Blood tax

Chapter 445 Brother and Sister
As the night darkened, Lansada was going back to rest.

The pleasant smelling air contains the vitality of spring, which seems to indicate that something is about to happen.

Desai felt more and more impulsive as he walked.He will be leaving the garden soon, and he feels that if he doesn't do something, he will miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Suddenly, Lansada held down his wrist and pushed into a field of roses.

Before Desai could cheer that such a good thing happened, Lansada covered his mouth:
"Hush, whisper. I have a strange feeling."

Carefully looking out, they saw Neferti appear in the garden.She didn't change her costume at the ball, she seemed to be looking for something, and her steps were hurried.

"Nara, I know you are here!" said the girl. "Come out."

Naira?this!

Desai and Lansada turned pale.They have personally experienced the raid on Odessa, and they all know that this terrifying God's Hand is a powerful enemy that even the captain finds troublesome. If they encounter it, they must be doomed.

Lansada felt an indescribable aura hovering tens of meters away.She clenched the Echo Crystal tightly, determined to risk her life to deliver this crucial news.

However, the echo signal is full of indescribable noises, and the chaotic spiritual energy has already cast an impenetrable barrier here, making it impossible to send out the call for help.The air that was fresh and pleasant a moment ago became dull and dead, and the grass and trees withered and fell low on the ground.

A melancholy, bleak and desolate place appeared in the flowery garden.A cloud of black mud surged on the lifeless yellow sand, spraying mud like a spring rising from the surface.

Something is about to come out of there.

Lansada and Desai are desperate.They were unable to call for help, spiritually overwhelmed, and terrified by the imminent presence.They hid under a low wall, shivering.

A silver-haired boy stood up from the dark, gloomy black mud.His skin was pale, and his eyes were hollow like holes in the rock.Then, a bright red light shone in the eyes, which was even more frightening than before.

When Naira came here, she didn't seem to notice Lansada and the others who were hiding.He waded through the black mud, and clothes condensed from his body.His aura was strong, but he seemed to be carrying a heavy burden, his behavior was mechanical and single, and he came not far from his sister like a puppet.

Nefertti was about to pounce on him in an instant.

"Stop, just stand there," Naira raised her hand to stop her, and said coldly, "Also, don't go to spring camp, stay away from Verona."

"why?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Naira said coldly.He looked around, as if searching for something, but found nothing.Then, he began to concentrate.

Lansada sensed that invisible spiritual threads flew out of Naira at this moment and entered Neferti's body, linking them.Every second Naira's stiffness, coldness, and sluggishness grew less, less burdened, and alive.

There is some kind of mystical connection between the siblings. Naira is transferring the negative state from him. Could it be that he has suffered some kind of injury and needs to be shared by his sister...

Naira's condition doesn't seem to be optimistic... He was originally a Sequence 9 trainee wizard, about the same age as me, and was blessed by the unspeakable ancient god to become the hand of God.His power is likely to be incomplete, and he can't even detect the existence of me and Desai.

Lansada was puzzled and curious.She could feel the strange bond between the siblings, but she couldn't quite tell.She looked at Desai beside her, wanting to ask for help, but regretfully found that the dull armored cavalry was confused and dazed.

Neferti also didn't notice anything unusual.Her body unreservedly accepted Naira's weirdness, and her mind was on her brother whom she hadn't seen for a long time:

"I can see you and feel you in every dream I have. Naira, your connection to me spans distances. Near or far, wherever you are, I feel you sadness."

"Sadness? Huh~" Naira glanced at her sister, "Do you know what sadness is?"

"Of course I know!" With tears in her eyes, the girl rushed forward to hug him, "Our memories have been connected since the moment we were born,
"When my heart is with you, I can feel warm, true and innocent."

Naira waved the girl down to the ground, and said with disgust and nausea like staring at a dead body:
"What are you talking about!
"Warm? Real?

"Abominable puppet, don't you know what a fake you are? Enough, I've had enough, don't talk to me with this voice, don't think this skin can make me bend.

"Stay away from me, monster, don't use false dolls to control me! I made a mistake, I was too weak in the past, touched taboos, and deserved this punishment. But, I will soon take other gods With the power of your hand, fulfill our contract. At that time, you can never fool me again."

"What did you say..." Neferti was stunned.

Naila ignored her sister, turned back into the deep pool of black mud, and disappeared without a trace.He hurried away, as if he couldn't bear to stay another second.

Lansada watched the whole process in horror.

"False, counterfeit? What is it talking about? Maybe the captain knows what's going on."

Lansada pondered for a while, then said to his companion: "Desai, you spy on and escort Neferti back."

"What about you?"

"I'm going to find the captain now!"

……

Before the party was over, Griffith had finished listening to Lansada's report.He thought for a while, took out a pen and paper, and drafted a letter of introduction:

"Lanzada, before going to Verona, I need you to go to Odessa to investigate first. There is Earl Lamor's legion there, you must be under their protection at all times, don't be careless."

"Yes, Commander," the trainee nun responded, "What do I need to investigate?"

"My professor told me to look for criminals among those who can benefit from crimes, and to find the flow of benefits at the source of the incident. How did Naira be promoted from a trainee wizard to the hand of God?
"I desperately need to know what happened to Naira and those around him after the day I crushed the Odessa in the square last fall.

"I have a feeling that soon, I'll be facing him again."

Griffith paused for a while, and said as if muttering to himself: "I still want to ask Lord Salorian for his opinion."

Watching Lansada leave, Griffith has no interest in returning to the dance floor.He couldn't wait to meet his mentor.Naira dared to come to Hormonworth to issue a warning, which meant that the agent of the god had returned from the lost ruins, and after a short silence, he was about to return to the battlefield.

The battlefield of the first battle was Verona.

"Brother—" Saya came to the side of the pensive Griffith and patted him, "Who was the girl just now, her eyes are so beautiful~"

"Emmm..."

"You obviously have so many options to choose from, why are you so obsessed with Miss Elf?" Saya asked softly, "It is obvious that a human girl is better than an elf who is addicted to magic and is as unstable as a bomb. Wow! I heard that these sharp ears once murdered you, lest you spoil their good deeds! It's really bad!

"As a rational human being, you should also recognize the reality, how wonderful Sonia is!"

Griffith was stunned for a while before realizing: "Galadia is different from her people. And there are many elves who are my friends."

After hearing this, Saya turned around her brother with her hands behind her back:
"There are spirits who betray Canaan, but there is no Canaan who betrays Canaan.

"You can't misjudge the direction of Canaan's overall actions just because you are glued to Miss Elf. They live in the kingdom of God on the ground and think they are higher than human life forms. Their actions must be in line with their own interests."

Griffith didn't object.

"You're right. Did you read it from Roland's book?"

"Well," Saya nodded honestly, "He is a very dangerous person, but I think he is right. Canaan is different from us after all."

"I've read his book, too," Griffith said as he left the ball with his sister, "but there's a sentence behind——

"As long as there are enough elves who betray Canaan, Canaan will also betray Canaan. Quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes. The way to know and understand this phenomenon is what Roland called materialist dialectics."

"However, let the elves of Canaan betray themselves. Is it possible?"

"Last fall, something happened to me that made me understand Rowland's thinking. He seemed to believe from the beginning that I would understand him and be gay."

When Griffith said this to his sister, he covered his right eye with his hand. There seemed to be some amazing power hidden there, ready to break through the shackles and burst out at any time.

Saya could feel this powerful psychic energy.The older brother is the "Hand of God" and wields such a rare power, which is really cool.

"Then what did you learn from it?"

"Sister, there is a limit to human ability. I learned one thing from my short life... The more people want to protect their own world, the more they will find that human ability has a limit. In the face of God's game So small and helpless...unless beyond human."

"Brother, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"My front is shrouded in darkness and mist, whether it is the relationship with Galadia or the upcoming war," Griffith said, "My enemy is certainly a powerful mystery. However, I have not Going to confront them as a human being."

(End of this chapter)