Hearing someone behind him say this, Mutt first jumped up as if frightened, turned around and assumed a fighting posture. But then he also heard what the other person said, and asked in even more surprise: "What did you just say? Do you know Al?"
Bert?"
Mutt asked this, and the other party was also surprised. The man looked Mutt up and down, looking at the cat boy wearing unfitting baggy clothes, and then recognized the cat from the cry coming from inside the metal helmet.
The young man's muffled voice.
The other party immediately changed his words: "...You are not Uncle Albert. You are...Uncle Mutt?"
"...How do you know our names?!" Mutt was even more surprised.
"Oh my God...this is different from what is recorded in history...the person who came here is not Uncle Albert, but Uncle Mutt..." the other party said to himself
He hummed, looking quite confused.
"I'm asking you a question! Do you know us?!" the cat boy continued to shout, his attitude becoming rude due to excessive surprise and confusion. Only then did he see the other person clearly through the dim light emanating from the crystal lotus.
It was a young human being, and he went deep into the [Ashes Storm] alone, without even wearing protective clothing.
So the questions in Mutt's mind doubled again. The human young man was obviously older than Mutt, but he called Mutt "uncle", as if he had known Mutt a long time ago? However, Mutt didn't know this person at all.
People?
And why is this person able to move inside [Ashes Storm] without wearing protective clothing? Is the air in this ship "clean" without the raging ash that corrodes everything?
Due to too many questions, the cat boy was a little out of breath. The protective suit itself was extremely hot, and he had long been soaked to the skin, and the sweat had turned his hair into a sticky mess.
Seeing that the other party was fine without protective clothing, Mutt thought that the inside of the ship was really a safe zone, so he subconsciously wanted to take off his helmet and at least take a breath of fresh air!
"No!" The other party yelled to stop Mutt: "Don't take off your helmet, Uncle Mutt! The air is full of [ash-eating] that corrodes organic matter. If you take off your helmet, you will be dead within ten minutes."
Die!"
Then the cat boy's hand froze, and he almost opened the sealing seam of the helmet.
"...Then how did you survive?" he asked.
"I have been injected with the [Partial Phage Factor] that resists [Ashe-Eating], so [Ashe-Eating] will not affect me for the time being." The human young man replied: "But without the protection of [Ash-Eating Factor], you will die."
Yes, so please, don’t take off your helmet!”
The other party answered sincerely and had no intention of deceiving Mutter. After all, Mutter had worked in a hotel for many years and had read countless people. Even if he couldn't see through at a glance whether the other party was lying, he could at least judge what the other party was saying.
How much sincerity was there? In short, it was always right to be careful, so he gave up the idea of taking off his helmet.
"Can you...explain it?" the cat boy asked: "Who are you? Why do you appear here, and why do you call me [Uncle Mutt]? I don't know you at all?"
"The situation in front of you is so special. I know that ordinary rhetoric cannot convince you." The other party took a long breath and showed a look of "I don't know where to start": "Then I will tell you straight to the point."
I'm from the future. You can call me Ha... Hathaway."
That was of course a pseudonym. The other party seemed to have no intention of giving his real name.
"Time traveler... do you think I will believe you if you say this?" Mutt said angrily.
"You like Uncle Albert. This has not changed even after many years." The other party said coldly: "You even kissed him secretly before when he was sleeping ------"
"Waaah, wait a minute! Don't say it, damn it!------" the cat boy interrupted with a red face and yelled.
"So, you believe it?" the other party asked.
"I believe you are a damn pervert who used some method to peek into my private life." Mutt said, still blushing and unconvinced.
"I can tell you more if you want to hear it, such as the indescribable things you did with Uncle Albert's clone, the things that even his true self doesn't know------"
"Okay, I surrender." After hearing this, Mutt surrendered decisively: "You are indeed a time traveler. God...who told you these things."
"It's you in the future." The young man who called himself Hathaway replied: "After getting drunk, he smiled and told the embarrassing stories of his youth with a nonchalant expression. Uncle Mut's wine quality is really bad."
"I...I will pay attention to it in the future..." The cat boy's face had become extremely pale.
"So, Mr. Hathaway from the future," Mutt asked, "can you explain what happened here? What are you doing here?"
"I came here because of the [Singularity]." The other party replied: "Originally, the [Singularity] that we could interfere with has been used up, but something I did recently caused a subtle change in the fate of this world.
, a new [Singularity] appeared here, so I came over to check the situation."
"So this is really a [Singularity]..." the cat boy hummed.
"No, the [singular point] I'm talking about refers to the [singular point of time and space], which is two different concepts from what the World of Warcraft hunters call the [unique photon reaction source]." The other party corrected him: "But if we dig deeper,
Maybe they are indeed the same thing. It is because the observers have different viewing angles that there will be differences in understanding."
"...Talk like a human being." The cat boy said with a long face.
"I'll just pick out the key points," Hathaway continued: "History says that it was Uncle Albert who calmed down the riot, but it was actually Uncle Mutt who came here. This is no accident, probably
It was inevitable from the beginning. Destiny has led you here so that you can complete this matter with your own hands. You must seal the seal that is about to be unlocked again."
"seal?"
"You should have noticed the [crystal coffin] behind you." Hathaway replied: "Please don't ask me who the person in the coffin is. This is really... unspeakable. I can only tell you
You, the [Holy Remains] in the coffin are still active, and it is it that is constantly producing [ash-eating]."
Mutt frowned: "So what exactly is this [ash-eating]..."
"[Moonlight Disc]. A collection of... nano-scale micro-golems." Hathaway replied: "They are originally controllable, and there is no environmental hazard under controllable conditions."
But the man in the coffin... he is no longer here, so the [Moonlight Butterfly] lost control and began to turn into an [Ashe Eater] that attacks all organic matter around it indiscriminately. Whether it is this [Crystal Coffin] or this ship
The ship was originally a measure to control [ash-eating] and prevent it from leaking further.
However, the seal of [Crystal Coffin] became weaker and weaker with the passage of time, and finally became what it is now, with [Ash Eater] gradually leaking out.
In the end, we can only rely on the barrier developed by the ship to restrict the scope of activity of [Ash Eater], so that the terrible thing cannot spread further..."
Mutt finally understood. The so-called [Ashe-Destroying Storm] is actually a collection of [Ashe-eating] bound by the ship's enchantment. This ship uses a special enchantment to prevent the [Ashe-eating] from spreading, [Ashe-eating]
It can only keep spinning like a storm within the boundary, destroying all organic matter nearby. This is simply a man-made environmental disaster.
"But why is the boat moving towards the Lviv Central Basilica?"
"No one knows. The navigation system of this ship has failed a long time ago. Most of its power is used to maintain the [Boundary], and it is almost not actively sailing except [floating]." The other party replied.
Mutt paused.
"So... there is no way to make it change its course? If it continues to move forward like this, it would be very bad if it hits the central temple?"
"Sorry." Hathaway shook his head: "There is no need to think about changing the route. Even if you want to do it, it will probably be too late. Uncle Mutt should focus on re-sealing the holy remains. This may be able to restrain the scattered ones outside."
[ash-eating], making environmental disasters less serious."
"Can the [ash-eating] outside be taken back?"
"Theoretically," Hathaway replied, "I'm just here to tell you how to do it, Uncle Mut."
Mutt tightened his grip on the crystal rapier in his hand. He had a very bad feeling.
"First, use the ability of the crystal stabbing sword to lift the [Crystal Coffin]. Doing so will release all the remaining [ash-eating] in the holy remains." Hathaway said: "Then...please use the crystal
Pierce the sword through the chest of the holy remains."
"You must be kidding me...!" Mutt already vaguely knew whose remains the holy remains were, and he couldn't help but feel extremely disgusted when the other party said this.
"I know you will find it difficult to accept, but this is the only way." The human young man sighed: "You must take actions that harm the holy remains, and then the [Ash Eaters] will gather on their own and try to protect the holy remains.
In fact, the Holy Relic has the ability to self-repair. Even if it penetrates its chest, it will not be damaged. All it has to do is attract all the [Ash Eaters]."
Mutt's whole body was trembling: "And then...?"
"When all the [Ash Eaters] pour into the body of the Holy Remains and try to repair it, just use the crystallization ability to seal the Holy Remains again. Please let him sleep in the crystal coffin again, Uncle Mutt.
"Hassawi said in an extremely calm tone.
Mutt, however, was completely unable to calm down. He knew clearly that [Ashes Storm] was still approaching the central temple and that time was running out, but he repeatedly hesitated whether to do so.
This is too cruel.
"...Can you tell me? How did he die in the end?" the cat boy asked in a low voice. His voice became high-pitched and hoarse due to choking.
"...Do you really want to know, Uncle Mutt?"
The cat boy fell silent.
"Everyone will die eventually, no one is an exception." Hathaway advised: "Moreover, he died like a true hero. I can confirm this."
"Forget it." Mutt picked up his sword and turned towards the crystal coffin.
He used the crystal stabbing sword and stabbed it down. (To be continued)