Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

The captain of the guards showed no emotion towards Crystal's attitude.

"Hey! There was a little girl who ran away just now!"

When the Pope realized that Lucy was missing, he suddenly started shouting.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Agent, our mission is only to take Miss Crystal away. If you care, you can take the believers to find the girl yourself."

"H-How dare you…why don't you put a restraining collar on her!"

The Pope noticed that the guards had no intention of putting a restraining collar on Crystal and decided to use this as an excuse to cause trouble.

"The order I received was only to take Miss Crystal back. The Brave One never said that Miss Crystal was a criminal."

"you you…"

"Besides, this isn't something you should be concerned about, sir, right?"

"How can a mere servant like you..."

The Pope lost his momentum instantly after being glared at by the captain of the guard.

"Please do not interfere with our duties. If you insist on doing so, your church may be investigated by the Imperial Inquisition and the Santetes Inquisition."

Seeing the captain of the guard bring up the Imperial Inquisition and the Holy Office, the Pope fell silent for a moment.

Although he was very angry with the captain of the guard, he did not dare to provoke the Inquisition or the Tribunal.

Once he is judged as a cult or an evil heretic by both sides, there will be no place for him and his Tianshu Sect to stay in the western part of the continent.

"Miss Crystal, please come in."

The soldiers respectfully escorted Crystal to a special carriage.

*

When the carriage arrived at the city hall, a group of people immediately greeted Crystal.

The leader was Nakamura's confidant Vida.

"Ms. Crystal, long time no see."

"Forget the politeness. You clearly set that trap to get me here. Why are you being so polite now?"

Vida's humble look made Crystal feel very disgusted.

"Master Xiaohao is waiting for you. Please come this way."

Vida did not respond directly to Crystal, but turned around and led her.

When she walked into the city hall, the scene in front of her made Christo a little dumbfounded.

"W-what's going on?"

The city hall was decorated extremely luxuriously, with rare minerals and crystals decorating almost the entire space, comparable to an imperial palace.

"I'm sure you're shocked. City Hall is now Hyo-ho-sama's base. This is barely befitting of Hyo-ho-sama's status."

"What about his identity... a scumbag like him?"

Crystal was very disdainful of Vida's words.

"You have a very low opinion of Master Hyo-ho."

"I wonder why anyone would think so highly of a guy like that."

"That's true..."

"Eh?"

Crystal was a little confused by Vida's sudden words.

"Master Xiaohao is inside, please come in."

"Oh, long time no see, my dear Crystal."

As soon as they entered the door, Nakamura greeted Crystal very warmly.

"Don't disgust me, what did you tie me up and bring me here for?!"

Crystal did not hide her disgust at all and directly questioned Nakamura.

"Of course it's because of my love for you. Crystal, please become my woman."

"Don't even think about it. I can't accept you physically."

"That's really an exaggeration, but it doesn't matter. I hope you can continue to be so arrogant."

Nakamura did not show any displeasure at Crystal's contemptuous attitude.

Instead, he sat in a luxurious armchair and looked at Crystal with interest.

"what do you mean?"

"Since ancient times, most heroes and strong men have died violent deaths. Why do you think this is?"

"so?"

Nakamura was a little confused when he saw Crystal laugh instead.

"Your so-called fiancé is indeed very powerful, but can he possibly rival the entire empire? The entire human race?"

Nakamura crossed his fingers, appearing very confident.

"What crime are you planning to pin on Akatsuki?"

"The Devil's crime."

"Demon King, does that thing really exist?"

Crystal gave a mocking smile.

"It doesn't matter whether it exists or not. As long as people say it exists, it exists."

"Even if you say that, this kind of thing can't be done casually, right?"

"Have you heard the legend about the Pure White Labyrinth?"

"What do you mean?"

Crystal looked at Nakamura's confident smile and felt a little uneasy.

"It is said that a very dangerous demon beast is sealed in the Pure White Labyrinth. But interestingly, there are two completely different versions of this legend."

Seeing that Crystal was very interested, Nakamura began to tell the legend confidently.

"The first legend states that Warhol and the surrounding area were originally controlled by an undead monster with a bird-like form and encased in flames. I like to call it the Fire Phoenix.

Because of the flames of the phoenix, the Warhol area was shrouded in drought and raging sand, and it should have been a forbidden area for humans to enter.

Until one day a huge seed fell from the sky and landed on Warhol's land.

The seed grew into a towering tree, and the Heavenly Tree fought against the Fire Phoenix.

But the Sky Tree was unable to kill the immortal Fire Phoenix, so it trapped her deep within the Pure White Labyrinth with itself."

"What about the other one?"

"On the contrary, the Sky Tree attracted countless monsters, and the Fire Phoenix was the hero who sealed him away."

Chapter 67 The Ambition of the Brave

"That's quite extreme. So you want to awaken both of these monsters?"

"Yes, by the way, I personally believe the second legend more..."

"why?"

"Because the person associated with the Fire Phoenix is ​​right in front of me."

Nakamura came to Crystal and wanted to touch her cheek, but was slapped away.

"I'm sorry, I don't like you."

Although Crystal cared a lot about what Nakamura said, she couldn't stand the fact that the guy in front of her suddenly wanted to touch her face.

"Really... you used to be like this too. Even though I tried so hard to help you."

Nakamura showed a look of regret, which made Crystal feel very disgusted.

"As expected, those self-righteous guys are causing trouble for me. You're the one behind it, right?"

Crystal was once in the highest magic academy in the empire, and for a period of time, she was inexplicably harassed and even attacked by some noble girls of higher status than herself.

Not long after this happened, Nakamura began to help himself by talking to himself.

At that time, Crystal quickly guessed what was going on, but there was no clear evidence.

Finally, with the help of the guy she hated the most, Christo got out of the predicament.

Although Crystal didn't want to think so, she was still very grateful to Hillilite for secretly helping her.

"Don't be so harsh. I just asked them to do me a small favor."

"A little favor... So how are you going to coerce me this time?"

Crystal looked at Nakamura with disdain.

"If I can pin the blame on that nasty bastard and solve the Warhol crisis, I'll be a hero to the people here."

"The word hero is really cheap to you."

Crystal directly interrupted Nakamura who was immersed in his own world.

"Hero, isn't it enough to just have someone flatter you? I've already basically controlled the Heavenly Tree Cult, and Abraham is a complete idiot.

As long as I become the Warhol of the people, this land is mine.”

Nakamura approached Crystal again with a smile on his face.

"And you will be my princess, no, my imperial concubine."

"I didn't expect that you would have such ambitions besides the title of chief."

Crystal learned from Akatsuki that Nakamura seemed to be very concerned about his ranking among the heroes.

"Kristo, you really don't understand the situation at all. But never mind. Once I build an empire far greater than Gadis's, that kind of thing won't matter anymore."

"Then continue to dream. I don't want to accompany you at all."

"Again, be my woman. The followers of the Heavenly Tree Cult are eager to send you to the stake. I, the brave man, am the only one who can protect you."

Nakamura said with a cold and threatening tone, smiling.

"What if I say no?"

"Your friends and your fiancé are all going to die, okay?"

Nakamura was very surprised by Crystal's performance, and he tried to threaten again.

"You talk like you have a way to deal with the Akatsuki."

"That's right. Even as a hero, I can't defeat that monster. But didn't I just say that he can't fight against all of humanity?"

"Pfft, you bastard..."

Nakamura's confident smile made Crystal unable to hold back and burst out laughing.

"what do you mean?"

Nakamura looked at Crystal unhappily.

He had originally imagined that Crystal should be kneeling at his feet, begging him to spare the hateful man.

But the expectations were completely dashed.

"You've misunderstood one crucial thing. Akatsuki is neither a hero nor a strong man. At least that's what he thinks. You're no match for him."

"You're really confident, clearly in this situation."

"That's for sure. Xiao is my proud fiancé."

Crystal looked at Nakamura's already distorted smile and deliberately emphasized the last three words.

"Even if that guy is even more of a scumbag than you, I still don't like you."

"You guy!!"