Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 63: Era
The dilapidated and decaying evening scene kept breaking and peeling off, revealing dark clouds and endless storms in the sky.
After all, the four Void Kings were eroding at the same time, and the protection of the Dusk Barrier was constantly breaking. It probably wouldn't be long before the Moon Realm of the End Scene would be torn apart by the four great forces.
But there is still some time before it is completely broken.
"As expected... you knew what this thing was used for from the beginning, right?"
Hearing William's question, Coles's residual soul asked weakly.
William nodded.
“But you haven’t even walked into that room.”
Coles asked in confusion.
"Room? What room?"
William said doubtfully.
"Heartfire City, the basement of the mad wizard Godwin Lyle. Do you remember? We went there together to kill that madman."
Coles' words reminded William that it was a prelude to the ending of a lunar eclipse.
Godwin Lyle, a wizard who fell into madness due to his research on the Moon Realm, found a way to become the Void King of the Moon Realm during his long research - of course, it is more likely that he knew this under the inspiration of a Void King.
But at the same time he found that he was not qualified for promotion, so he began to look for someone who was qualified. If the player recruits him into the End Watch, he will guide the player to start the quest line of the Eclipse ending, but even if the player kills him, he can find the documents in his residence to start the quest line.
In this scene, William simply burned down the house.
By the way, maybe it's the producer's malice, the difficulty of the lunar eclipse ending is much lower than that of other lines. Not only will players receive powerful blessings from the various void kings along the way, but the intensity of the lunar invasion will also be reduced accordingly.
"Remember? You didn't even go in. You burned his house down right outside the door."
Coles said.
"Because I know what's in there."
William replied simply.
"Then you had this opportunity a thousand years ago... I don't understand why you and Blake..."
Coles asked in confusion.
It still couldn't understand why anyone would be willing to give up this opportunity.
"Just answer my question - how did you know about the existence of the Seed of Hope?"
William interrupted Coles.
The remnant soul replied:
"After you left, I started a pilgrimage along the route that the Judgment Seat took to save the world. In the ruins of Hearthfire City, I found some fragments of documents, among which were records about the Seed of Hope."
“And your ambition was ignited?”
William asked expressionlessly.
"All I got at the time was the Seed of Hope document, and even that wasn't complete."
The remnant soul replied.
"When was it lit?"
William nodded and continued to ask.
"After I realized how lucky it was for us to defeat the Moon Realm that year."
The residual soul of Coles said.
Then it goes on to say:
"But I don't think this is 'ambition'. In the Moon Realm, the three Void Kings who created the Raven Man Curse found me. They showed me how you won the victory - coincidences, countless coincidences. Although in terms of power itself , your power is equivalent to the perfect incarnation created by the Void King in the world a thousand years ago, you always seem to be able to choose the possibility of your victory from countless possibilities."
The dusk barrier on the horizon was almost completely destroyed, and the storm of Black Crow's Watch began to wash away the ancient dusk fortress.
In addition to this, more strange phenomena began to appear around, which were signs that the four Void Kings were about to break through.
"But you can't win all the time just by luck. The Void Kings have unlimited chips to play with mortals. Only by becoming an existence equal to Them can you have a chance..."
"If that's your reason, I can only say that I'm very disappointed."
William interrupted it.
As he spoke, he pointed the Judgment II in his hand at the faint white light on the chest of Coles's remnant soul.
"From the beginning to the end, I only heard complaints, as if you had no choice in everything. As for the plan to leave Blackwater Province as a reservation, it is full of cheap self-satisfaction. Tell me, what did you really sacrifice for this? Is it conscience or guilt?"
Coles defended himself by saying:
"Then do you know how the Western Osis Continent became a ruin? The three Void Kings showed me the scene of the destruction of that continent. The Vic Continent is just one of the many stages in the world, and it may be their favorite stage at the moment, but what's the point? Maybe one day it will suffer the same fate as the Osis Continent. So tell me what to choose? Send some people to death with your own hands to keep more people alive. Or do nothing and wait for this continent to become a ruin one day?"
In this sense, if the Vic Continent finally completes the plane fusion with the Moon Realm, it will be equivalent to becoming a vassal of the Moon Realm. As long as you are not in the domain of some special Void Kings, you don't need to worry about the entire continent being turned into ruins one morning.
Of course, what happens to the mortals living there is another matter.
"The trolley problem, here we go again..."
William muttered softly, then he raised his voice and said:
"Get rid of all the people who gave this choice. That's my answer."
What we should really be concerned about in the trolley problem is how to get rid of the madman who tied people to the tracks, and how to prevent this situation from happening again.
Instead of questioning human nature over and over again in the moral dilemmas posed by the madman.
Coles's residual soul trembled for a while, and after a few seconds, it asked:
"Then what can you use to solve it? Back then, you had an army, countless powerful people to support you, and the entire continent as your backing... and look at what is left now? This is not a thousand years ago, Lord Judge, times have changed!"
"No... Coles, times haven't changed."
Before stabbing the sword into Coles' chest, William said lightly:
“I am the era.”
Judgment Two pierced into Coles's residual soul as easily as piercing into a puff of smoke. The vague white light in front of its chest flew along the straight sword into William's hand.
Looking at the white light, William took out the Seed of Hope from his storage space and integrated it into it.
Back then, Blake swallowed the Seed of Hope by mistake and entered the final "reversal" stage of the promotion ceremony ahead of schedule.
Although the Seed of Hope was eventually digested due to lack of fuel, it still absorbed some of the power.
Therefore, the Seed of Hope in William's hand is not complete. Part of its power is in Coles' body at this moment, in the faint white light spot on its chest.
And now, the seed of hope is finally complete in William's hands.
"Can I ask one last question?"
Coles asked before completely dissipating.
It did not wait for William's reply and continued speaking.
"To activate the Dusk Fortress to shield this place, a member of the Tribunal is required to continuously provide energy in the Dusk Hall. Lord Judge, which old friend is helping you in there?"
After the incident at the Holy Sepulchre, Coles had never visited any of his companions on the Tribunal again in the thousand years since.
Coles himself couldn't tell whether it was because he was worried about complications or he simply didn't want to see them anymore.
And if you don't want to see them anymore, what kind of emotion is behind this thought?
It seemed that it was not until it was dying that it faced this problem for the first time.
However, before this question could be answered, its remaining soul completely dissipated in mid-air.
William looked at Coles who disappeared in front of him , and slowly spoke to the empty space in front of him:
"Cas Durant, he is not any of your old friends, but the successor of Black Trial Four, and the first member of the new Trial Seat of this era."
"A new era, our era."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dusk barrier in the sky was completely shattered.
Four figures surrounded him.
