Knight Asylum

The powerful Gurongis disdain the ordinary humans who are powerless and worth only one point in the Gurongi Killing Game. This is why human society can adapt to the existence of the Gurongi Killing Game.

More than half of the Gurongi no longer deliberately kill humans, and most of the casualties are just spillover effects.

If humans become stronger, the situation will be different. Humans who become ancient magicians and can use Gaia's memory are already stronger than ordinary monsters. This means that their value points have skyrocketed, and it has reached the point where many Gurongi are considering whether to kill them.

This is a big problem, but there is an even bigger problem. Gurongi hasn’t thought about it yet, and the points are just going into their mouths.

The sudden acquisition of powerful and cheap power will make people lose their self-judgment. Both the museum and the Tower of Sages have been promoting the fact that Gaia Memory and ancient magicians are powerful forces, but they have never said how powerful these powers are and who they cannot be used to attack.

But just recently, Montana made a public speech inciting the proposal of humans and monsters, and described the monsters as pigs trapped in [S·L] and slaughtered at will.

Regardless of whether it is the museum or the Tower of Sages, both of them talk about doing it for all of humanity, but they also have other little thoughts hidden deep down, especially the Tower of Sages.

The museum still maintains the bottom line of not selling Gaia memory to minors who do not assume social responsibility, nor does it say that only employees of the museum can get Gaia memory.

The Tower of Sages was not even hidden. It was madly purified in [S·L] and increased a large number of ancient magicians centered on the Tower of Sages. Most of those ancient magicians were young people, and some were even minors.

This makes the ancient magicians very dangerous and troublesome in a social sense. Those bad guys have proved this very well. After getting the power of the ancient magicians, they went to the school to cause trouble first, beat up the teacher, and threatened not to go to school and become ancient magicians in the future.

This action directly led to the increase of Odin in the mirror world.

The additional Odin only exists for revenge. Revenge means that they will act without considering any consequences or impacts. Both Wright and Liu Sheng's deaths are extremely miserable.

It's not just Odin. If this continues, ordinary citizens who were not chosen to become ancient magicians will be fed up with the ancient magicians' behavior and will most likely use Gaia's memory to fight back.

And Odin's killing and Dopant's counterattack...will cover up the flaws of the ancient magician, and may even serve as a cushion for the Tower of Sages to further purify the loyalty of the ancient magician.

It's too coincidental that all these things happen one after another, as if someone is directing all of this behind the scenes.

Ishido Soichi held up the photo of Kanzaki Shirou, turned his body sideways and observed the changes in Red's expression with his peripheral vision, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Boss, haven't you remembered yet?" Metzler, who had been paying attention to who was paying attention to Reid, immediately noticed Ishido Soichi's happy and eager expression and immediately raised his voice.

"Boss, you don't have any bad intentions, do you?"

Ishido Soichi blinked, shrugged innocently, put the photo on the table and pushed it in the direction of Reid and Mazel.

"What are you talking about, Miss Metzler? How could I have any bad intentions?"

Ishido Soichi swayed his body from side to side, with a nonchalant expression as if he could teleport away at any time, which made Metzler more and more certain of what Ishido Soichi wanted to do.

Normally speaking, she really didn't have the ability to do anything to Ishido Soichi.

"Eh? Really? Battle Rabbit! It looks like your boss is planning to go on a long trip!"

A series of hurried footsteps came from the refrigerator hidden in the corner. Ishido Soichi's expression changed and he immediately stepped forward to block the refrigerator door, but he was still a step too late. The refrigerator door had been pushed half open by a hand, and Ishido Soichi could only hold the refrigerator door to prevent it from opening completely.

"Ms. Metzler, this is really sad. Why would I go so far away? This family can't live without me! Oh, right! The story about that man named Kanzaki Shirou, right? I remember it now! He rented an apartment nearby. Turn left and walk 500 meters into the street to find the apartment!"

"Thank you for your cooperation," Mazel smiled slightly, stood up, grabbed Red's wrist and led Red out.

Ishido Soichi breathed a sigh of relief, but it was precisely because of this relaxation that he lost his strength and a powerful force erupted from behind the refrigerator, and the refrigerator door instantly bounced open. Kiryu Sento and Banko Ryuu I squeezed out of the narrow refrigerator door, looking down at Ishido Soichi from the left and right, who was smiling a little awkwardly.

"Ryuga, you go back first," Kiryu Battle Rabbit narrowed his eyes and patted Manjo Ryuga's shoulder with a smile.

"Oh, I see—"

Wanzhanglong glanced at Ishido Soichi and shrank back, while Kiryuu Sento closed the refrigerator door and leaned against it, crossing his arms across his chest.

"what do you want to do?"

"I smell a conspiracy," Ishidoso crossed his arms and looked extremely serious. "A series of interesting and terrible things have happened recently... There must be someone behind this! They want to achieve some terrible purpose!"

"So? What does this have to do with you?" Kiryuu Sento raised his eyes.

"As a righteous person, I can't just turn a blind eye to this, right? Nosy righteous hero~ Isn't it because you noticed something that you ran out to investigate every night without telling Manjo?" Ishido Soichi grinned, clapped his hands on his knees, stood up and stood in front of Kiryu Battle Rabbit.

"Battle Rabbit~ You don't want Manjo to know that you're getting involved in trouble again, right?"

Kiryuu Sento's face sank and he said nothing.

"It seems we have reached a consensus?"

"I was really underestimated."

Kiryu Sento lowered his head and moved away, casually pushing the refrigerator door forward. Manjo Ryuga let out a "wuwa" and fell heavily to the ground. Perhaps because he felt too embarrassed, he lay on the ground pretending to be dead and did not say anything, hoping that Ishido Soichi and Kiryu Sento would ignore him.

"..."

"Hey! Battle Rabbit, do you want to go eat barbecue with me?"

Wang Zhanglong, whose tactic of pretending to be dead failed, jumped up suddenly, put his hands on his hips and shouted.

"Idiot~"

"Battle Rabbit, how about I treat you to a barbecue and you just turn a blind eye to this matter?"

"No - since a guy like you wants to get involved, this matter must be extremely bad!"

"Hey - don't ignore me!"

Chapter 422: The Arrival of the Baguette

Following the instructions given by Ishido Soichi, Red and Metzl found the apartment building. The advantage of the information age is that everything is registered. By showing Selvi Turia's employee ID card, Red successfully obtained permission to browse the apartment's accommodation records.

After searching for a while, Red found the records of Shiro Kanzaki.

Eight years ago, Shiro Kanzaki lived here, and he lived here for half a year longer than what the Intelligent Brain Group had found out. It's a pity that only videos older than one month are kept here at most.

Reid and Metzl looked around again, but unfortunately there was no development like "Ah, I remember this guy". No one knew Kanzaki Shirou, so Ishido Soichi, who remembered Kanzaki Shirou, seemed a little suspicious.

In this third timeline, Shirou Kanzaki died very early. He was a man of talent that was envied by heaven, and he died without leaving behind any earth-shattering achievements. Therefore, human society's impression of Shirou Kanzaki has long been diluted by time.

"I'm sorry, Red, you made this trip for nothing," Mazel said, shaking her head apologetically as Red came back from buying water. "I thought I could help."

"No, this is not your problem," Red handed the water to Mazel, sat down next to Mazel and watched the people passing by.

It is still a scene where monsters and humans coexist, but the cracks are becoming more and more numerous. There is a hint of suspicion and fear in the eyes of the monsters when they look at humans, while there is a lot less in the eyes of humans when they look at the monsters.

After staring at Reid's profile for a while, Metzger leaned back slightly, closed his eyes and felt the breeze blowing on his face.

"Red, do you want humans to gain the power of ancient magicians and Gaia's memory?"

"Why wouldn't I want humans to gain power? Humans are free. Whether it's the power of ancient magicians or the power of Gaia's memory, it's all just power," Reid grinned and looked at the mirror on the side.

Even so, the power of the mirror world is the same.

"Even if a criminal only has a toy knife in his hand, he will think about how to use it to commit a crime. Even if a kind and righteous person has a gun in his hand, he will only think about not using it to hurt others."

Looking at the people walking on the street, Red remembered what U had said to him in the elevator. He had no intention of changing his answer even after seeing those ancient magicians who had transformed into bad guys.

"Power can make life better, can redeem many things that are irreversible, and make up for many regrets."

Red did not dislike the techniques of the ancient magicians.

Facing the attacks of phantom demons, humans rely on their own efforts to exchange for miracles in order to fight against the phantom demons, even if it means risking their souls. This is a great technology full of enlightenment.

It was just abused by malicious people and worn by unaware people.

"Honestly, I really want to rush over and blow up the Sage's Tower right now," Red complained with his hands raised above his head.

With his current strength, no matter what the Sage's Tower was up to or what tricks it was playing, he could just rush over, fly up, and a knight would kick it, and the Sage's Tower would disappear.

"But I can't do this—"

"That's true. If you do that, the pillars in people's hearts will break. Even if it's just a false backbone that supports human society now, before we can build true hope..."

Before Mazel could finish her words, Medusa's voice rang out from behind them.

"Unfortunately, humans will not get real hope from [S·L], and will only be left with despair."

"..."

"You're here?" Reid looked surprised.

"What do you mean... you're here!" Medusa's forehead was bulging with veins, "I've always been here, bastard!"

Walking around on the street in this ridiculous doll costume, people looked at her with strange eyes. If her face wasn't covered, she would have been so ashamed that she would have killed herself in the street. But... it was precisely because her face was covered that she couldn't accept it even more.

This is like some kind of shame play!

No! I can't let myself down in front of this man! I have to stay classy!

"The wise man once said that [S·L] is a hell that breeds despair for mankind."

"Humans can easily gain hope, but can also lose it in a joking way. Hope can become fuel for despair."

"And despair will make the hope that is born later shine brighter," Reid put his hands behind his head and frowned.

Medusa's sarcasm reminded him.

This chain of developments has given mankind cheap hope, and cheap hope will inevitably lead to despair.

Hope and despair coexist, and what kind of hope will lead to what kind of despair.

What is the hope for humanity now?

The power of Gaia memory?

The power of an ancient magician?

No, the hope for humanity now is that humans are already above monsters. Humans no longer need thousands of years to evolve. They can easily obtain special powers that match or even surpass normal monsters. Even the magic that has been promoted for decades and can only be used by chosen people has now become a universal level.

Today's human society is shining.

So what is the corresponding despair?

It's all false.

Gaia's memory is fake, and the power of the ancient magician is fake.

But despair will never be the end. Even the phantom demon who craves despair has the ultimate goal of giving birth to a new phantom demon. Despair will always only be a means to achieve the goal.

Is it domination or destruction?

[S·L] is a society where humans and monsters coexist. Even if everyone is told that Gaia's memory and the power of ancient magicians are fake, nothing has actually changed... everything will just return to the way life was in the past.

Because everything that happened was confined to [S·L]. No matter how many people died, no matter how many times the city was destroyed, no matter how desperate things happened, people outside of [S·L] would reset it all.

Reset back...

Red rubbed his forehead hard, his eyes subconsciously scanning the street.

He seemed to be getting close to the answer, but was still missing a crucial perspective.

Gaia's memory is not the point, the ancient magician is not the point, and Montana is not the point. All of these are catalysts needed to achieve a certain goal.

And the role played by Kanzaki Shiro in this is... insurance?

Or are they responsible for implicitly removing any obstacles that might get in their way?

……

Shinji Shirodo, who was holding a baguette for self-defense, paused and subconsciously looked towards the alley. He heard a human voice roaring like a wild beast.

Moreover, it was a wounded beast.

Shinji Shiroto's legs were moving forward, but his head stubbornly stayed there. In the end, his legs honestly moved back and walked in with his whole body.

“Who’s there?”

It is dangerous to approach a wounded beast, and sometimes the warning is followed by an attack.

Asakura Takeshi was such a beast. While roaring, he swung the iron stick towards Shinji Shirodo, and Shinji Shirodo immediately swung the baguette in his hand.

The iron rod was knocked away by the baguette and stabbed into Asakura Takeshi's throat.

Asakura Wei's pupils shook violently, but in less than three seconds, their pupils rolled up and he lost consciousness.

Chapter 423: The More We Fight, the Hungrier We Become

A psychiatrist once diagnosed Asakura Takeshi.

Ordinary psychiatrists think that Asakura Takeshi is a typical patient with anger disorder, but more romantic psychiatrists believe that Asakura Takeshi is eager to fight and that he was born in the wrong era. If he was born in the war years, Asakura Takeshi would definitely be more like a normal person than anyone else.

It’s a pity that this is the modern era, and the battle-hungry and bloodthirsty Asakura Osamu is like an uncivilized beast. There is no place suitable for him.

Asakura Takeshi knew other people's comments and judgments about him, but he never took it to heart. He didn't even have any abnormal thoughts. He just knew that he was about to be driven crazy by that feeling of irritability.

Only this [S·L] can fill the void in his heart, satisfy his bloodthirsty instinct and allow him to enjoy fighting.

That's right, because this is [S·L], there are countless battles and there won't be anyone who gets in the way.

On the first day, Asakura Takeshi felt an indescribable excitement.

Fight, fight, fight, fight—

He kept fighting, and the blood on his hands made him feel extremely fulfilled.