[Western Fantasy] The mystery of life and death

In this dark purgatory of weeping, wailing, pain, and despair, Luoka only felt that the whole world was broken and broken, and his soul was on the verge of disintegration. Shining light, firmly guarding the violent turmoil of the soul.

Lorca gritted his teeth and endured the grief that crushed his soul, and cast the spell with all his strength to arouse the light of "Dream Tears".Layers of pure and peaceful light radiated from his body in all directions. With the soft light rippling layer by layer, the endless weeping and howling in his ears disappeared, and the dark illusion in front of him dissipated. The "dream wine" in this space The breath also dissipated in an instant.

The glowing soft light is like water waves flowing over the remnant body on the stone platform, which is wound and penetrated by layers of golden chains.At this moment, Loka heard the rustling of those thin golden chains again. He looked up and saw that Mason was trying to support himself and sit up.

Lorca immediately stepped forward and gently pressed Mason's shoulders, "Don't move." His voice was choked and hoarse.

At this time, Mason's eyes had returned to their usual coldness and calmness. With doubts on his face, he slowly groped for the thin chain on his body. When he looked at Luoka's tear-stained face again, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Lorca..." Mason raised his hand with difficulty to wipe away the tears that covered Loka's face, "I... don't hurt..."

Loka grasped his pale hand, weeping uncontrollably, "I'm sorry...I caused you..."

"Lorca...don't do this...I don't feel so much pain anymore." Mason looked up at Loka, his purple eyes were clear, and there was light in his eyes that belonged to the old Mason.His voice was full of comfort, soft and peaceful like the breeze blowing through the forests of Huiyue Mountain in the past.

"Mason...you..." Lorca didn't say it. He knew that Mason was lying to him again. Just now, his mind was turbulent and he fell into the psychedelic illusion that Mason inadvertently escaped. Perhaps because of their physical and mental connection, Loka actually experienced the pain that Mason suffered through a sense of connection.

But he couldn't bear to expose Mason's lies, just as Mason couldn't bear to see him cry.

"I just drank the 'Wine of Dreams', and now I have no strength in my body, please help me get dressed and help me up." Mason's usual calm voice was unexpectedly urgent and sad, "I don't want to lie here! "

Lorca remembered that this stone platform was located in the center of the huge seven-pointed star formation on the altar, and it is likely that Mason suffered all this here.

When Lorca tremblingly buttoned his shirt again, Mason sighed helplessly, "I didn't expect you to be able to break the phantom barrier."

"Mason, I'm familiar with all the secret passages here, let's go tonight! The formation of the 'Capricu' water pool won't last for a few days." Loka said eagerly, "Let's go back to Aranti, your... There must be a solution!" He rearranged Mason and carefully helped Mason sit up.

Mason snuggled into the familiar embrace and sighed softly, "I'm not the original me anymore."

Lorca trembled slightly in regret, "Mason! It's you! I know it's you! Let's go home! We will definitely save you!"

"Lorca, calm down! Listen to me," Mason stroked his chest, "this prohibition is called the 'Holy Light Contract', which was used by the church to tame magical creatures in the past. I can't go against Di...his will...his Order...", Mason's calm face flashed a hint of pain, and Roka realized that Mason was restricted by the prohibition and could not even call Timothy's name directly. "Besides, he can sense my position. You are very dangerous here. Don't act rashly. Once the defensive formation of Thorn Cliff is activated, it will suppress you stronger than that day."

At this time, Loka suddenly discovered that the light and shadow in this space were changing, and the surroundings had turned into a very familiar place in his memory—the Soloa pine forest in the secret realm of Alandi, but there was no breath of the unique source of life in the Soroa pine forest. .

I don't know when a scepter with simple patterns appeared out of thin air in Mason's hand. With the support of Lorca, Mason got off the stone platform and slowly stood firm with the support of the scepter.

Loka found this scepter very familiar, and its shape was almost exactly the same as the Palech scepter in the secret realm of Alandi, except that it was different from the pure white Palech scepter. This scepter was dark all over, glowing in the darkness. Deep gloss.

Loka sensed the majestic aura emanating from the staff, and there was a tacit connection between Mason and the staff. With the help of the abundant spiritual power emanating from the staff, Mason had gradually recovered from the "dream wine" Recovering from the softness, he gently pushed away Loka's support, leaning on the dark Palech scepter and walked to the underside of the largest Soroa pine in the forest, next to the gnarled tree roots almost half a person's height , Looking up at the huge tree crown with sparse branches and leaves overhead.Lorca noticed that Mason had a solemn dignity in his gestures at this time, "Lorka, I can't go, I have important things to accomplish here."

At this time, a gust of wind blew up in the Soloa pine forest in this illusion, and the light and shadow changed. Luoka saw many handsome people walking through the forest. They all had black hair and black eyes. Only then did Luoka realize that this was not Yalan It is not the Soloa pine forest in the secret realm, but the Soroa pine forest in Mason's memory, the habitat of the Shadowmoon tribe.

Maybe it was because Mason was still young at that time, and his perspective was often looking from a low place to a high place.From Mason's childhood memories, Loka witnessed the enthronement ceremony of Mason's father, Shadow Moon King Ariane. At the celebratory reception, he even recognized Timothy at that time. His appearance was only slightly younger than now That's all.

The light and shadow changed, and Timothy appeared in many scenes, including palaces, gardens, forests, and lakesides where the Shadowmoon tribe lived. He seemed to be very popular with the Shadowmoon tribe.

Then, after a blur of light and shadow, Loka witnessed the night when the Shadowmoon Clan was slaughtered, the flames were everywhere, and the screams were screaming from all directions.There were corpses and severed limbs everywhere in Scarlet's vision, but Mason didn't show the misery of this memory too much in the illusion.What appeared more in the illusion was the scene of the destruction of the Soloa pine forest.Roca noticed that the pattern of the Shadowmoon Clan's habitat was very similar to that of the Aranti Secret Realm.He had learned the principle of the guardian circle of the entire secret realm when he was trained as a preparatory elder.At this moment, he could already see with his eyes that the guardian formation of the Shadowmoon Clan's habitat had been secretly destroyed in advance, and it would only completely collapse when it was attacked by surprise.The places where Timothy appeared before were all nodes that would affect the formation.

When all the lights and shadows in front of him were disillusioned, Loka found that they were still on the altar in this empty hall, and the two stood facing each other, silent.

Lorca already understood that Mason would never leave here easily.As the last prince of the Shadowmoon Clan, he wants to avenge his parents and compatriots.Just ask if it were him himself, he would make the same choice.

Mason said lightly, "You have seen it with your own eyes these days. I killed all these people. I have merged with that soul-devouring monster. I need to devour more vitality to resist the 'Holy Light Contract'." That day...I didn't lie to you, I needed strength. I made these people like this, Tee...ahem...he...has a clean freak, he won't check, he won't find the runes I carved on them, these The mana attached to the runes entering the body of 'Caprico' will arouse its greed, desire, and make it more and more manic. The runes in the bodies of Abelson, Berkeger, and Grand will strengthen 'Caprico' I tortured them, drained their life force, but I had no choice, all these innocent lives were a necessary sacrifice for vengeance."

Loka suddenly found that the corners of Mason's eyes were gradually oozing blood, and the corners of his nose and mouth were bleeding.

"Mason! What's wrong with you? Don't talk about it yet!" Loka stepped forward to help him with pity and worry.But Mason waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to help him, and he casually wiped the blood under his eyes, "It's okay, I can't die." Mason smiled miserably, "I'm used to it, as long as I have the thought of resisting him, it will trigger the 'Holy Light Contract' ''s suppression, this is just caused by the shock of mental power...cough...cough" Although he looked indifferent, he still couldn't restrain himself from choking up a big mouthful of blood.

"Look, I'm already such an undead monster." The blood overflowing from the eyes, under the nose, and around the mouth soon covered Mason's face, "In a few days, 'Caprico' will wreak havoc on Thorn Cliff and On the Temple Mount, and even more places, countless innocent lives will be ruined. My Shadowmoon people were also innocent back then. Since the current prosperity of this empire is achieved by trampling on the flesh and blood of my Shadowmoon people, it is time to repay this. Everything is over, I will be with my people, there is no need for unnecessary sacrifices here, Luoka, you can go, the farther away from here the better."

Loka stared blankly at Mason, whose face was full of horrific bloodstains, and calmly described his revenge plan. It was so calm and calm. Only then did he really realize that the Mason in front of him was indeed not the Mason he knew.

Loka gently supported Mason's arm with one hand, and stroked the dark Palech's scepter with the other, arousing soft spiritual power to stabilize Mason's shaky figure. His blue eyes washed by tears were as clear and clear as a mirror lake. "Mason, I won't go, life or death, I want to be with you!"

Mason seemed to be hit by something and his whole body was shocked. At this moment, his calmness finally cracked, and deep in his dark purple eyes, there was surging affection, like the waves of the deep sea bathed in moonlight.Loka supported his slightly trembling shoulders, and wiped away the bloodstains on his face with a silk handkerchief. His pale face was wiped clean, as pure as before.

"Mason, I want to stay here and avenge the Shadowmoon Clan with you!" Loka's eyes were serious and determined, "The elite forces of Alandi have been assembled around the periphery, this is the common revenge of all Alandi people , I can’t let you bear it alone! There have been too many sacrifices. We can rescue those Shadowmoon people underground! Then we will go home together! Lord Libetas has found a way! A way to rescue them! Wait until we return to Alan Dee, there must be a way to save you! I can definitely save you! Trust me!"

Luoka supported his shoulders, "Mason, it's true! Master Libertas has found a way to rescue them from the ancient books!" He put the mirror dream crystal beads brought by "Headwind" in Mason's palm, It stores the news from Libertas.

Mason closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened his eyes again, the brilliance of hope flashed in his purple pupils, like the light of the morning sun refracted by the morning dew.Perhaps because he was used to hiding his emotions, the slight excitement quickly disappeared in the depths of his dark purple eyes.He was silent for a moment, then opened his palm, and the Crystal Dream Crystal Bead glowed in his palm. Lorca knew that he was casting a spell to leave a message that he could not elaborate on.

Mason lowered his eyes, "I have a sense of 'Capriku'. It may come from the same space as the monster in my body. I can try to control the time of its outbreak and guide its attack direction at the beginning. He... no When I was present, I was already able to resist the physical and mental suppression of the 'Holy Light Contract'. Loka, tell me about your plan."