Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 36 Origin (Part 1)
"Wait a moment."
After talking about the solution of "burning the entire Ravenwood Forest to ashes", as William expected, Flora, who had been silent, spoke.
Because the incident happened suddenly, William did not send the Duke of Holy Tree of Emerald Province away after entering the house, but let him listen to their conversation.
Although after listening to half of it, he felt that this matter should not be said in front of this "outsider". But since the other party had already heard this, he might as well let her listen to the whole thing.
As the ruler of Ravenwood , perhaps he could provide me with some additional information.
"Any questions?"
William asked.
On the other side, Flora, who was about to speak, was choked by William's words.
She had listened to everything from the side, and at this moment she had lost her usual calmness and composure which was maintained based on her own strength.
This couldn't be entirely her fault. After all, in the previous conversation between those people, on average, every twenty words, a piece of information that made her scalp tingle would be revealed. After listening to it all the way, she felt as if she had already exhausted all the shocks in her life. At the end, she felt almost numb and could not feel any emotions. Her brain had almost instinctively given up thinking.
It was not until the man, called "William" by his subordinates, talked about burning the entire Ravenwood Forest to ashes that she suddenly came to her senses as if she had been electrocuted. Her originally blocked thoughts began to flow again.
What is "Any questions?"
Discussing burning the entire forest to ashes right in front of Rui, this is a huge problem, right?!
Taking a deep breath, she tried to make her tone sound calmer.
"You just said that the entire Ravenwood would be burned to ashes..."
"Don't worry about this. It's just a guess at the moment. After all, whether the whole thing is true or not has yet to be confirmed."
Before she could finish, William spoke to comfort her.
On the one hand, he did this to save some face for the Duke of Holy Tree. After all, it was somewhat disrespectful to talk about burning her country to ashes in front of her.
On the other hand, this was also the truth - he couldn't just get angry at the entire Ravenwood Forest because of the girl's words. Even if the other party claimed to be Sibilla from the past, and even if Nezemar, who was talking to her, believed that she was telling the truth, he couldn't act so rashly.
What if this was a trap set by some nihilistic king who loved excitement and dramatic effects?
To take a step back, even if it was indeed the information Sibyl left for him, no one could guarantee that her investigation hundreds of years ago was correct, right?
At least he would not consider such an extreme option until he found conclusive evidence.
"It's true."
However, at this moment, Flora spoke with a trembling voice.
Upon hearing this, William quickly turned his head and stared at the other person's eyes that were emitting blue light, and asked doubtfully:
"What is true?"
"It's true that Lady Hungry and Corrupted can use 40 million old souls to bring herself down."
Flora replied.
"So, where's the evidence?"
This sentence made William suddenly serious. He turned around to face the other party, crossed his fingers on his thighs, and asked word by word.
"I can give you proof later, but what I want to know now is...will you really burn the entire Ravenwood Forest to ashes?"
Facing William's aggressive gaze, Floro asked.
"I don't know... but burning this forest to ashes is definitely not the first option."
William answered her question very frankly.
According to his understanding, the forest elves that have completely transformed into trees still retain their self-awareness.
If he really chose to burn them all with fire, not to mention the technical difficulty of doing so, carrying the lives of 40 million people at once... William didn't think that after doing so, he could maintain his current mental structure and continue to treat the lives of people in this world as real lives in the future.
William could foresee that if that time really came, he would probably have to keep convincing himself that everything he had experienced was just data, a game with the highest degree of reality.
Of course, this choice also depends on what kind of weight is on the other side of the scale.
After all, some things in this world are like this. Whoever does them is a madman and a butcher, but when the time comes, someone has to do it no matter what.
"In other words, you won't give up this option either, right?"
Flora asked as if to confirm.
"If that's the only way."
William, feeling annoyed, spread his hands helplessly and answered like this, then continued:
"Okay, now it's your turn to answer my question. I need to confirm one thing - which side are you on?"
Now that the cards have been laid bare, he has no intention of continuing to play the game of mutual testing with this woman.
Because of the messages that Sibyl had left for him, this trip to Emerald Province, which was originally intended to be a vacation, turned into a prelude to an impending storm. Whether it was the secular power struggle or the control of Emerald Province, now all of them had to be relegated to secondary conflicts.
The only thing William needs to really pay attention to now is to deal with the possible arrival of the hungry and corrupt lady.
"Which side are you on?"
Flora seemed a little confused.
"You said before that you had signed a contract with Ms. Hungry and Corrupted."
William reminded.
As he spoke, he began to prepare the ritual within his etheric realm.
"I am the core that needs her power to destroy the World Tree, but that doesn't mean I am her slave."
Flora replied.
"If you know enough about the Moon Realm, you should know that most of the time these two are actually the same thing."
Throughout history, there have been countless people who thought they could control the power of the Moon Realm on their own, and most of them became footnotes to the Void Kings' ability to bewitch others.
"Just like when you used the Blade of Corruption that was endowed with the power of Lady Hunger and Corruption to destroy half of the World Tree's core?"
Flora retorted to William's words.
This made William silent. After a long while, he didn't know how to explain it, so he had to change the subject.
"Let's not talk about my business for now... Why did you use the power of Lady Hungry to destroy the core of the World Tree? I have asked this question before, but I think that the reason of just personal interest is definitely not sufficient."
"Oh my god, so you really are William Kane?"
Seeing that the other party did not refute the examples she gave, Flora took a deep breath.
Although she had roughly guessed the man's identity from the way Nezemar and the others addressed him and their attitudes, she still didn't dare to believe it for a while, until she got confirmation from the other party's extremely natural words and actions, she dared to truly confirm it.
"If I'm not you, maybe you can try to find someone else who can use [Anti-Entropy]."
In response, William shrugged and asked again:
"So, what is your real purpose in destroying the core of the World Tree?"
Flora hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she still said the thing that could make all the forest elves lose their faith:
"Lady Camilla, she... was once a forest elf, possibly even the first forest elf in history. The so-called World Tree is actually her body that was transformed into a tree when she was a mortal."
