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Old Fate: Chapter 66 A Girl's State of Mind

On the street full of people coming and going, the black-haired girl stopped in place, the bustle around her seemed to have nothing to do with her, she became a lone stone in the water.

The girl's hair was combed into a well-behaved Ji hairstyle, her hands were folded in front of her body, and she lowered her head, as if she was praying.

The crowd on the street passed her, separated automatically, and then merged again.

Last night, Shaye left her aunt and maid and returned to her mother.

She couldn't explain why she did this, but when she came back to her senses, she had already held her mother's hand.

Sha Ye has been suffering from illness since she became conscious.

For a long time, she lived in a dark room with no light or ventilation.

Her skin could not touch the sun, nor could it touch the wind and running water. A slight impact was enough to leave terrifying scars on her body.

She was always in pain day and night, and her body seemed to be falling apart at any moment.

She has been weak for a long time, and when she is in trouble, she can't even turn over in bed, and she can't speak.

Under the dress, her body was covered with medical bandages, wrapped like a puppet.

In that dark and closed life, her mother was the only existence connected with her.

For her mother, she can't say words of rejection, and she can't leave her. No matter how far apart, as long as her mother calls her, she must respond.

This is not only the power of magic, but also the brand imprinted in the bone marrow and soul, and it is the conditioned reflex of the body.

The crowd around was lively, immersed in the atmosphere of the festival, Shaye looked at them with envy in her heart.

Since she was very young, Shaye, who was plagued by illness, has been receiving special treatment from her mother.

It was a painful ritual—

Shaye's eyes are different, she can see the black lines attached to everyone's back, she doesn't know what it is, but she can feel its danger and terror.

The healing ritual was to transfer these black lines from those strange-looking uncles and aunts to her body.

During the day, my mother has to be busy with business, so she has no time to take care of her situation, dressing, eating, taking medicine... everything is served by the maid.

At night, her mother would take her to the basement, and those people would surround her and start the prayer ceremony, and then there would be the pain of needles piercing her skull bit by bit, usually lasting most of the night until she was exhausted , unable to bear.

Shaye doesn't like those church members with strange faces, and she is also very afraid of her mother in that state.

At that time, in the mother's eyes, she could only see madness and destruction, as well as blazing flames.

However, when the ceremony is over and she is close to coma, the mother will show love and concern in her eyes again.

Shaye absorbs these feeble cares and affections, being humble and greedy, so as to maintain her mind and not go completely mad.

Later, Sha Ye started to read and read, and she felt that she should have gone crazy long ago, but she just didn't have the ability to show it.

She thought about fleeing, but she had nowhere to escape, and she was powerless to escape; she thought about talking to her, but no one could understand her state of mind, not even the maid; she also thought about dying, but she couldn't let go of that illusory hope. .

A friend who disappeared suddenly once told her what a real life should be like. Shaye kept thinking that when she was cured, she would also live that kind of life...

The instinct to survive, as well as some special desires, supported her to survive.

The cheers on the street were noisy and chaotic, and the crowd was crowded, releasing the unrestrained vitality of life.

The past six months have been the happiest days for Sha Ye since she was born.

She can finally walk on the street like an ordinary person, without worrying about the sun burning her skin; she can freely eat snacks that she has never eaten before, without fear of abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting; she can blow the soft wind of late spring , can touch the flowing spring water, can touch the sprouts on the tree with your own hands, can chat with people who want to be friends, and can go to the circus performance together...

She seemed to have access to the life she wanted, at the cost of a more painful "healing ritual" at night.

If the pain before was like a needle piercing, the pain during this period was to pry open her forehead and pour dirty sand into it.

She was in pain, it was a chaotic pain, sometimes aggravated, sometimes lightened, in a disorderly cycle, superimposed and climbed, it seemed to never end.

Even though Shaye was already familiar with the taste of pain and had a much higher tolerance than ordinary people, this ritual still made her extremely painful.

But she couldn't refuse. If she wanted to live a "normal" life during the day, she had to pay the price at night.

The acquaintance with Amy made Sae feel that she met the same kind.

They all have this pair of ominous eyes, and they all carry a lot of black threads. Did Amy have a disease like hers before?

Now Amy can walk freely, make friends at will, and enjoy the beauty of this bright world, can she also?

If the painful healing ritual continues, will she be able to embrace the new life?

Life in the past six months has been really wonderful.

Free to walk, free to speak, free to see, free to listen to other people's stories...

Chatting, shopping, eating, watching performances...

Having experienced such a life, Sae Ye didn't want to return to the state of being wrapped in drug bandages, she wanted to be truly alive, not lingering like a corpse.

Even the pain of disembowelling the head is not comparable to the torment of illness.

The girl's palms are getting closer and closer, she wants to get closer to Sister Amy!

She also wants to write some stories of her own, wants to travel around, wants to change the relationship with her mother, wants to see the hometown that the maid said...

She wanted to be alive, normal, healthy, alive.

Shaye closed her eyes, recalling the new prayer her mother taught her in her mind.

The last healing ritual, let's begin!

Bear more sins and exchange pain for a healthy body.

The eyes were gradually smudged with purple, and Shaye's body also emitted purple light. The bandages wrapped in the underwear slowly dissipated and shattered. She felt that many things flowed into her body from all directions, the familiar Pain enveloped her again.

Gritting her teeth, Shaye recited the mantra in a low voice.

"All living beings in the world are riddled with sins, suffering, and cannot be freed... Today, I am willing to bear all kinds of sins with my own body, in exchange for the happiness of all sentient beings, and not to be entangled by sins and debts... The name of the sinner is—"

"Asold!"

In the gloomy space, the gray curly-haired witch let out a low moan, and pushed down all the dozens of stone slabs on the table.

The falling stone slabs fluttered in the air, forming the illusion of a starry river by itself.

The phantom of a woman with her arms raised flat, her back leaning against the cross, her body in chains, and her purple eyes floating out from the phantom of the long river, passed through the dark space of the witch, and fell into the reality of Twin Springs.

"This is not some evil spirit, but... a righteous god who really existed."

The witch murmured, "Then, Holy Moon Spirit, how are you going to face her?"

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ps: there will be another chapter later~~

Old Fate: Chapter 67 Defeat

On the Divine Blessing Continent, whether it is the battle qi of a martial arts professional or the magic power of a spellcaster, they are all transformed from the power of the earth's veins.

If the power of the earth's veins is polluted, the movement of grudge and magic power will be suppressed, which is why Sirin feels the sluggishness.

People in Dissonance were not affected because they had long been infected by the power of the void, while Dolores was because she did not belong to the Divine Blessed Continent, and the magic power in her body was accumulated through other means.

Fighting the enemy here is equivalent to a permanent field debuff. Thanks to Xilin's solid foundation, she was able to stabilize the battle line without collapsing.

Amy bit her lip, she must deal with the remaining enemies as soon as possible, and then go to support Sirin.

She drew out her longbow with her backhand, opened the bow and shot, including Lukes, no one missed anyone with one arrow.

Several elemental arrows exploded, and a few gem-level professionals who made up the number were quickly cleared. Only Lukes remained strong, but still did not attack Amy.

They are also considered old opponents. Lukes is not a pure person. In such a situation, he only defends and does not counterattack?Are you worried about something?

Amy whispered in her heart, but she didn't care so much at this time. Since the enemy is willing to be a target, she doesn't mind using all her strength!

The longbow vibrated repeatedly, and the triple elemental arrows of ice, fire, and thunder were superimposed together. With the assistance of Moon Eye, all Lukes' dodging ranges were blocked, and they hit the targets one after another.

Lukes held up his staff, and a dark magic shield appeared in front of him, resisting the impact forcefully, without retreating a step.

Amy tried to switch [Ingenious Exploration] with one eye, but it succeeded, so her left eye was sky blue, and her right eye was moon white, forming a temporary heterochromatic pupil.

The staff in Lux's hand was weird. Two void larvae were biting a purple-black gem, which replaced the original enchanted gem of the staff, providing shelter from the power of the void.

The ability to evolve the power of the void to correspond to resistance is very tricky. Amy lost the first round of elemental arrows, but the power of the second round of elemental arrows was not as good as before, and she couldn't even repel Lux.

Ingenious exploration found a section of white light representing a weakness at the joint of the staff, Amy simply gave up the longbow and rushed over with the sword in hand.

"Don't stay too far away from me!" Seeing this, Sirin hurriedly warned in a low voice.

She was afraid that Amy would leave her protection range and be besieged by the opposite people.

"It's okay, they seem to be avoiding me and dare not do anything to me!"

Amy responded with magic sound transmission, still insisting on her guess, rushed in front of Lukes, and slashed horizontally with her long sword.

Lukes was still in a defensive posture, raised his staff to summon a shield, and hard-wired Amy's blade.

Obviously, his task is to hold Amy back and prevent Amy from interfering with the battle on the other side.

What Amy wants is for him to open the shield. In addition to detecting the mechanism and abnormalities, it also has the effect of strengthening the weak point attack. With the help of the white light that reminds her, she can even insert her bare palm into the space crack. How can she be afraid of it? a barrier?

As Amy expected, the blade penetrated the void barrier without hindrance, and struck the white light on the staff.

There was a crisp breaking sound, and the staff broke into two pieces.

Luke's face was full of astonishment, and a tiny bloodstain appeared on his forehead.

But in addition to being a mage, he was also a high-level stalker. He put away the broken staff in time, rolled to dodge, and dodged Amy's follow-up pursuit.

The tall and fat body rolled around on the ground, and the black robe outside was stained with dust. Lukes was in a embarrassed and funny state at this time, but he still did not counterattack, but pulled out two short swords with his backhand, and put them in front of him. Beware of Amy's attack.

Amy didn't bother to care about him, she turned and ran towards Sirin.

Lukes dodges to intercept, the dagger slashes repeatedly.

Ami pinched the wind barrier, ready to bounce back, and directly hit the sharp edge of the dagger without avoiding or dodging.

Lukes was taken aback by this move, and quickly jumped sideways to avoid it, not daring to let the dagger hit Amy.

Lux's reaction confirmed Amy's conjecture. Although she didn't know what was going on, this group of people dared not attack her!

Her courage suddenly grew, and she pointed her long sword at Dolores, shouting: "Let us get out of here quickly, or I will attack you!"

Amy's actual combat experience is not enough, she can just fight a rookie, but when she meets a real master, she doesn't have enough confidence in herself, so she first came to a wave of words to persuade her to quit.

Dolores was unmoved, and raised her voice to Lukes: "The witch just said that she should try not to endanger her life, and be careful to do it properly. If something happens, she will be considered a concubine!"

Lukes was still hesitating, but Amy gritted her teeth and simply drew her sword on the spot. The Qianfeng sword gathered momentum and pointed directly at Dolores.

"Interfering with my reminiscence with Teacher Xilin? Do you really think I dare not kill you?!"

Dolores got angry, she stretched out her hand and grabbed it in the distance, her palm was facing Lukes, and spit out several thin threads.

Lux who was in a hesitant state was caught by Dolores as a teammate. The thin thread wrapped around his body and penetrated into his limbs. With a hook from Dolores, Lux let out a low howl, raised his short knife, He struck in the direction of Amy.

[Eye of the Moon] and [Ingenious Exploration] run at the same time, and they both accurately captured the thin thread holding Lukes.

Is it a coincidence? Isn't that the same way Dolores controlled Iverson last time? This kind of thread can also be cut off by the enhanced attack of Ingenious Exploration!

Ai Mi dodged a knife with a low body, raised her sword to parry the second knife, inhaled slightly, and against the subtle sense of stagnation, cut out a few vortices.

The wind stops the waves!

The sword skill of the profound level has extraordinary effects, the silk thread was cut off easily, and Lukes body froze and returned to normal.

He hurriedly dodged far away, gave up the task of containing Amy, and left himself aside.

It seemed that in his eyes, the witch's order was more important than Dolores' temper.

Dolores wanted to stomp her feet angrily, but she still had to face Sirin's oppression head-on, and she didn't have the energy to do anything else, so she could only watch Amy adjust her breathing and walk towards this side with her long sword in hand.

"Your Excellency Dolores, let's move on to the next step of the plan." Sarah whispered, "That woman has already seen through our concerns, and the current situation is not good for us."

"It's not the witch's fault! Looking forward and looking backward, how can you achieve great things?" Dolores gritted her teeth, "I want to play with Teacher Xilin for a while, so go on your own!"

"You are no match for the two of them." Sarah whispered, "In that case, the plan of the Witch cannot be carried out smoothly, and neither of us will end well."

"And the lord witch said, this time you cooperate with the plan, she has a way to help you capture the spirit wind sword master."