Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 63 Three Goddesses
Different timelines are, in essence, different possibilities of history.
Small-scale time fragmentation has little impact on history as a whole, so it is harmless even if it exists in parallel.
This is a bit like a low-budget science fiction film that William had seen before - due to the impact of a massive comet passing by, multiple subtly different parallel worlds temporarily converged, but then separated again. When people compare their memories afterwards, they will find that there are many contradictions in their memories (Note*) .
Small-scale time fragmentation will not bring serious consequences, but large-scale time fragmentation is by no means so harmless. It will not only cause serious confusion in historical records, but also cause fatal time paradoxes throughout the world due to logical breaks.
Like the time fragmentation of Ravenwood.
The two timelines, which last so long and have such huge differences, can, to a certain extent, be regarded as two completely different worlds in nature.
So, on this side of the timeline, what exactly is the "Rail Empire" that the indigenous people know?
Before he walked over and opened the door of the "Imperial Embassy", William already had the answer in his mind.
Behind the door, there were no corridors, carpets, paintings or anything else you would expect to see in an embassy building.
Instead, it is a constantly changing brilliant sky and a seemingly endless calm lake.
This door opened out of nowhere in the air somewhere in the Moon Realm.
Seeing this, William couldn't help but shrug his shoulders. Just as he expected - this was the so-called "imperial territory".
The only ones who participated in the time shattering were the natives of Ravenwood. Therefore, when Camilla recreated the history of Ravenwood, the external imperial forces who played the roles were naturally the moon monsters from the Lake of Entropy.
The empire in the eyes of those undead is the Lake of Entropy in the Moon Realm.
"Camilla, shouldn't you come out and tell me your perfect evil plan at this time?"
Looking at the silent scenery of Lake Entropy, William, who was standing at the door, took a deep breath and asked loudly.
The next moment, a sticky voice echoed in William's mind.
+I am more curious about why you are still in the mood to joke at this time. Do you think that doing this will make that clown come over to help you like last time?+
As Camilla's voice fell, the lake in front of the gate began to bubble up as if it were boiling. A lush tree then rose from under the lake.
It continued to rise until it was level with William. Then, the tree began to age and decay at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although it is not Camilla's real body, it is also her extremely powerful clone in the Moon Realm.
However, William was not worried that the other party would suddenly attack him, because the "gate"-shaped Moon Realm Rift in front of him was very narrow, and its scale was not even as large as the Serpent's Trace in Blacklight City.
The Void King was unable to project his powerful force through this rift.
"If I hope to defeat you by stirring up internal strife among you, I will definitely fail miserably. I have experienced this myself."
So, William replied.
This is both an answer and a temptation.
In the ending of the waning moon, the strategy chosen by the Tribunal was to provoke internal conflicts among the Void Kings to buy time for them to gather the incarnation of the Holy Spirit. However, the three Void Kings, the Dead Blood King, the Mad Power Monarch and the Ruin Demon, finally reached a temporary alliance and passed through the largest lunar rift to the present world, and almost destroyed the entire Vic continent.
In a sense, that can also be seen as another timeline.
“I’ve experienced it myself…”
Camilla muttered.
As the tree gradually decayed, the statue of a plump woman emerged.
"That is indeed more than just a failed fantasy. It is the possibility you chose."
The statue of the plump woman turned her eyes and looked at William and said.
The information contained in this sentence was a bit overwhelming, but before William could ask further questions, Camilla continued:
"Disaster, I understand why you came here. In fact, ever since you came to Ravenwood, your every move has been under my surveillance..."
"So you plan to use fake Judgment Arms and fake Soul Boxes to trick me into killing Flora? Honestly, how did you come up with such a shocking plan?"
In response, William interrupted the other party.
As the inheritor of Nih's legacy, Fularo was not only the key to his understanding of the forest elves' information, but also his greatest potential ally in the Holy Tree City. It could be said that as long as he won Fularo's submission, his trip to the Emerald Province would be half successful.
Therefore, in William's view, Camilla's best choice is to take advantage of the asymmetry of intelligence between the two sides and lead to misunderstandings and conflicts between himself and Flora - preferably a conflict to the death.
In fact, although Ms. Hungry Rot did so, her approach was too... hard to describe.
Through Ebony, the believer with a lot of strange things on him, using the reward full of problems as bargaining chips, he couldn't even make up a decent lie.
After all, the only puppets that Lady Hungry could indirectly control were the undead from another timeline. And this kind of thing could only fool him at first through information asymmetry, but as long as he compared Ravenwood's intelligence from multiple channels, those poor disguises were basically just window paper that could be broken with a single poke.
If William had not been unwilling to burn down the entire Ravenwood Forest, the other party would have been defeated long ago.
Not to mention, with the help of Floro's soul box, he even has the opportunity to severely damage the opponent's weakness here.
However, before Camilla could speak, another majestic and indifferent voice sounded.
"Because only in this way can we turn this fictional history into reality before the destined time arrives..."
Following a rustling sound as if something was crawling beside my ear, a huge spider's shadow suddenly appeared under the calm surface of the lake.
Six blood-red eyes lit up one by one under the lake like searchlights, and then stared at him closely.
"Belis?"
After seeing who was coming, the expression on William's face became more serious.
The goddess of conspiracy and deception, Queen of Whispers Beatrice.
"Next, you want to ask why I also choose to help Camilla, right?"
The words of the giant spider shadow caused slight ripples on the surface of the lake.
"I wasn't going to ask."
William replied in a deep voice.
The other party will certainly not answer with the truth. This is inevitable given their nature as the embodiment of conspiracy and deception.
"So there's another one? Let her come out with you."
William turned his gaze towards the tree that had decayed to the point where only dregs were left, and said this as he looked at the inhuman-like withering figure on the tree.
Camilla let out a light laugh, and suddenly thick fog spread over the lake. A shadowy figure appeared in the mist.
A voice so sweet that it gave people goosebumps came from the fog, but there seemed to be some melancholy in her tone.
"Disaster, you shouldn't actually be here."
Nightmare Lord Zwama said so.
In this way, the three Moon Goddesses who once wreaked havoc in the Blackwater Swamp area are all here.
"I thought that after that, your cooperation wouldn't be so pleasant."
Looking at the vague figure in the mist, William said calmly.
After all, Jawmara had helped him in the ceremony of the King of Hope and Despair.
"Helping to maintain the dreams of the 40 million tree-like forest elves who have fallen into deep sleep in Ravenwood is an ancient agreement between Camilla and me... It happened thousands of years before you were born."
This is what Jomala replied.
William nodded - this was actually roughly what he expected. Even if the power of Lady Hungry and Corrupted could affect the countless corpses here, there must be someone else who could drive those undead to act like living people.
It could only be one of them, either Clawmara, whose power is dreams and illusions, or Valk, who is keen on recreating dramas. Considering that Valk is not a qualified partner, and that Clawmara and Camilla have worked together in the Blackwater Swamp, William was mentally prepared for this before he came.
He even prepared a requiem ritual for Flora to shield her from the influence of Clawmara.
Looking at the three goddesses who had reunited on the other side of the door, William asked:
"So? What do you want to do?"
Even facing the pressure from the three goddesses, William didn't think they could really do anything.
The three goddesses who were still in the Moon Realm were unable to pose any threat to William at this moment. The previous battle outside the Black Crow also proved that as long as the Void King himself did not come, no matter how many Moon Realm monsters they had, they would only be food for him.
The three goddesses were silent for a moment, and finally Jawmara spoke:
"An attempt."
"What attempt?"
William asked.
"Try to confirm whether the final authority to decide the present timeline - the authority called 'right to discipline' - is currently in your hands.
"Although most of the Void Kings think this is just nonsense, it is clear that the Iron-Hearted Widow El and the Mad Fool Valk believe it."
Jawmaara replied.
"The right to discipline..."
William felt as if he had heard this statement somewhere before.
“To put it simply , only the timeline you are in will be condensed into the real history of the present world.
"Therefore, our goal from the beginning is to hope that you can come to this side of the timeline. Then see if this timeline will start to develop towards the past and the future at the same time, and eventually transform from a false timeline into a real timeline."
