Embers of Embers

Chapter 41 The Secret Blood Mystery
That is a long history, hidden in the dark side of the world. Everyone who understands its significance will remain silent, and will only pass on the secret when they leave.
"The one who initially fought against demons was the Evangelical Church. To be precise, it was the Demon Hunting Order, a secret organization under the Evangelical Church."
Lorenzo began to talk about the history that should have been forgotten. His vision was blurry, and he could vaguely see the people holding up torches to expose themselves to the dark night.
"In the beginning, humans were unable to fight against demons. The only way to defeat them was to rely on human lives. It was the darkest and most difficult era. We could only hide behind the fortress and shiver, or sacrifice our own kind to quell the demon's invasion. It was a bloody time, until one day someone said he was under the will of God."
Eve is fascinated by Lorenzo's story.
"God's will?"
Lorenzo nodded and continued, like all myths and grotesques, there is always one person who pioneered everything.
"He said that he had received God's will, saying that there was a sacred place in the north that could get rid of demons, so he gathered a group of people who believed in his words. Those people should be the first believers in the world. They traveled through the dark land, I left the kingdom by boat, and after countless years, headed for the frost-covered north and set foot on the uninhabited ice field."
"Many years later, everyone forgot about them, and the only people who remembered thought they died on the road. But suddenly one day those people came back, carrying bronze jars sealed with gold and holy silver, on which were The craftsmanship was far beyond what the technology of the time could achieve, as if gods and ghosts were imprisoned on the metal, with their ferocious faces guarding the knowledge within.
There are books written in ancient languages. Except for the person who received God's will, only the believers who moved forward with him can understand those books. After many years, they finally translated the book. . "
As Lorenzo whispered, the connection with the strangeness became more and more profound, and Eve had a strange feeling, as if she had entered a new world.
The melodious sound of the piano came from the street, and the low prayers echoed in the room. At this time, the two realized that there was an urban church nearby. It seemed that there were some activities today. The organ was playing brilliant music, and the believers Whispering prayers.
"They named that book the Gospel, and the Gospel Church appeared, and it was built on seven hills, and the Seven Hills rose from the barren land, and then came the expansion of the faith, the Holy Gospel The Papal State appeared on the map of that world."
This is the reason for the appearance of that ancient group, with the color of myth and epic, which made Eve forget her abnormality for a while.
"Of course I won't believe this. It's just a story. Anyone can make it up. But what is certain is that the "Gospel" is not that simple, and it actually has two parts. The first one is the "Gospel" that everyone knows. It preaches God and faith, while the other one is only circulated within the church."
Picking up a cigarette, Lorenzo smoked it vigorously, and the smoke rose. This is where the secret is really involved.
"The name of the other book is "Revelation". Just as the "Gospel" established the Evangelical Church, "The Book of Revelation" established the Demon Hunting Order in the darkness. There is no god or belief. What is in that book is only about demons. knowledge."
That is the most mysterious knowledge in the depths of the world, but now it was spoken out by Lorenzo casually. It was obviously wealth obtained with the blood of countless people, but it seemed worthless in Lorenzo's mouth. .
"After having faith, the evangelical church integrated most of the people at that time and established the Kingdom of God for humans in the dark world, but this was not enough, not enough to fight against demons. So the believers at that time used God's The name opened the Book of Revelation and established the Demon Hunting Order."
"Facing the threat of death, human beings are far more terrible than we realize."
Lorenzo said and laughed again, sarcastically.
"Abandoning ethics and morality, without any bottom line, just to live."
"...What did you do?"
Eve felt a little bad, her body was very cold, as if there were snakes wrapped around her, and the cold scales scratched her skin.
"If you want to kill a demon, you must first become a demon."
It was the bell-like speech that hit Eve's heart. She felt it, the feeling of deepening connection, the strange feeling that could not be explained but was clearly visible. There was something more in this world for her, just like A hell of a machine, she was just an ordinary operator before, but now more functions are opened to it.
"Demons are very strange. Their vitality is surprisingly tenacious. They don't need to eat too much. They have the power to tear apart armor easily. They also have the ability to erode our will. We can't kill them even by burning them with flames or slashing them with swords. , compared with them, human beings are so fragile..."
Eve stared at Lorenzo, her breathing couldn't stop hurriedly, and her heartbeat echoed clearly in her ears.
The door opened, the dark door.
"You...you..."
Eve guessed something, but she didn't dare to say it. The emotion called fear rose from the bottom of her heart, like a spirit of speech. She felt that when she told the terrible fact, that fact would become a reality.
Lorenzo smiled slightly, as if he didn't expect Eve's reaction to be so quick, he said.
"This technique is called 'Secret Blood'."
"We kill those demons, extract the blood from them through a series of complex processes called alchemy, and then take it. It can make us as powerful as demons, but full of uncontrollability. According to the records of the Order , at first people who consumed the secret blood were disposable items, their sanity could only last for a few minutes, and then they completely fell into darkness and became a member of the demon."
"Although the side effects are huge, at least we won once from the hands of the demon. Next is the long experimental stage. The experimental subject was locked in an iron cage, with dozens of people pointing iron spears at him. Once he failed, he would Will be penetrated and killed immediately..."
"This... is crazy!"
Just listening to Lorenzo tell Eve could feel the dark despair, and she sat on the sofa like a frightened little animal.
"Can you accept this?"
"Compared to the fact that humans can no longer live in fear, these prices are really cheap."
Lorenzo said calmly, no one can judge the dark history at will.
"This kind of experiment lasted for hundreds of years until the emergence of the first generation of stable bodies. They could control the power of demons but also maintain their sanity. They were qualified for the secret blood and were also the first batch of demon hunters. They were human beings. For the first time, I have the power to fight the demon head-on."
Raising his hand, the wound on Lorenzo's arm was slowly healing, and he looked at Eve with a smile.
"Saab died simply because he was not a qualified person. His body could not withstand the pressure of the secret blood. But you are different. Eve, I guess you became a qualified person a long time ago, but you didn't know it at all."
This is the reason Lorenzo thinks. Eve is also a qualified person with secret blood, but she has never realized this in her long life.
"how is this possible!"
Eve screamed, she couldn't figure out how she could be related to this kind of thing. The memories of the past kept looking back in front of her eyes. It was obviously such a familiar past, but now it was covered with a layer of illusion.
"This is the only result, just like a mathematical formula. No matter how outrageous the result is, the formula will not lie. That is the only correct result. Just like you, you have secret blood, you are still alive and healthy. For so long, if it hadn’t been for everything tonight, your secret blood might have been immersed in your body forever, and you wouldn’t wake up until the day you die.”
The great detective spoke his reasoning like a cruel fate.
"You must have been exposed to it at some point in the past, and you have established a connection with darkness since then..."
He said, but suddenly stopped, and cold sweat slowly flowed. Lorenzo raised his head and looked at the patterned ceiling. His eyes seemed to penetrate the material and reach the sky. He tried to see that Man, the one who controls destiny.
It seems that there is some unknown existence, it may be a god or something else, it is secretly controlling the thin thread of fate. Eve has already established a connection with the darkness since a long time ago, and the darkness has never let her go. It's just that the time has been postponed to now.
To a certain extent, it was not Lorenzo who found Eve that started this crazy night, but the long-standing connection that caused Eve to be found by him, just like the fate of Kungunil, who did not know how many years ago it It had been thrown out with Eve's fate, and it has continued throughout this crazy night until today.
This is destiny.
　I went out for an interview, probably the second update, I tried my best.
　
(End of this chapter)