So, youre the one who took Rudd away from the pub just now? Do you know him? Qi Leren asked.
I do. He and Mr. Arnold were my mothers friends, and I recently learned that Mr. Arnold has passed away, Ning Zhou said. The knight Arnold was his first teacher, and most of his fighting skills were learned from him. When Arnold died a few months ago, he didnt find out right away. Although hed been to the Village of Dusk, he had been in too much of a hurry and didnt visit Arnold, and he didnt hear the news of his death until recently.
Because he didnt know where he was buried, he had co to Arnolds friend Rudd, who brought him here. Then he ca to visit Maria, who was also buried nearby, and then he t Qi Leren.
Qi Leren thought deeply at that instant, and so of his thoughts made him afraid.
If he had chosen the left door instead of the right one in the abandoned church, would he have t Ning Zhou in the ga?
Maybe, maybe not.
If he had t Ning Zhou at that ti, would the plot of the Nightmare Ga have changed dramatically?
The answer was yes.
If Maria was really the Holy Nun then, as her child, Ning zhou in the ga will definitely make the sa choice as him now. If he took Ning zhou to the Holy City
Qi Leren gave a wry smile in his heart. So he had given his first drop of blood in the Holy City because he hadnt brought the tasks key NPC?
He didnt want to think like this because it made him think Ning Zhou was an NPC in the ga, not a living human being.
Maybe there was such a possibility if he had seen Ning Zhou composed of a series of data through the computer screen. He wouldnt have a problem regarding him as an ordinary NPC, and he wouldnt explore his life, nor be moved by his emotions. Even if he saw him die, he could only sigh for him and forget in an instant.
This was too cruel, too cruel
Lets go and find Rudd. He knows that Arnold has a key item in his hand. With it, we can cross the fog outside the Holy City and enter the Holy City, Qi Leren said, clearing the mood.
The Holy City in the fog was also the Dream of the Holy Nun, or in a more colloquial way, a field created by Maria, a world shrouded by the illusion of peace and tranquility, where the human beings who had survived the demon invasion lived happily and were ignorant of the world, under the appearance of peace. However, after the death of the Holy Nun, the illusion of peace has beco increasingly fragile, and would eventually reveal the ferocious and horrible contents.
The two n turned back to another path. Ning Zhou had just returned from Arnolds grave and returned there now with Qi Leren. He found Rudd in the cetery. Qi Leren rembered that Rudd had easily given him the task in the ga and had told him that the keepsake was in Arnolds forr residence, hoping that he would take the keepsake to the Holy City as soon as possible and rescue the human beings trapped in the Holy City.
But this ti, Qi Leren hadnt chatted with Ruth in the pub. He was worried that Rudd would no longer tell him this key information since the son of his old friend was here. Would Rudd be more cooperative?
While he was weighing his words, Ning Zhou asked straight away: Give her field nto.
Rudd, who was still drunk, suddenly sobered up and denied it: I dont have that kind of thing!
Qi Leren was stunned at the plots sudden change. Rudds attitude was too strange. Why did he deny it? In the Nightmare Ga, he couldnt wait to tell him the clue of the nto Was it because hed missed the pub part of the plot?
No, it was because of Ning Zhou.
Qi Leren carefully observed Rudds eyes. When he looked at Ning Zhou, he obviously showed nervousness. He was trying to hide sothing
Ning Zhou said that Rudd and Arnold were friends of his mother, so why didnt he want Ning Zhou to go to the Holy City?
Why?
Although the Dream of the Holy Nun had started to have problems, wasnt it better to crack the field early and let the human beings there leave? Why did he want to stop Ning Zhou?
Ning Zhous aura suddenly suppressed. He seed to be trying to endure sothing and asked in a low voice: Did she know that her domain nto had fallen into the hands of you and Arnold?
Rudds lips moved and he swallowed what he said: I dont know what youre talking about.
Ning Zhou took a deep breath and closed his eyes. His over-suppressed voice trembled slightly: She was thinking about going back before she died
Rudd seed to have been struck by lightning, and his pale face was stiff and sober.
You knew shed been thinking about going back. For more than a decade, shed been worried and tornted, and she had woken up from nightmares over and over again She thought that her domain nto had been lost in the Holy City, but she didnt expect that you were hiding it. Ning Zhous blue eyes brewed with deep anger and disappointnt, Why did you hide it from her? Why?!
Rudd, who was left without face, trembled in a way that made him look a little vulnerable in front of Ning Zhous anger. He looked at Arnolds grave and seed to draw strength from his friend. He shouted, "If Maria knew that her field nto hadnt been left in the Holy City, she would have definitely gone back, but her field is dead! The only way to solve the field is to destroy it completely. Whats the difference was there between that and killing her? How could we watch her die?!
"A soldier should die on the battlefield. This is the supre honor given by the Lord. Accept it, dont run from it. Ning Zhou took a step toward him and Ruth was intimidated by his imposing manner, retreating unconsciously towards Arnolds tombstone.
Let finish what she failed to finish. Now, give her field nto, Ning Zhou said as he reached his hand to Rudd, staring into his eyes.
Rudd was silent, his clenched teeth revealing his fear as they rattled. He seed to be a trapped beast pushed to its limit, struggling with his heart at a loss.
I dont know, Rudd let this sentence drop and fled away from the cetery.
In the sunset, only Qi Leren and Ning Zhou were left.
Seeing this, Qi Leren sowhat understood why Rudd would tell him the whereabouts of the field nto so easily in the Nightmare Ga. Rudd was afraid. The pious Arnold would rather reveal his deception so that he could go to heaven after his death, but Rudd was not as persistent as he was. He wanted to relieve his guilt, so he chose to give the field nto to a stranger who was willing to go to the Holy City, and let him fulfill Marias last wish.
Qi Leren could understand Rudds feelings to so extent. Just like how when he was undercover with the Slaughter Secret Society, he would rather leave a letter about the Nightmare Gas main task and so scattered side tasks in his own room, expecting a stranger whom he had never t to take over the heavy responsibility rather than tell Dr. Lu about it.
The heart that wanted to protect relatives and friends was the sa.
I know where it is. After consideration, Qi Leren said it: Its in Arnolds ho.
Ning Zhou stood at Arnolds grave. He had been his first teacher and his mothers knight. He had vowed to be loyal to Maria, but he would rather break his oath and bring this secret to the grave, even if his soul would be condemned to fall into hell.
Ning Zhou closed his eyes, recalling how Arnold had patiently taught him many years ago, and helped him to correct one of the simplest knife-cutting movents carefully. After Maria died, he had followed Marias last wish and sent him to the Holy See, where the Pope personally served as his guardian.
But this was the man who had sent Maria to her grave believing a white lie.
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