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Lin An walked into the studio, and the morning sun poured into the room through the doors and windows of the balcony.Klaus stood in the light, facing a huge canvas spread out, with a brush in his hand, unaware of her approach.

Lin An stopped.Those who knew him well knew that when he drew, he was strategizing.This time, is it aimed at her?

"I've been waiting for you." After a while, Klaus said.Don't look back at her.

"Don't talk about Klaus." Don't talk, otherwise, I won't be able to bear it.

But he didn't listen, "Aiden said, you're going to 'solve' me. I'm curious, how are you going to solve it? Kill me?" He stopped writing, looked at the picture under his pen, and then moved his pen like flying.

Lin An didn't speak, and turned his head to look out the window. The sky in the morning was blue and clear, as if the Mississippi River hung upside down on it.She was hidden in the shadows, her features blurred.

Why bother to say more.

He finally turned to face him, took the towel and slowly wiped off the paint stained on his fingers, looked past her big and bright eyes after being too thin, and said indifferently: "I prepared breakfast in the dining room, or we can eat it together While chatting, I believe you didn't just come to 'solve' me after eating."

Lin An looked at his fingers covered by a light brown towel, and remembered that whenever he was painting, she would like to help him wipe off the paint on his fingertips... There was a throbbing pain in his heart.

I can't change it, so why bother to say more.

Klaus was already heading for the door.Lin An stood still.

"Boom!" With a sound, Klaus bumped into an invisible wall within a few steps.He lowered his head and turned his back to her in silence for a long time, then turned around and said, "This is your method? Trapping me here until I watch you hand over my daughter to that lunatic?!"

no.Under Klaus' gaze, Lin An took out a shiny black dagger.

"This is what Cole left for me." Klaus heard her say, the first words she said when she came to him.

Cole finally completed the dagger that can seal Klaus.She found it the first time she returned to the plantation house after Cole's death, and the text he had left her for her, written on delicate white letterhead, with only one sentence: For the freedom you may need.

He left all the retreats for her.

Now the dagger was lying quietly in the palm of Lin An at this moment. It was drawn into the air by the spell, and then flew out suddenly, and then stopped suddenly at the position of Klaus' heart.

Klaus reached out to hold the blade, and the sharp edge cut his palm instantly, and the pooled bright red blood splashed drop by drop on the floor.

He said, "Have you ever thought about..."

The voice was cut off abruptly, and the blade glowing with cold light moved forward unstoppably, leaving his palm and piercing into his heart.

Of course I did.I have never thought about it so carefully and seriously as I am now-this is my choice after thinking about it.

Lin An closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them, and saw a bluish-gray color gradually appear on his face, and the protruding blood vessels were like undulating mountains, spreading all over his cheeks.

He was also looking at her, far away, as if in another world.

Lin An walked into the boundary curse that trapped him, caught his fallen body, and fell to the ground with him.

Will this all pass, Klaus?But how should we wait?Lin An approached him, resting his head on his shoulder, stretching his arms around his waist.Feel the temperature of his body cool down little by little.

She was never afraid of the hard way, or the pain of the thorns.She is not afraid of these.What she fears is that there is no hope.

If there is no place of light and beauty to reach, then what are they going through all this pain, hardship, killing, and death?

She is lost.They are lost.

Lin An put him into the large coffin, and then cast a spell to seal it.She couldn't bear to leave him alone in the cold darkness, leaning on the coffin for a long time and unable to leave.Sitting there until dusk, the moon slowly climbed above the green vines on the high wall.Then, Elijah and Rebecca return.

They saw the huge coffin lying on the floor.

Rebecca came over: "You have to understand, Lin An, if you do this, you will be against the entire Michael family."

"I don't ask if you still remember that I said that I would definitely resurrect Cole, because you all have people who are ahead of him, who are more important than him, and things that are more important than resurrecting him." Lin An stood up straight, step by step Stay away from the coffin that sealed Klaus, "But I don't, Rebecca. Reviving Cole is my most important thing! Like he always put me first."

"I won't give up Cole," Rebecca said, but her tone softened. "After Dalia is defeated, I will work with you to find a way to revive Cole. I swear, I will always Stay in this witch's body."

Lin An looked at her: "Why does he always wait? I've made him wait too long, it can't be longer."

"Cole is my brother," Elijah interjected, "and believe it or not, we share your grief at his death. We would do anything to bring him back to life if possible. But, Trading one family for another's existence... I won't allow it!" Elijah looked her in the eyes, "I know you won't either."

Lin An avoided his sight. "Where's Hailey?"

No one answered.

She looked up again: "I think she's left the club in Algiers. Tell her and I'll find her."

It is not difficult to find Haili, and the locating spell can easily determine her location.Even so, Lin An didn't do it right away.

Elijah and Rebecca didn't stop her from walking out of the Michelson family's mansion, maybe they knew they couldn't stop her.Lin An didn't understand how they could defeat Dalia if they couldn't even stop her.I also don't understand why Dalia, who is as powerful as Dalia, uses her to snatch Hope in such a twists and turns.

They are all strong men who have survived for more than a thousand years. Lin An can't understand the complicated and difficult conspiracy hidden in their hearts, but her purpose is clear and unique.

In my ears, I can hear the endless noise of the city at night, and the brilliant neon lights and shadows dance on the streets, corners and every passing face.

A big palm with well-defined joints suddenly struck, pressing down on Lin An's shoulder, and the attacking spell came out instinctively, "Kacha"!There was a sound, the sound of bones breaking and the cry of pain.

Lin An turned around and saw a fair-faced young man hugging his injured wrist in pain, staring at her sadly.

The young man's handsome and innocent face was too deceptive, Lin An was taken aback, secretly blamed himself for becoming so impulsive and violent, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm really sorry, I thought it was... are you okay?"

Hearing Lin An's childish and uneasy apology, the boy actually smiled slyly, the pain in his wrist seemed to have no effect on his bright smile: "Well, since you are so polite and cute, I forgive you!" He actually stretched out his left hand to hold the injured wrist, and pulled it hard in the direction of the dislocation, and there was another burst of bone cracking that made the scalp tingle.

The wrist recovered in an instant, and the boy moved his wrist joints twice with a satisfied face.Lin An immediately took two steps back calmly: When you are surrounded by something, what you see with your eyes and what you think in your mind is what you encounter, and what you encounter will be the same thing?She has always been afraid and repelled this.But in the end.

Seeing Lin An's wary and suspicious eyes, the boy still smiled harmlessly, and extended his right hand warmly: "Sorry, it's my fault, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Kai, maybe you've heard of me. "

Lin An didn't shake back, she did know the name - the person who was imprisoned in the Void Prison with Hong.

"You have become famous, why did you come back to New Orleans?" Lin An remained on guard, hesitating for a moment before asking, "Hong, are you okay?"

Kay withdrew his right hand indifferently: "She won't die for the time being, but I haven't found a way to wake her up. Maybe I need your help, so," the boy turned around in a circle comfortably, taking a deep breath like intoxicated With the sweet scent of the Mississippi in the air, "I'm in beautiful New Orleans."

"What do you need my help for?" Lin An asked.

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"Hmm..." Kay swallowed the last bite of the meal, and looked at Lin An on the opposite side with satisfaction, "I really don't know how you manage to get thinner and thinner in such a gourmet city."

Now is not the peak time for dining, there are only two or three people scattered in the restaurant, and the soft and soothing music flows through every corner, adding to the tranquility.

"Since you finished eating," Lin An had no intention of entangled with him, "I still say the same thing, I can't go with you now."

After saying that, I want to leave.

It was still the big palm with well-defined knuckles that crossed the dining table and grabbed Lin An's arm in time.

She glanced at the arm between herself and the dining table: "Since the wizard's power can allow you to recover quickly, I don't mind giving you a second chance to prove your ability." She mistakenly thought that Kay's injured wrist could recover quickly , is the power of the wizard.

Kay let go of his palm in a gesture of surrender: "I'm not just a wizard, little girl. I'll scare you when I say it!" Seeing that Lin An didn't understand what he meant, Kay didn't explain too much, not very much. He waved his hand in concern and changed the subject.

"I know why you don't give up and stay in New Orleans. I can help you. Then, you leave with me and help me save my Barbie." Kai shrugged, "It's fair."

Without asking any questions immediately, Lin An lowered his head and tightly twisted the tablecloth hanging on the edge of the dining table. The words he asked seemed to float lightly in the air, but only he knew the meager hope that was about to burst out of the ground. : "Can you help me revive Cole?!" If there is another way...

Kai's expression was very serious: "Usually killing people with spells is what I'm best at, but if you're willing to come with me now, I can go to the Twin Wizards to find out if there is a resurrection spell or something."

Slowly loosening the corner of the wrinkled tablecloth in his hand, Lin An calmly gave him Esther's resurrection spell.

"It really is!" Kai took it over, his expression finally serious, "This spell is ancient and powerful, and it is almost flawless. It needs a matching powerful magic to control it."

"I think it's beyond your control." Lin An said expressionlessly.

However, Kay could hear the childish aggressive tone in Lin An's words, snorted and shook his head: "Not only is it a powerful force, the land of New Orleans is like a circular energy field for the wizards who are rooted here. Gain the power of the ancestors, and the power returns after death. But at the same time, it is subject to this land-if you leave, you lose the power. Cole died as a New Orleans wizard and was buried here, like a contract , if you want to resurrect him smoothly, the power of the caster first needs to be approved by the ancestors of the wizard group here. Otherwise, they will not let his soul be reborn."

It was the first time Lin An heard such remarks, and was extremely surprised. "Daria is not a New Orleans witch, she is lying to me by promising to help me revive Cole!!"

"No." Kay said, "If my guess is right, there are only two ways for an unrecognized wizard to successfully manipulate the resurrection spell." Staring at him, like a schoolboy listening carefully.He couldn't help laughing, and then said: "One is that the power is strong enough to completely deter the ancestors of the wizard group. The second is... a transaction. For example, sacrifice a wizard who is more valuable than Cole."

"How are you going to help me?" Lin An asked, "Do you use the first method or the second?"

Kai laughed, picked up the wine glass on the table leisurely, and took a few sips: "You've already made your choice, haven't you?"

Lin An didn't speak.

"You're right," Kay said, "but it's not a multiple-choice question, dear. It would be better if you could get Dalia to promise to use her powers to revive Cole. If not, you can." Choose the second option - kill her, and trade with the lingering ancestors of the New Orleans wizarding order. Believe that sacrificing Dalia is more valuable than Cole, they have no reason to refuse. Of course, I hope we don't have to go To this extremely difficult second step."

Sure enough, he is someone who has been immersed in the darkness for a long time, and the interlocking conspiracy theories are far behind Lin An.

So what if I directly choose to kill Dalia to sacrifice and exchange Cole?Lin An wanted to ask this question.That way she wouldn't have to be against them, and she wouldn't have to be against him.But she knew that there was little hope, not to mention the weapon that Freya made with the binding spell that mixed three elements of Dalia's weakness. Lin An didn't believe that weapon could kill Dalia, because Dalia didn't care.

In Dalia's long life, the pursuit of power and immortality is almost the whole meaning of her existence.Such a person would never be so slack in the face of a weapon that threatened her life.What's more, Dalia hated Michael to the bone, how could she forget that he was a Viking himself?

Lin An clenched his fists, and felt a sharp pain in his palms and chest at the same time: It's already like this.We have come this far, Lin An!You have no way out!

Seeing that she didn't make a stupid choice, Kay knew that the little girl had figured it out, and Qu Zhi casually tapped twice on the table, interrupting her meditation: "Well, what I have to do is, no matter what you choose, I will do my best to help you and let you get what you want. Then," he suddenly bowed forward, and put his warm palm on the back of Lin An's hand, and said affectionately, "then...you are mine."

The author has something to say:

In the transitional chapter, after thinking about it, I brought the nightmare Kai, and decided to make him a bad guy, so that the ending would not be so completely hopeless and tragic.