In a flash of white light, Bedivere had entered Queeg's subconscious.
He was kicked out not long ago, but now Queeg's murderous intention is strong. Letting that murderous intention drive him, his consciousness is blank, making him particularly vulnerable to intrusion.
The invasion is an invasion, but Queeg has not yet "found" Bedivere. If Queeg finds Bedivere, he will definitely try to expel Bedivere's consciousness immediately.
Without Lawrence to assist him this time, Bedivere had to rely on himself.
Fortunately, before the invasion, Bediwell injected himself with [Acceleration Potion]. Now the werewolf youth's thinking is more than three times faster than that of ordinary people, and the scenery that appears around him is played in slow motion. This means that he has stronger abilities than normal.
With three times more time, you can figure out what's going on here.
Why is Queeg ashamed of Tuge? Why is he willing to sacrifice himself to save Tuge, but plans to destroy himself after rescuing Tuge and is unwilling to stay with his brother? There must be a reason for all this. Bei's intuition told him
Deville, if he figured out the reason, there would be a way to convince Queeg.
It would be very simple to just kill the Jotun giants and Queeg at the same time. But it would be very difficult to drive away the Jotun giants without harming Queeg.
He landed on a blood-stained street. There were green grass on both sides, and a path was randomly opened in the middle. At the end of the path, there was a waterfall.
A young leopard man fishes in the river.
"I'm back." The child carried dozens of fish in his pocket and went into the cave.
In the cave, there was Queeg, whose eyes were injured and covered with cloth, lying on the animal skin to rest. Whether it was Queeg lying there or Tuge who had just returned from fishing, the clothes on their bodies
They were all very dilapidated, and they had obviously fled here to hide away from people.
"Are you hungry? I'll grill the fish for you to eat." Tuge said and began to use a knife to process the caught fish.
"I'm sorry, I have been relying on you." The Leopard Man youth apologized: "Obviously, as long as you leave me alone..."
"Don't say such unreasonable things. We agreed to be deserters together. Since we decided to escape together, I naturally have the obligation to take care of my injured companions."
"Tug..."
"Drink some water." The young man handed the water in the iron can to Queeg's mouth: "Drink slowly, don't rush. The grilled fish will be ready soon. Eat more, and you will have the nutrition to recover."
"Yes." The young leopard man replied obediently. He didn't even know who was whose brother.
"You used to be a slave, right?" Tuge was grilling fish by the fire, and asked at the same time: "Those wounds on your body... you must have suffered a lot, right?"
"Yeah." The young leopard man nodded bitterly.
"I'm a little luckier than you." Tuge added: "Although it's not easy to live in the village of the leopard people, at least you have freedom. Then one day they came to recruit troops and said that all races must work together to fight against the dragons, and those
The flying giant lizards were driven out of the Middle Earth. Then the people in our village believed their lies."
"Cheated by...?"
"That's not entirely true. Because of the famine, half of the people in the village would not have survived that winter. If I could join the army, I would at least have enough to eat, which is better than starving to death. My parents must have thought the same way, so they sent me
"It's been delivered." Tuge lay beside Queeg: "I know the weight of my life and my destiny. I have not complained to anyone. They just did what they had to do. So even in the army
I have no complaints at all about being treated like this...that way...I know that as long as I survive this war, the one who survives is the real winner."
"Then why do you want to escape with me?" Queeg asked in a low voice, stroking a large wound on Tugg's back that had just healed.
"If I don't escape, I will definitely end up like you. I'll be bullied miserably and then weaken and die, right?" The Leopard Man boy said: "Those soldiers are not normal. War and death have distorted them. Once they become that loser
It's unreasonable to be crazy. I can tolerate bullying from one or two people, but if they come together, I can't stand it. What's more -"
He touched Queeg's forehead: "I can't bear to see you being bullied by them."
"After the war is over, shall I take you back to our village?" At night, Tugg, who was lying on the same animal skin next to Queeg, asked in a low voice: "That is a small village hidden in the canyon.
, it should not be destroyed by the Dragon Clan. Although it is poor and has nothing, as long as you work hard, you will not starve to death."
"Hmm... um." Queeg agreed awkwardly.
"So...you won't go back to find your fiancée?"
"Maybe I can't go back," Queeg said sadly. He had heard that his hometown was attacked by dragons, and he could roughly guess the situation there.
Moreover, that is not his [hometown]. It is just the [prison] where he has been imprisoned for many years as a slave. He came from the void and has to return to the void. He has no roots, no homeland, etc.
None. He has always been drifting, drifting with the tide, and being at the mercy of others. But now he has finally caught it, a piece of driftwood in the sea. Blood relationship is not important. What is important is...finding each other.
I don't know how much time passed. Tugg removed the cloth that blindfolded Queeg.
"You should be recovering. Just open your eyes and take a look," he said.
Queeg slowly opened his eyes, but everything in front of him was a bit blurry.
He squinted his eyes: "I can't see clearly..."
"After all, it's such a serious burn. You're lucky to be able to see again. Don't ask too much." Tuge said with a smile.
"Hey...hehe." Queeg laughed, for the first time in a long time. I don't know if it was because Tugger's words were funny or because the expression on Tugger's face was funny, but he laughed anyway.
The days when he was a deserter hiding in this cave were the happiest time in his life. No one forced him to do anything he didn't want to do. All he had to do was live a peaceful life with the child.
If only this kind of life could continue forever...
"By the way, I secretly investigated in the mountains and forests outside and heard that the war has taken a turn for the better." Tuge said, "According to this trend, maybe the war will be over in another year or two. The army will also forget about it at that time."
It’s our business, let’s go back to our hometown when the time comes.”
"Yeah." The young leopard man nodded and said, "Let's go home together."
However, their agreement could not be fulfilled.
Misfortune comes too suddenly and can easily break the happiness accumulated bit by bit on weekdays.
An arrow suddenly penetrated Tuge's chest.
"Hmm...?" The young man vomited blood and fell down: "What...?"
"We found the escaped experimental subject DX-215." A voice sounded outside the cave, which was even more chilling than the cold cave.
"Quig...!" The young man knelt on the ground: "Leave me alone...run away!"
"But!" the leopard man young man hesitated. He clearly agreed to go home together.
"All they want is me. If you run away immediately, there may be a chance of survival——"
Swish, swish, swish! Dozens of arrows shot in from outside.
"Quiggggggggg!!" The boy jumped up and blocked the arrows with his body. Most of the arrows fell on Tuge, but one of the arrows was also hit in Queeg's shoulder.
He immediately felt numbness on his shoulders. The arrow was poisonous! It was a coagulant, strong anesthetic poison. This was not a poisonous arrow used to kill people, but an arrow specially designed to capture a target!
They were surrounded. In fact, they couldn't escape from the beginning. No one can resist fate.
More poison arrows fell on them, missing their vital points and falling on their arms and legs. The poison took effect quickly, and Queeg immediately fell to the ground and could not move. He could only stare at Tugg in front of him.
.
"I'm sorry for implicating you." Tuge whispered weakly: "If I had left you earlier, I wouldn't have implicated you in being arrested."
"Tug..."
"But I really want to be with you." The child cried and said, "I... am so lonely..."
This is what he really means.
Those who came to pursue him swarmed forward, simply restrained Tuge, and covered the Leopard Man boy's head with a black hood.
"Experimental subject DX-215, recovered successfully." One of the staff members said: "Another person was found here without the mark of the experimental subject. How should I deal with it, headquarters?"
The other end of the communicator replied, but Queeg couldn't hear it clearly. The distance was too far.
"It's a leopard man. The coat color is quite unique." The man said to the communicator again.
"...Understood. Let's send him back to the army and continue the stress test."
The mysterious staff picked up Queeg, who was like mud: "You saved your life, lucky boy."
Lucky? A deserter who is recaptured cannot be lucky.
I don’t know how much time passed after that, but he was caught back, locked up in a dark prison, and brutally beaten countless times. Originally, it was normal treatment for a deserter like him to have one of his arms and legs chopped off, even if
In the worst case, he would have his eyes gouged out and his tongue cut out. But for some reason, those soldiers only treated him as a toy and tortured him, beating him with bruises all over his body but not leaving him with permanent disability.
This went on for a long time, and by the time he had freedom of movement again, it was already half a year later. Of course, as a deserter, he was forced to wear a tracking collar, and he returned to his original slave-like treatment. Maybe this is
It was his fate. He worked in the cooking class during the day and provided "services" to those military men at night. He stayed like this for another half a year like a zombie.
Then that day, he was ordered to deliver meals to someone in prison.
"Oh... Queeg." In that deep dark prison, wrapped in heavy chains and pierced by hundreds of spikes, it was Tugg who seemed to be suffering tremendous pain.
"Tuge...?" Seeing the miserable state of the other party, Queeg couldn't help but be stunned.
"They... what did they do to you?" The expression on the young Leopard Man's face gradually became distorted.
"Experiment." The child replied feebly, as if he was tired of it: "It seems that I am a special experimental subject with immortality... Haha... My blood can strengthen those soldiers, so they... I
I opened a small farm on my body."
The sharp stake penetrated Tuge's body, constantly hurting him. As his body wanted to recover, the skin and flesh near the wound was activating and twisting like a bug, but as a result, it touched the barbs on the sharp stake.
Get cut and leave more blood.
The bright red liquid slowly poured down from Tuge's body and was continuously collected by the container below. I don't know when this happened or how long it lasted.
"Quig...can I ask you a favor?" When there were no guards nearby, the child whispered: "I know a... way to kill me for sure. Please kill me, can you?"
"
"No! I will save——"
"It's useless." Tuge whispered: "You know we can't escape. We are all... experimental subjects. They just haven't discovered your value yet, they are just testing. But as for me... I am finished.
.If I am completely targeted by them, I will no longer have freedom. They will extract from me, extract from me, and continue to extract from me until the end of my life.
But...even if I don't have freedom, like an animal, I can still choose...
I won't let them succeed. I won't give in. I will let them walk around without food. So...
Please kill me. End my suffering and free me forever."
He looked up at Queeg, his thin face full of tears:
"This is my life's request, brother." (To be continued)