The Story of the Fate of the Digital Series

Volume 5: Guardians of Chaos ([-])

(four)

Elizabeth, who fell to the ground, was panting heavily.Then, she coughed twice, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Elizabeth wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

Approaching Elizabeth, Wurd stared at his sister who had fallen to the ground.

"If you wish, I will continue to accompany you to the end."

"...It's...not over yet..."

Standing up unsteadily, Elizabeth looked at her sister with unwilling eyes.

"You deserved your death... I have no regrets at all!"

"Are you just deceiving yourself like this?! Until now, you still live up to my expectations!!"

It was almost a hysterical roar, and Wuld showed an angry expression on his face.

"I am your own fear! I am your ultimate nightmare! Your fear and guilt are the source of my strength!!"

Lightning burst out and hit Elizabeth's body again.

"Uh ah ah ah...!"

Elizabeth let out a scream almost like a scream, and fell to the ground again.She raised her head, and everything in front of her eyes seemed to gradually become blurred.

[Elizabeth...]

Dimly, she heard the voice of Nereus.

Time seems to have stood still——

[Elizabeth, can you hear me? ! ]

"Slow down, my head hurts right now..."

Elizabeth was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her voice and said:

"...to make a long story short."

[OK, ok...]

Nereus paused slightly.

[Elizabeth, in fact, you are imprisoned in the deepest part of your own consciousness by the "enemy". The enemy you face is the fear that you cannot face.If you can't overcome the nightmare, cause yourself to die in the depths of consciousness.Then, in reality, you will die too. ]

"Oh, I've already seen it. I can't defeat her by myself...I have never really defeated her in the true sense..."

Elizabeth smiled wryly.She originally thought that she could calmly face the shadow deep in her heart and defeat her sister.But the real thought deep in my heart is not like this. Wurd is right, I have been deceiving myself and others all the time.

What's more, in this battle, she failed one after another, which also dealt a blow to Elizabeth's confidence.

"The nightmare I couldn't face up to became her strength... Overcoming fear, maybe, it's really hard for me..."

[Elizabeth, stop forcing yourself to overcome your fears...]

It was a sad but very gentle voice.

[You have told me about your past, I only know that your nightmare is your sister Uld.I know she is very strong, you can never beat her, but you never give up on surpassing her. ]

[But, do you really think your sister is a nightmare deep inside?No matter what the future holds, Elizabeth, you always dare to face everything squarely.Therefore, it is more important to face it than to overcome the fear that you think is impossible. ]

[Elizabeth, don't fight anymore, accept it calmly...]

"We haven't been together for a long time, and your growth is really staggering. You really deserve to be the 'child' of the former guardian..."

After Elizabeth was silent for a while, her mind suddenly cleared up a lot.

"Really, I was preached by a child again."

[Sorry, maybe I'm too self-righteous...but I really don't want you to die...]

Thinking his words were a little presumptuous, Nereus apologized.

"I don't want to die easily, not to mention that I promised Melomex to take the head of 'Earl'. The integrity of the customer is still very important..."

The corner of Elizabeth's mouth couldn't help raising a smile.

"Don't worry, Nereus. Thanks to you, I'm sober. I know how to face her..."

The stagnant time flowed again, and Elizabeth slowly stood up, looking at her sister with a firm expression.

"Enough, Urd, I won't fight you anymore."

Throwing aside the only pistol left, Elizabeth, who was empty-handed, expressed that she gave up fighting.

"I won't give you any more strength either..."

As soon as the words fell, Elizabeth was kicked to the ground by Urd, who pointed the sword at her.

"Then, you will be killed by me."

Her voice was emotionless.

"Wuld, you're right, I've been letting you down."

Even though she was kicked to the ground, Elizabeth still did not fight back, but continued to be honest with her sister about her true thoughts.

"For your death, I have never been relieved, and I have never been able to shake off this sense of guilt."

"I actually regret that I didn't do more for you. There is an idea in my heart that your expectation of me is not just to make me the heir to the family you hoped for, but to hope that I can stay away from danger and live in the rich world. Spend your life in a stable environment. Sorry, I always let you down."

"Wuld, you are the pride of the family just like Vierdandy. I like Vierdandi's singing, but I admire you who protect others more. I want to surpass you because I want to have the same power to protect as you The person I love. Even if you do unforgivable behavior, even if you still hate my self-deception. But I still love you, sister..."

Looking straight at Wuld, Elizabeth showed a relieved expression.

"I'm sorry, I have been willful and refused to say it. But I still don't want to lose hope, I want to be my ideal self. Well, I'm done talking, let's do it..."

Hearing his sister's words, Wurd had a surprised expression on his face.Then she smiled, a sad smile with a hint of joy.

Finally, her black smoke dissipated from Elizabeth's eyes, and the surrounding scene was rapidly disintegrating.

"...!!"

Elizabeth suddenly opened her eyes when her consciousness returned to reality.

"Elizabeth, you really succeeded...!"

Seeing Elizabeth wake up, Nereus hugged her tightly with a joyful expression.Soon, he seemed to realize that his behavior was a bit inappropriate, blushing quickly let go of his hand, and moved away.

"Thank you, Nereus."

Showing a gentle smile, Elizabeth thanked the little boy for helping her.However, she soon found herself in an unfamiliar subspace, and her companions were not around.

Forget it, this kind of experience is completely predictable.

"Nereus, let's get out of here now. It's time to hunt down the count. I don't want them to take away my 'credit'."

Standing up from the ground, Elizabeth smiled slightly.

"Well! This time I will project a prop that hides the aura, so that the 'enemy' will no longer detect us!!"

After learning the lesson from last time, Nereus also thought about the next countermeasures.

"You are excellent, Nereus."

Really reliable kid.Great, it's time to act!