One of their bodies had already been kicked beyond repair.
Why make such a meaningless sacrifice...?
While Lin Nai was confused over here, someone in the Elysian Heroes' secret chamber was equally baffled.
Pardofelis raised her little hand and asked Mobius the question in her heart.
Mobius twirled the pen in her hand. "Why? Pardo, you should know that World Serpent is, in a sense, rather like a religion, right?"
"Huh? Yeah..."
Pardofelis nodded blankly.
If World Serpent were compared to a religious organization, then the plan to defeat Honkai was the core faith of its members.
But doctrine alone could not gather believers. People needed a tangible god—namely, the Elysian Heroes.
It did not matter which one.
"But that is only how they see it. From our perspective, there is only one person who can lead them."
"Brother Lin Nai... Right, he was the one who proposed it back then."
Pardofelis nodded, then scratched her head. "But I still don't understand what the point of throwing their lives away like that is."
"Because some people have dirty hands and work against us behind our backs, just like certain people in Fire Moth back then."
Sakura spoke up, one hand resting on the hilt of her sword.
Just thinking about it made her furious!
In a religious organization,
not everyone could be a devout fanatic.
There would also be those drawn in by ambition, desire, and profit.
Before, they could turn a blind eye to it, but not now.
If the plan went smoothly, Lin Nai would use the Sea to accomplish what was supposed to happen.
So World Serpent needed to be purged, leaving behind a large group of utterly loyal people.
"I originally wanted Lin Nai to kill all of them, which would count as a purge,