Hela swallowed the flesh and blood, then licked her blood-soaked lips.
It's unclear whether it's due to its unique physical structure or because [ Night Kill ] has an exceptionally strong Life.
Despite having a piece missing from its neck, it didn't die and was even able to continue speaking.
"Please, don't kill me! I'll give you anything you want!"
Suddenly, as if it had thought of something, it spoke even more urgently.
"You want revenge for that guy, right? No problem, as long as you join the Light God Society, I have a way to bring him back to life!"
So please don't kill me!
Despite its desperate pleas, Hela ignored a single word and continued to open her mouth, ready to bite.
Just then, a dark red laser beam suddenly streaked across the sky.
Hela's hands were instantly severed, and fierce flames began to erupt from the cuts.
Hela's body trembled violently, and she quickly retreated.
The hand that was holding [ Night Kill ] loosened at this moment and was burned to ashes by the flames.
A man in black appeared instantly, grabbed Night Kill, and took him to the rooftop of a building.
Hela bit off the still-burning arm, and both arms were instantly burned to ashes by the flames.
Her hands regenerated rapidly, Hela looked up at the black-clad man carrying [ Night Kill ] atop a building hundreds of meters high.
Hela sensed it; emanating from the man in black was an aura similar to [ Night Kill ]'s—neither human nor of Variant.
The man in black was also watching Hela.
"Where's the [ Prayer Bead Worm ]?" the man in black asked in a low voice to the blood-soaked [ Night Kill ].
"Dead..."
"The mission failed, we're retreating."
"Wait!" [ Night Kill ] suddenly looked at the man in black.
"Although the mission failed, I found [Life]. With your strength, you can definitely take it down easily!"
Upon hearing this, the man in black merely glanced at Hela indifferently before speaking slowly.
"Now is not the time to capture [Life]."
After they finished speaking, their figures began to spiral and twist, and then they disappeared into thin air.
Seeing that their presence had also disappeared, Hela was certain that they had left.
Her mouth slowly returned to normal, and she turned to look at Keke, who was still slumped on the ground, looking dazed.
Then I saw the head in front of Keke.
Hela walked over slowly and gently lifted Qin Gucheng's head with both hands.
Slowly open your mouth.
But after a long while, he slowly closed his eyes again, looking at the bloodless yet extremely familiar face.
Hela gently pulled him into her arms.
"I always feel empty inside..." Holding Qin Gucheng's head, she had that strange feeling again.
"Ring ring..."
"Ring ring..."
After an unknown amount of time, a telephone rang from the location of Qin Gucheng's body.
Keke, with blood still trickling from the corner of her mouth, trembled slightly in her eyes.
He then struggled to his feet and staggered toward the source of the sound.
I looked at the phone that had fallen out of my pocket and was ringing incessantly.
Keke hesitated for a moment before pressing the answer button.
"Hey! Little Qin."
"Sigh, I don't know what happened, but Liu An in your family suddenly started crying."
"No matter what I do to comfort her, it doesn't work, and she's crying louder and louder; she's still crying now!"
"Why don't you talk to her for a bit now? She usually listens to you the most, and she stops making a fuss as soon as she hears your voice."
"How's it going, Little Qin?"
"Hello, hello? Answer me, Little Qin, Little Qin?"
" Instructor Qin..."
Tears streamed down Keke's face, blurring her vision so she couldn't see the flickering phone screen or Qin Gucheng's corpse.
Large tears fell, repeatedly hitting the ground and Keke's pale hands.
The real sensation of tears hitting her hands told Keke that it was all real.
Qin Gucheng is really dead.
The person who was so gentle with me, who cared for me like a father and made me feel the warmth of family love again, is really dead!
"Ah, ah--!" Keke tilted her head back and cried out like a child.
At this moment, the two girls appeared utterly helpless amidst the ruins.
"Instructor Qin Gucheng heroically sacrificed his life to protect the new recruits during a practical training mission!"
"We, the entire team, salute!"
On the training platform, the head instructor finished speaking in a loud voice, then raised his right hand and gave a standard military salute.
The other instructors and more than two hundred new recruits behind them also raised their right hands in salute.
Below the stage, Keke saluted, her body trembling uncontrollably, her eyes bloodshot. Looking at the coffin draped with the national flag on the stage, tears welled up in her eyes.
For protecting two new recruits during this training, thus preventing the loss of the nation's protective force, Qin Gucheng was awarded a third-class merit and a medal.
These medals will be buried along with Qin Gucheng's coffin in the Martyrs' Cemetery.
As for Qin Gucheng's compensation, it was all given to his former comrades-in-arms, and then the money was used to continue to hire people to take care of Liu An.
Furthermore, the instructors would check on her periodically to ensure her safety.
Night falls, and the pure white moonlight spills across the earth, while a gentle breeze rustles the leaves.
Upstairs in the girls' dormitory, Keke squatted on the ground, hugging her legs, her eyes dim as she looked at the stars in the sky.
A gentle breeze, carrying a delicate fragrance, wafted from behind.
Hela slowly walked to Keke's side and then sat down beside her.
"Sister Hela, do you think if my mental strength were stronger, I could have helped the instructor more, and he wouldn't have died...?"
Keke buried her head in her arms, looking remorseful.
"It's not your fault," Hela shook her head. "It's my fault for not helping the instructor sooner."
Hela spoke from the heart, saying that if she had helped the instructor from the beginning, the outcome might have been different.
If Hela hadn't tried to conserve her strength and had waited until they were almost all unconscious before making her move, Qin Gucheng wouldn't have died at all.
"Oh, those two are secretly grieving."
Ye Ciqing walked over with a nonchalant air and then sat on the edge of the rooftop.
Hela tilted her head slightly and saw Ye Yiqing walking over with a knife as well.
"Boys are not allowed in girls' dormitories."
"Uh, this is the rooftop of the girls' dormitory, not inside the dormitory, so it shouldn't be against the rules, right?"
Ye Yiqing scratched his face awkwardly, then sat down next to Keke and gently handed her the straight knife.
"This is a knife that Instructor Qin uses. He said Instructor Qin has a good relationship with you, so he asked me to give it to you."
Keke took the straight knife, somewhat dazed.
The three large characters " Qin Gucheng " were clearly engraved on the blade.
Upon seeing the name on the list, Keke's tears fell once again.
Ye Yiqing gently stroked Keke's back to comfort her.
Withered leaves from a large tree slowly fall, landing on a sapling and eventually becoming nutrients.
Instructor Qin, may you rest in peace!