Arknights' Lock of Heaven

They just kept at it like that.

Waiting it out...

Until... someone can't hold on any longer.

After the candles had burned twice, just as the lion scorpion was about to put on the third candle, someone couldn't hold on any longer.

Although the erosion by the black mist is slow, it is by no means nonexistent.

Of course, this person is definitely not just a lion scorpion sitting here peacefully.

But...

"I can't accept it..." the man said with a resentful tone, climbing to the edge illuminated by the candlelight.

"I'm not reconciled... I can't understand... how could you, an infected person, last longer than me!"

His face was full of fanaticism.

"This is impossible... You're just an infected person, how could you last so long?"

Hearing this, the manticore tilted its head in confusion.

His eyes seemed to be asking, "What do you mean by 'why' you were able to hold out for so long?"

Am I holding on?

In the flickering candlelight, the man saw clearly her confusion.

"You don't need to pay any price to use this...?"

He asked in despair.

Hearing this, the manticore tilted its head and thought for a moment.

Yes, this thing belongs to the captain, and the captain once patted his chest and assured me that there would be as many of these things as I wanted, so I could take them and use them as much as I wanted.

While talking, she stuffed herself with a bunch of magical costumes that she didn't know if she would ever need.

So, it should be considered that there's no price to pay...

Thinking of this, she nodded honestly.

Upon seeing this, the man felt a sense of suffocation.

Surprisingly... there really was no cost involved...

How is this possible...? How is this possible? How can it be used without Originium Arts?

His expression was as if an Earthling had seen a car that could run without any energy.

My values ​​and worldview have been challenged.

"How could such a thing possibly exist in the world..."

His mentality completely collapsed.

"Convenient, effective... and without any cost..."

Even someone who prides himself on his years of experience and broad knowledge cannot put it into words.

The lion scorpion looked at his expression, which seemed to indicate that his worldview had collapsed, and seemed to be deep in thought.

Actually, she only half-understood what the man was saying, but since he was already so upset, she decided to let him continue to believe it.

Lion Scorpion recalled what Xia Yu had said.

"When facing an enemy with whom you have a deep-seated hatred, simply killing is often not the most satisfying way. You have to destroy their spirit first, and then kill them."

Looking at the man before him, Lion Scorpion thought this was probably what it meant to destroy someone's spirit.

Look at him, he can't even speak anymore.

Yes, I've learned it!

With that thought in mind, she nodded confidently.

"You're lying to me...you're lying to me!" At that moment, the man completely erupted into hysteria.

"If... if you really don't have to pay a price, then why did you leave me until the end?"

The man, acting like a madman, shouted, "Given your personality, you would have killed me long ago... There's absolutely no need for that!"

"You haven't changed at all over the years, I can tell!"

"You're just bluffing, aren't you?!" He glared fiercely at the lion scorpion. "Actually, you're already exhausted, aren't you?"

"Stop pretending, let's talk about terms..."

The lion scorpion did not understand what he was saying.

However, she did understand part of it, which meant he felt she was pretending...

So……

Click!

The lion scorpion reached out and grabbed the corner of the table, then squeezed it tightly.

The wooden table corner was easily broken off.

The man was completely stunned upon seeing this.

"I can't accept this... I can't accept this! How could you be completely unharmed?"

"Then why don't you just kill me outright?"

"Because..." Upon hearing this, the Lion Scorpion tilted its head and tentatively said, "To kill someone by destroying their spirit?"

puff!

Upon hearing this, the man coughed up a mouthful of blood...

"Killing someone... destroying their spirit... killing someone... destroying their spirit..."

"What a brilliant move to kill someone by destroying their spirit!"

Seeing this, the lion scorpion seemed to be deep in thought.

This must be a complete breakdown.

So this is what they mean by "killing someone by destroying their spirit"? I knew I'd mastered it.

It’s actually quite simple.

337 It's important without you

“You’re not that kind of person…” The man collapsed to the ground, his face filled with despair.

"You weren't like this before..."

“I’m still learning,” the Manticore said earnestly, raising its head. “Also, everyone always says that people change.”

“Learn? Learn how to torture the enemy?” The man looked up. “You’re an assassin, not an interrogator. You don’t need to break down the target’s psychological defenses…”

"So-called learning will only take you further and further away from becoming a pure killer."

Upon hearing this, the lion scorpion tilted its head.

“I’m not an assassin,” she said calmly to the man. “I’m an agent. I love this job and I love my life.”

Killer?

The lion scorpion didn't understand what was so great about being a lion scorpion.

Back when I was an assassin, I wasn't even sure I'd get enough to eat all day. To train their obedience, the organization pushed the limits of exploitation.

Especially when dealing with taciturn and easily controlled targets like lion scorpions, the methods used are even more vicious.

You are an assassin, making a living by killing.

The man kept instilling this idea in her and used her abilities to quickly rise through the ranks of the organization.

But as he watched the young lion scorpion grow up day by day, he suddenly realized that he could not control a person forever with that clumsy rhetoric.

One day, she will realize that she has deceived her.

The reward for killing one person is more than enough to buy all the cheapest bread in the city today, let alone a few pieces of bread to fill one's stomach.

The kings and chieftains have always been generous.

Thinking of this, he was terrified, and then assigned the doomed mission.

I thought the lion scorpion would die like this, but unexpectedly she survived, and it seems she has even climbed up to a powerful backer.

For Lion Scorpion, the identity of an assassin... is really not important.

“I surrender,” the man said dejectedly, looking into her earnest eyes. “All the organization’s data and funds are in my hands. Let me go, and I will hand them all over.”

Upon hearing this, the lion scorpion was stunned.

To be honest, she never imagined that this person could be like this.

I didn't come here for these things.

Thinking of this, she slowly shook her head.