In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

On the other hand, there is worry.

After all, she still didn't know whether Precious really left on his own or Maria took care of him.

Although it may be a bit harsh to say this, the fact is that she can ignore Precious's departure, but she dare not guarantee the doctor's life.

and so……

"If you want to go out and see the world, I can accompany you."

Kal'tsit volunteered.

But the doctor did not respond. Instead, he turned around and looked at Maria beside him.

There was a helpless smile in the slightly drooping eyes.

"I hope... I can follow the same path as her... Is that okay?"

The doctor's words were very soft, even weaker than a request, like a powerless person asking for a sip of water at the last moment, full of fatigue.

Perhaps for her, whether Maria agrees or not, it will not change anything.

And Maria did think about it.

After a moment, she looked at Ramallen who was still smiling beside her, turned around and nodded to the doctor.

"Can……"

"Thank you."

The doctor raised his head politely and smiled.

"this?!"

Kelsey's ears drooped weakly...

……

After realizing that she could not stop the Doctor's actions and that the Doctor was unwilling to follow her, Kal'tsit could only place her last hope on Maria.

Before she was ready to leave, she mustered up the courage to talk to Maria many times, and repeatedly told Maria that the doctor meant a lot to her, so she hoped Maria could think about it more.

To be honest, Maria felt that her worries about Kal'tsit were completely unnecessary.

After all, looking into the future, her relationship with the Doctor can be considered a relatively good one... In that case, Kal'tsit doesn't need to worry about her doing anything to the Doctor.

However, Maria also knew that if she talked about future events in the present, Kal'tsit would definitely find it difficult to understand... So she didn't say much, and just answered calmly every time to express her attitude.

Another half a month passed, and the new pack animal caravan was ready again.

Maria also said a brief goodbye to Ramalen and slowly walked away with the doctor.

In the same day and night, they arrived at the camp where Maria and Precious had camped last time.

On the edge, you can still vaguely see the traces left by Maria.

"how do you feel?"

Perhaps because Kal'tsit specifically mentioned that the Doctor's health was not even as good as Priss's, Maria specifically asked about the other party's physical condition.

The doctor also had a pale face and smiled helplessly.

"fine……"

"You don't look well at all."

Maria shook her head slightly, then casually lit a bonfire and sat next to the other person...

"I remember asking her the same question back then: why did you leave? She told me a lot, but you probably didn't have those questions."

“…Not necessarily.”

The doctor was silent for a few moments, then smiled.

"I may not have the same problems as Kal'tsit, but I think my mental state is the same as hers."

The doctor is really smart. Even if Maria didn't say anything, she could guess what Precious was struggling with.

To put it bluntly, it was simply that Kal'tsit couldn't give her a sense of security, and she couldn't fully trust Kal'tsit. Furthermore, the unfamiliar environment deepened her unease about this world, and the unfamiliar race was unacceptable to her. So, she chose to leave, to flee Kazdel...

"Do you want to leave too?"

Maria blinked after hearing the doctor's explanation.

Perhaps because everyone is smart, there is no need to hide the topic and they can just say it out loud.

After a brief silence, the doctor suddenly laughed.

"Of course I want to..."

"Yeah……"

Maria lowered her eyes slightly, and quietly grasped the sharp blade beside her...

359

Chapter 359: How are you...

"To be honest, even though Kal'tsit said you understood our conversation, I was still a little surprised when I actually saw that you understood and responded..."

The doctor paused for a moment and did not notice the movement of Maria's left hand. She just raised her head with emotion and looked at the starry sky beside her.

The stars in the sky were not much different from what she remembered, and they remained in their original positions.

"Presses entered the life support chamber earlier than me, so what she didn't know was that by the time I entered, all the people implementing the other plans had already failed."

"According to common sense, there are only two of us left in this world."

When the doctor said this, he turned his head and looked at Maria on his left who was also turning her head to look at him.

"Are you human?"

She asked with a smile, and her calm tone seemed to hide a lot of meaning.

"...it depends on how you define human."

Maria did not admit the fact that she was a human being as she had done before. She just looked at the doctor with her eyes narrowed silently.

The doctor was indeed confused by this question.

She was silent for a long time before she smiled bitterly.

"Yeah...what does it mean to be a human being..."

"..."

Maria paused, then stared at the doctor's profile for a while and put down her weapon.

After thinking for a moment with her brows lowered, she took out a scroll.

"Can you understand what's on this?"

"Ok?"

The doctor was a little confused by Maria's sudden action, but out of trust in others' kindness, she still took the scroll, flipped it open and looked at it a few times, and was also a little surprised.

"This thing... is their research record on Godan..."

Just as Maria had guessed, the scroll given to her by the Fallen Priest was indeed one of the records of the legacy of the previous civilization.

The doctor obviously knew about this thing. After seeing it, he didn't make a fuss. He just felt that it could be preserved until now...

Oh, it seems that it is not saved, but copied?

After flipping through it a few more times and reading it all, the doctor shook his head slightly and looked at Maria beside him.

Maria also asked a question in a timely manner.

"Ok?"

"You know Godan, don't you?"

"Ah."

"It's recorded here that Godan would fall into a period of weakness every two hundred years or so..."

The doctor shook his head, his words filled with emotion.

"When our compatriots discovered this, they immediately took action, trying to seize the opportunity, pull Godan's body into the real world, and defeat him..."

"only……"

The Doctor smiled wryly.

Maria blinked.

"Failed?"

"No... We did destroy those parts of Godan that we dragged into the ground, but..."

The doctor took a deep breath and pointed to the moon in the sky.

"But we overlooked the most important point... We seized Godan at his weakest moment, the instant his eyes were obscured by the world's moon. We dragged his body into reality and destroyed him."

"But... we dragged down His body, but forgot His eyes. That was the most crucial moment... Because of one mistake, everything we had done and sacrificed before became meaningless."

When the doctor said this, he also smiled bitterly.

This also gave Maria a wake-up call.

The ritual she had learned couldn't completely pull Godan's body down to the ground. Would she then need to expend some energy to deal with Godan's eyes in the sky?

Maria was thinking, but the doctor beside her continued to speak with a wry smile.

"We can't wait for another two hundred years..."

"As a last resort, we can only activate the backup plan and leave only a small number of people to wait for the next two hundred years."

When the doctor said this, he suddenly paused and then looked at Maria.

"Where did you get this?"

"In some ruins."

"……I see."

The vague idea in his mind was extinguished, and the doctor was filled with emotion for a moment.

But she soon composed herself.

Perhaps because of Kal'tsit's guidance, the Doctor has tacitly assumed that Maria is a human of the same type as himself, and what he knows, the other party also knows almost as much.

So she didn't hide anything, but just continued asking questions by the campfire.

"Do you think... should I continue with the Originium Project?"

“…I have no right to tell you what to do.”

Maria's expression remained unchanged, but her movements subtly changed.

After hearing this, the doctor curled his lips helplessly.

"You're quite indifferent..."

"...Did Precious ask you this question?"

"……No."

Maria answered in the negative.

The doctor nodded in understanding.

"She is much more determined and stronger than I am."

The Doctor shook his head, took a deep breath, letting the night air mixed with the smoke from the burning wood flow into his lungs, and then exhaled.

"She went to carry out the rough stone project, right?"

"……Um."

Maria blinked but didn't deny it, and the doctor's face showed a look of struggle again.

But soon, she restrained this color again...Maria next to her asked the question again.

"Do you know why Kal'tsit woke you up?"

"She told me."