- Take a deep breath.

Slowly exhaling a breath of turbidity, Russell took off the prayer device. His long, silky pale blonde hair fluttered as he took off his blindfold, as if he were standing in the wind, looking in the direction it was blowing.

The prayer device was supposed to be a shelter for a short period of peace...... Everyone longs for peace. Even in the case of false happiness, people are willing to allow themselves to be deceived and heal their minds in a moment of tranquility. It is often just a short period of "spiritual recharge", which may make people who are tired to the point of numbness choose to survive and persevere.

But now, Russell, who has taken off the prayer device, can only sigh.

"What's wrong?"

The delphinch's light voice came from behind him, overflowing with care.

She stood behind Russell with her hands behind her back like a girl, with a relaxed smile on her face. After a short break, her pupils seemed to become cleaner, as if she had purified her soul in prayer. She suddenly leaned over and reached out with her left hand to hold Russell's cheek.

Feel Russell's heart rate, and then get closer to sniff his body and watch Russell's reaction. Her warm breath gently patted Russell's face, and Russell didn't look shy.

It was just a momentary interaction, and the delphinium sensed that Russell's mood was not good at the moment.

"Did you think of someone from the past?"

The delphinium tilted her head and asked softly, "Or... Thought of something too serious?"

"All of them."

Russell sighed.

He looked at the delphinium and burst out laughing.

It was not bright, and even a somewhat faded smile. Love that tastes like milk chocolate is mixed with worry like espresso.

Russell reached out and gently pinched the delphinium's ear and kissed it lightly. Seeing that Delfinch's eyes suddenly widened in surprise, the smile on the corner of his mouth became obvious, and the worry in his heart became much lighter.

But he didn't expect that when his lips were parted just now, Delphinium immediately hugged Russell with his backhand, and directly took the initiative to chase after him and kiss Russell again.

The delphinch's snout is much heavier than Russell's. He sucked and bit hard, as if he was going to wear Russell's lips out.

When she finally let go of Russell, she gasped a little because she was focused. But there was a smug smile on her face, reminiscent of the little white fox who stole the chicken.

"It's a fox, isn't it?"

As if guessing Russell's thoughts, Delphinium asked with a smile.

"It's Samoyed."

"It's a fox." Delphinium blinked innocently.

"It's Samoyed."

Russell rubbed the delphinch's ears angrily, "If you're a fox, then I'm a tiger."

The so-called fox fake tiger might.

「…… I feel like you're secretly talking about something I don't understand again."

"Nope." Russell quibbled.

"Yes, I feel it!"

The delphinium chased after Russell, unrelenting: "What the hell is the stalk, tell me about it."

"Let's talk about it when we get home..."

Russell reached out and took Delphinium's hand. Having regained his composure, he now just wants to evacuate from here first.

"Wait a minute, Russell."

The old general's calm voice sounded from behind him.

Russell's footsteps paused, and he turned back with a polite smile, "Your Excellency, what's the matter?"

"I convey to you the words sent by the Pope [Ascend XII]:"

The old man, who had almost watched Russell grow up, had a straight back and a solemn expression: "Don't worry too much for now, child. Your old enemy, I must also strike; What I am guarding against, you will eventually be our enemies, not to mention our common enemies. The sheath will strike now, and you will see my sincerity first... above."

Hearing this, Russell's eyes narrowed slightly.

Although neither the Bishop nor the delphinium could understand this. In the literal sense of the word, you will feel that His Excellency the Pope is really friendly

…

However, Russell understood the attitude that Andrew, the God Deceitful, conveyed to himself in these words.

Russell's long-cherished enemy is the monkey-faced eagle;

And what the Pope is wary of is the dragon;

Their common enemies are the Raider Elves and the Giants.

The Pope's meaning is very simple - that is, he intends to help Russell deal with the monkey-faced eagle first, so that Russell can see the sincerity of his cooperation. The two then work together to deal with the elves, and provide support when the Pope needs to take action against the dragons, not limited to public opinion, manpower, etc.

How to say it.

His Excellency the Pope, who has ruled the Church for more than 100 years and has a mechanized mind.

He has no "face", "competitiveness" and the like. As soon as Russell had finished throwing his face and leaving him, he immediately sent a message to the Bishop, adding to Russell about their cooperation.

Of the four plans for salvation, the plans of the dragons and elves are the most pessimistic and conservative, but they are the most powerful.

Although the Church is spread over the Seven Islands and has its own independent empty island, the two most critical seals in this world have nothing to do with His Excellency the Pope. And although the elves and dragons have many calculations against each other, they can generally be regarded as belonging to the same lineup, and they rely on each other in the plans of either side... The difference is simply a matter of prioritizing each other.

Compared to them, Russell and the Pope are undoubtedly on the inferior side.

The first and second are united, and the third and fourth should not pinch a pope

The meaning is very clear, and the phrase "next time you will be the enemy" can also be reasonable

It is interpreted as "if we don't say goodbye, we will always be allies".

- Although they are allies who can betray at any time.

Both sides know that this is a relationship of mutual use. But the covenant is stronger – because neither of them can afford to face resistance from three sides at the same time. And although they dislike each other and regard them as their worst enemies, they also recognize that each other's plans are relatively executable......

Russell said that if his plan fails, then the "Great Fusion" will be a back-hand.

Although His Excellency did not say it directly, Russell also believed that people like him would inevitably leave a way out.

His dislike to the core of Russell's plan was simply because he could not rest assured that the supreme power of the world would be permanently handed over to Russell. But after all, it is much better than destroying or hiding your face and fleeing.

In order to achieve the common goal of both parties, it is necessary to work together to block the plans of the other two parties.

– And until then, His Excellency the Pope has not forgotten the "monkey-faced eagle".

If you say, elves, dragons, churches, Russell... The four of them only disagree on the idea of "saving the world", so the "monkey-faced eagle" and them are not the same kind of people at all.

It was the unquestionable destroyer, the intolerable demon king of the world.

Moreover, the mere existence of the monkey-faced eagle will affect the church's plans, and for the "Great Fusion", the most feared thing is the intellectual virus that can be impregnated with uploaded thoughts. In this sense, the monkey-faced eagle is even more deadly as an "enemy of the church" than Russell's old enemy.

So the church got the first step.

It's actually cunning - because they already have to deal with the monkey-faced eagle.

But according to His Excellency the Pope, now it is a matter of "showing

Sincerity of coming", asking Russell to reciprocate.

But Russell didn't care about that kind of thing.

Because that's exactly what happened. If he wants to seal the dream into his body, he must first break the seal of the dream world and release the dream. This means that he will have to deal with dragons...... And there is a high probability that it will be an enemy.

As the Pope said, the Big Seven are their common enemy.

The disagreement between them was simply Russell's dissatisfaction with the church's use of innocent people to start unrest; He planned to adopt a more modest approach, using the Brokers' subtle control of the company.

But their calculations

Strokes can also be done completely simultaneously, and can even improve each other's efficiency...... It's also a kind of complementarity.

It is worthy of a completely rational cyber life. Did you think of the best decision in such a short time?

Russell admired in his heart, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

He won't tear his face with the church right away, which is a good thing for him. Russell himself was not at all afraid of the church...... But compared to the cyber churches, which have become a form of folklore, the Brokers are still a new force that has just stepped into the spotlight. Russell hoped that it would become an organization on the surface, living brightly under the sun.

But if there is a head-on conflict with the church, in the case of the current Brokers...... Except for the island of happiness, the other empty islands will be sad.

"Reply to His Excellency the Pope: I fully understand."

Russell respectfully said to the Bishop, "I am ready to take part in the hunt of monkey-faced eagles if necessary."

And the old bishop nodded, "Your Excellency the Pope guessed that you would say that.

"He said that if you reply like this, I'll tell you that Sheath has already gone to Springspring Island before. That's the base camp of the monkey-faced eagle.

"Tomorrow is Alice's death day, and if nothing else, the sheath should be done tonight or early tomorrow morning.

If he can catch the monkey-faced eagle, he has the ability to kill it directly.

And what we have to do is to cheat it out. Because the monkey-faced eagle does not know the existence of the sheath now, we can kill it with one hit at this stage, but the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it will become.

"If you want to help, you can go to the Three Sages or the Zanbai Society now to explain, and then sneak into the matrix and stand by. The Sogo Group also plans to purge the Monkey-Faced Eagle, whose existence already poses a threat to the Three Sages.

"Dr. Zambai came to you to investigate the Werewolf Project because they suspected that the Werewolf Project was behind the Werewolf Project. Normally, if you go to see Director Sallyruth later, she'll tell you the same."

What the Pope said to the bishop is clearly not complete.

But Russell had already understood what he was saying.

Or rather, this veteran general, who was active on the front lines of the Shari'ah War... Perhaps because he was too upright, or perhaps because he was "too short-sighted", according to the Pope, he was not told that the "werewolves" were planned by the Church.

The church wanted to plant this matter on the monkey-faced eagle, but the three sages knew it. However, before the Monkey-faced Eagle was purged, the Cyber Church and Sogo Island had also reached a temporary cooperation.

It is exactly the same as the collaboration between the Pope and Russell.

They also clash over key details, and thus become enemies. But in the face of a great enemy like the monkey-faced eagle, the two sides, who also have a mechanized mind, formed a united front without any hesitation.

This old pope is really good at pulling his potential enemies to attack their common enemy.

Pull the head office to fight the monkey-faced eagle - as a result, the monkey-faced eagle has not finished fighting, and begins to pull himself together to deal with the head office and the dragon. According to his habit of "secret alliance", I am afraid that he has discussed with some elf to deal with the dragon; Discuss with the dragon to deal with the elves.

He should have done a good job of the backhand... When Russell's cooperation with him is almost over, he will also attract someone to deal with Russell.

But for now, the sugar-coated cannonball given by the church, Russell, is really going to eat it.

At least eat the icing. The shells could have been fired back.

Because even if the church really had the ability to clean up the monkey-faced eagle independently, Russell would have to intervene and take the head.

- The monkey-faced eagle is a very important tonic for Russell. His wreckage was a necessary material for Russell's psionic energy to reach the tenth level...... Or rather, it was the condition for him to become a complete dusk species.

In fact, if the church secretly eliminated the monkey-faced eagle, Russell's side would have some trouble. Because he had to wait for a "new monkey-faced eagle" to be born...... If nothing else, it should be the "Ascend Aggregate".

In that case, Russell would have to kill the Pope first before he could execute himself

The rest of the plan.

I don't know if the Pope made the right bet or guessed it. In short, his "sincerity" really avoids the possibility of conflict with Russell. — It's funny.

Compared to the monkey-faced eagle that is the egg of dusk and can theoretically devour the entire planet and become a god, the name attack elf who has the "fate" that brings miracles and the "mother tree system" that is infinitely reborn, the space immigrant ship "Dragon", the highest product of the previous technology and can obtain unlimited energy from parallel worlds, and the mature dusk species "Dream" that has been sealed and sleeps...

But on the contrary, it does not have any special bloodline, not even an immortal species... Without psionic powers or spells, just as an engineer and a pure-blooded human "ascension", it is possible to become one's ultimate enemy.

So......

- Honored.

The corners of Russell's mouth rose slightly, revealing a pleasant smile.

His eyes brightened again, and he nodded earnestly: "Please convey this to His Excellency the Pope......

"I will,' 'I will do what I say,' 'and 'I will live up to my promise.'"

The delphinium on the side also felt inexplicably relieved.

As soon as she really felt it, the haze that had been wrapped around Russell's heart and the pressure deposited between Russell's eyebrows had completely dissipated. Russell was once again scrappy, confident and determined.

It was only because Russell smiled that the delphinium became much happier because of it.

She boldly pounced from behind her, hugged Russell, and let Russell carry her. And Russell didn't stumble and stood firm.

He just smiled a little helplessly, reached out and took Delphinium's hand, put her slightly cold hand into his arms to keep warm, and then held her.

The silver strands that fell from Russell's neck gently scratched his earlobes and collarbones. He was once again convinced of his determination.

- Saving the world and redeeming mankind is absolutely the destiny of God and saints from above.

Compared to the "heroes" who exist in him, Russell is just an ordinary person who has no great aspirations and no ideals that can be admired by saying it.

But now think about it...... He maybe, probably, somewhat, does love the world.

It's not about loving the grandeur of the world itself... I love every grass and tree, I love the mountains and rivers, and I love the sun, moon and stars.

It's because it's the world she lives in.

If you love her, you will love the people she loves and love the things she cares about.

I love the city she lives in, the memories she makes, and her ideals, so I want to protect what she loves.

Russell's love for the world is love for the house and the black.

It's Alice and Floti, but also Shirley, Fira, Hua Mingshu, Hua Yu......

They love the world, and Russell loves them.

Personal love is like a candle flame that swells outwards when lit. Although it cannot reach infinity far away, it is not as brilliant and bright as day.

But if you stand next to the candle flame, it is as if the whole world is bright.