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Lin Jiu'an smiled and stepped on the back of the stragglers.
"You don't think I asked you to tell stories so they would know the truth, do you?"
"However, I am not an unreasonable person."
"Alright, I'll give you a chance."
"Kill them all, and I'll let you go."
The stragglers were taken aback, then gritted their teeth and said, "Do you think I'd believe that?"
Lin Jiu'an kicked hard, circling his foot over the wound.
"What does it matter to me whether you believe it or not?"
"I'm only giving you this one chance."
"Kill them all, and I'll let you go."
"Otherwise, you can just die."
The stragglers' minds raced, and their gaze finally settled on the crowd filled with severed limbs and wailing cries, a ruthless glint flashing in their eyes.
Killing them might result in Lin Jiu'an breaking his promise and killing them in return.
But if he doesn't kill them, he will definitely die!
Moreover, the reason he's been putting on this act until now is simply to use them as shields, but these shields are no longer of any use...
"I'll kill!"
"very good."
The words fell.
The stragglers felt a surge of vitality flowing into their bodies.
Without hesitation, the stragglers stood up and walked directly to the crowd, unleashing a blast of wind at them.
The blast exploded like a bomb in the crowd, scattering limbs and severed bodies everywhere. People screamed and stared at him in disbelief.
"why?"
Looking at the wailing and screaming crowd, and feeling the blood splattered on his face, the soldier felt that his suppressed nature, which had been suppressed for almost a year, was finally being released, and the pain he had just suffered was also relieved. He revealed a ferocious smile.
Seeing their incredulous expressions, the stragglers grinned as a sword made of wind appeared in their hands.
The stragglers didn't know how long they had been killing. He took his sword and killed them one by one. He didn't know if he was enjoying the thrill of killing indiscriminately after the oppression, or if he wanted to live a little longer. He killed from day to night, and then from night to day.
Lin Jiu'an watched with a smile as one after another, the people of Xumi died at the hands of their hero.
From initial confusion to later insults, and even some people began to beg for his help after realizing they couldn't escape Sumeru City.
Only after they had all been killed did the skirmisher return to him, covered in blood.
"you can go now."
The stragglers snapped out of their daze and stared at Lin Jiu'an in disbelief.
"Don't worry, I'm not like you. I'm a person who always keeps my word."
Seeing Lin Jiu'an's smiling face, the soldier didn't dare to think too much. He turned around and walked outside with his whole body tense.
One step, two steps, five steps, ten steps...
Only after stepping out of the gates of Sumeru did the scattered soldiers relax their tense bodies. They looked in disbelief at the blood-soaked streets of the city behind them, unable to believe that Lin Jiu'an had actually let them go.
"Did I survive?"
The stragglers murmured to themselves, then belatedly realized that their bodies were trembling slightly with excitement.
"I survived! I survived!"
The soldier murmured excitedly, a relieved smile spreading across his face. Then he took one last deep look at the city where he had lived for a year and the corpses strewn across the ground before turning and walking outside.
With each step he took, he felt his body become lighter, and the shackles that had bound him for a year were also reduced. After walking for an unknown amount of time, the stragglers felt incredibly relaxed.
at this time.
'Puff!'
The stragglers stopped, looking down in astonishment at the blood-stained tip of the sword that had pierced their chests.
As his strength rapidly dissipated, the stragglers slowly turned their heads, only to see Lin Jiu'an smiling.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm not lying."
"I did let you go."
"But I didn't say how long I would let you go, nor did I say I would let you go after you left."
"Untrustworthy." The words stuck in his throat. Looking at Lin Jiu'an, the soldier's body trembled slightly. He felt as if a mouthful of blood was stuck in his throat. Then his head tilted to the side and he completely lost consciousness.
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"Aa ...
The stragglers screamed as they got up.
But then I suddenly realized that the sun was shining brightly in front of me.
Looking at all this, the stragglers gasped for breath and clutched their heads.
"I am..."
A look of confusion flashed in the soldier's eyes; he felt as if he had forgotten something that terrified him.
The feeling was like having just had a terrifying nightmare, but when he woke up from it, he couldn't quite remember what the nightmare was about.
However, I forgot.
But the fear and anger in his body and mind did not dissipate, and even the sunlight outside the window could not calm the chaotic emotions in his heart.
'Tap tap.'
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the waiter's voice sounded strangely familiar to him.
"Lord A-Mao, the 'Flower Goddess's Birthday Festival' is about to begin."
As he listened to the 'Birthday of the Flower Goddess', the soldier seemed to remember something, and various scenes from his nightmares flashed before his eyes.
The soldier's breathing quickened again as he tried to control his panicked emotions.
You absolutely must not attend the Flower Goddess's Birthday Festival!
Although it was something that happened in a dream, and although none of it actually happened, the voice reminding him kept echoing in the soldier's mind. With his strength, it was impossible for him to dream. If he had a nightmare, it must be reminding him of something.
"I'm not feeling well, so I won't go," the soldier said calmly, trying to regain his composure.
There was no more sound from outside the door.
After a moment of respite, the stragglers suddenly realized something was wrong and looked up at the doorway.
He hadn't heard the footsteps leaving.
Moreover, logically speaking, if he suddenly said he wasn't going, the other party would have tried to persuade him, or after so much time, the sages of the Order of the Church would have come looking for him, but none of those things happened.
Thinking of this, the soldier, who had finally calmed down, was suddenly filled with fear again, looking at the bedroom door as if he were looking into the opening of an abyss.
"Is anyone there?" the stragglers asked with difficulty.
There was no answer. The stragglers' throats twitched, and unable to suppress their fear, they cried out, "Help! Help!"
Soon, approaching footsteps could be heard outside, and then the door was opened.
To the soldier's relief, the person who entered was a waiter he knew.
"Lord Ah Mao, is there something you need from me?" the man asked.
The stragglers breathed a sigh of relief and waved for him to leave.
"Then, Lord Ama, when do you plan to attend the Flower Goddess Festival? The Order of the Instruction has already started urging you."
"Didn't I tell you I wasn't feeling well and wasn't going?"
The stragglers, in a bad mood, said somewhat impatiently.
The waiter looked somewhat puzzled, but seeing that the soldier was a little angry, he didn't say anything more and respectfully left the room.
After the door closed again, the soldier touched his face, looked at his reflection in the window, and laughed self-deprecatingly.
"This is because they've been living a stable life for too long and have scared themselves."
"A nightmare scared you this much?"
"How could that stupid guy possibly do something like that?"
The stragglers were laughing, but then their smiles suddenly vanished.
He suddenly realized that something was wrong.
That could be somewhat explained by the fact that I was too nervous and didn't notice the waiter's questions and footsteps as he left.
The problem was that the waiter asked him again after coming in, and he replied, "I already told them." The waiter's expression clearly showed a hint of doubt, as if he hadn't heard his question.
But then again, that voice was clearly that of the waiter; he couldn't possibly have been mistaken.
and so.
Who was that voice outside the door at the beginning?
Thinking of this, the stragglers felt a chill run down their spines.
"Somebody come!"
The soldier, no longer caring about losing face, was overcome by an inexplicable fear that made him shout involuntarily. But this time, no matter how much he shouted, he could no longer hear the footsteps coming from outside the door.
The soldier got up, wanting to leave, but just as he was about to climb out of bed, a hand suddenly pressed down on his shoulder.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Hearing the familiar voice behind him, the soldier stiffly turned around and saw Lin Jiu'an's smiling face.
"Aa ...
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Three times, five times, ten times...
"Aa ...
The stragglers suddenly woke up from their beds with a scream.
His forehead was covered in cold sweat, the sheets were soaked, his face was frighteningly pale, and his eyes were dry and lifeless.
Looking at the bright sky outside the window, and then at his own bedroom, he covered his face, his mind filled with the 'nightmare' he had before. He couldn't quite remember how many times he had had it.
The endless cycle of death and reincarnation led the stragglers to a somewhat manic smile.
"I... I remember now."
"I am a skirmisher, not Ah Mao! I am a skirmisher, not Ah Mao!"
The stragglers murmured as they teetered on the brink of collapse, yet a glint of excitement shone in their eyes.
He finally remembered everything.
What kind of hat?
What made Lin Jiu'an a hero of Sumeru by replacing his existence through the World Tree?
"It's fake! It's fake! It's all fake!"
He was clearly the sixth seat of the Fools, a straggler.
Previously, in Sumeru, he tried to capture Lin Jiu'an but was killed instead and turned into steps, enduring countless tramplings by those lowly humans. Later, he was exchanged from Lin Jiu'an by "Doctor" and carried out the "Opportunity of the True God" plan in Sumeru.
The core of the plan was not Thor's Heart, but the Grass God's Heart that they had tricked from that fool Narcida.
The plan is underway to pull everyone in Sumeru into a dream through the "Void Terminal" and draw energy from the ever-repeating dream to perfect the "Mechanism of the True God." However, just before the plan was about to begin, Lin Jiu'an suddenly ordered the big merchant named Dolly to promote the "Void Terminal" extensively in Sumeru.
Then I entered a dream.
Although it's unclear how Lin Jiu'an managed to outcompete them, who possessed the core terminal, the Heart of the Grass God.
But the reality is obvious.
"Tsk."