The Story of the Fate of the Digital Series

Volume No.11: Moonsea Labyrinth & Many as One (34)

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In the space like a shattered mirror, only Haile and the White Queen were left.

"As I expected, Asmodeus is indeed suitable to be your companion."

Looking at Asmodeus who was freed from the shackles of the mind cage outside the space, the White Queen was not angry at Asmodeus' betrayal, but felt that the subsequent development would be more interesting.

"It's worthy of being the hero character I've taken a fancy to."

"So, have you considered it? Halaire."

Afterwards, the White Queen, who turned her attention to Halaire, looked forward to his reply.

"If I become your helper, you will give me the pure and innocent 'miracle thing' that can truly fulfill your wish, right?"

In order to confirm a certain fact, Hailei asked the White Queen.

"Yes, I've kept my promise."

"Then, in what form will the pure and innocent 'miracle thing' fulfill my wish? After fulfilling my wish, will it affect the balance of the world?"

"Heh, is it because of past failures that made you alert?"

Smiling, the White Queen understood that Halaire was skeptical about the so-called 'miracle'.

"Don't worry, there won't be any evil substance in the 'miracle thing'. The way to realize the wish is to execute it with the wishes of the wisher. Of course, it also depends on what kind of intention the person makes the wish; what most people expect My wish is not kindness, but the maliciousness called desire. If it is a worldly desire, it may be easily realized. But if it is a wish that is beyond the concept and is too large, the "miracle thing" will borrow more powerful power to fulfill it. Fulfill the miracle that the wisher wishes to achieve."

"After all, the 'miracle thing' in the Moon Sea Labyrinth is a living body with self-awareness, and it will use appropriate methods to fulfill its wishes."

"'Miraculous thing' is a living body with self-awareness?"

A strong sense of unease appeared, and Haleil, who showed a serious expression, questioned the White Queen.

"In order to realize the wish that is too huge, how can the 'miracle thing' that borrows more powerful power realize my wish?"

"That depends on how much love you still have for your compatriots in your hometown, the gods you once admired; and whether the 'miracle thing' has mercy on the existence of interference wishes."

The White Queen, who put away her smile, answered Hailaier with a serious expression.

"Helaire, even so, would you still choose the 'miraculous thing' to satisfy your own obsession?"

"'Miraculous Thing' itself is the master of the Moon Sea Labyrinth, right?"

Recalling Lucifero's words, Hailaier expressed his guess.

"Ah, I didn't reveal its true identity, you are smart enough to know it."

The White Queen praised Halaire.

"It is attracted by your hometown. Out of interest in you, the 'miracle thing' will fulfill your wish by the way, and it is the most effective but cruel way."

"So, where is it?"

The sense of uneasiness is becoming more and more obvious, and today's Halaire no longer has any expectations for the "miracle thing".

"When it is distracted by pleasure, I will secretly tell you the truth. After that, it depends on how you choose."

Pretending to have a helpless expression, the White Queen told the truth to Hai Laier herself.

---church---

"Create an illusion about that child? That should be fine..."

While others were going to rescue Asmodeus, the cherubimon who stayed in the church to protect Adiso and Jingu was following the arrangement of the Black Queen to practice creating the illusion about Nereus.

"The appearance is completely fine, and then there are expressions and voices..."

Watching the phantom of Nereus, Cherubimon is thinking about how to make him appear.

"Since it's being sacrificed, maybe a gentle and sad expression is more appropriate? It should be better to call 'Mom'."

Recalling the brief time with Nereus, Cherubimon tried to make the phantom more perfect.

"Speaking of which, I don't know the condition of Nereus and Miss Elizabeth. I hope they are safe and sound."

The cherubimon talking to itself also hopes that Nereus and Elizabeth who entered the dark area will be safe.

'Squeak——'

At this moment, the door of the church opened automatically, and a familiar figure walked into the church, it was Haile.

"Helaire, it's you. What's the matter? You look a little emotional, what about the others?"

Seeing the expressionless Halaire appearing alone in the church, Kirubi felt a sense of uneasiness inexplicably.

"Jingu...is he still in the church?"

Cherubimon couldn't help but tense up with Halaire's deep voice.

"Yes, Kingu and Adiso did not leave the church."

"Helaire, what's going on? What are you going to do to that kid?"

Feeling more and more uneasy, out of some kind of vigilance, Cherubimon stopped Halaire.

"I hope you can tell me the truth...uh...!!!"

Before he could react in the future, the severe pain hit, and Hailei suddenly kicked the Cherubimon's defenseless chest.The cherubimon that lost its balance was violently kicked away, and then slammed into the wall, causing huge cracks to appear on the solid wall.Just when the cherubimon was hit on the wall, Hailaier instantly summoned a ball of light and bombarded the cherubimon.

With a huge roar, half of the church hall was blown up.The cherubimon barely defended against the attack, and its body was completely buried under the rubble.

"What happened?! There will be no enemy attack!!"

"Uncle Adiso, did the church explode?!"

Feeling the shaking of the whole church, Adiso and Jingu, who heard the explosion, ran to the church hall in a panic.

"...No...OK...Quick...Escape...Ah...!!"

The body was buried under the ruins, and Cherubimon, who was barely awake, heard the voices of Adiso and Jingu, and he tried his best to make a sound to remind them to escape quickly.But the voice of the cherubimon was too weak to be conveyed at all.

"Helaire... Where's the cherubim? Could it be you..."

Looking at the half-destroyed church hall, the disappearing cherubim, and Halaire with a cold expression.At this moment, Adiso already understood what had just happened.

"Uncle Adiso?"

Just when Jingu looked at Hailaier with a puzzled face, Adiso, who was mentally prepared, took off the hat on his head and placed it on the bench.Then, he picked up Jin Gu's body and rushed out of the church quickly.

"I'm sorry, Jin Gu, it seems that the church is not suitable to be our safe place..."

With a wry smile, Adiso, who picked up Jin Gu and ran, could only secretly pray that the two would survive.

"Is it because Uncle thinks Big Brother Hailaier wants to destroy us?"

Seeing Adiso's nervous expression, Jin Gu asked with some disappointment.Every time Uncle Adiso encounters an imminent threat, he chooses to run and hide.This time, he must have felt the killing intent, so he would run away with him, right?

"His killing intent is too obvious... In short, let's escape from the church first. Damn, what happened!"

Hylael is very strong, he will definitely not let himself and Jin Goo escape easily.As long as the opponent releases the ball of light, he and Jin Gu will be easily killed, right?Damn it, I have to figure out a way to make Jin Gu live! !

Just when Adiso was thinking desperately, a burning sensation suddenly appeared from behind.In just an instant, Adiso threw away Jin Gu's body suddenly, and Jin Gu, who was thrown away suddenly, fell heavily on the ground, and she looked at Adiso with a dazed expression.

"uncle……?"

Jin Gu's expression froze immediately, the ball of light flew by, and with the dazzling light, Adiso who turned around instantly turned into flying dust.

Uncle...is he dead?

Jin Gu, who got up from the ground, looked at the disappearing Adiso with a stiff expression.

At the same time, Hailaier, who released the ball of light, originally planned to destroy Adiso and Jin Gu, but did not expect that Adiso would suddenly throw her body away and turn around in order to protect Jin Gu.In my impression, this weak Digimon should be more afraid of death. Sure enough, it is because of his promise to a certain human that he has the determination to face death.

Your behavior is respectable, but you have chosen the wrong object of protection.

Now that child must be completely obliterated, Hylael, who is unwavering in her heart, appears in front of Jin Goo.

"Big brother, why...?"

With a helpless expression, Jin Gu looked at him in fear.

Stretching out his hand, Hailaier pierced Jin Gu's chest with his hand without mercy.

"------!!!!"

With a scream, Jin Gu, whose chest was pierced, spit out bright red liquid.

After pulling back her hand abruptly, Hailaier held the girl's heart tightly in her hand; the bright red flesh was still beating.

The girl who lost her heart fell to the ground, coughing, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.Soon, she stopped breathing.

"..."

Dim light appeared from the palm that was holding the heart tightly, and under the influence of the light, the beating heart was completely covered by crystals.Finally, Hilair crushed the crystal.

"Next comes the destruction of the remains, followed by the destruction of the 'brain' area."

Staring coldly at the corpse lying on the ground, a ball of light floated out from Hailar's side.

——Sure enough, you are such a person.In order to realize the so-called ideal, continue to trample on everything, bear everything, even refuse miracles. ———

An innocent voice sounded from behind.Suddenly, a chill ran down Hailaier's spine, and at the same time, he felt an inexplicable sense of fear.

Since a long time ago, I should have overcome all fears.Even in the face of the invasion of aliens, witnessing a hopeless future, and even being polluted by "evil" physically and mentally, I have never been afraid.

Turning around, Halaire, who controlled the ball of light, bombarded it towards the owner of the sound.However, the attack failed.

"Why would you..."

The space suddenly changed, warm and humid like viscous viscera.Something entangled Hylaer's body, making him unable to move at all.

——Since the temporary double is broken, just make a new one. ———

The girl who reappeared before her eyes spoke.

Reluctantly turning his head, Hailaier found that the body that had fallen on the ground was absorbed by the ground like a piece of meat like melted jelly until it disappeared.

Starting from the feet, Halaire's body was gradually swallowed up, and he couldn't even make a sound.

——The White Queen must have told you the truth, the guardian is really annoying. ———

——Brother, why do you refuse to grant your wish?I have seen your memory, you have done the same excessive things before, and you even did not hesitate to use the power of your mother to make more lives suffer because of your ideals.Don't you always think that all sacrifices are worthwhile until a good world is built? ———

——Mom is really gentle, even if her will has been distorted, she still lends you the power to perform miracles. ———

Before Halaire was completely swallowed up, the girl was still talking to him.

——In order to be full of "evil" and achieve miracles, the big brother has done too many excessive behaviors.Whether it is yourself or others, it is very painful.But, it doesn't matter, because mom is in your hometown Oh, mom will make the world a better place, our wishes are the same. ———

——Of course, it may still require a little sacrifice to build an absolutely beautiful world.But an instant end should be more merciful than a long pain, right?Thanks to the big brother, I can feel the breath of my mother; I can share the beautiful new world with the big brother; if you become a new god, you will manage the world better, right? ———

——Ugh, sorry, I forgot to remove the language seal. ———

"...Goo...cough cough..."

Her body was almost completely swallowed, and Haile, who was finally able to speak, coughed lightly.

"...you won't...success..."

——Don't worry, I'm still ready.As long as I can get the power of the space guardian, I can be closer to my mother. ———

——Brother, for the sake of ideals, you will definitely help me, right?It's okay, I won't restrain big brother, it's totally okay for big brother to destroy the device in the 'brain' area, you sure don't want so many dead souls to be tortured all the time, right? ———

——The body of the big brother still has the strength of the mother, let me activate it?Big brother is very strong, you can definitely eliminate the last 'player' who got in the way, huh?Don't you want to kill humans?I agree, those two humans are very weak, so let them stay in the Moonsea Labyrinth forever. ———

With the girl's last words, the consciousness of Halaire, whose body was completely swallowed up, was interrupted.