Chapter 232 - 232 Eighty-nine

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232: Eighty-nine. A fairy tale 232: Eighty-nine. A fairy tale Tesla’s narration made the story sound as if “Lu Li” had leaped from one trap into another, with some danger still awaiting “Lu Li” ahead. But if they were to continue, this test question would be somewhat beyond the standard. Nevertheless, since Tesla did not hastily conclude with “and the three who escaped the relics lived happily ever after,” it indicated that there was more plot to follow. From here, Tesla’s narrative style changed, much like those writers of written words. ... The gloomy sky was so glaring, and the black earth so vast, that Lu Li, having left the cold, pitch-black passage, felt that being alive was a tremendously wonderful word. “Did I really somehow come out of the relics...” Lu Li questioned himself from the bottom of his heart. He stood at the entrance of the relics and saw restless monsters by the fire at the edge of the tall stone forest clearing. As he was about to act, a roar sounded from within the stone forest, and a monster with an unusual tail stood at the edge of the stone forest, holding a rock the size of a human head in its thick dark claws, roaring as it threw it at the group of monsters. One of the reasons humans absolutely dominate this world is their use of tools and intelligence. A stone the size of a human head could not injure the monsters, but it was enough to collapse the bonfire. The sparks scattered, startling those monsters that liked fire yet feared it. Their attention diverted, they let out deafening roars and rushed toward the provoking, strange fellow creature. Raimy’s monster brother turned and fled into the stone forest, followed by all the monsters, their roaring gradually fading away. As per the agreement, he had led the monsters away from the clearing after Lu Li appeared at the entrance. Lu Li came to his senses, glanced back deeply into the dark endless relic passage, and, seizing the moment before the monsters returned, ran down the stone steps and into the other side’s stone forest. He hid behind a black stone column as he had agreed with Raimy’s brother, waiting for his arrival. A few minutes later, heavy footsteps came from ahead. Raimy’s brother returned. But Raimy was still nowhere to be seen. He was not in good condition, covered in scars, with many scales shed, revealing equally dark flesh underneath. “Where is my sister!” he anxiously asked Lu Li. A flicker of sorrow passed in Lu Li’s eyes, and he slowly said, “She... is dead.” “What did you say?!” A rotten-smelling claw grabbed Lu Li’s chest, lifting him off the ground. The monster’s jaw split viciously, revealing sharp teeth as the dark claw swung down. Lu Li closed his eyes, awaiting the rage that was about to come. The claw did not strike down; instead, the monstrous hand, as big as a human head, hung in front of his forehead, and the hand grasping Lu Li’s chest released him. Raimy’s brother and the monster both clutched their heads, muttering in pain, “This isn’t your fault... I dawdled too long... I should have overcome my fear sooner and run in to find her, it’s my fault...” Lu Li didn’t know how to console the brother who had lost his sister, he could only comfort himself thinking perhaps Raimy’s spirit still existed in the relics, alive in another way. “Jimmy!? How did you become like this!?” Suddenly, an astonished, crisp shout came from beside them. The two grieving men simultaneously looked up, joyously toward the direction of the voice. A figure in a white dress, seemingly ethereal, walked toward them. No longer in the dim relics, Lu Li could see Raimy more clearly, along with her terrifying, all-white eyeballs. Lu Li knew the situation of the siblings, but they did not know each other’s plight, and each was stunned by the other’s appearance. Lu Li briefly narrated each of their conditions, and Jimmy was silent for a moment before letting out a long sigh. “At least we are both still alive...” “How did you do it?” Lu Li couldn’t contain his curiosity as he asked Raimy. Raimy said that after Lu Li had escaped from the altar, taking advantage of the moment when the relic’s owner was preparing to descend into consciousness, she followed the method taught by Lu Li, flying upward, squeezing between walls and mountains, and running beyond the range of the relic. Perhaps having been deceived too many times, Lu Li instinctively doubted these words. Was it really as Raimy said, that the altar’s owner, that odd and terrifying presence, had let her easily escape the relic? What had happened in the altar during the time he was away? But that was no longer important; Lu Li only knew that he had completed his mission, and they too had survived in another way. “Let’s leave this place first, if the lord... the being in the altar can come out, or control me...” Jimmy said worriedly. He didn’t want to lose consciousness again, nor did he want to lose his sister again. Lu Li and Raimy, still in her spirit form, of course wouldn’t refuse. Jimmy, controlling a monster, put his body on his shoulder, and they avoided patrolling monsters, exiting the stone forest and the black land. The ground beneath their feet changed from rotting black soil to a lush green grassland. The three of them stood on a hillside, on the left was a village amidst the grassland, and on the right, the death-scented blackness, with a clear boundary. “What will you do next,” Lu Li asked. Neither Raimy nor Jimmy currently looked fit to appear in the village. “Go home,” Jimmy said firmly. Raimy thought further, adding for her brother, “If the village doesn’t accept us, we will go live somewhere else.” “Go somewhere else?” Lu Li asked, puzzled. Raimy nodded, her eyes filled with longing, “Go to a place with a sea and build a small wooden house.” The sadness within her wasn’t as intense as Jimmy’s, making her seem more like an adult. Lu Li couldn’t be sure if Raimy had always been like this, or if something unknown had happened at the altar. Their easy departure from the relic always made him uneasy. Perhaps after returning, he could get more information from the organization. “We won’t forget your help, Lu Li.” Raimy suddenly embraced Lu Li gently; her soft, cold body was just like in the relic. Jimmy also looked down gratefully. “Where will you go next?” “Return to hand in the mission.” On the road leaving the relic, Lu Li had revealed his identity to them. “I mean, after you’ve completed your mission.” “Go home. By the way, my hometown is by the sea.” Under the setting sun’s afterglow, with the dark land and the relics with black pillars in the depths far away, Lu Li stood on the hillside, smiling at the siblings, “You’re welcome to visit Belfast.” ... “What a good story.” Old Pique sighed. At his age, other than memories from his youth moving him, there was little else that could add something to his heart. He looked at Lu Li, “So our ‘quiet gentleman’ in the story had a beautiful ending?” “Yes, that’s probably the best ending,” Tesla said, not concealing the admiration in his eyes, smiling at Lu Li. The bad guys ultimately failed, and the good people along with the creatures oppressed by the bad guys became partners and successfully escaped the clutches of the villains. Such endings usually only happen in fairy tales.

Chapter 232 - 232 Eighty-nine

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