Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 73 Return
After returning to the present world, William felt that his clone in Ava had re-established contact with him through the Holy Spirit Statue, and he finally felt relieved.
The palace of Yuefa City has safely returned to Ava Continent with the help of the coordinate points.
Of course, since half of the main body of the palace was blown up in the previous battle, whether the word "safe and sound" should be used is still debatable...
But at least this round of crisis has been temporarily resolved.
Thinking of this, William couldn't help but yawn.
From a physical perspective, returning to the real world from the Moon Realm is like experiencing a long dream.
No matter how strong the mental power is, the human mental structure is ultimately not suitable for long-term exposure to the ever-changing demonic realm of the Moon Realm, especially those unowned areas outside the Moon Realm.
Imagine that the light around you is like a kaleidoscope that is spinning wildly all the time, and then imagine that countless screams and whispers converge into a noise that is several times louder than that in a dance hall.
And if you happen to be a person with strong spiritual power and magical sensitivity, the surrounding environment will even change with your thoughts. All of this is enough to drive a mortal with no relevant experience crazy, and even an expert with experience in exploring the moon realm will inevitably suffer a certain degree of mental damage.
It is said that the "Tower of Annihilation", an organization in the Empire that specializes in moon-related research, has a rule that all explorations of the moon must be strictly timed to avoid the strong spiritual pollution of the moon environment itself on the expedition team.
I'm finally back...
At this moment, William, who was in the Dawn Fortress, breathed a long sigh of relief.
In the previous battle which could be called a war, although he used the Holy Spirit Disc instead of his own magic power, the mental energy consumed by micro-manipulating nearly a hundred clones at the same time was even more than what he had faced before in Black Crow View when facing four Void Kings at the same time.
William, who had rarely felt tired for a long time, now just wanted to have a good sleep to restore his almost exhausted mental strength.
But unfortunately, the things piling up in front of him are more numerous than a mountain.
Interrogate the captured members of the Takma Cult, analyze the function of the "Moon Anchor", confirm the nature of items with the "Moon Source" label, repair and maintain the weapons and equipment used in previous battles, control the "Mirror Shadow" clone to help Remedios stabilize the situation in Ava Continent, and be alert to the possible invasion of the hungry and corrupt ladies in the "Snake Trace"...
You can't rest yet, Your Excellency the Chief Judge...
For some reason, this sentence suddenly popped up in William's mind.
"No matter what, you should go and have a rest, Lord William."
At the same time, someone said this behind William.
He turned around and saw that it was Blake who had spoken.
The other party stared at his eyes which were so sleepy that he could hardly open them and continued:
"Many things are not urgent to do now, and the more urgent ones, such as confirming the situation of the venomous snake mark, you can let me take care of them first. The most urgent thing for you to do now is to have a good rest."
You are a mortal after all...
Blake didn't say the second half of the sentence.
Being human will get tired, get hurt, and die.
These are the proof of the existence of mortals, and also the reason why mortals are noble.
William was silent for a while after hearing this, then nodded slowly and replied:
"good."
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William knew that Blake and Remedios were hiding something from him.
Those two people were not very good at lying. When I asked them some details earlier, their hesitant expressions made it clear on their faces that "there are some things I haven't said yet."
Originally, William planned to return to the present world, and then, since he was in two different places at the same time, he would ask these two people separately about the details of his previous "rational" visit, and then compare and confirm them.
The reason why he didn't point it out to their faces was because William had no doubt at all about the loyalty of these two people.
One of them had stayed in Ava for a thousand years to keep his promise, and the other had been tortured by the power of the Moon Realm for a thousand years without compromising. If he still doubted the loyalty of these two members of the Tribunal, then he would be too inhuman.
Therefore, William believed that there must be special reasons or difficulties for the two of them to conceal their secret.
Or maybe, there are some things they plan to tell me when the time is right.
William thought so on the way to his bedroom.
At the very least, the worry about my mental state revealed in Blake's eyes was definitely not false. Based on this, I should give them more patience and trust.
Of course, these are just trusts in their loyalty - after all, this world cannot be maintained by loyalty alone, and sometimes the consequences of stupidity can be more tragic than betrayal.
Although Remedios and Blake were not stupid people, and their understanding of the Moon Realm was deep enough, William still needed to be on guard in this regard.
After all, in another world, William learned a lesson in that treacherous workplace - don't trust honest people too much, because sometimes you can't guess what stupid things they will do.
Therefore, how to balance the trust and vigilance towards these two subordinates and finally resolve this matter properly is not an easy task...
Or should I take the initiative to find Valk and find out what happened directly from him?
Being a leader is really troublesome...
William exclaimed.
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History will remember this day.
Yuefa City, which was said to have never been breached, ushered in its own catastrophe.
The Riel Empire, which colluded with the Moon Realm, used despicable means to bribe Ward Fengge, the lord of Yinsu City, bypassed the barrier of the Mist Spirit, and pulled the entire Moon City Palace into the Moon Realm, intending to assassinate all the leaders of the war faction in Ava Continent and make the high elves lose the protection of the Mist Spirit.
Fortunately, the legendary "Shadow Queen" Remedios and the Lord of Fenghuo City, Morton, fought back from the Moon Realm with their own strength and informed the people of the despicable conspiracy of the Riel Empire.
This is the explanation that the presiding judge helped to come up with to inform the public.
Strictly speaking, this is not a complete lie, it is just selective truth telling.
Furthermore, no one would doubt that what they said was the truth, because thousands of citizens of Yuefa City witnessed with their own eyes the magnificent palace being swallowed by a shadow, leaving only a void that was darker than darkness.
As the city of mages in Ava, Moon City gathers nearly 70% of the magic casters in the entire Ava. Therefore, the moment this incident happened, many powerful mages in the city went to the scene to confirm what happened.
In the state of Ava, where modern magical principles are taught as part of general education, the public is surprisingly quick to accept events like this.
Therefore, when the ruined palace returned to the world, when Remedios showed the bodies of the "slaughtered" demons to the people, and when she loudly accused the empire of committing atrocities against the high elves, she understood that soon, Ava would return to her rule in an orderly manner, just as the judge had planned.
"But is this really okay?"
The magic sword shattered into pieces, and Morton, who was covered with scars, asked this.
The Lord of Fenghuo City, who witnessed the whole process, seemed to feel that something was wrong.
"What's wrong with that?"
Remedios asked as she waved to the people below the stage.
"Compared to Ava Continent, you actually hope to return to the Judgment Seat, right?"
In response, Morton said slowly:
"After all, your name of ranger is a symbol of freedom."
"What exactly do you want to say?"
Remedios, who heard the other party's hidden meaning, continued to ask without changing her expression.
"What I mean is that you cannot be the ruler of Ava and be loyal to your former chief judge. Otherwise, wouldn't that mean you are handing the fate of the high elves over to humans? In essence, what's the difference between this and surrendering to the Empire?"
