American comics: Praising the sun, starting from Gotham!

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Atositas understood the meaning behind those words.

I've seen this golden thing right before my eyes!

He saw his past! He saw that hell that he would spend the rest of his life remembering and trying to forget!

"What did you see?"

"Shut up! You're not allowed to say a word! You, a light being who hangs out with the Guardians' lackeys, are not worthy to mention them!"

His killing intent erupted once more, but he was unable to command the sea of ​​blood to take another step forward.

For a moment, the souls of the dead in the sea of ​​blood found peace.

Xiu En met his gaze.

I see your sadness.

"I understand your anger, Atositas. Your family, your people, your entire civilization—they shouldn't have died like that. It was a tragedy that should never have happened. A crime that was covered up."

"I know that everything you've done is for revenge."

"And those cowards who created the executioners, but chose to block history and cover up the truth after the massacre, still stand high above, calling themselves the legislators of the universe."

Shuen extended his hand to the enraged king and issued a notice.

"So I'll avenge you. I'll help you kill all those hypocritical blue-skinned dwarves."

If any Green Lantern on Oa heard these remarks, they would be sentenced to death for treason on the spot.

However, Atochitas began to laugh.

"revenge?"

He looked at Xiu En, his eyes filled with disdain and doubt.

"You? A guy who hangs out with Green Light henchmen? A hypocrite who radiates light? Do you think I'd still believe in anything related to light?!"

"You don't understand anything!"

"You're nothing but a thief! A fraud who saw into my pain and tried to steal my strength with sweet words! My hatred, my anger, is everything! It doesn't belong to you! And it doesn't need your help!"

He laughed cruelly, extending his enormous finger and pointing it at Hal, who was lying on the ground in the distance.

"And their lackeys have blood on their hands too! Every Green Lantern is an obstacle on my path to revenge! They must all die!"

He planned to crush that annoying green light first.

"As for you, after I kill their lackeys, I will personally tear open your chest, rip out your heart, and see what your blood tastes like!"

Just then.

A green light shone again from the ravaged ground in the distance!

"Ugh... Ahh ...

Hal Jordan.

An ordinary person who should have been exhausted and unconscious is now kneeling on one knee, supporting his body again!

His eyes were tightly closed, and his face was contorted with pain.

Large beads of sweat mixed with blood rolled down his forehead.

His body felt as if it were being subjected to the excruciating pain of being sliced ​​into a thousand pieces!

He saw it too!

Just moments before, when Xiu En broke through the shield and the sea of ​​blood swept him away, a small portion of the resentment contained within the sea of ​​blood surged into his mind!

It is the lament of the innocent!

The despair of a mother whose chest was pierced by the mechanical hunter's beam!

The helpless cries of children watching their homes burn!

The endless injustice and resentment of that entire civilization turning into cosmic dust in an instant!

Billions of broken souls, billions of heavy pains, like a cold torrent, washed over his human heart!

"Why! Why!"

His tears flowed uncontrollably from his tightly closed eyes.

His willpower, his unwavering belief in justice, everything he protected...

This resentment seems so ridiculous!

Do the Guardians know all this?

Have they truly been upholding justice all along?

"Aaaaaaaaahh ...

Hal Jordan roared!

That roar was filled with anger, sorrow, and extreme resentment at one's own powerlessness!

Why should I?!

Why should these innocent people have to suffer all this?!

And I, as Green Lantern, know absolutely nothing about this?!

"If willpower alone cannot protect them!"

"If order is built upon their bones!"

"So, this is the will, this is the order!"

He opened his eyes!

The brown eyes that had been shining with confidence and courage were now shrouded in a layer of sadness and determination!

"I'll break it!!!"

"Buzz—!!!"

The green light ring in his hand, which had been dull and lifeless, suddenly burst forth with a green light that was more dazzling than ever before!

This light is no longer the proud green that once radiated confidence and courage.

It contains a determination that transcends personal will, a willingness to bear the pain of others and fight for them, and that is called protection!

At this moment, Hal Jordan, with his mortal will, finally touched the true essence of the emotional spectrum amidst the lamentations of millions of souls!

He broke through the Blue Man's restriction on the ring, and also broke through his own self-imposed shackles!

Atocitas stared in shock at the Green Lantern standing up again in the distance.

Is it the avenger's radiance, like his own?

No, that's not right.

It was cleaner than his revenge.

There was no personal hatred involved, only a strong desire to seek justice.

How is that possible?!

How could a Green Lantern possibly emit such a glow?!

He looked at Hal Jordan, who had stood up again, his eyes burning with sorrow and determination, and then at Shuen, who remained calmly suspended in mid-air, as if he had foreseen all of this.

Shuen ignored Atositas's roar, a mixture of rage and astonishment.

He crossed the sea of ​​blood that had become docile due to the loss of its master's will and walked up to Hal.

Hal is in very bad shape.

Did you see that?

"There are too many, their voices...too many..."

"I heard you."

Xiu En stretched out his hand, and a ball of golden crow divine fire quietly ignited in his palm.

"They are already very tired."

As he spoke, he pressed the warm golden flame onto Hal's green lantern ring.

Golden flames pierced through layers of dark clouds, illuminating Hal's dark mental world.

Their anger is dissipating.

Their resentment is subsiding.

Their resentment is being purified.

Within the light, Xiu En's figure, like a silent ferryman, softly spoke to the lost souls:

"Go to sleep."

"I have received your hatred."

"Your suffering should end now."

"Go and rest."

Hal felt the turmoil in his mind quickly recede.

He saw countless blurry points of light rising from the depths of his soul, bowing before the golden light as if in farewell.

Then, they turned into starlight and disappeared.

"Very good growth, Hal Jordan."

Xiu En withdrew his hand.

"You used your heart, not your pride, to feel their pain. That's what a guardian should be like."

"Congratulations on evolving into a somewhat human-like Lantern Knight."

Shuen looked at Atositas, who had been silent all along and just staring at him.

"My proposal remains valid."

"But I need to correct something."

That wasn't a discussion, much less a request.

"That was just a notification."

"I'm going to kill those blue-skinned dwarves because the crimes they committed disgust me. This is my decision, and it has nothing to do with you. Whether you accept it or not, it won't change what I'm doing. I'm just letting you know in advance."

A fierce rage reignited in Atositas's eyes.

Who does this guy think he is?!

A god?!

Xiu En pointed to the sea of ​​blood beneath his feet.

"But don't think that because I'm helping you get revenge, it means I approve of you. On the contrary, Athocitas, I utterly despise you."

"A cat's anger is pure, and its sorrow carries the weight of only one soul. Though bitter, it is at least clean."

"And how many innocent souls, like it, are mixed in with this sea of ​​blood? They shouldn't have been drawn into your revenge, but were attracted by your red light because of their inner pain and anger, and were ultimately swallowed by this sea of ​​blood, unable even to maintain their own selves?"

"In your quest for revenge against the executioner, you yourself have become an even uglier executioner, devouring sorrowful souls."

"You inherited their pain, but you also tainted their sorrow."

"You bear the burden of a blood feud, which is worthy of sympathy. But you have made many more innocent people part of this sea of ​​blood."

"This is unforgivable!"

Atositas never imagined that someone would say such things to him after understanding all his suffering.

He always believed that what he was doing was righteous!

It is for revenge for all the victims!

Those souls drawn by the red light, who ultimately merged into the sea of ​​blood, were willing to offer everything for this great revenge!

But now, this golden presence before him has ruthlessly torn away the fig leaf of his self-deception.

Is he really seeking revenge?

Or are they simply wallowing in endless anger, unable to extricate themselves, and even enjoying the feeling of absorbing the pain of others to strengthen their own power?

He couldn't tell the difference.

Millions of years of hatred had long since burned away his reason.

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