Chapter 60 has been updated, i added some more to the chapter, you can read the new add parts after the comas
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and Chapter 61 has been posted to but in place of the previous one, so you can now see it without opening the chapter again. sorry again for the mistake. and 3 more chapter will be posted today *^
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'My lord'
After Eileen left, Maria's demeanor and address toward Renji changed significantly. Her intense gaze was fixed on the young man, revealing her burning desire for this moment.
Finally, the moment she had been waiting for had arrived.
Dangerous monsters surrounded Lord Ashen, and the only one who could stay by his side, the only one who could protect him until the end, was her!
This was a carefully prepared reunion scene by Suthia.
She believed that Lord Ashen must have been utterly disappointed with that female scavenger by now. The hug and conversation they had shared upon parting were nothing but Lord Ashen's final "kindness."
After all, if something was of no use, it should be discarded. The female scavenger was no longer capable of dealing with the current battle environment. Her contract should be terminated, her resources should be spat out, and her equipment should be stripped!
This was a creed Lord Ashen firmly believed in five hundred years ago.Th1s chapter is updated by n)ovel/\bin/\
And for her, from the moment Eileen hesitated to protect Her Lord for her mother, she had already lost. She had lost her qualification to stay by her Lord's side.
'After all, I...'
'I am the only one who is willing to give up everything for My Lord, no matter what!'
'Up until now, everything had been developing according to my plan'
'As expected, My Lord didn't try to retain the girl.'
'He let Eileen leave voluntarily'
However, what slightly surprised Suthia was,
"Lord Renji, what are we going to do next?"
"Let's head towards the 'Relic' first."
Renji finished speaking and prepared to move on. However, at that moment,
Maria swiftly moved in front of the young man.
"But, my lord, you just said you have two things to retrieve here."
"Maria doesn't understand."
"Besides that 'Relic,' could you let Maria know... what is the other thing here that is very important to you?"
The nun's hands were crossed in front of her, and she looked up at the young man with a curious and interested expression.
"In any case, the first step..."
"Give me your hand, Maria."
Without waiting for a response, the young man took the nun's hand, and in the next moment, the nun's small hand quickly clasped his, holding onto it tightly.
And so, the two of them continued to explore deeper underground, although it would be more accurate to say that they were taking a leisurely stroll.
Originally, when Eileen was with them, they would encounter Tainted Corpse monsters blocking the passage or suddenly attacking from the corners or forks of the tunnel after walking just a few steps. However, at this moment, as if they had made some strange agreement, all the monsters seemed to intentionally pass them by.
Even more bizarrely, in some narrow sections of the sewer with only one passage, where they couldn't avoid the approaching Tainted Corpse horde, the monsters, who were just a few steps away from them, seemed to ignore the two of them and continued to wander aimlessly.
Renji and the nun seemed to have accepted this strange phenomenon and didn't break the pleasant atmosphere. After all, sometimes romance didn't care about the background, did it? Their lighthearted conversation filled the eerie and terrifying abandoned sewer.
"Maria, what do you think about me secretly drugging her to make her faint? How about that?"
"No, that doesn't seem like a good idea."
"Then what about playing the emotional card with her? Would that work?"
"I, I don't know..."
"Maria, have you ever heard of the term 'yandere'?"
"No, I haven't. What does it mean?"
"You don't need to know the meaning. Just remember, it's a very bad term, and you definitely shouldn't learn it."
"Okay."
Happy times were always short-lived.
Every story must have a climax at its conclusion.
Unbeknownst to them, the two had already strolled to the deepest part of this underground space.
There, in the center, was a large grey altar, shrouded in a thick red mist. Above the altar floated two rotating emblem brands.
And beneath the altar...
There awaited a priest, who had been anxiously anticipating their arrival for some time.
He had been anxiously looking around and could be seen getting a bit impatient. Finally, he saw Renji's figure appearing from the entrance.
Gleefully, the priest opened his arms, as if a burden had been lifted.
Finally, a sound fitting the current backdrop emerged.
It was a sinister, evil laugh, echoing through the underground altar engulfed in red mist.
"Hehehehehe!"