Ember Gun

  Chapter 738 Ending Future

  Walking on the street, Lorenzo hummed a strange tune, scanning back and forth between the cities.

The old Dunling is also changing. The previous battle in the city ended and many buildings were destroyed. Although subsequent reconstructions were carried out, many people were still homeless. They gathered in various temporary settlements and spent time together. This is a slightly miserable birthday of God.

  You can see many erected tripods and broken walls on the street, but the citizens live and advance on the ruins as if they are used to all this.

  Lorenzo can clearly feel the vitality of this city. It is trying to recover from the decline, just like the weeds that grow stubbornly from the cracks between the bricks and stones.

   "Ah... because who came from?"

  Lorenzo tried to remember the battle, but due to the influence of antimemetic, his memory became riddled with holes. For a while, he actually remembered the name of his opponent.

  But Lorenzo soon stopped struggling with these things, everything had turned into dust, and the review became meaningless.

He walked leisurely and walked a familiar road. Lorenzo was a little less eager to go home. He was more like to see the city more. Although his body was a little tired and his knee was aching, he still stubbornly stubbornly stubborn Walking on crutches, step by step.

When you look up, you can see the iron whales cruising among the clouds. A thick layer of frost is hung on their surface, just like a giant whale breaking the ice, raising bursts of water and turning into snow dust in the sky. fall.

   Looking down, you can see the broken Dunling Pagoda. This towering tower is gradually healing, and this time, it will take on new responsibilities.

  Darkness was exiled, and the curse of knowledge no longer exists. This time, the Dunling Project will be restarted and Nicholas will be in charge. A new Dunling will be built on the ruins, and the roaring thunder will replace the hot steam.

  Lorenzo can’t wait to see that day, he must be surprised.

  The knowledge stored underground in the Platinum Palace will also be gradually used, but it will be supervised by the builders of the country to gradually release this knowledge and steadily advance the course of the times, lest the explosive growth of technology brings chaos and disputes.

  Thinking of this knowledge, Lorenzo couldn't help but look to the north. On the distant frozen soil, there were some people who could be regarded as friends.

  Lorenzo estimated that the monsters wandering in the sea of ​​silence will also usher in real peace, after which the threat of the sea of ​​silence will be greatly reduced, and the channel to the end of the world will be opened again.

  And...the end of the world.

  Lorenzo tried his best to recall that mysterious land, the black obelisks lined up, as if from eternity.

The first thing he thought of was the Epidemic Doctor. As the path of sublimation was cut off, this chaser of truth might go to true death, together with the Secret Guardian, but Lorenzo felt that with the special nature of the sanctuary, he said Indefinite epidemic doctors can live a little longer, after all, forgetting is gradual.

The unspeakable has too much influence on the world, and has "distorted" the "common sense" of the world. Now as it is exiled, the world is gradually "correcting". This takes a long time, and it also gives those The demons remaining in the world must survive.

  For example, Lorenzo.

The secret blood in the body has not completely decayed. They will be annihilated little by little with the passage of time. Just like the world’s memory of darkness, time will cover everything. Whether it is a nightmare or a carnival, it will turn into A loess.

  Lorenzo had been anxious about this before, but soon he was relieved.

  No one knows what he has forgotten, just as he does not know when he will completely forget it, all he can do is to accept it and start a new life.

   "But I think...I will try my best to remember you until everything is gone."

   Lorenzo said to the cold wind, the voice of the words was rolled up and passed to the distance.

  He stopped his pace, and the fatigue of his body became clearer. After doing the usual exercise, Lorenzo wouldn't even sweat, but now he couldn't breathe.

   "So mortals are so weak?"

   Lorenzo sighed, but he didn't think it was very bad, because he was too weak, so every good thing seemed precious to him.

  What to do after Christmas Day?

  Lorenzo's thinking is divergent. He likes to think about messy things while walking.

Soon, Lorenzo thought about what to do. He kept taking vacations and enjoying life. When spring comes, he will exercise and start rehabilitation. Although he can't become as strong as a demon hunter, he must at least be with ordinary people. almost.

  I vaguely remembered a conversation with Seleu on a certain day. The builders prepared to form a new fleet after the war mediation, explore the end of the world, and retrieve the sealed history and knowledge.

Lorenzo is preparing to sign up for that fleet. As a former demon hunter and an explorer at the end of the world, he feels that he is qualified to join this fleet. As for the dangers, he doesn’t have to worry too much. The only thing that needs attention is that Antimemetic.

   Thinking of this, he was a little anxious, and he didn't know whether the epidemic doctor was dead or alive, or whether he could make it through them.

In fact, Lorenzo didn’t care much about the life and death of the epidemic doctor. He mainly wanted to exile the darkness. This good news was told to the Secret Guardian so that he could enter a real peaceful sleep. If possible, tell the epidemic doctor by the way. , Lawrence's death.

  Lawrence didn't have much contact with the world, and he didn't have many friends. If he really wanted to have one, Lorenzo racked his brains and could only think of an epidemic doctor.

  But... it's finally over.

  Whenever he thinks of this, Lorenzo has a kind of illusory feeling, as if all this is fake, just an extremely real dream.

  But if you really choose a method of death, it's not bad to drown in a dream like this.

In this way, Lorenzo wandered the streets while thinking wildly, sitting on the benches to rest from time to time, eating two bites of cake, or turning into the alleys to tease the stray cats. I don’t know which kind person built them. After the nest, these little guys also have shelter from the wind and rain in the winter.

  He is like a retired old man, wandering aimlessly until the sunset.

Standing in front of the office, the sign on the side had been rusty due to poor maintenance. The room was lit up with dim light, and there was still a figure walking around. Lorenzo stopped for a long time, then gathered courage and walked away. Went in.

   Pushing open the door, warmth and fragrance rushed into the face.

   "Yo! Good morning everyone!"

  Lorenzo waved and greeted strangely.

  The guests who had already arrived turned their heads and responded with different eyes and different expressions.

   "It's already night!"

  Eve leaned aside and called to Lorenzo.

   "Looks like you are in good spirits!"

  This is Shao Liangxi. He and Shao Liangye are sitting together with a wine glass in their hands. The color of the liquid inside is complicated. Lorenzo guessed that it was "recurring."

   "You are not missing."

It was Hercule who said this. This guy poked his head out of the kitchen. There was a pile of drinks brought from the tavern in the corner, and there was a big rat trembling and hiding there, afraid of being spotted by someone. Look like.

   There were strong snoring sounds in the room. Lorenzo followed the sound. On the sofa by the fireplace, an old guy was sleeping. He was drunk and he didn't know how long he had been in a coma.

   "What's wrong with him?" Lorenzo asked.

   "I don't know, it was brought back by Seleu, like a hangover, and I haven't woken up yet." Eve replied.

  This is indeed something that Oscar can do. He will always hangover for various reasons. There are dozens of days for all kinds of strange anniversaries.

   "You guys are here so early."

   Putting aside Oscar and looking at other people, Lorenzo was a little surprised. There were more guests and earlier than he expected. He thought they would arrive after dark, but now the living room has become crowded.

   "What's the matter? I look confused."

  Eve came over, and Zhao Lorenzo waved his hand, calling back his thoughts.

   "No...nothing, I always think the office is quite big, but in this way, it's not that big."

  Lorenzo glanced at the living room.

   "Maybe you have a lot of friends." Eve patted Lorenzo.

"What about the rest?"

   Lorenzo asked, and several familiar faces did not appear.

"The Shrike and the Kestrel should be working overtime. They will arrive later. The robins will go home to be with their family. Lan Feicui and the others have their own friends... As for Seleu, she came back not long ago and should be sleeping upstairs. , It seems that the Duke’s work is also very tiring."

  Speaking of this, Eve sighed. As the daughter of Arthur, she will also become a duke in the future.

   "Why? I'm afraid of trouble? You didn't have this attitude before." Lorenzo teased.

   "Ah... I thought before that only by becoming a duke can you get rid of the shackles of others and become free, but becoming a duke is indeed free, but there will be greater restraints."

  Eve thought for a while and blessed her sincerely.

   "I hope Arthur can live for a few more years, and better live for a few decades."

  Lorenzo has a complicated expression, which is obviously a good blessing, but from Eve's mouth, the taste is a bit wrong, and he can't say anything to refute it.

   Walked into the room and stepped up the stairs. Lorenzo opened the door. In the dimly lit room, a gentle breathing could be heard. When he walked to the bed, he saw a small figure nestled in the corner of the bed.

Lorenzo paused for a long time. Instead of waking Seleu, he went to the table and sat on a chair. From time to time, he looked out the window, wrote two pens in his diary, or looked at Seleu who was sleeping. .

   There was a lot of noise downstairs. You don't need to think about it. It was the Kestrel here. Since the return of Fei Lengcui, the Kestrel has become more...active.

   may be the reason for the return from desperate situation, or it may be retirement. In short, Kestrel is very grateful for living every day, full of energy, and noisy to the point that even Lorenzo would be bored.

When I visited Lorenzo before, I listened to the Kestrel and he had already declared with Arthur. He only waited for the things here to be cleaned up. After the handover of work, he officially retired. It is said that he still has a considerable salary every month. Issue.

  As for what to do after retirement, Lorenzo doesn’t need to guess. Lorenzo joked with Kestrel at the time.

   "If you do well, it's not impossible to let you be the dean!"

Kestrel called "Thanks to the great Lorenzo Holmos" and many other words of praise, and I don’t know what the Kestrel went through. His vocabulary of praise was amazingly large, which once made Lorenzo nausea.

  But the Kestrel soon realized another thing.

   "So, am I working for you?"

   "Yeah, please call the boss."

  Lorenzo was a little hard to describe the Kestrel’s expression at the time. It was very complicated and interesting. It was quite annoying for the boss to retire and finally took another job.

  The faint sound interrupted Lorenzo's memory. Looking at the bed, Seleuc was slowly waking up, rubbing his eyes vigorously.

"Good morning."

   Lorenzo said.

   "Ah...good morning, good morning."

  She might be really confused and muttering constantly, but soon Seleu realized the situation in front of her.

   "How long did I sleep?"

   Looking at the dark night sky outside the window, Seleu asked.

   "I don't know, it should be a while."

  Lorenzo stood up and held out his hand.

   "Let's go, everyone is here."

  Seleu did not hesitate, stretched out his hand, and the two shook hands together.

  ……

   "Happy God’s Birthday! Everyone!"

  Walking down the stairs, Kestrel’s cheers were endless. This guy took off his shirt and stood on the table, holding a wine glass in one hand and shaking his clothes in the other. He cheered and danced strange dances at the same time.

Below    is Sora who swayed with him. She is very good at joining this kind of neurotic joy.

  "Is this the birthday of the gods in the Western world? How interesting!"

  While she went crazy with Kestrel, she said to Shao Liangye excitedly.

  Shao Liangye sat with other people with a black line on his face. Even as a stranger, he knew that God’s Birthday was definitely not like this, but the Kestrel was playing drunkenly alone.

Eve held back a smile. She knew very well that if she didn’t stop her, God’s Birthday would become weird in the eyes of these Nine Summers, but she couldn’t help but want to see what it would become in the end. .

  To the cheers, the Kestrel jumped off the table and shook the drunk Oscar vigorously, letting him join the singing and dancing together.

   "This guy is not just happy."

  Lorenzo walked to the living room and said to the shrike.

   "Yes, looking at him like this, I also want to retire...Are you so happy?"

  Shrike watched the Kestrel picked up Oscar and slew him vigorously, but he didn’t know if Oscar’s old waist could work.

   went crazy again, Kestrel was finally tired, and leaned against Oscar, like a mountain of meat.

   "Ah... it's a good life."

  Lorenzo whispered, although these guys messed up the living room, but Lorenzo was not disgusted, but a little nostalgic, missing the mess at home before.

  Sitting in his place, facing the warm fireplace, Lorenzo smiled slightly, feeling peace and tranquility.

   "What's the matter?" Seleu leaned against him and asked, "You look like an old grandfather."

   "Grandpa?"

   "Yes, grandpa who sunbathes in the afternoon, did you think of something?"

  Lorenzo was silent for a few seconds, thought about it seriously, and then said lightly.

   "I am very happy, Seleu, I am very happy."

  He looked at Seleu, and then at the friends in the room, he smiled.

   "I think, I really have been sheltered by luck, and my only wish has really been fulfilled."

  Midnight is approaching, and the new year is approaching. Everyone got up and picked up their wine glasses. Even the drunk guys were set up to celebrate this moment.

  "Happy God’s Birthday, Mr. Lorenzo Holmos."

  Everyone cheered.

  Lorenzo also raised his wine glass and took a deep breath. The old year was about to end. Too many things happened this year, and it made him feel a headache in retrospect.

   sighed with emotion, and became more and more melancholy, but Lorenzo felt that this should not be a reason to stay, even if it was the end.

  "Respect for the future."

  He raised his wine glass, ending with this sentence.

  The bell rang at midnight, and the distant sound hovered over the city, rolling people's laughter and joy together into the endless sky.

  (End of this chapter)