Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 66: A Visit from Reason
"We have to go help the judge, he's alone now..."
After returning to the Moon City Palace and retrieving the sealed Glazed Moon Enchanted Arrow from the Time Cocoon, Remedios said this to the empty collection room in a somewhat anxious tone.
She knew that as the master of Black Crow Watch, Blake would definitely be able to hear her voice.
"us?"
Sure enough, Blake's voice immediately echoed in his ears.
The next moment, she appeared in a solemn palace. Blake was sitting on the throne at the end of the palace, with an ominous dark aura lingering around him.
"My order is to complete the establishment of the coordinate point here, send you and the palace back to Ava Continent safely, and help you stabilize the situation over there."
Blake said so.
At this moment in his hand, a new "coordinate point" was gradually re-outlining its shape from the void, but it was obvious that this process was very slow.
"I know you're very anxious. Actually, I'm a little anxious too. But please trust the presiding judge. If he says something can be solved, then it can be solved. Hasn't it always been like this in the past?"
Perhaps seeing the expression on Remedios's face that showed she was determined not to give up, Blake continued to add.
"If you remember a lot of things that happened in the past, you should understand that his judgment was not always correct."
Remedios said this while tightening her grip on the Rurizukuri in her hands.
"Then what are you going to do? Go out with him to face the Moon Realm army outside? It's not more than a thousand years ago now. Now there is no Knights, no allies of the Savior Army, no Black Sword, and no other auxiliary forces to cover us. If you go out like this now, you will just be sending them away in vain..."
"Then you continue to complete the construction of the coordinate points here, and I will go out by myself."
Remedios put the arrows into the quiver and spoke in a cold but extremely firm tone.
However, just as she turned around, the heavy black iron gate of the palace closed with a "clang" sound, and then with a "rustling" sound, two thick iron chains locked the gate tightly .
"I'm sorry, the judge specifically used the [Voice of the Soul] to instruct me before he left. If you want to act on your own, please let me stop you temporarily."
Blake, sitting on the throne, explained with a slightly apologetic look on his face.
Looking at the other party's expression that seemed to be about to kill someone, he continued:
"Also, please don't do anything that will distract me. If you still want the Judge to come back alive, the only way now is to wait until my coordinates are constructed."
For a moment, Remedios felt angry and annoyed. Her hand holding the transparent longbow trembled for a long time. She stood there and took several deep breaths before she seemed to calm down.
She stared at Blake and said slowly:
"Very good... You are still the same as before. Hiding under the rebellious and cynical words and deeds, you are still a naive guy who never makes his own judgments and never questions his friends... I thought that the Coles incident would make you grow a little bit... "
It can be seen that Remedios was probably really angry about Blake's remarks, otherwise she would not have brought up this matter that neither of them wanted to recall so carelessly.
But now, in Remedios's opinion, even when the Chief Judge was at his peak strength a thousand years ago, he could not have survived the siege of such a large army of Moon Realm monsters. And now Blake's so-called "trust" was tantamount to watching the Chief Judge die.
The more crucial point is that the reason why the Chief Judge was willing to take the risk was because of himself - in order to prevent the Ava continent that she had governed for a thousand years from falling into chaos, he could have chosen to return directly to the Mountains of Sorrow.
However, Blake showed no sign of being annoyed by Remedios 's remarks. On the contrary, there was a hint of a smile on his face that made Remedios feel a little annoyed.
"What are you laughing at?"
Remedios asked, somewhat annoyed.
"Ms. Yueying...when it comes to judging people, you and I are on par with each other, right?"
Blake said this and turned to look at the Takma Cult advisor who was being guarded by several [Void Walkers].
If Remedios had not trusted the Takma Order too much, she would not have almost become a sacrifice to the Holy Spirit Terra.
"You don't have to worry too much about this. 'You don't need to use other people's mistakes to punish your own kindness.' This is what the chief judge told me before. It's not your fault that you were betrayed by someone you trusted."
Seeing Remedios's angry expression gradually deepen, Blake immediately comforted her, and then he continued:
"Let's get back to the point. You don't know the current strength of the returning Judge. Therefore, you use the standards of a thousand years ago as the basis for your judgment and feel uneasy for him. This is not your problem."
"But no matter how strong you are..."
Remedios immediately interrupted the other person.
No matter how powerful the current Chief Judge is, he still has to follow basic logic. It is indisputable common sense that one person cannot defeat the Moon Realm Legion.
"He's still a mortal, right?"
As if he knew what the other person wanted to say, Blake added, then he shook his head.
"And this is where I need to correct your perception... In terms of personality, it is indeed like this. Although the current Chief Judge often says things that are difficult for people to understand, in essence, he is still the mortal we knew in the past. But in terms of power... Well, the familiars I sent out should be here soon."
Blake said, raising a finger, and a one-eyed crow appeared from his shadow. It flew to the middle of the hall and exploded into a black mist. Then, a vortex swirled around the black mist, and finally turned into a shimmering mirror, reflecting a real-time scene.
Two giant brass axes of similar shape intersected and locked together in mid-air, sending out a series of dazzling sparks, but they ended up in a stalemate, with neither able to overwhelm the other in strength.
The owners of the two brass axes were: one was the demon general "Slaughter" wearing blood-soaked armor, with knotted muscles and blood-red skin, while the other was wearing heavy black iron armor, with the magic rune of "Dragon Power" on his arm...
"presiding judge?!"
Remedios shouted in shock.
The reason why he was shocked was not that William's arm strength could hold his own against the powerful Demon General "Slaughter", but that he would give up his long-range advantage as a magic caster and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent.
Is he crazy?
In the picture, Massacre and William were fighting on a gray land. If it were just the two of them dueling, it would probably take a long time to decide the winner.
However, in the scene, whenever the two people are in a stalemate, the "Blood Seal Warrior", "Corpse Warrior", "Thirsty One" and other Dead Blood King's scroll monsters will rush over and besiege William. At this time, William will repel the opponent with great difficulty, and then use some simple spells to clear the surrounding soldiers.
Every time this happened, "Slaughter" would take advantage of the situation and leave several wounds on William. After several rounds of fighting, William's body was covered with wounds, and his breathing became heavy.
"Is this what you said... that the current Chief Inquisitor is more powerful than mortals?"
Remedios looked at Blake on the throne and questioned like a madman.
But before Blake could answer, William in the picture was hit by another axe on the shoulder. He reluctantly used a life spell to stop the bleeding, and then said as if talking to himself:
"Reinforcements are needed..."
Slaughter once again raised his axe and turned into a beam of blood, charging towards William. This time, fifteen elite God's Grace Blood Seal warriors followed behind him. They held high the greatswords that had been blessed by Brand himself, and charged towards William together, aiming to kill the opponent directly with this round of charge.
Then, a hurricane carrying dozens of feet of ashes blew by, blowing away all the Moon Realm monsters except "Massacre". Among them, the weak Moon Realm monsters were directly blown away.
Even Massacre himself was stopped in place by the hurricane and could not get any closer.
When the hurricane stopped, it almost instantly raised the axe to block it above its head.
"clang!"
A golden knight's sword shining with holy light was intertwined with the brass battle axe of slaughter.
If it had been a few seconds later, the sword would have cut off its head.
"Qi..."
The man who drew the sword snorted disdainfully, then jumped back and flew to the side of William in black armor.
He was wearing pure white armor, and behind the armor was a pair of holy angel wings. Previously, he used these wings to fly over the sky above "Slaughter" like a meteor, trying to chop off the opponent's head.
Next to William in black armor stood a man in a silver robe with his face hidden in a hood. In his hand was a magic medium made of ash wood, and at the top of the medium was a small storm that was constantly gathering.
"For a demon general of Massacre's level, who is accompanied by a group of divine grace blood seal warriors and personal guards, it would be a bit reckless for one person to quickly deal with him."
William, who was wearing black armor, said so.
The man in the silver robe beside him continued his words:
"At least three."
The wings behind him flapped, and the man hovering in the air continued:
"Then use Judgment II to finish it off and give it a complete death."
Remedios was completely stunned as she looked at the scene on the screen.
"All three of them...are they William?"
She asked, looking back at Blake.
"Three?"
Blake shook his head, and then his perspective floating in the air suddenly stretched, and the entire battlefield appeared in front of them from a wider angle.
As far as the eye could see, countless Moon Realm monsters were rushing in one direction.
In that direction, dozens or even hundreds of judges were slaughtering the endless stream of Moon Realm monsters.
"That's what I said. Your Excellency the Judge has now surpassed the power of mortals."
Blake said, then he looked towards a corner of the palace and continued:
"Also, if you wanted to sabotage my work, this was your best chance. Since you didn't make a move, I want to ask, do you also want to negotiate?"
As Blake finished his words, a man dressed like a butler in a well-fitting tuxedo and a mustache suddenly appeared in the previously empty corner.
It first bowed to the two of them, and then said:
"Honorable Father of Crows and Lord of Ava. My name is Reason. I am not representing my master's will today. I want to discuss something with the two of you who also do not represent your master's will."
