Quadruple split.

Chapter 2738 The crime of cruelty
"Sigh, it's like being on the verge of death..."

With the resurrection of the Whispering God, Ramorok, who had once again become one of his followers, picked at his ear with a helpless expression and shook his head, complaining, "As my supreme lord, it won't do for him to remain so spineless."

[Stop complaining. If a kid like Tom wanted to, he could easily start his own cult and become a heretical god.]

The whisper in his mind chuckled softly, then vanished completely from Ramorok's perception, as if it had already 'left'.

"Wow, I've really struck gold!"

Ramorok smiled and then turned to look at Melaf, who was holding Tom and had no doubts. He said in a relaxed tone, "Don't be so nervous, Ms. Melaf. You should have already figured it out. Our Tom didn't really hurt himself just now. Instead, he killed someone who kept nagging in his head."

Melaf paused for a moment, then repeated blankly, "A chatterbox...?"

"Yes, to be more specific, it is to replace the Goddess of Dreams, the most rampant evil god in the history of this world, me and Tom... well, now it should be only me left. In short, it is the most supreme Lord whom I believe in, admire, and worship."

Ramorok, his face full of piety, clasped his hands together and exclaimed, “Ah, praise be to my Lord! Just as Your grace, though briefly devoured by that little serpent, is always sprinkled again when we humble servants need it, so too is my worship of You as endless as the waves of the Golden River.”

Although now is not the time to complain, given how bizarre Ramorok's remarks were, Melaf muttered to herself, "One of us definitely has a problem with the definition of 'piety'."

Ramorok pretended not to hear and continued to loudly praise the whispering god, like a fanatical believer with a somewhat deranged mind.

"Hey--"

Finally, Melanie couldn't help but interrupt him, her eyebrows furrowing slightly as she asked, "Since you say Tom didn't hurt himself, what's wrong with him now?"

Ramorok sighed and said earnestly, “Please think about this carefully, Your Excellency Melaf. Although our Tom… well, although your Tom didn’t intend to kill himself, he did just accomplish an epic feat: he killed an evil god in his own mind.”

Melaf: "What? You mean him..."

"Yes, he killed an evil god, although it wasn't a true killing, and although the useless evil god has returned to this world, it is still a murder that makes one want to sing his praises."

Lamorok shrugged and said leisurely, "In this situation, you can't expect Tom's little brain, which is the 'main battlefield' for both sides, to be unscathed. Even if he must have done something before that moment, he will definitely suffer a great loss."

Melaf instinctively hugged the slender boy in her arms tighter and asked nervously, "So...so?"

"So~"

Ramorok stroked his chin and said lazily, "No matter how powerful he is, after all this commotion, it will take him at least three to five days to recover. Sigh, what a pity. I was planning to arrange for everyone to head towards Blue Crystal City tonight."

"?"

Melaf, who had been helping to gather useful intelligence at the city hall and hadn't participated in Tom and Ramorlock's conversation, was immediately taken aback and asked in surprise, "You mean [Blue Crystal City]?"

Ramorok nodded and said casually, "Yes, I was talking about Blue Crystal City."

Why Blue Crystal City?

Melaf's eyes widened in bewilderment. "Shouldn't our next target be the Diamond Fortress?"

"Did I say that our next target is [Diamond Fortress]?"

Lamorlock smiled slightly, but did not continue to explain. Instead, he waved his hand impatiently and said casually, "Alright, alright, Ms. Melaf, you can take Tom back to your room to rest now. I hope you can take good care of him these next few days and report to me as soon as he wakes up, okay?"

Melaf opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but after inadvertently meeting Ramorlock's slightly open phoenix eyes, the noblewoman, feeling a chill run down her spine, immediately lowered her head and whispered, "I understand, Chief of Staff Ramorlock. I'll take Tom back now..."

"It's not necessary."

Just then, accompanied by a weak yet steady and powerful voice, Tom Lestrange, who had just accomplished the feat of 'killing a god,' slowly opened his eyes. Under Melaf's surprised gaze, he slowly sat up, leaned on her shoulder, and coldly looked at Ramorlock: "I'm alright now."

"hehe."

Ramorok, who always seemed to anticipate everything but had made a huge misjudgment this time, chuckled twice. Then, he applauded the boy with heartfelt admiration, saying with a smile, "Praise be to my lord, dear Tom, you always manage to surprise me."

Tom snorted and sneered, "It seems you don't mind that the person you were just praising suffered a great loss at my hands."

"That's natural, because I've always believed in Him unconditionally, and of course, you too."

Ramorok gave a harmless smile and asked curiously, "So, how exactly did you do it? You know, even the God Destroyer Society back then had to make huge sacrifices when they were eliminating those second-rate, third-rate, or even insignificant evil gods, rather than letting those strange things die without bloodshed."

"Simply put, it means maintaining anger, hatred, and the urge to kill, and then pointing this thing at your own head..."

Tom raised his right hand, pointing his wand, which had somehow become filled with a ghostly green light, at Ramorok, and gave him a murderous smile: "Find it, kill it, it's that simple."

Ramorok nodded, readily agreeing, "That's too easy!"

"Humph."

With a cold expression, Tom extinguished the eerie green light from his wand, and with Melaf's help, he slowly stood up and said calmly, "So as you can see, because your incompetent master is too useless, I am not in any serious condition."

Ramorok grinned: "So, that means I can continue to act according to my established plan?"

"You can understand that."

Tom shook his stiff neck and said expressionlessly, "First, let's finish talking about that topic we only got halfway through."

"Oh?"

Ramorok raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you referring to the matter of me arranging for Eden to send the Lucius couple to the Violet Empire?"

Tom didn't answer, but silently looked at Lamorlock, who maintained a polite smile throughout, signaling for him to continue.

"Okay, dear Tom."

Ramorok casually placed the empty soda bottle aside, slowly stood up, and walked to Tom, his tone as calm as ever: "In my calculations, the intensity of this war will soon become uncontrollable. Under such circumstances, as my strongest fighter, Tom, you are very likely to die on the battlefield someday. The murderer may be a nobleman of the Griffin Dynasty, or a direct descendant of the Blood Lion Emperor, or a general of Lord Sin, or a fanatical pursuer of a certain Lady Melaf, or an assassin sent by Archbishop Moonshadow... In short, death is approaching you."

Tom sneered, "So what?"

“So I don’t want you to have any regrets.” Ramorok shrugged and said calmly, “Given that Ms. Melaf has made up her mind to die with you, if there is anything in this world that could make you feel uneasy… Don’t interrupt me, dear Tom, I mean even the slightest bit, it’s probably only your parents.”

Tom looked at Lamorlock expressionlessly: "Should I thank you for your thoughtfulness?"

"I just want you to be single-minded."

Ramorok shook his head and said cheerfully, "Of course, if you really want to express your appreciation for my thoughtfulness, I will gladly accept it."

Tom didn't speak, but Melanie, standing beside him, gritted her teeth and said, "You can't send Tom to his death, Lamorlock. He's your trump card, your greatest asset."

"I wouldn't mind sending anyone but myself to their death."

Ramorok glanced at Melaf and said calmly, "Whether it's Tom, you, or any soldier, civilian, old man, or child under my command or not."

"..."

Melaf let her hands fall limply to her sides. Under the chilling, sinister gaze of the other man, she seemed to see once again the city of Likud, which she had once sworn to defend to the death, blooming blood-red lotuses under the baton of the man before her, until it turned into a scorched earth covered with scarlet red.

Tom simply nodded and replied with a curt, "Oh."

"very good."

Ramorok smiled with satisfaction, his expression clear and bright as he said, "Now, let me explain the specific plan for what follows. In short, we will bypass the Diamond Fortress and go directly into the heart of the Star Blue family's territory. We will annihilate the coveted Blue Crystal City in the shortest possible time, thereby causing turmoil in the Griffin Noble Alliance."

"This is impossible."

Having barely regained her composure, Melaf frowned and said without hesitation, "The Star Blue family's scouts have been keeping a close eye on us. Under these circumstances, bypassing the Diamond Fortress is simply a pipe dream. If we force our way through, anyone whose commander isn't an idiot will choose to cut off our forces in the middle and drag us down on the outskirts of the fortress. At that point, let alone reaching Blue Crystal City, we won't even be able to retreat."

Ramorok nodded and casually said, "Of course, I have no doubt that Earl Morrill Starblue will make a wise decision, so Tom, I hope you can kill him before we set off, is there a problem?"

Tom casually toyed with his wand and said nonchalantly, "Whatever."

"Ah."

Ramorok nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to the pale-faced Melaf: "Now, it's time for questions."

"A decapitation plan, huh..."

Melaf strained her exceptionally intelligent mind, which was far superior to that of ordinary people, and said with a gloomy expression, "I admit that this move is very lethal to the Griffin nobles, but putting aside the difficulty of assassinating Moriel Starblue, even if he dies, the other officers will not pretend that our main force can swagger around the Diamond Fortress. If we have to cross the mountain from the east side of the fortress, our arrival time in Blue Crystal City will be delayed by at least two days. This is enough for the enemy who have realized that Diru City is empty to prepare a trap and attack us from both sides."

"So I'll send about half of my main force directly to Diamond Fortress to attack it while Tom is carrying out the decapitation strike."

Ramorok smiled slightly and casually said, "At the same time, I will lead the other half of the main force and the refugees to go around from the side."

Melaf's face stiffened, and she said in a dry voice, "Is this why you not only didn't kill everyone in this city, but also gathered up the refugees you encountered along the way and kept them by your side?"

"If I could, I wouldn't want to kill a single person."

Ramorok turned to look at the square in front of the city hall, where at least four figures of corpses were piled up and the square was completely stained with blood. He said with apparent regret, "Unfortunately, there is no shortage of courageous rebels anywhere. If all the 'possibilities' that could cause changes are not nipped in the bud, these poor people will cause me trouble sooner or later for those trivial reasons."

Just one glance at the scene in the square almost made her gag. Despite her physical discomfort, Melaf gritted her teeth and said, "I'm curious about your selection criteria, Chief of Staff Ramorlock."

“I am not as good at understanding people’s hearts as Pastor Black Vane, nor am I confident that I can accurately select every brave person. After all, even the most fragile person may develop the will to rebel because of certain things.”

"then you……"

"But I am very good at seeing through the fragility of people's hearts, Ms. Melaf, so I can always find those cowards and understand the dark, despicable or sinful thoughts deep in their hearts."

"..."

"That's right, just as you guessed. What I did was not to select warriors and kill them, but to find cowards, villains, and shameless people and spare their lives."

"..."

"Sounds like a philanthropist, doesn't it?"

"I don't understand. Even if you reach Blue Crystal City, with only half of your main force and Moonshadow cutting off your supplies and reinforcements, how are you going to survive?"

Do you remember the people I left behind?

"what happened?"

"Do you want to guess what those people would do if I told them I could let them inflict unlimited violence on their fellow countrymen they didn't know, do whatever they wanted with any means they could think of, and promised to be their protector?"

"..."

"Would you like to guess again how many thugs, centered around [Blue Crystal City], will be devoured by this plague called 'despicable' and willingly ignite all the evil on this land for me?"

"..."

"Rumors, bullying, deception, robbery, plunder, adultery, murder, depravity, and debauchery—these are just some of the flowers of evil that will take root and sprout at an astonishing speed, devouring everything we can see."

"..."

"It will seek out blood on its own, drain everything, bear the fruit of madness, and eventually be devoured by uncontrollable desires, in an endless cycle."

"..."

"Please wait and see. The tactics that Ramorok meticulously crafted for the Star Blue family and the Griffin Noble Alliance are also my innate talents, the talents that 'this world' has accused me of possessing—"

[The crime of cruelty]~"

Chapter 2729: The End