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N/P: Disarmonia Mundi-Celestial Furnace
With your death, I'd finally relieve myself from this mortal coil.
I turned. I couldn't let them see me. I couldn't let them know of my pain.
I still smiled and laughed as Lu Xun grew smarter and stronger. I still backhanded Gan Ning each time he called me Old Man.
And I still rolled my eyes and held back Ling Tong as he tried to kill Gan Ning again.
I'm the third generation strategist of Wu. Zhou Yu fell before my eyes. As did Lu Su.
The only one who believed in me.
It was he who turned me into the man I am. I put my drinks away, and began to read. Began to learn.
I let out another cough. Wondering when I became so cold.
I shiver.
Fan Castle.
This would be my final resting place. Where my soul could finally be set free.
Would I die in peace?
Would I lose my head?
Die in a pool of my own blood?
I stared at the castle before me. A cold breeze breathes through me.
I shiver again.
Xu Huang looks at me. His face is somber. The words escape me.
"Master Pang De has fallen."
In the distance, a horse runs solo, its tail cutting through the rain, as if it's crying.
Lord Cao Ren stands alone at Fan Castle.
His buckler blade cutting down all those who opposed him.
Though a hater of war, he fought only to end the wars.
Someone had to tell him about the Endless Cycle.
War begets war.
Something I learned ages ago.
I gripped my pike. By now, Xu Huang was a passing glance. His sad eyes told the tale. He stood back to back, standing his ground beside Cao Ren.
I had to do my part.
A breathe, and another violent fit of coughs.
Lu Xun says nothing.
He only watches me with admiration.
In his eyes, I do no wrong.
Even though I'm a betrayer.
Sun Quan married his sister to Liu Bei to secure an alliance.
Here I am sticking a knife into their backs.
Like I cared for their love.
What was love?
All I knew was to fight. To ruin lives.
Set me free...
Strategy.
Betrayal.
All falling pieces of a Go board.
Like the falling rain around me.
Like the sounds of a dying era.
Jing Province belonged to Wu now.
I stand in front of my rival, glaring him in the eyes.
He shows no fear.
He understands me.
Still arrogant.
He speaks, yet I have nothing to say.
He knows.
One second from death.
This is where I draw my last breath.
With you.
"Then you know...I have nothing to lose."
Who would know this story?
Guan Yu died.
I would fall too.
My sins flow through this body.
Even in death, he strikes me.
He falls, I fall.
An invisible connection.
Red dragon.
Green dragon.
Together we soar.
Only your death will set me free.
