Before escaping from prison, Ash had met Ronald alone once in the cafeteria.
Although Ronald was just a tool to him, it would be a lie to say that Arthur had no sympathy at all. Therefore, Arthur once tried to test Ronald's plans after escaping from prison, whether to part ways with Ronald directly or to assassinate Ronald.
If it was the latter, Ash could reach a certain consensus with him - in any case, after completing Harvey's contract, the jailbreakers would definitely have a fight first.
It has nothing to do with interests or grudges, it is simply a matter of trust.
You can't be sure whether others will harm you, so you have to take action first.
When faced with a group of death row inmates who crawled out of a cesspool, it is right to assume the worst and most despicable things about them, because they are also judging good people by their own standards.
If Ronald needed it, Ash could secretly connect with Igola and Harvey, and the four of them would focus on Ronald. After all, the bald werewolf was indeed the strongest among them, and he was the ruling race, Moon Shadow, so everyone had too many reasons to deal with Ronald.
However, Ronald clearly rejected Ash's kindness. He was very grateful for Ash's help and proposal, but he was determined not to allow Ash and others to interfere in his affairs.
It's not that Ash looked down on Ronald, but it was ridiculous for a gangster killer to have principles about killing people. Ronald didn't explain too much, just shook his head, saying that Ash and others would only ruin his revenge.
"I must make Ronaldo feel real pain."
... ...
In front of him was Gerrard wielding the Blade of Destruction, and behind him was Ronald who was plotting and holding a grudge. Ronald had no expression on his face, and he just tilted his head slightly when he heard the whistling sound of the steel balls.
Then, a shadow fell.
Phew!
Gerard's chain sword actually stopped after cutting into a person. He felt that the blade infused with miracles was like cutting into the hardest metal, the heaviest quagmire, and all the power was absorbed by the thin body in front of him.
Moreover, this strange slashing feeling...
The splattering blood hit Langna's face like a hot whip. He looked at the figure standing in front of him and lowered his eyelids slightly.
The reason why Ronald could become the 'Golden Mouth' with the strength of a one-wing magician was because he obtained a secret faction in the virtual realm, which could create disposable steel balls equivalent to weapon spirits. Through careful preparation, the destructive power of these steel balls was enough to catch up with the two-wing magicians, and they could naturally assassinate the two-wing magicians without any intention.
One of the steel balls is called "Flashing Steel Ball", which can move Ronald to the position of the steel ball. During the period after the prison break, Ronald spent a lot of effort to help Ronald collect the materials for the flashing steel ball and help him refine one - Ronald's previous safe houses where props were placed had long been destroyed and confiscated by the Criminal Hunting Bureau.
This flashing steel ball can be used in so many places. For example, there were three critical moments when the flashing steel ball should have been used to escape, but Ronald did not use it.
He chose to use it here.
When Gerrard pulled back the chain sword, Ronald fell backwards like a pile of mud. Ronald caught him, and the wound from which blood escaped revealed the hideous and cold steel bones inside.
This is the secret of Ronald's use of steel balls. He does not rely on magic power to drive the steel balls, but uses his own steel bones as a base to generate magnetic force to guide the steel balls.
In addition to being a medium for casting spells, the steel skeleton also gave Ronald a strong defensive power. This steel skeleton was a miracle in itself. The thin Ronald could disperse and buffer any blows through his steel skeleton. Even Langna had never bit off a bone of Ronald.
Therefore, when Gerrard hit Ronald, the golden mouth was already dead. He successfully blocked Gerrard's full-strength attack, but the price was that his bones, organs and even muscles were crushed by the powerful impact.
Ronald felt that he was not catching a person, but a melting ice cream. Ronald seemed to keep his face intact, so Ronald could see his final expression: the corners of his mouth were upturned, his eyes were slightly narrowed, and he seemed to be smiling.
Langna could see resentment, relief, and even a trace of... pity from it.
He carried Ronald's body on his shoulders and then slapped the ground on the platform with one hand.
"Pray for the dark side of the moon."
Thousands of strange runes suddenly appeared on the platform, and the blood moon cast a dark red light. In an instant, the platform turned into an absolute restricted area, and everyone on it was excluded, including Ronaldo and Gerrard!
Gerard spread his three wings and flew into the air. He stared at the virtual passage that was being painted with dark light, his face extremely ugly: "What are you doing—"
"You should have read my resume and know that I was once an elite Moon Shadow priest, right?" Langna put down Ronald's body and glanced at the group of priests looking at the platform not far away: "In the hunting festival, the greatest use of priests is not to bless, but to be responsible for blocking and destroying the passage."
"After so many years, the ritual of the Dark Side of the Moon has not changed much. I can still easily trigger the ritual prepared on the platform, complete the last step, and activate the power of the moon shadow to completely block the passage to the virtual realm."
Gerard was no longer anxious at this time. After watching Ash step into the virtual realm passage, he returned to his usual blood-crazed hunter captain, "But this also means that you can't escape."
"To me, Broken Lake Prison, Kaimon City, or other countries, it makes no difference." Rona took off his cloak, revealing his fierce face without beard or hair. "It's just that Ronnie is eager to escape from prison, so I will do my best to fulfill his wish."
"Ash helped Ronnie just now. I hope this return gift will satisfy Ash."
"Ash Seath, he is really a devil who can bewitch people more than a Veela." Gerard sighed, "Even a Moon Shadow traitor is willing to sacrifice himself to help him escape."
"Who said I wanted to sacrifice myself?"
Ronna took off his shirt, revealing a muscular body that looked like it was carved from marble.
"You mean, you want to escape from me?" Gerard shook the chain sword lightly, shaking off the blood on the blade into a cloud of blood mist. "I am not a believer in the theory of power, but you just used all your strength to barely resist the edge of my chain sword. I don't think you have the ability to do so."
"Besides, I'm a little upset tonight and want to go home and rest early. After all, I'm already working overtime voluntarily." The white-haired hunter's red eyes flashed with a fierce arc: "I will no longer abide by the safety clauses in the "Law Enforcement Regulations of the Hunting Bureau". I will not show mercy to anyone who tries to prevent me from leaving get off work."
Langna seemed not to sense Gerard's murderous intent, and asked calmly: "As the favorites of the Blood Moon Lord, do you know the difference between the Moon Shadow Clan and the Blood Saint Clan?"
Gerard answered without hesitation: "Moon Shadow is the master of life, Blood Saint is the master of death."
"Yes, Moon Shadow is for life, Blood Saint is for death. This not only represents the social division of labor between the two tribes, but also summarizes the personality traits of the two tribes. The Blood Saint has a calmness as dead as death, while the Moon Shadow always maintains the passion of a newborn." Langna glanced at the Moon Shadow priest who was curiously watching nearby: "But in my opinion, this sentence can also be interpreted as the Blood Saints are all dirty adults, and the Moon Shadows are all naughty children."
Recalling his big-tailed wolf subordinate Amy, Gerald had to admit that what Langna said was right. At this time, the white-haired hunter realized something and looked at Langna intently: "Langna Chios, you seem..."
"Only those with pure hearts, who do not forget to pray at night, can become the shadow of the moon on the full moon night when the aconite blooms." Langna said: "I have discovered since I was a child that I am different from other moon-shadow voters. They are full of passion, emotional impulse, pure and innocent, and simply greedy, but I am just the opposite - I am born without emotions and desires."
"Interestingly, I eventually became a Moon Shadow, a werewolf that can only transform in the shadows. The priest asked me to hide myself, but most of the spirits in the Moon Shadow faction need emotions as fuel, so I had to seek help from the 'love' spirit."
"Maybe it's luck, maybe it's misfortune, I got a set of forbidden rituals of the spiritual faction in the virtual world. The effect of the ritual is to allow the magician to harvest the emotions of others. It seems to be used in conjunction with miracles that require burning a lot of emotions."
"But for me, emotions are what I need. I need to feel something, I need something to fill the hole inside me."
"I improved the ritual, but the process became more bloody. I was soon caught and the secret was exposed, but the Church did not execute me - the Church would never execute a fellow citizen, so I was sent to Broken Lake Prison, where I could continue my research."
"I will plant 'love' in the heart of the target, and let love fill my body at the same time. I try my best to act like 'love', but it never works. I have no emotions, so even if I harvest a lot of emotions, I will never understand or experience them."
"But just now, when I saw Ronnie die in front of me, the wasteland in my heart began to sprout for the first time." Langna clenched his bloody fists: "It took me nine years to finally gain feelings."
Gerard asked with interest, "Is it love?"
"No, it's hatred." Ronna's tone finally fluctuated a little: "Ronnie wants to die in front of me because he hates me!"
"He knows that my feelings are all fake, and that any revenge is meaningless to me. The only way to make me feel pain is to make me feel emotional."
"So he wants to escape from prison, he wants to leave the Blood Moon, he wants to accumulate hope, accumulate happiness, and then choose the right time, in the most tragic manner, to die in front of me like a bubble."
"In this way, the twisted tree in his heart, which is watered with hope, fertilized with happiness, and sun-kissed with freedom, but grows on the soil of pain, will bear the most beautiful fruits and be planted deep in my heart."
"He succeeded, and so did I."
Ronald raised his two thumbs and drew two bloody marks under his eye sockets with Ronald's blood.
“So, this is what hatred feels like.”
Seeing this scene, Gerard's brows twitched wildly, and some bad memories came to his mind again.