Evening Bell Church

Gray had never felt such cold before.

The ghouls who came from the Cold Church and believed in the gloomy God of Skeletons all had excellent resistance to cold.

However, at this moment, Gray felt that his body's resistance to cold was so ridiculous.

The dark blue flame was like a monster that devoured all temperature and life. It emerged from the glove and spread on his body with terrifying power, freezing his body and quickly devouring his soul.

"No!" The desire to survive in desperation stimulated Gray's primitive animality. He roared suddenly, and his body, which was originally like a bear, began to expand rapidly.

This crazy animality had strange changes. His frozen neck and chest broke through the ice of the cold flame when they expanded.

And his body turned into a giant ghoul five meters tall in a few breaths.

Seeing that Su Ge was full of caution, he put his hands together and pushed forward suddenly.

The surge of spiritual energy was accompanied by the rhythm of knowledge, and the kinetic energy generated by the vibration instantly accumulated to a terrifying level.

Bang!

The next second, the huge monster was knocked back five or six meters by Su Ge's vibration wave.

The violent reaction force also pushed Su Ge back several meters and returned to Roland and the other four.

"Give up reason and embrace madness. The hidden beastly nature completely erupted, and the irrational brain untied the restrictions on the body and entered an out-of-control madness." Su Ge looked at Gray's current state and said with a sigh

"But after that, he will also go to destruction." Anthony looked at Gray and said in a low voice.

The core reason why abandoning reason and falling into madness can instantly become stronger is just as Su Ge said just now.

The brain untied the control of the body.

Any creature has great potential and explosive power. But this explosive power is not something that the form of this creature can bear.

Just like humans, when the potential is erupted, a person can lift a vehicle weighing hundreds of kilograms.

However, the price of this powerful moment is the shattering of bones that cannot withstand huge pressure, and the collapse of muscle tissue that exceeds the load.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the form, the brain will set restrictions on the body to prevent people from entering the forbidden area of ​​destruction.

However, when people give up reason and embrace madness, everything will be liberated.

At this time, it can be seen that Gray's body not far away has already appeared in a similar state.

His strong muscles gradually showed bloodshot, and the bones that fixed the body outside could not withstand the expansion of muscles and twisted and broke.

The sound of blood splashing and bones creaking continued to sound in the night sky.

"Let's leave quickly, this guy is in the most dangerous time now." Connor suggested.

As a senior assassin, he is very good at judging the strength of the target.

After all, if the judgment fails in the assassination, then there is only one way to die.

Aww!

A shrill howl came out of the hideous huge mouth, and the huge body rushed towards Su Ge like crazy.

Seeing this scene, Su Ge clenched his cane and tightened his body and said: "You leave here quickly, just pretend you didn't see me. If someone sees our intersection, it will be very troublesome. Leave this to me."

Hearing this, the four people turned around and left quickly without any hesitation.

Now is not the time to reminisce about the past, and they are also very clear about the attitude of the church towards Su Ge.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, Gray's huge claws slapped the ground, leaving a claw mark three centimeters deep on the ground.

Su Ge, who had hurriedly dodged, suddenly unfolded his cloak and quickly retreated more than ten meters with his body, keeping a distance.

After failing to hit him, Gray slowly turned his head and exhaled a burst of hot air like steam from his huge mouth.

It was obvious that his body could no longer withstand the heat generated by such a huge body during intense exercise, and the temperature of his lungs was rising rapidly.

Su Ge's eyes under the mask looked at Gray who was spewing steam with an indescribable look: "Reason and madness, rebirth and destruction. You abandon reason because you are afraid of death, but such a result will only make your death more painful."

Aoaoao!

Gray roared in his mouth, and his body suddenly jumped up, and his huge body hit Su Ge like a hill falling from the sky.

Su Ge naturally did not dare to take such a blow head-on.

Under the effect of vibration and cloak, the body floated slightly, with the sound of wind, close to the ground and began to move rapidly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Gray kept jumping up and smashing Su Ge regardless, his huge claws kept waving, but he couldn't catch Su Ge at all.

After a few rounds, wheezing... wheezing...

It was obvious that his lungs seemed to be broken, making waves of extremely unpleasant sounds.

At the same time, the mist sprayed from his mouth turned from white to red.

This showed that his lungs and even his esophagus had begun to collapse.

Plop!

After a few weak gasps, Gray's huge body fell to the ground, and his constantly rising and falling body was full of blood.

The muscles were broken, the bones were twisted and broken, and such a body could no longer support his huge body.

This appearance was like a dying beast attacked by a group of monsters.

Su Ge walked to his side and looked down at the huge head lying on the ground.

The twisted eyes seemed to have regained some consciousness, but they were full of pain and despair.

"If you give up resistance, you will die happily." Su Ge said in a cold and calm tone.

Gray's huge mouth squirmed slightly and made a hoarse and unpleasant voice: "In the face of death, no existence can willingly accept it calmly. Even if there is an abyss and hell ahead, we must try. If you go further, you may have the possibility of living. If you stop moving forward, , you can only wait for death."

Su Ge was a little silent when he heard this. He agreed with this statement.

After all, humans have been like this since ancient times, and there is a word that perfectly explains this behavior.

Drink poison to quench thirst.

"Why attack these three clergy?" Su Ge asked.

Gray did not answer directly and said feebly: "Some things you have no choice about. There is no best of both worlds."

Su Ge did not continue to ask, he could vaguely guess who it was.

"Do you think this world can be redeemed?" Gray's huge head turned slightly and looked at Su Ge and asked.

Su Ge replied firmly: "Yes."

Gray let out an ugly smile: "I didn't believe it when I fell into the mysterious abyss, so I abandoned my human form and mutated into a ghoul."

Su Ge was a little surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Gray was not a natural ghoul, but a mutated human being.

"If this is the case, those ghouls that can be incorporated into the mysterious system should all be mutated from humans!" Su Ge suddenly thought in his mind.

Here, Gray continued: "I thought that becoming a dependent and a believer of those evil gods would allow me to see hope and gain some sense of security. However, it is a pity that after becoming a dependent, I fell into a trap after learning more about the situation. A deeper despair.”

Su Ge calmly replied: "The world is like this, and the ignorant are fearless. Sometimes, ignorance is also a kind of happiness."

Grai gave a feeble thanks, his huge eyes almost unable to open as his life passed away.

"You said...if I had believed in the...possibility of human beings, would I...become like this?" Gray's voice came intermittently.

Su Ge did not give an accurate answer: "Who knows, after entering the mystery, you may be doomed at any time."

After a pause, Su Ge changed the subject and said, "But one thing is for sure."

"What?"

"As a human being, you might be able to become a good person."

"Good person? Hehehehehehehehehehe..." Hearing this slightly childish vocabulary that could only appear in a child's mouth, Gray actually laughed with some joy.

Smiling, laughing, his body began to shake violently, as if something was about to explode and take control of his body.

"Kill... me, I don't want... to be swallowed by it." Gray said with difficulty, his eyes filled with fear.

Su Ge did not respond, but silently raised the cane that turned into a long sword, and stabbed directly into his huge head, ending his painful life.

"Thank you." Gray said weakly and slowly closed his eyes.

As Gray died, his twitching body gradually subsided, as if the thing stopped moving with his death.

The body of the killed Grai began to shrink rapidly, first turning into a ghoul about the same size as a human, and finally the weird flesh receded again, turning into a middle-aged man who looked about forty years old.

Seeing this scene, Su Ge remembered the words he saw in "The Evening Bell of the Glen".

"The liberation given by the gods is not bloody killing, but divine purification. All filth and all mutations will dissipate after death and return to the original form. In the most primitive and pure form, madness can be calmed and despair can be To have peace. That is the divine death, the supreme gift.”

Squeezing the cane in his hand in silence, at this moment, Su Ge had a deeper understanding of the Bell Holder, the God of Death in the Glen, and "The Evening Bell of the Glen", and even had a vague understanding.

"So, is this how it feels?" Su Ge looked down at Grai's body and couldn't recover for a long time.

It seemed like a few minutes passed before Su Ge suddenly came to his senses: "Take the secret treasure and leave here quickly. The people from the church should be here soon."

Just when Su Ge stepped forward to take away the squirming brain, a sharp crescent sword energy suddenly shot out.

Su Ge instantly rolled over and turned around just in time to see Father Signe holding a moonlight sword staring at him.

However, Father Signe at this time did not have the obvious hostility and fanaticism from last time.

"I don't understand you." Father Signe took two steps towards Su Ge, with a hint of doubt in his voice.

He has been watching here for ten minutes, and Su Ge's every move just now was under his gaze.

Su Ge pulled out his long sword: "No need to understand, you have your beliefs, and I have my persistence."

"What exactly do you want? The right to rule people's beliefs in the world? Or gain the knowledge to reach the source?" Father Signe was silent for a moment, but actually did not take action.

Su Ge did not answer directly, looked up at the sky and said: "I know the truth of this world, so I will not give my faith to anyone, or to any god."

Signe then looked up and saw the three sacred moons: "The truth of the world you know may not be the real truth. It is not up to us to decide whether the world is true or false. Maybe we are just in a game now. It’s the same as in a nightmare, but the real self has already been lost in the depths of the nightmare.”

Su Ge was moved when he heard this, and actually thought that what Father Signe said was somewhat reasonable.

Father Signe raised the purple sword, looked at it and said: "I have been lost, afraid, and even crazy. It was that ray of moonlight like a spring that descended from the sky, leading me out of madness and fear. From then on, the truth and falsehood of the world are no longer important to me. I just want to protect the moonlight in my heart forever."

Su Ge could not refute Father Signe's thoughts and ideas, nor could he deny Father Signe's persistence and faith.

"Even if this moonlight is false?"

"Yes."

"Even if there is filth behind this moonlight?"

"Yes."

"Even if the moonlight itself does not exist?"

Father Signe's eyes did not waver at all, and he answered for the third time with great determination: "That's right."

Su Ge put his hands on his chest and saluted slightly: "You have won my respect."

Faced with Su Ge's sudden salute, Father Signe was a little surprised and stunned.

"If one day, this world suddenly falls into doomsday, I believe you will still be you, will not be tainted by filth, will not be infected by madness, and will not fall into the devil's way and turn into a monster." Su Ge's tone was relieved.

Father Signe put away the sword silently: "Let's go, I don't want to do it today."

Su Ge didn't speak, and his body disappeared into the night like a breeze.

After Su Ge left, Father Signe came over and looked down at Gray's body, whispering: "Your choice is not wrong."

The night wind blew gently, and about five minutes later, Archbishop Laurie and the clergy came here to recycle Gray's body.

Father Signe didn't say much, standing aside and watching Laurie and his men recycle Gray's body silently. He didn't say a word during the whole process, as if Father Signe was a strange outsider who didn't know these clergy at all.

Before leaving, Father Signe suddenly said, "How is the Pope?"

Laurie didn't even turn his head, and answered indifferently, "He has recovered well and can attend the meeting."

Father Signe didn't answer, but turned around and walked into the darkness with his sword.

Laurie looked at Father Signe who was leaving with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Archbishop, should the body be transported to the chapel or back to the headquarters?" asked the leading bishop.

Laurie's demeanor returned to normal in an instant, and he said, "Send it to the headquarters and hand it over to Archbishop Saru."

Sitting back in the carriage, Laurie glanced at the body behind the carriage, with coldness and planning flashing in his eyes.

"All preparations are complete. Next, feel the despair and fear that I have felt before, Sug Sothoth!"