25. The Wine Song of the Dragon and the Blood 11
"Master, let's talk about it alone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Lunali glanced at Kokoroha, turned to the Greybeards behind her, and said.
The Greybeards didn't say much, bowed slightly, and slowly returned to the main hall. When Graybeard is completely out of sight, Lunari turns around and confronts Kokoro. She clenched her fists, then let go, one hand holding the bow behind her back, always on guard of the heart leaf. But the heart leaf crossed his arms and buried his head, as if thinking about something.
"That's funny, Dragonborn... Only the Dragonborn can kill dragons or something, which is interesting, isn't it? Heart Leaf said a word.
“... Can I help you? ”
The other party already knows his identity, so there is no need to hide it. I will come here to talk to myself, of course, not to witness the friendship.
"Ah, of course, I'm just very unhappy that I've been deceived."
The heart leaf who said this, but there was no trace of an expression that could be related to dissatisfaction from that delicate face. She twisted her neck and carefully observed the moon elf in front of her. Her fingers were just as realistic as the weapon she was wielding was supposed to show, calloused, a white cloth garment that made it easy to move without any metal parts, and no extra pendants. Just like the previous heart leaf, the ponytail tied at the back of the neck, and the bright eyes that seem to be able to see through the thick fog. Makes sense, doesn't it?
"First of all, the first question."
A haughty and conceited posture that cannot be refused. Kokoba raised his free left hand and extended his index finger.
"Do you understand your own situation?"
“... I don't understand what you're talking about. Lunali hunched slightly, ready to fight.
"Then you just don't know, right? The second question," Heartleaf raised another middle finger, "Maika, the name I think you should know, the courtyard of St. Lahal... Godchaser? ”
“... We are the chasers of the same world. ”
There is no denial.
"So, the third question... We now have another team that has taken over another main line, are you interested in doing it together? ”
Speaking of the heart leaf here, the expression is relaxed and freehand.
"I'm sorry, I already have a team." Lunali rejects Kokonoha's request as if it were a matter of course.
"Huh? That doesn't matter," Xin Ye paused for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Could it be that you don't know?" ”
You don't know? Luna Ri paused. Seeing her appearance, the corners of Xinye's mouth curled higher.
"In this kind of relatively free world, the average godchaser can form multiple teams, and a godchaser can join up to two teams. After all, the epic difficulty is only for us people, and if it is higher, if it is done by us middle and lower gods, won't there be more people? This kind of rule is also convenient to move, ah, the newcomer in our team doesn't know about it yet. ”
Kokoba said, laughing a little happily, maybe he remembered the newcomer.
Can a God Chaser join two teams? Lunali was startled, then remembered what Maika had told her when she had entered the world. Then I remembered that the epic difficulty, only Maika and herself, it would never be possible to go smoothly, even if both of them knew the world very well, it was impossible. Other words...
"That newcomer was so funny, I just teased her, saying 'trust is just something more fragile than a bubble,' and she suddenly started lying to me uncharacteristically."
Trust... Is it something more fragile than foam...?!
The Moon Elf was cold.
And the god chaser on the opposite side was carrying the wild sword in his hand. Is that... The demon artifact "Ebony Blade", the one in Snowy City.
"It's really a dangerous thing, the newcomer said he was going to trade this thing for my blood, but he didn't tell me that this thing was actually quite dangerous. Oh, sorry, it seems like it's too far. ”
With a cough, Kokonoha stared at the Moon Elf's expression.
"So, is that okay? Inviting you to work on a task together? ”
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Scammed. That guy just wants to benefit, what do you say to protect the world together, but is it just a deception? Task... Task.... yes, why do the God Chasers go out of their way to protect the world... It's obviously an existence above everyone. Why should I be with that guy? I'll just be my own... What is the probability of the same world ... It's just this kind of thing, so vulnerable to the power at your fingertips...
Are you kidding...
I am the savior of this world.
That kind of guy... Not qualified to save the world... This is... Minecraft!
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"Dragonborn, it's up to you to save the world," Kokonoha sat at the Tower Lookout at Hogarth Peak, cross-legged, as she watched Lunali's path to the highest point of Hogarth, the Throat of the World, "No, it's not the Dragonborn who has this responsibility, but only the Dragonborn can do it, kill the dragon, and then absorb the dragon's soul for their own use... How interesting, after this, will the Dragonborn become like the dragon and want to rule all humans? Yes, it's better to have humans rule than to have aliens rule... Isn't it? ”
“... What you say has nothing to do with us. Graybeard sat quietly next to her, not paying much attention to the sudden visitor.
"Nothing to do with ... Perhaps, it has nothing to do with me, whether the world is destroyed, whether it is prosperous, whether Alduin destroys the world or not. That's what I thought I was, but does it really matter? ”
Unscrupulously expressed his own ideas.
"The arrival of the dragon has nothing to do with us visitors from another world, but among us, there are dragonborns who are closely related to this world, and I also thought at first that the rise and fall of the world has nothing to do with us. But even at the superficial level, we can gain more 'benefits' from Alduin's coming than we think... Even if so, can you still say that you and I have nothing to do with this? ”
"As you said," Greybeard replied faintly, "Alduin's arrival is an inevitability, and we Greybeard will not directly intervene in this matter, but we have no right to intervene in the Dragonborn's own choice. Her life, her path, is ultimately her own choice. Embarking on the road to destroy Alduin was also the path she chose. ”
"She doesn't know everything, the Dragonborn is just a name for a special human... It's just human. Even if they are gods, they are just 'humans' who are confused about their own divine path. ”
With his back to Graybeard, the young god, who didn't know where he was going, let the snow fall on his body, building up a thick layer. Throughout, apart from a simple conversation, the two men never moved their bodies, as if they had become one with the world.
"Visitors from another world," Graybeard seemed to move slightly, his gray eyebrows and hair mixed with snow, "In this world, there must be 'force majeure'. No matter where you are or what you are, there is always an inseparable force that pushes you and pushes the Dragonborn to make choices. It is not clear which side is better between the wrong choice and the stagnation. It is better to move forward than to be numb and live like a living corpse. Just as you push the Dragonborn to partner with you, such a path is also a 'choice'. ”
"Oops, is it seen through?" Kokoba chuckled, she twisted her neck, and the snow on her shoulders fell down the tower, "Well, it's okay to talk to you." She will choose to be with us if she is so calm... The reason for this is that her former companions not only did not treat her honestly, but also wanted to use her to obtain more benefits. Of course, when I came to convince her to join us, I was not completely sure, as you said, what I did was just a 'push'. And the Dragonborn herself had a mind that you and I didn't know about, and that mind forced her to make a choice. The world may be as simple as that, if you are omniscient, then everything is predictable. ”
If I could see the dragonborn's heart, my plan would have been easily achieved. But I can't, so I can only make two plans for her to join us, and not to join us.
"It's a pity," Graybeard sighed, "with your strength, you will be able to defeat Alduin like a savior, but alas... Visitors from another world, after that, you will leave this world and go to the next one, waiting for your journey, and this world, at some point, 'Alduin' will return and bring disaster to the world again. ”
"At that time, maybe there will be a savior who will come forward, just like those of us who have nothing to do with Alduin, who came from another world, and went through hardships to save the world... I'm looking forward to it. ”
"Looking forward to it?"
Graybeard glanced at the heart leaf with his back to him.
"No, you wouldn't expect that. To this day, you don't know what you're living for. You're just..."
Before Graybeard's words fell, the figure of Heart Leaf had disappeared from his field of vision.
“....... It's just a 'living corpse'. ”
Sigh, spread from the tower.