Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 96 Oracle
"So, just go for it, no matter what the end result is. I'll start after I'm done with you, and today, it will all be over."
After hearing the chief judge's words, Floralo and Ebony nodded and left with a complicated look. Floralo used the storm spell to lift the two of them up and flew quickly towards the direction of the Bone Palace. Soon, they would be there to begin the final judgment on the original sin of the forest elves and this timeline that had gone wrong for more than 5,000 years.
Looking at the white air trails they left behind as they sped past, William felt a long-lost feeling of joy.
It was a kind of tension that permeated my heart, and a vague sense of panic.
William had only felt this feeling twice since he came into this world.
One time was when he killed someone for the first time with his own hands.
David Orbis, William still remembers his name. A Moon Realm Summoner who used the lives of innocent students as blood sacrifices to summon the Shambler, a villain with countless blood debts on his hands, a sinner who should be killed in every way.
Of course, William didn't think there was anything wrong with killing such a villain, because that was the judgment that the man deserved. But what really made him nervous and even terrified was that at the moment of killing the man, he discovered that he had transcendent power and that in this fantasy world that had become reality, he really had the power of life and death.
And it is absolute power.
In this era when the Void King cannot descend into the world in his true form, he can do almost anything he wants as he has kept perfect archives.
There was almost no force that could restrain him from doing anything he wanted.
Although killing such an unforgivable sinner is legally and morally justified, in what capacity did he conduct the trial and execution?
In order to answer this question deep in his heart, he made a choice at that time.
Through the death of the minor character David Orbis, he announced the "death" of the man named "Zhou Mu" and the "rebirth" of the legend "William Kane".
By identifying himself with the identity of "William Kane", he was able to stabilize his unstable mentality after realizing that he possessed powerful strength.
The other time was when Black Crow was fighting against Coles .
Even when facing off against his former comrades, William was not shaken at all.
If the other party did something wrong, it is wrong, and no matter how high-sounding the words are, it cannot change that.
But Coles' questioning of himself at that time made him feel uneasy again.
It was true that Coles was wrong to leave a reservation for the present world, but was his plan necessarily correct?
In other words, does he have the qualifications to guide the development of this world with his own will?
In the end, the answer William gave was very simple - regardless of whether he was qualified or not, Yuejing and the current empire were definitely less qualified than him. At the very least, he could kick out all those guys who were less qualified than himself before discussing the subsequent issues.
Although this answer did not completely answer the other party's doubts, William could continue to move forward without confusion before completely solving the Empire and the Moon Realm.
...It should have been like this, but things went against his wishes. Now in Ravenwood, a new choice was placed before him.
Do I really have the qualifications to decide the present, future, and even past fate of a race?
This is not a simple judgment between good and evil, nor is it a simple choice between efficiency and inefficiency.
Countless civilians, who are extremely innocent on a personal level, will disappear forever because of this decision. They have not really done anything wrong, and their only fault may be that they were born into this world.
And after they are gone, no one will even remember that these people ever existed.
Although William would not hesitate because of this, and would not give the Moon Realm superiors the opportunity to use this as a bargaining chip to ask him to compromise, he still had to take responsibility for the choice he made .
Some of it will be spiritual.
The only thing I can do for these people is to tell everyone the truth before everything goes to destruction.
Even though this may bring obstacles to yourself.
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William, with his wide wings spread out behind him, hovered in front of the bloated and corrupted "World Tree". Beside him, a gargoyle bound by a contract was carrying the previously captured Quill.
"Where is the headquarters of the Oak Council that you mentioned earlier?"
William asked with a calm expression on his face.
In fact, he had no interest in finding the minions of the Oak Council , but he had heard from Flora before that the core of the "World Tree" here, just like in the correct world line, was kept by the Oak Council.
Previously, Juamara had "sternly" warned him "not" to take out the Moon Source of the Iron-hearted Widow and put it together with the Moon Source buried in the "World Tree" by the Hungry Lady to resonate, so that the timelines on both sides would briefly break through the obstacles and be intertwined.
Therefore, William would naturally listen to this warning.
Quill pointed to the lower part of the flesh puppet's body, trembling in the wind. To be more precise, it was the lower part of the pregnant belly of the deformed female "World Tree".
Just as William had expected, if he wanted to get to the core of the image of the Mother Goddess, he would have to pass through her birth canal.
Although it's just symbolic, it's really...
With a livid sigh, William pulled out an ordinary straight sword from the storage space.
If you think on the bright side, you're travelling alone this time, and at least no one will know about this.
Thinking of this, William turned his head and glanced at Quill, who shuddered suddenly for some reason.
Before the other party was about to ask something, William said:
"lead the way."
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The tree spirits in the dozen or so saplings in the Holy Tree City also showed signs of pregnancy in their abdomens after devouring the offspring of their own offspring.
Those were the remaining echoes of the sound sources of ancient mythology, imitating the behavior of the Earth Mother, causing them to also possess some of the Earth Mother's divinity.
If such behavior had occurred in the distant Bronze Age, these tree spirits could be regarded as authorities with weaker resonance intensity.
As for why the resonance is weaker, on the one hand it is because the degree of restoration of the ritual is low, and on the other hand it is because too many individuals completed the same ritual, causing the single authority to be dispersed.
But even though their authority is relatively weak, their actual strength can reach the legendary level. Even with the blessing of the region, their combat power can even compete with the magic casters in the divine realm.
The tree spirits of more than ten trees in the Holy Tree City have completed their rituals one after another.
At this moment, in the center of the Oak Council Hall, several respected elders, Druyin, were discussing the current situation.
"We have completely lost contact with the people we sent out before. What is going on? Could it be that the person who destroyed the tree before was really a crazy Flora?"
One of the old men asked this.
Being able to make such a mixed force disappear completely without making even the slightest sound, in their impression, only Flora Kane in the entire Ravenwood could do this.
"That's impossible. The Mother Goddess has already told us through the oracle that she has taken back all the blessings from that rebellious son. Now Flora is just an ordinary person. Not to mention the ambassador of the empire, she can't even deal with the 'dogs' she raises..."
Before another middle-aged man, Drew Yin, could finish his words, a fly flashing with a bright green light flew in with a buzzing sound.
He bent his index finger to make the fly stay on his knuckles, then stared at the fly that kept rubbing its head, and the expression on his face gradually became ugly.
Finally, the fly rubbed its head off, and the man threw his hands away, saying loudly in disbelief:
"This is impossible!"
After he called out to them, the people around him all turned their eyes over here.
"What's wrong?"
"Fularo returned to the Bone Palace. Together with the imprisoned Ebony, she killed all those who blocked their way and sat on the Throne of Withering and Flourish again. Now, with the help of the spell array on the Throne of Withering and Flourish, she has completed the control of the entire Bone Palace."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started talking.
"Besides controlling the Bone White House, did she have any other actions?"
The leader, Enso, coughed lightly to quiet down the discussions around him, and then asked.
"I don't know. What we can be sure of now is that she is gathering a huge amount of magic power through the magic arrays throughout the Bone Palace. She is also constantly releasing familiars to send messages to various places near the subtrees and crowded places."
"What does she want to do?"
Enso frowned when he heard this.
Sending messenger familiars to crowded places, is this an attempt to win the support of the people?
A tyrant who rules arbitrarily by his own strength, trying to win the support of the people at this time?
Although he thought the idea was ridiculous, Enso did not dare to be careless at all.
The Oak Council's current actions were all due to the oracle from the Mother Goddess that Fularo would lose her blessing. But now that the other party has regained the ability to cast spells, does this mean that the Mother Goddess has changed her mind again?
With this uneasiness in mind, he did not dare to speculate too much about the Mother Earth's thoughts. Therefore, he walked to the end of the hall, in front of the dead baby supported by two branches, one withered and one flourishing.
The dead baby's body was covered with psoriasis, ulcers and corruption, but the area above the neck was intact and white. A pair of eyes like blue glass beads were staring blankly into the void.
This is the core of the World Tree, the unborn fetus.
Enso prayed in front of the dead baby and conveyed his doubts.
He was so pious and focused that he didn't even hear the continuous explosions and screams coming from outside.
After praying devoutly, he quickly got the answer, just like a candidate loved by the Mother Earth.
The oracle of the Earth Mother echoed in his soul.
+When your blood stains the delivery room of newborns, when two different destinies intersect here, the destined arrow will pierce Flora's throat, thus opening a new era+
But before he could think about what this meant, the door of the hall behind him was blown open by a huge force. Several guards who stayed outside the door flew in backwards and were embedded in the wall.
A gray-haired human walked in with a grim face, holding Quill, who had been sent out by him earlier, in one hand.
