The whistle and bells echoed together. Amid the thick clouds of steam gushing forth, the Thirteenth Rings of Fate of the "Weeper of Blood" and the "Construct Master" appeared behind them at the same time. Hermons smiled and asked:
"I heard you betrayed the Creation Church? I never expected to hear such interesting news the moment I returned to the Old Continent. Now that you no longer belong to the Orthodox Church, do you still want to fight me?"
The man Shade had known since Coldwater Port spoke solemnly:
"I did not betray the Church. I merely chose a different path from those people in the Church. Weeper of Blood, you are still my enemy."
"Don't make it sound so serious. You only came here to gather Life Energy and transform it into Kindling. We are no different. I admire that you dared to betray the Church, but I also wonder whether you truly left the only 'Fire Seed Source' with the Church."
His voice suddenly dropped low, like a snake hissing as it flicked its tongue:
"If that is a lie, then I hope you will take out your Fire Seed Source and show it to me now. If you truly did something so foolish, then I'm afraid you will be the one staying here tonight."
"Hermons, have you become this arrogant after your rebirth?"
The "Weeper of Blood" laughed and tore open the front of his clothes:
"Don't you know perfectly well how great a boost a Fire Seed Source can give a Ring Arcanist?"
Right in the center of the Weeper of Blood's chest was an eerily lifelike eye. As his spirit was activated, that eye rapidly ignited, until it became a flaming eye in his chest.
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