Arknights, but the sickly pretty girl starts

Even if it gave up its human form, it was just a larger Kaisi, not even an elite monster. Even if Skadi fought it alone, it would only take a little effort.

After all, just because you are big doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.

Moreover, after giving up his human form, there was one person who finally let go of his inner bottom line.

The screams echoed throughout the underground cave. At first, Laurentina thought that it was her attack that caused the ugly two-headed sunflower to feel severe pain, but she soon realized that something was wrong.

Haisi will not feel pain...

At most, I only damaged his chitinous shell. No matter how powerful the chainsaw is, it is impossible to attack his real core.

So what was it that really made him scream in pain...

Laurentina raised her head and looked at the girl who had been very quiet just now. She was sitting in a wheelchair, motionless, with a music box in her hand. The music box was open at this time, and the internal mechanical structure was slowly turning, but no sound was made.

Noah generally doesn't like to use Originium skills to hurt others. The special nature of her Originium skills and Noah's own kindness make her rarely use this ability to hurt others.

As we all know, pain is also a part of emotion. So, if you magnify one person's pain countless times and then put it into someone else's body, what will happen? That's right, even if you don't feel pain, you still have a soul, and the emotion of pain can ignore your physical condition.

——Some people can still feel the pain from the missing part even if they have lost part of their body.

Generally speaking, this is called phantom pain.

Now, Noah is inflicting this kind of pain—

And the pain is calculated at a rate hundreds or even thousands of times greater than normal damage!

Quintus had never felt such excruciating pain. It was said that the pain of childbirth was a level eight pain. So what Quintus was feeling now was probably hundreds of times the pain of childbirth.

This agony caused Quintus, even in his current form, to wail in terror. No, a normal human would go into shock after experiencing this kind of pain, but Hai Si lacked that self-protection mechanism. He could only consciously experience the pain, his entire body convulsing. If he still had a bladder and excretory organs, he would have been completely incontinent by now. The pain he felt now was like being tortured to death, making him consciously aware of everything that was happening.

"...What on earth happened?" When Laurentina pulled the chainsaw out of Quintus' body, the other party's screams still did not stop. This extremely painful expression made Laurentina a little confused. She hadn't even started to fight seriously yet, so how come the other party was already under her control?

"I guess our eldest lady is really angry?" Skadi still had some understanding of Noah's abilities. This situation was obviously not a physical damage, so Noah was the only one present who could do it.

"I didn't do anything. I simply magnified the pain those children felt when they transformed into Haisi countless times and stuffed it into its body."

Although Noah's words were light and airy, Skadi beside him shuddered, "...So it really hurts this much?"

"This is also the first time I've used this kind of move on someone. After all, most people wouldn't be able to withstand it, and it's not very humane. But I've discovered that perhaps when it comes to animals, there's no need to consider whether it's humane or not."

If she hadn't truly reached her limit, Noya would never resort to such tactics. But Quintus had crossed her line several times, and now, Noya no longer considered Quintus a human being. However, Noya wasn't so chaste towards non-human beings.

Looking at Quintus who was screaming continuously, Gladia showed a rare bit of pity.

Quintus, as if he had experienced the eighteen levels of hell, had completely collapsed at this time. After all, he was not a complete Hai Si. The part of his personality that he retained could no longer maintain the desire to survive under such pain. When he saw Gloria coming to him with Changshuo, he actually revealed his core. He was seeking death. Under Noah's restraints, he couldn't even commit suicide.

But he could no longer endure this horrible pain...

Now, he only wants to die.

Goletia raised her longsword and pierced through the organ Quintus had revealed, a heart-like organ. This was Quintus' core. Livid blood splattered on her cheek. With a cold yet compassionate expression, she slew the man before her, who had been tortured to the point of seeking death. Then, she casually drew her own weapon. Looking at Quintus's shrunken body, she turned to Noa and spoke.

"I thought you wanted him to reveal some information about the Deep Sea Church."

"It's no longer necessary."

Noah shook his head.

"Now I want to know more about the situation in the camp."

"Ulpian, the captain of the Deep Sea Hunters' third team, is currently blocking Haisi on the coast. The camp should have plenty of time to evacuate, so you can rest assured."

Gloria explained that after contacting Ulpian, she had informed Ulpian of the next move before today using the deep-sea hunter's unique code. Quintus thought everything was under control, but he was still too arrogant and did not realize the power of the deep-sea hunter, and... he provoked an opponent he should not have provoked.

"I have a new understanding of the Deep Sea Church." Noah looked at Quintus's body, which had curled up into a ball. "Have you always been dealing with this kind of thing?"

"Not really. In the Deep Sea Church, he's probably considered one of the more brutal ones." Laurentina then spoke up, "And... I remember you, Noah Kyrielight. I think I dealt with you back in Rhodes Island."

"You didn't look that lively then." Noah nodded, "But now is not the time to talk. We should go up and check the situation."

It’s not that he doesn’t trust the so-called three captains, but Noah always has to make sure everyone is safe.

However, she soon realized that she knew too little about deep-sea hunters.

They are the experts on Haisi...

When the few people arrived at the shore, they were greeted by the stench of the corpse of the sea creature rotting on the shore, and a man who was pulling the anchor out of the humanoid sea creature.

The man's eyes fell on Noah. After a moment's silence, he immediately picked up the anchor in his hand and turned away.

"Captain!" Skadi originally wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Gloria.

"He has his own things to do, Skadi," said Gladia. "We also have our things to do—"

"But..." Although she had just learned from Gloria that the third captain was still alive, Skadi was still a little excited when she actually saw the captain appear in front of her alive.

It's not her fault. She's been lonely for a very long time. Every deep-sea hunter that appears is like a lost relative that she has found again. How could she not be excited?

Fortunately, Skadi quickly calmed down. As long as the captain was still alive, they would meet again one day, so there was no need to rush.

Ulpian almost single-handedly stopped the sea turtles from coming ashore and protected the camp. It must be said... these deep-sea hunters are indeed powerful enough to be a little frightening. The number of sea turtles coming ashore is definitely not small, but judging from the current situation, these sea turtles are like hitting a wall head-on and being smashed to pieces.

"If we meet again next time, I will definitely thank this hunter very much." Noah said seriously.

She really owed Ulpian a favor this time. After all, if these sea creatures had truly stormed the camp, the damage they would have caused would have been significant. Fortunately, everything hadn't turned out the worst.

Noah breathed a sigh of relief, and after she relaxed, Precious's words rang in her ears.

"What do you know?"

Noah's heart, which had just been put at ease, was lifted up again, and she then remembered the existence of Prisseth.

The residents of Saltwind City survived the crisis, but Precious's mission was not resolved.

She wants to shut down the Deep Blue Tree Project.

However, after Noah took the initiative to contact Luo and her understanding of the Deep Blue Tree Project deepened, she hesitated.

——Should we bring the Deep Blue Tree Project back on track, or shut it down as Prisseth requested?

Luo and Precious have completely different opinions...

They are both remnants of a previous civilization, but why are their attitudes so different... or is it that they have a huge disagreement on the Deep Blue Tree Project?

Whether it's Luo or Precious, can she really trust either of them?

Chapter 22: Garden

"In Haisi's spiritual sea, a female voice has been playing..." In response to Precious's question, Noa could only explain the unavoidable aspects in as much detail as possible. "I was curious about this voice, so I delved deep into Haisi's spiritual sea. Haisi's spiritual sea is connected... Generally speaking... My abilities can't reach the deepest depths, and I haven't found the source of the voice."

This was of course a lie, but fortunately, Precious could not directly read Noah's memory, so she had room to lie. She decided to conceal Luo's existence for the time being.

After all, Precious had once wanted to take away her body. Compared to this evil devil lady with a bad record, she would rather trust Luo, who at least treated her well.

But in Luo's memory, Precious was clearly a gentle person. Why did Precious become what he is now? Is this necessarily related to the previous civilization's backup plan?

Noah's inner doubts did not decrease after his contact with Luo, but even increased.

There are only three and a half confirmed people from the previous civilization now, Luo, Precious, and the Doctor. She can only be considered half one. Although Luo said that she is also one of the remnants of the previous civilization, she was born to legitimate parents. It should be just a misunderstanding no matter how you look at it. As for the gray nail mark on her body, although Noah could not give an explanation, she also did not agree with the view that just having this mark meant she was a relic of the previous civilization.

If I am really a relic of a previous civilization, then what about my parents?

What about the kindness shown by the Linguang family to him?

These memories don't seem fake, I... well...

Noah thought carefully about his childhood memories and suddenly realized something. Although it is easy for people to forget their memories before the age of six, when Noah carefully sorted out the memories, he suddenly realized that his memory before the age of six was almost blank.

If you don't think about it carefully, you won't notice it at all.

Before I was six years old, I probably had no knight training. I remember the first time I held a sword was one afternoon when I was six years old. I still remember that my grandfather threw a wooden sword to me and asked me to swing the sword from morning to dusk.

Yes... I have never received any teaching from my parents. After I can remember, I have almost no memory of my parents.

Most of my impressions of my parents come from descriptions from others, and most of these descriptions belong to my father, who has a high status in Casimir. As for my mother, it seems that many people have great opinions about her, so I try not to mention things about her as much as possible.

The same was true of my grandfather. Before he died, he never even mentioned my mother.

Before his death, Noah stayed by his grandfather's bedside. His grandfather looked as majestic as a god, and Noah still remembers his face vividly.

After all, that was her first experience of what true death was. Grandfather held Noya's hand tightly. His consciousness had begun to blur and he had been talking nonsense for several days. But that day he suddenly woke up, asked Noya to come to his bedside, and told her everything about his father and mother word for word. Although Noya at that time did not understand what death was, nor did she quite understand what had happened to her grandfather.

But although she was ignorant at that time, she seemed to understand that her grandfather would soon be unable to accompany her.

she asked her grandfather at the time.

"Grandfather, what is death?"

The grandfather looked at little Noa and Yolanta who was accompanying her, and sighed leisurely.

Compared to her grandfather with white hair and beard, Yolanta actually didn't want Noah to face these things. She wanted to pull Noah away several times, but Noah didn't leave. She raised her head and saw a thick black air lingering around her grandfather. She was thinking about dispelling the black air, and her grandfather would definitely get better.

But death is the fairest thing in the world, it always comes as promised.

She had been at her grandfather's bedside for only one day, but when the blood-red sunset covered the sky of Casimir, her grandfather's grip on Noya gradually loosened. This great hero, who had dominated his life, was so quiet at the moment of his departure, without disturbing anyone.

Feeling his grandfather's warmth gradually dissipate, Noah remained stunned.

Until Yolanta took her away, until she saw everyone in the Linguang family dressed in black to attend the funeral.

There was no pain of death on my grandfather's face, only a smile of relief. He lay in the crystal coffin, just as he had done in life.

Yolanta stayed by her side, shedding tears secretly—

At the time, she didn't understand why everyone was crying, or why her grandfather had to be dressed and placed in a transparent box. His uniform looked uncomfortable. But no one explained, and no one let her get close to him.

Everyone bowed their heads in solemnity, except Noah, who looked up at his grandfather who had appeared behind him at some point.

"Why do I have two grandfathers?"

“…” Grandfather didn’t answer, he just reached out and touched Noah’s head.

grandfather……

Speaking of which…she hadn’t had the chance to ask.

"Grandpa, are you leaving? Like mom and dad, never to come back?"

"..."

The grandfather, who was always so majestic, sat with Noah at the back of the crowd for the whole afternoon.

Casimir's hero has come to an end.

But Noah clearly felt that her grandfather was always with her.

Until night fell, until Yolanta picked her up and took her to Linguang's house.

Grandfather's figure gradually disappeared.

At the time, she didn't know what she saw, but there was a legend in Terra that children could see souls because they were pure enough - perhaps, it was really her grandfather's soul that accompanied her at the time, so that she wouldn't be so sad.

I must have become as dirty as a businessman now, so I can't see my grandfather by my side.

Grandfather... must be very disappointed.

The little knight he was so proud of ended up becoming what he is today.

These memories are like a tangled mess. When I really try to sort them out, I can sort through these scenes one by one like watching a movie. There are many incomplete parts, but overall they are still connected.

After all, I was just a child back then...it's perfectly reasonable that I have incomplete memories.

But while sorting things out, in addition to seeing his grandfather's soul, Noah also noticed a problem.

Although she seemed to have always ignored this point, when she looked carefully at her past memories, Noah belatedly discovered something strange.

It wasn't a big deal, but before his grandfather passed away, Yolanta, his sister, barely appeared in his memory. This was strange, as Yolanta was married at the time but didn't hold any important position.

But in Noah's memory, he lived only with his grandfather in a small courtyard. His grandfather often went out and would bring him some food and clothes when he came back. But in his memory at that time, the decoration of that small courtyard seemed to be very different from the Kirilet family in his memory.

In terms of decoration style, the small courtyard is a garden with a glass dome. In the center of the garden is the house where Noah usually sleeps. In terms of the architectural style of the house, it looks old, but there is metal everywhere, which does not look like the architectural style of Casimir.

Noya had never left the yard before his grandfather died. It was Yolanta who took him out of the yard.

Noah remembered that there was a big tree connected to the dome in the yard. The crown of the tree could not be seen, only the trunk. Noah often rested under the tree. Most of the flowers around it bloomed all year round and never withered.

My grandfather was not always around. When he was not around, I would eat the fruits from the bushes in the garden to fill my stomach. It seemed like there were endless fruits to pick. As long as I ate one, I would not be hungry for the whole day.

Come to think of it, before I left the garden as a child, I never seemed to have eaten anything other than that kind of fruit...

Noah began to feel a little confused. According to common sense, a six-year-old child could not have a balanced diet if he only ate fruits. Moreover, his grandfather had never brought any other food at that time, nor had he eaten fruits from shrubs.

Did I forget about it?

Noah couldn't help but ask herself this question, but no matter how she sorted out her memories of that time, she still couldn't find any memory of eating anything other than fruit.