Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 46: Immortality
"Camilla, are you trying to bring the war forward by doing this?"
Beyond the present world, in the spiritual plane called the Moon Realm, on the boundless Lake of Entropy, a voice mixed with the voices of dozens of people echoed. The voices were questioning, angry, playful, sad, or confused... but without exception, they all carried an extremely powerful force, enough to stir up ripples in the lake.
There was a towering tree standing abruptly in the center of the lake. As the sound rang out, the lush towering tree began to decay. Amorphous mucus and rot began to fall off the tree and completely disappeared into the lake. Countless maggots emerged as flies and turned into buzzing clouds in the air, but they soon rotted and died, turning into dregs and floating down.
In just a few seconds, the tree turned into a plump female figure, looking like a craftsman had transformed decayed roots into a magical work of art.
"So, now you are starting to think that I have gone too far? But not long ago, weren't you expecting me to help you eradicate the disaster in this world? Now I am seriously helping you fulfill your wish."
The woman who seemed to be pregnant said so, and there seemed to be a hint of mockery in her tone.
As she opened her mouth, the structure of her lips turned into sawdust and scattered all over the floor.
The voice echoing on the Lake of Entropy fell silent for a long time. Then, a hoarse voice like that of an old woman and a sweet voice like that of a young girl sounded at the same time.
"If you just want to pull the entire Ravenwood region into your domain, we will naturally not object to your decision. After all, this is the power you should have when you become one of us. But right now, at this special time, how can we be sure that you will not use the 'Moon Anchor' to fix that history into the reality of the world?"
In the past, the other two of the Three Moon Goddesses who were worshipped in the Blackwater Swamp area had such doubts.
In other words, compared to a question, this is more like a reminder - not based on friendship, there is no such thing between them, but based on some common interests.
But Camilla replied nonchalantly:
"You don't need to be sure. Even if I compile Ravenwood's history into my own, it will only give me a slight advantage in the future 'war'. The trouble it will cause to you will not be greater than if 'Disaster' ascended to the throne of the Eighth Holy Spirit, or even greater than making Coles the fourteenth king. Since you all accepted the Father of Crows as one of us, there is no reason not to accept what I am doing now."
As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at the sky, which was as colorful as a nightmare, as if it had been painted with ten colors of crayons.
The sculpture continued to decay. With her drastic movement, the neck that had been barely supporting her head suddenly broke, causing the head to fall onto the calm lake.
This head carved out of rotten wood had lost all its facial features. Before it completely sank into the lake, it moved its crack that could hardly be called a "mouth" and said to the sky:
"Whether you want me to gain a small first-mover advantage on the reserved land that originally belonged to me, or whether you want me to watch Disaster ascend to the throne in the real world and also join the war for the 'right to discipline' in the real world... Whether you want to stop me or not, the choice is in your hands."
Her words silenced the ten colors reflected in the Lake of Entropy.
After a while, one of the blood-red colors roared and disappeared, followed by a dreamy green color that disappeared with a sigh.
Then came the third, the fourth... Finally, in the entire gray sky, only a brilliant and wild orange color remained.
"So, you're going to stop me, Valk?"
The surface of the lake was gently rippling, and Camilla's voice appeared again.
And Valk's joyful voice echoed in the air.
"How could that be? You should know that I have no interest in the 'right to discipline' that you are fighting for. Compared to the terrible world you have planned, I feel that the present world is more exciting."
"So you want to stand on the side of 'disaster'?"
Camilla continued to ask.
"I have to admit that he is more interesting than most of you. The possibilities he shows are not seen in any of you... Of course, since he refused to become one of us, at least my attitude is the same as yours regarding not allowing him to ascend to the Eighth Holy Spirit Throne."
The joking voice replied.
"Then what exactly is the reason why you stayed?"
This time, Camilla raised her voice.
"It just feels like you've gotten a little carried away, so I wanted to stay and give you a little reminder..."
"Getting carried away?"
Camilla interrupted with a scoff.
"The Mad Fool comes to remind me not to get too carried away?"
"It's funny, isn't it? But isn't that what the jesters in this world do? They use mocking methods to warn people like you who hold the title of king about the future."
Valk didn't seem to care about Camilla's ridicule.
"Okay, then let's talk about your so-called... warnings."
Camilla sneered.
"It's a brilliant idea to leave behind the timeline before your upgrade and use it as a medium to directly intervene in the real world now... But please don't forget that this also exposes your biggest weakness. Don't let things go wrong when the time comes, hahahahaha..."
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“…Hahahaha, huh?”
Valk, who was sitting in the VIP box, stopped laughing, and the butler "Reason" beside him immediately asked:
"Boss, what's wrong?"
"That guy wiped out my messenger. Tsk, what a bad temper..."
The expression on Zhili's face did not change at all, and he continued to ask:
"So do you think that Disaster can really thwart Lady Camilla's thousands of years of planning since the Bronze Age?"
Valk replied:
"What do you think?"
"If the calamity was unwilling to burn those 40 million souls to ashes, it would probably end up perishing in Ravenwood. And if you ask me, the reason he has this opportunity now is because of his two once loyal subordinates who risked their lives to find out the information."
"Do you think he'll burn it?"
Valk continued to ask.
"Reason" shook his head upon hearing this.
"To some extent, I think Disaster is the same type of person as you, the boss. If it were you, you would definitely not burn it."
The subtext of this sentence is, "If it were me, I would have burned up long ago," but since I can burn up, you definitely won't.
Upon hearing this, Valk clapped his hands happily.
"Same type of people... It's so rare that you can find a way to compliment me that I like. Hahahaha, well said! Same type of people, that's a great way to put it!"
" Reason " continued expressionlessly:
"But Calamity is not immortal like you, Boss, so his fall this time is inevitable."
"Immortal body..."
Valk repeated the word "reason" again.
But this time, her voice was not as joyful as before.
Instead, it brought with it a certain terrifying coldness.
She stared at Reason intently, like some kind of feline, with a hint of danger in her eyes.
"Do you really think we are immortal?"
She continued to ask, speaking very slowly and gently.
His facial expression did not change at all, and he replied in his usual "rational" tone, "I don't quite understand what you mean, Boss."
The moment he heard this answer, the expression on Valk's face returned to its previous playful and joyful look.
"Hahahaha, why are you so serious?! Why don't you just make a bet with me? I bet Disaster can accomplish the impossible again this time."
"Reason" shook his head and said:
"I can't beat you."
Valk shook his head with some regret:
"That's boring. I'll go find a few friends who are willing to make a bet... Well, I won't kill you this time."
After leaving a remark that made people pay attention , she turned into a gushing fountain of playing cards and disappeared on the spot.
And "Reason" just stood there for a long time, like a marble statue.
Only after it was completely sure that the Mad Fool had left did it stagger, holding onto a chair beside it, and sit down in the box covered with "Joker" cards.
It trembled as it took out a handkerchief from the breast pocket of its tuxedo and shakily wiped the non-existent sweat from its head.
Does she... does she already know what she did before?
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Underground roots, close to the large tree hole.
Imperial Ambassador Yin Lai'er, along with several of his Tower of Annihilation monks, were traveling through the maze-like root system.
There is something seriously wrong with that woman and the "distinguished guest" beside her...
After the previous meeting at the Bone House, Yin Laier came to this obvious conclusion.
They were trying to hide something, and my sudden visit caught them off guard.
Besides, that man was definitely not some "consultant on dealing with lunar issues".
He is most likely a collaborator of some other force.
Blackwater Province? Ava Continent? Daemon Continent? Or the Moon Realm Sects?
Although Yin Lai'er didn't know what specific force it was, he knew that he had to get back at the humiliation he had suffered before.
Originally, he only planned to use the intelligence network of the embassy to dig up some dirt on Floralo - after all, if he showed up in the Holy Tree City now, his life would be in danger. However, what he didn't expect was that, or rather, what he expected was that because there were so many people in the Holy Tree City who opposed Floralo's iron-fisted rule, his informants basically got important intelligence from the Oak Council without any effort.
Flora has deliberately hidden something deep in the underground roots of the World Tree.
Underground roots? Since it wasn't inside the Holy Tree City, he could go and search for evidence himself.
Although he didn't think he could find any evidence to bring down the other party, he still had to wait until he returned to Platinum City to disgust the Duke of Holy Tree and use the opportunity to strike a blow against the Queen's people.
Although it was rumored that Queen Irene and Duke of Holy Tree were once as close as mother and daughter, their relationship completely broke down after Irene insisted on returning to Platinum City.
The fact that Queen Irene desperately exploited the arable land in the Emerald Province in order to fulfill the contract on Damon Continent is a clear proof of this.
However, Yin Laier, who had experienced the complex political environment of Platinum City, knew that the truth was completely different.
Rather, it was Floro's full support that enabled Queen Irene to withstand the pressure exerted by the elders represented by Speaker York through the Daemon Continental Trade Agreement.
It seems that the Jade Province is indeed the most reliable ally of Her Majesty the Queen.
Yin Lai'er, who was exiled to this wild land because of his mistakes, naturally would not miss the opportunity to strike at the Queen's allies.
After wandering around for a long time, Yin Lai'er and his guards finally found a suspicious location deep in the root system.
A wooden door made of tangled roots, with emerald runes flickering on it.
In front of the door, there was a trace that was caused by something like a magic medium.
His guards told him that the magic of this place seemed to have been destroyed and it was easy to pass through.
"Well...you go in first, you, and you, stay by my side."
Yin Lai'er gave such orders to his guards.
Recalling the previous attack he had suffered in the forest, he added:
"If I find any creature attacking me, I will kill it without mercy... The dead can serve as evidence anyway."
