Some say that a natural disaster is the most terrifying thing in the world of Terra, it can destroy cities and take lives.

If you only look at it from this point of view, then, in the deep winter of 1094 in the Terra calendar, Victoria also had a "natural disaster" at this point in time.

This natural disaster did not reach a specific area, nor did it have a precise type, but its scope covered the hearts and minds of everyone in the country.

The Empire's order to kill the infected is far more terrifying than a natural disaster, like a flying disaster, and the infected who live as usual suddenly lose the right to live.

In the face of injustice, there may be infected people who will ask.

Why should we be discriminated against?

Why should we be expelled?

Why, the "derivatives" of natural disasters and source stones, the infected, are treated so unequally, we are also human beings.

This is an unsolvable question, human nature is selfish, like animals with low intelligence.

As long as there is fresh meat to eat, they will not choose to eat carrion, and the same is true for herbivores, as long as there is fresh grass, they will not eat dead grass.

This is the instinct of human selfishness and greed, and instinct is unreasonable.

Unable to get an answer to this question, the infected have no choice but to flee or resist in vain.

However, a man named Xia Feng perfectly answered this question with practical actions.

Why are infected people ostracized?

That's because you're not strong enough.

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Outside of Lentinium, the city is split in two in the middle of a flood of dark energy.

The walls crumbled, the neighborhoods were destroyed into ruins, and civilians, military police, officials, nobles, everything was special in the face of the wrath of the ancient demons.

In the end, the power of this sword pierced through the royal palace, which was located in the middle of the north of the city.

This sword cut off all the love-hate entanglements in Xia Feng's heart, and also cut off the confidence of the empire.

This sword seemed to cut off the sky and the earth, separating the darkness and light, and Victoria's short [Dark Age] came to an end.

....

I don't know how long it took, but the trembling air calmed down.

"Heh, hehehe, hahahaha!"

Looking at Lentinium, who was separated by life in front of him, Xia Feng finally smiled, and in his smile, tears mixed with blood flowed from the socket of his lost right eye.

"Let's go!"

The Red Demon Sword fell to the ground with his hand free.

The crystallized black skin of his body was festering at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the sharp pain of tens of thousands of insects gnawing at it made him lose his ability to move in an instant.

"Plop!"

Xia Feng's thin body finally fell.

His body was almost overdrawn from the inside out, like firewood burned by a blazing fire, and he could no longer sustain his life.

Lying on his back on the cold ground, the scenery in his eyes regained color, but became more and more blurred.

The intense pain had already enveloped the senses, but Xia Feng's expression at the moment did not have a trace of pain.

He was laughing, tears couldn't stop running down his cheeks, but the corners of his mouth kept laughing, even if he couldn't make any sound, but the relief in his smile was already overflowing.

The last sword killed all the enemies who stood in his way, and at this moment, Lentinium became the true meaning of "the gates of the city were opened".

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"Big windmill!"

Everyone from Black Feather rushed to Xia Feng's side from a distance, looking at his body as if he had turned into a dry corpse, everyone showed their unbearability.

Of course, the injuries he had suffered in the past looked worse than they were now, but because of the presence of white power, all the injuries could be reset.

But now, the last margin for error has been killed by his own hands.

The turtle threw herself on Xia Feng's chest, and tears fell in large drops.

"Big windmill, don't die, woo woo, we have to go back to the barbecue restaurant together, eat a lot of delicious food together, travel to many places together, don't, you don't leave me!"

The turtle's sad face came into view, and Xia Feng wanted to reach out and touch her head, but he didn't have any strength.

With the last of his strength, a faint voice came out of his mouth.

"Turtle turtle, you're not alone, just ..... Even if I'm gone, you won't be lonely anymore, and you will live happily with everyone at Black Feather. ”

"I don't want it!"

The tortoise let out a heart-rending cry.

"I don't want it, if you're gone, I'll never be happy, I don't want you to die!"

"Turtle ......"

"I don't want it!"

The pupil of Xia Feng's left eye had begun to dilate, and his voice became weaker and weaker.

"I.... I'm neither an operator nor a doctor, so I've ..... to get this far."

The turtle didn't understand what Xia Feng was saying, but grabbed his gray-black hand and cried loudly.

"Don't, I don't, big windmill, big windmill!"

The people who listened to the turtle's cry were heartbroken, most of them had red eyes, and even the red knife lowered his head deeply.

...

"Summer Breeze ....."

At this moment, Vina's voice came to Xia Feng's ears.

Hearing this voice, her eyes, which had dimmed down, brightened again as if they were returning to the light, and she turned her head sideways with difficulty, and Vina's face appeared in front of her.

Looking at Vina, Xia Feng slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

"Vina.... Sorry for breaking your capital, hey. ”

"Summer Breeze...."

"Leave me alone, it's not over yet, you.... You still have to do, go ..... Go to the royal palace. ”

Vina looked at Xia Feng's dying appearance in a daze.

"But you..."

"Leave me alone, go, go and end everything, don't let everyone's sacrifice, white.... It's your responsibility to waste it. ”

Xia Feng's last expression was full of expectation.

Vina clenched her fists tightly, and no one could understand the torment in her heart at this moment.

"I won't let everyone die in vain, Xia Feng, don't die, wait for me, I want you to see with your own eyes the newborn Victoria, the hometown where the infected and ordinary people coexist equally."

"Yes."

Then, with a firm turn, Vena walked towards the cracked Lentinium.

No one saw it, and the moment she turned around, tears were already pouring out of her eyes.

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The darkness in the sky has dissipated, and the rain has long since stopped.

Perhaps because of the last sword of the summer wind, the original dark clouds in the sky were completely dispelled, and the north, which had been gloomy for several months, actually revealed bright sunlight.

Bathed in the warmth of a long time, Vina's footsteps did not hesitate.

She is getting closer and closer to Lentinium, who she swears to recapture, but she is getting farther and farther away from the summer wind who helped her accomplish it all.

Countless memories flashed through my mind.

Once upon a time, she first encountered the panicked summer breeze in Chernobog in Usas.

Mandel City, even if the summer wind was weak, clumsy, and flustered at that time, he never abandoned everyone for self-preservation, just like in his heart, there was a principle that must be adhered to.

Until now, Vina still didn't know what the knight of the ark that Xia Feng had mentioned was, but in her mind.

Xia Feng is her knight, the only knight who really guards her.

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Tears slipped silently, and Vina walked towards the palace of Lentinium step by step.

muttering to himself.

"Xia Feng, don't die, I still have a lot to say to you."