Chapter 2518 ω` )The only hope?

Claire and the organization were surprised that the Nishimura demon was defeated first, and the key point was that no one knew who did it. There were as many as five demons that were eliminated. For this reason,

Of course, the organization lost a large amount of the entrusted bounty in vain. Although it was very unhappy, it was helpless.

But in the end, small things like that didn't cause Claire too much trouble. After all, investigating the cause was something that organizations and agents only had to worry about. As a big sword, of course she was happy that someone helped her eliminate the demon in advance.

Otherwise, by the time she arrives, it may not be as simple as just twenty-seven people being killed.

And although the demons in the West Village were eliminated quickly, Claire was not too relaxed, because her agent soon brought her a new task: to hunt down a cunning monster that had killed

A demon who died with a big sword and then disguised himself as a big sword?

That kind of thing was not difficult for Claire. Although there was a slight problem during the process and she was slightly injured, in the end, the opponent was killed by her sword.

At the same time, she also accepted the boy she met in that village half a month ago, and for the first time, she made him her little follower, the one named 'Laki'.

Since the other party's parents were eaten by the demon, and the demon was still his biological brother, and since they also killed their only biological uncle, and even caused several people in the village to die unexpectedly, in this regard,

The remaining villagers will naturally regard him as a scourge that brings bad luck and hate and abuse him. In addition, he has no one to rely on in the village and is alone and helpless.

Therefore, he naturally became the target of anger, beatings and bullying by the ignorant villagers.

In the end, although he was not a monster, his brother had been a monster after all, and the villagers did not want to stay with a monster who might become a monster, so they arbitrarily occupied the inheritance of his parents and uncle.

Then they expelled him, and if he hadn't happened to meet Claire passing by on the way, he might have died in the desert.

In the end, I don’t know what my mood was. Maybe I felt pity for him, or maybe I saw my former self in him?

Anyway!

Claire unexpectedly agreed and kept Lucky, even resisting the pressure from her agent. Her reason was also far-fetched. She just wanted Lucky because of Lucky's good cooking skills.

As her cook, even if a 'big sword' like them only needs to eat a little bit of food every two or three days, their demand for food is far less than that of ordinary people?

Anyway, in the end, Claire took the young Lucky with her, just like her most beloved 'senior' took her with her back then.

However……

What happened after taking in Lackey, accepting a few more missions, and wiping out a few monsters caught Claire off guard, and she even had to put Lackey in a hotel in a certain town.

And the reason why she did that was because she received a black letter!

That’s right, it’s a black letter!

That was the last thing she wanted to see!

But whether she likes it or not, there are some things she still has to do. Therefore, Claire plans to put Laki in a hotel in this town, and then go to Xilei Mountain alone. It will take about three days for her to arrive.

, then complete the task, and then return here a week later.

However, due to the special nature of the matter, she was unwilling to take Lackey with her because it was her own matter and she hoped to solve it alone.

"But!"

"Claire!"

Seeing that Claire's expression was not very good, it was completely different from the previous situations when she accepted the commission and prepared to kill the monster. Lackey thought that it would be impossible to say that he was not worried. After all, he was

He was finally allowed to follow, so of course he mustered up the courage to ask:

"What on earth is going on? Can you really not take me with you?"

"Usually when you go to kill monsters, you always take me with you!"

He had a vague feeling that something bad might happen, so no matter what, he wanted to go with him.

"..."

"Not this time."

After staring at Lackey for a while, Claire shook her head firmly and said calmly.

"?!"

"Why?"

Lackey was anxious, because he was afraid that this was Claire's excuse, that she wanted to leave him here and never care about him again.

"No reason."

"You can keep the money for me. If you need to spend it, just take it. I will come back to pick you up in a week at the latest."

"That `s a deal."

After saying that, Claire walked to the side of the room and sat down, preparing to rest for a while and then set off immediately when the time was up.

"Claire..."

After standing there for a while with his hands clasped, Lackey gritted his teeth. In the end, of course, he didn't care about the pile of money that Claire put on the table. Instead, he walked up to her with his lips pursed and said

He said loudly and stubbornly:

"I……"

"I must follow you!"

"Unless you can make it clear!"

He has no relatives anymore, and now Claire is his only relative and the person he admires the most!

But now, the other party is behaving in such a weird way, and also handed over all the money to him and asked him to stay here. How could he feel relieved?

"..."

As a last resort, Claire, who had closed her eyes and fell asleep, slowly opened her silver eyes, and then looked at Lackey expressionlessly.

"It's because of the black letter!"

For a long time, she originally didn't plan to say too much, but when she saw Lackey's stubborn expression and eyes, she finally lowered her eyelids and sighed quietly in an inaudible tone.

"Black letter?"

"What is a black letter?"

Blinking, Lackey was a little confused, obviously not knowing what the other party was talking about.

"Black letter..."

"We, the warriors of the organization, are what you call the big sword... Each big sword has its own black letter, which we keep in the hilt, and has its own unique symbol."

"I told you before, we are neither humans nor monsters..."

"For 'big swords' like us, the boundary between humans and monsters is not unbreakable. Once it is irreversible, the black letter needs to appear."

As she spoke, and looking at Lackey whose expression of surprise became more intense, Claire paused before continuing to explain.

"Black letter..."

"When it appears, one of the Great Swordsmen will definitely die, without exception!"

As the name suggests, a black letter is a very ordinary black post with each sword's unique logo printed in the middle. For example, Claire's own logo is the one on her chest similar to the 'three crosses'

There is a halberd's logo, and other great swords also have their own logos, and each one's is different, and they can tell the difference at a glance.

Of course, the above is not important. What is important is: when a great swordsman realizes that his will can no longer suppress the expanding demon power, and when they realize that they have reached their limit, they usually hope that they can

Die as a human being, instead of turning into an out-of-control man-eating monster!

Therefore, at this time, they will take out the black letter contained in the hilt of their weapon, and hand it over through an agent to a certain swordsman whose hand they most want to die. Then the sword who receives the black letter will definitely

He will go to the agreed place and kill the owner of the black letter.

Unfortunately, Claire received a black letter today, so she planned to leave Lackey in this hotel, and then go to Xirei Mountain alone to complete the mission alone.

"!!"

"How could something like that happen?"

After listening to Claire's statement, Lackey was immediately stunned. Apparently, he had never thought that such a situation would happen again.

In his previous impression, the swordsmen were a group of heroic heroines who were good at fighting violence and slaying demons. Female warriors were the most worthy of his respect and yearning. He had always envied them for their ability to kill and kill demons.

Distinguish the power of demons.

But who would have thought that behind their glamor and strength, there is such an unknown and tragic story?

A great sword with powerful power, a great sword whose mission is to kill demons and maintain local security. Their final fate is to turn into demons?

And if you don’t want to become such a monster, you must consciously die at the hands of your own people?!

"etc!"

However, after the shock, Lackey quickly grasped the key point from what Claire just said that made him even more shocked and gasped, and then he couldn't wait and trembled slightly with that kind of disbelief.

He asked repeatedly in a tone of voice:

"The big sword that sent you a black letter..."

"She is your important person?!"

To be honest, if possible, Lackey really hoped that what he guessed was not what he imagined.

"Yes……"

Unfortunately, Claire nodded slightly.

"Her name is Elena..."

"I entered the organization to receive transformation and training at the same time as me."

"After joining the organization, we often comfort and encourage each other during the most difficult times..."

"When we become half-human and half-demon, and we are in tremendous pain, as long as we hug each other, we can sleep peacefully. No pain or suffering can break us, because we are together."

"..."

Although having someone to talk to made Claire feel a little better, she was no longer as worried, sad and hesitant as when she had just received the black letter.

However, it is only a little better.

"We are the best companions..."

"Each other's only friend..."

"..."

Therefore, as she spoke, her voice gradually became quieter unconsciously, and if the two of them were not alone in the room, I'm afraid Lackey wouldn't be able to hear what she said, right?

"The best companion..."

"Only friend?!"

After listening to Claire's words, Lackey didn't know what words to use to describe it.

"But!"

"Why is this happening..."

"It shouldn't be like this..."

After saying this sadly, Lucky couldn't help but shed tears anymore.

At this moment, he only felt that his three views were about to be completely subverted. At the same time, he also discovered for the first time that the world of the Great Swords was so miserable... They had endured so much and shouldered so much, but they

As a result, he is doomed to tragedy and death at the hands of his loved ones?

Moreover, death at the hands of a close relative is considered a better outcome?

"Woo..."

"Why is this happening?"

"It shouldn't be like this..."

"Obviously they are best friends, and they have been fighting monsters..."

"It's obviously to protect people..."

"Obviously suffering so much pain..."

"But why..."

"Why do you pay so much, and only end up with one tragedy after another?"

Junk doesn't understand what kind of will and experience it takes to allow great swordsmen like Claire to endure all that silently, and to face the greatest sorrow in the world with an expressionless face.

And tell it out, and then plan to perform that bleak duty that is as tragic as a human tragedy?

If it were Lucky himself, I'm afraid he would have collapsed a long time ago, right?

In fact, he did break down once!

After his parents were killed and he saw his brother incarnate as a demon eating his only biological uncle, he collapsed and stayed in the village in a daze for many days, during which he allowed the villagers to insult him.

, the slander and the final expulsion... And if Claire hadn't accidentally encountered and rescued him, and then the other party had given him the courage and hope to live, I'm afraid he wouldn't have known where he died by now.

In the corner?

"..."

Listening to Lackey's cry and looking at his tears and runny nose, Claire seemed to have seen what she looked like back then.

"Why?"

"it may be because……"

"That's why we exist, right?"

After finishing speaking and sighing faintly, Claire closed her silver eyes and was not prepared to speak again.

Because it’s useless to talk too much.

She knows that since the black letter has been received, since it has been sent out, and it has been sent to her, Claire, it means that things have really become irreversible. What she wants to do next

All she had to do was go to Xi Lei Mountain on time for her appointment and let her best friend leave in a decent way and in the way he wanted, that's all.

"Claire..."

"Is there really no other way?"

After crying for a long time and looking at Claire sitting silently aside, Lackey finally couldn't help but ask this question softly and whimpering.

"No……"

Claire spoke without raising her head. She just closed her eyes and lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

"No!"

"Maybe there's one?"

However, just when Lackey wanted to continue crying, Claire suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him with a complicated look, frowning and saying.

"!!"

"What is it?"

"Please tell me quickly, if I can help you?"

He was overjoyed, and then Lackey couldn't think of anything else. He quickly wiped his eyes and sniffed his nose and asked quickly.

"That day……"

"You should still remember the little girl in your village, right?"

After her silver eyes flickered for a while, Claire hesitated and opened her red lips lightly and asked.

"little girl?"

"ah!"

"I remembered that it was the one who had been to our village and saved me?"

"Of course I remember!"

Although Lackey was so frightened that he wet his pants and wandered around in a daze for several days afterwards, he was naturally deeply impressed by that little girl and would definitely not forget it easily.

"Um."

"That's her."

"if……"

"If you can find her and get her to Xi Lei Mountain on time in three days, maybe there will be a chance?"

Claire said calmly.

She still has a lot of doubts and confusion about what happened to her that day, and the organization has never given any feedback on what she reported, so she doesn't know if the organization has investigated it.

, and I’m even less sure whether that little girl can really do what she thinks she can do.

"Although I'm not sure..."

"But that should be the only hope, right?"

Yes, if she could, she really wanted to give it a try, even if it was a one in ten thousand chance, after all, it was the only chance she could think of at the moment.

"But……"

"Yes, what if I can't find it?"

His mind was thinking over and over again, but he didn't think that he would definitely be able to find the person in just three days, and he also had to convince the other person and rush to Xi Lei Mountain in time. Laki could only stare round and blush.

looked at Claire and asked in a trembling voice.

"That……"

"Then there's nothing we can do..."

"I will kill her."

"Even if she is my best friend and the only bond I have ever had to comfort each other."

Claire's eyes darkened, knowing that what Lackey said was true. She also felt that finding the little girl within three days was like finding a needle in a haystack. Claire sighed, and finally shook her head and said those cold and somewhat inhuman words.

"!!"

Hearing this, Lackey's expression froze, and his face instantly turned pale.

"I……"

"I swear I'll find her!"

"must!"

"With all this money, there will definitely be someone willing to provide clues about her!"

"Wait for my news!"

"I will find her!!"

But soon, Lackey came to his senses, and then his expression froze, and then he grabbed the money that Claire had just planned to give him for safekeeping, then turned around and ran out quickly.

"..."

Seeing this and listening to the footsteps running towards the downstairs of the hotel quickly, Claire did not try to stop her, nor did she want to give him any opinions or suggestions. She just said with a sad expression once again.

She looked at the black letter in her hand and gently rubbed it with her other hand.

No one knew what she was thinking, and she stopped making any noise.

She just sat silently in the hotel room alone, and then let the afterglow of the sunset shine on the side of her face, making her blond hair and silver eyes shine red.

"..."

At this time, Lackey, who ran out of the hotel door with almost all of Claire's money, was dumbfounded.

what to do?

what to do?!

Because, looking at the three directions to the left, right and front, he had no idea where to start.

And it is at least seven or eight days away from the village where the little girl last appeared, that is, the village where his family was destroyed. Even if he hires a carriage to run back to find people to ask for clues, it is estimated that it will take at least three or four days. That time

It's definitely too late.

"!!"

"etc!"

"I thought of it!"

But soon, when Lucky was feeling helpless and at a loss, he suddenly thought of something that Claire had told him, and then he felt happy and resolutely headed in a certain direction.

He ran quickly towards the trading house in front where he could rent a carriage.

Time is very tight, he only has three days... No, counting the time it takes to find the person and travel, he may have less than two days, and if he can't find him within two days, there is really no hope.

Therefore, he had to find a carriage to help him find people and travel faster!

The sooner the better!!

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Chapter completed!