Awakening of Rebirth

Lurek was beheaded and defeated, and the defenders disarmed one after another. The few who were still fighting could not stop the Far East Army led by Chang Sheng.

Changsheng finally returned to Taran again.

When she stepped into the city gate and boarded the tower, and raised the broken Far Eastern military flag high, she looked at the broken city wall, the bloody mud and corpses all over the ground, and found that she didn't feel the joy of victory, but felt more and more human. Limited, obviously you have tried your best, but you haven't made the result much better—what you lost will never come back.

Changsheng handed over the endgame of the battlefield to Moni and Frange, and even though the wounds on his body were still bleeding, he proposed to rush to Ruyun Tower.

She is very aware of the condition of her body. After the seal planted by Hilda in her body is broken, her physique is far beyond that of ordinary people. This injury will heal quickly by itself. I don't even bother to do the simplest hemostasis treatment.

Seeing that Chang Sheng couldn't wait, Feng Ling hurriedly said that the seal of the Cloud Tower had been broken, and the black dragon's power should have been extremely strong, but the demon energy there was obviously suppressed, presumably Qianye Liusha did something with her body.Even so, now that the seal has been broken, only the power of the phoenix can replace the seal to temporarily suppress the black dragon. Before Jiang Zheng arrives, it is better not to act rashly.

Lagi nodded, and said: "If I'm not mistaken, the priest mentioned by the wind chime should have used a kind of al and forbidden technique called spirit induction, which can introduce dead spirits into living people."

"Then...that body, who will lead it?"

"The strong-willed will seize the dominance, but this technique can't last long, because once the spirit body and the physical body don't match, the physical body will be like a dead person, and will be corpse at a constant speed. Unless the spirit enters are expelled by special techniques, otherwise only Only when the spirit of the original owner rots with the body to death, can the spirit enterer leave on his own and find a new body, but at that time, the original owner has already died, and it is difficult to return to heaven."

Changsheng suddenly realized: "You said that unless the spirit of the original owner dies, the spirit-entrant cannot leave on his own. So the quicksand priest used the blood sacrifice set by the black dragon's subordinates to impose a forbidden technique, and introduced the black dragon into an ordinary body. Delaying time?"

"It should be like this, no matter how powerful the spirit enterer is, if his body is too weak, he can't do anything."

"But the black dragon can choose to destroy this body." Chang Sheng couldn't help frowning.

"This is what I don't understand the most. Why... the direction of the cloud tower can be calm for so long. No matter how incomplete the black dragon's consciousness is, it shouldn't be invincible even for ordinary people." Lagi said, "I see The priest acted without any hesitation, as if he had been prepared, but we didn't know it."

"Yes, at least the demonic energy I can sense is very weak now. As long as Miss Jiang Zheng arrives, we can go to the Ruyun Tower to find out." As soon as Feng Ling finished speaking, he saw Jiang Zheng's team in the distance return.

After Jiang Zheng arrived, Chang Sheng uttered his previous conjecture in a few words, looked at her pale face, frowned and said, "Can you still hold on?"

Jiang Zheng nodded, subconsciously glanced at Mingluo, just happened to meet his scrutinizing eyes, so he didn't dodge or dodge, instead of looking at each other for a few seconds, he smiled weakly and friendly after he retracted his gaze, Then, following Changsheng, he hurried towards the direction of the cloud tower.

Mingluo obviously felt that Changsheng was very special to this Jiang Zheng. When he looked at her, the concern in his eyes was obviously better than looking at anyone or anything beside him, which made him surprised. Ask about the origin of this Jiang Zheng, and think about it by the way, how to get along with this stranger who my sister cares about very much in the future.

Several people rushed all the way to the Cloud Tower. The ground outside the tower was covered with broken meat and limbs, dark red, and the smell of blood was extremely pungent, no better than the battlefield outside the city.

Mingluo subconsciously protected Changsheng behind him, and stepped into the cloud tower together with Lagi. The group of people walked to the top of the tower with great vigilance, only to feel that the journey was extremely long, and every time they went up one more floor, there was an inexplicable oppression The feeling is heavier.

"I can feel that we are getting closer and closer to that devilish energy. It is very weak, and it is obviously trapped by something." Fengling said, everyone felt relieved and quickened their pace.

Finally, with the help of the wind chime's induction of the devil's energy, they found the source of the devil's energy and heard a faint movement in it.

Ming Luo, who was walking at the corner of the stairs at the front, froze for an instant, and subconsciously reached out to stop Chang Sheng and the others behind him, unable to bear to let them cross the wall in front of him.

Chang Sheng couldn't help frowning, pushed Ming Luo away, and strode up.

Jiang Zheng stared at Chang Sheng's side face, and saw deep hatred floating in her eyes, which was gradually blurred by a layer of mist, and after that, it became so complicated that it was difficult to see through.

Changsheng froze on the spot for more than ten seconds, the last tear fell from the corner of her eyes, she held the knife handle tightly, and walked in with heavy steps.

Jiang Zheng chased after him at the first time, and saw Ron's body on the side, and a bloody man leaning against the left corner of the wall. His limbs were broken not far away. Even so, he was still hurting himself with the sharp blade on the side. It was obvious that he was already bruised and bruised, but he did not die.

She had never seen such a cruel scene, and perhaps it was no different from the Ling Chi she had seen in the book, or even better.

"Second...Second brother?" Mingluo called out hesitantly, and the next second, the dying man looked up at Chang Sheng, and on his bloody face, a pair of magic pupils were astonishingly bright.

"Impossible..." Feng Ling shook her head again and again, her eyes filled with disbelief.

The "person" stopped self-harming and started laughing wildly, hoarsely than a stranger.

Chang Sheng pointed the knife at his throat, only to hear him stop laughing, and asked Chang Sheng: "Do you hate Tafil?"

"Chi Gary, you lost."

"I avenged you. How can you thank me?" The "man" said, laughing again: "I forgot to say, he never really betrayed you, but Prepare yourself early to sacrifice yourself to help you defeat me. He teamed up with Qianye Liusha to destroy this blood sacrifice, and used his body as a container to trap me. Me, I cut off my limbs so that I can't move."

"Shut up!" Chang Sheng's hand holding the knife trembled uncontrollably.

"He is still alive, you can choose to save him, but he can only be a waste forever."

"Shut up!" Chang Sheng raised his knife and pierced the throat of "him". Powerful devilish energy surged out from the remnant body, and was immediately engulfed by a burst of golden fire.

At the last second before being sealed, he laughed wildly and asked, "Aren't you afraid of losing everything when you cooperate with an unscrupulous person like Qianye Liusha?"

Chang Sheng's eyes were red, and he shouted in response: "As long as you die, everything will end!"

The flames dissipated, and there was silence everywhere, but she heard someone laughing in her ear.

——It’s not over yet, guess who she will sacrifice next?

——The girl you care about has the power to destroy me, whether she can bear such power.

——Do you think that Qianye Quicksand will tell you the truth?

She looked around, and it seemed that she was the only one who heard the whisper. Like the previous few times, the black dragon was talking to her alone...

After a while of silence, Jiang Zheng said: "When I sealed the black dragon, I found that there was still a keel here, so I sealed it together... It should be brought by the demons from the demon world. They are confident that they want to revive the black dragon in one fell swoop. But...it missed people's hearts."

"People's hearts..."

Chang Sheng repeated these two words several times, stepping back each time, but his eyes never left the bloody corpse on the ground that looked like a human stick.

Feng Ling knelt beside him, weeping silently.

Lagi said that when Qianye Liusha used the spirit-guiding technique, she knew that Qianye Liusha had sacrificed one person through her hands.

It's just that she didn't expect that that person would be him.

She suddenly stretched out her hand, caressing the bloody face carefully, she seemed to be able to see the dull look on his face when she put the dagger around the neck of the big man on the day they first met.

"I'd rather you be completely bad and become a running dog of the demon clan, let me hate, let me hate... It's better than now, let the priest sacrifice you by my hands."

Chang Sheng struggled for a long time, but in the end he didn't have the courage to approach, so he turned and left.

Jiang Zheng and Mingluo looked at each other, and hurriedly chased after him. Laji wanted to chase down together, but finally chose to stay, standing by the wall with a complicated mood, quietly accompanying the wind chimes, as if she had done something stupid thing.

Returning to the bottom of the tower again, Chang Sheng stood in the blood stains and looked at the sky filled with fireworks, but the only sky that could be regarded as clean was dazed.

Moni and Frange led the army and reported the progress of clearing the battlefield, the number of the original Taran guards who surrendered, and the arrest situation of Lurek's officials. Finally, Frange knelt down and handed over to Changsheng An envelope, said: "I found this from the residence of the Second Highness, please see the princess."

As he spoke, he kowtowed his head on the ground a few times, and said loudly: "Frange is guilty of deceiving the princess! Frange has obeyed His Highness from the beginning to the end, and has never had the heart of betrayal! His Highness is of one mind For the country, although the things he did were unforgivable, they were all to win the trust of the demons, so that he could support the princess within the demons... Now that all the dust has settled, Franke dare not take credit for the Second Highness, but only asks the princess Let go of your hatred, and send His Highness the Second Highness lightly!"

Chang Sheng opened the envelope.

[Changsheng, my sister, at this moment, I am asking you for my sins, not asking for your forgiveness, but only to let go of myself.

At first, I took the initiative to accept the control of the black dragon and released Lukelei from prison. I sold your distress letter to Ron, prevented Flange from rescuing you, and sent people to Eggert to chase you down. However, although I did not do anything to poison my father, I knew it well, so I cannot absolve myself of the blame.During the period of control, I pulled out many opposing forces for the black dragon, and joined hands with Lurek to put pressure on Mingluo, so that he could not accept you. With these actions, I gained the black dragon's deeper trust.

I know that no matter what the original intention is, the damage done to you and Ainota cannot be reversed, so I will not defend myself.

I have been tossing and turning every night for making these big mistakes, but although I am heartbroken, I have to do it as a last resort.Just because the black dragon is approaching, whether I am the son of Ainota's royal family or as a soldier, I must bear all these, even if I am destined to be smashed to pieces with a whole body of crimes, I must not hesitate.

Now, outside the city of Taran is your battlefield, and I will also go to mine. Please forgive me for being shameless, and I will not be able to see you for the last time. What I owe you, I will pay with death.

In the future, it is up to you to lead the whole Ainota to go. I believe that the sunrise in the future will be as beautiful as the past in memory. 】

At the end of the reading, there was only silence.

Ming Luo couldn't help but said: "Everything Second Brother does has his own reasons..."

"Mingluo, if a person severely hurt someone you cherish, will you forgive him?"

"I……"

"I won't." Chang Sheng crumpled the letter paper in his hand and said, "The dead will never come back... I'm glad he died, otherwise I don't know what crazy actions I would have made to take revenge on him .”

Hearing the words "he's dead", Flange couldn't help but look up at Chang Sheng, his shocked eyes filled with disbelief.

Mingluo couldn't help clenching his fists slowly, with complicated emotions, but he could only keep silent.

Chang Sheng was silent for a long time, and finally let go: "Let him enter the Hall of Heroes." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

Ming Luo looked at Chang Sheng's leaving back, feeling a little at a loss for a while, wanted to catch up but didn't know what to say.

"I'll go." Jiang Zheng said, and quickly chased after her.

She followed Chang Sheng for a long time, through all the alleys, and returned to the original residence.

This yard has not been cleaned for a long time, and thick dust has accumulated all around. The former servants have long been sent to nowhere.Jiang Zheng followed Chang Sheng, walked through many corridors, and looked at everything that was once familiar but now extremely dilapidated, as if it had been a lifetime away.

Changsheng stood in the courtyard, looking at the dead wood in front of him, silent for a long time, couldn't help but began to choke up softly, until finally he curled up under the tree and wept bitterly.

She thought that everything was over when she went home, but in fact, the pain of losing all the way may not be able to truly disappear at the end of time.And the hatred that once supported her along the way has also turned into a ridiculous emotion that has no place to rest at this moment.

Jiang Zheng stood aside, with red eyes, wanting to reach out to comfort her, but she was afraid that the fingertips carrying comfort would be too cold and weak, and would break the last trace of strength in Changsheng's heart.

After an unknown amount of time, Changsheng calmed down, Jiang Zheng sat beside her, and asked Changsheng softly, "Have you ever thought about saving him for even a second?"

Chang Sheng hugged his knees tightly and said in a hoarse voice: "But I killed him in the end."

"Because you know that your second brother has his own pride. He never wants to be like a waste and depend on others for his life. You are helping him."

Chang Sheng couldn't help lowering his eyelashes.

Her second brother has done a lot of things he didn't want to do against his conscience, and endured too many crimes and insults that he didn't need to bear. All in exchange for an unknown hope for his sister.

And although she once hated him to the bone, wishing to cut him into pieces and make him suffer from the pain of life or death, she chose to give him a relief when she really saw that he had endured so much.

Baozi, Blind, I'm sorry... I can't forgive Tafel for hurting you, but I don't know how to hate him...

***

In the early spring of that year, the war in Ainota ended.The leader of the bandits, Lurek, beheaded and executed, and Tafil died in the battle. Because of his meritorious service in sneaking into the demon clan, he was entered into the Hall of Heroes.

Mingluo, the leader of the Southwest, is the last son of the Ainota royal family. He was supposed to succeed to the throne, but he wholeheartedly supported Princess Changsheng's succession. After eliminating many disputes, the Ainota Empire ushered in the first queen who was about to ascend the throne in history.

Ron, the former protector of the country, worked for the demons, and was killed by Tafil. The position of the protector of the country was vacant. Lagi, who didn't know where to go after completely sealing the black dragon, was suddenly invited by Chang Sheng. filled this vacancy.

A dwarf from Eggert became the guardian mage of Ainota, which surprised many people, but the most surprising thing was not his identity, but the edict of appointment. full name of .

"I, Raj Tofenter Mchanlun Simbussi Erhto Kat Trolom Di Chase Rodney Maurice Pigou Meletosh Roventus Joan Adlet Gersd Nelson, you will live up to your entrustment and protect Anota with your life!"

On the night after reading the oath, Lackey dragged Mingluo and Frange to the tavern, saying that he was drinking with Frange to relieve his sorrows, but he was the first to get drunk, and complained crazily: "I'm I won’t tell you that when I was a child, I mispronounced my own name and got spanked! Hiccup~ you people with short names don’t understand what kind of hiccups I’ve endured~ what.”

His Highness held the wine bottle in both hands, rolled his eyes, and did not speak.

Frange patted Lackey on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, and then continued to drink in silence. While drinking, he became drunk, stood on the table with one foot, and talked about the glory in the Southwest Army camp before. Records, three sentences are inseparable from "Second Highness".

In the end, he said with red eyes that when he was collecting the body for the second highness, he always felt that the princess was lying to him. The second highness is so powerful, and everyone in Knossus respects him. How could he...become such a What about the mangled stick?

After that, he quietly sat back on the stool, took a big sip of wine, pinched the itchy corners of his eyes with his fingers, sniffed, and lay down on the table: "I said that I would follow him for the rest of my life... I It seems like I've lost my way."

"Want to go back to the Southwest? I can tell my sister." Mingluo said, "Moni and Linley often mention you. They will be very happy when you go back."

Flange asked back: "Monnie likes you, do you know that?" He was also eager to turn this page, and to continue with that kind of topic would make him feel hard to breathe.

Lagi's gaze turned to Mingluo instantly, with an expression of "Young man is very charming".

Mingluo was silent for a while, under the scrutiny and guessing eyes of the two "predecessors", his eyes didn't know where to look, his throat was so dry, and he took a few sips of wine, but he felt that his throat was even more dry from the burning .

Ever since he went to the Southwest, Mo Ni has been by his side. He has been used to being served by others since he was a child. Seeing that woman who is called "the first tigress in the Southwest Army" disliked him from the beginning, and she didn't like her every day. No complaints, busy inside and outside to deal with those trivial matters for him, although there were accidents, but I didn't think there was anything wrong.

Moni not only has the absolute obedience of her subordinates to him, but also a kind of concern and care stemming from other emotions, which he has long been faintly aware of, and even secretly pleased about it, but at that time he did not understand that the joy came from He didn't gradually understand what kind of feelings he had until Mo Ni left Southwest. He was used to talking about her by his side, and he would miss her unconsciously after a long absence.

So he began to imagine the scene of reuniting with her after the civil war again and again in the rare and quiet time, and thought again and again how to let her know his thoughts.

He didn't tell anyone that he would always turn over Mo Ni's letters at night and read them repeatedly. Whenever he felt a little bit of her friendship for him in it, he would be happy while worrying that it might be his own self-indulgence.

Reunited after a long absence, except for the day of reporting the battle situation, he was busy all the time and never saw Moni again.

A few days ago, he happened to pass by Jiang Zheng's residence when he was looking for Chang Sheng to discuss matters, and saw Jiang Zheng dressing Mo Ni in front of the dressing table.

The female general who always wore a military uniform in front of him was now sitting in front of the mirror in a plain long skirt, her braided hair was hanging sideways on her chest, and the ends of her eyebrows were slightly drawn, adding a bit of a daughter's attitude to her usually heroic eyebrows. The slightly shy and gentle smile under Jiang Zheng's words of praise made people unable to move their eyes away.

He subconsciously wanted to go forward, but finally fled in a panic before the two girls found out.

It was because he had made a lifetime vow to one person, and that person was not Mo Ni.

Mingluo couldn't help lowering her head, silent and didn't want to speak.

Frange was obviously drunk, and he was always good at observing words and expressions. At this moment, he didn't look at Ming Luo's face at all. He only used the strength of alcohol, hammered the table and shouted: "They are all men, don't be silly, hi! If you don’t like a word, I have no ability to force you to marry anyone.”

"like."

"That's right." Franke smiled.

"But I can't give her anything."

Franke and Lackey were stunned: "Why?"

"Civil wars are endless, and the Southwest is isolated and helpless. Who will benefit? In this final battle, Lurek has the upper hand. If my sister loses, I, the Southwest Commander, will be in a situation. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that when the Southwest is in chaos, who will win? Profit? Why did Knossus let me leave the Southwest to support my sister? Is it because of my sincerity, or did I believe in the conspiracy of the demons in my mouth? The army will invade the human realm again?"

As Mingluo said, she couldn't help but smiled wryly: "How could Nicole be so naive."

"So what did you promise Nicole..." Frange frowned.

"A marriage."

He promises Nicole a marriage.

After he told the truth about everything he knew, Nicole just smiled and said, "You Anota bear the brunt of the demons' attack. What does it have to do with us Knossus? Even if Ainota will be ruled by the demons , using Ainota as a springboard, I want to invade my Knossus, and there is another one in the southwest for you to guard. When you lose, for me, it is just another enemy. Ainota is still a demon, it doesn’t matter The difference. Maybe you will come to me at that time, bring the Southwest Army to surrender, and surrender the Xili Fortress. Why should I choose an option that is of no benefit to me, but has a lot of benefits to my enemy? "

Nicole is an absolutely confident person. He has no fear of unknown enemies, and no softness in the face of interests. Seeing that Mingluo was speechless for a while, he proudly said: "Now tell me, why should I truce at this moment? ?”

"Because I'm not just the leader of one party, I'm also the blood of the Ainota royal family, so I can give you promises that no one else can make."

"Then what promise do you think you should make to me in your position?"

"I can give you what Lurek promised you."

"You mean Southwest? Isn't that what I can get when I wait patiently until you both lose?" Nicole said, glanced at his younger sister Nora, and continued: "I don't need Southwest, But I want you to withdraw your defenses from the southwest, and I want Ainota to open the country to Knossus from now on, so that my people can freely come and go, trade, and marry within your country. A certain quota is reserved for the people, and you are required to promise not to discriminate against the people of Knossas in your country."

Nicole smiled and said: "What I want is not just territory. I have to admit that Knossus has been poor for too long in terms of natural resources and human spirit. I know very well that whether it is in your eyes or in Egg In the eyes of those dwarves, the people in Knossus are barbarians who can only fight. I want to change this situation, learn advanced civilization, and create a powerful country that does not rely solely on strength. An ideal The country in China will no longer be discriminated against and excluded.”

Faced with such a simple request, Ming Luo felt unbelievable: "It's just like this, I can guarantee..."

"I want you to marry my sister, and you will only treat her well in your life."

"Brother!" Nora blushed, her brows were furrowed tightly, her eyes were a little bit ashamed and angry, and a little bit of anticipation.

Nicole looked at Mingluo with a shocked face, and said confidently: "Even if you don't promise me the conditions I just proposed, I am confident that I can get them with my own hands within ten years, or even more, but If I don’t take this step back today, ten years later, there may not be Ainota.”

"Since you are so confident, why do you need my promise..."

"Because you are the one Nora is looking for and she wants you, so I will give you a chance to choose."

At that moment, Ming Luo only felt a string in his brain was broken, and his thoughts were messed up. His heart was full of resistance, but his rationality told himself that this was a perfect deal.

A marriage is exchanged for a victory that determines the survival of the family and the country.

He chose to agree. When he took up the pen, he felt that he was a joke for the first time. His status, which was envied by countless people since he was a child, all the efforts he had made all the time, his feelings and feelings, even his pride and self-esteem, were all Nothing compares to the fascination with a woman from an enemy country.

And he had to trade himself like a commodity for this slight favor.Extremely humble, extremely ridiculous.

After hearing Mingluo's words, both Frange and Lackey fell into silence. The atmosphere was awkward for a while, Lackey waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything, drink!" After speaking, they bumped into Frange again. bowl.

Mingluo sat beside him and didn't drink much.

He was afraid that he would get drunk, and that that drunkenness would give him the courage to go to Mo Ni, because he understood that some words were destined to hurt, and it would be better if she never knew from the beginning to the end.