Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 59: Iron and Stone Covenant
Moon Realm, Gray and White Region, Heart Stone Plain.
This is the outermost layer of the Ironhearted Widow Ai'er's Moon Realm, a world where colors are always gray.
Everything here has lost its passion; even the sun hanging high in the sky has taken on a dead grayish color, silently emitting cold light.
On this endless steel land, iron crystals called "heart stones" bulge everywhere like lonely graves. Faceless gray giants wandered on this land, pulling those heart-shaped heart stones out from their entrenched roots and stuffing them into the deep hollows in their chests, as if this could fill their endless emptiness.
But the final result was that those iron heartstones disappeared into the deep void in their chests in an instant, without even the slightest feeling of filling the emptiness.
If they could moan or roar in anger, the scene might not be so sad.
However, the actual result was that they acted as if they felt nothing, and they stood up and continued to wander back to look for the next iron heart stone.
Day after day, never ending.
But today, something is different.
Multiple Moon Realm ties were constructed from the void and plunged here like the ramming horns of a warship. Then, countless Moon Realm monsters with strange shapes poured into this colorless land.
Some of them carry deadly weapons, some of their claws are their natural weapons, some spew acid and fire, and some weave the power of the arcane.
And those wandering gray giants also gathered together abnormally. They dragged their stiff bodies to form a defense line in this endless wilderness and fought with those monsters.
In short, a war in the Moon Realm broke out here.
The above scenes are what a mortal would see if he were standing on this plain.
But in the eyes of the Void Kings of the Moon Realm, this war was a completely different picture.
It is difficult to describe it in a logical way like language. It is more like the most bizarre and wild dream of a madman. If a sensitive painter depicts this dream, it will be an abstract painting - a lake of pulp mixed with countless colors, trying to dye the dead gray with color.
There is no entity in the Moon Realm; there is only the struggle between wills.
Those moon monsters are actually the extension of the will of the Void Kings - the wandering "Gray Giant" is the embodiment of Air's wandering, and the "Blood Seal Warrior" holding the brass axe blade is the symbol of the anger of Brand, the King of Dead Blood.
They do not have real physical bodies like ordinary people in this world. Since they have no real bodies to rely on, there will be no real death in the battle between them in this war.
Therefore, war will never end unless the will of one side suppresses the other.
That is why she was not afraid at all even when four Void Kings of the same level as herself declared war on Air.
Because her heart was already dead, she believed that there was no being in this world whose will could surpass hers.
Any power based on "passion" cannot affect her will in the slightest.
So, as long as she doesn't want to win, she won't lose.
…………
Really? I don't believe it.
William thought.
I'm just bragging here. Even if it's the real body of the Void King, it's because the health lock is turned on. What if you really dare to show the health bar? Even if it's a boss that is difficult to defeat, as long as there is a theoretical possibility of killing it, it can definitely be defeated.
Of course, this is when the player has unlimited save and load functions...
William added silently in his heart.
But even if we ignore this point, if the Moon Realm is really as powerful as she said, so powerful that it only regards the present world as the final prize of their game. Then at the end of the waning moon, would the Void King still be beaten like a dog by the incarnation of the Holy Spirit?
"No, you still don't understand..."
As if he had guessed what William was thinking, Air said this.
As she spoke, she placed the shriveled stone heart in her hand into the deep cavity in her chest, and then closed her eyes.
In an instant, William felt a stronger sense of oppression than before.
In his etheric domain, the technique that had been completed and ready to be used almost showed signs of collapse due to this oppressive feeling.
The people nearby showed even stronger reactions.
The flock of ravens flying around Blake fell into the sea one after another like a piece of stage scenery with its strings cut; Remedios half-knelt on the ground in an instant, her mouth wide open as if she wanted to gasp for air, but she could only make breathing sounds as thin as a mosquito's hum; and the old man from the Takma sect had his eyes bulging out and veins popping out on his face, as if he would die in the next second.
This is no longer just "magic attenuation", but has already achieved the effect of "spell interference".
The other party did nothing, but was able to achieve this just by relying on his own momentum. The Air standing in front of William at this moment could not be just a mere projection!
Is it an incarnation? Or the real person?
William was not sure. Although he had seen the real body of the Ironhearted Widow, she was just a background board that blended into the background map at that time. Besides, he could not feel the real momentum of the other party like he does now.
It’s better to handle it more cautiously.
After all, he didn't have the "Judgment III" that could specifically restrain the other party. For William, the Judgment Armor was part of the identity of his fellow judges, so when he blocked it, he didn't think about collecting it back and collecting it in his treasure hall. After all, for him, the members of the Judgment Seat were the best display racks for his collection.
Because of his obsession with uniqueness, he did not use the console to copy the Judgment Armor for himself. The items he copied with the console at the beginning, in addition to some props that were not added to the game by the developers, were those props that would be damaged or lost during the story missions.
William used the [Voice of the Soul] to make Blake stop maintaining the coordinate point, allowing Black Crow to "sink" to the present world immediately.
However……
+Mr. Judge, click on the coordinates...+
Blake spread his hands to William. The coordinate point that was supposed to be a dark, empty light spot had now turned into a hard, lead-colored ball.
The energy point that was supposed to be composed purely of coordinate information had lost all its activity at some point and turned into a dead lead ball.
"Qi..."
William complained quietly, then quickly began to chant various status spells in a low voice.
According to William's experience in fighting against the Incarnation of Nothingness, even if there is no corresponding Judgment Armor to break the defense, the opponent will still be affected by the status effects of most spells.
A series of [knockback], [paralysis], [slowness], and [stun] effects are applied. Even if the opponent's defense cannot be broken, he will be trapped in a corner and unable to move.
"Stupid BOSS mechanism..."
While William was chanting, he continued to complain in his heart.
"Are you panicking?"
Air asked this after placing the heart in his chest.
Then she continued without waiting for William's answer:
"But why panic? As I said before, I am not your enemy. My promises are not as false and fickle as those of the Whisperers and the Scoffers. Perhaps you have a strong hostility towards the Moon Realm, but even so, you should believe in my promises."
After all, for the vast majority of creatures in the Moon Realm, commitment itself is part of their essence.
Otherwise, the magic learned from communicating with the Moon Realm would not have become the origin of today's contract magic.
"I really want to trust you..."
William, who was still trying hard to add buffs to himself, answered. He first glanced at Blake not far away, and then at Remedios beside him.
"If I were the only one here today, I would be happy to continue chatting with you."
After all, he had the confidence that he could temporarily suppress the Void King even if he faced him head-on.
But he had two companions from the Judgment Seat by his side.
And they are very likely the last two partners of the Tribunal left in the world.
+At the cost of 30% of the Grey Region being annexed by the Ten Thousand Lives and the Wrath, I temporarily left the Grey Throne and headed for the Land of Despair and Hope for one thing - to show my sincerity.+
Air ignored William's words, and even ignored the first batch of spells that William had already formed for suppression. Her voice resounded directly in the deepest part of William's soul.
Under the shock of this sound, William's originally maintained most of the spell, like a dilapidated building, was covered with dangerous cracks. It seemed that it would collapse if it happened again.
+And the iron bond is my sincerity+
As she spoke, she took the dry stone heart out from the empty hole in her chest again.
As she loosened her hand, the heart floated straight in front of William.
"There are some things I can't tell you directly, but they will give you inspiration. As for how much you can understand from them in the end , that depends on..."
As for what he wanted to see, Air didn’t continue to say.
William was also in no mood to listen.
The heart floating in front of him, which Air called the "Iron Stone Covenant", was obviously not something that appeared in the game.
But he had seen it... No, he had this thing directly in the treasure hall!
That was what he had called up through the console - this thing was one of the plot props that the game developers ultimately did not put into the game. At the time, many players on the forum used this to prove that a large DLC of "End of Watch" was cut during the development process.
William recalled the entry of this prop - this half-finished product did not even have an item description. Apart from the entry, there was only an empty shell with a model.
Iron Stone Covenant: [Unique], [ Plot Item], [Cannot be Traded], [Cannot be Discarded]...
And the most critical term [Source of the Moon].
William learned during the game that another thing with the term [Source of the Moon] is... the Seed of Hope.
