Zongman: The wrong person on the ground, double Shenwei at the beginning

"It's a monster!"

The surviving guards let out piercing screams and turned to flee.

Pride merely smiled dismissively, his right hand transforming into a claw, and gently pressing down on the cold ground.

"Shattered".

The surviving guards looked down in horror and found that the stone slabs beneath their feet were cracked like a spider web.

Then, with a deafening roar, the surrounding dungeon collapsed instantly.

The pitiful cries rose and fell.

Rhodes held the petite girl in his arms and strolled leisurely through the dungeon's intricate corridors, as if he were taking a walk in his own backyard.

Almost every living thing in sight became a victim of Pride's fists.

Later, even the impatient Envy was released by Rhodes, laughing wildly as she joined the one-sided battle.

Even if there are indeed skilled fighters in this hellish place, they are at most level 3, and their abilities are all sealed.

In front of the two shadow soldiers, they were no different from the weeds that could be cut at will by the roadside.

Blood pooled into streams, flowing along the undulating terrain, eventually cascading down from the edges of the tiered prisons, forming a shocking crimson waterfall.

A fairy girl, panicked and disoriented, suddenly stumbled out from around the corner.

Pride, his killing intent palpable, instinctively raised his fist, a fist powerful enough to shatter mountains, ready to strike.

The fairy girl sensed the destructive aura and was so terrified that she closed her eyes tightly in despair.

"stop."

A flat syllable rang out.

boom! ! !

The devastating force of the punch grazed the fairy girl's temple, shattering the wall behind her and leaving a terrifying hole that pierced through more than a dozen walls.

Gravel and dust flew everywhere.

“Your name.” Rhodes’ voice was completely flat.

The fairy girl seemed to still be in shock from escaping death. She slowly opened her eyes, staring blankly at the collapsed wall, her legs trembling like a leaf.

Pride gave a disgruntled snort, his disdainful gaze as if he were looking at an insect he could crush at any moment.

"Can't you even thank my Lord for His mercy?"

This sound finally brought the fairy girl back to her senses.

She turned to Rhodes, her face deathly pale.

This seemingly young boy unleashed the most horrific massacre in the history of the entire city of sinners.

Just now, in less than twenty minutes, the two monstrous girls behind him had slaughtered at least a thousand people!

"...I...I thank you for sparing my life. My name is Liu Lu."

The girl in Rod's arms had been silently watching everything from beginning to end.

Thank you... for your mercy... for your life... for your name...

The girl, who had not received a good education and had not mastered good conversation skills, kept listening to the conversations and turned these sounds into her own nourishment.

First comes language, then comprehension, and then vocalization and pronunciation.

The girl rapidly expanded her abilities and gradually began to understand the world.

Rhodes's gaze swept over the girl's clean clothes, realizing that she was the fairy from the original timeline who would save Lyra and ultimately send her out of this hell.

He looked at the other person intently for a moment before speaking.

"Take me to the god behind you."

"Eh?"

Even when faced with a ruthless gang of villains, the fairy girl hesitated.

He probably didn't want the goddess behind him to get hurt.

Rod saw through her thoughts and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Interesting. In this hell that should be full of betrayal and exploitation, you actually managed to produce someone like you. You've been well protected."

"..."

"Don't worry, I most likely won't harm Him. But if you don't lead the way..."

Rhodes' tone suddenly turned cold, devoid of any emotion.

"Next, in this indiscriminate massacre, don't blame me for casually 'cleaning him up' as well."

"!!!"

In the end, Dulu gritted her teeth and had no choice but to lead Rod to a secluded and dark small settlement.

"Liu Lu, why did you bring outsiders back?"

"Wait, did you betray us?!"

Faced with the angry glares of the gatekeeper girls, Liu Lu's eyes were red and tears welled up in her eyes, but she couldn't explain herself at all.

Just as the angry girls were about to rush forward, a gentle and helpless sigh drifted from the depths of the settlement.

"Go back."

A graceful goddess slowly walked out.

Her hair was half white as snow and half as black as night, exuding a cool and mysterious aura.

“You who are shrouded in chaos, this dystopia is not your home.”

Rhodes gazed at the goddess before him.

"And I'm not the only one who doesn't belong to this place."

The goddess glanced silently at the girl who was peeking out from Rhodes's arms, curiously observing her surroundings. After a moment of silence, she sighed.

"My name is Hela. What's your name?"

"Rod."

"...Rhodes, let's come in and talk."

Rhodes had Pride and Envy stand guard outside the door, and under the girls' wary gazes, he calmly followed Hela into their hideout.

The so-called reception room was nothing more than a slightly larger basement.

Hela poured Rhodes a glass of water.

"I'm sorry, since you've come so suddenly, we have nothing to offer you."

"This is plain boiled water, which is considered clean for this area."

Rhodes took the water glass, took a big gulp without a care, then casually wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and handed the glass to the girl in his arms.

The girl imitated him, holding the water glass with both hands and carefully taking a sip.

Instantly, her eyes lit up, as if she had tasted the most delicious nectar in the world. She then gulped it down and, in a very professional manner, wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

Hela watched this scene quietly with a smile and pity on her face.

Suddenly, the girl's gaze was drawn to something in the corner.

Rod followed her gaze.

It was a small bookshelf with a few well-worn books on it.

Rhodes saw the longing in her eyes and turned to Hela: "Is it okay?"

“Okay.” Hela nodded and said to Liulu beside her, “Liulu, could you please take this child to read for a while and teach her to speak and read?”

"...Yes, yes!"

Although the girl was somewhat tempted, she still subconsciously looked up at Rhodes to ask for his permission.

She remembered that those two very capable women would do the same before taking action.

Rod smiled and patted her head.

"Go."

With permission granted, the girl happily jumped down from Rod's arms and, under Dulu's careful guidance, walked to the bookshelf.

Soon, the sounds of Liu Lu whispering instructions and the girl's babbling could be heard in the basement.

Rod fiddled with the empty water glass, looking at the goddess before him.

"Although I am not a god, I can still see that those children at the gate are not sinners of Bergen's land?"

Hela nodded gently, her gaze softening as she looked at the girl not far away who could already speak in complete short sentences.

“They are all like her, born in this hell.”

Whether the parents are sinners is completely unknown, and it is even unknown whether they were united by love or purely out of self-interest.

The only certainty is that they were all born without the guards' knowledge, and most of them were born in filthy and unsanitary places (toilets) that had nothing to do with hygiene.

Their parents had already passed away before raising, exploiting, or selling them, leaving no words behind.

The girl's experience is by no means an isolated case, but rather a mundane reality that happens every moment in this city.

The crying babies made piercing noises, and the lucky ones were discovered by her men and brought back.

"If you're unlucky, you'll be sent to the [parts yard]."

To put it bluntly, it's organ trafficking.

Disassembling a living human body, like dismantling a machine, into individual "parts".

They are sold through behind-the-scenes channels to countries, magicians, and sorcerers who conduct human experiments and strange rituals.

This is Bergen, a city of sinners completely isolated from the outside world, a precious source of income.

To make more effective use of these sinners.

Even without criminal infants, human rights and dignity are impossible to exist in Bergen, a city infested with sinners.

Rhodes frowned slightly.

Hela tilted her head and asked curiously.

"You pity them?"

Rhodes thought for a moment, then shook his head.

“If they have indeed committed an unforgivable crime, then I might also adopt this efficient method.”

He abruptly changed the subject, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"However... I do not agree with including these ignorant children in this category."

Hela seemed lost in thought.

"Do you think that the parents' sins have nothing to do with the children?"

"Do not."

Rod refuted Hela's claim.

"Let these children inherit the sins of their elders to atone for their sins, at least let them understand what sins they have inherited, remember history, understand the truth, and reflect on their actions."

He scoffed.

"The current situation is less about guilt and more about an excuse to satisfy one's own desires, and has nothing to do with atonement."

Hela remained silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally sighed.

“You’re right… my current behavior is nothing but hypocrisy.”

"However, for most of the gods here, as long as this place is a prison where no one can escape, and can be transformed into a pleasant hell, that's all that matters."

“We have all made contracts with the gods scattered throughout the lower realms.”