The female devils I saved came to my door

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At the same time, in the far east, in Ipoli, Lovna, who was anxiously reading official documents and dealing with the riots and uprisings in the country, suddenly felt a wave of heart palpitations.

She thought it was just a temporary physical discomfort, but when the six children beside her told her in horror that her power from the underworld had completely disappeared, Lovna realized that the problem was not simple.

Then, more panicked guards came to report, claiming that many soldiers who seemed dead but looked very familiar appeared in various places.

When she went to the city to check, she discovered that just outside the city of Lovnaniya, countless people with withered faces and emitting a strange black aura appeared like black mist around all the cities and villages, and they were about to confront them. Her inhabitants slaughtered.

Through the weapons, armor shapes, and flag styles raised by those weirdos, she recognized that those were enemies who had been killed during the expansion and conquest of Ipoli.There are nobles from Beztan, barbarians from the north, mercenaries from the south...

The entire Ipoli and the Great Black Sund are filled with these crazy dead souls.

Just at that moment, the boundary between life and death across the continent was broken. Those souls who were obsessed and eager for revenge were able to return to the world again, raised their weapons, and launched an attack on the Iberians who brought them death. revenge.

Lovna looked at the six children who were now just ordinary children, looked at the frightened soldiers, and the residents running in all directions, and recalled the devil's warning that "all power must pay a corresponding price."

She also understood.His empire had been expanding so smoothly before, but now it was time to pay the price.

Now, Charles is no longer around, neither is the most reliable Sharlana, and Hilna is no longer around, so the six children are just ordinary people.

"Notify everyone...to pick up weapons." She gritted her teeth: "...No matter what they are, we have to kill them again!"

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Touching the tombstones of St. Ann IV and Monroe, Charles recalled the pope's desperate last moments during her lifetime - although it was a thousand years ago, it was still vivid in her mind.

“The Subversive—that demon has never died and will never die.

“Her obsession with overturning all order will exist in the heart of every person who has the ability, ambition, and desire to change the status quo.

"So, when St. Ann IV at that time developed the obsession to resurrect her daughter, defeat death, and change the current order, and tried to use the forbidden power of the underworld to put her ideals into practice, the devil would appear in her When her heart awakens, she is the new demonic 'subversive'.

"The demon I killed created those fourteen children just for the sake of this moment of 'rebirth'. The will of the old demon 'subverter' will be inherited by St. Ann IV.

"Based on the imaginations of seven nameless children who have been dreaming for more than ten years, she faked the coming of the underworld into a gorgeous heaven, making the believers who didn't know why even more fanatical. The fanaticism will turn into the power of the underworld, accelerating the arrival of the underworld. .

"She used forged miracles to arouse the fanatical beliefs of believers, and at the expense of this, she allowed the illusion of the underworld to come to the world. When she soared into the sky as an angel, all the believers who were deceived were deceived.

"They didn't know that when the Kingdom of God appeared in the sky, the souls of the dead were resurrected throughout the Western Continent, attacking and killing living people. The more war-torn places experienced, the more souls were resurrected. Therefore, Ipoli at that time also Encountered the greatest crisis.

“If Saint An IV is allowed to continue to summon the Nether Realm to merge with the human world, the world may completely collapse.

"The miracles forged by the devil deceived the most devout believers. The believers did not understand the piety, but instead led to destruction. To be honest, it is a bit ironic."

157. Ending

When St. Ann IV grew wings and flew into the sky, she directly smashed the dome, causing the church hall to collapse on the spot.

Sirna, who had just woken up, was a little slow in thinking and couldn't even react in time to cast a spell to avoid it.

Ciel had no choice but to pull Hilna into his arms and protect her under her body to prevent the collapsing gravel and bricks from burying her.

"Teacher Charles..."

Ever since she woke up, she had not had a chance to talk to the teacher. At this time, Charles was protecting her again, which made the already upset Hilna even more confused.

However, the broken bricks of the dome that collapsed suddenly did not fall on them.Because the taller Monroe stood beside him and blocked the larger gravel.When the collapse stopped and the smoke cleared, Monroe fell inside the ruins of the building.

A relatively sharp stone hit the back of the sword master's head, leaving a terrible wound.But it stands to reason that with his terrifying synthetic human body, this kind of injury can still be recovered quickly, but not this time.

Monroe is now older than ever.He no longer looks like a capable and energetic middle-aged man. With his gray temples and wrinkled face, he is completely an old man.The wound on the back of his head continued to flow with thick black-red liquid, and his consciousness became increasingly blurred.

It seemed that the changes and turns that had taken place one after another today had completely exhausted his life force.

"You can't heal my injury." Facing Charles and Hilna who wanted to save him, Monroe, who was lying on the ruins, shook his head with difficulty: "My body is not a human body, ordinary healing spells It won’t have much effect on me. My body has completely aged and it’s impossible to heal, so don’t waste your efforts.”

He pointed at the soaring blond angel in the sky: "... Charles, St. Ann, she doesn't care about anything anymore. The obsession with resurrecting Katrin has turned her into another devil. Let her continue. , she will kill everyone."

"What should I do?" Charles followed the direction Munro pointed and looked at the "angel" flying in the clouds. The enemy in front of him really left him at a loss: "...how can I stop her?"

But no one could give him an answer. The synthetic man, who was nearly three to four hundred years old, had already closed his eyes.

"Teacher Charles..." Looking at the ashen-faced Charles and the deceased Sword Master, Sirna wanted to say something, but she still didn't dare to speak.

Ciel, who was standing in the ruins, raised his head and looked around.

In this sacred glowing cathedral on the ground, the entire east-side halls and hall domes of the church have completely collapsed. Under the pale golden light cast from the sky, they look even more dilapidated.Like a garbage dump under the spotlight.

In the sky, there are the shadows of countless solemn, majestic and gorgeous buildings, which are the ghost world that is about to come.And Saint Ann IV, the initiator of all this, was soaring in the sky with wings with astonishing wingspan.

The Nether World is something like this, which can use obsession to allow those twisted and paranoid demons to possess people.

The Pope himself wants to use the power of the demonic 'subverter' for his own use, but in the end, even if St. Ann IV is the spokesperson of the Pope and Heavenly Father, she will still become the incarnation of the devil.

She herself becomes the new 'subversive' - a person who desires to subvert even the order of life and death.

However, Monroe, his love and indulgence for his wife also became the reason why St. Ann IV lost control.

If he could have stopped his wife's research on Netherworld magic earlier, if he had not allowed the devil to create Ciel's children, if he could have been more decisive in breaking up with his wife with a sword... none of these things would have happened.

However, everything is irreversible at this time.

How can he stop his mother-in-law now?

At this moment, the familiar voice appeared in Ciel's mind again.

"Char. Look, the old forces that are blocking you have fallen into their final madness. The Eternal Holy Church, distorted by the pain of losing its daughter, has embarked on the path of self-destruction! Destroy her, the cause of the future queen. There will be no more obstacles, and their time will come! Your mission is only one step away from success."

is the system.

I didn't expect that the system would appear at this time.

And, judging from the tone, it seems like everything is under its control.

At this moment, a series of unexpected events have driven Charles almost crazy.

"Who are you? And...what does 'them' mean?"

But this time, the system did not leave without leaving a few words, but gave Ciel a clear answer.

"I'm just a system, no need to ask. My responsibility is to lead you, who don't belong to this world, to advance history and complete the mission, that's all.

"Don't feel resentful that your destiny is manipulated by invisible forces. Whether it's you, Hilna, Lovna, the dead Monroe, or the Pope, they are all just a part of history.

"The future queen is never a fixed and unique person, Ciel. Your two students, who you have placed your emotions, teachings and love on, can all become the future queen because of your expectations. Who can promote history, Whoever can bring about change and take responsibility will be the master of the future.

"I have never specified or revealed the identity of the Queen. I have not interfered too much with your behavior in the past two or thirty years. Who you choose to trust and who you prefer are all your own judgments.

"Their competition for you, their jealousy of each other, and their respective desires are the most primitive driving force for their destiny. It is precisely because of you that they have reached this point.

“Everything is natural.

"Charles, go and eliminate St. Ann IV. After the death of the Pope, there is no other authority in the Holy See that has been purged by her. At this time, only Hilna can take the lead in the Holy See. She will inherit the wealth of the Holy See. , becoming the future ruler of the western continent.

"And the area east of the mainland will be completely owned by Lovna from now on. A new pattern will take shape, the old forces will be liquidated by your students, and history will advance more smoothly. Your role in this era will be The task will be completed.

"This is the arrangement of fate."

Charles: "...So this has always been a trap? Me, Lovna, Silna, Monroe, St. Ann IV, Catlin... are all pawns acting on a destined trajectory of fate?"

The system did not give a direct answer: "You can think of it this way. Now, destroying the Pope who has become a demon is the last step in this chess game."

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Back to the present.

On the lawn of the unnamed public cemetery in Sirnaria City, while stroking the tombstone of his father-in-law and his father-in-law, Ciel looked at the two listeners in front of him.

Lovna and Wuming listened to Ciel's story in silence, knowing that the story had come to an end.

"This is the arrangement of the system, and this is the responsibility I have to bear when I come to this world as a time traveler - let the students I have devoted my efforts become a tool to promote history. Let me be the thug who clears their obstacles, let me be Fate drove me to do a bunch of things I didn't even want to do.

“And it’s all my own choice.

“And when it was revealed to me, there was no way I could regret it.

“I can only eliminate Saint Ann IV and reunite my crazy and persistent mother-in-law with her husband.

“At that time, although most of the Glow Cathedral had collapsed, there was a towering bell tower on the east side that was separated from the main church, so it escaped without collapse.

"The bell tower is very tall and white. There is a huge copper bell hanging on the top of the tall tower. It only rings on festivals. It is the tallest building in Glory City, and it is also the easiest place for me to get close to St. Ann IV. place.

"Looking at Monroe's body and the tower, I thought of the only possible way to kill the Pope.

“I carried Monroe’s body, put a heavy sword on my back, climbed up the tower, tied Monroe’s body with chains, and hung it on the top of the tower.

"Then I shouted the real name of St. Ann IV and rang the bell in the bell tower to attract her attention.

“She noticed me, flapped her wings, and landed on the bell tower.

"She seemed to be stunned when she saw Monroe's body. I reminded her, 'You killed him. Just now, Monroe was killed by the collapsed dome in order to protect me and Hilna. You killed you. s husband'.

"These words obviously had an effect, and St. Ann IV briefly regained some humanity. When she reached out and planned to touch Monroe's face, I pulled out my heavy sword and cut off the wings on her back. When the feathers were flying around, he took the opportunity to penetrate her chest, ending her crazy thoughts.

"In this despicable way, I killed her."

158. Follow-up troubles

"The pope... just died like this?" When Wuming heard this, he suddenly felt an indescribable sadness: "... just like that?"

"Yes." Charles nodded numbly: "...Actually, even if I learned that she was using me and plotting such a disaster, I didn't want to kill her. After all, she is Katrin's mother. It was because of my obsession with resurrecting my family that I became completely crazy. I really wanted to save her, but when things got to that point, it was already difficult to end it.

"Because the Pope is the core of all this. It is her Netherworld magic that created the disaster in front of me. Only death can end her spell. I must throw away the unnecessary pity and overwhelming sympathy.

"When I rang the bronze bell on the top of the bell tower and watched St. Ann IV instigating several pairs of wings behind her and descending on the top of the bell tower, I could not see any emotion in her eyes. There was only a blur in her eye sockets. dark.

"Moreover, when facing me, she kept telling her 'great plan': she would defeat death and make me, her most valued son-in-law, the new human being she created with her own hands, become the next generation after the arrival of the Netherworld. Ruler on earth.

"She knew all the obstacles I had experienced after the founding of Ipoli. She claimed that she would let the power of the underworld erode reality and use that powerful power to help me achieve my ideals...

"She told me her ambitions over and over again, just like the demonic 'subversive' she was talking to me about. She seemed a little delirious until the end.

“I just think she’s pathetic.

“It wasn’t until I pointed at Monroe’s body and yelled at her to look at the face of the husband she had killed that she regained some of her humanity.

“When she was dazed, approaching Monroe’s body and trying to touch her husband’s cheek, I found the opportunity and cut off the wings from her back.

"The wings behind her were condensed from the power of the Netherworld. They looked white and flawless, but when I cut off the wings with my heavy sword, the scattered feathers flew around like blades. At that moment, Saint Ann IV looked back at me, Her eyes turned emerald again.

“I thought I failed and she was going to kill me, but the Pope didn’t, she just looked at me and did nothing.

"I took advantage of the situation and killed her.

"I don't know if she had a conscience because of Monroe's death at that time, or if she was soft-hearted and spared my life, or if she just didn't react...it doesn't matter anymore. She was stabbed through the chest by my sword and died. The top of the clock tower. After she died, the wings on her back scattered into feathers all over the ground, like snow."

Wuming hesitated for a long time, hearing the news of the pope's death made her very sad.

Lovna glanced at her, silently picked up the water cup, heated some tea and handed it to her. Wuming felt slightly relieved.

She tried hard to suppress her emotions. After all, those were ancient people from thousands of years ago, and their death was destined. Why should she, a person thousands of years later, be sad for a story that was already destined?

Thinking of this, Wuming adjusted his mentality, looked at Ciel, and urged the story to continue: "Then, what happens after this? After the death of the Pope and the Sword Master, what happened to Glory City...? Lord Ciel, Miss Sirna, how did you handle the situation at that time?"

Ciel did not directly answer Wuming's question, but patted the empty space beside him.

"Silna, come and tell Wuming."

As soon as he finished speaking, a faint humanoid outline appeared in the empty seat.

A kneeling, blue-haired woman gradually emerged.

Her appearance made Lovna frown slightly and also made Wuming startled.

"Hello, Teacher Charles. Hello, sister. Hello, Miss Anonymous."

Sirna opened her dark blue eyes and greeted everyone: "We are finally face to face."

She has actually always been here.

After she teleported from Shire to Lovnania, she has been silently following her teacher. Along with her teacher, she experienced this long journey and reviewed all the past events of thousands of years ago.

It was only now, after going through a complex ideological struggle, that she finally made up her mind to show up in front of Charles.

After thousands of years, Charles and his two students were finally able to sit together calmly and talk face to face.

Sirna tried her best to look calm and indifferent, but from her slightly trembling arms and her deliberate avoidance of Ciel's sight, it could still be seen that she was not at peace inside at this moment.

The same goes for Lovna. Although she already knew that her sister was not far away, the appearance of the blue-haired queen still made her a little uneasy.

Sirna nodded slightly to Charles, then looked at Wuming, suppressing her trembling, and said as calmly as possible: "When Teacher Charles was carrying Munro's body and planning to trap the Pope, I wanted to help the teacher, but The teacher didn't allow me to go with him... The teacher was obviously disappointed in me, so I had no choice but to obey."

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Hilna never dared to say anything to the teacher from beginning to end - because Ciel's gloomy mood at that time made her feel scared.