Florund's medicine flows rapidly in the blood vessels with the blood, and under the powerful ups and downs of the heart, it spreads throughout the body in an instant.
His mind gradually regained consciousness, and it was like being exposed to a cold wind. The cold feeling spread on the skin of his body. All sleepiness and fatigue disappeared, and his senses became more sensitive.
It was a "clearness" that was hard to describe. It seemed that there had been an unknown fog shrouding the world, but now those fogs had disappeared, and Lorenzo could clearly observe the essence of every thing.
"Lorenzo..."
Seliu shouted worriedly. She stood behind the door and looked at him with some fear.
Everyone felt it. The moment Lorenzo came into contact with the soldiers, the huge and terrifying erosion was released from the demon hunter's body, like a nightmare descending on reality, with frantic wailing and twisted claws tearing apart.
Tickling everyone.
At that moment, Seleu even lost the ability to think. Just like the creatures in nature, a predator discovered her. The feeling of despair at that moment prevented her from even thinking of resistance.
The most profound and despairing terror.
Yawei also had a vigilant look on his face, and his old face was covered with sweat. He may have used up all the courage he had, and rushed over to inject Lorenzo with the Florund potion.
He wiped the sweat with his sleeve. Now was not the time to pay attention to etiquette.
"I am okay."
Lorenzo answered briefly, with a serious look on his face.
Immediately afterwards, he proved all this with his actions. He put away the folding knife, and the remaining armor fell off, falling to the ground sporadically, making a metallic knocking sound.
"It's Dean Lawrence."
He said to the kestrel walking over.
"He arrived here through [the gap]. Fortunately, I repelled him."
He must have been repelled, otherwise he would have been invaded by Dean Lawrence at this moment.
Kestrel asked with a look of horror on his face.
"are you sure?"
This is the Mechanical Institute. Although it is in the name of scientific research, this is a fortress of war, with countless heavy firepower built in. Below is the mysterious perpetually moving pump.
The vast industrial area mine is the best battlefield. Even if there are tens of millions of demons invading, they can repel them with their powerful firepower. But now this most relied on barrier is useless, and the invisible enemy can easily arrive.
Got here.
Lorenzo nodded, although he didn't want to admit it, but just like that, their enemies became more and more cunning and terrifying. The kestrel has never reached the [Gap], just like people who have never seen the sea. Regarding what Lorenzo said
Naturally, he cannot understand it, or he cannot understand it so clearly.
It wasn't until this fact appeared in front of his eyes that he felt the terrifying power of it so clearly.
Lorenzo put the folding knife into his arms, ignoring Kestrel's subtle expression, and whispered in a low voice.
“It’s scary because it’s invisible.”
This is the demon, this is the unknown mystery.
"Seleu, come with me."
Lorenzo suddenly turned his head and said to the girl beside him.
Seliu was a little unclear about what Lorenzo was going to do, but out of some reliance on trust, he still walked out obediently.
The atmosphere was a little strange, or rather it was a little strange when Lorenzo woke up.
Just as Kestrel was about to say something, Lorenzo interrupted him directly and said.
"Collect his body and send it to the Everlasting Pump. Maybe something will be found out."
"Can……"
He wanted to say something else, but suddenly saw Lorenzo's eyes, and the rest of his words were suddenly suppressed, and his thoughts were interrupted.
That look was not what a human being should have, it was like the reverberation after being possessed by a demon, peeking out at little bits of scarlet.
"Yahwei, go prepare some weapons and follow Kestrel. He will equip them for you."
He turned his head and said to Yawei again.
"I?"
"Yes, our enemy is very scary. Even if you are an old man, you have to take action, right?"
Lorenzo answered coldly.
Yawei found it difficult to refute this guy for a moment. He paused and walked to Kestrel's side.
Everyone started to move. According to Lorenzo's idea, hurried footsteps sounded nearby. Lorenzo seemed to be in a hurry. He picked up the box containing Florund's potion, and then pulled Seleu up.
With his hands, he walked quickly in the corridor. His steps were very long, and it was very difficult for Seliu to keep up with him.
"Where are we going?"
Seliu asked hesitantly. She could feel that something was about to happen and she was a little uneasy.
"Mousetrap."
Lorenzo pretended to be relaxed and said.
"You are the cheese on the clamp, and Dean Lawrence is the nasty mouse. We have to guide him into the trap."
"But didn't you fight him off?"
"If he could really give up so easily, he would no longer be Dean Lawrence."
Lorenzo responded, his pace suddenly stopped, and he pulled Seleu into a nearby warehouse. A group of soldiers happened to pass by the door.
Seleu watched all this quietly, Lorenzo was avoiding them for some unknown reason.
…
"This shouldn't be heading to a 'mousetrap'."
While walking in silence, Seliu asked.
The huge fortress has been left behind, and a cold wind has stirred up thick dust, which is mixed with burned cinders, like a gray wind passing by.
Seleu could only close his eyes to avoid it, but the demon hunter stood like a stone pillar in it.
After waiting for the strong wind to pass, the train platform covered with dust is standing in the desolate mine field. Because of the vastness of the industrial area, people usually take a train to leave here.
"I know."
Lorenzo responded casually. He looked at Seleu, his gaze made the girl a little scared. No one knew what Lorenzo was thinking. He seemed to be a different person from the moment he woke up.
The train started moving slowly. It was strange that Lorenzo and Seleu were the only ones on the train. The desolate scenery began to retreat rapidly. They were moving away from the mechanical yard and away from the strict protection.
"Were you... trying to drive them away before?"
Seleu asked in silence.
Kestrel and Yawei actually didn't need to do that, it was just Lorenzo who needed it. He needed them to leave so that it would be easier for the two of them to leave.
Lorenzo nodded. He tilted his chin and looked out the window, looking at the distant place. This would make his eyes more comfortable.
Because of the special status of the demon hunters, no one stopped them on their way out, and the two of them walked out of it so openly.
"We're not going to go into a 'mousetrap', right?"
Seleu asked again.
She didn't know where the train would finally arrive, nor did she know what Lorenzo wanted to do. All power and status were useless at this moment... not even as useful as a dagger.
Lorenzo slowly moved his gaze towards her. This time Lorenzo did not avoid Seleu's gaze, but this time Seleu could not see anything in his gray-blue eyes, which were covered by the gray mist.
All, so that no one can see his thoughts.
But at this moment Lorenzo suddenly showed an abnormal smile and said.
"Actually, I'm thinking about something, Seliu."
"What's up?"
"About sacrificing Eve."
Lorenzo clasped his hands together, placed them on the table, and sat up straight.
This was a question that Seleu had asked him before, and maybe she didn't expect that this would be a problem that would trap the demon hunter.
"I wonder if I'm a hypocrite."
"It's also to eradicate demons. Why can I sacrifice Eve without hesitation, but I hesitate to do it to you?"
Lorenzo recalled his original mood, and everything seemed to have an answer.
"What's the answer?"
Seleu lowered her guard and looked at Lorenzo with a sullen face.
The train crossed a long distance, crushing all the debris on the rails and bringing up whistling dust like a giant python moving forward.
"Not an optimal solution."
Lorenzo directly denied his previous answer.
"anger."
he answered.
"Humans need motivation, just like a machine. We need to burn something to make ourselves move forward, and the so-called ideals and so-called emotions are the best fuel."
Just like in some ridiculous story book, as long as the protagonist of the story becomes angry, even the so-called gods can be defeated with one punch.
"Stay angry."
Seryu said softly.
"Never-ending anger, this is the perfect fuel."
Lorenzo said calmly, it is hard to imagine how hot and boiling is hidden under this calm demeanor.
That kind of anger allowed Lorenzo to survive the Night of Holy Advent. It was also the same kind of anger that made him overcome the obstacles and come to Old Dunling. It was also the same kind of anger that made him draw the nail sword again.
"For me, let alone sacrificing Eve at that time, even if I died, as long as I could kill Dean Lawrence, I would be satisfied."
That's why I'm so indifferent to life.
Looking upward, Lorenzo held a cigarette in his mouth. He looked at the sky and puffed away the smoke.
"Tsk, is that all?"
Seleu's performance far exceeded Lorenzo's expectations. She spoke with disdain, as if she didn't care about Lorenzo's words.
"Lorenzo, you know what? In fact, people like you should go to hell."
"The most perfect death for you is to die with the demon."
She started to perform as she spoke, with many strange expressions appearing on her cold little face, her teeth bared and her claws waving.
"Think about it. After fighting all night, the great Mr. Holmes cut off all the weapons. Finally, he began to use fists, claws, teeth... to kill the enemy with all the weapons he could use."
"Bite the monsters' throats and strangle them to the ground with your elbows... When you are exhausted, you will be penetrated by the monsters, and finally die facing the rising sun."
Seliu acted out the tragic scene of death, and no one could have imagined that her facial expressions were so rich.
"Actually, it's really easy for you to guess, as long as you think about everything from the monster."
"But Lorenzo, don't you think... your life is a bit too monotonous? The only difference between you and those ascetics is that you are an ascetic who fights and kills. You have to recite holy words before going to bed every day, hoping to kill monsters.
The sword will be sharper when the time comes."
She continued talking like a chatterbox.
"Yahwei has taken me to many dinner parties with big shots. In fact, everyone is just like you, full of ambition and anger, but what they want is power and wealth. Only you desire the death of the demon."
"So why do you want to kill the demon so much? Doctrine? Belief in God, or some damn love and peace?"
Lorenzo was speechless by what she said, and the girl took back the initiative.
"Lorenzo, it's not a good thing to have too much anger. You will be burned out by your own anger... This is a dead end, a road of self-destruction."
Seleu looked at him, at this monster driven by anger and hatred.
"Then for this long-cherished wish, I can be sacrificed, right?"
Lorenzo answered after a long silence.
"I am not sure."
He looks like he has a headache.
"Actually, before sacrificing Eve, I didn't expect that I would make such a decision."
"But sometimes that's the case. Only when things really happen do you realize what kind of person you are and what kind of decisions you will make."
The honorable become despicable, the villain becomes noble, the brave man breaks away and flees, but the coward stands up.
Sometimes human beings are such strange, sad things built of contradictions.
"Then do you regret it?"
"……I am not sure."
Lorenzo said with a somewhat self-deprecating smile.
"I didn't think about that at all at the time. I just wanted to kill Dean Lawrence. I also knew that he was very strong and I might die... But who cares about what happens after death?"
Just like what he said to Sabo at that time, if you die, you will die and there will be nothing.
There is no hatred, no anger, no power to confuse people's hearts, and no those glorious gods. There is just a void of gray, which makes people sleep in eternal silence.
"You're like a coward running away."
"I just don't want you to say that."
The two looked at each other briefly, and Seleu sighed helplessly. She knew exactly what the situation was now, and she was unable to resist. Looking at the fortress that was gradually going away, she said.
"So are you going to do something crazy next? Some fucking path to destruction?"
Lorenzo deliberately took himself away from the jurisdiction of the purification agency. During that short period of time, Lorenzo must have thought of something that made him make such a decision.
"Is your current behavior considered betrayal? Arthur must really want to kill you now."
Then she said again.
"It doesn't matter, he doesn't have this idea every day anyway."
Lorenzo looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.
The train stopped slowly. As long as you leave here, you have officially left the jurisdiction of the purification agency. It is strange that there are no pursuers after such a long time, as if someone has prepared an escape route for Luo in advance.
Renzo.
"Aren't you scared? Seleu."
Looking at the open car door, no one of them moved.
Seleu looked at Lorenzo with a mocking look on his face.
"So you 'held' me hostage until I got here, and then you thought of asking me how I was feeling at that time?"
She stood up directly and walked towards the car door, regardless of Lorenzo's somewhat shocked eyes.
Seliu has always been like this, hard to see through. She is obviously a little kid, but she always looks like an adult... In fact, she will indeed be an adult in a few days.
"Lorenzo, you rescued me from Gaulnaro, so now it's my turn to help you complete that damn road of destruction."