我張開眼睛,又回到了那個庭院中。82Please respect copyright.PENANAs9AJZ9AJsR
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只是這一次,那些原本應該失血而死的人,還活着,他們圍着中央的石柱而坐,把自己抱成一團,腦袋無神地垂下,彷彿是睡着了。82Please respect copyright.PENANAZgfka1na7o
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我看見父親的背影立在石柱旁,耳邊卻古怪地傳來他遙遠朦朧的呢喃,在急速唸着甚麼。82Please respect copyright.PENANAX5vkACZl0X
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其中一個人醒了,向着中央的石柱抬起頭,五官猙獰,喉嚨發出咯咯的聲音,好像被甚麼擰住了脖子。忽然,鮮血從他的臉上噴湧而出,嘴巴、鼻子、耳朵,連眼睛也是,他的四肢抽搐着,像個輕飄飄的紙娃娃浮在空中。82Please respect copyright.PENANAJji2ToQQPu
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從那人身上抽出來的血液,全部流向那兩根柱,再沿着石柱慢慢滑下,把原本黑色的表面染成暗紅。很快那個人的皮膚已是一片蒼白,體內再沒有東西可以被抽取。82Please respect copyright.PENANArx8GhUkvMi
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父親對着那人的屍體罷罷手,它就像垃圾一樣被丟棄到一旁。82Please respect copyright.PENANAwBTQTQWFnu
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在他開始對下一個受害者動手之前,我叫住了他:「父親!」82Please respect copyright.PENANAKd8N14oTSt
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他看向我,眼睛閃爍着幽紅。82Please respect copyright.PENANAWU12dJXEkW
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「為甚麼要這樣做?」我向他吶喊道,「為甚麼!」82Please respect copyright.PENANASTcPoLqSnR
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父親的肉身開始褪去,皮膚和肌肉碎成一塊一塊的,不斷掉落在地上,露出一身黑霧。82Please respect copyright.PENANAEyISTLNbc2
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他低沉地壓着聲線道:「我沒辦法。」82Please respect copyright.PENANA0P3eBfLJpY
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説罷,已經化為魔軍的父親從手中喚出一把彎刀,彈指間把剩下那些人的喉嚨全部劃開了。噴出的血液全部湧向那兩根石柱。82Please respect copyright.PENANA7ctx5Hb8XJ
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突然轟隆一聲,伴隨着劇列的震動,地板上坍塌出一個洞。四周狂風大作,不斷將雜物捲入洞中。我壓低身子,死命抵抗着像磁鐵一般的吸力。82Please respect copyright.PENANA2AnqqyjaDQ
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地上的屍體都已經不見了,我的父親——或者應該叫影衞——還站在邊緣,風大到像是把他吹散了一般,看不真他的輪廓,但他像磐石一樣紋風不動。82Please respect copyright.PENANAoJCLFa5caM
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「但你可以。」然後他向前邁出一步,跳了下去。82Please respect copyright.PENANAnqs7cdMRuA
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我終於撐不住了,失了重心,被吸進了洞裏。82Please respect copyright.PENANAASOAYwaxXu
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裏面一片漆黑,可深處好像有甚麼正隆起來。82Please respect copyright.PENANA15dfH7HLzH
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一張巨大的臉,臉上燃燒着兩顆熾烈的火球。是卡達斯的臉。82Please respect copyright.PENANAMSDxnEwyo8
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我放聲尖叫。82Please respect copyright.PENANAGSf5XD01tk
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當我從尖叫中醒來,映入眼中的是舉着匕首對準我的艾雯。82Please respect copyright.PENANAWcR2SojGwt
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「我……」思緒一篇混亂,還伴隨着後腦杓的劇痛。82Please respect copyright.PENANAZtPjQGUqfl
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「你的名字。」這個問題更像是一道命令。82Please respect copyright.PENANASzSNhJNjlh
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我茫然地看着她,一邊喃喃着回答她,一邊竭力回想之前的事。我想要站起來,才發現雙手被綁着,我的劍、我的背包,都在艾雯的腳邊。82Please respect copyright.PENANAaAzHjajvgj
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她盯着我過了好一陣子,才歎了一口氣:「你差點把我們殺了。」82Please respect copyright.PENANAiZ2YbMtvkG
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殺了?怎麼會……腦中浮現了一些片段,我、艾雯、貝可在神殿裏……神殿裏深不見底的大坑、卡達斯的木偶、突然來襲的影衞——不,那是我的父親……父親……我親手殺死了自己的父親……然後我就……82Please respect copyright.PENANAQ35PQLBaMO
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我都記起來了。82Please respect copyright.PENANAMsDuz3DPBo
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一直以來,我揮動劍的時候,都會放手讓內心的力量操控我的身體,但那時候……雖然感覺很像,但現在回想起來……那是第二股力量,它在跟我對話,誘惑我放棄自己的意志,試圖讓我放棄自己身體的掌控權。82Please respect copyright.PENANABwq7P5VLeX
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艾雯將匕首轉了半圈,刀刃對着自己,然後拋給了我,看起來是允許我割開束縛。我把事情跟她説了一遍,她沒説甚麼,但眉頭越發緊鎖。82Please respect copyright.PENANA1Kq6FFhtlX
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「難道是……」她喃喃道。沒有説出來,但我已然明白她的意思。82Please respect copyright.PENANAMtKBI3ims6
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只是,如果那真的是卡達斯在操控我……為甚麼?伊若斯説過,身為甚麼,就只能操縱甚麼,卡達斯是黑暗之神,為甚麼能夠透過光明之神的劍控制我?82Please respect copyright.PENANAmhWrB5Su0z
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「該走了。」艾雯打斷我的思緒。她的視線正望着遠方的天空,我也跟着看向那個方向,青空的盡頭出現了一點黑色,向這邊蔓延過來,不論那是甚麼,看起來都是來者不善。我們正在一片毫無遮蔽的平地上,一定會被看得清清楚楚。而且艾雯的弓已經斷掉了,真要發生戰鬥,只靠我一人恐怕沒辦法應付。82Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ynit7fWsO
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我環顧一圈,不遠處有一小片長得較高的野草,我正要開口提醒艾雯,她已經向那邊迅速奔去。我跟着艾雯的腳步,順手把經過的劍和背包撿起來。82Please respect copyright.PENANA3R2trDVDU1
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天空那片黑色儼然像是一朵巨大的黑雲,以這種不可思議的速度移動,居然可以毫無聲響。82Please respect copyright.PENANAMkfwheb7yK
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我緊接在她身後,縱身跳入草堆,希望這些高立的野草能夠遮蔽我們的身體。那片黑雲很快就來到我們頭頂,即使已經這麼近了,還是沒有一點聲音。從草叢的間隙中看上去,終於認出來那是甚麼——漆黑的盔甲、煙霧般的身體,還有閃着火焰的眼睛,是魔軍,只是和之前只穿盔甲的不同,它們每一個都披了一件像是披風的東西,在空中就如一隻隻報死的烏鴉。82Please respect copyright.PENANAIWiUGlXNUE
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即使魔軍離我們看起來很遠,在草堆裏我還是不自覺摒住了呼吸。他們在頭上經過時,總感覺有一股無形的力向下壓來,讓人喘不過氣。我以為魔軍只能在陸上行進,但現在他們竟然還有能力飛行。在柏肯村時,我和艾雯都得拼了命才能勉強消滅了一個魔軍。他們不但有人數優勢,而且每一個的力量都非一般的強大,現在還能在空中飛行……即使在我們的世界,掌控了天空,就是壓倒性的勝利。一股深深的恐懼從我心中湧出。82Please respect copyright.PENANAMx5yuZy9NH
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終於,他們都過去了,我才敢半鬆一口氣。這麼一放鬆,剛才咬緊牙關拋諸腦後的思緒又重新塞滿了我的腦袋,腦中像是一台卡住的播放器,不斷放映着父親死去的片段。我全身無力,衰弱地攤倒在地上。82Please respect copyright.PENANAGKUfZjEUm8
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事情演變成這樣的局面,我還能做甚麼?明明是要把卡達斯封印起來的我,卻親自打破了它,現在應該已經碎了吧……果然我甚麼都做不到,救不了自己、救不了父親、也救不了這個世界。82Please respect copyright.PENANArQoMLrZdoG
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不如放棄吧,我已經無能為力了。我已經拼了命,走到這裏,夠了……82Please respect copyright.PENANAD2rsX6BBfm
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突然艾雯向我逼近,一把奪過我的劍,只見她高舉着它,猛然向我一刺。82Please respect copyright.PENANARaQQ5MmpPh
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我閉上了眼睛,自暴自棄地任由她處置我。82Please respect copyright.PENANAtkwnxXSEyb
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當我聽見劍鋒刺下去的聲音時,卻沒有感受到任何痛楚。我張開眼,發現艾雯把劍插在我的臉前。即使我已經覺得沒有所謂了,可是看到劍刃就在離眼睛幾分遠的地方晃動着,我還是不自覺地瞪大了眼睛,心臟砰砰地大力跳動。82Please respect copyright.PENANAZpGWUXhHUJ
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艾雯怒目瞪着我,把那兩節斷開的弓砸在我臉上:「我才不管那影衞是你的父親還是甚麼,他攻擊我們,起了殺意,那他就得死。別忘了,這是你的選擇,是你把我牽拖下來的,是你把那破木偶帶進卡達斯的封印裏的,那麼你就別在那邊露出一副可憐的樣子,你給我好好站起來,好好收拾你的爛攤子。」82Please respect copyright.PENANAVgxmblzAyS
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我沒有躲開,任由木頭的斷面在我臉上劃出幾道血痕。82Please respect copyright.PENANAj6Nzrwc35Q
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她説得沒錯,是我把她拖進來的。明明才立願不想讓她再失去甚麼,結果現在她連那把珍寶般的弓也毀壞了。82Please respect copyright.PENANAsSQtdkCXvH
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只是……82Please respect copyright.PENANALOm2YhFtey
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我又能怎樣……82Please respect copyright.PENANAyOf3HiJRUp
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「我又能怎樣……」所有的情緒都混雜在一起,像被聚合成一根利矢,貫穿我的心。我放聲大哭,痛苦地抽搐着。82Please respect copyright.PENANAahdTqqr1Cr
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或許剛才飛過去的魔軍會聽都我的哭聲,但我已經不想管了,我只想聲嘶力竭地哭一場。82Please respect copyright.PENANAzwNcF3genX
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「為甚麼……為甚麼我要做這些破事?」82Please respect copyright.PENANAVbLvxtZs3f
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「甚麼拯救世界……要一個十六歲的學生去拯救世界,是那根筋有毛病?」82Please respect copyright.PENANADSFXGfLdoo
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「這他媽的世界,我只想要簡單地過這輩子,去你的拯救世界……」82Please respect copyright.PENANAjY1KWVvC3P
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埋怨、控訴、咒罵……所有的情緒,像是決堤似的從我口中湧出。艾雯只是站在那裏,一言不發地盯着我。82Please respect copyright.PENANAgIgN83oXv0
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我不知哭了多久,哭到眼淚再也流不出來,連正常呼吸也做不到,不斷在乾嘔和哮喘中掙扎着。82Please respect copyright.PENANAp0cdWYyrQn
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「我父親死的時候,我才八歲。」艾雯用冷靜的語氣説道,這是我第一次聽見她這樣柔和地説話,「一年之後,母親也死了。」82Please respect copyright.PENANAq2zFMXYSah
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她看着我的眼睛,確定我在聽她説話,才繼續道:「還不到十歲的一個小女孩,她的世界忽然就崩塌了。難道這樣就公平嗎?誰不想簡單過活?但這就是他媽的生活。」82Please respect copyright.PENANAxlpvBKpWrr
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「但是,你和伊若斯的契約結束了。」艾雯的語氣變得嚴厲,「你大可就此離開,去過你那簡單的生活。或是收起你那自以為是的埋怨,好好把你捅出來的婁子補好。」82Please respect copyright.PENANADLfGnIAQUr
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我還沒從震驚中回復,但還是爬了起來,抹過眼淚,默默地把劍和背包背好,用虛弱的氣音説了一句:「走吧。」82Please respect copyright.PENANA7RODeOZOAh
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或許吧,我造成的錯誤,本來就該我去把它修好。不過就算我選擇離開,我又能去哪裏?82Please respect copyright.PENANAyldztviGIm
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我們往瑞赫瓦木林的方向一路走去,那是魔軍們的下一個目標。還有艾雯的弓,是用瑞赫瓦木林神木的一根枝椏製成,所以我們也得到那裏把它修好。而且貝可説,那裏藏着可以弒神的武器,卡達斯的封印已經撐不久了,我們只能寄望那傳説中的武器。82Please respect copyright.PENANA12dPXGjL2o
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瑞赫瓦木林在他們世界的最南端,幸好,貝可把我們送到距離木林不遠的地方。好像是一條叫希魯斯的白龍,他放下我們就匆匆離去了,那時候我還在昏迷中,也沒見着他。82Please respect copyright.PENANA3eaqS41CdQ
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一天在路程中,艾雯叫住我,我回頭看她,她遲疑了一下,還是開了口,「我父親説過,狩獵不只是磨練技巧,而是要把它刻進骨子裏。在面對獵物時,讓自己順應身體的判斷,才能精準地應對。」82Please respect copyright.PENANA92KysmdjXj
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她嚥了嚥喉嚨,繼續説下去:「你説你在戰鬥時身體會反過來控制自己,或者……那些招式,是來自你身體的記憶。」82Please respect copyright.PENANA4wjfJ79IOp
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