The Lich of Glory Knight Spirit: Moving towards Krimasha!-Chapter 215 - 27: Wavering Beliefs (4)

After a brief silence, Gray slowly said, "I refuse."

"Alright, good luck. Actually, I knew you would refuse. I just asked as a formality. Given the current situation, there’s nothing we can do. Anyway, thank you for your contributions. The Abyss will remember your achievements. Hahahahaha..."

Amid the laughter, the Demon Lord’s voice gradually and completely disappeared.

...

"What now? The Demon Lord actually ran away? Actually ran away? Isn’t gratitude supposed to follow some action? He only spoke?"

Listening to the "live broadcast," the liches exploded.

"This is even worse than the previous Demon Lord! I knew the former Demon Lord, he would start a war at the slightest disagreement! Unlike this coward!"

"It’s over, he definitely can’t beat that commander."

"What now? Gray can’t win, is it a tragic ending?"

Morca cautiously suggested, "Maybe we can start a sequel. You take his son away and teach him magic so he can avenge his father. Although it’s a bit clichéd, it’s not bad."

"No—! We want a happy ending!"

"I don’t want tragedy!"

"I don’t want tragedy either!"

The liches screamed.

"Whoever dares show me a tragedy, I’ll kill them!"

"But the current situation is heading toward tragedy," Morca muttered softly.

...

The wind made the flags rustle loudly.

Shelley held Richie behind Gray, staring vacantly at the angels filling the sky, swallowing hard.

The entire world was silent.

The residents of Salted Fish Port, even the surrounding human coalition, quietly waited for Gray’s reaction.

Gray spoke with a voice everyone could hear, "I, Gray Gruggle, hereby renounce my oaths to anyone, yes, anyone. Because I no longer have the ability to fulfill these oaths. I can’t protect you, and you can’t protect me either..."

Yilin, Jones, Club, and every member of the Silver Moon Knight Order stared at Gray dumbfounded.

"It’s over! He is saying his final words! Quick, think of something!" Simon started to stomp. The other liches were spinning in circles in a panic.

"Carl, and all the Silver Moon Knights and Bone Horses, I am sorry, I can’t provide magic power support anymore. You will revert to skeletons."

Silver Moon Knights spread across the castle stood still, even the Bone Horses including Tenidas saluted Gray uniformly.

Carl shouted loudly, "Esteemed Holy Knight, you need not feel guilty, we are honored to have shared this post-death time with you!"

"Honor!" The Silver Moon Knights shouted in unison.

"Neigh—!" The Bone Horses jumped and neighed.

Tilting his head up, Gray continued, "To everyone who supported me, this is a war you can’t participate in. I don’t want you to make meaningless sacrifices. I hope you can live well. The holy faith of Heaven may be shattered, but the holy faith in our hearts has been reborn. Heaven didn’t include us in its faith, but it’s okay, we can have our own faith. I will die, but the seeds of righteousness will endure in the world. From now on, I hope you can uphold a righteous heart and strive to shine the light in every corner. I love you all, love this world, love every upright and kind-hearted person."

The voice echoed in the air, everyone stared blankly.

Gradually, more and more people in the coalition crossed to the other side.

"We love you too!" Club pounded his chest plate.

The dwarves raised their weapons, "We love you too!"

"We love you too—!" The people in Salted Fish Port shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.

Some cried hysterically, some wailed.

"Remember, justice must have a benevolent heart, but it cannot only have a benevolent heart. It needs strength to uphold it, and it must be our own strength. Otherwise, we cannot protect our justice."

Everyone silently watched.

Yilin widened her eyes, crying blankly.

Jeremy’s eye twitched slightly, gripping his sword, staring at Gray intently.

Abod slightly bowed his head, breathing deeply.

The members of the Angel Army floating in the sky all looked at Gray.

It was clear to everyone that this would be an inevitable battle.

"Lastly..." Turning his face, Gray spoke softly to the Guardian Angels and inducing demons around him, "Will you help take Shelley and Richie away for me?"

"Gray..." Shelley stared wide-eyed at Gray.

Richie frowned, staring intently at Jeremy.

"To where?" Catherine asked.

"I don’t know, somewhere they can live peacefully."

"Alright." Catherine nodded, appeared, grabbed Shelley’s hand, and tugged her toward the tower.

"No—! Gray! I won’t go!" Shelley resisted.

However, how could Shelley resist Catherine? Raising her hand, Catherine tapped Shelley’s forehead, causing her to lose consciousness instantly, and carried her, turning and flew out of the tower’s room from the other side’s balcony.

"What about you?" Vivian asked.

Gray gazed at Jeremy, "I have my mission and cannot retreat. But I hope they can live well. Richie, you should go too."

"Alright, Father. I will protect Mother." Richie did not hesitate. Turning away, he gave Jeremy a final glance, crossed the tower’s room, and leaped off the balcony on the other side. Sarina caught him steadily, chasing after Catherine.

Delia also flapped her wings and followed. While flying, she kept looking back.

In an instant, they had vanished.

On the balcony, only Gray and Vivian and the Black Cat remained.

"Vivian, you should leave too. You can’t help me."

"I can’t leave... If I leave you, they will start hunting me immediately." Vivian was on the verge of tears. Landing beside Gray, she could only assume a battle stance.

"I’m sorry..."

"No, you don’t owe me anything." Looking at Gray, Vivian smiled, "I don’t regret becoming your inducing demon, truly."

"Thank you."

"Hold on a second!" The Black Cat was stunned, "Why didn’t you ask them to take me too?"

"Don’t you want to fight with me till the end?"

"No! I never said that!"

"But they’ve already gone."

"I might not survive the first round; I’m just a poor little kitty!"

"Have you finished your final arrangements?" Jeremy asked coldly.

Gray silently stood, raised his sword high, then pointed it at Jeremy, and said softly, "Let’s begin."

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