[Sword III] Seeking Wings

"Kuvatsam will find him soon. We each hold half of the phantom weapons and will only interfere with each other, and we won't be able to stop him."

Tang Xiaoyi was staggered back a few steps by the sword wind before he managed to stabilize his figure, but his voice was always steady and cold.After wrapping the scratch on her waist with a belt, she leaned slightly and looked at the ground behind her.

As she approached, around the blade on the ground, the bright-colored phantom that had just begun to form was turbulent, and dissipated like the wind, and soon only the original appearance of the pitch-black forest remained.

"So, in order for us to have full combat power as soon as possible, you must either give me your half, or give me your life.

——Since I just saw your memory in the illusion, now, you probably only have the latter option. "

She took a deep breath and stood up straight, looking directly into Chi Xiao's eyes again:

"Daoist Chixiao, I miss you and I will be together for five days. I will ask you one last time. A year ago, you were the one who took the treasure at the Pingding Village post station and killed Miss Xiu in disguise, right?"

Chi Xiao raised his eyes and looked back, nodding silently and clearly.

Even when he saw Tang Xiaoyi's eyebrows trembling and stood upright, and heard her grabbing the dart that was put down from her sleeve, and the out-of-tuned sound of metal rubbing against each other was as sharp as a whine, his expression was still as quiet as a statue.

——Only in the eyes, after a moment of thought and shock, a sharp edge full of sadness and anger quickly lit up.

"It seems that you really are that "Yin Yu"." Staring at Tang Xiaoyi's reaction, Chi Xiao gritted his teeth and said coldly, "—Using that kind of... despicable means to harm my junior brother Qing Yun's Yin Yu...!"

"Yes, it was me. Later, I was the one who killed Qingyun. I thought he was the enemy who killed Miss Xiu."

When speaking, Tang Xiaoyi kept his head up, and did not avoid the other party's gaze, "I hurt him, killed him unjustly, it was my sin, from now on, I will never do the same thing to others again."

"—But, even though I have been cruel in every way, I only treat people in the camp who have already been awakened." Before she finished speaking, her tone suddenly became sharper, "You! You can even use innocent civilians!"

She pointed to the grain cart under the shadow of the trees in the distance. On the crossbar at the rear end of the frame, the fluorescent light after the indicator reaction was still flickering, "Chi Xiao, tell me that the criminal who poisoned the Shence military camp and entrapped tens of thousands of people is Not you?!"

Chi Xiao didn't answer.

He just suddenly took a step backwards and hit the tree trunk behind him heavily.

At this time, the breeze in the forest gradually picked up, blowing the mist away to the north.

Because of the blocking of the surging fog, Tang Xiaoyi couldn't see Chi Xiao's expression clearly for a moment, he could only vaguely see him leaning sideways beside the tree, his long sleeves covering his lips, suppressing his intermittent coughing and wheezing, the sword blade floating beside him An unusually bright azure blue shone, reflecting the crimson reflection that soaked through the upper layers of the sleeve edge and spread rapidly.

——and his eyelashes were trembling uncontrollably, and in his eyes, which seemed to be barely half-opened with all his strength, there was almost enough heart-pounding pain for those who saw it to feel the same.

Tang Xiaoyi had never seen Chi Xiao have such painful eyes.

Not even ten years ago.

—Obviously, that was his answer.

"Okay...it's time. Let's finish the last thing in the kit first."

Looking up at the position of the stars in the sky, waiting for the person on the other side to calm down a little, she sighed and took out a red firework from the military lady's bag.

It's a box of eachother.

On the other side, Chi Xiao also took out another blue firework with the blade.

Love forever.

Put the fireworks on the ground, and the two of them ignite at the same time.

There is no light effect, only the colorless gas fills the space instantly with the thrust of the gunpowder.

Immediately, Tang Xiaoyi suddenly felt in a trance.

—is a hallucinogen.

Because of the urgency of the recent war, the two camps can't get the proper packaging now, so they can only take the used fireworks boxes and give them to this small team to make do with it.

Or... is that what it meant?

The real scene of the mass grave forest can still be seen in the field of vision, but Tang Xiaoyi feels that the appearance of his family, military lady, Xiu girl... has appeared in front of his eyes, so detailed and clear that he wants to be moved by it.

... This kind of hallucinogen probably makes people feel the love in their hearts.

Looking at the end of the phantom picture, which was frozen for a long time in that indifferent, calm blue and white figure with the posture of a heavenly man, Tang Xiaoyi confirmed his conclusion.

Because Chi Xiao also has half of the illusion weapon, the hallucinogen that was originally used with it also acts on him, and is passing the scene and emotion in his heart to others. At this time, Tang Xiaoyi also saw Chi Xiao's master and junior , father...

——There is also the final frame, the black-clothed, looking forward to the flying self.

...It turns out that Junniang and Cang's father never planned to make us fight to the death from the very beginning.Tang Xiaoyi thought in surprise.

According to her inference, they may have communicated about her and Chi Xiao's background, and knew that they were old friends who had a deep bond, so they arranged this special link in advance in the kit, planning that at this time, the last moment of the plan When the two are most likely to fight each other desperately for the benefit of the camp, give them an opportunity to cease fighting and join hands to avoid tragedy.

Now, because the two sides accidentally shared the fantasy weapon equally, this silent "firework of love" is no longer even a one-sided confession with an unpredictable response, but a heartfelt mutual complaint and communication between the two.

...However, precisely because I love you.

I just... can't forgive you.

After passing through the radiant and blurred illusion like a dream, Tang Xiaoyi stared at the opposite side under the shadow of a tree that was as dark as purgatory, and also looked back at his lover in reality.

His eyes still carried the pain that made her almost want to scream, but they had gathered the same calm, firm, and ice-cold light as usual.

"Come on, then."

Tang Xiaoyi pursed the corner of his lips at him, and shot a dart.

***

Under the shadow of the tree on the other side, Modin looked at the two teammates who had finally reunited.

He heard their entanglement, their irreversible sins and enmity, and also saw the unreserved, pure love between the two in the illusion of their minds, enveloped by the strong gas emitted by those two colorless fireworks Thinking, the heart that was originally dark as if falling into an abyss due to Miss Xiu's death was pulled into a trance blank for a moment.

So much so that at that moment, when the cold light of darts and sword blades intersected fiercely in front of his eyes without warning, he couldn't remember being afraid at all, just knelt on the ground motionless, opened his eyes, and let the The strong wind brushed against his cheeks from time to time, causing waves of scorching pain, as if cutting into his soul.

The two people who fought were seriously injured and had limited mobility, so they leaned against each other under two trees and faced each other at a distance.

Tang Xiaoyi was still dressed in the same outfit as the previous few days. The black-and-red outfit was full of dust and blood, almost blending into the dark forest.Only on the snow-white face, a pair of bright eyes shone sharply, exuding outrageous vitality and strength.

And Chi Xiao should have gone back to the stronghold and changed into another clean blue and white Taoist robe. Although the cuffs and skirt were stained with blood, it also made the rest of the light color look more spotless, fluttering with the wind in the night, It seemed to be shining brightly—it also reflected his shaky and dim eyes as if he was dying, and his still calm and indifferent expression, as if he was already a corpse.

Knowing that there is only the same real space here, Modin feels in a trance that there is a clear and distinct moat between the two people who once stood at random and saw a beautiful scenery.

Light and darkness are opposites, and ice and fire are incompatible.

And in the open space between the two, the azure blue sword blade and the deep black dart were constantly whirling in the air, fighting, colliding, falling, and the light marks of death pointed directly at the opponent's vitals.Under the dark and thick tree shadows like the night, the blade of the sword is suspended in the air, the curved trajectory is as magnificent as the moon, the dart flies straight, and the silvery white edge of the blade shines like a star.

Although Chi Xiao's injuries were more serious, in Modin's view, he was almost dying, his strange sword array driven by something was obviously more durable than Tang Xiaoyi's hidden weapons that touched the wound repeatedly and hit with bare hands.

Gradually, the awe-inspiring starlight scattered and scattered, but the cold moonlight intertwined into a net, approaching Tang Xiaoyi who had used up the last displacement mechanism and had no way out.

Gazing at this magnificent spectacle that seemed to be turning around in the sky and the fate descending, Modin almost felt suffocated.

The next moment, the moon covered the stars, and the brilliance fell.

Where the blood splashed, the figure in black fell silently.

At about this time, Chi Xiao was unable to aim. Although the blade cut the opponent's throat, it was not fatal immediately.

In the ever-expanding pool of blood, Tang Xiaoyi fell to the ground on his back, choking and coughing up blood foam.Her voice was rapidly fading at a speed that even Modin could distinguish, and the gray and dead air on her face continued to spread.

——But she still struggled hard, breaking her nails and opening the buckle of the sleeve arrow in her left hand.

——Then, miraculously, he raised his arm, which had been torn and almost bony, and pointed firmly at the opponent.

Now it is impossible for her to press the mechanism.

This posture seems to be the last frame before death.

as if...is...

Modin didn't know that at this moment, he was already in tears.

I just felt that when the two of them lit the fireworks earlier, the trance blankness in their minds began to rise and spread again until they blurred their vision.

——Blending and dyeing the bright red blood pool ripples all over the ground into a light pink swaying veil as soft as an old dream.

"Miss Xiu..." Modin sobbed suddenly.

In his chaotic consciousness at the moment, the movement of the dying Tang Xiaoyi aiming at his opponent with a hidden bowstring weapon is almost exactly the same as what he saw in the station a year ago when Miss Xiu died....

The only difference is that Tang Xiaoyi is still alive.

It can still be saved.

And he can change...

There is room for repentance.

Seeing Chi Xiao manipulating the blade again, as if about to deal the final blow to his opponent, Modin suddenly rushed forward.

He lowered his head and stretched out his hand indiscriminately, just in time to grab Chi Xiao's injured right wrist.

The author has something to say: 1.——You kill me, Ji You!

——You killed my junior brother!

—You take advantage of civilians! ! !

—You mistreat your captives! ! !

System prompt: 54321, [Qingyuanyuan] started a vendetta against you*2

2. Eachother and Uninterrupted Love are firework props showing love in the game

3. The thing about hallucinogens is also mentioned in chapters 1-5