Chapter 497: The Fallen

Flames billowed from his left hand, and his eyes were cold and proud.

When Lie Yan reached its peak, Kieran threw it straight as before.

In the gap, the following evil spirits collided head-on with the fireball.

Burned by the powerful level of flames, the evil spirit was once again annihilated in ashes without any resistance.

Soul crystals fell one after another.

But Qin Ran's eyes didn't shift at all.

He stared intently at the gap.

There, a strong malice lurks.

The other party tried his best to hide himself, but Kieran still saw a black shadow.

Different from the collection of negative energy, it is more cold and dark.

Seemingly having noticed Kieran's gaze, the malice dissipated quickly.

As the malice dissipated, the tide of evil spirits also receded.

It's really like ebbing.

And the negative energy aggregate healed again, making the gap completely disappear.

The rushing O'Hara and Ishinde were greatly surprised.

They never thought that the tide of evil spirits would recede like this.

The two are ready for a fierce battle.

"2567?"

O'Hara immediately noticed the seriousness in Qin Ran's expression.

"These evil spirits are manipulated by...something!"

The word "herringbone" was on the verge of his mouth, but Qin Ran couldn't say it.

After all, in Kieran's view, the guy who manipulates this amount of evil spirits and seems to be able to cooperate with negative energy aggregates doesn't look like a human being.

At least, normal human beings don't exude a cold and dark atmosphere than negative energy collections.

"manipulate?"

O'Hara frowned.

As one of the chief deacons of the church, O'Hara is definitely well-informed, but she has never seen such a thing.

As for the records in the books?

Yes, but at least it was before the 'Blood Moon'.

Even in modern times, there were very few such cases.

"The king of the dead?"

O'Hara guessed.

"Probably not!"

Qin Ran shook his head.

Kieran also knew about the mythical undead creatures.

However, just because he knew it, he was sure it was absolutely not.

Otherwise, don't talk about his previous obstruction.

Smoot and the others had no chance to escape at all.

That's right, to escape!

Even if he didn't look carefully, Kieran could still see the panic of that paladin.

However, facing Kieran's eyes, Smoot felt a little unnatural.

Or rather, embarrassed.

Being regarded as an opponent, seeing his appearance at the moment, Smoot was annoyed in his heart.

But no matter how annoyed, Smoot would not lie against his will.

Even so, it has a considerable effect on his reputation!

"That's right, not the undead king!"

"Instead..."

The paladin, who was able to be honest and affirmed his opponent's guess, was speechless, with extremely complicated emotions showing on his face.

After a few seconds, he continued.

"Fallen!"

As soon as this word came out, O'Hara's expression changed.

Qin Ran also frowned.

Fallen, a term used by the church for members who had originally betrayed their beliefs.

Although O'Hara had also betrayed the Holy Church, he was not considered a fallen person.

Because, O'Hara still has humanity in her heart.

Even, it was only because of too strong 'love' that O'Hara chose the betrayal at that time.

But the fallen are different, they have given up all the feelings related to human nature.

There will be no more kindness, no mercy, no justice, no loyalty.

There will be no sincerity and bravery.

And will die to kill any hope.

To put it simply, even if it still maintains a certain human appearance, it has little relationship with humans and can be regarded as another kind of creature.

Kieran had read it in the books in Nichelle's collection.

The book also focuses on the horror of the fallen.

‘If the paladin is the brilliance of the front, then the fallen are the darkness of the opposite! '

"And most of the time, darkness is always frightening—pray for those unfortunates, and hope that they will cross the dark path under the light of the paladin."

Paladins and the Fallen are sworn enemies.

It is also the enemy of fate.

Even, in the book, it is stated bluntly that only paladins can defeat the fallen.

Of course, Kieran did not believe this.

He is now even more curious about how the Fallen appeared.

Qin Ran was quite curious.

So, when I read the word "Fallen", I searched for more information about "Fallen" in Nichelle's study.

But it seems that apart from that book, there is no record of the 'Fallen' at all.

Not to mention how the Fallen came to be.

And this made Qin Ran look at the black negative energy collection with a hint of speculation.

O'Hara on the side frowned.

"This is impossible!"

"Even if there is a lot of negative energy here, it is impossible for fallen people to appear, after all..."

As one of the deacons of the church, she knows how difficult it is for a fallen person to appear, and how harsh the prerequisites are.

Of course, after difficulties and harshness, comes strength.

Otherwise, it would not appear in the sanctuary, saying that the fallen are the mortal enemy of the paladins, fate and so on.

But before O'Hara finished speaking, she stopped.

She seemed to think of something.

"As you guessed, when Simon led people to raid the base, Barry set a trap to trap them, and then—let them witness the evil massacre!"

"Thousands of people died before their eyes..."

"Some people face difficulties and become stronger!"

"Others collapsed!"

"These broken people..."

At this point, Smoot couldn't go on.

The answer is obvious.

Templars whose faith has crumbled become the Fallen.

"What is that evil massacre, I don't know, but I'm curious why Barry knows how the 'Fallen One' was born?"

"This shouldn't be news that ordinary people in the mysterious side can know?"

Kieran asked, looking at O'Hara, Barry's former collaborator.

"I didn't tell him that!"

"Although I want revenge, what I want more is that Barry and the Holy Church die together!"

O'Hara said frankly.

However, it is clear that such a confession made those around him a little unnatural.

What a horrible woman.

Ai Xinde was startled in his heart.

O'Hara also seems to have discovered the impropriety of this statement.

She looked at Qin Ran cautiously.

When he found that there was no change in Qin Ran's expression, he was relieved.

"It's all because 2567 asked directly, I told the truth..."

O'Hara felt sorry for herself from the bottom of her heart, and then she immediately changed the subject: "No matter how Barry knows, those trapped people must be rescued, otherwise, if more 'degenerates' appear, the entire west coast will be ruined!"

"Yes, it must be done as soon as possible!"

"I just saw that guy is preparing for the second evil massacre!"

"It's just that the suppression of us here is really..."

The two deacons of the church, Simon and Meyer, looked bitter.

Paladin Smoot's face was also full of unnaturalness.

Of course they know to speed up.

Otherwise the situation will be out of control.

It's just that they are really powerless.

In this city of Ceylon, where negative energy gathers, 10% of the strength is left with less than 50%.

Especially in some special places, they are focusing on reducing their 'temple power'.

call!

"I'll go again!"

Exhaling heavily, Smoot said.

His glory made him unable to give up like this.

But before Smoot could make a move, Kieran, who had been groping on the ground for a long time, was already striding towards the city shrouded in negative energy.

No announcement.

Not to speak loudly.

Just move forward silently.

Smoot and the others were taken aback.

The surrounding mysterious people who had been watching here were also taken aback.

But immediately, the eyes of these onlookers changed.

Looking at Qin Ran's back, there was a little more respect.

Even among those on the east coast, although the camp is different, it does not prevent them from paying respect to the real warriors and heroes.

but……

When the gaze turned to look at Smoot, it changed again.

It seems, maybe, it seems, there is a little bit of hesitation.

Not suspicious.

But compared to Kieran who just did it in silence, Smoot obviously gritted his teeth and made up his mind after thinking about it, which is really a world of difference.

If it weren't for Kieran, Smoot would definitely be respected by everyone.

But Qin Ran's silent actions are right in front of his eyes, and it is really impossible not to compare them.

Smoot clearly felt the gaze.

Anger made his breathing quicken.

He tried his best to restrain himself, not to let himself yell at these bystanders.

And at this moment, O'Hara had already chased after Kieran's back.

The two disappeared into the black almost side by side.

At this moment, Smoot had just suppressed his anger.

More precisely: standing still.

Immediately, the atmosphere became more subtle.

PS second update~