Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 56 The Dead Holy Spirit
William was unaware of the turmoil that was happening throughout the Moon Realm at this moment, and there was no change in expression on Air's face - perhaps for Air, who symbolized "lovelessness", that empty look was the only expression she would have.
Even at this moment, several of the Void Kings who reacted most violently have already sent their armies to the Gray Domain. The monsters of the Scroll Clan under Air's command are dying in large numbers under the siege of various forces, and the Moon Realm territory that she has expanded for thousands of years is gradually being eroded by all parties... But whether it is the real body sitting on the iron throne, or the projection in front of William at this moment, the expression on Air's face did not show the slightest change.
Therefore, William had no idea what kind of future was waiting for him.
However, if it was just at this moment, right now, he could still vaguely grasp some information.
In the game, there is very little information about the origin of the Moon Realm Void King, most of which comes from the main quest at the "Lunar Eclipse" ending.
In the quest "Echoes of the Lost", the protagonist sneaked into the Forbidden Sage's Library of the Dead and read some forbidden documents about the nature of the Void King.
Although both are immortal beings with no essential difference in status, the Void Kings can be roughly divided into two categories based on the way they were born - "first born" and "second born".
The "first born" or "original king" is a king who was born at the same time as the present world at the great event of creation, and is described as "the echo of nothingness that is dissatisfied with the present world". The "reborn" or "reconciled king" is a living being in the present world who ascends to the immortal throne through extremely large sacrifices and rituals at certain appropriate historical moments after the creation of the world. It is said that the destruction of the continent of Osis thousands of years ago was a disaster caused by the birth ceremony of a certain nothingness king.
Although it sounds a lot like the "nature" and "acquired" in fantasy novels, and in fact, the performance of "first born" in the game is indeed much stronger than "reborn". However, according to the setting, the status of the two is actually exactly the same, except that "reborn" cannot fully exert the power of its own status because of the residual human nature of mortals.
But on the other hand, the "newborn" will more strictly abide by the rules of their own field - for example, the Mad Fool will really do things that harm others and benefit himself just to mock someone he finds interesting, and the Blood King will really not control his anger at all, no matter who is standing in front of him, he will just pick up an axe and chop them down if he doesn't like them.
As for those nihilistic kings who are "reborn", they care more about their own gains and losses. Of course, they do feel pleasure from the satisfaction of their own domains, but in comparison, their actions are more or less calculated by mortals , and they cannot satisfy their own pleasure without leaving themselves a way out.
The former is a more powerful enemy, while the latter is a more difficult opponent.
This is a bit off topic, let’s get back to the iron-hearted widow.
Ironhearted Widow Ai'er is a "first born", an echo of nothingness born at the same time as the creation of the world. This means that her name was established as early as the creation of the world. In other words, she was already a "widow" at the beginning of her birth.
And what the other party had said before, why must William be the one to kill her?
Because she wanted to die, and could only accept being killed by the one she loved.
So the question is, for a god who represents the embodiment of the concept of "the opposite of love", is there anything else in this world that she would love?
Combining her title of "Widow" and the special nature of the Eighth Holy Spirit, William had a guess in his mind - and this guess can also explain another problem, that is, why is the prototype of the Eighth Holy Spirit absent in mythological stories everywhere?
Maybe the Eighth Holy Spirit had died at the beginning of creation... or even before creation!
If this is the case, then the Ironhearted Widow may be a Void King who was born out of the sorrow and lamentation over the death of the Eighth Holy Spirit.
It is precisely because the Eighth Holy Spirit has died long ago that she is unable to fall in love with anything in this world, and so she longs for her own true death.
Thinking of this, William looked up again at Air in front of him.
"I can't make any promises to you. After all, you haven't explained the risks of this matter to me clearly."
He said so.
Having said that, the ritual that the other party was telling him about was what William had originally intended to do - to overthrow and rebuild the Riel Empire, which had desecrated the past work of the Judgment Seat and turned the entire continent into a mess.
Uniting the Blackwater Swamp and Ava Continent and rebuilding his own power were things he had originally been doing in order to overthrow the rule of the empire.
Thinking of this, William continued to ask:
"Then let me ask, am I the only one who is qualified?"
According to Air, this ritual was originally very difficult, but now it has become very simple. This probably means that originally completing this ritual required unifying the entire Vic continent, and perhaps even Ava, into one country.
However, more than 800 years ago, the entire continent had been unified under the banner of the Ruier Empire. Therefore, William now only needs to sit on the platinum throne to complete the ceremony.
But the question is whether anyone other than William can complete the ceremony by sitting on the throne.
Over the past eight hundred years, there have been dozens of emperors who have reigned for varying lengths of time, including the current Empress Irene Riel and the founding emperor Terra Riel...
If becoming the Eighth Holy Spirit was as simple as ascending the throne, then why didn't they do it before William?
Or is it that this ceremony is actually limited to William alone?
In response to this question, Aire replied without changing his tone.
"There are only two people who are qualified to ascend the throne, you and the usurper. But now he is lost between life and death due to his own greed, and must rely on the original spirit to fix himself in the cycle of time before he can return to the throne. So currently you are the only one in the world who has this qualification."
William recalled the previous "God's descent" state of the so-called "Holy Spirit Terra" .
Speaking of which, the power support that the "God-Enlightened One" had previously obtained came from the Void King in front of him.
In other words, this guy in front of me is actually betting on both sides?
Or does she just want to be the widow of the Eighth Holy Spirit, and she doesn't care who the Eighth Holy Spirit is?
This is too polite...
That’s not right either…
Blocking out the scene where the dubbing seemed to be audible, William shook his head silently in his heart.
Previously, Air was still saying that she did not choose to become the King of Nothingness, so she hoped that she could become the Eighth Holy Spirit to help her end her life.
Add to that the obviously derogatory term "usurper"...
Although there are some habitual liars among the Void Kings who say one thing to one person and another thing to another, the one in front of him is undoubtedly not that kind.
At the very least, she wanted to prioritize herself before Terra Riel.
But I don’t think this is a good thing…
Inexplicably, William felt that something was wrong.
"It will be easy for you, and I will help you."
Before William could think about it, the other party continued.
"help?"
William asked doubtfully.
He didn't think he would need her help.
"You're going to need my help."
Air replied.
This only exacerbated William's feeling of uneasiness.
She said she wanted to help herself?
Why?
William thought that the biggest problem in overthrowing the Riel Empire was how to reduce the associated losses and ensure that the entire country would not be worse off than it is now under his leadership. And in the process, he would not give the guys in the Moon Realm any chance to take advantage of him.
As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer a kingdom, but difficult to rule it. If William relied on his own military force, he would only need to open his treasure hall, arm a fully equipped army, set up a teleportation array and lead the team himself, and directly take down the Platinum Palace.
But in this way, the world really became a painting that Coles painted on the canvas at will . Relying on strong suppression, anyone who disobeys will be killed. With the desire to create a paradise, he finally created a hell.
Therefore, William has been taking a step-by-step approach, transforming and nibbling away at things bit by bit, neither hastily nor slowly, intending to completely tear down and rebuild the entire empire from the ground up.
In other words, William does not need any help from others in terms of force. It all depends on whether William wants to do it.
And the other party, as the King of Nothingness, must know this.
But the other party still told William that he would need her help.
So what does this mean?
William knew immediately what it meant.
"Judge, a large number of high-level Moon Realm monsters are approaching Black Crow, and there are eight Demon General-level monsters alone!"
At this time, Blake on the side shouted to William in panic.
