Magic High School.

No, even if there's a shortage of people, it's impossible to just stick to your own ideas, right?

She was already cursing in her heart.

……

Meanwhile, here at the cathedral.

Valerie and Xiaoye crouched inside the ventilation duct, peering through the faint gaps at the bustling banquet hall below.

The long dining table, the exquisitely plated cutlery, and the freshly prepared fruit, all bathed in candlelight, highlighted the elegance and refinement of the nobility.

They were actually very careful; even when they needed to communicate, they did so through the system team chat interface on their wristwatches.

"Xiaoye, you're still wearing a ring on your ring finger?" Valerie seemed to be quite bored while waiting, and she noticed that Xiaoye was still wearing a ring on her hand.

This is because Sayo sometimes wraps strips of cloth around her hands or wears gloves to protect her hand holding the knife and prevent it from slipping, so it's rare to see her hands completely untouched. Seeing a silver ring on her hand today was a bit of a surprise.

"Yeah, I'm used to it," Xiaoye replied simply, while reminding him, "Keep an eye on what's coming up, the banquet should be starting soon."

Soon, they saw a group of elegant, gentlemanly people taking their seats.

"This is a public dining room. Adults dining here, please maintain your elegance," a giant nun said with a smile, greeting the children of God who only reached their waists.

The group of people took their seats one after another, resembling elegant noblemen and gentlemen, chatting and laughing in this high-class social setting.

They checked the information they had been given one by one and found that many of them matched up.

“That’s a famous musician, that’s a big star on screen, and over there, that’s a sage, said to be a genius who is about to develop a new magic formula theory…” Valerie and Xiaoye even found someone they knew from the previous intelligence.

Of course, most of them were strangers. They noticed that none of the people present were from the intelligence reports, nor were there any royalty, nobles, or politicians. Clearly, those who could be here were only merchants, celebrities, and less important sages.

The real top floor should be in the private rooms.

Soon, the main dishes began to be served.

Thigh meat, tenderloin, medium-rare ribs, smoked liver, heart in sauce, pig brain...

One by one, plates of meat delicacies were served and placed in front of these distinguished guests, the Divine Child.

The nuns serving here were no longer the impatient and rude people they used to be; instead, they became incredibly elegant and well-mannered, serving these divine children to their utmost satisfaction.

Even after the delicacies were served, the celebrities present remained unhurried, elegantly wiping their arms with handkerchiefs as if performing some kind of devout ritual before picking up the cutlery.

Then, the old priest appeared. At this moment, he, like the celebrities present, gracefully bowed with his trembling body and said, "Before the banquet begins, please note that these are the purest ingredients. Also, there are no vegetarians here. Enjoy your meal."

The celebrities in the audience burst into enthusiastic applause, and the old priest bowed again before slowly walking off the stage.

"It doesn't seem as exaggeratedly disgusting as Zero described," Valerie said, looking at the exquisitely plated meat dishes.

"Perhaps the truly disgusting ones are the people in those private rooms," Xiaoye asked tentatively. "By the way, where did all those dozens of innocent children who entered here go? I haven't seen them at all."

Chapter 166 Born Evil

This discovery puzzled them greatly. Where had all the innocent children gone? How come there wasn't a trace of them after dozens of people came in?

However, just as they were wondering, Yilian had already uploaded some information to the group.

Those... those ingredients... those exquisite plating...

As if they had gained supernatural insight, they immediately understood what it was...

The next instant, an indescribable feeling of nausea surged up in my heart and came uncontrollably.

"What's that sound?" the old priest suddenly said, looking towards the corner of the ceiling, at the ventilation duct hidden under the decoration.

“I’ll go check it out,” a nun volunteered.

The next moment, intense light exploded throughout the entire cathedral. In that instant, even this sturdy building swayed precariously under the light, almost collapsing.

Li Ge and Yi Lian looked over through the priest's hut and immediately said, "Oh no! Xiao Ye and the others are in danger! The Holy Knights' all-out attack is today!"

"Not just this Gensokyo, but also the divine children, the nuns, and indeed anyone on this island, are targets of the Holy Knights. They can no longer protect others while simultaneously killing the demon lurking within the church, so they have chosen the most drastic method..."

"perish together!"

The two immediately reached a consensus. Clearly, once the paladins began their attack, they would no longer care about them.

They came with the intention of judging and punishing all evil!

They knew they were going to die, but they didn't care. They only cared about dragging one more demon down to hell with them.

Therefore, this exam is clearly biased towards the escape/escape category.

At a set time, the entire Gensokyo would completely transform into a battlefield. At that time, even more people would want to escape, since those divine children were all prominent figures who would often flee for their lives like madmen at the first sign of danger, rather than thinking of resisting.

However, the Holy Knights were clearly aware of this, so they certainly wouldn't allow such a thing to happen at that time.

This meant that when they officially launched their final offensive, it meant that they didn't have much time left to escape.

Even so, some paladins continued to send out escape signals and leave clues for their escape.

Li Ge didn't know who this paladin who kept sending messages on the radio was. Was he one of the attackers? Or one of the defenders holding out on the outskirts?

Even so, he still held the attitude of saving as many as he could.

Li Ge hadn't seen such a pure paladin in a long time.

Valerie doesn't count; that girl was more of a paladin-style mage than a paladin.

However, as their Noble Phantasm Department has become the mainstream of "battle mages," the line has become increasingly blurred.

"Let's go! We need to get back to them right away!" Li Ge immediately put aside these wild thoughts and said.

They didn't know if it was the Holy Knights attacking, or just a simple gas leak and explosion, but they couldn't gamble.

Actually, looking back, the best way to leave would have been to find an opportunity to leave with Zero back then, but I don't know if that kid succeeded.

But it will be very difficult. He is going to hide on the ship of the gods, but the ships of the gods will also suffer the fiercest attack from the paladins.

Li Ge could only wish that kid good luck.

"Can we help those paladins?" Yilian suddenly asked.

"Our biggest contribution right now is to not cause any trouble." Completely disregarding the commotion they were about to cause, the two began charging towards the cathedral.

Soon after, a second explosion was heard, and Li Ge and the others could even feel the shockwave and the dust that followed.

Then they saw Daphne, panting heavily, and behind her several giant nuns.

When they met again in this situation, both of them wore expressions of unspeakable awkwardness and tension.

"You've come at the perfect time. Let's leave together, and then we'll see who's the best we can be," she said, seemingly a little out of breath.

But Li Ge and the others didn't have time to help this guy they didn't know.

"You guys keep chasing, I won't bother you. We're leaving now." Li Ge and Yi Lian immediately prepared to leave.

Then, the giant nun rushed forward.

"You want to escape too? You want to leave this place too?!"

"Don't run! Nobody is allowed to run!"

Li Ge and Yi Lian: "..."

Daphne: "I didn't expect them to be so stressed."

The logic is this: the giant nuns initially only wanted to capture Daphne, then discovered she was trying to escape. Only after she escaped did the entire nun community react; even after the cathedral exploded, only a portion of the nuns were sent to assess the situation, while the remaining five or six continued their pursuit of this impure child who was attempting to flee the island!

Then, whether intentionally or accidentally, this person directly pulled Li Ge and Yi Lian into the group in front of the nun, and the two of them were subsequently hunted down.

"Yilian, go and meet up with Xiaoye and Valerie. Leave this to me," Li Ge said decisively.

"Okay, be careful." Yi Lian didn't hesitate. When they reached a river, he jumped into the water and instantly dissolved. This moment stunned the nuns for a moment. Then, one of the nuns also jumped into the water, but what awaited her was probably not a good ending.

Fighting a water-type variant Pokémon in water? Think again. Even aquatic creatures would be easily killed by pure water elementals.

However, Yi Lian's purpose was to meet Xiao Ye and Valerie; killing was just a side effect.

"Weren't you so arrogant? Why aren't you so cocky now?" Li Ge said sarcastically. He was now certain that this guy's "accidental" act was deliberate and full of scheming.

She may seem like a brash little devil, but she's actually a crazy old woman. Just when you think she's brainless, she's the most insidious kind of person.

Good heavens, this fairy is absolutely wicked! How can such a wicked race exist in the world!

Li Ge immediately took a deep breath and said, "A nun born evil!"

The next instant, he immediately felt a sense of unease, as if he were being watched by someone in a high position.

However, that feeling of immense pressure, like that of the deep sea, did not appear!

Something's not right!

The nun pointed to by Li Ge immediately stopped in her tracks and then frantically tore at her own skin.

"No, no, my purity, my purity! Lord, forgive me, forgive me!" she cried out as if possessed. The next moment, she grabbed another nun beside her and opened her devilish mouth, biting down hard on her neck.

"Aaaaaah!" A shrill scream rang out, leaving Daphne stunned.

"What are you looking at, you naturally evil fairy!" Li Ge crossed his arms and immediately put a hat on her.

Daphne quickly felt that gaze, which seemed to come from an indescribable source, making her heart pound, but thankfully, she was able to withstand it.

Meanwhile, chaos immediately erupted on the nuns' side.

"She's fallen! Damn it, why did she have to fall at this time! Feed her the blood of a pure child, quickly!"

"No, those two children have also fallen into evil! They are no longer pure!"

"Purity, give me purity, I want purity!" The nun whom Li Ge had designated as inherently evil was now frantically biting off another person's neck and desperately sucking blood, as if trying to maintain her own purity.

In Li Ge's view, the "evil" label above her head was gradually fading; it really was true.

But this time, the oppressive feeling was gone. Could it be that only in front of the statue could the scene of him contorting in the confessional and jumping into the sea be triggered?

Ah, I see. He gradually came to understand everything.

The religion of this world is this: people are born sinful, children of the devil, but as long as you remain pure, you can still become a child of the Lord.

However, for many people, maintaining purity is too difficult, so they have found an alternative: consuming "purity," which is equivalent to putting on a cloak in the name of "purity" so as to get rid of this maddening gaze.

In fact, under a statue of a deity, this gaze can escalate into spiritual pressure.

So, what is the purest thing?

The answer is obvious.