Embers of Embers

Chapter 26 Not the End
Before he finished speaking, the stabbing sword flew out like a snake, swift and deadly. The blade cut the air and erupted into a sharp whistle.
It's hard to imagine that such a body could burst out with such power, and this time his target is Eve, and he wants to get back his lucky coin.
The hallucination disturbed Lorenzo, and he couldn't keep up with Sabo for a while. The girl just watched Sabo's arrival, and then raised the revolver in her hand.
That was the revolver named Deathstroke. In Eve's eyes, the world was equally distorted, but that didn't mean she would sit still and wait for death.
The trigger was pulled, but the expected death knell did not sound.
Eve was stunned for a moment and then suddenly understood everything. She really wanted to yell at Lorenzo. This man is really a scumbag. From the beginning, there were only five bullets in the revolver, just like in the Phoenix Manor at that time. Like a ladder, he uses people's "common sense."
This is why he is so confident, because this bastard knew from the beginning that there were no bullets in the bullet chamber, what a bullshit gambler, all this was his trick.
The sharp stabbing sword arrived in the blink of an eye, and the sharp sword gently brushed Eve's cheek with the roar of the wind. Lady Luck did not favor anyone. Now Sabo's attack also failed to hit due to blood loss and hallucinations, and then the sharp staff sword It penetrated his body and came out from behind his chest, like a spear of execution, nailing Sabo to the ground.
"Eve! Don't be stunned!"
Lorenzo didn't look like he wanted to explain his terrible deception, so he yelled instead.
Eve was not aware of Lorenzo's actions, but then she heard the voices coming from all directions.
It was a panicked pace, and there was a dull sound when stepping on the stone bricks, and a low hum accompanied by the moans and whispers of heaven filled the ears.
Looking at the fallen people under the high platform, they stood up strangely. They stood up twisted in a way that humans could never do. Their eyes were piercing white, and they were slowly pacing among them like zombies.
"Is it a hallucination..."
Eve's strong heart almost collapsed again. Under the influence of hallucinogens, she could no longer distinguish between hallucinations and reality.
"I don't know, I just know it's time for us to go."
Lorenzo took the cigarette in his mouth and sucked hard. The refreshing herbs were taking effect, and his vision began to become clearer.
"Then...this guy...Lorenzo!"
Eve originally wanted to ask how to deal with Sabo. After all, there were not many clues obtained so far, but when she moved her gaze towards Sabo, the body that was supposed to be dead moved again.
That was no longer the vitality of a mortal, it was simply a weird scene that could appear in weird legends. When he saw that he grabbed the blade of the sword and lifted himself up from the ground little by little, the blood had already drained from the damaged wound. Only the pale bones can be seen inside, there are no screams of pain, only whimpering laughter.
"Death...is not the end."
Suddenly remembering what Sabo said before, Lorenzo whispered.
"It's coins!"
Eve exclaimed, apparently discovering something.
Sabo's weird body slowly stood up, holding his lucky coin in his broken hand. Then the ferocious iron surface slowly cracked, and the dark mouth directly swallowed the coin and his palm alive. The canine teeth tore through the blood and bones, making a chilling sound.
"Is it... a hallucination?"
The girl held on to the sword and gun tightly. This was the only way she could keep herself calm on the edge of madness.
"that's not important."
Lorenzo said coldly.
It was a weird stalemate, but suddenly a more roaring sound resounded. As the sound sounded, the entire hall trembled. The gorgeous chandelier shook violently, and the crystal structures collided with each other and made a crisp sound. , and then endless dust fell.
It seemed like a giant was stamping its feet on the ground, but then the sounds sounded one after another, and only then did Eve hear clearly that it was the sound of exploding artillery shells.
What is happening on the surface?
But before he could think about these, the lights in the hall flickered on and off with the violent shock. In the blink of an eye, Sabo's twisted body disappeared strangely.
Perhaps because she had suffered too much such weird stimulation, Eve managed to calm down.
"He disappeared."
"I know."
Lorenzo's voice was very calm. At this moment, the great detective had an unspeakable feeling. He stared at the place where Sabo disappeared before, wondering what he was thinking.
But after that, the endless footsteps sounded again, and at some point the dance floor was filled with guards armed with guns. Under the influence of hallucinogens, each of them was extremely crazy.
It's an elevator. This used to be a dueling ground. At that time, the gladiators were preparing on the dance floor, which was the underground of the arena. When the cheers started, they appeared from the underground elevator, and the guards were hidden under it.
One wave after another broke out, and random gunshots washed the high platform with bullets.
He picked up the shotgun and fired at the painted glass behind him. The glass shattered and flew, and a small room appeared. Just as Lorenzo thought, Sabo had been observing him here before.
After taking Eve and climbing in, the room was filled with a strange feeling.
"Eve, hold on here. We occupy the high ground and they can't get up for the time being."
Throwing his Winchester directly over, Lorenzo strode towards the room.
"what are you going to do?"
After catching the shotgun, Eve realized that it was so heavy, but it was so light in Lorenzo's hand. It was hard to imagine how strong the detective's arm was.
"Clue, Sabo didn't tell us enough."
The brass mask had a complicated expression, and there was something wrong with Lorenzo's expression after Sabo disappeared.
"How do we get out after that?"
Eve yelled, she was still more concerned about how to leave. Everything tonight had a huge impact on her psychology.
"Then it's up to you."
Lorenzo said calmly.
"I?"
Eve couldn't figure out what this had to do with herself.
Lorenzo looked back at the hall, which was filled with hallucinogens. There was no pollution here, and Lorenzo's consciousness gradually became clearer.
"I don't know how many guards there are outside. The most reliable way is not to fight our way out, but to ask others to rescue us."
Lorenzo said as he rummaged through the boxes.
"So a few hours before the operation I gave a letter boy a silver coin to deliver a letter for me."
Looking up at the confusion on Eve's face, Lorenzo continued.
"Actually, I know the location here. Xiacheng District is so big, and each gang's territory is fixed, so I wrote the location here and your name in a letter and gave it to Su Yalan Hall.
Think about it, an anonymous letter tells you that the Princess of the Phoenix family has appeared in downtown, and she is also the police detective of Surya Hall... If I were the police chief, I would lead all the mounted police to storm the downtown area, otherwise wait for him It would be the wrath of the Phoenix family. "
Everything is under control. Lorenzo is preparing for this after learning Eve's true identity. As long as Eve is still by his side, Su Alan Hall will rescue him no matter what.
Lorenzo had been looking at his watch before, waiting for this opportunity. When Su Aran Hall attacked, it was the moment for him to retreat.
"And the authenticity of this matter is easy to confirm. All we have to do is call the Phoenix Manor and ask if you are here."
Everything is so precise and seamless.
Eve shot the guard's head off with one shot, and his body fell down the stairs.After hearing all this, the girl suddenly felt a little dazed, and then she cursed angrily.
"You use me!"
"It's a win-win!"
"Lorenzo, you are a scumbag!"
"And now only I, a scumbag, can take you out alive!"
The staff sword struck the wall fiercely. It was unclear what kind of metal the blade was made of. It was so slender and light and extremely hard at the same time.
A secret door was forced open by Lorenzo's slash, and a dark corner of the iron door was revealed, barely allowing people to pass through.
"It's all over!"
Eve came in with a shotgun, and the girl was angry. She didn't cry when she faced the hellish scene before, but now she was in tears.
"They will definitely use this to stop me from becoming a police detective. It's all because of you!"
"Calm down Detective! Do you think I didn't consider you?"
Looking at Eve's posture, it seemed that she would fire at Lorenzo in the next second. Now Lorenzo felt a little regretful for giving her the gun.
"As long as they can't catch you, none of this is true! It's just an anonymous letter and has no credibility. As long as you don't get caught, no one will know that you are here. That letter has no effect!"
"You said before that confirmation can be confirmed with just one phone call!"
"Yes! But that only confirms that you are not in Phoenix Manor. You can be anywhere tonight, just not here!"
Even if there are many doubts tonight, with Eve's identity, Su Yalan Hall can only suffer the loss of being dumb.
Lorenzo said as he grabbed Eve's skirt and pulled it open forcefully. There was no glamorous scene. Tight casual clothes and weapons appeared under it. Like magic, the delicate princess suddenly turned into an iron-blooded woman. Valkyrie.
"If you want to kill or chop her, wait until we get out, okay? You don't want the next day's Queen's Daily to be about the damn news that the Phoenix princess died in the lower city!"
As Lorenzo said, he took the shotgun from Eve's hand and pulled the trigger. The guards on the high platform fell to the ground, but even so, the bodies were still twisting. Under the influence of the hallucinogen, these people faced It was a view that Lorenzo did not understand.
Feeling no pain, driven only by pure desire.
In an instant, thunder seemed to surge through Lorenzo's body. It was a chill from the bottom of his heart, just like the instinct of a creature. Those nerves were beating on Lorenzo's brain to warn him of what was to come.
He saw it.
There seemed to be thousands of crows flying and reverberating in this small hall. The miserable crows gathered together, rising and falling to form an obscure and incomprehensible murmur. It seemed that there was an ancient existence through the crowd. The mouth of the raven spoke of this vile curse.
All the light disappeared in an instant, and there was darkness in his vision. The sudden arrival of night reminded Lorenzo of his spiritual vision. The same was true there, the light faded and darkness enveloped everything.
Without any hesitation, Eve was pushed into the secret door and Lorenzo followed. At the same time, the muzzle of the shotgun burst out with dazzling fire. This was the only light source in the dark night, only a momentary point. , but it illuminated that ferocious corner of the darkness.
Accompanied by whispers of hatred, countless hands stained with blood stretched out from the edge of the high platform, and the joints twisted and deformed to lift the bloated body. It was difficult to describe that kind of thing. At first glance, it looked like a huge deformed body. The meat ball is like pushing hundreds of people into a meat grinder and then splicing their broken bodies together.
The fleeting light disappeared, and the moment the door was closed, a huge impact came from behind the door. It was a numbing sound, and the sharp low roar cut the eardrums, as if countless nails were scratching the door. .
"what is that……"
The girl's voice in the darkness seemed to be frightened, but Lorenzo was still calm, but it is more appropriate to describe it as skillful than calm. He was so familiar with it all that he even knew what would happen next.
"Is it a hallucination?"
Eve's voice was filled with panic, and Lorenzo's cold voice answered her.
"Hallucinations operate directly on our minds, so essentially we don't see the same illusion."
Can’t see the same illusion…
The girl seemed to understand something, and her voice became trembling.
"You mean... that's true?"
Illusion and reality overlap in everything, and the nightmare in ancient legends comes to the world tonight.
Lorenzo did not answer Eve's question, but whispered what Sabo had said.
"It's something that's untouchable, incomprehensible, and unsightly."
Pulling the trigger, the shotgun's fire once again illuminated the dark secret passage. The bullets left dozens of bullet holes on the iron door. Blood gushes out from the hot bullet holes, and in the gap between the iron door There was flesh and blood trying to squeeze in, and they were slender tentacles that slowly swayed like hairs with the flow of air.
"The people involved are either dead...or crazy..."
Lorenzo's whisper turned into a roar. He grabbed Eve and rushed towards the depths of the secret passage. Immediately afterwards, the iron door burst apart, and a red tide of blood poured out of it along with the smelly blood and wailing. Come.
(End of this chapter)