Chapter 140: Hell Ahead
"Looks like you've figured out a lot of things. β
Seeing Ethan again, Artoria expressed her gratitude very formally.
If Ethan hadn't brought herself here to see how the other King Arthur dealt with the rebellion from a relatively 'objective' perspective, I am afraid she would not have been able to untie her knot so quickly.
"Have you decided what you're going to do?"
"I'm ready to face my end. β
Arthur often chatted with her these days, and it made her understand a lot of things.
She realized that she was too paranoid about certain thingsβit was purely her delusion that she could avoid the destruction of Britain without drawing the sword in the stone, and that she should not deny everything about herself because of a single failure.
Bad things should always be faced, and good things should not be denied.
Finally understanding this, she stopped being paranoid, and after helping Arthur put down the rebellion, she was ready to go back, and then bravely meet the end she deserved.
She knew that if she spoke up, Ethan would be able to help her recover, and she could even lead the remaining knights to re-pacify all of Britain, but she had accepted her fate and was not prepared to change it.
As Ethan said before, 'Britain is good, no one needs to save it', and her Britain has perished, and she has clearly seen her own ability, even if the reunification of Britain is just to start a cycle again.
"So you're going to meet that guy?"
β......β
Artoria didn't realize what Ethan was talking about at first, and then a certain white-haired man suddenly flashed through her mind.
"This ...... Why did you want to meet that guy?"
Ethan looked at Artoria, and from the curious expression on her face, she finally realized that this person, who was called the Dumb Hair King by countless people, was indeed a bit dumb......
She didn't realize that her soul had been 'bound' for a long time, and even if she died, it would have a completely different ending.
After Artoria's death, the soul enters Avalon, where it lives happily and forever, living a carefree life in a place that exists alone outside of all worldlines, or if she feels too bored, she can choose to sleep until she has slept enough.
In this respect, Merlin of that world cared deeply about Artoria and had arranged everything for him.
The only thing I didn't expect was that Artoria's obsession before death was too strong, and it even attracted a bad consciousness to kidnap her, and then met Emiya Shirou, which led to several possibilities for Artoria's future.
Even after the accident, Merlin still did his best to make Artoria happy - after Artoria entered Avalon, Merlin also managed to "lure" Emiya Shirou, who 'has a deep bond with Artoria', so that the two could reunite in this world.
It's more thoughtful than my own father.
But now Ethan has intervened, and Merlin and Avalon, where he is located, are also under Ethan's jurisdiction, so it doesn't matter what choice Ethan makes for Artoria, as long as Ethan wants to find her, whether she goes to Avalon or ascends Valhalla, it is impossible not to find her.
The brief conversation between the two men did not avoid the crowd, and Shirou heard what Artoria had to say.
Emiya Shirou had a little loss on his face, but he didn't say anything, but was happy that Artoria had untied the knot, and by the way, he introduced Artoria to the game that Illya had just taught him to play.
"Artoria, you exist in this game. β
"Huh? Is there a game like this?"
Artoria is obviously already a king who unites Britain and rules a country for a long time, but when she unties her heart and does not fight and discuss business, she behaves no different from an ordinary little girl, Ethan has doubted more than once, the sword in the stone is probably not only frozen by her physical age, but also by her mental to a certain extent.
Seeing that she was now looking at Emiya Shirou playing games there with a surprised face, and then happily took the brand-new mobile phone handed over by Illya, where does she look like a king who is dozens of years old and has rich experience?
But...... Is it really good to teach Artoria to play this game?
Not only for Emiya, but also for Artoria.
"It's funny, though. β
Just thinking in his heart that there was no real way to stop him, Ethan saw these people, went to say hello to Arthur, and left here directly.
According to the previous agreement, Rin Tosaka and Illya would stay here for a few days, during which time the world kept pace with Ethan's personal time flow. The time of the Harry Potter world is also in sync with Ethan, all in order to mix up the summer vacation.
After settling everyone down, Ethan first observed Zong Jun's situation in the Youyou Hakusho World.
Overall, the situation is quite passable, he has successfully cultivated his spiritual power, and has combined it well with his original skills - swordsmanship from Sasaki Kojiro and various magic knowledge from Medea.
He failed to worship under the door of the Phantom Sea, and the protagonist of Urahan Yusuke was very strong in both luck and strength, and Zong Jun, who was originally just an ordinary person, had no good way to suppress him.
However, he has already developed some friendships with Urahan Yusuke and important characters such as Kuwabara, Kurama, and Flying Shadow, and has successfully blended into the protagonist group.
As long as it develops like this, Zong Jun may not be able to overpower the protagonist and make a big deflection in the plot, but it is still possible to follow the protagonist's team to fight and steadily improve his strength.
If the means are clever, maybe you can get the exclusive cultivation knowledge of Zangma and Feiying - not to mention the ability of Zangma to control the demon world plants by relying on the blood of the demon fox, the evil king Yan Killing Fist that can manipulate the flames of the demon world is quite interesting, whether it is the technique that can control all the flames or the unique demon flame, Ethan wants to study it.
I thought back to the whole story of Youyou Baishu in my heart, from the beginning to the finale, a total of a few years span, which is not a very long time, even if Zong Jun is always alone in that world, it is not a big deal.
But Ethan still decided to give him some benefits, and after seeing that Zong Jun had just completed the 'staged' plot and performed well, Ethan threw Medea into that world.
"Hmph, don't be grateful. β
For Ethan, the closer and more stable the relationship between Zong Jun and Medea, the better it is for him, who said that the world to which Medea belongs now belongs to Ethan.
After dealing with this side of the matter, Ethan returned to the Moon Goddess, and after thinking about it for a while, he did not go directly to the Marvel Universe to inform Tony that he had connected the two worlds, but launched a plane shuttle alone.
This time he went to the world of the edge of tomorrow, he didn't pay attention to the protagonist and the heroine, and went directly to the battlefield after arriving in that world.
His goal was to collect the blood of the alien creature that could control time - first by grabbing the smaller monster and drawing blood, killing it to experience the feeling of going back in time.
Because of Ethan's space-time powers, he wasn't contaminated with the creature's blood (and the collected blood was still quietly stored in the storage space), but he wasn't affected by this backtracking like the others.
The memories were intact, and he could still stand still and watch the scene around him regress rapidly, he was completely detached from this 'timeline' and was a special being.
After the experience, Ethan went straight to the monster's lair, killed the largest alien creature, and stored its entire body in his own special storage tools.
Ethan's actions were tantamount to saving the world, but he didn't have the idea of being grateful to the whole world, and he left here directly after doing all this.
He collects these things because when Harry Potter was in his third year, an interesting item appeared in the plot: the time turner!
This magical prop that allows the wearer to go back in time is a very powerful add-on!
With this item, Hermione was able to complete all of her electives in a limited amount of time, and she was also able to change many bad things with this item.
What's more, this thing is very convenient to use, at least much more convenient than Ethan's own time energy - even now, Ethan does not really have the magical power of controlling time.
I chose the Harry Potter world at the beginning, in addition to taking a fancy to those rules of magic, and it is suitable for changing back to the appearance of a child to kill time, most of the reason is because of this prop.
When he was about to enter the third grade, it was not surprising that Ethan took the initiative to do some preparatory work, he wanted to further improve his understanding of time, and then see if he could thoroughly grasp the 'principle' of the time converter, so that he could truly master time.
After all this, there is still a long time before the start of school, and now he can go to the Marvel Universe for a spin.
Keeping the harvest of the trip in place, Ethan finds Bruce Banner, who lives comfortably on the island, and asks him if he wants to join him.
"Go back to my world? β
Bruce Banner doesn't miss his own world, he doesn't have many good memories there, and it's nowhere near as comfortable as his recent life has made him.
It's just that after hearing that Ethan has established a stable channel between the two worlds, he wants to experience this kind of teleportation - according to Ethan, he can travel freely between the two worlds through these devices in the future.
"It's pretty convenient. β