Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 50: Distant
The final solution was to detain all these people.
"They are not aware of the fact that they are dead, although in a sense, this is a good thing. But I still don't understand how they can maintain this level of intelligence?"
After controlling everyone, Flora asked puzzledly.
Undead magic relies on memory to drive it forward. It is an echo after death, or in other words, a reverberation engraved in time. How many memories can be awakened directly determines the strength of a necromancer. However, even the strongest necromancer cannot create an undead that is as close to resurrected as the one in front of him.
"Their sense of self is almost that of a living person... except that they refuse to acknowledge that they are dead."
Nezemar, who was helping to look after the survivors, added.
As they spoke, the two men turned their eyes to William, as if expecting to get an answer from him.
As the most powerful necromancy magic caster in the world in theory, if even he cannot answer this question, then no one else will know the answer.
"We'll talk about this later... The most urgent matter now is how to deal with these people."
In response to their expectant looks, William could only abruptly change the subject.
Because he didn't know how Ms. Hungry did it.
There is an iron rule in necromancy: a spellcaster may be able to summon an undead that is stronger than the corpse was when it was alive, but cannot restore an undead that is exactly the same as the corpse was when it was alive.
The essence of necromancy is to awaken memories, but memory itself is an ambiguous thing. There is often a huge difference between memory and truth - all legends and history are memories that have been distorted and exaggerated to a certain extent. Therefore, the older the corpse, the more exaggerated power it can evoke.
This is why necromancers are not very interested in freshly dead bodies, but are keen to collect older corpses. Without the bonus of history and legends, the upper limit of those fresh corpses will not exceed the strength of the deceased when he was alive.
However, the undead spirits of the forest elves before him broke this iron rule. Not only did they have intelligence similar to that of ordinary people, but their strength was exactly the same as before. They could even use their soulless bodies to command the beast spirits engraved on their skin.
William could only temporarily assume that this was a manifestation of some kind of power of Camilla, although he was not sure which power of the other party corresponded to this phenomenon.
But just a quick glance at another timeline can tell that the timeline where the "Hungry Lady" was truly born should be a Ravenwood that .
Hundreds of thousands of dead people are there pretending that they are still alive, playing the roles on the stage, and maintaining synchronization with the current timeline.
“That’s… that’s right.”
Flora looked at William's serious expression and nodded, not daring to question his words. However, after she looked around in confusion for a few times, she couldn't help but ask:
"So what should we do?"
His previous proposal to send them all to the Ruins of Osis or the Land of Eternal Night in the Far North had been rejected by William.
"Send them all to the Moon Realm."
William replied briefly.
"Moon Realm?!"
Flora was so surprised by this suggestion that she cried out.
"The concept of time in the Moon Realm is different from that in the real world..."
"But if we do this, won't we have to make deals with those Moon Realm Lords or Void Kings?"
Once these people are sent into the hands of those high-level Moon Realm beings, what will happen to them will no longer be something they can control.
"unnecessary."
But the other party just shook his head in reply. As he spoke, he took out a few pale blue gems and threw them into the air.
Under Flora's puzzled gaze, the gems drew lines connected by electric light in mid-air, and then opened a portal to an unknown area.
"But if you don't make a deal with those high-ranking beings in the Moon Realm, do you intend to send them all to the ownerless area of the Moon Realm? In that case, if they are not careful for a moment, they will be lost forever in the storm of the Moon Realm and will never be able to..."
The sudden cry of a flock of crows drowned out her remaining words - in an instant, it seemed as if tens of thousands of crows emerged from the temporary portal, they gathered in a group above the tree hole, and then tens of thousands of blood-red eyes opened in the dark cloud.
Except for William and Nazemar, everyone else present subconsciously protected their heads and bent down.
"I don't need to make a deal with the high-ranking beings in the Moon Realm, at least not for such a small matter..."
William looked up at the dark cloud of crows that was filled with ominousness and despair and replied.
As he spoke, the crows circling in the air swirled and gathered into a dark and red tornado, and then gradually transformed into human form.
A tall and thin young man with skin as pale as a drowned person appeared in front of William. He bowed deeply and then said respectfully:
"I come here by order of the Father of Crows. My Lord's Lord, is there any use for me here?"
Seeing this young man again, William couldn't help but smile.
"I'm glad to see you back, but what should I call you now? I can't continue to call you Crow Feather Prophet, right?"
As Blake's mastery of Black Crows deepened, the Father of Crows could now, like the Void Kings, begin to divide his authority and create high-ranking Moon Realm beings similar to "Demon Generals". However, because the behavior of Demon Generals who were composed entirely of authority would be too loyal to their nature, Blake reconvened the "Crow Group" created by Jackdaw in the past, intending to find people who were able and willing to be upgraded to Moon Realm beings, so as to control the negative effects brought by authority.
Simply put, it is the person who has the authority to create the Moon Realm.
After William learned of Blake's plan, he recommended the Crow Feather Prophet, who had gone with him to Blacklight City to seize soul fragments, and was later controlled by the Jackdaw and eventually abandoned, as a candidate.
After defeating the Jackdaw and returning to the world, William went to Coles' throne, which had been silent on the sea for hundreds of years, to check it out. Fortunately, he found the broken and irreparable soul of the Crow Feather Prophet there.
And by upgrading him to a high-level existence in the Moon Realm, it would just be possible to save his soul that was about to dissipate.
"Distant, my Lord of Lords. My name and authority are distant."
The demon general named "Far Away" who was saved by William and Blake lowered his head slightly and answered.
The despair that comes from a distance that is too great - not just the distance in the physical sense, but the concept of being able to see the goal and being out of reach.
Blake divided out three powers in total, and "distant" is the power that is closest to the concept of "despair" itself, which is more powerful than "loss" and "helplessness".
William nodded when he heard this:
"Far away? No wonder Blake said that no one would be more suitable for this mission than you... Flora, please cooperate with this gentleman to transfer those people over and make sure they are in an absolutely safe place until this is over."
"Ah? Sir William, please wait a moment, are you sure..."
Flora, who was standing by, didn't dare to speak until this time.
On the one hand, it was because a Moon Realm existence at the level of a Demon General just coming to his city as if visiting a neighbor was really a challenge to his common sense; on the other hand... this Demon General seemed to claim to be a subordinate of the Moon Realm Disaster?
Is she crazy or is the world crazy?
"Are you sure you want to hand those people over to him... This is a Moon Realm monster at the level of a Demon General. Can you trust him?"
Flora walked up to William and asked in a low voice.
In fact, her actions could not conceal anything, she was just showing her vigilance to the other party.
"He's on my side."
William only gave a brief answer to this.
"I don't quite understand..."
Floro still looked vigilantly at the Moon Realm monster who seemed to be standing in front of her, but she felt as if she would never be able to touch it.
"In short..."
Upon hearing this, Yaoyuan turned around and looked at Flora, then explained very politely :
"My master and I both serve the Lord Judge. His will is our destiny. Even if his will is to completely destroy the Moon Realm, we will not hesitate."
"So, shall we begin to fulfill our obligations, ma'am?"
Shocked by the emotional aura emanating from the other person, Flora nodded subconsciously.
She turned her head and saw William himself walking towards the portal that was flashing with electric light.
"Lord William, where are you going?"
She couldn't help asking. At this juncture, is he also going to leave Emerald Province?
Before stepping into the portal, William replied:
"Library, I need to look up some information about the timeline."
Regarding jumping between different histories, William always felt that he seemed to have seen similar records in the past.
