There were no lights near the Central Church.
To clearly see what was inside the Bronze Bell, he could only rely on the faint moonlight reflecting in.
When Lucas first saw that round object swaying in the darkness...
His heart was filled with curiosity.
The desire to investigate was like a hungry kitten.
Moving a little closer, Lucas's pupils suddenly dilated.
A human head. The round object suspended inside the Bronze Bell was a human head. It was hanging upside down, its hair like seaweed swaying with the slight movement.
A cold wind blew, his hairs stood on end, and a chill spread from his tailbone to the top of his head.
In an instant...
Lucas was covered in goosebumps.
It was too dark to make out the features of the head.
Lucas didn't try to identify it; he quickly backed away, feeling as if his little heart was about to leap out of his throat.
This was even more thrilling than being chased by the Night Valkyries.
"Hoo... hoo..."
Lucas gently patted his chest.
Even after experiencing ninety-nine reincarnations.
Suddenly seeing a human head hanging upside down, Lucas still couldn't quite handle it.
However...
This was already considered a very good psychological state.
If Lucas had just arrived at St. Freya Academy not long ago.
And suddenly saw this scene.
Lucas would probably have made a fool of himself on the spot.
For example, he might stumble, hit the Bronze Bell, attract a bunch of Valkyries, and immediately lose the game...
Lucas had experienced similar things before.
And not just once.
After long periods of training, even if he was startled now, Lucas wouldn't be at a loss.
"The past is the past..."
Lucas mumbled some inexplicable words to distract himself.
Judah looked at the man, who was still shaken, and said, "Hey... what's inside, human? It actually scared you like this, how strange."
"You'll know if you go in and see for yourself."
Lucas looked at Judah, and seeing the white-haired, blue-eyed Armed Doll, he felt an extra sense of security.
After a moment of hesitation.
Judah shook her head like a rattle, her twin ponytails swaying with her.
"No, no! It must be something disgusting, or very terrifying, I'm not looking."
"Are you scared?"
Lucas's lips curved into a mischievous smile.
Judah was startled, then angrily said, "I... I'm not scared! You... you're trying to provoke me..."
"Right!"
"I won't fall for it."
Judah snorted and turned her head away, her blue eyes constantly darting towards the Bronze Bell.
Clearly...
Judah was very interested in what was inside the Bronze Bell.
Lucas thought for a moment, then decided to tell her what he had seen.
"It's a human head."
"I saw a human head inside."
Lucas really hadn't expected it.
The bell sound he heard in every reincarnation was actually produced by a human head striking it.
"Huh?"
Judah was a bit confused when she heard that.
Then she reacted, the little one stroked her chin and said, "Oh, so it's a human head... That's not so bad."
"Then what did you think it was?"
Lucas raised an eyebrow.
Judah crossed her arms and said, "I thought it was cockroaches, rats, or booby traps, like crucifixes, garlic..."
Lucas rubbed his forehead.
The perception of Armed Dolls and ordinary people was indeed different.
Especially since Judah was also a vampire.
"Since you're not scared, do you dare to go in and look?"
Lucas wanted to know whose head it was; although he already had a guess, he wasn't sure yet.
Judah immediately shook her head.
"I don't dare."
Lucas slowly formed a question mark, but Judah stared at him with righteous indignation, showing no sign of shame.
It seemed this guy was unreliable.
So Lucas could only go in himself.
"I think... I brought a lighter."
He patted his body.
Lucas indeed pulled out a lighter.
He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.
Lucas squatted down again, leaned his head into the bottom of the Bronze Bell, and lit the lighter.
A pale yellow flame danced in the air.
The light reflected back and forth inside the Morning Bell, illuminating the narrow space.
He saw it clearly.
Lucas truly saw the head's appearance this time.
Topped with a pair of horns, a handsome young man with green hair cascading down, his head severed from his neck.
The stark white spine was directly connected to the top of the Bronze Bell.
As if it were one piece.
"Is this... Kosma?"
With horns on his head and dark green hair, it could only be Kosma, one of the Thirteen Elysian Realm of the Previous Civilization.
Of course...
Lucas couldn't be sure this was Kosma.
After all, he had never seen him before.
The upside-down head seemed alive, swaying slightly inside the Bronze Bell, looking somewhat eerie.
"Why is it him?"
Lucas frowned.
He had originally thought it would be Su's head.
Who knew it would turn out to be Kosma.
Immediately...
Lucas thought of Su's message from back then— "You will meet them later."
Was this how he was going to meet them?
This was just too absurd.
Lucas was speechless.
Among the Thirteen Elysian Realm, there were only four males.
Su was already dead, and if Kosma was also dead, it could be said that half of them were lost.
"Could it be that all the male Elysian Realm are dead?"
Just as Lucas had this thought.
An accident occurred.
The handsome young man's head suddenly opened its eyes.
Their eyes met, and Lucas looked into those lifeless golden eyes.
His little heart stopped beating instantly.
Kosma stared intently at the man before him, a smile slowly curving on his lips. Unlike normal people, his teeth were remarkably sharp and white, like those of a beast.
This scene was quite unsettling.
His pupils trembled, and an ominous feeling arose in Lucas's heart. When he instinctively wanted to flee.
The upside-down head spoke, "You've finally come."
The voice was rough and hoarse, not like a youth, but rather like a dying old man.
Lucas paused.
"This guy... can he communicate?"
Since he could communicate, it wasn't so scary anymore, after all, the unknown was the source of fear.
Lucas's heart quickly calmed down again.
After some thought, Lucas met the other party's gaze.
"Who are you?"
"I am Kosma, Lucas."
The upside-down head spoke thusly.
Indeed...
This delicate-looking head of a young man before him was Kosma.
Lucas asked a question similar to the one he asked when he met Su last time.
"Why are you here?"
Kosma gave a similar answer to Su's: "To fight Honkai."
However, unlike that gray-haired man...
Lucas would ask a question, and Kosma would only respond to that question; he wouldn't rattle off a long string of words.
"Are you... dead?"
"Not yet."
Kosma shook his head.
Hearing this answer, Lucas's eyes widened.
What?
He's not dead even in this state.
How did Kosma do it?
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