Chapter 67 (200 irrigation plus more) [VIP]
The surroundings were damp, and the dim underground palace was filled with the musty smell that had not been treated for years.
She listened to the dripping sound of water for an unknown period of time, and finally, she heard some different sounds.
"Father, we've caught him." The king stood at the altar, rubbing his hands and grinning obscenely. "Henry caught him!"
Kidd turned around from the center of the altar, his black-robed shadow casting a shadow on the altar like a dark crow with its wings spread. "Finally."
thump.
Someone knelt in front of her.
Jian Yue's gaze was suddenly drawn to her—Sinderel knelt before her, the wound on his left shoulder deep enough to see the bone, still oozing blood. His blond hair clung to his pale face, but his emerald eyes shone startlingly brightly as he stared intently at her bruised wrist.
The same feeling of helplessness again. Jian Yue's eyes reddened, and she reached out tremblingly, trying to lift up the drooping face.
But the king's voice interrupted her, his voice sharp and thin: "Henry, dedicate yourself to God!"
With tears still welling up in her eyes, she stared blankly at Sinderel being dragged away and locked on the altar, then looked at Henry who was walking towards the other end of the altar on his own initiative.
Henry's expression was indifferent, and he tied his hands on his own accord.
Chains hanging from the dome hung Henry and Sinderel at the two poles of the altar - the former's brown pupils were as empty as dusty glass, the latter's blond hair was stuck to his pale cheeks with blood, and his green eyes were half open and half closed, hanging helplessly.
Henry's memory was erased again by Kidd.
From the bedroom to the altar, Henry never looked at her.
Even now, when Kidd used magic to brand him with a spell, he only groaned, and there was not even a ripple in his brown pupils.
Kidd walked towards Sinderell and carefully observed the old marks engraved with "YUE".
Kidd sighed deeply. "As expected, you've never forgotten her." A cluster of green flames ignited from his fingertips, and he slowly traced it across Sinderel's wound. "To punish you, a fire brand would be best."
"Enough!" Jian Yue yelled and rushed forward, but Kidd easily waved his hand and bounced her away.
Jian Yue rolled off the altar, her elbow red and the pain making her vision black. However, she still got up and tried to touch Xindrell: "Xindrell..."
She tried to get closer, but Kidd moved sideways to stop her advance.
“Hmm!”
She was dragged by an invisible force until she knelt in front of Kidd before disappearing.
The marks left by the iron chain on her wrists were oozing blood, but she felt no pain and stared at the culprit intently.
"You can start preparing now." Kidd waved his hand.
"Yes, my lord," the king replied timidly, beckoning his servants forward. "Did you hear all that? Present it!"
Several figures came up to the edge of the altar, holding trays with girls' heads in their hands - there was even a familiar face that Jian Yue recognized, Li Xu.
They placed the heads on the altar with expressionless faces. The moonlight dyed the oozing blood black, and the dark red color meandered to the ground, forming a ferocious appearance.
An expression of despair and unwillingness to close one's eyes appeared on the head. The scene was extremely bloody and hideous. Physiological nausea surged in Jian Yue's body. She forced herself to hold back and not vomit.
"What a touching scene." Kidd's voice was like the friction of metal. His leather-gloved hand lifted Jian Yue's chin, his covered eyes looking directly at her in the dark. "It's a pity that you will soon become my nourishment and worship me as a god."
Jian Yue dug her nails deep into her palms. She raised the corners of her lips in a playful manner and uttered, "Dream on."
This sentence infuriated Kidd. Although his face was kind, his grip gradually tightened, and the chains suddenly seemed to have a life force and kept shrinking.
She heard painful groans coming from both sides and immediately clenched her teeth: "Let go!"
"Keep talking." Kidd didn't let them go and increased the pressure. "I'm listening."
"No!" Jian Yue held Kidd's tightened hand and shook her head in panic, "It has nothing to do with them! Let them go!"
Kidd squatted down and gently wiped away Jian Yue's tears. "How could I bear to attack you? Opesha - or Jian Yue, the vessel of Amra's power."
"I still want your body. The human body is so fragile, it would be bad if it breaks down."
He loosened his hand, grabbed Jian Yue's collar, dragged her to the center of the altar, and then cast a spell to control her in the center.
"I think you know everything." Kidd raised his hand and untied the silk ribbon that bound his eyes. "My target has never been Sinderel, but you. I have set up many traps to lure you out."
"I designed to bring chaos to the world created by Amra, choosing to inflict pain on the human Sindriel she created. I then created trouble to create a bond between you and Sindriel..." He pointed at Sindriel, who looked at him coldly. "In this way, your body would not reject the power I receive. And now, Sindriel, it is time for you to return my power to me."
no……
Jian Yue was so overwhelmed by the pressure that she couldn't even stand up straight.
She could only watch as Kidd straightened his clothes and walked towards Henry.
De said.
The king replied, "Yes, my lord." As he said this, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he took out his dagger from his bosom and without hesitation
, look at the neck that is almost pierced and the head is shaking.
Kidd waved his hand to activate his magic power, and those standing under the altar also took out their swords and stabbed themselves.
The blood slowly flowed towards the altar and formed a bloody stream on the ground.
"Sindriel, my vessel." Kidd's voice was bewitching. "Give me your power, and I can let you stay with her forever."
Sinderel raised his head with difficulty, and saw Jian Yue's face reflected in his emerald pupils. He suddenly smiled: "...Okay."
The black chains suddenly tightened, causing his bones to creak. Kidd closed his eyes and chanted a spell in satisfaction. A dark red light followed the chains and climbed up to Sinderel's heart. Jian Yue saw his body trembling violently, but he used all his strength to push her away from the altar.
"Walk!"
Just as his hand touched the edge of her clothes, Kidd's magic deflected him, and he slammed heavily into the obsidian pillar. The chain cut into his shoulder blades, making a teeth-grinding sound.
Sinderel's eyes were fixed on Henry.
"Sinderel!"
Jian Yue struggled to get up, but Henry held her shoulders tightly. There was no trace of emotion in his brown eyes, only the curse patterns on the chain moving. "Don't get in the way."
At this moment, Sinderel suddenly struggled violently.
His chain hit Henry's chain, making a harsh metal friction sound: "Henry! Do it!"
Henry’s body suddenly shook violently.
Jian Yue's face flashed through his dark brown pupils for a moment, then quickly vanished and became murky. "Action? Why do you want to attack?"
His chains were gradually wrapped with dark red light, which was Kidd's power.
"Lord Kidd is right," Henry suddenly laughed, "As long as I sacrifice you, I can become the king of Furlan."
Kidd looked at Henry approvingly, chanted a spell, and prepared to absorb Henry's power first.
The same dark red lines crawled across Henry's face, devouring his flesh and blood, even the whites of his eyes were covered in black: "You and she are both obstacles on my path to becoming king."
Henry suddenly looked at Jian Yue, a subtle tenderness flashing in his eyes.
He lowered his eyes and looked at Henry, stroking Henry's head condescendingly, and said disdainfully: "What a well-behaved believer, I will absorb your power first..."
"It's just that—I don't want to exchange this blood-stained crown for a rotten throne!"
Henry suddenly threw his head back and laughed, dark red lines spreading wildly across his face like burning thorns. A golden holy light suddenly burst out from the whites of his black eyes, tearing Kidd's chains apart!
Amidst the crisp sound of chains breaking, he reached out and grasped Kidd's hand that was resting on his head, his knuckles turning white from the force. "Do you really think I'm under your control?"
Kidd's spell stopped abruptly, and he suddenly opened his dark eyes: "You!"
"From the day you cast the spell on me—" Henry's voice was as hoarse as a rusty piece of iron scraping across a flat surface, and every word he said was heartbreaking. "I've been waiting for this moment!"
He grabbed Kidd's arm and dragged Kidd to the center of the altar. The remaining divine power in his body erupted like a volcano, burning into golden color around his body.
"Your biggest mistake was making me surrender, letting me know everything without killing me!" The dark red lines melted in the golden light, revealing the flesh and blood underneath, which had been corroded and riddled with holes. "I gave this body to her a long time ago!"
Jian Yue's words got stuck in her throat. She saw Henry's skin peeling off like a dead leaf, revealing his pale bones, but his brown pupils were startlingly bright—a light mixed with pain and determination, like a dying comet burning itself in its final moments.
"No - my magic circle!" Kidd's scream was swallowed by the holy light.
Kidd's body was torn apart by the holy light, and the human body was not strong enough to withstand it, leaving bloody holes.
Golden light exploded in the center of the secret room, transforming into a sky full of light points that merged into the magic circle. Kidd's screams were heartbreaking.
Henry's body gradually became transparent, and golden blood dripped onto the stone surface, blooming into fleeting red camellia flowers - that was his mother's favorite flower.
He turned around and took a deep, final look at Jian Yue.
The beauty that he fell in love with at first sight, but was not worthy of sharing with him.
The lover he had forgotten but who always lived in his heart.
He finally redeemed himself. Henry closed his eyes.
"Goodbye, Jian Yue."
Henry's voice was as soft as a sigh.
There is a regret, but no one treats him as gently as she does.
Apart from this, he has no other regrets.
He felt the relief of release and slowly turned into air.
The last ray of consciousness turned into a point of light and merged into Jian Yue's cross. "Forget me... Take my last bit of strength and leave..."
"Henry!" Jian Yue rushed over and tried to catch him, but all she caught was a piece of dissipated light.
As early as that moment, Jian Yue understood everything——
He had been recovering his memory, but in order to hide it from Kidd, he pretended to be a stranger.
He knew the way to crack the sacrifice, but he concealed it and gambled his life on a possibility.
He will never be a coward like Jian Yue, but a true selfless king.
She looked absentmindedly at the place where Henry had disappeared.
All that was left there was a handful of golden ashes, which were picked up by the wind and drifted towards the south of Furland.
There is a small forest there.
There, their first encounter is stored.
There, the boy's secret love remains.
She watched the golden color in her palm gradually dim, and finally, she couldn't hold back her tears: "No... Henry, no!"
She wanted to go back to the place where Henry disappeared, but Sinderel held her tightly: "You can't go there!"
The dome of the altar collapsed, and the underground palace was about to collapse. The chains on Xindrell and Jian Yue broke apart bit by bit. Xindrell broke free and rushed over, holding her tightly in his arms.
The moment the rubble fell, a deep wound was cut into his back, and the blood splattered on her face, warm like tears.
But he said nothing, just hugged her, hugged her so tightly that he almost melted her into his flesh and blood.
Sinderel's blood stained her clothes red, but he held on tightly to prevent her from getting hurt.
"Sinderel!" Jian Yue pushed him hard, "Let go! I told you to let go!"
"No..." Xindrell shook his head, "It's too late. If I don't hold you now, I will never be able to hold you again."
"You - I will not let you go, humans!" Kidd's unwilling roar came from behind, but was quickly swallowed up by the sound of collapse.
Sinderel bit his lower lip and pushed the distraught Jian Yue towards the secret passage: "It's time to go!"
Jian Yue stumbled a few steps, turned around and immediately wanted to pull Xindrel to walk together, "Let's go together!"
The moment they were about to touch Sinderel, a transparent barrier suddenly appeared in front of them, preventing them from making contact.
"What is this! Sinderel!" Jian Yue screamed heartbreakingly, pounding on the transparent wall with all her might. "Follow me, follow me!"
Sinderel took two steps back and shook his head: "No, I can't leave. I am Kidd's vessel, and this world does not allow me to exist."
Kidd's body continued to crumble as the underground palace collapsed, and the green blood that seeped out continued to corrode everything around him, even himself - it was a product filled with the pain and despair of the dead souls, and the revenge of the innocent lives he devoured and sacrificed.
"No, no! Don't!" Jian Yue slammed the wall frantically, "Why! Why didn't anyone tell me! Why did you hide it from me too!"
Why don't you tell her the truth? Why?
Sindriel smiled.
He reached out and wiped the tears from her face through the transparent wall.
"We've planned this long ago..." Sinderel's voice was hoarse. "This is the only time we can destroy Kidd's magic circle and his magic power."
"I don't want to, I don't want to... Sinderel... I don't want to leave alone..." Jian Yue cried until she choked with sobs, her legs went limp, and she could only slide down the wall to the ground.
Sinderel squatted down and bent down to kiss her forehead.
"Live." Her face was reflected in his emerald eyes, so gentle that it was heartbreaking.
He stood up and walked into the underground palace.
The underground palace collapsed with a roar, and the raised dust blurred her vision.
"You are..." His voice faded away, "our only hope."
"I love you, Yue."
At the very end, Sinderel stood upright in the ruins, with the wound on his back still bleeding.
"Sinderel..."
She heard her own voice trembling, but no one could answer her.
She covered the hot cross on her chest, turned around, and walked towards the light.
The cross on her palm was so hot that it seemed to burn through her skin, but she did not let go, and her knuckles turned white from clenching.
That was the road they paved for her with their lives, but without them.
They are here too.
But she hoped that the end of the road would be goodbye rather than farewell forever.
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