Chapter 507: Teenagers and Youth

Chapter 508 Boys and Youths

Star Antimony Kingdom, the capital Lionheart City.

Aurora woke up from her dream and gradually became sober.

She endured the pain and completed the advancement, reaching the fourth energy level. Now she has become a true "disaster splicer".

Feeling her body gradually stiffen and soften... Aurora slowly stood up and tilted her head to look at herself in the mirror.

Soft platinum-colored long hair, light purple nightgown. The delicate and expressionless face has become pale, lifeless like a doll. She stretched out her hand and grasped it a few times, and then she felt something.

She touched her heart.

——The heart has stopped beating. Or rather, the heartbeat has slowed to the point where it cannot be felt.

So Aurora tried to hold her head with both hands. Gently twisting it, she twisted her head off.

She held her head carefully in her arms, but not a drop of blood flowed from her neck. The cross-section was as smooth as jade, and it shone with warm oil like the cut surface of ham.

This is the special ability of the Disaster Splicer - every part of their body can be removed, replaced and upgraded at will, and can also be spliced ​​to other corpses. From this point on, they no longer have the traditional weaknesses and it is difficult for them to die from physical attacks.

Before she could sort out her gains, she heard a shrill scream.

Aurora's heart tightened and she immediately put her head back on her neck.

She quickly walked to the door and opened it. She rushed to the ritual room where the mentor was.

When Aurora walked to the door, she stopped and couldn't help but open her eyes wide.

I saw their mentor, Little Fernando, burning fiercely -

He rolled on the bed, scratching his skin with both hands. He kept making shrill, hysterical screams.

Little Fernando was covered in blood and his flesh was torn... There was an endless flame burning deep in his soul.

And Albert was waiting in front of the mentor's bed, chanting spells in the hope of helping the teacher breathe.

But it was the soul of little Fernando that was ignited. It was the fatal injury brought from the promotion ceremony, so Albert could not dispel the flames no matter how hard he tried. Albert also tried to use various mixtures, but none of them worked. His hands were severely burned... But he tried his best and could only stop the flames from burning for a few seconds at most.

But he had tried his best.

If it weren't for Albert's efforts, little Fernando would probably be burned to death in a few seconds. He couldn't hold on until Aurora came over now.

Aurora felt a little distressed for the senior who was rescuing her mentor.

So she walked up quickly and firmly pulled Albert away, whispering at the same time: "... Let me try."

Albert turned around and subconsciously whispered: "Aurora..."

He was better at necromancy and alchemy, and was much worse than Aurora in terms of petrification and preservation.

So he took a few steps back with trust and began to use alchemical mixtures to treat his severely burned hands.

And Aurora's pupils ignited a dim yellow glow.

She put her hands together, and they turned into stone statues.

"Teacher... don't resist."

She said softly.

Then she stretched out her hands to touch little Fernando's body, and chanted in a low voice.

The petrification began to spread rapidly, sealing the whole body of little Fernando who was struggling in pain. His body was completely petrified, and the painful expression solidified, forming a lifelike painful sculpture. It can almost be named "The Burned Man".

"... Let's do it this way for now."

Aurora pursed her lips and said softly.

Let's petrify and seal him for the time being, and we'll find a way later.

Then she used the preservation technique to solidify the teacher's body again. In case it was accidentally broken or cracked during transportation.

She looked down at little Fernando with a sad expression.

At that moment, she thought of many things to say in her heart. But in the end, she didn't say a word.

So she could only close her eyes and miss him silently in her heart.

"...Aurora."

Albert looked at her and called softly again.

"The teacher died for me."

She said softly with some sadness.

"The teacher is not dead yet."

Albert comforted her somewhat feebly: "Maybe we can save him later. Just put out the fire of his soul..."

Although the fifth energy level can't do it...but maybe the legendary sixth energy level is possible?

So the next moment, the room fell into an awkward silence again. Albert was silent for a long time-more than a minute, and then he spoke again without saying anything: "Do you still remember what the teacher said to us? Did you write it down with paper and pen?"

"...I just woke up."

Aurora replied softly: "But I have been reading it silently in my heart."

She took out the paper and pen that had been prepared in the pocket of her nightgown and began to record.

Albert obviously woke up earlier than her.

He took out his small notebook, and obviously wrote down all the keywords that should be written down.

"While we still remember, let's exchange... Do you know anything new that I don't know?"

"Yes."

Aurora replied briefly: "The teacher said, 'Don't be an enemy of Aiwass, he is the blessed one of the twin mirrors'."

"...I only remember what the teacher told me. Aiwass and Queen Isabel are not in the same group. If there is danger in the psychic tower, just go to Aiwass directly."

Albert flipped through the notebook: "Also, seriously investigate the Avalon Shadow Ceremony..."

"I have seen the last one."

Aurora added: "The ceremony is real. Lancelot was indeed resurrected, and then he ate Aiwass. Then he went crazy... He was very powerful after he went crazy. But Aiwass's soul seemed to be in his body. I should have been saved by Aiwas. Otherwise, I would have died."

She honestly said everything she remembered at the end.

Although Grape rarely said so many words in one breath, Albert still blinked in confusion.

-To be honest, he didn't understand.

Aurora usually doesn't like to talk much, she is a very quiet girl. She often sat in the corner of the classroom and quietly flipped through the textbooks. When it came to the two practical courses that other students were most looking forward to, "Human Anatomy" and "Modification and Splicing", she always stood quietly at the outside of the crowd, not squeezing in, and never snatching precious corpse materials from other students.

Every time the corpses were divided, only those parts that no one wanted were left when it came to her.

Later, because she showed a very strong talent for preservation, she was recruited as an assistant by the teacher. Mainly responsible for preserving corpses - whether it is the preservation of fresh corpses or the preservation of spliced ​​corpses that have been spliced, assistants who are good at preservation are needed. And Aurora's talent for preservation is the best.

At that time, she and Albert were in the same laboratory. Albert was seriously splicing corpses, and she either huddled in the corner to read a book or stood far away to watch Albert splice corpses. She never spoke and never disturbed him.

Sometimes Albert would think she had left. But when he looked up, he found that she had not left, and she was aware of his gaze and looked up at him in confusion.

...Quite cute.

Albert thought so at that time and remembered this girl.

Later, when they got familiar with each other, their mentor Fernando also realized this studious and talented student. Under Albert's recommendation, he recruited her as his student. Although Aurora is not like Albert who can directly help the mentor with the project, when she needs her help, she has always been meticulous and serious in fulfilling her assistant's duties.

Unlike his harsh criticism of Albert, Fernando still cares about Aurora.

Knowing that Aurora's parents are both dead, so she has no money. Not only does he usually bring her some snacks and drinks, but he also invites Albert to dinner with her-when Albert himself was his student before, he never had such treatment.

After Aurora got familiar with them, she talked a little more. But it's a little more, but not a lot, and basically Albert always doesn't understand... The mentor can understand unexpectedly.

——It's just that you can feel that she has tried to express herself, but it always feels that she has omitted a lot of things.

It's like saying everything in your heart, but not saying it out loud.

...If it was the mentor, he would definitely understand what Aurora was saying. Albert was a little frustrated.

Now that the mentor is gone... I have to take good care of Aurora.

Albert made up his mind.

After watching the final summary screen, he actually felt vaguely... that the mentor might have been deceived.

Because Albert finally saw the people on the ship on the griffin of the Great Guardian. Almost all the people who had gathered at Moriarty Manor before were here.

At that moment, Albert thought of a new possibility-

a very simple elimination method.

There are six settlement screens in total, and Grape is not among them. If the knight who died in the fight in the Silver and Tin Temple at the beginning of the settlement screen is the pirate... then the only people who did not appear clearly are Fox, Doctor, Lulu, and Cheese.

But "Fox" is the first among all people, and Albert first ruled out the possibility that he was ridiculed and left the stage. The mentor also said that Bishop Mathers should be Fox... Considering Mathers's retrograde at the time, the last explosion may be him.

As for the remaining three people, they had never seen them from beginning to end, and the only empty scene was the flying ship. There was a person in it whose contribution was second only to his own.

Albert could only think of one person.

That was "Lulu". She was the third one, and she was also on the path of beauty. At the same time, Princess Isabel was also on the path of beauty.

——Is there a possibility that Princess Isabel was played by Lulu?

In this case, it can explain why Bishop Mathers said "Evans and Isabel have a close relationship". This is information only known by outsiders.

And Albert thought of another thing.

When they entered the scene, the little girl named Cheese who appeared last said something.

She said——

"Is it Sister Lulu? And Brother Fox——I am Cheese, long time no see!"

In other words, Cheese was in the same promotion ceremony with Fox and Lulu at the same time.

It is unlikely that there is such a coincidence that three people are lined up in a row. So there is a great possibility that Fox and Lulu are together!

So the three of them were together, but the fox and Lulu took away the meeting point. And if the fox and Lulu are together, the second "pirate" must also be with them. Considering that the pirates are most likely from the Avalon Inspectorate or the Inspectorate, Fox and Lulu must also be from Avalon.

——Could it be that Aiwass and Isabel are playing themselves?

Such an inspiration suddenly came to Albert's mind.

No, not likely.

He dismissed the ridiculous suspicion.

If Lulu was really Her Majesty, how could the pirates dare to treat her like that? And in that case, the person who came in to accompany the advancement was too weak... and would die at the beginning.

And since it is certain that "Isabel" is played by a promoted person, the information obtained by the instructor is most likely inaccurate. Because it was most likely that "Isabelle" had already seen through that he was not Sherlock and performed an impromptu performance to mislead him.

……but.

The stranger pondered for a long time, but still chose to swallow the secret.

If the information brought by the mentor is false, what is the worst that can happen?

That is that the intelligence is counter-intuitive - Aiwass and Queen Isabel are a group of people, and the ziggurat is in danger and cannot directly defect to Aiwass.

...However, he really wants to defect to Aiwass now.

In other words, Aiwass doesn't care...

But he had some longing for the great guardian.

[——No reason, because you are a civilian. Because I am a knight - I am a knight bestowed with glory by Her Majesty the Queen, and I will protect her glory until death. 】

[——It has nothing to do with your origin, nationality or wishes. If you are not involved in this war, you are not a soldier. You are a civilian. 】

[——Whether you are a star or a iris, as long as you are not a giant, I will protect you! I can protect you! 】

... Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes and longing for it.

Hearty, tenacious and straightforward——

This is what a man is! This is the knight!

The phrase "If you didn't participate in this war, you are not a soldier" undoubtedly saved the somewhat depressed Albert. Although even if he escapes Star Antimony, armed gargoyles may still be developed... but the result has nothing to do with his personal wishes.

Now it was he who wanted to go to Avalon. The mentor's "last words" are undoubtedly a powerful excuse for persuasion. Being able to bring others along.

Although Star Antimony now values ​​and respects technical personnel far more than Avalon does, that respect comes from interests. It is precisely because their results will be converted into benefits that their wisdom has value. But this benefit comes at the expense of other people's happiness.

For a moment, Albert could not think of... any research that would definitely help others.

——He remembered that Master Hei Xiang said something shocking to the students at the opening ceremony.

Necromancy did not appear for the purpose of war or killing from the very beginning.

"That's the technology that allows the dead to return to the world. It's a miracle that reverses life and death and creates eternity! It's to turn the decay into immortality, to make the incomplete become complete, to reunite the separated again, and to allow the people in the past to be able to Meeting people from the future - a technique that exists to gain infinite time in a finite destiny!"

The black phase's speech gave Albert his belief and pride in necromancy.

It once made Albert doubt himself, but now it has become a new goal in his heart.

"Let the decay become immortal, let the incomplete become complete, let the separation reunite again, let the people in the past reach the future..."

Albert murmured, a dim yellow light slowly shining in his pupils.

His life is undoubtedly happy.

Unlike Aurora, he has no one in particular that he wants to resurrect, and no memories worth remembering.

But now, as he looked at his petrified mentor, he felt pain and nostalgia for the first time.

He seemed to understand Lord Black Phase's philosophy.

——For people in the past to reach the future.

The Doom Splicer has the possibility to create a complete body without a soul, while the Amber Craftsman can stuff the soul of one person into another. The combination of the two, isn't that a kind of resurrection?

New research, let’s start with… prosthetic limbs.

"——Let the incomplete become complete first."

On this day, a boy who was ignorant of the world became a young man with his own ideals.