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Thomas Guan was a handsome paladin who wandered the Material Plane, constantly eradicating evil. Until he met that black-haired woman who always smiled and liked to make him laugh. They went through thick and thin and finally became husband and wife.
Later, after his wife became pregnant, he stopped his steps. They lived in seclusion in a remote mountain village, raising their child together. A boy with his mother’s hair and his father’s eyes, lively and cheerful.
The simple life did not wear down his fighting spirit, but instead strengthened his conviction to protect all of this. He could have chosen to just shed his responsibility and stay away from those disputes for the rest of his life… but he refused, because he was not an ordinary paladin.
Thomas was the current wielder of [Pale Justice]. And in history, he was also a genius who had been chosen at a very young age. He should have left his wife and child after his child was a little older and returned to the battle… but unfortunately, all of that was destroyed.
Two evil warriors had a fierce battle outside their secluded mountain village for a legendary item. The aftershock of the battle had killed his wife, that Eastern woman with only a little bit of sorcerer talent.
He wanted revenge, but he couldn’t leave his child. The anger in his heart went against the path he believed in, and his strength weakened day by day. Fortunately, their child grew into an outstanding young man. Although he was a little taciturn, his heart was still very kind. This allowed him to walk down that path with almost no turning back…
But…
“Don’t look at me with such a passionate gaze.”
“Rice” grew black wings on his back, and a dark, corrupt, and destructive aura emanated from his body. This “Rice” looked at the man who was angry beyond measure with a sneer and chuckled, “I will get revenge for you…”
“But I’m not sure when. Hahahaha.”
Thomas silently held a plain longsword. He roared, “Get out of my son’s body!”
“Otherwise, I will definitely destroy you!”
“Rice” went over and carefully looked at the old and decrepit man before him. After a long while, he said with a sneer, “In your state, you can’t kill anyone.”
“A weak dark warrior… not even a legendary.”
“How about I don’t resist? Hahahaha!”
Thomas closed his eyes in pain. The dark aura on his body gradually weakened, and his strength also gradually decreased.
“Hmm? Giving up resistance?”
“Then you can die.”
“Rice” made a hand-knife gesture, a little bored, and stabbed at Thomas’s chest.
Clang.
“Sacrifice!”
The burst of light and the strong wind blew out the candles in the basement. Flames ignited on Thomas’s body, burning his soul and body.
“I have failed your teachings.”
“I have failed the favor of the gods.”
“I have failed your love and trust.”
“I am a coward…”
“But I am also a father.”
Thomas’s face, which was contorted in pain from being burned by the holy power, was filled with hatred and distortion. He swung his sword with all his anger, “Get out of my son’s body!”
…
“This is a scene you don’t have in your memory, right?”
“It’s really surprising. I didn’t expect a dying person to be able to burst out with such powerful strength.”
“Mainly because of that troublesome weapon. It’s really unpleasant.”
“But it’s fine… he’s dead! Hahaha.”
Rice clenched his fists and said nothing, watching his father fight with the controlled him. In the end, his father had risked being pierced in the chest to stab “Rice.” Then the darkness had retreated, and he had woken up, stunned to see that he had killed his father.
“It’s really funny. In the end, he was still telling you not to indulge in revenge.”
“But what about you?”
“For the next ten years, you relied on the fallen angel blood I left in your body to quickly increase your strength, and in the end, you still killed those two enemies.”
She flew to the front of Rice for the first time and said with a low laugh, “You have broken your promise to your father.”
“And even if you successfully killed your enemies, you can’t bring your father and mother back to life.”
“You eradicate evil in various places, as if you are inheriting your parents’ legacy, but you are just a walking corpse.”
Every word she said was like a bayonet stabbing into Rice’s already-on-the-verge-of-collapse spirit.
“Your existence will only bring more pain.”
The scene changed again. It became the blood-and-tear-streaked Rice, holding the heads of Megan and Rui, crying in a corner of the temple.
“Give up resistance.”
“You were the one who killed them.”
She caressed Rice’s tear-streaked face with pleasure and said bewitchingly, “Your mother died because of you! Your father also died at your hands! Even the woman who admired you died because of you.”
“Think about it… how many people have you saved in these years, and how many people have you killed?”
Rice didn’t want to pay attention to her annoying voice, but that voice kept echoing in his heart.
Just as Rice was also beginning to doubt his own existence, whether he was bringing pain to the people around him… he vaguely heard a woman’s cry.
“Don’t give up!”
And then came a roar, “Rice Guan!”
“How long are you going to sleep?”
“Wake up!”
That voice was deafening.
Rice’s dazed eyes had a moment of clarity. The scene before him directly shattered.
A man’s voice echoed in this space, “Your woman is crying for you.”
“Are you still going to continue to fall?”
“Are you even a man?”
Then a man with wings on his back, a head of red hair, and looking like a demon appeared above Rice and that fallen angel.
“Who are you!?”
Zariel looked at the spoiler angrily, wishing she could just rush up and kill him.
Just a little more. Really, just a little more.
Shelley threw the Megan he was holding at Rice, then smiled and bowed to the fallen angel before him.
“Shelley Fente Meili, a passing paladin…”
“Can you accept that?”
Zariel let out a sharp, angry howl. She charged at Shelley in the air.
“You damned demon! Die!”
Faced with Zariel’s attack, Shelley’s smile didn’t waver. A huge diamond golem appeared in front of him, easily blocking Zariel’s attack.
What!?
“I forgot to tell you…”
“Although this was Mr. Rice’s consciousness space before, it has already been dragged into his dream by me.”
The corners of Shelley’s mouth turned up slightly, revealing a somewhat evil smile, “Please be prepared…”
“This is already my domain.”
