Jin killed them, all of them.

Gray couldn't remember at that moment, whether he was afraid of the overwhelming terrifying power, or... loathed that, unscrupulous gesture of abusing power, or both.

Gray remembers that he couldn't move at all at that time, and now he vaguely understands that he was suppressed by the power of black gold at that time - but Gray has never been able to forget that he was forced to stay in the same place and couldn't move, and he was constantly approaching the ground. , blood-stained arrows, they approached, accompanied by the master's strong wish——

— play with me play with me play with me ah Grey, play with me play with me play with me —

As it is now.

Jin stood in front of himself, smiling, that smile was twisted to the point of chilling the bottom of his heart, he couldn't be stopped and couldn't communicate, as if he had been completely corroded by the indulgent desire to destroy and wanton possessiveness... …some creature.

However, this is Jin, and Gray knows this very clearly and accurately.

The Yuan force extending along with the arrow is still suppressing Gray's actions. Originally, the current Gray will no longer be suppressed by the black gold Yuan force like when he was 10 years old, but... Lie Zhan has been shattered, The only remaining Yuan power was used to cover up Jin's black vector in front of Garderos. At this time, Gray's body was empty, with no trace of Yuan power left.

Facing Jin who was eroded by power and lost the possibility of communication, Gray couldn't move at all.

Gray originally thought that he would have fear, suspicion, and hatred as he did in the past, thus turning these bad experiences into worse and more haunting nightmares, but...

Facing Jin like this, Gray knew very well how much he feared and loathed Jin like this in his memory, but...

Those feelings have all become silhouettes in memory. When the reality resets, Gray realizes that even Jin in this state...is still Jin.

He thought of what happened after the end of each nightmare, and that's why those chaotic nightmares caused by Jin never really bothered him——

At that time, the black arrow pierced my clothes, lost all barriers, and was naked against my skin. The blood stains that had cooled and solidified from the monsters were rubbed against my chest, abdomen, and cheeks by the arrow. And all the naked//exposed skin that was picked off by the black arrow-accompanied by the sticky and disgusting touch, and the strong stench that can't be breathed,

But no pain.

Jin, who kept repeating "play with me" with a smile, was completely eroded by the pleasure of wanton indulgence, stopped everything, the black arrow, from the first time Grey saw it when he was 10 years old, Never really hurt him.

Gray remembered that in the end, the black arrow retreated back, even though his body was covered with blood—all the blood of monsters, he was not even scratched by the arrow.They were suspended in mid-air, they didn't retreat any more, but they didn't continue to approach either.Gray recalled the last words that Jin said at that time——

The 8-year-old Jin, who has fallen into the abyss of strength, has been repeating similar words, but they are more carriers of unconscious desires. Gray can no longer remember what kind of tone Jin used at that time, his voice Whether it was higher or he was lowered by himself, but he remembered the last words that Kim fell silent, which was completely different from the unconscious repetition of previous indulgent desires.

——Gerry... Would you still like to play with me? ——

Jin's voice trembled unconsciously, faintly. The 10-year-old Gray realized that at that moment, even if he turned his head and ran away, the black arrow would not follow him again.But, if you really leave...

I am afraid that the 'idleman' will never be entangled again.

Gray had never understood what 'possessive' felt like, but he knew what it was, right now in Kim's eyes.He thought of the rumors he had vaguely heard later, the things he had seen, and the polite but distant attitudes of his peers in nearby towns towards Jin, although Jin was always so enthusiastic.And, Qiu and Jin's hut near the forest is far away from the whole town...

Perhaps, in the past, Jin, only because of loneliness or loneliness, as well as the enthusiasm that has nowhere to put it, and the desire for companionship, would tightly hold on to the adjacent self of similar age.

but……

At that time, when Gray realized that as long as he turned his head away, he could completely avoid the familiar neighbor surrounded by the black twisted powerful unknown force, he hesitated.

Possessiveness is too unfamiliar and incomprehensible to Gray.When he remembered more, his palms were empty, and the deepest memory in his mind was the moment when everything he once owned was taken away, the endless sea of ​​fire and the never-ending cry of his clansmen.

Therefore, for the 10-year-old Gray, it is the most correct choice to stay as far away from the guy who has been trying to stick to himself and interfere with his cultivation, but actually possesses such terrifying power.

The Kim that keeps tangling over and over again, if it doesn't show up again... that's not what originally belonged to Gerry, who never even thought there was any more connection between the two - at least when he was 10 years old I myself think so.

It's just... what's lost, what can't be grasped, will become more the same.

Gray remembers his final choice when he was 10 years old.

The surface of the icy lake has almost completely frozen again, and the biting cold wind sweeps across the face, which is faintly mixed with the smell of blood—this makes Gray feel the oppression full of blood and shadows brought by the black arrow, as well as his own body. Waking up completely from the drowsy fatigue caused by exhaustion——

Hei Jin was still standing where he was, his whole body was covered by unknown black energy.And the pair of red and black overlapping eyes, unscrupulously indulging in desire, looked straight at him at this moment.The corners of his mouth are grinning, perhaps because of the cold wind and the distance, Gray can’t hear any voice from Jindi, this is a silent smile that belongs to him, without any meaning, simply produced by indulging desire Mechanical satisfaction.

However, under the black elemental force constantly overflowing from his body that almost seemed to have materialized, Jin's left arm drooped unnaturally, and his shoulders completely collapsed——was shot by the black arrow before. Grabbing all his attention, Gray didn't notice there, but now he discovered that the smell of blood was not all an illusion caused by too deep and hazy memories.

Kim, hurt.

Unconsciously, facing the powerful black arrow full of desire to attack, Gray took half a step forward.

He didn't bump into the arrow, and the black arrows shrank back with his movements, as if he was afraid of touching Grey, afraid of himself being too violent.

Gray is no stranger to the reaction of the black arrow.

He took a few more steps forward, and the black arrows stretched out from the bottom of Jin's feet more densely. Gray could vaguely feel that the other party's instinctive desire to destroy was clamoring to tear everything apart, and the desire for possession was agitating to want Binding everything, however, those incredibly powerful black arrows shrank back more with every step of Gray, and they were suppressed by the only remaining non-instinctive part of Jin.

They want to obey their master's desire to destroy and possess, but...they are restrained by their master. Their absolute strength and wanton indulgence are restrained by some wills that are even more superior to them. Reluctantly, but really suppressed.

Just like in childhood, Jin reluctantly suppressed the power that came from instinct.

Going closer, Gray found Jin's lower abdomen entwined by black arrows.They were originally covered by black energy, so they couldn't be seen clearly, but the distance now was enough for Gray to see clearly, and Jin's lower abdomen...was also injured.

He felt a kind of uncomfortable feeling from the whole body outwards, which was more derived from psychological effects.Gray couldn't describe that feeling, and his steps couldn't help but quicken—they were a heavier burden on his exhausted body.

The corners of Hei Jin's upwardly curved mouth have been flattened unconsciously, turning into a more neutral and emotionless expression. He is standing still, and the black arrows are so dense that he doesn't look like he is standing on ice. On the face, it seems to be standing directly in the abyss——

They all shrank completely to Jin's side, without receiving any attack, and were not suppressed by any other force, just because Jin himself didn't want them to touch the existence in front of him at this moment.

Gray reached out and hugged Jin.

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*Tomorrow is Kim's birthday! ! !So... there will be a little bit of insignificant gifts~~ But, it's not He Wen... that's completely stuck... QAQ