Chapter 186 - 138: We’re Here for the Benefits

Seeing the redhead starting to act crazy again, Ansel silently came to the man’s side and raised his arm.

"Wait! Don’t do anything!"

Roman swallowed his saliva and immediately became honest.

He looked at Lin Lan: "I know you’re just pretending to be crazy, you can’t treat your boss like this..."

"Oh ho, so you’ve been eavesdropping all this time."

Lin Lan raised an eyebrow, his gaze turning unfriendly: "Be honest! Tell us everything you know, or else..."

The young man tapped the heavy hammer on the giant’s back, showing a twisted smile: "Kekeke, I’ll unleash this companion who loves slaughter, and raze the entire Celestial City to the ground!"

Ansel: ...

To cooperate with Lord Lin Lan, he had no choice but to lift his mask and force a stiff smile.

Roman shuddered, his expression changed, and finally, he lowered his head in defeat.

"I only understand that you are also ’outsiders’ coveting the concept of Justice from outside the Samsara."

The Judge’s eyes turned cold: "Like the Pure Beauty, you are the culprits disturbing the world..."

Lin Lan and Ansel exchanged a glance.

"Keep talking, starting from ’Samsara’."

The purple-robed weirdo sat next to Roman, patting him on the shoulder: "Since you’re on the side of Justice, getting entangled with Pure Beauty can’t be a loss for you, right?"

Lin Lan smiled.

He was indeed right about this insane Judge being fundamentally different from those ’heroes’.

Roman was silent for quite a while.

For some reason, when staying beside the purple-robed weirdo, the Pure Beauty concept that was deeply embedded in his mind seemed devoured, with the ’truth’ slowly surfacing.

"I vaguely remembered, I recall the sun losing its color, the sea of flowers covering the sky, the Justice Archangel’s realm falling to the planet’s surface, and the Divine Kingdom piercing through the earth, nearly destroying everything on the planet’s surface..."

The Judge struggled to organize the fragmented memories.

Ansel instinctively tightened his grip on the hammer’s handle, indeed the collapse of Justice happened after the sun disappeared.

"But we had not abandoned our ravaged homeland."

Roman slowly began to recount: "From that day on, the survivors unwaveringly became the Gravekeepers of Justice. Most stayed on the main star, while those capable moved to the Planet Ring, responsible for monitoring the anomalies brought by the end times and always ready to alert other civilizations."

"At first, we still had the strength to handle those doomsday flower seeds being propelled upwards, until ’Nameless’ betrayed us..."

"He somehow cut off the connection between the main star and the ring, using flower seeds to turn everyone into immortal devotees..."

Roman’s expression turned painful: "Later... later, this became the ’Flower Celestial City’, everyone became puppets flourishing in Pure Beauty, singing false Justice day after day."

Lin Lan recalled the twisted smiling faces of the citizens, his expression grave: "How many cycles have you been through?"

"I’ve forgotten... I only remember that I seemed to always live through the hero’s life of failure, day after day, year after year..."

Roman frowned tightly: "Nameless, with the power of Pure Beauty, transformed the entire Planet Ring into an altar for the end times, then slowly warped everyone’s perception. Initially, the Gravekeepers (heroes) were not like this..."

Lin Lan’s thoughts scattered, continuing to inquire: "How can we find the Tomb of Justice on the main star?"

"It’s useless, the Tomb of Justice was long hidden by the Beauty God."

Roman’s eyes were filled with despair: "We Gravekeepers have already been corrupted into blades stabbing towards Justice! I will eventually become like the Silver Knight and Celestial Horse!"

"Sounds really terrible."

Eleanor shrugged beside them, sighing.

"Alright, we’ve got a general understanding of the Gray Realm’s background."

She stepped forward, reached out, and turned Lin Lan’s face towards her: "Let’s talk business, what’s our specific plan next?"

"Of course it’s..." Lin Lan opened his mouth.

"Hold on a moment."

Eleanor interrupted the young man’s words: "Stop talking about empty concepts like ’Tomb of Justice’ and ’fighting against Pure Beauty’, I can’t understand such profound reasoning."

Lin Lan was taken aback.

"Let me put it plainly."

Eleanor pressed her forehead close: "Listen, Lin Lan, the only reason I’m following you to the Gray Realm is just to solve the trouble Ark Kingdom is about to face."

"Do you still remember our initial intention before departure?"

She curled her lips, deliberately dragging out her words: "We are here to gain some ~ benefits ~"

"I want to work with you to build Ark Kingdom into a place suitable for the Doragon people to live, my thoughts are that simple."

Eleanor looked directly into Lin Lan’s eyes, so close that he could totally feel her breath.

"I also know your thoughts and goals, even if you have promises with the so-called ’Justice Angel’, setting your goal too vague and grand isn’t a good idea."

"After all, there are far too many regrettable stories buried in the chaotic Gray Realm."

"Getting blinded by grand goals is a mistake rookies love to make, they consider themselves protagonists in stories, ultimately lost forever in boundless seas."

Eleanor’s usually bold tone turned inexplicably gentle: "Ark Kingdom still has a load of troubles unsolved, why don’t we first think about solving the problems before us, alright?"