Embers of Embers

Chapter 536 Scam
The night owl flew low in the sky, emitting an ethereal sound. The sound echoed across the city, hovering above the fireworks, and after a short period of time, it spread and fell into everyone's ears.
Garen got out of the way, revealing the door behind him. The deputy seemed unwilling to give up resistance just like that. His hand was still holding the dagger tightly, and then Garen raised his hand to stop his actions.
"They won't kill the lord."
Garen's face was a little pale due to pain and blood loss, but his tone was very confident, as if he had confirmed this.
Lorenzo's hand was already pressed against the door. When he heard Gallon's words, he took his hand back and looked at him incomprehensively.
"Is this the reason for your obedience? But why do you think so?"
"Because you want to go to the Sea of ​​Silence, isn't it? I feel it from you. You are also a monster from the Sea of ​​Silence, right?" Garen coughed violently, then smiled, and looked at Shrike again, "And you , you long for revenge, don't you?"
"So...how do you make someone give up revenge?"
Garen looked into Shrike's eyes and asked softly.
There was no answer, and he didn't even have time to answer. Garen slowly sat down against the wall and tightened the bandage on his ankle. The pain made him gasp for a while, and then he spoke with difficulty.
"That would make him lose the pleasure of revenge..."
Shrike frowned, clenched the death knell in his hand, and put it on Garen's forehead. As long as he pulled the trigger, Garen's head would explode into a ball of blood mist in an instant.
Garen shook his head and looked at Shrike without fear. No matter life or death, he had nothing to lose tonight.
He looked at Lorenzo and Shrike expectantly, as if he wanted to know their next reaction. When they saw Floki's appearance, their expressions would be very interesting.
Lorenzo glanced at Garen, and then secret blood rose up. Dense scales covered his arms, and after they were completely covered, they continued to increase in value and expand, like a pitch-black kite shield blocking his body.
The deputy was still a little shocked by Lorenzo's change, but Garen didn't react at all. After realizing that Lorenzo's aura was similar to the monster in the Silent Sea, he seemed to accept it easily.
"I'll open the door, Shrike."
Lorenzo didn't know what was behind the door. He raised the scales on his arm, dragging his staff and sword with his other hand, and slowly pushed open the door. A dim and flickering light shone down.
Nothing happened, Lorenzo pushed the door open completely, and everything inside came into view.
There were no monsters or traps. There was just a simple room behind the door, and the decoration was very simple. It was hard to imagine that the deepest part of the building protected such a place.
Not to mention there was something strange about it, but there was a disgusting stench in the room, a slight friction sound was heard, and Lorenzo saw chains being dragged on the ground.
Looking along the chain, he finally found the end point of the chain. Lorenzo's figure froze, and he froze with the shrike following behind him.
"No...it's impossible."
After a brief silence, Shrike said in disbelief. He passed Lorenzo, walked into the room, and followed the chain until he stood in front of the guy.
Shrike didn't want to believe what he saw. He stared closely, trying to find any loopholes, but the other party's performance was perfect, just like the real thing.
"Damn!"
The shrike angrily kicked the guy, and he whined in pain and did not resist. He just held his head and curled up into a ball, letting the shrike beat him.
"How can you do this!"
After Shrike vented for a while, he directly raised the death knell and put it on the guy's forehead.
"Stop, Shrike!" Lorenzo shouted.
"He's no longer useful!" Shrike responded.
"So what's the point of killing him?" asked Lorenzo.
Listening to Lorenzo's words, Shrike took a deep breath, and finally put down the death knell in his hand. He stumbled back, and like Garen, sat down slowly against the wall, his eyes lost.
"Look, this is the worst feeling. You have lived with hatred for so long, and just before you get revenge, you find that everything has disappeared."
Garen was sitting outside the door. He didn't see this, but he could guess it.
Lorenzo walked over, and the guy curled up into a ball, like a wild animal, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and squeezed himself into the corner.
"Are you... Floki Wilgdason?"
Lorenzo looked at the guy in front of him with some pity. In Shrike's description, he was so tall and brave that neither strong wind nor huge waves could take away his life, but now he was so humble and dirty. , his old face was full of panic, his eyes were cloudy, and he was trembling constantly under Lorenzo's gaze.
The pungent smell of urine came, and light yellow liquid spread out from under him, his expression twisted and crying.
Garen behind the door seemed to be relieved. He tried his best to protect Floki just to prevent anyone from seeing him like this. Now that he couldn't protect him, both honor and dignity were worthless.
He sighed and said slowly.
"Whatever your purpose is, it is now in vain."
Garen could hear the restlessness in the distance, the screeching sound of friction between metals, and the flickering figures in the fireworks. The commotion tonight was far from over.
"Go quickly, strangers, there is nothing you want in Lingbing Bay."
Nothing at all.
Floki huddled in the corner, his eyes were cloudy, his consciousness was completely replaced by madness, and he was imprisoned by heavy chains. He roared at Lorenzo like a beast, trying to drive Lorenzo away, but when When Lorenzo's eyes fell on him, he looked away in fear, trembling.
Floki is crazy.
The shipbuilder who once explored the seven seas has now transformed into this beast.
"When did he become like this?"
Lorenzo didn't seem to give up yet. He walked up to Floki, held him down forcefully, opened his eyelids, and stared into his cloudy eyes.
"A few months ago, he participated in the meeting of the End Association. Everyone died there, but he survived. He was still somewhat conscious at first. He told me what happened at that time." Garen slowly said.
"What happened?" Lorenzo asked.
"He said that he thought he would know the truth about the death of the Final Society, but the result was just death. They danced around the bonfire and then died. Your Excellency did not participate in this. He left directly..."
Garen's voice paused as he remembered some details of the story.
"My lord wanted to watch until the end, but he said he saw the god Odin."
"Odin?"
"No... it should be the guy called the Herald. He calls himself the Herald, but many people in the End Society regard him as the god Odin."
Garen said this, but even he himself didn't believe what he said.
because he saw it.
In the sea of ​​fire, he saw the existence called the Herald, or the god Odin. He watched the fighting tonight and enjoyed people's sacrifices to him.
"He didn't dare to stay any longer. When he left, he said he saw a miracle."
The voice became ethereal, and Garen fell into a haze of memories.
"He said...he saw Valkyrie."
Garen's expression was slightly distorted. He had been unwilling to admit this. If what Floki said was true, then the lunatics of the End Society were the truly devout believers, and Garen and others had betrayed Austria. Sinner of God Ding.
He didn't want to imagine this, he refused to remember, he deceived himself.
“With wings growing on their backs, they tore through the aurora, and the endless glow was their glory, falling from the sky, leading these heroic souls into the Hall of Valor.
As for the escaped Floki, they poured the fire of divine punishment onto the frozen soil of sin. The door of the Hall of Valor will be closed to him forever, and only the coldness of death awaits him.
The adults said that there was only endless light in his eyes until he climbed onto the long boat from the water in embarrassment and sailed all the way back to Lingbing Bay in panic. "
Listening to Garen's story, the deputy on the side was also a little dazed. Garen kept telling him that Floki was sick, and he never thought that there was such a hidden secret.
What's even weirder is that the deputy is slowly accepting his words, and he begins to believe it, and the starting point of it all comes from that guy.
The deputy turned his head and looked at Lorenzo's back. When this man appeared in front of him, the common sense of the world was shaken. The boundaries between myth and reality were gradually blurred until they overlapped.
"We are already part of the myth."
The deputy said in a strange way.
"Yeah...part of the myth."
Lorenzo suddenly caught up with his words. He turned around, his eyes filled with confusion and... excitement.
The deputy shuddered. Why did this guy look excited?why?He then looked at the Shrike, who had a similar emotion in his eyes.
"Is it them?" Shrike asked with renewed fighting spirit.
"It should be."
Lorenzo said as he moved away, revealing Floki behind him.
"He was eroded. Judging from Gallon's statement, he should not have been too close to them...it should have been affected by something," Lorenzo said seriously, "An extremely terrifying thing with a very wide range. In an instant, the degree of erosion was pushed to the end of the second stage, and he lost his will, but he had not yet entered demonization.”
"You know what this is?"
Garen crawled over in embarrassment and looked at Lorenzo in shock.
"Well, that's not a Valkyrie...maybe Valhalla is really a scam."
Lorenzo said casually, picked up the chains, and tied Floki tightly.
"scam……"
Garen whispered, everything tonight had given him a huge impact.
"Lorenzo, judging from the time, it seems that we had just concluded the investigation." At this time, Shrike added.
"Following the inquiry... In other words, was the Silent One attracted by the gathering of the Final Society?"
Lorenzo's movements stopped, and after Shrike's reminder, he suddenly discovered the connection between these events.
In the eternal pump, during the final battle in the workshop, the purification mechanism was already unable to stop the attacks of the Silent Ones. But at this time of life and death, they suddenly disappeared. At that time, Lorenzo analyzed that there was another reason. A greater threat drew them towards it.
"Could it be a gathering of the Final Society? What did they do?"
Lorenzo questioned, but no one answered his question.
Obviously, the death of the Final Society is not a simple death. There must be some secret, but no one has discovered it yet.
"Let's go, take Floki with you. Don't worry about trade and rule. In the face of saving the world, you have to make way for me."
Lorenzo threw one end of the chain to the Shrike and motioned for him to take Floki with him.
"He's gone crazy, it's useless!" Garon shouted, he didn't understand why Lorenzo was so obsessed with Floki.
"I also knew a madman before, and his condition was similar to him, but we later cured him, and Floki was saved," Lorenzo said.
There was some hope in Garen's eyes, "Really?"
"real."
Lorenzo affirmed, facing Gallon's gaze, he looked directly into it without any hesitation.
He didn't lie to Garen, at most he just didn't tell the truth. During the interrogation incident, Lorenzo did revive William's will through erosion, but the moment he woke up, his life entered a countdown.
"I...I'll go with you!"
Gallon struggled to get up, and the deputy quickly supported him to prevent him from falling.
"You? We don't need to be a burden," Lorenzo said.
"But you need a navigator, don't you? Before Lord Floki recovered, I was the navigator second only to him." Gallon said firmly.
Lorenzo hesitated for a while, then Shrike spoke.
"Take him with us. We took Floki away. We probably can't hide it from the others. We will definitely become their targets."
"Okay." Lorenzo couldn't help it, "I won't wait for you. It's up to you whether you can follow."
Garen did not say anything. The deputy cast a puzzled look, and Garen said softly.
"There is only a dead end for us staying in Lingbing Bay. Now the situation is over. Tomorrow will be the dispute between the king and the lords. Follow them. If you wake up, we may still have some hope...and..."
Garon looked at Shrike's back, he picked up Floki, followed closely by Lorenzo.
"Besides, they will definitely kill Lord Floki. We must stop them."
Garen said this, followed the two of them with difficulty, and stood on the terrace. He saw raging fire surrounding the place, countless figures flashing, and weird howling sounds everywhere.
"It's so bad...Am I a little unlucky? Something could happen wherever I go?"
Seeing this, Lorenzo couldn't help but sigh, but Shrike was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Suddenly a distant whistle sounded, the sound was so loud that even deep inside Lingbing Bay, the whistle could be clearly heard.
Lorenzo looked in the direction of the sound, and the Morning Glory Advance broke through the barrier, the deck was brightly lit, and then a spear of casting rose into the night sky, exploded into countless sparks and fell onto the sea surface.
"What's going on here?"
Seeing the strange movement of the Dawn Advance, Shrike immediately became vigilant. Lorenzo thought for a while and then smiled.
"It's a flare, a flare for us to see."
(End of this chapter)