Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 28 An Accidental Success
Moon Realm, Lake of Entropy.
Because of the laughter of a certain Moon Realm deity, waves of ripples continued to spread on the originally calm surface of the Entropy Lake. Countless Moon Realm monsters that had just been reborn from the Water of Destruction were instantly shattered into dust by these seemingly insignificant ripples.
As the only Void King who can accurately locate "Disaster" himself in the world today, Lady Camilla, the Hungry and Corrupted, undoubtedly carries too many expectations at a time when the entire Moon Realm has fallen into chaos due to a madman's desire to commit suicide.
Since the battle of Black Crow Watch, several Void Kings have sent messengers to her. The messages they brought were similar - they hoped that the Lord of Corruption, the God of Hunger, could exercise his power as the rotating king and open the door for them, so as to completely silence the source of the current chaos in the Moon Realm as soon as possible.
As for their expectations, Camilla gave a very clear response.
That's about it.
Although it’s not such a direct rejection, this is roughly the meaning.
Haven't they tasted enough failure? Whether it was one thousand and eight years ago or today?
Be it the demon generals or their incarnations; be it the Moon Realm Legion, or tempting his former friends to fall and fight against them.
They have tasted the bitter fruit of failure time and again in this mere mortal.
Reality has proven that without overturning the table, they do not have the ability to silence the Moon Realm with the power it can currently project into the world.
Even in the Moon Realm's home turf, unless they could put aside their grudges and work together without any defense, they would not be able to do anything to that guy on their own.
But are they really willing to do this?
Even if the disaster is allowed to grow and develop, at best it will only allow this chess piece with its own will to turn around and become another chess player.
Compared to the threat posed by disasters, being backstabbed by your own partners is more dangerous.
The last time Valk visited the Lake of Entropy, after planning a failed assassination attempt on the Disaster with her, when Camilla questioned him why he was unwilling to invest more of his own strength through the medium of "April Fool's Day", he responded with a very bad joke:
"If I had two magic arrows that could wipe out everything, and I encountered both the disaster and you at the same time, who do you think I would shoot at first?"
"Don't want to answer? Then just tell me the answer directly. I will shoot an arrow at you first, and then shoot another to prevent you from coming back to life. Why? Because the conflict between the disaster and me is only a small conflict of more than a thousand years, but between us, the Void Kings, we have a close relationship of wanting to kill each other since we were born, hahahahahaha..."
She was right. Even if Disaster really obtained the complete inheritance of the Eighth Holy Spirit, it would only be one more competitor for the right to teach in this world. And there were twelve such competitors in the Moon Realm.
Therefore, in the end, Camilla had to reluctantly admit that before the shell of the world was broken and the present world was reshaped, she had no way to stop the disaster from continuing to jump around in the present world, so as to wash away the shame of being fooled by the other party in Black Crow Hope.
Unless... the other party happens to be ignorant of the danger and actively bumps into his hands, completely unaware of it.
And this is why Camilla is laughing out loud at this moment.
Compared to a thousand years ago, the current style of the disaster is somewhat unconventional and unpredictable, but it also lacks a lot of caution. She had the idea from the beginning to weaken the power of the disaster by using her own arrangements in Ravenwood. But now the development of things has far exceeded her best expectations.
“Very good, very good. Continue to have a pleasant conversation with my puppet and continue to fight to save those forest elves. Then, look forward to the irresistible despair that will descend upon all of you, hahahahahahahaha.”
Camilla's laughter turned into several corrupting diseases, which spread to several inconspicuous towns in the world.
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"...Which Moon Realm Lord are you representing?"
William, who was about to speak, was choked by the other party's question.
"How do I look like a spokesperson for the Void King?"
After a long while, William pointed at himself and asked.
"If you hadn't gotten the help of Moon Realm, how could you have possibly replicated this withered and flourishing throne?"
Upon hearing this, the other party pointed at the "fake" withered throne where William was sitting and asked.
As a symbol of flourishing life, the World Tree does not have the concept of "withering". In the past, this throne was called the "Prosperous Throne". But after the outbreak of "Prosperous Disaster", one of the seven disasters, William Kane carried the Corrupted Blade with the Moon Realm Curse and pierced into the core of the World Tree, using the power of the Void King to stop the spread of the disaster. At the same time, it also caused the branches and base of the World Tree's core to wither by half, becoming what it is today.
In other words, even if the other party could steal the roots of the World Tree and replicate the appearance of the throne, they would still have to get the help of the Moon Realm to truly create this "Crown of Withering and Flourishing".
In addition to the other party's identity as the behind-the-scenes leader of Blackwater Province, although Flora used a question mark, considering the ancient Moon Realm worship belief in Blackwater Province, she had already guessed who the other party was representing.
On the other hand, William, who had intended to further undermine the opponent's mental defenses by demonstrating his "omnipotence" as usual, was stumped by the opponent's serious question.
How did this throne come about?
Of course, they were copied using the console back then, and then packed into the treasure house.
As for why he used a console to copy the game - although William adhered to the attitude of "I paid for the game, so everything in the game is mine", he would never show any mercy when collecting treasures. But directly moving the thrones, crowns, scepters and so on of the seven kingdoms into his own home would still be too disruptive to the sense of immersion.
Imagine that every time you go to the palaces of the capitals of major kingdoms, the kings and emperors sit on a rattan chair, wearing a common crown on their heads that can be bought for a few hundred gold coins outside... This scene is always not right.
But he couldn't possibly say that to the other person.
Just as William was thinking about how he should explain to the other party, the woman continued to ask:
"So, you are also the summoner who once made a deal with Lady Hungry and Corrupted?"
also?
After hearing this word, William, who was originally struggling with how to make up a story, suddenly became excited.
He followed the other party's words and replied briefly and calmly:
"Yes."
This is not a lie. In the past, I have indeed summoned the ethereal incarnation of Lady Camilla of Hunger and Corruption - in order to smash it to pieces and banish it back to its home in the Moon Realm.
Hearing this, the other party nodded thoughtfully, tapped the armrest with his fingers and said:
"I understand... In this case, with that Moon Realm Mighty as a witness, I think we can continue discussing cooperation."
As she spoke, she put the veil back on her head. The aura of death that permeated around her disappeared instantly. After doing all this, she continued to speak:
"Obviously, it may not be possible to buy everything including my loyalty. But I am still happy to assist you in opening up the underground black market between Jade Province and Blackwater Province, and providing information on the Empire's military movements, as long as you can provide the corresponding price."
In response to this, William also smiled slightly and said:
"Indeed, my previous proposal was a bit too exaggerated. Please allow me to apologize for this. Let's talk business normally."
A summoner who once made a deal with Lady Hungry...
It seems, seemingly, or possibly that I have... accidentally found the clue to solve the conspiracy mysteries of the past?
