Of course, Maria did not know that.
And even if she had, Ren Yu firmly believed that Maria would have done the same to him without hesitation.
"This woman's mental world had long since become twisted. With the stimulation I gave her, she was probably already on the verge of collapse!" Ren Yu's gaze was complicated.
Although Maria was strong, her psyche was exceptionally fragile.
Ever since she had lost her position as a candidate Saintess and learned that she could never become like the Cecilia she had admired for so long, she had begun to resent others. Her temper grew worse and worse, and everyone displeased her.
"Especially after learning of Cecilia's death, Maria had completely fallen into madness. She believed that Cecilia had died beneath the main cannon of the Glorious Covenant entirely because of Kiana, and she wanted nothing more than to kill her own niece."
As he dodged the long spears, Ren Yu's thoughts raced as he pondered:
"But that was all plot from Honkai 2. I have no way of knowing where this place really is, or whether it matches the circumstances of this world. And the only person before me who could verify it..."
"Simply can't be communicated with!"
Ren Yu glanced at Maria, who was growing increasingly frenzied, and knew that seeing his body had dealt a severe blow to her mind.
Once people like this—obsessive, twisted, and stubbornly clinging to their inner world—had their mental world forced open by an outside force, they became like this, unwilling to accept reality.
Ren Yu could understand her. Since he had caused this mess, he simply chose to leave Maria. "If I wanted her to calm down, I had to leave as the source of her stimulation. But if I left, what was the point