Embers of Embers

Chapter 558 God does not love the world [Thanks to the finalist leader]
This is an epic sung by poets. Everyone in this situation can't help but feel their hearts surge. They witness this scene that is almost impossible to appear in the world of common sense, and the fear in their hearts also follows the display of the stunning scene. , and spread rapidly.
It was as if a huge hole had been punched out between the heaven and the earth. Everything was swallowed up by it, rolled together, and set off angry waves. The morning light and starlight were also shattered by it, breaking into brilliant light all over the sky.
The Blood Shark and the Dawn Advance fired at each other, suppressing the progress of the Hornwhal. They were mortal enemies a few days ago, but now they stand together because of another greater threat.
"Human beings are always like this, hating each other and killing each other, but when there is another greater threat, they often unite with their enemies. After the threat is resolved, they hate and kill each other again."
The epidemic doctor whispered that he had seen too many such things in his long life.
Brothers turn against each other, father and son become enemies. Human beings always seem to be like this, making mistakes and repeating reincarnation.
"Probably, human beings are both noble and despicable... Who can say such a thing?"
Lorenzo didn't bother to think about these things, he looked at the tattered bird's beak mask, and smiled inexplicably.
"But what is that, Plague Doctor, what is in the box."
The epidemic doctor lifted the safe in his hand, but did not directly answer Lorenzo's words.
"Some personal items."
"It looks very important, and you have to be with it when it's life-threatening."
Lorenzo stared at the safe for a while, but he didn't press the question further.
"Maybe in the future...even in a few hours, this thing will be in your hands, Mr. Holmes."
The epidemic doctor suddenly said, with scarlet eyes under the thick lenses.
"What is this? A gift for me, this sounds so weird."
"Hey, who knows?"
The epidemic doctor picked up the safe and gently stroked the cold metal. It seemed that he was confused and was talking nonsense.
Amidst the fire, the cannonballs landed on the Narwhal one after another, shattering the rusty metal, penetrating the deck, and ridding it of holes in the blink of an eye.
It stands to reason that this weird iron-clad ship should have sunk, but it still stands steadily on the sea, with seawater pouring in along the damaged wounds. It has lasted for so long, and there is still no sign of dragging it into the sea.
It seems that there is an unknown force controlling the Narwhal. It has already become the spokesperson of an unknown existence, delivering divine punishment to these mortals who have entered the divine realm.
"There are demons starting to board the ship!"
Zeou shouted, under the turbulent sea water, there were hideous and dead faces, they stretched out their arms one after another, scratching the hull of the Blood Shark, making ear-piercing noises.
These dead people who died in the deep sea have been awakened. In this country of the dead, there should be no breath of living people.
"They are left to you. Haven't you always longed for great achievements?"
The epidemic doctor and Lorenzo stood together. This critical situation did not seem worthy of the epidemic doctor's action. Both he and Lorenzo knew that these were just the advance team, and the real enemy was lurking under the deep sea. sea ​​snake.
"Is that so?"
Zeou froze for a moment, then smiled excitedly.
He originally wanted to hand over his last battle to that dark armor and that damn man. He humiliated himself. Fortunately, he did not die. The epidemic doctor gave him a second chance, but it was at an incomparable price. heavy.
"It would be good to use it here."
Zeo whispered, tearing off the covering on his body, revealing his beast-like body.
I saw that Zeou's body had become like a monster, with scarlet swollen muscles, protruding bones, and slowly growing sharp claws. His body was covered with a simple iron armor, which was made for him by the plague doctor.
Like armor, like a cage.
Among the many experimental subjects of the epidemic doctor, only Zeou survived. His strong will allowed him to survive the dark nightmare, so that mortal life, nourished by the flesh and blood of this demon, got a second chance. .
But this does not mean that he survived. All the epidemic doctors could do was postpone Zeo's death for a few days.
The flesh and blood of demons are eroding the will of mortals, and the weirdness reverberating above the lonely sea is also affecting his mind. To be honest, Zeou has been able to maintain his sanity until now, which has surprised the epidemic doctor.
As Zeou took the initiative to mobilize his power, his alienation began to intensify, and soon he turned into an inhuman monster, and his face was distorted beyond recognition, leaving only his bloodshot one-eyed eye.
He stretched his body to his heart's content, pulling on the iron ropes on his body, and one sharp spike after another hung on Zeo's body like a spear, arming him.
His consciousness became a little hazy, as if he would be occupied by the desire to kill in the next second.
In this remnant of consciousness, Zeo looked at the soldiers beside the epidemic doctor.
"Have I seen you before? I always feel familiar."
Zeo's voice was slightly distorted, and he spoke again without waiting for the soldier to respond.
"Forget it, how is that possible? Almost everyone I know is dead."
Zeou turned around and walked towards the monsters who boarded the boat. His steps were not heavy, even light. Water droplets adhered to the cold metal, reflecting the picture scroll of hell.
He has nothing to worry about and nothing to rely on, so he is also invincible.
Lorenzo watched Zeo throw himself into the battle. He recognized Zeo. He didn't expect that the Viking would survive in the end. Most likely, Zeo couldn't guess that the guy he expected and hated the most just stood in front of him. In front of him.
"That's an interesting Viking, a poor man who used his faith to deceive himself."
The epidemic doctor said and talked about Zeo again.
"When I was operating on him, he had to stay awake and talked to me about a lot of random things."
The Blood Shark was swaying due to the waves, and the demons had already appeared in sight. Fortunately, this ship was full of warriors transformed by secret blood. Although its strength was far from comparable to that of Lorenzo, it was still stronger than ordinary people. , they are too powerful.
Therefore, the demon's offensive was temporarily controlled. Before they could climb onto the deck, they were killed by the cold metal, and their bodies fell into the turbulent waves, leaving no trace.
The bombardment continued. The successive bombardments failed to destroy the Narwhal, but effectively curbed its progress. The situation seemed fierce, but due to the restrictions of the sea, the rhythm of the battle was not urgent.
The Blood Shark blocked the front of the Morning Glory Advance, taking most of the pressure on the Morning Glory Advance. This is why Lorenzo stayed here for a long time. Once the Blood Shark fell, Morning Glory Advance will bear all the pressure.
He had to find a way to make the Blood Shark last longer. The longer it took, the safer the Morning Glory Advance would be.
"What did he say?"
Lorenzo asked casually. Zeo alone controlled a huge area in his field of vision. All monsters that appeared in his field of vision would be killed in an instant. Blood and rain washed over his body, burning hot. Under the body temperature, there were bursts of white gas rising.
"I asked him, this is a new era, why do you still want to be a pirate?" the epidemic doctor chatted.
"The King of the Ice Sea ended the civil war among the Viking countries...at least the civil war on the surface, and the trade with Inlveg is also going on steadily, whether it is wealth or food, there is a stable income and exit , why do you still insist on being a pirate?"
"Why are you still going through this precarious life? Is it just because of your belief in the god Odin?"
Regarding faith, the doctor has always been curious about its true meaning. He once asked Lawrence, but faith has long been shattered in Lawrence's heart. As for the dead Miguel, for him, faith is just a tool of power.
Everyone seems to have beliefs, but no one can explain what beliefs are.
"Did you know? He's still a member of the Order of the End."
Lorenzo was a little surprised when he heard this, but he did not speak, but listened to the epidemic doctor continue to talk.
"Zeo's answer is quite interesting."
The epidemic doctor also watched the fighting back.
The more he kills, the more confused and sinking his consciousness becomes. The blood and screams are accelerating Zeou's demise.
"He said... he just couldn't adapt. The only one who could tolerate him was the god Odin."
In the dim cabin, Zeo lay on the bloody operating table. The cold metal cut his body, taking away the human parts and sewing the non-human parts on it.
Zeou opened his eyes forcefully and answered the doctor's questions.
"No matter what kind of person they are, they probably long for a place like a destination, right?
Ironclad ships, law, unity, strangers...these words are too unfamiliar to me.
This is the new era.
You have such things in your hands and care about interests and groups. Ignorant beliefs are meaningless. Only absolute interests are real.
A person from the old age like me is incompatible with you. All I have in mind is robbery and Odin. These things have been with me for most of my life. How can I have the courage to say that I give up, so I gave up everything? What about discarding it? "
Zeou tilted his head so that he could look directly at the plague doctor, but all he could see was the beak mask, and he couldn't see the epidemic doctor's true face.
"You probably think I'm pathetic and you will pity me, but what I want to say is that it's not necessary. In my opinion, you are also a group of poor people. You don't believe in God, and you don't receive God's favor.
You are a group of desperadoes. There will be a warm Hall of Valor waiting for me after my death, but you have nothing. "
The plague doctor calmly recounted the conversation with Zeou.
"It's funny, isn't it? I originally wanted to speak some truth to this ignorant Viking, but instead he laughed at me."
Lorenzo looked at the increasingly crazy figure and said slowly.
"Each of us upholds our own justice, and our hands are stained with blood. If we can easily change our minds by some big principles, then we would be too ridiculous."
He continued.
"As for the Final Society... I have met the Herald. He should be a person with the power of Gabriel just like me and Lawrence, but it is obvious that he will live longer than me and Lawrence."
Lorenzo said words that made the epidemic doctor tremble with fear.
"The meeting between the two of us in Lingbing Bay was partly caused by him. I guess what we are experiencing now is also a trap set by the pioneer. As for what he wants to do, I don't know. .”
"Is that so? It sounds really scary. With such terrifying power, I don't know how many years I have lived," the epidemic doctor thought, "If he really has any purpose, in these long years, he has countless There is no clear opportunity to implement it, but why do we have to wait until today to get out of the shadow of history?"
"Because the end is coming. You and Lawrence have been together for so long. Didn't he tell you this?"
The sense of fate in Lorenzo's heart became stronger and stronger.
The world has entered a certain moment, so the forgotten monsters have dug their own graves, crawled back from the depths of memory, and joined this grand carnival.
"Plague doctor, I can share information with you, but..."
Lorenzo wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by the doctor. Although he couldn't see the doctor's expression, Lorenzo could feel the conflict between greed and indifference from him.
"In fact, I already know what the 'truth' of the world is?" The epidemic doctor let out a terrifying laugh, "I'm not kidding, Mr. Holmes."
"The reason why I came here is also to see it with my own eyes, and I want to verify whether my guess is correct.
Maybe I know more about these than you do. Do you want to hear it? "
Lorenzo stared at the epidemic doctor, with gray fire rolling in his eyes. After a long pause, he answered.
"No, I have worked hard for so long to get to this point. I want to open the surprise gift box with my own hands instead of being told by others and losing this sense of surprise and accomplishment."
"Really?" the doctor asked.
"Fake, I don't believe you, epidemic doctor. To be precise, I only believe in my eyes. Before I witness it with my own eyes, I will not believe anyone's words."
If Lorenzo was really so easily persuaded, he would have joined Lawrence's army long ago to fight against the doomsday.
But Lorenzo didn't believe it, he didn't believe anything. During this long chase, he had clearly realized that the world was shrouded in lies one after another. Who knew the truth known by the epidemic doctor? Will it be another lie?
The only thing Lorenzo can trust is the weapon in his hand, and himself.
“God does not love the world any more than man loves his domestic animals.”
The epidemic doctor said calmly, as if he had a premonition of something. He raised his hand and took off the dull beak mask, exposing the scarlet and distorted head directly to the air.
"He is too powerful, so powerful that it is difficult for mortals to understand his existence."
Countless snake-like tentacles climbed on the bloody flesh, and they were entangled together to form the body of the plague doctor.
"It is difficult for mortals to defeat Him... What do humans do when humans cannot defeat a being, Mr. Holmes?"
"Submit to Him, believe in Him, and regard this abominable and incomprehensible existence as a god."
Lorenzo followed the words of the epidemic doctor and continued.
"But when human beings have the ability to kill him, human beings begin to regard him as an enemy. Think carefully about the difference between a demon and a god? It's just that a demon is not as powerful as a god, so powerful that we surrender."
The epidemic doctor showed a ferocious smile and said with some profound meaning.
"Just like why beasts that eat humans must be killed.
When these beasts eat humans, they realize that humans who are extremely powerful in their eyes, humans who master fire and steel, are so fragile under their sharp claws that they can even be easily killed and devoured. "
The flesh and blood on the face squirmed, and it could be seen that this was the embodiment of the mighty Yanar. This tenacious vitality was endowed to the epidemic doctor, which made him survive cruel operations time after time.
The epidemic doctor seemed to be telling a terrible secret, telling it as if it would cause some disaster, so he could only commit himself to these strange, fable-like words.
"So Mr. Holmes, another question.
Do you empathize with others? "
The wind and waves became more and more fierce, and the distance between the Narwhal and the Blood Shark became closer and closer. The light in the distant sky also became stronger, but it was obscured by the storm. The stars also changed with the arrival of day. It felt bleak, as if everything was coming to an end.
"Will do."
Lorenzo replied that it was precisely because of his ability to empathize that he became more like a human being rather than a cold weapon, which frightened Lorenzo and pleased him at the same time.
"So can you empathize with domestic animals?" the epidemic doctor asked.
"will not."
Lorenzo did not hesitate. After all, humans are different from beasts. He could pity the beasts, but he would not shake the status of humans because of them.
"Yes, then why do some people think that gods can empathize with humans?"
The doctor looked at the Narwhal approaching in the distance. It was close enough that even artillery fire and wind and waves could not stop its progress.
It was also at this time that Lorenzo finally saw the appearance of the Narwhal clearly. He saw bloody vines between the broken steel. Inside the Narwhal, it seemed that a life of flesh and blood was being nurtured. It is precisely because of its existence that these broken steels can be reorganized again and again.
Countless arms rose from beneath the waves, and they seemed to be lifting the ship toward the end of the world.
Amidst the boiling and restlessness, distant thunder sounded, but it did not come from the storm, but from under the deep sea.
Lorenzo looked under the sea. The soldiers' faces were reflected on the sea, and the fireworks in the soldiers' eyes were also reflected. But the fireworks continued to expand, and in the blink of an eye they were like huge fireballs.
Then the blazing white light group was misplaced.
Two pairs of blazing white pupils were misplaced in the reflection on the sea, but one of them was so huge, and it was still burning and growing in size.
The endless chill choked Lorenzo's breath.
That's not his reflection, that's His eyes.
"God does not love the world."
The plague doctor said again, and his voice was covered by the roaring cannon, a crimson light trail crossed the sea area, right in the middle of the Horn Whale, the instantaneous high temperature completely melted the hull, and tons of blood gushed out and mixed into the sea water Amidst it, a fishy smell hit his face.
(End of this chapter)