Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 207 Bonova Gustave

Bang! Bang!
The train continued to move forward along the tracks in an orderly manner, as if it was not affected at all.

Inside the train, in one of the carriages that is tens or hundreds of thousands times wider than an ordinary carriage, there is a vibrant underground cave. The ground under your feet is flat, and a large area is covered with mirror-clear water. Above your head are upside-down sharp stalactites, but strangely, there is also a gorgeous and beautiful starry sky!

The purple-red nebula is dotted with countless sparkling "stars", forming a dreamlike scene. The nebula seems to have infinite magic, attracting people who come here and fascinated by it.

But in the distance, at the junction of the ground beneath your feet and the 'nebula' at the top of the cave, a huge monster is even more eye-catching!
It has an extremely slender 'body', composed of countless gorgeous 'stars'. But when these individually gorgeous and gorgeous stars are combined together, the shape they form is disgusting and extremely sickening.

Its trunk has six broad, dry, gray-black arms, like the limbs of arthropods, supporting its walking. Behind the six huge dry arms, there are two pairs of huge transparent cicada wings, which gradually change from dark purple to transparent from the trunk. The closer to the "stars" that make up the body, the brighter the color.

At its tail, there is a huge barb like a scorpion's tail, which makes people shudder. At its head, there is a "skull" that can cause extreme mental pollution. It is a human skull magnified at least a hundred times, and its mouth contains four sharp mouthparts in a pointed shape.

It seemed to be a combination of beauty and ugliness. The stars that made up its body and the gradient-colored cicada wings were both extremely beautiful, but when all of this was combined, it only gave people a sense of insanity and terror. If it were an ordinary Beyonder, they would probably lose control on the spot just by looking at it.

That is the pollution from the starry sky, the ancient ominousness - the dark stars 'Esti'!
And this was exactly the target that Yu Jin had locked onto before.

“Is this what’s in the train?”

Yu Jin's eyes moved slightly. He originally guessed that there was a seal that was very important to the Steam Church stored inside, but he never expected that the thing inside would be a "living creature", and a living creature with the same strength as an angel.

He had seen 'Esti' above the palace half a month ago, and that one had been killed by Arianna and the royal angels. But he didn't expect that there was another one in Constanton, and it was even 'imprisoned' by the Steam Church and was about to be transported to the Steam Church's temple in Trier.

What is Steam Church preparing to do?
Roar!
Esti in the distance suddenly let out a terrifying roar, and strong purple light gathered madly from its sharp mouthparts, and finally condensed into a beam of light as bright as a galaxy, shooting straight towards the embers!

The bright beam of light crossed tens of thousands of meters in the blink of an eye, almost instantly, as if it would completely engulf the embers in the next moment. But at the same time, the distance between them was constantly extending.

From tens of thousands of meters to hundreds of thousands of meters, millions of meters... until the figures of both sides in each other's sight were almost as small as microorganisms in the air. And the beam that was constantly expanding and extending finally couldn't hold on like a power outage and slowly dissipated.

And at the moment when the light beam dissipated, the 'carriage' that had been expanding wildly also returned to its original state in an instant -

Restored to a size of only tens of thousands of meters long and wide.

At the same time, a tall, handsome young man with long chestnut hair suddenly appeared beside Yu Jin. He sat on a hardwood seat that was very common in the carriage, with the triangular holy emblem of the Steam Church placed in front of him. He closed his eyes, as if he was praying devoutly.

The young man suddenly opened his blue eyes, stared at the embers quietly, and calmly said a name:
"Ash Black, you shouldn't be here."

"I'm already here, what's your name?"

Ember replied to him calmly, and glanced at Esti in the distance, who was summoning meteorites.

The young man was silent for a moment, then slowly said:

"Bonois Gustave."

Yu Jin was a little surprised by Gustav's last name and asked:

"Who is Emperor Roselle to you?"

"He is my father."

Bonois Gustave narrated calmly.

There was no fluctuation in his expression and his attitude was extremely cold, as if he was not talking about his father, but a stranger he had never met.

Rumble!
During the conversation, a sky full of meteorites was summoned from the void by Esti. Under her control, they fell from the sky like a torrential rain, covering the entire cave, as if to completely destroy everything in front of them!

But it was all in vain, because as soon as the meteorites appeared, they suddenly disappeared and no one knew where they went.

To be on the safe side, Yu Jin asked politely:
"Do you need help?"

"Need not."

"Then I'll go?"

Bonova nodded slightly, still without any change in expression, and said calmly:
"I'll take you back to the carriage."

The moment the voice rang out, the 'wall' silently moved in front of the two of them, and a large door suddenly appeared on the wall, which opened automatically with a creaking sound.

Yu Jin glanced at Esti who suddenly disappeared into a different space in the distance, shook his head and walked out the door.

tread!
Yu Jin walked through the gate, but there was no sound of the gate closing behind him, so he turned around.

Behind him was still the thick silver-white armor, completely enclosed and integrated without any gaps.
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boom!
Esti's huge body slammed heavily into the wall, knocking down the rocks that were growing on the wall, but this was obviously not what Esti expected. Its huge and ferocious skull turned towards Bonova, its dark eye sockets staring at him, making angry hisses and roars!
Bonois still sat quietly on the bench, seemingly not caring about it.

With him around, Esti will never be able to leave this carriage.

The only person who surprised him was Ash Black who had just arrived here.

Bonova didn't know how he got here, he knew he had the ability to teleport and could appear anywhere he wanted. But the physical rules of this space had been changed by him, and this place had long become an area that could not be reached by teleportation.

But the sudden appearance of the ember made Bonova realize that the 'rules' he created had loopholes that he himself didn't even know about...

While he was thinking, Esti had already rushed towards Bonova with a neigh, and appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.

The six huge dry hands, holding several purple balls, swung them fiercely towards Bonova below, creating a brilliant nebula.

Bonois raised his head calmly and looked at Esti who was already close to him, his expression remained unchanged.

"Why bother?"

Bonois said softly, "You should know that this is just futile."
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In the 24th carriage, Ikanser and Bruce, along with a group of Mechanical Heart members, were standing guard here with solemn expressions.

They could not enter the three carriages at the rear, and had no idea what was happening inside. They also knew that what they could do when facing the Saint was quite limited, but they did not intend to sit and wait for death.

If the situation gets out of control, even if it is beyond their ability, as members of the Mechanical Heart they must step up.

Suddenly, a faint blue light appeared in front of their eyes, which immediately alerted the members of the Mechanical Heart. "Don't move!" Ikanser seemed to have thought of something and suddenly shouted.

The next moment, as the illusory blue light faded away, a familiar figure appeared before them.

Ikanser immediately breathed a sigh of relief, walked up quickly, and asked anxiously:
"Mr. Ash, what's the situation in there?"

Ember did not answer, but looked behind him.

This made Ikanser nervous again, and he stared at the 25th carriage at the rear.

Suddenly, a 'door' appeared on the silver-white armored wall.

click!
The door slowly opened, and an old man wearing a white priest robe and a clergyman's hat appeared before them.

"archbishop."

Ikanser heaved a sigh of relief. The man who appeared was none other than the Archbishop of the Church of Steam in Backlund, Horamick Hayden. And now that both Yu Jin and the Archbishop were here, it meant that the situation should have been under control.

And sure enough, Horamick's next words confirmed his guess.

Horamick had a very gentle and kind face, and he did not show any anger at this time. He looked around and said:

"The matter has been resolved. Let's go back. But be careful that there are still people with bad intentions on the train. Don't let your guard down."

"Yes, Archbishop."

Ikanser and Bruce's faces suddenly turned serious and they nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Sir Ash."

Horamick then turned his gaze towards Ember and said with a gentle look, "Thank you for your help."

"It's just a piece of cake." Yu Jin nodded slightly and said politely.

Horamick smiled and said:

"Let me take care of some things first. I'll find time later for us to have a good chat. I think you probably have some questions you want answers to."

Yu Jin did not comment on this, but did not refuse.

And Horamick didn't exchange too many pleasantries and quickly closed the door.

The moment the door closed, carriage 25 returned to its original state, with no sign of a door.

The members of the Mechanical Heart had already dispersed, and Ember did not stay for long and returned to carriage No. 3.

When he returned to his box, he saw Audrey sitting by the window waiting for his return.

The girl looked out the window as if she was worried about something, her hand on her fair neck, holding a gorgeous ruby ​​necklace.

Of course, it was not a real ruby ​​necklace, but a magical item. The material used to make this magical item was the extraordinary characteristics of the Faceless Man that she bought from the World.

Its original appearance was a silver-white mask, but just like the 'Extraordinary Ability' granted by its Extraordinary Characteristics, it can also change its form freely. And at Audrey's request, it changed from a mask to the current ruby ​​necklace.

And Audrey named it: Lie.

Noticing someone opening the door, Audrey turned around alertly. When she saw that it was Yu Jin, she relaxed her guard a little and asked softly:

"how is the situation?"

Yu Jin did not tell her the details, but just explained:
"It's no big deal. The Steam Church can control the situation."

"That's it."

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, but soon realized something was wrong. She took a deep breath and reached for the ruby ​​necklace around her neck.

The extraordinary power of this magical item is undoubtedly useful, but its side effects should not be underestimated. When Audrey wears it, her emotions will be amplified, making it more difficult for her to maintain her "audience" posture.

Even though she is now a psychologist and has extraordinary ability to deal with this kind of problem, she would occasionally fall into the trap accidentally, just like just now. She knew that the uncontrolled divergence of thoughts just now was not her normal behavior, and her slight expectations and nervousness were magnified by the "lie".

This also made Audrey more alert to its side effects. She was particularly glad that she named the magical item "Lie" so that she would always be alert. Otherwise, one day she would become completely dependent on it and refuse to face her true self. Once she lost it, she would most likely lose control.

Yu Jin had already returned to the sofa and sat down with a frown on his face. He was still thinking about Esti who was trapped in the carriage.

The Estelle had undoubtedly been 'captured' by the Steam Church, and they even sent an angel to guard it, which was enough to show how much the Steam Church valued it. Judging from Bonova's performance, he had the ability to kill it, but he didn't do it because the Steam Church seemed to want a living Estelle. They even tried their best to bring it back to Trier.

Ember did not know why the Steam Church did this, nor did he know whether the other two major churches in the Kingdom of Loen knew about this - it was very likely that this Esti was secretly captured by the Steam Church, and the Church of Night and the Church of Storm were completely unaware of this.

As for the purpose of the Steam Church to capture 'Esti' alive, it is actually not difficult to guess.

Sequence 2 Bonova could suppress Esti or imprison her in the carriage, but the Steam Church's purpose was obviously more than that. They captured Esti alive, at least hoping to gain something from her, so they would inevitably conduct some experiments and research on her.

And these are things that Bonova cannot do alone. Only in the Steam Church's cathedral headquarters in Trier, or even in the kingdom of the 'God of Steam and Machinery', can he truly 'research' Esti without any worries.

The purpose of the Steam Church is not difficult to guess, but the question is, why did the Psychological Alchemy Society get involved? They even sent two saints to invade the special train. Could it be that they wanted to destroy the Steam Church's plan?

But if that's the case, what's the point of sending out 'Gluttony' and 'Envy'?

What they are facing is a genuine angel. Even if there are ten saints, they may not be able to pose the slightest threat!
Could it be that the Psychological Alchemy Society was unaware of all the inside story, and therefore sent out Gluttony and Envy to die?

Or maybe the purpose of the Psychological Alchemy Society is to send them to die?

(End of this chapter)