Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 68: Dawn Fortress
Throughout history, countless mortals have attempted to become gods and transcend to achieve immortality. Since the Iron Age, when humans first had written records, people have been searching for the secret of immortality.
Rituals, oaths, magic, faith... After countless generations of attempts, the only path that has been proven to be feasible is the path of the Moon Realm, and the only god who can exist stably as a personal god is the Void King.
William Kane, as a top mortal, certainly understands these.
But he still gave up the only chance to transcend before him. Why?
The four kings turned their eyes to Valk, who was holding his stomach and laughing breathlessly.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, let me think about it, what should this stage play be called, "Five Clowns' Comedy Theater" What do you think?"
"Valk! Did you plan all this from the beginning?"
Camilla, who had previously given William the right to initiate the "Hunger March" and was then burned to death by the other party, asked sternly.
"What on earth did he just do?"
The Lord of Dark Tide at the side asked in a low voice.
Valk almost laughed out tears. He said while laughing:
"No, no, no, I really intended to help Disaster become one of us at first , but he gave me a more surprising suggestion. By the way, excuse me for asking, have you ever asked that man named Coles Jackdaw why he went to the Moon Realm to look for the Seed of Hope in the first place? Or, do you really know the true function of the Seed of Hope?"
Silence permeated among the four Void Kings.
Seeing this, the Mad Fool continued:
"Ah, of course you don't know... After all, you are not one of the original seven kings, nor are you the echo reflected in the Moon Realm since the creation of the world. Under your seemingly powerful shell, you are just a cowardly mortal soul. Therefore, you firmly believe that everyone will make the same choice as you, and you don't know the true value of the Seed of Hope. You are even unwilling to understand the object of your bet and what his original wish is."
After saying this, Valk burst into even more violent laughter.
"You... lunatic."
The four Void Kings all had ugly expressions on their faces, and the Whispering Queen spoke with a dark face.
"Thank you for the compliment, but I think you are far from being worthy of the word 'conspiracy', Ms. Beatrice."
Valk replied politely.
After saying this, He turned His gaze to the barrier in the center of the lighthouse.
"Come, come, come... Show me more possibilities, just like a thousand years ago, show me more and more possibilities..."
Valk said excitedly, rubbing his hands.
"Let's continue this game, throw away those boring rules, and make the whole world lively..."
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Blake felt that his consciousness, which was about to fade away, began to become clearer, but he knew that this was just a revolving lantern he saw .
It's so ironic. I have experienced this feeling once when my body was destroyed, but I didn't expect to experience it again before my will disappeared.
Blake raised his head and saw white light everywhere.
In this pure light, he saw the shadow of the chief judge holding his hand. His expression was serious, just like it had been a thousand years ago.
"Your Honor, am I still a competent watcher?"
Blake does not believe in the Holy Spirit or gods, and he does not believe that he will go to any kingdom of God or holy land after his death.
Therefore, he understood that the judge before him was just the last illusion he saw before he died.
But even though he knew the other party would not answer him, he still asked the question.
However, unexpectedly, the illusion before his eyes moved.
The presiding judge shook his head and said:
"No, you're not..."
Before Blake could react, the other party put his hand on his shoulder and said proudly:
"You are the best watcher I have ever seen!"
Feeling the real strength and warmth on his shoulder, Blake stared at the "illusion" in front of him with wide eyes.
No, is this person in front of me really an illusion?
"Hear... Your Excellency the Judge?"
Feeling his gradually awakening consciousness, feeling his gradually returning strength, feeling the real presence of the person in front of him, Blake asked stutteringly.
But this is totally impossible. Even if the Chief Judge really came back, there is no way he could save me who is already completely exhausted, right?
This is something that has transcended the scope of magic and cannot even be described as a miracle.
But the man in front of him smiled and said:
"Welcome back, Black. My chief swordsman, and the future master of Dawnhold. You have performed your duties well over the past thousand years."
Hearing the words "You did your job", Blake gritted his teeth and controlled his emotions and expression. Then he immediately said as if he remembered something:
"Your Honor, please stop Coles immediately. He went completely crazy not long after you left. I was unable to stop him at the time, and he is probably still..."
The rest of his words were stopped by what William took out.
It was a scratched badge of the Tribunal.
"You are already?"
Blake was startled when he recognized that this was Coles' badge. Then his expression became a little surprised, and then turned to a little depressed.
Blake understood the judge's style of doing things. Now that the badge appeared in his hands, there was no need to say more about Coles' final fate.
"Everyone is responsible for their own choices. You, him, and the rest of the members of the Tribunal. And the people from the Empire, the Church of the Holy Spirit, and the Star Council."
William said slowly.
Then he put the badge away and said:
"And this is what we, the Judgment Seat, are supposed to do, judging everything, including ourselves."
William patted Blake on the shoulder and said:
"So let's save the sadness and regrets for after we win. Now, let's start over."
Just a few simple words instantly made Blake feel as if he had returned to the glorious era a thousand years ago, which made his blood boil.
So he looked around, looking at the pure light curtain that was gradually fading around him and asked:
"So what should we do now?"
"We are now surrounded. To be specific, we are surrounded by four, or five, Void Kings."
William said briefly.
Before seeing the embarrassed expressions of the four Void Kings whose plans had completely failed, William was completely sure that Valk would stand on his side.
But after that, he couldn't guarantee what the madman would do.
Therefore, you must never hope that He will cover your escape.
If William was really so sure that Valk would help him, and the other party sold him to the four Nihilistic Kings who are probably mad now, wouldn't that be even more fun?
Since the plan to merge the planes through the birth ceremony of the Void King has failed, William will not be surprised by anything Valk does now.
"Shall we fight our way out together?"
Blake asked excitedly.
"How can we, the two of us, deal with four or five Void Kings at the same time? Why are you thinking about how to die right after you were resurrected?"
William shook his head, then took out the fragment of the Father of Crows and placed it in Blake's hand and said:
"The Dusk Fortress is stranded here, and the End Scene bound to it has also been destroyed. I need you to bind the entire Black Crow Watch to the Dusk Fortress now, and then I will have the people in the Dusk Hall start the flipping ceremony and move the entire Black Crow Watch to the present world. In this way, those Void Kings will not be able to pass through the World Shell."
The Dusk Fortress was originally an anchor point that had undergone a dimensional fusion with the Moon Realm. Even though the End Scene that was originally anchored to it has been destroyed, it only needs to be anchored to a new Moon Realm to be able to play its corresponding role again.
At that time, as long as Cass, who is on standby in the Dusk Hall, initiates the flipping ceremony, the entire Dusk Fortress will return to the world with the entire Black Crow's Fall.
And those Void Kings who were originally in Black Crow's Vision will crash head-on into the Shell of the World due to the scale of their own enormous power and be stuck outside the world.
This was also the reason why William had to go outside and initially bind Dusk Fortress with Black Crow Watch.
Blake took the soul fragment. For the past thousand years, as the father of crows, he was the real master of the entire Black Crow Watch. Only after his will completely dissipated did Coles begin to collect the soul fragments.
So William didn't need any further explanation; he immediately understood what he should do.
While binding, Blake asked curiously:
"You said earlier that I am the future master of Dawn Fortress. What does that mean?"
"It literally means that since the end scene that symbolizes dusk has been destroyed, I think the name of this fortress can be changed in the future."
"It's a good name to call it Dawn Fortress."
As William finished his words, the last white light curtain brought by the Seed of Hope completely disappeared, and their stretched perception of time returned to normal.
The [Wall of Light] that William had previously set up outside was also hit by the first wave of attacks.
