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Chapter 536, Souls Unwilling to Rest

The fallen banner of the fallen heroes sent a barely perceptible ripple through the air.

On this land, hazy figures began to appear.

Unconsciously, it drifted towards the flag that had been planted next to Xiao Yang.

One by one, figures entered.

In the previous war.

The event didn't last long, and Xiao Yang was the first to break in, so he proactively cleared out the densely packed fallen heroic spirits, corrupted followers, and monsters.

Yet sacrifice was still inevitable.

These are the souls of soldiers who died in that war.

The Heroic Banner can nurture these souls into battle heroes.

Xiao Yang had witnessed the power of the fallen heroes in the hands of the God of War.

"War heroes are the precursors of fallen heroes who find peace."

With each soldier's soul being poured into the flag.

Soon, the flag changed its appearance, and a name gradually emerged from the hazy to the clear on the flag.

【salvation】

At this moment, the banner of the fallen heroes finally lost its initial composure.

Excitedly, he relayed the information to Xiao Yang.

"These soldiers aren't powerful, but they've managed to forge a military spirit!"

"I am willing to serve you!"

"Please allow me to settle the souls of these warriors!"

These pieces of information popped up in Xiao Yang's mind one by one.

"Please let me take good care of them! They are precious! They are beautiful!"

It's better if they don't speak or cooperate.

"Why does it feel so strange when I open my mouth now?"

Soon, the souls of the remaining warriors in this area were all collected.

Xiao Yang pulled the excited flag up from the ground.

Xiao Yang remained noncommittal regarding His words.

Pulling open an ordinary door and stepping out, one's figure appears in the center of a bustling square.

The words of the Heroic Banner continued to echo incessantly.

"Brave warrior!"

"Fearless warriors!"

"A mighty legion of heroic spirits!"

One sentence after another rang out.

"Release them."

Until Xiao Yang's calm words interrupted him.

The Heroic Banner clearly didn't quite understand Xiao Yang's words.

But He finally discovered what was in front of Him.

A tall, beautiful, colossal statue of a goddess with an expression of boundless compassion appeared before me.

At this moment, he was speechless, like a duck with its neck being choked.

quickly.

One by one, the souls of the warriors were released, their expressions still carrying a peculiar sense of bewilderment.

A soft light shone.

It was like guidance, or like embracing the lost souls of these warriors.

One by one, the figures faded and disappeared in the peaceful atmosphere.

Perhaps it's because we were too close.

This light also stimulated the dense array of divine energy within Xiao Yang.

In the midst of intense pain, his expression instantly became uncontrollable.

With trembling hands, he took a tin box out of his personal backpack.

Xiao Yang also tried out the magical mint cigarettes made by the mages of Hope City.

But in the end, he chose the reformists.

"Magic Mint Concentrated Hard Candy!"

A cooling sensation is released from the mouth.

The physical pain has also eased somewhat.

Xiao Yang stood there, his face contorted with rage, watching the entire appeasement ceremony unfold.

Watching these young soldiers enter their peaceful eternal sleep.

then.

After everything was over, I was somewhat troubled to face those few troublemakers who were still stuck in mid-air.

With the addition of the Goddess of Rest, Xiao Yang was not worried about the souls of these Salvation Army warriors having nowhere to go after death.

But circumstances are circumstances, and reality is always different. Many of the fallen soldiers carried with them, to varying degrees, some stubborn convictions.

The goddess of rest represents long sleep and peaceful death; she will not force souls who do not wish to sleep into a forced sleep.

Fortunately, such obsessions are often not that strong.

Most of them are about "seeing family one last time".

Let's have another drink.

You must roll a six when you roll the dice.

Such a simple obsession.

But as time goes by, some stubborn ones always remain.

Their wishes.

"I want to watch my younger brother grow up."

"I want to protect Yani."

"I don't know what I'm going to do, but I don't want to go to sleep yet."

"Um……."

"Sometimes I really wish the Goddess of Rest could figure out the recipe for a sedative tea."

In this context, in the City of Hope and the Heroes' Cemetery, there are increasingly more sightings of people lingering there.

It did not cause any panic.

It even confirmed that ancient urban legend.

"The dead reside in the heroes' cemetery as guardians."

This has inspired more people to decide that they want to be buried in the heroes' cemetery after they die.

Xiao Yang was having a bit of a headache with these guys.

Staying in a place for too long is not a good thing.

For these deceased, who are now reduced to a dim, shadowy figure.

They are not the spirits that crawl out of their graves.

"One is a second life lived in the body, the other is a soul that lingers and is unwilling to leave."

After losing their bodies, the soul exists alone in the world, facing unavoidable wear and tear every single moment.

The only remedy for these losses is to turn into an evil spirit and begin to devour the souls of other living beings.

Xiao Yang was not worried that evil spirits would start to be produced in large quantities in the cemetery of the City of Hope.

The power of the goddess of rest enveloped them, severing any possibility that those unwilling to rest in peace might transform into evil spirits.

In this situation, the only thing to worry about is these guys themselves.

"A gradual dimming, until it completely vanishes into nothingness."

Xiao Yang was deep in thought.

Since these guys are unwilling to enter eternal slumber, then we might as well find a way to preserve them.

"They can still do some work, even if they're just sitting there."

He's been busy lately, constantly fighting, and doesn't have any particularly good solutions in this regard.

Until the arrival of the divine artifact, the Banner of Heroes.

These departed souls who were unwilling to leave were transformed into heroic spirits.

To prevent them from disappearing completely and irretrievably, like the cicadas that only live for seven days.

"Assign some tasks."

Night patrols can be carried out by these heroic warriors.

As the City of Hope expanded, some special monsters also sneaked in.

Xiao Yang really wanted to deal with these guys.

However, the cost of this process is quite high.

“Some huge rats, slimes that have slipped into the industrial sewers, and some large bats hiding in the shadows.”

None of them are very dangerous or powerful monsters.

The City of Hope can be considered a city blessed by the gods.

The gods can sweep away infiltrated evil cults, fallen ones, and highly dangerous dark creatures such as vampires and werewolves as easily as autumn leaves.

But there's nothing you can do about these rat slimes that burrow into the sewers.

There's not much that can be done about these large bats hiding under the eaves and in the rusty iron towers of the factory.

We can't leave these things unattended.

Now it's time to send the heroic warriors into battle.

Anyway, it's considered a special case of death.

Then you won't have to worry about dirt, mess, or heavy metals, and you won't need to rest.

"A useful city cleaner."

Of course, Xiao Yang wouldn't be so tactless as to express such thoughts.

He wasn't a big capitalist either.

It's just working 24 hours a day.

(End of this chapter)