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Lin Qi's consciousness gradually became blurred, and familiar faces began to flash before his eyes.
Jeanne, Siegfried... Nero, Jing Ke... Captain, Euryale...
"Sorry……"
I have failed to live up to your expectations.
There was a hint of trembling in the hoarse voice.
but--
"It's so relaxing. It's really so relaxing..."
Unlike his voice, there was no reluctance in Lin Qi's eyes, only relief.
After making sure that there was nothing he could do, Lin Qi finally let go of the burden, put everything behind him, and felt relieved.
What about the fear of death? Maybe a little.
But now Lin Qi just wants to rest.
'Perhaps this is the only destination that a person named Lin Qi can reach...'
Cover your eyes with your left hand to hold back the tears at the corners of your eyes.
But in just a few seconds, consciousness sank into darkness.
His body collapsed weakly on the bed.
……
……
……
I do not know how long it has been.
"Tick tock...tick tock...tick tock..."
The regular sound of dripping water reached Lin Qi's ears.
"Chaldea... is leaking?"
Without thinking about why there was a dripping sound, Lin Qi was just thinking about it in a daze.
Accompanied by the sound of dripping water, consciousness gradually became clear.
The comfortable and familiar mattress beneath me had become extremely hard without me noticing. The dry air was so humid that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it, and there was a faint smell of mold in the air...
He opened his eyes with difficulty, and blinked more than ten times before they were completely open.
"Unrecognized ceiling..."
What caught my eye was a ceiling made of wood, stone slabs and mud that was leaking water.
It is unexpectedly low, estimated to be only about 1.8 meters high. If a person is taller, he may have to bend over to get in.
Lin Qi came back to his senses, sat up from the bare bed, and looked around.
The cold light of Chaldea was replaced by the warm light of several candles. There were no windows and everything was empty.
There are many black chains serving as decorations in the room, and not far away is an iron gate that allows for a frank exchange with the other side.
“Is this… hell?”
Lin Qi spoke subconsciously before he could wrap his mind around it.
In his subconscious, he was already dead.
“Hahahahahaha!”
"As soon as you woke up, did you subconsciously think this place was hell?"
"That's right! This is hell! But it is the hell for those who bind themselves!"
A familiar demonic laugh suddenly sounded.
Lin Qi, who was still in a trance, was instantly awakened. Looking in the direction where the sound came from, Lin Qi discovered that he was not the only one in the room.
A man dressed in green and wearing a top hat was sitting on the bed opposite him, his shod feet casually stepping on the bed board. He was leaning sideways and looking at him with a half-smile.
The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes.
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89
Chapter 89: Earl.
"count?"
Seeing the familiar color combination of clothes and hearing the familiar laughter, Lin Qi subconsciously uttered the name he was most familiar with.
As soon as the words came out, Lin Qi understood.
He is not in hell at all, he has clearly run into the plot of the "Prison Tower".
But in Lin Qi's impression, the plot of "Prison Tower" is indeed to solve the curse of Goetia.
But shouldn't one be pulled into the Prison Tower only after passing the fifth singularity?
Thinking back to Xiaogang and Nightingale in the [Prison Tower] who should have appeared in the fifth singularity, Lin Qi couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Seeing that Lin Qi seemed familiar with him, the Earl raised his eyebrows.
"Do you know me? That's normal. You probably know a lot of Heroic Spirits. It's not surprising that you know me as well."
"But I must remind you that knowing my name or knowing me is meaningless."
"Here, in this hell, your shallow knowledge is useless. Don't try to apply the little things you know at will. This place is different from any place you know."
As the Earl spoke, the smile on his face became more and more weird.
The earl's voice was a little low, and combined with the eerie atmosphere in the empty cell, it seemed that...
"Intimidate" Lin Qi?
But it was obvious that he was talking to a deaf person, as there was no sign of fear on Lin Qi's face.
There is only pure stupidity.
Lin Qi is thinking:
"What is the Count talking about? I don't understand..."
The count, who still had a weird smile on his face, suddenly froze.
As the last savior of mankind, where is your shrewdness in the singularity? Huh?
Looking at the confused Lin Qi, he slapped him on the face, as if he had lost all his strength.
"…So, humans trapped here, tell me your choice."
"What will you choose to do next?"
The Earl was still the Earl and he quickly adjusted his mentality.
Like an elf guiding a novice, he asked Lin Qi questions step by step.
But the corner of his mouth curled up in a sarcastic arc.
'What's next?'
Climbing a tower?
Lin Qi, who was becoming increasingly confused, had no choice but to say tentatively:
"Escape from here?"
As he spoke, Lin Qi carefully pointed outside the cell.
“Pah-pah-pah!”
"Very good! Please then."
The count clapped his hands, took two steps to the door, casually opened the unlocked cell door, and gestured to Lin Qi to go first.
But for some reason, the sneer on his face became even more obvious.
Lin Qi was startled by the Count's sudden reaction and was full of doubts, but still got up from the bed.
It was not until this time that Lin Qi discovered that his body had actually improved a lot.
It no longer has the strength to split mountains and crush rocks at its peak, but it has finally returned to the strength that an ordinary person should have.
Although the missing arm was not reattached.
"Just go straight from here?"
Arriving at the door, Lin Qi was only one step away from leaving the cell. Feeling uneasy because of the Earl's strange behavior, Lin Qi pointed outside the door again to confirm with the Earl, as if he hadn't heard clearly.
"Do you think there's a second door here?"
"Also, ask yourself, don't ask me!"
The Earl pushed Lin Qi impatiently.
The force from his back made Lin Qi stagger to the corridor.
After stabilizing his body, Lin Qi looked around.
There is a wall on the left, and a long corridor on the right where you can't see clearly what is at the end.
"Go to the right?"
Lin Qi pointed to the corridor on the right and turned to confirm with the Earl.
The earl's smile could not be suppressed again. He hesitated to speak, and finally uttered a few words with a frown on his face:
"…I am your mother?"
"Ahaha, I'm just a little shy..."
Lin Qi, who was also aware of his own abstract behavior, scratched his head awkwardly and said in a low voice.
"You have to check with a stranger before you can even walk two steps. Are you sure you are shy?"
the Count asked in reply.
Lin Qi was too embarrassed to answer, so he had to walk slowly into the darkness.
The amazing thing is that as he moved forward, the dark part in front gradually became bright, while the bright part behind returned to darkness again.
“There are so many cells, but why are all the doors open?”
Looking at the seemingly endless rooms on both sides, Lin Qi couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Yeah, why are the doors all open?"
The Earl, who was walking behind Lin Qi like an old man on an outing, repeated Lin Qi's words with a relaxed look on his face.
No, I'm asking you!
Don't answer a question with a question!
Lin Qi wanted to complain.
"Did you forget to say something, Count?"
Lin Qi suppressed the urge to complain and after walking for a while, he couldn't help but ask.
"…I forgot to say something?"
The count thought about what he had said so far and realized that he had not forgotten anything.
He couldn't help but look at Lin Qi in confusion.
"That's the main mission?"
Lin Qi didn't know how to describe it for a moment, so he had to use a word that could barely summarize it.
"what?"
The Earl looked at Lin Qi as if he were a fool.
"That's right, that's exactly where this is and what we are going to do!"