The advance force sent by the church succeeded in suppressing the monsters attacking the city walls, but the panic of the citizens did not diminish in the slightest, they saw a red dragon attacking the church headquarters, the scorching dragon's breath brought about a change in the weather, the snow melted, and the icicles on the roof fell to the ground from time to time and shattered.

They never dreamed that the imperial capital would one day fall into such turmoil.

Lin Qiu galloped on the way to the headquarters, and the battle between Phoenix and the church continued, which Alyssa called "unexplained". He really couldn't understand why Phoenix, who was supposed to stay in Sophia's dormitory to protect Princess Phoenix, suddenly turned against the Church, who did have a grudge against the Church and had tried to attack St. Gosya with him on more than one occasion, but it was usually a thunderous declaration, but this time, she put those declarations into practice.

"No, it's not just grudges. ”

In the crowd, a man in a robe saw his confusion and said. Lin Qiu stopped and looked at the figure in the corner, this was the only way to the church headquarters, and the other party seemed to be waiting for him here for a long time.

"Even if Phoenix resembles a human, she is still a monster at heart, and when a monster has the power to take revenge on its former mortal enemy, it will desperately stretch out its fangs and claws to the enemy, and their reason will always yield to instinct - this is the most essential difference between monsters and humans. ”

He had heard that high-level monsters did have autonomous consciousness, and after the end of the First Demon Tide War, they hid in the shadows, imitating and learning from humans in the dark, and Phoenix was probably one of the first few monsters.

But no matter how much they learn and how much they learn, they can't resist their instincts. Killing and predation are indelible things engraved in their bones, and even if they learn human language and even understand human emotions, they cannot completely become human. Because what they can understand is only the appearance, and there are deeper things that they cannot understand, such as why humans form kingdoms, why humans need to be united, and even why the races across the river are sworn enemies, but they can maintain peace on the surface. ”

Eric dropped the hood of his trench coat.

It was clear that someone in his institution had betrayed him, but at this point, he could not and would not stop, and the "truth" he had been longing for was right in front of him.

"That's why I've built a research institute on the basis of the martyrs of the Musa Foundation, which is a long-term strategy. Monsters can't understand the composition of human nations because in their native environment, the only law is the weak and strong, and if I want to completely reverse this, I must clear the original 'rules' and formulate a new law of survival - brainwashing, which is the only way. ”

Eric's experiment was a success, and he allowed different groups of monsters to live together unharmed, and he was convinced that even if this ideal could not be put into practice in his hands, his descendants would accomplish the feat and that the monsters that had accepted the new rules would no longer be a threat to humanity, but an essential part of human life.

The success of the experiment made Eric extremely confident, until he met Lin Qiu and Phoenix.

The other party did not use any coercive means to allow an ancient-level monster to live with the citizens of the city - and this monster was also a sworn enemy of the church.

"Let Phoenix attack the church headquarters, is also what you call peaceful coexistence?" Lin Qiu asked rhetorically.

"Of course not, but this is the truth I must verify. ”

Eric replied, "Every high-level monster has a Libra of instinct and sanity in its heart, and you once let Phoenix's sanity prevail, which gave me a new thought—is it really possible for this to be sustained without destroying the Libra?"

"Bang-"

Eric felt his body lighten as a cloud of smoke enveloped him.

He lowered his head and stared at his left shoulder, which had been pierced by the blade. Before he could react, Lin Qiu's angry sword nailed him to the wall behind him.

"Throwing a city into turmoil just because of personal curiosity?"

He is worthy of being a Knight of the Round Table.

If it was him in the past, he would have lost his life in an instant against an enemy of this level...... But now, there was no pain in the pierced left shoulder, and a warm current wrapped around his injured part, and it was not blood that flowed out, but red flames.

His right hand gripped the blade of the sword, and the cut palm spilled out a little flame.

"I'm sorry, but I can't fall down until I see the truth. ”

This flame ...... Is it Phoenix?

Lin Qiu's heart sank, he had seen more than one Divine Bird Sect disciple, although those people had inherited a certain degree of recovery power, they still felt pain, and serious injuries would also lead to coma. However, the deep sea tells him that Eric is just an ordinary person, and that ordinary people should have screamed out in pain when they were nailed to the wall like this.

In other words, the power he inherited was not at the same level as those of the Divine Bird Sect.

"I understand your anger. But I have a high-level contract with Phoenix, and if you want to kill me, you must bring Phoenix back to her senses and she will break the contract herself...... Or like the Holy Maiden during the First Demon Tide War, seal her power. ”

Of these two options, the appearance of the Holy Maiden is a lose-lose situation for him.

"Don't worry, she's still the Phoenix you're familiar with, and it's almost impossible to control a monster of this level, I've just regained the upper hand of her instincts through some means - revenge on the Holy Maiden and the Church, it's her own choice, if it weren't for you, maybe she would have done it the moment she acquired the Leoreal Dragon Soul. ”

Lin Qiu drew his sword, and Eric patted the wound on his left shoulder, which had recovered as before.

In fact, Eric's mind is full of contradictions.

If Lin Qiu succeeded in awakening Phoenix's sanity, it meant that all his efforts over the years were useless, indicating that he had gone in the wrong direction from the beginning, but his subconscious wanted Lin Qiu to succeed to prove that he had chosen the wrong path.

Lin Qiu didn't stay any longer.

The battle between Phoenix and Ramov had reached a fever pitch, and the red rocks burned by the flames fell to the ground like meteors, and he could feel a strong vibration from a distance.

He couldn't afford to waste any more time on this unkillable man.

"I'll be here to witness everything, and once you succeed, come to me and see it for yourself. ”

Eric stared at Lin Qiu's distant back and said.