Chapter 198: Tears Already Exist
The bell tower is not as tall as the Samson Tower, nor is it inlaid with expensive gems. It has the simple stone appearance that can be seen everywhere on Saint Fagus Island.
Vifiya killed monsters along the way and looked for the child who was blown away by the wind in Sansongta.
At my feet were the corpses of monsters, and within my sight I could see the twinkling stars behind the clock tower.
She stood in front of the bell tower with sword in hand.
The foul smell continued to enter her nostrils with her breath.
She had asked the two children she had found to return to Sansongta along the same path where the monster fell. If they were fast enough, the path she had taken would be safe.
She couldn't explain how she felt. She hadn't seen Faye and Eddie, nor had she met Clover.
She gripped her sword tightly; what was more important now was what was in front of her.
The old priest said that a trace of the world rules that determine Saint Fagus Island is under the bell tower.
Time was running out. On the way here, Vifiya quickly thought of all possible methods. After eliminating them one by one, only one method remained.
The method that can find the exact location at once and attract the rules of the world is actually very simple.
Just one cut.
The intricate runes on the wrist were complete, the golden light became brighter, and the colorful smoke swirling in the sword in his hand seemed to be about to burst out of the sword.
In order to avoid hurting innocent people, she had specifically checked what was behind the clock tower.
Behind the bell tower is an area of abandoned stone houses, now occupied by several giant ten-clawed reptiles.
She took a step forward, her eyes determined. Since she had made the decision from the beginning, there was nothing to hesitate about.
Vifiya raised her sword, her wrist shining with golden light, and the white wings wrapped around her on the hilt opened slightly. The moment the little smoke wandering in the sword rushed out of the sword, she slashed it with all her strength with one hand.
Smoke lingered on the pale blue flying blade, which slashed down with unstoppable force.
The feather shape of the flying blade's wings was faintly visible. It passed silently across the center of the clock tower, and Vifia heard the wailing from the monster.
"Boom!" The bell tower split into two, and the first thing to hit the ground was the bronze bell on the top.
"Dang--" The bell tower fell uncontrollably, and the smoke and dust made the gray scene nearby clearer. The sound echoed throughout the entire St. Fagus Island.
Vifiya ran away without hesitation.
Her cut was thorough, leaving only a few pieces of gravel on the ground of the bell tower.
Without much thought, she poked the ground without hesitation. The floor shattered instantly, and light blue light rushed out from the cracks in the stones. The stones swung up and shattered in an instant.
The sticky green liquid from the setting moon was constantly spreading towards the clock tower, and the stench in the air was clearly odorous.
We must try our best to open the place containing the world's rules before more monsters come.
Vifia breathed slightly heavily, suppressed her nausea at the smell, and looked down at the magic circle exposed in her field of vision.
Unlike many magic circles she had seen, the magic circle in front of her only had a few curves.
She reached for the key at her waist and was about to open it when darkness suddenly fell within her visible range.
Vifiya's hands suddenly stopped moving, and she became alert. She slowly raised her eyes, but saw something familiar around her.
Surprise flashed in her eyes, and at the same time, a voice rang out: "Didn't you say you wouldn't save him?"
It was still a familiar voice, although like every time before, she couldn't make out the timbre.
Vifiya protected the key at her waist with one hand and held the hilt of the sword with the other.
The dark pupils were alert, unlike before. Vifiya was absolutely certain that she was pulled directly into the room while she was awake...
If one doesn’t enter the state while in a deep sleep, can it still be considered a dream?
"Didn't you say you wouldn't save him?" The voices came from all directions, and it was impossible to tell which direction they came from.
Vifiya glanced forward and saw the sword hanging over her cracked heart, which was beating steadily.
Vifiya has an unusual intuition.
The timing and the way she was pulled in made her feel a vague uncertainty in her heart.
She opened her mouth and decided to answer the voice's question with her feelings: "I never saved anyone."
The darkness fell into silence for a moment. For the first time, she responded directly. Her usually mechanical tone suddenly became excited: "Lie! Lie! Lie! Lie!"
"You're lying!"
"Why don't you admit it!"
Vifiya hid the surprise in her eyes and listened calmly to the voice's questioning.
The voice lowered its pitch: "Why?"
Like a whisper: "Why?"
"Why? To interfere..."
"Why? To interfere..."
…
"The fate of all the people on St. Fagus Island!"
Vifiya's eyes flashed, and the answer she had never expected appeared so easily.
Her gaze fell on the crack in her heart.
If... the heart represents Saint Fagus Island, and the sword represents...
After a few thoughts in her head, she raised her eyes and said innocently, "Why not? I came here, I intervened, and I am already part of the destiny of Saint Fagus Island."
The darkness was so quiet that only the sound of Vifiya's shallow breathing could be heard.
The voice became intermittent: "No...no...you...you...quibbling!"
"You are... a human who shouldn't exist."
"But I already exist." Vifia took over the voice's words without thinking.
She knew, of course, that no matter what it was, she shouldn't be here, but here she was.
Her words seemed to have a great impact on the voice. After a long while, Weifeiya heard a firmness in the voice's words for no reason: "You should not exist."
"Shouldn't it exist on St. Fagus Island, or shouldn't it exist in this world?"
Because of her question, the voice in the darkness fell silent again.
After a moment, the voice asked, "Do you want to save x?"
The word after "rescue" is still unclear, and it is difficult to tell how many more words are after it.
There was a hint of a smile in Vifiya's eyes, and she couldn't answer with her voice, but the test was enough.
She thought she knew who the voice was.
She took a few steps forward, and seeing her own face in the cold light of the sword, she asked softly, "Can you stop me?"
If you can't do that, don't get in her way.
Vifiya raised the sword in her hand and placed it on the sword hanging over her heart. The runes on her wrist glowed brightly.
The sword's cold light was captivating, and a thin cloud of smoke was swirling around it. Suddenly, the light smoke rushed out of the sword and entangled the suspended long sword.
Before the sword was completely crushed, a voice followed: "Do you want to save everyone on Saint Fagus Island?"
Vifiya's eyes were calm. Seeing the other long sword disappear in the darkness, she couldn't help but chuckle. How ignorant she must be to think of saving everyone.
She smiled nonchalantly: "I'm not that powerful. As long as one of them survives, it's one."
For those who didn't survive, and who really couldn't survive, she couldn't always blame herself for their death.
Vifiya lowered her eyes, and the veins inside her heart were clearly visible in the blood-red color. Even though there was a crack in it, it was still beating steadily.
She heard a heartbeat, the heart in front of her, thump-thump.
The place on her waist where the old priest's heart was placed moved slightly. Vifiya reached over, opened it, and held up the dark red heart.
Many things had happened in the past sixteen lives, but this was the first time she had actually dug out a person's heart and carried it with her.
No, to be precise, the first stab was done by the old priest himself.
The heart in her palm had become a little harder. Compared to the initial elasticity and wetness that had made Vifia a little scared, she could now try to ignore its touch.
The heart was beating slightly, as if it still had a pulse.
The veins in the old priest's heart slowly bulged out, revealing dense runes. The runes were deeply embedded in the veins, and then instantly floated to the surface, circling along the veins. The heart wrinkled visibly, and the runes became more and more dazzling.
The rune dragged the heart up and hung it in Vifiya's palm, and streams of water continuously flowed into the crack of the heart on the other side.
Runes are constantly interweaving in the cracks, flexibly connecting the broken veins in the cracks, and the veins are sprouting new buds.
The dark pupils held a complex light, and the cracks gradually shrank under the effect of the runes.
The old priest's heart was withering.
The heart of St. Fagus Island is healing.
Until the cracks disappeared, only a thin and fragile shell remained of the old priest's heart, as if it had been eroded and dried by the wind and would break at the slightest poke.
Vifia suppressed the mixed feelings in her heart. She didn't know what kind of feelings the old priest had towards St. Fagus Island and why he was willing to do so much for everything on St. Fagus Island.
As the rune dissipated, the old priest's heart also disappeared.
Dark red debris and sparkling spots floated around, and in just a moment, they disappeared silently in the darkness.
Just like the old priest, who died quietly in his own little house.
No one except Vifiya knew that he was dead.
No one except Vifia knew what he had done for St. Fagus Island and for everyone.
The heart was gone, and there was only one thing left in Vifiya's palm: an eyeball.
She didn't know whose eye it was, or maybe it wasn't someone's, but it looked exactly like a human eye.
The only difference is that the eyes are shedding tears.
The eyeballs were a very common brown color, like turbid yellow river water, or like the mystery of the depths of the starry sky, merging into the darkness in the center, endless and bottomless.
It was just an eyeball, but Vifiya saw compassion in it. The tear did not fall, but hung in the center of the eyeball, shining with clear light.
His eyes lightly fell on the intact heart, tears rolled down, and the whole heart suddenly became vigorous, emitting brilliant white light, and countless runes burst out.
Vifiya couldn't help but close her eyes, and when her eyes adjusted to the light, she found herself back in the bell tower.
The huge magic circle under her feet was working, and she hurriedly lowered her head.
The simple magic circle is now filled with dense runes, and it is still expanding.
Without hesitating for too long, Vifia glanced around and finally found a clue on the right side of the magic circle.
She took out the transparent crystal she had obtained from the Samson Tower, ran over and pressed it hard.
White light splashed and pierced into Vifiya's eyes, causing a sharp pain in her pupils. She had to close her eyes without relaxing her hand movements.
As soon as I lifted my eyelids, the darkness dissipated.
The magic circle before her eyes disappeared, and a gentle breeze brushed her cheeks.
"what's on your mind?"
All of Vifiya's subconscious thoughts and actions suddenly froze.
The familiar voice and long-lost tone made her heart tremble violently.
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