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Seeing the crowd united around her, Claire no longer hesitated.

She began to command people to act.

Choose your soldiers and prepare to defend against the moon beast attack tonight.

Send people to collect as much food and medicine as possible.

Check around and take in those who fled from other places.

Following Claire's orders one by one, the people moved in an orderly manner.

All the people on Hushu Street are united like never before.

People are like a small country, operating in an orderly manner under the command of the king.

In the face of sudden natural disasters, there are very few people like Hushujie who can unite and act immediately on the first day.

Many civilians were immersed in grief, their expressions were dull and they didn't know what to do, they just waited for rescue.

There are also many people who flock to the church and various state departments to seek asylum.

The whole Lowe City was in chaos.

There were not even many people who took advantage of the fire to rob, because even those bastards hadn't realized what happened.

Among the many despondent citizens, the Hushu Street residents who looted all the shops, supermarkets, and granaries in groups with a purpose seemed so abrupt.

If this is an ordinary disaster.

When the upper-level reinforcements arrive to quell the disaster, the residents of Hushu Street will definitely be treated as major evil forces, right?

The leader, especially Claire, will definitely be sentenced to death, right?
Standing on the top of the building watched the people who moved under her command.

Watching the people bringing back truckloads of supplies.

Looking at the people who got a lot of guns and ammunition from nowhere.

Where did these things come from?
Surely it wasn't bought with money?
It was only at this moment that Claire realized what she had done.

If after a few days, the disaster disappears and the world returns to peace, what is her behavior like?
How will she defend herself in court?

"This... This is not my fault alone..."

"They listened to me, a 16-year-old girl, for no reason. Aren't they responsible?"

"I just want to help everyone."

"I am not wrong!"

"It's the world that's wrong!"

She hugged her small body with both hands, and her body was trembling unceasingly because of excitement or fear.

Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching from behind, she gritted her teeth and pretended to calm down.

She is now the commander-in-chief of Hushu Street, the savior everyone believes.

You can't let people see her weak appearance.

"Ahem!" Claire held onto the railing with both hands, and while looking down at the crowd moving below, she asked, "Xiaoxiu, what's the matter?"

"It's almost night, we have to get ready for battle."

"Is the day going to pass so soon?" Claire sighed softly, "Xiaoxiu, do you think those moon beasts will appear again tonight?"

"Moon beasts are transformed from moon meteorites after absorbing the energy of the moon. There are still so many moon meteorites that have not turned into moon beasts. At least before all the moon meteorites disappear, I think moon beasts will definitely appear again."

"That's right."

"Take this."

Claire took the small bag suspiciously.

Under Roja's expectant sight, she opened the bag, and found that there were fingernail-sized gemstones lying inside, like moonlight essence condensed.

"Are these... the things that the moon beast dropped after it died? I didn't expect Xiaoxiu to collect them all?"

Everyone was too flustered last night, all they thought about was how to survive, and they didn't even have the time to think about many things.

For example, the moonlight essence dropped by the moon beast, many people don't know that the moon beast will drop this thing, let alone pick it up.

Xiaoxiu actually picked them up?
Claire looked sideways at the boy who was one year younger than her.

Under the shining of the setting sun, the boy's figure seemed illusory as if it melted into the light, so dreamy and so far away.

She was so afraid that the boy would disappear in front of her eyes in the next moment.

"Don't disappear..."

She subconsciously stretched out her hand, trying to grab that illusory figure.

"These moonlight essences contain extremely refined and huge moon energy. Although I don't know what it is useful for now, I think it will definitely be of great use in the future."

"……Yes."

Claire silently withdrew her outstretched hand.

"We have people take defensive measures. With Captain Hansen and the others here, the people in Hushu Street will not be in danger for the time being. We can take this opportunity to hunt down a large number of moon beasts to collect moonlight essence."

"Leave everyone behind to collect moonlight essence? Is it necessary to do so?"

"Of course there is! One step behind and one step behind, if we want to rule this world and become the king of this world, we must not sit still!"

"I'm actually not that interested in world domination..."

"The collection of moonlight essence must not be neglected!"

Seeing Xiaoxiu talking to himself, Claire sighed.

"Just do as you say." Claire rubbed the hair on her forehead with her fingers.

She sighed softly in her heart, is it so tiring to be an envoy of justice?
……

Time flies by when there is something to do.

The busy people in Hushu Street, seeing the darkening sky before they knew it, immediately beckoned them to hide quickly.

"Will those terrifying moon beasts appear today?"

"Last night, the moon collapsed around two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, right? Should we wait until then?"

"Don't show up! Don't show up!"

People raised their heads and stared at the moon in the sky.

Watching the moon gradually turn red and hearing the roar of beasts that seemed to come from another world, the faces of almost everyone in the whole world turned extremely pale.

"Wow, it's coming again!"

"I don't want to die, I still want to live—"

"Help me! Who will help me!"

The sky above the entire Lowe City was filled with the screams of people's horror.

However, even though the people on Hushu Street were also afraid, they immediately mustered up their courage when they thought of Claire being with them and the many preparations they had made during the day.

As the night fell completely, the terrifying and desperate Red Moon World reappeared.

ooh-

Scary wolves appeared in front of people as if they had come out of the fog, roaring and rushing towards them.

Screams, roars, gunshots...

Countless voices mixed together.

Claire stared at the soldiers who were defending against the moon beast, headed by Captain Hansen, and nodded slightly.

After a few words of encouragement to those present, she left the temporary shelter and walked into the depths of Lovi City.

Claire looked at such a familiar yet unfamiliar city as she walked.

Lunar meteorites are standing everywhere in the city. The lunar meteorites absorb the energy of the moon and may transform into vicious moon beasts at any time.

In the past, the smooth and spacious road was full of cracks, and dilapidated cars were parked in disorder on the road, and many cars were still emitting black smoke.

Most of the glass of the high-rise buildings by the road was broken, and the buildings that used to light up like fluorescent sticks at night were now completely dark.

Before Claire could express too many thoughts, a group of moon beasts howled and rushed towards her.

"what--"

"Humph--"

Claire swung the sharp sword in her hand and beheaded all the moon beasts.

Beside her, a thin-looking young man shot out spider webs from his fingers, assisting Claire in the fight.

In this dangerous world full of moon beasts, they didn't find a place to hide, but took the initiative to hunt and kill the moon beasts. Among the civilians, there were probably only Claire and Roja, right?

but--

Several people in blood-colored monastic uniforms surrounded the two of them.

"Blood Moon Cult?" Claire immediately protected Roja behind her, watching the dangerous elements surrounding them vigilantly.

Facing the powerful Claire, the members of the Blood Moon Cult did not want to conflict with her.

"We don't want to be your enemy."

"Hand over all the moonlight essence, and we will let you go."

"Be obedient, don't lose your life in vain."

Surrounded by the killing intent emanating from the members of the Blood Moon Sect, Claire's little face turned pale with fright.

Looking at the blood stains on the opponent's body, and recalling the rumors about the Blood Moon Cult in her mind, Claire became even more frightened.

She protected Roja tightly behind her, and while she was vigilant against the enemy, she frequently asked Roja's opinion with her eyes.

Claire and Roja looked vividly.

She quickly noticed what Roja wanted to express in his eyes - "Sister Claire, please cooperate with me later."

She nodded slightly to show she understood.

"No, don't kill us—"

A childish and frightened voice sounded.

Roja's small body trembled in fear.

"We don't want anything, I'll give it to you..."

Roja handed out the bag containing the moonlight essence in his hand.

Seeing the people from the Blood Moon Sect wanting to come over to get the bag, Roja froze for a moment, then screamed in fear:

"do not come!"

"You, you stand still and don't move..."

"I, I threw the bag over there!"

Because they are afraid of the strength of Claire and Roja, the people of Blood Moon Sect don't want to make troubles.

So they stopped, waiting for Roja to throw the bag over.

"then!"

Roja waved his hand.

However, what flew out of his hand was not the bag containing the essence of moonlight.

Instead, they are black and not autumnal things similar to pine cones.

Grenade!
More than a dozen grenades were thrown towards the members of the Blood Moon Sect.

Boom!Boom!Boom! ——

In the explosion of the grenade.

Roja stretched out his hands, and translucent silk threads shot out from his hands, shooting towards the surrounding enemies.

In just a split second, all members of the Blood Moon Sect were controlled by Roja's thread.

Claire, who was standing beside Roja, had a flash of silver in the depths of her pupils.

After using the power of the silver snake, in Claire's perception, time suddenly slowed down.

The movement of everything has become so slow, and the enemy's actions are full of loopholes.

Clang——

The sword came out of its sheath.

Claire's figure flew out like an arrow shot out quickly.

"what!"

"No!"

"Ok!"

Although the members of the Blood Moon Sect are weaker than Claire.

But if they fight head-on, due to the large number of people and Claire's lack of combat experience, the chances of winning are quite high.

But due to the impact of the grenade and the control of the spider silk, they were instantly killed by Claire before they could react.

The human body is so fragile.

Even a boxing champion may die instantly if he is accidentally stabbed to the vitals by a child.

Although they were only controlled by Roja's spider silk for less than a second, it was enough for Claire's sharp sword to slash their necks.

Puff puff--

Blood gushed from his neck like a fountain.

Their necks were cut and they didn't die immediately, they just collapsed on the ground, staring at Claire with hateful eyes.

bang——

Claire, who came back to her senses, couldn't hold the sword tightly and fell to the ground.

"I killed someone?"

Just now she and Roja cooperated perfectly.

One uses grenades and spider silk to control the enemy, and the other takes the opportunity to kill the enemy.

It looked as if the two of them had collaborated hundreds of thousands of times.

It seems that they have killed countless enemies with this trick.

But this is the first time they have cooperated to kill!
Claire's first kill!
I didn't feel it when I started doing it just now, but when the sharp sword smoothly cut through the opponent's throat and watched the opponent clutching his throat and struggling on the ground, Claire finally realized what she had done.

She actually killed someone!

"I, I, I..."

Claire's lips trembled.

She turned her head subconsciously, wanting to seek comfort from Roja.

Unknowingly, she has regarded Roja as her reliance.

"Xiaoxiu, what should we do? Let's kill people..."

However, she found that her Xiaoxiu was even more scared than her!
I saw that thin body collapsed on the ground, holding his body with his hands, muttering "I killed" "I killed" "I killed" with a pale face, his eyes were slack.

"Xiaoxiu?"

Seeing Roja's frightened appearance, Claire wanted to slap herself hard.

She almost forgot.

Although Xiaoxiu is very smart, she can see many things that she cannot see.

But Xiaoxiu is just a 15-year-old kid after all.

Just a withdrawn, timid, orphan who yearns for love.

No matter how strong and smart you are, you are still just a child.

She actually relied on such a child to protect her from moving forward?
Why is this happening?

Didn't she swear to protect Xiaoxiu all the time?

Didn't you agree to become everyone's messenger of justice?

Actually reversed?

"I've been putting heavy pressure on Xiaoxiu's shoulders and accepting Xiaoxiu's protection. I..."

"I'm not a qualified sister at all!"

Claire already regarded Xiaoxiu as her most important younger brother.

A younger brother who, like her mother, Auntie Remi, would protect even at the cost of her life!
She took a deep breath and picked up the fallen sword.

She came to Xiaoxiu's trembling body, and gently hugged Xiaoxiu's trembling body like a puppy frightened by thunder.

"Don't be afraid, my sister is here."

"But we...we killed people..."

"It was they who wanted to attack us, and we had no choice but to fight back."

"But……"

"They are bad people and they deserve what they deserve!"

The Blood Moon Sect believes in the moon god Sami.

However, they also believe in Sami, the moon god. The Luna Sect is the most widespread belief in the world, but the Blood Moon Sect is a cult.

Because the Blood Moon Sect believes that people in this world are descendants of those who betrayed the moon god Sami in the age of mythology, and they all bear the original sin.

The collapse of the moon and the coming of the moon beast are the means by which the moon god Sami decides to destroy the evil old world and rebuild the new world.

People who are guilty of original sin will fall into hell forever if they die under the punishment of God.

They want to save mankind.

They want to cleanse people of their sins.

They want people's pure souls to return to the arms of the moon god Sami and be reborn in the new world.

So the people of the Blood Moon Sect decided——

Kill everyone in this world with your own hands before they die in God's punishment!
So the Blood Moon Sect is a cult!
For the followers of the Blood Moon Sect, killing them all without leaving behind is definitely not wrong!

Claire hugged Xiaoxiu's body tightly, soothing the shivering Xiaoxiu softly.

Claire relaxed after Xiaoxiu's body stopped shaking.

She lowered her head and glanced at the watch on her wrist, "It's almost dawn, this is the end of hunting the moon beast tonight, let's go back."

She found that Xiaoxiu's body was soft and she couldn't stand upright at all.

"I'll carry you."

She carried Xiaoxiu on her back and was about to leave.

"Wait..." A weak voice came from behind her, "The moonlight essence on them..."

Hearing this voice, Claire was taken aback.

"I'm so scared to be like this, yet I still realize this, Xiaoxiu, you really...really worthy of being my younger brother..."

Claire turned around and looked at the several Blood Moon Cultists who were staring at each other.

Facing the few people killed by her own hands, she was still so scared just now.

Those people stared at her with hatred before dying, and her spirit almost collapsed in terror.

But now, only a few minutes have passed.

Claire realized that she was no longer afraid!

I don't think much about killing myself!
Instead, her inner thoughts were—"It's all you scum, you actually scared Xiaoxiu like this! If Xiaoxiu is left with a psychological shadow, I will destroy your entire Blood Moon Sect!"

After Claire glared at those people for a few times, she found a few bags containing moonlight essence from them.

Open the bag and take a look.

Inside, nail-sized moonlight essences shone seductively under the moonlight.

"The amount is huge, almost double what we have collected!"

Claire happily accepted the Moonlight Essence.

Although we don't know what the Moonlight Essence is for yet, since it was dropped by the Moon Beast and people from the Blood Moon Sect are also collecting it, it must be of great use.

You can't go wrong collecting them!
When Claire returned to the sanctuary with Xiaoxiu on her back, the people in the sanctuary immediately cheered loudly like a king returning in triumph.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Claire's waist gradually straightened.

Until this moment, Claire finally faded away from the youthfulness of a girl, and took the first step towards the real savior.

……

When Claire returned to the room with Xiuyi on her back.

Aunt Remi rushed forward at a trot, nervously looking at the boy with closed eyes behind Claire.

"What's wrong with Xiaoxiu? Could it be..." Auntie Remi covered her mouth with tears rolling in her eyes.

"He's fine. He's just tired after fighting with me all night." Claire said, "Since the night the moon broke, he hasn't slept for two whole days. Let him sleep well."

"It's fine."

Auntie Remi put her hand over her fiercely heaving chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiaoxiu is covered in sweat, so what if he catches a cold? I'll take him to take a bath."

"Trouble mom."

Aunt Remi took Xiaoxiu from Claire's back and walked towards the bathroom.

Claire looked at the back of her mother holding Xiaoxiu and leaving, and yawned to take a rest.

She hasn't rested for a long time.

She is also very tired.

"and many more!"

In her mind, she recalled her mother's panting and excited face when she left Xiaoxiu in her arms.

"No matter how much Mom likes Xiaoxiu, it's impossible to face Xiaoxiu who has passed out...I have to trust Mom..." Claire ran towards the bathroom with her slender legs, "I want to wash together too!" (End of this chapter)