I don't want to be an elf!

When it came to jokes, Swan obviously made Black Candle very happy, and the skeleton grinned and laughed.

Although I don't know how a head makes a sound, but as one of the three earth gods, even if he is not as high as the star god and loses most of his strength, he is still an earth god.

"Since you brought this girl to me, it means she must be very important?"

Black Candle signaled to the orc maid who was pushing the wheelchair behind him, pushed him to Yatogami Tohka's side, and looked her up and down.

Yatogami Tohka also showed curiosity, and also looked at this talking skull.

"Humph......"

Hei Zhugong showed a contemplative look, and his eyes made of soul fire tried to see the girl's essence clearly through the appearance.

It was precisely because of this that when he saw the power flowing within her body and the pure and beautiful spiritual crystallization, the fire of soul in Hei Zhugong's eyes jumped in surprise.

"Girl, what race are you?"

"Don't waste your time, she has amnesia." Swan said lightly, "The old man brought her just to see if you can tell her race."

"Hoho, so that's the case, you think this girl is a star god."

Hei Zhugong looked away, and laughed loudly: "But I'm going to disappoint you, this girl is not a star god, but I can't deny that she is extremely similar to a star god."

"Have you any idea of ​​her race?"

"She is a very wonderful creature, no, it shouldn't be called a creature, more precisely, a living being?" Hei Zhugong said carefully, "Although she looks like a flesh and blood creature, her essence But it's... well, a wonderful force."

Hearing this, Tohka Yatogami raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Even the great sage Swan couldn't see her essence clearly at a glance, but Lord Black Candle had barely seen her for a minute, and he was able to vaguely tell her essence.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being the god of the earth, the god who was once able to create all things.

In this regard, Yatogami Tohka not only did not feel threatened, but was full of joy.

Perhaps, the person who can make her plan go smoothly is not Swan, and Black Candle may also be the one.

Chapter 44 The Battle of Ideas

What Black Candle said was indeed true.

Yatogami Tohka is not an ordinary creature.

Although she does have flesh and blood, she will die if she is killed, but unlike other elves, she is not an elf transformed from a human.

"Her life structure is very special, different from humans, different from beastmen, different from star gods and earth gods..."

Observing the spirit crystal in Yatogami Tohka's body, Black Candle showed an expression as if he saw a cherished animal, and said in a tone of surprise and admiration: "If I have to give a similar example, maybe only the golden goblin Similar in nature to her."

The golden goblin is a man-made race born from the combination of Swann's necromancy and the soul fragments of the star god.

Back then, although the human brave killed the young Star God, he couldn't shatter her soul fragments enough to allow humans to fuse. Therefore, even if the Star God was crusaded, the human race was still headed towards extinction.

But the soul fragments of the young Star God still remained.

Swann used necromantic magic and star god fragments to create golden goblins. Every golden goblin has a star god fragment in his body. It is precisely because of this that the golden goblins have the appearance of a star god and the ability to manipulate magic power. .

It can be said that the golden goblin is a person who has the power of the star god, and can even be said to be a part of the star god.

This is very similar to Yatogami Tohka's situation.

Because in the final analysis, the spirit crystal is also the division of her own power by the Shiyuan Elf Takamiya Mio, formed by her original source after countless refinements.

"You said her life structure is similar to that of a golden goblin?"

Hearing the remarks of Lord Black Candle, Swan suddenly became excited: "That is to say, the old man can learn from her the method to make the golden goblins stronger?"

"you can say it this way."

Hei Zhugong nodded, and said while diverging his thoughts: "Her existence is based on a pure power crystal, if I can learn this method of refining power, I can use the same method to refine the soul of the star god Fragments..."

As he spoke, he hesitated a little.

The words that came out of his mouth, changed the subject and denied his point of view.

"It's just that even if the star god's soul fragments can be refined to the level of the crystals in her body, whether it will be useful and how to use them are still unknown." Hei Zhugong said hesitantly, "After all, the two It’s just that they are similar in nature, but fundamentally speaking, they are still different forces.”

"This kind of question, wait until you learn how to refine it!"

Seeing that there is a way forward, Shi Wan didn't care about the possibility, and said stubbornly: "William is unwilling to lend a helping hand, and the only way left is to study the crystallization of power in her body!"

"Then, without further ado..."

Swan looked to the side with a confused expression, Yatogami Tohka who seemed to be unable to keep up with the rhythm of the conversation between the two.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his trembling voice as much as possible and said, "Son, may I make a request to you?"

"what?"

"For the future of this world, can you please let us study it?" Swan asked eagerly, "Maybe you don't know your own importance, but for us, your appearance undoubtedly makes this world gain A chance to get back on track.”

Black Candle at the side looked at the fanatical Swann and remained silent.

the study.

It's a nice name.

But Hei Zhugong knew that if he wanted to thoroughly analyze the spirit crystal in Yatogami Tohka's body and study it thoroughly, he had to take it out.

But the spirit crystal is the essence of Yatogami Tohka's life, if she takes it out, she will definitely lose her life.

Lord Black Candle doesn't want to force anyone to sacrifice for the floating mainland islands, the future of this world, or the continuation of civilization.

Because he is an earth god, all he cares about is his master.

But his master had been killed 500 years ago.

The reason why he was willing to cooperate with Swan was just to leave a thought behind and protect the last home of the star gods.

For Black Candle, it doesn't really matter whether he can get the refining technology or not.

Because the battle that belonged to him was over long ago.

This is also the reason why he has been living in seclusion on the second floating island for a long time, and only contributes silently to maintain the existence of the floating mainland islands.

But for Swann, his desire to obtain refining technology is hundreds of times greater than that of Duke Black Candle.

Because his ambition is hundreds of times larger than that of Lord Black Candle, he not only wants to protect the floating mainland islands, not only wants to repel the sixth beast, but he even wants to find the way to defeat the seventeenth beast and take back the ground. Method.

For this reason, no matter how many golden goblins are sacrificed, they will not hesitate.

If it is possible to sacrifice one person in exchange for the future of this world, Swan will definitely do so without hesitation.

Even if the person is innocent.

Seeing Shi Wan's frenzied appearance, Hei Zhugong felt furious for no reason.

"It's like this again..."

Hei Zhugong's voice became low, and even the fire of soul in his eyes fell silent: "Swan, even though you are no longer a human being, your nature has not changed at all."

Swan was taken aback for a moment, stopped coaxing Tohka Yatogami, and looked at his collaborator.

In normal times, this definitely sounds like a compliment.

Because even though Shi Wan's body is no longer human, he is still proud of his former identity and firmly believes that his heart is still a human heart.

But hearing the indifference in Hei Zhugong's tone, he keenly sensed that this time, Hei Zhugong was not praising him.

"What are you trying to convey?" Swan asked, frowning. "You should know I'm doing the right thing."

"Hehe, that's right, the right thing." Hei Zhugong's tone was mocking, "Just like what you did to Eluke, right?"

"I......"

Swan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

Because what Hei Zhugong said is an indisputable fact.

Eluke, this is the name of the young Star God who was killed by a human hero.

At the same time, it is also the name of the person who is loyal to the Black Candle Company.

"For the right thing, you can put aside morality and righteousness, and exchange the lives of innocent people for the interests of the majority." Hei Zhugong asked indifferently, "The last person who sacrificed was my master Ai Lu." However, you were crusaded for the continuation of your humanity, and now, for your ideals, are you going to repeat the same mistakes?"

"Is there any point in saying this now? The old man is a human being, so it is naturally impossible to watch human beings perish."

Swan flicked his sleeves a little irritably.

"But now, the hope of regaining the homeland appears in front of you, how can you expect the old man to miss this precious opportunity?"

Chapter 45 The Second Spirit Crystal

Seeing the great sage and Hei Zhugong facing each other vaguely, Yatogami Tohka had a puzzled expression.

But soon, after understanding why they were arguing, her expression changed from confusion to helplessness.

Originally thought that the 500-year cooperative relationship had turned these two former enemies into partners, but what I didn't expect was that these two guys didn't abandon their previous grievances at all, and just held their noses for the sake of the overall situation and had to ignore what happened in the past .

But now, the tragedy that happened once was brought up again, and the position of the two suddenly changed from a collaborator to an antagonistic relationship.

This is not what Yatogami Tohka wants to see.

After all, she also expects that Black Candle Lord and the great sage can continue to cooperate, combine their wisdom and ability, study her own spirit crystal, and decipher Takamiya Mio's spirit crystal manufacturing technology.

Yes, this is the plan Yatogami Tohka conceived last night.

Let Swann and Black Candle get inspiration from her spirit crystals, analyze the technology of creating spirit crystals, and then use this technology on the soul fragments of the Star God.

If the two of them can successfully purify the [Star God's Soul Fragment] into a [Soul Crystal], then all problems will be solved.

The fate of the golden goblin can be changed, and the floating continental islands can still be protected, and even provide opportunities to counterattack the ground.

However, what she didn't expect was that not only did the two fail to reach an agreement, they quarreled instead.

Black Candle seems to have seen the shadow of his former master Star God Eluke in Yatogami Tohka, so he felt conflicted.

This is indeed the case when you think about it carefully.

In order to continue 500 years ago, human beings formed a brave team to kill the still young Eluke.

Today, 500 years later, for the future of the world, Swan wants to put everything back on track at the cost of Yatogami Tohka's sacrifice.

Perhaps Yatogami Tohka was regarded as the same kind as Elko, an innocent person who sacrificed for the benefit of more people, and the anger that was hidden under the laughter of Black Candle for 500 years can no longer be suppressed at this moment.

If he agreed to assist Swann, it would be tantamount to admitting that the atrocities committed by humans against his master can be forgiven.

And this is exactly what he can never admit.

He is willing to cooperate with Swann, the accomplice who killed his master, not because he forgave Swann, but because the past cannot be changed, and all he can do is to make up for the future.

In this matter, he can never compromise.

And Swan knew that too.

But it was precisely because he understood this that he was angry at Black Candle's stubbornness.

He doesn't think humans have done anything wrong.

Civilization, morality, justice, these are all qualities that are produced on the basis of being able to survive.

But 500 years ago, what human beings faced was imminent extinction and an irreversible crisis.

As long as they can survive, the drowning person will desperately grab the straw to save his life, and even use the life of others as a floating board.

This is not a sin, but a survival instinct that any creature will have in the face of death.

As long as you can survive, no matter what the cost, you must do whatever it takes to survive.

Right or wrong, it doesn't make any sense.

Because only those who survive are qualified to talk about right and wrong.

However, Lord Black Candle couldn't understand this.

No, it shouldn't be said that it is incomprehensible.

It should be said that it cannot be recognized.

"Don't argue any more."

Seeing himself as the source of conflict, Yatogami Tohka felt very headache.

She really didn't expect that if she wanted to study the structure of the spirit crystal, she would have to take out her spirit crystal.