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Chapter 91
Chapter 91: If I Can Save Them, I’m Willing
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The carriage gradually came to a stop, and Lyla once again arrived at the alchemy factory in the monster city.
However, this time, it was not Blaine who received her.
“My lady, today I need to transport potions to the Crow Merchant Association in Valkam, so I really can’t accompany you. This is my assistant, and he will replace me in guiding you through the alchemy factory today.”
Е̌ ň um̀а̄ . і̄d̀
Blaine pushed his assistant to the front, nervously explaining why he couldn’t continue to receive Lyla, afraid that she would think he was neglecting her.
Fortunately, the emissary of the Ten Nights Society was not completely unreasonable. She nodded slightly, agreeing to let the assistant receive her.
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Breathing a sigh of relief, Blaine took a few steps forward with the convoy transporting the Human-monster potion behind him, then turned back and said coldly:
“Hurry up! If you spill the potion, you’ll pay with your lives!”
The monsters and humans guarding the convoy trembled at his words, sticking close to both sides of the convoy, not daring to have any other thoughts.
They arrived at their destination without any obstacles. Blaine led the convoy into the basement and stepped onto the teleportation array leading to Valkam.
Ĕ n̄ um̃ ä.
This teleportation array couldn’t transport too many people, but it was more than enough for their convoy of about a dozen people.
With a flash of vision, they arrived in a dark basement.
“Hurry and move!”
The door of the Crow Merchant Association’s basement was very narrow, so the carriages naturally couldn’t pass through. Blaine ordered his subordinates to move the Human-monster potion from the carriages into boxes and carry them out of the basement.
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The two monster guards watching the basement had naturally seen Blaine before, so he didn’t even need to show his merchant association token to freely enter and exit the basement here.
Box after box of Human-monster potion was carried out of the basement, Blaine looked at the empty carriage, then walked out of the basement, preparing to count the potions here once again.
Ё ǹum̃ а_
But just then, there was a creaking sound behind him.
The basement door was mysteriously closed, and the two monster guards watching this place were startled by the sudden event.
Sensing that something was wrong, Blaine cast a spell, taking out a magic longsword, and shouted with a pale face: “Prepare for battle!”
The monsters and humans who were about to rest didn’t dare to be negligent, and quickly assumed battle stances. Soon, a large group of human soldiers invaded the first floor of the Crow Merchant Association, surrounding them.
“You’d better give up resistance, with me here, you have no chance of winning.”
The soldiers gradually opened a path, and a middle-aged man wearing a battle robe came to the front of Blaine. At the same time, the powerful aura surrounding him made Blaine’s pupils contract.
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Rex, the deputy commander of the battlefield, had personally come to capture them today.
With him here, plus these human soldiers, Blaine knew he was powerless to change the situation. He just couldn’t understand how this information had been leaked.
“How did you know about this?”
“You can insert spies among us, why can’t we do the same? I not only know you were coming today, but I also know your detailed positions.”
Rex squinted and chuckled, putting one hand on his hip and asking him, “Your name is Blaine, you’re the one in charge on the surface, right?”
“…It seems our monster side isn’t as united as we thought.”
Wеḃn̂ оv́ ӗĺ Е́n̂umã
Blaine dispersed the magic in his hand, losing the will to resist.
With a smirk at the corner of his mouth, Rex actually knew his position because the Saintess Candidate Verose had told him.
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Through her investigation, she had almost completely uncovered how many people in the Crow Merchant Association had sided with the monsters, and also investigated who was in charge of the Human-monster potion.
So when he learned that Blaine would come to the Crow Merchant Association through the teleportation array today, he immediately sent his trusted subordinates, bypassing many procedures, to directly lead soldiers to capture them.
This way, that high-level spy hiding among them would certainly not have time to react.
The downside was that his actions would definitely be punished by the city lord, but perhaps he could make up for it with merit. After all, what he had disrupted was a plan that endangered the entire Valkam.
È n üm̀ а̃
“Capture them.”
Under Rex’s orders, the soldiers came forward to arrest the monsters and humans who had no intention of resisting. Even when pressed to the ground, Blaine still laughed coldly and said:
“But even if you capture us, it’s useless. Many people have already drunk the Human-monster potion. Their future fate is only to become monsters!”
“We’ve already started gathering the people who have drunk the Human-monster potion. Your plan won’t succeed.” Rex frowned.
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“Hehe, you think gathering them will be of any use? There is no antidote for the Human-monster potion! Unless you kill them, Valkam will inevitably fall into chaos!”
“No antidote? Heh, I don’t believe such a potion exists in this world. When you’re locked up in the dungeon, I believe you’ll tell us about the antidote.”
E ñ û ṁ а̄ ._id̊
With a wave of his hand, Rex signaled the soldiers to take them to the dungeon, while he left the Crow Merchant Association first, preparing to report this matter to the city lord.
……
Gradually, the sky darkened.
On the other side, Blaine’s assistant was pacing back and forth anxiously in the control room, sweat flowing down his forehead, dampening his clothes.
“Strange, according to usual practice, Lord Blaine should have returned by now. Could something have happened?”
Lyla placed her hands behind her back, looking up at the starlight filtering through the window, muttering somewhat absentmindedly: “It’s getting late……”
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Time to leave?
The assistant’s heart leapt with joy, and he quickly said: “Does this mean, my lady, you’re……”
“Going to start the operation.”
“Hm?”
With a look of confusion on his face, the assistant’s head flew into the air, rolling into a corner of the control room. His body fell straight backward, with blood gushing out in large quantities from his severed neck.
This place that had been constantly harming humans, Lyla could never allow it to continue existing.
Еn̈ um а̄
Walking out of the control room, she went to the deepest part of the alchemy factory, the underground laboratory where potions were developed, which Verose hadn’t visited.
Seeing Lyla approach, the monster guards only said “Who’s there?” before being hypnotized and thrusting their long spears into each other’s bodies.
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The door of the underground laboratory was opened, and the researchers inside looked bewildered. They didn’t remember anyone being able to come here today, let alone without any announcement.
They opened their mouths, just about to inquire, when limbs and heads scattered in all directions, blood splattering the walls……
In the herb workshop of the alchemy factory, a middle-aged man angrily smashed the mortar in his hand, then collapsed on the ground, helplessly muttering to himself:
“In another day or two, the people from the Ten Nights Society should leave here, right?”
Ŵ е b̈ n̂о v e l̄ Е̌n̊ǔ m а̀
“Is it possible that we were just overthinking it, and they actually don’t want to save us at all?”
The woman who had previously attempted to assassinate Verose stopped what she was doing upon hearing this, her eyes becoming distant for a moment. But soon, her gaze became determined once again.
“No, they must be here to destroy the alchemy factory. We have to believe this……”
But this time, no one else thought she was right.
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Her collar was grabbed by the man, and she was lifted high, as if she might be beaten at any moment.
The expression on the man’s face was ferocious and frantic:
Wе b n оv̇ е l Е n ům̄ а́
“Wake up! Monsters helping us? Don’t joke around! Our future is just to keep working for the monsters here! Until we die!”
After suffering here for several months, now that hope had finally been born, they discovered that hope was nothing but false. Such a reality would only make them more devastated.
The woman was silently held up by him like this, like a rag doll that wouldn’t resist. Her dirty, messy long hair covered her face, and no one could see her expression clearly.
The man who had lifted her clenched his fist tightly, but in the end, he didn’t strike her face. He threw her to the ground, stumbling back a few steps in despair, covering his face and falling to the ground crying.
He still had a seriously ill wife and a five or six-year-old daughter in Valkam. After being away for so long, he didn’t even know if they were still alive.
What kind of Ten Nights Society emissary coming to save them, it was all just a lie……
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At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up: “I think I heard monsters screaming, and something seems to be burning……”
“Come on, how could there be monster screams here.”
Regardless of whether others believed it or not, the woman immediately got up from the ground and went straight to the main entrance of the alchemy factory, looking towards the back of the control room.
Under the dark night sky, a large fire had been lit in the most heavily guarded area of the alchemy factory.
Perhaps it was because of the golden firelight, but hope rekindled in the woman’s dull pupils. She couldn’t help but cover her mouth, murmuring:
“It’s true…… They really came to save us……”
Еñ ũm̈ а
She saw the Ten Nights Society emissary slowly walking towards her.
She would never mistake it. The Ten Nights Society emissary from yesterday, who seemed cruel on the surface, had actually been protecting them at every turn.
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They would save them!
“Hurry, go to the teleportation array we came through. I’ll cover you.” Lyla shook the hem of her black robe, sprinkling some blood on the ground.
But the woman didn’t feel afraid.
“Thank you, my lady!”
W̌еb̀n̊ о ve l̃ Е ǹ ûm̀ä
Her face excited, she quickly turned back to inform the other humans in the workshop of this good news. At the same time, her heart felt increasingly guilty towards the Ten Nights Society emissary from yesterday.
She had come to save them, but she had not only tried to assassinate her but also mocked and ridiculed her afterwards, almost exposing her identity in front of Blaine……
She was sinful.
Most of the others in the workshop wept with joy. Under Lyla’s protection, they left the alchemy factory, constantly rushing towards the teleportation array they had come through.
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Their hearts were equally filled with guilt towards the Ten Nights Society emissary from yesterday, and this guilt soon turned into praise, praising everything she had done.
Lyla, meanwhile, slaughtered all the invading monsters and set fire to the alchemy factory, letting the flames consume this place full of sin.
Eǹ ŭ mа̄.і̄ d̆
After all the humans had escaped into the teleportation array, she temporarily sealed it to prevent monsters from entering.
Then, before the monster city’s monster generals could arrive, she made a trip to the Treant Inn.
Returning to the room she had previously stayed in, upon finding only empty chains on the bed, she fell into silence with an expressionless face.
……
As Blaine was captured, the news of the Human-monster potion spread throughout Valkam, causing an uproar in the entire city. After rescuing the humans trapped in the monster city, Lyla returned to Valkam and destroyed the teleportation array.
At the same time, all soldiers and adventurers who had drunk the Human-monster potion, whether on the battlefield or not, were gathered in the church square.
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Magic arrays suppressing magic power were spread throughout the square, with 40 to 50 mages using them to suppress the magic power within these people, in order to prolong the time before they turned into monsters.
By the second day, thousands of people had gathered in the church square, including the adventurer teams assembled by Saintess Candidate Flora.
As adventurers, they relied on two things to recover from their injuries: one was to seek treatment from nuns and priests, and the other was to rely on recovery potions.
The recovery potions from the Crow Merchant Association were particularly famous for their recovery ability, so they had naturally used them. Therefore, their appearance in the square was not surprising.
Ander sat on the ground, looking at the surrounding crowd, and said softly: “I didn’t expect that recovery potion to be the potion that turns us into monsters. Do you think we still have a chance?”
“Of course we’ll be saved.” The petite girl named Meryl was much more optimistic than Ander.
Е n̄ u m̆а. ї d̃
In the four-person adventurer team, there was also an extremely burly man nicknamed Iron Tower. He crossed his arms, saying with some worry:
“But currently, Valkam doesn’t have an antidote, right? Otherwise, they wouldn’t gather us here and use suppression magic to suppress the restless magic power in our bodies.”
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“If we turn into monsters here, we’ll be killed immediately, won’t we?”
His words made Ander and the others fall into silence.
The magic-suppressing arrays were not just to prolong the time before they turned into monsters, but also to make it easier for mages to kill those who turned into monsters.
Their lives were no longer in their own control from now on.
W̄ е b̂n̈ о̂ v̇е l Е n u m а
“Then let’s pray that we don’t turn into monsters too quickly. At least, we need to wait until the antidote is developed.” Meryl said.
However, the fourth member of the team, a female mage who had been silent all along, murmured in despair: “It’s impossible……”
“This kind of potion has no antidote, or rather, we won’t be able to wait until the moment the antidote is developed……”
“…Why?” Ander’s heart skipped a beat, inexplicably feeling a sense of unease.
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Covering her chest, the woman took several deep breaths before explaining in a trembling voice:
“I can feel it, that magic power is acting directly on our souls. In Valkam, there’s no one who can develop this kind of antidote……”
Е́n ûm̀а
Developing potions involving the soul, the potion masters in Valkam didn’t have such ability. There might be some in other cities, but by the time they arrived here, they would have long since turned into monsters.
She had a premonition that there were only five or six days left before the magic power completely transformed them into monsters.
This short time was simply not enough for capable potion masters to arrive.
Having fought against monsters all her life, she never expected to die by becoming a monster in the end. The woman lowered her head, her mood low, her eyes involuntarily turning red.
Ander knew that as the team leader, he should comfort her now, but because his own emotions were also very low, he finally sighed and said helplessly:
“Let’s believe in Valkam’s higher-ups. They will definitely save us.”
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There were over a thousand people here, and they weren’t ordinary residents, but the main force resisting the monster army. If they all died, Valkam might quickly perish.
To save them, Valkam’s higher-ups should be willing to risk everything, right?
……
Blaine had been imprisoned in Valkam’s dungeon for a full day. Verose, Lyla, and Rex, with the same purpose, came to this dungeon.
Many people in the city knew that the Human-monster potion had no antidote, which made the already desperate atmosphere in the city even more terrifying. Under such extreme circumstances, some people went crazy and began to ignore the city’s regulations, doing many outrageous things.
If this continued, the monster army might not even need to defeat the human army, Valkam’s internal affairs would already be in chaos.
Énu m̆а̃ .і̂ d
So they came to the dungeon, wanting to get the antidote formula for the Human-monster potion from Blaine’s mouth.
Boom——
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In the dungeon, the lamps on the walls suddenly lit up, weak light illuminating this dark and damp place.
Blaine was now tied to a cross, his clothes in disarray, his face dirty, completely lacking his previous imposing manner, even his breathing had become much quieter.
Hearing footsteps in front of him, he raised his head with difficulty and said coldly: “Heh, the Human-monster potion has no antidote, you……”
Drip——
Е ñūm à .і̀d
He saw the pendulum in Lyla’s eyes, and his words stopped instantly, his expression becoming somewhat numb.
Knowing what was about to happen, everyone’s hearts became tense. Rex even clenched his fists tightly, his breathing becoming much heavier.
Whether the Human-monster potion had an antidote or not would be a major event deciding Valkam’s future!
“Tell me the antidote for the Human-monster potion,” Lyla commanded.
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Blaine nodded dully and said: “Where monster blood gathers, humans with holy light can purify their blood, and that purified monster blood is the antidote to the Human-monster potion.”
Lyla and Rex immediately looked at Verose, their eyes filled with more or less surprise.
Wе́ ḃnо̆ v̌ е̄ l̆ Е̂ n̂ u m̃ ǎ
Or rather, they hadn’t expected that the Human-monster potion actually had an antidote, and the method to obtain it was so simple!
Facing their surprised gazes, Verose patted her chest and smiled lightly, as if she too was happy about this matter.
But in a corner they couldn’t see, she slowly curled her lips.
Not disappointing her, the hypnotized Blaine continued to say what he knew:
“However, where monster blood gathers, their unwilling souls linger, filled with their hatred and resentment from before death. To say purifying the blood is actually purifying their souls.”
“No matter how powerful a human is, if their heart is not firm, they can easily be influenced by those souls and become an embodiment of resentment. So even if humans knew the antidote, they simply couldn’t make it.”
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Impossible to make?
These words were like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, quickly extinguishing the joy of Lyla and Rex. They knew that if purifying souls was easily influenced by monster resentment, doing this would be going to their deaths.
Where monster blood gathers, in simple terms, is where monsters are buried. Hundreds or even thousands of monsters buried together, their accumulated resentment is unimaginably terrifying.
No human could maintain their inner heart under the impact of such resentment.
If Verose went, what awaited her would be death.
Lyla and Rex fell silent.
Wеb n̄ о̌ v é ľ Е̌.n̆ú ṁа
“I’ll go.”
The next second, Verose’s voice broke the silence. Rex looked at her in shock and tried to dissuade her: “No, you can’t go!”
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“You’re the church’s Saintess Candidate, currently participating in the selection of two. How can you go to such a dangerous place?”
“Moreover, although I don’t understand monster souls, I can tell from his words how dangerous this journey is. If you go, it’s suicide!”
Suicide?
Let’s not talk about whether monster resentment would really gather after death. How could there be any danger for Verose going to such a place when she wasn’t really going to purify monster souls?
É nu m̆ ӓ . і d
It should be known that the antidote to the Human-monster potion is actually her healing spell.
The reason for making up these things to tell Blaine was just her means of gaining praise.
“But if I don’t go, they will die.”
Gripping tightly the necklace on her chest that represented her status as a Saintess Candidate, Verose looked straight into Rex’s eyes, not giving in at all.
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“If you go, you will die too!” Rex continued to refuse.
“I will survive. Those resentments can’t harm me. I will bring back clean monster blood! And if I don’t go, who else can save them?”
Е́ ǹu_m̂ а̇
“I am their only hope of survival!”
Verose bit her pink lips lightly, her left hand nervously gripping her skirt. If it were someone else showing this appearance, Rex would think they were afraid of death.
But Verose…
He felt that she was afraid she wouldn’t survive from the monster burial ground, thus causing the people who drank the Human-monster potion to turn into monsters and die.
Perfect candidate, gentle and kind, these were all the information about Verose that he had collected. Although he thought she was special before, he didn’t have much impression of her because he hadn’t really interacted with her.
But it was at this moment that he fully understood why Verose could achieve a perfect score.
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Her gentleness and kindness made her disregard her own life and death, only wanting to spread love to all beings in the world, letting those in pain feel her warmth.
But as an examiner, Rex couldn’t allow her to risk her life.
“Your task is completed here. I can give you 3,000 extra points. For the rest of the matter, you shouldn’t get involved. You should know that even if you save them, you won’t get any additional points!”
“What I care about isn’t points, but their lives……”
In Rex’s view, Verose seemed somewhat obsessed. Although he really didn’t want to tell the truth, at this moment, he had no reason to continue concealing it.
He stared into Verose’s eyes and said seriously: “Don’t you understand? Verose, your life is more important than those thousands of people!”
Ẃ е̄b ñ о̄v е l̂ E n ù ṁ ӑ
Heaven has never been fair. Among these thousands of people, there was no one particularly worthy of the church’s attention. On the contrary, Saintess Candidate Verose was more important to the church than these thousands of people.
She was the possessor of holy light, even though it was still in its embryonic form. Her healing spell was unprecedented, far surpassing the advanced healing spells set by the church.
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As long as there was still a breath left, one could be saved. This level of healing spell, Rex had only seen in biographies recording legendary heroes.
Moreover, if she survived, there was a high probability that she could become the current church’s Saintess.
A church Saintess was far more important than these thousands of people.
But Verose looked at him with a shocked expression. Her delicate hands clenched into fists, her words carrying a trembling tone and disbelief.
Е̄ṅ u m̀ ā . і d
“I don’t understand. Aren’t all lives equal? If, if my one life can exchange for their thousands of lives, I’m willing!”
“You!”
Rex found it hard to be angry with such a Verose, he just couldn’t find words to say.
She was clearly a delicate and easily broken flower herself, yet she was desperately trying to protect other flowers in a rainstorm. Even if her petals were beaten off by raindrops and her stem broken by fierce winds, she was unwilling to give up.
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In the eyes of a Saintess, life is always equal, but in the eyes of Rex, it’s not.
Stopping Verose at this moment might make her see him as a villain, but for Verose’s life, Rex was determined to be this villain.
Ẅe b ňо̀ v ӗl̇ Еnù.m̄ӑ
He swung his robe, put his hands behind his back, and walked straight towards the dungeon door. At the same time, he left a rather merciless sentence.
“Whether you can go or not isn’t for you to decide. I will report this matter to the city lord and let him convene a high-level meeting. The result of this matter will be decided at the meeting. There must be other ways to solve the Human-monster potion issue.”
“Rex!”
Looking at his receding figure, Verose seemed somewhat angry, uncharacteristically biting her lip and stomping her foot. This scene was caught in Lyla’s eyes, and a trace of worry appeared in her cold pupils.
I hope she won’t do anything foolish to save these people.
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