SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 611 - 611 463 The Immoral Firebearer and Branch

Chapter 611: Chapter 463 The Immoral “Firebearer” and “Branch Office”._1 Chapter 611: Chapter 463 The Immoral “Firebearer” and “Branch Office”._1 “Five days or so, almost six days…”

Colin said casually as he picked up a large skewer of freshly grilled meat and handed it to Shana.

The meat was a recent gift from other churches, and although he didn’t know exactly what kind of meat it was, it seemed to be fine to eat—it was quite fragrant, at least judging from the employees who ate it first without incident…

Little Red was sitting on a bench nearby, blinking and feeling a bit wronged. She had grilled the meat for her big brother.

And it had been given away just like that.

“Thank you…” Shana accepted with her right hand, took the back of her robe with her left, and sat down on an empty chair.

“Then, the church members…” she began, but she wasn’t quite sure.

“They went back earlier today, but I was a little worried because you hadn’t woken up, so I didn’t follow them back,” Colin explained nonchalantly.

Currently, once “The Descent Project” exceeded seven days, one could choose to stay or return. If one chose to return, one would re-enter after seven days, just like before.

But if one chose not to go back, there would be a risk period of one day.

During that day, Colin wouldn’t be able to sense anything from the main company on Earth, feeling a sort of discomfort as if he had been left behind here.

Fortunately, once this one day passed and the countdown restarted, everything would be reconnected, and the employees would arrive again…

By the time Colin went back to Earth next time, seven days would have passed there.

Moreover, this forced-stay approach could only be enacted twice. On the third time, if one continued to stay, it was likely that one wouldn’t be able to go back at all, and the corresponding authority seemed to disappear directly.

It would be very difficult to restart the process…

‘I’m afraid by that time, I would have to wait for Earth to become a part of “The Descent Project” to return, just like with Shana before,’ Colin muttered to himself.

“So…” Shana opened her mouth but ended up only saying thank you. She knew that Colin staying meant taking risks.

After all, in a sense, she was also a frequent guest of many unusual, one-off “Descent Projects.”

With this in mind, Shana felt a bit guilty and wanted to offer compensation, but upon reflection, she seemed to have nothing of value to give.

Not only could she not offer any compensation, but she also owed more and more…

He had helped refugees, alleviated her worries about safety, given a large number of points, made saving people possible again, kept her company in chats, and even served as a punching bag, err, for training purposes.

While it might be called mutual benefit, she felt she had received much more help.

And then, of course, there was the fact that he had come to her rescue from thousands of miles away when she fell into a trap…

This…

Shana could offer only points and some blessing methods, the former of which he didn’t need and the latter, well, they weren’t really impressive…

Beyond that, Mr. Colin was only interested in Holy Relics.

However, essentially, these relics were the remains of sages. Taking them as gifts for outsiders and making decisions against ancestors’ wishes…

Shana thought that the past Saints might actually come back to life and strike her down.

‘Ugh, my head is still a bit muddled…’

Shana shook her head gently. She was still adapting to her body after leveling up, causing her thoughts to be somewhat scattered.

At that moment, Colin’s voice interrupted her: “Do you have any places you need to go to next?”

As far as he knew, this Saint was constantly fighting fires or climbing mountains of blades, never stopping for a moment. He wondered if she had to leave soon…

“Not for now,” Shana shook her head.

All known disasters were already under control, and she had no place she needed to go to at the moment.

As for returning to the Royal City…

Even though she had saved many people, those same people, even if they threw a celebration banquet for her, wouldn’t want to see her.

Of course, in the past, she definitely would have attended the banquet to receive money and resources to settle the refugees. The dignitaries would have to give her face, no matter how much they didn’t want to deal with her.

But the past is the past, and now is now…

Now that Colin had dealt with these matters, she didn’t need to go anymore.

‘That’s good to hear…’

As Colin pulled a skewer of meat from the fire, chewing on it and reveling in the burst of fatty juices in his mouth, he said:

“There’s plenty of space here. If you don’t mind, you can stay for a while to recuperate…”

If he could entice the Saintess to stay, security would be guaranteed!

This place was particularly turbulent right now, and Colin didn’t want to come back one day to find his domain empty.

This place had significant value. First, it provided a steady stream of points for employees to improve their strength. Second, the output of the “Colorless Crystals” from the Bonfire was an especially important combat resource…

When running out of stamina, just using one could revive one’s vitality.

Plus, it had strategic value. If something did happen in the future, this would be one of the escapes.

So Colin was quite concerned about this place.

Of course, “World Code-4” was important, too, but it seemed “Lady Rabbit” had other plans there.

“Oh, okay.” Shana didn’t refuse.

In her somewhat distracted mind, she was still pondering whether past Saints would be angry enough to come back to life.

However, it was precisely at that moment… Relics?

Shana remembered something, suddenly gathering all her scattered thoughts, and mentioned an item.

“Right, there’s something I may need to show you.”

As she spoke, circles of light began to spread from her ice-blue eyes as she summoned a gate of light, and from behind it, she brought out an object wrapped in white light.

“Sniff sniff…”

Colin’s nose twitched subconsciously—it smelled great.