manynovel Chapter 21 Kaffa, don't cry...
Chapter 21 Kaffa, don't cry...
Kafka was stunned.
She looked at the man in front of her, whose life force was just a tiny spark away.
His body was covered in wounds and demonic markings.
And there was that lingering tenderness in his eyes.
Then--
She sensed it.
The area around the chest.
That organ was just for show from the moment she was born.
Suddenly, violently, it convulsed.
It is not a pain signal transmitted from the nerves.
It was a deep, agonizing pain, as if the very core of one's soul had been ripped apart.
Something of utmost importance is being stripped away from her life.
But there was nothing she could do.
"Is this... what 'loss' is?"
Kafka reached out and pressed her hand blankly to her chest.
The pain there made her face contort in pain.
She didn't understand what this was.
But Kafka knew she didn't like it.
I really, really dislike it.
Looking at the man in front of me, I watched the light in his eyes dim little by little.
An unprecedented sense of panic gripped Kavka's heart.
She is afraid.
She feared that this person would die in front of her, just as he had said.
I'm afraid he'll disappear.
I'm afraid I'll never be able to eat that horribly bad carrot dish he makes again.
She fears that no one will ever hold an umbrella for her on rainy days again.
She feared that no one would ever again use those warm hands to stroke her hair.
I fear that she will be the only one left in this world.
"No……"
"don't want……"
"Ah Li, I'm scared, I'm really scared."
Please, don't leave me...
The girl's cries sounded like a prayer, or perhaps a plea.
Upon hearing this, Lu Li stopped all his movements.
Looking at the girl in front of him, the madness and violence on Lu Li's face receded like the tide.
Only one feeling remained—a sense of relief.
He succeeded.
Kafka, born from Ten'i-go, eventually developed feelings of fear.
The price to pay was nothing more than himself, someone who should have died long ago.
Looking at Kafka, who was crying and staring at him, Lu Li smiled.
Her smile was as gentle as ever.
"Don't cry, Kaffa."
"You have to learn to be afraid."
"besides--"
"Live on."
The words fell.
Lu Li's gaze lingered on Kafka's face for one last second.
That gaze was both intensely greedy and extremely restrained.
Then, Lu Li abruptly withdrew his hand.
He turned around and slammed his fist heavily on the emergency control panel on the outside of the spaceship.
"drop--!"
The red warning lights suddenly illuminated. A synthesized mechanical sound echoed across the tarmac.
The forced return procedure has been activated.
[Coordinates locked: Neo-Babylon.]
[Warp engine warming up... Warp expected to begin in 20 seconds...]
The spaceship's engines roared deafeningly as it slowly ascended into the air, the powerful recoil blowing away all the surrounding smoke and dust.
Kavka, inside the spaceship, was stunned.
At that moment, she instantly understood Lu Li's intention.
He wanted to get rid of her.
"No...no!"
Kafka panicked.
She grabbed the black submachine gun that Lu Li had given her again and smashed it wildly against the hatch with the metal butt.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The immense recoil force cracked Kafka's hand.
She was oblivious to the blood flowing down the gun barrel, continuing to smash it desperately.
"Open the door! Ali, open the door!"
She screamed at the top of her lungs, her voice echoing in the cramped cabin.
You said we'd be together forever!
"You said it was your property!"
"fraud!"
"Lu Li, you liar!"
Beyond the sky.
The entire universe watched as the girl frantically pounded on the door, feeling as if a huge boulder was pressing on their chest.
Where is that elegant and deadly star core hunter?
This is clearly a child who is about to be abandoned and is extremely helpless.
But the next moment.
Both Kaffa in the scene and the audience outside the canopy were stunned.
because……
……
As the spaceship slowly ascended, the strong airflow made Lu Li's black trench coat flutter loudly.
Lu Li took two steps back, looked up, and quietly gazed at the Kafka card through the glass.
next moment.
The gentleness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by absolute coldness.
At the same time, he completely abandoned the suppression of the demonic body and destructive energy.
"boom!"
A beam of purple-gold energy shot up from his body and pierced the sky.
The golden ginkgo leaf veins represent the aberration of abundance, while the dark purple veins represent the erosion of destruction.
Unable to be stopped, the two extremely violent forces began to violently clash with each other within his flesh and bones.
The sound of reason being torn apart echoed wildly in Lu Li's mind.
Lu Li knew.
If left unchecked, he will transform into a more pure and irrational monster of destruction than the messenger.
In his current state, where he has merged two powers of destiny, he will become a catastrophe for the entire universe.
Most importantly... Kaffa will definitely come back to him.
He'll definitely lose his mind by then...
therefore.
Now that the Kafka problem has been solved.
The last thing he had to do was...
Lu Li slowly lowered his head and glanced at the broken sword in his hand that had been with him for who knows how long.
"Farewell, old friend."
Lu Li gripped the hilt of the knife with both hands, turning the sharp, broken blade in the opposite direction and pointing it at his heart.
Seeing this scene.
Kavka, who was smashing the hatch with a gun inside the spaceship, froze, as did everyone outside the celestial canopy.
[Black Tower's Single Pusher: What's he up to?!]
[Luofu Cloud Cavalry: Could it be that he's going to...?]
[Playing cards while slacking off: No way!!!]
next moment.
Without the slightest hesitation. Without any pause.
"Pfft!"
The broken knife pierced his chest, directly shredding his beating heart.
Lu Li let out a muffled groan of pain, then slowly raised his head to look at the spaceship in the sky.
Inside the spaceship.
Kafka stared blankly at Lu Li standing on the tarmac below, her hand gripping the submachine gun falling limply to her side.
"Leap countdown, ten, nine, eight..."
Their gazes met in mid-air.
Lu Li smiled gently, slightly opening his mouth: "Kafka..."
"***"
The next moment, Lu Li's body disintegrated in the light.
There was no explosion, no roar.
He transformed into a sky full of golden-purple stardust, drifting away with the winds of Putero in this desolate cosmic graveyard.
It was as if... he had never existed.
"...3, 2, 1, jump initiation!"
The engine roar reached its peak.
next second.
The shuttle transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the Putaro atmosphere and disappearing completely into the deep starry sky.