Thales looked at the red sword in his hand absentmindedly.
Even the little slipper tremblingly came up to him and struggled to pull him up from the ground, without even realizing it.
The Purifying Edge.
Is that the name?
The blood-red sword edge is extremely bright even in the dim moonlight.
Thales tried his best to sort out the thoughts in his brain, and even forgot about the environment he was currently in.
Is this sword a living thing?
If so, why was it motionless in the hands of Black Sword before?
If not, then what exactly is that voice...
Why is that voice that comes from the ears—no, more like from the bottom of the heart—so similar to what the chief priest of the Bright Moon Temple experienced when he was praying?
The moment he touched it, the burning sensation seeping out of his body reminded him of the scene when the magic power was "out of control". Is there any connection between them?
Also, "it" said: My blood brothers. What does this mean?
"It" also said: Long time no see.
Have he ever met this thing - the legendary anti-demon force - before?
More and more questions emerged from Thales' thinking, but none of them had an answer.
It only made him more confused and confused.
"what have you done!"
Black Sword's voice came from his ears, serious and sharp.
Thales was startled, came to his senses, and unconsciously let go of his right hand.
Bang!
The red sword in his hand slipped to the ground.
Black Sword struggled with his weak body and raised his upper body.
I don't know whether it was because of the shock or physical injury. His face was very ugly, and a pair of sharp eyes were locked on Thales' face:
"Why, why does it suddenly work?"
Only then did Thales react. He looked at the small sword on the ground, took a deep breath, and looked up at the black sword.
"Well..." The second prince forced out an awkward smile: "Don't... know?"
Heijian's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
The little slipper said "Hey".
"Look!"
The girl pointed to the ground, her voice filled with surprise: "It has changed back again!"
Black Sword and Thales were startled, and their eyes were once again attracted to the small sword on the ground.
I saw that the small sword that once shone red in Thales's hand began to slowly change color.
The sword's edge, as bright as blood, faded again on the ground, turning into the same dull, deep matte red as before - as if all the blood had been drained away.
Thales blinked in surprise.
He wasn't the only one to have this reaction.
The legendary killer of the Brotherhood shook his head tremblingly, with a confused expression.
"What the hell..."
"If Ramon is still here..." Black Sword looked at the dimmed little sword, lowered his head and gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
At this moment, a huge roar came from the distance again.
"boom!"
Before anyone could react, a dilapidated house not far away suddenly turned into powder!
A terrifying giant bloody tentacle rose into the sky.
In the distance, the figure of the hydra is looming in the smoke.
Thales and Little Slippery were both shocked, watching in astonishment as the tentacle split again into countless tiny limbs, sweeping towards them like a dense swarm of squirming snakes!
"What are you waiting for?"
Black Sword roared anxiously: "Run!"
Thales was so excited.
He couldn't help but pull up the little slipper with a pale face. He didn't care about what had just happened, and just rushed in the opposite direction to the tentacle!
It’s this tentacle again…
So - Thales gritted his teeth - Asheida, did you really lose?
Aren’t magicians immortal and immortal?
Then how did he lose?
Damn it.
He has to keep running!
As for the black sword that is still on the ground and unable to move...
I can only wish him good luck.
However, this time the tentacles seemed to be particularly fast and powerful. They flooded through the streets littered with corpses like a tide, making a scary "sizzling" sound wherever they went!
When Thales heard it, his scalp felt cold and his soul was gone.
Without Aishida's cover and protection, this time, they had just taken four or five steps when the first small tentacle chased them behind them.
This time, its target is only Thales!
In an instant, Thales felt a weight on his feet, and his ankles were tightly entangled by the tentacle that came first.
Thales felt cold in his heart.
"Boom!"
He staggered and fell to the ground!
The tentacle began to curl, dragging him backwards.
"No!" Little Slippery screamed. She turned around and grabbed Thales' arm tightly, trying to save him from the entanglement of the tentacles.
But with the strength of two children, how could they survive the hydra's tentacles?
Together they were dragged towards the snake-like tentacles.
"Damn it!"
Thales watched with numbness as his ankles were wrapped tighter and tighter.
He glanced behind them again and saw other tentacles getting closer and closer, extending before his eyes in just a few seconds!
The stumps in the tentacles that were either melted, broken, or stuck together were clearly visible before your eyes!
Thales trembled all over, turned around quickly and shouted: "Run!"
But the little slipper just bit his lower lip, hugged his arm tightly, and shook his head.
They were dragged back several meters.
"Zizzi..."
The frightening sound of flesh and blood rubbing against each other came from far to near.
Thales felt a chill in his heart.
Oops.
That's too late.
Soon, countless tentacles covered the sky and the moon, sweeping in like a raging wave.
The first tentacle wrapped around Little Slippery's left arm.
The second one covered Tails' back.
The third one, the fourth one, the fifth one...
From the limbs to the body, these tentacles tightly bound him and the little slipper!
"No!"
The slimy, warm, yet disgusting stump tentacles covered Thales's eyes as he roared, blocking the little slippery head with tears on his face from his sight.
The little slipper screamed, grabbing Thales' hand and letting go while pulling.
Thales' eyes were splitting as he looked at the sobbing face of the little slippery man, which was covered by the tentacles and disappeared from his eyes.
no no!
Amid the tugging of tentacles all over his body, Thales desperately stretched his hand towards the jc dagger.
At the moment of life and death, he no longer cared about any secrets or side effects.
He had to use magic...or what he thought was magic!
But just when the second prince was about to get the dagger and stab himself, another tentacle came from behind and bound his right arm.
Then drag it back tightly!
He failed to reach the dagger.
Thales gritted his teeth unwillingly.
No.
He was like a prey hunted by a spider, tightly trapped in the spider's web, unable to move.
Just close your eyes and wait for death.
But just at this moment.
The low roar of Black Sword suddenly came from my ears.
"ah!"
Immediately afterwards, bursts of sounds of flesh and blood breaking came one after another.
"Wow!"
Thales was shocked and felt that the momentum of being dragged along suddenly diminished.
The next moment, the tentacles wrapped around his head and face suddenly came loose!
Blood splashed everywhere, and a black sword covered in bruises appeared in Thales' sight.
Tails suddenly became energetic!
Before he could speak, Black Sword shouted violently among the surging tentacles and waved the small red sword in his hand.
"call!"
The wind roared, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the sword edge drew circles of arcs in the countless flesh and blood of the tentacles.
Split, cut off the tentacles one after another.
The tentacles shook with a bang, like a boiling oil pan, attacking crazily towards the black sword!
With a scarred body, Black Sword showed agility that was inconsistent with his physical condition. Sometimes his body trembled to get rid of entanglements, sometimes he turned sharply to dodge attacks, and fought hard among the tentacles from all directions.
The black sword swung past a tentacle stretching towards his left shoulder, then trembled with his right arm, knocking down a tentacle resting on it with a strange rhythm, and then roared and cut off a tentacle that bound Thales' left leg.
Hei Jian's face was ugly. He stepped on the tentacles everywhere, and his legs were unknowingly entangled, but he was still unaware.
The small sword in his hand never stopped swinging. Sometimes the sword cut through a tentacle restraining Thales, and sometimes it cut horizontally through a tentacle trying to stop him.
Among the countless tentacles, the black sword stood in front of Thales, his eyes firm and his body moving.
At that moment, he was like a restless insect caught in a spider's web, tenacious and unyielding, struggling desperately and shaking endlessly.
Thales watched this scene blankly.
"Hold on to me!"
Black Sword yelled, and his left arm, wrapped in thick cloth and stained with thick blood, reached out and grabbed Thales' shoulder firmly.
Then he swung his little sword again and instantly cut off the three tentacles entangled with Thales!
"laugh!"
The next moment, Black Sword had a fierce expression on his face. He forcefully pulled Thales out of the pile of tentacles like he was pulling out a carrot!
Thales hugged Black Sword's arm tightly and kept coughing.
With a powerful swing of the black sword, Thales was thrown out of the range of the tentacles!
Thales rolled to the ground, gasping for air.
Several tentacles tried to follow Thales, but were cut off mercilessly by the black sword before their eyes.
But Black Sword himself was entangled tighter and tighter by the tentacles.
Thales didn't bother to catch his breath and turned around hastily, only to see the black sword that was almost submerged by the tentacles, struggling hard after a round of bursts to rescue Thales.
Thales subconsciously wanted to crawl back, but when he raised his head and saw the look in Black Sword's eyes, he couldn't help but stop.
That man, in the pile of tentacles, was still fighting endlessly.
"This sword...why doesn't it work?" Black Sword looked at the small red sword in his hand and roared: "These things haven't disappeared!"
Thales, who had just escaped from death, felt exhausted mentally and physically. He held his support on the floor and listened to the sizzling sound of the tentacles behind him. There was a helpless expression in his eyes as the little slipper was finally pulled away, and he felt unbearable resentment in his heart.
how come.
He gritted his teeth and yelled back without thinking: "How the hell do I know! I just took it back..."
As soon as the words came out, both of them were shocked!
Thales understood something.
A tentacle took the opportunity to wrap around Heijian's neck, strangling him so hard that he trembled.
At the critical moment, Black Sword stopped swinging his sword. He was almost drowned by the tentacles and took a deep look at Thales.
"Little guy!" Black Sword suddenly raised his voice.
Thales gasped and tried his best to stand up.
Several tentacles have bypassed the black sword and arrived in front of Thales!
However, the next moment, Thales saw the black sword's arm move, causing the wind to roar.
I saw a black shadow, spinning towards the face of the traveler!
Thales narrowed his eyes subconsciously and involuntarily raised his right hand to protect his head and face.
But the black shadow turned around just in time and fell accurately into the right palm that Thales had just raised.
Prince Xingchen shook his hand unconsciously and felt a heavy weight on his hand!
Thales' knees bent, and he hurriedly grasped the small sword thrown by the black sword - the hilt just flew into his hand.
Although he didn't want to admit it, - Thales took a deep breath - the black sword's throw was really accurate.
Black Sword took one last look at Thales and was completely overwhelmed by the tentacles.
The tentacles wrapped in the black sword lifted the "prey" and rolled it back.
Thales breathed in a daze, but he knew what he was going to do.
Please.
He gritted his teeth, waved his small sword, and ran forward through the ruins and snow under his feet.
Give it to me quickly...
Let it work for me!
"ah--"
The next moment, Thales roared at the top of his lungs, as if this could calm him down - he waved his small sword towards the tentacles rushing towards him.
One tentacle touched Thales' face, causing him to feel a numbness on his face. The other tentacle stretched out to his hands, making an unpleasant hissing sound.
But the next moment, that strange burning feeling hit my heart again, and my blood vessels began to surge again.
Thales's little sword changed.
As if some power had been injected into it, its dull, dark red blade gradually changed color and glowed from the hilt of the sword in Thales's hand.
It became bright and blood-red again, as if it was rejuvenated - just like it was before.
Red light spreads out.
The two tentacles closest to Thales suddenly trembled in front of the small sword's edge!
In just a few seconds, they went from warm and strong flesh and blood to curled up and withered into gray limbs, making a sizzling sound of flames and red steam, and then turned into ashes alive!
Thales was shocked: It works!
He did not stop, but rushed forward as if risking his life.
Not far away, the blood magician who was confronting Grievor and Nicolai turned his head thoughtfully and glanced in this direction.
The tentacles of Giza are very "impressive". The warm texture and sticky and greasy feeling that hit the tentacles made Thales never want to taste them again in his life.
too disgusting.
But this time, Thales just lowered his head and charged desperately with his small sword.
However, Thales surprisingly did not encounter any real obstacles that could stop him for more than a few seconds, even though those groups of tentacles looked so scary before.
Thales stared at the ground, not letting the surging tentacles in front of him affect his vision, and kept running with just one breath.
He crashed into the pile of tentacles wrapped in the black sword without any clue.
The wall of flesh and blood composed of tentacles collapsed at the first touch, and ashes continued to fall in front of him.
If there was a tentacle entangled somewhere, Thales would subconsciously move the sword edge there - in just a few seconds, the tentacle would tremble slightly, then loosen and turn to dust.
Like ripples on the lake, the tentacles trembled back and spread out in front of him.
It curled away towards the roots at a faster speed than when it came.
But Thales still didn't care and just charged with his sword.
The next second, he only felt that his feet were empty.
Thales panicked and fell down!
But he didn't fall.
"Boom!" came a muffled sound.
Thales felt a pain in his head and felt like he had hit a thick wall.
He was caught by something just in time.
"enough!"
Black Sword's cold voice sounded from his ears.
Thales was shocked and then raised his head.
Black Sword, who was freed from the predicament, had a bad expression. He grabbed Thales' wrist tightly and held the red sword in front of his neck.
"That's enough." Heijian said coldly, letting go of his arm and the small sword.
Thales, who was still in shock, finally found his breath.
After the disaster, he looked around: he saw the tentacles retreating one after another, rolling back sparsely and sporadically, or withering in place, or disappearing into the darkness.
It's like nothing just happened.
Only one person was missing.
Thales ran forward two steps in a daze, and saw nothing except corpses and withered tentacles on the ground.
"It's too late," Black Sword's sharp eyes stared at the darkness in the distance, his voice a little weak: "We can't catch up."
Thales's heart trembled. He held the red sword in his hand and slid to the ground weakly, biting his lower lip.
However, his left hand accidentally pressed something.
Same hard thing.
Thales lowered his head and was immediately shocked.
Those are little slippery glasses.
Those black-rimmed glasses were incompatible with her.
One of the lenses has been worn down a small amount.
However, its owner...
Thales couldn't help but feel sad.
Little naughty guy...
He dragged her away from King Nun, from Asheida, and from the tentacles of Giza.
But now, she was finally...
Thinking of this, Thales felt a lump in his throat and a huge stone in his heart.
No.
Thales picked up the damaged pair of glasses and bit his lip.
In his mind, he couldn't stop flashing back to the moment when the little slipper hugged his arm tightly, and then was submerged in the tentacles, screaming and being dragged away.
No.
Heijian covered his chest, sat down unsteadily, squirted a mouthful of blood on the ground, straightened his breathing, and then raised his head.
Thales closed his eyes tightly and lowered his head.
Seeing Thales's appearance, Black Sword sighed deeply.
"It seems that you did something..." Heijian looked at the withered and blackened tentacles around him, and even scattered into ashes, and said slowly:
"It only responds to your touch."
"That sword seems to be effective only in your hand - to restrain the magician."
Immersed in unspeakable sadness, Thales trembled slightly.
Thales glanced at the bright red weapon in his hand aimlessly.
"Do you have anything to explain?" Heijian shook his head, put away his previous expression, and said calmly.
Thales frowned, looking at the black sword with anger or boredom.
Why does he still care about this?
Thales was silent for a while before speaking.
"Explanation?" Thales sneered sadly: "Explanation is nonsense."
Black Sword ignored his words, but looked at Thales' face.
A few seconds later, Black Sword suddenly said:
"'Blue Ambition'."
Thales replied absently: "What?"
"What is your relationship with that place?" Heijian asked seriously.
At this moment, Thales only felt resentment filling his chest. He had no intention of paying attention to Black Sword and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with it!"
Thales lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
He closed his eyes and tried not to look at the corpses lying on the ground on both sides of the street. They were even more unrecognizable under the attack of the tentacles just now.
Black Sword didn't answer him, he just tilted his head and frowned, looking at the darkness in the distance.
"Don't you know?" After a moment, Heijian's tone turned cold: "She suffered like this because of you."
Thales raised his head tremblingly and looked at the black sword with twinkling eyes.
"Everyone here, including Ramon, thousands of people died because of you. You should know this very well," Black Sword said emotionally, "How do you feel?"
Thales breathed unconsciously, his eyes vacant.
"This is the disaster caused by those monsters," Heijian said calmly: "Twelve years ago, I saw such a tragedy, corpses everywhere, countless ruins, companions who were taken away, people who were innocently involved,
There are also the hateful looks in those monsters’ indifference and indifference…”
"To those monsters, we are just thinking and talking bugs. Compared with their goal - even if it is an extremely ridiculous goal - we are not worth mentioning."
Thales gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes: "What are you implying?"
"The magic master destroyed the entire city, and I, including you and I, must all be responsible for it," Black Sword exhaled a long breath, as if his injuries were much better: "So we must do something
What...even if it’s for the girl next to you, isn’t it?”
Thales pinched the black-rimmed glasses in his hand and breathed evenly.
"You need my help." Thales said firmly.
Black Sword nodded slowly.
"This sword can only be effective in your hands," Black Sword stared into Thales's eyes: "Now that we have obtained this weapon, we must do something."
"So - yes, I need your help." Black Sword repeated his words.
"What do you want to do?" Thales' breathing began to be disordered, and his voice was a little hollow.
This time, Heijian stared at him for a long time before speaking slowly.
"Look around us, look at the ruins they left behind..." Black Sword stood up tremblingly from the ground, looking into the distance, "That thing is still raging now - I guess, Longxiao City has already
I can’t control the situation.”
Thales was shocked and he came to his senses.
"you want……"
Thales was a little surprised. He followed Black Sword's eyes and turned to look at Kilika in the distance: "You want to find... the Blood Magician?"
"We want to end all this," Black Sword nodded:
"End this city's nightmare."
"With any luck..."
"We can even save that girl..."
"If she hasn't been eaten by that thing yet."
Thales's breathing slowly accelerated.
"Otherwise, as long as you are still here, as long as that thing is still here," Heijian said with deep meaning: "You and the unlucky people around you will not have peace - even if the girl is rescued, she will eventually
Falling into the hands of those monsters again."
"Even if you have this sword."
Thales frowned and looked at the small sword in his hand.
"Purifying Edge of the World." After a few seconds, he whispered.
"What?" Heijian frowned.
"The name of this sword," Thales stared at the sword in his hand, staring at its blood-red blade, determination flashed in his eyes: "It's called the Edge of the Purifying World."
Heijian looked at him and suddenly smiled: "You really know something."
"Not much more than you." Thales said with dull eyes and no emotion.
"So, little guy, what's your decision?" Black Sword did not continue the topic. He looked at the little prince with a compelling look: "As the youngest person in history... the leader of the legendary anti-demon armed force."
Thales took a deep breath.
He looked at the Purifying Edge in his hand.
The only things left in my ears were the howling cold wind and the faint sizzling sound of the multi-headed snake.
In front of his eyes, Asheida's deep eyes appeared.
Giza’s lovely and gentle smile.
The little slippery face had a tearful expression.
The cries of the residents of the Northland fleeing for their lives rang in their ears.
At that moment, Thales' eyes became firm.
"Okay, I'll follow you..."
But just before he finished speaking, Heijian suddenly said: "By the way, I'd like to remind you."
Thales was stunned.
"Excessive use of legendary anti-magic weapons will cause a huge load on the body," Black Sword said calmly: "If you cannot master their power - it will be dangerous."
Thales was slightly startled when he heard this. He lowered his head and looked at the Purifying Edge in his hand again.
Under the moonlight, its blood-red sword edge looked so bright and dazzling.
"Danger?" he said in a daze.
"Especially those who have not reached the extreme realm, they cannot ensure absolute control over the legendary anti-demon weapons..." Black Sword's voice continued: "And you..."
"You have to think about it." Black Sword's words were extremely cold.
Thales frowned heavily.
At that moment, he suddenly thought of Gilbert, Yodel, and Jinnie.
Thinking of their eyes - even though he had never seen Yodel's eyes.
He remembered what Gilbert had told him, that when encountering disaster, he should protect himself first.
But he remembered his identity again.
Every time you use magic energy, doesn't it cost a heavy price?
And - he thought of Gisa's smile again, and her gentle but determined eyes.
She won't let herself go.
"You were still trying to persuade me to go find a magician with you earlier," Thales sneered, "But now you're saying this?"
"What's your answer?" Heijian raised his eyebrows slightly.
Thales' eyes gradually gathered.
He raised his head and looked at Black Sword's sharp gaze.
Then he nodded seriously.
"Let's go," Thales said calmly, "Let's go see that lovely big sister."