Chapter 106 You're Late
Chris hates talking.
Because he can remember memories from infancy, although not as clear as Byrne's "deep memory", he still remembers how vicious the gossip people said when they were babies was.
They all thought that no one knew about their malice and hypocrisy.
Language is often unable to accurately express the human heart, and is more often used to tell lies.
Of course, he also remembered the night when the Lost Lord saved him and his sister Irene.
At that moment, Chris also listened to His voice.
It was not human language at all, but something much greater, an untouchable supreme voice.
After becoming the dirty and smelly "Lianm", he began to mine in the mines, working busily under the supervision of the guards.
There are many people going down into the dark mine to mine, and the miners are extremely tired. This is a very dangerous area and people may die at any time.
The steam excavator invented by the Loen people had not yet spread in Syat, and everything in the mining area had to be dug by manpower, which was extremely inefficient, hard, and dangerous.
Most of them were not citizens of Fein, but farmers from villages all over the east coast, struggling to earn a very meager salary, and they were all dissatisfied deep down.
Chris's physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people, but he still felt a little tired after working for a few days.
Although there was nothing serious, he felt that if he didn't have the bonus of sequence strength, he might be too tired to move.
Chris had never understood certain things, and wondered silently why the diggers were willing to work so hard in a place like this instead of returning to the village.
He didn't want to know about irrelevant things, but the disguised "Lianm" should be a completely opposite person from the real Chris.
So after careful consideration, Chris took the initiative to ask the miners why they left the countryside. He learned that the reasons for leaving were varied but most of them were related to the land, and the most peculiar experience was that of an old man.
This was a very short break in the day's digging work, and Chris and the old man were both sitting on the ground.
"The Sommer family forced us to use the land to raise a magical beast, causing me to lose my farmland and my family. I had no choice but to become a homeless person."
The Sommer family actually violated the church's regulations and openly raised a large number of magical beasts?
Chris was very surprised after hearing this. It was allowed for nobles to raise magical beasts in small quantities, but raising magical beasts on a large scale was strictly prohibited by the major churches.
There has always been an ancient legend in the continent of Oden. It seems that when the number of mysterious creatures multiplies to a certain extent, a demon from ancient times will be revived.
The old man's body was still strong, but his hands were covered with scars from years of hard work, and his eyes were extremely cloudy and confused.
He sighed and continued:
"Those nobles, who are filthy to the bone, are constantly fighting for power and land. However, power is in their blood, and the gods are on their side. Where is the way for ordinary people?"
"We are trampled like weeds, and in the end we have no way to survive. I am afraid I will die in the mine soon."
Chris knew that what he said was correct. Even though the old man was in good health, he was getting older and older.
It was only a matter of time before he died in the mines.
But that kind of thing had nothing to do with Chris, and he had no intention of saving any strangers.
He will only be good to whoever is good to him.
Chris just forced himself to speak with great reluctance, pretending to have the expression that a normal person would have.
"Absolutely not. You are still so strong, you won't die!"
When he spoke, he always felt as if someone was staring at him not far away. No, actually, he was staring at "Lianm".
An interesting experience.
Chris suddenly began to like the feeling he experienced when he disguised himself as a new identity.
He felt that his spirituality was beginning to boil again.
The old man shook his head and opened his mouth to say something, but finally decided not to continue.
"What do you want to say?" Chris asked immediately in order to maintain his character.
"I want to tell you a truth. In fact, the fate of ordinary people like us is predetermined. We will never, ever be able to save ourselves while we are alive..."
The old man spoke words of extreme despair and frustration, but the confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared, and instead there was a smile and longing, which was extremely contradictory.
He continued: “I think the hope of ordinary people lies in the afterlife.”
Chris fell silent, shook his head, and asked, "I don't understand. Maybe it's because I haven't read the book."
"Liam, do you believe that the stars can give hope?"
The old man suddenly smiled and looked at Chris, with a certain temptation in his voice.
"After we all die, many people's souls will have no destination, but some people's souls will reach the beautiful stars, where they will experience all the beauty that has never been experienced in the world. They believe that the star they reach after death is the real hope!"
Because of the Fisher family's "little hobby", Chris sensitively noticed that the old man's words were strange.
It was just like the beginning of the words my sister said to the children in the orphanage.
He made a puzzled expression and asked, "I still don't understand. What exactly do you want to say?"
"Hey, this thing is for you."
The old man chuckled and took out a black seven-pointed stone sculpture and placed it in Chris's palm.
"Remember the stars give you real hope, my child. Sooner or later you will see them. That is your destiny."
Chris looked down at the black seven-pointed stone sculpture and found that there was a huge eye in the center of it. It seemed that it was always staring at him, and no matter how he changed the angle of the stone sculpture, he could not escape its gaze.
strangeness.
He subconsciously became very alert, but continued to ask:
"Thank you for your gift, but what on earth is this? I feel it's a little strange..."
The old man laughed and continued: "That is the mark. You will understand it when the time comes."
Chris looked confused and nodded, but a strong sense of uneasiness surged up in his heart.
When the work resumed, he secretly threw away the stone carving mark. Caution is the principle of the Fischer family.
But when he was going to bed at night, something happened that surprised Chris very much. He found that the black seven-pointed star stone sculpture was back in his hands!
What is going on?
Chris completely lost all sleepiness in his mind, and calmly got up, wanting to carefully examine the black seven-pointed star.
At this moment, the black seven-pointed star emitted light.
Suddenly, a dark aura emerged from the red mark on the back of his hand, instantly enveloping the black seven-pointed star and turning it into pale ashes in an instant.
“…”
Chris watched this scene in complete confusion.
The Lost Lord protected me?
Chris's curiosity about unknown things was not strong enough, so he had no intention of conducting in-depth research. Since he couldn't figure it out, he just gave up and chose to go to sleep.
After waking up, he heard a piece of news.
The old man died.
And according to people, the old man died with a smile on his face at night. Everyone who saw the body was very scared and thought the old man's smile was extremely strange.
Many workers who saw the bodies even began to protest in fear, saying they did not want to continue working in the mines if the church did not come to deal with the problem.
A weird smile?
Chris didn't understand what was so scary about the corpse's smile, so he wanted to take a look at the body. He found out that the body had been hidden by the mine owner and no workers were allowed to touch it.
However, he could smell the old man's scent and find it accurately among the many mixed smells.
"There." Chris stared at a hidden house outside the mining area with an indifferent expression.
He quietly groped his way to the place where the body was placed in the dark night, and when no one was around, he slowly untied the rag covering the body.
That was definitely not a corpse that died with a smile.
There was an extremely ferocious smile on the old man's face, as if he was a terrifying demon who was extremely excited about tearing human flesh and blood!
All the wrinkles on that old face were deeply squeezed together, the corners of the mouth were exaggeratedly stretched almost to the ears, the eyes that never closed were filled with scarlet bloodshot, and the turbid eyes still retained the madness of dying!
After seeing the old man's "smile", Chris still had a blank expression.
Well, it's really not scary at all.
He calmly reached out and pulled at the "smiling face" a few times, but found that he couldn't change it easily, as if there was some extraordinary effect that fixed the old man's face in an extremely strange state.
interesting.
Chris became very interested and took off all the clothes on the body. Then he examined it carefully and soon found something strange on the old man's back.
Those were a few pitch-black words, as if they were made up of the blood of some mysterious creature.
"Embrace the stars."
What do those things that describe "stars" mean? The black seven-pointed star, embracing the stars, and pursuing the hope of the stars after death...
Chris finally couldn't bear it any longer. As if he was under some strong temptation, he raised his head with a slight tremor and looked at the vast night sky.
Suddenly, everything dawned on him.
So that’s how it is. All of this was His guidance, just so that I could not help but raise my head and look into the eyes of the great Him at this moment!
It was a black star so huge that it was difficult to describe even with human intelligence!
Most of its surface area is an extremely terrifying giant eye, staring at every corner of the universe at all times, watching the past, present and future of all things. It exudes endless chaotic power almost every moment, which is enough to make everything in the world crazy and chaotic!
Chris screamed, his heart pounding wildly, a lot of indescribable information emerged in his mind, and he was about to be changed in an instant.
"ah!"
A black seven-pointed star filled with chaotic aura appeared on his chest.
However, the black seven-pointed star had just appeared when the red mark on Chris's hand shone brightly, and the half-appeared black seven-pointed star gradually faded away.
It disappeared completely.
When Chris came to his senses, he found that the terrifying giant star in the night sky had disappeared, and a large amount of information in his mind had also disappeared.
In the end it was as if nothing had happened.
“…”
Chris stood there in silence for a long time, shook his head, and calmly and boredly restored the corpse to its original state.
He turned and left the morgue, disappearing silently into the dark night.
(End of this chapter)
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