great-warnovel Chapter 535 Love in the Age of Extinction
Chapter 535 Love in the Age of Extinction
Chapter 535 Love in the Age of Extinction
Compared to the fairies' fierce firepower, the danger of falling from the sky is far more deadly.
At this moment, they were already on the battlefield of the world's strongest beings.
Even the smallest speck of falling ash, or a single uninterrupted starlight, can turn into a terrifying disaster upon hitting the ground.
The spire in the city center, protected by the Holy Grail ritual and the power of the Fairy Emperor, has not suffered any damage for the time being, but other places are not so lucky.
As if struck by a series of meteorites, the central area of the city is now riddled with charred craters, and the fairies who died under these attacks can only accept their bad luck.
"This place is too dangerous! Remus needs more proper treatment!" James shouted, forcefully waving his staff to deflect a fairy curse.
"Don't worry about me, you guys figure out a way to retreat first," Lu Ping said, panting heavily.
"I also have a holy mark, and I will be transferred away if I encounter mortal danger."
Sirius shrugged. "We're not going to leave you here all alone." The war had made his long, flowing hair look a little messy, but it didn't diminish his free-spirited air.
"Besides, you're a werewolf, this little wound will heal in no time, and we still need to keep charging!"
"This is not a battlefield we should be in." Lupin smiled bitterly and looked up at the sky.
A single great wizard can be considered a mobile natural disaster, but there are five of the same level in the sky right now.
Even a slight, unintentional leak could be a catastrophe for the creatures below.
"Even a hundred Holy Seals wouldn't be enough here. Stop charging forward and retreat to stabilize the battle line!"
Compared to these Gryphon boys, he, the werewolf, was actually the most rational one here.
"I think people should be brave sometimes—" Tonks said, her head down, her hand covering the spot where Lupin had been wounded. The blood on her hand hadn't clotted yet, but the wound had already healed.
"?" Lu Ping felt the warm touch on his abdomen and blushed slightly.
Over the years, their relationship has grown closer with the encouragement and matchmaking of others, but there has always been a veil between them that they haven't been able to break through. Because of his werewolf identity, Lupin doesn't want to hold back this young, beautiful, and energetic girl in front of him.
However, Tonks always seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally getting close to him. Even this time, she had to pester Moody for a long time to get a spot in the vanguard of the Goblet of Fire Warriors.
Lupin has already intentionally kept his distance from her.
My thoughts were still racing when suddenly everything went black and a figure pressed against me.
Immediately afterwards, my lips were sealed by another warm sensation.
Lupin's eyes widened instantly as the magnificent strands of hair, constantly changing colors, swayed before his eyes.
"!?!?!"
Everyone else present was stunned when Tonks suddenly kissed him with incredible courage!
She straddled Lupin in a rather bold pose, expressing her affection in a highly aggressive manner.
"What are you doing!" Lupin finally broke free of the witch's restraints, backing away panting. He subconsciously licked the corner of his mouth; it wasn't broken, but it still had a slight dampness.
"If you see blood, you'll turn into a werewolf!" he said sternly, his blood also having a contagious curse effect.
But Tonks didn't care. She remained in her straddling position, pointing back at the Holy Grail atop the distant spire, the deep green curse flowing into it like water.
"Forget about turning into werewolves, all of humanity is in grave danger!"
With her clear, earnest eyes, she stared at the middle-aged man, who was both annoyed and embarrassed, and looked completely lost: "I just feel that I've been living too timidly in the past."
"If death were imminent, if all of humanity were to disappear in the next second, and I couldn't let you know I love you before then, how much I would regret it!"
Explosions and the whooshing of bullets swept overhead and around us, and a moment of silence suddenly descended upon the small bunker.
Sirius subtly pulled James back: "Brother, listen to me, we absolutely cannot interrupt right now—"
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"You always overthink things, about the future, about tomorrow, about what other people think—things that don't really matter," Tonks glared at him.
Lupin was about to say his usual cliché—that he was too old, too poor, too dangerous, etc.—but Tonks interrupted him with a barrage of words.
"But what about yourself? I love you! And I know you love me too!" She crawled closer and closer to the werewolf.
Lupin wanted to back away, but for some reason, his limbs felt weak and powerless, and he could only let the girl approach him.
"Why can't we say it? Before humanity goes extinct!"
Boom!
In the sky, the bright moon collided with the demonic star, and fierce flames, intertwined with curses, exploded.
Like a final, resounding echo at the end of the century, or like the grand tolling of a grand auditorium bell.
Tonks suddenly hugged Lupin, while the werewolf stood frozen in place. For the first time, he realized that compared to this girl who was much younger than him, he was so timid, unlike a werewolf, much less a Gryffindor.
Beneath the torn starry sky, shrouded in the shadows of war and demonic light, a pair of rough, large hands finally reached out to embrace the warmth that had been thrown into their arms, and held the girl close.
"I love you—Tonks—I love you!" The girl didn't like being called Nymphadora; she was Tonks.
From whispered murmurs to loud affirmations, the werewolf finally confronted his love and his own heart.
"I think there's another reason why humanity shouldn't go extinct~" Sirius squinted, smiling like a fox that had just stolen some meat.
The towering buildings collapsing with a deafening roar, the blood and screams forming a continuous narrative, yet none of this could shatter this moment of tenderness—this is precisely the greatest power of humankind.
After a long while, perhaps because he was holding her too tightly and had difficulty breathing, Lu Ping blushed and let go.
"Now is not a good time for romance—we've already wasted too much time."
17
Harry chuckled mischievously, "It's alright, Ron can hold out for a hundred years."
The boy with the round shield and magic wand was constantly reinforcing the defensive barrier, so that the cannon fire could only splash up magical flowers.
"Ahem—" Lupin coughed awkwardly, pulled Tonks to his feet, and rested for a while, which did make him feel much better.
"Hey, don't look at us like that, this is a battlefield." He said, as the witch next to him nudged him with her elbow.
Even Tonks, with everyone staring at him like that, had his face and hair turn bright red, almost burning up.
Lupin quickly changed the subject: "Listen, guys, I've got an idea."
He pointed to the broken high-rise building, its interior crisscrossing pipes resembling a dense network of intertwined snakes.
"It's too dangerous outside. Those goblins are frantically preventing the wizards from getting close to the spire—but the interior of the building, especially the underground, is relatively safe and won't be affected by any unforeseen disasters falling from the sky."
Perhaps love truly inspired this werewolf, leading him to find a new way to solve the problem.
"The fairy city also has complex underground facilities, and Grindelwald showed us that there are mountains of human corpses beneath the spire!"
He looked at Harry: "That's also one of the power systems for the Wish Cup, and it looks like evil dark magic. Harry's animal form should work on it. We can sneak into these buildings and find our way down!"
The previous raiders happened to possess exceptional skill in using the Tracking and Manifestation Charms, which they could now use to find the right path.