"Is this... the power of a God? It's truly... unreasonable."
The Doctor, having returned to his original state, lay on the ground, looking at Durandal, who was completely unaffected, thinking bitterly.
He had underestimated the power of a God too much, thinking that by studying the power of the archon residue, he could touch the power of a God. In reality, he couldn't even touch her heel.
He had thought he had somewhat reached the point where he could fight a God, but when he truly faced a God, he realized that all his actions were merely those of a clown.
This time, Durandal rarely took it seriously. If it weren't for the children who needed treatment, the Doctor wouldn't have been able to leave even a trace.
The Doctor had no room for resistance; no matter what methods he brought out later, they would be useless in the face of overwhelming power.
At this moment, due to the side effects of the potion and the corrosion of the deadly Virus Durandal had inflicted upon him, intense pain constantly stimulated his brain.
It was pain that should have caused him to lose consciousness, but his consciousness was extremely clear, causing him to feel the physical pain at all times.
The only reason he was still alive was that Durandal was keeping him alive, preventing him from dying in torment.
The deadly Virus was constantly destroying the Doctor's body, but the power Durandal had inflicted upon him was constantly resisting this force, while also maintaining his consciousness, keeping him awake.
Why do this? Because letting him die just like that would be too easy for him. For what he did to these children, letting him die a thousand times would not be enough to quell Durandal's anger.
Ignoring the wailing Doctor, Durandal took all the children who still had a breath of life to a place, simultaneously absorbing the archon residue from their bodies and using Humus Power to heal their bodies.
Even the eight severely corroded test subjects regained their human form under Durandal's treatment, but they were too severely corroded and had completely lost their past memories.
Fortunately, Durandal cured them, and their physical condition returned to a healthy state. Although they lost their memories, they could live healthy lives after waking up.
After an unknown amount of time, the Knights of Favonius, led by Diko, found Durandal's location.
Jean herself, with a cavalry squad, a guerrilla squad, and other Knights, arrived here. When they arrived, Durandal was surrounded by a group of sleeping children, their faces peaceful, as if they were having beautiful dreams.
Durandal was surrounded by them, a faint smile on her face, and her eyes revealed an unprecedented tenderness.
This tenderness even Barbara couldn't match, deeply attracting the arriving Knights of Favonius members for a moment.
"Ah ah ah ----"
Just as they were immersed in this tenderness, the Doctor's screams brought them back to reality.
At this moment, the Doctor was so tormented by pain that he was no longer recognizable. His miserable state made the Knights of Favonius members involuntarily take a few steps back.
His current situation was too tragic; it was impossible to describe.
"You've arrived."
Durandal frowned, looking displeased at the Doctor. This person was too noisy and could easily disturb the children's rest.
Fortunately, they were so tired that even with the Doctor's continuous screams, they were not awakened.
"Take these children back. They are all children brought here by the Fatui for experiments. I have already treated them; give them a clean place to rest well."
"Understood, I will."
Jean nodded, efficiently instructing the members to take the children away from this den of evil, moving as quietly as possible so as not to wake them.
Due to the large number of children, the Knights of Favonius couldn't take all of them at once and had to take them away in several batches.
Durandal watched all this silently, the girl who called herself Xiao Duo still resting on her lap.
While other members took the children away, Jean inspected the Fatui's experimental site, looking for any useful intelligence.
Upon seeing other children still in the cages, she was startled and immediately rushed over to check their injuries.
But without exception, they had all lost their life signs, their bodies already cold, having passed away an unknown amount of time ago.
"Miss Durandal..."
"Even I... cannot save lives that have already perished. These Children could only be saved because they still had a breath left in them. As for the others... I have no way."
Durandal felt terrible. She could have tried to revive them through a magic orb, just as she did with Village Chief Agalu. However, revival would bring more trouble to those Children. They had already experienced too much pain, and Durandal did not want them to suffer again, so she chose to give up on them.
Jean and Eula, who had come to help, looked at Durandal with some heartache. They both understood that Durandal had done her utmost to save these Children.
But the lives of the departed Children could not be salvaged. Even a God could not save those Children. Durandal had truly done her best.
"Don't be sad, Durandal. You've done very well. If we had found these Children, we probably wouldn't even have had the ability to save them."
Eula came to Durandal's side, took her hand, and looked at her with gentle eyes.
Think about it, if it wasn't Durandal but the Knights of Favonius who found this place, given the Children's condition, the Knights of Favonius would have had no chance of treating them.
Durandal said that these Children had only a final breath left. If it weren't for Durandal, it's likely even those Children would have died.
So she had done very well. No one had the right to criticize Durandal, nor the authority.
Durandal looked at Eula wordlessly, nodded silently, gently picked up Xiao Duo, and handed her to Eula, asking her to take Xiao Duo away from this place. She planned to leave last and completely destroy this place.
At this moment, Kaeya came before The Doctor. Looking at The Doctor, who was wailing, he pondered how to deal with him. If he brought him back, he could probably be used as a bargaining chip with the Fatui.
He was quite important to the Fatui. Although he conducted inhumane experiments, his research did bring improvements to the Fatui.
"Leave him to me, do you hear?"
As he was thinking about how to gain an advantage, Durandal interrupted his thoughts and said expressionlessly.
"Uh, Miss Durandal. He still has some use, you can't..."
"I said, leave him to me. Do you want me to say it again, Knight of the Knights of Favonius!"
Without giving Kaeya a chance to finish his sentence, Durandal repeated herself.
A terrifying aura erupted from Durandal's body. The surrounding walls even developed cracks due to this terrifying aura.
No matter what high-sounding reasons Kaeya had, even if letting them take The Doctor away would yield the greatest benefit, Durandal had no mind to care.
She only wanted this guy to die, to die in endless torment. Anyone who tried to hinder her would be her enemy, even the Knights of Favonius, with whom she had a good relationship.
Kaeya hadn't expected Durandal to go berserk at the drop of a hat. He thought that, given Durandal's relationship with the Knights of Favonius, they could at least discuss it, but she was completely unreasonable.
"Kaeya, did you find anything here?"
In this tense atmosphere, Jean came to Kaeya's side and asked.
"Acting Grand Master, I..."
"You found missing Children here who were captured by the Fatui for experiments, and with Durandal's help, you rescued the Children who were still alive. Besides that, did you see anything else?"
They were all seasoned veterans. Kaeya saw Jean's obvious hint and quickly understood her meaning, nodding.
"No, besides these Children, I didn't see anything else."
Jean nodded in satisfaction and looked at Eula. Before she could ask the same question, Eula spoke.
"I didn't see anything either. I just saw these Children; I didn't find anything else."
Seeing everyone cooperate so well, the terrifying aura finally disappeared, and Kaeya, who had been the main target, also breathed a sigh of relief.
That feeling was truly unpleasant, and at the same time, he understood that his actions just now had disgusted Durandal. It would be almost impossible to establish a good relationship with her in the future.
The Doctor was tacitly ignored by everyone. The Children were also taken away, both those who were saved and those who were not. They shouldn't stay in this demonic den. The Knights of Favonius would find a suitable place to bury them.
As the Knights of Favonius left, Eula looked at Durandal, who was not yet ready to leave, and wanted to go and say something to her, but Jean stopped her.
The subsequent condolences would wait until Durandal had dealt with The Doctor. Staying here now would only cause trouble for Durandal.
Finally, only Durandal and The Doctor remained in the entire Domain. Looking at The Doctor, who was already on his last breath, Durandal took out her great scythe, ready to deliver the final blow.
Just then, that familiar sensation struck. When The Lady was rescued, it was this aura that appeared. This meant that the Tsaritsa had finally noticed the situation here and was preparing to rescue The Doctor, just like last time.
"Do you think... the same thing will happen again?"
Facing the Tsaritsa's attack, Durandal launched her own. This time, she held nothing back. Her Apostle Power was fully infused into this strike, hitting Snezhnaya, thousands of miles away, across dimensions, striking the Tsaritsa who was trying to take the person away.
If the Tsaritsa hadn't noticed that something was wrong and quickly retracted her movements, that one blow would have been enough to make him fall, without any resistance.
The Tsaritsa knew Durandal was strong, but he hadn't expected her to be so powerful.
From the intelligence gathered so far, Durandal and the Fatui had reached a point of no return. It was almost impossible to ease relations.
But the Tsaritsa would not stop the Fatui's actions; he needed the Fatui to collect the Gnosis for him.
Even though he knew the Fatui's actions were full of sin, he would not stop. As long as he could defeat the Heavenly Principles, no matter what the cost, it didn't matter.
Even if he was eventually killed by Durandal, he would not regret it.
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