The warm sun rose from the end of the sea level, shining on the devastated land, and people watched with some confusion, although seven days had passed since the incident, everyone still had a sense of inauthenticity.

The familiar homeland turned into scorched earth overnight, full of corpses and blood, like a sudden nightmare, but this nightmare has no end, and there will be no moment to wake up.

So far, there has been no official explanation for this incident, and the atmosphere in the port of Maruri has become oppressive, with the warships unabashedly docked to the side, and the eyes of the soldiers cut through everyone in sight like sharp knives.

When the people were panicking, the Orthodox Church appeared in front of everyone's eyes, they comforted the people, but did not deliberately go to the mission, the hospital was already overcrowded, and most of the civilians who were not seriously injured were accepted and treated by the Orthodox Church.

The theater square, the heart of the battle, was cordoned off and has only been reopened to this day, where Orthodox believers have gathered, knowing exactly what to do today.

Seven days ago, the Orthodox Pope was supposed to be enthroned here, but the sudden explosions and fighting put an end to all this, and the faithful were very worried about the Pope's situation, there were rumors that the Pope was injured in the chaos, and there were rumors that what happened on the night of the enthronement was not only known to the people, but it seems that the believers of the Evangelical Church also appeared here and clashed with the Orthodox believers.

In short, there are many, many, many strange conjectures, and the devout believers call that night the night of suffering, and in order to calm everyone's suspicions and uneasiness, the Orthodox Church will re-enthrone here and give everyone an answer.

In the Orthodox church, men were arranging their clothes in front of the mirror, and from time to time there were painful wails outside the window, and the nuns walked between the buildings with bloody bandages, and the smell of blood echoed in the air.

With all the preparations ready, the man reached out and picked up the pitch-black mask on the side and put it on his face.

Looking at himself in the mirror, as if facing the abyss in the mirror, his gaze did not stay long, Lawrence still had something to do today, he turned around and prepared to leave the room.

His movements stopped suddenly, and the girl was already standing by the door, as if she had been waiting for her.

Seeing Lawrence looking at her, Liya lowered her head slightly, as if she didn't dare to look at Lawrence? A strange sound came out of her mouth? Intermittently, it seems to be trying to say something? But because of the nervousness, I couldn't say anything.

"What's the matter? ”

A gentle voice sounded from under the mask? Lawrence walked up to the girl and stroked her head with some pity.

Does Lawrence remember this child? Her name is Riya, and she was a lively and cheerful child before the night of tribulation? But after the night of tribulation? Liya fell completely silent, she had been carrying light before, but now her whole person was swallowed by shadows.

Eyes swept up and down, and the girl was still wrapped in bandages? Fireworks burned her body? The corner of her cheek was also bandaged, as if she didn't want to be seen, and she deliberately kept her hair long to block it.

"I've heard people say you're recruiting soldiers, right? They say you're going to build an army......"

Lea's voice was very timid, maybe she would have said this to Lawrence generously before? But now she's like a frightened little animal, wary of everything.

Slightly uplifted? A pair of frightened eyes could be seen through the gap in the curtain of the head, but deeper Lawrence saw something interesting.

"Yes. ”

Lawrence moved chairs? He also brought one for Liya and motioned for her to sit down.

Warm light falling from the window? Lawrence with his back to the light? Riya looked at the somewhat disturbing mask again? But all she could see was the backlit darkness, as if Lawrence's face had turned into a shadow in her eyes.

"I see anger in your eyes, do you want to join the warriors, avenge your friends?"

Listening to Lawrence's words, Leah was terrified, she didn't expect her thoughts to be seen through by Lawrence so easily.

"I'm sorry...... I ......"

Lea apologized at a loss, she began to regret coming to see Lawrence, the so-called courage is not worth mentioning at all, what she wants to do is to hold the sword and kill the enemy, but now the conversation with Lawrence cannot continue normally.

"There's nothing to be sorry for, except that I want to ask you, is revenge important to you?"

Lawrence asked.

"I ...... They ruined it all and killed my friends, I want revenge, I want to do it, it's important. ”

Liya struggled to muster up her courage.

"Well, who is your enemy?"

Lawrence asked again, and he continued.

"I can tell you who they are, that guy's name is Lorenzo Holmos, but at the end of the day he's not your real enemy. ”

"It's not him...... Who's that?"

Hearing Lorenzo's name, Lea was overjoyed that the monster in her nightmare finally had a name, but when she heard the second half of Lawrence's words, she was confused again.

"I've seen it with my own eyes, he's killed so many people, he's even ...... And even kill you. ”

Lea's voice was pious, Lawrence's death did not cause panic among the believers, in their eyes Lawrence was the Savior of the Night of Tribulation, he saved everyone, and his resurrection from the dead was the most perfect manifestation of divine power.

Within the Orthodox Church, this divine power was known to a certain extent, known to those in the know as the Secret Blood, and after the Night of Tribulation, Lawrence announced that he was going to raise an army favored by the gods, and those who knew were eager to join the army of the gods.

"So, I'm not against revenge, but I think revenge is a very meaningless thing, no...... There are too few things that can 'change' it. ”

If it weren't for the ominous mask on his face, Lawrence would be like a priest enlightening young people at this moment.

"What if you kill Lorenzo, he also has friends, and his friends will come to take revenge on you, and then your friends will fall into this cycle again, the cycle of hatred, endless. ”

"Then you mean that I should forgive him for all that he has done, and let this sinner live in peace like this?"

Ria's voice rose as she began to weep as she spoke, for for seven days she had dreamed of Juao's death, and he grabbed Lorenzo's foot and begged for mercy like a dog, while the devilish creature dropped his sword.

"No...... I'm just saying that revenge can 'change' too little, it's just the anger in your heart, and nothing can 'change' the rest. ”

Lawrence said softly.

"I have always felt that holding a sword is a very serious matter, we hold a sword to kill the enemy, to kill life, this is the most unacceptable atrocity of God, so we would rather kill the enemy against God's will, presumably for something greater.

For the sake of 'changing' something. ”

Lea couldn't understand Lawrence's words, and she listened quietly to Lawrence's teachings like a confused student.

"Who is Lorenzo, he is not your enemy, he is just a person who disagrees with you, hatred is just a façade.

You want me to live, and he wants me to die forever, and in the end these tragic deaths are just a conflict of opinions and positions. ”

Lawrence said as he picked up the handkerchief and wiped away her tears for Leah.

We can call him a heretic for the time being, and such a heresy will encounter many more in your future life, from small conflicts of preference to large conflicts of faith, these people are your potential enemies, and they may all swing their swords at you for noble or ridiculous reasons.

Yes, that's it, endless conflicts, this is the inferiority of human beings, the curse of human beings, we will quarrel because of the difference in what we like sweet and spicy, we will fight because of the different people we support, and we will fight because of the different things we desire. ”

"That'...... What should I do?"

Liya couldn't figure it out, these things were still too complicated for her.

"I don't know. ”

Lawrence suddenly gave such an answer.

"Actually, I don't know what you should do, after all, this is your problem, no one can make a decision for you, only you can make a decision, I am at most just giving advice, and no one knows the right answer to all this, right? ”

Perhaps because what was going to happen next would be one of his great journeys, Lawrence was in a rare calm mood and chatted with the girl about all this.

"Did you find the answer?" asked Lia.

"I found it, but I don't know if it's right or wrong...... But it doesn't matter, no one can say that all of this is wrong until I really fail, just as you can get revenge, and no one can judge your answer until you actually kill him. ”

Lea gradually let go of her timidity, and she found that Lawrence was still very kind, although the dark mask was unsettling.

"So what's your question? What's your answer?"

Liya asked in a ghostly manner, but she regretted it after asking, she actually dared to question Lawrence about such a thing, but the expected anger was different, Lawrence did not react much, but said calmly.

"My problem is an enemy, a very powerful enemy, it will kill everyone, and I will defeat it, but many people are like Lorenzo, these heretics have different ideas and different interests than me...... We can't stick together, and not only that, but they're going to get in my way and try to kill me.

I was bothered by this for a long time, and then I thought of a solution. ”

Lawrence said.

"Force, absolute force, I need to be very strong, so strong that I don't need the help of others, and I will not be afraid of the interference of the heretics, as long as I become strong enough, the swords of the heretics will be vulnerable in front of me, if they want to stand in my way, then run over them, if they resist me, then kill them all, until only my voice remains. ”

Beneath the calm voice is a mountain of corpses and a sea of corpses.

"Could it be...... Can't we understand each other?"

Lea asked innocently, the blood in Lawrence's words almost suffocating her.

"And can you understand Lorenzo Holmos?"

Lawrence asked rhetorically.

"Do you trust others? Do you have to think in your heart when those people come to kill us? Let me guess, you must be wondering, don't you, do you understand why they did this, it's just the first time they've met, they don't even know their names, and they have nothing to do with each other, and they're just fighting to the death for ridiculous reasons?

Will you believe, or even pray for understanding?"

Lawrence seemed to be asking Leah a question, but in his eyes, Leah's face overlapped with another familiar face.

Lorenzo Medici, you are willing to believe, you are willing to understand, but you fail.

I will never follow your old path and repeat the mistakes of the past.

"That's my answer, what I have to do, to change all this with absolute force, and the same is true for your revenge, and the change you have to do is not just to kill Lorenzo, but to uproot his friends, all the heretics associated with him, and thus break the cycle of hatred. ”

The face under the mask had long since been hideously distorted, Lawrence had waited too long for all this, he would never forget the burning wilderness in his memory, he would never forget the demon hunters who died beside him.

"There will be no more heresies, all will obey one voice, one will, and if humanity cannot be united, then I will unite them. ”

Lawrence asked.

"Do you think your revenge is important, then? Your enemies are not just Lorenzo, but all heretics, who are endless, and who can only be brought to their knees by absolute force, and who live in fear of power. ”

"But this ...... After that, what are you going to do?"

Liya didn't feel afraid, she was just a little uneasy, very uneasy.

Lawrence suddenly laughed, with some helplessness in his voice.

"After this, I'm going to defeat my enemies and save the world...... Don't you believe it? Actually, a lot of people don't believe it, but I don't bother to say it to others, I really just want to save the world, a very simple, even a little naïve reason. ”

Lawrence looked out the window at the warm sunlight, and after somehow telling Leah about it, he felt pretty good.

"No, I believe, let me join in. ”

Liya said loudly.

Lawrence is right, her enemy is not Lorenzo, Lorenzo is just one of her enemies, even if Lorenzo is killed, there will be many enemies, they will ruin the beauty of Lea, and repeat the tragedy of the night of suffering.

"Are you sure? You're going to kill people, you're going to make mistakes, not even God can save you and me, it's a broken road, it's like walking on the ice, and the ice will break as you move forward...... In the end, there are only two endings to this path, to fall in the cold wind, or to fall into the icy deep sea and drown. ”

Lawrence intimidates and seduces girls.

But in return, you will also get a lot, you will accomplish what you want, you will have your paradise, maybe you will not be able to enjoy all this, but the people you love will live on it. ”

"I do, Imam. ”

Ria replied again, this time with uncompromising determination.

"Okay, I promise you, Lea. ”

Lawrence said as he stood up, and he said suddenly as he passed over Leah.

"But stop calling me imams. ”

Ria didn't understand what Lawrence meant, she also stood up, and turned to see a few believers waiting by the door, they were holding up the tray of red cloth, and Lawrence put the crown on his head as Ria watched.

"You should call me Your Majesty. ”

Lawrence said.