Embers of Embers

Chapter 177 Blood of Steel
The crowd was bustling, like a group of migrating penguins, too crowded, the sound echoed under the empty curved dome, every subtle sound was amplified in the constant echo, the chaotic whispers seemed a bit noisy, just like their It's like talking in your ear.
When you raise your head, you can see the historical clock. In the ticking sound, the gears engage and rotate with each other, slowly pushing time. The steel cantilever beams are like the skeleton of the building, unfolding under the dome behind it. As the steam train slowly enters the station along the tracks, you will see the mist rising with the sound of the whistle, just like the breath of this steel giant.
The old Dunling Central Railway Station is one of the important hubs of the entire city. The railway tracks starting from here are like blood vessels, spreading over the land of Inverg. From here, you can go to any place in Inlweg.
"I still think this trip is unreliable."
"It doesn't matter, just stay with me to get creative inspiration."
In the crowded crowd, someone spoke.
Lorenzo took Seleu and walked through the crowded sea of ​​people. During the short trip, they visited a clothing store, changed their clothes, and dressed themselves up to be more ordinary... Of course, they paid in Winches. Damn, this damn thing works like a credit card.
Lorenzo held a lit cigarette in his mouth and wore brown sunglasses to hide his sharp gaze. Seleu put on a brown newsboy hat to hide the long pale golden hair like Lorenzo. rise.
Although it was clear that Lorenzo had deviated from the action of the purification agency and "held" herself hostage, Seliu did not feel like she was being held hostage at all. When robbing the clothing store, she also bought some candies and put them in her pocket. Inside, take one out from time to time.
She looked extremely leisurely, not caring about what would happen next or her previous anger. It seemed as if nothing had happened. She was just like an ordinary girl, waiting for her train on the platform. The train is heading for an unknown journey.
"So where are you going next?"
Seleu raised her head and asked. The crowd was too crowded, and she could only hold Lorenzo tightly to prevent him from being scattered.
"You'll know."
Lorenzo didn't look at her, but looked at the clock hanging in the lobby of the waiting room.He looked like he was in a hurry.
Inside the train station is a dome made of glass. You can see that the sun has set, and the decadent light has fallen gently, reflecting on the bronze statue in the center of the hall.
It is a statue of a knight holding a sword. It seems to be modeled after a real person. You can see the shadow of his past on that powerful face. There are words about the statue engraved on the base of the statue. .
This is a statue commemorating the glorious war, commemorating those soldiers who died because of Inlwig, it stands like a rock against the current in this crowded sea of ​​people.
"It's our time."
Lorenzo said suddenly.
Before Seleu could figure out the situation, Lorenzo took her hand and hurried to the platform.
Now the purification agency must be looking for them all over the world. Logically speaking, with the degree of control the purification agency has over the old Dunling, Seliu feels that they can't even get out of the industrial area, but now they are about to leave the old Dunling. What is the so-called The pursuers have not come yet.
There seems to be a big web of conspiracy.
There were travelers walking around, and Seliu thought of something else. Maybe the purification agency had arrived, but it was just not easy to attack. This is the old Dunling Central Railway Station. The flow of people here is extremely large every day. Once you choose to come here, Take action, let alone the horrific civilian casualties, and even the secret of the demon can no longer be kept from the public.
"You're looking more and more like a terrorist."
Seryu whispered.
"I just have my own ideas and purposes... but it won't be useful to tell them. Yawei won't understand, and neither will Kestrel. Arthur will even kill me before I finish speaking."
"Behead first and show later?"
"I've done it first, but we have to survive before we can do it later."
The voices of the two were relaxed, but they were saying terrible things.
There are busking musicians playing on the edge of the crowd, and a hundred years ago there would be poets reciting ancient stories there.
The steam train slowly entered the station. When the door opened, some hot steam came out and condensed into small droplets on the girl's hair. Her face was red and she was chewing candy.
Lorenzo threw away the cigarette butt and looked at her, his cold face couldn't help but smile a little.
"You look like a normal kid like this."
"What do you mean, candy?"
Lorenzo nodded and continued.
"Actually, I think it's really boring for a kid like you to pretend to be mature."
"Then what do you think is the 'maturity' that a little kid should have?"
"Hmm...about what age you are and what you do."
Lorenzo said seriously.
"Have fun when you're old enough to play, study hard when you're old enough to study, and recognize your current situation is the best way to mature. There's no need to pretend to be sophisticated or deep, that makes me feel like an old monster. Living in the body of a child.”
Seleu lowered her head so that Lorenzo could not see her expression.
"Then do you want a piece of candy?"
She said suddenly, and then raised her hand. There was a candy in her white hand, and the candy wrapper was colorful.
Lorenzo was stunned, then picked up the candy, peeled off the wrapper and put it in his mouth.
Seeing him eating the candy, Seliu laughed strangely, with a cunning look like a snow fox stealing food.
"It's poisonous."
Lorenzo's expression changed immediately, and then a strange taste spread in his mouth, but he didn't make any unnecessary reaction. He just stared at Seliu, as if he couldn't bear the scrutiny of his eyes. Seliu waved his hand. .
"It's just weird candy."
Chewing hard, Lorenzo swallowed the strange taste as much as possible, looking at Seleu with a strange look.
"You actually like this taste."
"No, this is specially prepared for you. What if you think it's poison and draw your sword to chop me?"
Seliu said casually.
Although she looked cheerful, she still looked very angry. Under the power of the witcher, she could not say escape. Even if someone came to rescue her, she didn't think they could beat Lorenzo, so she came up with this prank. similar thoughts.
If Lorenzo really thought it was poison, drew the knife and cut himself, and instead followed Seleu's wishes, Lorenzo needed her cheese to lure out the damn big rat, which would destroy Lorenzo's A good thing is the only revenge she can do.
"Poison can't kill the demon hunter. After all, secret blood is the most powerful poison."
Lorenzo answered calmly, not sure if it was to defend himself or something else.
"You don't think I won't poison you, do you?"
Seliu suddenly asked curiously, his eyes sparkling with gold.
Lorenzo found it difficult to deal with Seleu like this. He remained silent and did not respond. A whistle sounded, urging the passengers, and he pulled Seleu quickly onto the train.
The girl looked at the figure that was more than a head taller than her, paused for a long time, and snickered that Lorenzo couldn't see.
The situation between the two is a bit delicate. According to normal logic, Seleucid and Lorenzo are already in opposition, but the two have extremely reliable trust in each other.
Lorenzo believed that the damn candy was not poison, and Seleu also believed that the road to destruction would not require his own sacrifice... maybe.
Everyone is hesitant and confused, and the so-called trust is also in jeopardy, waiting for the moment of rupture.
But the more this happens, the more Seliu smiles. At this moment, there is no title that binds her.
It's like a heartless final journey. The return journey is already determined anyway, so it's better to have fun on the road and enjoy what you have.
"Did you buy the ticket in advance?"
The carriage is not crowded, everyone has their own seat, and there is a dining car moving around in the middle.
Seliu was a little surprised. She thought she would escape with Lorenzo, or use Winchester to gently give up her seat to some lucky passenger.
But now it seems that Lorenzo has been prepared for a long time. This action was not a spur of the moment, but premeditated.
"Do you want anything to eat? The journey will be long."
Lorenzo asked.
Seliu sat next to him, and there was an empty seat opposite him. It seemed that there were still passengers who had not yet arrived.
"May I know where to go?"
Seliu was very curious about the end point of this sudden journey.
"north."
Lorenzo stretched his arms, allowing himself to stretch.
"But isn't the north a wilderness?"
Seliu still knows this bit of geographical knowledge. The north of Yin Erweg is an endless wilderness and frozen sea. There are no resources to exploit, the living environment is harsh, and there are few people there.
"Actually, it stopped a long time ago."
Lorenzo recalled what Merlin said to him. At that time, in order to ensure the equivalence of value, Lorenzo confessed a lot of information about the Demon Hunting Order, and out of mutual trust, Merlin also confessed a lot about themselves. Although Lorenzo couldn't understand most of the things, he felt like he had been cheated.
"Now Inverg's industrial development has reached a bottleneck."
He said this first.
"Restricting development is not a technical issue, but a fuel issue."
"fuel?"
"Yes, the Perpetual Pump has discovered some highly flammable liquids in the north, thick black liquids. The thermal energy they release is far more powerful than existing fuels."
"So this group of people started developing the north more than ten years ago. They dug more of this liquid underground. Once the technology breaks through, it will be the fuel that changes the world. So they have been developing it in secret until now. It’s beginning to take shape.”
Lorenzo looked at the far north. Failure to take a course related to mechanics was probably his biggest regret in his course career.
"With scale, you need logistical supplies. In order to prevent others from discovering abnormalities, they developed a set of tourist routes to take everyone to see the snow scenery in the cold winter."
Lorenzo glanced at the almost full car, maybe the person who made this plan never thought that there would be so many neurotics who are not afraid of the cold.
"It's said to be tourism, but what we're transporting is logistical supplies."
Lorenzo said and moved his eyes back to the carriage. As the train moved slowly, the last group of passengers boarded the train, and the crowd at the end was a little crowded.
"Sounds interesting."
Seleu said.
"Of course."
Lorenzo recalled Merlin's excited expression at that time.
"They call that thing blood."
"blood?"
Lorenzo nodded.
"The blood of industry."
(End of this chapter)