Who hid My Corpse!

By the time Yuri returned to the Fifth Zone's garrison, he felt that the land beneath his feet, which should have been familiar, had become somewhat unfamiliar.

He couldn't pinpoint the source of this feeling. Although, as the captain of the Devil's Army, he seldom returned to the garrison, spending most of his time commanding operations in the Polluted Land, he did occasionally come back and never felt this way before.

And now, when he could finally take off his mask and breathe fresh air, he discovered that the air was permeated with an unfamiliar, viscous scent, as if it were mixed with blood.

This feeling was not good.

"You've worked hard, Captain Yuri," Hogney said, also removing his mask, standing beside Yuri with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "You and your men can rest and relax properly now.."

"Can we really rest well?" Yuri turned his head, looking at the large chunks of Pollutant flesh behind him, "With these things here, I find it hard to relax."

"Don't worry." Hogney shrugged, "We'll handle it tonight."

"Tonight?" Yuri slightly furrowed his brows and looked again at Hogney, "You guys?"

"Yes, Captain Yuri," Hogney said, "Your mission is completed. It's our turn now."

"What are you going to do?" Yuri became alert.

"Hehe, as you know, we are of course going to take those two things away," Hogney said with a smile, "Move them overnight."

"...Is there a need to be so hasty?"

"Of course," Hogney said, "You should be aware that Bishop Oliver has returned. He needs those two items, and tomorrow, he will give a new account to the people of Lyra."

"What kind of account?"

"Naturally..." Hogney smiled, "A brand-new future."

Yuri's frown deepened.

He didn't know if Hogney was deliberately speaking in riddles, or if there had indeed been too many changes in Lyra during this time, and he, being out of the loop, couldn't understand.

But either way, this feeling was not good.

Yuri wanted to have Hogney clarify things directly, but he knew he didn't have the right.

Because the Devils were not the Night Star, ever since the incident ten years ago, the Night Star Army was disbanded, and the Devil's Army was established.

The two generations of Pioneer Force differed not only in name but also in status. The Night Star of the past could participate directly in Lyra's affairs, but now the Devils could only specialize in the Pollution Zone and were not permitted to interfere with Lyra's decisions, such that even the Fifth Zone was demarcated separately. The knights of the Devil's Army, without application, had no way to leave the Fifth Zone.

Even more so, they had emergency devices added to their necks, just to prevent a day when the Devil's Army might go out of control like the Night Star did ten years ago.

This feeling of sacrificing for Lyra while being simultaneously guarded against by the entirety of Lyra always loomed over the hearts of every Devil Knight.

This also led many Devil Knights to try every possible means to leave.

That so-called New Chaser Association, that guy named Yong Xin, was one of their methods.

...It seemed he had thought too far ahead.

Yuri, in a moment of distraction, felt his thoughts were too scattered and so refocused his attention, looking again at Hogney.

"Do we need to do anything else?" Yuri asked.

"Just as I said, all you and your team need to do is rest well," Hogney was still smiling, "Leave the rest to us, we will also take care of the remains of the Pollutants."

Yuri nodded.

He understood what Hogney meant, of course.

This wasn't literally about letting them rest, but about having them step aside for a while.

So that the Devil's Army wouldn't know what Hogney was going to do next or when they would leave.

In this way, their movements would become a "secret."

And they could ship those two items back without anyone being the wiser.

Even though Yuri had guessed Hogney's intentions, he still had some lack of understanding.

They were already back at Lyra; even if there was distrust of the Devil's Army, what about the Skeleton Corps?

Wouldn't it work to simply have the Skeleton Corps escort them?

Lyra wasn't a place of chaos, and the other side was just one person. Was it really necessary to be this cautious?

Moreover...

Yuri narrowed his eyes, looking again at the people behind Hogney.

Until now, these people still hadn't removed their masks and were fully armed.

Logically, Lyra only had two military forces, the outward-facing Devil's Army responsible for the Polluted Lands, and the inward-facing Skeleton Corps.

Clearly, Hogney's group wasn't the Skeleton Corps, so who were they?

If they were Bishop Oliver's, then why would Bishop Oliver need to establish a new military force? In name, both Skeleton and Devil were supposed to take his commands.

Could this be part of the "brand-new future" that Bishop Oliver spoke of?

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Being away for only a few months made Lyra suddenly incomprehensible.

Yuri remained silent for a while, and in the end, he didn't voice his thoughts on the matter, simply saying to Hogney in a subdued tone, "Just make sure to handle it properly, don't let those things leak out."

What he referred to, of course, were the remains of the Pollutants.

The Corpse Blocks and Purification Source Crystals were none of his business, but the remnants of the Pollutants were related to him, and Yuri decided to do his job well.