Lost Narrative Poetry

The last rays of the setting sun disappeared below the horizon, and night finally fell.

The smell of blood spreads far and wide with the cold night wind in winter. The cold murderous intention is in the cold night. Along with the coquettish flowers of blood blooming, corpses fall one after another, and the residual heat of the body is quickly wiped out by the cold night. The coldness was taken away, and the vitality was completely lost.

Although the battlefield is no longer in the seaside park, it is still near the mouth of the Miyuan River, but on the other side of the Fuyuki Bridge - it was the gas explosion ten years ago that destroyed the entire seaside park and nearby areas. The port was rebuilt in Fuyuki City after the construction facilities were blown into the sky.

After all, as a coastal city, the port is naturally very important.

The new port is connected to a warehouse street and has harbor facilities, cleverly separating the city from the industrial area. And once it's night, there are often no ordinary people here, only dim lights illuminating the streets and unmanned cranes neatly arranged on the seaside.

On the other hand, this is indeed a mysterious side battlefield suitable for avoiding ordinary people.

Probably because both parties understood that once the existence of the Holy Grail came into the sight of more people, they and others would really have no hope at all, so the group of contestants who participated in the Big Eater Competition, including Guo Bit, , they all chose this nearby place as the battlefield in a tacit understanding.

He seems cautious and greedy at the same time, which can be said to be quite contradictory.

However, the brutal fighting was finally coming to an end. After all the street fighting on Warehouse Street, and a series of encirclement and suppression, counterattacks, assassinations, etc., only the last few people were left.

"Guobit! Hand over the source of the magic power, and we can spare your life!"

Three short men were in a large, empty warehouse, forming a triangle, surrounding the two-meter-tall giant man in the center, threatening them fiercely.

"Don't even think about it! Chamberlain! If you have the ability, just come over and get it yourself!"

The giant man named Guobit laughed angrily. Although his injuries were severe and half of his body was stained with blood, both his own and others', and he was covered in bruises and embarrassment, he had no intention of compromising at all.

On the contrary, an astonishing aura rose up from his body. Due to the continuous hard fighting, serious injuries, blood loss and other reasons, his eyes that looked dim and tired were also bright and clear. He didn't know whether it was because of the flashback or something.

The giant man knew that his outcome today was inevitable, and he also hated that he had let ghosts confuse him before. He was neither willing to give up the source of his magic power, nor willing to squander the precious opportunity to use it so easily, and finally ended up like this. .

Although this is a very normal thing, after all, most people, at least ordinary people with ideas and desires, are actually very easy to fall into such a trap——

Because as long as we understand that the so-called "fulfilment of all wishes" actually has an upper limit, and that the Holy Grail cannot be truly omnipotent, then we will inevitably come to a natural conclusion, which is to treat the only opportunity to make a wish. You must grasp the "degree" well.

If you use such a precious opportunity to fulfill a low-level wish, like working hard to collect seven dragon balls and finally making a wish to get a pair of girls' underwear, it would be an absolute waste;

But what if you make a wish that exceeds the upper limit, and the mechanism of the Holy Grail is activated due to the "act" of making the wish, but the process is interrupted because the upper limit is exceeded, and nothing is accomplished in the end? After all, there is no previous experience of this kind of thing passed down, and no one dares to guarantee what the wish-granting mechanism of the Holy Grail will be like.

Is it that it will not respond to wishes that exceed the upper limit, or that no matter what kind of wish the user makes, it will use that huge magic power to try to distort the world. Even if it cannot do it at all, it will still squander that precious huge amount of money. magic?

Therefore, the best result is to stick to that boundary just right and strive to maximize benefits.

Guobit was also blinded by desire, and irrationally wanted to take the Holy Grail out safely, and then find a place to hide it where no one could find it, and then think about it slowly.

The result is what it is now. Although he has woken up at this moment, the mistake he made is fatal... Even if he has completely seen through it now and wants to use the Holy Grail to make a wish to kill the three dwarves opposite, in At this time, it is impossible for the other party to give him this time.

"Have you thought about it clearly? This is not yours. Is it really worth losing your life for it?"

The man, who looked thin and short due to his rickets, frowned. He noticed the burning fighting spirit in the giant man and understood that things were a bit tricky.

The other party seemed to have made up his mind that even if he died, it would not make things easier for the three of them. He might even have the intention of dragging one person on the road.

"If it doesn't belong to me, does it belong to you?" Guobit said angrily, "I won this openly. You shameless people, with defeated generals, can't beat me in the game, so you can only use these Despicable means..."

"..."

"..."

I don’t know why, but there seemed to be a very sudden silence in the scene for a moment.

"Don't talk about that kind of competition..." The short man named Chamberlain's face twitched a few times, and he had the urge to cover his face, "Do you think this kind of thing is honorable?"

"Leave him alone, he's trying to buy time!"

"Go! Kill him together!"

The other two people finally lost their patience and were also alert. They thought that if the stalemate continued, they didn't know what would happen later. Moreover, it had been such a long time and the news was likely to have leaked out. .

If it drags on any longer, they may become someone else's prey.

The giant man roared angrily, welcoming his fate.

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"We... why are we here? Is your butler here?"

Walking on the dim warehouse street, Leticia looked around with some trepidation. She felt a wave of fear in her heart. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that there seemed to be a vague smell of blood in the air around her.

If Joan hadn't made a sound or warned her, she might have been suspicious and thought in some suspenseful and terrifying direction... But it was also because of the spiritual energy in her body that she knew she was with the Saint. That's why this French high school girl can feel confident.

"No, I came here because there was an emergency that needed to be dealt with..." Heiji pretended to be calm and said, her eyes wandering as she ignored the question about the housekeeper.

She still can't figure out why Mr. Brad and Mr. Stult haven't come back, nor have they received any information. It seems that they have just encountered an accident and disappeared from the world...

Even as Her Majesty Ji Jun, who controls blood and contracts, and is the de facto ruler of the Dead Apostles, Eltrucci can be sure that her two followers are currently in good condition and have not encountered any substantial danger. They are just being attacked by something. The power interfered with the contractual connection between them, making it impossible for her to accurately locate them.

But this also proves that something has definitely happened to them.

"An emergency needs to be dealt with?" The French female high school student with blond hair and braids was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the aristocratic girl who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, "Wait a minute, are you planning to do this at this time? Will the local government handle this matter personally?”

"Is there any problem?" Eltrucci asked calmly.

"Of course there is a problem!" Leticia didn't know how to explain to this too naive little sister. She could only hold the latter's little hand and wanted to forcefully take her away from this ghost place. "Let's get out of here first!"

"No need, I understand your good intentions, but... maybe there are some things that I need to let you know."

Kuroji gently broke away from the French high school girl's hand and understood that Leticia had good intentions. She hesitated for a moment and felt that it would be better to let this human girl see the existence of the mysterious world directly.

"About the truth about the dark side of this world, if you want to live, just follow me obediently and don't run around..."

It is not difficult to protect this girl, but it is very difficult if you want her to follow you and accept your protection without knowing anything. Hei Ji is not so arrogant that she completely ignores those possible opponents and old enemies, thinking that they are all chickens and dogs.

Therefore, it is impossible to hide it all the time. It is better to let this human girl see the truth directly and let her understand the reality that she has been involved in a huge vortex of trouble since she came to this city.

This can also avoid some troubles. For example, it can prevent the French girl from having misunderstandings later. There is no problem in the first place, but she insists on creating risks herself.

"Eh?"

Laetitia was stunned, her brain completely unable to react.

Didn’t you say that there is nothing wrong with this girl? Why do you suddenly say this to yourself?

——He is indeed an ordinary person.

Eltrucci said that Laetitia's reaction was completely within her expectations, but she did not intend to explain it to the other party at this time. Some things are better seen to be believed. Her eyes spanned the entire A dim street, looking towards a warehouse building.

"That's it. Let's go and take a look. Follow me!"

"Huh? Oh..." Leticia's mind was in confusion, and she could only respond subconsciously, and followed Heiji in a daze.

The door of the warehouse was open, and it was dark inside. With the help of the street lights outside, which slanted the incoming light, we could vaguely see the blood-stained ground. There was a two-meter-strong man with a strong body sitting on the ground blankly, lowering his head and looking at himself. His body seemed to be in disbelief.

Not far from him, there was a bloody corpse, lying quietly on the ground. The pool of blood under him had solidified, and it was completely lifeless.

A figure like a young lady with a long ponytail and a delicate face stood quietly about three meters in front of the giant man. She held a magic weapon like a pointer in her hand and tilted her head slightly. He seemed to be thinking deeply about something, and at the same time he asked:

"You mean, you were killed once before, and then... you were resurrected now?"

"Yes, yes..." The giant man nodded subconsciously and admitted this ridiculous fact. Regardless of whether others believed it or not, at least for him, this was indeed the case.

"Although there are no signs of injury now, judging from the amount of bleeding and the location of the previous wounds, this injury can indeed be fatal..." The cold eyes of the indifferent magician girl looked at Guo Bit. He glanced around quickly and made a judgment as if talking to himself.

After all, the object of resurrection was the giant man himself. The places where his clothes were cut, the blood splattered on him, etc., these traces of the desperate battle have not been repaired as before. Therefore, the evil marshal with a vicious vision can Easily judge that the facts are not very different from what the other person said.

Of course, there are other possibilities. Lorelai turned to look at the bloody corpse not far away:

"Why wasn't he resurrected?"

"No, I don't know..." The giant man replied with some lack of confidence. How did he know why the guy he dragged along with him before he died was not resurrected?

"Then do you have any impressions of the process after death and before resurrection?" Lorelei raised her eyebrows and changed her way of asking, "About the world after death, or the process of your soul after death? encounters and the like..."

The giant man tried his best to recall, and replied uncertainly: "It seems that I didn't know what happened, so I arrived at a river. Someone was ferrying me there and sent me to the other side of the river..."

"What's a ferryman like?"

"No, I don't know. I seemed to be unable to think at all at the time, and my consciousness was all hazy..."

"Think hard! As many as you can remember!" Lorelai's cold tone had a majestic tone that was absolutely irresistible.

"Yes, yes..." Guo Bit's body trembled and he nodded hurriedly, racking his brains and thinking hard, "The person holding the boat seems to be a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing this country's kimono. She has black hair, she...she...that's right! She charged me 100,000 yen and then sent me across the river!"

"I charged you 100,000 yen?"

"Yes, it is……"

Lorelai frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "Go on."

"Then...then on the other side, there is a road that I really have no impression of. Finally, I arrived in a strange space. There was nothing around, only darkness, and there was a space that filled the whole space, as tall as the sky and the earth. The looming figure of the black god..."

"Then what?" The Sorcerer Marshal's eyes flickered slightly.

"Then, then... that figure asked me to put my heart on him... on His scale, and then put a piece of white feather on the other side..." Guobit tried very hard to force himself to remember, "I didn't know anything after that, and I returned to my body as soon as I opened my eyes..."

"The scale of judgment of Anubis?" The Sorcerer Marshal girl frowned.

She understood almost instantly what the heart-weighing ritual was. It came from the Egyptian mythology, the Judgment of Anubis, in which feathers were used to weigh the good and evil in people's hearts.

One end of the scale is the heart of the deceased, and the other end is the feather of truth. If the heart of the deceased is as light as a feather, or lighter than a feather, then this person can ascend to heaven and obtain eternal life. If the heart is heavier than the feather, it will be sent to hell.

It is more in line with the current situation. The innocent can obtain "eternal life" in disguise, or can be resurrected after death... So if the guilty die, are they really dead?

Although I don’t know what the standard of the trial is, whether it is based on the laws of the city or the people’s perceptions, and whether it is only the conduct of the person being judged in this city, or whether it is also related to the person’s past. Determine the camp based on experience and actions.

But as long as the basic nature is understood, these detailed rules can be slowly tested and confirmed later.

However, Lorelai still had doubts, because the black-haired kimono girl that the giant man mentioned at the beginning obviously had nothing to do with the elements of Egyptian mythology... In the end, it was the mastermind who combined different mythological rituals. Together, or is he lying and hiding part of the truth?

Just when the Sorcerer Marshal was doubting, Guobit seemed to have thought of something, and quickly took out his wallet to look at it, and immediately exclaimed: "My money is really short of 100,000 yen!"

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"..."

It doesn't look fake, otherwise this reckless guy's acting skills would be too good. Lorelai's expression was a little weird, and she subconsciously looked at the bloody corpse on the other side——

After all, that person is found guilty, and when he dies, he is completely dead...

Or because there is not enough money, even the river cannot be crossed. Although the soul is not sent to hell, it cannot return to the body... The resurrection process is stuck?

If it's the former, then everything is easy to say. But if it's the latter, then the man behind the scenes is really a devil!

The magic marshal girl let out a gentle breath, then turned around suddenly and waved the magic ritual in her hand like a pointer! The magic power set off hurricanes and shock waves. In the waves that swept around, it was like a lightning strike, like an invisible whip falling from the void, blowing the air to pieces!

The dome of the entire warehouse was blown off, and the surrounding walls were blown to pieces. A series of loud blasts rushed out from the main entrance of the warehouse, spreading hundreds of meters like lightning on the long street outside!

With just a swing of the whip, she unleashed the terrifying power of a Noble Phantasm, which is as powerful as liberation. This shows why she is called the pinnacle of modern magicians. This is a big figure in the mysterious world who can really compete with the ancestor of the Dead Apostles head-on. .

The eyes of the giant man behind him almost popped out.

"It seems that he is not an ordinary vampire..."

Muttering to herself, Lorelai knew that her attack was meaningless.

After the smoke and dust outside dispersed, a petite figure appeared at the main entrance of the ruined warehouse, calmly and calmly confronting the Magic Marshal.

Behind him, a French high school girl with blond hair and braids was shivering.

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While the Fantasy Carnival in Fuyuki City was in full swing, in another time and space.

In the scarlet sky, blood-colored clouds rolled, like a sea of ​​blood surging above the sky.

The earth under the bloody sky is full of scorching heat, with high-temperature crimson flowing in many places. It is the crimson magma that spurts out under pressure along the cracks in the earth's crust, making the air full of pungency. The smell of sulfur.

Countless ferocious demons were fighting on the desolate land. The number was unknown, just like a dense ant colony.

In a corner that no one noticed, a young monk appeared who was incompatible with the painting style of the demon army fighting bloody battles around him. He was wearing a black cassock, with indifferent eyes and a pure temperament. He looked around calmly as soon as he appeared. One lap.

"Well, it's not very suitable. If the fragment is placed in this world, it will basically help him speed up his recovery..."

The young monk said to himself: "Let's keep looking. Anyway, there are as many places in the world as there are sands of sand in the Ganges River, and we will always find some suitable place..."

At this time, a six-armed snake demon holding different weapons rushed over fiercely. It had noticed this uninvited guest who suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Although I don’t know why humans from the material plane suddenly appeared here, it’s just that their eyes are red and they can’t care about anything.

So without even thinking about it, I just stepped forward and tore this weak human being into pieces!

"Oh, by the way... I, the Buddha, am merciful and save all sentient beings."

The young monk who had just turned around to leave seemed to have remembered something at this moment. He turned around again, clasped his hands together and whispered, and then stretched out a hand.

Loud bang! The sky is shattered thousands of miles away, and the vacuum trembles!

A huge and boundless hand fell from the sky, covering the sky and the sun, directly breaking through the boundless clouds like a sea of ​​blood, casting a shadow that covered everything, and crashing directly towards the earth!

Each finger seems to be a vast and boundless white jade pillar standing in the sky, as vast as a divine mountain, shimmering with golden light. It is even better as if there is a Buddhist pure land in the palm. Zen chants are heard in the void, making the void rumble. , as if the world was shaken.

Without giving anyone time to react, almost the entire battlefield was shattered by a palm, the large floor disappeared, and a huge bottomless pit appeared!

As for the endless demon army above that was still fighting madly just a moment ago, they were all wiped out before they could react and were completely crushed into powder!

The young monk reached out to reach out to the Buddha Kingdom in his palm and directly struck the thousands of miles of red blood fields. At this moment, like a compassionate Buddha, he clasped his hands together again: "Today, I have saved many living beings to be reborn in bliss. My merits are truly immeasurable, little monk..." …”

Without saying anything else, he turned around and disappeared into the void.

Only the six-armed snake demon was left trembling on the spot, as well as some existences from outer space that looked at him in horror in the void.

(PS: They are not developed separately... I will go back to my hometown the day after tomorrow, so I will have to wait for a day. There will be something that will keep me busy at home for more than half a year. I will see how to adjust it... This is also why I am not in good condition these days. I'm sorry. )