Endless Debt

Chapter 1158 - 18: Original Sin Armament_3

And then there’s Sai Zong, this self-proclaimed Chosen One of the Eyes of Eternal Fury. Looking back at all his ridiculous behavior, Bologue really finds it hard to associate him with such a dreadful identity.Sometimes, it’s really hard to understand what the Devils are thinking.

"I’m a bit confused," Bologue, deeply troubled, mused as if talking to himself. "Sai Zong suddenly spoke to me, telling me the truth about the Undying Club and the Devil he serves..."

"Normally, I would kill you and take back the Original Sin Armament, but you’re my member, my friend, I can’t do that." Sai Zong’s tone was extremely cold, it did not sound like they were friends at all.

"Kill me?" Bologue was even more bewildered. "With the power of the Eyes of Eternal Fury, shouldn’t you be encouraging me to create more slaughter, right?"

In a fleeting moment, Bologue had thought about what Sai Zong might say. He hoped he would take up this weapon and engage in eternal slaughter and sacrifice with the Undead’s long lifespan, but now it seems, Sai Zong intends to stop all this.

Peace.

The words from the earlier conversation flashed through Bologue’s mind, followed by thoughts of Protections and Curses. Those protected often suffered from the burden of curses, living lives of unspeakable pain.

Bologue once thought such curses only happened to those protected until reality shattered, recalling what Ewen had said to Asmodeus and the information left in Ewen’s papers.

It might not just be those protected who longed for the opposite; even Devils were the same.

The wrathful will never know peace, and so they long for it.

"Continue, Sai Zong." Bologue listened intently to him.

"Just as the Undead gets weary of eternal existence, Devils also grow tired in this endless Hell," Sai Zong, deliberately omitting past stories, seemed reluctant to mention them. "I fought alongside the Eyes of Eternal Fury for centuries, until one day, he unusually calmed down and told me he longed for peace."

"Rather than a master-servant relationship, we are more like friends. After all, I am his only, true Debtor and the Chosen One."

Sai Zong continued, "To fulfill his wish and attain true peace, he entrusted the majority of his power to me, and I created this land to allow him to slumber."

"I don’t understand, can Devils tire of such things too?" Bologue pondered in confusion.

Sai Zong gave Bologue a deep look, wanting to say something but stopping, only telling Bologue, "You will understand one day."

"Continuing our story, after the Eyes of Eternal Fury fell into slumber, I had to ensure no one could disturb him. That’s why the Undying Club became isolated from the world, but that wasn’t enough..."

Sai Zong’s voice ceased, and Bologue guessed the reason, "Those Original Sin Armaments, as long as these weapons continue to consume blood, sacrifices will continuously be offered to the Eyes of Eternal Fury, leaving him no peace."

"Yes, so I spent a considerable amount of time recovering these Original Sin Armaments. For a while, I even considered it a criterion for membership registration. Only an Undead who recovered an Original Sin Armament was eligible to join here. Of course, to forever bury these secrets, in the Undying Club, no one would remember anything related to the Original Sin Armament."

"When I joined, there was no such requirement."

Sai Zong said, "Because the Undying Club is just a gathering place for you now, you haven’t truly retired, plus, most of the Original Sin Armaments have already been successfully reclaimed."

"But there are still a few pieces lost, like my Vengeful Saw Axe." Bologue began to suspect whether acquiring this weapon was due to some ulterior motive of the Decision Room.

"Though reluctant, but... does this mean that stopping the use of this weapon in slaughter could greatly pacify your master and let him slumber?" Bologue analyzed, "This could be a way to render a Devil powerless. If you need, I can relinquish it."

Bologue would never be bound by tools.

Surprisingly, Sai Zong shook his head at this proposal.

"A new conflict is coming, Bologue. With the continuous rise in Ether concentration, this could be the final conflict, a cataclysm that engulfs everything."

Sai Zong spoke heavily, "I have no interest in becoming the King of Demons. My sole purpose is to preserve the peace here."

Bologue said, "But you can’t stay out of it."

"Yes, it’s quite sad," Sai Zong’s tone changed, as if he were the Devil himself. "This is our fate, the fate of the cowards."

Sai Zong shifted the conversation, "I need you to do something for me."

"What?"

"I can sense more Original Sin Armaments resurfacing. I hope you can help me recover these Original Sin Armaments to prevent the Eyes of Eternal Fury’s slumber from being disturbed."

"Why don’t you do it yourself?" Bologue asked, "Your power should far surpass mine, and you know more about this world and the Devils’ schemes."

"I can’t do it," Sai Zong’s laughter turned extremely bitter, "they are all watching me, eager to kick me out first, and this would inevitably trigger a conflict, leading to the awakening of the Eyes of Eternal Fury."

"So you returned, avoiding the battle as well," Bologue said.

Sai Zong said, "I can pay you enough price."

"What can you promise?"

"It depends on what you want?"