Endless Debt

"What happened!"

Morrison swore that he had repeatedly emphasized the dangers of these sealed gas cans, but this stupid mistake still happened.

"Damn businessman!"

He then reprimanded the merchants of the Gray Trade Chamber of Commerce. Due to the corrosive nature of the Decay Epidemic, it is extremely difficult to store it. All storage tanks are just consumables for it and need to be replaced regularly. The epidemic itself requires extremely difficult operations.

The Gray Trade Chamber of Commerce is very happy to hand them over to the King's Shield Guards. One of the reasons is that the Gray Trade Chamber of Commerce spends a lot of wealth every year on maintaining and storing these gases, and due to treaty restrictions, almost no customers will need it. Such weapons.

They are eager to sell the Plague of Decay to the King's Shield Guard. Not only do these lunatics dare to be enemies with the King's Secret Sword, they are not afraid of the treaty made by the Bureau of Order. They are a group of desperadoes who have no choice but to do anything crazy. No surprise either.

Morrison must act quickly. Once the plague of decay erodes other sealed gas tanks, it will cause a series of chain reactions. Before they are released, the Mist Abyss Fortress will be destroyed first by the erosion of the plague of decay.

He picked up the prepared sealing strip. It was made of a special material. Although it could not prevent the erosion of the plague of decay, it could slow down its erosion to a great extent.

Morrison held his breath and released the ether in his body. Although he did not master the ether barrier, he still relied on the high-intensity ether leakage to build an ether like a gas shield on his body surface. defense.

The high-concentration ether flow quickly passes through the body surface, canceling out the plague of decay that it touches. This strange and deadly gas is actually very simple to deal with. It is like invisible fireworks. As long as the plague of decay is fully eroded, , it will gradually be consumed by itself.

Morrison put the sealing strip on the air leakage, and the plague of decay stopped spreading. Morrison completely released his ether, and the spreading ether came into contact with the gas. There was a crackle in the air, like an electric current. sound.

With a few sparks appearing out of thin air, Morrison's ether contacted and reacted with the plague of decay, consuming all these deadly gases.

Morrison gasped. It takes a lot of ether to consume these plagues of decay. Even if he can call the ether around him, this is not an easy task. After all, the plague of decay itself will react with the ether, and then create A region of etheric vacuum emerges.

The impact of ether came from the depths of the building again. The invaders were already fighting with the shield guards of the King. Morrison didn't know who was fighting the enemy, but judging from the strength of the spreading ether, Morrison speculated that , the other party must be a person with power.

Thinking of this, Morrison's hand couldn't help but drop to the hilt of the sword. Ever since the King's Secret Sword rebelled and joined the King's Shield Guard, Morrison had been looking forward to the fight with the Bureau of Order.

What Morrison longs for is the fight with the sword, not here, like a logistics manager, responsible for the transfer of these plagues of decay.

He breathed repeatedly, suppressing his anxious heart. Morrison understood that his current work was much more important than facing the enemy. He must ensure the safety of these declining epidemics...

Morrison was suddenly stunned. He stood sluggishly between the sealed gas tanks. An inexplicable feeling flowed around him, as if someone was walking past him.

The emerging plague of decay interfered with Church's secret power, and his figure began to squirm, making it difficult to maintain absolute concealment. A hazy shadow appeared out of thin air.

Church felt uneasy, and then a gaze fell on him.

Morrison noticed himself and looked at the ghost.

In an instant, Church's muscles were completely tense. He watched Morrison walking towards him. The man in power noticed something strange, and the distance between him and Church continued to shorten. He forced Church into He was in a blind corner, his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw the sword at any time.

It's really a bad situation. The overflowing plague of decay interferes with everyone's secret energy and hinders the will of every living thing.

It was only a matter of time before he was discovered. After hesitating for a moment, Church made a crazy move.

Morrison followed his intuition and looked at the invisible ghost, only to see a fly flying slowly past him.

Flies?

Morrison quickly realized, how could there be flies here? All bugs will die the moment they come into contact with the plague of decay.

At the same time he noticed something strange, flies flew past the sealed gas tanks on the side. The next second they burst, and deadly gas spurted out.

There was no time to dodge. The deadly gas grazed Morrison's body, and the ether on his surface flashed a fierce arc. Then the plague of decay devoured all the ether, corroded his clothes, and left a rapid streak on his skin. The scars of decay.

At the same time, Church broke his nearly perfect cycle, interacted and connected with the outside world, and his cognitive distortions were no longer. Morrison watched the fly twist and change into Church, and he was lifting the The dagger stabbed hard at another sealed gas tank.

As a professional intelligence officer, Church rarely made mistakes, let alone performed work outside of his job.

According to the original plan, Church only needed to leave at this time and bring out the information that the King's Shield Guards had prepared the plague of decay. But this time, perhaps it was due to the battle between Boluogo and the enemy, or because of a series of A coincidence, in short, Church violated his usual rules and made a completely different decision.

Church realized that he could no longer be a cold bystander, nor could he just walk away.

So what if he brought the information back to the Bureau of Order? No matter what the King's Shield Guard wanted to do, this short time was enough for them to implement their dark plan...not to mention that Qiu Qi had already vaguely guessed what they were going to do. do what.

The plague of decay is certainly terrifying, and despite the capabilities of the Bureau of Order, it is unlikely to cause any major damage to the Bureau of Order, but for the entire city, Oath City Opos, it is completely different.

Church has seen the tragic death of the soldiers. As long as there is a wisp of gas seeping out, ordinary people will be killed within a few dozen seconds of contact with it, not to mention that there are so many stored here. Once leaked, this There will be a bloodbath.

"According to circumstances."

Church murmured to himself that this vocabulary is not unfamiliar to field staff. Everyone will be taught this knowledge during induction training.

Excellent field staff must make the right decision based on changes in the situation, even if it goes against the original mission.

In memory, this should be the second time Church has "adapted to circumstances".

Yes, the second time.

Church has always been a somewhat rigid guy, but there is nothing he can do about it. Due to the nature of his own secret energy, he must "rigidly" determine certain things.

It felt good to break the "rigid" feeling, and Qiu Qi felt that he was excited for a long time, as if he was dancing with wolves.

This reminded him of the first time he broke the "rigid" and "adapted to new circumstances".

That was the battle that changed the fate of Church and Palmer. Church, who was just a condenser, violated the dogma of the Bolton family. He did not use his secret power, sat back and watched Palmer's death, and then left silently. go.

That time Church stepped forward and released his secret energy as much as he could, like a ghost, assassinating one crazy believer after another.

That battle made Palmer accept the gift and become a debtor, and it also made Church a real infiltrator from the Bolton family.

In that battle, Church was too deep into stealth. After the battle, Palmer almost forgot about Church.

Church still remembered that scene. Palmer looked at him on the hospital bed. He wanted to pronounce his name, but nothing could come to his mind. Palmer knew that he was his partner, but about himself But he couldn't remember any of them. Palmer was very upset and thought it was his fault.

It's not his fault, it's Church's own.

Church doesn't like to be forgotten, let alone seeing his friends die. Just like everything happening here and now, once the epidemic of decay spreads, ordinary people will be the first to be harmed.

Church doesn't like this city, but there are people he likes in this city, and that's enough.

The plague of decay cannot leave Mist Abyss Fortress, it must be destroyed here.

Church thought this, and amidst Morrison's roar, he swung his dagger again and burst another sealed gas tank.

Morrison is the one who has no power. Church is not sure whether he can kill him with one blow, so he can only choose the safest method.

The mist of death spread rapidly, sweeping across most of the area in the blink of an eye. The gas quickly corroded the metal surface, and sharp gas sounds sounded one after another. Wisps of gas pillars rose from the surface of the gas tank, causing chain explosions.

As an intelligence officer, Church never liked heroism, but now he had to do this to nip an extraordinary disaster at its source.

"come!"

Church roared at Morrison. Excessive ether accumulated on the surface of his body, colliding with the plague of decay, and the jumping arcs flashed out.

On the other side of the fog of death, Morrison evoked a huge ether flow, and the power of the powerful erupted violently.

…

Church is well aware of the limitations of his abilities, so from the beginning, he is a ghost that plunders information, rather than a warrior who fights head-on.

He always tried his best to avoid fighting, but now Church couldn't avoid it.

With Morrison's roar and the violent spread of ether, Church fully unleashed his secret power. Even if he couldn't hide completely, he could just cover his tracks to a certain extent.

In Morrison's eyes, Church's figure squirmed and disappeared, but Morrison could still vaguely see the outline of a human figure, like a ghost.

"Asshole!"

Morrison strode forward and split open the plague of decay with his own strong ether flow. The ether collided with it and quickly consumed the poisonous gas. At the same time, more ether gathered in Morrison's hands. Pure ether shaped a blade as if made of thunder.

Aether Sword.

Morrison raised the etheric sword and once again split the surging plague of decay. For a sneaky thief like Church, he was not worthy of asking Morrison to pull out the secret sword.

While exerting pressure on Church, Morrison continued to instruct, "Recover the Plague of Decay!"

It was too late for Church to take action. Most of the plague of decay had been contained and transferred, and only a handful were stored here.

And Morrison's ether further diluted the plague of decay. The soldiers who came back to their senses tried their best to overcome their fear and returned to the mist. Relying on the protective clothing on their bodies, they endured the burning sensation coming from their bodies and put the rest of them into the fog. Seal the gas tank and drag it to a safe area.

As for the area where Church and Morrison are located, it has been completely covered by the plague of decay in varying concentrations.

In the gray hazy fog, Morrison's etheric glow was as bright as day, while Church's was extremely dim. The two rays of light chased each other, and bright arcs of electricity scattered and struck.

Church threw out the hook and quickly escaped from the thick fog. He gasped and landed on the steps.

Resisting the erosion of the plague of decay was not an easy task, as it rapidly consumed his own ether, and a sense of fatigue surged into his heart. Church felt that his eyelids had become extremely heavy, and his will became confused.

Morrison followed closely behind, striding out of the thick fog. With the power bearer's ether, he was much easier to resist the plague of decay than Church.

The soldiers have transported the remaining sealed gas tanks away, and the remaining plague of decay is slowly spreading around. Judging from this concentration, it won't take long for them to penetrate most of the Mist Abyss Fortress and turn them into dead people. area.

Church took a deep breath and filled his lungs with fresh air, which relieved some of the pressure. Then his expression became serious. He still miscalculated. He only destroyed a small amount of the Decay Epidemic, and most of the Decay Epidemic was still destroyed. Transferred out.

"According to circumstances..."

While talking to himself, Church's right eye became brighter, and Morrison on the other end also noticed this abnormality.

People say that the eyes are the windows of the soul, so when the alchemical matrix engraved on the soul is guided, the etheric glow that illuminates the soul will also rise from people's eyes.

But for some reason, Church's window seemed to be closed. Only his right eye was glowing slightly, while his left eye was completely extinguished.

Morrison didn't think too much. The ether amplification covered Morrison's body. He made a tiger leap and waved the ether sword. Like falling lightning, he arrived in front of Church in an instant.

Church could only jump back defensively, and then the ground in front of him completely collapsed and exploded, leaving no chance to breathe. The etheric sword tore through the smoke and dust, and a bright glow quickly magnified in front of Church's eyes.

"caught you!"

Morrison shouted, vowing to kill the unexpected visitor.

But the etheric sword that was struck failed to touch Qiu Qi, and only hit a piece of smoke that quickly spread out.

Church disappeared.

No...he didn't disappear.

After a brief contact, Morrison was vaguely aware of Church's power. He should have some kind of cognitive distortion power. Church was right in front of him, but he couldn't see him anymore, and he instinctively twisted him into something. Something you won't care about.

Morrison's thoughts were interrupted for a moment, and then he realized that his impression of Church was rapidly diminishing.

An ordinary person would quickly forget about Church after catching a glimpse of him, but Morrison is a person with more power than Church, and Church's secret power cannot completely affect him.

The memory collapse slowed, giving Morrison enough time to react.

"Come out!"

Morrison roared at the corridor in front of him. The ether spread out, setting off a round of impact, shattering the walls and floors along the way. Among the tumbling broken stones and smoke, Morrison observed carefully, but did not see anything. Anything strange, as if Church's figure was just an illusion.

The cold wind brushed the back of his neck.

Morrison turned around suddenly, and at the same time, a dagger appeared out of thin air, pregnant with sharp ether, and slashed across his throat.

A slight sharp pain spread across his neck. Morrison slashed out the etheric sword, and the rough etheric flow strangled all the substances in front of him. He then took a few steps back, raised his hand to cover his throat, and little bits of blood flowed along his fingers. The sharp gap overflows.

Morrison arched his body, his eyes were angry and bloodshot. He slowly moved his hand away, only to see a thin wound on his throat. The dagger cut through his skin, but failed to completely cut his throat.

On the other side of Morrison, Church, who was supposed to be hiding, reappeared. He held the dagger in front of him, his breath was disordered, and dense slender wounds were all over his arms. Morrison's ether flowed turbulently like broken Shrapnel scratched Church's body.

"I'm starting to regret it."

Church muttered in his heart that he felt that he should not act like a hero. If he had just chosen to leave, Church would have probably escaped from Mist Abyss Fortress by now.

But by accident, Church broke his "rigidity" and stabbed out the dagger, choosing to destroy the plague of decay here.

He failed.

No matter what if he stabbed out the dagger, Church only solved a small part of the plague of decay. More of the plague of decay had been transferred, and he was also targeted by a person with power.

Church was annoyed at his unprofessionalism, but if he thought about it carefully, if he were asked to make a choice again, Church felt that he would still choose to destroy the Plague of Decay.

Yes, even if Boluogo was here, he would probably choose to do this, right?

Church couldn't remain an indifferent spectator.

Morrison stared at Church, who blocked his etheric reaction, but judging from the series of encounters just now, Morrison probably deduced Church's rank.

Just those who pray.

Under Morrison's guess, he has realized that Church's secret power should be related to cognitive distortion. This is the first time Morrison has encountered such a weird secret power. He is not sure whether it is the secret of the Ethereal School. able.

But in any case, Morrison had no time to chat with Church. He had to deal with Church as soon as possible.

Morrison thought as he drew out the secret sword from his waist.

Ether was injected into the sword body, and the simple blade emitted a faint blue light. Holding the blade horizontally in front of him, Morrison assumed an offensive posture. The next moment, more high-pitched ether was attached to his body, and he His feet shattered the ground and he sprinted towards Qiu Qi.

While Morrison was making various inferences about Church, Church was also trying to figure out Morrison. Judging from Morrison's exquisite manipulation of the ether, Church suspected that he should be from the original school.

As soon as the idea popped into Church's head, Morrison shattered the suspicion.

While traveling at high speed, Morrison's figure suddenly accelerated again. His body also underwent subtle changes at this time. The muscles on his back squirmed, and then the pale bones broke open and flesh grew out.

The ether was transformed into flesh and blood, covering the white bones, and recasting the extended limbs at a speed visible to the naked eye. Pure ether was draped in it, and finally a pair of unfolded giant wings with ether feathers were created.

It's not the origin school, Morrison's secret power is the ascending body school.

Church didn't hesitate at all, and decisively threw out the hook, his body rose into the air, ether filled the surface of his body, and he fell straight into the rolling mist of death.

Due to the gap in rank, Church could only borrow these foreign objects to help him fight. A burning sensation penetrated the protection of the ether and reached Church's body surface.

Before Church could take any more actions, Morrison had already grasped the secret sword and smashed it into the mist. After the strengthening of the Ascension School and the protection of the ether, the plague of decay could not kill Morrison for the time being, let alone It is said that after a short period of spread, the concentration of the epidemic of decay has dropped.

The pure white wings vibrated, setting off a howling wind, easily blowing away the plague of decay. The hurricane was mixed with toxins, passing over the surface of the rock, showing a rapid weathering as if it had been blown by wind and rain for a hundred years. A sense of decay and dust.

With the help of his wings, Morrison's mobility reached an extremely terrifying level, speeding like lightning, without giving Church any chance to breathe, and he appeared directly in front of Church.

The secret sword was raised high and then slashed down.

Church's heart almost froze. He rarely fought head-on with his enemies, let alone those with authority above him.

This may be the price of being a hero.

Church knocked out the poisonous mist and hit the wall on one side hard. He slowly knelt down on the ground, with little traces of blood falling, and a bloody wound on his chest.

The clear pain stimulated Church's nerves, and he breathed heavily as if he was deprived of oxygen. Church hadn't had such a brush with death for a long time.

Yes, since the first time he improvised and killed Palmer, Church has become more cautious. He chose to act alone and not have contact with anyone.

Just like Church in his daily life.

But no matter how hard Church tries, humans are social animals after all, and it's hard for you to control yourself from connecting with others, just like Church's unexpected move this time.

"Why do you do this? I can totally escape..."

Church asked himself, sometimes he couldn't figure out what he was thinking. He guessed that this was also the influence of secret energy.

This damn secret can mess up Church's life and mess up the fate of the entire Burton family.

But Church did it anyway.

Inexplicable...

Morrison raised the blade and made a stabbing motion. His wings vibrated and exploded with incredible power. The blade arrived in an instant, but it stabbed into nothingness.

Not inexplicably.

Church stood up, with the fatal sword blade only a few centimeters away from him. His sense of existence quickly became thinner, and even he vaguely forgot who he was.

But Church still remembered what he was doing and why he was doing it.

Church turned around and ran towards the passage leaving the Mist Abyss Fortress. With his only strength, he could no longer destroy these plagues of decay. He needed to tell more people what happened here.

Morrison stood there blankly. He felt as if he had forgotten something. Morrison then realized that he had forgotten why he activated the secret power and why he pulled out the secret sword.

Fortunately, this confusion did not last long. Morrison stared at the secret sword in his hand. The blue light surged, and the sword seemed to come alive, swallowing the blood on the blade, followed by a bloody streak. The chain extended from the sword blade and into the end of the passage.

Memories that should have been forgotten become clear again from blur as the chains extend.