(๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ช'๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐, ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ.)
... The laughter seemed close โ no matter how much Kela walked, the mountain hid the top.
"Fool, just because you hear my most beautiful voice, does not mean that I am near! It's so funny to mock your stupidity and naivety, child of the Monster of the World! Hee-hee-hee!"
"As long as it is possible, I will go further."
"Hee-hee-hee!"
And Kela was walking. The stones cut his shins, and his feet turned into meat.
'Can I?' the question appeared in the young man's mind. The further he climbed, the more doubts he had. 'I'm insignificant, I'm the youngest! And why did I suddenly decide that I was not able to bring the elder back?'
Kela's pace slowed down; her strength was draining away; the effect of pae Diligence was passing.
"Hee-hee-hee! Where has the old attitude gone, the youngest son of the Monster of the World? Where is the perseverance and desire? Perhaps you've become smarter and realized that you can't catch up with me. But do not be sad: I am the Goal! You have to fight for me."
Kela stopped, looked at the sky, at the clouds blocking the view.
The young man barely had enough strength to stand. 'I've been looking for my brother for seven thousand days. Does it make sense to continue? Does it make sense to chase after the Goal, suddenly this fox is lying, suddenly, even if I meet Sola โ he will not listen to the request to return?..'
***
Kohrun entered. Under the light of the flashlights lay a man whose swarthiness and strength made one shudder.
Gob put down his burden and sat down to rest.
"It turned out to be a fun day: two battles in a row. I'm pretty strong for a logic cultivator, way and with the support of the fire realm."
Romulus followed him.
Kohrun looked at Tiamoni and Romulus. The girl was hugging the boy, and the boy was "smiling", it was evident from his eyes.
Gob also smiled.
(๐ด๐ ๐ป๐๐๐)
The coin landed on the palm of his hand. Gamu โ peace, inaction. Fate told Kohrun not to climb and save his strength. Gob looked at the horizon and followed the monster.
(๐ด๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐)
'When I was tossing a coin... I got a Gama-peace, calmness, inaction. But I followed Ranon anyway, because my curiosity was stronger.
And now, seeing these children alive and happy, I am satisfied with my own decision. Happiness and Truth. What else do I need for my tiny life?'
"Hmm? Tiamoni has managed to ease your father's condition, but... he has a disease that I don't know about. I'm sorry, but I specialize in fire, I can't be seven-seventh effective here.
"Traces of the battle with the wild goblins. A yellow hip cultivator with an unknown disease. But I can't determine its area. What type are his paes?"
Gob felt with guts-a mystery. An unknown disease? Strange pae? Kohrunu's blood began to boil, and his thoughts began to rush with sparks.
But at that moment there was an explosion.
***
Meng Shi was silent for a long time, looking at Li. She looked like the real thing, but she behaved a little differently.
"Yes, well... be the real Lee. I want you to be real! Leigh smiled."
Smoke streamed from his nostrils, ears, and mouth. Tsu fell down exhausted.
The elder nodded to the Noseless One:
"And you... can you give Nu back for a while?"
"Well, when we have a few free days, we will be able to make a complete reincarnationโฆ"
The elder wiped his tears and continued on his way. The connection had been cut off long ago, and his enemy still thought: Meng Shi would commit suicide.
But fate decreed otherwise.
'Revenge without beginning and end, how much I want to meet with the murderers of my loved ones! Incinerate into ashes! Um?'
The elder sniffed. A smile broke across the wrinkled face.
***
The cave was collapsing. Heat rose from the bowels of the earth. Kohrun grabbed Henry, Tiamoni and Romulus-Choo and Susanna. The comrades barely had time to run out, as a volcano formed on the site of the Shelter.
Dozens of flashlights burst. The golden animal statues were helplessly drowned in the magma.
"A Fiery Avalanche... is my dear home! The most wonderful territory in the whole world!" Kohrun laughed hoarsely.
"When will Mount Shimare end?" Tiamoni dropped Chu and lay down next to him. Golden veins formed under the skin. She was dripping with glowing sweat. His chest was heaving convulsively. The cracks in the flask were spreading, and through them oozed the cold, tenacious breath of death.
"Supreme, I don't want to die! Thank you to Ser Kohrun that he somehow helped me to patch up the flask, otherwise death will not be avoided."
Romulus was also exhausted. 'The pae cultivator of the first stage is basically unable to tolerate loads, and also with problematic health.'
My limbs were numb. Fingers at all-as if they were cut off. And the boy could only lie helplessly, as helplessly as the statues of the refuge were drowning in magma.
"Yes, we are lucky, haha," - Kohrun's face was black.
'An accident? Or something more? I don't believe in fate, but what about intelligent intervention? Rumors speak of the existence of great Ascended Ones capable of unimaginable miracles. According to local legends, the Fire Avalanche was created by the Ascended One. Why is the same Ascended one not able to create deadly situations for me in the likeness of these?
But then the question arises: why? For the sake of boredom?'
Ha-ha-ha! Sorry, I couldn't resist.
"Hmm?" Kohrun was wary, something in the depths suggested that something bad would happen.
Fire volley!
Fire poured from all sides.
"The Mount Shimare!"
'El-ludas!'
"Bad business". Kohrun activated the pae. A dozen fireballs swirled around his head, colliding and exploding.
"Hey you! Hold on! Come on, Tiamoni!"
Light Herd Network!
Gob took the helpless comrades into the net and headed for the breach.
The fire burned Romulus, his eyes flowed out, his breathing became barely discernible. "Romulus! No!" The light flashed, Romulus was breathing raggedly. He looked through the net and saw the disfigured face of Gob, who was rushing towards the enemies under a hail of fire.
In those brief moments of sparks, Romulus, his family and Tiamoni almost died seven times, but each time a light flashed. Gob was left with nothing but embers, but Kohrun reached one of the attackers.
"Aaaah!"
The Light flashed, the enemy turned into coal, and Kohrun recovered. "O Gamumoru! Thank you, this lovely child, for lending a Light that Gives Health. I almost said goodbye to my life. But it's not so easy to kill us evil spirits."
Kohrun attacked the next one. One touch, the light and the second corpse fell.
"This mi pae is incredibly dangerous! Hehe, we can survive."
The volley stopped. The enemy cultivators were hiding.
"Sery, can I find out who attacked us?"
"Do you think you have the right, keon, to ask questions?" an old man came out from behind the rocks.
The dark scalp glowed with obsidian. A confident step knocked out sparks.
Kohrun's forehead was covered with wet. "Meng Shi, this day does not think to end. "
'The Mount Shimare! I covered the trail: how?!!'
Kohrun turned gray. 'Apparently, the situation is completely out of control. What should I do?'
"Ser Meng Shi, I didn't seem to cross your path. Why did your bandits attack us? Is it because of my companions?"
'Hehe, well done, Kohrun. Take your time.' Romulus' thoughts were racing: faster and faster, as fast as his exhausted body could allow.
'A new volcano is awakening behind us, can it be used? Probably notโฆ
The Light That Gives Health is a very rare mi pae. The treatment is on our side, the number and the damage done are on their side.'
Romulus looked up at the ruined towers left behind by the river of magma.
'The Palace of Revenge, a monument of human malice. The once thriving city is now a haven of ghosts. No one in their right mind goes, only madmen, or very confident paona cultivators.
This is the most extreme measure: Kohrun's pae is enough for five fatal wounds. Then we will remain defenseless and die!'
The Light Herd Network broke. Tiamoni sneezed golden blood. 'I can't. More. Support...'
"You look great, shimarnut tsamyaklu," Shi Meng grinned.
The bandits lurking nearby tensed.
"Attack immediately when you see the light!"
"We won't let this monster harm our commander!"
"Our commander is so braveโฆ He wants to kill her with his own handsโฆ This is reckless."
"No, he relied on us. We're covering for him!"
Beside Romulus were Susannah, Henry, Chu, and Tiamoni. Ronan was missing limbs, and the mouth was bound.
'El-ludas, my plan is bad, very bad.' The guy clenched his fingers, which were pricking invisible needles. 'The numbness is passing: I think I can. Do I have the dagger?'
Romulus looked at the awakened volcano. 'Rest in peace.'
"Okay, we'll have to use something else."
Meng Shi stopped at a distance of three gi.
"Are you silent, you dog? Haven't you been taught to answer to your elders, Shao She?"
"Her throat is damaged, sir."
"Ha-ha-ha! Who did this? Apparently, he was a good man... " the old man's grin disappeared, he looked at Tiamoni with eyes that were red-hot to a glow. "...Sorry. I wanted to ask you why you killed my son. Although, here you go, tsamyaklu."
The elder took out an obsidian ellipsoid and threw it to the girl. Kohrun swallowed involuntarily.
"Hmm? Can I talk?"
"Why did my son die? Why did you kill him?"