Miss Luo Yan’s Feet Are Buried With Corpses v4c26

The God of Malice is Watching the Land: Chapter 26 The Nun

Litus Church wasn’t a grand cathedral, but a rather inconspicuous church in a remote parish on the outskirts of Noah.

If it weren’t for Noah’s church-as-fortress strategy, a church shouldn’t exist in such a remote area.

—Because the income couldn’t cover the expenses. Although a church was a religious building, it still had operating costs.

There weren’t many residents in this remote area, and they weren’t wealthy, making it difficult to support the church’s expenses.

Litus Church was currently quietly sealed off, but the surrounding Holy Knights didn’t dare to act rashly, only forming a perimeter in the distance, not approaching.

And they didn’t disturb Litus Church, only preventing other ordinary people from entering this area.

When Shadow arrived near Litus Church, several children were playing around, and a few elderly nuns stood nearby, watching these energetic children with loving eyes.

Two Holy Knight-Captains followed Shadow. Although the knights weren’t wearing armor, their imposing manner was enough to awe ordinary people.

The elderly nuns immediately recognized that these were important figures from above and nervously walked over to bow and greet them,

“Your Excellencies… are you here to inspect Litus Church?”

“Yes.”

Shadow nodded, her attention focused on the interior of Litus Church.

It was an inconspicuous, dilapidated church. From the outside, it could be seen that it had been meticulously maintained, but some unavoidable signs of aging were still present.

Compared to the Noah Church Cathedral, this church wasn’t even as good as a restroom.

But it was still a sacred church.

No entry for heretics.

“Please, feel free to enter, Your Excellency.”

The elderly nuns didn’t dare to look directly at this young woman escorted by two tall and mighty knights, thinking that she must be an important figure from the Church.

They just didn’t expect this important figure to be so young…

—However, to Shadow, these elderly nuns were the “young” ones. She was considered young among the Saints, but she was still several hundred years old.

About to face the last Bishop of the Church of the End Gods, Shadow wasn’t in the mood to exchange pleasantries with these ordinary people. What she had to do now was protect the safety of Noah and human civilization.

“You all stay here, I’ll go in and take a look.”

Shadow turned to the two Holy Knight-Captains. She brought the Holy Knights here not to deal with Marytis, but to protect the nearby ordinary people.

Facing a “Destruction” level ability user who controlled demonic power, numbers weren’t the key to victory, especially one who possessed the most mysterious and unpredictable Mystery-type power.

The two Holy Knight-Captains nodded and immediately escorted the elderly nuns and the playing children away from Litus Church.

Although the elderly nuns were full of questions, they could only obey since these were important figures from above.

Shadow took a deep breath and walked towards the dilapidated church.

Pushing open the slightly heavy church doors, she was met with the weight of time. This church was probably built during the reconstruction of New Noah and hadn’t been renovated since.

Whether it was the layout of the central hall or the surrounding seats, they were all of a style from nearly a thousand years ago.

Faint sunlight streamed in through the faded stained-glass windows of the church, dust motes dancing in the light, as if frozen in time long, long ago.

There were no praying believers in the church at this time; the entire central hall was empty.

Only a single figure sat on the pulpit, seemingly waiting for someone, her aura quite familiar to Shadow.

—Sister Marytis.

Seeing this, even if Shadow were a fool, she could figure it out.

Marytis hadn’t accidentally exposed herself, but deliberately placed herself within the Noah Church’s sight.

She was luring the only Saint remaining in Noah to come here, to stand before her.

Shadow immediately became alert, her figure dimming slightly, half-merging into the shadows, ready to use Shadow Travel at any moment.

At the same time, she focused on observing the surroundings. Daring to confront a Saint in Noah, Marytis definitely had some kind of backup plan, like setting a trap.

However… under Shadow’s scrutiny, this was indeed just an ordinary old church.

Nothing special.

The nun on the pulpit stood up and walked towards Shadow.

“Long time no see.”

“Marytis!”

Shadow shouted coldly and instantly disappeared into the shadows.

In an instant, her figure vanished from the church.

But the shadows in every corner were filled with killing intent.

“Saint Shadow, there’s no need for such a drastic reaction, is there?”

The nun seemed somewhat helpless and sighed softly.

“Sa-, Saint?”

Shadow was stunned. How could Marytis, a Bishop of the Church of the End Gods, address her as “Saint”?

Unless… she wasn’t Marytis!

Shadow’s gaze fell upon the nun, keenly noticing a few strands of silver-white hair falling from within the solemn, thick nun’s habit.

Shifting her gaze slightly upwards, she saw a pair of pale red eyes, incredibly familiar.

“Miss Luo Yan?! How… could it be you?”

Shadow was stunned and materialized.

“Why couldn’t it be me?”

The nun took off her veil, revealing the stunningly beautiful face deeply imprinted in Shadow’s memory.

“Where is Marytis?”

Shadow asked subconsciously.

“She’s no longer here.”

Luo Yan replied.

“No… longer?”

Shadow was slightly stunned.

“She has been here for the past two years.” Luo Yan said softly, turning to look at the dilapidated statue of the Saint behind her. “Don’t forget, Marytis was originally a devout nun.”

“But she chose betrayal,” Shadow’s tone became slightly serious. “Where is she now? Or rather, Miss Luo Yan, have you sided with the Church of the End Gods?”

Sister Marytis back then chose to betray human civilization after going to the peak of the Holy Mountain.

And now…

Even if she was Miss Luo Yan, Shadow couldn’t be completely certain.

“What Church of the End Gods…” Luo Yan chuckled wryly. “Wasn’t it already destroyed by you?”

Even their most important leader, Bishop Hamid, died at Shadow’s hands. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that she personally destroyed them.

“It was destroyed before, but it rose again.” Shadow said sullenly.

After the War of the Witch of Absolute Death, Noah once believed that the Church of the End Gods had been completely eradicated, because all their higher-ups perished in the war, but unexpectedly, they rose again.

“It won’t happen again.”

Luo Yan shook her head and said.

“And your aura…”

Shadow said hesitantly.

She could clearly sense Marytis’s aura on Luo Yan, along with the power of the Witch of Sorrow.

Luo Yan didn’t explain immediately, but asked,

“Do you remember I told you before that the Witch of Envy had fallen?”

“You did mention it…”

That was during the Lannister trip, but no one dared to believe it at that time, only later did the facts prove it to be true.

“Yes, the Witch of Sorrow, like the Witch of Envy, has also fallen.” Luo Yan said indifferently. “And the Witch of End—that’s why I said that the Church of the End Gods will no longer exist, because the ‘Gods’ are gone.”

Without the objects of their faith, how could they gather followers again?

The corners of Shadow’s mouth twitched as she listened. Uttering such terrifying words in such a flat tone, this was truly Miss Luo Yan’s style.

If anyone else said these words, Shadow would only think they were idiots. The Gods had existed for so long, experiencing countless civilizations, how could they just disappear?

But this was Miss Luo Yan, and the things she said were usually quite likely…

“So, it was actually you disguised as Marytis, deliberately luring me here?” Shadow frowned slightly and said, “But with your identity, if you wanted to meet me, even after returning from the peak of the Holy Mountain, there was no need for such secrecy, right?”

Luo Yan wasn’t a wanted criminal, and she had ways to contact Shadow, doing this was truly unnecessary.

“No, I don’t want too many people to know that you and I met.” Luo Yan shook her head and said, “I must avoid leaving traces in this world as much as possible.”

Shadow opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

But ultimately, she didn’t, just nodded,

“I understand.”

Shadow, having experienced the War of the Witch of Absolute Death, knew very well that the connection between the Gods and the present world was largely through memories.

The current Luo Yan had probably become an existence similar to the Gods. Her wanting to erase others’ memories of her must be for some plan of her own.

“But… including me?”

Shadow hesitated slightly and asked.

“Including you.” Luo Yan nodded slightly. “It doesn’t matter if I tell you. Actually, in this world, the only person who can remember me is Illusion.”

“…”

Shadow was silent for a moment, then said,

“I want to know, who… exactly is Illusion?”

Although Shadow had worked with Illusion for hundreds of years, it wasn’t until two years ago that she suddenly realized that she had never truly understood this legendary Fourth Saint.

Illusion’s existence was shrouded in a veil of mystery, still refusing to meet anyone. Only Miss Luo Yan, who had interacted with Illusion and obtained a portion of her power, knew the truth.

Shadow wanted to ask before, but the situation was urgent at that time.

Luo Yan hesitated about this question.

She didn’t know if Illusion was willing to tell Shadow everything, but seeing Shadow’s almost pleading eyes, she sighed softly and replied,

“Saint Illusion doesn’t belong to this world.”

Although she had vaguely anticipated this answer, Shadow’s expression still showed a hint of indescribable complexity.

“However, it will be over soon.”

Luo Yan murmured softly.

“Hmm?”

The momentary distraction made Shadow miss what Luo Yan said, but when she looked up, Luo Yan’s figure was already gone.

Only some weapons and a few unused Philosopher’s Stones were left on the seat beside her. These were necessities for Luo Yan to use her powers before, but they were no longer needed now.

She returned everything to humanity, not just these.

Shadow picked up the spiritual energy sniper rifle, which seemed crudely made in her eyes. The silver-haired girl in her memory was rapidly fading, and a sense of emptiness settled in her heart.

She knew very well that she was rapidly forgetting an existence named “Luo Yan,” but she didn’t struggle, just let it happen.

Until finally, nothing remained.

……

Outside Litus Church.

After Shadow entered the church, the Holy Knights quickly evacuated the nearby civilians, then sealed off the area around the church with all their forces, waiting for Saint Shadow’s return.

At the same time, they were also wary of the upcoming battle within the church.

However, nothing happened.

This dilapidated church remained quiet, until the door slowly opened, and Shadow reappeared before everyone, without any commotion.

But strangely, Saint Shadow clearly entered empty-handed, but when she came out… she was carrying a sniper rifle?

“Saint Shadow,” a Holy Knight-Captain hurriedly greeted her, “How is the situation?”

“…I don’t know.”

Shadow looked puzzled, staring blankly at the sniper rifle in her hand.

How did this thing end up in her hands…

She couldn’t remember.

“What about the Bishop of the Church of the End Gods?”

The Holy Knight-Captain asked nervously.

“Also… I don’t know.”

Mentioning this, Shadow’s expression turned strange again.

As a powerful “Destruction” level ability user, she knew very well that a part of her memory had been erased after entering the church.

But which part exactly…

Nonsense, if she remembered, it wouldn’t be called erased.

But Shadow was certain of one thing: she voluntarily had her memory erased.

“Marytis should no longer be here,” Shadow exhaled, “Of course, the information wasn’t wrong, she was here for two years, but left recently.”

Shadow had forgotten everything about Luo Yan, but she clearly remembered what Luo Yan told her about Marytis.

This memory inexplicably appeared in Shadow’s mind, but she didn’t care much about it.

“Let’s withdraw for now. At this juncture, let’s not make a big fuss.”

Shadow turned to the Holy Knight-Captain. Noah was still in a state of high alert, and any small disturbance could cause panic.

The Holy Knight-Captain nodded, then gathered the dispersed team members and returned to the Noah Church discreetly.

After everyone left, Shadow sat alone on a stone bench in the church square, looking at the setting sun, her eyes narrowed slightly,

“So beautiful…”

……

Marytis opened her eyes.

She sat up and found that her surroundings were quite familiar, the small church where she had been staying for hundreds of years.

This place was once one of the Church of the End Gods’ bases, but it was overlooked because it was too hidden.

However, during the Church of the End Gods’ final moments, the followers at this base were all annihilated, and it had now become an abandoned church.

Marytis was the only nun here.

She got out of bed, sat by the window, and looked into the distance.

She seemed to have forgotten something, but it no longer mattered.

An indescribable sense of ease filled her entire being, as if some responsibility she had been shouldering had been completely lifted. Marytis no longer needed to save the world.

Facing the gentle evening breeze, Marytis slowly closed her eyes.

“Goodbye, Marytis, farewell.”

A familiar yet strange, gentle voice seemed to whisper the last words in her ear.