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Chapter 591 591: Crimson Blood

Sizzle!

Aetoris tore off his robe and shed his armor. The powerful physical constitution of a Hybrid and the vitality obtained from the multiple vials of Blood Potion poured into him by Kaito Shirogane earlier allowed him to quickly recover after bandaging, even from an injury like having his chest sliced open.

Of course, surviving a strike from a pure-blooded giant dragon was mainly due to Her Excellency Seraphina's blood.

Aetoris looked up at the sky. That bronze vortex had already occupied a quarter of the sky's size. Flames would occasionally fly out from the vortex, crashing down like meteors to unknown places.

"Your Excellency Seraphina, are you alright?"

Aetoris wiped the sweat off his body. Looking at the Saint whose white robe was almost soaked with sweat, he was somewhat worried.

The Dragon King was about to revive, and the world's temperature was constantly rising. Normally, one wouldn't feel that a slight temperature change could cause much harm, but right now, he clearly felt that a person like the Saint, who didn't possess a Dragon bloodline, was probably already very weak at this time.

If the temperature continued to rise, perhaps Her Excellency Seraphina wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

He subconsciously looked at the powerful and arrogant man at the front of the team. The other party was a powerhouse who could overwhelmingly defeat a Secondary Generation giant dragon and the Choir commander Ailis single-handedly. Besides His Holiness Laurence, he had never seen such strength.

"Heh, that's why I said it would be better if I directly carried you and flew to whatever Holy City. With your current state, if the temperature rises a bit more, you'll probably die of dehydration~"

Aetoris saw Your Excellency Mercenary Tao turn his head right at this time, frivolously mocking Seraphina. However, the Saint, whose cheeks already showed an abnormal flush, still shook her head and said:

"This is my last time walking on this land. If I just fly away directly, then many people waiting along the journey, expecting to be purified by me of that ominous bloodline, will return disappointed."

"The hope that cannot be satisfied, the disappointment of yearning for the light but ultimately being abandoned, the despair of losing reason bit by bit and ultimately turning into a beast..."

The young girl's voice was soft but her pronunciation clear. She looked to be only about fifteen or sixteen years old, yet her sea-blue eyes were full of warmth and contemplation.

"Tsk~"

Kaito Shirogane clicked his tongue inwardly and turned around with a cold smile.

He wasn't mocking Seraphina. Under the coverage of Mantra, a person of this strength simply couldn't lie or hide their thoughts in front of him.

This woman indeed didn't have a single shred of falsehood. She didn't fear that Crimson Pope Laurence, nor did she fear him, who had just recently pressed a sword tainted with giant dragon blood against her heart.

She only regretted that she didn't have more time to thoroughly cure all those affected by the "Beastification Disease."

Like a true Saint walking on the earth, completely out of place in this miserable and twisted world.

Pfft.

She cut her wrist once again, extending it towards a man hiding in a black robe by the roadside.

Kaito Shirogane could even read what this young girl bearing the name of a Saint was thinking in her heart at this time:

Ah, it hurts so much. If only my wounds wouldn't self-heal so quickly~

She didn't care about the weakness from continuously giving blood, but instead, because of fearing pain, was thinking how good it would be if they just didn't heal.

The corners of Kaito Shirogane's mouth hooked up. A sudden urge arose in his heart to use the Omen of the Evil God · Blade of Tyranny, an ability he rarely used, to slice open her arm.

To see if this naive young girl would be at a loss when facing a wound that truly cannot self-heal.

"Your Excellency Saint Seraphina, I'm sorry, we are late..."

A group of tall humans covering their figures with gray robes also emerged from the alleys of this dilapidated town at this time, arriving in front of Seraphina.

Aetoris turned sideways to guard the red-haired young girl. He recognized that this group radiating beastly auras were exactly the [Ashen Hunters] who hid in the dark and continuously fought the Healing Church.

Not long ago, it was exactly those people from this group who held back the Choir regardless of life and death, supporting until Your Excellency Mercenary Tao and himself arrived.

Seraphina watched as the woman under the black robe reverted to a human appearance, a natural smile on her face. She raised her hand, blood beads still flowing from her wrist.

"You should heal a bit too."

The leading hunter was stunned for a moment. The gray-robed hunters behind him also murmured a few words softly, ultimately merely shaking their heads and saying:

"Your Excellency Seraphina, your holy blood should not flow in this kind of place."

The smile on Seraphina's face gradually disappeared. She frowned. She didn't know how many times she had heard this kind of statement.

Your blood shouldn't flow in this kind of place.

Your holy blood should be left for more important people.

We lowly guys are not worthy of your rescue.

Whether it was His Holiness Laurence, the knights of the Choir, those great pioneers of the Healing Church, or the hunters she met later, those Hybrids with Dragon blood flowing in them...

Everyone, it seemed, didn't want her to use her blood to treat these ordinary people. They even didn't want her to help other hunters or Paladins.

Everyone had a value measurement system she couldn't understand. In that system, human lives were not of equal value, so they told her to abandon the low-value crowd...

Seraphina's sea-blue gaze lowered. She looked back at that shriveled woman, knowing very well that while struggling to control the beastification process, the other party found it hard to even obtain food.

But even so, the other party was still not eroded by that power.

This shriveled body today was exactly the clear proof of that noble soul. Was such a person not worthy of her rescue?

Kaito Shirogane saw clearly, understanding the thoughts of both sides perfectly. That kind of interrogation based on humanity appeared even more incredibly struggling in a twisted and despairing world.

Perhaps neither side was wrong. One side hoped this young girl with a special constitution would save her useful body to become a Saint capable of truly saving the world.

The other side hoped to do her best to heal those suffering humans in this ashen world.

He turned his head to look outside the city. There, another identical interrogation was taking place.

On one side was a large group of ordinary people in black robes enduring the erosion of Blood Ministration. This group of people was unwilling to degenerate into beasts and harm others, therefore coming out of admiration, wanting to receive purification from the Saint Seraphina.

And the ones blocking them outside the town were a few men and women wearing aristocratic attire. This group of people had cold expressions, radiating a frightening scent all over.

A group of Hybrids acting secretly all over the world. They had been running around for a long time, had been Paladins, had been hunters, moving in groups because they all shared the goal of wanting to eliminate the Dragons hiding in the human world.

In the future, this group of people would probably establish an organization named the [Secret Party].

"Her Excellency Seraphina's blood cannot continue to be wasted by you."

The leading person spoke like this. His eyes turned golden-yellow, and an intense coercion appeared, making those black-robed beastification disease patients subconsciously retreat.

Soon, the verbal conflict turned into a bloodshed event. One side upheld great righteousness, while the other side bore the embarrassment and despair of bitterly supporting their humanity. Neither side had a retreat, starting a slaughter at the town entrance.

The commotion was heard by Seraphina and the others. The young girl immediately turned around, about to run towards the town entrance, but the seasoned hunters and Aetoris all blocked in front of the young girl with their bodies.

Aetoris tilted his head up, not daring to look at the expression on the young girl's face, only constantly repeating:

"There are too many of those people, you will die, Your Excellency Seraphina... you cannot die..."

Seraphina tried a few times but was blocked by the few strong men. Ultimately, she turned her head to look at the other side, at the few people seemingly staying out of the matter.

The tall, long-haired Easterner had a mocking expression, as if observing some interesting play.

The dark-armored female knight didn't say a word, watching coldly. Only that black-haired woman looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Tap, tap, tap. The young girl stepped on the filthy ground, the muddy water mixed with excrement staining her white robe.

"Your Excellency Mercenary Tao, you want something from my body, right?"

The young girl looked up, her sea-blue eyes seemingly sparkling.

"I will give it to you. No matter what it is, heart or blood... I will give it all to you."

"But before that, I want to... live freely!"

"I want to, save them."

Pfft!

Like the slight sound of a finger poking through a layer of window paper, several wounds appeared on the young girl's body. In the next moment, she felt the fresh blood on her wrists begin to flow out at an accelerated rate.

Kaito Shirogane withdrew his hand and put his finger into his mouth. Intense vitality radiated from that drop of blood.

[You used Crimson Blood (Impure). Vitality slightly increased]

He forcefully used [Logic] to urge the young girl's body's hematopoietic function to enhance. In a short period, the other party's bodily vitality would receive a boost, but in the long run, her lifespan would be affected.

However, whether it was him or her, neither seemed to care.

Subsequently, receiving Kaito Shirogane's order, Artoria drew her sword, protecting the young girl, and walked towards the entrance of the small town. There, he would probably witness the "almsgiving" of the last Saint of this world.

(End of Chapter)

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