Embers of Embers

Chapter 176 The Road to Destruction
Florund's medicine flows rapidly through the blood vessels, and under the powerful ups and downs of the heart, it spreads throughout the body in an instant.
The mind gradually became clear, like being in the cold wind, the cold feeling spread on the skin of the body surface, and all the drowsiness and fatigue disappeared, followed by the sensitivity of the senses.
It was a "clearness" that was hard to describe. It seemed that there had been an unknown fog shrouding the world, but now those fogs had disappeared, and Lorenzo could clearly observe the essence of everything.
"Lorenzo..."
Seliu shouted worriedly. She stood behind the door and looked at him with some fear.
Everyone felt it. The moment Lorenzo came into contact with the soldiers, the huge and terrifying erosion was released from the demon hunter's body, like a nightmare descending on reality, with frantic wailing and twisted claws tearing apart. Tickling everyone.
At that moment, Seleu even lost the ability to think. Just like the creatures in nature, a predator discovered her. The despair at that moment prevented her from even thinking of resistance.
The most profound and despairing horror.
Yawei also had a vigilant look on his face, and his old face was covered with sweat. He may have used up all the courage he had, and rushed over to inject Lorenzo with the Florund potion.
He wiped the sweat with his sleeve. Now was not the time to pay attention to etiquette.
"I'm ok."
Lorenzo answered briefly, with a serious look on his face.
Immediately afterwards, he proved all this with his actions. He put away the folding knife, and the remaining armor fell off, falling to the ground sporadically, making a metallic knocking sound.
"It's Dean Lawrence."
He said to the walking kestrel.
"He arrived here through the [gap] shuttle, but fortunately I repelled him."
It should have been repelled, otherwise he would have been occupied by Dean Lawrence at this moment.
Kestrel asked with a look of horror on his face.
"Are you sure?"
This is the Mechanical Institute. Although it is in the name of scientific research, this is a fortress of war, with countless heavy firepower built in. Below is the mysterious perpetually moving pump.
The vast industrial area mine is the best battlefield. Even if there are tens of millions of demons invading, they can repel them with their powerful firepower. But now this most relied on barrier is useless, and the invisible enemy can easily arrive. Got here.
Lorenzo nodded. Although he didn't want to admit it, it was just like this. Their enemies became more and more cunning and terrifying. The kestrel had never reached the [Gap], just like people who had never seen the sea. Regarding what Lorenzo said Of course he can't understand it, or he can't understand it so clearly.
It wasn't until this fact appeared in front of him that he felt the terrifying power of it so clearly.
Lorenzo put the folding knife into his arms, ignored Kestrel's subtle expression, and whispered in a low voice.
“It’s scary because it’s invisible.”
This is the demon, this is the unknown mystery.
"Seleu, come with me."
Lorenzo suddenly turned his head and said to the girl beside him.
Seliu was a little unclear about what Lorenzo was going to do, but out of some reliance on trust, he still walked out obediently.
The atmosphere was a little strange, or rather from the moment Lorenzo woke up.
When Kestrel was about to say something, Lorenzo interrupted him directly and said.
"Collect his body and send it to the Everlasting Pump. Maybe something will be found."
"Can……"
He wanted to say something else, but suddenly saw Lorenzo's eyes, and the rest of his words were suddenly suppressed, and his thoughts were interrupted.
It was not the look that a human being should have, it was like the reverberation after being possessed by a demon, peeking out at little bits of scarlet.
"Yahwei, go prepare your weapons and follow Kestrel. He will equip them for you."
He turned his head and said to Yawei again.
"I?"
"Yes, our enemies are terrible. Even if you are an old man, you have to take action, right?"
Lorenzo replied coldly.
Yawei found it difficult to refute this guy for a moment. He paused and walked to Kestrel's side.
Everyone started to move. According to Lorenzo's idea, hurried footsteps sounded nearby. Lorenzo seemed to be in a hurry. He picked up the box containing Florund's potion, and then pulled Seleu up. With his hands, he walked quickly in the corridor. His steps were very long, and it was very difficult for Seliu to keep up with him.
"Where are we going?"
Seliu asked hesitantly. She could feel that something was about to happen and she was a little uneasy.
"Mousetrap."
Lorenzo said pretending to be relaxed.
"You are the cheese on the clamp, and Dean Lawrence is the nasty rat. We have to lead him to the trap."
"But didn't you fight him off?"
"If he could really give up so easily, he would no longer be Dean Lawrence."
Lorenzo responded, his pace suddenly stopped, and he pulled Seleu into the nearby warehouse. A group of soldiers happened to pass by the door.
Seleu watched all this quietly, Lorenzo was avoiding them for some unknown reason.
……
"This is probably not going to a 'mousetrap'."
Selyu asked during the silent march.
The huge fortress has been left behind, and the cold wind has stirred up thick dust, which is mixed with the burned cinders, like a gray wind passing by.
Seleu could only close his eyes to avoid it, but the demon hunter stood like a stone pillar in it.
After waiting for the strong wind to pass, the dust-covered train platform in the desolate mining field is there. Because of the vastness of the industrial area, people usually take a train to leave here.
"I know."
Lorenzo responded casually. He looked at Seleu, his gaze made the girl a little scared. No one knew what Lorenzo was thinking. He seemed to be a different person since he just woke up.
The train started moving slowly. Strangely, Lorenzo and Seleu were the only ones on the train. The desolate scenery began to retreat rapidly. They were moving away from the mechanical yard and away from the strict protection.
"Were you... trying to drive them away before?"
Seleu asked in silence.
Kestrel and Yawei actually didn't need to do that, but Lorenzo needed it. He needed them to leave so that they could leave easily.
Lorenzo nodded. He tilted his chin and looked out the window, looking at the distant place. This would make his eyes more comfortable.
Because of the special status of the demon hunters, no one stopped them on the way out, and the two people walked out of it so openly.
"We're not going to go into a 'mousetrap', right?"
Seleu asked again.
She doesn't know where the train will end up, and she doesn't know what Lorenzo wants to do. At this moment, all power and status are useless... not even as useful as a dagger.
Lorenzo slowly moved his gaze towards her. This time Lorenzo did not avoid Seleu's gaze, and this time Seleu could not see anything in those gray-blue pupils, which were covered by the gray mist. All, so that no one can see his thoughts.
But at this moment Lorenzo suddenly showed an abnormal smile, he said.
"Actually, I'm thinking about something, Seliu."
"what's up?"
"About sacrificing Eve."
Lorenzo clasped his hands together, placed them on the table, and sat up straight.
This was a question that Seliu had asked him before. Maybe she didn't expect that this would be a problem that trapped the demon hunter.
"I wonder if I'm a hypocrite."
"It's also to eradicate the demon. Why can I sacrifice Eve without hesitation, but I hesitate to do it to you?"
Lorenzo recalled his original mood, and everything seemed to have an answer.
"What's the answer?"
Seleu lowered her guard, she leaned on her face and looked at Lorenzo.
The train crossed a long distance, crushing all the debris on the rails and bringing up whistling dust like a moving python.
"Not the optimal solution."
Lorenzo directly denied his previous answer.
"anger."
He replied.
"Human beings need motivation, just like a machine. We need to burn something to move ourselves forward, and so-called ideals and so-called emotions are the best fuel."
Just like in some ridiculous story book, as long as the protagonist of the story becomes angry, even the so-called god can be knocked down with one punch.
"Stay angry."
Seleu said softly.
"A rage that never goes out. It's the perfect fuel."
Lorenzo said calmly, it is hard to imagine how hot and boiling is hidden under this calm demeanor.
That kind of anger made Lorenzo survive the night of Holy Advent. It was also the same kind of anger that made him overcome the obstacles and come to Old Dunling. It was also the kind of anger that made him draw the nail sword again.
"For me, let alone sacrificing Eve at that time, even if I died, as long as I could kill Dean Lawrence, I would be satisfied."
That's why we are so indifferent to life.
Looking up, Lorenzo picked up a cigarette, and he looked at the sky, puffing.
"Tsk, is that all?"
Seleu's performance far exceeded Lorenzo's expectations. She spoke with disdain, as if she didn't care about Lorenzo's speech.
"Lorenzo, you know what? In fact, people like you should go to hell."
"The most perfect death for you is to die with the demons."
She started to perform as she spoke, with many strange expressions on her indifferent face, her teeth bared and her claws waving.
"Think about it, the great Mr. Holmes, after fighting all night, cut off all the weapons, and finally he began to kill the enemy with fists, claws, teeth... with all the weapons at his disposal."
"Bite the monsters' throats and strangle them to the ground with your elbows... When you are exhausted, you will be penetrated by the monsters, and finally die facing the rising sun."
Seliu acted out the tragic scene of death, and no one could have imagined that her facial expressions were so rich.
"Actually, you are really good at guessing, as long as you think about everything to the monster."
"But Lorenzo, don't you think... your life is a bit too monotonous? The only difference between you and those ascetics is that you are an ascetic who fights and kills. You have to recite holy words before going to bed every day, hoping to kill monsters. The sword will be sharper."
She continued talking like a chatterbox.
"Yawei took me to many dinner parties of big figures. In fact, everyone is just like you, ambitious and full of anger, but what they want is power and wealth. Only you want the death of demons."
"So why do you want to kill the demon so much? Doctrine? Or faith in God, or some damn love and peace?"
Lorenzo was left speechless by what she said, and the girl regained the initiative.
"Lorenzo, too much anger is not a good thing, you will be burned by your own anger... This is a dead end, a road of self-destruction."
Seleu looked at him, at this monster driven by anger and hatred.
"Then for this long-cherished wish, I can be sacrificed, right?"
Lorenzo answered after a long silence.
"I am not sure."
He looked like he had a headache.
"Actually, before sacrificing Eve, I didn't expect that I would be the one to make such a decision."
"But sometimes that's the case. It's only when things really happen that you realize who you are and what decisions you make."
The honorable become despicable, the villain becomes noble, the warriors break up and flee, but the cowards stand up.
Sometimes human beings are such strange, sad things built of contradictions.
"Then do you regret it?"
"……I am not sure."
Lorenzo laughed somewhat self-deprecatingly.
"I didn't think about that at all at the time. I just wanted to kill Dean Lawrence. I also knew that he was very strong and I might die... But who cares about what happens after death?"
Just like what he said to Sabo at that time, death is death and there is nothing.
There is no hatred, no anger, no power to confuse people's hearts, and no those glorious gods. It is just a gray void, which makes people sleep in eternal silence.
"You're like a coward running away."
"I just don't want you to say that."
The two looked at each other briefly, and Seleu sighed helplessly. She knew exactly what the situation was now, and she was unable to resist. Looking at the fortress that was gradually going away, she said.
"So are you going to do something crazy next? Some hell of a path to destruction?"
Lorenzo deliberately took himself away from the jurisdiction of the purification agency. During that short period of time, Lorenzo must have thought of something that made him make such a decision.
"Is your current behavior considered betrayal? Arthur must really want to kill you now."
Then she said again.
"It doesn't matter, he doesn't have this idea every day anyway."
Lorenzo looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.
The train stopped slowly. As long as you leave here, you will officially leave the jurisdiction of the purification agency. It is strange that there are no pursuers after such a long time. It is like someone has prepared an escape route for Luo in advance. Renzo.
"Aren't you afraid, Seleu."
None of them moved as they looked at the open car door.
Seleu looked at the mocking look on Lorenzo's face.
"So you 'held' me hostage until I got here, and then you thought of asking the person involved how he feels?"
She stood up directly and walked towards the car door, regardless of Lorenzo's somewhat shocked eyes.
Seliu has always been like this, hard to see through. She is obviously a little kid, but she always looks like an adult... In fact, she will indeed be an adult in a few days.
"Lorenzo, you rescued me from Gaulnaro, so now it's my turn to help you complete that damn road of destruction."
She looked at Lorenzo, majestic as iron.
"We're both cleared."
(End of this chapter)