Chapter 734 – After Branching
Chapter 734: After Branching
Accompanied by a whistling that tore through the air, the heavy alloy sword was like a star falling from the sky as it chopped into the earth, the heavy sword had no blade, but like cutting through butter, it tore a giant demon that looked like a heavy chariot into two halves with ease, and then accompanied by a loud thunderous noise, Vanna’s fist blasted on the ground, and in the horrifying tremor, a few of the small and weak demons that had gathered around her were actually crushed into dust directly by the tremor. The shock was so terrifying that a few weak demons gathered around her were directly crushed into dust by the concussion.
A strange, sharp whistling sound rang out from behind her, a missile containing foul energy came from a tricky angle, Vanna quickly got up, but before she was ready to reach out and block the missile, a swift black shadow had already rushed from the side, and a two-handed greatsword with flashing silver light blocked the sinister sneak attack, and then a few marines with attached steel swords swarmed to the attacking demon, and sliced it into pieces! Shame.
Vanna looked up at the dark figure and nodded slightly, “Quick reflexes.”
A happy look appeared on Amber’s face as she nodded happily, then couldn’t help but give Vanna a look with an expression tinged with awe and envy, “You really …… are even stronger than I thought.”
“Fortunately, I’m in better shape today,” Vanna casually turned the huge alloy sword in her hand, backhanded it into the fog beside her, running a Profound Hound that had just molded itself out of the fog through the head, then flicked her other hand on the hilt – the demon was instantly was crushed into delicate dust, “And these demons aren’t very strong …… much weaker than the enemies I’ve dealt with recently.”
The expression on Amber’s face seemed to stiffen for a moment, but she quickly recovered, and then returned to her position – continuing to go and command the warriors to clear out the wandering demons that had appeared near the entrance of the cave, while organizing the combatants to take turns resting and reinforcing their defenses.
Vanna also re-lifted the giant sword in her hand, but right at this moment, as if she suddenly sensed something, her gaze froze slightly as she looked into the depths of the thick fog.
At a certain moment, she felt as if she saw a figure – a figure clad in tattered robes, walking hunched over the rocky beach in the canyon.
The figure didn’t seem to notice the fierce battle around him, didn’t notice the demons and church warriors close at hand; he was like a phantom emerging from another dimension of time and space, walking hurriedly through the mist.
It lasted only an instant – by the time Vanna blinked again, he had disappeared.
Then, a hideous demon made of countless skeletons intertwined into a hideous three-meter-diameter “bone ball” emerged from the fog not far away, and the hollow hissing that came from inside the bone ball forced Vanna to suppress her doubts for the time being and raise her sword to meet the enemy… …
In a series of intensive musket fire, the monstrous demon that crawled out of the black door was torn to pieces by the bullets fired by the toy soldiers before it had time to stabilize its form, and then accompanied by commands and whistles, the toy soldiers covered in green paint quickly reorganized their ranks, and began to dig fortifications on the ground, pushing a gun carriage carved out of wood onto the ground.
Maurice watched the scene curiously, then reached down and grabbed one of the toy soldiers from the ground and held it in front of his eyes to scrutinize it, the metal plate on his forehead receding backward, and a set of precision lenses were pushed out by a robotic arm between the countless fast-spinning gears and quivering reeds in the cranial cavity, focusing on the toy soldier.
The toy soldier struggled for a few moments, and began to use the butt of the rifle in his hand to smash Morris’s fingers, making a series of “clang clang clang” noises between wood and metal.
Morris let go of the toy soldiers, while moving his fingers, he turned his head to look at the “Witch of the Sea” who was using her baton to control the various toy soldiers, origami chariots, and origami soldiers to set up their positions, “…… is quite cranky. ”
“…… Can you stop grabbing my soldiers to study?” Lucrecia looked at Morris helplessly, “Why don’t you go study the remains of those demons? It’s all over the place here ……”
“What’s there to study about demonic remains, there are them on the ship every now and then,” Maurice casually took out his pipe, but put it into his mouth before he remembered that he was currently in the “casting state”, so he could only put the pipe back into his pocket resentfully, “I’ll ask you for advice when I have the chance. “I’d like to ask you about doll technology, the drive method you use seems to have some connection with the Academy technology, but the route is different ……”
“When things are over here, sure – I’m also interested in the casting body you use,” Lucrecia said casually, “I’ve dealt with the Truth Academy quite a bit, and know that you have this ability to briefly transform a ‘divine art’ of transforming a portion of your body into machinery, but it’s the first time I’ve seen ‘casting’ your entire body …….”
Morris laughed, a reed-shaking buzzing sound coming from his throat, but just then, a sudden glimpse from the corner of his eye interrupted what he wanted to say.
In the depths of the dimly lit cavern, in a clearing flanking the black door, a figure seemed to appear out of nowhere.
The figure, clad in worn white robes, seemed to have been standing there for a long, long time, and neither the surrounding demons nor the “soldiers” summoned by Lucrecia seemed to be aware of this uninvited guest–they just stood quietly on the battlefield, standing out from the surroundings in a way that was out of character with the rest of the world. Ta just stood quietly on the battlefield, as if he was a phantom from another dimension.
He seemed to be observing the black door and remained motionless as he gazed at it.
However, it was only for a moment, and when Morris blinked again, that strange figure disappeared.
Lucrecia suddenly noticed Maurice’s strange appearance, and after directing the soldiers to destroy yet another demon that came out of the black door, she immediately turned her head, “What’s wrong?”
“…… There was a figure that appeared near the black door,” Morris’ tone was grave, “but it disappeared in the blink of an eye, didn’t you see it?”
“No,” Lucrecia shook her head while her brow furrowed slightly, “Damn, I didn’t pay attention to that direction just now ……”
“…… It’s okay,” Morris gave the “witch” a look and waved his hand, “I filmed it.” Lucrecia’s expression was dumbfounded, “Filming ……?”
Morris nodded, at the same time the body has begun to come from a series of gears turning and organs switching clicks, and then his entire jaw joints in a very shocking way directly fell down – a black and heavy opening exposed, and slowly spit out a palm-sized photo paper.
Morris pulled the photo paper out and shook it in the air, casually mounting the jaw joint back up with his other hand, then handed the paper to Lucrecia, “Not very clear, it seems to have been disturbed, but you can still make out a white shadow.”
Lucrecia took the photo paper with a strange expression and saw the blurry figure near the black door, but her gaze still couldn’t help but fall on Morris, “…… Why does it even have this feature …… “
Morris smiled slightly, “As I said, I had many adventures when I was young ……”
Lucrecia: “……”
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It was as if Duncan had a vague sense that something had been quietly changed when he took his hand back – his own destiny, or the future of the world, he couldn’t say what it was.
He just had a nagging feeling that the decision he was making at the moment was crucial, whether it was good or bad.
He looked up and saw that the dark red core was still floating calmly close at hand, the light in the core flickering on and off, while the majestic “mountain range” behind the core was quiet, and the array of lights on its surface appeared to be somewhat dim.
His own refusal did not “provoke” this ancient god, he seems to be just a little …… confused.
After a while, the core of the voice: “Why?”
Then, the light inside the core was slightly brighter than a moment ago, and it continued to speak, “Theoretically, allowing the shelter to be restored should be in accordance with your wishes – you have already saved three city-states, and ‘taking over’ this world will allow all city-states to receive the benefits of the world. world would allow all the city-states to be saved even more completely, and would not be threatened by loss of control and contamination for quite some time …… I have calculated all the possibilities, and you should be happy to see such an outcome, but why would you refuse?”
Duncan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, “And then what?”
The glow in the dark red core seemed a bit confused, “And then?”
Duncan spoke in a calm tone, “And after what you call ‘quite a long time’?”
The dark red core lapsed into silence, the slow brightening and fading of the shimmering light seeming to show its hesitation.
“I don’t know if there are any other options – perhaps, indeed, your offer is the best option at this stage, and perhaps everything really will turn out as you say, but at least for now …… I can’t promise you that. ”
Duncan said calmly, while taking a small step backward.
“Consider it a hunch …… I have a feeling that there is something very wrong with your ‘scenario’, and I think there are other ways to go about it – not just resetting this shelter and continue to languish.”
He paused for a moment, looking very intently at the shimmering lights in the core.
“And as you just reacted – it’s clear that you’re not sure what will happen after a ‘considerable amount of time’. Perhaps my takeover will actually restore the entire Asylum to its optimal condition and make up for all of its current flaws, but even you can’t be sure just how long a repaired, fully ‘blueprint-compliant’ Asylum such as this one will actually be able to function-
“The sun that was once considered ‘eternal’ has already been extinguished twice, the Border Mist known as the ‘Eternal Curtain’ has been undergoing a constant collapsing phenomenon since a few decades ago, the gods are gradually dying, and you’re well aware of your own state of affairs –Everything is perishable, and I don’t think I can change all that just by sitting in the position of the ancient kings and gods as well……. After all, as a ‘world’ for all beings to flourish and grow, this ‘world’ is not a place for them to live. ‘, this ‘Boundless Sea’ is too …… confined, both in terms of resources and space.
“And from a selfish point of view, I don’t want that after taking over all of this, in another ten thousand years, I’ll be sitting in your position again, and like you, I’ll be watching this shelter fall into the end once again – at that time, who should I look for to ‘take over ‘ all of this?”
(End of chapter)