old dream

Chapter 208 Taking Over the Sanctuary
Even in the depth of Qingxingtian, the area 32 that Ke Lin saw was still a cage built on a plane.

A wilderness that is both open and closed.

But this time, the metal cage is no longer empty.Because with the improvement of perception, Colin was able to perceive the invisible existence in the cage that had not been imaged.

Indistinguishable voices lingered in his ears, and he moved forward without heeding them, not recklessly imaging them, because making a connection is a dangerous thing in itself.

Somewhat familiarly, he walked forward in the corridor separated by the iron fence.Or essentially, small jumps in each frequency.

The sky above the cage was still a boundless blood red.

Colin kept silently counting his heartbeats while walking, so that he could maintain a certain sense of time.In order not to inadvertently stay in the imaginary world for too long, and then fall into consciousness turmoil, and lose the ability to return to reality.

120 minutes is the safety line he drew for himself. Within 120 minutes, whether he can find Hilpert who is stranded here, he must return to reality.

When he silently counted to 67, he came to the cell of the dead man again.It was found that the original lock had been destroyed and fell to the ground.

The heavy cast-iron door was ajar, and when the fingertips touched it, the rusty shaft made a heavy creaking sound and opened slowly. Its essence was much lighter than the illusion.

Colin looked towards the cage wall studded with a large number of iron chains.In the frequency depth of Qingxingtian, he met the ancient dead again.

Red star sky, female moon sky, blue star sky.The dead walks on the sinking path, layer upon layer of these frequencies, maybe she was once powerful, but now she just appears bloated, a bloated corpse because she died in more distant antiquity.

Colin vaguely felt that the dead spread downward from a deeper frequency.

In the blue star sky, her image still maintains the outline that Ke Lin first saw.Sitting sideways on the ground full of filth, her long hair hangs down, her arms are pierced and hung like wings.

And the wooden stake that pierced into the heart and was sawed off by something.

But now, two more details are added to the original silhouette.

There was a new wound on her side, which was so deep that it touched the internal organs. It should be the result of Hilpert's battle.The blood that flowed from it appeared to be fresh, or, at least, still flowing.

Also, on her bare skin, Colin saw for the first time those dark suture marks.They are distributed on the arms, legs, and even the slender neck.The stitches of the stitchers were so fine that, instead of scars, they looked like a long necklace of sharp diamonds, like the third suit in poker.

If it wasn't for the slight depression of the skin near the rhombus, I'm afraid Colin would have mistakenly thought that it was just some kind of beautiful and weird tattoo, or even a natural pattern on the skin.

Amidst the sound of the chains colliding, the deceased raised his face slightly as usual, his expression remained unchanged, and there was no words in his mouth.But Colin could see that she was not on guard against him.

After all, not long ago, he had been here dozens of times to ask her for information.

Nothing came of it except the question of the afterlife.

"But this time, your old master is dead." Colin said:

"Even if I was the one who killed him and should be your enemy, would you turn around and serve me?"

The deceased opened her lips lightly, using her usual voice without hesitation or waves.

"Yes."

"The agreement with the master has disappeared, so this body will no longer refuse, as long as you are willing."

She seemed to have no dignity of her own and never showed shame or resistance.Just like when Colin promised her freedom before, he didn't show any yearning.

The so-called "only serve one master forever", did not say who the object is.So "a master" is just a general reference, not a specific one.

Perhaps it would be easier to accept her not as a human being.

Even as a servant, this will make the master more relaxed.

"Then come and make a covenant," said Colin.

Continuing the agreement between her and Bohr, and conquering this remaining sanctuary.

"Yes." The deceased replied softly.

As her words fell, Colin's consciousness fluctuated, and a connection was quietly inserted into the many gaps in the shell of the heart.

The process of making a covenant is simpler than imagined, because those vows with complicated contents have already been written down, and now, only the direction has been revised.

Colin discovers that the contract with her has been made twice.Except that the Brotherhood uses her as the "sanctuary center".The dead person naturally carried another oath, the content of which was extremely simple compared to the former, just: serve the master unconditionally.Like from the very beginning, she was made to be a servant.

It's a pity that in the current inactivated state of the dead, it seems that they can't play any role except as the center of the sanctuary.

At least, Pol didn't let her come in handy until his death.

Eight hundred and four.

After the agreement was made, Colinmo counted more than 10 times.Almost [-] minutes have passed.

But the Lantern Girl who was lost in the imaginary world is not here.

"Someone invaded the sanctuary a week ago." Colin asked:
"Where did she go?"

At the moment, I can't take care of other things, so the first thing Colin asked the deceased was not about the past of the deceased, nor the evolution of Hell Area 36, ​​but the whereabouts of the Lantern Girl.

"... a week?"

The dead asked in confusion, and then Colin remembered that it is difficult to have a clear sense of time in the imaginary world.What's more, in the era of the dead, there may not be a concept of seven days in a week.

"If you mean the man who stabbed this."

The deceased was not dull, she did not obsess over this question, but replied calmly:
"Then she's out of here."

leave?Ke Lin was taken aback for a moment before realizing that it wasn't the Lamp Girl who left the virtual world, but this cell.

"It was only sensed just now that she has returned to Area 32."

The dead man's fingers stuck to the cage wall moved a bit, making the sound of the chain below, saying:
"Probably, in that direction."

Colin looked towards the direction the dead man was pointing at. The cage couldn't block his sight. There was a mansion-like crucible over there, and the hot iron juice flowed like a waterfall.

Colin observed concisely, and after memorizing the markers in several directions, he prepared to walk there.

850 II.

"If you rely heavily on Urju's first appointment, you should give a reminder here."

Before Colin left, the dead man spoke behind his back.

"The agreement of ancient Urju is older than this body, and also more dilapidated than this body." The deceased said:
"Be careful, because those agreements are no longer secure."

(End of this chapter)