Chapter 40: Fate (2)
"Master, hold my hand. ”
Xia suddenly said to Sutum with a serious face.
Although Sutum was a little puzzled, he reached out and grasped the girl's slender hand.
"Buzz!"
A strange energy fluctuation emanated from the girl's body and spread to Sutum's body. Sutum's spirits were lifted, and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind.
The picture is a city that burns with flames. The city is in the midst of a catastrophe, with houses collapsing, cracked ground, and black smoke spreading like a tidal wave, enveloping everything in the city.
Above the city, an indifferent and majestic black-winged angel scurried through the sky. The angel was huge, his wings spread out like a dark cloud, and his eyes gleamed with anger. The angel's wings stirred slightly, and countless black feathers fell, turning into violently burning fireballs, which fell below the city, causing even more damage.
In the middle of the city, a black demon of the same size is fleeing frantically. The demon took the form of a centaur, with a pair of black fleshy wings, and black flames burned around him, constantly hiding in the smoke.
Every time the demon appeared, many fleeing people around him were burned by the flames, turning into puffs of smoke and being sucked into their mouths. The angel followed, emitting a black light, attacking the demon. The entire city was almost completely destroyed by these two transcendent beings.
Among the fleeing crowds, there was a slender girl in a white dress, who was carefully hiding in the city alley with a group of children. Suddenly, the demon passed by their hideout, and a black pillar of light descended from the sky. Without any time to hide, the girl in the white dress and all the children dissolved into nothingness under this pillar of light......
Sutum's mind suddenly woke up.
All the characters and scenes in this picture are very familiar to him. The city in the picture is Red Light City, the Black-Winged Angel is the depraved/backward Red Light Angel, the Centaur Demon is the only son of the Finn family, Carrom, and the girl in the white dress is Eloth.
"How can this be?"
Sutum was puzzled.
"This is the original fate of Sister Eloth before she met her master. ”
Shia explained softly from the side.
"Before you bump into me?"
Sutum's mind turned around, and it soon dawned on him.
Without his presence, Carrom would undoubtedly still be transformed into a demon. After turning into a demon, under the influence of negative emotions, he will be the first to destroy everything he originally cared about, and his father will naturally bear the brunt of it. There is a good chance that his father will die at his hands, and then the Finns will disappear as well.
The descendants are destroyed, the faith of the Red Lantern Angel is broken, and they will also turn into the Blackwing Fallen/Fallen Angel and hunt down Carrom, who has become a demon.
In this way, the situation in the picture will naturally happen.
Although Sister Eloth was rescued by her master, her crisis was not completely eliminated. ”
Shia said, and the fingers holding Sutum suddenly tightened a little. Sutum's eyes flickered, and Shia sent him a video again.
"This is my destiny. ”
It was in an environment that looked like a cave, eerie, and you could only see the surrounding stone walls through a faint light.
Thea hid in the hole, curled up in a ball, shivering.
Several men dressed in black robes with hidden faces suddenly appear in the cave and find Thea's hiding place. The leader of the masked men raised his sword and lashed down at Thea.
"Whoever snoops on fate will surely die at the hands of fate. ”
The voice of the leader was as cold as iron, without half emotion. As soon as the words fell, the milky white light exploded, and the picture transmitted by Xia suddenly came to an abrupt end.
The appearance of the black-robed man in the scene was clearly the same as the two men who had been destroyed by Sutum before, clamoring that Sutum would die at the hands of the Apostle of Fate.
"These people call themselves the Priests of Destiny, and they are numerous and almost everywhere. Hundreds of years ago, they began to hunt down people in our family. Xia's voice trembled, and there was deep fear and anger in her tone, "Our family had its own city a hundred years ago, and there were more than a dozen prophets who awakened the power of the bloodline. ”
"However, under the covert attacks of these priests, our city was destroyed and our family was torn apart. ”
"All the people who bear the blood of the prophet wander the wasteland, fleeing, hiding from the priests of fate...... For as long as I have a memory, my people have been dead at the hands of the Priest of Destiny. Even my parents, who survived and lived in seclusion among mortals, were attacked by these people three years ago and lost their trace. ”
"With these stimuli, I awakened to the power of prophecy. By the power of prophecy, I was able to escape from them again and again. ”
"Your fear and fear, is it because of these Priests of Destiny?"
Sutum asked.
"Yes, I hate them, but I fear them. I'm afraid of death...... I also want to avenge my parents, for my people. ”
"I thought that by awakening the power of prophecy, I would be able to find a way to fight them, but unfortunately, my prophecy only saw the end of my death. ”
Thea kept her head down, depressed and sad.
"I perceived danger with prophecy and fled again and again. But the Priest of Destiny, who pursued me, grew stronger, and I could predict less and less about my future. In the end, I saw two destinies. ”
"A clear and terrifying fate, that shows that I will be killed by the priests of fate with a sword in the cave. ”
"A vague fate that led me to the city of Sisos, to be a slave, and then to be taken away by a golden-eyed young man - a fate in which I did not see my own death......"
"I see, no wonder you look disappointed when you see Wright being forced to leave by me. ”
Sutum gave a look of understanding.
Xia raised her head, her eyes bright and determined, shook her head, and said, "I was indeed a little disappointed at the time. I thought I wouldn't be able to jump through the end of death. However, my intuition tells me that there may be hope for following you, master. ”
"And after seeing Sister Eloth, I was even more convinced of that. ”
"Sister Eloth's 'future' is death, but when I saw her, she was unconscious, but her life was unharmed. The fate of death, which was supposed to happen, has also become an illusory 'past' that has never happened at all. ”
"Not only her, but also Big Brother Talos, and the other people around you, their 'future' has also changed slightly. Their future obviously does not have the appearance of the master, and the reality is that they all belong to the master. ”
"I can't perceive the future of my masters, but it's clear that their fates are all changed because of you. In that case, if I follow you, can I escape the fate of death?"
"Even without me, I don't feel that any fate is predestined. ”
Sutum frowned.
Xia was silent, and then said: "What the master said is not wrong, fate is indeed not predestined. However, it has the greatest possibility. ”
She continued: "My patriarch Vlahilt believed that fate was a concept made up of a myriad of possible combinations, seemingly uncertain, but in fact inferred. Just like a person walking, the moment he lifts his foot, there are countless possible directions, but depending on the situation of the road and the goal, he will always choose the direction closest to the target and the best direction to walk. The whole process of his steps is fate, and the direction he determines is the end. ”
Therefore, there seem to be countless possibilities for a person's fate, but according to the influence of his environment, status, mentality, wealth, body, etc., his fate is actually only a few. And the more factors that affect his fate, the less likely it is that his fate will change. ”
"The power of our family's prophecy is to be able to faintly perceive these few possibilities. ”
"But the more powerful or intelligent a person is, the fewer factors that can influence him, and his fate will be hidden and difficult to perceive. I'm just guessing that the owner should fall into this category. ”
Sutum just shook his head, it was clear that he wasn't in that category. He asked, "So, the blood stains on the map I saw were also deliberately made by you?"
"Yes, I know it's a relatively safe entrance down there. ”
Shia admits without hesitation. Immediately, his expression was a little hesitant and a little uneasy. Finally, she lowered her head and said, "The stone eye you got in the Inner Ring City is also what I begged Sister Eloth to help you get." ”
Sutum's heart was shaken, and he hurriedly asked, "You knew the origin and function of that thing before?"
Xia hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, I just know that that thing is more crucial. My prophetic power is not strong, and I can only see vague details. That stone eye seems to have played an important role in some of the fragments I have seen. ”
"This thing was supposed to be obtained by the golden-eyed man......"
It turns out that if there is no existence of his own, Wright will come to Sisos City, will buy Xia, and then with her help, get the stone eye, and the trip to the underground palace will be smooth sailing.
No wonder he and himself have been at odds since the beginning.
"This is what is called fate being changed by me?"
Sutum had a strange look on his face.
Xia seemed to have misunderstood Sutum's thoughts, and said with some fear: "Master, I'm not trying to make my own decisions, I'm just afraid that the master won't believe me." ”
"I also want to make the master stronger......"
Her voice grew quieter, her face pale and dripping.
"Don't worry, I don't blame you this time. But there is no next time, and I will be told in advance if I know anything in the future. ”
Sutum said solemnly.
Thea nodded repeatedly.
"Anything else to say?"
Xia thought for a moment and said timidly: "Master, be careful, those black-robed priests are very powerful, and there are many of them. On the run, I followed the caravan through more than a dozen cities, almost every city had their eyeliner...... In some of the prophecies, I saw that there were a number of powerful angels behind them. ”
"The black-robed priests don't feel the change in fate, but the angels can detect something unusual. If someone like Sister Elloth, whose fate had been almost reversed, were discovered by those angels, they would surely destroy everything. ”
After Sia finished speaking, Sutum nodded, "I see." ”
Thea then left the room.
"Foresight of fate, and whoever deviates from fate, will be destroyed? Then I must not be destroyed ten times and a hundred times?"
Su Tu looked at the heavy rain outside the window, "Strength, these people have great power, so they think they can replace fate?"
Sutum's eyes were like knives.
You have to make yourself stronger as soon as possible.