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There was a knock on the door the next moment.

"The Returning Soul Hunter Elder, Zeref, is here to visit."

An old man's polite and decent voice was then heard.

Chapter 20: Who is right and who is wrong?

Jellal, this was the name used by an old man who looked to be at least sixty or seventy years old when he introduced himself in front of Lin Yi and others.

The Guiling Hunter Elder is a top member of an ancient sect that hunts the Guiling people. It is said that only those with extremely devout faith, who have made significant contributions, and who have personally killed or led a team to kill at least one hundred Guiling people, can be promoted to this position. This is an honor that only strong people whose faith and strength have reached a certain level can enjoy.

According to the information obtained from Gu Mingdi Jue's memory exploration, the Guiling Hunter elders were originally ordinary humans, but in the process of hunting, the cult studied the Guiling people they hunted, allowing these elders to apply some special techniques. Therefore, the Guiling Hunter elders have extraordinary powers similar to the Guiling people, and they age very slowly. An elder can easily live for two or three hundred years without any problems. Although the elders are still much weaker than the top Guiling King, as time continues to accumulate, the number of elders in the cult is increasing, and the number of Guiling people is decreasing, even to the point where the Guiling King can hardly resist the joint hunting of multiple elders and can only flee.

In the previous battle between the Saviors and Neiltat, it was this elder who evacuated the personnel, so that the fierce battle in the mall did not cause many casualties.

So now, what does the other party want to do?

Lin Yi looked at the old man with the cane and was ready to start fighting on the spot.

However, what happened next was somewhat unexpected.

"I came to apologize to you. You all lent a hand and saved more than 10,000 people on this ship, but my apprentice attacked you indiscriminately. This is the failure of the Order and my failure. I am very sorry for this, and I am willing to provide any compensation I can."

"Most of the apprentices who attacked you have died on the spot. They deserved it. As for the remaining few who are still alive, we will punish them according to the doctrine. Those who failed to correctly distinguish between humans and the spirit race will be waterboarded and face the fate they deserve."

"We will also compensate you financially as soon as possible. If you have any other needs, we will try our best to satisfy you. Killing a King of Returned Spirits, especially a bloodthirsty and brutal monster like [Niltat], will benefit all mankind. You are undoubtedly the heroes of the entire civilization."

Jellal bowed his head deeply and apologized seriously.

In fact, it was not just Lin Yi, but also Fujimaru Ritsuka and Jotaro who were standing by and were ready for a fierce fight. After all, when the cult members clashed with Lin Yi before, Lin Yi killed several people directly, and the Saviors did have extraordinary powers similar to those of the Returned Spirits. However, this elder was quite easy to talk to, not only did he not have the slightest arrogance, but he even kept a very humble attitude, so that Fujimaru Ritsuka, who originally wanted to ask something, didn't know how to start for a while.

[Is this guy pretending? ]

Lin Yi, who was a little unsure of the routine, asked Gu Mingdijue in the mental link.

[No, he really thanked you from the bottom of his heart, and he was serious about fulfilling what he said. As for those Guiling Hunter apprentices who attacked Lin Yi and you, this elder did not think they made a big mistake, because when they suspect someone is from the Guiling tribe, the Guiling Hunter can indeed take action on their own. But if it is confirmed afterwards that they have made a mistake, then the Guiling Hunter should be punished accordingly. This is their rule and also the code of conduct of this elder.]

Gu Mingji Jue roughly explained the situation.

In general, because in recent years, more and more people similar to the Guiling tribe have gradually appeared among humans, with innate supernatural powers, but in essence, they are still the same as the human race at the genetic level, so in the eyes of the cult, they cannot be treated as the Guiling tribe. However, without high-level detection equipment, it is difficult for ordinary hunters and apprentices to distinguish between these superpowers and the Guiling tribe. Therefore, the Council of Elders has set a rule that if a Guiling hunter finds that he has made a mistake after the action, he must be punished accordingly. If he injures someone, he will be punished, and if he kills someone, he will be punished with his life. It is quite simple and crude.

As for this time, because of the great contribution of Lin Yi and others in eliminating the King of Guiling, the elders made a direct decision to execute on the spot the surviving apprentices who attacked them, by drowning them in the water as a punishment to serve as a warning to others.

Probably because the people on his side had the same physiological structure as humans, and the only difference was that Komeiji Kaku could disguise himself through mental manipulation, the elder seemed to have a preconceived notion that they were born with super powers who were hiding, so he judged the matter from the perspective of "fellow countrymen", and he should have the idea of ​​trying to recruit them into the cult.

"The Guiling tribe and humans have always been enemies to the death. These evil aliens will look for every opportunity to destroy humans. By eliminating Neiltat, you have saved countless families and protected countless people from his threats. I don't know how to express my gratitude. I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful extraordinary person among humans. Perhaps you can join the cult and join us to fight against the threat of the Guiling tribe?"

"I admit that this is a dangerous job. After all, every Guiling tribe member is born with extraordinary powers. I won't say anything like honor and responsibility. The cult can provide you with a lot of things, such as money, status, and the future of your children. As long as you show enough value, even if you want to be a king, the cult will find a way to help you do it. As long as you are willing to join us, what I say will not be empty words."

After his initial apology, the elder then began to promote the benefits of the sect to everyone, hoping that they would join and become part of the Soul Hunters.

Moreover, they lobby using the most direct and most appealing interests.

It seems that these guys are not indeed unforgivable cruel thugs, but the kind of people who will do anything to protect the future of mankind.

They looked completely different from the returning soul hunters that the others had seen in Neiltat's memories.

"Although you said a lot about how bad these guys are, the intelligence we learned when we were fighting that Niltat was completely different. You were systematically slaughtering the Guiling people step by step, and even used brutal methods to treat those Guiling people who lived in seclusion, and conducted various human experiments... With all these things, it seems that your sect is not so much fighting against threats as it is killing the weak, right?"

Lin Yi frowned and after thinking for a while, he decided to confront the issue head on.

The strength of these cult elders is not strong. If the hidden enemy is also at the level of the King of Returned Spirit, then there is not much point in cooperating with this group of people. After all, intelligence can be directly judged by Gu Mingdijue, and to be honest, Lin Yi is a little disgusted with this cult now. If this elder had not come up and apologized for his mistake, he would probably have directly dealt with the other party.

"Niltat is indeed a threat caused by the cult's mismanagement. In order to eliminate the Guiling people, the cult has been going astray for a long time, and has absorbed some good and bad people, some even full of evil people."

"But even so, the evil of the cult will always be directed at the Guiling people. We will try our best to prevent things like today from happening again. The decision to reform has been made within the cult, and action will be taken soon."

"As for the issue of annihilating the weak... maybe there is such a situation, and there have been similar objections within the cult. However, the Guiling people must be exterminated. Only the Guiling people who are completely destroyed can be considered good Guiling people. Because as long as they are alive, there is still a possibility of returning to the past. Humans... may become slaves of the Guiling people again, and return to the miserable situation of being worse than pigs and dogs."

But this time, the answer given by the elder made Lin Yi frown even deeper.

Humans were once slaves of the Guiling people.

This is a long history that has been passed down by the sect for thousands of years, and can even be traced back to tens of thousands of years ago.

In the past, the Guiling tribe had an extremely powerful civilization, and the birth of humans seemed to be the result of a failed experiment, or it could be the result of a genetic mutation. In short, this race with a similar appearance to the Guiling tribe, but without any extraordinary powers, appeared on this planet and was treated as slaves by the Guiling tribe.

Like livestock, or even worse than livestock, humans were exploited by the Guiling tribe and lived in hardship. Most of them could only go back and forth in heavy and arduous labor throughout their lives, and after they died, they were chopped up and turned into fertilizer for the land, or they were killed in large quantities by the Guiling tribe in a certain sacrificial activity, and their heads and internal organs were placed as sacrifices, or they became test subjects for extraordinary powers or medicines, experiencing all kinds of inhumane torture.

The skin of a young girl is the favorite pillowcase of the Guiling people.

The bones of the elderly are made into special musical instruments for performance.

Young children make great test subjects and are also great ingredients in the eyes of some Guiling people who don't mind looking similar to each other.

"You don't understand that period of history, so it's normal for you to sympathize with the Guiling people. Having empathy and feeling compassion for other races is actually a virtue, not a bad thing."

"But I must tell you that it is not humans who are cruelly committing evil against the Guiling people. Instead, after humans finally defeated the Guiling people, they had to exterminate them in order to prevent all the tragedies from happening again. We cannot let the shackles and collars return to our necks, or to the necks of our descendants. Therefore, the only correct way is to completely destroy them, even if we need to do cruel things to do so."

"We have lived miserably as slaves under the rule of the Guiling tribe for generations, so after finally getting rid of our past fate, we must not give these guys a chance to rise again. The Guiling tribe is born with extraordinary powers, and can gradually obtain the memories and abilities of their ancestors from their genes through the awakening of extraordinary powers. Even if this inheritance has become incomplete now, their threat is too great. Once the Guiling tribe reorganizes civilization, perhaps humans will become slaves again, no, they should be completely wiped out. So we can't give them a chance to rise again. Only the dead Guiling tribe is a good Guiling tribe."

In his calm words, the Returned Soul Hunter Elder Jellal looked at the rescuers and spoke slowly.

Lin Yi, who originally wanted to ask something else, now fell completely silent and didn't know how to continue.

[Is what he said true? ]

Jotaro, who was sitting next to him with his eyes closed, asked in a deep voice through the mental link.

[It is true. He has no intention of deceiving us. Everything he told us is the truth from the bottom of his heart.]

Komeiji Kaku answered quickly. In front of this monster girl who had the ability to read minds, it was impossible to deceive or conceal the truth.

This old man was already an elder in the cult, basically close to the highest position. Unless the entire cult was a lie from the beginning, he should not be deceived, which means...

[Ah, what a mess this is]

At this moment, Lin Yi, who was really feeling a headache about this rescue mission, complained and sighed in a low voice.

Chapter 21: One-sided thinking?

The night passed slowly, the sunrise of a new day arrived, and the light rose above the sea level.

The fierce battle that took place last night seems to have subsided now. The staff said that there was a pipeline explosion on the ship, and the fight between Lin Yi and Neil Tate was explained as something like "mass hysteria". To be honest, Lin Yi is not very clear about the details, anyway, it was probably muddled through.

However, it was somewhat unexpected that after such a big incident, the ship continued to sail. Although it stopped halfway as if it was planning to return, it finally decided to continue sailing. As for the reason, the elder named Jelf explained it to Lin Yi and others. They, the Guiling hunters, suspected from the beginning that someone from the Guiling tribe had sneaked into the ship, so they went on board to investigate.

According to the results of the Guiling hunters' investigation, they believe that there is more than one Guiling person on the ship, and they are likely to have some plans and are planning something in secret.

Therefore, if the ship was allowed to return at this time, it would destroy their plan, which would likely lead to a direct confrontation between the two sides and a fight. Once this situation really happened, it would be difficult to protect the people on the ship. Therefore, Jellal decided to continue sailing and obey the other party on the surface, but secretly request support, mobilize more elders and troops, and catch these hidden rats in one fell swoop.

"The leader, the King of Returned Spirits, Neiltat, is dead, and the rest are just some insignificant minions. If we push them too hard at this point, it will easily lead to problems. So we have to let them think that the matter is over and that we have not been discovered, and then we can strike with lightning speed."

"I understand your compassion for the Guiling people, but there is no doubt that these villains want to kill the innocent people on this ship. I'm sure you also felt it when you fought with the Guiling King before."

"However, this is our sect's responsibility after all. We will try our best not to disturb your journey and ensure that this matter is resolved safely."

After saying this, Jellal left his business card and said that if they had any problems, they could come directly to him in the top suite area of ​​Area A, and then politely left.

Lin Yi, who had not slept well, did not respond to this. He just walked to the deck for a walk in annoyance. He could not help but think about Neiltat's memory and what the cult elder Jellal said.

Humans wiped out the Guiling people, and the Guiling people once treated humans as slaves and beasts.

Gu Mingji Jue said that neither side lied, what both sides said was the truth, and indeed, the two facts did not conflict with each other.

But precisely because there was no conflict, this incident made Lin Yi quite uncomfortable and made him feel particularly unhappy.

The savior system...did not lend a helping hand to the Guiling people when they were heading towards extinction, but sent these saviors when they were about to use some means, some means that might very likely lead to the destruction of the entire planet?

Lin Yi found it a little hard to accept.

He felt that there must be something wrong.

As a civilization different from human civilization, the Guiling tribe has gradually declined to the point where it is today. The writing, culture, and technology have all been lost. It can be said that this civilization has been completely destroyed. However, the savior system, whose ultimate goal is to ensure that civilization does not go to extinction, did nothing in this process. It just let it happen until human civilization was likely to be destroyed by the revenge of the Guiling tribe, and then sent the savior.

Could it be that the system does not treat all civilizations in the universe equally, but only protects human civilization?

Isn't the organization that I joined actually an organization that fights to protect beauty?

Lin Yi's brows became increasingly furrowed.

He had to admit that the sense of identification with the Savior System that he had built up in the previous missions was severely impacted in this mission.

[The Savior System will only lend a helping hand to civilizations that are truly on the brink of destruction and are powerless to save themselves]

[It does not distinguish between human or alien civilizations. As long as the civilization is developing normally and has not turned to the chaotic side that is opposed to order, the system will recognize it.]

A voice suddenly sounded at this moment.

Lin Yi raised his head and looked to his side, and found that Jotaro came out, looking at the sea in front of him with a calm expression.

[If this is the case, then why didn't the system do anything when the Guiling Clan fell into destruction? ]

Seeing that the other party intended to discuss this issue, Lin Yi continued to look at the sea on the surface, but he had already asked Jotaro again through the mental link.

[This proves that the Guiling tribe is not in danger of destruction]

Then, Lin Yi got this answer from Jotaro.

【what? 】

[The inheritance of writing, culture, language and technology has all been interrupted]

[The birth rate is declining and they are constantly being hunted down. According to Neiltat's memory, the entire Guiling tribe may not even have a few thousand people on the world's surface. Isn't this considered to be on the verge of destruction? For the Guiling civilization, they are actually close to extinction.]

Lin Yi was a little confused as to why Jotaro understood it this way.

[I know, but the Guiling tribe is not in danger of destruction. This is the fact.]

[Don’t look at the problem one-sidedly. We have only been in this world for one day. What we see and hear are just one-sided information from a certain individual. Don’t jump to conclusions too early.]

Jotaro said this in such a serious and earnest tone that for a moment he actually sounded like an older brother.

[One-sided...]

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted.

From the beginning, the premise of my thinking has always been based on the point that [the savior system has failed to fulfill its due responsibilities].

This was not what he should do. It was not a good thing to directly bring his own standpoint into the situation after getting certain intelligence. What he should do was to remain neutral and rational, look at the intelligence of both sides objectively, and think about it in combination with the previous information provided by the system.

The savior system will only lend a helping hand to civilizations on the brink of destruction, so the Guiling tribe has never been in danger of civilization extinction. There is no reason for a small planetary civilization to let an existence that looms over the multiverse lie. Moreover, he has seen so many saviors of non-human civilizations in the community, and there are also many savior missions for non-human civilizations on the savior forum. According to facts and reasoning, it can only be that the Guiling tribe has not fallen into a crisis of destruction, or the system has not had time to pay attention to the situation in this universe, and it was too late when it discovered it.

However, the latter, that is, the system failed to pay attention to the situation here in advance, can also be denied at present. Because in this case, the system will carry out the task of [civilization preservation] and send saviors to lead the remaining members of the Guiling tribe to rebuild civilization on other cosmic planets. But the savior system did not do so, which means that the Guiling tribe has indeed not fallen into the crisis of destruction, and the civilization of this race is still being passed on peacefully.

But if that is the case, then what about the intelligence they obtained?

something wrong.

There must be something wrong.

And why did I suddenly lose control of my emotions? It was as if I...

Own……

……

[…Why…didn’t you send anyone…]

[…Nonsense…You clearly have the ability…]

[…Is it because…]

……

"Ok?"

It seemed like I heard some sound at that moment.

Lin Yi raised his head in confusion and looked around, but did not see anything unusual.

The sea breeze blows gently, bringing a hint of coolness.

At the same time that Lin Yi and Jotaro were communicating, in the hotel room, Fujimaru Ritsuka folded his clothes neatly, covering his body a little embarrassedly, and raised his head to look in front of him, where Komeiji Kaku had turned on the shower to wet his petite body.

"Well, I'm sorry, Miss Jue, I have to drag you into this kind of thing."

Ritsuka came closer while whispering this. She was 158cm tall and stood next to Komeiji Kaku, who was barely 150cm tall. They looked like two porcelain dolls, one big and one small.

"It's okay. I just want to clean myself."

Shaking his head slightly, Gu Mingji Jue looked up at Ritsuka and said with a smile, while the hot water gushing from the shower head caused mist to gradually rise in the bathroom.