Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

“Giving up is never in my vocabulary!”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of his arms suddenly fell off and then turned into meat paste. Reiner frowned, but his body recovered in the next moment.

"You have no chance of winning." Another cold voice sounded.

"Armor imbued with life, a bracelet imbued with the power of time and space, a necklace that controls the elements, a puppet that briefly reached Sequence 3..."

"We know everything about you. We might not be your match alone, but right now, you have no chance of winning."

"It's your fault for trusting others too much."

"Besides, even when facing those who betrayed you, you still wanted to protect them."

"That's too kind." The speaker's name was Belial, the god of betrayal.

Almost all secret organizations have followers who were developed by him through his abilities.

His power can influence people's beliefs through words. When the beliefs are shaken and the other party's persistence is shattered, the other party's power will disappear like the beliefs and persistence.

Reiner's expression remained unchanged, but the sky around him suddenly became gloomy. Then golden flames continued to spread and the space began to change.

Even though they knew some of Reiner's abilities, those who besieged him still had a hard time.

Although they did not suffer serious injuries after a while, they looked extremely embarrassed.

"As expected, you are one of the few beings in the past thousand years who can kill a demigod of the same sequence. I really don't want to fight you if it's not necessary."

Wisps of black air accompanied by the words of the visitor instantly devoured the golden flames. Not only that, some black spots also slowly appeared on the Horcrux necklace that exerted the corresponding power.

This is the power of the dark god Margo. When darkness completely takes over the necklace, everything belonging to the necklace will be taken over by the other party.

Not only the necklace, but some black spots also gradually appeared on Reiner's body.

However, the color of these black spots will gradually fade the moment they appear until they disappear.

"Don't think that remaining undefeated is enough. If you can't defeat us, your plan will ultimately be in vain." A male demigod with a soft voice and a somewhat feminine appearance showed a gloomy smile.

"Your method of protecting the members of the Truth Society is your dream city, right?"

"Do you think they are fighting in there right now?"

"Perhaps the foundation of your dream city has been destroyed~"

Perrin, the god of conspiracy, has no connection between his ability and his title, but he is a shameless man who likes to use devilish tricks to achieve his goals.

Facing the verbal and physical attacks from everyone, Reiner continued to laugh and exert his strength.

Space is broken, time is frozen, life is cursed...

All his killing moves continued to pour out, and his life-and-death fighting style temporarily maintained his defeat.

"I really hope they don't take action." Reiner showed a sad expression while dodging the gray smoke that suddenly emerged from the void.

"I asked a good friend of mine to guard that place."

"He's not as good-tempered as I am."

"Even though they are traitors, I don't want to hear the news of their death..." Reiner's tone was a little low.

Well, that good friend is Ciel's...doppelganger.

Originally, there was no problem with Reiner this time.

The clone he specially created is almost equivalent to a demigod who has taken the farmer's sequence.

At the same time, some Horcruxes left by Charles could ensure that he could drink a cup of tea in peace under the siege of several demigods.

But...I don't know what this genius Reiner is thinking.

While drinking tea with his clone, he suddenly fell out and retained the authority of the City of Dreams in the clone. He used a special Horcrux to temporarily merge the concepts of the clone and the City of Dreams.

That is to say, during this period of time, Charles' clone and Reiner's dream city were one.

If it were normal times, even his clone would be able to quickly get rid of this state and return to the main world to help him deal with powerful enemies.

But now... the ceremony has started, and the City of Dreams is no longer just the City of Dreams. It has been connected to the spiritual world and the astral world.

And the Shire, which is integrated with the City of Dreams, is also connected to them.

Before the ritual is completed, even Ciel cannot break through this blockade relying only on his clone.

According to Reiner's plan, after the ceremony, whether he is alive or dead.

The Dream City will instantly return to Charles with the [Heart of Omniscience] through the connection between the clone and the original body.

At the same time, he also has some backup plans in the City of Dreams.

If he was still alive at that time, then the Dream City would burst out with power to give him a glimmer of hope when he was teleported, such as hiding in the Void Palace.

If he dies, his extraordinary characteristics will return to the Dreaming City to preside over the ceremony on his behalf, and at the same time burst out with his final power written with his life to promote the success of the ceremony.

"Did I go a little too far when we were chatting earlier?" Looking at Reiner, who was now fighting bloody battles, Ciel's expression was a little subtle.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that it embodies a small part of my extraordinary qualities."

"After all, the power you want to exert cannot be fake..."

"Even if this separated power dissipates, it will only weaken for a period of time. It won't have a significant impact. Why would you protect it like this?"

The corners of Ciel's mouth twitched slightly. He had not expected that beneath all of Reiner's strengths, there was such a selfish personality.

"Want to carry everything yourself?"

"I finally understand why there are a few traitors in the Truth Association."

"A great favor turns into hatred..."

"But... since you like being a hero so much, I'll let you be a hero for a while longer."

After receiving the memories of his clone and seeing Reiner, who was so self-touched and said many righteous words that made him frown, Ciel decided not to take action for the time being.

If he wasn't beaten half to death today, it would be a shame for his previous sentimental performance towards his clone.

It's true that a big bird can fly anywhere. How did someone like Reiner survive to this day?

And in theory, the will of the clone is based on the manifestation of one's own will.

How come I didn’t know I had such a dramatic side?

Recalling the acting avatar in his mind that was both acting and crying, Charles felt that he had lost all mood to watch the show.

Looking at the stick that appeared in his hand at some point, Ciel's figure silently appeared behind Reiner...

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Chapter 264 Chapter 144 Don't worry, it won't hurt

Boom, accompanied by a burst of explosions.

The space around Reiner was broken, but the white light from the bracelet on his hand flashed, and the broken space became complete.

Just when he was about to fight back, an extremely dark light fell in front of his eyes.

He wanted to dodge but there was no way to avoid it.

Space seemed to have solidified and time seemed to have stopped flowing.

"Is that the end..."

Reiner froze in place, stunned. Everything in the past flashed before his eyes like a kaleidoscope, his gaze finally settling on the Truth Society, his teacher, and the conversation with Ciel.

"That's not bad..."

Thinking this way, he closed his eyes silently.

A few hours ago, in the Dream City.

Faced with countless companions who were expressing their admiration for the greatness of everything around them, Reiner did not joke with them as usual.

Instead, he hid in a corner and drank some bad wine in silence.

Charles's clone walked over silently.

"do you know?"

"For many people, life doesn't matter."

“A person’s value is never determined by simply living and staying alive, but by what he does before he dies.”

Ciel casually poured himself a glass of wine, somewhat confused as to what Reiner meant.

He took another swig of his drink and continued speaking.

"Looking back, my life seems to be a compilation of countless failures."

"I failed to save the lives of my relatives, and lived a mediocre life for a long time." Although he is an orphan, Reiner has his own relatives and a younger brother.

However, he had never survived a cold winter before he met his teacher. For orphans and poor families, every cold winter is a challenge, a challenge to survival and life.

"I failed to save the teacher's life, and I took on a burden that I had never imagined in a daze." Reiner carefully recalled the scene at that time. The teacher was not doomed to die, he was just tired, and he just knew how to cry. Perhaps if he had done more at that time, the teacher might not have left him so soon.

"With the heart of a newborn calf, I directly chose to challenge the order that has existed in this world for a long time, and ultimately lost the last legacy my teacher left for me."

"What a failure..."

He was in a low mood.

Ciel reached out and gently tapped his forehead.

"If that's what you say, then most people in the world are losers."

"After all, they have all experienced the death of many loved ones and experienced many failures."

Ciel's tone was calm. As a clone, he had his own will and even a personality independent of the main personality, but he could not understand Reiner's anxiety.

"Compared to most people, you have at least succeeded many times."

"Not everyone can become a demigod, and not everyone can do what you have done."

Reiner shook his head.

“This is not the life I wanted.”

"If possible, I hope I can leave something for this world just like my teacher, Mr. Taylor, and you, Rocks."

"Same as me?" Charles pointed at himself in confusion.

"Yes... You said you were Charles Rocks, the High Priest of the Church of the Earth."

"From many perspectives, both Mr. Taylor's ideas and the birth of the Truth Society were due to your ideas."

Ciel thought about it carefully, then nodded, "From this perspective, I am indeed very great."

Reiner laughed.

“I want to be like you,” he said, laughing.

"You are you. You don't need to be like me or him." Ciel looked at Reiner seriously.

In his opinion, Reiner's achievements were no worse than his, his teacher, or the man named Taylor.

If they are thinkers and philosophers, then he is a scientist who can bring about changes in the times.

"It's different. I'm different from you all."

"I can't use poetry like you do to let the germs of some ideas take root in people's hearts. I can't use my own thoughts to irrigate those roots like Mr. Taylor does, so that they can sprout and bear fruit and be recognized by the world."

"I can't even endure humiliation like my teacher, just to irrigate more fruits and cultivate more seeds."

Pride, recklessness, arrogance, ego...

Thinking back to himself like this, his tone was a little self-deprecating.

"Fortunately, even with all my shortcomings, I have achieved my own results."

He looked at the steel city in front of him, his eyes full of tenderness.

"But... just like the hardships Mr. Taylor and his colleagues encountered, before ideas bear fruit and efforts become results, there will always be tests from heaven."

"Will everything for me come to an end today?"

"Don't worry, I'm here. If you write your story into a knight novel, you can publish at least dozens of books." Charles took a sip of wine and then joked with him.

"I can't do it, but the fruits of my irrigation can." Reiner looked at Ciel seriously.

"I'll leave the Dream City to you."