Chapter 12: Tower of Prisoners
Long, long, long ago, the old man was the guardian of a tower of imprisonment.
This tower is located in the most barren land in the underworld, even more barren than the legendary entrance to the underworld. In addition to this stone tower, it is a wasteland. Even the ghost crows flying from the sky will die and fall because of this land without spiritual energy.
No one knows where he came from, and no one knows where the tower came from. But the old man knew that a monster, a mysterious monster, was blocked in the tower.
It is said that this monster is very dangerous, so it needs to be imprisoned with the strictest seal and eternal life.
When I first became the tower guard, the old man once saw the monster, it was a very quiet looking existence with indescribable beauty, even in the dark stone tower, even if it was ugly The stone lock was trapped, and it couldn't hide the picture that made people hold their breath.
No danger at all.
The tower guard was asked not to get near the monster, so he took in a boy who was abandoned in the wasteland and became a handyman for the stone tower, responsible for taking care of the monster.
A black-haired boy with beautiful black eyes who doesn't know his origins or even his name.
The monsters locked here don’t need water and food, but the new handyman is stubborn and disobedient, taking rations every day to take care of the monster, day after day…
During this time, the old man also learned more about the mysterious monster. I heard that there are two different bloodlines in the monster's body, one is from the mother and the other is from the father.
The power from the mother is very mild, it seems to be a rare race that has fallen, wandering at the entrance of the underworld all year round.
And that power from his father... seems to be the main reason why he is trapped in this stone tower.
Unfortunately, no "people" know who this monster's father is and what that dangerous power is...
For a long time, the monsters were trapped and locked at the top of the tower, and the old man and the boy lived at the bottom of the tower, day after day, year after year.
However, one day, a boy who had grown up suddenly came over and asked the old man—
"Grandpa, can I go out with Master Qingxing?"
The old man shook his head helplessly, and said to the boy with apologetic eyes: "No, Master Qingxing was ordered to be imprisoned here by a very powerful person, and he may not be able to leave for the rest of his life. "
The boy can already understand a lot of things, he stood there silent for a long time, suddenly said: "If one day, I can become more powerful than that very powerful person, right? Can you take Master Qingxing out of here?"
"..." The old man remembered that he was stunned at the time, but in the end he just took the boy's words as a joke and said, "Of course we can, but we are just tower guards, and at most we can only change Become the most powerful handyman in the underworld."
"Then I won't be a handyman anymore. One day, I will take Master Qingxing out of here and go to the place he most wants to go!"
The clear and crisp voice still sounded like a joke, but the boy's figure really disappeared from the stone tower.
The stone tower is still the original stone tower.
The Tower Keeper is still the original Tower Keeper.
I don't know how many years have passed, the wasteland outside the stone tower has become more and more desolate, and even flying sand.
A young man in a black cloak appeared in front of the old man.
"Xiao...Xiao Si?" The old man looked at the familiar face and tried to call out the long-lost name.
"Grandpa, long time no see." The boy's expression looked very tired, but his eyes were still bright, "Master Qingxing, how are you?"
The old man remembered that the young man said that after he left the stone tower, he stumbled all the way, and finally reached the edge of the underworld, known as the entrance to the underworld, and became a guide for a ghost town.
He went to see the scenery that Master Qingxing always wanted to see.
And rejoice in it.
It is hard to imagine how a child as young as he was going through the wasteland, under the threat of so many ghosts and beasts of the underworld, to the edge of the underworld. The old man only knew that the "scenery" along the way was definitely more terrifying and terrifying than what the young man had described himself.
"Go see him?" The old man pointed to the top of the tower.
But the young man shook his head and said: "Because of my promise with Qingxing, I insisted on going all the way. All in all, I can't see Qingqing in such a way that I have achieved nothing. Go sir!"
The teenager said that his work in the ghost town was very good, so some people wanted to promote him. But the teenager gave up a more comfortable working environment and took the initiative to request to join the army of the underworld and go to a certain battlefield.
"You will die." The old man knows the war in the underworld very well, except for the leaders of both sides, the rest is just to die.
"But as long as you survive, you will be one step closer to Master Qingxing." A smile appeared on the tired face of the teenager.
The boy survived.
I don't know how many years later, the old man saw the young man again... The young man has now become a young man, but he looks... very bad.
The broken armor, the drooping right hand, the blood all over the body, the originally black hair turned silver for some reason, and even the beautiful black eyes were wrapped in coarse cloth to stop the blood from flowing .
"Xiao Si!" The old man may never forget that picture.
The blood trail entered the stone tower all the way, it is hard to imagine how this person got here.
"Grandpa, long time no see." Saying the same words as before, the young man sat down at the door of the stone pagoda, "Is Master Qingxing okay?"
"If you don't go to see him again, maybe he won't remember you again." The old man felt a sore nose, "See you after so long! But wait until I get you After the wound is treated, let's talk about it!"
A promise to fight so far!
But the young man still just shook his head, smiled weakly and said, "Compared to me, Master Qingxing who can only look up at the sky with a stone lock is more painful."
"Grandpa, I'm going to a very dangerous place soon." The youth straightened his expression, "When I come back, maybe I can take Master Qingxing out of here!"
"Where are you going!" The old man had an ominous foreboding.
"If I can't come back..." The youth's eyes dimmed, "Then it's a good thing that Lord Qingxing doesn't remember me."
"Son, is it worth it?" The old man didn't understand what the young man had done or what he wanted to do. In the heart of the old man, he will always be the child who was picked up from the wasteland, but he wanted to take a road that was impossible to reach the end.
"It's worth it." The young man smiled and looked into the distance, "Grandpa, do you know? Along the way, I saw many beautiful scenery, many wonderful things, and many interesting people. I heard that and encountered many stories..."
"If I were always a little handyman in the stone tower, maybe I would never have had so many experiences in my life." The young man's eyes were filled with a twinkle, an expression that the old man had never seen before.
"I really want to...take Master Qingxing to see it together."
This child…
In the sight of the old man, the young man who had roughly bandaged his wound disappeared into the wasteland again.
For young people, that Qingxing adult is not only a dream and longing when he was young, but a belief that supports his life and drives him to constantly transform!
After that...it was lonely day after day, year after year, and there was still a stone pagoda with no one visiting...
An abandoned place.
I don't know how much time has passed, just when the old man thought that the young man had encountered an accident somewhere, a team called an army came to the wasteland!
Black uniforms were everywhere at that time, black flags with unknown patterns…
The man in the black cloak walked to the old man with heavy steps and took off the hood on his head.
"Thinking..."
The old man was about to say something, but suddenly found himself unable to make a sound at all. Inexplicably, the old man seemed to see the familiar and unfamiliar man in front of him shaking his head slightly.
"The tower guard." The man's voice was indifferent and alienated, as if he had never seen the old man in front of him, "I will release the prisoners in the tower, and from today, I will be his betrothed. ."
Since the agreement a hundred years ago, struggling with blood and tears, and encountering countless life and death...
He finally found the only way to free the youth.
Thinking of the past, the old man couldn't help but red eyes.
If possible, he really wanted to tell the Qingxing Lord that he was not alone in the years when he endured deadly loneliness and loneliness, because there was still one person who was always there for him And fighting.
And at the cost of his life, he finally secretly delivered the treasure named "Freedom" into his hands.
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The legendary entrance to the underworld can appear in a variety of ways, be it a street, a hospital, a dilapidated classroom, a haunted tour bus, or a Cinemas where new films are released…
After cooperating with the task of ending the inspection, Su Qingxing began to work again, leaving all other tasks to Zhu Sha, completely ignoring the pained mourning of his friend.
When Su Qingxing opened his eyes, he saw that he was facing a huge movie screen. There was no image on the huge screen, and the lights in the theater were not turned off. Obviously, the movie had not started yet.
But directly above the movie curtain, there was a very rustic banner—
[Welcome to the Bride of the Dead Premiere].
"I really saw this movie!" A arguing voice came from Su Qingxing.
Su Qing moved her slightly stiff neck, turned her head to look, and saw that there were only four people sitting in his row in this empty movie hall. It should be this time to participate in the test people who practice.
Among them, a handsome young man in a white shirt was trying to convince the other testers to believe what he said, and continued excitedly: "Although it is an old horror movie, it is really good to watch. !"
"Death comes to the world to find his bride, but the person he wants to find must not be afraid of death, even in the face of his deepest fears can learn to overcome! But if death The person being tested shows fear and panic, and the next second will usher in a brutal death."
"What's the use of you talking about this!" Sitting next to the teenager was an arrogant-looking woman wearing a professional suit with delicate makeup and an impatient expression, "Where exactly is this place? If no one explains, I'll go. Time is money, understand?"
"Sorry, I don't like watching horror movies either." There was also a man in a denim jacket, after smiling casually, he was about to get up and leave with the professional woman.
"You can watch it as a love movie!" I really don't know how much that handsome young man likes to watch this horror, "In the end, the **** of death found his bride, a man who is not afraid of a skull under a black cloak. , the bride who is willing to kiss the bones, and the two live happily together! Never grow old and never die!"
When the boy finished speaking, his face was full of longing and shyness, as if he had turned into the protagonist in a movie, indulging in romantic love...
Seeing such a scene, Su Qingxing was very silent.
Isn't it...something weird?
The author has something to say: The third story begins, beating gongs and drums, guess the big one or the small one!