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Zhu Qing and her apprentice put on their hoods and walked quickly to the buildings marked on the map. Although he has moved forward in a low-key manner and covered his face, he still can't hide the military temperament in his steps. The constant presence of conspicuous civilians yielding way when they saw them was speeding up the movement, but it was not a good sign.

Her fears became a reality - a civilian in the distance saw them head down and head straight for them, immediately panicked, turned and burrowed into the target building, and locked the door.

"Quick!"

Zhuqing rushed forward, jumped up and kicked the wooden door into powder. There were bursts of screams, and the civilians who had just been hiding in a panic behind the door were covered with broken wood in their faces, and they were knocked out by the impact of the kick on the opposite wall. Four or five civilians immediately fled with their heads in their hands.

"The inquisitor is handling the case! Get down now! ”

The apprentice took out his long sword and shouted, but surprisingly, none of the civilians stopped, but ran faster! "Get down immediately, or you won't be killed!" He repeated it, but to no avail.

When he was worrying about how to imprison all the civilians who fled in a panic, he saw Zhu Qing wielding a chain sword and slashing people to death one by one. The scene of killing civilians was not very pleasant, and the apprentice finally held down a person but watched as the person under him was slashed by Zhuqing's sword, and his body was in a different place.

He froze in place, looking at Zhuqing, not knowing what to say, but she spoke first: "Don't think about it, what we do represents is justice." Now that the warning has been given, they have turned a deaf ear and are accomplices. Harbouring criminals and apprehending them is a capital offense. ”

Well.

The apprentice nodded.

What Zhu Qing said was not wrong. He just admired her for being full of justice and principled. Sometimes he even felt that Zhu Qing's sense of justice was a little too sharp, and although he listened to many explanations, he still couldn't understand where Zhu Qing's excessive sense of justice came from...... But, after all, it's a good thing.

"You're still young, I remind you again. Darkness is evil, magic is evil, don't hesitate, don't hesitate, if we, the law enforcers, are shaken, who should the good people believe? ”

After hearing these words, the apprentice's mood was boiling with blood and righteousness.

As a result of the riots, several people rushed out of the back room. Despite wearing a worn hooded cloak, he was still recognizable as a well-trained soldier.

Of course, Zhu Qing did not respond to the other party's question, and directly started a fierce battle. The characters who appeared from the iconic buildings were not infidels but also related people, and they did not spare the strength to bring the suspects back for interrogation one by one, and those who resisted were all executed on the spot!

Enemies fend off with holy light spells, while hiding themselves with dark spells. "It's the Twilight Cultists! Found them! Zhu Qing shouted excitedly.

The Dusk Sect always stretches out its hand to both day and night, not to mention that in a border place like the outskirts of the Eighth District, sometimes there are lurkers even in the hinterland. She hated the sneaky creatures, which were as gritty as a few bugs in a flawless white veil. Today, I finally got my wish and found the nest where the Twilight Cultists were hiding.

Hand up and knife down.

They were killed.

These people who showed up seemed to be little minions, and they couldn't be Zhu Qing's opponents, and they were even powerless to parry.

They rushed into the back room and saw a steady stream of Twilight cultists running out of a cellar disguised as a dwelling. For unknown reasons since the founding of the Scarlet Twilight Cult, they have always liked to hide underground, and the same is true today, and it seems that they will never grow up.

Zhu Qing thought to himself at this moment that he would never be able to have any intersection with this group of black and white dual cultivators who had no faith in the Dusk Sect.

She muttered with a wry smile as she slashed her enemies, "I really want to see what virtues the Pope of the Twilight Sect has." "Probably as ugly as a marmot leader.

I don't have a good impression of them at all.

Along the stairs leading to the cellar, with the help of dim torches, Zhu Qing and the two soldiers came all the way to kill the disciples who blocked the general rushing out. At the end of the dark, lightless passage, it seems that there is no end to the enemy.

After the apprentice slashed an exceptionally strong mage with difficulty, he couldn't help but say to Zhu Qing: "Aunt Qing, it's a little not good...... This is already the third Captain-level Twilight Cultist, and I have killed no less than fifty Ground Disciples, and my hands are weak. Did we break into their branch church by mistake? ”

Zhu Qing did not respond.

She had the same concerns. Indeed, there were several times more enemies than she expected. According to the original informants, a small group of Night Clan spellcasters lurked in houses on the outskirts of District 8, coercing civilians into hiding and plotting to destroy the Heroes' Cemetery. But who would have thought that things would come to this point, and there would be a large-scale support from the Twilight Sect behind the Night Clan. This number, this scale...... I don't know if it's really at the level of a separate church.

"Aunt Qing? Let's go get reinforcements, just the two of us......"

"Nope. Once we return the same way and lead our troops, we will probably only be left with an empty cellar that has been wiped out of all traces of spell rituals. "It's not the first time this has happened. She has no way to retreat, and she doesn't want to retreat. It is intolerable to establish a pagan branch church under the clear and clear sky in the territory of the Sun Clan!

Her face grew angry.

The apprentice didn't say much, and he didn't dare.

By the time they reached the end of the gate, the two of them were covered with injuries and exhaustion. Zhu Qing felt that his hand holding the long sword trembled slightly......

Break in.

It's worth the trip.

In a large, dimly lit cellar, the smell of damp musty wafted to my face, and a cloudy liquid dripped from the cracks in the stone bricks overhead. Under the flickering light of the fire, countless candles surrounded more than twenty mages wearing the uniforms of mid-level believers of the Dusk Sect, who were concentrating on casting spells at this moment. The entire hall was filled with a rich manic element, disgusting as slugs, and the ring pattern of the magic ritual outlined in blood on the ground floated in the air. The heretics muttered incantations in a low voice, swaying their upper bodies intently, sitting cross-legged on the periphery of the ring, not even paying attention to the intrusion of Zhu Qing and the others.

In the center of the spell lay a little girl of about four or five years old, thinly dressed and covered with various incantations. It should be the key to the whole ceremony!

Zhu Qing had a bad premonition, it seemed that some important ritual was already underway, and it was urgent!

She leapt to her feet, the tip of her sword stabbing down into the little girl's heart.

was hit by a beam of light.

Zhu Qing's body couldn't dodge in mid-air, so he could only resist with a long sword. This light was filled with powerful magical energy, and the force was heavy, and it exploded immediately when it hit the body of the sword, knocking her against the wall.

A mouthful of blood.

"Aunt Qing!" The apprentice immediately stepped forward to help her, whose upper arms and shoulders had been blown apart.

In the shadows behind the pagans came a man, small in stature with a skin-piercing magical power, and every step forward was terrifying. The moment the man took off his hood, Zhu Qing and the apprentice were stunned!

A very old woman, with loose skin, incomplete teeth, sagging bags under her eyes, wrinkles on her face like time cruelly carved deep dents into the rocks. She stretched out her hands like dead branches and trembled, veritable skin and bones. After only a few steps, it was almost blown away by the wind that seemed to be nothing.

The other party smiled coldly: "Zhuqing, don't you salute when you see your teacher?" ”

"Master?"

"Don't you still salute?"

"Huh!"

Zhuqing covered his wounds, gritted his teeth, hesitated again and again, and finally knelt down on one knee to salute. The old woman in front of her is the mentor who trained and even promoted Zhu Qing single-handedly, and she was also a high-ranking officer of the pagan inquisitor, and has been retired for many years. Why......

Zhuqing's mind was a little confused, and he didn't understand what was going on at all. "Master, why are you ...... What are you doing here? Is it the capture of infidels? ”

The old woman smiled and said nothing.

Zhu Qing stood up suddenly: "I know, you must be arresting infidels, right!" This must be a clever way to use yourself as bait to catch them all after you disguise yourself! Right! ”

Silent.

“…… Right......" Zhuqing's voice grew weaker and weaker.

No one answered, only the murmur of despair.

The apprentice tugged at Zhuqing and shook his head. She understood what an apprentice meant. After all, even she couldn't believe it. Everything in front of us says it all, but understanding is understanding, and believing is believing, these are two different things. She couldn't accept that fact.

Her expression was distorted, maybe it was a wry smile, maybe it was a forced cry, no one could tell.

"Master, why ......?"

"For youth, everything is for youth." The old woman smiled, her face full of evil, "Do you see that girl lying on the ground, she will become me in a few minutes, this is a great reincarnation ritual." I enter her body, soul transfer, you can understand, hehe. ”

"No, I don't understand. Everyone ages, so why do we have to ...... Do you do that? ”

"Fart!" The old woman suddenly became angry, "What do you mean that everyone will age!" Of course you understand nothing at such a young age, the pain and sorrow of aging! I have done my best for the White Republic, and I have dedicated my entire youth to the Sun Clan! What they have gained is peace and stability, because countless fools like you and me are constantly busy under the light, arresting, killing, interrogating and torturing. Is this the world of light? Why did I spend my whole life seeing only darkness? See despair? Look at me, look! After that, the old woman raised her palm and slapped her cheeks, and her loose skin shook repeatedly like an empty skin bag and the water bag finally drooped, "This is what I get!" Senescence! Forgotten! ”

In her roar, Zhuqing was speechless.

"I've done so much for the Sun, why do I have to die of loneliness and old age? I ask you rhetorically, why is it that the Pope of Life, Chang Yongjian, has lived for more than 400 years and is still a child? ”

"I don't dare to speculate about the Pope's affairs......"

"Because of the darkness." The old woman sneered, "Do you think that I am the only one who is engaged in reincarnation?" ”

Zhuqing was speechless.

She had indeed recently stopped a ritual of witchcraft that was trying to disrupt life and death with a spell. Only then did she remember that the ritual mantra at that time was the same as the one in front of her. Could it be ...... At that time, it was a reincarnation ritual, and it is still now, and the reason why that heretic person knew how to reincarnate was all a teacher...... Taught?

She was in turmoil.

She didn't dare to ask her teacher this question.

She feared that her mind could not afford such a harsh reality...... A lifetime of pursuit of justice, the maintenance of order, the efforts carried out, the arrest of prisoners...... Does it still make sense...... His mentor violated the law, and his own Pope privately carried out a dark reincarnation ritual to take the lives of innocent people, colluded with the Twilight Sect, and covered the sky with one hand under a clear clear sky. What is good, what is evil, and what is right?

The apprentice grabbed Zhu Qing's shoulder and shook it vigorously, and shouted, "Aunt Qing, cheer up!" ”

Perk?

And in what direction should you cheer up?

When Zhu Qing came back to his senses, he found that he had been breathing disordered, panting heavily, his chest seemed to be burning, and his stomach was turning upside down. The light in front of her grew darker and darker, and she sat down on the ground top-heavy, and a fishy smell suddenly welled up in her mouth.

She was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of blood.

“…… You're wrong, if it's me, even if you're old, I won't try to rejuvenate with evil magic...... Never ......"

She fell to her knees weakly, listening to the crazy ridicule and insults from the teacher overhead.

She watched as the apprentice next to her roared angrily and rushed forward with his sword.

She listened to the sound of fighting.

"Stop...... You can't beat it...... She ......" Zhuqing trembled and stretched out her hand to stop the apprentice from dying, but it was too late for the latter to stand up to protect her. It was all in vain, and she watched as her master knocked her apprentice to the ground and stepped on his head.

Zhu Qing's consciousness is getting farther and farther away, and he feels like he is about to pass out. Laughter was the last thing she heard, and stopping was the last thing she said.

Wait for Zhuqing to sober up again.

There was not a single living enemy left in the hall.

Her whole body seemed to have been bathed in blood, her white and flawless armor had been stained red, and the inquisitor's coat of arms behind her had been concealed by blood. The sword in her hand was dripping with the blood of her enemies, and her foot was stepping on her master's chest. The teacher's face was hideous, and he was at Zhuqing's feet, and there was a big hole in his forehead, which was transparent. In the corner of the room lay the bodies of more than twenty infidels, dead in a horrible manner.

The apprentice sat on the ground with a serious injury, as if he had picked up half a life, and still held the rescued girl in his arms.

After realizing that he was unconscious, Zhu Qing went berserk and killed all the enemies.

It's also good......

"Aunt Qing!" The apprentice suddenly shouted, "I know you're angry, but why don't you listen to my advice!" ”

Zhu Qing looked back at his beloved apprentice, who had an angry expression on his face instead of gratitude. She didn't understand what had happened when she had gone on a rampage.

The apprentice hugged the girl and stepped back again and again, as if he was guarding Zhuqing.

"Aunt Qing, I'll say it again! This girl is innocent, you can't kill her! ”

Zhu Qing's whole body shook when he heard this. It seems that she was planning to kill even the innocent girl just now, why...... No, no, of course you should be killed!

She clenched her sword again and approached step by step: "Thank you for the reminder, indeed, I should have killed her." ”

"She's innocent!"

"Innocent?" Zhu Qing laughed when she heard this, her body kept shaking, and she seemed to be injured a lot, "She is lying in the center of the spell ritual, she is the stand-in of that damn woman, who is about to become the new incarnation of evil, and it is also part of this plan, and it is the most critical part." Innocent? ”

"She's a victim!"

Zhu Qing sneered when he heard this: "Oh? How do you prove that she is not in the same group? Why should you trust her? Just because she's a child? Is there anyone else in this world who can be trusted? By the way, it's all the spells, the spells make everyone crazy, all evil! Look at that damned woman, perfidy! Betrayed my trust! Betrayed our faith! She is my mentor, who can I trust now? ”

She was a little mad......

Or maybe you're crazy......

After being silent for a long time, the apprentice tightly protected the girl with his body, and replied coldly, word by word: "You have also betrayed my trust. All I know is that you are evil. ”

Zhu Qing stared at the young man in front of him in astonishment. The apprentice who had been brought out by hand had now become a stranger, just like the mentor a few minutes ago.

She couldn't take any more thrills and ran away.

Zhu Qing fled.

Escaped from the cellar.

Escaped from the 8th arrondissement.

Escaped from the territory of the Sunborne...... She was sick to the Dusk Zone, and the only place left was Dawn Harbor.

From then on, she put all her faults on the spell. Half a lifetime of faith and struggle collapsed in an instant...... It's all spells! It's all spells! It's all the spell's fault!

And her apprentice has held a grudge against Zhuqing since then, feeling that she has betrayed her faith, betrayed the motherland, and betrayed kindness. After a long time, he finally got his wish and fought Zhu Qing on the walls of the seventh district.

In the end, the girl was rescued. There is a reason why the teacher chose the girl as the reincarnated body, she has an extremely high magical physique that is rare in a hundred years, and a naturally pure heart. By the way, that girl has a nice name - Bing Xiaoxia.