Chapter 130-129- One Glance
The cold wind blew up dust and blew it onto Liana's pale little face, but she was completely unaware.
Watching the huge bone dragon like a battleship tearing through the night sky and falling from the sky, she felt her head suddenly buzz and become blank. She could only sit on the ground in a daze until she was swallowed by the huge shadow.
She had heard Yinghuo introduce the bone dragon and knew that it was one of the core secrets of the Holy Spirit Sect. It was not an undead summon like a skeleton, but a real magical creature with its own will and wisdom.
According to rumors, this is a war weapon second only to the aerospace mothership in the world. The entire Holy Spirit Sect owns no more than four of them, and each one must be refined using genuine ancient dragon fossils. The bones are so strong that they can withstand super missiles without any damage, and can even use some innate magic that humans cannot understand.
How could such a monster appear here?
After a moment, the bone dragon flapped its wings and landed on the ground. Relying on exquisite power control, it stopped silently in the middle of the open space, looking as light as a feather.
It was only then that Liana noticed that there were two middle-aged men in sacrificial robes standing on the skull of the bone dragon.
But this is the bone dragon of the Holy Spirit Sect, one of the technical symbols of undead magic!
Who is qualified to stand on top of such a monster?
"I'm 'Will Leopold', the Corpse Saint of the Holy Spirit Cult." One of the two men said. He had a square face and a cold expression, giving people an aura that kept people at a distance.
After saying this, he didn't give Liana and Yinghuo a chance to speak. He immediately looked at the weakened Reincarnation High Priest Ducha and said coldly, "How did you get into this state?"
"Master Shengsi, I, I was careless... I'm really sorry..." Ducha said anxiously.
Shikigami Seiji glanced at him indifferently, his gaze returning to the two little girls in front of him. However, when he glanced at Yinghuo, he exclaimed, "A mechanical puppet with a spirit? Could it be an awakened AI?"
"...I didn't expect such a coincidence. I'm lucky." Soul Fire Saint also looked over.
The awakened AIs that were given spiritual bodies by the Fire Thief's program were extremely rare, as they knew how to hide themselves and were difficult to detect. However, these awakened AIs were extremely important in the study of necromancy. By studying how they carried spiritual bodies on insulating materials, the Holy Spirit Sect was very likely to find new technical directions for future necromancy.
Thinking of this, smiles appeared on the faces of the two Holy Officials, which looked a little creepy in the dim moonlight. They did not shy away from their conversation, because with the presence of two Holy Officials in person and a bone dragon, it was hard to imagine that such a mission could fail.
But then, a clear and firm voice rang out, attracting everyone's attention.
"I can go with you, but you have to release Yvette and Firefly."
Shikigami Seiji lowered his head and saw the little blonde girl codenamed "No. 1". She had a rune firearm in her hand, which she must have taken from the puppet next to her.
However, she did not point the gun at the two saints on the bone dragon, but at her own temple. Her face was tense and her expression was resolute. She looked both scared and strong.
Shiki Seiji narrowed his eyes and stared at Liana without saying a word. Firefly beside him was shocked: "Liana, what are you talking about? Are you crazy?"
Liana didn't answer Firefly's words. She just glared at the Shikigami Seiji and repeated, "Let them go! Or I'll shoot!"
The atmosphere in the field suddenly became quiet, with only the cold wind still sweeping around.
"Number One, you should know very well that death is meaningless in front of the Necromancer. You will be resurrected as a zombie, taking all your secrets with you." Shikigami Seiji said calmly with a mocking smile.
"But there's definitely a difference between me when I'm alive and me when I'm a zombie," Liana said without giving in.
"But even if you die and Zero is still alive, the result will be the same. We can still get what we want." Shiki Seiji smiled, "Besides, being alive is better than being dead. When you are alive, you have value, and the Holy Church will of course protect you with the highest standards. Aside from a little less freedom, everything else will be very comfortable. What's so hard to accept?"
Then he changed the subject, his expression becoming more cruel and ferocious. "But if you commit suicide, Zero and the puppet will still fall into our hands. But we are very angry because of your actions. Do you think we will vent these emotions on your friends?"
"After you die, your friends will live in torture every day, being tortured over and over again. That broken spirit will be pulled out and burned by soul flames all day long. We will keep pulling out the fingernails of Zero, then repair her and enjoy her screams... And the reason they have to endure all this is because of you, it's all your fault. They will hate you, hate that you only care about your own pleasure, but hurt them so much..." Shikigami Seiji asked with a smile, "Now, do you still want to commit suicide?"
"How could you do this..." Liana's voice trembled with anger. She had never imagined that a priest respected, praised, and worshipped by countless believers could be so evil, so despicable, so shameless, and so without any bottom line. It was far beyond her imagination.
"Little boy, is this your first time knowing this world?" asked Shikigami Seiji jokingly.
Liana was silent. Ever since leaving the Abyss Base, all the darkness and malice had been kept out by Zero. She was like an ordinary little girl, harboring beautiful fantasies about the world. She even thought that Zero's sleepiness was a good thing, as it gave her a chance to finally show her skills and experience the world. However, she never expected that her first action as a rookie would give her a heavy blow.
In the moonlight, the abandoned blast furnace of the steel plant cast a dark shadow. She stood there, feeling that everything around her had disappeared. She could not see the light, and was isolated and helpless. There was only endless cold and suffocation coming from all directions.
Until someone suddenly hugged her, bringing a warm current.
Liana turned around and saw Zero's pretty face. She smiled and said, "Fool, if you die, everything will be gone. How could you make such a stupid decision?"
Liana didn't know why she could still laugh at this time, and said aggrievedly: "What can I do?"
"Of course, survive first, and we'll deal with the rest later." Zero said with a smile, "I've said it many times, being alive is the most important thing. If you die, everything is gone. There's no one in this world worth protecting with your life, and that includes me."
"It's already this time, and you still say such things..." Liana's eyes were red and she looked like she was about to cry.
"Don't worry, let's talk slowly." Shikigami Seiji said cheerfully, standing on the bone dragon's head. As long as he could persuade Number One to live and drop the gun, he would not be unwilling to waste some time.
But what Shikigami Seiji didn't expect was that his interruption actually attracted Zero's attention.
She turned her head, and the sweet smile on her face disappeared, replaced by eyes colder than the snowy winter.
The next second, Shikigami Seiji felt as if the thoughts in his brain exploded!
The world before his eyes suddenly turned into a kaleidoscope, spinning, tearing, and collapsing wildly. At the same time, he felt as if billions of ants had suddenly invaded his body, madly invading his iron-hard corpse body and devouring everything!
"Ahhhhhhhhh——" He screamed and fell on top of the bone dragon's head, rolling and twitching wildly, attracting everyone's attention.
Soul Fire Seiji quickly regained consciousness and was about to question him when he discovered that Shiki Seiji's appearance had become extremely strange. Countless purple-red flesh and blood writhed and squirmed across his body, transforming him from a pale ghoul into a deformed monster. His eyes moved strangely, sometimes in pain and fear, sometimes in a glazed state, as if he were battling for control of his body with another personality.
how so?
Soul Fire Seiji was stunned, and then he saw Shiki Seiji suddenly stop moving, and then like a real zombie, he mechanically turned his head 180 degrees and looked at him with lifeless and dull eyes.
In an instant, the pupils of the Soul Fire Saint suddenly contracted, and an unprecedented huge terror gripped him, causing him to immediately convey his thoughts to the Bone Dragon, urging it to take off quickly.
At the same time, the utterly deformed Shikigami Seiji also moved. He crouched on the ground like a hound, then, exerting force on all fours, leaped up with a sudden leap. Simultaneously, his head split open, transforming into a massive, abyssal maw covered in spiraling teeth, biting down at Soulfire Seiji.
(End of this chapter)
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