Chapter 7 Sculpture of Soul in Act VI

The sound of roaring water filled my ears. A soft, faint phosphorescence illuminated the surroundings.These lights seem to be emitted by the surrounding fungi.Meltina kept looking around.There is no sky in sight here, not even a ceiling.The surrounding darkness is like an abyss, and the faint light flickers like stars.Nearby stood several ancient pillars, on which hung several unlit antique candlesticks.The ground is a hard stone floor, but the side around me is not—— The sound of roaring water like a waterfall was beating against the eardrums, and Meltina was now soaking in the icy water.

This place—it should be an underground lake.There is a crack in the dark zenith, and the water from the crack cascades down like a waterfall, forming a small lake here.The water is not deep, even if you go to the deepest place, the water only reaches your navel.There are several floating islands formed by huge rocks in the middle of the lake, and the mysterious giant statues on the floating islands are falling into the water. "Okay, wash it quickly. If you are too slow, I will be scolded." A woman with the earring named Envisty was smiling as she sat on a ledge protruding from the lake.

"Why, come here?" Meltina said loudly with her back turned. If the sound is not loud, it will be drowned by the sound of the waterfall. "What's the matter, are you shy? It's okay, we are all women." Meltina was only wearing a thin white dress.Although it is not as revealing as the clothes I wear when I work, the extremely thin fabric sticks to the skin after it is full of water, and now it is almost equal to a translucent state.Because of this naked attire, coupled with Envisty's harassing eyes, I always feel a little ashamed. "According to Mr. Simon, this seems to be a ritual of purification. Because you are a girl who is dedicated to the devil, it is better to wash it clean. Generally speaking, it is like washing food clean."

"food……" Meltina frowned and whispered. She'd thought she'd gotten used to not being treated like a human being. "I said, don't stand up, wash every corner of your body clean." "I already know that I'm going to be eaten, how can anyone be obedient?" "Well, you're really stubborn. You're so rebellious even though you're a fallen person. I really want Miss Gamolin over there to learn from you." As Envisty spoke, she looked to the other side, and there was a young girl standing in front of her sight. The icy water splashed by the waterfall hit the girl's body, but the girl stood there with empty eyes.

Soaked blond hair stuck to the fair face, and the fallen pointed ears were completely exposed.The wet clothes were draped over her thin body, which was a beautiful body that most elves possessed, but there were still some immature curves left.As far as body curves are concerned, Meltina seems to have more bumps because the human blood is stronger than the elves. The young girl—Milia Gomolin had an empty expression on her face, and she kept wiping her body with water with her hands.As soon as she looked at Meltina, her eyes were shaken by extreme guilt, and then she lowered her head. "Hehehe, Miss Meltina, you are her bait. As long as you sacrifice your life so that your kind can become noble human beings, you should feel honored. To be someone else's fertilizer Isn't it the most well-deserved end of the fallen? Don't you feel happy that it will come in handy?"

"That is to say—" The ritual was to turn her into a human— This is the purpose of "fanatics". "Anyway, Talking Time is over, well, don't be shy, wash it quickly." "Wash the hell—" Meltina hugged her body and stared at Envisti in refusal. "Ugh……" At this moment—the earring girl stretched her index finger and said. "If you are disobedient, then I will let my 'invisible friend' teach you by hand." Suddenly, Meltina felt a sense of disobedience swim through her whole body. "Ah, what...why, the hand just... ah..."

The palm covering the breast was forcibly pulled away from the body. As if she was really caught by the "invisible friend" in her mouth, her hands were pulled away from her body involuntarily. "Um... this is, what... ah..." Meltina turned her hands outstretched, and her half-naked body also turned around.Once there is a little resistance, the whole body will produce paralyzing pain. "Hehe, it's all soaked through, you can see it clearly. So, where should I start washing?" "Ah...you are, so vicious..." "It's too hurtful to say that I'm mean. I like cute things very much. And I deliberately tried to separate you from that group of savage 'Grey Brigade'. You should be grateful I'm right."

Even so——Meltina still had a sullen face.She still kept twisting her body to break away from the "invisible friend", but— "Hehe, the water is dripping down with your movements. It looks delicious. If those guys are here, they must be hungry and thirsty, and maybe they will do this or that to you." Can't escape-- While feeling ashamed, Meltina also sent Milia a cry for help. The girl had already climbed onto the edge of the lake.A thin and extremely revealing coat was draped over her wet body, and at first glance she looked like an ornamental slave from the ancient century.

"Okay, then, let's start washing here—" The unknown object was still firmly grasping the arm, and Meltina's hand defied her own will and approached her body—— "Meltina...!" Suddenly, there was a voice. Hearing this familiar and friendly voice, Meltina was relieved. Envisty—the girl with the earrings showed an unhappy expression like a child whose mischief was stopped, and turned her head to look over. "Oh, the result is still here—" From the darkness at the end of the faint phosphorescence— "elder brother……!" It was Giselle Anderbourkulin who appeared.

That is the figure of my brother. * Nearly midnight—— "The Great Sanctuary of the Forgotten God". This ablution site in the corner of an underground space exudes an air of mystery. Although there was a green phosphorescence floating around, the vision was still a little blurry. There is only darkness both above the head and in the distance, and it is difficult to judge how big this space is.According to the documents of the historical investigation department that investigated here, there is an altar through the passage in front of here.There is a wide underground lake on the left, my sister is there, and it seems to be all right——

On the rocky shore fifteen meters away from Giselle, sits the "Guillotine" earring girl - Envisty, she is showing a bright smile, and behind her - "Milia...!" Giselle took a step forward. "Okay, stop." The earring girl stretched out her palm and said. Facing the weird aura she released, Giselle gasped. If faced with her tricks again, the teenager can be said to be helpless.Not being able to rush forward recklessly, the boy instinctively stopped himself.Giselle was sweating coldly, looking back and forth between Meltina and Milia. Meltina didn't know why she stood still and couldn't move, but her eyes were extremely firm.I'm fine, her eyes conveyed. "You're the brother, Giselle Anderbourgulin—and Miss Amyra of the Green Sun Pavilion, aren't you?" Emira—the adventurer girl was standing behind Giselle. She was carefully observing the surroundings, and then stood beside the boy. "You know me?" Giselle looked directly at the earring girl and said. "I've investigated. After all, my job is to make sure no one is wandering around. I only found out after the fact that Miss Comering had slipped out of the house, and I entrusted you. I never dreamed of Miss Comorin. The eldest lady who has lived in the boudoir for a long time is actually so naughty." The words of the earring girl seem to be similar to what Giselle speculated. However, Giselle still cared about the reaction of Miria standing behind the earring girl. Miria - the fallen girl kept her head down, not looking at Giselle. In order not to be overwhelmed by the sound of the waterfall, Giselle shouted. "Milia, come here quickly! You should already know what your father is going to do!" "Miss Gamolin. Let me handle it here. Please go back to your father. Just walk straight. You should know the way." Hearing what the earring girl said, Miria nodded and slowly turned around. "Milia, don't go! Don't you know what that ceremony is!" "Of course I know!" cried the girl. Her voice was full of anger, and her wet hair trembled with it. Miria Gomolin clenched her fists and said with her back to Giselle. "Of course I know...I know everything. What my father has done, what my father is going to do...what does he expect from me...I already know it all. Even the fact that Renalia is dead...Father They all told me..." Giselle was speechless. Sure enough, the body found in the morning belonged to Renalia Albert— "Then why do you..." The girl shook her head wordlessly, and said while leaning sideways. "Because, I am a fallen person." In the dim phosphorescence, Giselle saw tears glistening in her eyes. "Giselle, you don't understand the feelings of fallen people at all." "how is this possible……" No, but Giselle couldn't say— "Since I was a child, I have been living in a house..." the girl lowered her head and said dumbly. "I am a fallen person... Living itself is a sin, a disgrace to the Gomorin family, and a stigma to the family. My mother couldn't even love me, and finally committed suicide because of her mental loss. This shows that my existence is extremely disgusting Yes. Giselle, it is impossible for you to understand the feelings of a creature who is not loved by the world, or even regarded as a human being..." "how come……" "How can I understand. Even my nanny, tutor and even servants have abused me. Whether it is being scolded, beaten, or insulted, no one will be angry, troubled by it, or sad by it! They Take pleasure in abusing me and get satisfaction from it. Because they can get satisfaction, even if they hate me, they will take care of me, so they won't brag about the shame of the Gemolin family!" The girl suddenly turned around and spread her hands. "I'm just a wax figure, a speck of dust, a domestic animal. That's what they say about me! Not only does God not love me, but even my mother and father don't love me, because I am a fallen person..." "Milia..." A drop of water was scratched on the girl's face, which should not have been left by a clean body. "Father has never cared about me until now. My father has been troubled for many years because of my birth. He is in pain. He has been tossing and turning because of me. But, Giselle, I am really happy. Father he, things After many years, he finally talked to me. He said, Miria, I want to turn you into a human..." As long as this is fine, as long as this is fine. "—Father, he can finally love me." The girl smiled.Her pale lips trembled in a happy smile. "No...it's wrong, Miria." Giselle shook her head violently. "You must not make wishes to demons! They are just manipulating human beings who are tempted by wishes. Their purpose is to obtain a physical body, and they will not realize your real wishes at all. Maybe they may even use your body directly as Your own body. In this case, you will die!" "That doesn't matter—" The girl lowered her head and whispered. "Renalia is dead, but I am still alive. Renalia is dead. My sister, she is the only one who loves me. My best friend... is, dead. Father, he, for me , killed her. It's all because of me...but you didn't save Renalia..." Only then did Giselle realize that Miria did not really desire to be human as her father expected.What she expects is the end of life, the end of herself, which is death.The only existence that loved her deeply has disappeared, and she is extremely desperate about it.This despair has completely dominated her heart. Giselle Anderbourg Kulin stood there speechless.He has nothing to say.It should be said that he didn't know what to say.What can I say if I can't save Renalia Albert? "If... I hadn't been born, no one would have died..." The drooping hair covered her face, and her current expression could not be seen. The girl rushed out. In an instant, her figure disappeared into the darkness opposite. "Okay, let's finish talking." Envisti said, stretching out her palm. "So, what are you going to do? I have to take your sister away. If you can give up your sister and go back directly—it seems impossible." Gisele bit her lip. Then he drew the dagger from his sword belt. This was prepared by Amyra, who lent one to Gisele since she had no weapons. Amyra also pulled out the two daggers at her waist, ready to go.Although Giselle didn't see it, the iron tone that could not be concealed by the waterfall was enough to detect it. "Meltina, I'll come to your rescue right away." The younger sister, who seemed unable to move, blushed a little. "Well, brother, I'm really happy that you came to save me, but can you stop looking at me all the time. It feels like you are a pervert who has lust for your sister's body, it's disgusting!" "Stupid—I, I, I didn't mean to watch! I was just worried about whether you were hurt!" "Sorry to interrupt your touching goodbye a little bit." Emira picked up the two swords and pointed forward, asking Envisti. "Is there any connection between James Comorene and the 'Finger of Orkissus'?" However, the earring girl raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "This, what do you mean? Even if I know, I can't just spread the client's information casually. If you really want to know, just beat me first." "Really? Then wait until I beat you to the ground and ask again—" This sentence became the signal to start the battle. As soon as the words fell, Amyra turned into a gust of wind and rushed up. She lowered her two swords, galloped on the stone floor, and jumped to the side of the earring girl—— "Well……!" Suddenly, the girl jumped towards her body in mid-air, as if being bounced off by something, and flew to the rear.Amyra's slender body hit the stone slab, but immediately rolled and jumped up. "Hehe, my 'invisible friend' is the Perfect guard. It is impossible to sneak attack." The earring girl was still sitting on the edge stone, and said calmly. "Declaration to Mana, the Root of All Things—" The drawn dagger was just a disguise. Giselle took out the wand with her left hand, and constructed the magic while Amyra was confronting the enemy.He's going to use the Sandman to immediately— "Ugh...!" Suddenly, something grabbed Gisele's foot and he fell straight down.At the same time, the wand was out of his hand, and rolled to the flagstone floor. "Hehe, it's too slow. Even if you both carry Play, it's useless." Sure enough, relying on his own formation speed alone, he couldn't grasp this short gap.Giselle stood up immediately.Although Emira had already charged at the earring woman, she was still blocked by an invisible wall, and her body flew backwards.Gisele rushed to the wand that fell on the ground - but, suddenly, the wand bounced and landed in the lake. "what exactly is it……!" what is the problem?What the hell is going on? Giselle raised her dagger. Emira's right arm was grabbed by something invisible, and her face contorted in pain. Giselle was about to rush between her and the earring girl, but suddenly had the premonition that her feet would be caught, and hurriedly backed away—but too slowly.The impact on his feet made him sit on the ground directly.Amyla's free left hand let go of the dagger, and directly threw the throwing knife.Envisty jumped up from the curb and dodged it easily. Then, the girl flew straight into the air, and then hit the ground—— Emira, who fell on the stone floor, groaned and couldn't move. "Amy!" The boy raised the dagger again, but only then did he notice that the dagger in his hand had disappeared. The dagger seemed to have a will, or something invisible snatched it away, the dagger flew into the void, and then fell to the ground. "Hehehe, it's useless. Can you just surrender and give up? Or do you want me to kill you all?" The earring girl standing beside the edge stone is smiling leisurely. what is the problem? What is the principle of this phenomenon? It's not magic, because the metamorphosis of mana is completely imperceptible.In this case, how should we think about it?Even if you use the magic sealed in the magic tool, the moment the effect is activated, the mana will still change.So, what is it all about? Could it be that he manipulated an invisible monster? "The Invisible Friend"—— "Uh, gah...!" Suddenly, Amyra began moaning violently.The girl's body was rolling on the ground, and she was struggling left and right in pain, constantly pulling her throat. "Amy...!" Giselle was about to rush out, but was suddenly caught by something. In a blink of an eye, the boy's body floated into the air.Like the girl, he was caught by something. "elder brother!" Meltina, unable to move, yelled in grief, Giselle writhed her body and yelled. "Meltina! You wait! I will definitely save you...!" "but……" Giselle's body was still floating in the air, and the teenager shook his legs and twisted his body.There is a sense of disobedience and severe pain in the shoulder.Looks like an armpit?Was it caught here?However, Amyra, who was some distance away from her, was still very painful.Meltina, who was standing in the lake, was still unable to move. "Invisible friends"——if there are monsters that cannot be seen here, it means that there are three of them.Otherwise, it is impossible to subdue three people who are far away at the same time.Could it be that this earring girl is really controlling three monsters...? "I said, brother, you can probably give up. If you agree to offer your sister as a sacrifice to the client, you and Emira will be saved." The earring girl pointed to Amyra with her eyes. She still kept rolling on the ground while moaning in pain with her hands on her neck. It appears that her neck is strangled by an "invisible friend". "Why, maybe give up." Envisti, who was standing by the edge stone, sighed helplessly. "Why? You and your sister are not related by blood, right? It doesn't matter, it's just the life of the fallen. And you actually treat the fallen who has no blood relationship as your sister, it's really boring. If you come as a domestic animal Treat me with understanding." Giselle stared at the Earring Girl standing by the edge stone.Beside the edge stone?She obviously didn't move at the beginning of the fight, why did she run to the edge stone now?While feeling suspicious, Giselle immediately pulled out the dagger from her pocket and threw it out. The dazzling glare from "Lamping" instantly illuminated the surroundings, and because of the unexpected blow, Envisti jumped away in a hurry to avoid the attack. "Ah, ha...!" Amyra suddenly took a deep breath. At the same time, the boy's body also fell to the ground. "Run away, Amy!" It seemed that the throat was freed, and Amyra was just about to get up and escape—— The girl's arm was grabbed again.She was thrown straight into the air. "It's dangerous. I was also taken aback by the dark dagger yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be a flashing dagger this time. You're quite capable." Envisti held out her palm and said. Giselle stood up and looked around. Sure enough, although she could defend against direct attacks, she couldn't defend against flying knives, so she could only dodge.That's why she came down from the edge stone when avoiding Emira's throwing knife.And when she moved, both herself and Emira were freed from the bondage of the "invisible friend". In this case, what is the principle? Amyra, whose arm was caught and hung in the air, was also twisting her body violently trying to escape.Giselle's body is still free now, but what to do next. With neither a sword nor a magic wand, this situation can be described as overwhelmingly unfavorable── The girl with the earrings said slowly around her fingers. "It's really boring, so is the adventurer kid from the 'Green Sun Pavilion'. You are almost defeated now. In this case, you, a mere student, can't beat me at all. You should just give up and run away quickly." ?" Indeed, what the other party said was very true. Unpleasant sweat dripped down his neck. Even so, Giselle searched for a way out while speaking hoarsely. "You're wrong in one place - I'm not a student of the academy, because I've dropped out of school a long time ago." "It's really stubborn." As if giving an order, Envisti moved her finger. Immediately afterwards, Giselle's body flew into the air again—— Then hit the ground. "Gee...!" The impact was extremely violent.The boy's body hit the hard stone slab. Feeling dizzy, like I'm about to lose consciousness.It felt like there was bleeding from the forehead. The boy's body lay motionless on the ground. "Giselle... blood...!" Emily yelled. Blood... If you use your own blood to break the seal on Emira, maybe you can open the situation—— This power was probably exerted by the so-called "burial chamber"—that is, the institution that adjusted Amyra in the past. This is the curse engraved in her body.Although I still don't know what kind of power this is——no, it can't be done.Giselle shook her head inwardly.This power cannot be used.Because I don't know what side effects my physique will have, the most important thing—— Although the two had only met each other not long ago, they didn't want her to return to that dark past. Moreover, he couldn't touch her who was hanging in the air. Giselle struggled to get up. Now, completely helpless. There was no chance of winning, even so. "Me too, I will never run away..." Giselle said weakly. "She's my only sister...so I can't just run away..." I have been running away. I am very weak, very incompetent, without the slightest talent of a magician. My younger sister also suffered a lot with me, and I couldn't do anything. I have been thinking about whose help I can be like this. "Brother, that's enough..." There must be no escape here.If you escape and give up, then I am afraid that you will be decadent for the rest of your life. "It's so boring, I actually treat the fallen as my sister." The boy injected strength into the kneeling body and stood up. "It doesn't matter at all... It doesn't matter whether it's grace or depravity. Family members are the bond of the soul...! Just admit this is enough...!" "It's so enviable...!" The earring girl whispered, and at the same time— The boy's body was thrown into the air again. After a moment of floating feeling, the field of vision was reversed immediately. "Gah...!" He threw himself out like a tired toy. The violent impact gave me the illusion that all the bones in my body were going to be broken. No, maybe it's broken. Consciousness is hazy. Shaking his head, the boy checked the surrounding situation with a bright red vision. My sister was shouting, and Amyla was also saying something, but they couldn't hear clearly. Next to the edge stone stood the earring girl. It feels like waking up. Really helpless now. I will be killed.Meltina, Amyra, will also be killed. Because I am weak, everyone will be killed. If you can understand the principle of the opponent's attack... No, there is nothing I can do.I am not an adventurer, and Amyra, who is stronger than myself, has been suppressed.You can't do anything by yourself.There is no chance of winning at all... "Then, why don't you try to cross by yourself?" A face appeared in my mind.That was the girl who she had never saved in the past.The girl's severed upper body was lying in the coffin, staring at the boy with raging hatred in her eyes.However, Giselle now felt that it was an extremely sad sight.It feels like she has seen through everything, and finally accepted her fate and gave up resistance—— No way, Giselle whispered.He simply has no power to fight against injustice.I don't have the power to break through the predicament like the adventurers praised in the ballads, and I am just a weak person who can't do anything.So, I can only do nothing to save you.Because there is no way to save you, so I can only abandon you—— The heat of regret is as restless as burning passion.His eyes were wet with tears, and his throat was burning with impulse.Could it be that he wants to abandon his sister and Amyra this time? Are you going to die again—— How could it be impossible to save him. Consciousness was still hazy, but the boy dragged his body and stood up. Don't run away, don't give up, keep thinking. Think until you lose consciousness. For sure, there are still things I can do. Think even if you can't move, even if you don't have a weapon. think about it.To see through the other side of the abyss, to think to the end, to think to the end. This is the magician's real wand. Never stop thinking.At the end of thinking, there must be an answer sleeping... Ok, let's think about it. Giselle, why can't I see it? Chaotic thinking is weaving countless clues. Throwing knives, edge stones, three, strangle, air, release, fingers, air crack. invisible friend... Don't stick to appearances. Boy, finally saw it. The teenager opened his eyes and blinked twice, Meltina was crying, and Amyra seemed to be calling for herself to run away.Giselle shook her head, her vision was finally clear.However, the body still fell to the ground in a large font, and it seemed that he could not stand up. "Bloom's magician..." Giselle said in a hoarse voice. "Mental Manipulations Not Caused by Magic by Lilatova Medin, did you know..." Hearing the boy's sudden topic, Envisty tilted her head. "What did you say suddenly?" "She is a famous contemporary spiritual magician..." The young man tried his best to squeeze out a weak voice. "Because I was also interested... So I found the transcript... That book is really good. After reading that book, I realized... Human perception is really fragile. I just remembered..." "Are you trying to buy time?" "She said..." Giselle put her elbows on the ground and struggled to stand up. The earring girl was right, Giselle's words were just buying time, but—"Human eyes... can only see What I want to see seems to be based on this principle...Even if there is an object, all I can see is what is reflected in my eyes... This is the same as a street performer performing tricks. In fact, the hand speed will never be as fast as The speed of the eyes... In fact, it is just to divert your attention, to make you believe that there is nothing here, so that you can't see... so it disappears. Another example, when we are in When looking for something missing, as long as we think we can't find it, we may not find it even in front of our eyes. I believe everyone has this experience..." "What are you talking about, I can't hear at all—" "You must have been moving your fingers just now. Is that really just a habit...?" "—" The boy's question made Envisty stop breathing for a moment. "Also, before the battle and during the battle, your finger movements are slightly different... Before the battle, it feels quite aftertaste, always turning back and forth, but during the battle, there will be no such big movements, but such movements of--" Giselle stretched out her finger and said in a circle. His breathing has become much calmer. "We were all deceived... It's a little dark here. And I remembered that the surroundings were also very dark when we first fought against you. We met a giant man in the abandoned church in the morning instead of you, and there is also a relationship between this Right? The invisible friend you claim to be Kongri is just a cover-up, in order to induce our consciousness to other aspects. The real body you attacked—although it is a bit contrary to common sense, but now I can only think so—” The young man got up slightly, and looked at the woman with the earring of "Guillotine" and asserted. "That's the thread hanging in the air—" It's incredible how human beings are cognitively capable, and Giselle sees it whenever consciousness thinks it's true.Thin threads reflect very faint phosphorescence, and these shimmering threads fill the entire space like a net of heaven and earth—pillars, boulders, candlesticks, every protrusion is entangled with thread.It wasn't until I realized this that the lines appeared into view like magic. Of course, there are still many techniques used in this.It's not an exaggeration to call it a "stunt".I am afraid that the amount of practice is almost the same as magic, otherwise it will not be usable at all.She uses the lines erected here to attack and defend. Emira's jumping attack was also blocked by several overlapping strong thin threads, and she was also bounced because of this.However, thin lines cannot prevent fixed-point sneak attacks like flying knives, so they can only dodge.While dodging, the restraint will be weakened, because the thin thread will definitely be exposed if you move, so you can only let go. With thin strings, she can grasp the subject's neck and limbs like a puppet, and then can be lifted into the air or thrown to the ground at will.She released thin threads between her words and set up traps, which can be said to be an overwhelming stunt for a reckless attacker—— "'Line Square Eight Method' - you are the third person to see through this technique." Hehe, the earring girl laughed. "but--" Phew, the woman flicked her fingers. Suddenly, the boy's neck was strangled. A hidden thread hangs from the earring woman's finger. This extremely thin thread was tightening around the boy's neck. "Goo...!" "Giselle...!" Emily yelled. "Even if you can see through, if you can't break through, you still can't reverse your defeat—" Giselle took out the short knife, which had no magic on it, and with it he cut the thin thread around his neck. but-- cut constantly. "Hehe, it's useless. This is the 'Gluttony Thread'—refined with the body fluids of monsters, it's very strong. In addition, Huo Duo used the magic 'Form and Quality Preservation' to strengthen it, and the hardness is already comparable to that of steel. There is no way you can cut it off." "your……" Giselle stretched out her hand to the thin thread wrapped around her neck, scratching it non-stop, making a thin, thread-like sound from her mouth.But this sentence was overshadowed by the sound of the waterfall, so she probably didn't hear it. Your weakness is that you talk too much——! Giselle prayed and placed the dagger in her left hand. Then lightly cut open the palm. The pain of suffocation offset the sharp pain in the palm. Giselle reached for the thin thread on her neck with her bloodied fingers. "What are you doing……" Not only the thin thread on the neck, but even the few threads hanging in front of his eyes were covered with blood, and then Giselle swung the dagger again. Pop, the thread is cut. Because, I don't agree with "form and quality maintenance". "Varied……" Envisty's eyes widened in astonishment, and there was a momentary gap. Emira took the opportunity to throw out the pitch-black weapon and stabbed Envisti in the shoulder.This is not a throwing knife, but a dagger for close combat.It's heavy to throw, and generally won't hit—— "Goo...!" Emira's body was also released, and the girl fell to the ground.Envisty's face was grim because of the severe pain, and she staggered a little.With a snap, the heavy dagger fell from her shoulder, bleeding profusely. At this time, the boy stood up, squeezed out the last bit of strength and rushed up. There were several layers of silk defenses blocking him in front of him, so he stretched out his left hand. The enchantment bathed in Giselle's blood then lost the strength given by magic.Just by swinging the dagger, it can cut through the barriers blocking the progress.However, they couldn't cut off all of them, and the remaining thread still stumbled, and the boy's footsteps were a little unsteady—— "hateful……" Envisti had regained her footing, and she held out her palm, ready to manipulate the new thread. However, Emira stopped her again by throwing a throwing knife. The retreating enemies relaxed their attacks for a moment—— This gap is enough. The boy passed through the barrier of the thread and threw Envisty down. "it's over……!" Now it is a riding position, as long as you raise your knife and drop your hand, you can—— "elder brother……!" Meltina's cry stopped the final blow. The boy held his knife and stopped. It seems that the younger sister has also untied her restraints, and she is running towards this side. Giselle pointed the knife at the earring girl, and was greatly relieved. The victory is divided—— The earring girl closed her eyes, and she sighed like the boy. "Haha... I lost. It's so exciting, I lost completely." "elder brother……" Meltina covered her body with a towel, probably placed on the edge stone in advance, and she came in front of her. "Please don't kill her, because this person once saved me." After my sister finished speaking, Giselle looked at her in surprise.Emira, who picked up the dagger, also stood beside her at some point, staring at the earring girl relentlessly. "Don't get me wrong, didn't I say that at the time." The earring girl smiled troubledly. "That's just my job. I didn't come here to save you." "Even so." The younger sister sighed. "You still saved me." The earring girl looked at her sister impatiently. Gisele walks away from the woman with the earring. She didn't resist at all, just lying on the ground motionless. "Let's talk." Amyra said with a short sword on the neck of the earring girl. "James Gomolin, does he have anything to do with the 'Finger of Orchisos'?" "You really are, chasing after you." The earring girl frowned a little irritably and whispered. “很可惜，我认为应该没有关联。不过，如果你能放过我的话，我就告诉你们一件好事。” 艾米拉皱着眉头征求少年的意见。 吉赛尔点了点头表示同意。 “是一个名叫西蒙的祭司男教导歌摩林恶魔术的。不过，连我都不知道那家伙到底是谁。” “西蒙……” “快点吧。大概，流星雨快要开始了。或许，就算没有梅尔蒂娜，仪式也会照常进行。” 少女开始检查恩维丝缇的身体。看到裙子里搜出的大量丝线，她的脸色有些难看。 “梅尔蒂娜，你待在这儿，她的话——”看着耳环女，吉赛尔挠了挠头有些为难。“如果你对妹妹出手会很麻烦的，先拘束起来吧。” “好，悉听尊便。”耳环女苦笑着点了点头。 幸运的是，这里有大量的线可以用来拘束。艾米拉用好几根线将恩维丝缇的双手绑在了背后。 “我说。” 面对背靠在缘石上的“断头台”耳环女，梅尔蒂娜向她搭话，她有些吃惊地看着梅尔蒂娜。吉赛尔已经对耳环女肩上的伤口进行了止血，不过事到如今她应该也没有战意了吧。 “恩，什么事？难道你要复仇，对我进行骚扰吗？” “如果我搞错的话，我在这里先向你道歉。”梅尔蒂娜怯生生地说道。“你的耳朵，是不是也和我一样呢？” 耳环女眯细了眼睛。 “那个……你这么做，是不是也是为了隐藏呢？” “能别说傻话吗？” 恩维丝缇笑了。 “我再告诉你一件好事吧。'断头台'的成员，没有人类以外的种族哦，一个人都没有……” * 接下来的路上虽然没有磷光，但墙壁上等距挂着点燃的烛台，诡异的火焰仿佛在邀请二人。这些烛台大概是“狂热者”詹姆斯·歌摩林点亮的吧。吉赛尔和艾米拉两人慎重地缓慢前进，虽然少年很想马上就冲过去，不过艾米拉阻止了他。因为不知道前方到底有什么陷阱，而且还有被埋伏的可能性。少年只好听从冒险者的意见。 "How is your injury?" 在绵延无尽的昏暗中，艾米拉一边警惕地探查周围一边问道。 “还行……” 吉赛尔走在艾米拉身后。 好像额角流出的血已经凝固了。妹妹也对自己在手掌上切出的伤口进行了止血，现在还缠着手帕。不过由于失血，以及被数次砸在石板上的冲击倒是在体内残留了严重的倦怠感。 “看来，你还挺结实的……” 艾米拉回过头看着少年。 “你其实可以在妹妹身边等着的。” “这怎么行，我还必须去阻止米莉亚……” “为什么？”少女再次背对着吉赛尔，一边前进一边询问。“你应该，已经没有理由和这件事扯上关系了吧？” “恩，你说的或许没错……”少年垂下视线说道。“但感觉我必须为此负责……因为，我没能拯救蕾娜莉亚……” “这可不是你的责任。” “那么你呢……”吉赛尔打算岔开话题。“如果那个'断头台'的女人所言非虚的话，那么歌摩林或许真的跟'奥尔基索斯之指'毫无关联。那你也应该没有理由和他们战斗了啊。” "This--" “他们有很多人，我们只有两人。估计无法取胜吧。这跟送死没什么区别，那么你又为什么——” “我无所谓——” 少女停下脚步，再次转过头来严肃地看着吉赛尔。 “我就算死了，也不会有人困扰。但是，你不一样。你还有妹妹吧。米莉亚的事情就交给我吧。” 面对压迫而来的锐利眼神，少年只能屏息。 “我已经说过无数次了，你还不懂吗？你只会拖我后腿。我已经没有余韵一边保护你一边战斗了。你根本不是冒险者，前不久你还只是学院的学生，连个魔术师都算不上。你这种人难道还能负伤战斗吗？” 这是冷酷的事实—— 少年无言地垂下头。 “懂了的话，你就乖乖放弃——” “你……”少年挠着头说。“太温柔了。” "Varied……" 少年再次抬起头看着艾米拉，只见艾米拉睁大了眼睛，双唇微微张开。她那水灵灵的大眼睛眨了好几次。接着少女猛地转过头去继续说道。 “别、别误会了，我真心觉得你只是个累赘——” “无所谓。我的魔术确实只是半吊子，但还是稍微有点用的。而且你不也受伤了吗？” 少女瞪着这边，但最终还是放弃地叹了口气。 "up to you." 少女撩了下头发，继续前进。吉赛尔苦笑着追在少女身后。 穿过狭窄的通道—— 眼前出现了巨大的祭坛。四周围着石阶，有一个像是古坟一样的丘陵矗立在中央。吉赛尔他们两人的面前有一座巨大的石桥连至中央。祭坛的周围还围了一圈圆形的石柱，其余则是无尽的深渊。无论是头顶还是脚下都深不见底，看见的只有一片黑暗。祭坛边缘堆满了无数的篝火，这些火焰诡异地摇曳着。 祭坛中央的最高点有一位身穿黑色外套的男人。这个男人正举起双手面向头顶。他的嘴里正心无旁骛振振有词地歌颂着亵渎的祝词。 祭坛和祭坛外围都画上了奇怪的魔术阵，跪在祭坛中央的，正是马上要接受转生仪式的半妖少女。 “米莉亚……！” 看到祭坛上的少女，吉赛尔喊道。 “这样啊，看来那个女人失败了。” 站在一边守望着仪式的祭司男子不快地说道。他大概三十刚过，一头白色短发，相貌平平。胸前挂着一个圣十字教的圣印，不过从目前的情况看来，这只不过是单纯的伪装吧。 恐怕这个男人正是筛选祭品的西蒙。那么，祭坛上那个完全不在意吉赛尔和艾米拉的入侵，至今还在咏唱祝词的外套男肯定就是“狂热者”詹姆斯·歌摩林。也就是米莉亚的父亲。 这个被深渊环绕的祭坛非常宽广。魔术阵的外围还站着手拿武器严阵以待的佣兵集团。 “接下来要举行的是崇高的仪式。不准任何人去妨碍深爱女儿的父亲实现愿望。” 西蒙——假冒祭司用手上的锡杖敲打地面。 以此为信号，佣兵们一齐上前挡住了两人。 艾米拉随即冲上前去。 她一口气穿过石桥，登上祭坛。 首当其冲的是一个手拿长枪脸上有伤的佣兵。艾米拉拔出短剑跳上前去，不过对方好像也是经验丰富的佣兵，他用枪尖弹开了华丽的一击。伴随着刺眼的火花，半空中的艾米拉借着长枪的冲击跳到了魔术阵外围。她的背后就是深渊，艾米拉在被追逼之前再次上前，长枪男也随之应战。同时另外两个男人也拿着长剑和板斧上前助阵。 《向万物根源之玛纳宣告——》 吉赛尔趁着少女吸引佣兵注意的时候，开始展开魔术。 《遵从我的愿望堕入虚无吧。睡吧……睡魔！ " 穿过石桥迫近的三个男人受到了魔力产生的变质玛纳的直击。这种魔术很难打中Z字形前进的目标，但利用这种地形的话就会非常有效。毕竟想要冲过这座桥只能笔直前进。 三个男人直接倒下。吉赛尔还来不及确认结果就冲了上去，他越过倒地的男人们来到魔术阵外围，登上祭坛的石阶。 和混沌魔术八字不合的自己只要碰到魔术阵就能进行妨碍了吧，正当吉赛尔这么打算的时候—— “嘿嘿……又见面了啊。” 此时站在面前的，是废弃教会遇到的巨汉。 他扛着危险的巨斧，狰狞地笑着俯视着吉赛尔—— 然后他挥下了巨斧。 吉赛尔慌忙向侧边跳去。因为准备动作很多，所以这一击很好躲，但是少年的立足点是通向祭坛的石阶，所以脚底有高低差，非常不稳，很难进行大范围移动。他好不容易才钻过了第二波攻击。 吉赛尔拼命回避，同时喊道。 “米莉亚！快过来！” 半妖少女没有回应。 没办法，吉赛尔只能退到祭坛外围。虽然这里也画有魔术阵，但自己的体质好像无法影响这里。 不远处，艾米拉仍在和男人们上演着眼花缭乱的激战。应该说不愧是数度出入修罗场的佣兵团，就算没落了实力仍然没有退步，少女只能保持守势。面对多数的对手还能与其抗衡，看来少女的技术也非常精湛。 “米莉亚！求你了！现在还来得及！” 少年喊道，不过，少年悲痛的呼喊却没有传到少女心里。 冲下石阶的巨汉再次挥起巨斧。吉赛尔且战且退，视线前方的艾米拉如今也被不断地逼近了深渊。 “米莉亚！” 祝词还在继续。 苍老嘶哑的声音宛如低沉的地狱轰鸣不断地诉说着怪异亵渎的语言，奉上绵延的祈祷。吉赛尔感知到了玛纳的变质。看来仪式开始发挥效力了—— “没用的。”站在一旁的祭司俯视着吉赛尔说道。“你是无法斩断父女的羁绊的。”锡杖上的圆环诡异地晃动着，发出了刺耳的声响。“虽然祭品不够，只要今晚星相符合的话，应该也能得到满意的结果……” “你们……！” 吉赛尔向“灰之旅团”的男人们喊道。 “你们这样也无所谓吗！那家伙使用的是恶魔术啊！这样恶魔就要获得肉身了！” “哈！只要有钱就好，老板干什么我们才不管呢！你说什么都没用！” 长枪男喊道，同时向艾米拉刺出锐利的一击。被逼至深渊边缘的少女用短剑防御，但攻击过于沉重，短剑被弹飞掉到了地上。 接着，吉赛尔慢了一拍才注意到自己也被瞄准了。 当他注意到头顶上袭来的暴风一击时，已经为时已晚。吉赛尔慌忙用短剑挡住巨斧的攻击，可惜少年瘦弱的身体还是被瞬间打飞了。 "what……!" 幸运的是还好没摔到深渊里。 少年摔在魔术阵外围的地上，痛苦地呻吟着。 “唔……米莉亚……” 男人发出悲鸣，看来艾米拉总算打倒一个人了。她脱离了长枪男的攻击范围，冲向了吉赛尔。 “吉赛尔！” 巨斧瞄准了少女降下了粉碎的一击。 艾米拉从底下钻过了巨斧，漆黑的剑刃向巨汉的身体挥去。 但是，紧追而至的长枪男出手妨碍了她的连击—— 吉赛尔拿着剑站了起来，艾米拉也站到了能保护他的位置，两人这才能勉强与敌人抗衡—— 这样下去也只能单方面被打。 “米莉亚，求你了……你这么做是错误的！” 半妖少女还是毫无反应，继续跪在圆阵中间祈祷。 锡杖再次发出声响。 “已经晚了……你们看，仪式完成了。为了完成悲哀孩童的愿望，司掌雕塑的魔之眷属马上就要降临了。” 狂暴的变质玛纳宛如钢针般刺痛着皮肤。 “住手，米莉亚，快走开……！” “狂热者”的祝词结束了—— 大气中的玛纳正悲鸣地碰撞着，虚空中漂浮着苍青色的火焰。 周围的黑暗蠢蠢欲动。 圆阵上空的混沌逐渐具现化，生成了一个骇人的乌云漩涡。 从中传来了宛如发自炼狱一般的刺耳嘶鸣。 突如其来的混沌吸引了佣兵们以及艾米拉的注意力。 吉赛尔也吃惊地抬着头。 “哦哦。”詹姆斯·歌摩林也欣喜地展开双臂欢迎着乌云漩涡。“终于来了，这个时刻终于来了……！啊啊，太幸福了！太满足了！来吧……降临吧……请来到我面前，听取我的愿望吧……！” 男人的双眼充满狂气。 吉赛尔看着狂热者的样子不禁产生了这种感想。 接着，暗云逐渐消失。 突然寂静笼罩了这里，就好像暴风雨前的宁静—— 欣喜狂笑的“狂热者”的额头突然裂开了。 血肉飞溅，鲜血和脑浆也随之喷发。 从中出现了形似触手的东西，无数的触手宛如喷泉一样不断蠕动着涌出，这些鞭子一样的触手像手指一样不断颤抖，在虚空中挥舞着寻求猎物。漆黑、纤细、修长的触手不断从男人的额头中涌出，接着袭向了自己的身体。 “哦哦……哦哦……！” 詹姆斯·歌摩林喜极而泣。额头上喷出的混沌正吞噬着身体。不对，并不是吞噬，因为那并不是触手，那是尖角，也是手指吧。锐利的尖端是刻刀，那是为了雕刻而生的刀刃。这把刻刀刮开詹姆斯·歌摩林的肉体，不断切削，剔除，腐烂，然后变形，他的外貌在不断改变。就好像雕刻、陶艺一样，血肉飞散，“狂热者”欢喜的声音也戛然而止—— 在场的所有人都呆滞地看着这一幕。 发生巨变的詹姆斯·歌摩林的身体还站在原地。 其身体本身已经充满了亵渎、疯狂和混沌。 他已经变成了身高超越六米的巨人。头部就像山羊一样，红色的双眼发出光芒，头顶长着一对形状优美的犄角，宛如精致的装饰品。仔细一看，白色体毛的形状让人感到无比恶心。 因为都是手指。手指、手指、手指。全都是少女的手指。白色的手指，那是无数苗条、艳丽的纤纤玉手。那些骇人的美丽手指正蠢蠢欲动。这是手指的体毛。成千上万的手指全都是少女的手指。好像自古以来所有祭品少女的手指全都出现了。 这个生物突然抬起头，发出轰鸣。 “这是时隔几个世代的召唤，总算可以向那个丑陋的牢笼告别了。可怜的人们啊，感谢你们赋予我奥尔肯满意的躯体。” 脑髓中响起的令人胆寒的声音并不属于这个世界。 这是利用詹姆斯·歌摩林获得肉身的魔神。 奥尔基索斯的下位眷属。 奥尔肯。 看着这疯狂的外形，吉赛尔、艾米拉、“灰之旅团”的男人们都哑口无言。眼前不断喷涌的狂气麻痹了所有人的身心。 打破沉默的，是半妖少女。 “请、请问……” 少女双眼噙泪，拼命挤出笑容。 “请问……你能、把我、变成、人类吗……？” “当然。悲哀的命运之人啊，没有我的力量改变不了的东西。” 魔神俯视着少女说道。 “就像这样——” 山羊头部长出的那对角—— 非常尖锐、非常扭曲。 这对形似羊角的物体呈螺旋状生长，然后变成了无数的手指。这些将詹姆斯·歌摩林的额头刺破，随意改变自身的骇人刻刀飞向了空中，从四面八方袭来—— “快逃……！” 吉赛尔注意到了魔神的目标，立刻喊道。 目标并不是半妖少女，而是因为这疯狂的造型惊呆的长枪男。 “咦……！” 长枪男发出短促的悲鸣，扔了枪刚准备逃，但—— “唔啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊…………！” 无数的手指包裹了他，男人发出了最后的悲鸣。袭来的雕塑刻刀瞬间覆盖了男人的身体，最终悲鸣也消失了，吉赛尔只能眼睁睁地看着他丧命的瞬间。 但是，那并不是死亡，而是雕塑。 手指离开了，再次回到了魔神头部，变成了犄角。 长枪男还留在刚才的位置。 皮肤像石膏一样惨白。脸也消失了，鼻子的位置有一个屁股，手臂上连着脚，胸口长了一个头。应该说这已经不是男人了，因为屁股上还长出了无数的乳房，还有三根手臂垂在地上。背后长了四只耳朵，一只眼球在头顶转动，腹部有一个巨大的嘴唇，里面没有牙齿，只有一根长到诡异的舌头垂在外面—— “嘎、啊、嘎嘎嘎、嘎嘎嘎、嘎……” 他只是站在原地不断呻吟。 吉赛尔的思绪已经被疯狂和恐惧填满了。 "Ah... ah..." 半妖少女看着那边，微微长大了眼睛。 “那么，你渴望着怎样的外形呢。堕落少女，我会实现你父亲的愿望的。” 艾米拉随即展开攻势。 俯视着米莉亚的魔神看上去毫无防备。艾米拉冲上祭坛，一口气跳了起来。少女的短剑迅速劈向了被无数手指体毛覆盖的身体。 斩击深深地劈开血肉发出不快的声音。 but-- 跳起的艾米拉着地了，她一脸紧张地看着魔神。 背部被砍的山羊头魔神却毫不在意。 受伤的少女手指留着青色血液颤抖着，但是，伤口瞬间就被重生的少女手指覆盖了。 再生能力。也就是说，武器根本无效—— 确实，获得肉体降临的魔神的话，普通的武器几乎都无效—— 艾米拉再次跳了起来。 她刚才的落脚点立刻被无数刻刀刺中。 魔神放出了头上的犄角。穿透的地板瞬间四处飞散，这一击根本无法防御。 面对再次袭来的触手群，艾米拉逃到了祭坛外围。但是紧追不舍的刻刀还是划到了少女的肩膀，血滴飞散。 “艾米……！” 吉赛尔向她冲去准备支援—— 但变成鞭子的刻刀打中了吉赛尔。 少年用短剑奋力防御，结果还是被打飞摔在了地上。 袭向艾米拉的触手群突然掉转矛头，向“灰之旅团”的男人们飞去。长剑男和板斧男都惊呆了，犹豫着要不要逃跑时——转眼间就被覆盖了——原本吉赛尔也差点成为牺牲品，袭向少年的手指被赶来支援的艾米拉弹开了。火光四溅，钢铁剑身发出悲鸣。 “站起来……！” 少女喊道，吉赛尔慌忙爬了起来。 腐蚀身心的疯狂和恐惧至今还麻痹着身体。 “少女啊，你身上流着奇妙的血，这就是你的命运吗？” 魔神俯视着挥刀相向的艾米拉说道。 听到魔神的话，艾米拉有些吃惊地皱起了眉头。 此时，回过神来才发现，被刻刀包裹的男人们的悲鸣已经消失了。 少年恐惧地转头看去。 男人们已经变成了异形的野兽了。 外型和狼类似，漆黑的健壮身体，背后能看见突出的外骨骼。狰狞的獠牙伸在外面，感觉会吐出黑色的气息。这并不是世间的野兽。 这是异兽。这应该是模仿魔神在异界使役的异界之兽塑造的吧。 “唔嘎嘎嘎嘎，咕咕咕咕咕，嘎啊嘎嘎嘎。” 这些和狼类似的生物正用和人类相似的嗓音低吼着。 这些异兽瞄准吉赛尔和艾米拉的脖子撕咬过来。 “可、恶……！” 吉赛尔用短剑砍退了扑来的异兽。艾米拉也敏捷地躲过攻击，绕到异兽背后挥下短剑。 “咕啊！” 野兽发出了似人非人的悲鸣。 每一个个体都不算棘手。击退异兽獠牙的吉赛尔如此判断。不过这些异兽越是负伤，他们就像亡者一样越发凶猛。真是恐怖的耐久力。与之对战的艾