Volume 3 Sword Art Online Chapter 141 A Changing and Unchanging Future
"Alice." Youzhu looked calm.
The Mad Hatter was silent for a moment, then smiled softly, "I see. ”
"Huh?" Youzhu was a little confused.
The Mad Hatter nodded: "The Alice of the oracle calendar is actually you, right?" ”
"......" Youzhu thought for a while, nodded, and looked sincere: "That's right." ”
Although it was actually another Alice who should have killed the dragon, and she was only borrowing her body for a while, Yuzhu didn't plan to ask for trouble.
Since he misunderstood, it's better to continue, at least it looks like there won't be another fight with him.
After all, Youzhu is not really good at melee combat, and he may be able to seize the opportunity by surprise, but it is a fool's dream to rely on this means to defeat the battle-hardened battlefield regulars.
"So, can you let go of my knights first?" The Mad Hatter dismounted and stepped forward slowly.
Youzhu shook his head, and his tone was calm: "No, I'm not sure if you'll do it again." ”
The Mad Hatter raised an eyebrow: "If I had to do it, these two hostages wouldn't be enough." ”
Youzhu was unmoved: "Maybe, but at least it's better than nothing." ”
The Mad Hatter smiled with a chill and stepped forward again: "Then let me see if you can really do it." ”
Youzhu didn't speak, and the sword in his hand pushed forward again.
The two knights could already feel the touch of the cold blade deep into their throats, and they couldn't help but beg for mercy: "Big ...... My lord! ”
They can accept charging and dying, but it is too embarrassing to die for such a ridiculous reason.
The Mad Hatter stopped, pursed his lips, stared at Youzhu for a few seconds, and then sighed, "You won." Say what you want. ”
He could ignore the lives of his knights, but his subordinates couldn't.
Youzhu said his request without hesitation: "Take me to see the White Queen, immediately." ”
The Mad Hatter shrugged, "No problem, but how do you get there?" ”
"Leave two horses, and you will retreat three miles." There are beads to answer like a stream.
The Mad Hatter simply led his horse over, but unfortunately Youzhu directly refused: "I don't need you, the two of them are fine." ”
Refers to the two knights who are framed by the neck.
The Mad Hatter shrugged his shoulders, took the two knights' horses over, patted them on the buttocks, and sent them to Youzhu's side.
This Alice was overly cautious.
Youzhu's gaze swept up and down, then pulled out the knight's belt on his right hand and kicked him away.
Fortunately, the belt was used for restraint rather than fixation, but even so, the knight who was released couldn't help but lift his pants.
Youzhu threw the sword in her right hand away, and slowly wrapped her belt around the neck of the other knight with one hand.
Then he looked at the Mad Hatter: "Now, back off." ”
The Mad Hatter waved his hand back, and the knights began to retreat towards the side of the road, the road on either side was not developed, and the cavalry could not charge at all over the place full of vines and branches.
Youzhu waited patiently for the knights to retreat far enough before riding on his horse and motioned for another knight to mount another horse.
If you want to put the sword on someone else's neck while riding a horse, it is better to kill it directly, but with a lasso, it is much more convenient to control it.
- As long as there are beads that are not ripped off.
"The lasso is short, and if you accidentally get too far away, your neck will break." Youzhu said to the knight in a calm tone, as if to say that the weather is good today: "Please help me lead the way." ”
The knight cast an inquiring glance at the Mad Hatter, who nodded and motioned for him to do as Aju said.
"I see." The knight mounted the horse of another colleague, and his own mount was under Youzhu.
Youzhu took one last look at the Mad Hatter.
The Mad Hatter looked at her with interest, completely devoid of his previous cold indifference, and even smiled when his eyes met.
Youzhu withdrew his gaze and looked at the knight beside him.
The knight hesitated for a moment, and began to move forward at a speed that was not too fast, and Youzhu followed smoothly.
……
"My lord, just let her go?" The knight who was let go asked with some reluctance.
The Mad Hatter glanced at him with a smirk: "Or else? ”
The knight opened his mouth, unable to speak.
The Mad Hatter pulled away his smile and looked cold: "Go back and get the punishment yourself." ”
He was glad to see that Alice was not a little girl who took war as a family, but that didn't mean he could easily forgive his subordinates for their mistakes.
The knight's heart sank, and he bowed his head.
……
The Cheshire Cats did not lie to Alice, they were located only twenty minutes away from the White Queen's castle.
It was bold and aggressive enough for Anriel to chase him here with only a hundred men, but the danger was not so high when there was no means to keep people.
The White Queen's palace is unexpectedly unobstructed, and the overall area can be said to be simple in terms of the identity of the "queen" and the specifications of the underground world, and there are not even many guards, and a straight path seems to lead to the depths.
The knight did not stay long, dismounted outside the palace, and Alice also let go of the snares around the knight's neck and apologized to the knight.
After all, she didn't come to find trouble, just to protect herself.
It's just that the saber has still not been returned.
The knights didn't mind either, apparently well aware of each other's positions.
But he didn't show hostility, just silently led the way in front of him not far away.
There weren't many guards along the way, and they were only a little surprised to see Alice and the two, and occasionally those who asked about the knight's neck injury were also sent away by the knight shaking his head.
The Mad Hatter's order is not specific whether or not to allow Alice to meet the White Queen.
But he is a knight under the Mad Hatter, and a knight who guards the White Queen.
It is the White Queen, not the Mad Hatter, who should be judged on Alice.
The White Queen's palace ban was almost unguarded, and only the two of them were stopped in front of the last hall.
"Knight, is there anything you have come here for?" A half-human-tall white rat wearing a narrow-sleeved and narrow-waisted equestrian suit stopped the two: "Your Majesty is resting, I'm afraid I can't see you." ”
The knight stepped forward: "Mi Li, Alice wants to ask to see Your Majesty. ”
"Alice?" Mai Li ate it, looked at Youzhu on the side, and looked up and down: "Are you Alice?" ”
Youzhu nodded calmly: "I'm Alice." ”
Mi Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I think Your Majesty will want to see you, please wait a moment." ”
Then he turned and walked into the palace.
In a minute, a maid came out of it and said to Alice, "Your Majesty wants to see you." ”
Then nodded apologetically to the knight: "I'm sorry, but ......"
The knight nodded: "Then, I will retire first." ”
After bowing slightly to Alice, the knight left.
"Please come in." The maid peeked at Alice with some curiosity, but did not stop.
Youzhu was not in the mood to respond to the maid, but was just thinking about Wang Heng's actions in her mind.
During the previous journey through the trees, she realized that the passage of time was not normal, and she lost about two hours of her time.
Actually, this statement is not accurate. Because Alice felt it, Youzhu was sure that the rabbit had used the pocket watch, and the two hours were not wasted, and in fact the distance she ran had accelerated between the two hours.
She was just not sure if the rabbit was just trying to time or if he wanted to tell her something.
It's just that she hasn't been able to clear her mind yet, and she has already arrived in front of the White Queen.
Not in the palace, but in what resembled a garden, under a large tree, at a huge stone round table, where the mouse Miley was sitting beside the White Queen.
It is said to be a garden, but in fact there are not many flowers, only the big tree stands out, and the others only grow a few bushes sporadically in the corners.
The White Queen looked at Alice with some curiosity, stood up before she could get to her, and greeted her: "Alice? ”
Youzhu hesitated and blinked.
Alice opened her eyes and nodded, "I'm Alice." ”
The White Queen clapped her hands briskly and smiled: "It's finally waiting for you." ”
Alice hesitated, but decided to ask, "Can I look at the oracle calendar?" ”
"Of course." The White Queen nodded, and touched her lower back, but before Alice could see where she had taken the scroll, the White Queen scattered it on the ground.
A golden shimmer spreads over the white stone floor of the garden.
Alice subconsciously looked at the opening section, but there was only a picture displayed there.
The content is...... The White Queen meets Alice in the garden.
That's what happened right now.
The White Queen explained softly, "The oracle calendar does not record the past, its starting point is always moving forward, and every moment is a sign of the present. ”
Alice nodded and continued to look ahead.
The second picture shows the Mad Hatter walking into the palace with a Cheshire cat.
It was clear that it was useless to continue to imprison the Cheshire Cat without being able to stop Alice from seeing the White Queen.
The third picture shows ...... The Mad Hatter and Alice face each other with swords.
Alice was taken aback, but then the image blurred for a while, and when it resurfaced, it had turned into a running giant beast with a pair of fat men riding on it.
The White Queen stroked the oracle calendar: "The future is not immutable, to be precise, it may change at any time. ”
Alice was a little puzzled: "Then why are you sure of me?" If that's the case, I'm probably not the prophesied Alice. ”
The White Queen shook her head, pulled the oracle calendar, and pulled it directly to the bottom of the volume.
It was also an image, but it was Alice with a sword in her hand and a dragon's head cut off, and the dragon's head rolled out and the dragon's corpse fell to the ground.
The image fluctuates, but only repeats the scene of Alice beheading the dragon, and the fierce battle is faintly visible in the distance, and the two sides are the poker soldiers and chess knights that Alice has seen.
The White Queen held her hand: "Only you can defeat the Exploding Dragon." ”
Alice fell silent as she looked at herself in armor and sword in the picture.