Chapter 2986

The children formed a massive team and led Irene, who volunteered to be a sacrifice, towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Along the way, all the children who heard that they would soon have enough food and no longer have to endure the food shortage caused by the silence of the flames unconsciously joined the team and supported the whole process together. Anyone who attempts to block this process will meet with hostility from all and lead to further conflicts.

"Stop, you have no idea what you're doing."

The dean also found out about this, and he, who was firmly opposed to the sacrifice, of course would not just watch it happen before his eyes, and hurriedly stopped in front of a group of children in an attempt to stop it completely.

However, the dean's words could not reach the ears of the children who were on the verge of madness under the torment of hunger. At this moment, what the dean tried to stop was no longer the familiar children in his memory, but more like hell Among them is a hungry ghost who has just come out of the cage and is about to choose people and devour them.

What was waiting for the dean was a series of incoming stones, perhaps out of concern for the majesty of the dean in the past, no one of the children stepped forward to argue with him, they just picked up stones from the nearby ground, and then slammed them at the dean .

The stones fell towards the dean like a rain of arrows. The sharp edges cut through the dean's skin and stained his body with blood. big damage.

Looking at the children's team going away, Dean Kawo could only stand there in the end, with confusion and disbelief still remaining in his eyes.

It wasn't until Ms. Madeli found out that the dean was injured and ran over to bandage his wound, did the dean come back to his senses a little bit, but his spirit was depressed, and he looked decades old at once.

"Why did they do this? Isn't it something to be proud of exchanging the lives of brothers and sisters who are sympathetic with each other for food?" Dean Kawo murmured, his words were actually about what happened right now incredible.

"This matter has nothing to do with pride, it's only about living. They just want to live. Once they see the hope of living, they will do anything for it." Ms. Madeli bandaged the dean's wound while Enlightened way.

The dean just shook his head and pushed away Madeleine's bandaged wound hand: "Just to survive? We are Erathians, bathed in glorious glory above our heads, and stepping on sacred land under our feet. What's the difference? No one deserves to be treated like this. I'd rather die without the pride of the Erathians than enjoy the food bought by the blood of others with peace of mind."

Seeing the back of the dean limping away without dressing the wound, Ms. Madeli just let out a deep sigh.

When the children gradually lost control, Madeleine did not step forward to stop it. A part of her heart agreed with the sacrifice proposed by the city lord, and even secretly hoped that that moment would come soon.

It wasn't just the children who suffered from hunger, but also Madeleine. Madeleine, who was in charge of food management, knew that the food was decreasing day by day, and she ate less than ordinary children.

Madeleine could have endured the pangs of hunger if she were alone, but not her children, nor her husband. Her husband repeatedly asked, or forced her to bring back more food, but Madeleine had no choice but to do so. This also made the food that was not much left even more depleted, and she would definitely eat it before the deadline. Guang, because of this, she no longer resisted the request of the city lord.

Seeing that the time of sacrifice was approaching, and the city lord would bring out enough food as promised, so that everyone would no longer have to go hungry, Madeleine couldn't help showing a happy smile, and she couldn't wait to share this good news with her husband.

If those children had the motivation to live because they saw the hope of getting food, then Madeleine's hope of living was all on her husband. Madeleine, who loves her husband deeply, knows that she owes him a lot, which may never be enough.

When they got home, Madeleine woke up her sleeping husband and said to him impatiently: "We have found a solution to the food problem, maybe it won't be long before the city lord will provide enough food, and we don't have to worry about this anymore gone."

After being woken up by Madeleine, the drunk man was taken aback for a moment, and it took him a while to fully understand the meaning of Madeleine's words. He couldn't help but angrily said, "You woke me up because of this?"

The joy on Madeleine's face gradually dissipated, so she could only apologize: "I'm sorry... I thought you would be happy to hear the news."

"Why am I happy?" Madeleine's words, in exchange for her husband's scolding, "Everything we have encountered now is all because of you! We didn't have to go hungry at all. When I was promoted to the sixth level , even when you are promoted to the seventh level, what is a mere city lord? You dragged me down and caused us to fall into this situation."

At the end, the drunkard's eyes showed a bit of loneliness, and he picked up the wine and drank heavily: "This is not the life I deserve...my fate has changed because of you. I know you want to repay me , but do you see that I need your reward? Do I need your pity?"

"You didn't mean that." Madeleine held her husband's hand and whispered in his ear, "I know those are just your angry words, and I don't blame you for scolding, because I know that in your heart, You must love me. No matter what you have become now, in my eyes, you will always be the hero who rescued me from the trap of the Diya people."

"I hate you." The drunk threw her hand away, "If it wasn't for you that day, I wouldn't have been killed by the Diya people's trap, and I wouldn't have lost my strength, and finally fell into the situation I am today. My life will go to a completely different road, instead of being so bleak now... Why didn't you die that day? Why are you still alive?"

Madeleine bit her lip and asked, "Then do you regret...the choice that day?"

"I wish you died that day, I wish I never met you."

The drunk man who drank heavily fell asleep again after a while, leaving only Madeleine standing there blankly.

Madeleine's arms couldn't stop shaking. She wanted to cover her head and howl loudly, but in the end she just knelt on the ground. Only the flame of anger in her eyes never went out. She stood up and stared at the drunk man indifferently. At this moment, she only felt that something was quietly broken. She whispered in a mournful voice:

"Okay... If you want me to die, then I will die for you! But even if I die, I will not die in vain. I want you to hate me forever! I want you to always remember me!"

Madeleine walked out of the door in silence, and when she returned to the Griffin House, she immediately saw Valente who was looking for help and jumping around in a hurry.

"Mother, those children are crazy. They plan to sacrifice Irene in exchange for food. You can't let them do this. Hurry up and find a way to stop this."

Seeing the figure of his mother, Valente hurriedly dragged his wounds and ran over. He was so helpless that he didn't know who to ask for help. All the children agreed with this matter, and no one was willing to listen to his words and stop him As a result, they just suffered unnecessary beatings.

"As long as it's not Irene, they can sacrifice anyone they want. Why did this happen? You must stop them." Valente begged helplessly to his mother, wanting to get rid of the silence from Madeleine. ask for help.

The only answer to Valente was a pair of pinched arms. Before the boy could react, he was completely pushed to the ground by his mother, and those hands were completely pinched around his neck.

The force exerted by the arm is getting stronger and stronger, like an indestructible rock, firmly welded to Valente's neck. Valente couldn't breathe at all, his chest was like a bellows that was about to explode completely, and at the same time he was constantly being hit by the hammer. Everything in Valente's eyes became more and more ridiculous. At first he thought his mother was just trying to make a joke, but when he saw his mother's ferocious and angry face, he realized that all this was not a joke. His mother is planning to end his life at this moment.

All the strength in his body seemed to be moving away from Valente a little bit. He wanted to pull away his mother's hand, but at this moment he couldn't muster the strength at all. The surrounding scenery became blurred and unrealistic. The lack of oxygen caused The hallucination made his consciousness gradually go away, only the face of his mother was so clear.

Above the sky, the saint no longer wanted to look at it, but the Demon King didn't want to let him go, and whispered in his ear:

"When fate is holding you by the throat, when your closest relatives want to put you to death, do you have the courage to abandon the cowardice in your soul and rise up to be an enemy of the world?"

As if in response to the words of the Demon King, the boy lying on the ground struggling continuously, his breath becoming weaker and weaker, suddenly touched a stone on the ground with his right hand, and his survival instinct prompted him to wave the stone in his hand, It hit Madeleine's head.

With a muffled sound, blood fell from the top of Madeleine's head, and even the stones were dyed red, and the hand holding Valente suddenly lost strength, and she fell to the side.

Valente, who got up in a hurry, still didn't understand what happened, and there was only panic on his face.

"what did I do……"

He stared blankly at the blood-stained stone in his hand, threw it down hastily, then got down and pushed the lying mother, shouting his mother's name loudly, trying to awaken her consciousness.

Thanks to Valente's unremitting efforts, Madeleine finally woke up from the coma. She saw Valente next to her at a glance, her face became ferocious again, and she stretched out her hand to pinch her again.

What awaits Valente is the fate that will eventually come. It wasn't until the boy was completely out of breath that Madeleine let go of her hand, as if she had finally let go of the burden on her body. She walked alone to the river outside Mingyue City, jumped off the bridge, and was submerged in the In the rushing water.

"Have you ever seen real evil?"

The devil finally spoke. The sad saint just wanted to speak out, but saw the eyes of the devil burning with flames. The only thing that came from the wind was the devil's angry voice:

"Why, people are willing to choose cowardice? Why, people can't become heroes?"

It is not a walking corpse, nor is it called by other names. This is the first time the saint has heard the word "definite person" from the mouth of the devil, but the saint is not happy anyway, and his heart is also full of anger: " Cowardly? Is that what you see?"

The Demon King raised his hand and said, "Otherwise, what else is there?"

"What I see is perseverance in the face of difficulties and disasters, a beautiful heart that stands up for others, the unshakable pride of Erasia people, and the love that is unwilling to hurt the one you love even until death , why in your eyes, all of this has become cowardice?"

The saint answered loudly without any doubt, not caring at all whether his answer would anger the ruler of hell and bring about his death.

The radiance that symbolizes hope condenses on the saint, and at this moment, his eyes burst out with a condensed will: "But there is one thing, I really see it clearly, and that is what is true evil. "

The devil raised his eyes, and from the saint at this moment, he seemed to feel a different kind of aura, an aura he was very familiar with.

At the same time, Sania, who was helpless for a while because Irene was taken away, finally reacted at this moment and was ready to seek help from others.

"Who is willing to help Irene at this time? By the way...Valente is definitely willing. He has always admired Irene and is willing to try his best to help."

Sania reacted and wanted to look for Valente's figure, but all she found was the corpse of a cold boy lying in the open space with his eyes wide open.

"What happened here?" Sania's voice trembled, no one could solve her doubts, time was running out, and she had no time to carefully examine the abnormality of the young man's corpse, "The dean has always disagreed with this matter, he is definitely willing to help Erin."

Sania came to the dean's reception room, and as soon as she opened the door to enter, she saw the corpse of a proud old man who hung himself on a hanging beam and was holding on until his death.

"How could this happen..." Sania was so anxious that she almost burst into tears. The tragedy in front of her was shocking, and she ran out in a hurry, "Maybe there is another person who can help Irene, by the way... the manager Madeleine, she Surely something can be done."

With the help of several city lord's guards, Sania finally saw Madeleine, a woman's corpse lying on a stretcher, her drenched body covered in sand.

The world seemed to have completely abandoned Sania, she sat on the ground in despair, facing the predicament that almost completely swallowed her up, she couldn't find a way out.

No... Sania seemed to have thought of something, and the light of hope appeared in her eyes again. There is another person who can save Irene right now, and that person is the saint who brought her here. If the saint returns, he will definitely be able to save Irene.

Thinking of this, Sania closed her eyes, silently recited Isaac's name in her heart, and prayed devoutly to the saints.