In the early hours of the morning, before the sun broke through the moon, Kieran walked out of his room, and step by step, he became ten people. If you count carefully, you will find that this number exactly corresponds to Anne and her followers.

By.

One of them, Kieran, stood under the huge statue of the god, while the other Kieran stepped into Annie's room and used the power of time to reverse the state of Annie's clothes, changing them from pajamas to Blood Moon Sect's robes.

, and then brought Annie out, along with Annie’s stuffed bear.

The rest of Kieran searched for Anne's followers in the city and brought them here in the same way.

One of them was awake, and that was Darius. He was not sleeping. He was sitting on a container at the port and was also brought here.

If anyone else had noticed what was happening now, they would have discovered that the clouds in the sky, the streams outside the city were not flowing, and the sea water was not making any waves. The flames on the candles that had not been extinguished after a night were frozen in the wind.

The moment it blew.

Time has been stopped.

"Now, the trial begins."

As Kieran finished speaking, the surrounding scene began to change. Gradually, the statues in the temple disappeared. Gradually, the dazzling glass on the temple disappeared. Gradually, the temple turned into flat ground.

Time started to go backwards like this, but Kieran, as the instigator, still did not stop his behavior until time stopped at midnight when the scarlet moon came.

Kieran's figure slowly dissipated, and he left this point in time. After he left, the time force exerted on Darius and others also disappeared. However, they did not return to their original place like Kieran.

point in time.

"where is this place?"

Darius patted his head in surprise. A second ago, he was looking at the ocean under the night at the port of Besilico. The manipulated man next to him had woken up in terror a few hours ago and then fled.

Already.

And here...he observed the surroundings carefully. This was a palace, inside a very magnificent building. This building was most likely a fortress or a castle.

Blood-colored brilliance envelopes everything here. In the flowerbed not far away, every flower has a bright blood-colored color.

"Annie...the other old men are also here. In other words, is this the so-called trial?"

Darius did not wake Annie up immediately. If this was a trial, then Kieran's purpose of sending them here was definitely not to let them die in their sleep.

Let’s take a look at the situation first. If this trial begins with the awakening of everyone, or the awakening of the trainee priest who participated in the trial, then he still has a lot of time to observe the things around him and obtain some information.

He squatted on the ground, and the black cutter appeared in his hand. As he thought, the black cutter turned into a small dagger. Of course, Darius would not use a dagger to fight. He used this thing to cut.

Get some flooring down here.

"...This ingredient is silver?"

Darius looked at the result displayed on his ID card with a strange expression. If it were silver, it shouldn't be this blood red, right? Dye? If it is dye, it can also be detected in Salva's casting system.

This component is not part of silver.

As for the influence of the dazzling but bloody moon in the sky, if it is just because the moonlight covers the silver with a bloody veil, then the silver that appears in the casting system will be its original color.

"Will permanent interference with matter affect the human body?"

Darius used his black cutter that turned into a dagger to cut off a flower and put it into the casting system. The result was equally incredible. The casting system said that the flower was a white peony, but in fact, regardless of the

Whether it was in this scene or placed in the casting system, that flower was all blood red.

Darius concluded that the power of the moon in the sky was "eroding" everything it illuminated. The essence of rune energy was erosion. This was the most basic theory. Even if Darius did not listen to the lecture, he would not

Wouldn't know this.

However, knowing is knowing, and it is difficult to say whether you understand or not.

He felt his body. The blood-red moonlight contained an energy. The quality of this energy was extremely high, but the concentration was extremely low. Unless he deliberately felt it, he would not be able to detect this energy.

"No wonder, few followers come back alive. These followers who are willing to die are actually part of the trial."

Darius was not affected by this energy, or the impact was very small. Under the protection of his tough body, the energy could not invade Darius's body. Of course, it could not invade Annie's body, but those

The old man is different.

Their bodies have begun to undergo transformation. The power of the blood moon invades their bodies and begins to change their bodies from the inside out. This process is very slow at the beginning, like the incubation period of a virus, but once it breaks out, these old men will

In a very short period of time, he turned into a monster corroded by the power of the blood moon.

Kill them? Before they cause any harm?

Darius shook his head. If he was not strong enough, or if it was difficult to protect Anne, he would do this. All mercy and compassion need to be based on strong enough strength.

But now, even if these old people are eroded by energy, they cannot become extraordinary people overnight, and they will not cause much trouble to him and Anne.

At best, it's a bit difficult to do. Anne might not be able to do it, after all, she's still a child.

As for Darius, he felt that it was not impossible to occasionally try his old enemy's ideas. The law cannot punish future criminals who have not yet committed a crime.

Before these old men turn into monsters and attack them, Darius will not fight

Count on taking action, unless these old people sense something is wrong with their bodies and want him to end their lives.

In the end, Darius relented. Although the meaning of these old people coming here was to die here, they could give their sons a generous pension so that their sons could properly raise their grandchildren.

Before they came here, they were still concerned about Darius, and even asked Darius to prioritize his own safety when he was in danger, and not to worry about them.

According to this way of thinking, Darius knew that these old people would most likely die for him when he was in danger.

The law cannot punish future criminals who have not yet committed a crime, but friendship does not take effect only when the other party pays the price. Sometimes, being able to make such a decision, whether to implement it or not, is an amazing act.

The veterans who stayed to break up the rear gained the admiration of their companions not after they blocked the enemy, but after they made the decision to stay and break up the rear.

"Where...is this?"

Annie rubbed her eyes, hugged Tibbers who was put into her stuffed bear, and sat up crookedly.

"As you can see, this should be the place of trial."

Already awake? How fast. Darius also planned to take a look outside this courtyard. It looked like just a garden. The tall city walls blocked his view. However, behind him was an open door. Behind the door was

Outside, there are suspension bridges stretching for thousands of miles.

In front, Darius could see a very tall tower in the distance, but he didn't know how far away it was.

"Is that thing in the sky...the scarlet moon? Isn't it time yet? There is still some time before the end of the month."

Annie put her hand on her little mouth, frowning and thinking,

"And I'm wearing pajamas...is it Grandpa Kieran's work? He sent us here?"

"The most likely thing is that Kieran took action."

After knowing about the existence of Kieran, this kind of thing appears in other places without even realizing it, even in other areas in the past or future time and space. The first object of suspicion is undoubtedly Kieran.

"Where are these old grandpas? Who are they?"

Annie stood up and hugged the big stuffed bear.

"They are your followers for this trial. I said, you will be very surprised when you see them."

Darius smiled. This was his answer when Anne used the chat function on the ID card to ask him what kind of people his followers were.

Judging from the disappointment on Anne's face, the "surprise" she understood was most likely on the good side.

"I didn't expect to be so surprised... Can they really be my followers? At such an old age, are they all powerful mage apprentices?"

Anne still had illusions. The priests of the promised sect had a high status and would have many followers. They wouldn't all be this kind of old man, right? She could earn such followers in Salva just by being cute.

Lots of them.

"No, they are just the guards of the Holy Moon Sect who were once strong and strong. Now their strength has declined seriously. They are probably the third level, right? However, they probably can't beat the second level teenagers."

People in Rune Land in this world line are all born in the first level. After growing up to teenagers, they can basically become the second level. Normal adults can reach the third level in their thirties and forties.

stage, and then comes the recession period.

However, if you practice martial arts for a long time, you can become the third level, or even the fourth level, and then the fifth level in your twenties. When you get older, you may be able to get a glimpse of the secrets of the master realm.

"Well--"

Annie pouted her lips,

“Is the sect asking these old men to come here to die?”

"Although you may not believe it, the meaning of these old men coming here is to die here. After they die, their sons will be able to receive a large pension, and their grandchildren will be able to live a better life.

good life."

Darius told Annie some truths. Although he was young, as a transcendent and a guardian, there were some things he still needed to know and understand.

Facing these things for the time being, you can leave it to Darius or Balliard, but in the future, Anne will have to face this ugly and beautiful world alone sooner or later.

"I don't understand. Wouldn't it be better to just give them money?"

Anne tilted her little head, waiting for Darius to answer.

"No, you can't give money directly. The Holy Moon sect prohibits giving alms. Besides, if money is given to the people of Besilico, these old people may not live to this age."

Darius can see the economic status of Besilico. This is a poor port city. Life is not easy for every household, and the old people... If it is the Besilico where he lives, many old people are living in it.

When he feels that he can't do much work, he will leave alone and die alone in the forest, becoming food for wild beasts.

Besilico here is different. The elderly can live, be supported by their children, and watch their grandchildren spend their short childhood.
To be continued...