"What is the abyss?"
After Allen disappeared, the outspoken Helen was the first to ask.
As Warrior ranked No. 22 in the organization, it was her first time to hunt Awakened Beings, so she had no idea that there was an even more terrifying Abyssals above it.
In fact, not only Helen, but also Deneve and Clare on the side also showed curious eyes.
After all, except for the top Warrior, it would be meaningless for others to know the existence of the "abyss".
Even if you are unlucky enough to encounter any of them, the result will be nothing more than being killed on the spot without even being able to bring back any useful information.
What's more, Abyssals was originally a disgrace to the organization and Dark History, so the senior management naturally didn't want too many people to know.
But as No. 6 Milia, he obviously knows the existence of Abyssals, and also knows how vigilant and fearful the organization is towards Northern Lands.
After being silent for about a few minutes, she raised her head and replied in an extremely serious tone, "In the history of the organization, there were three No. 1 warriors who awakened out of control, one of whom was male and two of whom were female. Because their strength was so terrifying, they were called the strongest. The three abyssal ones, whose bottomless demonic power cannot be described in words, even the organization dare not provoke easily. Ten years ago, these three people occupied the land in the north, west and south respectively. They were Liv Road in the west, Luciela in the south, and Isli in the north."
"Ten years ago? Wait! Now the person who controls Southern Lands is not Holy Light Church, but the lord of Western Lands is Mr. Allen?" Helen suddenly interrupted.
Milia nodded slightly. "Yes! That's right! Because something unknown happened ten years ago, but it changed the pattern of the land under our feet. That was the Saintess who founded Holy Light Church. He first severely damaged Western Lands's Abyssals Riful, and then defeated Southern Lands's Luciela, which ultimately led to the three Abyss in Northern Lands came together to form Alliance. As for Northern Lands's Isley, his limbs were also broken by the current leader of Western Lands, Mr. Allen. Even his most trusted deputy, First generation male warriors's second-ranked Silver Lion King, Ricarudo, was killed without mercy, and his head is still hanging on the city where he led Awakened Beings to invade."
"What? You mean... the three Abyssals all experienced a disastrous defeat ten years ago?" Helen opened his mouth wide with an expression of disbelief on his face.
You must know that female Awakened Being, who previously obeyed the three abyss in the north, had already beaten them so hard that they couldn't even fight back.
If Laki hadn't stood up at the critical moment, and if female Awakened Being himself was careless and accidentally penetrated and swallowed by Sword of Desire, the result would most likely have ended with everyone dying in battle.
Even if only one of his subordinates is so powerful, it goes without saying that the strength of Abyssals is superior to him.
Helen can't imagine how strong Allen and Artoria must be that can defeat Abyssals.
"Yes! But as far as I know, they had not mastered Life Energy at that time and could not take advantage of their strong vitality. Otherwise, the results may be slightly different." Milia touched his chin and analyzed carefully.
"With the terrifying power possessed by those two monsters, no matter how powerful the three Abyssals you mentioned are, there is no chance of winning." Clare stated his point of view categorically.
"Monster? Do you mean Mr. Saintess and Allen? This is too rude..." Deneve blinked.
"No! Believe me! If you had seen the destructive power they showed when they started fighting, you would have come to the same conclusion as me. Holy City Rapona was basically turned into a ruins due to the impact of the fight between these two people. The most terrifying sword of the woman almost split the entire city in half from the middle, and the slash tore the earth to form a bottomless trench. Guess what kind of damage such a sword caused to Allen?"
Clare had an extremely weird expression on his face, it looked like he was laughing, but also a little like he was crying.
"Is he unharmed?" Helen's voice was trembling.
Obviously, due to the extremely inconvenient transportation in this world, what happened in Holy City has not yet reached their ears.
Clare shook his head slightly. "After the guy took the sword from the front, there was only a gap on his face that was small enough to be ignored. If you pass by Holy City in the future, you can go and see the scene, and then you will understand what I mean."
"Clare is right! Mr. Allen is already equivalent to Demon God to a certain extent. This can be seen from the sword he gave me." Laki, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke in agreement.
At this moment, the young man's face had lost the usual submissiveness, replaced by a maturity that was in huge contrast with his apparent age.
There is no doubt that the rapidly increasing strength and rising desire have allowed his mind to grow rapidly.
"If he is as powerful and invincible as you say, why not simply eliminate the organization and kill all the demons and awakened ones?" Helen asked with a frown.
"Maybe it's because of mutual restraint. According to my observation, Allen seems to have a hostile relationship with the woman who founded Holy Light Church in the south." Clare guessed in an uncertain tone.
"Containing each other? No wonder..."
Milia murmured to himself, then picked up the fish grilled next to the campfire and handed it to the other companions.
Everyone began to eat in silence while trying to find some useful parts from this messy and extremely inaccurate information.
Most importantly, they began to worry that the organization would send them to Northern Lands to confront the terrifying Abyssals head-on.
That one will make no difference to death!
At least Milia doesn't think that these four Warrior, including himself, are qualified to fight the abyss beyond Awakened Beings.
So as a leader, she needs to find a way to let "her own people" survive this war that is destined to be very tragic.
At the same time, Allen, who had canceled his clone hundreds of kilometers away, was lying on a soft chair, admiring with interest Holy City, which had completely turned into a ghost.
As the armies of Western Lands and Southern Lands gathered and faced off again, all the civilians in the city had already fled. Only the church leaders who still controlled huge wealth chose to stay and watch.
Of course, this is not because they don't want to leave, but because they are afraid that if they bring a large amount of property, they will be intercepted by the army outside the city and then confiscated indiscriminately.
Before this, many church members who secretly carried too much property and tried to sneak out were looted by the army, so now no one dares to act rashly.
As for why he didn't give up his property, of course it was because he didn't want to part with the huge wealth that was deceived and deceived in the name of "god".
Although rational people all understand the principle of "giving up money to avoid disaster".
But if it really happens to you, how many people can maintain their rationality and take the initiative to abandon their huge wealth to save their own lives?
In fact, the saying that people die for wealth and birds die for food is a true portrayal of most situations.
"What a pity! Such an ancient and prosperous city will eventually turn into ruins." Ine Lily sighed slightly.
As one of the oldest living Claymores, she had seen Holy City when it was at its most prosperous and glorious, and even yearned to live in this city like ordinary people one day.
But now, the city has lost its most important population, and the central axis has been divided into two by a terrifying sword. There are collapsed ruins everywhere, and it is no longer suitable for human habitation.
"There is nothing to regret. The city is a sign that mankind has entered the civilized era, and its existence is to serve mankind. Without people, no matter how long a city is, it will no longer have any meaning. What's more, the rise of Holy City is accompanied by the expansion of false religion, and false religion is the product of deception and ignorance." Allen shrugged nonchalantly.
Although religion itself is just a tool used by the ruling class to fool and control the people, and does not have any tendency in itself, the greed and corruption of the church's top leaders still makes him feel a little disgusted.
"So you have decided to destroy it?" Ine Lily said with strong uncertainty in his tone.
Perhaps Holy City has declined, and its religious influence among the people has gradually been replaced by Holy Light Church, but the geographical location here is very important.
She felt that she could retain the city and use it as a base to expand to the surrounding areas, occupying large areas of the most cultivated plains.
Allen nodded expressionlessly. "Yes! This kind of backward religion that is both ignorant and backward and can only paralyze people's spirits should have been completely eradicated long ago. Only by erasing the entire Holy City without leaving any trace can the island under our feet abandon the past and start a new era."
"New era?"
Ine Lily frowned subconsciously, obviously not fully understanding the meaning of this sentence.
Allen explained with a meaningful smile, "Haha, don't worry, it won't take long for you to understand. But before that, there is something I want you to do."
"What's going on?" Ine Lily asked directly.
"It's very simple! Find Clare and teach her your best High-Speed Sword." Allen ordered without raising his head.
If he remembered correctly, in the original plot, Clare relied on High-Speed Sword who learned Ine Lily, and then his strength began to improve by leaps and bounds. In the end, he even used this super-speed slash to successfully kill Priscilla, who had the recovery ability of Infinity.
Due to the current progress rate of Clare Slow-Slow, Allen feels that he should interfere a little bit.
"Got it!"
Ine Lily is undoubtedly a very good subordinate. He never asks too much about the reasons and will do his best to carry out the tasks assigned by his superiors.
Just when she turned around and was about to leave, Allen suddenly stopped her from behind. "Wait! If Clare cannot learn High-Speed Sword, or the power after learning is too weak, you can consider cutting off one of your own arms and giving it to her. In short, I want to see her strength greatly improved in a short period of time."
"No problem!" Ine Lily agreed without even thinking about it.
Because things like regeneration of a broken arm are not a big problem at all for her who has completely mastered the secrets of Life Energy.
If necessary, one can even fight in a fully awakened stance without losing one's sanity.
Watching Ine Lily disappear outside the tent, Sophia finally couldn't help but ask, "Why do you value that girl named Clare so much? If I remember correctly, apart from transplanting Teresa's flesh and blood, she doesn't seem to have any amazing performance."
"Do you think Clare is weak and has no potential?" Allen asked with a half-smile.
"Isn't it? That girl only has a quarter of Dragon's Descendants's flesh and blood, and the amount of Yoki is frighteningly low. I suspect that the reason why she was able to graduate from the training camp and become No. 47 must have been deliberately arranged by the organization." Sophia's tone was full of disdain for Clare's strength.
"No! You are wrong! In other words, you do not understand Root who organizes Warrior's technology. Just imagine, why do most Warrior obviously do not lose their memory after awakening, but their temperaments change drastically, as if they have gone from one extreme to another?" Allen touched his chin and asked a question with great interest.
Sophia lowered his head and thought for a moment, and immediately replied, "It's because after fully awakening, Yoma's flesh and blood replaced human flesh and blood, which ultimately led to the complete Yoma transformation of mankind."
"Only half right.
Indeed! The flesh and blood transplanted into the body will eventually spread in the body due to continuous use until the entire person is completely replaced.
Someone has said that the pleasure of arousal is like sex.
Therefore, the first batch of male Claymore produced by the organization eventually awakened without exception.
Because men can't bear this kind of intense pleasure, and they even enjoy it a little.
But have you ever thought about it, can women Claymore really be able to suppress it?
If it is true, then why does the organization purge all current Warrior every once in a while?
In fact, this has nothing to do with men and women. Whether you will become a monster after awakening depends on your spirit and will.
In other words, those with a strong will can retain their human character to the greatest extent even after awakening.
But there are still some people with weak willpower, so their changes after awakening will be very big, and they may even become completely different.
The so-called awakening is essentially a kind of genetic replacement.
For example, there are two animals, one originally eats grass for a living, and the other eats meat for a living.
Now, they suddenly swap bodies, do you think the animals that eat grass will continue to eat grass?
Although its memory still remains of eating grass to fill its stomach.
The answer is no!
From the moment their bodies are replaced, both animals are fundamentally changed.
Because their physiological structure determines that they can survive only by changing their diet.
The same principle can be applied to Warrior and Awakened Beings.
That's the difference..."