People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

"Not all infected people are good people; infected people can also oppress other infected people. Not all rich people, happy people, or people of high status are bad people; they are also people who can be won over. Blindly opposing, attacking, and seeking revenge will not bring victory to the oppressed, but endless hatred."

But in her current state, she certainly cannot return to the tundra until she is fully recovered.

The tundra environment is too harsh. Returning before your injuries have healed would not be helping Talulah; it would be suicide.

Moreover, Andorn also entrusted her with a new task.

"Alina, aren't you curious about who the mentor I'm talking about is?"

"Once your injuries have healed a bit more, head west from Lateran, past Victoria, and you'll enter a country called Sherag amidst a mountain range."

“There, you will meet him. And you will naturally know who he is.”

During halftime, Andorn, who was drinking water, had a serene smile on his face.

"Please give him my regards and wish him all the best."

Chapter 533 Quesatushta: Believe in Science!

"I offer my prayers to the souls of the Sarkaz, in the name of the absolutist Quesatushta, to open a path for the Sarkaz and seek their liberation."

Quesatushta muttered incantations. Standing beside him, Therese's expression was solemn, but his eyes held a hint of sorrow.

Resurrection—a word that is both familiar and strange.

Throughout history, whether it's a heroic legend with traceable origins or a vague myth, ancient texts do not record the heroes' tragic end, nor do hymns sing of the twilight of the gods.

Resurrection has always been a hope, used in fairy tales to reward the victors who defeat evil, to resurrect their companions, to make up for their regrets, and to provide children with a beautiful, happy ending where the good triumphs and the victors are also good.

But did he win?

Theresis knew that it was far from over. The Shard was not yet repaired, the Duke's forces had not yet retreated, his grand ambition to summon Ananna and challenge the Creator was not yet fulfilled, and he was far from being victorious.

Is he kind?

If cutting off the other path that Sarkaz could choose can be called kindness, then so be it.

If turning a blind eye to the Sarkaz’s atrocities in Londinium, allowing the royal court and mercenaries to act with impunity against the Victorians, can be called benevolent revenge?

Then he is probably one of the most philanthropists on this land.

Unfortunately, the saying "He who kills will be killed in return" certainly holds true; killing one is a crime, but slaughtering ten thousand makes one a hero. However, whether it was the Sarkaz on this land or the Victorians of Londinium, he could never be considered a benevolent leader.

He preferred that people use the word "kindness" to describe Theresa.

Theresa, his sister, his only family, the demon king he respected and admired, yet was also forced to betray and kill.

How regrettable that even her return was not a hymn to the Sarkaz heroes, a celebration of the era. In the end of this fairy tale, the resurrected companions were meant to create an even greater regret, one that Theresis found unbearable.

"Salus, increase the power a bit."

Quesatushta's prayer was interrupted, and a decree that sounded somewhat out of place was issued. The tall, blue-haired pardoner beside him immediately obeyed and slightly pushed the lever of the power controller in front of him.

It's likely that even if the Duke of Victoria's allied forces racked their brains, they would never have imagined that while they were hesitating, their enemy had already left the city of Londinium and, in a short time, built a respectable laboratory in a cave outside the city.

Creating a decent experimental environment in a dimly lit cave is indeed not easy.

If it weren't for Theresis's personal assistance in acquiring a mobile city (484 Umbrellas★3 SOUsuo: City), Quesatushta himself and the absolutist with their mismatched skills would probably have taken him more than a month to prepare.

But Theresis is Theresis after all. With the dual identity of being the current chairman of the Kazdel Military Council and the birthplace of Terran culture (the native Sarkaz), he managed to get his hands on these things.

Don't ask where these instruments and equipment came from; the answer is that he found them because nobody wanted them.

just kidding.

These devices were all obtained legitimately from the deep pool.

The alliance between the Kazdel Military Council and Deeppool has existed for a long time. Although the two sides have different beliefs, goals, and methods, they do have a common enemy—Victoria.

Thanks to Victoria's great lack of morality, these two organizations have the good fortune to be able to urinate in the same pot.

Therese contacted Deeppool, and then personally led a group to "intercept" the shipment at several intelligence points provided by Deeppool.

As for how Deeppool managed to obtain these uncommon experimental devices, Therese didn't ask, and Abrahina wouldn't tell.

If pressed, Abrahana could explain that after the World's Fair, all countries had been researching the resurrection of the Balrog. Although not every country could directly obtain the data related to the Balrog experiments from Levi, it was not difficult to obtain the laboratory configuration data of Rhine Lab. If the Duke of Kester could do it, and the Duke of Godottin could do it, why couldn't I, the Duke of Wellington?

If the Duke of Wellington did it, then it makes perfect sense for I Love Brana to team up with the Duke of Wellington to steal a set, right?

Therese didn't have the ability to "see through Ding Zhen at a glance," nor did he have enough time to discern Abrahana's lies. Rather than listen to a lie, it was better not to ask at all. After all, everyone tacitly understood.

He needed these items. As long as they were genuine, he didn't care where they came from; even if Ernst gave them to him, he would keep them. Whether the items were defective or not was not his concern; he would leave it to Quesatushta to decide for himself.

And as it turns out, this set of equipment is indeed of very high quality, brand new, 4% new, and used by a female college student herself.

At least, Quesatushta has not sensed anything suspicious so far, nor has he noticed any signs of a curse.

They are conducting their final experiment before the resurrection ceremony.

Try to revive a dead feathered beast.

Salus's hand trembled slightly, and the trembling winged beast on the altar, or rather the experimental table, was immediately covered by dense clusters of Originium crystals. The winged beast was no longer revived, and its appearance was no longer recognizable.

Quesatushta clicked his tongue, turned around, and looked at Salus with undisguised anger in his eyes.

"Did I say 'slightly'?"

Salus lowered his head, trembling, and offered a humble apology:

I'm sorry.

Quesatushta picked up the sword beside him with disgust; of all his "works," Salus was the one he hated the most.

She was so shameless. A mere servant, a slave-like being, dared to call herself his "family" and even dared to compare herself to Quessana, saying she "envied her" and wanted to become like Quessana.

How utterly foolish! A servant dares to dream of becoming the master? Quessana, and that "perfect creation" that Quessana took away—that's something like Salus would never even dare to look up at. And to "envy" it? The moment that thought crossed her mind, Quessana should have been given a death sentence!

Unfortunately, the Absolution Masters are currently short-handed. When Quessina escaped, she killed the guards of "Perfect Work," and those guards were all genuine Absolution Masters with technical expertise. As a result, he now has no one to use and can only fill in with this servant.

Once the experiment is complete, and once Quesatushta has fully mastered the power of the Demon King, the first person he will kill is this usurper.

Salus could certainly sense the murderous aura emanating from Quesatushta, but she said nothing. She simply knelt on the ground, trembling, and stretched out her neck, awaiting the execution.

Having been taught from a young age that "resistance is forbidden" and "only obedience is required," she, who grew up in an environment like that of the absolutist, would not have any intention of rebelling against Quesatushta, who was both her "lord" and "father."

Quessina was already an accident, but her rebellious spirit came from her mother.

Salus was created; she had no mother.

Quesatushta raised his sword, ready to strike and teach Salus a lesson, but before his hand could fall, Theresis grabbed it from the side.

“Your Majesty, this is my family matter.”

Quesatushta reminded him.

"Would killing him speed up your research?"

Therese gave him a cold look.

Quesatushta chuckled nonchalantly: "She won't die that easily."

When Salus was created, the technology of the Pardoner had already made significant breakthroughs, and her physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary Sarkaz.

But Theresis shook her head:

"Continue your mission, unless you also want me to strike you with my sword because of your failure."

Quesatushta paused slightly, took a step back, and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty is joking. I certainly have no intention of challenging your swordsmanship."

"However, Regent, when have you ever been so merciful?"

"I just feel disgusted. I feel disgusted even if I stay here for one more second and witness your evil ritual for one more second."

Therese said calmly:

So, let's continue.

Therese fell silent, turning her head to glance at Salus, who was still kneeling on the ground. Her posture remained unchanged; her head was still bowed, her neck still exposed, and she was still trembling slightly, awaiting punishment from Quesatushta.

Therese walked past her, and the next second, he felt a hateful gaze from behind him.

That was Salus's gaze.

Therese sighed softly and said nothing.

Until Quesatushta returned to the experimental table and gave the instructions:

"Get up. If you don't do things right again, I'll put you on the lab table."

"Thank you for your kindness, Father."

Quesatushta's cheek twitched, and he lowered his head to look at the notes Levi had sent.

[Originium stores souls, but the souls stored in Originium are also impure. Small animals like winged beasts cannot withstand Originium with excessive activation levels because their souls are too fragile and thin. The mixing of other contents will cause them to collapse, resulting in only a bunch of gibberish after decompression.]

2. [In contrast, the souls of sentient beings are much larger and more complex, making them suitable for Originium with higher activation power. Examples include Beast Parents.]

9. [The pinnacle of sentient beings is humanity. To completely reconstruct a human soul from Originium requires an unlimited amount of power—not truly unlimited, but rather, since we cannot determine the power required to fully resurrect a human soul, we can only experiment using a more brutal and effective saturation-based power supply method. Otherwise, if the soul is missing due to insufficient power during resurrection, it wouldn't just be a simple memory missing, but could lead to the total collapse of the entire soul, as seen with the Feathered Beasts.]

4. Quesatushta had initially been somewhat skeptical of the contents of the notes. But now, after several rounds of experimentation, he was completely convinced.

Especially as a pardoner, the soul is practically his area of ​​expertise, and he certainly knows how powerful a "human" soul can be.

4. His "perfect creation," using only a newly born, infantile consciousness, abducted her obedient daughter. The soul born from her carefully nurtured body possessed unimaginable power. All of this proves that even the weakest human soul completely surpasses that of small animals.

3. It makes sense. The Absolutioner has been studying resurrection and the way of the soul for thousands of years. He has walked this path longer than any Sarkaz. But why is it that even now, Quesatushta still cannot achieve the complete resurrection technique?

5. This is because the Sarkaz sorcery's research and utilization of Originium was too superficial.

6 This is, after all, a discipline that has not been updated for ten thousand years. Compared to the "science" of the ever-expanding nations of Terra, its only advantage is probably that it is "ancient" enough.

4 But antiquity cannot help Quesatushta achieve his goal, while science can.

Quesatushta couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He understood the principle that there is no order of learning and that the accomplished can be a teacher. Levi was indeed a talented person, but unfortunately he was not a Sarkaz. Otherwise, Quesatushta would have been willing to make an exception for him and let him become his "family" as a non-pardoner, sharing eternal glory with him.

However, the outcome was truly regrettable; such a talented person only had less than a hundred years to display their abilities.

But it doesn't matter. He, Quesatushta, will inherit his research. After achieving immortality through the complete resurrection technique, seizing the Black Crown, and becoming the eternal Demon King, he will use his authority to implant commands into the brains of all Sarkaz:

Trust in science

Quesatushta closed his notebook, looked up, and glanced one last time at the feathered beast that had turned into Originium. Then he turned back and said:

"Get ready. In three days, we will begin the final step of the plan."

"Resurrect our beloved Demon King."

Unbeknownst to him, after he turned around, the Originium Beast waiting to disintegrate on the altar suddenly rotated, and beneath the dark surface of Originium, a rhombus-shaped mark flickered silently, appearing and disappearing.

Chapter 534 Family! Theresis is a spy!

Wilderness, the mobile city of Kazdel.

Ersula hadn't been back to Kazdel for a long time, but even so, she still recognized every road in Kazdel.

It wasn't because she had a good memory, nor because she was sentimental; it was simply because Kazdel hadn't changed at all.

The word "development" exists only in Kazdel's dictionary, but unfortunately, Kazdel has neither bookstores nor dictionaries. Stagnation is Kazdel's biggest change, and perhaps that's even a good thing.

At least it wasn't flattened by yet another wave of inexplicable searches by the coalition forces.

Having accepted Theresis's orders, Erzula returned to Kazdel, not to save, but to destroy.

She was conflicted about how to tell her fellow citizens who still lived in Kazdel, a city plagued by food shortages, disorder, bloodshed, and violence, but which was still considered a home of the Sarkaz, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have come to lead this city to crash into the Duke's army's defenses."

As for you, you either choose to go with them, or you can get out of here.

This is truly a bitter choice.

The first person to face this choice is Erzula herself.

She valued the opportunity Theresis had given her highly. As the officer tasked with guarding the remnants of the Time Beast, the Spine of Life, the strike of the Spine of Life was undoubtedly her fault.

Just as the Blood Demon Lord said, even Theresis couldn't figure out the specific reason for the [Life Spine]'s strike, so he could openly and justifiably execute himself. After all, as the overseer, at the very least, she would have to bear the blame for inadequate oversight.

In a military commission operating under wartime conditions, damaging such an extremely important strategic resource would be enough to give her a taste of the same meal as the Lion King on the spot.

But Theresis gave her a chance to redeem herself, allowing her to take Kazdel away. This mobile city was large enough to serve as a secondary alternative to the [Spine of Life], accommodating the carrion army's entry.

But the cost is also obvious: the city will be sent to Londinium, the front line of the confrontation between Victoria and the Sarkaz, facing the overwhelming firepower of hundreds of Victoria's high-speed warships. Even if it doesn't return intact, it will at least be utterly destroyed. Even if there is a one in ten thousand chance that the city returns unscathed, Kazdel will have been destroyed once again.

The ruins that once housed an army of scavengers were not the reason for the demise of this generation of Kazdel; what truly destroyed it was the Sarkaz's trust in the city.

If your home could become a battlefield tomorrow, and you didn't even have the chance to resist or the right to refuse, would you still choose to buy a house here, get married, have children, and run this city?

Even if you were willing, and you knew that resistance was futile, yet you still bravely chose to resist and become a warrior, then who would you be fighting against?