Chapter 20 Choosing Lanrod Heartbroken and Vomiting Blood

Two human figures were tied to both ends of a huge scale.

On the right is Shika, and on the left is Kerry.

"Lord Shika!!!" someone shouted.

"...Pick...one."

The strange expression was mixed with black blood mud, and carried the filth of darkness.

The metallic black mud mixed together, forming a huge and disgusting picture.

A twisted and disgusting face grew on the high scale, and black and red liquid dripped onto the ground.

There was an extremely fishy smell for a while.

"One dies, one lives... choose one..."

The strange giant face revealed a distorted expression, as if mocking or watching a play. Its language organization system gradually developed fully with the appearance of the giant face.

"I'll let one go...and eat one."

The strange face looked at everyone with playful contempt.

Walama stood behind Lanrod, watching all this with gritted teeth.

This disgusting monster has hooked its tentacles around the necks of Kerry and Shika. It can be said that their lives only depend on the monster's will!

Looking down, I saw that the lower end of the scale was a heterogeneous space created by the strange beast itself. This space was equivalent to the digestive system of this disgusting face. Once you fall into it, you will become food for this disgusting beast!

"Needless to say, of course we should choose Lord Shika!" The female soldier behind him shouted without hesitation.

"Hurry up, Your Highness, choose Lord Shika!"

"This isn't a multiple-choice question at all. You have to choose Lord Shika!"

On the scales not far away, Shika had already fallen into a coma, but Kerry remained awake.

Lifting her eyelids with difficulty, Kerry's gaze met a pair of silver-blue eyes.

These eyes are just as beautiful and noble as when I first saw them, making them unforgettable.

"Hurry! Choose Mr. Shika! Hurry!"

"That's an S-rank male! Choose Lord Shika!"

"You must choose Lord Shika! What's wrong with you, Your Highness? Choose quickly!"

…

There was an overwhelming shouting behind him, but Lanrod's steps seemed to be filled with lead and he could not move at all.

The first words he said to Carrie suddenly appeared in his mind.

——

"The first rule of the empire is to protect male insects. Newborn, you've violated it."

As time passed, the noise behind me grew louder and louder.

The strange beast seemed to have lost its patience, and its huge mouth opened and closed.

"ten"

"Nine"

"eight"

"seven"

…

"Let him go."

The clear and cold voice carried an inorganic chill.

Lanrod pointed his slender finger at Shika.

His heart seemed to be squeezed tightly, and Lanrod felt that all the strength of his heart rushed into his brain. A sour feeling he had never experienced before spread throughout his body, and every breath was a huge pain.

The huge, twisted face seemed to have gained great satisfaction. It showed a gluttonous smile, with a hint of meanness in its mockery.

"……OK."

The tentacles suddenly loosened, and Shika was thrown into the sky in an instant.

Lanrod leaped forward, grabbed Shikara in an instant and threw him into Valama's arms.

Almost in an instant, Lanrod wanted to save Carrie, but when he looked back, he only saw a pair of eyes as black as ink.

The eyes looked at him, slightly curved, like the bright moon in the sky, far away and out of reach.

His heart felt hollowed out, and a terrible fear crawled all over Lanrod's body.

"Swish—"

Everything returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened. The surroundings were so quiet that even the sour and smelly rotten meat had disappeared without a trace.

"quick--!"

"Go to the medical center immediately!"

“Hurry up—!”

The female soldiers looked at the injured Shika and were in a panic.

"The male insect's body is fragile and must receive treatment quickly!"

"quick--!"

Everyone else started to pack up or send Shika to the healing room, but Lanrod stood there like a statue, not moving an inch.

Medical Center

Geras never imagined such a chaotic situation would occur. Why would Shika appear on the starship? This is too inexplicable!

After some treatment, Shika's condition has stabilized.

Geras rushed over to see Lanrod, but found that he looked like he had lost his soul.

"Lanrod?" Geras shouted.

The silver-haired military girl raised her eyes and looked at Geras.

"What's wrong with you?" Geras felt something was wrong. "By the way, where's Kerry? Why didn't I see him this time?"

Lanrod didn't say anything, but his face was pale.

Geras looked at Lanrod curiously, then suddenly remembered something: "By the way, did you receive the gift from Kerry? He said he spent a year making a defensive machine for you and was planning to give it to you."

Geras felt that something was wrong with Lanrod and wanted to speak to calm him down.

Who would have thought that after he said this, Lanrod's face turned even paler.

Lanrod turned and walked away. Geras looked at Lanrod in confusion. Just when he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a cough.

Geras turned around and was about to ask Lanrod what was going on.

But when Geras turned around and looked at Lanrod, his pupils suddenly shrank. He looked at the blood oozing from Lanrod's fingers and was stunned.

"Lanrod..."

"Lanrod?!"

Ward 3

Geras looked at Lanrod's report and frowned, "What's going on? Why is Lanrod vomiting blood?"

You know, Lanrod is a 5S-level female insect. His physical fitness is extremely strong. Even if his heart was injured at that time, he did not vomit blood.

"Is it because of excessive use of mental power? At that time, His Highness was anxious to find someone in the starship, so he used a large amount of mental power in an instant, almost without stopping." A female soldier said.

Geras frowned: "Even if that's the case, it shouldn't be like this."

It's really strange.

"By the way, where's Kerry?" asked Geras.

The military woman was stunned: "Are you talking about the black-haired female insect that often follows His Highness?"

"Yeah." Geras nodded.

The female soldier pursed her lips: "He should be dead."

“…”

"Dead?" Geras's voice was stiff.

"Well, he's dead." The military female told Geras what happened at that time. The more he talked, the uglier Geras's face became. Finally, the military female couldn't stand it anymore, so she quickly found an excuse to slip away.

In the ward, Geras's body was stiff. He slowly lowered his head, only to see that Lanrod, who was in a coma, had woken up.

Those silver-blue eyes seemed covered with a layer of icy mist, thin and smoky gray.

Geras's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he suddenly raised his head: "You should have a good rest."

As he stood up and left the ward, Geras felt a pang in his heart.

He has always liked Carrie, that beautiful and well-behaved child, it's hard not to like her.

His heart felt sore and painful. Even though Geras was used to separation and death, he still felt very uncomfortable.

Unable to catch his breath, he punched the wall.

"What about Dr. Geras?"

"have no idea."

"I've never seen him so excited."

Starship Storage

"Your Highness, what brings you here?" Purdy watched Lanrod approach the starship and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, this starship has been contaminated by alien beasts and hasn't been disinfected yet. Are you sure you want to go aboard?"

Lanrod stepped onto the starship: "Yes."

Purdy knew he couldn't stop Lanrod, so he had to retreat.

Lanrod walked onto the starship and looked at the traces of a recent fight. Every scratch revealed the intensity of the battle at that time.

Lanrod's sight swept across the ship inch by inch, from the bow to the stern, but he did not go to the place where Carrie disappeared.

He...didn't dare.

When they reached the rear compartment, Lanrod found the small box, the glass box that Carrie had always loved.

Looking intently at the box, Lanrod bent down and picked it up.

The box is exquisite and small, with words engraved on the side.

——Presented to Commander Lanrod.

In an instant, fine and dense pain filled Lanrod's heart, and the unprecedented pain made Lanrod's breathing stop.

It felt like there was a void in my heart, and it was so painful that I couldn't breathe.

With his hands covering his heart, Lanrod felt his eyes burning.

The tails of her clear and cold eyes are tinged with bright red, as gorgeous as the tail of a phoenix.

There is a thin layer of mist under the long eyelashes, and the hazy mist has a faint luster.

Lanrod slowly stood up, held the box in his hand, and then stood up and left.

During the peaceful days and nights, Lanrod always felt that something was missing.

In the past, Kerry would come to see him, sometimes accompany him to look over materials, or let him go to bed early.

Looking at the dark starry sky, Lanrod's eyes were blank.

Every time he closed his eyes, he could always think of Carrie's eyes that were as bright as stars.

So…what was Carrie thinking in that final moment?

Will he blame himself or be disappointed?

There was a bleak and cold mist in his eyes, and Lanrod felt that every breath he took was accompanied by intense sadness.

But...if it happened again, he would still do it, wouldn't he?

His almost desolate eyes were reflected in the transparent window. Lanrod felt the familiar soreness coming over him again. The soreness turned into dense sharp blades, cutting through his skin layer by layer and slicing his blood vessels with a force that could not be healed.

——"Your Highness, you may not understand, sometimes the pain here is more difficult to suppress than the pain in the body."

Lanrod thought, he understood, he understood completely.