Chapter 132 Are You Coming to Pick Me Up? Father
Jellal walked out of the darkness and looked at the very familiar face.
Just as he remembered, without even the slightest sign of aging, he was still so young, as if he was begging himself yesterday to join the Evening Star team.
This made Gerald feel a little dazed.
Then he heard Yongxin speak again: "You have aged a lot, father."
The voice pulled Jellal out of his trance.
He looked at the face again.
It is indeed more than 90% similar to what I remember.
The only difference is that the smile that once seemed so youthful and energetic has turned into an extremely uncomfortable... fake smile.
But for Gerard, this is the biggest difference.
"You..." He said slowly, "What on earth is that?"
Hearing this, Yong Xin sighed softly: "Isn't it a bit too much to call me 'thing'? Father, have you forgotten who I am? Or is it really unnecessary to leave such a deep impression on a son who is not your biological son?"
Gerard ignored Yongxin's cheap provocation and just looked at him quietly.
Yongxin's gaze gradually moved downwards to look at Gerard's feet, where a man was lying, and it was his former subordinate.
That subordinate was once an elite member of the Devil's Army, but in front of Gerard, he didn't even have the chance to speak out a warning.
It was because...
His gaze gradually moved upwards and looked at Gerard's left eye, that extremely special eye that still emitted a faint light in such a dark environment.
"You have gained a very good pair of eyes." Yong Xin chuckled and said, "I have never understood why you could suddenly see so many things clearly after returning from the Rhine. Our obstructions are like decorations in front of you. All our actions are known to you, and all our plans are seen through by you. It's as if you have a new pair of eyes... What I didn't expect is that this is actually true."
He paused, then showed the opened letter in his hand to Gerard and sighed softly.
"Unfortunately, the news I got from Rhine was too late. If I had known earlier that the eye might have fallen into your hands, I would never have waited until now. But I still want to know how you got the eye. According to my information, the one who took the eye should be a Rhine priest named Uru... What kind of deal did you reach with him to make him give the eye to you?"
"Or... did you kill him?"
"If that's the case..."
His eyes moved down again, to Jellal's left hand.
"Then you have more than just one eye."
"No wonder you were able to defeat Bishop Holman."
Yongxin kept muttering, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was talking to Gerald.
But Gerard did not answer any of his questions. He just approached him step by step, and his dull footsteps were like the seconds ticking in a pocket watch.
Then, Gerard stood in front of Yongxin.
There was a sound of metallic friction.
The huge chainsaw sword fell on Yongxin's shoulder. The ferocious and sharp teeth pressed against Yongxin's neck, quickly cutting the skin on his neck, and blood flowed down uncontrollably.
"You haven't answered my question yet." Gerald stared at Yongxin and spoke slowly, "What on earth are you?"
Yong Xin finally stopped talking to himself. He lowered his head and looked at the chainsaw sword on his neck. He knew very well that if Jellal activated it, his head would fall to the ground in an instant.
But even so, his expression didn't change much.
"Are you going to kill me, father?" Yongxin looked at Jellal with a smile, "You abandoned me ten years ago... Ten years later, are you going to kill me again with your own hands?"
...ten years ago?
Gerald seemed a little dazed.
"It seems you really have forgotten, father." Yong Xin said softly, "Ten years ago, in the abyss, I couldn't walk anymore. You told me that you would come back and asked me to wait for you to come back and pick me up. I waited and waited, but I never got the chance, until... now."
Yongxin opened his arms as if he wanted to give Jellal a big hug.
"Now, you finally come back to pick me up?"
"I have been waiting for you for a long time."
After saying that, Yongxin moved closer to Gerard little by little, but Gerard never expressed any extra expression.
Until, when Yongxin's hand was about to touch Jellal's body, he heard a slight clicking sound.
Before Yong Xin could figure out what it was, the worn chainsaw sword on his shoulder immediately made an even louder roar, like the roar of a wild beast.
The madly spinning saw teeth cut Yongxin's neck in an instant, and then moved down smoothly, splitting his entire body in two.
Amid the spurting blood, Yong Xin stared at Jellal with his eyes wide open, as if he simply couldn't believe that Jellal would do this.
"Why……"
By the time he was able to make a sound, half of his body was already lying in a pool of blood.
He stared at Gerald, his eyes filled with shock, loss and pain.
"Father...why..."
Gerard looked at Yongxin's twisted body and said calmly, "My son died ten years ago. You are just a monster who came back in his body."
Yong Xin opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but the huge amount of blood loss drained his remaining vitality and strength. In the end, he opened his eyes wide and became motionless.
It was as if he had died just like that.
But Gerard did not leave just like that. He just took a few steps back and watched quietly.
And then, there was a sigh.
"Well, under that eye, there really shouldn't be too much meaningless disguise."
Yongxin suddenly "came back to life".
Under Gerard's gaze, the severed half of the body crawled back and reunited with the other half.
"I'm getting more and more curious about that eye." Yong Xin looked at Jellal's left eye again while reconciling, "Logically speaking, I can even stop my heartbeat, there's no reason for you to be able to see through me, and before you did it, I should be no different from a normal person..."
He paused.
"Or did you not act because of that eye, but because... you wanted to kill me from the very beginning? Yes... that must be the case. This is you, this is you!"
He gradually became excited, licking his blood-soaked lips and shouting.
“Just like you were able to take action against your polluted comrades back then! Now you can also take action against your polluted son! This is you, this is you, hahahaha!”
Before Yong Xin's laughter ended, the chainsaw sword was swung up again, drawing a semicircle in the air, and then chopped off his head that had not yet been glued together.
Then he turned the sword and chopped down the headless body again.
Although this chainsaw sword repaired by Orange is far less powerful than the current new models and its original one ten years ago, it is sufficient for mortals.
And Gerard obviously didn't treat Yongxin as a normal person. He treated him like a pollutant that had been lingering at his doorstep for the past ten years. Every attack was aimed at chopping him into pieces so that he could never get up again.
Soon, Yongxin was chopped to pieces by Gerard and couldn't even stand.
But Yongxin is still not dead, because his voice is coming from all directions.
"That's right, that's it! This is the you I remember, and this is what you taught me."
Gerard discovered that the things that were talking were Yongxin's scattered flesh and blood.
So he moved forward again, crushing every piece of flesh and blood that could make a sound with his chainsaw sword.
But Yongxin's voice still did not disappear, and he shouted at Jellal.
"You want to kill me now? Why?"
"Have you forgotten?"
"You were the one who told me not to die!"
"You told me not to die!"
Gerard's body paused, he turned around suddenly, and saw the flesh and blood floating in the air like dandelions gradually condensing into shape behind him.
He struck a strange posture, leaning against the corner in a tattered state, as if seriously injured, and gave him a pale smile.
"Why did you forget?" Yong Xin said softly, "It was you who told me not to die, father."
This scene hit Gerard's heart like a heavy hammer.
No, don't die?
This sentence made Gerald feel a little dazed.
At the same time, he heard hurried footsteps.
He turned his head subconsciously, and then his eyes widened.
Because he saw someone walking towards him.
The man was wearing Xiaoxing's uniform, his face full of urgency and panic, as if he was eager to accomplish something.
But that's not the point.
The point is, that person was none other than... Jellal himself.
He thought it was another of Yong Xin's tricks, and subconsciously chopped it off with his chainsaw sword.
But the chainsaw sword didn't hit anything and cut down without any hindrance.
This is... a phantom? !
Gerard was shocked, and before he could react further, the phantom from ten years ago rushed in front of him and overlapped with him.
Then, Jellal felt a sharp pain, as if new things were constantly being born in his mind.
Then, he heard Bai Wei's voice.
"I see."
"Is this the price you pay?"
……cost?
What’s the cost?
Before Gerard could figure it out, the extra memories in his mind instantly pulled him away.
It was pulled back to the decade before that he had forgotten.
…
"Sir Gerard, this is an urgent mission. Please lead your Eve Star to the polluted area as soon as possible."
Clerk No. 44 handed over a piece of letter with a smile.
"This is important, please hurry up."
He took the letter and opened it. There was only a simple picture on the letter. It was an open box with a piece of tongue in it.
"Bring it back," said Clerk No. 44.
…
"Captain, isn't the location of this mission too deep?"
A well-dressed middle-aged knight pointed at the map seriously.
"This is far beyond the prescribed exploration range. It will be completely unknown there... What are we going to find there?"
He raised his head, looked at the thick fog in the distance and the huge, indescribable body like a hill in the fog, and he spoke softly.
"Looking for Lyra's hope."
…
"Captain, what on earth is this thing?"
A knight covered in wounds sat there, looking over with a tired but extremely serious expression.
"Once we take it away, all the pollutants in the entire contaminated area will rush towards us like crazy. If this continues, all of us will die here... I'm not afraid of sacrifice, but I want to know what we are risking our lives for."
He looked down at the tongue in the box, then looked up at the team that had only half of its members left, and clenched his fists tightly.
"I...can't say."
The ground began to tremble and the roar of wild beasts echoed in his ears again. He knew that those damn guys were chasing him again.
"We can't rest," he said.
…
"Father, it seems that this is all I can do..."
The knight, who was too young, showed a pale smile with a weak breath.
"You must take it out. This is... our last hope. And Ina, please help me tell her... I'm sorry."
"No! Ian!" He held the box and yelled at the young knight at the top of his lungs, "Don't die! Don't die!"
The tongue in the box trembled slightly.
He turned his head and saw that the monster in the distance was still approaching. In the entire team, only he and the young knight were left.
He also knew that there was no way to bring the tongue back by just his own words, and those monsters would not let him leave.
"No, don't die, Ian."
He spoke once again to the young knight who was about to lose all his life, his voice full of pleading, even though he was on the verge of collapse.
He was seriously injured.
Can't take the young knight away.
You can't take this tongue away.
He...needs reinforcements.
We are almost out of the contaminated area, and as long as we have reinforcements, we will be able to return here soon.
Looking at the young knight who was only breathing his last, he knew he had only one choice.
"Don't die." He pressed his forehead against the young knight's, as if trying to even out his body temperature to the other person. "Wait for me to come back... I will definitely come back."
Then, he buried the box in the huge purification source crystal beside him, hoping that this product from the Holy Sound could bring some obstacles to those monsters.
Even just a little bit will do.
He took one last look at the young knight, and then without hesitation, he ran towards Tianqin.
He knew that he was Gerard, the Knight of the Evening Star.
He needs reinforcements.
To save her son, and to take away the thing that could save Lyra.
He must come back, his son is still waiting for him.
He thought so.
But... my head hurts.
It really hurts.
It was as if something was tearing his body... and soul apart.
It made him feel like something was constantly falling.
…
He is Gerard.
He needs reinforcements.
His son was waiting for him.
Tianqin was waiting for him.
…
He is Gerard.
He needs reinforcements.
His son was waiting for him.
…
He is Gerard.
He needs reinforcements.
…
He is Gerard.
…
He finally broke out of the fog, but his eyes were full of confusion.
Why is he here?
What was he going to do?
He raised his head and saw countless people rushing towards him, roaring at him.
"Jellal!"
"You betrayed Tianqin!"
…
He suddenly opened his eyes.
Yongxin was still sitting there, covered in blood.
"Do you remember, father?"
"You asked me not to die, and you said you would come to pick me up."
He spoke softly.
"Are you...coming to pick me up now?"
(End of this chapter)
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