Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 66 Prells
Perhaps it was because William's tone was too calm when he said this. For a moment, the phantoms of the three goddesses did not answer his question.
This is something that is easy to understand - for most of the Void Kings, it is absolutely unexpected that they, as the "Moon Realm Disaster", would return to this world after one thousand and eight years.
Therefore, the means by which Ms. Hungry and Corrupted converted her birth timeline into the real history of the present world was definitely not to use the "right of discipline" that might have existed in her, at least at the beginning.
This can be verified through the information left by Sibyl and Neh.
So, locking myself in this timeline was not something they had planned from the beginning, but rather a desperate move. And now they were acting like they had everything under control, but it was just to increase their momentum and put pressure on me.
Experienced negotiators often first give a price that the other party cannot accept, and then start to lower the price.
As long as he figured this out, William naturally took back the initiative in the conversation.
"So, stop bluffing and tell us your real price, okay?"
Seeing that the other party was still silent, William urged again.
+You took the risk to come to this timeline, just to redeem the souls of the 40 million tree-like forest elves, right? If you are willing to exercise your right of discipline and turn this side of the timeline into real history, then there is no need to start the conversion ceremony that Camilla prepared earlier. I will untie the dream shackles of those old souls and bring them to the new Ravenwood to start reincarnation again+
After a long silence, Zhuamala's voice echoed in William's mind.
As he expected, moral blackmail began.
William thought.
The so-called "As long as you are willing to help us, then we will not destroy those 40 million souls, but let them continue to be the driving forces of the puppets here", what a generous concession...
William curled his lips and did not give an answer. Instead, he stared at them and continued:
"Then what?"
As he finished speaking, several familiar figures gradually took shape from the "nebula" in front of them. They were like puppets being pulled by puppet strings, staggering out from the Moon Realm rift.
Those people were Remedios, Nazemal, Yinlis and others... or in other words, friends that William knew who were already in Ravenwood or would be in the future.
+Killing all your subordinates is only the simplest solution. If you want, we can also send their souls to this timeline. Of course, because they are not as special , they can only be transformed into liches like Floralo and then sent here. +
This time, it was Camilla's voice that echoed in William's mind.
No Void King has the authority to create earthly life. Even the Lady of Hunger and Corruption can only create containers of corruption and decay.
But if they were transformed into liches whose souls and bodies could be separated, then they would be able to come to this timeline through "soul travel" just like Flora.
As for why Blake is not among these people, it is because Blake has become a high-level existence in the Moon Realm. To some extent, he has partially transcended the time constraints of the world.
"So, you can be very generous and not kill those companions in the other timeline, as long as they also cooperate and come to one side?"
William asked slowly, looking at the puppets in front of him with not-so-obvious signs of decay on their bodies.
Without waiting for the other party to answer, he continued to speak to himself:
"In other words, on one side of the scale is the survival of 40 million old souls of the forest elves and the lives of my friends in Ravenwood?"
The phantoms of the three goddesses nodded and said:
+On the other side of the scale, it simply makes Ravenwood's history and future become what it should have been. There is nothing wrong with this. After all, when Camilla was promoted to the Void King and became the Lady of Hunger and Corruption, Ravenwood should have become a dead kingdom of the dead and ascended to the Moon Realm. +
In other words, the three goddesses hope to exchange this for William's promise not to attack the new Kingdom of the Dead before the timeline is fixed.
"only?"
William asked, narrowing his eyes.
"If that's the case, then what are the forest elves that exist now?"
Once this timeline becomes a reality, the entire thousands of years of history of the forest elves will become a bubble.
+If you care about this, then I can only tell you that they are just like the future you didn't choose in the past, they never existed. Or... do you want to take the responsibility of all those timelines being cut by your own will? +
Finally, it was Beatrice’s words that echoed in William’s mind.
This was the final blow she had prepared long ago...to break the Disaster's mental defenses.
The existence of Ravenwood's 5,000-year timeline is a mistake. If it weren't for Camilla's ambition, it should have disappeared completely the moment Lady Hungry was born.
What they are doing now is nothing more than causing the catastrophe that should have befallen this land five thousand years ago to reappear on this land.
At this moment, the three goddesses put a choice before William - either let this catastrophe come in a more violent way, and 40 million old souls burned with brilliant flames at the same time, turning a timeline and the people William cherished there into ashes.
Or, he could make this catastrophe come silently - overnight, the entire Ravenwood would become a falsehood that had never existed, a memory that existed only in the minds of William and the survivors he saved.
At the same time, Beatrice also told William that if he chose the second option, he would have no need to be sad - because they had never existed in the first place.
What's more, if he wanted to be sad about this, he would have a lot to be sad about.
After all, he had the "right to discipline" and had cut out countless timelines more than a thousand years ago.
After Beatrice finished speaking, William fell completely silent.
He lowered his head and frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
On the other side of the Moon Realm Rift, on the Entropy Lake, Beatrice turned to look at Camilla. Although she did not show any emotion, the latter could still feel a sense of pride in her.
"I've already said it before. Rather than forcibly starting the ritual by burning those old souls, it's better to take a little risk and design a plan to use the disaster to anchor the timeline."
The whole plan was carefully woven by Beatrice through adjusting the threads of conspiracy.
Guiding the disaster and trapping it in this timeline, on the one hand, can thoroughly confirm that the Eighth Holy Spirit's "right to discipline" is in his possession; on the other hand, it can consume as little of their backup plans left in the present world as possible, thereby completing the reversal of the timeline; at the same time, it can also use this opportunity to greatly weaken the disaster's allies in the present world, undermine his spiritual motivation, and lay the foundation for an advantage in the subsequent struggle for the present world.
Beatrice is a master at manipulating the minds of mortals. She understands that this man known as the "Moonland Disaster" still has many weaknesses unique to mortals.
So what if he has the "right to discipline"? So what if he is invincible in the world?
As long as you don't have a broad vision and an immortal body like , no matter how strong you are, you are just a chess piece in her hands.
How could he have the awareness to shoulder the power of "discipline" and determine the timeline when he was even willing to give up the chance to become immortal for the sake of his dead companion?
Just a mortal.
"I carry it."
Suddenly, William raised his head, looked at the three goddesses behind the Moon Realm rift, and said with a stern look in his eyes.
“I have made countless choices to get to the world I am in today. I will bear all the possibilities that have been cut out because of my personal choices, no matter if they will actually become better or worse, and their final disappearance. Because the world today is the most perfect ending I could achieve at that time.”
As William spoke, runes made of electric light lit up one by one around his body.
"So in the future, I will continue to shoulder this responsibility and be responsible for all my choices."
The electric runes gradually turned into a door with chains.
He was planning to directly seal off this Moon Realm rift!
"Wait...wait a minute! What about your subordinates on the other side? And those 40 million old souls? Are you going to let them all die?"
In response to Zhuamala's question, William replied with a gloomy face amidst the flash of lightning:
"I didn't let any of them die. You were the ones who didn't let them live. Since I can't stop you, all I can do is avenge them all... starting with completely destroying the country that Camilla has run for five thousand years, and that ugly incarnation. I will destroy all of you so-called immortal beings, and none of you will be able to escape."
Camilla heard this and glared at Beatrice, then said to William excitedly:
“You’re…”
"To be honest, I hate multiple-choice questions. In the past, I was forced to make a lot of choices. Coming to this terrible era, I naively thought that at least I would no longer be forced to make those multiple-choice questions, but the reality was the opposite..."
William didn't give the other party a chance to finish his words, he continued in a cold voice.
"But fortunately, unlike more than a thousand years ago, this time, I still have an extra choice..."
Tear up the entire test paper.
"Are you really going to take the responsibility for all the timelines being cut?"
Beatrice asked in disbelief. This was totally different from what she expected.
In response, William looked at her and answered word by word:
"I have already shouldered the things you mentioned."
"What on earth are you?"
Beatrice murmured solemnly and doubtfully.
Before the gate made of pure lightning completely sealed the Moon Realm Rift, William replied:
"I am Prells, and I shape the world as it is."
