Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 65: Purpose and Hostages
In the rising flames, the entire "Imperial Embassy" was gradually melted like a wax statue. At the same time, the Moon Realm rift hidden under the disguise of this building slowly revealed its original hideous appearance.
The Moon Realm has no fixed shape. Any form of the Moon Realm that appears in the vision of mortals will show different forms depending on the differences in thinking between different people.
At this moment, in William's eyes, in the depths of this moon realm rift that had taken off its disguise, countless false thoughts gathered into a vortex, constantly changing like a swirling bright nebula. And in the deepest part of the nebula, a plump female figure with eight spider legs extending from her back and wrapped in thick mist gradually appeared in it.
The three Void Kings simultaneously turned their attention to Ravenwood, and with their own strength and authority, they slowly infiltrated into this timeline that should not have existed in the first place.
+Don't be so excited, Disaster. This is just a simple experiment. At least for you, you won't lose much. In other words, cooperating with this experiment can give you a more satisfactory ending.+
Indifferent whispers, sweet murmurs, and sticky screams, the soul sounds of the three Moon Goddesses gathered into a spiritual storm that was enough to destroy the minds of mortals, and attacked William's etheric domain.
Mocking, comforting, threatening... the emotions in their voices were like files engraved in William's mind, causing him to frown involuntarily.
"What do you mean by not losing too much?"
William asked calmly after replacing a silver-white magic medium from the storage space.
The phantom created by the superposition of the images of the three goddesses was silent for a moment, and finally, the sweet voice of the Nightmare Lord, Clawmara, echoed in William's mind.
+If the "right to discipline" is not in your hands, it proves that the bets placed on you by the mockers and hollow ones are just their wishful thinking. Then, as long as you swear to give up the fight for the eighth holy throne, we will also swear - in the new world that comes when the promised time comes, we will leave a reserved land for you and the people you cherish. +
William responded to this suggestion by raising his middle finger.
He pointed the silver-white magic at his throat. He used the legendary storm spell [Wind Commandment] to trigger an even larger soul storm, and responded with his cold anger:
+Fuck your reservation+
In the "nebula" of the Moon Realm, the overlapping shadows of the three goddesses swayed with the soul storm, like candlelight blown by the autumn wind.
After a long silence, in the sky above the Lake of Entropy, the Whispering Queen Beatrice said to Clawmara with a gloating look on her face:
"A useless attempt. I had foreseen it."
If Moon Realm Disaster was willing to accept the current conditions, then when he was in Black Crow Watch before, he would not have given up his opportunity to be promoted to the King of Nothingness and instead chose to resurrect the remnant of the past.
The reason why a disaster is a disaster is that to Yue Jing, it is like a natural disaster that cannot be negotiated or communicated with.
If Disaster is willing to negotiate, it must be because he feels that doing so can bring greater damage to the Moon Realm.
As the god of conspiracy, it was shameful enough for him to be deceived once.
So, Beatrice took over the silence of Jawmara and continued:
+On the other hand, if the right to discipline is really in your hands , you won't lose anything, right?+
Hearing the strong sarcasm in the other party's tone, William's expression darkened.
He said nothing, and Beatrice continued:
+Even if this timeline becomes the real history, as long as the World Shell still exists, we cannot descend into the world. The "right to discipline" is still in your hands, and we cannot stop you from ascending the throne of the Eighth Holy Spirit. Things are back to square one. Except that all your subordinates in Ravenwood will die and the history of Ravenwood will be completely rewritten, your loss is not as great as you think.+
"Stop beating around the bush."
William interrupted the other party's chattering. He looked at the shadows of the three goddesses and asked in a cold tone:
"What exactly do you want to say? There is absolutely no reason for you to tell me this information, right?"
The Void King is not the kind of villain in the 8 o'clock TV series. Before everything is settled, they will not walk out and circle around the tied-up protagonist while proudly introducing their impeccable evil plan - so that the protagonist can seize the opportunity to fight back.
But even if it was really out of the Moon Realm monsters' instinctive evil taste, wanting to enjoy their own negative emotions by attacking William's spirit, they should have said so much nonsense after they had planned to massacre all of William's teammates.
Therefore, when William asked this question, he felt his heart tighten instantly.
He was very afraid that the other party would directly answer him with something like "When did you feel that we didn't kill all your companions?", telling him that it would be too late.
Out of determination not to be a Riddler, William discussed the time-traveling plan with Blake and Remedios in advance - if he did not return within three days, or if something unexpected happened in Ravenwood that they could not handle while he was away, they would immediately terminate the spell on Flora.
With the power that the Void King can project in the real world, it is basically impossible to surround and kill the two of them... Although William really wants to think so, if his travel here is also part of the conspiracy woven by the Whispering Queen, then he must re-evaluate the current situation based on the premise that the other party can do this.
+I know what you are worried about, but it is not something to worry about, right? After all, even in this timeline, those loyal subordinates will still exist, right?+
Beatrice's next words immediately echoed deep in William's etheric domain.
She was right. If this timeline was fixed as the real history of the world by the so-called "right of discipline", then whether it was Nezemar, Fularo, or other people, since there were records of their existence in this timeline, they would still exist.
But in the form of undead.
After all, the residents of Ravenwood in this timeline are all puppets controlled directly or indirectly by Camilla.
Therefore, the other party's words were a complete provocation to William.
But this is pointless behavior...
"I ask again, why are you telling me this?"
Ignoring this provocation that had nothing to do with reality, William said coldly.
+You're pretty sharp, in theory. We really have no reason to tell you, but...+
This time, it was the sticky voice of the hungry lady Camilla that echoed.
However, before she could finish her words, William suddenly burst into laughter.
+What are you laughing at? +
Camilla asked grimly.
"No, it's just that I think I understand your purpose..."
William, who suddenly grasped the key to the problem, grinned and said so, pointing at the phantom in the distance.
Why do they have to repeatedly emphasize to themselves their companions on the other timeline?
The timeline of Camilla's origin is fixed as real history, so as to gain the advantage of future control over the present world. This benefit can obviously be enjoyed by Camilla alone...but why did she bring in Jawmara and Beatrice?
"Come to think of it, the purpose of my coming to this timeline seems to be to find the remains of the ritual that once gave birth to you, and then use it to severely injure you, right?"
William said as he looked at the swirling nebula.
The other party did not reply, so he continued:
"Indeed, I am trapped in this timeline now. But on the other hand... you can't control what I want to do in this timeline now, right?"
As William spoke, he gently tapped the magic medium in his hand. Two tornadoes instantly swept up all the dust on the ground and rose up from the ground. The howling wind twisted all the trees around the embassy into twisted knots.
If the other party really fixed this side of the timeline as real history, then William only needs to put an end to the history of Ravenwood, the kingdom of the dead, in the year 1886 of the Platinum Calendar.
If he just let go and did it, it shouldn't take too long.
This is naturally what Camilla doesn't want to see.
"So, in order to stabilize me, what hostages did you prepare?"
After laughing, William asked in a cold voice.
