Evening.

Today, it was Asker's turn to guard the ancient books outside, and the other girls had all gone back to Hearthfire Island.

Moving the pews in the church, Aske sat outside the chapel and leisurely looked at the dark night sky.

The light pollution in Solomon City has always been very serious, but this time, due to the rise of the demon tide and then the outbreak of anomalies, most of the lights in the city have stopped, revealing the brilliant galaxy unique to the night of the world of "A Song of Iron and Fire".

Although the topography and place names of the continents here are highly similar to those of the Earth, the planet named "Helel" is not the Earth, so the starry sky here is completely different from what is observed on Earth.

There is no Big Dipper, no Southern Cross, no constellation that Asker knows. Although he can't recognize it on earth.

There was a dull silence all around, except for the occasional searchlight that pierced the night sky and cast it in the direction of the edge of the Lateran Palace...... Presumably, the attack field shield happened over there again. High-dimensional creatures don't seem to need sleep either, and are still energetically attacking humans.

"Asker." Nola's voice rang out from behind.

"I'm sorry to let you take the risk to come with me this time." She crouched down next to Asker's chair, hugged her knees and whispered.

"It's fine." "We weren't in any danger. ”

Nora gently brushed the chestnut hair on the side of her face, and smiled a little helplessly.

As for the battle we encountered when we entered the city, was it still not dangerous? If it weren't for Eleanor's protection of everyone with the Will Turtle Shell of the Holy Sword's bonus, something might have happened.

"I told my brother." She continued, "The Holy See will gradually arrange personnel, equipment and materials to evacuate to the Castel Sant'Angelo airport along the secret passage. ”

"We will be the first to evacuate."

"Okay." Asker didn't say anything, just nodded.

In fact, he didn't know what to say, and he couldn't think of any other tricks for this high-level mutation that hadn't happened in the original game, except to run away.

As an e-sports player, Asker only delves deep into game battles and character builds, and as for online game missions and plots, the club has a dedicated resource department in charge.

For example, for super-large quest dungeons such as Solomon City Mutation, professional clubs usually rudely let the technical department directly grab and unpack the package, and clarify the local data updated by the game client: for example, what is the monster of this task, what is the intensity, what is the reward and how to get it, there will be a plan to classify it.

And a professional player like him, as long as he manipulates the character to go through the task according to the process of planning and design, and gets all the rewards.

To do this, it doesn't feel like playing a game, it's more like a boring professional job.

And now in the unknown mission plot, there is no clue information, and his eyes are black, which is indeed an experience that Asker has not experienced for a long time.

I can only take one step at a time.

After Nora left, a few more minutes later, Asker heard Mi'er's voice from behind him:

"So we're going to run away, Asker?"

Asker is speechless, why did you start looking for me again?

"It's not an escape, it's a tactical retreat." He corrected Mi'er's inappropriate wording, "Just like the last time we left the Imperial Alliance." ”

"Last time Eleanor saved those soldiers and knights, what about this time?" Mi'er was silent for a moment and asked, "These innocent citizens trapped in Solomon's city, poor fellows corrupted by mutations, no one cares about them?" ”

"Hey." Asker immediately became vigilant, "Don't act like Eleanor! ”

"I won't, Asker." Mi'er shook her head, "I'm just a little ...... Saddened. ”

"I don't know...... Can you understand the feeling? It's like watching things slide into the worst abyss, but you can't do anything because you're weak. She took a deep breath and continued, "Sometimes, I still dream that I am fleeing in the mountains of Constantinople, and that I am full of people who have come to hunt me down. ”

"I squatted by the river, trying to clean the blood from the gun, but I couldn't wash it off......," she said, gradually losing her mind. Asker was silent as well, pressing his hand to her pink hair:

"Mi'er, you are a kind and good boy. But you should also know that there are many things in this world that we can't do. ”

"We can only do our best, but don't force a perfect result."

"Asker......" Mi'er plucked up the courage to say what she had always wanted to say, "I was lucky to meet you who came to save me, and my life changed forever. ”

"But now, are these inhabitants of Solomon's City doomed to fall into the mutation after the withdrawal of the Holy See? Probably no one will stand up to save them like you did at the beginning, right? She said in a low mood, "I know this kind of thing can't be forced, I just ...... I can't do anything about myself, and I'm just a little sad. ”

"If I could get stronger, wouldn't it...... Can you do what you did in the first place? ”

"Yes." Asker replied, "You can look at Eleanor." ”

"She had faced intolerable atrocities and chose to stand up for justice – of course, we must admit that it was a mistake – but the matter was finally resolved. The empire finally conceded defeat, the soldiers were no longer forcibly sent to battle, and she herself was not irreversibly damaged. ”

"However, if we look at the whole thing from the beginning, you will find that the reason why this matter ended well was not because she was fighting for justice, but because she comprehended the Indomitable Holy Sword in battle, so that she was able to stop the emperor and the demigods while protecting herself."

"On the one hand, we need to recognize that human ideals should be beautiful and hopeful; On the other hand, we must face up to the fact that this world is objective and cold, and that it only follows its own laws, and will not make any accommodation to you because of your justice and kindness. ”

"Attitude and means are two different things, and the latter is often more important than the former. It makes no sense to say that there is no capacity to implement. Since this world says survival of the fittest, only the strong can have the right to speak. Then we have to try to be stronger, try to be qualified to be a voice, and then we have to influence the things that we want to make it better. ”

was brainwashed again by Asker's "Theory of Becoming Stronger", but this time Mi'er did not immediately regain her emotions and nodded, but was silent for a long, long time before she slowly asked:

"But what if the price of becoming stronger is to choose another path and face a more uncertain future?"

"Mi'er, everyone's path is unknown." Aske said in a relaxed tone, "It's just that there are more possibilities ahead of your path than we do." ”

"This path is called 'growing up'."

Mier: ..................

"I don't want to pay attention to you!" She sullenly dropped a word, turned and ran away.

Asker: ???

He was stunned for a long time, his expression a little confused.