首先是一片混沌。280Please respect copyright.PENANAta8J5WQPQS
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一切都像是闔上眼皮般變得如此黑暗。280Please respect copyright.PENANAgZtyZ6HPPP
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人類的眼睛在閉上時,視野週邊仍能感知到光線變化,連帶大腦處理視覺訊息,所以會看到一些像是閃電、煙火等各種絢爛的色彩游移在幽暗之中。280Please respect copyright.PENANAh97SPT2jlS
——而現在,那些顏色並沒有就此消逝,反而更肆無忌憚地渲染一切:它們似有形然則無形、似分裂又像是一體、循經規律卻漫無章法——矛盾,但又相輔相成。280Please respect copyright.PENANASKDc3nJY4q
它們形成的圖像本質上毫無意義,但在大腦在刺激下卻逼迫做出賦予意義的反應——如同本是飄忽不定的雲朵,仰頭望天的人決定了形狀。280Please respect copyright.PENANA3eYJcroS9z
貪婪、忿怒、憎恨、哀歎、恐懼。280Please respect copyright.PENANALjIqDckR4H
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——也許是一位綁有辮子的男人在稻田中央自刎。280Please respect copyright.PENANAZXpsV0z53F
——也許是一名穿著卡其色軍裝的士兵持刀斬殺俘虜。280Please respect copyright.PENANA4GUPjTzhT2
——也許是一名與自己同樣有著紅色瞳孔的女性,懷中緊緊抱著嬰孩一齊投河自盡。280Please respect copyright.PENANABSL1ZOyIun
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瞬息之間,它們互相交織成各式各樣的死亡意象。280Please respect copyright.PENANANxVMihp04H
對少年來說,就算已閉上眼睛,腦海仍是不間斷地重複殘忍的輪迴。這些情感被攪成像是泥漿一般的稠密流體,並且正一股腦地灌入耳中,深刻地浸染至腦髓之底,這污穢無法被抹消——潰/痛/寒/癢/苦/熱/重——生不如死的反應正在吞噬自身的存在。280Please respect copyright.PENANA5opX0b4gRW
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王羽明睜開雙眼,鮮紅的瞳孔無法控制、兀自震顫不已。280Please respect copyright.PENANAj7Rf0lV4WN
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「這裡是……哪裡?」280Please respect copyright.PENANAbsMsbKGwt4
自己倒在夜幕之下,渾圓的明月當空,灰暗的地表上僅有毫無生機的雜草苟留。恐怕寶藏巖內的所有人都被被那名少年拉入“靈界”了。280Please respect copyright.PENANAFnJUfna9np
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「……到底怎……嘎、啊啊啊……」少年欲起身,卻感到肌肉、骨骼如巨石般沉重,全身疲軟無力。280Please respect copyright.PENANA8EQIyvESOB
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「大家靠在一起!敵人不知道會從哪裡出現!」280Please respect copyright.PENANARTwCyb70no
婁走弼、施行輔、趙曇勝、韓曉諭四人會合接濟,傷員也在走弼的治療下恢復。可眼下他們同樣理不清狀況。280Please respect copyright.PENANARGvaRMqHIp
無以言表的壓迫感籠罩在這全然陌生的環境,眾人在極限的狀態下繃緊神經,一見有人前來,便準備應戰。280Please respect copyright.PENANAYg6g0iHpDC
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「喂!魔鳥使!」來者是一名身著白衣的女性——正是奧潔莉亞。280Please respect copyright.PENANAk1xnm0fyyR
「哼哼,樣子真難看吶。」280Please respect copyright.PENANAxWD5ZdWkop
只是此時的她好似也沒資格說人家,遍身皆是泥濘,與她作為“天鵝”的姿態相悖,不過她給人的氣勢,仍藏不了一身傲骨。280Please respect copyright.PENANAf3z1n7wWyD
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「紅色眼睛……你是魔鳥嗎?」婁、施兩人感知到女人身上蘊含的水鬼妖氣,站在前方護著癱倒的羽明。280Please respect copyright.PENANAVZaBnDgnhC
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「嗯。無論如何,我不可能和你們人類站在同一邊。」奧潔莉亞往周遭一指:「……只不過,現在情況有變,先停戰吧。」280Please respect copyright.PENANA5OsJ5yob8t
沒有比奧潔莉亞更執著於“美”的魔鳥——用身體細心豢養的水鬼竟莫名其妙地被殺害,而有了“缺陷”,這筆帳她得要討回來。280Please respect copyright.PENANAIAfw8RF3iT
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「別相信她,剛才她還想殺了我們!」曇勝氣不過,仍指控她方才的死亡芭蕾差點把自己切成兩半。280Please respect copyright.PENANAYfkAkEOYmM
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「不,先合作怎麼逃離這裡再說……」施行輔瞄向她:「不然剛才你早就動手了,對吧?」280Please respect copyright.PENANAYFoI3vvunT
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魔鳥之女只用輕蔑的微笑回應。280Please respect copyright.PENANAoh3e43LC6R
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「這裡是哪裡?」婁走弼戒備地問道。280Please respect copyright.PENANA4j5mSyLTuq
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「“我們”的家鄉——」奧潔莉亞深吸一口氣、再徐徐吐出,平靜道出:「Qbhniq(喀拔赫尼克)。」280Please respect copyright.PENANA2SPIsoYWzm
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「!」280Please respect copyright.PENANAmWohBOiVOe
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「照你們漢人沿用大和人的稱呼,又叫做“禍伏大社”。」280Please respect copyright.PENANARw8HYlOBzQ
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「那麼,是誰的“靈界”?」曉諭問。280Please respect copyright.PENANAoOM33LVRn6
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奧潔莉亞只是挑眉、頭示意點向倒在後方的魔鳥使。280Please respect copyright.PENANA8311tTCuSD
靈界作為腦內思想的模型,這一神秘深邃的丘陵地帶是屬於“王羽明”的靈界。而現在魔鳥使被魔鳥的支配之詛咒受累,無法行動。280Please respect copyright.PENANAuxFhPbn2ay
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「魔鳥使,你有在聽嗎?算了,趁現在我先說:」奧潔莉亞眼神一冷,宣示道:「等這件事結束後,我會殺了紀夜臣。」280Please respect copyright.PENANAiQRFFWiD9x
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「說、說什麼鬼話……院長……在那之前,我會先收拾你……」280Please respect copyright.PENANAyE8Yiuj3dC
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奧潔莉亞默然不語。280Please respect copyright.PENANAyFdrMdhJry
她想起之前在隧道與方廣會、協會交鋒之際,於孔雀發動能力的話語中,察覺到某種“異樣”。連聖翎也沒有注意到那“異樣”——不,應該說,只把人類當成工具的聖翎無法清楚認識到這點;至於將身體容納給其他靈魂【水鬼】的她,相當明瞭那時心中倍增的不協調感。280Please respect copyright.PENANA5yuiotwa0s
接著,懷疑逐漸放大,所以才做出此般結論。280Please respect copyright.PENANAm2b0qBlnGv
「反正,我知道我真正想要的是什麼。到時候我們就互相殘殺吧。」奧潔莉亞默念在她體內的另外三個靈魂的名字——湯魅的犧牲,使她覓得自己步上的道路,而不會受制於那一時的“一見鍾情”。280Please respect copyright.PENANAsoxbVOdLnJ
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「……同樣的話原封不動地還給……你。嘎……!」少年狼狽不堪,依舊受咒縛所困。280Please respect copyright.PENANAu25nR0qbXW
像是反映少年身上的痛楚,不遠處的一座密林傳出群鳥啼鳴。280Please respect copyright.PENANAhcMOT2sDFn
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鳥為何啼叫?280Please respect copyright.PENANA58l6py6ImT
人類只能用人類的身份分析鳥類的發出的鳴叫聲,從曲調的音節、音符來判斷對象的行為與含義——280Please respect copyright.PENANAsFUdQER1NN
『啾——咿——啅啅啅啅啅啅啅啅啅——』280Please respect copyright.PENANAeI99zFWNaE
一隻、兩隻、黑壓壓一片鳥群展翅劃過另一邊。於密林深處的啼鳴,任誰聽見都感到悲切與恐慌。280Please respect copyright.PENANAzG5jPqJsAA
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孔聖翎從林中走出,身披以禍伏鳥之羽所織成的披風,眼神銳利如刃、如王者般威風凜凜地踏入戰場。280Please respect copyright.PENANAukiO3f13qy
——“羽衣”的技術是向萊納特習得的鍊金術,而在聖翎手上又愈發瑰麗:紋樣美艷多變,猶如孔雀開屏。280Please respect copyright.PENANA5KJLrF6dDg
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其他人不敢鬆懈、而魔鳥使少年死死瞪著他。280Please respect copyright.PENANAQP4V3VtC2B
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「看到了嗎,王羽明?你還真以為只是“忘記收回魔鳥”嗎?」聖翎手指天上:「……“那個”才是我等魔鳥叛逃的原因。」280Please respect copyright.PENANA37gYTcT8r5
天上那輪被誤以為是“月亮”的東西。280Please respect copyright.PENANAkUOxcrpyqN
眼看是攀掛於靈界半空中、散發微光的巨型球體——但仔細觀察,上有密密麻麻地以篆書刻成的詭異符文,像是在封印著什麼——至少不難看出是方術產物。280Please respect copyright.PENANArSjyELE669
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「呃啊啊啊啊啊……」羽明抱頭哀嚎,好像腦袋深處遭到異物入侵一般。在那個神秘陣法覆蓋的範圍之下,所有的記憶、想法全都像一根根長針般透徹、刺入自己的神經髓鞘。280Please respect copyright.PENANA2AmyWp8eCd
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「痛苦嗎?那就是你和那名道士廝混的下場。連帶我們喪失了真正的記憶,也就無法取回力量——朕決定要把這裡的所有魔鳥帶離已不適合我們待著的靈界。」聖翎又道:「一切就在今天結束——」280Please respect copyright.PENANA04kFdCtGUF
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「孔聖翎!別無視我!」奧潔莉亞快步衝刺,腿甩出數道水之刀刃。280Please respect copyright.PENANAlzY6tX09lg
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「皇帝企鵝。」聖翎一開口,周身冒出大量寒氣——一併將她和妖之水刀冰凍住——僅能控制“流體”的奧潔莉亞受制,不甘咬牙。280Please respect copyright.PENANA4blzdrbT2D
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而走弼亦行動,從腰間掏出手槍,擊出數發子彈。280Please respect copyright.PENANAQSu1lh6aHb
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「無聊。你,去自殺。」聖翎給出命令。280Please respect copyright.PENANAuTjRihoaO1
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護衛這才發現,槍,是朝著自己的太陽穴擊發的——早已,被孔雀支配——人在響聲中倒下。280Please respect copyright.PENANA0HogvEKJzq
倒下之際,還被聖翎使用燕型魔鳥切得四分五裂。280Please respect copyright.PENANATxtkR7QdZ0
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「才不會讓你……」行輔見狀,雙手煉化出骨製長刀,忿怒地奔向聖翎,向其斬去。280Please respect copyright.PENANAbrfZFdcE6J
【支配】的力量對死物無效,身為蔭屍的行輔理應是其能力的規則漏洞,可聖翎正眼都不看,直接派一隻伯勞鳥打進他的身體——棘刺直接從他身體內部四面八方長出、將他串掛在地。280Please respect copyright.PENANAeabwGr8odh
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曉諭聚炁吐出鬼之種子,聖翎喚出鵜鶘吞下攻擊,鳥喙下的喉囊鼓脹,詛咒旋即返還其身,她口中長出藤蔓、眼睛流出紅汁,跪倒在地。280Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vu1jjrffV
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「喝!離明正……」曇勝正要唸出咒文。280Please respect copyright.PENANA5evWygSj3I
「你咬到舌頭。」在聖翎命令下,趙道士苦悶地哀了一聲後,旋即被一拳打倒在地。280Please respect copyright.PENANAL7a4zZg8pq
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「可惡!」行輔大喊,用骨刃奮力斷開荊棘、再次衝向目標。聖翎迅速抽出自己的羽之刀將其斬成三塊,同時叫出皇帝企鵝吹出寒氣,使他全身結成冰——收刀,一記踢擊——蔭屍直接碎成塵埃般的細碎冰晶。280Please respect copyright.PENANAaDdEZeQMQO
一對多,完全壓制——這就是最強的禍伏鳥。280Please respect copyright.PENANA1RAmFQodEd
孔聖翎步步進逼。280Please respect copyright.PENANALT9Ls0iHKG