40k: Midnight Blade

Chapter 23 23. The Long Night ([-])

"First attempt, failed."

The cold wind howled, and in the empty square, a hissing sound came from under the exquisite podium, with a bit of sharp teeth.

This voice makes it sound less like a human being.Moreover, people should not talk to themselves in this way.

"I will continue to try, don't get in the way." The person hiding under the podium said so. "This is my mission."

Then, it fell silent—a few seconds later, a figure in a jet-black leather garment emerged from under the podium.

From the body alone, you can't tell whether it is male or female.Not only that, but its movements also reveal a kind of rigidity.

The shadow bent down and pulled out a huge gun from under the podium.It's dark and fierce, and it's nothing like the gang's cheap weapons or high-end automatic guns.It's a formidable gun that looks deadly.

Same as its owner.

Shadow picked up the gun and carried it on his back.With a slight click, the gun was fixed on its smooth back.It was weird and natural, and the shadow didn't think there was anything wrong.

It seems to have done this hundreds of times.

Then, it started to run, and the speed was astonishingly fast.It tore through the air, and reached the opposite side of the square in the next instant.

Its figure is not vigorous, and the close-fitting leather jacket exposes the curves of the body.From a biological point of view, its size obviously shouldn't allow it to have such a fast speed.

But here it is Nostramo.

"It appears to be a renovation."

On a steeple somewhere beside the square, Kalil, who had turned back at some point, stared at its movements, smiled and shook his head.

"It's still this old stuff, it's been popular for so many years and it's still not out of date?"

"Khalil, he seems to be moving towards us." Ghost whispered.

"I know."

"I could kill him."

"Yes, you can."

"Let me go?" said the ghost, with a plea that was obvious to Khalil.

"No, ghost. This is my job content. It's the best way to work, isn't it? Go and deal with the sentries in those houses. They seem to be planning to sit still until we show up again."

Khalil turned his head, smiled and winked at Ghost: "How about giving them a surprise?"

".But, you—"

"—I'm fine." The ghost narrowed his eyes. "Go."

Ghost was silent for a few seconds, and finally left.He was only eighteen months old, but he could already understand what the ambush tonight meant.

Therefore, he will not refuse to clean up.

And Khalil knows it all too well.

The time has come, the time has come.
He exhaled softly.

I meant to set the world on fire when that day came, ghost, but your presence revealed another possible hope for me.

A way to burn out the darkness without setting the world ablaze with it.

And I will light this precious flame with my own hands.

Blue light lit up from his eyes, and for the first time, Khalil accepted this power without reservation.They began to flow among the limbs and bones, and in the dark, the sound that penetrated the curtain came again.

As always, it comes with a paternal gentleness, and Ghosts pays no heed.

He just sneered and let him knock on the door of reason, and let him whisper in his ear.

Nothing can affect him anymore.

The ghost opened its arms and jumped down.

In the blowing cold wind and the tearing feeling brought about by the rapid fall, he abandoned all the rules he had set before, and tore up all the restraints and cautiousness.

The time has come.

He no longer needed to endure pain.
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Shadows silently climb a building.

Its hands are extremely stable, and its ten fingers have terrifying precision. Every time it climbs up, it can be inserted into the gap between the masonry, so that it does not have to suffer from any accidents in unarmed climbing.

Soon, it came to the side of the smashed gargoyle.It stared at the remains of the gargoyle. There was no room for the eyes to observe on the face completely covered by the pitch-black leather, but it was observing.

Undoubtedly, this is rather weird.

But this is Nostramo after all.Anything can happen, and nothing will seem weird.

——Among these things, of course, also includes a ghost who fell from the sky.

"boom--!"

There was a loud bang, and bricks and stones splashed everywhere.The shadow was forced into the building, and there was no one in the corridor that was emptied in advance, so the sound of it hitting the wall was particularly loud.

what happened?

The shadow was completely unprepared for this sudden attack, it never imagined that someone could make a surprise attack from a high altitude at such a speed.That power is even more terrifying, just the first blow made it fly backwards.

The attackers followed closely behind.

He obviously didn't want to give it a chance to resist, but as soon as it got up from the ground, the next round of attacks appeared immediately.

Two dots of blue light suddenly appeared in the darkness, followed by a flash of fierce silver light.The blade pierced through the leather clothing, cut and slid on the flesh, but the sound it made was similar to metal collision.

The shadow growled, and the sound of gears colliding came from the arms.It stretched out its hands suddenly, resisting the two blades in the next one.

"what."

In the darkness, the attacker chuckled.

"The person who transformed you was really willing to spend the cost, and even replaced the skin with pure gold. But, don't you feel pain? Your body should be trying to heal, right? Every time you move, the metal stuck in the flesh will bring Pain, no?"

"You know a lot." Shadow replied indifferently. "But it doesn't help. You have disgraced the Skelewok family. I will take you back and stand trial."

"Judgment."

The attacker sighed.

"Judgment." He chuckled, and the laughter echoed and gradually expanded. "The Scraywalkers want to try me?"

Shadow took a sudden step forward, the sound of rattling gears was very conspicuous under the violent movement.It swung its fist violently, intending to force the target back with melee combat first.

Then--

"boom!"

With a kick, the shadow flew upside down again.It shattered three walls in astonishment, completely unable to comprehend what had happened.

Of course it doesn't understand.

The assailant came slowly, and the sound of footsteps resounded dully in the silent darkness, accompanied by a mocking remark.

"Don't you think this is a little too ridiculous?"

The shadow climbed up again.Hearing this, it raised its left hand and tore off the hood on its face, revealing a face covered in metal.

The shape of the facial features is deliberately left rough, but the edges of the metal have delicate engraved lines, forming an absurd sense of opposition.The coat of arms of a House of Scolewok glowed dully in the middle of the brow.

Where the eyes should have been, there were two pitch-black holes.At this moment, a kind of anger is flowing in it.

"I don't know how to live or die." It said coldly. "No matter who is standing behind you, you are doomed, and your family is also doomed. The Scolevoker family has completely mastered Quintus, and we will use this as a basis to rule the entire Nostramo!"

"interesting."

The attacker nodded thoughtfully: "As a noble assassin, you seem to know too much."

"I'm the shadow of the Scolewalker family, you ignorant bastard!"

With a roar, it rushed towards the attacker with a terrifying momentum. A strange sound of gear collisions resounded violently in its body, even covering the sound of its footsteps.

"Kneel down! This way you can avoid the pain of flesh and blood! I know you have undergone physical transformation, but flesh is no match for steel!"

"Kneel to a puppet? No, forget it."

The attacker chuckled, and suddenly disappeared in place, so fast that the shadow couldn't even catch traces of his movement.

It raises its hands vigilantly, guarding against the blade attack that may come at any time-as long as it seizes a chance, it will make that bastard regret being an enemy of Scole Walker!

Why would a body reformer injure the skin it was sworn to protect by the Scolewalker family?
How could an assailant who didn't even know the name of the shadow of the Skelevoker family be so arrogant?Doesn't the family behind him know what it means to be an enemy of Scole Walker at this juncture? !
However.
No.

No attack came, no air-splitting blade or attack of the same magnitude as before.

The shadow moved slowly, it didn't intend to sit still, it wanted to take the initiative to find the opponent.

Its gun swayed behind its back, and the sound of gears turning inside its body was extremely loud.It waits intently, searches, longs—and then it just ignores one thing.

Something it should have known long ago, but is now covered up by the sound of gears driven by its fury.

temperature.

The temperature began to get colder and colder, and even the water mist condensed in the air began to turn into frost.The ground began to freeze, the shadow stepped on it, and there was a small cracking sound, but it didn't know anything.

Then, a voice sounded and echoed in the room.

"There is no obvious season alternation on Nostramo. However, I still use the four seasons to distinguish its year. It is winter, the shadow of the Scolewalker family. Winter is very cold, shadow."

where? !
The shadow was deaf to the attackers, it just kept looking into those dark corners, trying to find its enemy in the empty building.

The temperature continued to drop, and finally, after reaching a certain critical point, the shadow suddenly stopped.

The sound of the gears running was also stagnant, and a strange clicking sound began to resound in its body.The assailant walked out of the darkness just right at this moment, with intense blue light in his eyes, making him extremely cold.

"You!" Shadow said angrily, moving his right hand stiffly, still trying to catch the attacker.

"Yeah, me."

Khalil gazed at it calmly. "Save your energy, it's good for you and me."

"Don't even think about it! Even if I can't bring you back to stand trial, I will kill you for the family!" Shadow growled.

"Be quiet, okay? I'll go see your family." Khalil said softly. "I'm going to visit tonight, so you should be quiet."

"Metal will have a wonderful reaction with your bloody flesh at low temperature, Shadow. In other words, even if I don't do anything, you will die soon"

"I am going to kill you--!"

"Yeah." Khalil shook his head with a smile, walked slowly to the side of the shadow, raised his hand, and pressed it on its forehead.

There was a strange sound suddenly sounded in the next second, and the shadow's body trembled suddenly, and then he let out a scream.

Ten seconds later, the screams stopped.With a dull sound, a body wrapped in metal fell to the ground without a sound.

Khalil stood where he was, without saying a word, his throat rolling.After a while, he let out a breath of foul air slowly.

"...So, you can still use it like this." He said to himself. "Lap memory. It's really scary."

Also really disgusting.

What have I done?
The vengeful spirit bowed its head, closed its eyes, and began to scroll through the shadow's memories.

It was a long night, as he had told Shadow, and he was going to visit the Scolevokers.

　Put another reassurance, no knife, really no knife.

　　By the way, put the song here.

　　Into the Fire, Manson's song, very nice, not quite the same as most of his songs.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)