In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

The powerful Originium technique forcibly refined the metal and quickly forged it into shape according to their requirements.

It would take a city's blacksmith a month to do the work, but the girl managed to complete the forging process by herself in just a few hours.

Such great power left people stunned.

But Sui didn't care about it. After doing everything, she didn't even want the reward and went straight back to the inn to find Maria.

"Whoo~"

He let out a long breath, returned to the room, let out a sigh, then lay down on the bed and closed his eyes with a smile.

“This is really interesting…”

"Ok?"

After Maria lit the incense and sat at the table by the window, she heard Sui's voice. She turned her head in confusion and looked at Sui who was standing beside her.

"Have you changed your mind about them..."

"I do not know."

Although she is a mysterious master in front of others, in front of Maria, she is still as innocent as a cute little girl.

"I still think these people are courting death. They're crazy and overestimating their own abilities... But, there's one thing I'm sure of."

He let out a groan, slowly turned over in bed, and looked at Maria.

"I'm a little curious, what are they going to use to stop the behemoth..."

"You forged weapons for them. Don't you know what they are going to do?"

Maria was a little confused.

Because she didn't know much about forging, she didn't follow the girl to the forge, but left early.

So she didn't know what Sui had forged.

And Sui obviously had no idea what he had done.

While her metal-forging abilities were exceptional, she clearly lacked innovation.

“They just asked me to forge some weird parts, I did it, and then it was over… To be honest, I don’t understand what they were going to do.”

He lay on the bed with his head supported by his hands, shaking his tail.

Maria frowned as she looked at the extinguished incense in front of her, then she came to the girl with a thin wooden stick and grabbed her tail.

Roasting it with the thin flame on its tail.

"This thing is fake. It has no temperature, but you can have it if you want."

Sui didn't mind Maria holding her tail, but...she felt a little weird.

Standing up, she took Xixiang from Maria's hand.

Just a breath and the tip of the incense slowly began to burn.

A thin wisp of smoke swirled in front of the two people.

Watching Maria turn her head and insert the incense into the incense burner, she also smiled and shook her head.

"But what you said is indeed true. Although people are weak, there are also arrogant people..."

"Having character but no ability is a recipe for self-destruction."

Maria shook her head slightly, seeming a little worried.

But this time, it was Sui who refuted Maria.

"Not really."

"Ok?"

"It's not because you have power that you have ambition...it's because you have ambition, combined with power, that everything that follows can happen."

Sui crossed his legs, sat up from the bed, and looked at Maria seriously.

"I didn't always have this ability... It's just that I've always been unwilling to submit to anyone. I learned blacksmithing, painting, and all kinds of things just to prove that I was stronger than the other behemoths... But later on, I realized that beating them up was more direct."

"But none of that matters."

He waved his patterned fingers, the smile on his face still there, but with a bit of madness.

"What I want to say is that spirit is not an addition to strength... On the contrary, it is just a catalyst for strength. Those without it may not be weak, but those with it will definitely be stronger!"

He opened his eyes, and looked at Maria with his golden-red vertical pupils.

“Those who are self-reliant will become stronger.”

"Spirit is something a weak person must have to become strong~"

"..."

Maria blinked. "I don't understand."

"what?"

"I don't understand this..."

"Then you are so powerful..."

"I just killed everything that stood in my way."

Maria's voice was very soft, and the words she uttered were so strange, yet so natural...

Maria really didn't understand this.

Her strength was completely tempered... She didn't think she was deliberately pursuing anything, but in Yharnam... If she didn't want to sink like everyone else, she could only grit her teeth and move forward.

Of course, some of this was Maria's own initiative, but many of it was forced...

The only thing she felt she had done was that she had not gone crazy during those days, but was thinking about how to escape.

"I don't know if this is right or not...but that's what I think anyway."

Looking at Maria's appearance, he suddenly began to doubt the theory he had always believed in.

She knew Maria was better than herself, but she didn't expect that Maria had different ideas from hers...

Based on the facts... Well, I guess there are still some problems with my theory.

But she didn't care about it and just asked Maria a question at the end.

"Can we stay here for a while?"

"...You want to see what happens to these people?"

"of course."

Sui raised an eyebrow, "After all, they've already made their move... Whether they fail, or they truly succeed beyond my imagination, I should watch it to the end..."

"Besides, haven't you always wanted me to believe that what you said was true?"

Years old smiling.

"Maybe after watching this battle, I'll change my mind about these villains?"

“…You will.”

Maria was silent for a moment, then looked out the wooden window.

Today, the Nanjiang city wall is brightly lit.

Countless black dots are working together to assemble something.

The patrolling guards would pass by the inn where Maria lived almost every ten minutes.

The whole city has entered a state of martial law...

Everyone was on high alert, prepared for action in the worst-case scenario.

Maria naturally also saw many people leaving secretly.

But more people are just waiting.

Maria also closed her eyes silently here.

"You will definitely..."

……

Nanjiang City, corner.

A man in a dark cloak carefully avoided the patrolling guards, his brows furrowed.

After a while, he carefully came to the door of a dark house and knocked gently...

There was no response in the room.

But the man did not find it strange, instead he continued to speak as if it was normal.

"Dad, Mom, I'm coming in..."

As he spoke, he did not wait for the door to open, but pushed it open himself and walked in. After confirming that no one was following him, he carefully closed the door and finally looked at the corner of the dim room.

"Safety……"

At this point, a few dazed figures in the black shadows finally let down their guard.

One of them stood up and came to the man's side.

After a simple body search, the other party nodded slightly to the others.

"The Master is in the basement..."

"I see."

The man nodded slightly, and followed the other party's instructions. He quickly opened the cabinet in an inconspicuous corner of the first floor, and then crawled in.

After crawling for a distance, he finally arrived at the gathering place.

Here, several people dressed similarly to him were waiting anxiously.

"Any news?"

When everyone saw the man return, they couldn't help but ask questions.

But the man just shook his head slightly.

"Still no... Li Zhenfang has put the entire team on martial law. The people who went to install the tools are all his cronies. The people we arranged before can't infiltrate them at all, let alone figure out what they are doing."

"Don't know yet?"

When everyone heard this, they all frowned and looked embarrassed.

After the failure of the last attack on Li Zhenfang, they almost realized on the spot that their situation was going to be bad.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The reason why they had spent so much effort to win over and corrupt Li Zhenfang's two children was because they were not sure how to deal with Li Zhenfang.

That man... is very decisive.

He has no special abilities, nor extraordinary wisdom. He just presents himself to others in an ordinary way, and then gathers them together one by one.

He has too many capable people around him.

Because of the existence of these people, their plan encountered great trouble from the very beginning.

After all, the biggest purpose of their actions this time is to publicize the existence of the Shanhai people to the world and that they have not yet perished.

So they are asking to spread as much fear as possible.

It's certainly terrifying when a giant beast attacks a city, but without publicity, everyone will just think it's an extremely unfortunate accident.

So they have to show their presence before the giant beast arrives... and cause as much panic as possible.

People do not remember joy, they only carve their cowardice and fear into their flesh and blood.

According to their plan, they should let his youngest son escape first to disturb Li Zhenfang's mind. Then, Li Chang would come back, take responsibility, and assassinate Li Zhenfang in public. At that time, they would also create an opportunity for Li Chang to be absent.

Before the imperial court issues an order, Li Chang will probably be elected as a temporary leader by Li Zhenfang's personal guards. Then they can cooperate internally and externally and finally lure the giant beast into the city.

Their plan was perfect... After all, they had studied Li Zhenfang's character for a long time in advance for this plan and knew that he was a man who valued friendship and loyalty.

But they didn't expect that Maria and others would come out to kill them in the middle of the journey.

They had never imagined that in Li Zhenfang's heart, his own son was not as good as other people in Nanjiang City...