Settling Things Once and for All / A Farewell Feast

"The smell of the sea?" Everyone shook their heads.

Just then, the monk Aulus, whom they thought was doomed, actually stood up unsteadily.

Seeing his action, Suika clapped her hands and applauded.

"I knew things in the sea wouldn't die so easily."

"You know me?" After standing up, Aulus looked at Suika with a puzzled expression.

"No, but I recognize your scent... Just recently, I slaughtered an entire village of your people."

Suika's words sent a chill down everyone's spine.

Aulus's expression also turned serious.

"You're not a judge, why are you doing these thankless tasks? And you killed an entire village, don't you feel guilty?"

Upon hearing the other person's words, Suika burst into laughter.

"Guilt, betraying humanity, siding with those creatures in the sea, turning myself into that grotesque human rapist, do you think I'd feel guilty killing them?"

As for the Inquisition, arresting you is a matter between the Inquisition and Iberia.

I killed you simply because you are human.

Since you have already chosen to betray, there is no need for you to live.

The Church of the Deep... In my eyes, you are a joke.

Go to hell!

After saying that, Suika suddenly threw a punch. With this punch, she used the abilities of Mount Oe Tempest and Density and Sparsity, and the wind that was blown out was compressed into a narrow range, instantly destroying all the objects in front of her.

Chapter 516 Thorough Handling

After throwing a punch, Suika didn't show any surprise; instead, she frowned and walked over.

Right where Aulus had just stood, a hole the size of a fist appeared, leading deep underground.

Seeing this, Suika snorted coldly.

"You run pretty fast."

It wasn't that she couldn't pursue him; on the contrary, if she threw a punch now, Aulus would definitely be dead.

But this is on the edge of a cliff.

After that punch, the entire canyon will probably collapse.

Such a commotion will definitely attract the attention of Iberia and Laterano.

She went to great lengths to build the bridge to help the people here avoid getting involved with either side, but if she alerts both sides just to kill Aulus, wouldn't all her previous efforts be for nothing?

She wasn't worried at all about what would happen after the other person left.

After all, he had already revealed his identity; even the most foolish people here wouldn't continue to associate with him.

Moreover, although it looked like the opponent took my punch, it definitely didn't hurt.

Even with highs and lows, injuries need to heal for a while.

No one can predict what will happen during this period.

Who knows, he might encounter a dark-skinned sea urchin while swimming, then casually catch it and instantly refine it with a single act of alchemy.

After returning to the group, Suika found the bishop and Gerald.

She said

"Your Excellency should know about the Church of the Deep."

Throughout the years of the Great Silence, the Iberia Inquisition has been hunting down these traitors to humanity.

I won't inform the Inquisition, but you'll have to erase all traces of this guy from the church.

Otherwise, if the Inquisition found out he had lingered here, given the way these Iberia judges operated, everyone in the church would probably be arrested and interrogated one by one.

Believe me, you don't want to go to the Inquisition prison; it's a real hell."

Gerald looked at the old bishop

The bishop nodded.

"Suika is right. When I rejected Iberia, the judges were already hunting down members of the Church of the Deep."

"So, when you get back later, you and Suika can go and clean up Aulus's rooms and get rid of all his things."

"This cannot be handled simply. His belongings, including everything he left elsewhere, must be thoroughly cleaned up, and it would be best to burn everything."

Suika reminded her.

After all, she wasn't a judge, and she didn't know if a judge could discern these things from certain objects. She was also worried that if there were any unclean things left in the church, they might eventually contaminate or even Seaborn people.

Seeing Suika's serious expression, Gerald patted his chest and said he would do his best to help.

As for Aulus's fate...

Gerald felt that if it were him, he would be dead Suika's punch.

If Aulus could survive under such circumstances, then the opponent must be no ordinary person.

On the way back, he inquired about information from the outside world from Dao Suika.

After all, this place is basically isolated from the outside world, Suika can be said to be an outsider who has come here for the first time in the past few years.

Suika recounted what had happened outside, and Gerald showed sadness and grief upon hearing that the Sarkaz civil war had ended with Theresa's assassination.

The other Sarkaz also wore expressions of sadness.

Although they fled here to avoid being drawn into the civil war between the two kings, it is a consensus among all Sarkaz Theresa.

Hearing that she had lost in such an dishonorable manner left everyone sighing with regret.

"Speaking of which, I was fortunate enough to know some of the details of that assassination."

Each of those assassins was a renowned top expert within the Sarkaz.

For this assassination, they wore off their horns, removed all features that could identify them, and charged into the Babel as assassins, determined to perish together with that prince...

Upon hearing Suika's words, the Sarkaz all shed tears.

They could imagine the complex and painful emotions those assassins must have felt when they did this.

After discussing the Sarkaz, Suika noticed the team's somewhat downcast mood and shifted the topic to Iberia.

"Since the Great Silence, Iberia has been almost completely cut off from the outside world."

Fortunately, my organization, Rhodes Island, happens to have several Iberia.

I obtained some intelligence about Iberia from them..."

Then Suika recounted what she knew about what happened in Iberia after the Great Silence, focusing on the relationship between the Seaborn and the Church of the Deep, as well as the Inquisition's handling of the Church of the Deep over the years.

Hearing the judge's policy of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free" regarding everything involved, everyone felt a chill.

While chatting, everyone unknowingly found themselves back at the church.

Gerald took Suika straight to Aulus's house.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything noteworthy inside.

However, Suika still found a notebook, which contained some alchemy-related information.

Seeing that Gerald wasn't paying attention, Suika secretly hid the diary in her pocket.

After clearing everything out of the room, the two went to the first room that the other had requested for "prayer and work".

Before even entering, the Suika the sea and spices inside told me I'd come to the right place.

Upon entering, Gerald frowned at the various messy biological tissues scattered everywhere.

There were quite a few things here, and many of them were too strange. Knowing how terrifying Seaborn was, he didn't feel comfortable letting others handle it, but the two of them couldn't possibly move everything out.

After discussing it, Suika said she had a way to burn this place down without affecting the surrounding area.

"Alright, you handle it, I'll keep an eye on the surroundings."

After everything that had happened, Gerald no longer doubted that Suika could do it.

The two walked out and stood at the doorway. Under his gaze, Suika opened her Ibuki Gourd, took a sip of sake, and then breathed a burst of flame into the house.

Under the terrifying temperature, in just ten minutes, only a pile of pitch-black ashes remained in the room.

Moreover, under Suika's deliberate control, the flames were kept concentrated in the room, so even those next door only felt a little heat, but nothing was ignited by the flames.

After finishing, Suika went inside and rummaged around for a while to make sure everything inside was cleaned up before leaving.

The two then went to several places that Aulus frequented for further examination.

They finally felt relieved after finding all the items he had hidden in the church and burning them all.

"Suika, is there wine in that gourd of yours?"

Sitting by the campfire that evening, Lemont swallowed hard as he looked at Suika's Ibuki Gourd.

Chapter 517 A Farewell Feast

Upon hearing Lemont's question, everyone around him immediately perked up their ears.

Suika glanced over and couldn't help but chuckle to herself. Even Gerald, who was not far away, was casually chatting with the people next to him about the hunting team's plans while glancing over from time to time.

"There is indeed wine in this gourd, but... you can't drink it like this."

Upon hearing Suika's words, everyone immediately slumped down, ears drooping.

Seeing this, Suika calmly said...

"What, you think you can just drink my wine for free without any snacks or glasses?"

One second everyone was incredibly disappointed, the next second they were full of energy.

"Snacks to go with the drinks? Get them right away!"

"Wine glasses? I remember there was a set in the kitchen!"

As they talked, everyone excitedly went to find the items.

Ten minutes later, everyone gathered around the fire again.

Above the fire, some kind of beast was sizzling and dripping with oil.

In front of Suika was a set of ten wine glasses.

Gerald looked at the glass of wine placed in front of Suika and was speechless for a moment.

Even if someone else's gourd is stuffed full of wine, it would only look like it could hold three or four cups at most.

Are you expecting someone else to pour all the wine by bringing out ten glasses at once?

Just as he was about to have someone take a few cups back, he saw that Suika had already opened the wine gourd.

"It's over!" Gerald's vision went black.

Someone did me such a big favor, and now I've made a fool of myself.

Just as he was frantically thinking about how to fix things if something went wrong, he saw that the wine glasses in front of Suika were filled—the first one was full, the second one was full... and the last one was also full!

After doing all this, Suika patted the wine gourd with satisfaction, and then started chugging it down.

Not to mention Gerald, everyone else stared in surprise at the gourd in Suika's hand.

After all, even the Sarkaz, who are mostly illiterate, could tell that the gourd was too big to hold that much alcohol.

But the fact that so much was poured out naturally aroused their curiosity.

"What are you looking at! Drink up, I'll pour more if you're not full."

Seeing that everyone around her was staring at her, Suika helplessly pointed to her wine glass and said...

Everyone then looked at the glasses filled with wine, but no one touched them. Instead, they all looked at Gerald, who was the leader.

"Ahem... Everyone, have a sip. Don't drink too much, leave some for the others too."

Even though ten wine glasses may seem like a lot, there were dozens of Sarkaz present, and with Sankta and others, there were over a hundred people in the entire church.

If ten cups of wine are divided among everyone, each person will only receive less than one-tenth of a cup.

Seeing this, Suika gave him a disdainful look, then stood up and shouted loudly.