Volume 3: The Mist Kingdom Chapter 72: 22
"…but it's weird isn't it?"
After listening to Blake's story, William spoke while tapping his fingers rhythmically on the magic medium.
"What's strange about that?"
Blake asked without changing his expression.
"The general position of the Moon Realm Kings and the function of the 'Moon Anchor'. Such important information was casually shared with us. I really don't see how they can gain anything by doing this."
“That’s what I thought at first.”
Remedios at the side immediately responded.
"But considering that the person behind it is someone who wants to make trouble, I don't think this matter is so difficult to understand."
Remedios's words made William lower his head and think for a moment.
Indeed, if it was Valk, she might have done such a thing. You know, the information about Black Crow and Coles' betrayal were directly told to me by him. And it was because of this that I saved Blake and ended the conspiracy of those Void Kings who tried to merge the planes through the promotion ceremony.
Judging from the results, Valk didn't gain any benefit except for the fun, but she did it.
But this time, at least in William's opinion, it was quite different from before.
Or, it doesn't fit the other party's style?
Perhaps Valk would tell him this important information for fun, but he would never choose such a covert and low-key method as sending his own envoys to find his subordinates.
Moreover, what kind of chaos would it cause for Valk, who was eager for countless unpredictable possibilities, to tell William these precious but useless intelligence? This would actually make future events develop in a more stable and orderly direction. This was definitely not a scene that the nihilistic king, who was keen on creating all kinds of "accidents", was happy to see.
So William asked one more question:
"Before Reason left, did it tell you the purpose of giving you this information?"
Blake and Remedios looked at each other after hearing this. After a brief silence, they both answered in unison:
"No."
William looked back and forth between them, and finally he nodded calmly:
"Is that so? I understand."
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After the Moon Realm coalition forces retreated, the black flock of crows turned into a whirlwind of crow feathers and began to clean up the battlefield.
Moon Realm monsters killed by non-Judgment Arms will not leave corpses, but will simply disappear and return to the corresponding Moon Realm domain, and then it will depend on the mood of their master to decide whether to be reforged.
Since they dissipated, they naturally wouldn't leave behind weapons or anything like that as trophies. In fact, whether it was claws, weapons, or anything else that served as weapons, the Moon Realm monsters were essentially part of their existence.
However, the Moon Realm Dust left behind after they dissipated is an essential alchemical material for many potions. And at this moment, the crows turned into a whirlwind and swept across the battlefield.
In this era when knowledge about the Moon Realm is monopolized by the church, the royal family, and the Star Council, alchemical materials that could be bought by the pound by apprentice mages in the Judgment Seat era are now out of stock. To the extent that in order to delay the plague spread by Lady Hunger and Corruption in multiple cities, William had to pay for the materials needed to from the treasure hall.
And after the end of such a battle that could be called a war, the lunar dust left behind was estimated to be enough to replenish the stock that William had previously consumed, with a large amount left over.
As for other results… the eight demon generals who came earlier, except for "Dementia" who had never participated in the battle, were all killed. Among them, the demon general named "Slaughter" was completely killed by Judgment II, ending his life that could have lasted forever. And the thing they called "Moon Anchor", which was said to be a divine artifact used to open the Star Lighthouse, was the one that left the Dead Blood King behind - the other three were taken away by high-level Moon Realm monsters who saw the situation was not good in the melee.
William was not in a hurry to conduct research here. Instead, after a simple seal, he handed it over to the crows under Blake and asked them to take it back and keep it safely.
After all, William already has enough things piled up on his hands.
In addition, there was the "Dementia" who had been watching at the edge of the battlefield. After the battle, it was pushed by its subordinates in that gorgeous wheelchair and left the battlefield slowly, as if this place was its home.
What puzzled Blake and Remedios was that Chief Judge William did not try to stop them from leaving.
"Let them go. There's no way to completely kill the idiots anyway. Just think of it as showing some goodwill to Valk. After all, it's a bit unreasonable to send her subordinates back to the furnace for retraining after just handing over such valuable information."
This is how William explained it.
On the way back to Black Crow Watch, Blake and Remedios kept exchanging glances, wondering if the Chief Judge had noticed that they were hiding something.
If you think about it carefully, letting the guy named "Dementia" go back directly is really not in line with the judge's past principle of killing all Moon Realm monsters.
Was this a test for the Mad Fool, or worse... a test for them?
But, I really can’t say it... the method that can completely kill the Void King.
What if the Chief Judge, who has a blood feud with Yuejing, really intends to do this?
Both of them thought so in their hearts.
"There is only one way to truly kill the Void King in the Moon Realm - to create a new Void King and use it to kill the old Void King."
That’s what “reason” said at the time.
"What?"
"Recreate their ascension ceremony and replace or... kill the past kings with new ones. This is the way to truly kill the Immortal Void King."
"but……"
"I know, the problem is, how to do it, and even if it is done, it will only create a new Void King, there will be no fundamental change, right?"
Reason asked the key to the problem before Blake finished speaking.
Blake nodded sternly.
"Before answering these two questions, I need to clarify one thing. That is, even in the entire Moon Realm, there is a strict limit on the number of thrones of the Void King. This number is not the thirteen that mortals are familiar with, but... twenty-two. And this number may decrease, but it will definitely not increase."
"Twenty-two?"
"Didn't you almost become the fourteenth Void King? Even if it was only an incomplete experience, I think you should have felt that although the throne of the Void King itself is eternal, the will sitting on the throne can be replaced. Whether it is you, poor Coles, or possibly... your master, Sir William Kane. They are all beings who have had the opportunity to sit on the throne and engrave their will."
"Reason," he said slowly.
"But the one who sits on the throne cannot be a true king, but only a puppet of the power itself."
Blake replied immediately.
As someone who had struggled in Black Crow Watch for hundreds of years, he knew very well how serious the erosion of that power was on the minds of mortals.
Reason nodded, and then said:
"But in the initial period, when you or anyone else was born as the new Void King, before your own will was completely assimilated, you could choose to completely smash the throne. Of course, the price you paid was that your own existence would also disappear forever."
"And this is the method that can truly and completely kill the Void King."
