Devil's Bible

Chapter 308 How Hard I Tried

Meeting Agnelli's incredulous gaze, the warm and generous smile on Aimelu's face vanished.

Her hands were clenched tightly, and she exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay.

She was always very careful.

Whether it's coming to this Azure Whale or betraying Nemus back then.

However, she was not entirely heartless, and under various mental pressures, she eventually revealed her weaknesses.

She knew that Nemes was watching them from the shadows.

Therefore, when he saw the road showing signs of abnormality, he was already exposed, and there was no need for further disguise.

Or rather, Nems had already suspected him, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly left such a path behind him to test him.

Ignoring Agnelli, Emerald frowned and walked toward that road.

Agnelli's expression changed several times before he followed behind with Moriturus.

As expected, Aimelu was extremely familiar with this.

She knew all the different paths and soon arrived at the place where she had besieged Nems.

At that moment, Nemes was standing here, holding a flower in his hand and admiring it.

"Nemus!" Emerald had completely lost her usual demeanor; her entire image seemed to have changed.

"How much do you know?"

“All of them.” Nems released the flowers from his hand, his eyes seemingly devoid of hatred for the three traitors.

There were even smiles on their faces, as if they were friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Although my proposal was radical, I did not take any extreme actions. Logically speaking, I would most likely be locked up in the confessional department."

"However, they acted immediately, and that's when I knew I had exposed something deadly."

"And among the people who have access to these things, you are the prime suspect."

Nemes wants to change the world, so he needs a plan.

Although his understanding was flawed and he failed to adapt to the current world, he was not brainless. His proposal for reform was merely a preliminary test.

He might be suppressed or imprisoned in the Department of Repentance, but he believed that once he was promoted to the Golden Seed, those suppressions would disappear.

So while testing the church's attitude toward reform, he was also secretly cultivating talent and preparing to establish factions, etc.

These tasks are very secretive and virtually unknown to outsiders; even Agnellimus took precautions against them.

"Only you... I was truly fooled by your disguise."

Aimelu is kind, warm, and generous. She always exudes youthful energy when you're with her.

At the same time, she is thoughtful and understanding. She can understand some of Nemus's thoughts, comfort him when he is sad, and stand firmly by his side when he needs support.

All I could see was Naimus.

Nemus naturally wanted to develop Amélu into a like-minded companion, someone he could support each other on the journey of changing the world together.

Yet this very person, at the most crucial moment, took all of Nems's secret preparations and plans and reported them to the authorities.

She also informed the Nemes Church that they had captured a group of highly gifted children in this area, urging Nemes to rush to their rescue.

She then sought help from the faction advocating for peace and stability.

At that time, Nemus didn't think much of it, and like Agnelli, he even thought that Emerald really hadn't been involved in betraying him.

On the contrary, after she pleaded for Naim, she chose to remain silent due to pressure, which Naim considered to be the right thing to do.

But the more Nemus thought about it, the more he realized something was wrong.

Although there was no evidence, Nemus, judging from human nature, had already guessed most of the truth. "No, you're the one who ruined me!" Amélu glared fiercely at Nemus, roaring like a madwoman, "Do you think you're so great?"

"You want to change the world, change social classes, and give more opportunities to those who are like mud!"

"They don't deserve it!!"

"I come from humble beginnings. Do you know how much effort I've put in to change my future?"

“I know what kind of people people like, I know what kind of people you like, so I almost thought I was that kind of person.”

"You want to be a hero? Fine, I'll cooperate and become your hero's ally."

"But why do you give those opportunities to those worthless people? They don't work as hard as I do, they don't deserve them at all!"

"By doing this, you will only offend the nobles, offend the church, ruin your own future, and drag me down with you."

"You almost ruined all my efforts and now nobody wants me, except for that idiot following me around!" Aimelu's face became ferocious and ugly.

Her words caused Agnelli, who was following behind, to have a distorted expression.

He never imagined that the true face of Amel, whom he admired and regarded as a goddess, would be like this.

Then I realized that Amel had no shortage of suitors. Even when Nemus was still around, members of the great noble families, such as his brother, had shown her a lot of interest.

However, after that incident, the pursuit of Emerald by the members of the noble families also disappeared.

Because those nobles all knew what had happened, they also learned Emerald's true identity.

No noble family would be willing to let such a woman marry into their family.

Agnelli now understood why his older brother always wore that pitying yet mocking expression whenever he saw him.

The truth is so ugly.

He became the most ridiculous part of it all.

“I originally thought you would have empathy for those at the bottom of society, but I was overthinking it.” Nemes shook his head, not arguing about right or wrong.

The existence of the world renders that approach unworkable, but humanity is still humanity, and the desire for happiness is not wrong.

But now all of this is meaningless.

"So, have you prepared your last words?" Nemus asked.

Nemes's long-decayed body is no longer sublime, and at this moment he has no intention of discussing the right or wrong of lofty ideals, so he no longer possesses a grand narrative, leaving only the simplest personal grudges.

"Die!" At that moment, Aimelu unleashed a spell she had prepared beforehand.

A barrage of sharp light needles flew towards Nems like raindrops.

Meanwhile, a sword of energy appeared in Nemus's hand, which he casually swung.

Those light needles had all disappeared.

"It's the real Moritorus!" Emerald exclaimed with delight.

The church sent them here for a very simple purpose.

It's all to attract hatred.

People's hatred for betrayers is instinctive.

When a traitor appears, the vigilant Nemus is highly likely to be drawn to him.

At this point, Nems had nowhere to escape.

“Nemus, you were besieged and captured here back then, and you will be the same today!” Aimelu said with a determined look as she watched Moritorus rush forward.

(End of this chapter)