Chapter 1271

The Funeral of Frieren.

"Eh? Is Saineros planning to sentence these new believers to death?"

Xiutaerke looked at the sky people gathered before the two winged beasts, 'However, those old believers who cooperated with Kaines also need to be punished, though the death penalty probably isn't necessary, right? Just execute those new believers whose hands are stained with blood and who find excuses to commit violence!'

No… Xiutaerke, I'm afraid it's not that simple." A bead of cold sweat slid down Zan Yin's forehead, his gaze locked on the two winged beasts announcing Saineros's will, "Her target is…… everyone."

Xiutaerke's face stiffened, and he froze: 'Ha…? Wait, Zan Yin, what does "everyone" mean? Could it even include ordinary people who haven't harmed anyone?'

Quite possibly…… yes.

Even including the children in the clan?

Zan Yin shook his head regretfully: 'I don't know, but Saineros seems deeply disappointed in the sky people; her words don't single out the new believers who follow her, nor the old believers who betrayed her. Her punishment is imposed on everyone in the sky.'

"No, impossible? Even if she hates those murderers who harm others, at least the children are innocent, right? And what is her punishment? Could it be……"

Xiutaerke's face went 'whoosh'—his whole body suddenly began to tremble violently, uncontrollably.

A horrible thought rose in his heart.

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""But she once loved the world so fervently…… has she already… abandoned us?""

The Suralbis in memory said: "Saineros touched the spark, gaining the Titan's vision. She saw what the gods fear—the Heichi that takes root in darkness, sprouting from the world's edge and devouring everything."

Lunabis: "It flees the pursuit of the clouds, not out of favoritism toward the scorching sun, but merely from fear of that boundless darkness. Yet the children of men have privately misread the gods' intent, forging it into a weapon of mutual slaughter…… This history, brewed from sorrow and tragedy, will end thus."

The new believers clasped their hands, trembling all over as they knelt: "Valkyrie above…… what fate have you woven for us…?"

""Saineros's message to mortals, conveyed by us——" Suralbis said, "'I once deeply loved, yet could not save, my fellow kin——now, the golden divine blood boils within my body, the sky's tyrant also bows before me. My radiance is fiercer than the scorching sun, the gloom shrouding my thoughts has at last dispersed——'"

""When I, through the god's hundred eyes, look down upon this tiny world, I finally make up my mind. The hero's instinct drives me to proclaim your fate's judgment——"

""Your future flows between the scorching, boiling golden pool beneath your feet——rejoice and leap, for when everyone's flesh, blood, and liquid gold melt into one——"

""You will eventually understand what true unity is."

As the two winged beasts' words fell, a hoarse, rasping sneer came from the crowd—an old woman with a full head of white hair, leaning on a wooden staff, swaying as she stepped out of the crowd.

""Heh… I foresaw this day's arrival. But this isn't your fault, Saineros. Your sole mistake…… was pouring too much extravagant hope onto 'humanity.'"

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DC Universe.

In the office area of the Planet Daily, the usual clatter of keyboards and ringing of phones fell completely silent; the whole office grew eerily quiet, everyone's eyes locked on the horrifying scene in the sky.

""She's gone mad…… does she know what she's doing? To slaughter all the sky people completely?? Men, women, old and young? Not a single one left?""

Luyisi froze in place, she covered her mouth, her face turned deathly pale as if drained of blood. She had never imagined how many sky people there were, but she knew this would be a horrifying massacre in the history of Wengfalosu, an outright genocide!

In the panic, she knocked over the coffee cup beside her computer; just as the dark liquid was about to splash onto her laptop, in a blink the cup of coffee reappeared intact in Kelake's hand, he gently set it back on the table and softly patted her shoulder.

""Luyisi, relax a bit.""

""Kelake, I……" Luyisi pressed her thumb to her temples, "I never imagined things would head toward massacre; I thought she only wanted to punish those wanton slaughterers and oppressors, Saineros, she……" Luyisi's voice kept trembling, finally turning into a deep sigh."

""…She's too extreme.""

She doesn't oppose Saineros using thunderous means to purge the clan's troublemakers, but the issue is that such measures must first be built on order, not utterly destroy it.

""No matter what, I won't approve of her methods." Luyisi took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, "Moreover, I don't believe there are no kind, conscientious people among the sky people. If she only targets the most vicious, most despicable lot and drags that vileness onto everyone…… then in this world, there will be no one left worth saving."

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Attack on Titan.

""When everyone's flesh, blood, and liquid gold melt into one…… does that mean throwing them all into the golden pool to be burned alive?!"

""So… Danheng saw, beneath the Dawn-Dusk Eye, that golden pool actually consisted entirely of the sky people——"

Aermin's face turned pale, he could no longer bear it, and began to retch violently.

He never imagined things would head toward massacre, and that Saineros, who though harsh in speech still cared for her people, would actually slaughter her entire kin.

But if Saineros really killed all the sky people a thousand years ago, what's up with Fengjin's belonging to the Hunguangtingyuan?

For some reason, the words Suralbis once spoke to Fengjin suddenly echoed in Aermin's mind.

""Yaxintes——you don't have her aura."

Could it be… that Fengjin lacks the sky people's bloodline? No, perhaps the entire Hunguangtingyuan lacks it? The sky people's bloodline was already severed by Saineros herself a thousand years ago!

""Indiscriminately slaughtering everyone is too crazy……" Aermin covered his mouth, a flood of thoughts surged into his mind—he had initially thought at least some sky people's bloodline had survived on earth, never imagining they'd been wiped out completely.