Chapter 2923 - 974: Waiting Amid Shattered Immortality (Part 3)

Chapter 2923: Chapter 974: Waiting Amid Shattered Immortality (Part 3)

Although he witnessed the awkward story of Edward and Lady Constantius, at least it didn’t create his and Shani’s predicament again, which was good. If it continued like that, Murphy really wouldn’t be able to explain even with ten mouths.

This made his mood strangely better.

However, there was still a bit of bizarre regret. Speaking of the first three embarrassments, Shani’s emotional changes were quite interesting, from initial anger and shock, to resistance and repulsion, and then to a heart like dead ashes on the third time...

Ah, can’t think about it anymore, Murphy, oh Murphy, you are a blood race lord with status! A gentleman who respects women very much, having all these indecent thoughts is just too unseemly!

He warned himself like this, following Paula up and down the sewer ladder.

As a result, halfway up, a bout of strange dizziness surfaced in his mind, and Murphy thought it was not good and cursed that this memory resonance has a second half!

He already guessed what was going to happen next, and amidst Captain Paula’s screams, the Vampire Lord fell off the ladder, crashing onto the ground with a thud.

The scroll of memories before his eyes unrolled slowly, moreover unfolding from Edward’s perspective.

At this time, Edward, carrying two gifts, walked with brisk steps inside the cabin of the Scarlet Dawn, intending to give the fine armor he handcrafted to Salockdale and his wife Oksana, as a gratitude for their transportation of craftsmen from the Eden District to the Creator Engine, and to also improve his relationship with Salockdale.

Their conflict had a long history.

Before the vampire Mother Star was destroyed, both of them and their respective clans had already been hostile for over a thousand years.

Edward and Salockdale were contemporaries, with competition arising between two geniuses which, fueled by the complicated, ancient, and eerie culture of the vampires, gradually evolved into hostility.

But those past grievances had faded like smoke after the Mother Star exploded.

The master craftsman vampire walked to Salockdale’s position on the ship bridge, just about to call for the door to open when suddenly hearing strange sounds coming from inside.

Edward’s expression slightly changed immediately.

He already guessed what Salockdale and Oksana were doing inside.

The guy showed a strange smile, placed the gift box at the door, and then prepared to turn and leave.

He was not like Charlemagne, the kind of reserved guy who liked eavesdropping, however just as Edward walked a few steps away, he saw Lady Constantius in "simple clothes" leaning against her own cabin door, holding an unlit lady’s cigarette.

She complained to Edward with a face full of grievance:

"The soundproofing of this spaceship is really too poor, I really shouldn’t have chosen here, those two fellows are especially excited today, making so much noise I simply can’t fall asleep, it’s just right that you came..."

"Um...the craftsmen are still waiting for me to go back for a meeting."

Edward awkwardly smiled, but the next moment was pulled into the cabin by Lady Constantius holding his tie.

Well, this ancient memory actually damn well has a connected second part...

However, Murphy no longer had time to pay attention to these things.

Because the peculiar "memory meme" nature of the ancient memory caused that simultaneously involving Edward in that incident, his mind was also re-pulled into Salockdale’s body. On the luxurious ship bridge of the Scarlet Dawn, put into autopilot mode, he saw Lady Oksana atop him through Salockdale’s eyes.

In her eyes was revealed a complex expression, representing that within this seductive body at this moment, another "involved" soul also existed.

"It really was an accident this time..."

Murphy transmitted sincere apologies using soul resonance, he said:

"Trust me! It really wasn’t intentional."

"Don’t say it, I believe you, you aren’t even in Transylvania now, you wouldn’t have the means to do bad things."

Shani’s voice sounded dead and ashen from the other side, she asked:

"So who did you meet that activated the memory resonance? Let me guess, Old Edward actually hasn’t lost his memory and you just met him, right?"

"Hmm? How did you..."

"Lady Oksana discovered this secret over eight hundred years ago. What I haven’t told you is that during her six visits to the ruins of Eden District, the last two times were with Edward, don’t worry, Murphy.

Edward is not a bad guy.

At least not the type we need to focus all our attention on.

Dammit!

This time, make it quick, okay?

I’m in a meeting with a Lupa right now, it’d be best if you don’t make me too embarrassed in front of my juniors..."

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Meanwhile, at the position outside the Charles Harbour outer city.

Lord Paryen put down the spiritual energy whetstone in his hand, gently stroked the sharp blade of the Holy Spear with his finger, then stood up to finish the matter. But at that moment, a knock sounded at the door.

"Come in."

The Lord said.

The next second, Old Edward pushed the door open and closed it behind him.

Lord Paryen stared at him, his expression complex yet containing a touch of undeniable sternness. Edward knew that if he didn’t present something genuine today, his millennia-long life might come to an end here.

Lord Paryen was truly angry...

Such boiling murderous intent reminded him of the final years before the Fall of the Last Fortress on the Mother Star, ah, the blood-stained "Regulation Patriarch" was still as just, cold, and unassailable as those faded memories.

Under the severe gaze, Edward took out a diary he always kept with him, flipped to the first few pages, and handed it to the Lord.

The latter received it and glanced at it, finding over fifty names densely written on it.

More than forty of them were crossed out in red.

"I killed them with my own hands, during every hunt of the past thousand years."

Edward flexed his wrist, saying hoarsely:

"Day after day of searching, day after day of tracking, day after day of seeking, pulling those bastards who killed Constantius from the corners of this Age of Chaos, giving them the most painful and prolonged death in the most terrifying way.

I didn’t tell you because the Department of Mystery is still operating in the shadows.

Comparing their ancient threats, Twilight is nothing more than a group of clowns pretending to bring about the apocalypse.

The hunt continues, Paryen.

I officially invite you to join me in completing it; the remaining people are few. When the last guy dies howling, I will willingly accept your judgment."

"I’m more curious about why Constantius did what she did!"

Lord Paryen looked at the blood-stained records in the diary, eyed Edward, and said:

"And why you are doing this?"

"I don’t know and I don’t care, all I know is that Constantius was killed by them."

Edward lowered his head, touching the well-maintained but very old gauntlets on his hands, and said in a choked voice:

"As for why... you see, after losing the center of my life, I have to find something to do for myself to avoid being swallowed up by endless emptiness. I’m not as selfless as you, Paryen, the life and death of others means nothing to me.

However, in this ruin where joy has vanished, the endless wait is more unbearable than immortality.

Therefore, I ask you one last time..."

Duke Wolfsbane grasped the hilt of Sting of Fear at his waist.

He stared at Lord Paryen, and said in a deep voice:

"You were the last to see Constantius, tell me! Paryen, is she really dead?"

"She’s dead, Edward."

The Lord said coldly:

"Vanished into smoke right before my eyes, what left with us from the Eden District was only a clone, and she ultimately embarked on the path of self-destruction..."

"I don’t believe it! Such a wise person would always leave a way out for herself, she must still be somewhere in this world waiting for me!"

Edward took a deep breath, released his weapon, and said to the Lord:

"If you don’t intend to kill me today, then please excuse my departure, I still have to continue on, searching every corner of this world.

I will be reunited with her.

I promised her I would find her in the next life!"

"Explain things clearly before you go!"

"It’s all in the diary, see for yourself. I know why you’re so angry, but even if I said those things, it wouldn’t save those who are destined to die anyway. The destruction of the Eden District signifies the end of an era, and we remnants should perish with that era.

That is our final conclusion.

You, and I...

Paryen, we will all die miserably in our own pools of blood like them, but this time, I won’t allow myself to walk that path alone..."