Ember Gun

  Chapter 44 The Extinguished Torch

  Outer City, East Yilins District, 121A Cork Street.

  A week has passed since that crazy night. During this period, no one came to the door, and nothing strange happened. Everything was like a dream. After the dream, there was nothing left.

  Lorenzo tried to find the Shrike, his dark windbreaker was full of ammunition, and he was about to slaughter the city, but it was a pity that Shrike didn't know what had happened, and he hadn't appeared for many days.

  The whole person is lying in the bathtub, the warm water washes away the exhaustion on the body, and the whole body is soaked in the warm water to enjoy the hard-won tranquility.

  Mrs. Van Lud is taking a nap, and her cheap roommate seems to be working overtime in the factory, so it can be said that only Lorenzo is left in this small house.

  There was a dim light above his head, and the breath of life came from the street. He couldn't help but relax, picking up a cigarette and smoking it hard, which felt really good.

Lorenzo hadn’t been in contact with monsters for many years. He was clearly cut off from the darkness, but it seemed that the hideous darkness would not let him go, and grabbed him when he was almost forgotten. .

He crawled out of the bathtub, wrapped in a white bath towel, and walked to the room wet. The wounds on his body are still healing on their own. Except for the more serious injuries, some minor injuries have almost healed, leaving only one path unhealed. The dark red traces.

  Since that night, not only did Shrike not find himself, but also Eve lost contact. Lorenzo didn't care about this. At present, there are only a few doubts that give him a headache.

At present, it can be determined that Wall’s anomaly is demonized. He is a crew member of the Silverfish and has touched the mysterious sacred coffin. It is certain that everyone on the ship has been contaminated, that is to say, there are at least ten more. Six potential demons wander in the city.

The next suspicious point was the mysterious organization that attacked the underground palace that night. I remembered that I encountered such a big pile of stomach grass in the secret road, but after that night, there was no abnormality in Old Dunling, so the result was only one, that mysterious. The organization handled all this perfectly.

  Look at the big picture in a small way, in Lorenzo’s speculation, the scale of the mysterious organization should not be smaller than the Demon Hunting Order.

so troublesome……

   Things gradually became clear. This is a game between two mysterious organizations, and I am the hapless person involved in it.

  The only thing that is still unclear is the position of Shrike in this matter. Lorenzo has always felt that he is an underground emperor who earns wealth through smuggling business, but now it seems that Shrike is also full of doubts.

   Sighed, Lorenzo put on his clothes, tidied up, and left home.

Winchester hid under the windbreaker, clinging to his body, and the black deerstalker pressed hard to cover the gray-blue eyes slightly. The sword broke during the fight with Sabo, and the new weapon was still Cast at the blacksmith.

   "It's really rare..."

   Raised his head, the endless dome of light shed from the gloomy sky. It is unbelievable that the old Dunling is a bit clearer today. Although the dark cloud still exists, at least it has cracked a few cracks, allowing the light to shine.

Lorenzo already has a new life. He shouldn't have been involved in these things. The best choice now is to buy a ticket to where to travel and take a good rest. But everyone should have a bottom line, although Lorenzo It is difficult for this nasty person to catch up with the term bottom line, but it is certain that this person does have a bottom line, but it is too low and looks like a negative five meters underground.

  Passing by the street flower shop and bought a white flower, Lorenzo hummed a little song as if he was going to meet a beautiful lady.

  Getting on the steam tram, Lorenzo looked forward to the scenery slowly leaving.

  This is one of his hobbies, just take a train of steam trams, and then continue to the terminal. Because of the speed and the size of the old town, this activity usually lasts a whole day.

  Several hours later, Lorenzo finally arrived at the terminal.

It is very rare that this place is not covered by dark clouds. The ruined church is built on a desolate grassland. Not far away is the city of steel. Steam and railways are engulfing here a little bit. It seems that this place will become steel in a few years. a part of.

Several pastors came here when Lorenzo first arrived in Old Dunling a few years ago, but people nearby all went to the factory in the city. Gradually everyone here left, and in the end even the pastors gave up. Once here, only Lorenzo will come here from time to time to visit friends.

   Stepping over the weeds and barbed wire, Lorenzo found the severely weathered tombstone in a pile of rubbish. The writing on it had long been unclear. If it weren't for Lorenzo, no one would remember that no one would have realized it would be a tombstone.

"Good morning!"

  Lorenzo greeted with spirit, then took off the white flower on his chest and placed it under the tombstone.

   "Oh, every time I come here, I feel like, "You've been dead for so long"?"

  Without the seriousness of worshipping others, like an enemy, pointing to someone’s tombstone and saying, "I didn't expect it! I live longer than you."

  Hippie smiled for a while, Lorenzo seemed a little unhappy, and he didn't expect that he would return here one day, reuniting like fate.

   was silent for a long time, his eyes were piercing, he pulled out Winchester, chanting prayers in a low voice, and pulled the trigger.

  "Be careful and watchful, because your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, marching everywhere, looking for someone to devour. You must resist him with strong faith."

The low prayers were accompanied by the roar of bullets, the solid stones shattered little by little, and then revealed the hideous thing in it. The weird and weird illusion swept Lorenzo, as if he had released a devil, but he didn’t care, there was nothing left. It can be feared.

  Until the last shot, the solid protection was completely shattered, and the dark box was completely exposed in front of Lorenzo. It had been sealed in it for many years, but the surface was smooth as if it had just been put in.

  Dark golden lines spread on it, and a heavy holy word was written on it. It sang God and the sacred, so Lorenzo picked it up, pressed it under the familiar groove, and opened it in response.

"have not seen you for a long time."

The cold light covered Lorenzo’s vision. Under the light, they shone like diamonds, but when you look at it carefully, they are one after another perfectly crafted blades, just like Lorenzo’s sword. , Is just a simple sword and hilt, and the elongated one is like a silver nail.

  The smooth blade reflects Lorenzo’s pupils, and the fine texture is engraved on it. In the event of blood, it will be the scariest picture.

  ……

  It was a dark hall, only the skylight in the middle dome shed a little light to illuminate the huge round table.

   Looking up at the blue sky behind the window that day, sometimes the Kestrel couldn’t tell where he was. This was the most secret place for the cleansing organ. Although he was a high-ranking knight, he would be blindfolded every time he came.

  I didn’t move too much, so I must still be in the old Dunling, but the old Dunling doesn’t have such a blue sky.

The shrike on the side was also confused. Even though he had been cleaning the organization for so long, he had come to the Broken Dome only a few times. Sometimes he really wanted to break the rules and rush out of this conference room to look elsewhere. If he could, Today is a good opportunity, but his injury is not clear yet. He came here in a wheelchair.

   "Our situation is very bad now."

  The voice sounded at the other end of the round table. Looking along the round table covered with sword marks, although there was only darkness, both of them knew who was sitting there.

  The head of the elimination agency, the King of Knights, and Arthur.

  Telling the truth, the two of them now feel a kind of horror. There are only two high-ranking knights. How can He Dehe be invited to the roundtable discussion room to have a face-to-face conversation with Arthur.

   "What is the specific situation? You personally summon a few of us... There is also a sick number, presumably the situation is going out of control."

  There was a desperate voice, and it was not until that person spoke that Kestrel realized that there was another person not far away.

  The man did not hide his meaning, bathed in the dim light, with a graceful figure, dressed in a bright blue and purple dress, if it were not for her familiar mask, Kestrel would have thought that the noble lady had entered here by mistake.

   "Blue Emerald?"

  Shrike was a little surprised and didn't expect to meet her here.

   "Okay, don't you want to renew the past."

   Arthur’s voice came. Although smiling, the three immediately became serious.

   "Now the knights stationed in the old Dunling are basically dispatched, our strength is very empty, and the enemy is still missing."

"From the time when the sacred coffin entered Inervig, various levels of demon anomalies erupted in the various territories of Inervig, and the knight commanders were exhausted. This was obviously a disturbance. Our enemies in the dark tried to use This protects the sacred coffin.

For this reason, Lancelot has been hunting with the original sin armor on the Heading Dawn, but after so long, there is still no clue. According to predictions, we have about a week to go. A week later, the Divine Coffin will be transported. Out of Inervig, we must find a way to keep it! "

  The eyes in the darkness seemed to be burning, and the voice was calm, but all three of them could hear the seriousness.

"There are no more ordinary people. I need a knight who can resist the erosion of demons through neurological specialization, but unfortunately, our manpower loss is greater than expected. At present, there are only three of you who can free up in the old Dunling. ."

   "Where is Galahad?"

   Thinking of his friend, Shrike asked quickly. Under normal circumstances, there are three knight commanders in Old Dunling. Currently, two of them have been dispatched to track down the whereabouts of the Holy Coffin, and Galahad also lost the news after that night.

  The voice in the darkness was silent and replied.

   "Originally, this action should be led by Galahad, but he is now deducted by the pump of perpetual motion. No matter the physical condition or the degree of erosion, he can't act for the time being."

   "So you will lead this operation, shrike."

"I?"

  Shrike was taken aback, let yourself go again before the injury is all over?

  "I know this command is very difficult, but now you are the one who knows the situation most among these people. I need you to take them, and I will give you all-round support."

   "No... this is too urgent!"

  Kestrel also said on the side, they didn't even know the purpose of this operation.

"I don't want to, but we really don't have time. According to Lancelot's report, he tracked down the clues and got the approximate location of the sacred coffin. I don't need you to kill the enemy. I only need you to go there and cause riots. It may hold the enemy, and the subsequent exchange of fire will be resolved by Lancelot."

   Arthur's voice is still flat, which is simply sending them to death.

  "Then why not go directly from Lancelot?"

  Lan Jade, who had been silent all the time, said, she didn't understand, obviously there was no need to be so complicated.

  A long sigh sounded in the darkness, and Arthur said after a while.

"Because they can't come back, all the knight commanders have been attacked by demons in recent days, and the continuous demons have dragged them down. The demons did not hide their meaning this time. They are just for the divine coffin, even if it is heading to the dawn. The ship also ran out of fuel and stopped at the port of Rendona. It needs refueling."

   "For the first time in so many years, demons have come out. We underestimated their number, so now we can barely gather you people. You also know that ordinary people will be eroded against demons sooner or later. That will only increase enemies."

   "No... there should be more than these reasons, right."

  After thinking for a long time, Shrike asked slowly, he didn't care about his life, he realized another kind of crisis.

   "Inverweg is our home battle. Even if the army is mobilized, they can be easily crushed. Why is it so troublesome? Is it really afraid that the so-called pollution will cause the army to collapse?"

Shrike said that he held his hand on the edge of the wheelchair. It was a storage box with a gun in it. In his impression, Rather was always sensible and did not make meaningless sacrifices, but today his words are full of loopholes. , So he had to be vigilant.

After all,    is fighting demons, it is not impossible for the leader to suddenly go crazy.

"really."

  Arthur stood up slowly and walked out of the darkness, his eyes full of exhaustion, white hair and wrinkles made this once handsome man look very old, like a lion in his twilight years, he seemed to have just experienced a long war.

   "I was not in such a hurry. After all, we have the most advanced fleet in the world. There is no possibility of escape from the sea in the Divine Coffin, but this information changed my mind."

  Said that a document was thrown by Arthur from the other end of the round table. The kraft paper was the top secret seal, and as the people like Shrike, he had no right to view it.

  "Look, this is no longer a secret. After all, I am going to convene a round table meeting and announce this to everyone."

  Take a cigarette out of his arms. Arthur usually doesn't smoke, but when the pressure is high, he still can't help taking two puffs, imagining escape from life.

   "I know that some of my recent actions have made you quite criticized, such as supporting the development of the original sin armor, such as conducting neural specialization experiments, but this is also no way."

  Listening to the sound of turning pages, everyone’s breath seemed to freeze, and their eyes were filled with incredible and fear, until Arthur’s voice rang again to break the death-like immersion.

"Before the invention of the steam engine, the Gospel Church had always controlled the nations. The reason was not faith, but because they owned the Demon Hunting Order, and only they had the ability to fight against demons, although we also established a cleansing organization later. , Out of the control of the Gospel Church, but they are still experts in fighting against demons, the brightest torch in the dark."

  Arthur's voice trembled slightly.

   "Yes, as the report says, according to intelligence, it can be confirmed that the Demon Hunting Order was officially disbanded six years ago."

   "The brightest torch in the dark was extinguished six years ago."

  (End of this chapter)