At the other end of the mountain, there was a mining cave. It was a government planned project back then. Due to a sudden accident, they stopped working and didn't even move the facilities because buying new ones was cheaper than moving them.
The mine was very large and deep, and no one knows how far or how deep it has been dug. It was said that it was as complex as a maze, with over 1000 exits. It was even dug from one district to another.
The sunlight suddenly disappeared. It was still an hour and a half before the mountain set. Billet felt uncomfortable and looked at the sky, urging, "Hurry up,Kassifa.I have a bad feeling about this."
"Yeah,I am working on it. It's hard to take an injured person that walks so far. Where are we going? I can't hold you anymore. The curse is killing me."
"We're going to take the mine car. Goodall lives in the Forbidden Forest, and this mine has a road leading to the Forbidden Forest."
"Great, finally I can take a rest," Kassifa said.
The two of them entered the mine with several broken miner's hats and broken eaves at the entrance. It was pitch black inside, and the construction team didn't take away the facilities but didn't forget to turn off the lights.
Kassifa snapped his fingers, his fingertips burning small flames, and he controlled the flames to light the lights along the way.
The mining cave was instantly bright, with sparkling gemstones on the rocks. The rolling railway tracks descended all the way, and the magnificent tracks hanging in the air seemed like an underground world.
They went down the railway, getting wetter and wetter as they went down. The walls were very damp, and there were puddles on the ground. Some railway tracks even rusted. All railways eventually converged to a terminal station.
"What is the next step?" Kassifa asked
"This way. It says 'To Forbidden Forest'" Billet said.
Billet launched a mining truck. The mining car was 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. There were two seats in the front and rear rows. Kassifa helped Billet enter the mining car first, and then activated the switch himself.
"ShitWhat the hell is? What sticky liquid, it's black,"Kassifa took his hand away from the lever, and there was a black object on his hand that couldn't be wiped off.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go," Billet asked.
"Nothing. OK, here we go!" Kassifa pulled down the lever and the mining car popped out of the launcher, slowly moving along the tracks, getting faster and faster. Kassifa caught up with the mining truck and jumped up.
The speed of the mining truck has doubled. It drilled into the tunnel and traveled along the railway tracks. On the way up and down, sometimes turned left, sometimes turned right. It made them dizzy and unable to see anything clearly. As if shuttling through a tunnel of time and space. It entered the depths of the tunnel, and there was no light. Could only be illuminated by a small amount of fluorescent ore on the wall.
Telling the ground to drive made Kassifa unable to move, he flew directly to the last row due to inertia. Billet reluctantly poked his head out and observed the road conditions.
There were wind and water currents in the tunnel. The environment is very noisy. But Billet still heard a strange sound. The sound was like an object moving at high speed rubbing against the air, but not a mining car.
The visibility in the tunnel was extremely poor, and the fluorescence minerals just now seemed to have decreased. Now, almost nothing could be seen. The strange sound grew louder and louder, but Billet didn't know where it came from. He leaned out half of his body, and with his super strong hearing, he roughly determined that the sound came from behind them.
"Could it be..."Billet's pupils trembled and he suddenly realized.
"It's not that fluorescent minerals have disappeared, but that they have been covered up by something," Billet said.
Billet turned his head and saw that the ore, which was originally emitting blue light, was shrouded in a huge shadow. Not only the ore on the walls, but also the entire tunnel. The track,the mining car under their feet.
Behind them, a dark shadow flew in the air at a super high speed faster than a mining truck.
Sitri's entire body is shrouded in shadows, like a black tight fitting garment. In the darkness, the crimson eyes were pressing forward. His claws became sharper and longer like two huge sickles.
In the blink of an eye, Sitri had already flown to the left side of the mining car. There was no time to think, and Sitri's huge claws struck. Billet quickly lowered his head and dodged. The wall on the right side of the mining car was shattered by claws, instantly bursting into countless stones. The track built on the wall is precarious. The track behind them fell off and the entire track couldn't support it.
There was a fork in the road ahead, and Billet used the Soul Blade to adjust the trajectory of the car and turn to another road on the right. The left rail collapsed after they left. Billet made a sudden turn and successfully shook off Sitri, who was flying at high speed and couldn't do it immediately.
"Is that Sitri? Did we get rid of him?" Kassifa asked.
"Not now!" Just as the words fell, the rear of the tunnel collapsed. Sitri broke through the wall and entered. He raised his paw and slapped it fiercely, while Billet turned the knife sideways to block it. In the confrontation, Sitri's power completely suppressed Billet. His claws pressed fiercely against the Soul Blade, and Billet could not move and was about to hold on. Sitri's other paw hit Billet's back at an invisible speed. They were going to strike Billet back and forth.
Billet hooked his blade onto the stone pillar on the top of the cave in front of him, and swung over to avoid his two claws by a few millimeters. Then he flattened and enlarged the blade, like a huge shield, blocking the entire rear of the tunnel. Billet swung back to the mining truck and blocked Sitri outside.
Sitri opened his arms and countless shadows shot out of his body. He decomposed into shadows. They hovered like tentacles on the shield, piercing it.
Shadows constantly penetrated the shield. They covered every part of it. Continuously eroding. Cracks of all sizes appeared. Sitris retracted the shadow, and his claws swelled to double the size of the top of the broken tunnel. It was big enough to wrap the entire mining truck.
Sitri waved the claws down and hit the shield. The powerful impact erupted, shattering the surrounding ten pieces. Like a meteorite impact. The shield was shattered in an instant. Immediately after, three even larger swords flew in.
Billet retracted the shattered shield and pulled Kassifa aside to avoid it. He jumped over the knife and thrust it into Sitri's heart.
The blade completely penetrated Sitri's chest, penetrating his chest as if through water...
"How could you possibly touch a shadow?" Sitri said. Under the influence of the "Darkest Hour" his body fully integrated with the shadow, and the blade could not attack him at all, only passing through like a ghost.
"How could this... be possible...?" Billet said.
Sitri's claws pierced Billet's abdomen, deeply penetrating every inch of his bones and flesh. Sitri exerted another force, and his entire paw sank into Billet's belly, thrusting out from his back.
"Puff..."A large mouthful of blood gushed out of Billet's mouth, and he suddenly felt weak all over. His eyes closed and there was no further movement.
Sitri pulled out his paws and licked the blood on them. He closed his eyes and twisted his neck, shaking as if enjoying himself. Then he threw Billet's body into the abyss under the track.
"No——" Kassifa ran to the edge of the mining car, looked down, and shouted.
"Today will be your two brothers' anniversary!" Sitri said and walked to Kassifa.
Kassifa clenched his fists and his eyes suddenly flashed. He stood up fearlessly and faced Sitri, who was several times taller than him. He calmly said,"I absolutely, absolutely do not allow anyone to harm my family again! Today, I will light up the front with flames in the darkness and carve out a path forward." Kassifa's fingertips gas into flames. He aimed at the wall and ignited it. The flames instantly spread throughout the tunnel, and the entire tunnel suddenly became bright. Amidst the flames, the scorching heat patted Kassifa's cheeks. His fiery hair fluttered in the midst of the fire. His heart burned like this flame.The light of the flames shone on Kassifa's face, and he had no fear.
"There are no lights in this tunnel because they are afraid of igniting combustible materials. There are still a few remnants on the pull rod. The things that miners collected is oil in this tunnel!" Kassifa said.
Sitri was caught off guard, his eyes suddenly flashing. The flames around were wrapped like ropes, gathering in Kassifa's hands.
Kassifa fired a hellfire, and the intense fire instantly engulfed Sitri. In the burning fire, Sitri slowly opened his eyes, used his paws to push away the flames, and pressed forward step by step. He was no longer afraid of the light. Hellfire was also unable to cause damage to him.
Kassifa was no longer polite and used Hellfire again to create a fireball. Kassifa jumped off the mining truck and fired a fireball at Sitri. The tunnel above immediately experienced a violent explosion, and everything disappeared into the sea of fire. The cave collapsed under the influence of the explosion.
The Billet who was thrown down before did not die, but survived by hooking Kassifa with the Soul Blade. When the two of them fell, Billet pulled Kassifa over and used the last bit of strength to create a circular shield to protect them. They fell into the water, and stones of all sizes subsequently fell, sparking waves. Kassifa fainted in the beating of the waves.
In the hazy air, Kassifa could feel the gentle patter of the waves on his face. The lake reflected the sunset, and the fiery pool of water shimmered with gold from one shore to the other. The sparrows returned home chirped and insects buzzed.
Kassifa didn't know how long he had been unconscious. In his dream, he saw himself, his father, and his brother going to the beach to play. The waves came again, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on his face. Kassifa suddenly woke up, half of him soaked in water, the rest leaning against the shore.
Under the mining cave was an underground river, which follows the track and takes them exactly to their destination. Kassifa was now located in a lake less than 200 meters from the Forbidden Forest. Kassifa climbed onto the shore, wiped the water off her face, and looked around. He continued to walk forward, searching for Billet along the lake.
There was no exit from the mining cave here, Kassifa was probably washed over by the lake water.
As expected, within a minute of walking, he saw a huge waterfall emerge from a high cave. The blood from his arms and chest infected the surrounding water, staining it red.There was a floating wood in front of the waterfall, where Billet floated. He was stuck by the floating wood before being washed away.
"Billet, Billet!" Kassifa shouted loudly.
Billet's head twitched slightly, and he reluctantly opened his eyelids and looked at Kassifa, hissing at the top of his lungs,"I'm...here..."
"I finally found you. It's so lucky. Let's get you out of here."
Kassifa lifted Billet, hugged him, and placed him on the shore. Kassifa was examining his wound. Billet suddenly grabbed Kassifa's hand and said,"Listen to me,Kassifa.I want you to listen carefully..."
"But you..."
"I was seriously injured taking me with you will delay you...I can't accompany you with you...at least I can buy you a little time."
"No way! I won't abandon you, it's not the deal."
"Please, do what I ask you.You have to run, run far away... Don't turn back whatever you hear. You will be protected by Goodall. You will live happily ever after..." After speaking, Billet grabbed Kassifa's hand and absorbed his remaining curse.
"Stop, you will die...You are going to come with me. We go to Goodall together." Kassifa twitched, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.
Billet stood up and walked over to Kassifa, gently wiping away his tears. Billet caressed his face and smiled. "I am so so proud of you.You grown up.You are brave and wise as a warrior. I'm very grateful for the time I spent with you. It was you and our father who gave me a home and love.You have shown me a gift that is even more precious than victory in war. Promise me, will you live."
"No...I can't..."Kassifa could hardly speak, he stood there crying.
"Take the hope we give you and live bravely. My father and I will accompany you with wind and rain."
Kassifa couldn't bear it anymore and ran desperately towards the distant forest. He ran without listening, wiping away his tears. Everything around disappeared. His mind was swirling with memories of Billet:
"How are you doing,Kassifa? Is it relaxing to work?"
"How do you feel? Once back home is not bad."
Billet silently watched Kassifa's gradual departure as he smiled for some reason. Billet took out the Soul Blade. At this moment, he seemed to feel no pain. Even though he was scared, he remained steadfast in the final battle.
The setting sun was drowsy, slowly falling from the end of the world, leaving only a quarter. The last branches and leaves of the withered tree are about to fall. Tomorrow, the sun will rise again. Leaves will also grow back.Billet enjoyed the scene with ease until he was interrupted by a dark shadow.
"It's a miracle that you've been injured so badly to survive. You still have a 100% curse on you. You can still walk here, waiting for me, to fight against me. I will make you die heartily." Sitri said. He had lifted the darkest hour. But in normal form, it's enough to deal with Billet.
"Come over,Sitri!"
"Die!" The last glimmer disappeared and the sun set on the mountain. The branches and leaves couldn't hold on anymore, falling down and turning into dust.
On the other side, deep in the forest is an ancient mansion. An iron fence wrapped in thorns stood in front of him. The totem on the stone pillar at the entrance sucked away the business card. The gate opened for Kassifa.