Chapter 705 Desert Worship
Jade exposed Babel's true colors, and among the people present, only Paimon had a look of despair on his face. No one in the Tanit tribe looked surprised or shaken.
Jade: "I understand...there is no one in the tribe who opposes you anymore."
Babel has eliminated all dissidents and turned Tanit into a nest of poisonous insects like herself.
Jade moved her claws, and the blood clots that had solidified in the gaps fell off. "Paimon, hide. Don't watch what's going to happen next."
"You are going against the entire Tanit! Do you think I will forgive you?" Babel ordered the tribesmen in a sharp voice, "Kill them!"
Without waiting for the enemy to rush over, Jade rushed into the enemy group first.
The sharp claws are her knives of revenge. She wants to cut open the hearts of these betrayers and see what kind of poisonous pus is flowing from them!
Babel's face became uglier as the battle progressed. Seeing the blood-soaked Avengers getting closer and closer, she decisively turned around and fled into the tribe.
"Someone! Cover me! Cover me!"
Jade chased after the fleeing Babel and the remaining soldiers, "Dog, dog, dog! Despicable dog! I will tear you apart alive!"
Babel eagerly rushed to the magic weapon on the platform. She shouldn't have set up any soul-gathering ceremony just to win the hearts of the people!
The people rushing out of the tribe turned into blooming blood flowers and screams, and the blood energy rising into the sky attracted the carnivorous magic vultures.
A scream came from not far behind Babel. She turned around anxiously and saw Jade, who looked like a killing god.
Jade cracked her lips into a scarlet smile, "I found you."
A dark shadow pounced from behind Jade and grabbed her neck tightly, while the scimitar in his hand swung down heavily.
Barbelle showed a surprised expression, "Well done Yuften! Kill...!"
The crisp sound of the scimitar breaking and the sound of flesh being pierced rang out at the same time. Babel's smile froze on her face, and mixed with the fear in her eyes, forming a strange expression.
Protected by Su's shield, Jade was unharmed. She threw away the crushed heart in her hand, picked up the thunder axe on the ground, and chopped off one of Babel's feet with ease.
"Ugh! Ah!" Veins popped out of Babel's neck, tears and sweat poured out. "Enough, enough! Are you still not satisfied?"
Jade kicked her to the ground, "Look at your people! Look at your Tanit! You asked for this!"
Babel looked at the blood splattered on the sand and the tribesmen lying on the ground, and felt the Tanit tribe was no longer alive.
Tears rolled down her face and the sob in her throat turned into laughter, "Wuuuuuuuuuuuuhahahahahahahahahahaha!"
Tanit! Tanit! Her abode! Her vortex of hatred and desire!
Blood flowed profusely from the broken ankle, and Babel's face turned pale.
"I, I am your family! You destroyed everything, you destroyed... the hope of Tanit... and the... ahem! hope of all the diasporas on the Gilded Hot Sands..."
Su walked out from behind Jade and said, "Stop tarnishing the words home and hope. You are just setting up a murderous scam for your dirty desire for power."
Sora: "You don't deserve to be Jade's family. No, you don't deserve to be anyone's family."
"I am, I am Jade's mother," Babel looked at the girl in a white dress dejectedly, "Because you...actually disobeyed your own mother...because of an outsider! How stupid..."
"Mother?" Jade's face was wrinkled with anger. "Let me ask you! What kind of mother would force her daughter to murder the man she loves?! Answer me!"
"You did such a thing and sold me to the Fatui... You completely betrayed me. You are not worthy of being my family!"
"My mother's name is Yuffie, Yuffie Hindy. She is an upright person."
“Hehe, cough, cough!” Babel’s eyes were blurred as his vitality faded. “After all, he is a bastard born from Gabriel and that woman… a bastard that can never be tamed…”
Jade swung the thunder axe in her hand, and Babel's head flew up and fell heavily on the dirty sand.
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The setting sun is like blood.
The ecstasy of revenge gradually faded, and Jade dragged her heavy body out of the tribal canyon.
She tried to prepare herself mentally for a long time before she had the strength to turn around and look at the group of travelers following her.
Jade: "Sorry... I don't know what to say... Now... I'm homeless again..."
Sora: "Or rather, you can be anywhere in the world. Your real family will always be with you in your memory."
Jade smiled and said, "If it were the old me, I would definitely think that what you said deserves a beating! Alas, but you are right."
Sora: "What are your plans for the future? Do you want to travel with us for a while?"
Jade showed a bewildered expression, "I..."
She actually enjoyed the days of adventuring with the Traveler Group.
But those days were too good to be true, and she...lost the qualifications.
"I can see that you still have a long way to go, and a greater goal to accomplish... greater than I can bear, and greater than I can imagine."
"As for me, I also have my own path to walk. My path... will definitely not be peaceful and stable. So I won't drag you down."
Her dream was shattered, but she saw more clearly the precious tenderness in the cruel reality - the Traveler Team.
"Let's say goodbye here. I hope the next time we meet will be on a sunnier day."
Jade looked at the girl in the white dress, smiled and shed tears, "Thank you, thank you."
Thank you for saving me once again.
Thank you for not saying "we told you so".
Thank you for appearing like light in my life.
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Only after they were far away from the messy and bloody Tanit tribe did Su and Kong summon Paimon from the Dust Song Pot.
Paimon: "Jade... I didn't even have the chance to say goodbye to her."
Sora: "The journey is long, and you will meet many, many people. Some farewells are enough to be said in your heart."
Paimon sighed.
Sora also sighed slightly.
He knew that Paimon had always been worried about Jade.
This worry is not only due to the kindness in Paimon's nature, but also a lot of it comes from...love for the person and the people in him.
Just like when you have a kitten at home, you can’t help but pay attention to and feed the stray cats on the street that are having a bad life.
Paimon would unconsciously pay attention to girls who looked about the same age as Su, and feel worried about what happened to them.
"Don't worry, Paimon. The desert will get better and better, and so will Jade."