Hearing the voice, the blond man in black turned his head and saw Su Mingan covered in blood.

"Su Rin?" He glanced at Su Ming'an: "Why are you here? Are you... here to accompany Xie Lude?"

"Elrath?"

Su Ming'an did not expect that the leader of this soul hunter would come to the boundary of Yunshang Church.

"What's wrong with Shelud?" he asked.

"It's nothing, it's just a necessary punishment." Ellas said: "He let go of the souls who should be cleaned up, and this is his punishment. This is the fire of the church's heart, which can make people reflect in pain ."

"This is the boundary of the church." Su Ming'an emphasized, meaning that the leader of the soul hunter 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 each feast at sea, the Pope will retreat. I heard the news that this Pope entrusted The substitute cardinal is not quite right, so I will take a look. Sure enough, the knights in the vicinity have been transferred... eh?"

He raised his head and looked at the sky in the distance: "Why is there a fire over there at the Temple of Light?"

"It was the red-clothed bishop you said was wrong. He burned outsiders to worship and was killed by me."

"Well... Well done." Ellas said, "Su Rin, you are still my most trusted sword."

After he said this, he had no intention of communicating, and just took out the cloth and wiped the silver pistol on his hand.

Behind him, Xie Lude screamed in the transparent flames, the screams were extremely tragic, and they were transmitted as if they were about to tear their 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 extreme pain, and looked away.

"How long will this punishment last?" he asked.

Looking at this terrifying scene, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that people will die in pain.

Ellas stopped his movements and seemed to be thinking:

"...until the power of light given to him by the church is exhausted." He said, "About...tomorrow morning?"

Su Mingan glanced at the time, it was two o'clock in the morning: "Tomorrow morning, will you still be alive?"

"Su Rin, the rules of the church are different from those of Soul Hunter. Even the available living power, once they violate the rules, will be mercilessly abandoned by them." Ellas said: "They strictly forbid favoritism. As a knight, you have to lead by example... Xie Lude, he should be punished for letting people who shouldn't be let go."

"Where are the church rules?"

"The oracle." Ellas said, "Are you going to violate the oracle of the gods of Cloud City?"

Su Ming'an didn't answer.

He and Xie Lude are not too familiar with each other. At best, the other party is only an NPC with a high favorability score.

"Then I'll go back to sleep." Su Mingan pretended to leave.

When he turned around, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

He saw that at the gate, two soul hunters walked in with a trembling footstep.

She was wearing a black coarse cloth and short brown, and she was slowly swinging from his eyes.

"... Before leaving, why don't you witness her ending." Ellas' voice came from behind him.

Su Mingan expected this scene.

He knew that if Soul Hunt wouldn't let Garde go, she wouldn't be able to go even if she got on a merchant ship.

Xie Lude is just a knight of light, an existence under the church, and he can't protect a soul hunter who must be caught.

Su Ming'an just didn't expect that Soul Hunter would actually be able to do this.

——They would rather punish Xie Lude, they would rather board the merchant ship themselves and bring the old lady back by force, rather than let them go.

...they really want to do this kind of slaughter.

He looked at the door.

The old man's figure was still thin and shaky, just like every time Su Mingan saw her.

Holding the photo in her hand, she was slowly grinding it under the guards of Soul Hunter, and the light shone golden on the photo.

Then Su Mingan met her eyes.

She was looking at him, her eyes like thin pieces of broken porcelain. The light froze in her white, cloudy eyes, like a melting tide.

Her face was blown red by the cold night wind, her cheekbones were high, the wrinkles were drawn on her face, and the corners of her mouth were still upturned, as if to comfort him.

"Su Rin." Ellas's voice came slowly from the side: "My employment has always been very indifferent. I can let people with ambitions, let go of people with bad intentions. I can also... trust An outsider with no temperament and no handle, as long as he has enough power.

"...as long as he's human.

"Only he is human.

"so.

"I can trust an outsider who rushed back suddenly, and I can also trust an outsider soul hunter who doesn't know the details.

"...But I can't trust a soul clan."

"So what did Garde do wrong?" Su Mingan asked.

"She was wrong because she was a soul clan." Ellas responded.

"Who told you? Did she kill someone, hurt someone, or was discovered by another soul clan? Did she attack someone, eat someone, or did something evil?" Su Ming'an didn't believe she was a soul at all. clan.

There is no soul clan smell on the body from beginning to end, how can it be a soul clan.

"...You can't believe it should be." Ellas looked at him: "Because she was indeed a human once."

"once?"

"Because in order to support her home without her husband and without her son. She made a deal with Yunshang Church... She made a shocking decision." Ellas said: "... This is the A very long story.

At that time, her daughter and granddaughter had not grown up, and the family had only one labor force.

Then, she got sick too.

In order to wait until her husband came back from Yunshang City, she signed up for the human experiment at Yunshang Church at that time.

——Going to the church in the cloud, successfully transformed her into a soul clan. "

"Are you making up a story?" Su Mingan said.

Ellas laughed.

A hoarse wailing sounded behind him, and the two soul hunters who were escorting the old lady passed by in front of his eyes. He stroked the back of his scarred hand, and his voice was shallow.

"...Su Rin, then what evidence do you have for not believing this story?" He said, "Because she is a transformed soul clan, her breath will not attract the attention of other soul clans. However, even if she is a soul clan. We still can't let our guard down on the failed product that has been transformed."

"So, when the movement of the soul clan is getting louder and louder recently, you can't bear it anymore and want to cross the river and demolish the bridge." Su Ming'an continued his words: "I issued a second cleaning task to me, just want me, an outsider, to take this It was clearly the human soul race that killed it?"

In his cold eyes, Ellas nodded slowly.

"Yes," he said.

Su Mingan laughed: "—but you didn't expect that, the most ironic thing is that the most bright and righteous church knight who acted with me would be selfish, lied to me, and wanted to send her away."

Ellas nodded.

"Yes," he said

"So, is she harmful to others?" Su Ming'an asked.

"..." Ellas was silent.

"Without the power of the Soul Clan, without the speed of the Soul Clan, it won't harm anyone, and it won't eat human flesh--even so, you can't tolerate her?" Su Mingan asked again.

Ellas remained silent.

"—So, she won't hurt anyone at all. Even the information about the large number of dead people on Thirteenth Street in the mission report lied to me? The mission report said so, just to arouse my murderous intention, and then let me I killed her?" Su Mingan asked.

"...Yes." Ellas replied.

"You guys are funny." Su Ming'an summed it up.

He finally knew that there was no soul clan on Thirteenth Street, so why Ellas insisted that there were soul clans there.

...because the Soul Race is Garde himself.

Even if it doesn't hurt people, hurts people, and doesn't eat human souls, but because her body is a body transformed by the soul clan, she must die.

Regardless of the nature of her soul.

Whether or not her thoughts belong to human beings.

...

[Xie Lude, her son is a sacrificial soul hunter. It stands to reason that there should be financial assistance. Why is it so hard? 】

...

[Xie Lude, this is an area that has already been cleaned up. It stands to reason that there will be no more soul clans. Why are there fish that slip through the net? 】

...

Su Ming'an understood why Ellas had given him this task at the beginning.

Ellas wanted to use Garde as an example and tell him after he killed her: Su Rin, you killed a soul clan who was once a human, but because her body is a soul clan, you must get Kill her - that's what happens between humans and souls. Races are not distinguished by intellectual differences, but only by physical differences.

Elrath wouldn't even tell him that she didn't hurt anyone. Only let him think that he killed a soul clan that should be killed.

...just because he once showed his dissatisfaction with racial divisions.

...just because he once hesitated about the difference between the two races.

In order to better control his foreign knife, Ellas will use such a cruel and absurd teaching method to make him understand who is "deserving of killing".

Even if she is his kind neighbor grandma, no exception.

Such a self-proclaimed righteous soul hunter leader seems to be no different from the pure soul clanist like Lucia he has seen.

Ellas even specially sent a light knight to follow him, trying to cut off his sympathy. Unexpectedly, the first to turn against the water was the Bright Knight who should strictly enforce the law, which made Ellas look like a joke.

... Even the Knights of Light would not approve of such an act of killing.

How ridiculous.

"Su Rin, her body no longer belongs to human beings, and the internal organs are 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 Ming'an 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 Rin." Ellas glanced at him: "You didn't behave like this before, are you too excited?"

Su Ming settled down and calmed down.

It is undeniable that the world of Praia is indeed too real.

So much so that he has empathy for an NPC-like character.

But rational cognition was also telling him that the S-class mission was definitely not something that could be accomplished just by watching Garde die.

"Then, Ellas, what do you want to do now." He said after thinking for a moment.

"Let everything be done in the proper order." Ellas squinted: "Shelud should be punished, but since Garde is back, there is no deviation in the result. According to the regulations of the Church of Clouds, his punishment can be Halved.

As for you, Su Rin, now go back to the East District, go back to your room, I won't hold you accountable for crossing the line - everything in Praia is made up of the order it should be, and you don't need to be a hero here. "

"..." Su Mingan was silent for a moment.

He didn't move his footsteps, he just stood there, with no intention of leaving.

If he backs off here, everything he does to get back will be in vain. Everything is the same as last week. Mission is not completed.

The requirements in the mission say that a "happy" best ending needs to be achieved.

...so what exactly counts as "As You Like It"?

Save Garde? Or...

He looked at Ellas.

The soul hunter leader was standing there and looking at him, with a suppressed, deep-sea-like aura on his body.

His strength should be comparable to Sevia.

Normally, Su Mingan couldn't beat Ellas at all. but……

"To be a hero, it is because the person's ability is insufficient that it can be called a hero." Su Mingan said: "...Then what if I have enough ability?"

Ellas was slightly stunned.

The next moment, a dark figure appeared beside him.

Sevia, who was dressed in black robes and had electric lights flowing on his body, appeared behind him.

Before he could regain his senses, Sevia put one hand on the back of his neck and slammed him to the ground.

Lightning flashed, fine silver snakes circulated on his body, Ellas seemed to want to resist, and a figure appeared beside him.

The white-haired old man wearing a top hat and leaning on a cane slowly stitched together in the shadows, and a wrinkled face was smiling at him.

And at the same moment when Archerev appeared ~lightnovelpub.net~ a white light flashed, and the two soul hunters who were in charge of escorting suddenly passed out without warning and fell to the ground.

"...Archerev, it's actually you." Ellas was pressed to the ground and barely raised his head.

He didn't think of it at all.

...The two high-ranking soul clans, who are incompatible with each other, will actually be allegiance to the same person.

The funny thing is that ten minutes ago, he also regarded that person as his most trusted sword.

He suddenly lowered his face: "Su Rin."

Su Mingan looked at him.

Ellas looked at him, and it was extremely cold at this time.

"—Su Rin, you called these two together... Do you want to lead the entire Soul Race camp to officially declare war on Praia?"

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