The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

A certain fragment emerged from the depths of his memory. Knox stretched out his hand. After the black light flashed, a bunch of Intivat appeared in his hand.

He gently placed the bouquet next to the fallen Xiaoqiuqiu man, then turned and left without saying a word...

Chapter 141 Invasion of Illusion

"What were those... why did they suddenly attack us?"

Paimon asked in shock after seeing Ying and Dyne defeat several black-armored knights who suddenly attacked them.

"The [Black Snake Knight] once belonged to the Camria Palace Guard." Dyne said frankly.

"Palace Guards?" Paimon wondered: "Could it be that they were once your subordinates?"

"It used to be. But now they have a strong curse aura and a fighting method that abandons all glory..." Daine looked complicated.

......

As we continued to explore the center of the inverted city, the unsettling and weird atmosphere around us became increasingly intense.

Similarly, as the number of defeated black snake knights reached a certain level, Ying, Dyne and Paimon finally saw what those black snake knights were guarding - a group of Qiuqiu people who were surrounded by purple and black aura.

"Sure enough, these Black Snake Knights have nothing to do with the secrets of the Abyss Order." Dain looked at the group of Qiuqiu people and said with neither joy nor sorrow in his eyes: "Humph, I should have guessed it earlier."

"What's going on with these Qiuqiu people?"

Paimon's question was quickly answered by Dyne: "This is the ending of the Qiuqiu people. They age, are afraid of light, and gradually merge with the darkness. Even so, the curse continues to erode them."

"But why do these black snake knights guard them like that?" Paimon asked a question that Ying was equally concerned and curious about.

Before he finished speaking, several more black snake knights gathered around him, but soon, a strange black snake knight appeared from above and roared at the black snake knights who were about to attack Ying and others. , the group of black snake knights immediately retreated.

"Halfdan..." Dyne couldn't help but murmured as he watched the knight who ordered the black snake knights to retreat disappear again.

"Dain?" Paimon's voice woke Dain from his daze.

He shook his head and continued what he said before: "You want to ask why they stay here to protect those Qiuqiu people, right? It's because, to these Black Snake Knights, they are just fulfilling their duties."

After saying that, he sighed inconspicuously and walked two steps forward: "I also just recognized that the person who just chased away the other knights is the young elite of the former palace guard, Halfdan."

"I still vaguely remember that on the day of the disaster in Kanreia, as the [Sword of the Last Light], before I rushed to the palace, I asked the knight named Halfdan.' Tell all the black snake knights, no matter what, protect Kanreia. The people of Rhea.' It is true that we have the title of [Palace Guard], but in the face of that kind of catastrophe, the royal family, celebrities, civilians...these identities have lost their meaning."

Dain closed his eyes, as if recalling that bloody day.

"When the last barrier held up by the Night Demon for Camrea disappears, and facing the power of the gods, there will be only one identity of 'Kreayan' on the earth."

"..." Even without witnessing it with their own eyes, Ying and Paimon felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation just listening to Dine's plain description.

......

"Huh -?" Looking at the bouquets next to a pile of Qiuqiu corpses not far ahead, Knox couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth with interest. Because of Tiwatt's bouquet, there are other people who would give these Qiuqiu people the bouquet. People present the national flower of Canria.

Knox walked to the bouquet, knelt down, and touched it lightly with his fingertips.

The black light flashed away, and then a burst of soft light shone, and with a burst of light distortion, a phantom scene appeared in front of him.

The figures of the blond man and the apostle of the abyss appeared in Knox's eyes.

"Empty? No wonder." Knox smiled. Suddenly, the rich black light around him bloomed and boiled. The power belonging to the Demon God of Night gathered. In an instant, black light surged towards the phantom, and what followed was Knox. Si's figure gradually assimilated with the phantom.

The intrusion of reality into the illusory past is just the application of rules to this extent. It is not difficult for the authority of the night...

"Your Highness, you finally agree!" There was unconcealable excitement in the voice of the Apostle of the Water Abyss.

Kong looked at the Intivat in his hand and said softly: "Being too involved in the great cause of fighting against [Heavenly Law] has actually forgotten the mission of [restoring the country]."

"Indeed, I shouldn't be so indecisive."

"The device is about to be completed, waiting for your orders from Your Highness..." Before the Abyss Apostle's respectful words could finish, a strange ripple suddenly appeared in the space.

The apostle of the abyss instantly became vigilant, and the water blade appeared in his hand: "Who dares to peek!?"

As the ripples in the space became more frequent and dense, Sora finally raised his head.

Then he saw a figure with silver hair and purple eyes walking out of the torn space rift with a slight smile.

"...Spirit?" Kong was a little surprised, and then he seemed to notice something, and couldn't help but sigh: "I see, you have invaded the images of the past. Is there anything important you want to tell me?"

Knox did not speak, but wandered around in this image space.

On the other side, the Apostle of the Water Abyss had already put away his water blade and bowed respectfully to Knox: "Lord Demon God!"

Knox wandered around for a while, with a thoughtful look on his face: "Illusive things cannot become reality after all..."

After saying that, he looked at Sora and asked, "Did you just say... [Restore the Nation]?"

Kong looked back at Knox and made eye contact with him: "Kanria should not die in unreasonable sins, not to mention that you paid the price with your life for it."

"Dedicated to life... Ha, it's just a ridiculous past. Kanria has died. This is an indisputable fact. If you fight against the laws of heaven, just fight against the laws of heaven. What's the use of fixing all this mess?" Knox looked indifferent. Said: "You people, you can't forget the past that has become empty. Are those pasts so important? Even Istaru can't completely bring the disappeared past into reality, so why should you? ?”

"Don't you support me?" Kong asked calmly.

"I have no position to support or not support you." Knox's expression returned to calmness: "I just came here to advise you, or to remind you, don't always be affected by other people's will, look at your own heart?"

After saying that, Knox suddenly smiled: "Forget it, just pretend you didn't hear what I said just now, it's just that you suddenly got a little emotional. By the way, I just came here to test the control of authority. I have no other meaning. You Keep busy with your work, goodbye."

After speaking, Knox's voice faded and disappeared instantly.

Almost at the moment he exited this illusory image, Sora, who was in a dark space, suddenly had a memory in his mind that he had not had before.

After a while, he frowned slightly: "Have you recovered to this point..."

Chapter 142 If...

The illusory scene in front of Ying turned into nothingness and merged into the air as Knox left. It wasn't until Paimon called several times in succession that she came back to her senses.

"Ying? What's wrong with you?" Pamon asked worriedly.

Ying paused and frowned: "When I touched this bouquet of flowers, I saw my brother... and his spirit..."

"Your brother and Ling?" Pamon's eyes widened: "Are they together?"

Ying shook her head and said thoughtfully: "It looks like a spirit broke into the scene just now..."

At this time, Daine also came over. He looked at Ying and asked doubtfully: "Can you tell me more specifically about the scene you saw?"

"...Brother said he wanted to restore the country, but Ling told him that Kanria has died..."

Ying used the briefest words to describe the scene she just saw.

"Rejuvenation..." Daine was silent. After a moment, he looked quite calm and analyzed: "I think I roughly understand the arrangement of the Abyss Religion here. They want to use the devices we just saw. Purify the curses on these Qiuqiu people and restore them as the foundation for the restoration of Kanria. After all, there is no country without citizens."

"Is there any chance of it happening?" Ying asked.

Dyne turned his back as if he was disdainful: "Humph, you are extremely ignorant. There is not even a one percent possibility. I should have said that as a person who has coexisted with the curse for 500 years, no one understands better than me. There can be no redemption, the curse is irreversible."

Dain used the calmest words to tell the cruelest truth: "If you force it out, you will get nothing but pain, so you must stay awake and tell yourself repeatedly that those Qiuqiu people are no longer human beings. If you invest too much emotion in this, you will only sink deeper and deeper... and eventually, like them, you will fall into the sludge called hypocrisy."

Dain put down his hand and said as if he had unloaded something: "Let's focus on things more worthy of saving."

Looking at Dain quietly, listening to his words, at the end, Ying said quietly: "Why should I believe you?"

"Huh?" Dain was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand what he meant, but soon he realized it, laughed at himself, and said: "That's right, the relationship between us is just an employment relationship, and he is yours Blood relatives.”

After that, he asked: "I'm curious, if one day the spirit in your mouth and your blood relatives are on opposite sides, whose side will you choose to side with?"

"If that day comes, I will not take anyone's side. I will work hard to eliminate the conflicts between them." Ying said without hesitation.

"..." Dain was silent, and then brought the topic back to himself: "It doesn't matter, no matter what choice you make at this moment, it will not shake my original intention. Stopping the abyss is the way I believe. If we can't reach a consensus, , then we might as well leave it at that..."

"I choose to believe you this time." Ying calmly interrupted Dain, and then added: "But it doesn't mean that I completely trust you, just because I don't agree with my brother's approach. Ling is right, the past cannot be changed. In reality, being too persistent will only make you unable to see your true intentions."

"90.00% or more may die in pain... No one is qualified to make such a choice on behalf of other lives." Ying calmed down some restlessness in her heart and said in as calm a tone as possible.

Dain's gaze towards Ying changed slightly, and he exhaled softly: "It seems that you have found your own way of looking at the world."

At least in this operation, Ying and Dyne reached a consensus, so the subsequent advancement became more efficient.

Until a burst of bright light shined violently, and a figure walked out of the purple-black mist——

"Dainsreb... was so entangled that he even united with His Highness's blood relatives again..." The angry voice of the Abyss Apostle echoed in the bottom of the abyss: "I didn't have time to confirm the transmission network before, so I mistakenly teleported you here. , What a fatal mistake!”

Looking at the apostle of the abyss in front of him coldly and contemptuously, Dain crossed his arms and said calmly: "You are a coward who only knows how to run away. Who gave you the courage to face me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another playful voice rang out: "It's me~"

His voice was only heard but his person was not seen, but Ying and Paimon opened their eyes wide in shock. Daine's expression changed and his gaze stopped in a certain direction.

Then the black flames ignited, and Knox walked out of it, looking at Dyne with a smile.

"Spirit!" Ying and Paimon shouted in unison.

"Hahaha!" The apostle of the abyss laughed: "Deinsreb! The Demon God and His Royal Highness are natural allies, and this operation has the support of the Demon God. I want to see if you are there. The courage in your mouth continues to block!”

Knox glanced at the arrogant Apostle of the Abyss and said amusedly: "Forget it, don't show it so obviously, okay? Don't you know that a villain like you can't survive more than three episodes on TV?"

"Uh... I'm sorry, Lord Demon... I..."

"Okay, shut up." Knox waved his hand, looked at Dine, and chuckled: "How about it? Do you choose to give up and leave, or do you choose to challenge me?"

Dyne's brows were filled with solemnity.

"Why do the spirits help the abyss? If they go according to their plan, 90.00% of those Qiuqiu people who were once Camria people will die in pain!" Paimon couldn't help shouting.

Ying's eyes were also fixed on Knox, and Paimon's words also spoke her heart.

Knox turned his gaze to them and said calmly: "It's a very simple question. Let you become a Qiuqiu man and slowly merge into the darkness and die in pain and curse. Or you may die immediately but there is a [-]% chance that you will." Given a choice between recovery, which one do you choose?”

Ying was stunned at first, but quickly retorted: "That's different..."

"What's the difference?" Knox crossed his arms and tilted his head and said coldly: "You want to say that we are not qualified to make choices for those Qiuqiu people? But the result of them becoming Qiuqiu people is itself The choices others make for them.”

"Look at those Qiuqiu people who are dying. Do you think their outcome would be better if nothing was done?"

Knox's eyes almost lost all warmth: "There is no worse outcome than this."

"These Qiuqiu people in your eyes were the Mengde people, Liyue people, Daoji people, or Xumi people in our eyes 500 years ago..."

Knox snapped his fingers, and deathly mist filled the surroundings, and soon the mist evolved into a human figure——

Ying and Paimon were surprised to find that those human figures were all familiar to them. Amber, Qin, Lisa, Kelly... Xiangling, Keqing... Linghua, Toma... were all theirs along the way. During the journey, I am accompanied by friends who have met each other through various experiences.

But the next moment, these figures all knelt on the ground in pain, wailing, and their bodies turned into ugly Qiuqiu people, wandering around in a daze, and finally fell to the ground filled with the purple-black curse of death...

Knox snapped his fingers again, and the surrounding illusions disappeared. He glanced at Ying, who was in a daze, and sneered: "If this is the case, can you still say that you are not qualified to make choices for them?"