Ark, I got cold a little early

"Inès?"

"Have your eyes always been like this?"

Her voice became a little weaker, and Ines reached out and touched Hongyu's cheek.

"...When did you realize that?"

"I started to suspect it a long time ago, when your hearing became very good one day."

Looking at the pair of gray eyes in front of her that had long lost their luster, Inès frowned.

“When did it become like this?”

"I forgot too."

Waving his hands nonchalantly, Hong Yu said with a smile: "This kind of thing has no effect on me, no need to worry about it."

The erosion of time on him had already become quite serious, and one of the manifestations was... he had lost his eyesight.

But fortunately, even if he lost his eyes, he could still use his mental power to judge the things around him, so... it wouldn't have much impact?

"..."

After a moment's silence, Ines said nothing in the end. She just sat quietly beside Hongyu and began to drink the wine one sip at a time.

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"To me, Yu... he has always been a beacon of light. He saved me and showed me the way forward, but then I discovered that he had already lost his light."

"Even...I didn't discover this until then."

"So maybe he had already lost his sight before?"

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97

Chapter 97 He is dead, no, not dead.

For Old W, he has experienced a lot of things and seen many characters and people.

Perhaps on a whim or for some other reason, he joined a strange mercenary group formed by a young man.

The leader of the group is a young man who is always pretending to be serious and likes to drink whenever he wants. Oh, this may be a good thing, because this kind of guy pays the most attention to his comrades if there is no other external influence.

Well, that's assuming there's no other influence causing him to change.

Will is an alcoholic and doesn't look serious every day, but he can still be considered a good person?

There is also Caprini, who has very good eyesight but poor fighting skills. However, she has become pretty good after being taught by someone.

That person is called Yu. He is the guy that Old W can't understand the most. He is also the guy who is most incompatible with the profession of mercenary and out of tune with the mercenary group.

Not to mention that his strength is so strong that Old W thinks there is no need for him to join the mercenary group, his thoughts are not like what a mercenary should have.

He actually doesn't like killing people? A mercenary group that should have prioritized profit, under his influence, has become... a mercenary group with a good reputation?

Old W always kept a respectful distance from Hongyu, or rather... he kept a respectful distance from everyone. He was as illusory as his smile.

He thought he would not trust the feelings of mercenaries, as all feelings would be corrupted by interests, but these guys were a little confusing to him.

Hedley truly cherished the lives of all his men, and when it came to profit, he placed it behind his teammates.

Although Inès appears to be indifferent to everyone, she will show concern when her teammates are injured. Well, it will be more obvious to someone, even though that guy is rarely injured.

Yu... It's hard to say anything about Old W. He is very powerful but has a strange personality.

But he had many wild ideas, like... he once took care of two children, and maybe those two children could put an end to the chaos in Kazdel...

To be honest, it was good enough that Old W could hold back his laughter when he heard this.

After all, when Inès heard Yu say, "I have taken care of two children before," her expression was so wonderful.

What kind of mercenary group is this? It's just an immature little team formed by a bunch of guys with childish dreams.

Ah.

Huh... after thinking so much... in the end it seems like I'm the only one who's out of tune with them.

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"Didn't Yu come to participate in this mission?"

Old W frowned and asked.

Generally speaking, when everyone participates in a mission together, Yu will never be absent. With him on the mission, the mission is equivalent to zero danger and 100% success.

"He told me in advance that he would be leaving the team for a while. He seemed to be investigating something."

Hedley wiped his heavy sword and added: "Also... I have always felt that there is a sense of impending storm in Kazdel recently."

"The last time I felt this way was before Kazdel was attacked by the Three Kingdoms Alliance."

"Come on, kid, stop being such a phoenix."

Pouting, Old W said, "Let him go, then. It's not like we haven't done any missions in his absence before."

"I don't know why... but I have a bad feeling..."

Will also spoke at this time.

"But just be careful about your own safety."

"Heh, I heard from the older generation of Sarkaz that some people will feel an ominous feeling before they die."

Old W smiled, although he also felt that something was wrong with his current state.

"Tsk, it's not certain who will die."

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Shit... As expected... Sometimes what Old W says does make sense...

Covering his wound that was bleeding profusely after being pierced, Will looked palely at the black-robed man holding a blade in front of him, and said tremblingly: "Absolver? Why are you here?"

"You've taken on a mission you shouldn't have. This shipment shouldn't have been sent to Theresa."

The man called the Pardoner raised his sword and spoke.

"Although I have always despised Tracy's so-called 'try not to kill' principle, it is undeniable that he is somewhat useful in terms of ruling."

The Absolver raised his sword high, and the next blow was enough to kill Will.

"Will! Use your last bit of strength to jump out of here!"

But when Will was about to run out of strength, Old W rushed over from nowhere and kicked Will away.

But when Will escaped from danger, Old W was hit by the sword of the Pardoner and fell to the ground.

"What a stupid idea to save someone. Even if you save him now, you can't escape."

Wiping the blood off the blade, the pardoner said disdainfully.

"Oh, you're just a crappy royal court lackey."

Falling to the ground, Old W took out his detonator from his pocket and said with a smile: "Guess how many mines I have buried here?"

Fortunately, we had placed bombs around here out of concern. Sure enough, sometimes that premonition is justified.

Ah... I guess there's no way to escape now, right?

It's so funny, would someone like me actually die for saving others?

Old W placed his finger on the detonator button and pressed it.

"ridiculous!"

After a moment of panic, the Pardoner subconsciously tried to snatch Old W's detonator, but as the flames shot up into the sky, the flames and air waves engulfed everything around.

“Old W!!!”

He seemed to be hallucinating. How could someone make such a tragic scream because of the death of a bastard like him?

Is it Hedley? Or Will?

Noisy.

……

"I've changed my mind. Whether this shipment reaches the Tower of Babel or not, you all will die."

In the ruins, a disheveled figure walked out from the dark ruins. The Pardoner was not dead.

"Shit! This B thing isn't dead yet?!"

Because he was close to the detonation site, Will almost fainted at this time, but he still forced himself to hold on.

“Although he is injured now, don’t take it lightly while Yu is away.”

Hedley, who had hurried over from somewhere else, said breathlessly.

Gripping the hilt of the sword, Inès's expression was solemn.

And Hedley's condition was not very good either. It was obvious that they had hit a wall in this mission.

"Be prepared... for..."

The sword in the Absolver's hand emitted a strange light, and his Originium skill was about to be activated.

"feather!"

"Welcome to your death!!"

Peng! ! !

To the Pardoner, everything happened too suddenly. He only felt that the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him waved his fist, and then the sky and the earth changed color.

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"Huh... As expected, with Yu here, I can always save my life."

"W, are you sure...you're not going to leave here?"

Frowning, Hongyu looked at Old W who was slumped on the ground and spoke with a serious expression.

"Heh... Hongyu, I almost saw my grandmother explode just now. Isn't that amazing?"

Old W smiled as he pulled his arm which was about to break and looked at the fact that there was hardly any good flesh left on his body.

He can still speak now, thanks to Hongyu.

"At the time, I was wondering why I became a mercenary... but... in the end, I couldn't think of anything else except money."

"Sometimes I wonder if I care about nothing but money anymore. But when I subconsciously went to save that kid Will, I realized, is there still time for me to be this kind of person?"

"You're talking now. You're dying."

"I know, but who can I blame? I was the one who acted like an idiot and went to save that kid Will."

"I can save you."

"I know that, but as expected... forget it. There's no point in living in Kazdel... Heh, for someone like me, it's better to be a little better."

"...Yu, I really still don't understand you."

“…Old W?”

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"he left."

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(This short drama took place before Hongyu died.)