The fog became thicker and visibility was less than ten yards.
Moreover, the protective shield of the Silver Shadow spacecraft is making continuous knocking sounds, and countless invisible monsters are attacking the shield. Coupled with this gray fog, and the [Fake Great Storm] beyond
] The rumbling sound, looking at it, is an apocalyptic atmosphere.
Of course Palamedes doesn't care about this terrifying atmosphere. He has seen apocalyptic scenes many times, and this time is nothing. Now he is holding a pair of photon claws to guard against the enemy's attack. The Abyss Peregrine Falcon
They made another big circle in the distance and were about to attack.
"Vivian, can you energize the surface of the protective shield?" Paramedis asked. He vaguely remembered that the protective shield could do this, although the electric shock of the protective shield had almost no lethality.
"Okay, the power is already on." Vivian's voice came from the communicator.
A faint electric light began to circulate on the surface of the protective cover of the spacecraft, and made the invisible monsters that attacked the spacecraft crackle with electricity, scaring them away. At the same time, the Abyss Peregrine Falcon also penetrated the protective cover and quickly attacked, with its body
It was also shining with electric light, and it was obvious that it had been charged with a certain amount of current. Most of the monster's body was in subspace, so it was naturally not affected by the current, but the current still left visible traces on it, and it was lifted [
At the moment when it becomes blurred, the current wrapped around it should become slightly brighter.
Paramedis seized this opportunity and sprinkled lightning rosin on the claws. The magic power emitted by the rosin was instantly converted into electric current, turning the original photon claw blade into a golden charged photon claw blade.
When the Abyss Peregrine Falcon rushed over and planned to attack Palamedes, the electric current on the claws and the electric current on the Peregrine Falcon attracted each other, making a crackling sound, and streaks of lightning flashed between the claws and the enemy's body. Leopard
The human warrior took advantage of the situation and drew out his claws, because he had already grasped the moment when the enemy was released from [Void].
His judgment was correct. The photon claw blade instantly tore the Abyss Peregrine Falcon's body into several pieces, killing it. The monster's body then hit the big cat, and the impact was not small, knocking Para.
Medis hit and flew towards the hull of the ship.
"Well..." Palamedes was hit by the electrified piece of flesh and suffered some damage, but the damage was small enough to be healed within a few minutes. He got up as if nothing had happened.
"Palami? Are you okay?"
"It's okay, let's continue repairing the spacecraft." The Leopard Warrior wiped off the blood and (enemy's) flesh on his body and walked towards the cooling duct of the jet. He could predict that more Abyss Peregrine Falcons would attack.
He could only try his best to use the unattacked period to repair the spacecraft's injectors. His actions obviously sped up. Under Vivian's guidance, he replaced the coolant, straightened, repaired, and replaced the damaged cooling pipes.
, and then used additional reinforcement spray to strengthen the pipe bonding. After he finished processing all this, he felt that the space behind him suddenly became quiet.
"It's strange, how come no enemy has been attacking?" The Leopard Warrior looked back. The situation he expected to be surrounded by the Abyss Peregrine Falcon did not happen, which was a bit unusual.
No. It actually happened, but it didn't happen to him.
There was a figure fighting with a gun in the gray fog, quickly killing dozens of abyssal peregrine falcons, and even killing invisible little monsters.
In this storm, on the back of the Floating Hill Toad, in this world shrouded in gray mist, besides Palamedes and Vivian, is there actually a third person?
But... how is it possible? How did the other party penetrate the [Nimulated Great Storm] and reach such a place?!
Did you sneak in using the Silver Shadow?
But it's impossible. Vivian has repeatedly checked the life response in the ship. Apart from Paramedis and Vivian, there should be no other person in the Silver Shadow.
Did that man really use his ship to penetrate the [Nimulated Great Storm] and reach this place? Why did he come here? Is he here to help Palamedes? Is the other party a friend or an enemy?
!
With countless questions, the Leopard Warrior quickly ran over to repair the circuit board on the other side of the injector to a usable state, and then carefully walked out of the ship.
"Vivian, there is another person here. Just in the fog." He said: "I'm going to check the situation."
"I noticed it too." His wife replied: "But I don't suggest you do this. Let's repair the injector quickly and leave."
"No, if the other party is not a good person, our ship will be attacked by him when we set off." Palamedes said: "Let's see first what that person is planning to do here. If he is an enemy, we will defeat him. Guaranteed
Our ship can take off smoothly."
"I have a bad premonition..." the succubus groaned: "You can't communicate with me outside the ship's protective shield, and I can't help you much. Anyway, be careful."
"Don't worry." The Leopard Man warrior replied: "Check the spacecraft's system and keep it ready for takeoff at any time. Wait for me to come back. I will come back immediately after dealing with that person... If there is anything
One, if I don’t come back after an hour, you can leave on your own without waiting for me.”
"But……!"
"Stop talking. It's better for me to die alone than for the two of us to die together. Take care, Vivian." Paramedis cut off the communication.
He stayed away from the ship and walked toward the vague figure in the gray mist.
What's strange is that as the man continues to kill the surrounding monsters, the gray fog gradually becomes thinner - at least the space between the man and Paramedes becomes thinner.
Palamedes also gradually saw the man's true face.
"...Is it you?"
Palamedes couldn't believe his eyes, but he also had a strange feeling, as if he could predict all this.
The big lion man who appeared in front of him was Father Sphinx.
Father Sphinx, who was already dead, stood there expressionless like a ghost.
No spaceship was found around, and Father Sphinx appeared here without even piloting a cavalry. And it was obvious that he had not used the Silver Shadow to sneak into the storm. God knows how he penetrated [The Great Storm] alone.
], came to the front of Palamedes!
"Long time no see, my son." Father Sphinx spoke first: "I believe you have something I want. Please give it back to me."
Yes, Palamedes has not completely forgotten this matter. Rosetta, the queen of gems, has warned Palamedes many times before that the ruby [Heart of Africa] should not fall into the possession of Father Sphinx.
In his hand. With the "death" of the Sphinx father, Palamedes almost forgot about it. But now that the lion man father appeared again in front of the leopard warriors, Palamedes' heart was once again
Doubts are awakened instantly like thawing.
"Huh huh." Palamedes sneered: "Is that really the case? So everything you say is a lie, your death is a lie, and so is your claim that you are my father."
"Not exactly." The lion man said, "I did have to fake my death for some reason. But you are indeed my son."
The Leopard Warrior smiled disdainfully: "I'm just saying this now, who would believe it."
"Your original name is Corvis. Chetovia. Corvis. [Windspeaker]." Father Sphinx suddenly said: "That was a name that your mother and I came up with together. It contains
Our blessings to you. But I don’t know when the world’s Kama (destiny) changed, and your name became [Palmidis].”
Palamedes was stunned for a moment. Although it was incredible, he vaguely remembered that his name was indeed Corvis. He clearly remembered that he should have been called "Palamedes" since he was born.
But he had a vague impression of the name Kovis.
He had heard Philaeos call him this once.
"I see. You heard it from Phileos, right? He yelled it randomly, maybe it was my childhood nickname... or something like that." The Leopard Warrior disagreed.
"No." Father Sphinx shook his head gently: "I will know your real name because the time capsule that originally contained you as a baby has this name engraved on it. That name is still shared by your mother and I.
It's engraved on it. Philaeos also called you that after seeing the name on the time capsule."
Palamedes was stunned for a while.
"You could have made this up, or Philaeos told you." Palamedes said.
"...Forget it, let's just treat it like that." Seeing that persuading Palamedes was of no use, the Sphinx raised his weapon: "You don't have to believe what I say, but I do treat you as my son.
.Because of this, I don’t want to use brute force to snatch what I want from you. It would be best if you could hand it over and resolve the matter peacefully."
The Leopard Warrior shook his head: "What do you want [Heart of Africa] for? There is huge magic power hidden in that gem. Are you really planning to use it to do any bad things?"
"Just to fulfill my wish." The lion man said calmly: "The only wish I want to realize in my life is to have a real death. Only that gem can realize my wish and allow me to usher in a true and complete death."
's death."
"You want to... die?" Palamedes frowned: "This is unreasonable. There are too many ways to seek death. Do you really need to use such an extreme method?"
"My body is a cursed body and will never die no matter what. You may have heard my story from Rosetta. I had only one head left, and she stitched it to her dead husband.
Even if my body goes up, I can still survive."
The Sphinx said: "Even if I break into this photon storm alone and my body is torn into pieces, I can still recover. Even if I am chopped into flesh by swords and burned into ashes by fire, I can't really die. I will always die.
One or two cells survived and then reassembled the fragmented body. Nothing in this world can kill me except in some special way.
I have lived for a long time, a long time. I have lived long enough, too long, so long that it makes people tired. There is nothing in this world that is worthy of my nostalgia, and my existence is only a threat to the world.
Therefore, my son Corvis, please let me die.
Other than that, I have nothing else to ask for."
However, Palamedes did not buy it, even though there was some obvious sincerity in the Sphinx's words.
The Sphinx had countless opportunities to ask Palamedes for the ruby, but he had never spoken before. He chose this opportunity to appear in this very special place and ask Palamedes for the ruby.
Asking for [Heart of Africa] is simply unreasonable.
What's more, the Sphinx also planned his own fake death and deceived everyone in the world.
There is no logic in deceiving the world by pretending to be dead, and then secretly planning your own real death.
Are the words of the Sphinx still worth believing?
Paramedis raised his photon claw and shouted: "If you want to die, then come. I will kill you with all my strength to satisfy your wish, Sphinx!"