Vol 2 Chapter 64: Atonement: Faun (13)

Ethan couldn't understand what the horned man was talking about, the Great Wise Man and the Abyssal One, but at the moment he saw the ancient book, a shiver passed through his body like electricity. His eyes widened slightly, fixed on the cover of the book, and the horns seemed to be distorted, as if speaking to him through silent language.
When instinct made him yearn for access to the book, reason also told him that this is not a good thing.
He stared at the horned man and asked him, "What book is this?"
The Horned Man did not refuse to answer the question, holding the stale manuscript in some awe, "It has no name. It is a bible about the truth of the universe that has been passed down from the earth in ancient times. Written in the language of. Even now, we still can’t understand 80% of the meaning inside, but any attempt to understand the content of the book, even the viewing itself, will often plunge the untrained and protected mind into eternity Chaos and madness."
"Eternity is about to end, and the sleeping king is about to wake up..." Ethan murmured, suddenly remembering where he had seen this book.
It was in a nightmare he couldn't get rid of. The black man once held this book and said cursing prophecies to him over and over again.
The horned man also showed an unexpected expression when he heard his murmur, "Have you heard of this book?"
Ethan suddenly laughed, and the laughter collided with echoes in the empty room, which seemed a bit hollow and strange. He raised his emerald green eyes and looked deeply into the eyes of the horned man. It was clear that his hands were tied, but a chilling breath radiated from the thin human in front of him, and the waiters behind the healer Stepped back timidly.
Ethan didn't know why he was laughing. At this moment, it was obviously him who was trapped, but he felt that the man in front of him was a little pitiful.
It was the pitiful face of ignorance pushed into the abyss by a mysterious and powerful destiny.
"If I were you, I probably wouldn't show this book to me." Ethan stopped smiling and said.

At the same time, Tanithel strode through the crowd, and the third eye between his forehead was slightly opened. The corners that were supposed to be in front of him, people involuntarily stepped away. It was not until he had passed more than a dozen steps that he remembered that he should rush Go up and stop him. However, once stepped into the range of ten steps, it seemed to suddenly hesitate. Tanithel didn't even look at the people around him. There seemed to be an invisible bubble around him, and no one could enter him within ten steps. He dashed like this and entered the chief's nest house.
At that time, the chief was discussing something with his son and several other elders belonging to his tribe. Tanisir rushed in and everyone stood up and took up weapons.
But Tanithel just stared at them indifferently, "If you still hope that one day the Great Wise will come, let Ethan Eldridge now."
What he said was also a surprise to all the players present.
Although Eve’s beliefs have something in common with the horns’ beliefs, after all, most Eve’s believe in God of Prologue, and they didn’t expect to say such words from an Eve priest. The chief's son still pointed his gun at him, "What do you mean!"
"I mean you idiots! If you believe that the great wise man is omnipotent, then why can't he come to our sad and boring little universe? You really think he lacks only a thousand earthlings The blood?!" Tanisel curled his mouth slightly, and disappeared from the polite performance he had performed before, with a bit of evil and sarcasm in his smile, "Don’t say a thousand, even the life on the entire planet Being sacrificed doesn't make any sense to the great wise man!"
"What do you know! It's recorded in the holy book!" An elder retorted angrily, and the other elders also agreed, raging because of the priest's arrogant remarks.
"Holy book, holy book, the question is how much do you understand? Just reading a little bit of fur is like trying to guess God's will. Are you afraid of causing real disaster?!" Tanithel asked loudly.
The elders couldn't speak for a while, because they couldn't read the mysterious ancient book. It was indeed their painful foot.
"Listen, the universe is still dominated by the Foreword God, which is what you call the Abyssal One. Even though their grasp of this place has begun to decline, it is still powerful enough to be destroyed by any great wise man who attempts to enter the universe. . And the human being who came with me is probably the only hope.
Ethan said, raising the scepter in his hand, and a ray of light shot out from the blue crystal in the scepter, submerging all the people present in a piece of light and shadow. In the illusion of casting.
He originally didn't want any outsiders to see the things he was about to show, but now in order to be able to release him and Ethan with other people, he had to do so first.

The healer just opened the book in his hand, and suddenly his body stiffened and collapsed.
Not only him, but the waiters behind him also fell straight down, and Ethan discovered that the horned soldier guarding outside the gate had also been brought down.
The female Beta wore a close-fitting black battle dress, outlined a delicate body curve, and flew at him with a wink. At the same time, another male Alpha companion of Ophiuchus also walked quickly from the other direction, holding an anesthesia gun in his hand, "I have done it here too. Where is Sean?"
Just as he was talking, a figure fell from a high rock wall, and the moment he landed, he raised the laser gun and precisely burned the chain that trapped Ethan's wrist. The man was also dressed in black, and slowly stood up, looking at Ethan with violet eyes under his slightly longer hair.
Ethan pursed his mouth tightly and frowned.
"why you."
Roland didn't reply yet, the female Beta had already come to him and burned the hoop on Ethan's feet neatly, "There is not much time, I have to go now."
Ethan certainly didn't want to follow the Ophiuchus, and now he didn't believe anyone except Tanithel. But before he could say no, Roland came up with a hand knife at his carotid artery. The blood supply to the brain was suddenly cut off, and Ethan fell into a coma instantly. Roland lifted the person up, and disappeared into the darkness with his other two companions.

The spiritual connection with Ethan was suddenly shaken, and Tanithel felt immediately. His face changed, "That's it! Someone robbed prison!"
The glorious phantoms that had scattered all over the room suddenly dissipated, and the priests had rushed out the door before they recovered.
The three agents from the Ophiuchus Alliance had disappeared. At the same time, all the guards guarding the end hole were either brought down by anesthesia needle or knocked unconscious. According to the guards who woke up, the person who brought them down appeared suddenly, as if invisible. He lost consciousness without even seeing how the opponent made the move.
It seems to be some kind of stealth technology secretly developed by the Ophiuchus Alliance.
However, what angered the entire tribe most was that it was not only Ethan who was taken away, but also the holy book that they worshipped as a god.

Ethan was only in a coma for a short period of time, and when he woke up, he found himself in a small aircraft, flying low and quickly passing the endless blue forest, dexterously avoiding the rolling mountains. He quickly sat up, and the movement made Roland turned his head in the front row.
Ethan felt the pain in his temples, and stared at Roland with the most angry expression he could make, "Where are you taking me!"
"Save you." The female Beta next to Roland answered, "Do you like to be prisoners of those savages? Maybe they will sacrifice you."
Ethan ignored her and just stared at Roland, "What information do you want to get from me? Is it worth it for you to turn your face with the cornerman?"
Roland looked at him quietly, his blue eyes faintly in the twilight, "...Can't I just want to repay the damage I caused you before?"
"Ha!" Ethan laughed sarcastically, "Of course you won't tell me the truth so easily. But I have to tell you in advance that if you want to know about Project Zero, I'm just going to be a test subject. Yes, but the blood test failed, so I don’t know anything."
Roland and the female Beta glanced at each other, and said to him with a hesitant expression, "You take a good rest. We won't hurt you."
Ethan stopped speaking, but his whole body was taut. He knew Roland now, and he knew that things must not be that simple.
He imprinted everything he saw in his mind, hoping that Tanithel could perceive his position. It didn't take long for him to perceive a thought in his mind: I will come to you.
He was only slightly relieved, but in the next instant, a thought came to his mind, causing the heart he had just put down to hang again.
Earlier, Tanithel said that the Ophiuchus Alliance may know the important role that the Egg of the Order God can play in the production of antimatter. So, is he a bait?
A bait to exchange the eggs of the Order God with Tanithel?
He tried to pass this idea to Thanisel, but he didn't receive a reply for a long time. He was anxious, looking at the back of Roland's head in front of him, thinking about the probability that if he sneaked from behind, he could defeat the two best Ophiuchus agents and control the male Alpha driving the aircraft in front?
...Well, it seems that this method is not feasible.
Then only take the opportunity to escape this way.
Their aircraft landed at the foot of a snowy mountain about three hundred kilometers away from the secret stronghold of Hornman. All the plants here are like ice sculptures and blood, reflecting the glittering dreamlike streamer in the dark night. Clouds hung slowly in the sky like a tulle, shaking and changing slowly like an aurora. They parked the aircraft on an icy lake, where it was said that they were waiting for the spacecraft to come to meet them.
Ethan wrapped his horned robe tightly, watched Roland open the hatch for him, and then stepped his foot on the thick ice and snow on the lake without a word. Their aircraft shells automatically changed colors and turned into the same color as the surrounding snow scenes, suddenly looking as if they did not exist.
"Sean, what the is this place you chose? It's freezing to death!" The male Alpha complained loudly. The unique Earth accent of Ophiuchus sounds casual and funny.
Ethan walked silently between Roland and the female Beta, looking at the back of the tall and tall man in front of him, a faint bitterness felt in his heart.
He didn't know until now that his real name was Sean.
But Ethan still thinks the name Roland is more suitable for him...
The three agents each took a large box that was removed from the aircraft and quickly found a suitable and sheltered camp in the forest. They opened the box, and the three mini tents quickly unfolded automatically. The surface, like the hair of a horned man, could reflect the colors of the surrounding environment, and suddenly it seemed almost indistinguishable. When three people were busy building a small fire with warm stones, Ethan was busy printing the surrounding scenery, especially the towering snow-capped mountain in front of him, into his mind, so that Tanithel could know him. s position. He tried again to warn Tanithel to be careful, and finally received a very soothing and soothing thought.
Fortunately, Roland and the others did not know the soul-bound relationship between Tanithel and him. No matter where he went, Tanithel would definitely be able to find him.
At this moment, someone suddenly put a thick coat on his shoulder. Ethan can smell the other person's body without turning his head. He was too familiar with the smell, and after a year of familiarity, it was still as vivid as yesterday.
"Don't catch cold." Roland's gentle voice was still intoxicating like wine.
But Ethan already knew that this wine was poisonous.
He glanced at Roland indifferently, did not refuse, just walked straight past him and got into a tent.
He didn't eat with the three Ophiuchus, but a small gap was opened in the tent, and he could vaguely see the three people talking and laughing outside.
Ethan saw the female Beta named "Angela" leaning over and kissed Roland playfully on the cheek. He thought he would be sad, but his heart was just numb.
He once hated this person so much, and imagined all the terrible things he would do when he saw him again, and all the cruel words that would hurt the other side even a single cent. But now, he couldn't say a word.
He realized that he had never known Roland before. He didn't even know his real full name, or even if he had a boyfriend or was married. I don't know what his parents do, or if there are pets in his house.
Since this man, he dare not say the word love again. For example, until now, they are bound to the soul of Tanithel, and they have never mentioned half a word related to love.
He didn't even dare to say what kind of relationship he and Tanisir were like, because he never dared to forget what Tanisir wanted him to remember: they were purely exploitative. Even if he trusts the priest wholeheartedly now, and has even fallen in love with the priest, he still has a psychological preparation that he might be betrayed or betrayed. If one day his importance to Tanithel ceased, he might be completely lost.
He felt this was acceptable, as long as he could make himself valuable to the priest. The so-called true love without reason and without conditions, even his father can't give it, how can he ask others?
Especially... he has become a monster now, and I don't know how long he can live in this world... He just wants to be able to support it longer.
He wrapped his clothes tightly, and suddenly felt so lonely in this cold and dark world.
The tent curtain was lifted, and Roland got in, holding a small bowl of hot stewed chili sauce in his hand. Ethan, who hadn't eaten any serious food for a year, immediately felt a lot of saliva in his mouth, but he didn't want to lose face in front of Roland, so he still kept his face indifferent, but secretly swallowed his saliva.
"Eat some. You look a little too skinny." Roland put the small bowl in front of him.
Ethan was also not welcome, picked up the bowl and smelled it. After confirming that there was no strange smell, he grabbed the spoon and put the meat sauce into his mouth. He was eating silently, and Roland was watching him silently, with a familiar and charming smile on his lips.
"I should have taken you away." Roland suddenly said such a sentence.
Ethan paused with the spoon in his hand, and then he continued to concentrate on eating as he heard nothing.
"Sorry."
Ethan sighed long and put the bowl down, "You can't let me have a good meal, right?"
"This year, I sometimes think of you." Roland lowered his head and looked at his hands. "Although it is my job to be close to you, although I have deceived others by the same means, I also know that there is no point in regretting. . But at this time, I discovered that I was still a human being after all, and I still felt guilty."
"If you feel guilty, let me go."
"I can't, but I can take you to Ophiuchus, then you will be free. I will take care of you."
Ethan rolled his eyes, sneered, and continued to hold the bowl for dinner.
"You don't want to go?"
"..."
"Is it because of that priest?"
"..."
"That priest is called Tanisel, right? You believe him?"
"..."
"Do you know that the Red Moon Temple where he is located has always been closely related to interstellar pirates? And there are rumors that they are conducting secret and dangerous human experiments in private. Some believers who volunteered to participate in the experiments went crazy or disappeared inexplicably . But because the Red Moon Temple is so powerful, it has been suppressed. Are you sure that it is safe to be with him?"
"Ha!" Ethan suddenly spoke, and sneered at Roland with a weird sneer, "Sure enough, Tanithel is your purpose, right?"
Roland did not hide it, and asked Ethan straightforwardly: "It was not originally, but now it is. Why does he value you so much? As far as I know, you didn't know you at all before you entered the forbidden city. He and you were on a mission of atonement. I just met, but within a year, he chased you back and forth in the entire Star Alliance of the Earth Alliance. Don’t you think this is too weird?"
He didn't say it, but Ethan also understood the implicit meaning: It will never be because he likes you.
With a hint of helplessness in Ethan's sneer, he asked, "Yes, why? I want to know too."