I will be crowned king

The lead bullets, which emitted a faint light, tore through the air and erupted into a piercing scream.

This is... Anson Bach, how is he still alive? !

Felus, who was restrained by Lisa, showed a flash of surprise and was unable to make any effective response for a moment.

"puff--!!!!"

One shot hit, and several blood holes of different sizes exploded in Philus's torso. The heart, lungs... bloody internal organs that exuded a putrid smell were exposed to the air.

"The wound canvas bangs, you are really at your wits' end, Anson Bach!"

Philus rotated his head back 180 degrees and roared at Anson, who was struggling to get up from the ground: "This kind of thing that can't kill me immediately will only make me stronger!"

Ignoring someone's shouting, Ansen, whose face was still pale, supported his body with his trembling right hand and shouted into the distance with all his strength:

"Lisa! Do it!"

The girl who got the signal panicked. All the weapons on her body were destroyed by Philus, and all that was left was...

"Um?!"

Before he could turn around, Philus felt his heart tighten, and all the limbs and tentacles in his body trembled slightly, unable to move.

He glanced down tremblingly and found that weird girl lying on his wound, biting his heart with her bloody mouth!

"you……"

Before he finished speaking, another lead bullet hit the back of his neck. The mouth that was blown open was like a crushed tomato, spraying around with the inertia of the bullet.

Almost at the same time, the surrounding smoke began to gather and turned into "smoke chains" that tightly wrapped around the tentacles all over the body.

A look of horror finally appeared on Philus's face.

There was no recovery... The heart that was bitten off by the girl like revenge did not recover, nor did it mutate!

The power contained in his body seemed to have suddenly fallen into dormancy, actually resisting himself!

The threat of death has never been so close as it is now.

No, we must resist, and we must do it quickly... Philus stopped delaying, and the tentacles all over his body began to struggle violently, and soon he was freed from the shackles of the "smoke chain".

Anson, who was still trembling, finally staggered to his feet. Although [Wound Canvas] could perfectly recreate and transfer the injury, it would not restore the blood that had flowed out of the body. The nerves all over the body were still aching faintly - Lu En. He still hasn't completely shaken off the effects of Advent.

Now he is completely relying on the field of law to resist. If he relaxes a little, he may turn into the appearance of Philus, with tentacles all over his body. For ordinary people and evolved people, the influence from high-ranking apostles is also different. .

Without Anson's restraint, hundreds of tentacles attacked from all directions at the same time towards Lisa, who was still scratching with her nails and biting with her teeth; the girl who was still leaning on Philus' wound did not look back. As if he didn't notice it at all, he continued to fulfill his mission as the chief sergeant.

Before touching her body, hundreds of tentacles suddenly exploded one after another, turning into a blood mist that filled the sky.

Philus' mind was in a trance for a while, and then he suddenly realized that it was probably not him who had escaped just now, but Anson Bach who had turned the "smoke chain" into a "smoke bomb" and directly attached it to the tentacle.

"Snapped--!"

At the moment when he lost consciousness, Lisa suddenly exerted force with her right hand, like squeezing a water balloon, and directly crushed Philus's heart.

This time, Philus was no longer as unresponsive as before. His body began to tremble uncontrollably. The newly grown tentacles quickly shrank and rotted, and were no longer as strong as before.

But even so, Philus is still not dead, he is still alive.

"Go to hell!!!!"

Lisa, with red eyes, roared loudly, stretched out her bloody little hand and grasped the bayonet stuck in Philus' forehead.

puff--

The sharp blade burst out of the cavity, and the blood splashed dyed the girl's three-cornered hat red.

The astonished Philus began to think disorderly, and his pupils twitched uncontrollably: "You..."

"Shut up! Shut up Lisa!"

With a sudden force, the girl threw Philus to the ground: "You bad guys, do you know how many people died because of you?!"

"Why do you do this, why?! We obviously agreed to a ceasefire, why did we lie to them?!"

"Why lie?! Just because of you, many of the people Lisa knew are no longer here, no more!"

"Why don't you fight openly and honestly? You can win even that way!"

"You bad guys, you all deserve to die, go to hell...!!!"

The angry roar was mixed with the tearing of sharp blades, stabbing Philus until his flesh and blood were mixed. The broken body was mixed with blood and spread under his body.

The girl was in pain and sad.

This was the most brutal battle she had ever experienced since she was with Anson; thousands of people had been killed and injured before it even started. Then when she broke through the Red Hand Bay, she encountered repeated bombings from airships and fleets, and then another Fighting with a Land Cruiser never seen before on the legion's position...

In less than one night, the Grenadier Regiment suffered nearly one-fifth casualties, and the Guard Company also paid a heavy price with dozens of people... Lisa, who had never experienced such a situation, could no longer suppress her inner anger, and all she wanted to do was Tear the guy in front of you into pieces.

"Snapped!"

A bloody-faced Anson suddenly appeared beside him, raising his hand to stop the girl's right hand from wielding a knife. Lisa, who stared at her with a pair of big red eyes, suddenly looked up, but what she saw was Anson shaking her head without saying a word.

The girl pursed her lips in grievance, and stood up silently. Philus, who had turned into a puddle on the ground, was twitching slightly, like a fermented methane pit.

This guy... isn't completely dead yet?

Anson, who was slightly surprised, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and snap his fingers with his right hand.

Cursed magic, [Rising Fire].

"boom--!!!!"

The golden red flames swept across the already scorched earth, flashed by, and disappeared without a trace.

Also disappearing were the last remaining limbs of Philus, which were swallowed up by the fire, leaving only charred black marks on the ground.

After the flames were extinguished, Anson immediately felt that the restless power in his body calmed down a lot; but the purple moon in the night sky did not disappear, and was still hanging high in the sky above Red Hand Bay.

The girl held by Anson's hand still lowered her head, her eyes that were gradually fading away were still looking at the mark left by the other person, and never looked away.

Although she was angry, she did detect a familiar aura from the other person's body, and that aura did not hurt her. Instead, she was very obedient. Even though she had hurt it so close, she did not resist at all.

"well?"

As if feeling something, the girl suddenly raised her head; but before she could speak, her emerald green eyes suddenly became blurred, and her head tilted in a daze.

Anson, who was next to him, quickly hugged Lisa and turned around, his pupils suddenly shrinking.

Under the firelight, Talis Rune appeared behind him at some point, looking at the traces left on the ground with a complicated expression.

Different from last time, the Lu En in front of him was wearing a clean dark green coat. His appearance was almost the same as that of him at Boridim Research Institute, except that he was slightly taller, with a more mature appearance and lips. There was also a light beard growing around him.

After calming down a little, Anson sighed: "The next time you come here, can you say hello? I was almost killed."

"Me too."

Lu En said calmly, his expression unchanged: "If it weren't for you and her, maybe today would be the day I fall."

Anson raised his eyebrows.

"There is no doubt that what I said is true." Lu En's expression became a little more serious: "Hidden Blood is one of August's most important trump cards... If he continues to mutate, the best outcome for me will be the same. Become a flesh-and-blood monster that has lost its mind.”

"It's like an... uncertain, but very crucial anti-code; it's so weak that you won't even take the initiative to care about it, but it's enough to be the force to change the outcome at the most critical moment."

"Huh?" Anson was stunned for a moment: "You know?"

"Of course I know."

Lu En nodded slightly, a strange red light flashed in his eyes: "Even this experiment was proposed by me first, but it was completed by August."

"Hmph... In his words, this is the first time that I, who lack spirituality in blood magic, have discovered the highlight of my own potential."

Anson's expression became even more confused: "Then why did you..."

"Why allow such an existence that can threaten me, and even let it become a weapon used by the Holy See against me?" Lu En shook his head:

"Maybe it's because he really looks like August, right?"

"If I take the initiative to destroy it, it means I admit that I can only follow the footsteps of that figure forever. No matter what I do, it will be in vain; caring too much will make my already slim chance of evolution even more hopeless. ."

"So I choose to ignore and forget; if I fall because of this incident, then it proves that I am the pinnacle of my evolution; if not, there is still a glimmer of hope."

"You're gambling."

"Of course, why not?"

Lu En asked rhetorically: "After experiencing countless possibilities, all of which ended in failure, apart from gambling, is there a second way to find hope?"

"Our path is so difficult, our desires are so small, and our enemy... is the entire world."

"Therefore, we will not be afraid, let alone cling to the past. Climbing up along the path of evolution is our only desire. Death...should not be something that an apostle needs to be afraid of."

"Especially to you, Anson Bach."

Lu En slowly raised his head and gave Anson a meaningful look.

Suppressing his inner emotions, Anson calmly said, "I don't understand."

"You don't need to understand that evolution... is self-explanatory." Lu En smiled:

"Besides, for you now, instead of focusing on this, you should consider how to deal with the time entanglement caused by it - you have too much 'recall' about August. Enough to pose a threat to you."

Anson's throat twitched. Although he was somewhat mentally prepared, it was impossible not to be nervous when the situation came. "What should I do?"

"Nothing to do. The best way is to let nature take its course." Lu En spread his hands: "Sooner or later, you will become the enemy of this world. You might as well try to face the consequences of time before that. Once the bad intentions are gone, I can accumulate some useful experience."

"Of course, if you really want to know the solution to the problem, then go back again; August...and me at the time should be able to give some pertinent suggestions."

"go back?"

Anson was stunned: "How...how to go back?"

"Don't worry so much, you will know what to do when the time comes." Looking at Anson's reaction, Lu En smiled slightly:

"But this time I advise you to figure out the order of the timeline first. Don't get involved in more timelines between our first encounters. Otherwise, I won't even be sure. When you return, Are we friends or enemies?"

Um? !

This sentence contained so much information that Anson, who was frozen in place, took several seconds to react and quickly stepped forward to ask further.

But Lu En obviously didn't intend to continue talking. He silently stepped forward and rubbed Lisa's little head, with deep affection in his eyes.

That expression was like looking at his own child.

Of course there is nothing wrong in saying that... Rune defeated August. According to the rules between the Old Gods, Lisa naturally became Rune's family, and therefore Thalia could be called "Augus" "Te" is a middle name, and she does look exactly like Lisa, but... huh?

Wait, it seems that every time they meet, Thalia always assumes that she is Lisa's sister, but Lisa obviously already had a relationship with August before he went to Boridim, which is why at that time Lu En's expression was so different when he mentioned the "dead" Lisa, so...

Anson immediately turned to look at Lu En, and when he wanted to ask, the other person had disappeared.

Only the strange purple moonlight was left, flickering slightly in the night sky.

Anson, who looked stunned, was stunned for a moment, then sighed with a wry smile.

After confirming that the other party had left, he silently took out an envelope from his arms and opened it. Inside was a metal fixed-loaded bullet with a strange shape and a bronze glow.

This is what Roman calls the trump card that "can turn defeat into victory."

Point the loaded Inquisitor's revolver at the sky and gently tap the trigger.

"boom----!!!!"

Accompanied by a long and piercing cry, a beam of day-white firelight bloomed in the dome, and the scattered light spots gathered in the sky to form the shape of a ring of order, beautiful and unparalleled eye-catching.

Nearly a thousand meters away, the "real" Sir Philus, who had just landed, was deeply attracted by the fire with a shocked look on his face, and murmured to himself with a trembling corner of his mouth:

"This...this is impossible..."