Chapter 134 Rest in Peace
The rain was getting heavier, and the noise easily drowned out the ticking of the pocket watch.
Ina stood at the bridge head, looking at the lake surface surging in the heavy rain below the bridge, and remained speechless for a long time.
It has been a long time since the time I agreed with Gerald.
But he never showed up.
Only Ina was left standing here alone, just like the night ten years ago when they suddenly set out for the polluted land.
"Father...why?"
Ina said softly.
"Why do you want to leave me alone again?"
She raised her head and let the rain hit her cheeks. In the night sky filled with dark clouds and without a moon, she thought of another person's face again.
"……elder brother."
…
Tear!
The chainsaw sword cut the body in front of it into two pieces with some difficulty.
At this point, its operating condition was already very bad. Too much flesh and tiny bones were stuck in the teeth, making it no longer as sharp as it was at the beginning and turning it into a "blunt knife".
Just like Gerard at this moment.
Phew!
Gerard retreated repeatedly, pulling out the broken bone that had pierced his shoulder and then breaking it, but it was of no use as the broken bone quickly recovered.
"You're getting slower and slower, father." Yongxin's voice came from all directions. "You're getting old. You wouldn't be so embarrassed ten years ago."
Jellal looked up and saw Yongxin's body gathering not far away.
This scene looks like dandelions that have flown away returning to the branches. If these flying things were not flesh and blood, it would surely have some beauty.
"Actually, I've been thinking about this." Yong Xin said slowly, "Father, why do we have to fight to the death? The new world is obviously big enough to accommodate you and me."
Jellal looked at Yongxin coldly without saying anything.
"Besides, why am I not your son?" Yong Xin said, "Why do you have to treat me as an enemy? I'm not a monster, I'm just another personality of Ian. I can also be called Ian. No, I am Ian. I was born in his body, I have all his memories, I know what you like and what you hate, and I also have... feelings for you."
Yongxin pointed to his chest and said.
"Yes, it's right here, naturally, since I was born. This is the best proof, father."
Yongxin once again reached out to Jellal.
But Jellal just silently shook off the flesh and bones from the chainsaw sword, trying to restore its power.
"It seems that this is your answer." Yong Xin sighed again, then took his hand back and said lightly, "Why do you have to do this? Have you ever thought that when people die, there is nothing left. Even the thing you want most - the truth, will be completely covered up with your death. You will die as the last member of Xiaoxing, and there is no way to clear them of the charges. Even the things you did before your death will deepen people's disgust and fear of you. A hundred years later, you will get a title worse than a rebel... Is it okay even so?"
Crash.
The last small bone was cleaned out.
After shaking for a while, the chainsaw sword slowly regained its power, but it was far less powerful than before.
Yongxin naturally wouldn't be afraid of such things.
Compared with the rusty chainsword and Jellal's crude equipment that could only barely enter the [Overload] state, what Yong Xin feared more was Jellal's left eye and left middle finger.
To be precise, it is Visas' left eye and left middle finger.
From a certain perspective, Yongxin himself was created by [Domination], so he knows better than most people how powerful Visas is.
If it weren't for that eye and that finger, Yongxin wouldn't have wanted to say so much to Gerald.
But Jellal never used the power of Visas. He just kept blocking Yongxin's attacks, making Yongxin unsure of what Jellal was thinking.
Even though Gerard was covered in wounds, he still didn't move.
This made Yongxin wonder if he had guessed wrong. Gerard did not get Visas' eye at all. After all, the information he got was only that Archbishop West of Rhine was killed by a priest named Uru, Uru was missing, and the left eye of Visas held by Archbishop West was also lost.
Combined with the series of changes that Gerard had undergone after returning from the Rhine, Yongxin believed that Gerard had obtained his lost left eye, which was why he could see so many things clearly.
But Gerard hasn't used it yet.
Could it be that he doesn't have that eye and everything that happened before was just a coincidence?
...No, it's impossible, absolutely impossible.
As soon as this idea popped into Yongxin's mind, it was quickly rejected.
After all, Trill's strange cause of death, the reverberation that lingered on his corpse, and the several times that Yongxin's body was on the verge of decomposing during this period, all explained it.
That eye is the real thing.
“Are you afraid of dying?”
Gerard, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke, which surprised Yongxin. After all, he thought Gerard had remained silent until death.
"Do you think I'm afraid of death?" Yong Xin said with a smile, "I was born in a polluted land. That place is a forbidden land of death for you, right? But for me, it is..."
"Then why did you run away from there?"
Yongxin’s smile suddenly froze.
"You were born from death, but you are desperately escaping from death and chasing after a new life." Gerald looked up at Yongxin and said softly, "What you fear most is going back there, but we are different. As you said, it is a forbidden place of death for us, but we are never afraid to go there. This does not mean that we are not afraid of death, but for us, there are always some things that are more important than death."
After Jellal said this, the chainsword in his hand gradually recovered its power, and the roar it made became louder and louder.
Jellal looked at Yongxin, whose smile was no longer much on his face.
"But you cannot understand these things. You were born from Ian's body and have all his memories, but you don't have the most crucial thing. So you can never be my son. You will always be one of those monsters wandering in the mud. Even if you are wearing human skin, I can still smell the stench on you."
After Gerard finished speaking, Yongxin's smile, which was already very little, suddenly disappeared.
It was as if all his disguises had been torn off, and after his skin and bones were peeled off, he was just a squirming pollutant.
"You are so brave to say that."
Yong Xin spoke softly, and although he was still trying to remain calm, the anger underneath that calm seemed like it could erupt at any time.
"I wanted to spare your life because you're my father, but since you don't need it, forget it." Yongxin's tone gradually became heavier, and his body changed. The flying bones broke and then turned into sharp bone spurs, like blooming flowers. "After you die, I will bring your head to Ina, and then... well, it's boring. I might as well send her to see you as well. When your family is reunited in hell, you can discuss what is more important than death."
Gerard could naturally feel Yongxin's ruthlessness, but he didn't care, and didn't even look at him. Instead, he focused his eyes on Yongxin's right hand.
Yong Xin obviously noticed this and sneered. Then his right hand exploded with a "puff" sound, and was also pierced from the inside out by bone spurs.
In the blooming blood mist, Yongxin pushed his struggling right arm in front of Gerard.
"Since you care so much about your son," Yong Xin said calmly, "then you should die with him."
Facing the right arm that was gradually approaching him, Jellal lowered his head and said softly, "I'm sorry, Ian."
Just when the right hand was about to touch Gerard directly, Yongxin suddenly heard the sound of wind.
……wind?
He was a little dazed.
Because it was raining heavily outside at the moment, and there was a howling wind rushing in through the window.
But Yongxin felt that the sound of the wind he heard at this moment did not belong to this strong wind.
Rather, it comes from a softer, lighter breeze.
The breeze blew through the rotten giant tree, and the branches swayed gently as if calling out to something.
Wait... calling?
Yongxin suddenly realized something and his eyes widened suddenly.
His body suddenly fell into an uncontrollable state. The flesh and blood floating in the air shook wildly. Some small pieces even fell directly to the ground and then rotted quickly, as if some force was draining the "vitality" in their bodies!
No, to be precise, what was taken away was not "vitality", but [control].
here we go again!
It’s here again!
Yongxin stepped back violently in shock.
This was not the first time he had experienced such a situation; it had happened twice before.
Only this time, he was sure that it was Gerard's doing!
Yong Xin tried his best to maintain his physical condition, and then grabbed the right hand that had just flown out, and at the same time used the last bit of strength to attack Gerard.
But such a hasty attack was obviously useless to Gerard, and he easily cut off those bone spurs.
The fallen bone spurs did not reassemble after falling to the ground as before, but quickly decayed and turned into the mud that can be seen everywhere in the polluted land.
Jellal looked up and saw that Yongxin, who could barely maintain his human form, had already begun to flee.
He didn't hesitate and chased after him immediately.
"What the hell! What kind of power is that?!"
Yongxin ran away while cursing in his heart.
As far as he knew, neither eyes nor fingers had such power.
Even if the scope is expanded to the entire "Book of Taboos", Yongxin does not remember any similar power or rules.
But it doesn't matter.
If this was the first time Yongxin encountered such a situation, he might not know how to deal with it, but this was not the first time, and he already had a way to deal with it.
And the solution to this problem lies right here in the Tower of Babel.
Because this Tower of Babel is the closest place to Lyra.
Therefore, it is naturally the place closest to the new god.
Here, Yongxin can directly call upon the power of the new god and enter a state similar to the blessing of God in the Rhine!
It is even more powerful than Rhine's state of God's blessing, because Rhine's God is in the Kingdom of God, and his new God is right under his feet!
Therefore, the closer you get to the core of the Tower of Babel, the more you can...
Bang!
The ground beneath Yongxin's feet suddenly cracked, and as soon as he lowered his head, he ran into Jellal and his chainsword head-on.
From the bottom up, Jellal nailed Yongxin to the wall with the chainsaw sword. The roaring chainsaw sword immediately crushed Yongxin's body, which had not yet completely dispersed, into mud and water.
"You can't run away." Gerard said coldly.
Yong Xin struggled desperately, but now he could hardly maintain [Domination], so he couldn't struggle away at all. He could only watch his body melt in the sharp teeth.
For the first time in ten years, he felt death was so close.
"Do you think you've won?!" Yong Xin roared at Jellal, "Where do you think you are now?! Do you think you can disobey the great Lord with just that one eye? I tell you, it's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
With a "pop" sound.
Yongxin folded his hands, and there seemed to be fire burning in his eyes.
After he said this, Gerard and Bai Wei both felt in the depths of the Tower of Babel that something seemed to be responding to him.
Bai Wei immediately frowned at Gerald.
The power of [Domination] is almost recovered. If Yongxin were to use the power of the new god at this time, it would be quite troublesome.
After all, the coming of God cannot be canceled by fingers, and the eyes require longer preparation time.
Do you want to...
"puff"!
At this moment, Yongxin's folded hands suddenly separated.
His right hand was pressing tightly against the palm of his left hand.
Yongxin and Jellal's eyes widened at the same time.
"Impossible!" Yong Xin was shocked. "How can you have so much power? This is impossible... um..."
Before he could finish his words, Yongxin's expression suddenly became distorted.
Under Gerard's gaze, Yongxin's expression changed a lot, as if he was experiencing a fierce struggle.
Then, he raised his head and looked at Jellal again.
It was obviously the same face, but Jellal's body trembled suddenly.
"Father..." Ian said softly.
At this moment, Bai Wei could feel that Gerard's hand holding the sword was shaking.
"...Ian?" His voice became hoarse.
Ian opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say a lot to Jellal, but his expression turned into a struggle again. It was obvious that he was trying hard to suppress Yongxin.
"Go ahead, father." Ian said, "There's no time. I can't hold on any longer."
As if to prove his statement, his left hand shook desperately and grabbed his right hand again, and the response from the distance became clear again.
"That's enough, Gerald." Bai Wei's voice also sounded at this moment, "You can only say one sentence now, just one sentence."
Jellal raised his head and looked at Ian's face.
Scenes engraved in his memories flashed through his mind at this moment, from the boy in the orphanage who protected his sister behind him, to the young man who was determined to join Xiaoxing, to the soldier who kept him going to live.
And now.
Looking at this familiar face, Gerard had so many things he wanted to say.
But at this moment, the only thing he could say was -
"Rest in peace, Ian."
(End of this chapter)
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