Chapter 69: Purification (Seeking monthly votes)

Seeing Ryan not only not escape but instead holding the "Sword of Dawn" and blocking the entrance of the tower, that woman wearing the gray-white long dress immediately had a bad premonition.

She quickly turned the giant scissors, clamped her own neck, and scratched lightly.

Bright red blood flowed out immediately, accompanied by a sharp whistle from her, as if it had its own life, flowing up, down, left, and right, covering her whole person inside.

This was as if that woman had put on a blood-colored full-body armor.

While she was doing these things, Ryan held the "Sword of Dawn" condensed from light in reverse with both hands and knelt down on one knee.

*Poof*, he inserted the giant sword condensed from light into the stone floor in front of him.

That giant sword disintegrated, turning into pieces and pieces of light points like dawn.

They were dense, countless, forming a flickering and violent hurricane, sweeping toward the front.

Wherever this storm of light passed, the stone floor was shaved thin, some stairs were flattened, some appeared with exaggerated cracks, and that woman didn't have time to make any dodging movements, and was completely swallowed.

The blood-colored armor on her body supported for a second, then completely shattered, melting into the light.

And this time, she left the special environment of the third floor, placed herself in a place full of vitality, and could no longer use those transparent blue-white faces to transfer positions, only able to watch her body appear with one after another fine blood-colored cracks.

Those cracks expanded rapidly, turning into hideous wounds that cut the woman open in an instant.

Amidst her screams, her body was torn apart, turning into meat chunks, and those meat chunks and her spirit were still constantly being ravaged by the light storm, until the hurricane subsided, one became more broken, and one dissipated completely.

Although Ryan tried his best to control it not to affect other directions, under the full-force attack, he still couldn't do it, destroying the side walls and the stairs behind. If it weren't for Lu Mian, Lyra, and Valentine following his instructions to find cover in advance, they would all have been injured to varying degrees now.

"Waa!" "Waa!" "Waa!"

Those bird-claw children climbing on the walls were frightened and cried loudly at the same time.

This made the ears of Lu Mian and the others buzz, as if suffering from noise attacks.

"Go!" Ryan turned his body and crashed into the wall nearby that was most severely damaged.

*Clatter*, the wall cracked, and a large amount of stones fell down.

A hole appeared there that could allow humans to drill through.

After Valentine and Lu Mian ran over, Ryan grabbed one person with one hand, lifted their shoulders, and jumped directly from a height of more than ten meters toward a tree outside the castle.

*Bang! * In mid-air, he kicked that tree, changing from falling straight down to flying horizontally, landing far away from the castle.

Lyra jumped out on her own, using the protrusions of the castle's outer wall, descended rapidly layer by layer, and landed on the ground in one or two breaths.

Amidst the violent shaking of the tree, Ryan, Lu Mian, and Valentine waited for Lyra for a few seconds, and after meeting up with her, ran toward the back of the hill, leaving the original path before the remaining servants could catch up.

Less than a minute later, at the entrance of the tower, beside the broken hole.

Madame Pualis, wearing a fluffy gray-blue long dress, stood there with an expressionless face, examining the surroundings.

The children climbing on the walls shouted urgently for their mother, accusing the barbarians and cruel people who broke in.

Madame Pualis didn't speak, her face sinking like water.

In the forest on the side of Cordu Village.

Lu Mian and the others stopped and looked back toward the castle.

Lyra was about to speak when she suddenly frowned.

"I heard a baby's crying, very close!" She tilted her head and asked Ryan and the others, "Did you guys hear it?"

Lu Mian was startled and hurriedly listened carefully.

Faintly, he heard the *waa-waa-waa* crying of a baby, but it wasn't as close as Lyra described, even seeming very distant.

"Heard a little." Ryan said truthfully.

Valentine didn't know what he thought of, and his expression changed slightly.

Almost at the same time, a painful expression appeared on Lyra's face, and one hand instinctively pressed toward her lower abdomen—there was obvious bulging and squirming there.

Valentine hurriedly walked over and placed one hand on Lyra's head.

Immediately after, he said in a low voice an Ancient Hermes word Lu Mian had just learned not long ago:

"Sun!"

Drops of golden semi-transparent liquid condensed from thin air and sprinkled on Lyra.

A burst of illusory black smoke rose from Lyra's body, her expression sometimes twisted, sometimes normal.

Finally, her lower abdomen shrank back to its original state, no longer squirming.

"Phew..." Lyra let out a breath. "Almost became a monster's cheap mother. Fortunately, it was handled in time, it hadn't had time to take root yet."

She had a smile on her face, even after experiencing such a weird and terrifying thing, she couldn't see any fear or unease.

After sighing, Lyra turned to Lu Mian, Ryan, and Valentine:

"Do you guys want to be purified with holy water too? I'm afraid you guys also became mothers without knowing it."

"Good!" Lu Mian agreed without hesitation.

But Valentine didn't walk toward him immediately, but came to Ryan's side and placed his hand on his head.

"Sun!"

It was the same Ancient Hermes word just now, and drops of golden liquid condensed again.

As the holy water fell, there was no anomaly on Ryan's body.

Valentine purified himself again, also without any illusory black smoke evaporating.

After handling his companions, he walked to Lu Mian's side and held down the head of this "Hunter."

"Sun!"

With the echo of that Ancient Hermes word, with the falling of those semi-transparent liquid drops, Lu Mian suddenly felt pain.

That pain came from his heart, as if a snake was drilling around in there, trying to leave.

Every time it drilled, it made Lu Mian's heart either speed up or lose rhythm, extremely uncomfortable.

The next second, he heard that mysterious voice that seemed to come from infinitely far away yet seemed to be right beside him again in his ears.

Fortunately, this wasn't as clear as in the dream, not enough to make Lu Mian directly enter a near-death state.

Just when Lu Mian was about to be unable to endure it, Valentine stopped the purification and nodded coldly:

"You don't have any problems either."

*Phew*... Lu Mian breathed a sigh of relief quietly, having the feeling of dancing on the edge of death and being pulled back.

At this time, he roughly understood what had happened just now:

According to that mysterious lady's statement, he belonged to someone who had been severely corrupted by a certain hidden evil god, and could only maintain a normal person's state by relying on the seal of that great existence.

For him to accept the purification of holy water was like a demon or ghost embracing holy light; it would definitely cause problems.

Simply put, he himself belonged to the evil god pollutant that needed to be purified!

Fortunately, fortunately, if Valentine had insisted a little longer or been a little more powerful, even with that great existence's seal, I would have exposed my anomaly... I can't accept purification anymore, I can't even find someone to exorcise evil; I am the evil that needs to be exorcised... Lu Mian felt a burst of luck, not letting the remaining pain appear on his face.

Seeing that his companions had all accepted purification and eliminated hidden dangers, Ryan said immediately:

"We'll go to the edge of the village now, where the loop is triggered."

"If Madame Pualis finds clues and chases after us, and we can't beat her, we'll try to escape and restart the loop."

Seeing Valentine clearly puzzled, Ryan added:

"I'm worried that if we die once in the loop, there will be some problems after the loop is lifted, so, if we can not die now, try not to die."

"Good." Lyra agreed before Valentine could express his fanatical statement.

Seeing that his two companions had made a consistent decision, Valentine could only nod.

At this time, Lu Mian scanned them and waved his hand:

"You guys go, I'm going home!"

"Aren't you worried Madame Pualis will find you?" Ryan frowned suspiciously.

Lu Mian smiled:

"I'm not like you guys. After I entered the tower, I kept avoiding the sight of those monster children and wasn't seen by them. The midwife who saw me was thoroughly killed by you guys, and it seems even her spirit couldn't be communicated with. How could Madame Pualis guess that such a high-end and powerful infiltration team had a common person like me?"

"You guys think about it, before you came to Cordu, no one tried to sneak into the castle. As soon as you came, things happened immediately. If she doesn't suspect you, who would she suspect?"

"If I run away with you guys, I'll be dragged into the water instead!"

Ryan, Lyra, and Valentine were speechless.

Clearly this kid planned the action, why did it seem like he had nothing to do with it on the surface at the end?

Did they just carry all the "crimes" themselves?

"Goodbye! If Madame Pualis doesn't dare to deal with you official Beyonders and the loop isn't restarted, then we'll see each other at the old tavern tomorrow!" Lu Mian waved his hand, and while running toward the edge of the forest, reminded the other party, "Take care, my cabbages!"

After leaving the forest, Lu Mian's expression condensed immediately.

He didn't follow Ryan and the others to escape not only because of the reason he just said; that was more of an excuse.

His main purpose was to go home immediately and meet up with Aurora.

Aurora invited Madame Pualis for afternoon tea, and immediately someone sneaked into the castle, belonging to a suspect who could easily be thought of.

Lu Mian had to tell his sister quickly: if Madame Pualis comes to question and silence them, don't hold on, directly betray those three outsiders, and accept Madame Pualis's imprisonment, finding valuable secrets to lure her for a period of time, not letting her kill on the spot.

Only by living is there hope!

Even in the loop, one cannot easily speak of death, lest something big goes wrong after the loop is lifted!

And after Madame Pualis chases Lyra and the others, if she wins, one of the three, Ryan and the others, will always be able to trigger the loop and "eliminate" the memories. If she loses, then what is there to worry about?

*Clatter-clatter-clatter*, Lu Mian endured the pain in his lower leg, passed through the village road, and ran back home.

Seeing Aurora looking around at the door, alive and well, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?"

"Are you okay?"

The brother and sister asked each other in unison.

PS: Seeking monthly votes~

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