Chapter 530: Choice
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"It's not the right thing I had a hunch ...... going."
"It's so wrong, what's going on?"
Edward recounted the sequence of events that had just happened over and over again, feeling that his brain was beginning to lose sight of the change.
With a temporary alliance of knowledge and information gods, and his authority over the "change of fate", it was not difficult for Edward to know how this melee was unfolding. At first, it was just that the God of Thunder wanted to take back the colony to alleviate domestic conflicts and economic pressure, but he didn't expect the war to escalate again and again - if Crane didn't choose to sit idly by, then he would have foreseen the escalation of the war a long time ago, but now the situation has obviously changed to a great extent - what happened in just a few minutes?
Amon escaped from Fort Source? Klein is back in power?
Antigonus's body is mysterious, but the spirit is still alive and is sending messages to Bethel in other ways?
…… What happened to these people in the Secret Three Paths?
No, it should be said that what happened is already obvious, and no matter what happens, it can't escape the influence of the Lord of Mysteries!
So in whose body did the Lord of Mystery awaken? It seems that none of their reactions have changed into secretiveness, but the Facelings of the old days certainly won't make people see the difference directly...... But why hasn't God reacted yet? Shouldn't He have immediately opened the Eastern Continent and stormed people, or rained fire from the sun in the sky, why hasn't there been any movement?
Doesn't God think it's a mysterious awakening?
But if something is exactly the same as the Lord of Mysteries in terms of fate, symbolism, and authority, and the name can still point to the other person, then no matter how you look at it, this thing is the Lord of Mysteries, right?
At this moment, the whereabouts of Antigonus's spirit body are unknown, Crane's seems to have entered the Source Castle, and Bethel is still in the material world, so it is clear whose body the Lord of Mystery is awakening. Although he didn't want to say strange things, Edward, who had always regarded God as "the last emergency brake on the master of mysteries", always felt that the absence of "omniscience" seemed to have some effect on God.
"The fate of the Grim Reaper is different from what I thought, although I hope that He is desperate and has been guided in this direction, but I always feel that there is still a development that I did not expect...... However, for now, the Lord of Mysteries should not be able to affect the Grim Reaper, after all, the battle of the three paths corresponding to the River of Eternal Darkness is over, but the only winner does not seem to have long to live. ”
"What the hell is going on...... I feel like I should take advantage of the chaos to touch the river of eternal darkness...... But the Grim Reaper has come into contact with essentia with its characteristics, and he has not yet broken away from the state of silence, has he sunk? It might be dangerous to touch it, and I don't need it right now. ”
Edward now has a strange feeling, although the whole world is now in one, it seems that all the disturbances have nothing to do with him.
"Why don't you help the Demon of Knowledge fight the God of Thunder?"
Edward thought about it, and finally rejected the idea.
"Forget it, I'd rather like to see the prophesied scene, where the entire Northern Continent trembles under the power and majesty of the tyrant...... But in the current situation, it seems unlikely that this will happen. ”
There are two possible processes in this world before Klein makes his choice.
If Klein chooses not to help the Highlands, whether it is indifferent, because the God of Thunder has helped him and ignores it, or because of his own lack of ability to retreat, then the Demon of Knowledge will not seize this time to throw an olive branch to Crane, then the Highlands will inevitably be destroyed. At that time, the countries and lands in the south and north of the continent will be cleaned up, and of course Richard and the others will die too much to die again.
The Grim Reaper may or may not help.
But his own ability is insufficient, so whether he helps or not, he can't change the result, and the god of thunder will eventually get the vast colonies and plains in the north of the southern continent, as well as the ancient forests. Then, after the fall of the north of the southern continent, will the southern Bailang be spared?
Eventually, the God of Thunder will occupy the entire world, He will be infinitely close to God, and then become God completely when the entire Northern Continent is occupied by Him. But it doesn't matter, they will all die in the end, and they will start to do it after confirming Richard's death, if God doesn't mind what his new flock of sheep who believe in the god of thunder say, maybe he will move the southern continent and smash it on the northern continent, and then eat the northern continent, and finally leave with part of the eastern continent...... The current situation is really weird and boring.
……
Forth lit the fireplace, and the warm light of the fire illuminated her face.
After being frightened by the sudden return of "Mr. Fool", she couldn't sleep at all after being drowsy in the warm bed.
However, she is looking forward to the tarot meeting, and even hopes that Mr. "Fool" can finish it as soon as possible and reconvene the meeting next Monday, because a lot of things have happened to her during this time, and she also wants to share it with friends she hasn't seen for a long time.
On top of that, she also wants to know what happened to her friend, and Hugh's abnormality makes her very uneasy.
The kettle that had been placed on the fireplace began to emit a little white steam, and the room gradually warmed up. Firth stole up to look at his roommate, and Hugh was sitting quietly in a chair on the other side of the fireplace, thinking about something as he watched the fire flicker. Hugh was also awakened by Mr. Fool, and they were both curious about what happened to the god, but neither of them knew exactly what was going on.
That's good...... As if nothing had happened, Furth's mood relaxed slightly, but then subconsciously became nervous: No, no, you can't think so, you have to solve Hugh's abnormality......
After a few more minutes, Hugh suddenly spoke.
"Folth."
Furth, who was looking at the smoking kettle in a daze, looked at her and asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”
The water was still a few minutes to boil, and Furth was not going to drink coffee, but only some warm water or milk, and go to sleep for a while.
When she looked at Hugh, she suddenly noticed that Hugh's face showed a less obvious "restlessness" and "uneasiness".
Hugh was a calm person, and the change in her expression was really very subtle, not to mention that she was still sitting in a chair without changing her posture, but Firth still noticed the change in Hugh by the familiarity and observation she had gained over the years—her eyebrows furrowed slightly, leaving an inconspicuous shadow, and her lips were slightly pursed, as if there was something close to her trouble—an expression that Furth would only see when Hugh had not received commissions and work for a long time.
At that time, she would worry about money, but with the advancement of the sequence, and the gradual absorption of MI9, she has been given a stable job and promotion opportunities, and she should not have such troubles.
Furth was a little nervous, she waited for her friend's next step, and for a moment she couldn't even feel the heat of the burning fire.
For a few seconds of silence, Hugh seemed to have gone through some complicated thoughts, and then, in a slow voice, she asked:
“…… Do you think that the current Mr. 'Fool' is the real Mr. 'Fool'? ”
What's the problem...... Furth was also stunned by the question.
Her sequence is too low, and she doesn't carry a friendly sequence of the "thief" path with him like Leonard, and Forth's understanding of the previous Fool's sudden departure and "don't pray to me" warning is just that Mr. "Fool" is in trouble, or that Mr. "Fool's" enemy comes to the door, as for the substitution...... She hadn't thought about it at all.
"Ugh." But Furth wasn't stupid, she paused for a few seconds, and then asked, "You mean, Mr. 'Fool' who invited us is not necessarily the real Mr. 'Fool'?" So, who would that be? Who else can imitate Him exactly? ”
"And if it weren't for Him, why would He call us?"
Firth has a clear position on himself, he is just a Sequence 6 that has not yet been digested by a magic potion, and he is not too outstanding among the side students of the Abraham family, how can he attract the attention of a great being? What's the point of calling himself over if it weren't for the "Fool" who was benevolent and kind enough to help him escape from the mortal "full moon whispering"?
Hugh also seemed to be asked by these two rhetorical questions, and she was equally confused about the current situation, but a voice in her ear urged her to get the information quickly, and then act quickly according to the orders of the "emperor".
Seeing that she was in distress, Furth suddenly had a bold idea - Hugh suddenly thought of this, could it also have something to do with her anomaly? For the comfort of his friend, Furth plucked up his courage and pretended to be normal and asked:
"Hugh, why do you have such a guess? I didn't expect it. ”
"Could it be that a previous arrest involved the extraordinary ability of 'replacement'?"
Hugh subconsciously wanted to refute, because she had not encountered anything similar in her memory—and it was not surprising, unless it was a relatively simple disguise and change of physical characteristics, and the one involved in "substitution" and "disguise and deception" was at least a "faceling", or a witch who had just become a "witch", which was not what she was before, and what the little "arbiter" could handle, and it was difficult to be spared if she was involved.
But the idea of her rebuttal was pressed back down the throat by the "Emperor", and the voice was steady:
"I just thought about it."
"After all, it's very dangerous for us...... When we attend meetings, we all go there in the form of spirits. ”
Instead of breathing a sigh of relief, Forthth felt that Hugh's behavior and demeanor were even more strange, and she smiled disapprovingly, and said again:
"You're right, Hugh. We're just two of the Extraordinary Ones, and we don't have the power of our own like the 'Hermit' lady, so it's not worth mentioning to the big guys. ”
"And when we were all Sequence 9, Mr. 'Fool' had already taken us straight up, so what could we do if we felt it was dangerous? Our destiny is in His hands, and we cannot resist the will of the Great Being. ”
Furth looked into Hugh's eyes, and the implication was:
Resistance is useless, vigilance is useless, and if He really thinks we are an eyesore, he can wipe us out at any time.
Hugh has long figured it out, why do you want to mention it now?
Furth's brows furrowed slightly, and she looked at Hugh's expression, and suddenly had a very strange and absurd guess—
Generally speaking, vigilance is to prevent people who are not much different from their own strength from being unfavorable to themselves, just like the middle sequence extraordinary people can be wary of each other, but ordinary people and low sequences do not need to be wary of a demigod at all, because they can't resist the power of the demigod at all.
Other words...... No way......
If Hugh begins to be wary of Mr. "Fool", wouldn't that prove that Hugh feels that he needs to be wary of the other party in a sense, rather than that he feels that his life can be at the mercy of the other party and therefore does not care about it......
Firth's heart beat violently a few times, and she wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with a very usual hair-curding motion. She looked at Hugh's expression with some uneasiness, only to find that the other party was still frowning, as if he was not satisfied with his views and speeches.
It can't be, right...... Hugh is obviously only sequence 6...... How is this possible......
Furth was a little scared, she really felt the fear at this moment, she even wanted to open the door and run away desperately. If the other party really has the strength to be able to resist Mr. "Fool", and has the idea of being wary of Mr. "Fool", then she, no, then it is definitely not Hugh! Where did her friends go? When did this terrifying creature take Hugh's place and appear beside him?
The last of her sanity allowed her to maintain her shaky appearance, and she propped herself up with her somewhat limp arms, and stood up as if nothing had happened:
"I'm a little sleepy."
Forth yawned, wiped two tears from the corners of his eyes, reached for the boiling water, and muttered in his mouth:
"Hugh, aren't you going to sleep yet? I'm already sleepy, I'm going to go to sleep with a sip of hot water to moisten my throat, good night. ”
Then, resisting the urge to flee from the place, she struggled to hold back her trembling hands, and swung her legs step by step towards her room, each foot as if she had stepped on cotton.
Fortunately, until she returned to the room with the kettle, Hugh didn't speak, just thinking about something.
At the moment when Forth closed the door, she suddenly heard the other party speak in his usual tone:
"You're right."
"It's that I'm thinking too much."
……
Fort Source.
Antigonus had already reached a cooperation with Bethel, and as soon as he turned on the offensive, he forced the god of war into danger, and Crane, the waiter, was also idle, so he began to wander.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed that a crimson star on the source castle had an abnormality, and Crane immediately blocked Antigonus's perception of it, and saw a vague figure emerge in it, and then this figure instantly occupied the crimson star representing the "judgment", making Crane lose his sense of Hugh for a while.
Klein's eyes widened suddenly, and a thought flashed through his mind subconsciously:
- I haven't gone to your trouble yet, so you came to me first!
Just as Crane flashed that thought, the golden figure's gaze pierced through the crimson star representing "judgment" and cast it on the ancient palace above the gray mist.
Immediately, the voice of the vague figure "he" echoed unusually magnificently:
"Long time no see."
Long time no see? Long time no see! He knew the former owner of the "Source Fort", the "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun"? Oh, it's certainly not George III, who is this...... Could it be an outer god? Or is it some other hidden existence, essentia incarnation? Then it should be "Him...... He was able to speak directly to me through the Judgment Lady's connection...... Klein's thoughts raced instantly, and his mind suddenly tensed.
Based on these years of experience, relying on the ability of the "clown", his body suddenly relaxed, and he leisurely took on the posture of a waiter.
Immediately afterward, Klein opened his mouth and responded:
"Huh."
He did not reply in the affirmative, nor did he argue that he was false, but only showed a contemptuous, natural, condescending attitude.
The distorted and blurred golden figure snorted:
"You have been weakened to such an extent, no wonder I haven't heard your name spread for thousands of years."
Honorable Name...... Weak...... He really knew the former owner of the "Source Castle...... Maybe it was really an existence that was active in the First Age? In the midst of all these thoughts, Klein smiled and said:
"What you see is not necessarily the truth."
"Haha." The distorted and blurry golden figure laughed twice and said, "You still like to cheat just as much, but the state of the 'Source Castle' can't fool me, under normal circumstances, I can't penetrate the outer layer of protection to talk to you like this." ”
"How do you know it's not something I did on purpose?" Crane asked with a relaxed appearance.
"It doesn't make any sense for you to cheat on me." The twisted and blurred golden "Lantern God" immediately responded.
…… How can there be a feeling that the victim of fraud is saying that I have nothing and even sold my kidney...... What did the former owner of the "Source Castle", who was suspected of being the "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", do to this guy...... Klein relieved the pressure in his heart with a complaint, and then smiled:
"Whether it makes sense or not is not defined by you."
The golden blurred figure of the "God of Lights" shook slightly:
"Judging by the current state of the 'Source Fort', it looks like you need some help."
He didn't dwell on the topic anymore, but instead focused on what he had observed.
…… This guy can see this...... His person is really high...... What is He? Talking about the Lord of Mysteries in this tone, nine times out of ten, he is also an incarnation of essentia...... Klein's eyes lit slightly, and he almost lost his temper.
He immediately controlled his movements and expressions, and responded with a smile:
"You think that's it."
TBC
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Zarathu: Can it be resurrected now?
God: Klein, I'm very optimistic about you, come and be my believer and spread my glory.
Zarathu: Can it be resurrected now?
Bethel: I'm back, let me see what the world has become.
Zarathu: Can you be resurrected now......
Antigonus: Ahh
Zarathu: Gan (End of Chapter)