This time, I won't be the devil.

In the game "Dark Soul", attacks launched using the power of the soul are extremely powerful. For example, super-level magic consumes the soul.

If Jacob had used this trump card, he could have easily escaped, but he didn't.

"Even if you're forced to this point, you're still unwilling to use your last trump card? Jacob... you..."

Frey naturally had a plan for this situation.

After learning Jacob's escape route from Van Dam, Frey contacted Leonard, who had separated from him.

"Captain Reynard, the Phantom Thief will arrive at Point D in 5 minutes. Please prepare for battle."

As the saying goes, you have to use soul to defeat soul. This level 42 Paladin also mastered a way to use the power of soul to fight - [Field Expansion].

Different from ordinary abilities and skills, domain expansion directly releases one's own soul power and projects it into the surrounding space, thereby forming a domain and changing the environment.

The prerequisite for using field expansion is to reach level 40.

In order to master the expansion of the domain, a person's soul must be pure enough and able to show certain obvious characteristics, so that a domain with specific effects can be formed after release.

Due to this characteristic, people who can use domain expansion are extremely rare, and Leonard is one of them.

Not only that, Leonard's domain also happens to be the nemesis of the hidden ones lurking in the shadows.

Five minutes later, Jacob, who had run 5 kilometers at high speed, had passed through the gate of the maze city.

Carrying the last medal of human heroism, he headed towards a location in the suburbs under the protection of the night.

Although he had blocked out the pain, his body had already reached its limit after the fierce battle just now.

Bones creaked with every step forward.

But at this moment Jacob didn't care about his collapsing body at all. As long as he could hold on for a few more minutes and return the medal to its original owner, his long-cherished wish would be fulfilled.

Thinking of this, Jacob felt a sense of relief in his heart.

He quickened his pace and climbed up a barren hill outside the maze city, but only then did he discover that a man in armor was standing on the hill.

Jacob knew that man. He was Leonard, the security captain of the Labyrinth City.

During these three years, Leonard visited Jacob's welfare home many times, and the two of them had some friendship.

Just as Jacob was surprised, Reynard suddenly drew his sword, raised it above his head, and shouted:

"Domain Expands—[Sunshine Shines]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jacob felt that the space within a radius of about 500 meters was affected by some force. Even he himself seemed to be sucked by gravity and stopped moving.

In an instant, countless strong lights burst out from Leonard's body, enveloping the surrounding space in incandescence.

And Leonard, who is located in the center of this field of light, is like a sun, constantly emitting light and heat.

The sun shines everywhere, leaving no room for darkness.

Chapter 30 Human Heroes

In this realm of light, Jacob's shadow lurking was completely ineffective, and his figure appeared.

He couldn't help but squint his eyes, but the light was already too strong to be blocked by his eyelids. Even with his eyelids closed, his vision was still covered by a white light.

Jacob felt dizzy after being suddenly exposed to such high-intensity light. He held up his forehead and froze in place for a moment.

Light powerful enough to burn skin focused on Jacob, but quickly dispersed again without causing him any harm.

This is not because Leonard's [Sunshine] is just a decoration that can only emit light. His domain can greatly weaken the demons and various evil things, and continuously cause light damage to them.

The fact that the Phantom Thief was not harmed meant that he was a human.

After a few seconds, realizing he was not injured, Jacob used his legs to try to escape from the area.

However, just as Jacob jumped up, Leonard, who had just been standing there with his sword raised, seemed to have teleported and stood directly above him.

Leonard raised the shield in his hand and struck Jacob to the ground with a shield strike.

In Jacob's opinion, this was definitely not the speed a paladin should have.

Jacob fell to the ground and received a strong impact on his chest. Blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. He subconsciously asked:

"Is this... the effect of the domain?"

Leonard slowly walked to his side and explained:

"This is my gift."

Talent is a precious ability that only a very few people possess, and Leonard happened to have one.

Talent: [Sunny Day Warrior] In high-light environments, increases your strength and speed. The stronger the light, the greater the increase.

Jacob, lying on the ground, struggled to stand up with his hands and stood still.

Through the previous attack, he had clearly realized that there was no way he could escape from Leonard before the expansion of the field was completed.

In fact, as early as when Leonard first came to inspect the welfare home, Jacob felt a sense of danger from the security captain who looked sloppy, dull and lacked motivation.

In this theft, the person Jacob feared most was Leonard, whose strength he did not know.

But even Jacob did not expect that the other party was such a strong man who could use the domain to expand.

"So first of all, can you take off your mask, Mr. Phantom Thief Robin Hood?" Leonard asked.

"Is this still necessary at this point?" Jacob moved his left leg, which was missing half of the leg. Based on this feature, Leonard should be able to determine his identity.

"Or is it that if it turns out that the Phantom Thief's true identity is just a poor old man, our security captain plans to let him go?"

Facing Jacob's question, Renard said sincerely:

"I won't let a criminal go, but I also don't want to wrongly accuse a good person. Perhaps, we can talk..."

Jacob understood that Reynald was different from those sanctimonious Vatican officials, and this could be felt from his field.

When he said he wanted to talk, it was obvious that he was sincere.

But Jacob chose to refuse.

"No need, I am indeed a sinner." Jacob put his hand on the mask, ready to take it off, and Leonard's eyes naturally focused on the mask.

But the moment he took off the mask, Jacob suddenly changed the subject and said:

"But I don't need your sympathy, and the Holy See of Light has no right to judge me!"

Jacob took off his mask and stared into Leonard's eyes, then launched a mental attack called the Eye of Chaos.

Those blessed by the God of Chaos and Joy can use their own souls to influence the minds of others.

Since this skill, like field expansion, requires the consumption of souls, it has a very long cooldown time and can only be activated once a day.

Jacob had not used this trump card during the battle in the Judgment Hall just now because he was on guard against Leonard, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Now it seems that his choice was correct.

[Eye of Chaos] was originally a group attack skill, but Jacob focused all his mental attacks on Leonard by focusing on him, further increasing the effect.

Leonard was stunned on the spot for a moment, grief, anger, ecstasy... countless emotions gushed out, madly intertwined together, as if to burst his brain and tear his rationality apart.

As Leonard's will was tested, Jacob seized the opportunity and slipped back into the night.

Two kilometers away, Frey used his shadow perception to watch the entire fight.

Step six, [Field expansion], completed.

As he expected, facing the overwhelming strength of Leonard, Jacob finally used his trump card of mental attack.

And it is not difficult to see from their conversation that Jacob is not going to accept the verbal persuasion.

This is also the reason why Frey made this plan today. He wanted to make sure that Jacob could be captured first, and then negotiate with him to get the truth he wanted.

Through shadow perception, he found that Jacob was extremely weak at this time, but despite this, it was still difficult for Frey to catch up with him at his speed.

Frey is prepared for this situation.

He put his finger in his mouth and blew a special whistle.

A moment later, accompanied by a sound of breaking wind, Didoris's snow leopard, which had been lying in ambush on the side, came to his side.

According to Didoris, this snow leopard is very powerful because it has been blessed by the Elf King, and its direct combat power is equivalent to that of a human of more than level 20.

Its greatest advantage lies in its incredibly fast speed. If it runs at full speed, it can even be comparable to high-agility professions above level 40.

After being summoned by the whistle, the snow leopard looked up at Frey, looking unwilling to cooperate.

"Don't look so reluctant. This is your master's task. You don't want to embarrass him, do you?"

After hearing what Frey said, the snow leopard friend had no choice but to lower his noble head and show his back to Frey.

"Snow Leopard, let's go!"

After that, Frey mounted his snow leopard and started chasing Jacob.

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After escaping from the barren hills, Jacob kicked one leg and staggered as he continued to run out of the city.

The shield strike just now dealt further heavy damage to his body, which was already on the verge of collapse.

However, due to the enormous strain caused by the prolonged use of [Muscle Release] and [Sensory Shielding], coupled with the mental attack he had just released, his nerves could no longer bear it.

His consciousness gradually faded, and he was now just relying on instinct to continue driving his body.

The white light released by Leonard just now has been lingering in his mind.

It was a long time before Jacob realized that this was not a white light, but a white house. When he opened the door, he saw a revolving lantern of memories...

Jacob does not have many clear memories of his childhood.

He only remembered that he was born in the Conflict Zone, where the three major forces of the Theocracy, the Empire, and the Federation met, and it was plagued by wars all year round.

War causes the elderly to lose their children, wives to lose their husbands, and children to lose their parents.

Jacob became an orphan at a very young age. In the conflict zone, there were many war orphans like him.

Hunger and fear are Jacob's most profound impressions of his childhood.

In the conflict zone, the only two things a little boy who lost his family could do were begging and stealing.

Jacob chose the latter, preferring to take rather than beg for alms.

Jacob was much more dexterous than ordinary children, and before he knew it, he had mastered various stealing techniques.