There is no doubt that it was the Duke who saved him.

It seems a little unexpected, but it is also reasonable.

After all, the Duke has always been mysterious and knows a lot, so it makes sense for him to appear here now.

"The battle between you and Heisenberg was really exciting, but Miranda suddenly appeared, making the ending of the battle not so perfect..."

In the swaying carriage, the Duke's nagging voice sounded.

"Well--"

Ethan shook his groggy head:

"How long has it been?"

"Oh, it's almost dawn now,"

The Duke replied:

"You have been unconscious for several hours."

"so……"

Ethan reluctantly stood up, struggled to cheer up, and said weakly:

"Duke, do me a favor, I have to find Miranda, Rose is still in her hands."

"Oh, I knew you would say that,"

The Duke was not surprised by Ethan's request:

"We are on the road now and will be there soon."

"call--"

Hearing this, Ethan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief:

"Thank you, Duke."

After saying that, there was a brief silence in the carriage.

Until the Duke spoke again:

"But Ethan... do you really want to go? Your body... seems to be collapsing."

"certainly."

Ethan's answer was without hesitation.

"That's right," the Duke laughed at himself, "but I didn't ask more."

salad--!

Talk!

The carriage also stopped.

"If you insist on going, Mr. Winters, I'm afraid you will never be able to return to the world before..."

The Duke spoke for the last time before getting out of the car.

The world before.

Obviously, the Duke's words were intended with a double meaning.

The so-called "cannot return to the previous world" not only means that Ethan can no longer experience the warmth of being with his wife and daughter, but more importantly - as his body continues to deteriorate and collapse, the mold that has sustained his life for the past three years has

, and now it has reached the point where it has reached the end of its strength.

"So, are you ready?"

came the Duke's voice.

Ethan, after a moment of silence, pulled out the shotgun, loaded the bullets one by one, and then pulled the bolt!

Click!

"I must save Rose."

Like all fathers in the world.

No matter how my body collapses.

But as far as flesh and blood is concerned, he will always be that silent but reliable majestic mountain.

From the day you were born, I was ready to burn and sacrifice at any time.

Because you are my child and the person I love most in my life.

The little girl strayed into the dark forest and was kidnapped by the evil witch.

The brave father rushed into the jungle without hesitation to rescue his daughter.

He fought with bloody bats, played games with weird puppets, fought with ugly big fish, and started a life-and-death battle with fierce steel horses.

Now, his heart was ripped out by the evil witch.

But the soul remains strong.

anyway!

He wants to save his child, even if he has to sacrifice everything for it!

And at the same time——

…

On the altar!

The barrier composed of mycelium is like a dark dome shrouding a dark ritual.

Miranda opened her hands and sang loudly, her passionate tone full of fanatical hope!

"Come to me—my Eva—"

"Ah - my dear daughter, I miss you so much -"

As she spoke, Miranda put her hands into the thick black water.

A little baby was slowly picked up by her from the black slime mold surging under the altar!

It is Rose who has come back from the dead!

However, the next second!

Gurgling——

The moment Miranda held up the resurrected Rose, she felt something abnormal in her body!

Immediately afterwards, the thick black bacterial liquid in her eye sockets poured out uncontrollably, which not only interrupted her generous and enthusiastic chanting, but also made her feel as if she had been severely injured and was on the verge of collapse!

"Uh-huh!"

Miranda staggered half a step and looked at the infant Rose with fear:

"My...my power...my power has been taken away?!"

As the most powerful individual of the fungal virus, Rose is actually frantically extracting Miranda's power!

"My power...my power is being sucked away?!"

Oops!

Miranda's eyes were filled with horror!

The resurrected baby is still Rose, not her daughter Eva!

Moreover, she seemed to have far underestimated Rose's power!

Although Rose was just a little baby at this time, still in her infancy.

But at the moment of her resurrection, like a thirsty plant, she crazily sucked in the power of the fungus owner.

And this innate ability does not depend on subjective consciousness at all.

It is the absolute control of higher creatures over lower creatures, a kind of taking and taking that is comparable to the coming of a real god!

Even Miranda is helpless against this absolutely crushing power extraction!

And right now!

Crack - squeak -

Just listen to the sound of branches breaking and breaking!

A pair of hands actually tore Miranda's slime barrier apart.

Immediately afterwards, a thundering roar sounded!

"Miranda! I'm back!"

"Now, take my daughter—"

"give me back!!!"
To be continued...