Endless Debt

When Melissa crawled out of the ruins, all she could see were the huge petals cutting into the battlefield. They were like ancient ritual stone formations, rising from the ground in a corner of the Butcher's Pit.

"I...I'm actually still alive."

After a brief daze, Melissa touched herself all over. Except for some scratches, she was fine.

A few minutes ago, Melissa was still telling others about the teachings of the Blazing Sun in the cell. As a result, a sudden earthquake hit, and the falling bricks buried many people, but Melissa actually managed to survive with her small body and long years. The experience of living in the ruins helped me survive this desperate situation.

She looked around and saw that the tops of the petals were covered with broken corpses. In a position that she couldn't see, there were constant roars and violent tremors, as if two gods were fighting here, invisible. The shock wave spread like ripples.

After Melissa stabilized her body, she took out the tattered book from her pocket and stared at the crooked handwriting. An inexplicable feeling of joy rose in her heart.

Obviously, Melissa was saved. Not only did she escape from the cell alive, but even the blood tax collectors and bloodthirsty people outside were buried under the huge layers of petals.

In Melissa's deformed world view, she naturally attributed all her current luck to the book in her hand and her belief in the blazing sun.

Carefully holding the book to her chest, Melissa could feel bursts of warmth as if she were hallucinating.

But after breaking away from the ecstasy of faith, Melissa's eyes suddenly became confused.

Melissa gets out of trouble, now what?

In this desperate place of eternal night, where should I go?

"help me……"

A hoarse voice sounded from under Melissa's feet. She lowered her head and could vaguely see a man caught in the gaps between the ruins.

Melissa squatted down, and with her thin body, she got in bit by bit, and the other person's appearance became clearer in the dimness.

She said in surprise, "Devon!"

Not everyone is as lucky as Melissa. When the petals rose from the ground, Devin was unfortunately crushed by the collapsed wall, but fortunately, there were not many bricks and stones buried on his body. After a while of laborious carrying, Melissa struggled to push several large pieces of bricks away, and now Devin's body finally had some room to move.

After another struggle, Devin crawled out of the ruins in embarrassment. Unlike Melissa, he had large scratches on his body, and sharp metal pierced his shoulder, soaked in blood. A corner.

"Thank you so much, Melissa," Devin gasped, "I never thought I would be saved by you one day."

"No, I didn't save you."

Melissa shook her head with a pious expression, "It was the blazing sun. It was the blazing sun that made me survive and save you."

"Scorching sun?"

Devin frowned. As a blood tax collector, he naturally knew about this belief that was spread among the blood people. However, in his memory, Melissa had never been exposed to this thing, but in just one day, she had become A devout believer in Lieyang.

"We need to get out of here."

Devin looked around. He was a disabled person from the hidden land. He naturally knew what was happening in the royal city at this time. The terrifying ether reactions were colliding with each other like a storm. The once terrifying bloodthirsty people were now Under this power, he is just a docile puppy.

"It's not safe here, we have to find a shelter."

As Devin spoke, he took Melissa's hand and tried to take her away from this place. In the past, Melissa listened to Devin's words, but this time she stood motionless on the ruins.

"What's wrong?"

Melissa did not reply, but looked behind the many petals.

Devin followed her gaze and saw countless thorns covering the ground in the distance, with scarlet blood flowing like a stream. Suddenly, a rapidly rising tower protruded from the thorns, with a faint light of fire. Soaring on the top of the tower.

Boluogo rose to the highest point of his own field. The sword and ax crossed his chest, and the metals collided with each other, bursting out dazzling sparks. Then this weak flame completely ignited the light.

Using Borogo's ether as fuel, the light burned completely.

In an instant, a rolling ball of fire condensed behind Boluogo, and rapidly expanded under the increased output of the ether. Soon, the dazzling fire grew to a width of several meters.

The bright and scorching sun hangs high above the sky.

Melissa looked at this scene from a distance, her whole body standing stiffly like a sculpture.

She murmured, "Then...is that the blazing sun?"

Unlike those who were lucky enough to see the blazing sun, Melissa was born in this dark and humid place of eternal night. Since her birth, the so-called blazing sun, sun, day and other words have been an illusion that is difficult to condense in her eyes. .

Melissa couldn't imagine things she hadn't seen before. No matter how hard she tried to magnify the weak candlelight a thousand times in her mind, she still couldn't imitate the real sun, let alone imagine the sun shining on the earth. scene.

But today, in this moment.

When the light gathered into a burning fireball and fell from the sky, Melissa's mind seemed to be freed from the shackles. She actually reluctantly imagined something about the blazing sun from the dazzling light.

Melissa said with tears in her eyes, "Look, it's the messenger of the blazing sun, the angel holding the flaming sword!"

At this time, Devin was also stunned. He wanted to refute Melissa and tell her that this was not the blazing sun, it was just the distortion of reality by the ether, but after realizing that this blazing sun seemed to be interacting with the night tribe, Behind enemy lines, a possibility that Devin would never dare to think about appeared in his mind.

Someone is coming, someone is coming to save them! Suppress this hell of blood and bring warm sunshine back to the earth!

"I've always hated things like religion," Devin's eyes widened, "but this time, your faith seems to be working...the blazing sun really appears."

Melissa was shaking with excitement, "Right! Right!"

Devin nodded, then shook his head, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, but that's not the real sun. The real sun is hundreds of times bigger than this, enough to light up the whole world."

It was just a fire, a deadly fire.

A distant crackling sound came from a distance, and the blazing fire created by Boluogo exploded in mid-air, and the sky filled with fire rain, mercilessly burning the flesh and blood stumps and thorns on the earth.

The brilliant light warmed this cold world. The light hit Melissa's face and reflected in her eyes. An uncontrollable smile bloomed on her face.

She said intently, "No, Devin, this is the real sun."

Continuous explosions sounded, and the light burned wantonly, turning the blood-soaked earth into a sea of ​​fire. In the continuous fire, the monsters' figures collided with each other, carrying out the unfinished fight.

Finally, Melissa looked away and said in a firm voice, "It's just that my faith in Lieyang is not enough right now."

"That's right," Melissa was no longer confused, and an indescribable demonic nature appeared on her slightly childish face, "It's just that the souls sacrificed to the blazing sun are not enough."

Devin took a few steps back instinctively, and his heart beat faster... Devin was frightened by Melissa, and frightened by this poor girl.

Those eyes are dominated by faith, paranoia, obsession, and madness.

"Listen carefully, Devin," Melissa made a gesture of listening. "Did you hear it? The painful moans under the ruins."

Devon asked, "What are you going to do?"

"What else can I do, of course, save them."

Melissa said, pulling out an iron pipe from the ruins and using it as a tool to lift the stone, "Then...then tell them about the sacredness of the blazing sun."

Before, Melissa didn't understand the old man's words. He clearly said that his wish could be realized, but he also said that his soul was not enough. Now Melissa understood, she understood what the old man meant and her mission.

Melissa wants to save more people and let them devote themselves to the embrace of the blazing sun. She believes that piles of souls will definitely make the blazing sun completely burn.

Devin stood there blankly, just watching Melissa's digging. Even though her hands were bloody, she still refused to stop.

He asked, "Fire Sun, is that important?"

Devin never understood why Melissa would fight so hard for an illusory sun.

"Of course," Melissa said without raising her head, "I am different from you, Devin, you are from outside. You have seen the so-called sea, cities, movies, novels, and even the sun. There was a period of A completely different and blissful life than mine.”

"Do you know how I feel every time I hear you talk about those things?"

Melissa's voice trembled, as if from pain or sadness.

"Do you think I will be happy, happy that I know what the outside world has seen?

No, Devin, I'm so sad, so sad that even if I rack my brains at night, I can't imagine what the sea looks like or how the sea breeze feels. I don't know what dessert tastes like, and I don't understand you. What is a favorite movie? Can a person really be sealed into time for the audience to watch? "

Melissa cursed and punched the hard stone repeatedly.

"I often ask myself, why should I suffer such a fate? Why should I be born in this world? Did I do something wrong? Why is it me! Why!"

She stopped and raised her head to look at Devin, and only then did Devin realize that tears had soaked Melissa's face.

"Do you know how jealous I am of you? Devin, you are also in hell, but you have seen the beauty of the world, while all I have is pain."

Melissa's body couldn't stop shaking as she revealed all the dark thoughts in her heart.

"I'm so jealous of you, Devin, that sometimes I want to kill you."

Melissa lowered her head and fell silent. The fierce explosions and fighting sounds in the distance continued, like a noisy background sound.

Putting her hand into the crack of the stone, Melissa moved again, struggling to move the stone away.

"I don't care about anything else, and I don't ask for anything. I just want to see the blazing sun. I want to stand upright under the daylight. This is my wish."

Melissa swore viciously, "If it takes my life, then go ahead and take it. If it means asking for my soul, I will gladly accept it."

"I will no longer live as an animal for some damn night tribe. I want to live for myself. I want the warm sunshine to shine all over my body!"

Devin stretched out his hand, as if to stop Melissa from digging. Melissa immediately turned around and threw away his arm, and raised the twisted iron pipe vigilantly, pointing the tip at Devin.

"Don't stop me, I will really kill you."

Melissa looked at Devin with tears in her eyes and cursed, "Devin, it's all your fault! Ever since you told me about the beauty of the world, I can no longer live in a hazy state."

If given the chance to come back again, Melissa would rather not meet Devin again. In this hell, living blindly is a kind of happiness.

Devin did not respond, but pushed aside the iron pipe, came to Melissa's side, bent down, and easily moved away the stone that was extremely heavy for Melissa.

Stones were removed one after another, and the gaps in the ruins became larger and larger. When the building collapsed, an oblique space was created. Many blood people were crowded here, and they were lucky to survive.

They scrambled to stick their heads out and looked at the two men who were digging rocks. The sea of ​​fire was burning in the distance, and the sky was reflected in a dark red, as if the sun was about to rise from the end of the ground line.