When was the first time I killed someone? It seems it was those human drivers who were transporting ordinary people in the ghoul restaurant, but he could say he felt nothing, because in his opinion, these people no longer deserved to be called 'human'.
Lancer never thought that people should be kind, but they must have their own bottom line. When they decided to conduct human experiments, and use children who had no power to resist as experimental materials, they had already crossed that bottom line.
And in Lancer's eyes, these people who had no bottom line were no different from the ghouls and dangerous species he had hunted before.
As for their hideousness before death, it was just the last wail of a mad dog.
"Friend!!"
And just as Lancer cleared the passage and was about to continue chasing, a slightly enthusiastic shout came from behind him. As expected, it was the young man in the brown and white jacket from before.
"How about we team up?"
The other party's familiar personality made Lancer not know what to say for a moment, especially the silly smile on his face that made him feel completely unthreatened. But 'teaming up'...
Lancer couldn't help but look at the long-haired man behind the other party. No matter how he looked at it, that person was more reliable, but the other party didn't seem to notice Lancer's reaction and continued to introduce himself. In the end, he even directly extended his right hand.
"We are investigators from Crossbell. I'm Guy, and he's Arios."
"Lancer."
After shaking hands with the other party, the cold-faced man Arios behind him also came forward and shook hands with Lancer.
"Okay, next we should deal with the base here."
"Lancer, you seem to be from the Republic? My hometown is also in the Republic..."
"Your move is really good. How did you practice it..."
...
Normally, Guy would be the vanguard, but when faced with a group of opponents with average strength, the three of them didn't adopt a normal triangular formation but fought on their own. However, Guy would occasionally talk to Lancer along the way, while Lancer remained silent most of the time, because he had no idea what the other party was talking about.
Although he had played the 'Trails in the Sky' trilogy, he wasn't a meticulous researcher. After playing the game, at most he had some memories of certain characters and forces. As for the detailed content, he could say that he didn't know anything. So based on the idea of speaking less to make fewer mistakes, he simply focused his attention on the DG cult members who were not afraid of death.
It has to be said that most of the DG cult members were crazy enough. They mostly shouted 'minions of the goddess' and then rushed forward to their deaths.
Of course, the reason Guy kept talking so much wasn't because he was talkative, but a kind of——————tactic.
Although he seemed a bit familiar and easy to talk to, as an investigator, he was definitely qualified. So would an investigator be easily affected by external factors while working? Would he look for someone to chat with for no reason? Obviously not. He was trying to test Lancer's background.
At the same time, Guy and Arios also adopted a completely different handling method from Lancer. Unless absolutely necessary, they would rarely kill people. Lancer did not make any comments on this.
Those people were their prey, and how to deal with them was their right, but Lancer unconsciously sped up. And Guy and Arios also noticed Lancer's sudden acceleration. After exchanging glances, they also sped up.
The reason they didn't go all out before was that they were deep in enemy territory. Even if they were strong enough, they had to save some stamina and energy to deal with sudden situations. But now that the gate should have been breached, support would arrive soon as expected. So the two of them went all out to save the lives of those DG cult members.
It's not that they didn't want to deal with these people, especially Arios.
Every time he remembered the tragic deaths of the children in the experimental facility, he couldn't help but think of his own lovely daughter.
With the same indigo hair as him and sparkling big eyes, she always politely greeted everyone. That soft 'Papa' was the best gift to relieve his fatigue from a day's work. The thought that someone would attack such cute little angels almost made him unable to suppress his killing intent, but in the end, he held back, because he was an investigator, and he needed to fulfill his duty. Even for criminals, they needed to protect their lives.
If it were in the past, when the two of them encountered a situation like Lancer's, they would definitely stop it, but this time was too special. All the participants couldn't even name all the organizations that joined this operation.
The two most powerful countries on the continent, two major organizations (one open and one secret), and an association that covered the entire continent.
These were the ones that everyone knew about. There were also armies from various small countries, various small civilian organizations, and of course, the jaegers who made a living by fighting, and some avengers whose families were destroyed by the DG cult.
So this time, before Guy and the others set off, their superior specifically mentioned one thing——————try not to have any conflicts with other personnel who were clearing the DG cult. After all, Crossbell, where they were located, was in the middle of the Empire and the Republic. Who knew if someone would use this as a pretext to attack Crossbell?
"Slap~!"
With the last body being fiercely thrown from the long spear onto the ground, Guy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He wasn't someone who had never seen corpses, but after seeing dozens, almost a hundred corpses at once like today, he was inevitably a little uncomfortable. After all, his heart was not made of iron, and unlike some people, he hadn't already come to terms with it.
On the other side, Lancer also couldn't help but exhale.
Although his anger was still strong and his stamina could be restored with items, after continuously clearing 2 small and one large base, his mind was also a bit tired.
But at this moment——————
"Sergey? What's wrong? Okay, got it."
An extremely brief exchange, but after he finished speaking, it was obvious that Guy was relieved.
"What's wrong?"
Not only was Arios looking at Guy, but Lancer also cast his gaze over. After all, he had just arrived in this place and had no source of information. Before, he was lucky enough to meet Reinhardt. Now that the other party had left, he didn't even know a single familiar person. It seemed that if he wanted to get information about the DG cult, he could only rely on this young man who seemed a bit familiar.
"The general command has announced that this 'operation' has ended. This should be the last base."
After speaking, he also glanced at Lancer, as if he wanted to see what Lancer's reaction was, but unfortunately, there was no reaction...
The other party was just looking down, not knowing what he was thinking.