Chapter 136 We are home! (5K)
"It's right there, Captain!" The Devil Knight pointed forward.
In fact, he didn't need to remind him specifically. Even though he was dozens of meters away, Yuri could still see the faint light that could not be blocked by thick fog and heavy rain. It was like a gem that always shone brightly.
Yuri knew that it was the Purification Source Crystal.
He quickened his pace and soon entered the coverage area of the faint light of the purification source crystal. Then he felt that his originally somewhat turbid brain became clear, as refreshing as pouring a basin of ice water on his head on an extremely hot summer day.
This made Yuri realize that even after ten years, the purification source crystal had not been damaged and was still effective today.
It’s really… remarkable stuff.
When Yuri walked to the side of the purification source crystal and observed more closely the blood-like faint light flowing under the source crystal, he became even more impressed by Shengyin's technical ability.
It stands here slightly abruptly, but the pollutants in the abyss dare not approach it, leaving a small piece of "dust-free land" in this most dangerous and polluted place.
No wonder Xiaoxing was able to get here with it, but without it, the devil troops with more advanced equipment would take ten years to travel the same distance.
Finally... found it.
Yuri slowly stretched out his hand and touched the purification source crystal that had been lost for ten years.
Even with thick gloves on, Yuri could still feel a coolness radiating from his fingertips to his whole body.
"Not bad, right?" someone asked.
"Yes." Yuri replied automatically, "Very good."
After answering, Yuri suddenly felt something was wrong.
This voice... was not from the knight in his team.
But he had heard it somewhere before, it sounded very familiar!
So he turned his head suddenly, and saw the knight in the Evening Star uniform standing quietly among the Devil Knights, as if he had come with them. The other Devil Knights did not notice anything wrong and were looking at Yuri with a little confusion.
"What's wrong, Captain?"
Yuri suddenly felt his hair stand on end.
how so?
This was different from the previous situation. He did not fall into hallucination like last time, because he could still clearly hear the "click" sound of the emergency device on his neck, but his subordinates did not react at all to the sudden appearance of the ghost.
What is going on?
"Don't be nervous." The Knight of the Evening Star pointed to the purification source crystal beside him. A dull voice came from under the heavy mask, "You are still covered by the source crystal and have not been contaminated."
If it weren't for the knight's reminder, Yuri would have almost forgotten that he was still covered by the source crystal.
Judging from the purification efficiency of the source crystal, it should be impossible for him to be contaminated.
Then the question is, if he is not contaminated, then what about this Knight of the Evening Star in front of him?
"Captain, what's wrong with you?"
The Devil Knights became nervous when they saw that Yuri didn't say anything for a long time.
"Did you see that Gerard again?!"
"Can I see it even under the Purification Source Crystal?!"
At this moment, the team, which had been slightly relaxed after finally finding the purification source crystal, became tense and depressed again in an instant. They looked around but still did not see the Knight of the Evening Star standing among them.
Yuri realized that they were now in the deepest part of the contaminated area, and the team was in an extremely tense state because of a series of events they had encountered in just two days. If they were told at this time that there was a Knight of Evening Star standing among them but they couldn't see it, it would definitely not be a good thing.
So Yuri took a deep look at the Knight of the Evening Star and made a decision: "No, there is nothing. I must be dazzled and saw a black shadow, but it should be that thing."
Yuri pointed to the hill of polluted corpses in the distance.
"I felt like it moved." Yuri said, "Send two men over to keep an eye on it. Make sure it doesn't wake up suddenly."
Yuri's words immediately made the team members relax a little.
Although the pollutants in the abyss are very powerful and difficult to deal with, no matter how powerful they are, they are still tangible, and they have hunted them many times.
Compared with these pollutants, they are more afraid of things that cannot be seen or touched.
Because if you can see it and touch it, you can kill it, and things that can be killed are not worth fearing.
So immediately two Devil Knights received the order and went to keep an eye on the giant pollutant.
"It's a very wise decision." The Knight of the Evening Star also saw this scene and immediately praised Yuri.
This made Yuri feel a little surprised.
Because the Knights of the Evening Star that he had seen before, whether it was the rotten corpse at the beginning or the phantom of Gerard later, all had disordered memories and no basic logic.
But the one in front of him was different. He obviously had very clear logic and could even actively communicate with him.
Yuri immediately realized that this was rare.
So he asked his subordinates to continue checking and see how to bring back this huge crystal that had been rooted in the polluted land for ten years.
He stood calmly beside the Knight of the Evening Star, and then asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Are you... Gerard?"
Yuri felt that this question was indeed a bit strange.
But he had seen a Jellal before, and he was not the only one who had seen him, so he subconsciously thought that the Knight of the Evening Star who was talking to him was still Jellal.
But the other party said in a puzzled tone: "Jellal? Who is that?"
Yuri's heart froze for a moment, but before he could react, he saw the other party wave his hand and said, "Sorry, the Jellal you mentioned may indeed be someone related to me, but I should have forgotten it."
"Forgotten?" Yuri was even more surprised. "How could you forget this?"
"Yes." The other party nodded and said, "In my current state, I can't remember too many things, so if I want to stay awake and exist, I need to keep forgetting. In fact, it's not just the one called Gerald. Um... how should I put it?"
With a click.
He suddenly took off his mask.
Taking off the mask in the abyss is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous act. Yuri subconsciously wanted to stop it, but suddenly thought that the person in front of him should have been dead for many years, so the mask should have been useless to him. So he resisted the urge to stop him out loud, and then looked at the other person who took off the mask, revealing his complete face in front of him.
"In fact, I even forgot my own name." The other person pointed at his face and asked Yuri, "Do you know who I am? If you do, please tell me."
This was the face of an ordinary young man. Yuri had never seen it before, but he felt familiar with it.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of the first mutilated corpse he saw the day before.
It was the corpse that was holding his hand and shouting "Pollution is the source".
The face of the corpse had long since decayed and could not be seen clearly, but for some reason, Yuri had a hunch that the corpse and the Evening Star Knight in front of him were the same person.
Their voices are also 90% similar.
"Do you know me?" The other party seemed to be able to see through Yuri's expression under the mask.
Yuri hesitated for a moment, but still told the other party about the corpse, wanting to see his reaction.
Then, he saw the other party's expression of sudden enlightenment: "Oh... I was wondering how you could see me. It seems that you came across my corpse, so you made contact with me at that time?"
Encountered...a corpse?
Yuri thought this explanation was really weird.
"What's going on?" he asked. "When I came here just now, I saw two Knights of the Evening Star showing me the way."
"Really?" He didn't seem to care.
"Who are they?"
He shook his head again: "I don't know."
"...How come you don't know anything?"
"There's no other way," he said. "I have to lose more memories in order to remember the most important things."
"The most important thing?" Yuri asked, "What is it?"
"That's it." He pointed at the Purification Source Crystal again.
"What happened to the Purification Source Crystal?" Yuri asked.
"There's something very important down there," he replied.
Something very important?
Yuri was slightly stunned, and before he could come to his senses, he heard a devil knight shouting: "Captain! We found it again!"
After a brief moment of confusion, Yuri realized what it was, and temporarily left the Evening Star Knight behind and hurried over.
Sure enough, he saw the one that was pressed under the Purification Source Crystal.
Tongue.
…
"That's about it." Bai Wei's voice sounded slowly, "You can't hold me anymore."
Bai Wei was talking about Ian's body.
This body, which should have decayed ten years ago, finally dissipated at this moment after being supported by [Domination] for ten years.
Dissipated completely, even finer than the pollutants that turned into source oil.
Even though Jellal maintained the hugging posture, there was still nothing left in his arms.
"I know." Jellal retracted his hand very slowly, as if he was afraid of hurting Ian. Then he stood up, looked at the "corpse" in front of him, and suddenly said, "And thank you."
"Thank me?" Bai Wei raised Gerard's eyebrows, "Thank me for helping you take Yongxin's soul away?"
"Not only that." Gerald said softly, "There are many more. If it weren't for you, there are some things that I would never get the answers to in my life."
"Don't worry about it." Bai Wei said calmly, "It's just that we each get what we need."
He paused and asked again.
"So what are you going to do? According to what your son said? The breakthrough point is to purify the source crystal?"
"Yes."
“I see.”
Gerald heard something strange in Bai Wei's tone, so he asked, "Do you think there's a problem?"
"How should I put it..." Bai Wei said slowly, "If it were me, I would probably prefer some more direct solutions."
Although it was not stated explicitly, after being together for such a long time, Gerard was able to understand what Bai Wei meant by "a more direct solution".
but……
Gerard lowered his head again, looked at the body that looked like a dead body, and said softly: "I don't want to see another Ian again."
"I guessed you would say that." Bai Wei said, "Then do it."
"I thought you were going to stop me."
"Why would I stop a father who wants to fulfill his son's last wish?" Bai Wei said calmly, "Don't forget, we are of one mind now, aren't we?"
The corner of Gerard's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to laugh, but at this moment, he couldn't laugh at all, so he could only say again: "Thank you."
"Since you have decided to use the Purification Source Crystal to solve the problem..." Bai Wei asked, "Then there is a bigger problem. How are you going to find the Purification Source Crystal? Do you have to go to the contaminated area again?"
"No, the Devil's Army will bring it back."
"Do you trust your juniors so much?"
"It's not about trusting the devil's army."
Jellal slowly closed his eyes.
After his incomplete soul returned, he not only recalled the lost memories, but also some new images appeared in his mind. These were what his incomplete soul saw during the ten years it wandered in the polluted area.
"I just trust...them."
…
I actually found it.
The tongue is right below the purification source crystal.
Yuri commanded the Devil Knights to seal the tongue and prepare to transport it back along with the Purification Source Crystal. Then he walked to the side of the Knight of the Evening Star again.
"Is that what you wanted to tell us?" Yuri asked.
"Yeah." He nodded.
Yuri thought back to the journey and the two Knights of the Evening Star who had shown us the way, and asked, "Are you here to show us the way?"
"Point out the way? No." He shook his head. "I am only responsible for telling you that the thing is under the Purification Source Crystal."
"What?" Yuri didn't react immediately.
"It's probably the job of others to show you the way," he explained. "What I have to do is wait here and tell you that thing is under the Purification Source Crystal."
Yuri was a little stunned: "Just like that?"
"Yeah, that's all."
"...But what's the point of this?" Yuri was confused. "If we find the source crystal, won't we definitely find the tongue?"
"Hmm... it seems that what you said makes sense." He scratched his head. "So what I did was meaningless? Sorry, these are the only things I can remember clearly now."
Hearing these words, Yuri felt as if his heart was being grabbed by something.
He finally understood what was going on.
The Knights of Evening Star have forgotten too many things and only remember their mission - which is to bring the tongue back to Lyra, which was also their mission ten years ago.
But they have been wandering here for too long, and their memories are being lost so much that they can't even lead the way completely.
Therefore, they transform themselves into existence like road signs, with each person only remembering the minimum things, such as left and right.
They were like the two knights who were showing the way that he had seen before, and also like the ones he had not seen but who led the other devil knights here.
And the one in front of me.
Just to tell him that his tongue was under the source crystal.
The tongue is under the source crystal.
This seemed like a completely meaningless reminder to Yuri, but to him it was the most important thing.
Thinking of this, Yuri fell into a long silence, and then said softly: "I'm sorry."
"Um?"
"What you have done is very meaningful." Yuri looked at him seriously and said, "Thank you for everything you have done for Tianqin."
"What is Lyra? Uh, okay, okay." He waved his hand and then sighed, "I really can't remember too many things, but it's good to know that the things I remember are meaningful."
He paused and then asked.
"Isn't it time for you to leave too?"
Yuri nodded.
"I see." He finally showed a look of relief, "It seems that I don't need to remember this anymore."
But he felt a little embarrassed when it came to this.
"But I have forgotten everything else."
Yuri pursed his lips.
Yuri really wanted to do something for the other person, but he didn't know what he could do, because the other person had died ten years ago, and he had seen the other person's rotting corpse with his own eyes.
"Hmm...it seems I haven't forgotten everything." He suddenly seemed to think of something and turned to look at Yuri, "Can you do me a favor?"
Yuri immediately perked up: "Go ahead."
"There's always a melody in my head, ticking, and it feels like it's coming from a small box." He gestured and said to Yuri, "I can't remember what it is, but I vaguely remember that I seemed to have promised someone... it seemed to be a woman. I promised her that when I return, I will give her something like this, but I can't remember who she is, I just feel that... she must be very important to me."
Speaking of this, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Is that too vague? If it doesn't work, forget it."
"No... I will do it." Yuri said, "I will definitely do it."
"Oh, thank you so much."
"…Is there anything else you want me to bring to her?"
"Anything else to say... This is really difficult, I can't even remember who she is." He raised his head and stared blankly at the dim sky, as if the thick fog would never dissipate. "I can't believe it."
"If I must say it..."
He paused.
"Please tell her that I love her... No, I'm sorry."
At this moment, footsteps were heard beside Yuri. He turned around and found that it was an uneasy subordinate.
"Captain." He lowered his head, but mustered up his courage, "There is something I have never dared to tell you. This purification source crystal was not found by me. I saw a monster..."
Before he could finish his words, Yuri held his shoulder.
"No, not a monster."
Yuri turned his head again and looked at the place where the Evening Star Knight had stood before, but now, there was nothing there.
He took a deep breath and said, "He is a hero."
Then, under the puzzled gaze of the Devil Knight, Yuri turned around and spoke to all the Devil Knights.
“Pack your things!”
"The mission is over!" He shouted as loudly as he could, as if speaking to others, "We... are going home!"
(End of this chapter)
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