Thick dark clouds gathered over the old Dunling. It was clearly daytime, but no light could penetrate the gloomy iron curtain, dragging the entire city and even the entire world into darkness.
The operation of the entire Old Dunling came to a halt today. The galloping winds and the shrill heavy rain converged together. The Old Dunling ushered in this suffocating and depressing storm amidst lightning and thunder.
Under the violent storm, there were no traces of living people on the streets. Even the factories that worked around the clock chose to rest at this moment. The voice of the radio host became intermittent, and he comforted the citizens with a few words.
Let everyone enjoy this rare holiday.
Although the apocalyptic weather echoed over the city, people did not feel scared, but were very happy. On this unexpected holiday, people and their families sat by the fireplace in the living room, listening to the howling wind and enjoying
With the warmth of family.
But not everyone can have such warmth. There are figures walking hard in the heavy rain. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, like a deadly storm. The majestic rain curtain makes people feel like they are drowning.
, in this difficult environment, the figure reached the shadow of a building with difficulty, temporarily avoiding the icy rain.
"It's so bad..."
Merlin panted heavily and slowly sat down against the wall. The once mysterious alchemist was completely soaked and looked completely miserable.
There were messy gunshots coming through the rain curtain, and there was also the faint sound of monsters roaring. Under the heavy rain, the entire Black Mountain Hospital was caught in the flames of war. Corrosion interfered with communications, and the rain curtain obscured the view. Everything now seemed extremely bad.
No one knows what will happen next.
But at least Merlin was safe for now. As Arthur gave the order, he and Abigail evacuated in different ways to preserve their strength as much as possible.
Although he made a guarantee to Arthur, Merlin's evacuation method is really not safe and efficient. After lifting Lorenzo out of the birdcage, this somewhat sick alchemist showed his power.
, he directly carried Lorenzo and ran all the way out of the scientific research area.
Maybe it was due to the heavy rain, or maybe it was because there were only two people with a small target. Merlin unexpectedly didn't encounter any demons along the way. He originally thought that he could use this opportunity to re-familiarize himself with the swordsmanship that he had not used for many years.
But all goes well. Judging from the fierce sound and the erosion that is still spreading, the battle situation this time will probably be extremely tragic. Coupled with the current weather environment and the impact of erosion, Merlin needs to leave the affected area as soon as possible and mobilize
force.
Looking towards the heavy rain beyond the shadows, the whole world seemed to be dragged into the deep sea.
Black Mountain Hospital was too big, and the heavy rain obscured his vision. After running for so long, he was not sure how far he was from the boundary of Black Mountain Hospital, let alone carrying an overweight demon hunter with him.
Due to carrying the silver bolt in his body, Lorenzo's weight was much higher than that of an ordinary person. This made it very difficult for Merlin, a scientific researcher, to carry it, but it was nothing. Instead, it reminded him of his apprenticeship, when he could
There was a lot of alchemy materials to carry around, and the scene at that time was very similar to now.
The teacher was holding a sword in the back and fighting with other alchemists, while he ran all the way carrying precious alchemy materials.
Merlin actually laughed as he thought about it. He never imagined that he would recall the past in this way, and it was quite interesting when he thought about it.
He rested as much as possible. Merlin was not yet safe now, so he wanted to take Lorenzo out of here as soon as possible. At this time, the other man who had fallen against the wall finally showed some reaction.
Lorenzo slowly opened his eyes. Like Merlin, he was also soaked like a drowned rat. His pale golden hair was stuck to his face, as if he had just been fished out of the sea, and there was something about him.
Judging from the confused and sad eyes, this guy should have jumped into the sea by himself.
"Merlin..."
Looking at the alchemist in front of him, Lorenzo looked very confused. He remembered that he was in a birdcage at the time, and as the machine started, he somehow fell into the memory palace.
He looked around, wondering what was going on, why he was here, and what was happening with the embarrassed alchemist in front of him.
Just as Lorenzo was about to say something, memories rushed through him like a torrent, disrupting his thoughts again. As the second door in the memory palace opened, Lorenzo recalled many things, those that he had forgotten for some reason.
Things that make people feel scared and confused.
But before he had time to think about this, he felt an extreme coldness on his body and a tearing pain in his mind.
He seemed to be in pain, but then Merlin injected him with Florund's potion. The potion spread in his body, relieving him a lot of pain and making him more awake.
"Merlin, I remembered, those monsters..."
After a brief period of confusion, Lorenzo suddenly remembered the important information and was ready to share it with Merlin, but as soon as he said it, he did not dare to continue.
Whether it was Shermans or Lorenzo Medici, they both mentioned a similar concept, the concept called "border".
[Border] is like an exquisite and mysterious birdcage, existing in all human cognition. Once someone realizes the existence of [Border], or discovers information beyond [Border], then they will attract strange silent people.
.
And the so-called Silent One is the sealed [Holy Grail]. The blood and flesh of the Holy Grail are both derived from the strange existence of the Silent One.
Lorenzo was a little afraid to continue talking. The battle in his memory made people feel deeply frightened, but now that he thought about it carefully, it was all Lorenzo Medici's conspiracy. He was already preparing to die in the dry well.
To fight against the Silent Ones, he mobilized the demon hunters with Shang Da's salary, and deliberately told himself about the [Border], thereby attracting the Silent Ones to come.
Therefore, he could fill the entire dry well with the precious blood of the Holy Grail and complete the divine sublimation.
But the old man still died in the end, just like a certain dark fate that had been destined for a long time. The Silent One would kill him by any means, even if he had made so many preparations and struggled hard to resist.
So...what about myself?
Lorenzo slowly lowered his head, his pale face reflected in the water.
The memory is not wrong, I am 042, I have always existed, but...but...why do they all call themselves 047?
Looking at that familiar face, Lorenzo couldn't help but laugh, but there was unspeakable fear and sadness in that laughter. He seemed to know the reason for all this, but he didn't dare to think about it anymore.
I can only deliberately forget these and dare not face them.
"Lorenzo!"
Looking at the detective who was crying and laughing, Merlin suddenly shouted.
"Wake up! Lorenzo, listen to me carefully!"
Seeing Lorenzo wake up, Merlin didn't care what he just wanted to say, and prepared to tell what he had learned from his previous research.
"Merlin...by the way, what's going on?"
Only then did Lorenzo recall the strangeness of the current situation. At the same time, he also felt the erosion surrounding him, which was depressing and terrifying, as if he was in the battlefield of some demon.
"Don't worry about that for now, listen to me carefully."
Merlin once again interrupted Lorenzo and forced him to look at him. Under the empty eyes, Lorenzo felt for the first time some emotions revealed on this strange body. He was extremely excited and...
…fear.
"Do you remember that monster with fever?"
As if fearing that Lorenzo would forget, he added, "It's the demon that lost control in the perpetual pump. The high temperature will destroy everything in its path."
Hearing him say this, Lorenzo thought of that monster, that strange monster.
If Lorenzo remembers correctly, the demon was a man named Horner before it was alienated. He participated in the attack on Salicado's banquet and was subdued by Arthur. The Ever-Moving Pump wanted to kill him
Research, but during the research due to some unknown reasons, the demonization suddenly intensified, and then he turned into that fiery evil ghost.
"Horner..."
Lorenzo whispered the name that he had almost forgotten, and he suddenly remembered the strange [gap].
If Lorenzo's mental state had some ups and downs, in addition to his resurrection from the dead in the Black Angel, when he killed Horner, it was also an extremely important node.
Lorenzo still remembers all that. At the end of the fight with the fiery evil spirit, Lorenzo seemed to have stepped into Horner's "gap" and killed him there, killing him on a spiritual level.
He, and then the fiery evil spirit died, without breaking his heart or cutting off his head, he just died like that.
After that, Lorenzo's consciousness fell into a coma, and Horner's memory flashed back and forth in his mind. Fortunately, Lorenzo gradually forgot about it in the following time, and only remembered it when he mentioned it.
"What's wrong?"
Lorenzo asked, that incident happened a long time ago, and he was a little confused as to why Merlin was bringing it up now.
Merlin's voice was full of excitement, but his face remained dead calm.
"Don't you think that many of the properties of that demon are... very similar?"
"like what?"
"Power Michael."
Blazing white fireworks were instantly released in Lorenzo's mind. Under the impact of the extreme high temperature and heat wave, he seemed to see that face again. Ed waved the flaming sword full of anger and launched a final attack on Lorenzo.
attack.
Without giving Lorenzo any time to think, Merlin continued, with an urgency he had never felt before. This rational alchemist was showing madness at this moment.
"Lorenzo, I have always had a strange sense of fear, as if I was studying something terrible. In order to prevent others from being affected by me, I studied it secretly for a long time.
You demon hunters will also have their own powers after being demonized, right? They will become a monster with powers. But that Horner is different. He was originally just an ordinary person who lost control of his inferior secret blood and turned into a demon. He can
It is said that he has not been guided by the alchemy matrix, nor has he experienced a sufficiently stable secret blood implantation, but his behavior when he finally lost control is so similar to that of Power Michael."
Merlin continued speaking, eager to tell all the secrets hidden in his heart, as if he would die the next second, and these secrets would die with him.
"I suddenly remembered what you said to me before. According to the records in "Revelation", the power of the demon hunter is to guide the secret blood through the alchemical matrix, thereby obtaining the extraordinary authority. When guiding, a single power
It will cause erosion, and directing multiple powers at the same time will directly turn the target into a demon.
Witchers and monsters have the same origin, so does that mean that power is also the same?"
Lorenzo was stunned. For a moment, it seemed that another terrible secret was slowly unfolding in front of his eyes, a direction that no one had ever thought of. The [boundary] has always restricted people's exploration of those secrets.
Until someone accidentally breaks through its constraints.
"Based on the collection of demon types that our purification agency has collected over the years, we can find that those strange demons are more or less similar to the powers of your demon hunters, such as the nightmare illusion that makes people fall into hallucinations, and the
There are those stomachweeds that grow like red lines... plus that demon that burns out of control."
"What exactly do you want to say."
Lorenzo looked at Merlin, and he somewhat understood why Merlin told him this. The alchemist had discovered a terrible secret, but no one except Lorenzo seemed to be able to bear the cost of exploring this secret.
"[Gap], the [Gap] shuttle that Lawrence can do, what if this is also a kind of power?" Merlin asked.
"Gabriel..."
Faced with Merlin's words, Lorenzo said softly. An extremely cold wind blew across their cheeks, as if a pair of cold invisible hands were touching them.
Merlin's body trembled slightly. He was a little confused and asked immediately.
"What did you say? Lorenzo."
"[Gap] shuttle is a kind of power, named Gabriel." Lorenzo said.
"You...did you remember something?"
Lorenzo nodded stiffly, then he stretched out his hand and put it on Merlin's shoulder, warning Merlin.
"You are right, Merlin, knowledge is cursed. You have almost reached the [border], don't continue..."
He advised the alchemist in front of him, but immediately Lorenzo felt frightened by his words.
Yes, this is why everything about this secret has not been passed down. Those who knew were not only hunted by the silent ones, but they themselves also refused to pass on this knowledge, because it is a curse, you know
The more people there are, the more people will die. In order to protect those who come after them, they have erased all knowledge related to the [Border].
So, are those who refuse to reveal secrets protecting us?
Lorenzo felt an unspeakable irony for a moment, but then Merlin spoke again.
"No, no, no, Lorenzo, listen to me!"
Merlin didn't know the so-called [boundary]. He stared at Lorenzo closely, suppressing his emotions and growling.
"If the power of a demon hunter can be manifested in a specific way in the body of a demon, it would be like the illusion of a nightmare, or the burning demon transformed by Horner.
So what about the so-called power Gabriel?
What kind of monster does this weird and terrifying power correspond to?"
Merlin discovered the [Border], and he vaguely felt the strange fear and oppression. He wanted to pass on this information many times, but he instinctively felt afraid, as if doing so would cause some kind of irreparable mistake.
, he could only accumulate it like this until he confided it all to Lorenzo.
Everything originated from the secret blood of sin, from which all evils in the world were born.
This is what Merlin wanted to say to Lorenzo, and Lorenzo also froze on the spot, and the only sound left in his ears was the roar of the storm.
His pupils were tightened, and his expression was very complicated. He didn't know whether it was fear or joy. His hands were trembling slightly, and he whispered in a voice that Merlin couldn't hear.
"The silent one..."
All the insiders were killed, and the survivors were afraid of the curse of knowledge and refused to pass on this fatal information. Human beings have never truly understood the current situation of this world, and everyone is bound by invisible [borders] like domestic animals.
, and those weird existences are like guards, guarding the [border].
Keep silent and silence will last forever.
His pupils were tightened, Lorenzo's expression was very complicated, he didn't know whether it was fear or joy, his hands were trembling slightly,