水平於地平線上的光束,在夜幕下顯得格外亮眼,甚至傳進聖火城裡,映進紫色高塔裡兩雙橙色的瞳孔之中。249Please respect copyright.PENANAlxfJqOwVfA
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自從離開本該空無一人的火場之後,佳依便不斷思索在火場裡所見怪象。卡帕這重罪犯人的離奇失蹤、藏匿火光後的神秘黑影,以至懷疑是不良描畫器畫出傳送法陣之後殘留下來的軌跡。249Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7rSu3hTcI
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「傳送法陣描畫器……擄走卡帕的肯定不會是什麼等閒之輩。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAOC39p4OJDd
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光輝到訪前一刻,佳依仍然坐在大廳裡,盯著魔匣裡印有法陣焦跡的寫影,暗自沉澱在眾多思慮之中。與集體傳送法陣同樣,傳送法陣描畫器亦是自魔界而來的產物。在終界地表,這能隨時隨地畫出傳送法陣的裝置並非垂手可得之物,造價不菲的同時,還要得到樞密院運行廳發出的許可證才可以在淨土裡使用。因此,知道對方比自己搶先一步用描畫器把卡帕帶走,更是讓佳依一再肯定事件中存在著不為人知的強權,正好看上了卡帕這手持神力之人。249Please respect copyright.PENANA9CEnAfaR8H
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「妳占卜一下卡帕現在大概在哪個地方不就好了?」249Please respect copyright.PENANA7arK7Oi2yW
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這邊廂,獨佔會議桌上的法依則邊悠然說著,邊把術式魔力從指間灌進碎布製成的小人偶裡,一個接一個放到竹籃上。在疫災未息之下,經過接二連三的施救後,法依便想到可以先行把治療術式的魔力藏在這些造物之中,給組織上下一眾成員當作護身符,好讓身陷疫病陰霾的他們能安然存活下來。249Please respect copyright.PENANAzLUIDpOXWr
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這夜看似是亂象中僅有的平和,卻亦難逃要被異變所打破。淨土外一煞光輝,惹起雙子們的注意,使得她們放下各自工作,來到落地大玻璃前,探頭張望。249Please respect copyright.PENANApunPS98S0m
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一束白光劃過地平線的盡頭,持續整整一分鐘,幾乎掩蓋天上點點星光,代替它們照亮夜空一隅、被搖籃裡世人所目睹。249Please respect copyright.PENANASBBCr5em4f
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「天哪~那是什麼來的?」法依掩起嘴、稍帶驚訝地問道。249Please respect copyright.PENANAuctdyk6wd3
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「神力……恐怕只有這個可能性了。」凝視著光束逐漸散去的佳依則托頭思考著。「這應該是主神所操縱的某種術式來的,先別說正常人類根本連要在淨土外活命都是一個問題。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAig9E1gKAbv
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突如其來的一幕發生在淨土以外,使得佳依若有所思,從死命思索卡帕去向與黑影們的動機,轉而思考淨土外那些不為人們所知曉的形勢。249Please respect copyright.PENANACmciKtLlff
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「正位置的『編年史』……所有線索就像早已寫進歷史書裡的分支,終將匯合編成事實的全部。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAHFK2utFs6K
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眼前現出一張光卡,當中顯出象徵文明啟始、走向盛世,以至戰爭與覆滅,一切歷史彷彿紛飛於跳動的書頁上,記下時光洪流裡的確無誤的片段。249Please respect copyright.PENANAeGS7GErNWI
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「即是怎樣?妳意思是那束白光與卡帕有關嗎?」法依望著佳依面前的光卡,嘗試把遠方驟現白光與卡帕的存在串連起來。249Please respect copyright.PENANAubTaUK7H4l
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「不一定。情報部那幫組員還沒找到關於妲羽和烏普西朗的下落,我們還不能排除他們走出了淨土這個可能性。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAG2uvb1rJNf
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領袖卡帕、以至妲羽和烏普西朗的失蹤,此刻正是佳依面對眾多疑團之中兩個最為匪夷所思的。她雖不敢排除孩子們是為了找卡帕擅自離開堇花塔這個可能性,然而與此同時,在親赴淪為火場的教廷重地前,兩小孩臉上對卡帕的懼色卻在思考中翻滾,沖刷著這個假設。249Please respect copyright.PENANA97WodJQmZL
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事隔一整天,針對妲羽和烏普西朗兩人的下落,黑輝之嵐裡負責搜集各方情報的成員們仍未給出些許突破性迴響。而另一邊廂,關於卡帕行蹤的情報,卻恰巧在白光徹底消失之後,開始冒現於雙子各自的魔匣裡。249Please respect copyright.PENANAU8TXEYTsWN
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「特報:初步確認老大被薄暮城樞密院的關係者擄走了。」報告字句連連出現在魔匣屏幕裡,把情報娓娓道來送至雙子手上。「不過,聽說他很快又被魔界的統治者帶了出淨土。現在樞密院裡的輿論都說這是罪滅廳首長世南的主意,說要利用我們的卡帕老大來剷除疫病神埃美克戎。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAmvQZLvveN3
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喬裝成工人混進教廷臨時據點的探子,藉著政客間瘋傳的流言蜚語,為佳依與法依帶來明確線索,直指這包圍眾生搖籃的無人之境。或許連串消息中唯一能讓人鬆一口氣的,大概只有確定卡帕這危險人物被帶離淨土的這項情報了。249Please respect copyright.PENANArIfoL5uP5S
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「也就是說,又是只有我們能夠勝任這任務嗎?」249Please respect copyright.PENANA4KGKmSH9XH
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法依沒好氣地丟下魔匣,料到自己大概要因此跟隨佳依出遠門後,便鬧著小脾氣、繼續拿起碎布趕忙造出一個又一個精巧人偶,又為這堆手掌大小的「護身符」逐個添上治療術式的力量。249Please respect copyright.PENANAaqLl6ciGuH
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「魔界的統治者……我也沒想到陛下他居然會看上卡帕。」佳依又稍為望向坐在桌椅上緊皺眉頭的法依,說:「法依要是不想見陛下的話,那我自己一個去找他就好。」249Please respect copyright.PENANA5dQ94DO7S0
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「我討厭那傢伙是一回事,但我也不能讓我們的老大任他隨便擺佈,妳說對不對?」249Please respect copyright.PENANA2tablkpwEV
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提起那暴虐嗜血的臉孔,隨即挑起法依神經。過去被他多番羞辱、苟且偷生於他臉色下的回憶再次浮現。縱使她是多麼不情願再看對方一眼,如今卡帕這讓她心生意念之人落到對方手中,她亦不得不坐視不理,知道他定必會傷害卡帕,就如那時對待自己與佳依一般。249Please respect copyright.PENANAyhHGRno1st
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把最後一個注入魔力的小人偶放到籃子上,法依便捧著這滿載手製護身符的籃子,隨佳依乘升降機來到地面大堂。249Please respect copyright.PENANAQzVM3kqWLO
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「我們有事要外出,這個是給你們的護身符,要是你們有哪裡不舒服了,就拿一個出來握著它。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAdysK58akpu
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向鎮守大堂的西裝女性簡略交待過後,法依便放下籃子,任由對方對當中一個個精巧作物報上閃亮兩眼,慨嘆法依那彷如鬼斧神工的手藝。249Please respect copyright.PENANAaG7Rdomqen
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「順便跟堇先生說一聲,我們很快便會回來了,叫他不用擔心。」249Please respect copyright.PENANACn3FgNRVWi
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雖說如此,在掉頭往大門遠去之時,佳依又再次望向一直握在手上的光卡,沉默注視當中四散而又彷彿相互連繫的歷史擬像,暗地裡早就料到這承諾將會成為一張空頭支票。