Chapter 3374 Darkness at Dawn

When Ingres was very young, he heard Jon mention that truly beautiful art always leaves people with a feeling of "not being finished" and lingering aftertaste at the moment of its ending.

At this moment, when he heard the abrupt end of "Black Sheep's Confession", and saw the priest and the Cathedral of Heaven buried in the sea of ​​fire in the perspective of art, Ingres also felt a sense of "not being finished".

Even though Ingres did not witness the whole process and only arrived before the finale, the feeling of lingering aftertaste was still very strong just by listening to this last chapter.

"Luigi's performance has improved again..." Ingres murmured in a low voice.

When in Shock's Haunted House, Luigi's performance had not reached this level; but now, even Ingres, who has listened to "Black Sheep's Confession" many times, can empathize with it.

This is not an improvement in skills, but a sublimation of emotions.

Angel once saw a comment on singing in the holographic tablet: "No skills, all emotions"; and Luigi's performance this time was not only "all emotions", but also "natural skills".

Even with Angel's appreciation level, he thought that this performance was definitely much better than the previous "Yang", "Night Bird Rhapsody", "Three Chapters of Sbro"...

I just don't know what kind of seat Uriel will give for this performance?

Angel cast his eyes on Uriel.

However, when he saw Uriel's expression, Angel was suddenly stunned.

Because Uriel's expression was too strange.

His eyes were dancing, and tears kept falling, but his expression was extremely indifferent.

The tears and the calm and indifferent expression seemed to be separated by a gap, and they were in two different worlds.

At first, Angel was quite confused, but he soon reacted.

It was Uriel's... dream state that disappeared.

Uriel must have been moved and empathized by the meaning of this piece of music, so he couldn't help but shed tears; however, he was still in the "dream" state when he shed tears. Now that the song is over, the "dream" state disappears, and Uriel has returned to the category of normal NPCs.

The tears of the dream state remain on the face of ordinary NPCs.

This is why the current state is weirdly different.

However, although Uriel's dream state has been lifted, from his tears, it can be guessed that he should be very satisfied with "Black Sheep Confession Song".

I just don't know what place Uriel will give Luigi because of this piece of music?

Will it be a blockbuster and enter the top three?

Thinking of this, Angel's eyes are fixed on Uriel, waiting for his judgment...

...

At the same time, in a distant space and time.

Dasman Empire, Dawn City.

Dawn City covered by the night is less lively than in the daytime, and more deadly silent.

There were only the cries of night crows and the rustling cries from an unknown place.

In a corner of Dawn City, on the second floor of a shabby attic, a man lying on a pile of dirty clothes suddenly woke up from his sleep.

He opened his eyes and stared at the dark ceiling, lost in thought.

"I, I seemed to hear a piece of music, and saw flames, churches, and countless corpses... and a demon performing a sad song in the flames?" The depressed man with stubble suddenly shook his head: "No, it's not a demon, it seems to be a person."

The man murmured in a low voice and sat up from the bed.

He looked around and finally confirmed that he had just... had a dream.

That dream was beautiful, but cruel.

But it was so cruel that he was willing to indulge in it.

"Uriel, Uriel..." The man laughed at himself in a low voice: "Are you already a person who seeks value in dreams?"

With a bitter smile, Uriel walked down from the messy bed, wearing only a pair of pajamas, and then he pushed open the bedroom door naked and came to the balcony.

He planned to wake up.

The Dasman Empire is now in midsummer, but even so, he couldn't help shivering when a gust of night wind blew.

Because of this shiver, his chaotic head became a little clearer.

Leaning on the balcony railing, he lit a cigarette, looking at the sleeping Dawn City, silently inhaling and exhaling smoke.

Dawn City is very vast, but most of the houses are very low, so even if Uriel is just standing on the second-floor attic balcony, he can see the outline of the building far away.

Almost all the buildings have been brought into a sweet dream at this time, only the landmark building in the center of Dawn City - the Glorious Church, still has bright lights on.

Therefore, Uriel's eyes were involuntarily attracted by the Glorious Temple.

"Under the background of the goddess of night, it is really holy and beautiful." Uriel sighed softly, with an unknown complexity in his decadent eyes: "But who can know that in such a holy temple, deep inside is..."

Uriel exhaled a smoke ring.

The smoke slowly dissipated in the darkness in front of him.

When the smoke dissipated, Uriel suddenly saw a building more than ten meters away, with the faint light of a gas lamp.

Through the open window and the faint light, he saw a woman crying with her knees hugged.

The faint crying sound in the air before came from her.

As a neighbor, Uriel naturally knew this crying woman, and he even knew why she was crying.

Because her newlywed husband is a gambler.

Just look at her bare new house and you will know that her husband has sold almost everything that can be sold. If her gambler husband still intends to sell, then the only thing that can be sold is probably herself.

Her crying is not only because her husband who hates to marry is disqualified, but also because she is sad for her own uncertain future.

"She can cry, which means her husband is not at home. If he is not at home so late, the only place he can go is the casino... The win or loss tonight may determine her future." Uriel shook his head and couldn't bear to watch.

They are all miserable people, even himself. He has no other way except pity...

His eyes moved away from the lights of the neighbor's house and once again looked at the glorious church that was still dazzling in the night.

At some point, a thin mist descended and enveloped the church.

From a distance, this layer of mist looked like... smoke exhaled.

Thinking of this, a trace of haze flashed in Uriel's eyes.

Tobacco and gambling, anyone who lives here knows that they are the source of darkness and the root of all evil.

Even the Glorious Church promotes it this way.

But as long as you have a little social status, you will know that tobacco and gambling are actually the two invisible pillar industries of Dawn City. And the big boss behind them is... the Glorious Church.

In Dawn City, oh, not only that, in the entire Dasman Empire, the Glorious Church has such a glorious image, but who knows that behind such a bright image is a filth and dirt.

"Is religion and church so dirty behind them?" Uriel muttered in a low voice, and suddenly, he was stunned for a moment: "Why do I say 'all'?"

Just as Uriel asked himself in doubt, two pictures suddenly flashed in his mind.

On one side is the church representing the sky, which is also the backer of the powerful class.

On the other side are the poor people and the pious priests who listen to the suffering.

Two images kept changing in Uriel's mind... The memory trapped in the Sea of ​​Dreams, accompanied by strong music, rushed into his mind.

He remembered.

In the dream, he saw the rampage of another religion.

In the dream, he smelled the smell of blood covered by flames.

In the dream, he heard the sad song performed by the priest with his life...

Although it was another religion, what he showed was no different from the Glorious Church of the Dasman Empire.

Even the "pure priests" and "dead believers" can find corresponding people in the Glorious Church... Even Uriel himself knows such a person.

And that person is his partner.

It's just that his partner did not take the priest's script, but took the old path of believers who died under the oppression of the powerful.

"Why do I dream about these... Is it you?"

"Is this the music you performed for me?"

"Are you asking me to let go, or are you asking me to burn the last madness like that priest?"

Uriel closed his eyes and remained silent on the balcony for a long time.

It was not until the tobacco burned to the tip of his finger that the slight burning sensation brought his mind back to his senses; he pondered for a moment, flicked off the ash on his hand, and turned back to the house.

It was still midnight, and he should have gone to bed. But at this moment, he didn't want to sleep at all, and he unconsciously walked to the piano beside the bed.

He hadn't opened the piano since he came here.

The piano stand was covered with dust.

Uriel was silent for a while, sat on the stool, and opened the piano cover.

After so long, the lost desire to play was rekindled. He wanted to reproduce the performance in his dream.

Whether this was a reminder from "him" or not, Uriel wanted to remember it and keep it in his heart.

The piano sound started.

The flowing notes, like wings, echoed in the darkness.

From gentle to fierce, from innocent to cruel, from cold to blazing fire...

When Uriel finished playing the last note, his face was already full of sweat, and his hair was wet and stuck to his forehead.

He hadn't played for too long, and his physical strength was not as good as before.

But after playing with all his strength, he felt more and more hearty.

Uriel was panting heavily, his body was very tired, but his face was full of smiles.

The fatigue did not affect his spiritual joy.

"It's been a long time since I wanted to perform a piece of music so much..." Uriel whispered to himself, with nostalgia and reform in his eyes: "The chief should like this piece of music, right?"

"I don't know who performed this piece of music in the dream."

Every time Uriel thought about the person who performed the music, he would feel that there was an unspeakable force that isolated his memory.

The only thing he remembered was that the other party seemed to be performing the music with a harp, and performed it in front of him more than once.

"Such frequent and active performances are a bit like the test for the Imperial Music Orchestra." Uriel murmured to himself.

"By the way, if it is this piece of music, the seat should at least be in..."

"Top three?"

...

"Top three?" Luigi's eyes flashed with doubt: "Really top three?"

After Luigi finished performing "Black Sheep Confession Song", his eyes were always on Uriel.

He could see that Uriel was crying silently, and seemed to be infected by the tragic song of fire in "Black Sheep Confession Song".

However, no matter how Uriel cried, the result never came out.

This was a little different from the situation when Luigi came to reserve seats. Before, every time the performance was finished, the fairyland prompt would pop up immediately. This time, almost ten minutes had passed, and Uriel was motionless, as if he had turned into a wooden man.

Just as Luigi was anxiously waiting for the result, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears.

"If nothing unexpected happens, this time the reservation test should be in the top three."

The only person who can talk to him directly in the dungeon is undoubtedly Angel.

Luigi was not surprised that Angel "watched" his reservation. He was more surprised by the reservation ranking mentioned by Angel.

This is why he asked aloud before.

He was not asking Uriel, who was dumbfounded, but Angel, who was silently watching the attic outside the box.

Angel was not talking nonsense when he said "top three reservations".

Instead, he saw the messy information coming out of Uriel.

As a challenger, Luigi can only passively accept the fairyland prompts, and he can't see the various fairyland information around Uriel.

But Angel can.

As the controller of the fairyland power, in his eyes, various fairyland prompts are constantly escaping from Uriel's head.

It's just a little strange that these fairyland prompts are like the letter that Uriel took out at the beginning, and the content inside is constantly changing.

Perhaps, only when the "letter" is really handed over to Luigi, the fairyland prompts will be fixed.

However, even though the fairyland prompts are constantly changing at this time, from the existing information, Luigi's seat should have been fixed in the top three.

The reason for this is that the first sentence of all the changing fairyland prompts is the same: "Special Dream "Uriel's Choice" Main Quest 3, Challenge Successful."

In the past, every time Luigi challenged for a seat, the first sentence that popped up must be: "Special Dream "Uriel's Choice" Main Quest 3, Challenge Failed."

And to succeed, you must reach the top three seats.

Now that the first sentence of the fairyland hint has become a success, it means that Uriel has already placed his seat in the top three.

It's just that which one of the top three is still "changing".

But no matter which one, in Angel's opinion, the challenge has been successful.

Originally, Angel didn't want to tell Luigi the result in advance, but Luigi didn't know why, after this performance, his expression was very strange, his face was pale, his eyes were vague, and even his lips were trembling... Angel thought about it, and quietly gave Luigi a little spoiler.