No one was unwilling to accept treatment.
Especially when they felt their body was about to die.
Yet this human, whom the system had identified as an [Assassin], made the exceedingly rare choice to refuse.
"Damn you, knight! What ability did you use?! I won't accept any treatment from people like you who plundered our land! And don't think you can turn me against my own with this!"
Ye Qiyan was surprised.
Was this... hatred for that place called the City of Eternity greater than his regard for his own life?
Interesting.
But this was only a superficial inquiry~
[Rebellion × Bewitchment]
The shadow of a black Inverted Cross appeared in Ye Qiyan's eyes.
With great patience, he asked again:
"Mm, you've got backbone. So, let me ask you again. Do you want to live?"
This time, the man's anger could not suppress the instinctive desire to live that came from deep within him. His mouth opened involuntarily, and he spoke with difficulty in a trembling voice:
"I, I want to live."
The desire to live was the deepest yearning in every human heart.
No one wanted to die.
Under [Bewitchment] amplified by [Rebellion],
an ordinary person's convictions could not defy their true desires.
Unless someone could truly transcend instinct, disregard their own life, and have no desire to survive at all.
But this assassin's convictions clearly had not reached that point.
"As long as you want to live. People shouldn't just die so casually. Wouldn't you all agree?"
Pallid [Redemption] shone upon the assassin's body.
Whether old, hidden injuries or the wounds Eve had just inflicted with her gunstock, everything healed completely within that radiance.
"You?!"
"Captain! We're here to save you!"
A group of boys and girls wearing skull masks ran over under Eve's targeting lock.
They were