The clarion call of war came sooner than expected!

In less than ten days, the Parliament, which had completed its preparations, took the lead in attacking, not only shaking out all the dirty deeds of the Shadow Guard, but also issuing an ultimatum to the other side to lay down their arms and surrender within ten days, otherwise they would use superweapons to kill all the rebels who tried to resist.

On the other hand, the leader of the Shadow Guard, who already had considerable influence, was not to be outdone, quickly refuting all the accusations against him, and even proclaimed that these were all conspiracy of the council to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and that they were threatening the supremacy of the council.

In addition to this, other members of the Shadow Guard also took the opportunity to spread rumors among the lower classes, claiming that the council was doing this to ensure that its position and interests were not threatened, and that it wanted to erase this powerful force that was ingrained in the blood of every Darrant.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, not to mention a more important force than money.

Despite the absolute and unquestionable authority of parliament over thousands of years, no one would back down from such a situation.

All of a sudden, an irreconcilable and fierce contradiction quickly formed between the long-privileged spellcasters, led by the Parliament, and the warriors and ordinary people, led by the Shadow Guard, who mostly lived at the bottom of society, and the whole society was divided into two incompatible camps for confrontation.

At first, confrontation was limited to verbal arguments in the streets, but it soon developed into outright violence.

In particular, the warriors, who have been suppressed for a long time, directly resorted to the most extreme method - dueling, in response to the provocations of the spellcasters who are usually high above.

As a result, it is not surprising that Shadow is a power rooted in the blood of the Darents, even a novice who has just awakened can master a large number of skills in a quick learning, coupled with a long period of concealment and concealment, most magic users do not understand the characteristics of this power at all, and almost more than sixty percent of the unlucky ones died on the spot, and the rest were defeated even if they won.

As with all antagonisms and conflicts, with the pungent smell of blood, every Darrant realizes that this civil war is inevitable.

Therefore, they either chose to take sides, hoping to take this opportunity to change their fate, or under the guise of reinforcing the expeditionary force, they left this place of right and wrong as soon as possible to prevent them from accidentally becoming involved in it and becoming cannon fodder, and then consider whether to come back when the chaos and contradictions subsided.

Time was fleeting, and when the last second of the deadline was up, the council did not hesitate to unleash a powerful attack magic.

The entire building was ravaged by the energy of different attributes such as fire, frost, nature, and arcane, and it was unrecognizable in the blink of an eye, and not even a little residue was left.

After the violent tremors, explosions, and loud noises, a black mass of unidentified matter was seen in a semicircle, holding all attacks firmly on the outside, and failing to hurt the people inside.

Before the legions of spellcasters gathered in the distance could react to what was happening, the black unidentified matter suddenly seemed to come to life, soaring into the air and directly enveloping them inside.

Through the traces left by the continuous struggle on the surface of the black substance, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of pain the people inside are suffering.

When everything calmed down, the black mysterious substance slowly faded, leaving only mutilated bones everywhere.

There is no doubt that an entire army of formed spellcasters has been quietly wiped out.

Just as the Council and the Shadow Guard begin to test each other's strength and cards, Luke, hiding in the depths of the forest, communicates with the leaders of the various races in the camp who have a blood feud with the Darents, knowing that each of them has agreed to attack in three days.

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"How's it going, are you done?" the boy asked, pursing the corners of his mouth, meaningfully.

Luke nodded thoughtlessly, "Yes, it's all done." Whatever happens next, the Darents are unlikely to have the time and energy to deal with us. ”

"Very well, then, dear brother, are you ready to come with me to uncover all the secrets and embrace our destiny?" said the boy, turning his gaze in the direction of the lake in the distance.

"It's not my character to run away. What's more, I've always wanted to figure out if since we are two parts of one consciousness and soul, will we become one again when the mystery is revealed?" Luke licked his lips and posed a hypothesis.

I don't know why, the closer he gets to the moment when the mystery is revealed, the more he has an indescribable nervousness.

"Are you afraid?" the boy turned to stare into the other's eyes.

Luke hesitated slightly, and quickly responded with a smile: "No, it shouldn't be fear, but an anxiety that can't be expressed in words." Have you never wondered what the point of what we are doing, and what choice you will make if you and I really need to give up our identity and consciousness as independent beings in the end?"

"Fear comes from the unknown, and to some extent, anxiety is also a type of fear. I can understand that both you and I have too many concerns when faced with the ultimate choice. Personality, consciousness and memory are the most basic things in a life, and once these are lost, then oneself is not the original self, but a new life. But sometimes, evolution comes at a cost, and that price can be to throw the past behind and embrace the future with a new attitude. If it were me, I wouldn't have any confusion or hesitation. ”

As he said this, the boy's tone was as calm as ever, as if abandoning himself was as simple and easy for him as eating and drinking.

"So...... You've made your decision!" Luke raised an eyebrow, a look of surprise on his face.

"Yes! I've made a decision. Also, I advise you to hurry up, after all, we don't have much time left. If you choose the opposite of mine at the last moment, we will become real enemies.

"Hehe, I don't want to be your enemy. ”

"I don't want to. But a lot of times, individual will is small and insignificant, and can't influence the choices of others, isn't it?"

Either way, it's between you and me, and it's up to you and me to bring it to an end, whether it's perfect or not. ”

"That's the end of the chatter. Let's go, there's still a long way to get to the dark lake from here, and you can take your time thinking along the way. ”

With the last word blurted out, the two boys finally ended this and, most likely the last, face-to-face in-depth conversation.