Is it because she feels she can't truly eliminate the Divine Envoy and feels lost...?
Roland didn't know whether to comfort her or roll his eyes. A normal person's first reaction to this kind of thing would basically be relief. Facing a battle where she could lose her life at any time, Fei Yuhan was still worried about not being able to participate. It has to be said that a genius's way of thinking is always different from ordinary people.
The association's higher-ups quickly reached a consensus.
The information about the Divine Will War and the two worlds was classified as top secret—the content of the meeting was forbidden to be disclosed to the public until the erosion crisis was resolved, to avoid causing unnecessary panic.
As for the definition of Roland's origin and identity, further discussion was still needed. According to Fei Yuhan, his importance was even above the president of the association. And this was no longer something that Prism City could decide on its own; Cloud City and other association branches had to be notified for joint consultation. This process was estimated to take quite a long time.
However, in order not to delay the fight against the enemy of erosion, Prism City would give Roland all the convenience and support within its power.
Now that the keynote had been set, the discussion after the meeting was about the specific support content.
And he only needed to wait for the results of this part.
Walking out of the conference hall with Fei Yuhan, Roland was surprised to find Valkyris waiting for him outside.
She looked at the two of them for a moment, her gaze finally resting on Roland. "I want to talk to you alone."
Fei Yuhan smiled slightly and took the initiative to say, "Then I'll take my leave first. Jie Luo is still sleeping in the ward."
After the genius martial artist left, Roland followed Valkyris into the garden behind the building.
Although it was winter, the courtyard was still full of greenery. There was still some unmelted snow in the grass on both sides of the stone road, and the pointed green grass protruded from it, as if reminding people that the cold season was coming to an end and the new year was approaching.
If it were for a stroll, this would be a good place, but Valkyris's purpose in bringing him here was obviously not to see the scenery.
"What do you want to say?" Roland broke the silence. "Have you realized that you made a wrong judgment and decided to believe me?"
"No, I still can't believe you." Valkyris shook her head. "The result of the Divine Will War is related to the future of the race, and I will never make a decision without being able to verify it."
"You've also seen that the Divine Envoy is preventing me from exploring the truth—doesn't this just show that our direction is correct? Even if I can fabricate the results of the Western Front, these can't all be deliberately arranged by me, right?"
"Indeed, I admit that," Valkyris replied calmly, "but my thinking won't change."
Roland stopped, a little annoyed. "You're helping the gods destroy your own civilization."
"Accusations based on unequal information are meaningless. No matter what, the dream world and reality are always separated by a realm of consciousness." Valkyris turned around. "If it were you, could you make up your mind and cooperate with an enemy you've been fighting for nearly a thousand years? What's more, all I can get is a verbal promise."
Roland opened his mouth, but couldn't say "yes."
He finally sighed, "In that case, we have nothing else to talk about."
"I will never make a decision without being able to verify it, but—" Valkyris paused, "If I can verify the facts, I will reconsider your proposal."
Roland couldn't help but be stunned. "What?"
"When Fei Yuhan was rescued, the woman who arrived by car was a transcendent witch, right?" she said slowly. "And she's different from the witches who are guarding you. This difference doesn't refer to ability, but to style of action—the former makes me feel unfamiliar, while the latter feels quite familiar. In the words of this world, it's almost the meaning of an era's mark. Thinking about it, the only people who can make me feel familiar are the characters from the first and second Divine Will Wars. After all, after humans retreated to the frontier, I never had any contact with you again. So, can it be speculated that this witch is not old and is still alive?"
Not old... must be compared to demons who are hundreds of years old. Just a few meetings, and she can infer that Shujuan and the God's Punishment Witches are not from the same era? Roland replied noncommittally, "Does this have anything to do with what you're saying? Even if you ask her and get the same answer, you'll only think she's colluding with me."
"Of course it has something to do with it. The lifespan of the Association's witches is only a hundred years. Being able to survive from the Second Divine Will War to the present must be thanks to the technology of the underground civilization—since I was ambushed by your trap, I've repeatedly pondered why they can enter the dream realm. The only possible answer is the underground civilization ruins."
Valkyris walked to an artificial waterscape with thin ice and looked at her reflection in the water. "Although the conditions of use are extremely harsh, this race's unique use of magic can indeed greatly reduce the difficulty of connecting to the realm of consciousness, and it's not surprising that the Association, which once occupied the Fertile Plains, dug up the legacy of the underground civilization. I originally thought they had abandoned their bodies in reality and permanently fixed their souls in the dream realm. But seeing that witch, I realized that I was probably guessing in the wrong direction."
"Being able to allow a living extraordinary person to freely enter and exit the dream world without any external force is no longer something that the magic technology of the underground civilization can do." She said to herself, "I don't know what method you used, but at least it can be confirmed that if the existing witches can use this method to enter the dream realm, then it should also be effective for my race's high-level advancement!"
"Could it be that your plan is—" Roland's heart skipped a beat.
"Let the Lord of the Sky come to see me." Valkyris raised her head. "Even if you are the creator of the dream world, you can't replicate a character that you don't understand at all. Hexode, as the commander of the Western Front, can undoubtedly verify all the questions I want to know."
Roland blinked, and couldn't help but laugh in anger. "That's a Demon Overlord. If I could command it, would the First Army still need to fight hard in Wolfheart? Besides, it was ambushed by humans before, and now it doesn't even dare to show its face. Where am I going to find it?"
"I will help you create this opportunity," she said, word by word.
"..." Roland frowned. "Are you serious?"
"But you have to promise me two conditions. First, you must not use this opportunity to attack Hexode. Second, no matter what decision I make in the end, you must let it leave."
"Have you ever thought about how much risk there is in this for me?"
"We are all taking risks!" Valkyris said in a deep voice, "That's right, you think this may expose the secrets of human inheritance, but what about me? Putting a Demon Lord in danger, if you go back on your promise, what can I do but regret it? Don't think that I made this decision easily!"
Probably realizing that her emotions were a little agitated, she calmed down her tone slightly. "In short, this is the biggest concession I can make. As for whether to take the risk, the decision is yours."
Roland stared at her for a long time before asking, "I want to know, what made you change your initial idea?"
"'Fearing the terrible future and giving up on moving forward is just the practice of cowards. Even if we fail in the end, it will be because we have tried our best.'" Valkyris hummed softly, "It's really surprising that a human can say such a thing."
That was Fei Yuhan's speech at the meeting.
She was... standing outside the hall at the time?
"Also, you asked me a question at the beginning, right?" Valkyris met his gaze.
—Do you think the "Thousand Forms" Sistalis made a mistake a thousand years ago?
Roland nodded.
"I don't think it did anything wrong." She turned her head and walked out of the courtyard. "That's my answer."