Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1363 1335. Dawn
Arondite's blade pierced the middle of the Moon Goddess's strange face, which looked like a deformed mask.

The pure, gentle, even illusory, faint light emitted a continuous burning sound inside His body.

There was a sizzling sound as if the superior's body was completely roasted into charcoal.

Lan En really wanted to burn Him into charcoal.

The young demon hunter's body was still glowing with the light red flame of his [Power Release: Ultimate Intent].

The essence of the Mistbrood Lord Destructor in Smaug's armor stimulated his body just like the monster's masochistic appetite when he was still alive.

All the muscles in his body were stretched so tight that they showed like bulges and lines under his skin.

In addition, a layer of golden chaos magic shield was attached to Lan En's body in a completely close-fitting basic form.

On the one hand, [Quen's Seal] can indeed be used as a layer of insurance against huge impact force.

On the other hand, with this layer of chaos magic protective shield, no matter whether it is dirt or the blood and meat splashed from the remains of the ancient god, they have no chance to actually touch Lan En's body.

Although the final confrontation was abrupt, it was the last gasp of both Lan En and Yue Shen.

But the young demon hunter was fully prepared long before taking action.

It was inconsistent with Yharnam's objective terrain. A large sea of ​​flowers on a solitary peak was shattered by more than half after the Moon Goddess's final sudden attack.

Fortunately, in the end, Lan En's position was basically standing on one side clearly.

Be it inducement or an open signal, as long as the Moon Goddess still wants to take action in the end, she will definitely not waste her energy on the area on the other side of the sea of ​​flowers.

This caused the alchemical leather bag that Lan En had just thrown on the ground and had no energy to take care of, as well as the hilt and more than one-meter-long sword body of [Muddy Flow·Destruction] sticking out from the opening of the leather bag, to not be affected and remain in place.

But it seemed that because the Moon Goddess was dead, the sea of ​​flowers in this dream could no longer inexplicably return to its original appearance as it did a few minutes ago.

Lan En walked over and put the breastplate on the ground into the alchemical leather bag.

The alchemical leather bag was hung on his waist again, and he held the hilt of the burning and ferocious sword, with the blade dragging on the ground, and walked towards the body of the Moon Goddess.

With his current body, even if he activated the [Power Unleashed: Ultimate Intent] on Smaug's armor, he couldn't lift the greatsword as easily as he did in normal state.

It was like steel cracking, revealing a great sword with scorching magma inside. The blade dragged on the ground, burning a line on the sea of ​​flowers following Lan En's footsteps.

Standing beside the Moon Goddess's motionless body.

Lan's chest heaved violently.

But he still had a cold face and gritted his teeth, the muscles and veins on his arms bulged! He raised [Muddy Flow·Destruction] high above his head!
The dark sword body, the shining white blade, the hideous cracks all over the sword, above the broken sea of ​​flowers, under the bright moon, looked like a huge and broken tombstone.

And then "Bang!!!"

[Muddy Stream·Destruction] The very distinctive slashing sound, or collision sound, burst out directly!

This time it was not Lan En who was hammering the sword, but the cold blade that actually cut into the neck of the Moon Goddess's corpse from the side!

Thick plasma burst out from the Moon Goddess's neck, which was like a skeleton, but did not touch Lan En's body at all.

The demon hunter staggered back two steps exhausted, the huge and heavy blade stuck on the bone, and a piece of the gray-white dragon skin wrapped around the hilt was floating slightly in the air.

It fluttered along with the white petals that were stirred up by the wind pressure of the great sword.

The flame burned quietly, spreading across the Moon Goddess's body.

I don’t know if there is any connection, but after the Moon Goddess’ body began to burn, the entire sea of ​​flowers, as well as the building outside the sea of ​​flowers that served as the hunter’s dream, suddenly began to emit nameless flames of unknown origin.

Lan En didn't put away his sword until the Moon Goddess's entire body was completely covered by the [remnant fire].

He walked heavily to the unconscious Maria, his legs weakened and he knelt down. The effect of [Power Release: Ultimate] had worn off.

An even stronger feeling of fatigue was invading Lan's muscles.

After adjusting his breathing and regaining his strength, Lan En's broad arms finally held the Yharnam female hunter in his arms and stood up.

Maria, who was curled up in a coma, now looked weak and petite in front of Lan's broad chest, even though her originally slender and capable figure.

The battle just now did not affect here.

German's wheelchair was even quietly staying not far away.

There was another sound of gentle footsteps, approaching, stepping on the flowers that had not yet burned.

Lan En didn't look back because he knew who the footsteps belonged to.

The doll based on Maria looks like she is taking a walk in an ordinary yard amidst the burning sea of ​​flowers.

Two hands with ball joints folded on their lower abdomen, they calmly walked past Lan En and pushed the wheelchair left by German with a creaking sound.

It seemed that she wanted to push the wheelchair from the sea of ​​flowers to the small courtyard where the hunter workshop was located.

The wheelchair and footsteps stepped on the flowers. The footsteps were so gentle that it seemed as if the burning sea of ​​flowers and buildings were invisible. Instead, it seemed more like an ordinary walk.

"Aren't you going to run away?" Lan En asked, holding Maria in his arms and turning his head slightly. "This fire will probably burn everything. Even dreams."

The puppet stopped and its inorganic face and eyes turned towards the young witcher.

"I'm just a puppet." She said calmly, looking down at the empty wheelchair. "A puppet in a dream. This dream is where I live. From the beginning to the end." "I'm sorry, but I have to do this." Lan En whispered.

Just like his words, there was apology in his tone, but more of it was determination.

"Are you apologizing to me?" The puppet Maria tilted her head, her carved face still expressionless. "This is the first time a hunter has apologized to me."

As the doll spoke, it suddenly looked at Maria, who was unconscious in Lan's arms.

"She is my prototype." The puppet said calmly, "But I don't have any impression of her."

"Have you two met?"

Lan asked, remembering what Maria had said to German before joining the battle.

There is no doubt that when Maria crossed the space cut she left behind, she saw the doll based on herself.

"She didn't say anything, but..." the puppet said with downcast eyes, "the way she looked at me seemed a little pitiful."

"." Lan En opened his mouth, but in the end he could only sigh and say, "Sorry."

"You don't have to apologize to me."

The doll gently raised her face, and from her angle, she could just see the burning spire of the small church in the yard of the hunter's workshop.

"That's good. That's good enough. I think I can have a long, long sleep."

The creaking sound of the wheelchair and the sound of gentle footsteps stepping on the flowers could be heard again.

The puppet's voice was as light as a dream talk.

"It's time to wake up, kind hunter."

“May you find your own value in the sober world.”
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In the deep and dark alley, a pale blue dagger blade suddenly pierced out from mid-air, as if it had pierced from the other side of the world to this side.

The blade is pulled down, creating a hole large enough for a human body to pass through.

Then, a tall young man holding the female hunter staggered out from the incision.

With a "bang", Lan En, who raised his leg, failed to control his strength, or he no longer had the strength to control his inertia.

After he walked out, he staggered a few steps until his shoulder hit the wall of the alley with a dull thud, and only then did he stop and stand firm.

Although the female hunter in his arms was not hit, she still frowned due to the impact, and her eyelids fluttered, and it seemed that she was about to wake up.

The eyelids that were tightly closed as if in a nightmare trembled first, then suddenly opened, revealing the blood-red pupils inside.

With a 'crash' sound, the skilled female hunter jumped down immediately, her gorgeous one-shoulder cloak fluttering with a sound.

There was a "click" sound, accompanied by a spark from the activation mechanism of the transforming weapon.

The [Fallen Leaf] long sword that had been put together again chopped straight towards Lan En's neck.

But at the last moment, the knife-wielding man's arm suddenly retracted a lot, causing the dark blade to "clang" from Lan En's neck and hit the wall of the alley.

"It's you? What am I doing? You again?"

Maria's dazed but forced calm voice sounded tentatively.

Although the alley was dark, the hunters of Yharnam were already accustomed to fighting in such places.

Maria seemed to have just come to her senses. She touched her neck which was hit by Lan, and saw the witcher who had no breastplate on his upper body and looked powerless.

Turning his head to look around, there was no doll that looked exactly like him, no chapel in the hunter workshop, and no quiet white sea of ​​flowers. It seemed that the life-and-death battle with the teacher whom he no longer acknowledged was just an illusion.

No.
Maria's tricorn hat swung left and right at the thought.

Gehman finally tells her to 'run', what does that mean?
Thinking of this, Maria easily sorted out the memory of being knocked unconscious.

Maria easily thought that the only person who could knock her out from behind was Lan En.

She was not as angry or unacceptable as an ordinary person would be after being knocked unconscious and then finding out who did it.

In Yharnam, there are some things that are best not even looked at.

Although she had trusted her teacher and the Healing Church before, she had been through so much after her trust was broken, so she was aware of the situation.

So for Lan En, at most she was waiting for a simple, even a little vague explanation.

But unfortunately, before she could even utter this explanation, Maria saw Lan weakly sliding down the wall and sitting on the ground.

She stepped forward to ask for details, but Lan En just smiled with his head down, as if he was almost unconscious.

Maria was helpless.

She could only hope that in this place, she could find similarities from her 'distant' memories, and then go to the Orton Chapel to call for help.

However, just as the blood noble took the first step out of the dark and dim alley, she was suddenly stunned.

Because, a ray of cold but real dawn sunlight was casting a shadow on the brim of her tricorn hat!

(End of this chapter)