Terra's Magnetic Field

After hearing the knock on the door, Jeston went to open it. He looked out through the small hole in the iron door and saw two guys standing outside. They were wearing neat black suits, with ID cards on their chests. Their hair was also very neatly done. They must have come from a big city.

But why did this kind of person show up at his doorstep?

Although it felt strange, Jeston still opened the door. As soon as he opened the door, he heard the light brown-haired film man standing in front of him say:

"Little ghost, we are entrusted by your father to take the little girl away. The old man seems to have found that this girl is worth studying."

Flin pointed at Luna behind Jeston, while the white-haired Rupert behind him looked away, perhaps thinking:

"Is this the kind of place they live?"

Perhaps this dilapidated scene reminded the white-haired Rupert of his childhood, and a gloomy expression appeared on his face. He knew that he was going to do something greedy next.

"Father, if you were here, would you stop me? You would definitely stop me, right?... I am not as great as you. I can sacrifice everything to climb up, even at the cost of hurting others... And all this is for revenge against you!"

Jeston had heard what brown-haired Filin said and seen the expression on white-haired Rupert's face. As someone who was familiar with his father's work, he naturally knew what would happen next.

Later he did try his best to stop them, but after all, he was too young to be a match for the two adults, and he couldn't cause any harm to the two guys no matter what he tried.

"So I hate this kind of recycling work. Hati, don't you think it's disgusting? By the way, do you want to go to the bar for a drink after get off work? It's my treat~" The brown-haired Philin stepped on Jeston's head and said to the white-haired Rupert beside him. He didn't take the child under his feet seriously at all in his behavior and laughter.

"Move your feet, Ferdinand... He's just a child. I have no interest in tormenting him." Hattie said, and then whispered to the fallen Jeston:

"I'm sorry, kid. This is work after all. We office workers can't decide our own jobs. If you want to hate someone, just hate your father..."

"What a joke!... Can you take someone else's sister away by saying something like that?!" Jeston stood up suddenly, took out the dagger hidden under his body, and stabbed Hati who had just spoken with such cruelty.

middle!!!!!!!

Under Ferdinand's astonished gaze, Jeston's dagger hit Hati's abdomen and ribs. This place would be painful for most people, but Hati could still look at the child who stabbed him without any expression after swallowing the 10-centimeter-long blade? I don't know if he has amazing willpower or if he really has no sense of pain as the rumors say.

Hati reached out his hand to stop Ferdinand from rushing over, "He's just a kid, there's no need to get serious..."

Hati's warm blood flowed down Jeston's cold white blade, soaking Jeston's knife-holding hand. There was no blame in his eyes.

"How was it? Did the feeling of stabbing someone help to relieve some of the anger in your heart?" Hati asked. He deliberately withdrew his body's protective strength when Jeston stabbed him, and took the knife with his flesh body.

BGM: "cocoon"

Anger cannot be wiped out by words, only blood can stop hatred and the pain. Hati understands this truth better than anyone else... If getting stabbed can make the child feel better, he will endure it.

But he still has to continue his work.

Seeing that Jeston was stunned, Hati knocked him to the ground with a punch, then pulled out the dagger stuck in his abdomen in front of him and crushed the mortal object with a single force.

He looked at Jeston, seeing his eyes full of anger and unwillingness, and said:

"Nice look... kid, but the weak have no right to bargain with the strong. Negotiations can only be based on the real strength of both parties.

On the basis of a balance of forces.”

"If you hate me and feel unwilling to accept this, then become stronger and show me!"

"Just hate me... Use hatred to push yourself and become an Avenger like me."

Dark red fangs appeared on Hati's face, and his tone became even deeper.

"When you can freely manifest the [Strong Battle Mark] like me, come find me again... If you still have the courage to stand in front of me and look at me with the same eyes as today, I will respond to your [Revenge]. If you can knock me down, I will even give you my life!!"

"…………"

After saying this, Hati left with Ferdinand, who was holding the unconscious Luna. His punch paralyzed most of Jeston's muscles, making it difficult for Jeston to even get up.

But even so, Jeston still looked at their backs and struggled to crawl forward, regardless of the severity of his injuries or how miserable he looked...

Hot tears flowed from the boy's swollen eyes. He stretched out his only hand and reached forward. Everything became hazy under the tears, as if everything in front of him turned into bubbles that would dissipate at the touch of a finger...

“Please, don’t take her away from my life!! Please!… Damn it!!… Stop it! Why would you take one of us away after abandoning us!… If you were going to take her away, you shouldn’t have abandoned her in the first place!! Why?! Why does this land always take away something after I become attached to it?! Why are you so cruel to me?!!………”

"...Who can save me?...Please...Who can save my sister...?"

"My body! I command you to move! Move! Why don't you move?!!"

A miracle did not happen to Jeston. In the most desperate moment, he failed to unleash the legendary power, and no hero descended from the sky to save him and his sister.

It seemed that all the dramatic developments in this world were not prepared for him. He was never the [protagonist], he had no [fate] at birth, and no [destiny] waiting for him. He was just an insignificant [passerby]...

There is nothing more painful than realizing this in the midst of despair.

After all, his anger, hatred, pain... these heart-wrenching emotions will only dissipate in this land like wind and clouds, without causing even the slightest fluctuation.

The emotions of the strong can destroy the world, while the wailing of the weak is just a joke.

“……………………………………………………”

After running out of energy, Jeston fell into a coma. When he woke up, all the valuable things in the house were gone, including the skirt he had just bought but had not yet let his sister wear, and the sack of money that was supposed to be used for his sister's schooling...

“It’s gone… It’s all gone…” Jeston looked at the ruins around him that could no longer be called home. It should be that some hooligans from the neighborhood heard the noise and bought it for free.

This place is like a wilderness grassland, and people are like beasts. As long as one of them shows signs of disadvantage or fatigue, the other beasts will rush over and eat its bones.

Not only this place, but this whole land as well... That's why kind and upright people find it difficult to survive, and only despicable, evil and unscrupulous villains can live forever.

Maybe there is a so-called "Savior" in this land, but no matter how powerful he is, he cannot take care of everything. Tragedies happen every day in places beyond his sight...

Ending song: "Elegy"

Lyrics excerpt:

It is the bitter fruit and the fire of karma. I remember saying that you should not ask about the cause and effect of coming and going. Even if you get hurt, the love is insignificant. You can hear the clear song among the swaying mountains.

I also put you aside, leaving you torn and bleeding. This pain cannot be healed. The nightmare swallowed up the scenery, and I watched the dream shatter without a trace. I am covered with scars and have no home. My fate is limited by fate and I can't tell the truth from the false.

That’s all for today.

Postscript: If you think about the timeline carefully, Saria is actually three or four years older than Jeston. After all, when Hati saw Jeston, who was in his teens, he was already around 20. And Hati is six or seven years older than Saria, so Ferdinand may be a little older than Saria, two or three years older, which is quite confusing...

Chapter 380 Mortal Bones

"Uncle, who are you?"

When Luna looked at Jeston with innocent and clear eyes, the adult man was stunned, which made him not know how to answer this question for a while. Compared with the embarrassing title of "uncle", the more important thing is how to answer the question of who he is to his "sister"...

Just think about it, if a child who has been with you for many years and is as close to you as a blood relative meets you again after many years away, looks at you confusedly without any joy or affection in his eyes, and then asks you very seriously, "Who are you?", how should you answer?

I don’t know how to answer, and I can’t answer…

Jeston opened his mouth slightly, countless words bursting out of his heart but were blocked by his throat. After exhaling several times, he still couldn't utter a word.

The emotional part of him wanted to tell the girl that he was her "brother", wanted to tell her about the past, wanted to evoke her lost memories, wanted to take her back to where she used to live, wanted to walk the path they had walked before again...

But his reason told him that the girl's memory had been permanently erased by her father through surgery, and no matter how madly he stimulated her, it would not change her.

Even if she could remember a fragment of it, it would only disturb her and cause her pain...

In this land full of weird and supernatural phenomena, Jeston is a real person. No miracles have happened to him since he was a child, and he knows that this time is no exception. It seems that everything he has experienced so far is very despairing.

The cruelest thing in the world is that after you find your lost loved one, she has already forgotten who you are. You are the most precious and important person to her, but you are just a stranger you met for the first time.

"Nothing much... Lu... Rosemary, my name is Jeston, I'm just an ordinary employee of Rhine Life."

Jason said this, and he didn't even dare to touch the girl sitting on the chair in front of him.

He was afraid that once he touched her skin, he would uncontrollably recall his past experiences, and the spiritual pillars that had sustained him through countless cold nights would turn into a heart-tearing knife at this moment, making it difficult for him to control himself. He would go crazy and be in pain.

He didn't want to lose his composure in front of this girl.

Let the past be the past, no need to look back, the most important thing is that [she] is still alive, that's all...

[She] is no longer her sister Luna, but Rosemary, a test subject recovered by Rhine Life. She was rescued by the director of the Defense Department, Saria, after the collapse of [Locken Williams'] water tank laboratory. From now on, she will be transferred to [Rhodes Island] to live a happy life.

(Just out of the wolf pack and into the tiger's mouth again. I believe that the Queen Mother's magical operation will not disappoint people)

Loken, the instigator of the whole tragedy, also died in the laboratory explosion. Jason was unable to take revenge on the dead, and he would live with this repressed hatred for the rest of his life.

That's good...

Jeston withdrew his trembling hands, turned his back and left the place. He paused every three steps and then scolded himself in his heart for his cowardice and incompetence. He was really useless... In the end, he still failed to protect anyone and he had lost his sister forever.

"uncle…………"

Jeston heard Rosemary behind him trying to call him, but he couldn't turn around to answer her at this moment, because he didn't want to embarrass her. Since she had forgotten everything in the past, he should stop bothering her and let her embrace a new life alone.

Jeston walked out of the room and the automatic door closed behind him.

He strolled to the end of the corridor on this floor, and when he saw his own dejected expression reflected in the metal wall, he could no longer hold back and yelled:

“Damn it! Are you kidding me, Terra?! Why… why did you forget everything! Damn it!! Damn it!————”

“Aaaaahh! ———————Woooooo! …Woooooo…”

His facial muscles had never been twisted so exaggeratedly before. His entire face looked completely different from a human. Hot and wet tears escaped from his eyes and finally shattered on the cold floor.

Jeston sobbed and banged his head against the wall, hoping to use this method to relieve the pain, rage and unwillingness in his heart, but drawing a knife to cut off the water will make the water flow more. The more he did this, the more painful his heart became!

"That's enough, isn't it? She won't remember anything if you do this. Don't do anything that will hurt yourself anymore..." Saria's voice came from the corridor next to Jeston. She had probably been waiting here for a long time, and she saw it all.

Jeston moved his head away from the wall and saw Hemer, dressed as a researcher, standing to the right of Saria.

"Are you waiting here to laugh at me?..." Jeston asked after suppressing his painful emotions, and Saria and Hummer looked at each other.

"Laugh! Are you laughing at me?!"

Hemer wanted to comfort him, "We understand your feelings, we also have Ifrit..."

"What the hell do you know? Have you ever eaten dog vomit for 10,000 yuan?! Have you ever been homeless after everything that matters most to you was destroyed?! Have you ever experienced [despair]?"

Jeston scolded Hemer directly. Seeing this, Saria was a little unhappy. She said to Jeston with a little dignity:

"Jaston! How can you say that? Hemer is for..."

"Shut up! You, Saria, are the least qualified to speak in this place!!!!"

"Gu..." Saria stopped talking. She felt that it was useless to say more to Jason at this moment.

"Sareya, ask yourself, have you ever suffered from any hardship since you were a child? You were born into a wealthy family, and even though your family fell into poverty, you were quickly adopted by your master. You have never paid any price for what you have done! The strongest person on this earth is your strong shield, and even the boss loves you very much. You became a leader as soon as you entered the company, while I worked hard to be an ordinary employee! You are simply the apple of everyone's eye..."

"You have been enjoying the best resources of this earth all the time! But you, BYD, have never worked hard, never made progress, and are even afraid of pain?! Why are you stronger than me even though you are like this? Why am I still no match for you even though I have tried my best? Is it just because we have different blood flowing in our bodies? Are you and I not of the same species? Is it because I am born humble as a mortal?!!"

"This world can satisfy you to the utmost, but why can't even my humble wishes be fulfilled? Why did you extinguish my last hope and make me fall into even more desperate pain? Was I an unforgivable demon in my previous life? Did you save the entire universe in your previous life?!"

"Why is this damned land so [tolerant] to you, but so [harsh] to me?!"

"Answer me, Saria!————————"

Along with this heart-wrenching roar, Jayston showed the same look he had given Hati in the past, a look full of hatred, pain, disgust, and murderous intent.

"……………………", Saria did not reply, nor did she dare to reply. She knew that no matter what she answered, it would only bring more crazy bombardment from Jeston. The most important thing was that she could not even look directly into the man's eyes at the moment. Just looking into his eyes would make her endure extreme [pain]

"Let's go..." Saria dragged the confused Hemer away from here.

That’s all for today.

Postscript: I've been watching "Lonely Rock" recently, and I wanted to marry Pochi-chan, then run away when she gets pregnant, and hide in the dark to watch her gradually collapse... Of course not!

"Today my hands are shaking, today my heart aches... I gave everything, but I couldn't get the little love I wanted... Why did God give me this kind of pain? What did I do wrong?"

"Pochi! I love you so much! Why are you doing this to me?"

“Quack!————————————”

Chapter 381 Seeking Death

In the year 1083 of Terra, nine years after the death of the old enemy Wan and Xiao Er, the land has undergone tremendous changes.

First of all, in Columbia's Rhine Life, Wan's eldest daughter Bella inherited her mother's position before her death, and promoted Christine, who had always taken care of her, as the nominal general manager, just because she did not like to show up in the spotlight like her mother.

The first thing Bella did after taking the throne was to purge a group of conservatives who were only loyal to the previous governor. Bella knew that although these guys would not rebel against him for the time being, they would always be a destabilizing factor, and their existence would not be conducive to his future reform plan.

After Bella purged a large number of conservative old cadres, she promoted people she trusted to take over the vacant leadership positions, including Saria, who took over the position of director of the defense department before Xiao Er's death.

After Saria took over as the director of the Defense Department, Bella expanded the Defense Department. She changed the department from a nominal branch with only one person when Xiaoer was there to a private army with clear law enforcement powers and patrol functions.

Bella did this to win over Saria and give her some power to make her loyal to her. On the other hand, she wanted to use the Defense Department to check and balance other branches, making the Defense Department her own guard and her henchmen.

(Sareya: Defense Department, open the door! Check the composition!)

(Thinking carefully, it seems that it was during this period that Saria began to develop into a full-time general...)

At the same time, Bella's half-sister "Golatia" left Rhine Life and went to Iberia. In the next ten years, Golatia would develop from an unknown Iberian civilian to the absolute dictator of Agor. Of course, this is all later...

From 1074 to 1083, the most far-reaching event that happened in this nine-year period was the establishment of the [Lianying Empire] by Hati.

After Hati returned to the earth, he went back to the wasteland that used to be Syracuse. He repaired the earth veins with his own power and promoted the [Homecoming Movement] everywhere in Terra, calling on the Syracusans who had left their homes to come back and rebuild their homeland.

When the population of Syracuse reached more than 10 million, Hati announced the establishment of the [Lianying Empire] to this land. For this, he fought a great battle with the Yan State Emperor Wanchou to demonstrate his own strength.

After the war with Wanchou, no one in this land questioned Hati's strength, and other countries announced their recognition of the legitimacy of his empire. Since then, the Lupers have their own kingdom and king to protect them.