Chapter 56: The Demon King's Contract
"So you've decided that you must destroy this world, punish it with death and destruction?" asked Linya without showing weakness in meeting his flaming gaze. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Yes, that's my choice!I'm going to kill everyone, I'm going to destroy all the life, all the intelligence, all the races they've created, and I'm going to destroy this world completely!" Demon King Haybrem's calm expression suddenly became extremely hideous, and he roared unabashedly.
Linya closed her eyes and sighed, a faint trace of tears oozing from the corners of her eyes. She has never been an actress, and she has no confidence in her first acting skills. But now she had no other way. Trying to catch his weakness is the last way to save this dwarven kingdom.
"Now that you've made your choice, and since we've all made your choice, there's nothing to hesitate about! If you want to step into this city, step over my corpse first!" Linya said as she put away the Moonlight Harp, summoned the Sword of Light in her right hand, and flew up with a gentle wave of her wings. She held aloft the shining sword of light, and two tears broke down her face.
"Childish fellow!" Haybrem sneered as he pulled out the god-killing greatsword behind him. "After all these years, you still haven't grown up at all? Ridiculous fellow with a flood of sympathy! Do you really think that if you save these dwarves, they will be grateful to you? This world has always believed only in strength!
"Smack!"
"Bell!"
The Sword of Light slashed through the blade of the Godkiller Sword and finally pierced Hybrem's wrist, black blood flowing from his wrist, and the first round seemed to end in Linya's victory.
But it doesn't seem to make much sense. In the face of such a huge man, what is this small injury?
The Excalibur was raised again, and Hybrem's expression returned to his composure.
"Why, why does it have to be like this? Haybrem!, is there really no other choice?" said Linya's voice with some helplessness and sadness. "Even if you destroy this world, will you be happy? Even if you have the power to surpass the Lord God, then what? What will you gain by destroying everything?"
"I didn't want anything for a long time. Then why care about others, I don't need to be happy, I just want the people I hate to be miserable!" Hybrem sneered.
"Even birds, fish, and beasts know how to take care of their children, because the meaning of life lies in love. And you don't understand, Haybrem. So you'll never know what true love is! But I know that there's love in your heart, Hybrem! Even if it's my begging, is it okay?as long as you let them go, I'll promise you anything!" At the end, Linya felt her voice tremble, humble, and helpless.
"You're begging for those lowly mortals?" said Haybrem after looking at Linya for a long time.
"Yes...... You can put forward any conditions, why do you have to kill them, life is the most precious thing!" Linya said quickly. "To love someone should make him happy, not make him miserable and die!"
"Hehe, naïve child. Have they cherished their lives themselves?" Hybrem scoffed to his heart's content, "A god is willing to beg a devil for the sake of these lowly creatures. ”
The whole world fell silent. Linya could only bow her head and let him be humiliated.
"Yes. My condition is that you make a vow to remain with me as my slave forever. In exchange, I'll let them go. How's that?" Haybrem continued his sneer.
Linya was stunned. What kind of miserable future she would face after becoming his slave? Linya closed her eyes, and her heart suddenly became confused. Did he mean it really, that I could spare these dwarves for the sake of humiliation, that was it worth it, and that he wanted to do something to himself?
"Princess, you can't promise him! they're all liars...... "Susanna, anxious, burst out of the array of spears and shouted at the little princess. But before she could finish speaking, the big paw of the Demon King Highbrem had already stepped down, trampling Suzanne at her feet.
"No, please don't hurt her!" Linya quickly cried out. "If humiliating me will make you quench your resentment, I'll ...... , I can promise you. But I also have conditions!"
"Really? Let's talk about it. Highbrem said, lifting his foot.
"I can make an oath and a pact that as long as the demons no longer actively harm humans, elves, orcs, dwarves and fishmen, and all intelligent races, I, Linya Landis, Sevia, am willing to exchange my life and freedom in exchange. Linya sighed and said helplessly and sadly. If she leaves now, no one will stop her.
But she still made the worst choice for herself. "No!" Suzanne cried out in grief, hammering her hand against the ground in resentment. She hated her incompetence.
"I accept this contract. Without the slightest thought, Haybrem agreed directly. "Now you can fulfill your vows and kneel before me. ”
Linya was stunned again. So he agreed? Was he really just amusing himself? Playing tricks on himself and then repenting? You know, the devil has never been honest. But this is the last chance, should we give up......? Will you kneel before him, and henceforth you will be completely free and reduced to his slaves and playthings?
My mind is starting to spin a little. The breathing was also extremely heavy. Is it really worth paying such a big price?
She also has her own mission, to go home. She still has so many relatives and friends waiting for her return. And this dwarf has nothing to do with himself, they are snobbish, selfish, greedy, they are not even their own kind. But do you want to watch them die?" Linya covered her cheeks, tears streaming from her fingers.
I'm not a virgin. I'm just an ordinary person! Why should this fate of saving the world be entrusted to me? But haven't you always liked to play games of slaying dragons and saving the world? But is it really just a game......
Forget it. You're not some moon goddess. You're just an ordinary person who can't be ordinary anymore. What are you not satisfied with exchanging the happiness of one person for the lives of hundreds of thousands of people? As for your own future...... There is only hope in the creation of God. Let's get over the difficulties in front of us first.
Linya finally let out a long sigh, put away the Sword of Light, and got down on one knee. And just as she was about to kneel down on her other leg, a sudden burst of dark magic blew and gently lifted her body.
"Stop, you idiot!" the demon king Hybrem suddenly burst into a rage, and roared, "Thou art a god, the most noble of gods, why would thou bow thy noble head for the sake of those lowly inferior races, fool?"
The Demon King's sudden outburst startled everyone. Linya looked up into his eyes and said, "I do." No matter what you think, it seems to me that all men are created equal, and no one is more noble than the other! It doesn't matter if it's a god, it doesn't matter if it's a man, it doesn't matter if it's a devil or an angel, all life, all souls are completely equal! Why, are you going to repent, Lord Hybrem?"
"Fool! Fool! This world has never been equal! Every life is destined to be noble and humble from the day he is born. The only eternal thing in this world is power, power!, understand?" the Demon King seemed to be really enraged this time, and roared angrily. "Power is eternal, this is the only truth in the world! The so-called contract, does it really have any meaning? I can tear it up at any time, because I have power, so you have to beg me, not me to beg you!"
"Do you think you can fool me? Actually, your memory has not been restored at all, right? Actually, you don't remember those things at all, right? You can't fool anyone, because you never lie! Stupid! Why are you such a person? Why are you doing this? Fuck off, fuck me! I don't need a fool like you to be a slave to me!"
Hearing him say that he broke his heart, Linya was really panicked. It seems that the way I lied was really clumsy. Is the hope of peace completely gone? Is destruction and war inevitable? It's over, it's over.
But...... Things in this world seem to be unpredictable in people's minds forever.
You can guess the beginning, but you can never guess the end.
When Linya saw Haybrem turn away with a sad look on her face, and the dark legions in the field began to slowly retreat, she suddenly understood something. He chopped his own heart, but it still hurt. That's his greatest weakness, his eternal weakness.
She succeeded. Hybrem accepted her contract and did not ask her to fulfill her share of the price. Of course, although he didn't say anything, if she wanted to maintain this contract, she would definitely not be able to take the initiative to hurt any demons in the future. But why would he test himself with such excessive demands?
Linya watched in complete disbelief as the Demon King led his demons back into the underground world through the cracked cracks, and the undead skeletons and undead zombies that had lost control lay all over the ground. This is how the war ended? Aren't you really dreaming?
"Alas, what a sad story!" Victoria's exclamation woke up the bewildered people, and when they realized that it was actually a mermaid who spoke, their faces showed surprise. There are so many strange facts lately that ordinary people can't understand what's going on.
"Victoria, why are you here?" asked Princess Nivea of Arbella, with a straight face and a very cold tone. King Kalam found his daughter strange, but he couldn't say anything.
Victor smiled slightly, shrugged his shoulders and said with an aggrieved look: "Your Highness...... It doesn't seem rude to treat my guest from afar in such a tone, you know, my credit for successfully saving New Bella is second only to Her Highness Gaisha!"
"What exactly do you want to do?" Princess Nivea still had a defensive, indifferent expression, apparently not paying any attention to the mermaid's self-proclaimed merits.
But by this time, Linya had already flapped her wings and flew down, interrupting their conversation. Suzanne hurriedly rushed forward, and with tears on her face, she took the little princess into her arms, for fear that she would leave her again. "Her Royal Highness Princess...... Sorry ......"
Linya smiled helplessly and comforted gently: "Sister Susanna, I'm not doing well now, please don't be sad." When you cry like this, I want to cry too!"
"Sister Linya...... What is the matter with the Demon King, won't they come back?" asked Mimiyuria after waiting for the two of them to warm up for a while.
Linya sighed, gathered her thoughts, and said, "I think the Demon King Hybrem should have accepted my contract. The content of the agreement is probably like this: I can no longer take the initiative to attack and harm the demons, and the demons will no longer take the initiative to attack and harm humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and fishmen. Of course, if they are actively attacked by others, they are not within the scope of this contract. I guess so. However, everyone understands that whether this contract can be fulfilled, or how long it can last, depends entirely on them, not on us. After saying that, Linya shook her head helplessly.
The mood of the crowd is also mixed. Of course, we are glad to have survived, but God knows when those demons will suddenly come back?
"You've done a great job, Your Highness Gaisha. Victoria nodded to the side, "It takes a lot of courage to make such a difficult choice. ”
"Thank you for your advice, dear Miss Victorea. To be able to resolve the immediate crisis, I would like to thank you so much for the news that you saved New Bella. Linya took the initiative to salute the mermaid mage.
When King Kalam and the others saw this, they also hurriedly saluted the mermaid. But Nivea still looked at her coldly, a look of distrust on her face.
"Okay, everyone, please don't be polite, that's what I'm supposed to do. After speaking, Viktolea saluted Linya again, "I should salute you, Your Highness." I guess I should go first, goodbye. ”
After the mermaid mage finished speaking, she swam in the direction of the seaside, her long tail can swim very quickly even on land, which is really interesting, but the posture is indeed very beautiful, Linya looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but be stunned. By the way, how could she have known about the relationship between the Moon Goddess and the Archangel of Darkness thousands of years ago?