After rescuing Athena from prison and meeting with Peenlius again, the Saints realized one thing. Poenleus had already known everything that happened in the Lake Island Prison, including the warden Kuraus. Became a cultist, but Athena was not treated harshly because she was an old acquaintance with Kuraus. Where else were the prisoners turned into emotionless zombies in the name of having served their sentences and being corrected, becoming a source of chaos. The Overlord continuously provides products of the power of the abyss.
It would be fine if they were just being observed by the other party, but Perenlius's behavior of apparently not saving his life and even treating his victims as test subjects made the Saints extremely angry.
"Why? No why, I just want to see what will happen when your justice meets the twisted justice of the followers of the Lord of Chaos. Although the process is interesting, there is still no answer I want."
"Penleus! What do you think of life?"
"┉I don't know, it's just that in my opinion not every life has value."
In the middle of the night, over the capital of King Zegus, several figures jumped over one house after another and moved quickly towards the inner city. The one taking the lead at the front was Peenlius. At this moment, Peenlius changed. Wearing a ring outfit that is convenient for fighting, he moved as quickly as a phantom. The saints wearing holy clothes behind him almost had to use all their strength to keep up with him.
At the moment when he was about to break through the inner city, Pernleus accelerated his speed. Suddenly, the saints felt that the space around them seemed to be shaking violently, and there was an invisible force that made their bodies seem to have entered another interface. , everyone became like illusory shadows and effortlessly broke through the protective circle in the inner city.
"Hey~Penleus, where are we going? Is that direction towards the palace?" Seeing the building not far away, Caludia finally couldn't help asking, and was called out in the middle of the night. He said that he and his group had something to do, but now that they were running straight towards the palace, what on earth were they going to do
"If you are scared, you can leave now┉┉"
Kaludia clicked her tongue in displeasure and fell silent. She could only turn her eyes for help to El Cid. The other party signaled to continue following Perenlius.
Pernleus's final destination was not the palace, but a mansion outside the palace. The moment he approached the mansion, Pernleus's figure had already appeared, flashing with cold light. The two guards fell to the ground before they even had time to say a word. Both of them had a slender wound on their necks and died almost instantly.
"Hey~ what are you doing?"
Kaludia finally couldn't help but grabbed Perenlius. As a saint of the lawful camp, it was still disgusting for Perenlius to kill people without saying a word.
"Quiet!"
Penleus's expression suddenly became stern, like a god containing supreme majesty. For a moment, Kaludia found that she was actually shocked and had to retract her hand.
Gently pushing the door open, Pernleus felt as if he was returning to his own home. The Saints followed behind Pernrius in silence, not knowing what he was planning to do. They bypassed several patrolling guards along the way. After entering a study room, Peenlius skillfully walked to the bookshelf, took out a book, and then exchanged positions with another book. Then the bookshelf began to slowly open, revealing the secret passage below.
When the secret passage opened, El Cid and Kaludia couldn't help but frown. A faint smell of blood filled the air under the secret passage, and there were even a lot of vague wailing sounds of pain. .
"Penleus, what on earth is this place?"
Pernleus, who had always remained silent along the way, answered at this moment: "A gathering place for cultists."
"Did you bring us here to stop these cultists?"
"No~ I just want to see what you guys choose."
Pernleus said expressionlessly. But a subtle look flashed in their eyes. Suddenly, the Saints discovered that their spirits were magnified hundreds of times. Their five senses could easily penetrate secret passages, steel doors, and... The wall goes directly into deeper places, and a bloody massacre is unfolding in the secret room deep in the secret passage. The innocent people kidnapped here are being brutally tortured by the cultists using various heinous methods. Death, the wails and screams of the tortured almost make one's teeth feel sore.
The faces of the Silver Saints became extremely ugly and even looked vaguely disgusting. Caludia was the first to be unable to bear it any longer: "Damn it! They must be stopped."
"Wait┉┉"
At this moment, Peenlius grabbed Caludia. The strength was so great that the Golden Saint felt as if he was being pressed down by a huge boulder. Even if he used his full strength, he could not move at all.
"What are you going to do again?" Kaludia was a little angry.
"If you rush in now, it will be like alerting the enemy, which will bring immeasurable changes to the subsequent coup operations. It may even cause the entire plan to fail┉┉"
El Cid interrupted unceremoniously at this moment: "┉Why did you do this, Perenlius?"
"what I do?"
"You let us choose, let us choose whether to save these innocent victims, or abandon them to save more people!"
In response to these words, Peenlius nodded noncommittally, and all the saints became angry for a while.
Just a few people or save more people. This is a multiple-choice question given by Pernrius to the Saints. According to Pernrius, the best choice is to give up on these victims and wait until the coup is over to expel the cultists as much as possible and save more people. Life, otherwise just to save a few people and be discovered by the cultists, if the coup fails, more people will die.
If this multiple-choice question had been Emiya Kiritsugu in "Fate Zero", maybe he would have chosen the latter right away. In fact, if this multiple-choice question is placed in front of Yalin. Then Yalin will also choose the latter. The reason is very simple. Sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it too. Try to minimize losses and maximize benefits. This is a choice that everyone makes from a small individual to a country. Many times it is for the benefit of most people. Interests require the sacrifice of a few people, just like democratic elections. Nothing in the world is perfect, but when a decision must be made, it is natural to choose the best side. No one will choose the worst. on the one hand.
If the question of the last 'ship' in the original work was asked to Yalin, Yalin would definitely dismiss it, because this question can only make dreamers and virgin bitches get into trouble. For materialists and pragmatists, , under the harsh conditions given by the "ship" at that time, Emiya Kiritsugu's choice was not wrong. Otherwise, how else could he choose to let everyone sink into the sea to feed the sharks
What Emiya Kiritsugu wants is a world where no one cries anymore! It is a pity that ideals are beautiful, but reality will never be as good as ideals. The laws of nature have told the world a truth from ancient times to the present. The law of the jungle is that the strong eat the strong. This is an eternal theorem, no matter how human society and civilization develops and how it is packaged and beautified. This theorem will not change.
The same question was now put in front of the Saints. However, as the Saints of the strict order camp, they gave a different answer.
That's the rescue!
"It's so noisy. If you don't want to help, just get out of here." Kaludia, who rushed down the secret passage, was very unhappy with the voice in his head.
El Cid, who was at the front, took the lead and broke open the closed steel door with his holy sword. The two cultist guards were hit by scarlet poisonous needles just as they drew their weapons. These believers of the Lord of Pain soon enjoyed their countless tortures. The three Silver Saints rushed in, and soon a battle began in this secret room.
"What do you mean by gains and losses? I only know that we cannot ignore the evil deeds in front of us, but Perenius, you clearly have the power to stop all this, but you choose to stand by and watch." Elcide slashed down with a sword. A cultist said righteously afterwards.
The scarlet poisonous needle in Kaludia's hand continued to shoot out, and she yelled in great displeasure, "This is indeed a good excuse. I don't understand your big principles, but I just want to Do what you can, so what if it brings bigger consequences? At least when others ask me, I can tell them that I tried my best!"
Perenlius, who was guarding the secret passage, lowered his head silently and did not answer. Finally, he turned around and left the already noisy mansion. This was not the final answer he wanted, but it was not useless either. Answer. As if the long-dormant blood in his body was boiling again, a sword exuding dazzling fire appeared in Pernleus's hand.
Perenlius did not return to the Knights' headquarters, nor did he seem to intend to abandon the Saints. On the contrary, after flying, Perenlius flew directly towards another noble residence in the royal capital.
Why! ? Perhaps they were somewhat infected by them, and some wanted to return to their former selves. Perhaps it was also because they were mocking their own confusion. In short, no matter why some people who fell into the darkness tonight were destined to be punished. (~^~)