Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 80

alley In a back alley away from an abandoned factory, in an unremarkable old hut, an oil lamp was suddenly lit.

In the flickering lights, one can see the simple and old furnishings in the hut, the slightly moldy ceiling, the faded and peeling wallpaper, and a dark crack slowly creeping and shrinking in the corner of the room.

The horrifying bone hound was lying beside the crack, motionless like a dead dog that was completely exhausted. On the other end of the black iron chain, Shirley, who was wearing a black-and-white long skirt, carefully adjusted the oil lamp. The wick came to the window again, and checked the sky outside with concern.

“…The Creation of the World has come out,” the girl breathed out softly, “Fortunately, I got home before the night completely fell, otherwise I’m afraid I’m going to die like a dog in some stinky ditch.” Not far

away The Youshen hound lying dead on the floor immediately raised its head, with a hoarse and cracking voice in its throat: “Just say what you say, don’t talk about dogs.

” I lost half my life.” Shirley turned her head and glanced at Agou, “Can I say now? Why did I suddenly run away—and still use the most dangerous deep shuttle? Didn’t you say that there are countless demons in the deep sea? Are you waiting to chew your black bones?”

“No matter how many demons there are in the deep sea, I can walk around them, and I can still run if I can’t beat them, but just now… if I really don’t run quickly, I might not be able to escape It’s gone.” At this time, the deep hound finally seemed to catch his breath, raised his head slightly to look at Shirley, “You should be thankful that I reacted quickly and opened the rift the moment that scary guy turned his eyes, otherwise as long as his gaze is still Falling on you and me, I can’t even open the escape channel!”

Shirley frowned, and slowly came to the dark hound: “So what’s going on? Why are you afraid of this? The man named ‘Duncan ‘The guy… Agou, have you ever seen him? Is he a big shot in the Church of Annihilation? Or is there some dark demon standing behind him?”

The deep hound seemed to recall an extremely terrifying feeling all of a sudden, its bones cracked, and then it murmured in a low voice: “I haven’t seen him, and I don’t know him.” Shirley stared at him immediately

. Eyes narrowed: “I’ve never seen you so afraid!?”

“Even if I haven’t seen it, as a ghost demon, I can ‘see’ a shadow more terrifying than death!” The ghost hound suddenly raised its head, and the hollow red The eye hole “stared” at Shirley, “In a human body, there is a vortex of light and shadow stuffed into a f*c*king vortex that makes me feel insane even just looking at it. Do you think I can’t be afraid?!” Speaking of

it He paused for a while, as if he wanted to organize his words so that he could describe his feelings to Shirley, who is a human being. After organizing for a long time, he slowly opened his mouth: “When he was talking, I could hear ten thousand overlapping voices. Roaring at the same time, when he is watching, I can feel that all my fate from birth to death is laid flat on the ground for people to watch. Let me tell you, the last time I encountered such a scary thing, It’s still the time when I saw the ‘Holy Lord’ from a distance in the deep sea! But the Holy Lord can’t move, today we met that person, he can walk and move!”

Shirley was shocked by Agou’s scary tone and eyes. (Although its eyes are just two glowing holes), it made hairs all over, but still subconsciously muttered: “Why didn’t I feel anything at the time… I thought he was quite kind…” “So sometimes

I I really envy your inefficient and slow perception of human beings—this barrier of ignorance is really a treasure bestowed on you by the world, it can allow you to die with a smile on your face in the crazy and distorted catastrophe,” the deep hound said weakly again Lie down, “Continue to be blind and blind, this world can be better – poor puppy like me is not so lucky, every once in a while, I have to see things that can scare dogs to death…”

“…How can there be such a cowardly and deep demon in the world?” Shirley couldn’t help squinting at Agou, and then seemed to be thinking about something thoughtfully, and said hesitantly, “But you Having said that, I think we shouldn’t run away… If that person is really a super powerful big shot as you said, maybe he can hold his thigh! You see, he was quite kind to us just now, and even talked to us Inquiry about things, and it seems that he is also at odds with those sun bastards, isn’t this an opportunity? I’m acting like a baby, and I’m pretending to be cute, in case I’m a backer…” Before the girl finished speaking, she heard the black iron chain

rattle , Agou, who was still lying dead a second ago, jumped up immediately: “Put away your crazy thoughts immediately! Your frenzy is almost enough to open the subspace channel!

” Confidently continued to exhort: “Listen, never deal with such indescribable things that wear a human shell, they are more cunning than pure demons, more sinister than real humans, and they will never talk to you calmly. It’s just an appetizer for a feast – don’t look at him being very kind just now, but do you think that after you tell him everything you know, he can still let you leave completely?” It seems to be a dark hound, which has never happened before

. Shirley’s stern tone had an effect, Shirley seemed to be a little overwhelmed, she finally gave up her bold idea, but she still muttered: “I know, I know—but why do you sound like an old lady… …”

The deep hound lay down on the ground: “Nonsense, I raised you!”

Shirley snorted, then looked at the sky outside the window, and after seeing that the night was getting lower, she walked towards the window.

The black iron chain was tight, and following the girl’s footsteps, the Youshen Hound, which wanted to rest on its stomach, was dragged helplessly on the ground and moved. This huge and heavy Youshen Demon was dragged around in Shirley’s hands as if it weighed nothing. : “What do you want to do again, can’t you let me have a party? I was exhausted after such a big fight today…” “

Is it mainly because of my strength?” Shirley looked outside without turning her head. , “I’m looking at the situation outside…it’s completely dark, and the street lights just came on.”

“After all, it is a slum area. The authorities can ensure that these street lights maintain the most basic ability to exorcise evil spirits. Don’t expect them to be lit before the evening clock like other urban areas,” Agou muttered, and looked back The oil lamp on the old dining table, “Turn off the lamp later, the oil is quite expensive.”

Shirley pursed her lips: “…Turn it off before going to bed, or the room is too dark.”

Ah Gou’s belly Li grunted, but didn’t say anything.

In the city-state, the city managers and builders strictly planned the location and quantity of the most basic exorcism device, the “street lamp”. The gas lamps distributed throughout the city can ensure that the entire urban area is protected after dark, so In the dwellings on the surface, it is equally safe to use electric lights or oil lamps, and it is even safe to turn off the lights in the room after the street lights are lit.

But no matter how prosperous the city is, there are also forgotten corners. In the depths of the slums, which are even older and dilapidated than the lower city, the number of gas street lamps is far less than that in other areas. These street lamps are almost enough to maintain security day and night, and this This “enough” state is obviously not reassuring enough.

Therefore, in the slums, oil lamps and grease candles that use flame lighting are necessary for every household.

If the street lamps are a quarter and a half late, the firelight in the home can at least temporarily ward off the darkness after the sun goes down.

Of course, there is another important reason why many poor families use oil lamps and candles: they cannot afford the relatively high cost of electricity conversion.

The electric light is bright, clean and safe. In a safe and worry-free urban area, it has long been the first choice of lighting for every household, but in this slum house…the only

old light that can bring Shirley and Agou a sense of security flickering flames.

In the dim light, the voice of the deep hound broke the silence: “…Are you still going out for a while?” “

Yeah.”

“Continue to trouble those sun bastards?”

“I want to ask them for information.”

“Anyway, it’s almost… But now it seems that they don’t know what happened eleven years ago. Look at the situation today, even they are asking the local people…” “This is because of the wave of people today

. It just so happens that they all come from Rensa, so next time you might get something.”

“Okay, as long as you like it.”

“Ah Gou, next time you weave a camouflage for me, just rely on your tricks, don’t go halfway It’s been exposed.”

“I just hope that I won’t run into that scary guy again today—I suspect that our aura was exposed early today because there was such a strong ‘disturbance’ at the scene…” “Okay, okay, you said

yes That’s it…”

(End of this chapter)