13 Mink Street

Neo sat down on the beach, the tide washed up to the soles of his boots again and again, and receded again and again, over and over again, tirelessly.

"Hehe...hehe..."

First he laughed, and laughed intermittently for a long time.

The most ridiculous thing in the world is probably that you don’t even know what you are laughing at.

When Neo raised his head again and looked at the dark moon in the sky, his smile gradually faded away, and a deep indifference gradually appeared in his eyes.

Karen is not here. If he were here, he would probably feel that the captain he knew at the beginning seemed to be back at this time.

Neo spread his left hand, holding a dagger in his right hand, and made a cut on his palm, then continued to sit, his injured hand resting on his knee casually, letting it drip with blood.

The blood did not penetrate, but pooled in a small puddle on the beach.

Gradually, the blood began to condense into an old face, looking at Neo.

The old face looked a bit dumbfounded: "He left, and you just called me out?"

Neo did not respond, but turned his attention to the sea.

The old face continued: "This bloodline ritual of summoning ancestors will cause great damage to the bloodline level. You can't not cherish it so much and waste it so much."

Neo still said nothing.

"He's gone, just gone. He never existed."

After hearing these words, Neo finally laid his eyes on that old face.

"You know, what I said is true. Didn't you tell me in your dream that night that you had seen an excellent psychiatrist in the cafe? His explanations to you have always been very reasonable.

Neo, in order to prevent being assimilated by him, you went from one extreme to the other. "

"He, not me."

"He is you." The old face said firmly, "You have my bloodline. Because of the light ritual, your connection with me has been progressively and strengthened. Although you are not a pure person born in the Anavas family, But you have a spirit that fits my Anavas family, and you are more suitable to inherit my will than my blood descendants.

I need to thank him though, because if it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be able to communicate with you to this level.

But the fact is that I am an independent consciousness in your blood. Although my body has been sealed and isolated, and my memory has been damaged, I don’t even know where my body is now, nor do I know where it is. Who sealed it... But the bloodthirsty monster in you clearly exists, so I also clearly exist.

But he is not.

Neo, if you feel lonely, you can give me the position that he vacated after he left. Maybe I can take his place so that you won't feel uncomfortable because of his departure. "

"You're dreaming."

The old face was bluntly rejected, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he smiled and said:

"Look, you can accept his position in your heart, but you are unwilling to make room for me. The reason is very clear. Your being assimilated by him is nothing more than replacing you with another person who believes in the light. , just like the two sides of a coin, whether it is the front or the back, they all belong to the same coin.

But I am not. You know clearly that once you are assimilated by me, then I, Anavas, will use the blood of my descendants to replace the bodies and lives of my descendants and gain a new rebirth.

You and I don't belong to the same coin, he does. You've always known this in your heart, haven't you? "

Neo was silent again.

The old face was a little helpless. He spent the price of reducing his bloodline to summon him, but he didn't say a word. This kind of behavior was really willful.

"Or, you can fully open your memory to me, and maybe I can help you more. For example, I am very interested in your subordinate named Karen, and my intuition tells me that you are hiding it from me. told many things about him.

At least, let me be equal to him in terms of treatment, okay? "

"You do not deserve."

"Alas..." The old face couldn't even get angry anymore, "It's not easy for you either. If you were someone else, your body would be filled with two kinds of me and him, and you would either go crazy or be assimilated, but you can still do it. Keep to yourself.

But I still have to say, he doesn't exist, he really doesn't exist.

Only part of his memory remains in your body. He is never a separate consciousness. You are always competing with another you.

Do you think he was the one who gave up on revenge?

No,

It's you,

Neo,

It's you who gave up on revenge.

You awakened Dolons, you ordered Dolons to march toward the town, you signaled Dorons to show its death and decay, but it was you who made it stop, finally giving up on revenge.

Phileas, from beginning to end, does not exist, does not exist!

He gave up revenge, not because of the light, but because it was another choice of yours. Can you let Dorons crush the town? Can you let Dorons self-destruct and completely pollute this Dark Moon Island?

No,

you will not,

Your identity and position will not allow you to do this.

Therefore, Phileas chose to give up revenge. In fact, it was you who was trying to reconcile your extremes. You raised the torch, but you didn’t want to ignite the firewood in front of you, so you made up for yourself A beautiful reason to give up revenge, haha.

This is a game that you play alone. "

A disdainful smile appeared on Neo's lips.

Seeing this, the old face continued: "You should believe my knowledge. Although I am like a broken board floating on the sea, I have seen too many winds and waves.

I hope you wake up, Neo, he doesn't exist.

Now that he's gone, you can go back to your original self.

Maybe, this is your plan, isn't it?

Use the most extreme emotions to bring out the non-existent him, and then use the most suitable reason to send the non-existent him away.

Because although it does not exist objectively, it does affect you subjectively.

Dolons is controlled by you. Of course, as a divine beast of light, it may indeed have a good nature. "

"What about the others up there?"

"That's just an illusion created by yourself. While you are deceiving yourself, you are also deceiving other people. Neo, you are directing and acting all this by yourself. He does not exist."

"He exists."

"Unfortunately, our argument can't have a result, and it can't be proven. We can only wait for you to wake up. I believe it won't take long for you to come out."

"No, it can be proven."

"how to prove?"

"Snake Island."

…

There are only a few low-level guards in the Palace of Missing, and they wear uniforms instead of armors, with only a crescent moon printed on them. Their daily job is to maintain law and order on the streets. In fact, they are more similar to ordinary people, who can get on the stage a little bit. The warriors have already gathered together to form a legion to stop Dolons.

It was easy to deal with them. With a light spell, they were stunned. Karen's figure came to the coffin, and the Poseidon Armor appeared on his body. With the blessing of power, he slowly pushed open the coffin lid.

Lying inside was none other than Bernard.

His body was well preserved, showing no signs of corruption. His appearance was very different from the statues and portraits that could be seen everywhere on Dark Moon Island, because those sculptures and portraits were basically based on Bernard's middle-aged image. Bernard's hair in the coffin was already half white.

You can see the traces of age, but he doesn't look old. This is an old man who took good care of himself during his lifetime and took great care of himself.

He was wearing a dark moon noble robe with a full moon embroidered on his chest.

Wearing a dark moon crown hat on his head, a string of pearls hanging around his neck, he holds a scepter in his left hand, a dagger in his right hand, and a blue conch around his waist.

Those who can be buried in Bernard's coffin are all good things. There is no doubt about this, but Karen chose to ignore it.

It's not that he doesn't want to take them, it's not that he doesn't want them, but he knows very well that he can take these sacred artifacts away from here, but next, his position will probably be sensed.

At the moment, the people of Darkmoon Island are all paying attention to Dorons. After Dorons leaves and the threat is gone, they will soon find that the body of their ancestor is missing, and they will definitely concentrate their efforts to track down this matter. They might even ask the Cult of Kosmos for help.

I didn't have time to study and seal these buried sacred artifacts. They could sense them with just a little bit of effort, and taking them along would only bring them a lot of trouble.

The most important thing is that his main goal is Bernard himself, and he does not plan to set fire to burn Bernard's body directly. This is simply too cheap for Bernard.

Find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed and take your time.

Karen took off his own divine robe, then took off Bernard's luxurious robe, wrapped him in his own divine robe of order, and then carried the body on his shoulders.

After hesitating for a moment, he felt that this posture was not good. Although he was carrying a dead man, he did not want outsiders to look like he was carrying a dead man.

Finally, Karen grabbed Bernard's arms with both hands and carried him on his back.

The body turned into a black mist, and appeared again after leaving the Palace of Longing. After reaching the road, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to carry Bernard on his back towards the Bernard Hotel.

On the way, they met some priests of order and dark moon warriors who were retreating from the front. Many of them took the initiative to greet Karen and asked if they needed help. Karen responded one by one that his companions were just injured and unconscious, so it was not a big problem.

Halfway there, Karen encountered a carriage and Karen stopped him.

There were a lot of things stuffed in the carriage. The coachman should have been fleeing just now, but he came back in time.

It was much more convenient to take a carriage. When they arrived at the door of the hotel, the coachman stopped the carriage.

"Go in." Karen ordered.

"Well, sir, our carriages outside are not allowed into the hotel."

"I told you to come in."

The coachman could only choose to continue urging the unicorn to drag the carriage forward. The guards at the entrance of the hotel were much rarer than usual. There were only four or five uniforms with a crescent moon on them standing guard. When they saw the carriage coming outside, they stepped forward to stop it.

Karen opened the carriage door, leaned out, and yelled at them:

"My companion is injured and unconscious, get out of my way!"

"Yes, yes, sir."

"Yes, sir."

The carriage was released, and under Karen's command, the coachman drove the carriage to the entrance of the courtyard.

Karen carried Bernard out of the carriage again, and the coachman hurriedly said: "Goodbye, sir, no fare required. Thank you, sir, for protecting our Dark Moon Island."

"I'm not the one protecting you."

"Yes, yes, thank you to the great Cult of Kosmos."

"It's not the Cult of Kosmos either."

"Um...who is that?"

"They probably don't care about your thanks either."

The final stop of the giant beast Dolons made Karen sincerely admire him.

But if the same thing happened to me, it would be impossible for me to be so kind. This is probably due to the difference in belief.

However, Phileas did let himself see what real light is, which is completely different from the remnants of light he had come into contact with before. They are the true believers of light.

Now that Guangming has chosen his way to follow Guangming, then it is his turn to maintain order in an orderly way.

"You go."

The coachman looked confused and could only turn the Unicorn around and drive towards the hotel door. In the carriage, Karen left a hundred coupons as the fare.

The courtyard was very quiet. Although Dorons had turned around at this time, the people from all walks of life had not yet returned. However, there was no one in the courtyard. Even if there were some people, he would not disturb the quiet.

For example, Mr. Memphis, who is sitting by the small pond in the center of the courtyard, is his uncle Aisen.

He was arranged by the captain to go to the Palace of Longing, and helped detonate the conflict. After the conflict, he hid for a while, and then returned to the hotel according to the captain's original arrangement, and therefore missed the summons of the Whip of Order.

In fact, the assembly efficiency of Neo's team this time is very low. The captain is not there, Karen is not there, Memphis is not there, and the three strongest people in the team are not there. But it is not a big problem because Bishop Wolfulun is a civilian and he is not there. He would lead the team to set up formations or prepare for a charge. After the Whip of Order team was assembled, they were immediately assigned to work under various bishops. The Neo team was not fully present, so it would not attract any attention at all.

Mr. Eisen stood up and asked proactively: "Who is injured?"

Senior priests basically know some simple healing techniques.

Karen didn't answer, but carried Bernard directly into his room. After entering the room, he threw Bernard's body directly onto the captain's bed.

Mr. Eisen also walked in, holding a magic scroll in his hand and preparing to cast healing spells.

Karen didn't stop him, but after washing his hands, he poured himself a large glass of ice water and drank several gulps.

Mr. Eisen turned over Bernard's body and saw Bernard's face, and then he stopped.

For a long time, he turned his head to look at Karen, then looked up at the portrait of Bernard that hung in almost every room, and then looked at the man lying on the bed.

Karen said: "That's him."

Mr. Eisen nodded, pushed Bernard inward again, covered him with a quilt, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Karen said: "Dorons has retreated, and should be going into the sea soon."

"I was sitting in the yard and saw it."

"I made an agreement with the person who controls Dolons. I will help him avenge Bernard. He will not let Dolons destroy the town. What do you think?"

"It makes sense."

"So, next, I need your help."

"Please say."

"Help me activate a teleportation array."

"OK."

Karen feels that communicating with his uncle is always easy. He just needs to make up a suitable reason for him and tell him what to do.

"I'm going to change into a set of divine robes now. You go prepare the carriage in the hotel. We'll set off immediately. There should be no one guarding that place right now. The teleportation circle can be used directly."

"clear."

Karen took the clothes and walked into the bathroom. After taking off all the clothes, he turned on the shower head and took a brief shower under it. It was not that he deliberately wanted to be clean now, but when he thought of carrying Bernard, he wanted to Clean it up.

After a brief shower, Karen began to wipe herself.

At this time, Richard's excited voice came from the room.

"Oh, Karen, you are still sleeping. Do you know what wonderful things you missed today?"

Karen got dressed and walked out of the bathroom, and saw Richard lying on the bed, hugging Bernard very affectionately.

Richard: "..."

After blinking, Richard immediately turned around, lifted off the quilt, turned the person over, and looked at this face. Richard immediately turned his head and looked at Karen, and then looked at the portrait on the wall.

They are indeed father and son, and the entire set of actions is exactly the same.

"This, that, isn't..."

Richard was so shocked that he could hardly speak.

Mr. Eisen opened the door, looked at Karen, and said, "The carriage is ready."

Karen pointed at Richard and said, "Pick him up and follow us."

"okay."

For his father, Karen still needs to find a reason, but for Richard, Karen doesn't even need to find a reason.

Richard carried Bernard on his back and got into the carriage.

Eisen was driving outside, while Karen and Richard were sitting inside.

Richard was still looking at Bernard carefully and asked: "Is this really Bernard's body?"

"Well, I carried it out of the coffin."

"Why did you carry him out?"

"Children don't ask about adult matters."

"Okay." Richard nodded, his mind was a little dazed now.

The carriage arrived at Tuffman's villa, and it was Richard who still carried Bernard's body down. There was no one in the villa, the guards had been transferred away long ago, and the servants had fled and had not yet returned.

Karen led people to the master bedroom on the third floor, pointed to the huge chandelier above, and said:

"The formation switch is over there."

"OK."

Mr. Eisen turned into a black mist and came to the ceiling. After fixing his position, he began to adjust the chandelier, but soon he fell down again.

Karen was a little surprised: "So fast?"

"Because they are basically in the correct position, no further debugging is needed."

Did the people from Darkmoon Island later study the formation and simplify the switch?

Never mind that.

"Start teleporting," Karen said.

Mr. Eisen activated the formation, a white light emerged from the ground, and three people and a corpse disappeared from the place.

When he opened his eyes again, Karen came to the stone monument.

"Richard, put the body down."

"Oh, okay." Richard carefully placed Bernard on the ground.

Karen saw this scene and said, "Put it on again."

"Oh, okay." Richard carried Bernard on his back again.

"Put it down roughly."

Richard: "..."

"Plop!"

Richard threw Bernard's body directly to the ground, face down.

Karen set his sights on the corpse pit in front of him. He planned to select some spectators, focusing on Ms. Jennifer, who was once a good friend of Pu'er. Karen would also revive her later and let her come to watch the ceremony. .

But when Karen's eyes swept over the corpses in front of him, his face showed surprise and confusion. He asked Mr. Eisen standing next to him:

"Mr. Memphis, can you sense the spiritual power in them?"

"It should be that the corpse has been stored for too long, and the spiritual power in the body has long dissipated."

"No, when I came here a few days ago, they had spiritual power on them."

At this point, Karen can be sure that this is a kind of professional habit of his. Almost all the priests of the Cult of Kosmos have this professional habit, but Karen himself will be more profound.

"Then... someone purified them? However, I couldn't feel the residual purification aura. It took only a few days to purify so many corpses, and it was impossible to be so clean."

Karen suddenly said: "I know."

Immediately, Karen patted his forehead lightly with the palm of his hand in disbelief. Shouldn't it be the captain's schizophrenia?

But the fact before us is:

"They really went on a new voyage."