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Seeing that Karina was about to deal with Monroe and the others without saying anything, Li Xiang hurriedly grabbed Karina's wrist:

"Wait! Lady Karina!"

Karina was slightly shaken by Li Xiang's sudden movement, and the warm touch on her wrist made her heart skip a beat.

The chill that had arisen from the mention of Monroe and the others instantly disappeared, leaving only the quietly spreading joy and excitement.

Is this holding hands?
Karina tried hard to control the corners of her mouth that were about to rise, and the cold murderous intent in her eyes was replaced by tenderness.

She stopped walking, but did not withdraw her hand. Instead, she let Li Xiang hold it, and then asked softly:
"What? Are you going to stop me from killing them?"

Without waiting for Li Xiang to answer, Karina continued, "I know you are kind-hearted and don't want to kill them all."

"But their existence is a hidden danger to us. Only by making them shut up forever can we safely leave the Shadow Church."

"Let go, I will let them leave this world without any pain."

"But." Li Xiang did not let go, but subconsciously held it tighter, "I have no intention of leaving the Shadow Church."

Karina frowned slightly when she heard this, her face full of surprise: "What did you say? You still want to stay in the Shadow Church?"

She stared into Li Xiang's eyes, her tone filled with confusion and grievance: "Why? Didn't we agree to go to see the mountains and rivers together?"

Li Xiang quickly explained: "I have no intention of breaking the contract. I can still fulfill the agreement between us by staying in the Shadow Church."

Karina frowned even deeper. "Then why do you insist on staying in the Shadow Church? Even if you have lost your past memories and have no impression of the Shadow Church, your experiences these days are enough for you to understand the Shadow Church."

She held Li Xiang's hand tightly and said anxiously: "The cruel Blood Prison Trial is just the tip of the iceberg of the Shadow Church. It is a quagmire deeper than the Blood Prison Island!"

"This church is cloaked in the cloak of faith, but inwardly it is the most primitive law of the jungle. They keep saying that they are spreading the faith of the devil, but in fact they are just satisfying their own desires."

Karina's eyes trembled slightly with excitement and fear, and the tenderness just now was replaced by strong rejection and hatred.

"In the church, killing each other is just an appetizer before the meal, and killing innocent people is their daily sacrifice to please the devil!"

"They manipulate minds, spread plagues, and provoke wars. Every inch of land they pass through is soaked with the wails of wronged souls, and every brick and stone is engraved with sins that cannot be washed away!"

"How do you think my violent personality was formed? It's not just because of the painful memories in the past, but the biggest reason is the influence of the church. The church is a devil's cave that devours souls!"

"No matter how strong your will is, if you stay in there for too long you will be corrupted by them and gradually fall into the endless abyss, turning into a madman with only killing and desire in your mind!"

"So, Xiaoyu'er." Her voice was filled with panic and pleading, "Just listen to me this once. Don't stay in the Shadow Church. We can fake our own deaths and escape. From now on, we can hide our identities and live a free life."

After listening to Karina's condemnation of the Shadow Church, Li Xiang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Wow, you said so many words in one breath, are you a rapper too?

"Since you hate the Shadow Church so much, why did you stay in the Shadow Church and go along with them, and even become a priest?"

Li Xiang asked in a calm tone, but this sentence was like a sharp knife, stabbing into Karina's chest.

She pursed her red lips, and a trace of embarrassment and unbearableness flashed in her eyes, as if a curtain had been suddenly lifted.

Li Xiang could clearly feel the power coming from his hands getting stronger and stronger. He glanced down and found that Kalina's knuckles were slightly white, obviously she had used a lot of strength.

"me."

Karina's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond.

She hastily looked away, not daring to look directly into Li Xiang's inquiring gaze. Her lower lip was tightly bitten by her silver teeth, as if she was trying hard to suppress some emotion.

Seeing this, Li Xiang sighed silently in his heart. The reason why he asked this was because he felt sorry for Karina.

He could see that Karina was not a bad person by nature, but because of the harsh environment she was in and her self-abandonment after Bai Yueguang's death, she eventually fell into depravity.

Even so, this does not change the fact that Karina once killed innocent people and her hands are stained with blood.

Therefore, even though Li Xiang knew that Karina had no other choice, he couldn't clear himself from the blame. He just felt it was a pity.

However, in order to complete the task, Li Xiang still defended Karina:
"You mean you didn't have a choice before, but now you want to be a good person, right?"

Karina's eyes lit up when she heard this, as if she had caught a drowning person and found a piece of driftwood. She nodded repeatedly and said:

"That's right! I had no choice before. If I didn't do that, I would die!"

"That's why I advise you not to stay in the Shadow Church, otherwise you will definitely regret it!"

"Now is the best time to leave the Shadow Church. The Shadow Church will just think that we all died on Blood Prison Island and won't send anyone to hunt us down."

"As long as we get rid of Monroe and the others, we can escape and go wherever we want!"

Karina's expression became more and more excited. She seemed to have thought of the bright future of her and Li Xiang, and she couldn't wait to kill Monroe and others.

But her wrist was still firmly held by Li Xiang, which made her feel a little annoyed.

If anyone dared to stop her, she would have whipped them.

However, the person who stopped her was Li Xiang. She couldn't bear to say any harsh words, let alone whip him. She could only express her confusion and dissatisfaction with a resentful look.

Looking at Karina's eyes that were as bright as gemstones, Li Xiang said calmly:
"What you said makes sense. Now is indeed the best time to leave the Shadow Church."

Karina was about to show a surprised expression when Li Xiang changed the subject:
"But, please forgive me for not being able to obey your order!"

"Why?!" Karina suddenly became anxious and increased the strength in her hands.

Li Xiang endured the pain in his hand and felt unhappy in his heart.

Why do you say that? I've finally finished my role, and I'm about to successfully infiltrate the Shadow Church as an undercover agent, and now you're telling me to run away?

What a joke! What about my challenge mission? I have already received the mission rewards!
Of course, Li Xiang only dared to complain about these things in his heart, but on the surface he still said seriously:

"I'll tell you the reason later. Please allow me to tell you the whole story first." Karina suppressed her doubts and said softly, "Well, I'm also curious about how you escaped from Dragonite's claws."

Li Xiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You overestimate me. Rather than saying that I escaped from the claws of Dragonite, it is better to say that Lord Viscount Ryan was generous and spared my life."

"After I knocked you out, I hid you in this secret place and left the scabbard to protect your safety, then..."

In the following time, Li Xiang recounted the incident in detail without concealing anything.

Because on the surface, everything he did was impeccable, and it was all for Karina's sake, so there was no need to hide anything.

He is not like the brainless protagonist in the novel, who likes to contribute silently and then have the credit taken away by others, causing a series of misunderstandings.

Every time he saw this kind of plot, he wanted to go into the book and beat up the protagonist, so it was impossible for him to do that. He had to explain his contribution clearly to further improve Karina's favorability.

Sure enough, when Karina heard that he was willing to use himself as bait for her, rejected the invitation of the nobles, and even risked being torn to pieces by Dragonite to deceive Ryan, she was deeply moved.

Her eyes, which were already tender and gentle, were now even more watery, as if water could drip out of them.

Even if he didn't receive any prompt, Li Xiang dared to guarantee that Karina's favorability was rising rapidly.

"Xiao Yu'er, I'm sorry for your hardship. In fact, you could have accepted Viscount Ryan's invitation. Maybe you could have obtained the noble title that ordinary people dream of."

Karina whispered, sounding like she regretted Li Xiang's choice.

But Li Xiang, who had received training, knew very well that anyone who believed this was an idiot. So he said in a firm tone:

"I am not interested in aristocratic titles. I just want to see the mountains and rivers with you."

Karina's eyes instantly turned red, and crystal tears rolled down like pearls from a broken string.

She could no longer control her emotions and threw herself into Li Xiang's arms, hugging him tightly. Her voice was filled with a strong nasal tone and uncontrollable excitement:
"You are so silly and cute! That's a noble title!"

Li Xiang staggered after being knocked by her, and he felt disgusted with the character's body again. This small body is really not good!

Fortunately, Karina's favorability has been almost reached. After all, as we all know, cuteness is the highest compliment girls can give to boys.

When a girl compliments a boy on his handsomeness, it may just be out of admiration, but if she compliments a boy on his cuteness, there is a high probability that she is in love with him.

Of course, everything should be based on reality and cannot be forced. It may also be that the person is so ugly that we don’t know how to praise him/her, so we say he/she is cute.

Simply put, it still depends on the face.

There is no need to say much about Li Xiang's appearance, so he thinks that Karina's favorability is about to explode, otherwise she would not hold on to him.

To be honest, it feels good to hold a warm and soft beauty in my arms. It would be even better if Karina wasn't so strong.

Li Xiang patted Karina's arm, signaling her that she could let go.

Karina reluctantly let go of her arm and secretly made up her mind to help Li Xiang improve his physical fitness, otherwise this small body would not be enough for her future efforts.

"What's the use of a noble title? No matter how high the title is, it cannot surpass the agreement between you and me."

Li Xiang softened his voice and looked at Karina with eyes that were so affectionate that even a dog could see, eyes full of tenderness and attachment.

Love is something that can be acted out. As for the effect of the performance, it can be seen from the two blushes on Karina's cheeks.

However, Karina was not blinded by Li Xiang's tenderness. Perhaps it was because she attached great importance to Li Xiang's feelings that she remained rational about their future.

She asked Li Xiang in confusion: "You even rejected Viscount Ryan's invitation, why do you want to stay in the Shadow Church? There must be a reason!"

Li Xiang did not answer Karina's question immediately, but sorted out his thoughts, and then replied in a gentle voice:

"I don't need to explain the reason why I rejected Viscount Ryan. On the one hand, it was because of the agreement between you and me, and on the other hand, I was afraid that my lie would be exposed by him."

He understood that too much is as bad as too little, so he did not attribute the reason for rejecting Ryan's invitation to the agreement between him and Karina. Instead, he gave another reason of his own.

Karina was not angry either. She had already determined that Li Xiang rejected Ryan because of her. The so-called fear of the lie being exposed was just an excuse Li Xiang made up for fear of feeling guilty.

"As for why I want to stay in the Shadow Church, first of all, it's because the Shadow Church is so powerful and has many unknown means. Even if we eliminate the trouble and fake our own deaths to escape, no one can guarantee that they will not discover the truth."

Li Xiang said nonsense seriously, "We will live in fear every day, afraid that the Shadow Church will come to our door. How can we have the energy to see the mountains and rivers?"

"But." Karina wrinkled her nose and wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Li Xiang.

"Wait for me to finish." He stared into Karina's eyes and said, "In fact, the most important reason is that after experiencing these things, I suddenly realized that I have never controlled my own destiny."

"I have forgotten my past experiences, but if I could control my own destiny, I would not have been stranded on a deserted island. If you hadn't rescued me, I would have died on that island."

Karina smiled embarrassedly when she heard that. She had originally just wanted to capture Li Xiang to make up the numbers.

Li Xiang continued, "Later, you rescued me and brought me aboard. If you hadn't valued me, I would have died on this island even if I hadn't died on the ship."

"When I conquered Dujianshao and Zoroa one after another and felt that I could pass the trial on my own, Viscount Ryan raided Blood Prison Island again."

"Although I survived his clutches with a little bit of cleverness, in the end it was because of his kindness that my fate is still controlled by him."

"Maybe it's because I lost my past memories, which made me extremely insecure, or maybe it's just my nature, but I really hate this feeling."

"So from the moment Viscount Ryan agreed to spare my life, I vowed to control my own destiny and make a choice for myself."

His voice was low and firm, with a kind of determination: "Staying in the Shadow Church was the first time I truly chose a path for myself."

“Although this road may not be the best choice and is even full of dangers, but.”

Li Xiang paused slightly and glanced at Karina's slightly confused and moved face.

"Compared to relying on you, relying on the mercy of Viscount Ryan, or entrusting my fate to others."

"At least, this is my own choice." (End of this chapter)