Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 44 None of You Are Worthy (Large Chapter, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
Holy Day 8284, September 16th.
On the outskirts of the Xiguang Mountains, several peaceful villages are nestled among vast fields of mature wheat and corn.
Farmland carved out along the edges of the mountains and forests has been flattened by the Demonized with their own power. Golden sunlight filters through the green leaves of the plants, falling on the black soil.
The wind carries the songs of birds. Neat fences and canals separate the fields belonging to different people. Heavy ears of wheat and corn cobs hang from the stalks, the harvest of the past six months, and the first time the Demonized have reaped a harvest that belongs entirely to them on their own land.
When Darlot, the Great Chieftain of the Northern Dusk Tribe, leaped down from his Frost Wyvern mount and landed on the ground, he saw a scene of peace and tranquility even more beautiful than he had imagined in his dreams.
The Frost Wyvern didn't land, but circled in the sky a few times, let out a cry, and flew towards a nearby uninhabited hill.
On the continent of Aean, besides humans, there are many ferocious Source Energy beasts. Their strength is extremely powerful; some of the strongest were even considered symbols of natural disasters in ancient times, worshiped by the various races then struggling on the land.
But now, as the strong of the various races have slain those strongest disaster beasts and wiped out the lairs of beasts around human settlements, humans who have boarded mobile cities no longer pay attention to the beasts.
After all, no matter how ferocious a beast is, it cannot break through a heavily guarded mobile city, and fixed villages mostly choose safe areas far from the forests.
Only the western and northern regions, two areas outside of civilization, separated by mountains, have numerous powerful Source Energy beasts thriving, and being raised by the local residents as various tools—of course, it is said that nobles also raise these dangerous beasts, even using slaves and gladiators as food to cultivate their ferocity, so that they become accustomed to hunting and fighting.
Darlot's Frost Wyvern is naturally not one of these. It is a wild dragon beast, captured by him during the winter hunt more than a decade ago and kept as emergency rations. And now, as the only flying dragon beast that can bear the weight of this great chieftain, the Frost Wyvern has achieved a class leap from emergency rations to mount.
"Go find some food yourself, and don't eat people. If you can't find anything, just endure it!"
Darlot wouldn't let it come down. The mere pressure of a high-level Source Energy beast would make ordinary humans uncomfortable. He had come here today not to threaten or intimidate, but to be an envoy and communicate properly.
Soon, Darlot sensed many gazes being cast towards him. Farmers with pitchforks and scythes emerged from the fields, surrounding him with tension and wariness.
"Who are you?"
A middle-aged man with thick calluses on his hands and between his thumb and forefinger asked in a deep voice. The way he gripped the pitchfork and the marks on his body were enough to prove that he was actually a skilled swordsman.
Don't underestimate him just because he's holding a pitchfork; even ordinary elite warriors and witchers might not be able to withstand such a thrust.
Of course, now he was just an ordinary villager under the rule of the Xiguang Society (Shining Light Society), so he wouldn't just go around stabbing people.
Darlot looked around. These people were all Demonized. Among the fifteen people who had surrounded him, only one was an ordinary person. Counting the few who were running to report the news, there was only one ordinary person out of twenty-two.
Because he had not shown any hostility, these villagers were currently only wary and had not taken any further steps to approach—such restraint was very rare. In an ordinary Aean continent village, ordinary people would have either fled or launched a frantic attack at the sight of his bear-like build.
"I'm here to visit Professor Svetrei."
Having finished his observation, Darlot didn't lie. His voice was like thunder: "I think you can all see that I'm from the Northern Tribes. Coming alone is enough to prove my sincerity."
"Before coming, I also specifically entrusted a messenger to deliver a notice that I would be visiting. I think the people of the Xiguang Society know about it."
"...Yes, we know."
Hearing this, the surrounding villagers who had gathered lowered their tightly gripped farm tools. The middle-aged villager at the head relaxed his expression: "The messenger has already gone. I think the professor is waiting for you."
The villagers dispersed and continued their farm work.
It was almost October. For the climate of the eastern mountain region, the autumn harvest was in these two months, and that was the top priority.
Darlot stepped on the road made of compacted earth. Even so, the somewhat soft dirt road after the rain was still imprinted with his footprints.
The Great Chieftain looked at the farmland before him. In just over half a year, the black earth was full of life. Hills had been leveled, rivers had been diverted, and lush farmland was separated by fences, stone houses, and several windmills spinning beside the villages. These were mills powered by the strong wind barriers around the Xiguang Mountains.
It was hard to imagine that this once barren land would become like this. Before the invention of mobile cities, the most prosperous agricultural areas in the countries of the Aean continent were no more than this. Such a field was enough to support the food consumption of tens of thousands of people, and in places he couldn't see, the area surrounding the entire mountain range was full of such fields.
In any case, at least they wouldn't lack food in the winter.
Darlot couldn't help but sigh. These uniformly planned fields made him feel envious more than any powerful professional. It wasn't that he thought it was impossible. After all, the productivity of the Demonized was indeed strong when guided. The Northern Tribes were able to survive in the arctic precisely because of this power bestowed by heaven and earth.
Walking through the village, Darlot also saw many details. He saw many children practicing martial arts and cultivation in the village's central playground. They wielded wooden swords, mimicking moves against straw dummies, and exchanging combat techniques. The Source Energy radiance emanating from their bodies was stronger than that of their parents. A vibrant vitality was being released.
These children didn't have to work with their parents. This was an order issued by Professor Svetrei. He made all of his cultivation methods public, allowing everyone to practice, so that they could be spared the pain of Demonization sickness.
Old people watched the practicing children with smiles. These Demonized elders had been on their last breath before coming to the Xiguang Mountains, but now they had all regained their health and could even do some farm work, taking care of the children and making sure they didn't make mistakes.
Besides these, there were many, many more.
Chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep in the livestock pens; flying alchemical creations spraying some kind of druidic potion over large areas; and canals being further excavated, with water-powered mills being built by the river.
Darlot even saw that in each village, there was a public toilet to control the disposal of waste. Even in mobile cities, this was a strict law only implemented in large cities.
But the villages under the rule of the Xiguang Mountains had easily achieved it.
"How wonderful."
He revealed an obvious expression of envy. Darlot clenched his fists: "If only we Northerners could be like this... If only Abba could be like this, not having to die when he gets old, but instead being able to take care of the tribe's children..."
In this instant, his composure was broken, revealing an indescribable expression of envy, and a deep-seated regret.
He took a deep breath and regained his composure.
Darlot didn't continue to mutter to himself.
He walked forward, towards the luminous mountains before him.
More than half a year ago, Professor Svetrei announced the establishment of the Xiguang Society. After repelling the Sun Emperor's descent, he also prevented the Fifteenth Army Group from continuing to pursue the Wandering City.
And after accepting the Wandering City, he officially became the de facto protector of all Demonized on the entire continent.
Although Professor Svetrei always said that he was not just a protector of the Demonized, but anyone who was oppressed, whether slave or laborer, worker or farmer, regardless of race or origin, he would protect them all.
——Everyone is equal; there shall be no more oppression in the world.
——If there is darkness, I will be the light.
This was the core tenet of the Xiguang Society.
But no matter what Professor Svetrei said, most of the people who came to the Xiguang Mountains were Demonized.
The reason was actually very simple: people only need what they don't have.
Even if they were exploited, even if they were oppressed, non-Demonized people at least had a guarantee of being treated as human beings. It was precisely because everyone on this continent could oppress and exploit the Demonized without any scruples that even factory owners and nobles were forced not to apply the same treatment to ordinary people.
Doing so would undoubtedly break the stability of the class structure and lead to large-scale riots. Fearing this, ordinary people retained the last bit of dignity.
Although that bit of dignity was obtained by stepping on the corpses of the Demonized.
Therefore, only the Demonized who had nothing would want to break all shackles, overthrow and reform the old world. And ordinary humans, unless they had a special reason, would never come to the Xiguang Mountains thousands of miles away to obtain something they thought they already had.
Moreover, the area of the Xiguang Mountains was, in a sense, a treasure land. It was located at the junction of the Central Plains and the Southeast, with the Yanshuang Army and the Northern Tribes above it, a four-way no-man's-land. As long as Professor Svetrei could withstand natural disasters, this place was more peaceful than 90% of the Aean continent.
Darlot left the village area on the outskirts of the mountains and began to gradually enter the interior of the mountains.
Since the Society entered, the mountains had been undergoing various modifications. A large number of fortresses and fortresses built on the basis of the mountain and the original terrain structure, as well as peculiar crystal towers, stood in various parts of the mountains. Occasionally, a few separate buildings were built of thick stone, which looked very heavy and solid.
Darlot didn't recognize this style, but if there was an archaeologist here, he would know that this was exactly the 'shelter' style that appeared in the relics of the late eras. The solid stone walls and beams could withstand tens of thousands of years of wind and frost and still exist.
But what surprised Darlot was not these architectural styles... What he felt was actually a strange sense of familiarity.
"This aura..."
Standing still slightly, the burly Great Chieftain suddenly tensed up for some reason. A very familiar, intimate feeling emerged in his mind, but he couldn't figure out why when he searched carefully.
"Is it the aura of a fairy?"
This state only lasted for a moment, and Darlot was somewhat lost. He could vaguely sense that these buildings should have been built under the direction of a fairy. There were very few people with fairy bloodlines these days, but it wasn't to say that there weren't any. Darlot had never seen a fairy before, but he knew that they existed.
But he couldn't understand why his body would feel close to the aura of a fairy, as if they were connected by blood.
You should know that he inherited the bloodline of the World-Devouring Wolf, which had nothing to do with fairies!
There must be something wrong.
With this doubt, Darlot entered the core area of the Xiguang Society.
Gusts of wind howled, plants grew luxuriantly, and thunder and fire formed barriers, but the Wind, Wood, Thunder, and Fire Barriers didn't stop him. A passage that had been specially opened appeared before Darlot. He knew that Professor Svetrei already knew that he was coming, and his pace quickened.
And after Darlot passed through the passage, what appeared before him was exactly the man he was eager to see.
The white-haired old man stood with his hands behind his back in front of him. Beside him stood two young men who were growing up, but who could already be seen to have upright figures.
Su Zhou, Gasha, and Loya were here to welcome the guest.
"Welcome, an unexpected rare guest."
Su Zhou nodded slightly. He stared at the giant who was almost three meters tall in front of him, looked at the other person's body and soul, and showed a somewhat surprised expression: "It's really unexpected that you haven't killed many people?"
From the perspective of the Lord of Devouring Demons, Darlot was surrounded by very few lingering curses. The black aura was very thin.
He thought that this future commander of the Northern Great Khan, the Sky Dusk Great Khan who had massacred over a billion civilians, would now also be a villain with a completely black resentment.
As a result, he didn't expect that this peak Disaster Realm, who had almost reached the end of the Overlord Earth Immortal, was about to transform into a completely new life form, turning into an immortal super life form, that is, an immortal Heavenly Immortal, had killed the most demonic beasts from birth to now, and only a few people?
And the resentment of those few people was not very great, with a taste of being convinced.
"It's just that I haven't had time to kill yet."
Darlot replied with a thick voice. He was also looking at the old man in front of him, and the city behind the old man.
Located in the belly of the Xiguang Mountains was the well-known Wandering City. After transporting tens of thousands of Demonized people to the Society's sphere of influence, this damaged old city was recycled by the Society. It was said that it had been dismantled and used as raw materials for building villages.
But there was also another saying that the Xiguang Society had only dismantled the useless parts of the city on the periphery. They retained the core area of the city, and used it as the origin to rebuild a larger, brand new mobile city.
There was no doubt that the latter statement was correct.
Just by taking a glance, Darlot could see that this large core city that was being built in the belly of the mountain was very solid. There were many workers and knights wearing work clothes and even Source Energy armor working hard on it, stabilizing the armor plates and paving the stone ground.
In the city, although no buildings had yet sprung up, new, solid, and flat roads had been built, and the foundations were being planned and constructed. That was the prototype of each building area in the city of the future.
There was a high tower located in the center of this city that was still in its infancy. Its completion was very high, and the top was a torch, with a faint light flashing on it.
Noticing Darlot's surprised gaze, Su Zhou didn't speak, but Loya on the side smiled and introduced: "That's the Everlasting Lighthouse built by the Dean himself. It hasn't been activated yet, but if it is activated, there will be an everlasting light shining on its top, which can stabilize all the symptoms of Demonization within the scope of the light, and even resist the light of the Red Moon."
"Two months ago, the third shine of the Red Moon this year was blocked by the Everlasting Lighthouse. This is indeed the true light of protection."
"...Amazing."
Breathing out a breath, Darlot forcibly moved his eager gaze away from the high tower. He knew the purpose of his coming here this time, and the Northern tribesmen didn't have so many etiquette concerns: "But unfortunately, I'm not here to visit the development of the Xiguang Society."
"Then why did you come here?"
Su Zhou was obviously not someone who paid attention to etiquette either. He saw that Darlot seemed to want to start talking about business now, so he didn't mind. Instead, he motioned for Darlot to follow him to a secluded valley.
"Professor Svetrei, I'm here just to notify you of one thing in the name of the Northern Tribes' co-ruler, the Great Chieftain of the Dusk of Winter."
In the valley, Darlot stroked a large stone beside him. He said solemnly: "Three months before the coming of the Great Northern Cataclysm, the two major tribes of Dusk and Winter will join forces to enter the pass and invade the Asmodeus Empire together with the Yanshuang Army."
The Great Chieftain's words were simple and easy to understand, even a five-year-old child could understand them. His expression was serious, and the muscle fibers on his face, like steel bars, were tense, which was enough to prove that he had no intention of lying.
Immediately, Loya, who was following Su Zhou, couldn't help but show a shocked expression, and Gasha, who was usually expressionless, also widened his eyes. This was the most obvious expression of shock.
And through the Observation Formation, Xiaoguang and Master Suiguang, who shared Su Zhou's perspective, also raised their heads and looked at each other in surprise amid the uproar.
Compared with them, Su Zhou was very calm. He just narrowed his eyes and replied seriously: "Even if you know very well that you will lose, even if you add the Yanshuang Army?"
Darlot nodded without hesitation: "That's right."
"Why?"
"For no reason, Professor Svetrei, it doesn't matter who destroys whom."
The Great Chieftain's tone carried a wild charm like nature, revealing the cold frost aura of the Northern Ice Plains: "You wouldn't ask why a wolf would hunt other beasts, and naturally you wouldn't care when or why a wolf dies. Since that's the case, there's no need to care about our deaths either."
"No." Su Zhou shook his head: "I care, because you are people, not wolves."
"You are human beings after all. Every human's death is related to others, let alone that you are going to invade the largest political entity in this world. The turmoil and slaughter you create will affect billions of ordinary people on the Aean continent. I care very much about the reason."
Darlot was stunned. He didn't expect Su Zhou to answer him like this.
"But this has nothing to do with the Xiguang Society." He said with some confusion: "We're just heading towards the Central Plains. I'm here to notify you in advance to avoid misunderstandings and fighting for no reason."
"Of course, I'm also very curious about what kind of person someone who can build such a stable force in one year is."
"Beyond my expectations, Professor Svetrei, you are stronger than I imagined."
Saying solemnly, in the eyes of this Great Chieftain, Su Zhou's aura was connected to the entire Xiguang Mountain, and even the entire earth, including the hearts of the people living on it, the breathing of the beasts, all were integrated with him.
The world, the ecology, the sky and the earth, seemed to be all in the arms of this Professor Svetrei, even himself was no exception. If he didn't deliberately reject it, then he might also resonate with this aura.
The world... yes, the world.
In Darlot's eyes, Su Zhou at this time was simply like an agent of the world, a towering sacred tree rooted in the mountains!
Every word and deed was like acting on behalf of heaven!
He didn't sense it wrong.
Su Zhou, who had evolved his cultivation method to a higher realm, and had obtained a large number of World Tree inheritances from the First Light Sacred Rock and the Burning Flame Divine Tree, now had a mature Divine Tree body, nearly immortal, and every word and deed resonated with the surrounding heaven and earth.
This kind of strength made the Great Chieftain, who thought that Su Zhou was just on par with him, become nervous.
But even so, Su Zhou was still curious about Darlot's words.
"You don't even have any intention of inviting me to join."
His eyes flickered, and Su Zhou's tone was intriguing: "If you invite me, and I join, then the outcome of this battle might be reversed."
"Why call on others for a battle that is destined to lose?"
Darlot patted the stone beside him, making a dull sound, as if the earth was roaring.
He nodded solemnly: "If you want to participate, Professor, you will naturally participate. There's no need for me to invite you."
"But as I said, our reason for fighting is just for our own revenge, and some reasons that you can't accept."
Su Zhou was thoughtful.
He could see that the powerful barbarian warrior in front of him was in his prime, in his real prime - but this was also the last period of his prime. In about ten years, because of the invasion of super-high concentration of Source Energy, he would suffer far more severe pain than ordinary Disaster Realm, his strength would not be affected, but his soul and will would inevitably weaken.
This was the fate of the Aean world. Under the influence of the flesh and soul light of the World Divine Tree, all living things in this world would inevitably be affected.
He probably understood why this Great Chieftain, who in the perfect deduction, should have launched the final general attack about twenty years later, was now rushing to take action.
The reason lay in Gasha and Loya.
Turning his head, Su Zhou glanced at the two young men who were able to remain calm in the face of the Great Chieftain's pressure, and even after hearing the shocking invasion announcement just now, quickly calmed down. He couldn't help but nod.
In the perfect deduction, Gasha and Loya joined the Northern Tribes. The talent and mentality of the two were so in line with the inheritance of this tribe that the two of them were the High Priest of the Twilight Dragon and the inheritor of the World-Devouring Serpent.
The appearance of two children with better talents than Darlot dispelled the Chieftain's idea of using his last prime time to retaliate against the Empire and hunt more souls for the Twilight Dragon to unseal.
Instead, he used his power to protect the tribe and ensure that the two children could grow up and become stronger than him.
He did succeed - this future Sky Dusk Great Khan took the two strong men he had cultivated with his own hands and almost overturned the rule of the Asmodeus Empire.
If it weren't for the fact that the Sun Emperor's strength was obviously too strong, they would have really been able to sacrifice the entire world to the Twilight Dragon.
Because of hope, Darlot could wait in the dark for more than ten years.
Because there was no hope, Darlot would burn his last glory.
"Good, good children, so energetic!"
At this time, Darlot also followed Su Zhou's gaze to look at Gasha and Loya. He stared at these two children who should have been his heirs and couldn't help but show a bit of admiring smile: "So young and their strength is approaching the Heart Light Realm. Professor Svetrei, you deserve to be a professor. You are really good at teaching students."
"Children are the hope of the future, even because of them, I won't call you for this battle."
Withdrawing his gaze, the Great Chieftain's tone was incomparably frank, and his gaze was firm: "To be honest, the reason why I want to go to war with the Empire is just because the Twilight Dragon needs our souls as keys and guidance. In order to make my meaningless life a little bit valuable, I choose to use my last life to kill the Empire guys."
"Professor, you are not a believer of the Twilight Dragon, and you don't seem to have any deep hatred with the Yanshuang Army and the Empire, so naturally there is no need to be moths to the flame like us."
"I just hope the children can eat their fill, and we useless people should die if we die."
It was hard to imagine that someone could say such a reason openly, but Darlot said it like that, and he was justified, which made it difficult to refute.
Listening to these words, Su Zhou narrowed his eyes again.
He was silent for a while, and then said: "This is your own choice for the Northerners... but what's the matter with the Yanshuang Army?"
"They are a separatist force that the Empire specially cut out for you, a buffer zone between the central area of the Empire and the north. They have a deep hatred with you. Why would they suddenly turn around and attack the Empire with you?"
"It's very simple, because the batch that had hatred died long ago."
But this time, there was no need for Darlot to answer himself. On the other side of the communication formation, Professor Suiguang said in a deep voice: "The north can completely replace a generation in forty years. The last time the Yanshuang Army fought with the northern barbarians was thirty-four years ago. The newly appointed General of the Yanshuang Army is a foreigner from the western region. Many people say that the reason why he doesn't launch a war against the barbarians is to raise bandits for self-respect, but they didn't expect them to have joined forces long ago..."
"Not joined forces."
Darlot could hear the Source Energy information in the communication formation. He twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's just that we have been fighting and killing each other for so many years, we have finally figured out one thing, that is, why we would fight with the Northern Province."
"We are not barbarians, that is the name you imposed on us. We are just a group of people who were driven to the north by the civilization of the continent because of our ancestors' beliefs. We have our own writing, culture, songs, poems, books, and powerful Source Energy inheritance."
"If we lack food, we think of exchanging with other tribes. If we don't have it, we look for the next one. We won't engage in internal strife and looting until the last moment. It is impossible for our ancestors to go to the south to rob if they disagree. We have the Source Energy animal skins that you regard as treasures, and many rare Source Energy materials that only appear after natural disasters. If it is trade, it is a win-win situation."
Speaking lightly, Su Zhou could sense that there was a full, heartfelt resentment in the other party's heart.
"Rather, why do we fight? Why must the Empire interfere as soon as we have the idea of going south to trade, sending people to assassinate the envoys of both sides, obstructing us, and sending elite teams to slaughter villages and tribes and frame us, and we must fight?"
Speaking of this, the Great Chieftain raised his thumb and pointed to himself: "This is also the reason why I personally came to the Xiguang Mountains. I killed eight Imperial secret guards on the road. If I were an ordinary tribal envoy, even a Disaster Realm powerhouse would probably be dead. And at that time, the only news I could get was that 'Xiguang Society' killed my envoy."
"Then, you will definitely have a small Demonized village destroyed and thrown on our heads."
"Yes."
Su Zhou nodded, and he turned to Loya and Gasha and said, "It seems that the mysterious invader you killed with Master Suiguang before was an Imperial secret guard. I said, how could such a strong attacker suddenly appear?"
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Darlot: "I probably understand. It seems that the General of the Yanshuang Army is a very interesting person."
"He is indeed very interesting, very eager to change the status quo, so even if he knows that the odds of winning are slim, he must make the Empire suffer a big loss."
Breathing out a breath, Darlot stood up and shook his head when he talked about the General of the Yanshuang Army: "Harming others without benefiting yourself, he would actually do such a thing, which really surprised me. But his strength and prestige can do this. After all, it is precisely him that made the originally impoverished and militaristic Yanshuang Army gradually recover a bit of vitality. He is the true emperor in the Northern Province."
A fun-seeker. Su Zhou thought of this word when he heard this. It seemed that this General of the Yanshuang Army was really a follower of Yala. This taste was really authentic. In order to change the situation of a pool of stagnant water, he would do this kind of reckless behavior.
It was no wonder that the Pioneer and Yala were almost as bad in some aspects, but one focused on exploring different possibilities, opening up unknown scenery, and being a pioneer for everyone; the other focused on changing the current stagnant situation and denying all the correct things that they thought did not need to be changed.
"I'm leaving."
At this moment, announcing like this, without any hesitation, Darlot turned his head and was about to leave the Xiguang Mountains: "You are more interesting than the General of the Yanshuang Army... Professor Svetrei, you are a good person. This time I came to see you in person, and I feel very fortunate that I can actually see someone like you with my own eyes."
"But there is no time to waste. We are going to invade the Empire and make a conclusion and a trial for the hatred of our Northerners for thousands of years."
"Won't you stay for a meal?"
Su Zhou didn't try to keep him, but just looked at Darlot's leaving back and said, "The next time we meet, we may have to fight."
"No need, it was a very pleasant time."
Darlot raised his hand and waved it behind his back, facing away from Su Zhou.
He could hear his smiling voice: "Svetrei, you are a good person, treating us Northerners as real people, and you are also the first person to ask me to stay for a meal."
Su Zhou couldn't help but sigh: "Basic etiquette, you came all the way to tell me such important news, it is normal to treat you to a banquet."
The Great Chieftain stopped.
He turned his back to everyone, word by word, and answered seriously: "But this, is, respect. Respect that is more important than life."
"I will remember this respect. I hope to see you again in the future, but I hope we don't."
Speaking of this, Darlot hesitated for a while before taking another step.
But he still asked: "So, Professor Svetrei, are you planning to stand on the Empire's side and be enemies with us?"
The white-haired man stood in the center of the valley, facing the tribal chieftain's question, he shook his head without the slightest hesitation, and denied: "Of course not, I will not be enemies with you for the sake of the Empire, or even for the sake of the Xiguang Society."
"I will stop you, stop the Yanshuang Army, and even stop the Empire, for the sake of anyone, everyone."
"All the Northerners and Yanshuang Army who were killed by the Empire as scapegoats, all the ordinary people who died in your invasion, all the Imperial civilians who will die in your invasion. I fight for these people who have no power to resist."
Darlot stood still, motionless for a long time.
"Are the Northerners... also in this everyone?" he asked, a little trembling.
"Of course." He answered, as a matter of course.
If others said this, Darlot would laugh at the other party's naivety and arrogance, and even suspect the other party's true intentions.
But because it was Professor Svetrei, because of the conversation of less than ten minutes just now, he knew that all of this was real... This was the other party's true thoughts, and the other party did indeed have the qualifications for this arrogance, and also had enough power to achieve 'naivety'.
He suddenly didn't dare to turn back. The Great Chieftain didn't turn back before because he didn't want to face the enemy he would be fighting later again.
And this time, he didn't dare to, he couldn't imagine what his expression was like now.
"...Then, I hope you can succeed."
Deeply sighing, then sending sincere blessings.
Darlot left.
After leaving the Xiguang Mountains, he called out, and a Frost Wyvern with a wingspan of more than forty meters flew out of the mountains beside him, carrying the Great Chieftain away.
He sang a heroic song of the north, then broke through the wind and galloped towards the ice plains.
Su Zhou didn't look at the other party's leaving back, he just turned around and walked towards the Xiguang Tower.
Gasha followed behind him thoughtfully, and Loya asked cautiously: "Dean, you are going to..."
"To get my weapons and armor."
Su Zhou replied lightly, he walked on the stairs leading to the top floor of the Xiguang Tower: "Now the Xiguang Society and the surrounding villages have entered the right track. I have taught for more than half a year, sorted out my inheritance, and it is almost time to put it into practice."
Speaking of this, the man chuckled, he shook his head and said: "Retaliation, revenge, fighting for survival. In the end, whether it is the Demonized, the Northern Tribes, or the Yanshuang Army, they all feel that the troubled times are coming, so in order to survive, they have to struggle to find a piece of the situation."
"But I want to tell them that none of them are worthy of doing this."
At this moment, the top floor of the Xiguang Tower.
The place where the Burning Flame Divine Tree is located.
Under the illumination of the fiery spirit light, the top floor of the tower was clean and white, just like the sun, the warm and heart-warming brilliance shone on most of the Xiguang Mountains.
Half a year of growth and Su Zhou's catalysis has allowed the Burning Flame Divine Tree to assimilate half of the Xiguang Tower. Now, half of the mountain has been completely petrified, revealing a translucent crystalline texture.
And in this brilliance and crystal, a white crystal shield and a longbow were placed in the depression where the original Divine Tree was located, soaked in the most refined Divine Tree power, straight to the flawless realm.
The shield was one hundred and seventy centimeters long and ninety centimeters wide. It was a huge tower shield thick enough to block people. It was white overall, and there seemed to be flames burning in the semi-transparent material. There were vein-like roots spreading across the shield surface, spreading to every corner, looking extremely strong.
The longbow was more simple. It was just the Divine Tree using its branches to temper into a shape similar to a longbow. Its bowstring was not even a real object, but a wisp of eternal light. As long as it gathered strength, it could condense into a materialized energy arrow.
Staring at this shield and longbow, the soul armaments that represented the purest 'protection' and 'destruction' in his mind after coming to this world, Su Zhou smiled slightly.
He seemed to be mocking: "Trial... who in the Aean world is worthy of judging whom?"
"Ordinary people are not worthy of judging Demonized, and Demonized are not worthy of judging ordinary people. No one can prove their innocence, just like the hatred between those Northerners, Yanshuang Army and the Empire."
"It's just meaningless killing, a war for survival... In the end, the ones who suffer are the innocent people who are caught in the war, those who have no right to choose."
Reach out and touch the weapons and shield.
Grip them tightly.
The warm brilliance extinguished the moment it touched Su Zhou's palm, and those fiery veins began to cool, solidify, and then evolved into a rock-like black.
But in the center of the shield and longbow, there was a crystal that was even more brilliant than all the previous brilliance combined, shining with endless streams of light, making the root-like veins have life-like vitality under the black crystal.
——None of them are worthy of judging anyone, and none of them are worthy of launching a war against anyone.
Launching a war and causing chaos in the world, this kind of thing, this kind of action, cannot bring a happy and peaceful world to everyone.
This excessive war will eventually lead to the awakening of the Twilight Dragon, and the 'twilight' of the evening will engulf this world, and everything will return to nothingness.
Just like in the perfect deduction, four hundred years later, the Aean world will be shattered, and the entire world will be annihilated in the void, and not even fragments will survive.
The Northerners will slaughter the Southerners, and the Southerners will slaughter the Northerners. The two sides of hatred will kill each other. It doesn't matter who made the mistake first.