Chapter 190 Trial by Combat
The two sides were on the verge of a fight. At this moment, the vampire who had been sitting on the ground without saying a word, covering his wound, slowly raised his hand.
"...I demand...a trial by combat, in accordance with the tradition of the Irish Special Service."
As soon as she said this, the people on both sides separated by thunder fell silent.
Li Muhan was silent because he didn't understand what this was. Trial by combat, it sounded pretty awesome.
Yan Yu remained silent because she knew very well that trial by combat was a method for death row prisoners to save themselves, designed by the Irish Special Service under the management of a group of warlike gods.
If the death row inmate is not destined to die, her agent will gain supreme power and ultimately break the scales of the law, and ultimately they can escape their own mortality.
The nun also fell silent, but the silence was fleeting.
Her voice slowly drifted in the air, carrying a hint of unquestionable sarcasm and coldness. Her eyes looked directly at Qian Gongyue, and there was an obvious sneer in her tone.
"Did I hit you in the head? I just said that the Irish Special Administration has been completely taken over by the Blood Moon Church. It's not appropriate for you to use the sword of the previous dynasty to kill officials of this dynasty, right?"
She didn't give Qian Gongyue a chance to argue. Before she finished her words, she waved her fingers jokingly and continued speaking.
"Let's put aside those messy power struggles for now. Suppose the church generously grants you this opportunity - but I'm afraid you've forgotten the basic rule: in the Irish Special Administration's trial by combat, the representation of a death row prisoner is limited to members of the same clan. In other words, only vampires are qualified to preside over your trial duel. As far as I know, Qian Gongyue - although you possess the power of the vampires, you still have human blood. You are... a bastard."
Having said this, a hint of indifference and disdain flashed in the nun's eyes.
"This means that in the eyes of humans, you are nothing more than a monster to be hunted, and in the eyes of pure vampires, you are nothing more than lowly, pathetic trash. Tell me, Qian Gongyue, in the face of such a reality, do you really think any noble vampire would be willing to stand up for a hybrid marginalized person who is neither of their kind nor has lost his original identity?"
Just as she said this, the crescent moon above her head was suddenly dyed blood red, as if responding to the nun's words.
Then a pair of black wings covered the light of the blood moon. Unlike Li Muhan's thunderous appearance, the girl's arrival was mysterious and solemn. When her feet slowly touched the ground, her wings slowly folded, and her petite body protected Qian Gongyue.
Xia Yue turned her back to the nuns and the members of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau.
Looking down at the dying girl from a high position, a hint of anger seemed to flash in those scarlet eyes at that moment.
"Owner......"
Qian Gongyue raised her head and looked at Xia Yue with a guilty and desperate expression.
In the past, if Xia Yue heard Qian Gongyue's name, she would scold her and tell her that she was not her master, but now, she looked at this girl who was beaten like a dog, with blood on the corner of her mouth and looking at her pitifully.
Xia Yue suddenly felt a hint of anger.
"I'll be her agent."
She turned around and suddenly spread her wings to protect Qian Gongyue behind her.
"Then I will be her agent's agent and will not accept any rebuttal."
Li Muhan also pulled out the Fujiang Zhenmo from the ground. He lightly placed the knife on his shoulder, and an unspoken determination emanated from him.
At this critical moment, he stood beside Xia Yue and became her solid shield, while also covering Qian Gongyue's figure that was wandering on the edge of light and darkness.
Qian Gongyue was silent like a statue at this moment, so shocked that she couldn't form any words.
She initially proposed a trial by combat, not because she wanted Li Muhan and Hati to be caught up in a struggle for power and authority.
There was a thought deep in her heart - if circumstances allowed, she hoped to return to the place she had loved all her life - the Irish Special Administration, and accept the judgment in the land she was familiar with.
Whatever the outcome—whether a trial by combat could be held or not—Qimiya Tsuki was ready to accept whatever fate had in store for her.
But now, the man who had been hunted down by her on the street and had his heart almost taken out was standing in front of her, even though the man might not be protecting himself, but her master Xia Yue.
But this unexpected assistance still caused complex ripples in Qian Gongyue's heart: gratitude, shame, and a trace of indescribable emotional fluctuations echoing in her chest.
"Enough!! What the hell are you doing! Li Muhan! Xia Yue! You are from the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau! Wake up!"
Yan Yu really couldn't stand the current development of the situation. The rules and laws that she valued most were simply treated as a joke today.
It started with a special order from the Special Management Bureau, asking them to assist the Blood Moon Church, and now it has evolved into this situation. Everything that happened today felt like a stab in the back of the rules and laws she believed in.
However, the nun began to tremble all over the moment she saw Xia Yue. She took two steps forward, clasped her hands together, and then knelt directly on the ground, so that her head could be bathed in the scarlet light brought by the bright red moon.
"Miss...Finally, I get to see you."
Xia Yue looked at the nun, studied her face carefully, and then said coldly.
"I don't know you."
"You don't need to know me. I'm just one of your humble followers, as insignificant as an ant. You're looking at me...? This is truly... my greatest honor..."
Li Muhan looked at the woman's weird look and asked Xia Yue in a low voice.
"Who is this person? She doesn't look quite right. Look at what she said, it was like she was singing an opera."
"I don't know him."
Xia Yue also felt that this nun was a bit disgusting, especially when her fanatical eyes looked at her.
"Miss Xia Liya, I beg you to return to the Blood Moon Church with me. Your mother, no, please forgive me for my mistake! The great Blood Moon Mother is awaiting your return!"
"Fuck, Xia Yue, this person said she knew your mother, and she called you Miss. Are you also a rich second-generation?"
“…”
Faced with Li Muhan's question, Xia Yue did not answer this time, because this person mentioned her mother, the Blood Moon Church... What does it have to do with her mother?
"Could it be a relative? Didn't the flood flood the Dragon King Temple? Why are you still fighting? I'll treat you tonight and we can have a meal together."
Li Muhan saw that the situation was turning around, so of course he would not resort to violence if it could be resolved peacefully.
"But... Miss, please wait a moment. I have to hunt down this piece of impure blood first."
The nun ignored Li Muhan and her gaze fell again on Qian Gongyue behind the two of them.
"Damn it, after all this talk, you still have to fight."
Li Muhan sighed, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, a golden light suddenly flashed in the nun's eyes, and then she froze in place, as if she was listening to someone. After a moment, she stood up from the ground and looked at Xia Yue with a smile.
"According to the will of our Lord... As the successor to the Irish Special Administration, the Blood Moon Church should respect the traditions of the old agency. We agree to Qian Gongyue's proposal for a trial by combat, and the location of the trial by combat is in Tianhai City."
Now it was Yan Yu's turn to quit.
"Go back to your own territory and handle your own affairs. This is China..."
Before she could finish her words, an order sounded in her headphones. After hearing this order, Yan Yu's face was filled with helplessness and anger.
Obviously, the rules and laws she believed in were once again ruthlessly trampled upon.
She slowly raised her head and looked at the nun.
"Direct orders from Chang Yue, Director of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau, to fully assist the Blood Moon Church in the duel trial. Xia Yue, a member of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau, has been specially approved as the duel agent for the prisoner Qian Gongyue."
Then her gaze slowly shifted to Li Muhan.
"For this duel, the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau's special cooperation with the outliers, Team 7 Captain Li Muhan, has also been allowed to participate. This order was jointly issued by the two countries' Special Management Bureaus after consultation, and no one is allowed to disobey it."
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