- >>->The entire courtyard has been turned into ruins. The rising sea of ​​​​fire evaporates the water in the pool, creating sparkling blue waves. In such a cold night, there is warm water vapor permeating the air, like a slowly submerging water.

The snakes of shadow, they slither around and wrap themselves around one person after another.

The soldiers on the periphery looked at this place with vigilance, their fingers tightly pressed on the trigger, waiting for Arthur's order.

Everyone was waiting for him, waiting for his instructions, but he looked at Eve, countless emotions stirring up his old heart.

Of course he knew what Lorenzo meant. He was the cold decision-maker beside the railway tracks. The value of Dean Lawrence was obvious to all. He could not let him go for any reason, but the price was his beloved daughter.

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This was really a difficult decision, so difficult that even the iron-hearted Arthur began to waver.

In this long silence, time slowed down. Lorenzo looked at the entangled man. He was the powerful Duke and the manager of the purification agency in the darkness. He held the scepter in his hand, but

Now that great power can do nothing.

How sad.

He can make the torrent of steel destroy the city and crack the pool, but he can't even protect his own daughter. Because of his beloved daughter, even a steely will will create countless cracks.

After all, Arthur is just a mortal. Without the halo that shrouds him, he is just an ordinary person and a father.

Lorenzo suddenly felt a little tired. He looked at Dean Lawrence in front of him. Although he didn't want to admit it, he still had to say that Dean Lawrence was right, very right.

The weapon should be like a weapon, without emotion or communication, just sharpen its edge and then kill the target.

It has no friends, no life, no care, so it has no weaknesses.

Arthur is a very powerful man. Like the Stuart family, the history of the Phoenix family runs through the entire Glorious War. Every generation has young people named Phoenix going to the battlefield, even so many years after the war ended.

This ritual-like behavior did not end, and generation after generation of people headed towards the war in the shadows.

He could cut iron with a sword and command thousands of armies, but in the end he had a family and a daughter, so even the strongest steel would soften, and he had a weakness.

Lorenzo seemed to feel tired, not because he was tired, but because of Arthur's slightly swaying body.

"We have no chance of Arthur. His power is Shanda's salary. He can predict the future. He can see the 'result' before your 'cause' happens. All tricks are useless."

The weird and cunning Shang Da Feng, this kind of power does not have any physical changes when it is triggered, making it difficult to identify. If Lorenzo hadn't recalled the ancient title, he might have been kept in the dark until now.

"Mr. Holmes, have you ever made such a decision?"

Arthur asked suddenly.

Lorenzo nodded, expressionless.

He did it a long time ago, he was the last one to stay sane, and he dealt with the last out-of-control witchers on that ship.

Lorenzo had pressed the lever of fate a long time ago, and the train roared past, crushing those once-familiar faces.

"I see."

Arthur whispered again.

"So have you made a decision?"

Dean Lawrence looked at them with a smile, and the broken sword was pressed against Eve's chin. He didn't care whether these people were stalling for time or something else. He was very powerful and had the capital to despise everything, no matter what they wanted to do.

Shang Dafeng's power can be predicted in advance.

Although this kind of power carries a heavy burden and can only predict the future within about ten seconds, it is enough. With the power of Dean Lawrence, these ten seconds are enough for him to kill everyone, and then

He drifted away.

The only difficulty is Lorenzo, with his strong armor it is difficult for him to cause any damage.

"Yes."

Arthur answered, his eyes sharpened, and then he walked towards Dean Lawrence.

"Are you giving up on her?"

Dean Lawrence looked at Arthur, the broken sword was slightly raised, and blood flowed down.

"No, it's just a hostage exchange. What do you think?"

Arthur said. This is a result that no one has thought of.

"What are you doing!"

Lorenzo yelled, but Arthur ignored him and continued talking.

"I am Duke Evra Phoenix, the current head of the Purge Agency, codenamed Arthur. My brain stores the keys to important systems such as the Snake Peeper in the Atrium, and, by the way, some knowledge of the Original Sin Armor...

…I think my value should be greater than hers, right.”

Arthur slowly raised his hands, stopped where he was and said.

In fact, there is another solution to this problem, which is not to press the joystick or push some unlucky guy down, but to catch the roaring train by yourself.

It’s the best of both worlds, but you’re only sacrificing yourself.

The monster will die and Eve will survive. This will be a good story.

Eve looked at Arthur. She had no idea what the so-called purge agency was or what its codename was, but she just looked at him blankly. This extremely powerful man finally compromised, for her...

"This is really...a big fish!"

Instead, Dean Lawrence let out a cry of joy. He had been lurking in Old Dunling for a long time, but his penetration of the purification mechanism was extremely slow. He even said that he could not even discover the mysterious broken dome.

position, let alone contact with high-level officials like Arthur.

"Then you'd better come over by yourself, please."

Dean Lawrence opened his other hand as if to hug him, but then looked at Lorenzo and smiled.

"I can see it."

That smile was so hateful, like a nightmare. Lorenzo knew exactly what he meant. In the future predicted by Dean Lawrence, Lorenzo suddenly attacked him in different ways, just in exchange.

Hostage moment.

He warned Lorenzo.

"No...no, you should..."

Eve looked at Arthur who was walking towards him, but Arthur kept looking directly at Dean Lawrence, walking firm and steady.

She began to regret it. If she had listened to him, she would be on a small island now, without having to fight or be stained with blood. Arthur would not trade for him, but there was no chance to save him.

"do not come!"

Eve yelled, then waved her hand and tried to hit Dean Lawrence, but the broken sword pressed in again, and she could only endure it.

Arthur didn't look at her from beginning to end, as if he was afraid that the rational dam would burst, he stopped, then raised his hands and turned his back to Dean Lawrence, left with the broken sword, and then pointed at Arthur.

"I told you I saw it! Boy!"

Dean Lawrence suddenly shouted loudly, and the situation suddenly changed at this moment of exchanging hostages.

He looked at the swooping cavalry mockingly, Lorenzo was still too slow.

No matter what the outcome, Lorenzo will not let Priest Lawrence go. This mysteriously missing Priest may be one of the masterminds of the Night of Advent. This is the closest he gets to that night.

But just like Dean Lawrence said, Lorenzo was still too slow.

Without any warning, the broken sword penetrated Arthur's chest from behind. Arthur looked at the nailed sword protruding from the flesh with some disbelief. Then it was pulled out again, and the man fell weakly.

Dean Lawrence had no intention of exchanging hostages from the beginning. With Arthur's will, nothing could be pried out at all. It would be better to kill him to weaken the purification mechanism.

Eve opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything. She could only let out meaningless sobs. She could only watch Arthur fall, and then it was like something was burning.

She didn't want to run away, but instead had a kind of desperate rage. She had nothing to fear, so she had nothing to fear. When she tried to rush forward, the figure that had been silent on the side started to move, and Seliu pounced on her.

When they arrived at Eve, this ice-silent girl took Eve's hand and pulled her towards the soldiers like she was dragging cargo.

Bystanders knew that all that could be done in the current situation was to minimize casualties as much as possible. Eve struggled, but the injured girl was as firm as steel. She dragged Eve staggeringly without saying a word.

But at this moment, the brilliant white light exploded again, and Dean Lawrence looked at Seleu with a smile.

"Run!"

Lorenzo roared wildly, trying to reverse the determined outcome, but he knew very well that there was nothing he could do. He was too slow, so slow that in the gap when he arrived, no matter whether he killed two people

, or leaving with Eve, is enough for Dean Lawrence.

Thousands of thunders rang out, countless thermite bombs rushed toward Dean Lawrence, and the deadly lines of fire weaved into a web of death, but this could not affect the destined ending.

He was old and old, holding a broken sword stained with blood, but no one could match the power of breaking steel.

It's useless. There's nothing useful at this moment. This is an enemy who can predict the future. All the endings are already before his eyes. No matter how he resists, he will just go from one dead end to another.

Just like the owner of the pasture, everyone is a lamb behind the fence, just waiting for his butcher knife to fall.

The burning trajectory slid in front of Eve. As expected, the trajectory failed to hit Dean Lawrence, but it successfully stopped his progress, seemingly only for a few seconds.

But in these few seconds, heavy and rapid footsteps sounded among the endless gunfire, as if carrying wind, rain, thunder and lightning, roaring in.

A man Eve never expected appeared on the edge of her field of vision. He was as powerful as a tiger.

you are still alive?

To be honest, after spending so many years with him, Eve felt that Arthur was so familiar and strange for the first time. He was obviously penetrated by the broken sword, but now he was running like a tiger.
To be continued...