Twilight War

08

Year 991 of the Apocalypse Calendar, the Arthur Empire, the Hall of Valor.

The huge empty field is like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, surrounded by cold metal materials, and you can see the sky above the transparent glass curtain when you look up.

The sky of the Arthur Empire also feels cold, like frozen snow and ice.

——This is the battleground of the sword of the Valkyrie.

Zichen stood in the center of the empty field, secretly looking around.

"If I were you, I'd take a step back."

A slightly distorted voice came from the surrounding loudspeakers with a smile, and the slightly distorted voice echoed throughout the space.

Tang De sat in the control room above and looked at the somewhat dazed young man. He could see Zichen through the one-way glass, but Zichen couldn't see him.Weier felt that the test in the mechanical department was too boring, so he pushed all the rest of the work to Tang De.

"Be careful, even I think this test is very dangerous." Tang De smiled with the corner of his mouth picked up, and pressed the red button on the control panel.

The riveted metal iron plates around the empty field suddenly opened to both sides, white cold air leaked from the opening several meters high, white|turbid mist spread rapidly in the empty field, and frost condensed along the surrounding metal materials.

The sound of air-conditioning leaking and the sound of metal hinges twisting makes people feel cold and shivering.

Zichen bit his lips tightly, not knowing what was behind this opening.

Sitting on the chair in the control room, Tang De shook the swivel chair in a good mood, and said softly with some malicious intentions: "Good luck."

Hearing the sound of the door of the control room being opened behind him, Tang De turned around. Seeing that it was Wisipel, Tang De smiled, "Your Highness, you came too late."

Wisper took off the windbreaker coat that was soaked in cold air, walked to the side of the glass curtain, and looked at the young man standing in the air-conditioning, with a much more serious expression on his face than Tang De.

"I just got rid of a group of ring slaves before rushing over."

"It's almost over, and there are only a few left." Tang De said, "Just now there are two very powerful fighters in the combat department. Even Weir thinks it's good and wants to leave."

Wihipel looked down at the cold fog slowly dissipating in the arena, "It's just the beginning."

Tang De was stunned for a moment, looked at Vichypel and then at the teenagers in the field, then smiled suddenly and said, "Yeah, what you want to see has just begun."

The cold white ice mist slowly dissipated, and Zichen subconsciously took a step back.A tall figure was revealed in the dissipated cold mist, which should only exist in mythology. The bodies of giants with a height of three to four meters were covered with cold frost—or in other words, their bodies were hard ice .

— Frost giants.

"Don't worry, the frost giant in front of you has been dead for a long time. It is controlled by the circuit behind it. There is a central circuit behind you to control it. All you have to do is find a way to stop the entire circuit within 10 minutes. "Tang De said casually: "Also, remember, never look directly into the eyes of the Frost Giant."

The Frost Giant's limbs were bound by thick black iron chains, and while Zichen was still in a daze, the huge Frost Giant slowly opened its crimson eyes, which seemed to be soaked with blood.

Zichen quickly avoided his eyes, and the Frost Giant let out a deafening roar, which seemed as if the metal would crack under such a roar, and the giant began to struggle fiercely, as if trying to break free from the heavy chains on its body.

"This one from the mechanical system is really boring, but the ones from the combat system are directly fighting the frost giants."

Tang De was a little bored and pressed the button next to him to debug the program, "Just now there was a man named Xi Wen who fought with the Frost Giant for 3 minutes, and then directly chopped off the head of the Frost Giant. The action was beautiful. It was clean and neat." !"

"There is also a man named Delko. In fact, he should be stronger than Siwen. He found the deadly part of the Frost Giant in 2 minutes, but unfortunately, he accidentally met the eyes of the Frost Giant, and it was like losing his soul. He fell to the ground, but I kept him."

"Delco is the young master of the Brutus family." Vihipel said.

"Yes, but I kept him because I really think he's not bad." Tang De said, "It's just a little too arrogant. I can see that he looked into the eyes of the frost giant on purpose. Young people, always I don’t listen to persuasion, thinking that I am the protagonist in the drama, and he can do things that others can’t do, but there are so many protagonists in this world.”

"By the way, has Your Highness seen the eyes of the Frost Giant?" Tang De asked.

"En." Wihipel nodded, his eyes still looking at the empty field below.

"What did you see?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"I just really want to know."

"You might as well go and see for yourself," said Wichpel.

"It's because I can't see anything, so I want to know what others see." Tang De said, "I really saw it, but I couldn't see anything except a piece of red, and after the red faded, it was just a piece of red." blank"

"Maybe... not everyone can see things," Wihipel said.

"But every time I see a frost giant, I still feel..." Tang De said. He looked down at the frost giant roaring and breaking free from the chain in the empty field, and remembered the black eyes of the frost giant sitting on the shoulder of the frost giant, which was more than ten meters high. juvenile.

"What?" Vehipel asked.

"Nothing." Tang De shook his head.

Zichen gritted his teeth and tried to sort out the complicated wiring in the central control area, but he felt his hands trembling, and behind him was the sound of the frost giant pulling the iron chain.

Of the six iron chains, the Frost Giant had already torn three.

The metal lines in the central control area were entangled, and Zichen even wanted to tear off these lines directly.

He thought back to everything in the Book of Promises about the control circuits, but those were as confused as the lines.

In the control room, Tang De leaned on his arms and looked at the boy below, "I see, otherwise, forget it, it will be very difficult for the Frost Giant to break free from the chain."

Wischpel still just stared down and didn't speak.

Tang De shrugged.

The sound of the iron chain breaking was like the ice breaking, and the shackles on the Frost Giant fell to the ground!

The boy turned his head quickly, looking in horror at the Frost Giant who had broken free from the iron chain.

The Frost Giant held onto the broken shackles, raised its feet and walked towards Zichen, the heavy iron chain slammed on the central control circuit, bringing out countless blue sparks.

The boy quickly rolled away, and when he raised his body, he suddenly met the red eyes of the frost giant.

——The painting boats and pavilions are burning, the bones of the corpses are pillowed on the 36 streets, and the ice silk satin hanging from the makeup buildings is stained red with red blood.The blood flowing down the Qinhuai River was like a woman's blood-red cloak, and the black-haired boy stood in a pool of blood, at a loss for what to do.

Zichen panted heavily, as if waking up from a nightmare, avoiding those red eyes in horror.

The Frost Giant casually broke the surrounding metal pipes tens of centimeters thick, and steam leaked from the broken pipes.The metal pipe was quickly covered in blue frost in the hands of the frost giant.

But the black-haired boy curled up in the corner as if unable to breathe.

In the control room, Tang De saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly wanted to stop the program and quickly pressed the red button. However, the frost giant still walked slowly towards the black-haired boy, and the ground of the empty field was slowly condensed by frost, like Is the cold pole.

Tang De pressed the button a few more times, "What's going on? It should have been checked yesterday, it shouldn't be. Even the control room can't control the Frost Giants..."

There was a knock on the door of the control room, and a waiter in a silver military uniform walked in, "His Royal Highness, the Golden Palace has very important matters, I hope you can go to deal with them as soon as possible."

Wihipel didn't answer, but just stared at the young man below.

——The black-haired boy running along the blood-stained Huaihe River, the river seems to have no end, the red is getting thicker and thicker, and at the end it seems to be so thick that it can't be melted away, thick and black .

What are you trying to escape from?What are you afraid to face?

Blood, hideousness, death, or yourself...

Zichen held his head tremblingly, listening to the heavy footsteps of the frost giant, he felt as if he had fallen into the thick blood.

Arthur's soldier beside Vichypel reminded him that he should leave, Vichypel nodded but still just looked at the curled up and trembling teenager in the arena.

——The young man knelt at the end of the red river, and the corpses of thousands of Huangxuan family dead soldiers piled up like a mountain, like Zhujing Temple.On their foreheads are the black belts of the Huangxuan family.The red Huai River meanders down from under them...

The frost giant was getting closer and closer, but the boy just kept his head down, not daring to look directly into the frost giant's eyes.

Wisipel slowly closed his eyes, turned around and put on the silver military cap on the side, and said to Tang De beside him, "Open the door and save people." Then he took the windbreaker jacket handed over by the guard and put it on Go out on your body.

——The black-haired boy stood up suddenly. He saw someone slowly moving his body in the pile of corpses. The blood-covered dead man crawled towards him with his remaining right arm in the pool of blood. The boy looked at the man covered in blood. Bloody face and black eyes.

The dead soldier tore off the black belt tied on his forehead, and raised his upper body with all his strength, as if he wanted to hand the belt to the boy in black and red silk.

His lips kept murmuring but he couldn't make any sound, his voice was hoarse as if he was trying to exhaust all his strength, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and half of his face was covered with black blood.

The young man stretched out his hand to catch the black belt in the dead man's hand, and the red double-sword emblem on the belt was soaked in blood.

The dead man looked at the young man, and a smile seemed to be slowly pulled out from the corner of his mouth.

He knew what the dead man wanted to say.

... I swear that I will return with my soul, and my family and country will live forever!

The dead man's blood-stained hands slipped down.

The boy with black eyes raised his head slowly, looking straight into the red eyes of the huge frost giant.

... I am still afraid of the hideous past, I am still afraid of blood and death, but I will not take another step back.

Frost giants with a height of several meters held up steam iron pipes condensed with frost.

The boy in black and red satin stood in the middle of thousands of dead men, the blood-stained black belt fluttering in the wind, and the setting sun caught the blood, making everything red.

The 36th Street where the corpses are piled up, the burning painting boat on the Huaihe River.

"Your Majesty!"

The boy raised his head and looked at the Frost Giant who was swinging down the huge steam iron pipe and said, at that moment Tang De suddenly felt that the boy was like a wild ghost who had escaped from hell, and also like a majestic and ancient emperor.

The voice of the black-haired boy echoed in the empty space, like the bronze chimes of the Donghuang Xia and Shang Dynasties ringing, whispering fierce and solemn old sayings.

He looked straight into the red eyes of the Frost Giant, and everything disappeared, only red, the red of the Qinhuai River, and the red of blood in the setting sun.

— Kneel down.

Vehipel stopped where he was. He heard the roar of the frost giant behind him, but his eyes seemed to be looking far away.

Even the guards around Vehipel looked back at the empty field below. The tall body of the Frost Giant fell slowly, like a polar glacier collapsing, and the frost on its body fell to the ground like dismembered.

The race that had fought the gods in ancient times fell before mortals.

Several of Arthur's mechanics quickly opened the metal gate of the empty arena, and dragged out the exhausted teenager who fainted inside.

One of the mechanics looked up at the Frost Giant that had fallen on the empty field. Its body was already broken, and even its huge head was hanging down.

And he actually felt that the frost giant seemed to be kneeling down.

09

When Zichen woke up, his eyes were blank, and it took a long time before he could barely see things clearly.

"woke up?"

Zichen turned his head and watched Wisipel who was sitting by the window get up slowly, poured a glass of water and brought it to him.

Wisipel helped Zichen sit up, and handed the water to Zichen.

Zichen took the water glass and drank it little by little. After drinking the water, he handed the glass to Wisipel.

He opened his mouth to ask Vehipel what happened just now, but he didn't know how to speak.

"It was a mistake by Mechanical Headquarters," Wischpel said.

"The Frost Giant used by the Sword of the Valkyrie should have lost its consciousness of life long ago and was sealed in the freezer, but the Frost Giant you faced still retained its consciousness of life, and the Mechanical Headquarters couldn't find it when connecting the lines. But don't worry, that frost giant is completely dead now."

"Also..." Vehipel put the cup back to its original place, then turned his head and suddenly a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He looked at Zichen and said, "Congratulations, you have passed the sword of the Valkyrie."

Zichen was stunned for a moment, looked at Wisipel, then lowered his head and felt that he should smile, so he laughed again.

Wisper looked at Zichen, "What? Are you unhappy?"

Zichen shook his head, "No."

He looked out the window, and the sky in Asgard was still the same, like frozen snow and ice, with a chill.

He passed the Valkyrie's trial without a hitch, so he should be happy.

But no, he just felt tired, and that exhaustion was not physical.

Maybe he just felt that such an ancient and powerful existence shouldn't just die like this.

He watched the majestic and huge body shatter in front of him like an iceberg disintegrating, and the frost on it splashed onto his hands, and the ice-coldness melted instantly.

Wisper opened the door and was about to leave. He glanced back at the black-haired boy.

Zichen was still sitting on the bed, his newly put on white shirt looked very thin as a young man, he looked out the window, his gaze was sparse and quiet.