Chapter 181 Chapter 181: Suthia's Restarted Life (Part 1)
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The next two chapters might be somewhat confusing, but everything will become clear in the third one,
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'Thia? '
'Why is she here!? I haven't contacted her yet.'
'No, no,'
'The more bizarre thing now is Thia's state.' Trace the roots of this material to n0v★lbin
In Renji's view, the nun was steadily approaching his room. Though Suthia's figure was not that big to block the doorway, her elongated shadow, reflected by the raging fire in the city hall, seemed to be grinning madly, effectively sealing off all of Renji's escape routes.
*Clang, clang,*
The sharp and grating sound echoed in his ears – the sound of Suthia's dark, massive scythe scraping the ground as she approached, sending chills down one's spine.
Renji had seen Suthia like this before, but the problem was, he had already "corrected" her in the Holy Kingdom, reestablishing the contract. 'Why would she still...'
'Right, the contract!'
Realizing this, Renji immediately activated the contract power, trying to control the seemingly Yandere Suthia.
With Renji's awakening, a red glow flashed at the back of the nun's neck, the mark of the contract. However, Suthia only slightly slowed her steps in response to Renji's control, and the next moment – *crack, crack!*
A powerful backlash from the contract hit him, as if a heavy hammer had struck his mind, almost knocking Renji unconscious. He then completely lost the contractual connection with Suthia.
Kneeling on the ground, still reeling from the backlash, Renji was dizzy and his ears were ringing. Then, Suthia's twisted voice came from the doorway.
"See, My Lord."
Afterward, Suthia casually flung her scythe to the side. The maid, impaled through the chest with a gaping hole and countless fractured wires sparking, was completely paralyzed and unconscious. The nun discarded her like trash, tossing her aside.
Having dealt with the maid, Suthia, eager to proceed, continued towards Renji with her scythe in hand. She intended to take Renji away, but out of respect for their past relationship, she was willing to cut off some of his bothersome parts and leave them for the others.
Just as Suthia, laughing crazily, was about to take a step forward, her other foot seemed suddenly bound, immobilizing her.
The nun frowned, looking down at the vine that had emerged from the ground and entwined around her foot. At that moment, two more figures finally arrived at the battlefield.
"Quick, Sister Eileen! I'll hold her off, you get Mr. Renji out of here!" Ashu, her hands radiating a dark green light, urgently turned to the girl beside her.
With Renji's help, Ashu, who had learned the 'Shaman' class through the "contract" and now possessed the power to control plants, was responsible for the vines entangling the nun's feet.
Then, as if to buy more time for Eileen, Ashu clenched her teeth and exerted all her strength, intensifying the dark green light. Suddenly, two more vines burst from the ground beside Suthia, entwining the nun's hands like ropes.
"Hehehe~"
"Another one?"
"Another hooker? No, a cat coming to steal my fish?" Suthia's head was lowered, her bangs casting half of her face in shadow, only revealing a crazed smile at the corner of her mouth.
"Perfect, since you're offering yourself up."
Though both of Suthia's hands were bound, this didn't hinder her ability to use her powers. If anything, it seemed to...
The nun touched the vines wrapped around her, and instantly, holy light burst from her hands. Then, with the same one words [Degrade] the holy light turned into a dark gray mist, surging into the vines.
The once robust and lively vines, brimming with vitality, suddenly began to wither and decay, their color quickly changing from vibrant green to a lifeless brown.
The wilted vines could no longer restrain the nun and limply fell from Suthia's hands and feet. But that wasn't the end. The nun then used holy light again, and this time it seemed to be for 'healing'... right?
Under the healing radiance of the holy light, these brown, withered vines, while still appearing rotten, seemed to regain vitality, like undead vegetation brought back to life.
This was clearly not just simple healing. The undead vines, seemingly changed even in species, burrowed into the ground at Suthia's distant gesture. When they re-emerged, their target had switched to Ashu, who had initially controlled them.
Ashu wanted to resist, but now that the vines had been degraded and withered by Suthia and then resurrected, they were no longer connected to her and were no longer under her control.
The cat girl could only watch as the vines she had used to bind Suthia now entwined around her own body, tightening like a python. Ashu began to struggle to breathe and felt her consciousness blurring.