I just hope to live a leisurely life in the world of anime.

###Chapter 255 Escape###

"We can hear some noise from here. It seems like they're up to something big again, Greed. What do you think?"

The short boy's eyes strained a little from using magic to forcibly enhance his vision to see into the distance. He leaned against a large tree and asked his companion, who was standing next to him with his arms crossed.

"I can tell what's going on in a fight and call me."

“I feel something is off. That beam of light just now landed near Crusch’s army, but her army didn’t seem to be in any disarray. It shouldn’t be a bad thing for them, but for us…” Gluttony stopped mid-sentence, his tone tinged with helplessness.

Because he had already guessed Greed's next answer.

“You’re always like this, too cautious. Gluttony, it’s probably just some kind of magic cannon, yet you brought out this ‘weapon.’ You know how much we paid for this, and I contributed the most…” Greed said, glancing at the black-robed man standing next to him.

Just know!

What kind of magic cannon could produce this effect?

The urge to binge eat remained completely unaffected.

He automatically ignored the second half of Greed's words and followed Greed's gaze: "Since it's a weapon, it's meant to be used, so we have to be careful. This matter is of great importance."

We'll weaken Lugnica's power and see if we can reignite the demi-human war. This time, without her, it might force Shenlong to intervene personally. In that case, the witch's goal...

Sometimes binge eating makes me feel really frustrated with myself. I think about myself, I'm an all-rounder in magic and martial arts, and without the power given to me by the witch, I can say that I am the strongest among everyone.

Even his IQ is the highest among them, since it's shared among three people, so it can't be low.

Looking at his teammates, aside from Sloth and Wrath, who calls himself Sloth's wife, both of them are complete lunatics, Greed is an idiot, and Lust, the only one who is somewhat normal, always likes to argue with him.

I've always taken care of them during every mission.

This is a lineup where one god carries four noobs. It might be okay in low-elo games, but it could easily explode in high-elo games.

Fortunately, Anger died five years ago, so managing the three pits is much easier now.

I really don't know why the witch chose to favor these idiots.

Qiangyu, of course, was unaware that he was being gossiped about; otherwise, given his childlike temperament, he might have lashed out again.

"But if the goal is to weaken Lugnica's power, why only target Crusch? I even want to take her as my wife!"

"She is a military genius and the head of the Karlsten family, which can greatly damage Lugnica's morale."

When it came to the topic of his wife, Binge once again ignored it, because talking about it would just lead to a lot of nonsense, and if he offended her, the two of them might even get into a fight.

There have been precedents before.

Gluttony was described in a more subtle way, but he overestimated the intelligence of Greed; Greed still couldn't fully understand it.

"But how could it be a blow... Ah!"

He was about to ask a question, but before he could finish speaking, he screamed in agony.

Bang!

A large crater instantly appeared in the ground, and the figure of Greed was firmly embedded in it.

Binge eating was not in a hurry to react and stared blankly at the stranger in front of him.

An Shu!

He recognized him; after all, he was his church's arch-enemy, so they must have a similar appearance.

However, the real person is indeed more beautiful than the painting!

"Morning!"

"...Good morning." Seeing the other person greet him, Gluttony responded blankly, his mind still reeling.

"Damn it! Who is it?" The Greed on the ground roared, supporting itself on the ground. It had used its power to defend itself the moment it sensed danger, but it was still ineffective!

It appears that three of his ribs are broken!

However, the three people in the tree ignored them, and Gluttony had calmed down. He truly lived up to his reputation as the strategist of the Witch Cult.

"Is this President An Shu?"

An Shu nodded, admitting it, and asked with a smile, "Aren't you going to beg for mercy?"

"Hehe, that's quite direct. President An Shu really enjoys humor. I am Batinkets Ray, favored by the Gluttony Witch Daphne, and the one on the ground is Regulus Xernias, favored by the Greed Witch Echidna. May I ask you a question?"

An Shu seemed to be thinking about something, and nodded slightly: "They're quite polite, even using honorifics. I can't very well refuse, you tell me."

"Do you know a woman who can seduce emotions and likes to wrap herself up like a mummy?" Gluttony and Anshu took two steps apart, jumped down from the tree, and helped Desire up from the ground.

“Five years ago, I would say I killed him, hmm.” An Shu raised his head, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at the motionless black-robed man beside him.

"As expected..." Gluttony sighed, not surprised at all. They had their own intelligence network, otherwise their church would have been wiped out long ago. "Actually, we shouldn't have any grudges against each other, so why are you targeting us..."

"Because you bullied my little cutie!" An Shu shrugged, interrupting her, looking completely justified.

"Is that so? When I went to investigate yesterday, I didn't see any sign of President Anshu, and this morning no dragon carriage came either. It seems that the beam of light just now was indeed President Anshu's doing." Gluttony turned his back and made a few subtle hand gestures to Greed. At this point, he could only hope that Greed would understand.

"uh-huh."

"President An Shu truly lives up to his reputation, but I don't believe the rumors that you can defeat the contemporary Sword Saint..." Gluttony paused, receiving a response. It seemed that Greed was just intellectually challenged, not beyond redemption. He continued, "Today we... attack!"

With a sharp shout, Gluttony was clearly giving an order to the black-robed man still on top. He lifted Greed onto the back of the slightly hunched figure and leaped away into the distance.

The black-robed man on the tree trunk paused, raised one hand slightly, and a long sword slid out from his sleeve, instantly stabbing at An Shu beside him, seemingly to buy them time.

"Well, I thought you two were going to come up with it yourselves..."

An Shu flicked the sword away lightly, drew a circle with his hand, and then ignored them.

He then turned around and caught the longsword that was thrust at him again.

At that moment, An Shu also came into view of the black-robed man's face.

"It's not a bishop after all, and they've arrived early?"

###Chapter 256 Theresa###

"Hurry up, let's find Sloth first! We've been exposed this time, the plan needs to be put on hold." Gluttony took a couple of breaths while speaking and continued to run at full speed.

They had originally planned to secretly attack Crusch when he was conquering the White Whale, killing two birds with one stone, but Anshu's appearance caught them off guard.

"Greed, how does it feel to get kicked?" When Gluttony went to help him up, he saw that the hole in the ground was taller than him!

"I used the power granted by the witch the moment I sensed danger, but I broke three ribs and my internal organs were slightly displaced."

"Fortunately, he probably didn't use too much force. Two years ago, that lustful guy provoked him during a caravan ceremony and hit him so hard that he still hasn't recovered and is still lying down."

This is also why the Archbishop of Lust was unable to participate in this operation, and it is also the key reason why the two of them ran away as soon as they saw An Shu.

"Luckily, the Gospels instruct us not to have a direct confrontation with him, otherwise I'm really afraid you'd go and get yourself killed if you got carried away!"

"Why did he come in person this time? Didn't you say that this guy has been so lazy for the past three years that he's hardly left the capital?"

"How should I know what's gotten into him? Run faster, hopefully he won't catch up. If Sloth hadn't taken away the few remaining followers, we could have bought us a little more time!"

In recent years, due to the suppression by the Anshu Chamber of Commerce, it has been difficult for them to recruit other believers. This is because everyone on the mainland is now condemning them, and the entire church has a bounty on their heads. As archbishops of the Great Sin, when they go out to carry out missions, they are so poor that they don't bring a single believer with them, only a puppet.

Of course, this puppet is stronger than both of them...

Greed began to get irritated, blaming Gluttony for betraying him: "I told you we should have attacked that Crusch directly last night, but you were too clever for your own good and made them go and exhaust the out-of-control white whale first."

"Otherwise, how will you recover the out-of-control white whale? It's also a child created by Daphne, and its abilities are no less than yours or mine. If something happens to either of us, we can't afford such a blow!"

"Why is this beluga whale resisting! Wouldn't it be better to just stand there and let me kill it?"

I won't answer Binge eating; I can't provoke him now, or he might turn on me.

Fortunately, Greed understood the situation. After venting for a while, he patted Gluttony, who was carrying him, and said, "Put me down. I can run now. It's faster with you on my back."

"it is good!"

An Shu quietly watched as the two fools below, who had put down their desires and were now being lifted by the neck and circled around the tree, withdrew his gaze.

He stretched, glanced at the man in black robes beside him, and sighed: "Only seven days, you should cherish them. It's a pity you were destined to die, otherwise it wouldn't be difficult to revive you."

"Thank you very much, Miss Anshu." The man in black robes took a half step back, bowed, and a clear voice came from under the black robes, like the first song of a nightingale, which was very pleasant to hear.

An Shu accepted the bow without any pretense, but then immediately corrected her with a dark expression: "Yes, sir!"

"Oh, sir, I'm sorry, Mr. Anshu, I..."

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

"Oh! What a cute boy..."

"..."

Did the previous generation's Sword Saint possess a naturally naive and clueless nature?

Why don't you keep these words to yourself? Are you just looking for trouble?

"Um! I'm sorry, um... could you tell me how you met him?" The man in black robes had obviously realized his mistake and quickly apologized, changing the subject.

An Shu also didn't want to continue and took over the conversation.

"It's nothing. Well, I went to see the flowers a few days ago, and coincidentally, it was at the same place you two used to go together. That's how we officially met. He said that if he sees you again, he wants to say something to you."

"talk"

"Yeah, let's look forward to it."

“What to say…” Theresa poked her chin with her hand, adopting a thoughtful posture typical of a young girl.

This made An Shu inwardly complain for a while. She's clearly a grandmother now...

"Let's not talk about that. Speaking of which, why did the Witch Cult target you back then?"

"Why... um... how far away is my death now?"

"It's been fourteen years."

"Has it been so long? My consciousness had been hazy and I didn't feel anything... Back then, it seems there were two reasons."

An Shu didn't interrupt; he knew the other person hadn't finished speaking.

"First, there's the Dragon Sword. They coveted the Dragon Sword and wanted to seize it, but they didn't know that the Dragon Sword had its own consciousness, so I entrusted it to my grandson before I went to war."

If it's number two, it's probably revenge.