Chapter 8: Hypocrisy
The sounds of fierce fighting could be heard faintly through the whistling wind in his ears. While desperately urging Blessing to get away from the monster quickly, Slok kept crying tears of pain and self-blame from the corners of his eyes.
If he could be stronger, like his uncle, maybe Uncle Crowe and the elders in the team who get along day and night would be fine at all.
Or...if I didn't attack rashly when the monster was restrained at the beginning...
However, no matter how much Slok regretted and blamed himself in his mind, it was of no use.
All he can do is activate his flying blessing and try his best to fly faster to avoid wasting the time that his companions bought for him.
Wiping away tears, Slok gritted his teeth and worked harder, driving more magic elements to make the blessing effect stronger. Even if his already bloodshot eyes began to be unable to bear it, he would not hesitate to bleed slowly.
Soon, soon.
The exit of the forest is in sight.
As long as you leave this forest, there will be an outpost not far away. You just need to get there as soon as possible and pass on the news. You can rely on the great King Arthur for everything else.
For this reason, Slok would not hesitate to die.
There was a clear buzzing sound, and Slok increased his flying speed again, causing blood to flow out not only from the corners of his eyes, but also from his ears and nose.
Slok seemed completely unaware of this, and just planned to continue working harder and rush out of the forest as soon as possible.
Close!
The light at the exit of the forest is actually so beautiful and warm.
It's so warm... just like a dream.
Ah, so sleepy...
No, I can’t sleep now, I must pass on the news...
Hey, deliver...what news?
Where am I...?
With the last question, Slok's consciousness sank into boundless darkness.
At the same time, in the dense forest near the exit, a satisfying burp sounded from the dark depths.
Then there was the rustling sound of something huge leaving.
When everything quieted down, the hoarse bird chirping suddenly sounded.
Full of joy in the aftermath of the disaster.
…
He grabbed the woman's neck with one hand and lifted her into the air, but at the same time, he occasionally tapped the ground with his toes to avoid suffocation. At the same time, he extended his tentacles into her mouth to search for poison or the like hidden in her teeth.
The other half of Gaia's attention at this time was focused on the sparkling crystals collected from other people in her other hand.
After looking at it carefully for a while, Gaia couldn't tell what it was.
Although she wanted to keep these crystals, which seemed to be very valuable, as initial funds to start her life in the civilized world, Gaia was not sure whether there was any tracking magic or similar mechanism on them.
Moreover, the internal structure of my body cannot be seen now, so the risk is unknown if I insist on staying.
In addition, he is not sure what the identity of the people he has dealt with is, what level of strength they have, and how many individuals are stronger than them.
Even if you want to go back and obtain information from the observer, you have to temporarily abandon the body you finally constructed.
When he comes back, he might have to restructure himself. Then these fighting sons will have to beat each other's brains out?
After thinking about it, Gaia opened two spaces on her arm and put these crystals into them for the time being. Then she condensed a slender probe from the fingers of her free hand and slowly approached the woman's temple.
"Ο?o?θαμ?ζει??μ?νκαταβα?νwνε??τ?νΠειραι?·xρ?νμ?ντοι. (I'm sorry, kid, but I need your memory to better understand the modern world. That's true.
It's very selfish, and I don't hope you can forgive or understand. I can only say that I am really sorry.)"
Although she didn't know what was sticking out from the tip of the finger of the monster who controlled her in front of her, Bilis instinctively felt that it wanted to read her memory.
'Damn monster, do you think that if you control me, there will be nothing I can do?'
This thought flashed through her mind, and a sarcastic smile appeared on Bilis' face.
My team was originally on a mission that could not be made public, so how could they not be prepared to destroy all traces?
"?!"
Weird syllables came out of Bilis's throat. Although Gaia reacted immediately and locked her throat so that she could no longer speak, it was already too late.
Less than a second after the syllable was uttered, Bilis' originally clear and firm eyes immediately began to turn white, blood flowed out of her nostrils and ears like no money, and even her mouth began to drool uncontrollably.
She clearly felt that all memories, experiences, and even most of the common sense were melting and dissipating from her mind. Bilis, who was enduring great pain, had one last thought when she was dying:
'Crow, you piece of wood, I...didn't I make you proud in the end...'
The next moment, Bilis' arms that were holding Gaia were unable to let go, and then hung limply on both sides of her body.
Witnessing Bilis using some unknown means to commit suicide in front of him, Gaia's palms almost tightened, but she quickly calmed down.
The top priority is to see if anything remains, not the time to get angry.
So, before Bilis was completely dead, Gaia quickly inserted the slender probe turned into a finger from her temple, grasped it all the way and penetrated deep into the cerebral cortex, and then began to read the remaining things.
Fortunately, at least the body structure is similar, otherwise Gaia wouldn't know where to look for something to read.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Gaia cheered up and began to check the read remnants.
Well, most of the memories have been destroyed, and what remains are some unknown fragments. Even the characters in the fragmented memories cannot even maintain their basic body shapes.
Realizing that her memory had been completely destroyed, Gaia decisively gave it up and began to search for basic common sense about the world, including abilities, individual strength, race, country, etc.
There was no way around it. He had arrived too hastily, and the awakening was not achieved by an observer. Gaia subconsciously neglected to acquire a modern language system and basic common sense.
Therefore, Gaia had no choice but to pray that this woman's self-destructive behavior would not be too effective, and at least leave her with some common sense about the current world.
After searching for a long time, Gaia could not find any effective information, so she could only lament that this method was too effective and really left nothing for herself.
Um?
Nothing left?
As if realizing something, Gaia quickly began to search in another area.
It didn't take long for his face to show a look of joy.
Sure enough, this aspect of the language system is subconsciously ignored, and even self-destruction is not considered immediately.
Finally, she found something harvestable in Bilis' brain. After Gaia quickly extracted it, she successfully mastered the entire language system after a little thought.
After doing all this, Gaia slowly pulled out the long needle from her temple, and looked at the gray liquid flowing out of the hole left by herself on the ground. She was silent for a moment.
Then, Gaia nodded slightly to her remains, controlled the nanorobot to dig a big hole in the ground, and buried it properly.
Regardless of stance or offensive behavior, this woman who would rather die than leak information, and the man who intends to die with her, are both worthy of respect.
Chapter completed!