Chapter 32: Hold the Hand of Faith
"Maggots, just stand anywhere around here, and then activate the magic energy to hold on for another quarter of an hour or so, and you will succeed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoHey, maggots, are you listening to me?"
"Ha, ha, ha, what? What are you talking about?"
"Dema wants you to activate the Eye, stupid abyssal maggot!"
Charlotte's eyes were red as he looked around his surroundings. At this moment, the elven rangers are setting hidden but effective traps in the wilderness, and Zoe purses her lips and warily surveys her surroundings. They weren't under the old locust tree as expected, but the surroundings were slightly raised hills and endless dark wilderness, all of which signaled that the time had come to an end, and that they would face a massive siege by Gerald's Abyss Legion.
"Hey, what's going on? Al?"
Time reset is once again approaching the endpoint, which means that Charlotte has no choice, leaving him with only a dead end, unleashing the magic energy to activate the circle, and then waiting for the final judgment to come. He stared dumbfounded at Elle hovering over his shoulder, expecting the Evidence of Roots to give him an answer, but it was in vain.
"I, I, how would I know. Lu Sien didn't record the magic of time reset in my body!"
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An embarrassing silence, Elle's words aroused suspicion from Zoe and Dema, who asked Charlotte in an affirmative tone with her blue pupils glaring.
"What are you hiding from Dema!What is the time reset?"
"No! Nothing!"
Charlotte squatted on the ground in a sullen manner, as if everything was going to be a foregone conclusion, and if the seventh person did not return to his place, then the circle could not be activated. The ensuing failures and deaths will be inevitable, and he forces himself to calm down and carefully sort out the cause and effect of all this in his mind.
"Maggots! Since there's nothing to do, go and activate the circle! I really don't know why the master would arrange you to be the eye of the array, if Dema was the node of the circle, this should have ended a long time ago. ”
"Shut up - you poisonous maid! I've had enough, why do I have to think of a way to break the game alone, and be despised by your 10,000-year-old Lori washboard!"
"Ju, how dare you say that Dema is a washboard!
Seeing that the two suddenly broke out into an argument, the uneasy Zoe immediately stepped forward to try to calm the two.
"Two, two, what's wrong with you? Why should we start fighting among ourselves when victory is at hand! Lord Charlotte, Lord Dema, shouldn't we all work together now?"
"Hmph, work together! Don't joke here, you know something, Zoe! You're just a sacrifice to this feast, whether you succeed or fail, your end is already doomed!"
Charlotte felt that her thoughts were in a state of confusion, and the excessive pressure had brought him to the brink of collapse, and the appearance of Zoe and his Ranger Guards in the previous world line who had sacrificed themselves to protect themselves still clearly echoed in her mind. The frustration of defeat, the humiliation of not being able to break the game, the guilt of deceiving these warriors, all the emotions converged into a ball and blurted out the most vicious venom.
His words made the hill eerily silent, and the rangers who were laying the trap stopped what they were doing and looked at him with a strange gaze; Dema glared at Charlotte angrily, as if she wanted to tear him to pieces; Zoe took two or three steps back as if she had been struck, and then asked Charlotte with a low emotion, rubbing her brows.
"What do you mean, I don't really understand......"
Charlotte realized that he had done the greatest folly, and he buried the hope of victory with his own hands, spreading suspicion and fear to this bloody guard, and turning the morale of the high-spirited ranks into low and desperate.
"This stinky maggot has gone mad, Zoe-sama, please leave his nonsense alone!"
"No, as the commander of this team, I have the right and the duty to know the truth, even if it is death, at least let me and my loyal warriors understand why I died!"
Zoe blushed, and the elven prince, who had always been personable, had changed his old image and interrupted Dema without manners. The petite maid mage looked at Zoe, then glared at Charlotte fiercely, and stepped aside sullenly.
"Lord Charlotte!"
Zoe's voice was so firm and loud that it made Elle let out a 'hmm' exclamation, and she hid behind Charlotte timidly, and she peeked out a pair of red pupils from Charlotte's shoulders, looking at the red-faced Zoe timidly like a kitten.
What the hell should I do? What is the right choice? This is not right, it will only make things worse! Calm down, Charlotte, you must calm down and find a way to break the game!
Charlotte clutched her scalp in pain, and he told the lie again in a mournful voice.
"The circle is real, but, Zoe, have you ever thought about what will happen to us as the ones who open the circle? The angry witch will soon react, and she will definitely not let us go. In other words, even if we succeed, our chances of survival are slim to none......"
After hearing Charlotte's words, the rangers picked up the task at hand again, as if Charlotte had just said that the moon would rise after sunset. Zoe breathed a sigh of relief, and he patted Charlotte, who was in pain and blamed herself, thinking that she understood the cause of his distress.
"I see, in fact, even if you don't say it, we know all this...... Lord Charlotte, please don't, um, be afraid, even on the road to Yellow Springs, we will shelter you from the wind and rain. ”
Wrong!
"I haven't told you my story yet, before this war came, I lived in the southern Forest of Flowers, which is a city full of dreams. We build the city with the vines of the elven tree to create a wonderful world where nature and living things coexist in harmony. Every morning, the birds of the Forest of Flowers wake me up with cheerful songs, and after eating the tender fruits, I train and play with my companions. Until that day, when the war destroyed our city, the Queen Mother and the elders decided to join the alliance to fight the witch. ”
That's not true!
"During the war, I met a cheerful human girl who seemed more mature than me, but in fact, she was dozens of years younger than me. The girl, with her short green hair, was as fresh and natural as the grass and trees of the Forest of Flowers, and she told me that her name was Bonnie, and that her country had been destroyed in the war, and that her parents had died under the witch's butcher's knife. But despite such painful memories, the girl still has an innocent, clear smile. ”
What the hell are you trying to say, Zoe!
"She always told me that she would become a legend in the future, that she would become a powerful mage like Her Majesty Russin, and then defeat the witch! But she would not kill her, because revenge and killing would only water the flowers of destruction of darkness, and she would use her own way to stop this wrong war, and she would re-establish the order of the continent so that all races could live together in peace and happiness forever. It's a naïve dream, right?"
Why do you want to say comforting words to me who is full of lies, with such a gentle look!
But even if her thoughts are so naïve and ridiculous, I still look forward to her pure and kind. Even if I knew that with her talent, I would never be able to achieve the roots, or even become a legend. But, in my heart, she is a more dazzling existence than anyone else!"
Shut up!
"Ah, so dazzling, but she fell on the bloody battlefield. That day, a demon snatched out her pure heart with its filthy hands, and I, too far away, could only watch this tragedy happen. I've never hated myself so much! I hate my powerlessness and timidity! The phrase 'I like you' has been buried in my heart has not had time to say it to her. Originally, I thought that when the war was over, I would confess to her. If she is willing, then I would rather give up my status as a prince, leave my hometown where I can rest in peace and quiet, and accompany her to find a lively city to live in seclusion. She is so fond of laughter, so peace-loving! I have thought more than once these days, will she feel lonely and sad lying in that dead and cold coffin?"
Please don't...... Let's go on!
"So, I have decided to carry out her ridiculous ideals and stop this unjust war! Not only that, if I can continue to live, but I will also transform the world according to her ideals, and create a dreamy and wonderful ideal land that belongs to hers! So, Lord Charlotte, please don't worry, defeating the witch and stopping the war, this is the voice of thousands of hers, and all the sacrifices for this ideal are worth it! Lord Charlotte, please muster up the courage to fight side by side with us!"
No! No! Stupid! It is impossible to stop this war, you are nothing but the sacrifice of shameless betrayal, the fertilizer that watered the flower of victory for us with flesh and blood! Don't say these nice things to me, it will only make me more miserable!
"Hmph, stupid maggots! Think about it, the victory has already been dragged into the hands of thousands of Bonnies!"
Dema's cold voice slammed into Charlotte's mind with a violent momentum, calming his restless heart instantly. Yes, victory has already come! In her own time and space, the war of annihilation has already been won, and the Steevan live quietly in this world, even if the ideal land that Bonnie longs for has not come, but her naïve dream is not illusory. Bonnie, perhaps the unknown mage in history who made the future famous Zoe, the Architect, lives on in another way.
Charlotte looked at Zoe with hazy eyes, and looked at the hand that the other party stretched out towards her, and the idea of wanting to talk to the future Zoe came to her. After becoming the master of the structure, did he continue to carry out Bonnie's dream? That is for sure, he must still be continuing Bonnie's dream in his own way! Even if he clearly knew that it was just the innocent dream of a simple girl.
Perhaps the astonishing ignorance of knowing that it is impossible to do is the biggest difference between an ordinary legend and a root mage!
Charlotte firmly grasped Zoe's calloused and uncomfortable hand of faith, feeling the latter pull him up from the ground with great force.
"Wait and see, Zoe, your sacrifice will not be in vain, this genius Charlotte will show you the perfect way to the end now!"
As always, Charlotte showed her brilliant white teeth.