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Chapter 52 Murta and the Miracle of Suffering

There are two ways to start in "Love in the World of Sui". One is the standard start, where you can freely choose your birthplace, but the time is fixed, eighteen years before "now".

Once the progress bar is full, you can enter a "special start" or "story start".

Players enter a special point in time and experience major historical events in the "Sui World".

Murta's save file is a save file from the beginning of the story.

That journey allowed Sieg to learn about the secrets of this world.

To put it bluntly—

Long, long ago, someone severed the connection between heaven and earth, creating the "Flint Realm" and sealing all extraordinary substances within it.

The lineage was severed in the present world, and it became a world without magic, like Earth.

later.

It's unclear what happened, but the extraordinary matter in the Flint Realm either leaked or actively invaded; in any case, extraordinary power gradually seeped in.

A horrific disaster swept across the world.

Tsunamis, thunderstorms, landslides, and rampant plagues.

Furthermore, monsters attack and slaughter living beings.

The inhabitants of the world of Sui, living in an age without magic, had never seen such a terrifying sight. They called it "divine wrath," and talk of the end times spread like wildfire.

Some people gained extraordinary powers as a result.

Flying through the sky and disappearing into the earth, moving mountains and filling seas.

They wield absolute power and are invariably revered as "saviors" or "angels," receiving widespread and fanatical worship.

World order collapsed, chaos reigned, and people frantically pursued supernatural powers, even resorting to bloody massacres for them. People retaliated against each other, tortured each other, and slaughtered each other; twisted beliefs permeated the land, creating a living hell.

Murta's save file was created during that particular period.

Extraordinary power re-emerges in the early days of the world of Sui.

It dates back at least a thousand years.

Murta and Sieg serve in a church called "The Miracle of Pain".

In Sieg's view, it was a complete cult.

They claimed that only by enduring extreme pain could they prove their unwavering and pure devotion to God, thereby gaining divine mercy and power that ordinary people do not possess.

The believers within the cult tortured themselves in various ways, which Sieg found horrifying.

There are two kinds of people who are the most devout.

One type is people who believe from the bottom of their hearts, and the other type is people who don't believe at all.

The devout believers need no further explanation; their values ​​are distorted and deeply ingrained, and they have completely accepted that ideology, believing that everything they say and do is righteous.

Those who have no faith at all, in order to fit into the group, can act more extreme and crazy than the believers. They have no reverence in their hearts and are unrestrained and willing to risk everything.

Murta is the former.

Sieg is the latter.

The two gained the church's trust and were chosen as role models for the younger generation. They entered the tribunal as judges, overseeing and examining all believers, including church leaders.

Their inherent differences destined Sieg and Murta to drift apart.

Murta's favorability rating is indeed full.

However, the game character's behavior is unrelated to Sieg's own will; Sieg is simply doing a task and has not invested any emotion in it.

It's not that Sieg dislikes Murta.

Murta is a good person, just a little crazy. Every morning she goes shirtless and whips herself with a rattan cane. Do you love a woman like that?

While pondering.

The truck is parked.

Emilia stood up, seemingly relaxed, stretching in front of Sieg and Nefa, then turned and smiled, "We're here!"

The guard at the entrance of the mining institute saw Emila and came forward to greet her, asking, "Young Miss? What brings you here?"

Emilia stepped forward to negotiate, but Sieg was distracted.

He thought to himself, "Oz seems to know that I was once an adjudicator? She has done quite a bit of research on me, knowing about things from so long ago."

……

……

Elliott, the manager of the pine resin mine.

In the last six months, everyone who has met Elliott has said that his spirits have improved.

This is only natural.

The door was locked from the inside, the curtains were drawn, and Elliott put down the oil-soaked rattan cane and took off his blood-stained shirt.

His back was crisscrossed with wounds, some of which had scabbed over, while others were still bleeding.

The Wood family served for sixty years.

Elliott worked diligently and, even after becoming the owner of the resin mine, he did not use his power for personal gain.

But those who are not extraordinary cannot resist the erosion of time.

When the doctor delivered the cruel verdict, declaring his kidneys failing, death loomed large for Elliott, and all he felt was fear.

it's good now.

Six months ago, Elliott received guidance and joined the Pain Miracle.

Under the power of the "Mother of All Mothers," his failing kidneys were revitalized, his dwindling energy was restored, and Elliott even ignited a fire in his heart, becoming a superhuman!

Really...

Miracle.

Elliott knelt devoutly before the "Shadow of the Wicked Blade," carefully putting away the self-harming tools, when he heard a knock on the door.

A messenger outside announced, "Lord Elliott, the young lady has arrived."

"Young Miss?"

"Yes. Miss Emilia has arrived."

Elliott frowned immediately.

In return for his newfound life, Eliot donated his entire fortune to the Miracle of Suffering.

The minerals from the pine resin mines were also conscripted to aid in the construction of the Painful Miracle at Shallow Flint.

therefore--

Emilia's earnings plummeted last year, from nearly two thousand gold dragon coins a year to five or six hundred a year.

"Is the young lady here to check the accounts?"

"If you were auditing the accounts, why didn't you come then, and why are you only coming now? It's been almost four months."

"If not... why would she come to the mine? This is not a place for a noble lady to go on a picnic."

Elliott was quite uneasy.

He said, "Please wait in the reception room, Miss. I'll be right there."

"Yes."

The person outside went to report, and Elliott opened the drawer, took out the prepared materials, and walked towards the reception room.

We arrived at the door.

He took a deep breath, then opened the door and went inside.

His murky blue eyes scanned the room, and he saw Emilia, who was wearing a dark cloak and a lake-blue dress.

There were also two men, one old and one young.

He smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Miss, it's an honor to have you here. Why didn't you give me a heads-up?"

Emilia did not speak.

"It's good that you didn't greet us; we're here to check the accounts."

A sinister voice rang out from the side.

It was that young man.

He was dressed as an adventurer, in super durable brown wide-leg trousers, a wide leather belt, and a beige short-sleeved shirt.

His exposed arms showed obvious tan lines and smooth muscle definition.

It was Sieg.

Sieg looked at him, grinning. "Elliot, huh? The resin mine only makes six hundred gold coins a year? You're incredibly audacious, trying to fool Emilia!"

Fuck it.

Where did this little devil come from?

Elliot, displeased, turned to Emilia: "Young Miss, who is this?"

"My... friend."

Emilia smiled and said, "Good friend."

"I respect your good friend. But I absolutely cannot accept his remarks! Miss, don't you know why the mine's profits fell short of expectations last year? We suffered a mining accident, and nearly a hundred miners tragically lost their lives!"

Elliott was prepared.

He took out a thick stack of documents, the pages of which were somewhat worn: "This is the situation of the mine accident at the time and the list of the dead. Please take a look. After the incident, rumors spread like wildfire, and many citizens of Blackscale City thought that our mine was disregarding human life and dared not come to apply for jobs."

"It took me a long time to recruit enough people to barely get operations started. The mine's profits plummeted as a result, and there was nothing I could do about it!"

Sieg felt a chill run down his spine, and his gaze turned cold.

He turned and asked, "...Was the death toll from the mine accident 'seventy-seven'?"

Elliott paused, then said, "Yes."

"You deserve to die."

Sieg scoffed: "Is the Demon Blade any good, Elliott?"

Elliott's eyes widened suddenly!