Hearing the sound, the man with blond hair and black clothes turned his head and saw Su Ming'an covered in blood.
"Su Lin?" He glanced at Su Mingan: "Why are you here? Are you... here to accompany Xie Lude?"
"Elras?"
Su Mingan didn't expect that the leader of the soul hunter would come to the grounds of Yunshang Church.
"What's wrong with Sherrod?" he asked.
"It's okay, it's just a necessary punishment." Ellas said: "He let go of the soul clan that should be cleaned up. This is his punishment. This is the spiritual fire of the church, which can make people reflect in pain. .”
"This is the church's territory." Su Mingan emphasized, meaning that the soul hunting leader should not come to such a place.
"Well, I know. But I also have the responsibility to maintain the safety of Praia." Ellas said: "Before every sea feast, the Pope will retreat. I heard the news that this time the Pope entrusted There was something wrong with the substitute cardinal, so I came to take a look. Sure enough, all the nearby knights were transferred... huh? "
He raised his head and looked at the sky in the distance: "Why is there a fire over there in the Temple of Light?"
"It was the cardinal you said was wrong. He burned outlanders for sacrifice, and I killed him."
"Well...well done." Ellas said: "Su Lin, you are still my most trusted sword."
After he said this, he no longer meant to communicate. He just took out a cloth and wiped the shiny silver pistol in his hand.
Behind him, Xie Lude screamed in the transparent flames. The scream was extremely cruel, and it sounded like it was about to tear his vocal cords.
Ellas's movements were slow and slow, in stark contrast to the tragic scene behind him.
Su Mingan glanced at Xie Lude, who was in great pain, and looked away.
"How long will this punishment last?" he asked.
Looking at this horrific scene, if it continues like this, it will probably kill people to death.
Elras stopped what he was doing and seemed to be thinking:
"...until the power of light given to him by the church is burned out." He said, "About...until tomorrow morning?"
Su Mingan glanced at the time. It was now two o'clock in the morning: "Will I still be alive tomorrow morning?"
"Su Lin, the rules of the church are different from those of the soul hunter. Even if the available force violates the rules, they will abandon them mercilessly." Ellas said: "They strictly prohibit any favoritism. happened, as a knight, you must set an example... Sherrod, he let go of people who shouldn't have let go, and he should accept punishment."
“Where do the church rules come from?”
"Oracle." Elras said: "Are you going to violate the oracle of the gods in Yunshang City?"
Su Mingan didn't reply.
He wasn't very familiar with Xie Lude. The other party was at best an NPC with a high favorability rating, so he couldn't afford to mess with that god for him.
"Then I'll go back to sleep." Su Mingan pretended to leave.
As he turned around, his steps suddenly stopped.
He saw two soul hunters at the gate, escorting a man with trembling steps in.
She was wearing a black trousers and was slowly swaying in front of his eyes.
"...Before leaving, why not witness her ending." Ellas's voice came from behind him.
Su Mingan expected this scene.
He knew that if Soul Hunter wouldn't let Garder go, she wouldn't be able to leave even if she got on a merchant ship.
Xie Lude is just a knight of light, an existence under the church. He can't protect a person who the soul hunter must catch.
Su Ming'an just didn't expect that Soul Hunter could actually achieve this level.
——They would rather punish Sherud, board the merchant ship in person and take the old lady back by force than let her go.
...They actually want to go to such a point of killing everyone.
He looked at the door.
The old man's figure was still thin and shaky, just like every time Su Mingan saw her.
She held the photo in her hand and rubbed it slowly under the guard of the soul hunter. The light illuminated the photo and turned it into a golden color.
Then Su Mingan met her eyes.
She was looking at him, her eyes like thin pieces of broken porcelain. The light was frozen in her white, cloudy eyes, like a gradually dissolving tide.
Her face was flushed red by the cold night wind, her cheekbones were high, wrinkles stretched across her face, and the corners of her mouth were still raised, as if to comfort him.
"Su Lin." Elras's voice came slowly from the side: "I have always been very picky about my employment. I can let people with ambitions go by, and I can let people with evil intentions go by. I can also... trust. An outsider who doesn't know his temperament and has no handle, as long as he has enough power.
“...As long as he is human.
“Only if he’s human.
"so.
"I can trust an outsider who rushes back suddenly, or I can trust an outsider who doesn't know the details.
"...but I can't trust a soul clan."
"So what did Garder do wrong?" Su Mingan asked.
"Her fault is that she is a soul clan." Ellas responded.
"Who told you? Did she kill someone, hurt someone, or was discovered by other soul clans? Did she attack people, eat people, or did something evil?" Su Mingan didn't believe that she was a soul at all. clan.
There is no smell of soul clan on him from beginning to end, how could he be a soul clan.
"...You can't believe it." Ellas stared at him: "Because she was indeed a human being."
"once?"
"Because in order to support her family without her husband and son, she made a deal with Yunshang Church... She made a shocking decision." Ellas said: "... This is A very long story.
At that time, her daughter and granddaughter had not yet grown up, and the family had only one labor force.
Then, she also got sick.
In order to wait until her husband came back from Yunshang City, she signed up for the human experiment of Yunshang Church at that time.
——Yunshang Church successfully transformed her into a soul clan. "
"Are you making up a story?" Su Mingan said.
Elras laughed.
Hoarse wails sounded behind him, and the two soul hunters escorting the old lady passed in front of him. He stroked the back of his scarred hands and spoke softly.
"...Su Lin, what evidence do you have to disbelieve this story?" He said: "Because she is a transformed soul clan, her aura will not attract the attention of other soul clans. However, even if she is A failed product that has failed to be transformed, we still cannot let down our guard against her."
"So, when the Soul Clan's movements have become more and more recent, you can't bear it anymore and want to burn bridges." Su Mingan continued what he said: "The reason why I was issued a second cleaning mission is to let me, an outsider, go and clean this up." It was obviously a human soul clan that killed him?"
In his cold eyes, Ellas nodded slowly.
"That's right," he said.
Su Mingan laughed: "——But you didn't expect that the most ironic thing is that the church knight who acted with me, the most bright and righteous church knight, would have selfish motives, hide it from me, and even want to send her away."
Elras nodded.
"That's right." he said
"So, has she been harmful to anyone?" Su Ming'an asked.
"..." Ellas was silent.
"She doesn't have the power of the Soul Clan, doesn't have the speed of the Soul Clan, won't harm anyone, doesn't eat human flesh and blood - even so, you can't tolerate her?" Su Mingan asked again.
Ellas remained silent.
"——So, she won't harm anyone at all. Even the information in the mission report that a large number of people died on Thirteenth Street was lied to me? It was said in the mission report just to arouse my murderous intention, and then let her Should I kill her?" Su Mingan asked.
"...Yes." Elras replied.
"You guys are quite funny." Su Mingan concluded.
He finally understood why Ellas insists on saying that there are soul tribes on Thirteenth Street, even though there is no flavor of soul tribe there.
...Because the Soul Clan is Garder itself.
Even though she won't hurt or harm anyone, or eat human souls, she must die because her body is a body modified by the soul race.
Regardless of the nature of her soul.
Whether her thoughts are human or not.
…
[Xie Lude, her son was a sacrificed soul hunter, so logically there should be financial assistance. Why is life so difficult? 】
…
[Xie Lude, this is obviously an area that has been cleaned. Logically speaking, it is impossible for the Soul Clan to appear again. Why did a fish slip through the net? 】
…
Su Ming'an understood why Ellas had assigned him this task in the first place.
Ellas wanted to use Garde as an example, and told him after he killed her: Su Lin, you killed a soul race who was once a human, but because her body is a soul race, you must Kill her - this is what happens between humans and souls. The differences between races do not lie in ideological differences, but only in physical differences.
Elras wouldn't even tell him that she had done no harm to anyone. It only made him think that he had killed a soul clan that deserved to be killed.
...just because he once showed dissatisfaction with racial distinctions.
...Just because he once hesitated about the differences between the two races.
In order to better control his foreign sword, Ellas will use such a cruel and absurd teaching method to let him understand who "deserves to be killed".
Even if she is his kind neighbor grandma, this is no exception.
Such a self-proclaimed soul-hunting leader seemed no different from the pure soul-hunting leader he had seen like Lucia.
Elras even specially sent a light knight to follow him, trying to cut off his intention to be merciful. Unexpectedly, the first person to rebel was the Knight of Light who should strictly enforce the law, making Elras look like a joke.
...Even the Knight of Light does not approve of such killing behavior.
How ridiculous.
"Su Lin, her body no longer belongs to human beings. Her internal organs are all made of soul clan things." Ellas said: "At this critical juncture, we need to study the power inside her body. Even if it fails, She should also be recycled by us."
"Really? I agree with your point of view." Su Mingan said: "So, Ellas, at this critical juncture, as the strongest soul hunter, you should also be recycled. If you can be transformed by Yunshang Church As a soul clan, you may also be able to become a better fighting force."
"...Su Lin." Elras glanced at him: "Your previous behavior was not like this. Are you too excited?"
Su Ming took a moment to calm down.
It is undeniable that the world of Playa is indeed too real.
So much so that he felt empathy for an NPC-like character.
But rational knowledge also told him that the S-class mission could never be completed by watching Garder die.
"So, Elras, what do you want to do now?" He thought for a moment and then said.
"Let everything go according to the order it should have." Elras narrowed his eyes: "Shellud should be punished. However, since Garder is back, the results are not biased. According to the regulations of the Church on the Cloud, his punishment can be Halved.
As for you, Su Lin, go back to the East District and your room now. I won't hold you accountable for your behavior of crossing the line - everything in Praia is composed of due order, and you don't need to be a hero here. "
"..." Su Mingan was silent for a moment.
He didn't move, he just stood there with no intention of leaving.
If he backs off here, everything he's done going back will be in vain. Everything is the same as last week. The task is not completed either.
The mission requires that a "happy" ending be achieved.
…So what exactly counts as “everyone is happy”?
Save Garder? Or...
He looked at Elras.
The soul hunting leader was standing there looking at him, with a suppressed aura like the deep sea.
His strength should be comparable to Sevia.
Normally, Su Ming'an couldn't beat Ellas at all. but……
"Being a hero can only be called a hero if the person involved is not capable enough." Su Mingan said: "...Then what if I am capable enough?"
Elras was slightly startled.
The next moment, a dark figure appeared next to him.
Sevia, dressed in black robes with electric light flowing around his body, appeared behind him.
Before he could recover, Sevia put a hand on the back of his neck and pushed him to the ground.
The lightning flashed, and fine silver snakes flowed on his body. Ellas seemed to want to resist, and a figure appeared next to him.
The figure of a white-haired old man wearing a top hat and holding a cane slowly spliced together in the shadows, and a wrinkled face was smiling at him.
At the same moment when Alcherev appeared, there was a flash of white light, and the two soul hunters responsible for escorting him suddenly fainted without warning and fell to the ground.
"...Archerev, it's you." Ellas was pushed to the ground and barely raised his head.
He didn't expect it at all.
...Two high-ranking soul clans who are incompatible with each other will actually pledge allegiance to the same person.
What's ridiculous is that ten minutes ago, he still regarded that person as his most trusted sword.
He suddenly darkened his face: "Su Lin."
Su Mingan looked at him.
Elras looked at him with an extremely cold gaze.
"——Su Lin, you summoned these two people...do you want to lead the entire Soul Clan camp to formally declare war on Praia?"
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