Corbin and the Crest of Dawn Chapter 8

Many years later, when Corbin returned to his former village, Shu Chang had transformed from a middle-aged uncle into an old man. Chang Baibai's tombstone bore many traces of wind and rain. Baibai's two daughters were now The best pottery maker in the village.

Shu Yang, Shu Chang's son, had met Corbin before. After seeing Corbin come back, he went back excitedly and pushed his father out. The wheels of the wooden wheelchair turned as hard as he could, even with his old legs and feet. Despite the inconvenience, Shu Chang still disliked his son's slow pushing.

"hurry up!"

"Dad, it's going to turn over soon."

When Corbin packed up the house and came out, an old man and a young boy just crawled out from the roadside. Shu Chang scolded Shu Yang at the top of his voice. Shu Yang rudely confronted his father, not forgetting to give his father his wheelchair. Fish it out.

"You damn boy, you made the right decision to go outside. Your father and I really wish I could raise you to heaven right where you are."

"Come on, Dad, you'd better pluck the leaves off your body first. Don't you still have to go see the adults?"

Corbin saw the actions of the father and son from a distance, paused in his steps, turned around and returned to the front of the house, sat down honestly and waited for the father and son to come over.

Shu Chang was carried up by Shu Yang. He remembered that the last time he saw Shu Yang was when he came to ask for names for his twin daughters while carrying a hundred yuan on his back.

The moment Shu Chang raised his eyes and saw Yan Dao, his lips moved, and his current appearance was clearly reflected in his eyes.

Only twenty years have passed, but a full twenty years have passed. Corbin is wearing a similar white robe as when he left. His white hair is still as white as snow, but it is different. There is a calmness like water between his brows and eyes. He is no longer just the god who exudes a sense of decadence.

"There have been so many adults." Shu Chang wiped the corners of his eyes and choked with sobs.

"Really, sit down quickly." No matter how many years passed, Corbin was still not good at smiling, sitting in front of the house chatting.

But mostly Shu Chang was talking, and Corbin was listening, echoing from time to time.

"Speaking of which, that adult didn't come back."

"He also has a tribe in charge, so he can't always run to me."

Shu Chang smiled and drank a glass of water to moisten his throat: "Speaking of which, I would like to thank that adult even more. You look much happier than before."

Corbin paused and looked up at Shu Chang, feeling a little confused.

"I can't say for sure. I just feel that the rope in your heart has loosened a lot. I think it's probably because of that adult."

Shu Chang talked a lot and asked Shu Yang to look up the family tree in the village and talk about the children born in the past twenty years. The two of them left at night.

After Corbin sent the person to the entrance of the village, he slowly turned around and left. As soon as he walked to the house, he looked up and saw a man wearing a golden and white robe, with a wide hood covering half of his face.

"Why are you here today?" Corbin was confused. They had just separated not long ago, so he should be busy with things in his own village.

"I'll come here when I'm done."

Lucien raised his hand to pull down his hood. His face had a condensed expression, his eyebrows were lowered, and he had the depression that was common in banquets.

"What happened?" Corbin frowned, walked forward quickly, stood in front of Lucien, and asked worriedly.

Lucien raised his head and looked at Corbin with a hint of anger towards whom he didn't know who he was.

"What do demons mean to humans? Will they bring disaster or... vitality?"

Lucien has seen many humans die, but the people he saw today died because of him.

"The demon who had a grudge against me unleashed a disease upon the people."

"Have you found a cure?"

"Not yet. Besides, it's not an ordinary disease. To be precise, it's more like a curse cast by the devil. If we can't find a way to remove the curse, the disease will continue to spread."

Corbin took a deep breath and looked up at Lucien, as if he was looking at the demon god again.

"Do you need my help?"

"need."

Lucien is not an irresponsible demon. On the contrary, he values   promises and contracts, and he will fulfill his duties for the protection he promises. However, for this demon who has just come into contact with humans, he must protect him completely without leaving any gaps. It's still a bit difficult.

Corbin packed up his things and went to the village to inform Shu Yang. Then Lucien took Corbin and left.

The people Lucien saved looked very miserable, and some even lay naked on the ground sobbing because of their illness.

"Lord Lucien is back..."

"My lord is back..."

Corbin looked around at the people around him, and saw that the black energy lingering on them was indeed like a curse.

"Can't you find the demon who committed the murder?"

"I can't find him. He must have hidden under the sea."

Lucien dropped seven rock pillars here. The area surrounded by the rock pillars was covered by Lucien's divine power, which could alleviate their pain.

Corbin followed Lucien and checked the symptoms of these people. Without exception, they all had hard tumors growing under the skin. Most of them were on the chest, and the severe cases had broken ribs.

"It has been less than six hours since the outbreak of the epidemic." Lucien looked at the painful face in front of him and released his divine power. The scattered golden light slowed down the man's pain, but Yan Dao, who had been looking at the patient in front of him, narrowed his eyes. eyes.

"Lucien, stop first."

Lucien obediently withdrew his hand and took a step back to leave room for Corbin. Corbin stretched out his hand to cover the flesh in front of the man.

"really."

Lucien looked at his movements as if he remembered something.

"It's divine power."

"Well, these sarcomas are living creatures. They need nutrients to stay alive. Humans can't support them, so they can feel more comfortable when you release your divine power. And...the sarcomas are getting bigger."

"I removed the rock pillar, what should I do next?"

"Let's take it out, but I can't do it alone. Come back with me and bring a few people." Corbin turned to look at Lucien, but Lucien rejected his request.

"This is a curse, not an ordinary disease. Your people are just ordinary people. You must not take such risks."

After hearing this, Corbin pursed his lips and patted his shoulder, with a relaxed expression:

"You must have used your divine power to nourish these people when you saved them. The curse was caused by your divine power, otherwise the tumor wouldn't have grown so big. And over there... you forgot, I They are not yet able to use divine power freely, and naturally they will not be infected, but I will ask in advance, and if they are not willing, I will not force it. "

It is true that Corbin cannot use his own abilities freely, and naturally he has no divine power to give to his people.

Lucien finally nodded and went back with the banquet.

Just as Corbin expected, everyone in the village agreed to help, and many people were willing to go there in person. However, in the end, Corbin only brought two doctors with quick hands and feet and a few who were strong and attentive. men go.

The blacksmith shop spent the night forging sharp knives according to the banquet's instructions, and Lucien brought the people there with the tools.

Without the feeding of divine power, the growth rate of those sarcomas also became very slow. The banquet asked Lucien to stand aside and release the divine power. He raised the knife and dropped it. A cut appeared on his chest, and the squirming muscles seemed to smell. The divine power in the air slowly crawled out from that small wound.

The two doctors following Corbin turned pale with fright. This was the first time they had seen such a disgusting thing. Even Lucien next to him didn't look good.

The tendons crawled out of the wound, detecting the divine power in the air, and slowly crawled in the direction of Lucien. Only when it crawled out completely did everyone see the original appearance of this thing.

It was an octopus with a small head and eight slender limbs, covered in crystal mucus and sticky red blood.

Corbin was about to reach out but Lucien held his shoulder down.

"Don't...touch it with your own hands."

Corbin glanced at him and saw that he really hated this thing.

Corbin took out his knife, picked up the thing, and threw it into the stove nearby. He watched as the thing was burned and twisted, and finally turned into ashes.

"My dear, what is that? It's so disgusting."

The two doctors behind him covered their mouths and looked pale.

Corbin pressed the wound on the chest of the man lying in front of him. The wound was small, so there was nothing to worry about. The important thing now was how to make up for the lost vitality on his body.

"Next, everyone has to deal with it like this. There are more patients, so you can organize it and prepare."

"...Like an adult?"

"Just like me."

Lucien's eyes flashed and he asked: "Do I want to be here all the time?"

"There is no other way, but you can close your eyes." Corbin glanced at him and knew that he hated that thing. Although he could endure it, he could not use his divine power freely and could not help Lucien.

"When this is over, I will continue to teach you how to use authority."

Although he was taught by Lucien for a long time, except for the time when he was injured by the Demon God of Dreams, he released his power once, which seemed to be related to flames. But after that, no matter how hard he tried, he could not release the white flame again.

Lucien has made up his mind that after this matter is over, he must learn it no matter what.

With the cooperation of Lucien and the help of people around him, it took two days to finally take out the little octopuses from everyone.

Corbin felt that the air around him was filled with the smell of grilled octopus.

Lucien sat outside and said nothing, but he looked a little pitiful for some reason, but it was indeed cruel for him who didn't like sea creatures to see such disgusting things.

"Have you figured out how to place these people?" Corbin looked around. This is a wasteland with no shelter and far away from water sources.

"Let me find a place to settle."

Corbin stood beside Lucien and turned his eyes to look at his back.

After returning from his dream at midnight, he once saw Thorne again through the screen, but when he stood here and looked at him, he sometimes felt that it was not very real.

"Lucien, are you...willing to protect these people with me?"

When Lucien turned back to look at the banquet, he was looking at the stars in the sky, his plain face showing a bit of illusion.

"It's not fair to you." Lucien shook his head. He saw what Corbin had done for the village. Those simple prosperity were not something that humans could bring about. They were achievements that belonged to Corbin.

"How about treating it as a contract? My ability is not as good as yours, and we need the protection of a powerful demon god, otherwise..." In that long war, how could he and those humans make it to the end? .

Lucien interpreted something from the words that were not completely spoken by the banquet, and he stopped talking.

"good."

Just looking at Corbin's gray-blue eyes, Lucien's heart made of rock was slightly hot, as if this contract represented not only those clear-cut regulations, but something more bright.