Chapter 82: Growth with sacrifice is cruel
In the game, Mathias is the founder and leader of the villain organization Solari.
"Solarii", meaning "Sons of the Sun", is an organization gradually established by Mathias in the 1990s. It was established and strengthened by recruiting the stranded people who stranded on this island through cruel means.
The name of their organization means "Sons of the Sun" and because they worship the Sun Queen Himiko, this organization is both a religious group and an armed group.
Mathias is a survivor of a plane crash who, when stranded on a deserted island, soon discovers that any effort to escape the island will be futile.
Therefore, he used various methods to build up reputation among the survivors, became their leader, and established Solari.
Through more than ten years of unremitting efforts, he successfully discovered the secret of this deserted island and also learned the real reason why he could not leave the island.
So he built a new city around Himiko's palace, both to resist the invasion of "ghosts" and to control the situation of the entire island from a commanding height.
Because he decided not to let go of any survivors who were stranded on the island.
This was not only for his own rule, but also to find Himiko's "successor".
As long as Himiko is reborn in her "successor", the storm outside the island will subside, and Matthias can build a new world through Himiko's power and be reborn in the new world.
Samantha, as the descendant of Himiko, is the best "successor", so Matthias found them and talked to them to confirm Samantha's identity.
In the game, Solari is the biggest villain organization on the deserted island, but they were all killed by Laura alone.
The Solari members also had different attitudes towards Laura. At first, they were very disdainful of her, but as the game progressed, some members began to be cautious and even afraid of Laura.
Some members once pretended to make peace with Laura after meeting her, or even shouted "Run!", or said when chatting with friends that they didn't want to run into this murderous female devil.
But it's not their fault. In the game, Solari are basically passers-by who give kills to Laura to gain experience. The only ones who can really be considered an obstacle are those few named senior staff members.
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Looking at Matthias who was already under his control, Xia Yu lowered his head and pondered how to deal with him.
It doesn't seem good to kill the opponent so easily. After all, he is the behind-the-scenes boss throughout the entire game and one of the enemies that Laura must face.
The entire Tomb Raider 9 tells the story of Lara's growth, transforming her from a weak girl into a strong warrior.
He also didn't want to disrupt Laura's growth, but the price of growth was a bit high. Only four people were left in the expedition team, and Laura herself was covered in wounds.
So although Xia Yu did not want to destroy Laura's growth, sacrificial growth was too cruel, and appropriate growth was more suitable.
And it's just right for training with Solari to deal with Trinity in the future. Trinity is the main villain throughout the entire Tomb Raider.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu looked at Matthias who was enslaved by him, and immediately changed his cognition and part of his memory.
He will continue to look for Himiko's successor, but his cognition has changed. The successor is no longer Samantha , but a middle-aged man, a middle-aged man who wears glasses and looks very scholarly.
That’s right, it’s Dr. Whitman, the greedy and inhumane archaeologist. He’s not a good guy anyway, and he just happens to be making use of his last bit of energy on this island.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu changed Matthias's cognition according to his memory, and after a few seconds, the transformation was completed.
" Okay, it's time to go back. It's almost time."
Xia Yu clapped his hands, and Matthias woke up instantly. He was a little confused at first, but then his eyes gradually became clear.
"Mr. Xia Yu, we had a pleasant conversation just now. Let's go back now."
Matthias put on a gentle expression. As far as he could remember, he had just talked to the young man in front of him for a few moments. Now that the conversation was over, it was time to go back.
Afterwards, the two of them walked towards the campfire, one after the other, as if nothing had happened.
Less than ten minutes had passed since they left the campfire, and Laura and Samantha were still chatting about their experiences by the campfire.
When Laura saw Xia Yu and the others coming back, she immediately stood up to greet them, but when she saw that there didn't seem to be a conflict between the two, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"What did you guys talk about? Why so fast?"
Seeing Xia Yu sitting down in front of the campfire, Laura also sat over and asked quietly in his ear.
"Why? Are you worried about me?"
Xia Yu leaned close to Laura's ear and whispered. The hot breath from his breath made Laura's ears red. She rolled her eyes at Xia Yu, snorted and stopped asking.
Samantha, who was standing by, watched their interaction and felt a little jealous. Maybe it was time for her to find a boyfriend.
Mathias on the other side also sat down by the campfire. He looked at Samantha and said, "Samantha, can you tell me more about the story of the Sun Queen? I'm very interested."
"Well... okay then." After hearing this request, Samantha thought for a moment and continued, "Whether you believe it or not, thousands of years ago, Queen Himiko ruled almost all of Japan..."
Hearing Samantha start telling this story again, Laura quietly turned her head and complained to Xia Yu: "She loves to tell this story the most."
"…Himiko is a mysterious and extremely beautiful woman, but she is also cruel and ruthless, doing whatever she wants. It is said that she knows shamanic magic."
Hearing this, Laura glanced at Xia Yu. She had witnessed the existence of magic not long ago, but she would not be stupid enough to reveal it.
But if she had followed her previous thinking, she would definitely not believe in such supernatural existence.
"She controls an army of warriors, the powerful Storm Warriors, who can ride the winds to destroy all enemies without leaving a single piece of armor."
Samantha was still telling the story, but Laura was already beginning to feel sleepy. She had no idea how many times she had heard this story before; she was so familiar with it that she couldn't be more familiar with it.
With a warm campfire in front of her and the sound of a lullaby-like story in her ears, Laura relaxed and soon closed her eyes and fell asleep leaning on Xia Yu's shoulder.
Xia Yu carefully helped Laura onto his lap, then waited for other crew members to come over.
As the burning bonfire crackled, Laura was awakened by a burst of communication noises after an unknown amount of time.
The other members of the Endurance had already come over. They were discussing the previous situation with Samantha and Xia Yu . Seeing this, Laura also propped herself up and sat up.
"Are you awake?"
Feeling Laura waking up, Xia Yu turned his head and asked. Hearing this, Laura felt a little embarrassed, but she quickly calmed down and asked.
"Are the others here? Mathias and Dr. Whitman? Why don't I see them?"
Hearing this question, Xia Yu shrugged and explained, "You also know who Whitman is. Matthias said there was an ancient tomb nearby, so he immediately wanted to go over and see if he could add the exploration record of the ancient tomb to his program."
"They have been gone for a while now and we are waiting for them to come back."
