Gun of Ashes

Lorenzo put away the Folding Blade. As a Demon Hunter, he could clearly sense the change in the intensity of the erosion nearby. One soldier after another became corrupted because they couldn’t resist this erosion, dying one by one, in such meaningless deaths.

As long as Lorenzo continued to advance, more and more people would die such meaningless deaths, deaths that have been countless in human history.

”Sound the alarm!”

Lorenzo shouted to Notar.

”The siren is malfunctioning; it was destroyed in the previous battle.”

Notar pulled on it twice before realizing this. Before he could continue to say anything, the Morning Glow Advance shook violently. Through the light illuminating the sea surface, the once-calm sea was now surging with waves.

The waves roared, and in the blink of an eye, the entire sea area was agitated and boiling.

This sudden mutation sent chills down Lorenzo’s spine, accompanied by even sharper screams. The Geiger Counters roared, urging them to flee this dangerous place as soon as possible.

But where could they escape to?

The Silent Sea was so vast, almost endless.

More crashing sounds could be heard, countless ice floes appeared on the sea surface, dragged by the water, crashing one after another against the hull. It seemed that not far from here, a disintegrating glacier was occurring.

”The... the sun’s rising, Lorenzo.”

Selyu exclaimed in fright, pointing to the sea in front. At the end of the darkness, a dazzling band of light arose.

That wasn’t a band of light, but the newborn sun. The long night had finally ended, and the lead-gray clouds that trapped everyone had vanished. Under the clear sky, daylight was unstoppable.

Lorenzo gazed mesmerized at the light slicing through the darkness. Under this long-standing oppression, this light was so dazzling, bringing tears to one’s eyes.

The edge of the light band glowed with a pale blue light, gradually dimming until it turned deep blue, connecting with the still-retreating darkness.

”Have we... escaped?”

Notar watched all of this, tears streaming down his face.

”No... this is just the beginning of another nightmare.”

Lorenzo’s words dragged him back into Hell. He stepped out of the command room, exposed to the deck where the gale surged.

Just like Bola’s memories described.

Lorenzo raised his head, with the gray curtain gone, the starlight beyond the sky would no longer be blocked.

A path of light constructed by stars stretched across above Lorenzo’s head. The aurora flew past beneath the darkness, constantly transmitting, weaving a hazy path.

They were always there, the celestial path was always there, but they were blocked by the gray curtain, impossible to observe. And when the ship sailed out of the curtain and glimpsed them, there would be no turning back for the ship.

”World’s End.”

Lorenzo was overwhelmed with emotion; all the sacrifice was worth it. They had ventured into the Silent Sea, about to continue the unfinished journey of Bola and Merlin, finding the Truth of all mysteries.

That was how it should have been, but Lorenzo knew very well how Bola’s memories ended.

He looked towards the other side of the night, dazzling lightning billowed in the storm, advancing towards the Morning Glow Advance under the lead of the ship.

None of it mattered anymore; the great journey was about to reach its end.

Critical Breakthrough.

In the surge of Secret Blood, the erosion spread, engulfing the entire Morning Glow Advance in an instant.

Lorenzo commanded within the Gap, drawing the Folding Blade and Winchester.