Truth Fears No Violence (Part One)

Are you really going to start fighting right away?

Lu Xin felt somewhat helpless.

At first, he had prepared himself to fight in order to reclaim his father's belongings. But after meeting this old man—or rather, after discovering that the Fire Thief was different from the hostile figure he had imagined—he had developed a faint hope that he might achieve his goal without using force.

He simply hadn't expected that, even after a brief conversation, he would still have to rely on strength to get it...

Though he felt a little dissatisfied, he still had to do what needed to be done.

Thus, after seeing through the old man's intentions, he gave a slight nod and slowly walked forward.

Faint ripples began to appear and tremble in the air throughout the church.

Lu Xin stopped three steps in front of the old man. He gently nodded at him and said, "Then I'll begin."

"Sorry."

"..."

The old man looked at him quietly, a smile appearing on his face. He said softly, "You're a polite young man."

"I like the way you maintain respect for everything."

"..."

Lu Xin smiled. "Isn't being polite the most basic attitude one should have?"

As he spoke, he had already reached out toward the black box in the secret compartment beneath the statue of God behind the old man.

The power of illusion had long since been released.

In the old man's eyes—or rather, in the eyes of every being on the mental level—Lu Xin had merely taken a few steps forward, stopped in front of the old man, and exchanged polite words with him. The box beneath the secret compartment was still at least seven or eight meters away.

But in reality, Lu Xin had already circled around the old man and arrived in