Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

Therese's vitality is quite remarkable; he is the first person to survive even after Lotin unleashed his full power to kill him.

Could it be that Rat is really that Sarkaz wrestling king?

"Blood Demon, I think you would also be very happy to see the Regent fall and look like this."

Lotin continued to communicate with Ducaré through the altar beside him.

The keel of the airship was a war trophy of Ducarre, and now it was being requisitioned by the Military Council to serve as the cornerstone of the Regent's ship, which already displeased Ducarre.

Now that the Regent's flagship has been destroyed, Ducarre is somewhat gloating. He has never been obedient to or recognized the Regent's rule, and he has never truly followed the Regent's orders.

The deep-sea hunters have extremely keen senses, and Ducarre can even directly distinguish the characteristics of Therese's blood. Ensuring that the Regent is found alive or dead should not be difficult.

The giant was fiddling with and searching through the wreckage of the airship with his massive hands, as if he were looking for components after a block castle had collapsed.

"You are looking for the Regent's body."

Theresa wiped the blood from her blurry eyes, staining her white sleeves with blood.

"You want to see people alive, you want to see corpses when you're dead."

"Your brother and the pardoners treated your remains the same way, Princess of Sarkaz, otherwise you wouldn't have been imprisoned in my hands and suffered such torment."

Laurentina and Skadi appeared before him first, and they flew up the giant's arm to Lotin's shoulder.

Along the way, Skadi caught a glimpse of Theresa in Lotin's hand out of the corner of her eye, and she looked puzzled.

Who exactly is this white-haired Sarkaz?

"My unfamiliar blood relative is nothing but a pitiful prisoner. When the souls of the demon race dissipate, she will perish along with them, leaving only an empty shell."

Just as Laurentina noticed Nightingale's unusual behavior, she also sensed something amiss with this so-called "Sarkaz princess."

Like that effective Caster, she was also revered as the "Demon Queen" by some Sarkaz.

Laurentina's keen intuition was correct; the high concentration of Originium concentrate in her spinal cord allowed her to inadvertently discover another scheme by the Pardoner.

“Conqueror, I could not sense Theresis’s blood, and my followers could not find his body.”

Ducarre's face was full of disappointment and confusion.

"Several ground effect vehicles left the airship before it entered my attack range."

It's not impossible that Theresis will evacuate the airship ahead of schedule.

"Theresis is by no means a weak man."

Theresa refuted Lotin's guess, and indeed it was true; Theresis fought to the very last moment on the airship.

"But his body has not been found. Could it be that he has already turned to ashes?"

Skadi shared her thoughts.

"No, hunter."

Loting vaguely sensed that something was amiss. He had witnessed firsthand the tenacity of Theresis's vitality.

If the pardoners were to obtain Theresis's remains, or if they were to rescue Theresis, wouldn't that lead to endless trouble?

"We continue our march toward the Royal Academy of Sciences."

Since there are potential risks and suspicions, they should be eliminated step by step. Luo Ting never believes in taking chances.

Even if the absolutioners cannot be dealt with in one go, Lotin must first ascertain Therese's true condition.

Chapter 132: The Home of the Pardoner

The absolution master's personal guards, wielding longswords, initially tried to stop the absolution master, who was already considered a traitor, but their leader simply waved his hand, signaling them to let the daughter, who had been away from home for a long time, enter.

In the dimly lit room, only the candlelight flickered on the ornately carved candlesticks.

The Sarkaz, with their long purple hair, had winding horns on their heads, unlike the straight horns of the Shining and the leader of the Exorcists.

He wore a black and white suit, his eyes were dim, and he wore a smile.

The leader of the pardoners held a longsword made of gnarled, withered wood, and had gray hair with a cluster of straight, white horns that were quite conspicuous.

A barely perceptible smile held a hint of malice.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the table, the pardoner, who had run away from home, returned to this abnormal and twisted family in order to cure his best friend's illness.

Rhodes Island operator Shining is also a member of the Pardoners, Quessina.

The candlelight cast shadows, which fell on the tables of the three people.

The feast on the table was a delicacy unimaginable during wartime, and the Sarkaz people with long purple hair were happily putting food into their mouths.

"Sister, why are you ignoring me? Why won't you join us for this delicious meal?"

The Sarkaz woman with long purple hair is named Lusas. Her cheerfulness is evident, and she affectionately calls Shining "sister."

"Quisassina needs some time to adapt to Lusas. Give her some time."

The person sitting in the main seat is the leader of the Absolution Masters, Quesatushta, who was the leader of the Absolution Masters in the past and is still the leader of the Absolution Masters now.

"But we don't have much time left."

"The Conqueror destroyed the Regent's airship and is rampaging toward us. Our harassment of the Blood Court has caught His attention."

Lusas elegantly wiped the grease from his mouth with a napkin, as if the conquerors' march did not exist for them.

"Quisassina, do you think you can get rid of me by collecting a tithe of blood for the conquerors?"

He is Quessana's brother, but he speaks as if he were lecturing his rebellious teenage daughter, more like her father.

“You are not my family.”

"Haven't I made myself clear enough?"

Quessina's face remained calm and cold. The only reason she returned to this den of iniquity was to heal her best friend, Liz.

"Are you so fascinated by that experimental question?"

“If you come back, eradicating her suffering will be a piece of cake.”

Lusas wore a troubled expression.

Quessina did not respond.

Having failed to achieve her goal, she wanted to leave. With her martial prowess, she could leave or stay as easily as if she were in an empty place. The only reason she didn't kill the people in front of her was that killing them wouldn't solve the problem.

"Boom!"

Dust and stone fragments fell into the sumptuous feast on the table, and the entire Royal Academy of Sciences building trembled.

"The Sarkaz's established future and the Regent's plans should not be disturbed."

The leader of the pardoners looked up at the ceiling.

The giant held the roof of the building in his hand, dismantling and throwing it away like building blocks. Red rain extinguished the candles, leaving the delicacies on the table in complete disarray.

"conqueror……"

Quessina looked up at the armored giant who was leaning over, and she saw who the conqueror had imprisoned: the demon lord Theresia, who should have been dead.

"Did the demon lord of another race beg you to kill me, or did Quessassina gather the offerings, or do you believe my existence will instead endanger the Sarkaz themselves?"

The leader of the pardoners showed no sign of panic, and as if he had expected it, he asked the giant about his purpose.

"Master of Forgiveness, your inner demons are stirring."

"You fear that I will come to destroy your path to eternal reincarnation."

The armored giant let out a deafening, muffled laugh. On the way there, many of the absolution master's personal guards had already been crushed under the giant's feet.

"Unfortunately, the pardoner did not prepare any offerings."

Lotin's hook axe was driven into the ground, and from his other hand, Ducarre leaped down.

"The Blood Demon Lord begs you to grace our humble abode, the temporary residence of the Pardoner?"

The leader remained remarkably calm, and the berserk aura did not seem to have a significant effect on him.

Theresis is not here.

Ducarre shook his head slightly in confusion.

The leader of the Pardoners also showed a hint of panic. His men were also searching for Theresis's whereabouts, but ultimately found nothing.

No one saw Theresis's remains, but no one dared to assume that Theresis had been reduced to dust and buried beneath the ruins of the airship.

This became the most difficult situation, as no one could definitively confirm Theresis's fate.

During wartime, countless people went missing in this way.

However, it is Therese who is missing. Even though there is a 99% chance that he died with the airship crash, as long as it cannot be confirmed, Lotin has to be on guard.

Lotin will certainly continue searching for Therese's whereabouts, and before finding him, he will do everything in his power to eliminate his followers and erase his existence and influence.

Just like how Letania treated the Witch King.

"Well then, if you—if you don't have anything else to do, please leave. We hope you can be kind enough not to disturb our little family meeting."

The leader of the pardoners bowed deeply, speaking humbly yet with a hint of sarcasm, as if he were emboldened by the conquerors' inability to subdue him.

"Quesatushta, do you think I'm some kind of clueless idiot?"

Loting had already pulled the hook axe out of the ground.

"Of course we wouldn't dare. Even our prince is imprisoned in your palm like a puppet, how could we—"

The leader of the Pardoners waved his hand. It was his idea to revive Theresa, so he knew exactly what state Theresa was in now.

"A doll? Just this puppet?"

"She only deserves to be a tortured prisoner."

Lotin continued to imprison her, simply so that she would witness and taste the bitter fruit of her own actions.

"Quesatushta, do you think I can't do anything to you?"

Lotin's fingers reached out and completely covered Quesatushta.

"I dare not, but as the war god worshipped by the Sarkaz, you are not omniscient or omnipotent."

The leader of the pardoners thought this barbaric, ancient being was just bluffing.

Failed bodies, spare bodies—we have as many as we need.

Even if the three pardoners present were all crushed, he, Quesatushta, could still prolong his life.

“Ah, you are quite confident, Quesatushta.”

"Quesasina, I offer loan services."

"Your blood tax can be paid later."

The rewards from destroying the airship allowed Loting to reforge Nash's Tooth, and the rewards from Manfred, Ducarre, and Theresis were enough for Loting to purchase and reforge another piece of equipment.

A weapon imbued with the power of Frax Vanltt, the Soul Thief of Runeterra.

The wielder of this dangerous weapon will be forever bound to it and crave the blood of others.

Therefore, Lotin would leave it in the warehouse most of the time to use the system mechanism to isolate this link.

He will only remove it when he uses the [Conqueror] skin, using it in a reforged, materialized form.

Because the Conqueror skin already has a Bloodthirst debuff, the dangerous negative effects of this item becoming physical becomes more acceptable.

Although its attributes don't fit with Loting's overall strategy, it mostly sits in the warehouse gathering dust until it reaches level 16 and upgrades its equipment slots, at which point its stat bonuses become permanent.

Because its numerical bonuses and passive effects don't align with Loting's main equipment system, Loting believes it's not worth making room for it in an equipment slot right now.

However, Lotin was already quite troubled by enemies like the Black Serpent and the Pardoner who possessed immortality, so even though it was strongly associated with the [Conqueror] skin, it was still worth it.

Even if only the [Conqueror] skin has the ability to destroy such enemies, it at least provides Lothing with a final means of imprisoning or destroying these enemies.

Therefore, Lotin still intends to spend additional funds to purchase and reforge this equipment.

The Bloodthirster is a weapon that is clearly linked to the Conqueror Nautilus. Its powerful debuffs make it almost exclusively usable with this skin.

However, this also means that it will generate additional buffs with [Conqueror Nautilus], just like the buffs generated by [Mountain Barrier] and [Light Knight Nautilus] stack.

Chapter 133: The Blood-Drinking Sword