above the ring

Chapter 39 Embracing the Cause of Death

Lear sent Aogewei back to the upper floor, and then returned to the big blessing with his hand.

Even though he chopped down the rotten tree roots with an ax and vented his anger on the boss, Lear still felt a little uneasy, so he decided to go back to the round table hall to look for Roger.

The passage to the round table hall can be passed directly by teleportation after Melina takes it once, and Melina seems to be deliberately avoiding contact with Lear, so why does Lear call Melina her? Neither appears nor responds.

After returning to the round table hall, Lear followed his memory and came to the balcony corridor outside the hall. Sure enough, Roger was sitting on a chair with a white cloth covering his legs to cover the injury caused by the terrible thorns entering his flesh. .

Roger's breathing was not steady, he seemed to be in that pain all the time.

"To be honest, I thought you might die on the spot, but I didn't expect you to survive until now."

"Oh, it's you. We've only just separated, but it feels like we've been apart for a long time."

Roger showed a smile, not as difficult as imagined, but a little free and easy.

"Actually, you should have listened to me finish that story, flame, is the only way to save you."

Lear reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"I thought you."

"The giant face on the ground is the face of the dead prince Godwin, and what remains there is the power of the dead prince. What Greg brought back from the royal city was not only the remnant army, but also Godwin's flesh and blood. Put those things in the ground, because the master of the flesh and blood has not died, so as long as there is power, the flesh and blood will grow crazily and become an unconscious, huge monster."

"Actually, I already knew that."

"But I think you misjudged one thing. Death is not just a power of death. It is a very special power. It is so special that someone wants to use this power to accomplish an unparalleled miracle. Although, She failed in the end."

"The power of miracles?"

"When you choose to disintegrate your body and return to the round table hall, it means that you will accept the doomed death, and the black thorns will follow your soul. From then on, there is almost no cure. If you can persist until the end , At the last moment of the power of death and birth, when the power called birth overwhelms the original power of cursed death, through the stimulation of the flame, perhaps, you will be able to usher in a new life."

"Ah, I probably understand what you mean. In your understanding, the power of death and birth is a combination of the power of death and rebirth, right? Haha, no, Lear, the power of death and birth is not as strong as you imagined Simple. In fact, the terrible pain was really, really hard to bear, and I almost couldn't bear it. I told you that I am a man of weak will."

"I will try my best to bring you back, if possible."

"Wait, Lear, don't you blame me?"

Roger restrained his smile and looked at Lear intently.

"Looking at you like that, do you seem to have your own opinions? I believe you were influenced by the power of death."

"Heaven is on the left, warriors are on the right haha, what bold words, I have shamed the descendants of warriors. However, you may not know the path I am going to take, Lear, you are my friend, but I did that to you. I really want to explain the reason to you, but, are you willing to listen?"

"Of course, if it's you, I'd like to listen."

"Thank you, Lear. Well, let me cut down on the lyrical words, and I will get straight to the point. I remember I told you once that I am a scholar, but in fact, I lied, I am not a scholar, I Just trying to be a scholar, because the night of the conspiracy I'm going to study, it's all about death runes.

"Do you know the Deadborn? They are excluded from the rules of the Golden Law. People who are born because of death are not what you imagine. They are the result of the combined forces of death and rebirth. Paraphrase D In other words, those people are defilers who are not allowed to exist in the world. The reason why I want to find clues about the death runes is to save them. You will think that I am talking about fantasy, but I am in In the course of investigating the night of the conspiracy, one thing became clear: the Deadborn didn't violate anything, they just tried to survive, and by doing so they violated the law."

"."

Lear could probably guess why this happened, but he didn't express his thoughts directly, but was going to continue listening to Roger's words.

"As for why I pushed you down, it's actually very simple. I was charmed by some kind of power, just like what all dead birthers did at the beginning of their birth. Death always needs to be sacrificed with a fresh death, regardless of the result. How, the ritual of death can never stop. So, under the control of that force, I made this move. Of course, because of this, I peacefully accepted my death until the moment I was pierced by thorns , My own consciousness finally woke up, you know, when I saw that you were still alive, I...I was very happy."

"So, you pushed me down just to complete the so-called death ceremony?"

"It was the power of death that drove me to make this move, and I think it originated from the ancient rituals of worshiping death. In the junction, there are many death ritual birds that are in charge of or perform such rituals. It is the oldest The earliest residents of the junction worshiped and sacrificed to death, but I also know that this explanation is actually far-fetched."

"No, it's not far-fetched. In fact, it's quite clear. Death wants me to die."

"Uh, I don't understand when you put it that way."

"It's alright, go ahead and talk."

"Okay. After the previous investigation, I found that it is very difficult to investigate death as a living person. In other words, because I have not experienced death, it is impossible for me to find the essence of death. It is impossible to find the secrets hidden in the death runes.

"So, this is also my voluntary, voluntary to let the power of death erode my body, and because I am special as a faded person, I can use the state of the soul to return to the round table hall, here, I will use my soul and body, and Death struggle—in other words, it allows me to delay my death for a while, so I have enough time to use this half-dead body to explore the secrets hidden in death."

"Voluntarily allowing death to enter your body, and enduring such terrible pain for it, is the sacrifice you made worth it?"

"But if I can save a new ethnic group and learn about the problems that have troubled me for a long time, then I have no regrets."

Lear was silent for a while, and said nothing.

He does not share this view.

"Lear," Roger called.

"what happened?"

"I said before that you defeated Greg, and I want to give you a gift, right?"

"Didn't I say, don't care about such trivial things."

"Haha, I really want to make friends with you, and I can see that you are the same, even if I did something like that, you still want to save me."

"Well, I have to admit that I was also very angry at the time, obviously I could tell you directly what I planned to do at the time."

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter. This is my choice, but my own will is not firm enough. Here, this is for you."

Roger handed over an ornate rapier.

"This is my stabbing sword. You have also seen my current situation. I can't even move. I will feel more at ease when I hand this sword over to you. It can be regarded as a compensation for what I have done. Bar."

"Roger"

"Don't worry about me, I chose this path myself, and when that day comes, I will become a puppet of death, just like the guy named Lionel in your story, I know him , he used to be one of us. I don't care, I just feel desperate for reality. We have reached the ground before, and even some of us have seen the dead prince. At that time, I I felt that if he voluntarily became a dead person, it would be good to follow that person, at least, I didn't regret the person I swore allegiance to."

"Even if, the king in your heart has become indescribable?"

"I don't care, I really don't care. Lear, you just came to the border land, and I have been fighting in the border land for 30 years, haha, what the border land is like now, actually, you know it very well, Lear, you Self-proclaimed traveler, you must know that in the current junction, traveler is the cruelest profession. It’s just that you don’t want to let yourself stop, because you are still young and still have dreams, so you won’t stop to look at the surrounding scenery , will not stop to look at the devastation after the war, and will not see their sorrow and pain, as well as the desolate and sad reality and unforgettable despair”

"Don't you want to change all that?"

"I thought about it, but it didn't work. I tried my best, but if it worked, this place wouldn't be like this. The round table hall was originally our hope, and it was also the hope of those people, but until those powerful The fading people left one by one, and that hope was also shattered."

Roger smiled and looked towards the vast front hall outside the terrace.

"Then you choose to sacrifice your life for the dead? Do you not care about those who are still alive?"

"My will is not firm, Lear. At the time of my despair, I was charmed by the power of death. I used to be firm in my belief. Ha, he didn't give me any response, but, the power I used to be hostile , but sent me an angel, hahaha, sorry, Lear, my will, really, is not firm."

Roger laughed, but tears also dripped down his face. His expression was calm and free and easy, just like the elegance and easy-going when he first met him.

He didn't explain what exactly he believed in, and even when he was talking to Lear, his words and tone were all about self-blame and repentance.

This is a round table hall, some words cannot be spoken, but the clever Roger told Lear the reason for doing all this by using the art of language.

"Roger, you're a big, sanctimonious liar."

Lear gritted his teeth, lowered his voice, and roared out.

He felt the moisture in his eyes and felt himself crying.

This is the first time since the moment he came to the junction, he felt the surging emotions in his heart, and it was also the first time that he felt the flames stored in his body, which burned more and more vigorously with the emotional fluctuations .

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally restrained themselves, and didn't show it anymore.

There was a smile on the corner of Roger's mouth, and Lear also heard his relieved and escaped tone: "Oh, after saying so many depressing words and complaining to you so much, I feel a lot more comfortable. You know D Right, I used to be his old friend too, but, you know, friends always go our separate ways, just like you and me.

"I heard D mention that he discovered the imprint of the centipede ring. The centipede ring is an ancient imprint closely related to the curse mark. It would be great if someone who knows how to use it is like you. I can also have a good relationship with him. It’s just a matter of communication. Well, having said so much, you can ask D for specific information, maybe you are more suitable than me to pursue it.”

In another hidden way, Roger spoke his request.

Perhaps, the brand of the centipede ring can help him find the secret hidden in death.

After speaking, Roger waved his hand towards Lear, signaling him to leave, while he opened a book with difficulty and began to read.

Lear had no choice but to exit the corridor silently, returned to the round table, and found D.

"I saw you chatted with Roger, and you should know that sad man hiding in the corner."

"Of course, he said, you used to be old friends with him, can you tell me his story?"

"...Well, well. He used to be an excellent magic swordsman, talented and intelligent, seemingly idle and indulgent, but in fact he was firm-willed and would not be affected by external forces. But you see he has now become a What kind of virtue? Being pierced by tainted thorns, always talking some useless nonsense, unsightly, like a half-corpse. Hmph, you have to remember, that is the end of accepting the charm of the dead, When leadership is defiled, it corrupts people. It destroys people."

In the last sentence, D still used a sighing tone.

How much you cared about each other before, now you have more words to say.

D and Roger knew each other much earlier than Lear, and they used to be like-minded friends, but it was a pity that they paid by mistake after all.

"Do you know where the source of Death's power is?" Lear asked.

"I don't know, but I always know that as long as you keep hunting the Birth, one day the power of the Birth will be wiped out. At that time, the junction will be back on track again."

"I agree, come on."

After the blessing, Lear left D's side.

D is a fanatic of the law. He and Roger are the same people, but they walked on different paths.

Turning the corner, he saw Rodrika who was studying with the blacksmith, and walked straight into the rear room without disturbing them.

A slim girl with long blond hair was leaning against the bed.

She was beautiful, overwhelmingly beautiful, and her beautiful face was set against the fire by the bed.

The eyebrows are raised and the picturesque scenery is lightly swept, the eyes are bright and gazing, looking forward and wandering is full of soul-stirring joy, the exquisite and small nose, the white snow skin against the black hood and burqa, a little arrogant, and a little coquettish.

At that moment, the beauty in front of him slightly dilutes the sadness in Lear's heart, which also gives him a new understanding of the words "a beauty who brings disaster to the country and the people".

Beauty is sometimes a crime, delicate and charming flowers will not be cared for in war-torn times, but they will be called things trampled by people - but if there are terrible thorns attached to the beauty, then it will also be Let countless people, knowing that the road ahead is difficult, will be desperate, and pray for the embrace of that beauty.

Not to mention, those who have experienced despair.

"Ahem." Lear coughed twice, and then closed the door behind him.

"You" the girl opened her mouth slightly, as if she had something to say.

But Lear didn't care at all. He cheered up, with a straight face, and said angrily: "I'm very angry, you know? You hurt my friend, so now, I want to vent."

"I, I'm not that oh sir, that's just a deal"

The girl panicked and tried to argue.

But Lear walked to the bed without hesitation, then rolled up his sleeves, threatening: "It's you who cooperate, or let me be rough."

"You, what do you want to do?"

The girl said weakly.

PS: I originally wrote this part of the plot later, but it seems that if I don’t write it out, it seems to cause some ambiguity. Of course, it’s just a good-faith ambiguity in understanding the plot, after all, the plot is too trivial.

After today's chapter, has the role of Roger stood up?Maybe Roger has a lot more roles than you imagined.In fact, Roger has a lot of conversations, and even though he claims to be a big liar who always tells lies, he is always very sincere to the players. This is a hero born from despair.

Playing with him is D, a hero who is determined and sticks to his beliefs.

Roger is a very important partner in the early stage of the fader. He not only opened the Rani line, but also opened the Faya line. It can be said that he is really a romantic figure.

In addition, I will open a single chapter later to explain some basic settings in the circle of law, especially the explanation of soul, body and various moves. I think it is still necessary.

(End of this chapter)