Collapse 3: The girl who chased the fire moth

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Melutina said coldly.

"Eden is a treasure of human art, how can it be said that it is an abuse of power~"

Alicia said straightforwardly,

"Melutina, you must bring Eden back safely, this is the captain's order~"

"...In other words, Miss Eden's safety is the first priority?"

Melutina confirmed.

"Well, don't look at me that way, Eden, it's not just me."

Alicia shrugged.

"It's the first priority, Melutina... The above means that even if the other "everyone" in that area is ignored, Eden must be brought back safely."

"...For the higher-ups of Flame Chasing Moth, Miss Eden is more valuable than everyone here."

Melutina said flatly.

"To be precise, the "dead" people in this area, and Eden, have extremely high use value.

They need to use their dead and living Eden to get the support of more people... Do you think they are shameless? "

Alicia asked.

"It's shameless, can you let them die?"

"Of course... not."

Alicia made a big fork with both hands,

"Unfortunately, I have to admit that their judgment is rational, so, complete the task, my vice-captain."

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ps I changed the big fire in Australia, but I can’t upload it, maybe I have to wait a few days (? Dish?)

Chapter 8 Discard

"...Miss Melutina, those are your...companions?"

When Melutina brought Eden back to the station, there was not a single soldier who could stand up.

"..."

Seeing her fallen companion, Melutina didn't panic as Eden imagined, and her eyes showed a kind of indifference caused by getting used to it.

"...Has the dead already appeared?"

Melutina reached out and touched the carotid arteries of the nearby villagers and soldiers one by one, some of them had already lost their life pulse forever.

"Miss Melutina."

There was some slight questioning in Eden's tone.

"Miss Eden, I'm not a good person, let alone a saint. What we need to do now is not to remember our companions, but to survive. I don't know why, but the Herrscher locked us in some way."

Melutina said without looking back.

"Isn't the Herrscher's influence expanding?"

Although Eden looked hesitant to speak, he did not get entangled in this issue after all.

"It's not simply affecting amplification."

Melutina was silent for a moment, then said,

"The dead who appeared... were almost all people who were chasing fire moths. They were infected more slowly than ordinary people, and their physical fitness was better than ordinary people, but they weakened far faster than others."

"...but why haven't we been affected?"

Eden refrained from asking Melutina why she could discuss her companion's death so casually and casually. Although she was sentimental, she was sensible.

"It's probably because I'm a fusion fighter... In your case, maybe it's because of my talent."

Without hesitation, Melutina took out the communicators from the sacrificed companions one by one, and checked them one by one. After a while...

"...is it a 'word'?"

"what?"

Eden froze for a moment, not understanding what she was saying.

"The eighth Herrscher, named by Dr. Mei as the Herrscher of Knowledge, her mental pollution is probably targeted through specific words and targeted attacks."

Melutina handed her companion's communicator to Eden,

"Honkai, Herrscher and other information appear repeatedly here. If you want to target the moth that chases the fire, these words are undoubtedly the most suitable."

"Isn't it too far-fetched to infer this way?"

Although it is reasonable, it is just fantasy after all, and it is difficult for Eden to fully believe this statement.

"The first victims were all unconscious while using mobile phones or the Internet, so it can be seen that this attack is launched through vision."

Melutina calmly analyzed,

"There are no traces of battle here, which means that the dead... my team members were attacked by other means, but I didn't feel any abnormality, which means that I was not attacked."

"Then you were safe and sound to us before because of the resistance to the Houkai, but it doesn't hold?"

Eden frowned.

"I think so. At first I just thought it was a relatively weak large-scale mental attack, but if even the soldiers of the second team can't handle it, then this conclusion will not stand."

Melutina took out her pitch-black communicator and said,

"And during this time, the only difference between me and the players was that my communicator couldn't receive a signal halfway through.

Miss Eden, what is the difference between you and the fallen team members in the base? "

"...I'm not a big fan of using the Internet."

After a while, Eden said with difficulty.

"That's the answer."

Melutina folded her arms around her chest.

"If it's according to what you said, then my companions are also in danger now, we should turn back immediately, so maybe..."

"No possibility, Miss Eden."

Melutina crushed the communicator expressionlessly, and said lightly,

"You need to get out of here with me now, immediately."

"no!"

Eden said without thinking,

"There should be survivors among your companions. Are we going to give up the lives of our companions that could have been saved?"

"I know it's cruel, but it has to be done."

"What's the difference between you and those ruthless high-level executives?!"

After all, Eden couldn't help but ask,

"Human life is priceless, especially the life of our companions. We must not abandon the life in front of us at will. Then what we lose may be something more precious than life."

"Miss Eden, you are right. In your mind, this world must be very brilliant...at least it used to be brilliant."

Melutina took a step forward, and Eden subconsciously took half a step back, hitting the wall just in time.

Melutina stretched out her hand and pressed it against the wall, her face was only a few centimeters away from Eden.

What kind of eyes are those...

Eden couldn't help thinking that she had seen many pairs of eyes, the ones most similar to these...

It was in the eyes of the dying man in that fire.

"You are a beautiful and noble woman, I admire and like you very much, but..."

Melutina punched Eden in the stomach,

"We can't get along."

Eden, who had no fighting ability, lost consciousness in an instant. Melutina picked her up and walked away from this area.

After walking about 100 meters, she suddenly stopped and turned her head quietly, with an imperceptible trace of sadness in her eyes.

"Don't forgive me."

It was probably a good thing that she knew full well that two of her team were still alive and they couldn't hear or even call for help.

Because even if they dragged the girl by the hem of her clothes and begged her to save them...

Melutina also won't look back.

...............

"Your guess has been confirmed."

Half a day later, Alicia walked towards Melutina in the Flame Chasing Moth base located in Mu Continent.

"yes."

Melutina just nodded silently, silently eating the compressed biscuit in her hand.

"... Eden, it seems very sad."

"Presumably she should blame me?"

Melutina didn't feel wronged, her actions were not justified and should never be justified.

"Hmph~ How is that possible? Our Miss Eden will only blame herself."

Alicia rejected her idea without hesitation, patted her buttocks and sat next to Melutina,

"You abandoned them, didn't you?"

It is an affirmative sentence, without any doubt.

"kindness."

"Okay, well, after all, I am the one who gives you orders."

"If Captain Alicia is there, they don't have to be abandoned, right?"

"No, I'm not a fairy."

Alicia shrugged.

"It's just that I would be more sad than crying when I persuaded Eden, or stayed in her ward after knocking her unconscious, and waited for her to wake up."

"...This is not Captain Alicia's style."

"Isn't it? Why?"

"Because that's hypocritical."

"Am I not hypocritical?"

Alicia asked back.

"You are not hypocritical."

Melutina replied seriously.

"No~"

Alicia smiled slightly, pinched Melutina's cheek hard,

"If I'm not hypocritical, then what I do is just like you."

"This is sophistry. You are stronger and smarter than me, and you will definitely do better than me."

"But the beautiful and intelligent Miss Alicia is not omnipotent."