The nun's uniform, which was slightly modified from the original one, outlined the body curves of the person. The long black skirt was slightly blown up by the wind, revealing the metal armor covering the entire calf.
The "Nun" stood quietly outside the cold territory, on the dividing line.
The messy hair falling on her forehead obscured her face, and the St. Peter's Cross hanging on her chest shone brightly in the sunlight.
You Huan didn't know whether there were still nuns in the church today, but this nun was obviously not from the church.
After claiming to have received divine revelation, the founder of the church abandoned any religious symbols of the past and used the tree-shaped sun as the emblem and most sacred symbol of the church.
After the first few nuns of the convent defected from the church because of the corpse-turning caused by the black dust infection, they re-selected St. Peter's Cross - that is, the inverted cross - as the symbol of the nuns walking outside.
The inverted cross is often used as a symbol of rebellion against God in later generations.
But in the beginning, when Jesus' disciple Peter was persecuted and was about to be crucified, he said that he was not worthy to die in the same way as Jesus, and was eventually nailed upside down on the cross and martyred. Therefore, the inverted cross also means humility.
I don't know what the nun meant by this.
In addition to the different signs, the nun naturally has a distinct zombie smell on her body, which is a completely different smell from that of humans.
When he came to the nun in person, the nun, who had been standing motionless, finally moved.
Facing the sunlight, she slowly raised her head, revealing a pale face, like a beautiful woman who had died and been left in the morgue for many days.
The iris, which is slightly smaller than a human's, is covered with a strange reddish-brown shadow.
She stared at You Huan with such horrified eyes, her tone was cold, but the content was friendly:
"Good morning, dear lord. I am here to visit you on behalf of the Pure Sisters. May God bless your territory and make it prosperous."
"call..."
The snow-white corpse beast took a step closer, exhaling cold breath from its mouth, and its red eyes carefully observed the nun, but she just stood there expressionlessly and accepted the scrutiny.
You Huan finally asked, "Do you still believe in God?"
The nun still had no expression on her face:
"God is watching over the world, and what we are now is God's gift - after our death, we have been given another chance to be reborn. We have shed our old bodies, washed away the sins of mankind, and become better creations."
The church also says that the zombies created by the black dust are a symbol of human sin.
The two forces have different opinions, but both say that there really is a God in the world.
You Huan only briefly thought about the topic before asking again, "What would you nuns want to talk to me about?"
"The Lord killed two of our ranked fighters, but also let some of our soldiers go, showing both strength and mercy. We, the Sisters, are willing to acknowledge your existence and your territory, and to enter into a peace treaty with you."
It turns out he came to negotiate peace.
The roads near Youhuan's territory are important, as they are the fastest way for the Sisters to send their troops to the fertile pastures.
If he continues to block the way here, and is attacked by wave after wave of zombies, even if the Sisterhood can send troops to attack him, it will cost a huge price.
It was not worth it to devote a large amount of manpower to this and delay the progress on the ranch.
What's more, zombies and corpse beasts are two relatively close parties and do cooperate with each other a lot.
Of course, the main reason for peace is that zombies don't like to eat corpse beasts, and corpse beasts don't like to eat zombies.
It was as if there was some instinct engraved deep in their lives that made them completely uninterested in each other.
As an "exception" among them, You Huan actually hoped that the nuns would continue to send food...but he also knew that this could not last long.
If he really angers the Sisters... he doesn't have the strength to confront one of the world's largest forces.
——Temporary peace, this is what he wants and what the nuns want.
As for when this peace will be broken...it depends on You Huan's subsequent developments.
He pondered for a while, then said directly: "Okay, then I won't kill your soldiers in the future, and you don't bother me. Peace has been achieved, you can go back."
"…"
The nun narrowed her eyes, not knowing whether the corpse in front of her really didn't understand or was just pretending to be stupid, so she had to speak:
"The achievement of peace requires a two-way exchange. You killed our ranked fighters, so you need to pay compensation, and our Sisters will also trade with you in the future - the first-hand intelligence we have about the church, food intelligence, and..."
She turned her head and glanced in a certain direction of the territory:
"——Supplies needed to feed humans. We have anything you want. You can pay with the supplies in the territory or even more simply, your combat power. Moreover, we are not reluctant to provide free financial assistance to our allies."
After she finished speaking in one breath, she saw that the Corpse Beast Lord fell into deep thought.
She waited patiently until You Huan slowly said, "What if I say I don't want to agree?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the cold wind blowing around seemed to stop abruptly, and a temperature even more terrifying than the environment in the territory descended in the dead silence!
Starting from the boots, the frost spread all the way up. The nun felt her body quickly becoming cold. She suddenly leaned over, and the two hands that stretched out from her nun's uniform instantly swelled into huge claws.
"Swish!" The dress behind her was lifted up, and a thin cat-like tail was swung out and swayed in the air.
The nun's face also began to deform rapidly, her mouth split open to the sides, forming a huge mouth full of blood. She grinned and said,
"Do you want to go to war with our Sisters, Lord! You have long been a blasphemer who will never give up in the church. If you make enemies with us again, you will be the enemy of everyone in this world!"
——This is also a key reason why the Sisters can live in peace with many corpse beasts.
The church believes that zombies and dead beasts are symbols of punishment from God and represent the deep sins of all living beings in the world. Even if they are not serious enough to commit blasphemy, they are all targets that the church wants to eliminate.
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They believe that eliminating zombies and corpse beasts is to eliminate the sins of the world and can please God.
"…"
You Huan and the nun who was ready for battle stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, and then the stagnant air around them suddenly loosened and the temperature began to rise gradually.
He acted as if nothing had happened and said calmly, "I just killed two low-ranking soldiers. What do you want from me in compensation?"
Hearing the peaceful hint in the words, the changes in the nun gradually subsided.
She stood up again, and said while her skirt fluttered:
"Lord, if you sincerely live in peace with us and help us fight against the church, the merciful God will forgive the sins you committed when your position is not determined - as long as you send twenty living humans."
The life of a zombie ranked around No. 80 is worth ten humans who are difficult to catch nowadays due to population decline and the protection of the church.
I don't know whether it is cheap or expensive.
You Huan knew that the nun treated the people living in her territory as food that she specially raised.
With such a "precious" human breeding farm, it is not difficult to take out twenty humans.
But he naturally didn't want to give up the people in his territory, so his eyes moved and he suddenly asked, "I want to keep the humans for myself, do you want the White Knights?"
"White Knight?" The nun's expression flickered slightly, as if she had not expected this proposal. "Okay, one knight is equivalent to ten humans."
"Then after some time, I will give you two white knights."
The nun accepted You Huan's blank check well, nodded slightly, and then took the initiative to bring up the relevant topic: "The ten white knights who entered your territory, could it be..."
"—They have all been killed by me."
The Corpse Beast Lord's calm answer made her face slightly surprised for the first time: "Ten White Knights, no wonder..."
"What's the matter?"
"...No wonder the Explorers Association ranked you higher than we expected." The nun's expression calmed down.
His ranking has actually been released?
You Huan became curious and asked again, "What's my ranking?"
The nun took a deep look at the snow-white monster in front of her, which was not very big and did not seem to be very powerful.
"Ranking..."
"——No. 43." (End of this chapter)