第15章 「死亡女士」
  “你们是谁?!”卡西利亚斯厉声喝道,手中拉格伽多尔之环(sparkling rings of raggadorr)已然成型。
  乌木喉看著卡西利亚斯的魔法,有些不屑,他依然不理解为什么『父亲』会那么忌惮弱小的米德加德人。
  “走开!”卡西利亚斯的声音沙哑而充满敌意,
  “我这里不需要陌生人,更不需要外星怪物!我需要安静!”
  他手中的拉格伽多尔之环並未散去,反而更加明亮,显示著他內心的警惕和不安。
  罗森对於他的敌意毫不在意,他缓步上前,並未靠近卡西利亚斯,而是走向那两块並排的墓碑。
  他小心翼翼地將手中那束造型奇特、瓣层层叠叠宛如宝塔的莲,轻轻放在了墓前。
  “这种,在我的故乡,”罗森的声音平静而清晰,仿佛在与老朋友閒聊,
  “被称为『往生莲』。它象徵著生命的轮迴与不息。放在这里,或许比冰冷的石头更合適。”
  他转过身,看向依旧警惕的卡西利亚斯,目光仿佛能穿透他强装的坚强,直抵那颗破碎的心。
  “而且,我觉得比起绝对的安静,你此刻更需要的,是能再次听到你妻儿热闹声音的方法。”
  卡西利亚斯瞳孔骤缩,厉声质问:“你怎么知道我的事?!”
  他自认在卡玛泰姬也並非人尽皆知他的过往。
  罗森微微歪头,语气带著一种理所当然的平淡:
  “来到这片墓地的人,十有八九都怀著与你相似的想法——渴望再见逝者一面,再听一次他们的声音。只不过...”
  他顿了顿,目光扫过这片墓园:“他们……做不到而已。”
  “哼,”卡西利亚斯讥讽地冷笑一声,手中的魔法环消散了一些,但敌意未减,
  “听你的口气,难道你觉得你可以做到?就凭你和你身后那个怪胎?你知道我来自哪里吗?卡玛泰姬都做不到的事,妄动生死,只会引来可怕的后果!”
  “可怜的人,”罗森轻轻摇头,脸上露出一种近乎怜悯的宽容,
  “你的视野,限制了你的高度。或许在你看来,卡玛泰姬和古一法师已经是地球上魔法力量的顶点,是了不得的存在。”
  他的声音略微提高:
  “但当你將目光投向这片浩瀚的宇宙,你就会发现,卡玛泰姬……不过是一颗稍微亮眼点的尘埃罢了。生死界限,在真正的宇宙伟力面前,並非不可逾越的天堑。”
  听到这里,连乌木喉都忍不住侧目,这小子真的知道他在说什么吗?
  米德加德人確实弱小,但死者復生即使是在宇宙中,也是无人掌握的权柄,无论在哪里,这都是能够让无数人为之疯狂的力量。
  卡西利亚斯被这番话震住了。对方的口气太大了,但他却不由自主的想去相信...因为,这是他唯一的希望了。
  他死死盯著罗森:
  “你……你到底是谁?来自哪里?你找上我,有什么目的?”
  罗森笑了笑,那笑容高深莫测:
  “我是谁,来自哪里,並不重要。你只需要知道,我確实有事需要你去做。但在那之前……”
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  他的目光再次投向那两座坟墓,语气变得奇异:“我觉得,你需要先和你的妻子、孩子,好好『聊一聊』。”
  话音刚落,罗森忽然对身后的乌木喉道:“捂住耳朵。”
  乌木喉皱紧眉头,枯瘦的脸上充斥著荒谬,他悬浮在那里一动不动。
  让他听从命令已是不易,这种近乎儿戏的指令他根本懒得理会。
  罗森瞥了他一眼,也不强求,只是淡淡冲卡西利亚斯补充了一句:“你也是。”
  反正他通知到了,有人硬要作死,那他也拦不住不是?
  毕竟接下来他要干的事,连他自己都觉得刺激。
  罗森做出了一个让卡西利亚斯和乌木喉都意想不到的动作——他伸出手,轻轻捏碎了那朵。
  瓣碎裂的瞬间,如同拥有生命般环绕著罗森的手指飞舞。
  与此同时,罗森的意识沉入脑海。
  【调查技能——发动!目標:『死亡』概念!】
  瞬间,他的视界发生了翻天覆地的变化!
  眼前不再是墓园,无数的信息流如同奔腾的江河般涌过他的意识海!
  关於“死亡”的规则、定义、象徵、权柄、化身……无数难以理解的宇宙真理和信息疯狂闪烁!
  这几乎超出了他目前能承受的极限,脑袋如同要炸开!但【永恆族始祖之力】和【魔力之源(∞)】提供了强大的支撑,【调查技能】疯狂运转,筛选、解析那浩瀚的信息!
  终於,在那无尽的信息洪流深处,他捕捉到了一个独一无二的、代表著宇宙死亡规则本源的……真名!
  一个强大到难以想像、执掌著所有生命终局的宇宙实体的真名!
  罗森猛地睁开眼睛,他的瞳孔深处仿佛有冰冷的星辰生灭。
  他无视了几乎要因为信息过载而裂开的头痛,集中起刚刚获得的永恆族始祖之力和庞大的魔力,对著那片被炼化碎片笼罩著的墓地区域,轻轻地、却无比清晰地——
  诵念出了那个真名!
  时间仿佛停止了流动。
  墓园里瀰漫的悲伤、卡西利亚斯的绝望、乌木喉的惊骇……一切世俗的情绪都被一种更高维度的、冰冷而绝对的“存在感”所覆盖。
  没有惊天动地的异象,但在罗森的感知中,一个无法用形状、大小、顏色来具体描述的“意念”,跨越了无尽维度和时空,悄然“注视”了过来。
  一道仿佛由无数生命终结时嘆息匯聚而成的、空灵而淡漠的声音,直接在罗森的灵魂深处响起:
  “一个……有趣的呼唤。一个並非我选定代言者,也非宇宙元老的存在……竟能知晓我的真名?”
  那“声音”带著一丝纯粹的好奇。
  “嗯?一个人类的灵魂本质……却承载著近乎无限的魔力源泉?有趣。你是某个新生的维度魔神?不对……维度魔神的无限魔力局限於其自身维度,你的这种『无限』……更本质,更像……规则本身?”
  死亡女士的低语仿佛在层层剖析罗森的存在。