Ark: The Cycle of Light and Darkness

（……In the shadow?! )

Although he was prepared for the weirdness of this castle, the sudden attack still caught Twilight Luo off guard.

Because he was too focused on the mortar firing interval and the wolf dogs and mutant beasts that might appear around him, Du Luo didn't notice the changes in the shadows in the mist for a while, until the swift attack came with the sound of wind. Only then could he react.

The silver-haired Feidiya looked at his torn sleeve with some lingering fear - if his movements had been even half a beat slower just now, it would not only be the half sleeve that had been torn apart now, but his own arm.

Although he was classified as a heavy-armed operator, Mu Luo did not feel at all that his physical fitness could be compared with that group of monster-like heavy-armed operators in Rhode Island.

(If the person present just now was not me, but Miss Mud Rock... No, she is so familiar with the earth and rock soil, I am afraid she would have noticed the abnormality of the land around her at the first time...) With a wry smile, Mu Luo used His eyes glanced at the two shadow dogs beside him that"died before they left the battlefield".

The fog in front of him still couldn't be seen, and Mu Luo himself wasn't even sure whether the courtyard, whose size had been confirmed with his sight before, had changed its shape due to the fog, and even extended towards a strange position...

When he thought of" He shuddered at the means the"troupe" might have and the few means he had to deal with it.

But -

(It's so quiet, the courtyard now...)

Although he thought so in his heart, Mu Luo's expression did not relax at all, but became extremely solemn.

Counting from the time of the attack, it had been about eight minutes, but the mortar bombardment, which averaged once every five minutes, had not sounded until this moment.

Mu Luo didn't think it was because the other party let him go or lost track of him. The action he took to deal with the shadow dog was too big, and the movement he made could be seen even more than ten meters away.

Even if he is hiding now, he is just deceiving himself. From the moment he stepped into this castle, his opponent was not just Lucian, but the entire remaining troupe, and there were no fools in the troupe.

(If my guess is correct, the soothing melody before the climax is just for——)

At this moment, the fog in front of Du Luo began to roll, and the sight became blurred. The silver-haired Feidiya only felt His head felt dizzy, as if someone was singing a fatal lullaby, urging him to sleep.

(!!!)

Raising his inner vigilance to the extreme, Mu Luo suddenly bit the tip of his tongue - he learned this from a Yan Kingdom operator named"Wuyou" in Rhode Island. It is said that this kind of pain It can stimulate the mind and keep the mind clear when it is about to fall into ecstasy.

The severe pain finally prevented Mu Luo from falling into a deep sleep immediately. The smell of blood on the tip of his tongue reminded him of how hard he had just exerted himself.

But at this time, the silver-haired Fidia had no time to care about this, but stared at the looming red figure deep in the mist.

(Lucian...?)

Mu Luo didn't know if he had admitted his mistake, because even in his mind, the impression of the puppet's previous attire had become a little blurry.

The wide-brimmed hat, integrated coat and breeches, hat brim ornaments and cloak are all bright red. From a distance, it looks like a shape dyed red by flames and blood. It is because of this shape that Lucian was once called ——Blood Diamond.

At this moment, Lucian, who was only separated from Twilight Luo by a thin layer of mist, seemed not to notice the figure of his friend, and showed no reaction to Twilight Luo who was so close.

"……Lucian?"

Unable to bear it, Mu Luo risked his life and shouted in a low voice. At the same time, he cautiously raised his shield and leaned towards the figure in the mist.

However, in the next second, a sharp foil sword came along. The mist breaks through the sky, and the target is pointed at the source of the sound in the mist!

"——Lucian!"

At this moment, Mu Luo has no doubt that the owner of this sword is undoubtedly the person he is familiar with but unfamiliar with, his friend, his brother who shares weal and woe... But now he is also very sure that this attack came from him. Nightmare, coming from an extremely strange existence

——when!

The tip of the foil sword collided with the shield, sending out a stream of sparks in the mist and making a harsh friction sound.

"Woo……！"

It was clear that the heavy shield had an advantage in the collision with a sharp but slender and flexible weapon like the foil sword, but Mu Luo snorted and took a step back.

Just when the weapons of the two sides collided, he felt a strong mental pain...a very familiar pain, which was exactly what the"troupe" was good at.

At first, he and Lucian tried their best to escape from this pain temporarily, but now, one is standing on the side of the troupe, inflicting this pain on the other.

(Lucian, what happened to you...?)

When the foil was retracted, the mist that was already everywhere became more turbulent at this moment. The figure of the scarlet diamond was lost in the mist, and gradually separated from it. The feeling of twilight.

The silver-haired Ferdia stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to say something, but finally put it down dejectedly.

（……well. )