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Chapter 976, Section 971: The Story of the Saints (Part 2)
"Although these shamans are followers of evil gods, they are not insane and have no grudge against the saints. Their purpose in infiltrating this place is only to save themselves, and all they need is a healthy sacrifice."

"So after they achieved their goal, they fled the place, leaving the saint's other family members behind."

"Completely unprepared."

When the fairy girl said this, her expression became very serious, and she no longer had the fairy-like laughter she had just displayed. It seemed that for a fairy like her, this kind of thing was a bit excessive.

Marx and Engels could also foresee what would happen next:
"So they were killed by someone else."

The fairy girl nodded, a hint of worry in her expression:
"And he was killed in an extremely cruel and horrific way, and the saint found the antidote the next day. I think this may also be because the Dark Lady felt that she had achieved her goal and deliberately mocked him by releasing him."

"Although she always claimed that she followed the rules of the game, who can know the specifics? She's not like us fairies who can't lie. Anyway, we fairies don't like games where people cheat."

"But the matter did not end there. When the saint returned home with his followers, he saw his youngest daughter, who had been made into a sacrifice, and the mutilated remains of his family members who had been tortured and slaughtered in the riot..."

"Guess what happened?"

Marx and Engels asked cooperatively:
"He destroyed the antidote?"

The fairy girl shook her head:

“You know we can’t lie, so like I just said, he’s not just a pretty face. If he went crazy right now, it would look like the work of an evil fairy.”

"But the Dark Lady wasn't satisfied with toys of this level. She didn't go crazy; she held on."

"He first sealed off the entire city, then began to slowly distribute the antidote, and in the process used the antidote to establish a new security system, and then arrested everyone who had participated in the riot."

"He established a regime and courts directly in the ruins and plague, and began searching for all those involved in the massacre by what he deemed appropriate criteria, especially those who were the users of the evil forces hiding behind it."

"Under his wise leadership, a calm and powerful guard was born, which apprehended all the criminals they could catch and convicted and executed them with an extremely fair standard of justice."

"During that period, he killed many criminals, did not forgive anyone who should not be forgiven, and at the same time did not abuse his power excessively after gaining it, indiscriminately killing innocent people to fill the emptiness in his heart caused by hatred."

"Even from the perspective of modern legal principles, his trial was extremely restrained."

"In the end, he persevered through this 'test' with the utmost tenacity, showing no signs of deterioration whatsoever."

"At the time, everyone thought he had been reborn from the ashes and had defeated the Dark Lady."

Marne said:

"But is this an illusion?"

The fairy girl shook her head:

"No, this is not an illusion, this is the beginning."

The gray-haired man also said:
"He did achieve victory, but so did the Dark Lady, because initially the saint intended to escape the Dark Lady's control by committing suicide, but he couldn't do so immediately after the matter was over."

"First of all, the Lady of Darkness is still using the same method to ensure that he can't easily commit suicide, not to mention that he has nothing left to lose now, and you remember, right..."

"Several shamans of the evil gods escaped that trial."

The fairy girl nodded: "This is the gift the Lady of Darkness gave him—hatred."

"Bathed in such hatred, he gained a new life. The kind saint disappeared, and a hunter who was extremely righteous and still maintained considerable restraint and rationality was born."

"He began hunting down those who killed his daughter, as well as the Goddess of Darkness herself, and even became a legendary figure in various stories. It didn't take him long to hunt down the former."

"But his pursuit of the Lady of Darkness lasted for three hundred years."

"Even for us, three hundred years is not a short time; it can change a lot of things."

"For example, causing even the most steadfast saints to fall."

The gray-haired man said:

"He seemed to have successfully defeated the Dark Goddess's conspiracy, but he was actually living under the temptation of this terrible goddess all along. Countless worse things happened over the past three hundred years, and the Dark Goddess was always using similar methods to entice him, preventing him from giving up on life completely."

"The countless recurring scenes of despair eventually changed him completely. In his final years, he still looked the same as before, only perhaps a little more extreme, but still quite tenacious and resolute."

"No one knows exactly what happened in between, but we can speculate that he experienced a terrible nightmare that surpassed all his previous torments. During this time, he disappeared for several decades, and when he reappeared..."

"He was already a loyal henchman of the Dark Lady, a terrifying monster called 'Dog Demon' who crawls on all fours like a hound and enjoys raping and killing his prey. You simply can't imagine what he would do now."

"For the first ten years or so after he appeared, no one recognized him because no one could imagine that this legendary hero, who symbolized resistance, would stoop to such a level, urinating on the corpses of his enemies in public for amusement."

The fairy girl's eyes revealed a hint of disgust:

"If you had seen the current Dog Demon, you would have been disgusted by him. His behavior is almost a collection of the worst human imagination of animals."

"That's why I don't like the Goddess of Darkness; such things have absolutely no aesthetic appeal."

"It's like crushing a beautiful work of art and then pouring shit on it."

Upon hearing this, Maren felt an unprecedented sense of awfulness and terror from this dark goddess; he simply couldn't connect this story with the high school girl who was pretending to have amnesia.

If this story is entirely true, then she is practically the most evil being he knows.

It was only then that Maren began to realize what the magician was going through.

Seemingly recalling the fate of his companion, the fairy girl quickly comforted him:

"Don't worry too much. That was many years ago. The current Goddess of Darkness is not as powerful. Light and darkness have long since taken turns, and she is just an ordinary deity."

"Compared to a top-tier deity like Serane, she's nothing. Your friend might still have a chance to escape her control. At least for now, it shouldn't be difficult for him to commit suicide."

Marx and Engels nodded slightly.

"You're right."

But he immediately realized a problem.

Magicians are not saints, which means that suicide is probably not an option for him, and this also means that he seems to be destined for that "fallen" fate.