Chapter 277: The Price of Betrayal
Roland definitely heard it right, Helena did call out Her Majesty just now.
The "queen" related to Roland, no matter how you think about it, can only think of the silver queen.
In addition, whether it is Bansa's mad dog, Su Ze's noble and cold empress, or the queens of other Ya'an clans, they have nothing to do with Roland at this moment.
If Helena had a relationship with the Silver Queen, Roland would naturally be happy to chat with her, pull the relationship, and then kill her and send her back to heaven.
- However, when Roland turned back to ask, she denied what she had just said, and kept her head down and did not dare to look up at herself.
So Roland was like, "Are you stupid?" You say that I really believe you if you don't say anything?
Roland's eyes narrowed slightly.
Without warning, Roland retracted the blade of the sword, which was barely an inch away from Helena's eyeball, into the sword with a clatter, and danced his cane in the air.
"That's right."
Roland asked casually, "I'll give you one last ......"
"Did you hear ...... wrong?"
Before Roland could finish speaking, Helena raised her head casually and looked at Roland with her gray-white pupils.
The courtesy was still the sameβand Roland didn't wait for her to finish, and the sharp blade that popped out of the cane pierced Helena's forehead in an instant, and a fine mist of blood pierced through the back of her head.
The tremendous momentum carried her upper body backwards and slammed it to the ground. In the blink of an eye, in just an instant, Roland completed the entire process from sword to attack, and pinned Helena directly to the ground in a brutal manner.
Roland half-knelt at Helena's side, his right hand clutching the sword that was stuck in the ground at a vertical angle, slowly shaking the sword stuck in her forehead like a car shifting. The blood-stained brains were squeezed and squeezed out of the gaps between the blades and the skin.
"It's useless to say this level of pain."
Helena didn't seem to feel the pain of being pierced through her skull by a sword blade at all, let alone tremble in pain, and she didn't even sweat a drop on her face. She closed her eyes and spoke softly in a tone that was completely out of the way.
Roland was silent for quite a long time, and then his voice suddenly softened: "Do you dare to look at my face and say this." Helena? β
Hearing Roland read out his name coldly, Helena, who was still holding her eyes closed just now and looked uncooperative, suddenly widened her eyes with a look of disbelief.
Time seems to stand still. But after five or six seconds, Helena, who was staring at Roland's face, suddenly laughed.
Her laughter grew louder and more presumptuous. Even because of her wild laughter, even Roland's staff sword that pierced her forehead was almost ejected from the ground. Vast expanses of blood flowed from under her head, and the flowers that had been nourished by blood around her became more delicate because of it.
Roland didn't stop her, and squatted beside her silently. Without saying a word, she waited for her to laugh enough.
It took a few more minutes for Helena's laughter to subside. At this time, Cell's sixth eye had been cut off by Scott, and the outside world, which was less than five or six meters away from Roland, had turned into a hell on earth.
There are black ripples in the air, and when they encounter something, they will catapult back, and the ground has become completely lava and cannot stand. When the black ripples approached the floating garden of Anvilia, they did not bounce back, but just stood still in the air, and then faded away quietly.
Roland didn't even care about Cell's life or death. Just like that, he looked at Helena with a calm and cold gaze.
And Helena's words made Roland raise his eyebrows: "You are not her." β
I probably know that it's useless to put garlic now. Helena sneered unceremoniously: "No matter how similar you are learning, you are just a fake." β
"If it were her, if it was Her Royal Highness, I would definitely forgive me......"
"- Forgive your betrayal?"
Roland came out coldly, and stuck the second half of Helena's words in his throat.
However, she didn't mind her gaffe in the slightest, and just rebuked loudly in an awe-inspiring attitude: "So what? I just want to save more people! β
Roland was silent. Without saying a word, the staff sword held in his right hand became more forceful.
Helena was dismissive of this weak reaction: "Have you ever heard of war? Do you know what war is like? No, at your age, you wouldn't know. β
"It was a cruel purgatory that only those who have experienced it can experience. There is no hope on the battlefield. All that remained in the bloodstain was despair, fear, madness, and the unforgettable wail that surrounded my ears. β
"That's not the arena of glory. There was no glory on the battlefield, only blood and corpses, the dead and the living who killed them. There is only life and death, and everything else has no meaning. β
"Do you know the battlefield? After the death of the Silver Queen, Elkat was already a sure defeater, so why did he send the people to the meat grinder? I don't understand! I really don't understand! β
Helena rebuked almost angrily, her gray-white pupils cracking, a hint of bright red flowing through them.
"I saw thirteen or fourteen-year-old children perform transformation ceremonies in batches, hastily turning into undead armor and going to battle; I saw a father with tears of blood and tears on the battlefield picking up scraps of meat that belonged to his own children, trying to piece them together. β
"I saw the flames of the Heavens burning Elkat into the desert inch by inch. I saw a young Scarlet Warrior who didn't have a wife at the forefront, leading the Crusaders to carry down the endless legions of oracles. Their bodies were sent to the rear, first with their arms and legs replaced, then with their entrails and heads, and finally without a complete fragment, they put their souls together......"
"There is nothing more stupid than waging war."
Helena's emotions gradually calmed down, and her gray-white pupils completely shattered, revealing the bright red eyes inside. You can see that her eyes are full of pity.
"If war is unavoidable, let it be over in the shortest possible time. A war requires the participation of two parties in order to be a war. Moreover, war is more often a means than an end. So, just satisfy them. β
As it turned out, the greed of the gods was nothing more than that. They got Elukado, disarmed the Crimson Crusade, and retired after establishing the Temple in El Carter and deposing the Provisional Ruler. If not, how long will the war last, and how many comrades will go crazy in the endless war......"
"-That's why you betrayed?"
Roland spoke suddenly, interrupting Helena's chatter.
ββ¦β¦ What do you mean? Isn't that enough? β
On the contrary, Helena looked incomprehensible: "It was a completely meaningless war, and there was no hope of victory." It was a massacre, so why continue? Is it just for that ridiculous glory? No kidding, glory and dignity are more important than living. When you die, there is nothing, and when you are alive, you have everything......"
"So, did you betray all of Elcat for the sake of your own life?"
Roland's face was expressionless.
Obviously to keep everyone alive - Helena retorted.
But inexplicably, a familiar and unfamiliar majesty made Helena grow up but couldn't say a word.
"Betrayal is unforgivable. Whatever the reason, there is no forgiveness for betrayal. β
Roland slowly got up, and a silver thorn rune gradually appeared on his forehead.
Helena's pupils instantly contracted to the point of a needle.
ββ¦β¦ This is...... Crown of Thorns?! β
Roland ignored Helena's meaning. He didn't even have the idea of looking back, as if looking at Helena would dirty his eyes.
He just whispered into the clearing, "You heard it, Elukado." β
"Ah...... I hear you, Lord Roland. β
From the shadow of a nearby flower, Elukado's figure crept out.
There was an almost cruel smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes.
The air around her seemed to freeze, and Helena felt her teeth chatter, clashing against each other and making a crisp sound.
"You...... You're not ......."
Roland was surprised not to be angry, he just glanced at Helena with a downward look of pity, then turned and walked towards the center of the garden, and faintly threw down a sentence: "Elukado, do whatever you want." β
"You'll be satisfied...... My master. β
Elukado bowed deeply in the direction of Roland's departure, and smiled brightly. (To be continued.) )