Cataclysm King

Chapter 185 Death Sonata

“Miss Carter, we seem to be unlucky. This is what happened when we encountered a Level 3 disaster. If this continues, it will be difficult for us to return to the Lion City alive.”

“Hey, don’t look at me with that look. I have been very lucky since I was a child. Look for your own reasons.”

"How about you go first? Your injuries are lighter than mine, so it might be safer without me dragging you down."

“Do you want to hear, ‘If I leave, you will definitely die. You have helped me, and I will not give up on you’; or do you want to hear, ‘My fate is now entangled with yours, and only by cooperating can I have a chance to survive’?”

 “Hahaha, I choose the first one. Pfft.”

ˆ “.”

Ji Xun just wanted to laugh, but when he couldn't hold it back, a mouthful of blood spurted out.

 The ruins of the city, under the broken wall of a dilapidated building.

 Two embarrassed figures have been hiding for a long time.

 Chatting a few words can be regarded as joy in suffering.

Originally, both of them had a smooth journey.

 But I don’t know why, but suddenly there were a lot of fighting sounds in the ruins of the city.

Ji Xun and the two were not stupid, and they guessed that those people were here to find them.

 So the two of them walked towards a deserted place.

 But those inaccessible places usually mean danger.

Just now I had bad luck and encountered a group of monsters.

There is also a level 3 zombie causing disaster.

 Originally, that kind of monster posed little threat to either of them, but unfortunately both of them were seriously injured.

They were chased by monsters all the way, and after finally killing the disaster, the injuries of the two of them became what they are now.

Katrina can barely walk.

Ji Xun didn't know what went wrong in the battle just now. He had no feeling in his lower body and was almost paralyzed.

  If there is another battle like this, the two of them may have to confess on the spot.

The footsteps of the monsters around them were still very dense, so they did not dare to go out and took the time to heal their wounds.

Katrina wrapped the injury on her arm with gauze, then looked at Ji Xun, who was completely supported by mechanical skeletons, and said: "Your injury is very serious. If it is not treated in time, it will probably be very bad."

Ji Xun smiled and corrected her statement, saying: "It won't be bad. But you will definitely die."

  He is now considered "proficient in advanced medical knowledge" and knows his situation very well.

 Let’s not talk about trauma.

 The abnormal energy in the body is not eliminated, and it always feels like dancing in front of death, and will be taken away by a sickle at any time.

 But he has no way to eliminate it now.

 The medicine in my hand is completely useless.

 The only way he could think of was "Cell Activity Boiling".

But this secret method is the legendary fifty-two demon gods' forbidden techniques.

 But it was the second-level "epidemic doctor" Heisen who understood it from the copper tablets. The level of the law was too low.

 It cannot solve the problem at all.

And the biggest threat now is not monsters, but any human in the ruins.

Ji Xun's optimistic tone when he spoke this was as if he was not the one who was going to die. Catalina's expression was slightly different when she heard this.

 But she herself was not doing well either.

 A gold coin was flipping at her fingertips, and her expression became more and more solemn.

　　It can be regarded as a shared adversity, and Catalina did not shy away from the family treasure [Gold Coin of Destiny] passed down to her by her grandfather.

Ji Xun has seen this rare level five relic before.

 But out of concern for privacy, I never asked.

Now seeing Catalina's expression so serious, thinking that it didn't matter anymore, he asked casually: "What's the matter? The divination gave a very bad result?"

Katrina shook her head, with a hint of depth in her crystal eyes, and said in an uncertain tone: "The situation is quite bad. But it seems that my destiny has been interfered with by something. I can't predict how to choose the future."

 This is a situation she has never encountered before.

  Before changing, the simple choice of using this gold coin to predict bad luck should have a general direction no matter what.

 But now it’s unclear.

 It seems that there is some mysterious force interfering.

 It gives people the feeling that there is a big hand covering the top of the head, and nothing in the future can be seen clearly.

Originally, she thought about forgetting it, but Catalina's mind changed and she suddenly looked at Ji Xun, "How about you help me try?"

Ji Xun was also very interested when he heard this: "Can I still try this?"

Katrina nodded: "Yes. Divination is sometimes more accurate if someone else's luck is added to the fortune telling. What's more, we have a cooperative relationship now and our luck is connected."

As she said that, she handed over the fate gold coin directly and said: "Just throw it. The head means 'good luck' and the character means 'unlucky'."

"good."

Ji Xun didn't make any ink while he was listening. He just took the gold coin and tossed it up.

 The gold coin rolled in the air with a pleasant crisp sound, and then fell into the hand with a snap.

˜ It is the “word” aspect.

 Seeing this result, neither of them were surprised.

 In this situation, it would be strange to be able to get a "good" fortune from divination.

However, Catalina just wanted to take the gold coins back.

 Suddenly, something strange happened!

The gold coin that had already fallen flat in Ji Xun's hand trembled strangely.

Then

Under the surprised gazes of the two people, it stood up strangely!

　　　　???”

 When Catalina saw this scene, her blue pupils shrank suddenly.

 She looked at the raised gold coin in disbelief and was stunned for two seconds.

 Then she looked up at Ji Xun again.

 In an instant, it seemed as if the color of the world had changed from color to gray.

The huge pressure of approaching death made her breathe heavily.

Ji Xun vaguely guessed something from her trembling pupils when their eyes touched, but still asked in a calm tone: "What does this mean?"

Katrina pondered for a moment and only uttered two words: "Extremely sinister appearance."

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly as he listened.

 He had never seen such a serious and heavy expression on the face of the eldest lady of the Lion-Hearted Family.

 After pondering for a moment, he confirmed: "What does 'knowing the most dangerous signs' mean?"

　　Katrina could no longer hear any emotion in her tone, so she changed her words: "Death is certain."

Ji Xun's expression only froze for a moment as he listened, as if he accepted the result immediately.

There was no worry on his face, and he just asked in a joking tone: "Will it not work?"

Katrina shook her head and said softly: "This gold coin was given to me by Senior Xu two hundred years ago, by my Grandfather of the Lion Heart Family."

 Hearing this, Ji Xun also realized the seriousness of the problem: "Oh."

 Old man Xu gave it to me, so it is most likely accurate.

 Just oh?

Katrina was still thinking about where this dead end would come from.

 But after listening to Ji Xun's gentle response, she suddenly thought of something else. She turned around and asked, "How do I realize that you don't seem to be afraid at any time?"

 It’s a dead end now!

 Dead end, do you understand? !

Life will be like a vase, it will break into pieces.

 No more.

Ji Xun looked at her as if she had been curious for a long time, smiled, and expressed his inner thoughts, "Since it is a dead end, I am thinking about how I will die in this world."

As he spoke, he seemed to have imagined something, "I hope there will be a splendid and wonderful ending."

Katrina frowned when she heard this, feeling that this answer was a bit ridiculous: "Are you not afraid at all?"

Now there is no unpredictable Senior Xu, and he doesn't have anything to protect his life. The city is full of enemies.

 She could not see any hope of resolving this situation.

 This is also true for Ji Xun.

The cards of [Cure Man] have been consumed, and the Weeping Angel has also been taken away. He is still seriously injured, and he cannot be in a worse state than now.

 But Ji Xun remained calm and asked: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that you will lose your life?"

Thinking about it, he shook his head, with an indifferent chuckle on his lips, and said: "If there is no choice, I will try my best to find some happiness at the end of my life."

A man and a woman alone, in the dark ruins of the city, this environment always makes people's thoughts wander.

Hearing this, Catalina obviously misunderstood his off-the-wall words and glanced at him strangely: What do you want to do?

"hehe."

Ji Xun did not explain the misunderstanding of the lion-hearted lady. Instead, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and looked at her with a playful expression.

Katrina looked at his expression and knew that she was thinking too much.

But it is this kind of freedom and ease in facing death that seems to be contagious, and the anxious mood just now calms down a lot.

 It seemed that from this moment on, she felt that she really knew the guy in front of her.

 After the divination produced the worst result, the two of them became increasingly calm.

Ji Xun also had to admit that Catalina was a very good chat partner.

Misses from top aristocratic families are among the best in the world in their knowledge and knowledge.

  Occasionally chat a few words, talk about life, ideals, poetry, art, and the meaning of life, and she can express some of her own opinions.

This kind of small talk without any probing purpose made both of them very happy.

But this dilapidated building is an area densely populated with monsters and cannot be stayed for a long time. After taking a short rest and stabilizing their injuries, the two of them were ready to leave.

Katrina looked at his limp legs and asked, "Can you still walk?"

Ji Xun tried it and shook his head.

 There is some feeling in his legs, but not enough to control the mechanical skeleton to let him stand up.

 Before he could say anything, Catalina pursed her lips.

　　Like some kind of ideological struggle, he hesitated for a moment.

 Then she leaned down and began to help disassemble the mechanical exoskeleton, and at the same time said: "Come up, I will carry you."

Ji Xun was not pretentious at all and grinned: "Okay."

It is rare for such a noble lady to lower her body and carry someone.

Katrina rolled her eyes at him.

 After dismantling the mechanical skeleton, she squatted and carried Ji Xun on her back.

But their movements were very unfamiliar. When they climbed out of the broken wall, they almost fell on the ruins.

Ji Xun used this to make a joke: "I'm going to fall."

Katrina ignored it, and didn't even turn her face to let people see her expression. She said quietly: "You are content with what you are doing. I have never carried anyone else's back since I was a child. You are still the first."

Ji Xun’s lips raised slightly: “No wonder.”

It was the first time he climbed on a woman. Looking at his useless appearance, his smile was more self-deprecating.

 But it seems that at this moment, I understand a little bit.

 I understand why the mysterious man seriously injured himself.

 Katrina walked through the ruins carrying Ji Xun on her back.

However, the monsters in this area are already dense, and Ji Xun's "luck gambler" aura never counts on good luck.

Not long after leaving, they encountered another wave of monsters.

To make matters worse, the news of fighting monsters finally attracted people who were looking for them in the city.

 After a while, the battle was over.

 But the trouble has just begun.

 There were five corpses on the ground.

 There was a **** hole in the forehead of the corpse.

This is an elite reconnaissance team, all card masters of the first and second level assassins.

  Ji Xun and Katarina were seriously injured, but they easily eliminated the team.

However, Catalina looked at the equipment of the corpse on the ground with an extremely serious expression, and said: "Now that's troublesome, this is the professional investigation team of my Lionheart family's 'Wolf Hunter Legion'. Usually the first 2, the middle 3, and the back 2 Formation. In other words, two more ran away. They found us and the news was sent back."

"oh."

Ji Xun looked helpless.

This formation is to prevent the investigation team from being wiped out in one fell swoop.

 He had tried his best to resolve the battle just now, but he still let people run away.

 The execution capabilities of professional scout corps and idle hunters can be completely different.

 They appeared in the ruins, which means that the ruins have already been laid out in a grid pattern, and there are reconnaissance teams everywhere.

 It’s perfectly normal to be discovered.

Catalina was very aware of the combat effectiveness of her own legion, and added: "The appearance of this elite reconnaissance team in the ruins must be because someone in the city has issued an emergency war mobilization. My uncles and brothers are probably mobilizing all the forces that can be mobilized at this moment. The power won’t let me return to the city alive.”

Ji Xun looked indifferent as he listened, saying that there were too many enemies to suppress him.

Katrina thought for a moment and then said: "The only good news is that not many methods were exposed just now. The top leaders of the legion are not sure that it must be us, and they may not come to the top experts at the first time."

As she spoke, she sighed slightly: "Let's go, the first wave of pursuers will come soon. Once we are delayed, we will be in big trouble."

Ji Xun nodded: "Yeah."

 The two of them didn’t complain about anything.

 After all, we have already been mentally prepared.

Now that the position is exposed, we can only try to see if we can rush out before being surrounded again.

 But the truth is as bad as the divination.

Katrina is, after all, a magic card master, and she is injured and cannot run fast.

The two of them didn't run for long before they found themselves being hung up by a scout behind them.

Those guys didn't have the intention to take action, so they just kept hanging from a distance.

Ji Xun was easily killed when he was in his prime, but now he is completely helpless.

 It didn’t take long for one branch to become several.

With their movements locked by this well-trained army, the traces of Ji Xun and the two men were completely hidden.

 It didn’t take long before a team of hundreds of people stopped them.

 The dark streets were filled with thick fog.

 The two parties faced each other on the dilapidated street.

 There are people in front and behind.

There are two lonely guys stuck in the middle.

Ji Xun's face was pale and he was lying on Catalina's back.

He looked at the guys not far away who were not wearing the military uniforms of the Lionheart family, but whose eyes were as sharp as blades, with playful expressions.

 The professional legion really didn’t give them a chance.

 Surrounded very decisively.

 There is no escape.

Katrina's expression was equally calm.

She looked at the leading man opposite, lifted her gas mask, revealing her golden hair and beautiful face, and said coldly: "Lieutenant Colonel Burton, what, you don't recognize me anymore?"

Although everyone on the other side was wearing gas masks, Catalina knew every high-ranking general of the Lionheart family and knew them by name.

 She recognized this elite retainer from her eldest brother's family at a glance.

Hearing this, hundreds of people across the street fell silent.

The lieutenant colonel named Bolton naturally did not dare to respond.

You can get away with it by pretending to be stupid, but if word spreads that the retainers are ambushing the high-ranking nobles, no one can protect him.

Although he received the order, no one dared to be the first to hurt the lion-hearted "Silver Mist Rose" in front of him who never dared to offend!

 The situation immediately came to a standstill.

On the cold street, hundreds of black guns were aimed at the two people, and the murderous intention seemed to be real.

At present, there is a high probability that it is a dead end in divination.

  But even so.

The expressions of the two people were still extremely calm.

At this time, Ji Xun said calmly: "Let me down."

Katrina also knew what he meant and slowly let go.

  If they wait any longer, there will be more and more enemies, which will become increasingly disadvantageous for the two of them.

 If you take action now, you may still have a slight advantage.

 The only good news is that, as they expected, no top powerhouse has arrived yet.

 But the bad news is that this Bolton is level four.

Katrina put Ji Xun down and immediately made a decision, saying: "I'm going to use that magical magic."

Ji Xun knew what she was referring to. She had talked about the mysterious magic technique before in the secret realm, a desperate method of trading souls with the devil.

 You will almost die if you use it.

Although he knew that the young lady had made up her mind, he smiled and finally said: "If you are captured alive by these people, you may not necessarily die."

Hearing this, Catalina had a look of disdain on her face, raised her slender neck slightly, and said proudly and calmly: "I have been accompanied by flowers all the way through my life, and it will still be the same on this last journey."

As soon as she said these words, she suddenly felt an inexplicable domineering air.

Ji Xun felt inexplicably familiar, as if he saw the figure sitting on the highest seat of the Federation in the dream of that ghost building.

 She stood at the top of power, looking down at the world with her eyes.

The next moment, she was heard muttering to herself in a domineering voice: "I told you that I am not a caged bird!"

 At the end of her life, she seemed to suddenly shine with a dazzling light.

Like fireworks rising into the sky in the dark night, brilliant and beautiful.

At the last moment of her life, she did not choose to wither and decay, but bloomed into the most gorgeous flower.

Ji Xun's eyes reflected the golden-haired back, and he suddenly grinned, his eyes gradually becoming ferocious and crazy.

The next moment, Catalina's crystal eyes were already filled with coldness, and she shouted softly: "Devil's solution!"

 Looking again, the Demon God's phantom was clearly visible behind her, which was more solid than the Demon God's phantom in the secret realm before.

An indescribable aura swept across the entire cold street in an instant.

 At the same time, the musical note mark emerging on her skin changed from white to brilliant gold.

At this moment, she was like a rose in full bloom, beautiful and enchanting.

Katrina was lifted up by a strange sound wave and slowly floated in the air. Her robes rustled, and her aura became higher and higher.

 It was so high that it was as if the will of the devil had descended on this world.

Almost instantly, the half-human, half-fish-tailed demon behind her seemed to come to life, gently playing the harp in his hand with his slender fingers.

In an instant, an underworld sound sounded like it came from the underworld.

Katrina's aura has reached an almost ethereal level, as if she is hearing a soft chant: "The Demon God's Forbidden Art, The Thirteen Death Sonatas of Temir."

As soon as this technique was condensed, the face of the fourth-level Lieutenant Colonel Bolton opposite him changed drastically in an instant!

 (End of this chapter)