How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 161 A failed exploration
My name is Fujimaru Ritsuka, and I am the eighth Master of Chaldea, numbered No. 40.There is still work that must be done by me, and I must not stop here.

In the dark mine, someone was trying his best to drive his thoughts, which were as heavy and fragmented as rubble, to tell himself this.

Tired, wanting to sleep, not wanting to care about anything - but these are not the feelings I have.This is other people's dreams, the spiritual world, and I will be affected by other thoughts.We must think, we must find a way out, we must think of a way——

Another person grabbed her arm.

"Let's go back." The Count of Monte Cristo pulled her back without any explanation. "This was not part of the plan, nor was it an emergency. It can only be said to be Merlin's whim, and there is no necessity."

But Fujimaru Ritsuka just stood there.

"There are...there are still things that must be done." Her voice was vague and vague, sounding close to talking in sleep, which made people worry about whether she was still thinking normally, "...I can't leave until it's finished..."

"You are not in a state to do anything now." Count Monte Cristo commented calmly, and slightly increased the strength of his hands. "Even if you think you still have unfinished work here, you should regroup and think about countermeasures before proceeding." ——”

He failed to finish the sentence, but instinctively averted his gaze and squinted his eyes: At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka's whole body suddenly glowed with golden light, and the burning sensation caused by the emperor's spiritual energy shone between him and the other party. The palm where his arm touched was on fire, but he ignored it and didn't let go.

Although he may be considered a subspace creature in terms of structure, he is not a chaos demon and will not be easily melted by this kind of spiritual energy. To a certain extent, he will even be recognized as a "friendly".This may be true for all the "Avengers" heroic spirits under Fujimaru Ritsuka's contract.

The prayers directed to the Emperor contained not only loyal faith, hope, and supplication, but also anger, hatred, and a burning desire for revenge.Just like a coin has two sides, although more people will only see the Emperor as a golden sun suspended in the warp, with the Star Torch blazing above Holy Terra, this does not mean that there is no other side. exists.

After adapting to the sudden increase in light, the Count of Monte Cristo fully opened his eyes again.A slender golden light belt is connecting from Fujimaru Ritsuka's chest to the darkness deep in the mine. It is obviously expressing the meaning of "leave this way" - but it is obvious that the golden light brings nothing. It's not just a simple instruction like this.

"Something's wrong." Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had managed to regain some thinking ability with the support of psychic energy, said, "If you judge it purely by the 'dream', the structure here is too simple."

"This is not something you should think about now." Count of Monte Cristo objected, "You shouldn't stay here longer. When we go out, you still have a lot of time to think about relevant countermeasures. Although the environment here is not Good, but better than stability.”

However, as if he was deliberately going against him, the moment he said these words, the mine itself shook violently.As if experiencing an earthquake, the originally solid and stable structure was distorted by the huge force of the earth itself. Dust and stones fell from their heads, and the ground cracked with a loud rumbling sound - in an emergency. Next, the Count of Monte Cristo simply lifted Fujimaru Ritsuka from the ground.

"Go up!" While avoiding gravel and barely finding a place to jump on the broken ground, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know what kind of reasoning he went through in his mind after recovering his thinking ability, and amidst the rumble of the ground cracking Yelled this to the Count of Monte Cristo categorically.

The latter didn’t think much.Partly because of trust in Fujimaru Ritsuka's judgment (of course, in the current environment, the proportion of this reason is inevitably discounted), and partly because of his belief that his ability is enough to lead her away. Trusting him, the Count of Monte Cristo jumped in the broken mine, using the floating stones as a foothold, and he was indeed climbing upwards intentionally or unintentionally.And soon, he realized that this seemed to be the right decision:

Looking up from the gaps between the layers of stones, it is easy to see that there is light above.

It was a dim, blood-red, obviously ominous light, but it was still a kind of light.

"The emperor's psychic energy stimulated him! The dream changed as a result!" Fujimaru Ritsuka shouted desperately amidst the huge noise, "He must be trying to express something!"

"Understood." Without any further explanation, Count Monte Cristo naturally jumped towards the light above, "But if I judge that there is danger next, then we will leave immediately without discussion."

"Okay - eh -" Fujimaru Ritsuka trembled uneasily, obviously startled, "Wait a minute, what on earth is this so-called 'mine'!"

This "normal reaction" is gratifying, but the Count of Monte Cristo barely reacted to the fact that the Master returned to normal: the things falling from above gradually became not stones, but objects of a war. ruins.

Broken steel, chain blades with missing teeth, weapons melted by overheating, stalled war engines, and corpses.A large number of broken corpses: among them were chaotic and renegade Astartes, mortals with eight-pointed stars carved on their bodies, strange aliens, twisted flesh and blood, and all kinds of demons. foot.The only thing they have in common is that they are enemies in the eyes of the Empire, and enemies in the eyes of Corax Corax.

And this has nothing to do with honor, nothing to do with achievements, nothing to do with tasks, and nothing to do with goals.So many enemies have fallen and are piled up here without any meaning, just for empty revenge and impossible redemption.

Even with the obstruction of the emperor's spiritual energy, similar thoughts still flowed into Fujimaru Ritsuka's perception on the way upward.In reality, her strong empathy ability that can be properly used is an obvious advantage, but in such a spiritual world where the boundaries between people have become ambiguous and can even be said to be "polluting", this becomes This became a huge disadvantage that made her too easily influenced.

It's not my emotions, my thoughts, my memories.I have my goals, my mission, what I have to accomplish.

With the support of the Emperor's psychic energy, she still had the strength to tell herself this.

"You shouldn't go any further." Perhaps because he is also an "Avenger", the Count of Monte Cristo was not much affected by such an environment, and was still able to make calm and rational judgments, "There is too much malignant information. , it won’t do you any good to read any more.”

"But I'm about to catch something—"

The Count of Monte Cristo ignored her.Just like what he said before, if he judges that there is danger next, he will immediately leave with Fujimaru Ritsuka without any discussion.

The dark, flickering flames surged and cleared the way for him.Immediately afterwards, he and his master moved as quickly as lightning - not towards the light source that Fujimaru Ritsuka expected, but towards the light belt where the emperor's psychic energy indicated the "exit direction" to her.And Fujimaru Ritsuka clung hard to the Count of Monte Cristo's shoulders so that she could get past his obstruction and shout towards the red light above where she wanted to go:

"Corvus Corax—"

Because there are so many falling objects, the red light is often blocked by the falling objects, so it looks like a flickering candle.And it seemed that for a moment or two, what cast shadows under the dim light source seemed to be the wings of birds.

Fujimaru Ritsuka may realize this, or she may not, but this does not prevent her from continuing to shout what she wants to say:
"—"

She didn't know if this sentence was conveyed correctly, and she didn't know if anyone was really listening.In her senses, she might not have even finished saying it, before the nightmare scene in front of her shattered and disappeared, returning to the deep, lightless darkness.
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Corvus Corax opened his eyes suddenly, and then looked around in panic.

He had already discovered that the original body did not need to sleep, and subspace creatures did not need to sleep either.Sleeping has no actual meaning for them, it just makes them feel like they are still similar to humans.Therefore, during the 1 years of wandering in the subspace, Corax could no longer remember how long he had not closed his eyes - logically speaking, he should not have fallen asleep.

But He fell asleep and woke up in a room that was neatly furnished, warm, and appropriately gorgeous. There was a soft mattress under him, and there was a little soothing incense burning around him. There are only a few decorative green plants that are "living creatures". They look very safe and have no enemies.

This did not dissuade Him from vigilance.He sat up quietly, hiding his figure as naturally as breathing.During this period, He found that he had obviously been cleaned by some means. Whether it was the skin similar to humans or the feathers similar to birds, they had become clean. The broken armor on his body had also been removed and replaced. Put on some soft fabric.

He didn't know what happened while he was asleep, and he was completely confused by the current situation.He couldn't even be sure how long he had slept - but there was another thing that he should have discovered when he woke up, but he didn't realize it until now:

He wept in the dream.

　Miwu (Leopard Death)

　　I often feel out of tune with the Crow King because I am too mentally healthy...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)