【生肉搬运】鸟雀Passerine 第六章(下)(30)
Even the most fortified wall can fall with a single well-placed blow. And even the strongest god can fall with a single well-placed heartbreak.
“No.” Philza’s sword nearly slipped from his grip before he tightened his shaking fingers around it once more. “You’re lying. You must be.”
“Why would I lie?” Dream asked, his golden hair just shades darker than Tommy’s used to be. “You said it yourself. Resurrecting your son is the only reason you need me. Why would I give that up?”
There was a terrible sound, like the screech of a dying animal. It took Philza a moment to realize it was coming from his own throat. He moved without thinking, without breathing. He raised his sword high over his head and brought it crashing down on the god that had taken the remnants of hope from Philza’s grasp and dashed it against a wall. His blade shattered the marble pulpit, cutting the book the Green God had left on top of it into shreds of leather and paper, but when the dust settled, he found Dream standing unharmed a few paces away, looking unimpressed.
“No.” Philza’s sword nearly slipped from his grip before he tightened his shaking fingers around it once more. “You’re lying. You must be.”
“Why would I lie?” Dream asked, his golden hair just shades darker than Tommy’s used to be. “You said it yourself. Resurrecting your son is the only reason you need me. Why would I give that up?”
There was a terrible sound, like the screech of a dying animal. It took Philza a moment to realize it was coming from his own throat. He moved without thinking, without breathing. He raised his sword high over his head and brought it crashing down on the god that had taken the remnants of hope from Philza’s grasp and dashed it against a wall. His blade shattered the marble pulpit, cutting the book the Green God had left on top of it into shreds of leather and paper, but when the dust settled, he found Dream standing unharmed a few paces away, looking unimpressed.