Ember Gun

  Chapter 339 Tracing the Source

   "You want to... eradicate monsters."

  042’s voice was trembling. For the boy, what the old man longed for was so terrible. From his perspective, fighting against demons seemed very difficult, let alone eradicating them.

   "Is this your goal all the time?"

  Many people don’t understand exactly what Lorenzo Medici wants to do, and he does not reveal his purpose to others. He is silent, no one knows what he is thinking.

   "Yes, those people in the church are really sad, so sad, do they think I fail when I grow old? No, no, on the contrary, I will succeed."

The old man was very excited and told 042 all the things he had conceived. These things had been accumulated in his mind for too long. He was like a dancer on the stage, but the audience under the stage was blank until many years later. Today he ushered in 042.

  This kind of feeling is really good, telling my unknown greatness, even though the audience at this moment only has a child who doesn’t know everything.

"Do you know? 042, I did not become the Pope, but I became a more terrifying existence than the Pope. I want to end the history of demons and usher in the golden age, but I know that stupid fights are meaningless. Yes, if you kill one monster, there will be two. They are endless...I want to kill the monster from the source."

  The desserts on the small table were all eaten. The old man took up the wine glass leisurely, and the liquid in the glass was like scarlet blood under the glimmer of light.

   "I secretly dominated the Pope and even the entire Fei Leng Cui, searched the past of the entire gospel church, trying to find the source of the monster in the history of the church."

   "Then have you found it?"

  042 was also excited by the words of the old man, the source of the demon, if he could find the beginning of all this, with the ability of the old man in front of him, he might really end it all.

"No, but I found a lot of interesting things...History is continuous and logical, but the history of the Gospel Church is different. In the records I found, there are many contradictions and loopholes, which are mixed with a lot of things. You can feel the doctrine, right, there is a problem here.

  I spent a lot of time sorting this out, and from those fragmented clues, I came to an inference like this that the history of the gospel church has been revised. "

"edited?"

"Well, someone deliberately hides something, such as the origin of our evangelical church. No matter how I look for it, our origin is full of mythology without the slightest sense of reality. I know this too well. Some people don’t want the people to know the truth of the matter, so they modify it with religion...Some people don’t want us to know their origins, and those things that they deliberately hide."

  The old man kept touching his fingers, seeming to wipe some invisible treasure. With his words, 042 could clearly feel that his expression was wandering between madness and reason.

   "The strange thing is, why didn't anyone discover these loopholes? Or did they find it, but didn't pass the information down?"

  The old man asked immediately.

   "042 You are a smart boy, so let's guess, why is this happening?"

  042 was startled, he seemed a little hesitant, but with the encouragement of the old man's gaze, he slowly said.

  "Excluding all kinds of impossible, the only remaining result, no matter how weird and absurd, is the only truth."

"Well, a good reason, I like it. Although it sounds a bit extreme self-recognition, there is no way. There are so many things in this world that can mislead us, and sometimes we have to become paranoid," the old man Admiring 042, "Go on."

"is it okay?"

  042 glanced at the old man, and then said his guess.

"If someone is deliberately hiding something, from the beginning of the gospel church to the present, then if they really exist, they should be an organization similar to ours, and more hidden than us, even saying that they exist in our gospel church. In the middle, and in our upper level, the only way to modify the record."

  042 said it and became frightened. If what the old man said is true, what do these people want to do? They are all in charge of the gospel church. What do they want to hide?

"Yes, at first, I was the same as your conclusion. Some **** guys within us were making trouble. In order to get them out, I became a cardinal, dominated different puppets, and a little bit disintegrated the power of the entire gospel church. Hold it in my hand again."

  The old man also became puzzled, and his voice was puzzled.

  "The Pope became my puppet, and Lawrence also controlled the Demon Hunting Order with my support. I destroyed the families that refused to submit, and I hurriedly killed potential enemies...

  My power has reached its peak, I am the pope in the shadows, I am the Fei Lengcui, the gospel church, and even the holy evangelical papal kingdom! "

  He grasped the wine glass tightly, and the blue blood vessels wrapped around his arm like a poisonous snake.

   "Strange things happened. I took control of everything, but I didn't find those guys from the beginning to the end, as if they were non-existent and invisible.

After that, I thought about it for a long time. I felt that I would not be misled or misjudged. I was confused for a long time and did not solve these problems. But then I didn’t care about them anymore and I continued to solve them. The question of the goblin. "

  Taking a sip of wine, the old man moistened his throat and continued.

In this gloomy underground, only his voice echoed slowly. The demon hunters stood like sculptures. Sometimes the shadow of 042 could see through the shadows, and under that hood were a pair of closed eyes. .

  "I put these anomalies aside, and later re-planned the history of the gospel church... No, it is the history of mankind and demons to be precise. Listen carefully, 042, there are not many history lessons like this."

  The old man called 042 and called back his wandering gaze.

  "Under my classification, the history of humans and demons can be roughly divided into four ages, the dark age, the silver age, and the golden age.

  Some don’t understand? In fact, it's good to understand it this way. "

  After seeing 042's somewhat confused eyes, the old man continued.

"According to the "Gospel" records, humans and demons coexist in the world, but humans have no power to resist demons and live in the dark. This is a desperate age, a dark age, but with the gospel church With the establishment of the demon hunter and the appearance of the demon hunter, mankind has the power to fight against demons for the first time, and this is how the silver era has arrived."

  The old man said this, smiling, with a narcissistic feeling in his tone.

"But, in the Silver Age, we and the demons were just evenly matched. Until my appearance, I integrated the scattered powers. We have never been stronger before, and the demons are also under our control. Gradually disappear, this is the golden age, my age."

  042 is not surprised by the old man’s narcissism, he then asked.

   "But you are talking about four eras, there are only three."

   "Yeah, I just...somewhat can't confirm the existence of that era, I named it the era of traceability."

  The old man became serious, and took another sip of wine. A little red liquid remained on his beard, like a bloodthirsty beast.

"Have you ever thought about it? 042, neither humans nor demons can appear in this world out of thin air. We need a starting point, and in terms of the power of demons, they can be easily destroyed. Humans, we may not wait for the arrival of the Silver Age, we will perish.

  But we survived, that’s not right, isn’t it?

  The other thing is, where did the "Revelation" come from? Although the "Gospels" say that the priests got it in the north, when did it appear? Did humans create it, or is it the so-called god?

  It’s very interesting, isn’t it, the more you trace the source, the more you will find loopholes in this world... loopholes that guys want to hide deliberately. "

  042's gaze was a bit dull, he seemed unable to receive so much information for a while, his mind was chaotic, like a sticky chaos.

"After studying for a long time, I came up with this hypothesis. Before the Dark Age, humans and demons existed in the Age of Traceability, but at that time, humans and demons were in a...probably evenly matched situation. These things happened, the dark age came, and all the technology was broken by the ravages of demons... This explains the mystery of [God Baptism] and the Silver Bolt, isn’t it? These things are far beyond our current knowledge. , A technology that is difficult to replicate.

  Don’t you see that all this makes sense? "

  The old man looked at 042, with a bright light in his eyes, rejoicing.

  But this sounded so incredible in 042, a little unacceptable, his voice trembled.

   "Is that true?"

  The expression of the old man suddenly declined, but it rose again.

   "I don't know, it's just my hypothesis, but I still have a chance to prove it all."

Putting down the wine glass, the old man with a kind smile on his face, and the sound of slight footsteps sounded. I don't know when the demon hunters opened their eyes and drew out the sharp spikes. They circled and marched, their eyes seem to be watching. A certain empty nothingness, followed by white fireworks rising from under the eyes, illuminating everything underground.

  "Not only that, 042, I also found those guys, those guys who deliberately hide history."

  The old man said again, attracting 042's mind back.

   "I found those guys, or those guys found me.

  Yes, everything is explained, although I think I am a...great man? Ahahaha, I am indeed a bit narcissistic, but ah, in this long history of the gospel church, in this long silver age, there must be people who are like me, right? "

  The old man suddenly grabbed 042's hand, and his rough palm gently rubbed the young body, as if wiping a treasure.

"Yes, someone like me must have discovered these loopholes, but why, why didn't they pass the information down? It's actually very simple, because they are all dead, and these deliberately hidden history is cursed. The knowledge of ah, they touched the cursed knowledge, touched the [boundary], and were killed, killed by those who guarded the secret."

  The old man laughed hoarsely. With his laughter, the rising white flames shook violently. The witchers' eyes swept back and forth, as if they were looking for something, but there were only the old man and 042 in the underground.

  042 felt a little bit of fear. He couldn't tell the feeling. He just felt terrible, as if something was staring at him in the corner of the shadow, it was slowly creeping until it crawled out of the darkness.

  "They came to kill me...I realized everything when I saw them. It was the thinking of mortals that restricted me. This world is thousands of times more complicated than we thought.

   But unfortunately, I am Lorenzo Medici, how could I die easily? I want to lead the golden age! "

  The old man seems to be affected by his mentality and has difficulty controlling his emotions. From time to time, he is like a madman, but sometimes quietly like a sculpture.

  "Who are they?"

  042 The pupils shrink and the heart beats violently.

  The old man's words paused, he asked.

   "It will die. No one who touches the [boundary] will die well."

  042's face was green, he could feel that he was only one step away from the truth of this world, as long as he stretched out his hand, he could lift the soft curtain, but he also felt the extreme fear.

  The old man is right. This is [Border]. Once he understands all of this, 042 will also touch [Border]. He will burn and flash in the dark, being watched by all the weirdness in the potential darkness.

  Ke 042 could not bear it. He knew that when he asked this sentence, it was the beginning of the disaster, but he was so curious that no one could refuse all this, he asked again.

   "What are they! What to do!"

  After a short silence, the old man let out a hoarse laugh. He stretched out his hand and rubbed 042's head vigorously, just like petting a cute animal.

"Ah... there are so many human desires, and I am too old. When I was young, I could hold these tightly in my hands, but now that I am old, those people are beginning to rebel against me, even Lawrence In the end, he also chose to betray.

  I found that mankind needs a unified will and a strong will. Only in this way can the golden age continue and we can drive out demons instead of being content with the status quo.

I met the new pope once before his retreat. He was extremely confident. After all, in so many years, he was the first pope to break away from my dominance. At that time, in the Cathedral of Saint Nalo, I and He had the same dialogue as now, and I tried to tell him this, but after listening, he refused to resist and refused to continue fighting.

  I thought they would understand me, build the perfect era together, and expel all the demons, but they refused. They were afraid of the truth, and they were afraid of death.

Only then did I realize that these people cannot lead the golden age. They are just pigs who are content with the status quo. No matter how many demons, as long as the demon hunters still exist, they will not be able to shake their status... just like in the beginning. Like me at the time, I have enough food and drink. Who cares whether a monster is not a monster? "

  The old man said something terrifying in a relaxed tone.

"grown ups."

  Suddenly the demon hunter's voice sounded, interrupting the conversation, he stood beside the old man and reported to him.

   "011, what, has anyone seen them?" the old man asked.

   "Yes." 011 answered.

   "How long is there."

   "There are about five minutes left."

  The old man nodded and continued.

  "Can you Shangdabian Demon Hunter already see the future so far?"

  "It's only temporary. The blood of the Holy Grail is about to burn out. After all the blood is consumed, you can see the future in a few seconds at most." 011 replied.

"Yes……"

  The old man sighed and said to himself.

  “Sometimes I really want to know what kind of future Lawrence sees. After all, he has used so much blood of the Holy Grail. I am also curious about what the future will look like. It will make him choose to betray me.”

  The old man turned his head, looked at the face under the hood, and asked again.

  "Are you going to betray me? 011, you know, you Shangdafen Demon Hunters, it is very difficult for you to arrive here without disturbing the Demon Hunters."

   "No, we also long for the golden age." 011 said.

  The old man looked at his face and smiled.

   "It's so good, they are all good kids..."

"But...sir, you pre-installed the blood of the Holy Grail on our body before, plus the part of the blood of the Holy Grail he used," 011 said, and his eyes fell on 042, "What about you? ? You don't have the blood of the Holy Grail to use."

   "Don't worry about this, go get ready and greet our guests."

  The old man said, picking up the pocket watch on the small table and twisting it gently to keep time.

   Five minutes countdown.

   "Let us return to the previous topics, what are they and what we want to do, but before that, I want to tell you a fairy tale, which will make it easier for you to understand a lot."

  The old man looked at 042 again, holding the delicate pocket watch tightly in his hand. Under the rotation of the machine, he could feel a slight tremor, like scattered dust and sand, and time slowly passed by in his hand.

   "You know, wild hunting?"

   "Wild Hunting?"

  042 vaguely remember this thing. He likes to read books. He also reads many books about myths and stories.

"Yes, wild hunting, a legend circulating in the Western world, whether it is Leber, Inervig, and even the Viking countries have its records. Although the specific images are not consistent depending on the region, they But there is a common description."

  The old man suddenly told a fairy tale.

  "They are existences that bring death, and those humans who look directly at them will join them in their safari, chasing and hunting under the dark night."

   "Think about it carefully, 042, don't look at it in a mythological way, treat it as a real existence that can be understood by others...talk about it." The old man encouraged.

"A group of unknown beings with extraordinary powers... Will they hunt a certain kind? Hunting a certain kind of people, and hunting all those who see them, and they also exist in multiple regions?" 042's The description was dry, and he didn't know how to describe it all.

   "Almost, I learned about this myth by accident, but after they came to kill me, I linked them with Wild Hunt and found that all the stories were complete."

  The expression of the old man is no longer the excitement he had before, but is extremely calm.

"They are the existence similar to that wild hunting... No, it is possible that they are the'wild hunting' in mythology, but people don't understand what they are, so they can only call them the name of'wild hunting'. Deification."

   "My lord, what are you talking about." 042 didn't understand his words more and more, and at the same time, the anxiety in his heart became more intense, and even turned into boiling fear.

"Yes, that's right,'Wild Hunt' is the guardian of [Border]. All people who touch this cursed knowledge will be targeted by them and hunted. The history of the Gospel Church is They were deliberately modified in order to protect the [border]. Those who are shoulder to shoulder with me can also realize that these people were all killed by the'wild hunters'.

  That's it. Not only the Gospel Church, but in Leber, in Inervig, and in the Viking countries, some people have discovered the source of the monster and discovered the [boundary]. "

  The old man ignored 042's question at all. He seemed to be completely immersed in the beauty of self-knitting.

  I’m so happy, the old man is not alone. In the past history, someone has stood in the same position as him. He clenched his pocket watch tightly, and then whispered softly.

   "Look, they are here."

For a moment, something seemed to be stroking 042, which seemed to be a swarm of snakes. They were entangled on 042's body and moved along his neck. He could clearly feel the cold touch, and then the fear boiled to the ground. To the extreme.

All thoughts were violently shredded and destroyed at this moment. Only the empty chaos remained in my mind. The sharp wind whizzed past, as if countless spiked swords were slashing on the metal armor, bringing dazzling brilliance. When the sparks ignited, chaotic string sounds were also set off, and they all hit the 042 eardrum, followed by blood overflowing from the ear canal.

  "Welcome! Unknown guests!"

  Lorenzo Medici raised his head and opened his hands to welcome them.

  Fireworks rose at this moment, and the demon hunters swung their nail swords and slammed the beating arc. The Shangdafen Demon Hunters have been releasing their powers here until they see their arrival in the future.

Countless black arcs were beating, shattering stone walls and matter. Under the light was an unformed angel with broken wings behind it. The demon hunters had already seen their arrival. At the moment before they came completely, A fatal blow was given.

The broken body then fell and fell in front of Lorenzo Medici's eyes. On his delicate face, his godless eyes fixed on the disturbing old man, and he picked up the wine glass and used force. On the top of its hideous wound, scarlet blood gurgled out and filled the wine glass.

  "Do you think there is a new Holy Grail blood?"

Lorenzo Medici said with joy, and then drew out the nail sword to penetrate the angel-like existence in front of him, and above his head, with the death of the first angel, dozens of black arcs burst out one after another. , The evil light shines on everyone.

  Under the erosive envelope, the abominable holiness descends.

  (End of this chapter)