After Heroria handed the map to Josiah, she was not in a hurry to leave Black Shell City.
She found a place to stay in Black Shell City.
Heroria was sitting by the window and looking at the scenery of the street outside with the help of the moonlight. Messiah came to the room with a candle and lit it up.
The facilities of Black Shell City were far inferior to the Holy City of the Kingdom of Saint. There was not even a single raw crystal that could be used as a lamp.
"Madam Heroria, what you and Josiah said … is it true?" Messiah looked at Heroria's back and couldn't help but ask this … very sensitive question.
"What did I say?" Heroria turned her head and looked at Messiah who was standing in the shadow of the room.
"It's about my standpoint."
Messiah had been thinking about this since he left the Demon Clan's encampment.
If what Josiah said was true … then all the conspiracies in the Holy City in the past, including Messiah's experience, could be behind the scenes because of Heroria.
"It's all true. Do you feel angry?" Heroria looked at Messiah with her pale golden eyes and asked.
"Angry … this … no." Messiah shook his head and said.
"Why?" When Heroria heard Messiah's answer, she returned to the state of a little girl again. She jumped down from the edge of the window and slowly walked in front of Messiah.
"As far as I know, with your past personality, you wouldn't forgive an evil person like me."
Heroria put her hands behind her and raised her head to look at Messiah. Because of Heroria's gaze, Messiah turned his face away for some reason.
"I … don't know. It's just that some recent things made me understand that the word 'justice' is not as simple as it seems," Messiah said in a low voice.
"Not as simple as it seems?"
Heroria continued to ask curiously … or rather, she forced Messiah to answer.
"I can't describe it in words."
Messiah held the other arm tightly with one hand. She was using this method to relieve her tension.
"The conclusion is that you have become more mature than before, or you have been changed … by that fellow Josiah."
Heroria's next sentence directly poked the most sensitive part of Messiah's heart.
"This has nothing to do with Josiah Yanorod!" Messiah found the courage to refute at this moment. She had to refute. "I just followed Lady Heroria and saw the … darkness under the Holy City."
"Are you following me?"
Heroria pondered and returned to the window, looking into the distance of Black Shell City.
Even from here, Heroria could hear the explosions coming from the battlefield outside the city walls.
"Messiah, let's make a hypothesis. A world where Josiah Yanorod doesn't exist. Do you think this is better or the current situation is better?"
When Heroria asked this question, she turned around again and sat on the windowsill again. She swung her legs and asked Messiah.
"Of course it's the disappearance of the Chaos Devil … If he disappeared, the Sacred Army …"
"The Sacred Army will successfully break through the Demon Realm." Heroria told Messiah what she expected to see in the past. "The Demon Realm will be completely annihilated under the siege of the alliance army established by us in the Land of Frost.
On this point, Heroria was very sure. She clearly knew that the Demon Realm was on the verge of collapse two years ago. Although the Demon Realm's army still had combat power, the internal economic development was basically at the stage of collapse.
Who knew where Josiah came from. When Heroria heard of Josiah's name, Josiah had already built a Magic Net Empire, and it was the kind that couldn't be shaken. Even the Demon Realm's development took off rapidly.
Now Heroria was a little angry when she thought about it.
"But after the Sacred Army breaks through the Demon Realm … will the Grey Fog cover this world?"
Messiah was no longer as naive as before. From the conversation between Heroria and Josiah, she could tell that Heroria had a part in the Grey Fog's corruption.
"No, even if the Sacred Army doesn't break through the Demon Realm, the Grey Fog will cover this world. All I did was speed up the process." Heroria said.
"Madam Heroria, why … are you doing this?" Messiah asked in confusion.
"Why? The biggest reason is that the Grey Fog can't hurt me at all. " Heroria's pupils had already turned into pale golden vertical pupils. "In Messiah's eyes, a human's life is very important, right?"
Messiah nodded in agreement. She already knew that blind justice was a stupid act, but taking away other people's lives was still something that Messiah couldn't do.
"But in my eyes, you are nothing … You are just a group of creatures that have developed on this land for hundreds of years. I have seen humans that are older and stronger than you being swallowed by the Grey Fog."
Speaking until here, Heroria's face revealed a mocking smile.
"I was worshipped as a god in the past, and it is still the same now … But I am different from the World Tree and the Gods."
Heroria pulled up her sleeve and showed Messiah the white skin on her arm.
Gradually, scales appeared on the surface of the white skin. This made Messiah's eyes widen in shock.
"But Madam Heroria, you are still absorbing power from your believers, right?"
Messiah couldn't help but feel a little angry. In Heroria's eyes, believers were very insignificant existences.
"Yes … They only have some value before they become food for the Grey Fog. The destruction of human civilization in the past has already proved to me … Creatures like you can't defeat that guy from the outside world." Heroria pulled down her sleeve.
"Then, that Chaos Devil appeared?"
"Then, Josiah appeared. That guy created a miracle and changed the situation." Heroria said and looked at Messiah again. "Does Messiah want to tell my words … to the believers?"
Messiah was momentarily stunned. If it was two years ago, she would have stormed out of the door in anger and told the ignorant believers the truth about Heroria.
But now …
"They are the happiest when they don't know, including me." Messiah said.
"In that case, I am a little sleepy."
Heroria jumped down from the window and reverted to her little girl form.
"Messiah, hurry up and help me make the bed!"
"O-Okay!"
Messiah was stunned for a moment, but she still started to make the bed. After it was done, Heroria closed her eyes without saying a word.
"I hope the Grey Fog will disappear when I wake up tomorrow morning." Heroria said and gradually fell asleep.
"Mm."
Messiah could not tell if Heroria's prayer was from the bottom of her heart or if it was a sarcasm. But as Heroria's guardian knight, she could only sit by the side and watch Heroria sleep.
… …
In the dream … Heroria arrived at the familiar space of her consciousness.
A white deer appeared behind Heroria and nudged her waist with its nose.
"I know, don't worry."
Heroria rubbed the deer's huge antlers. In the pure white space stood a figure … It was the proliferative Fuya.
"After all these years, you've finally changed your image?" Heroria looked at the proliferative Fuya.
"It's just a little exhausting, Heroria … Looks like you've betrayed me?" She stared at Heroria and said.
"Betrayed? I didn't lead my human army to attack you, or do you need to feed those humans to your pet? "
Heroria's words seemed to have angered the proliferative Fuya. She took out a small knife and cut her arm.
Grey liquid dripped from her arm, and a similar wound appeared on Heroria's arm. However, light golden blood flowed out of Heroria's wound.
"Don't forget the contract between us, Heroria …"
The wound on her arm had completely healed, and the wound on Heroria's arm was also gradually healing.
"Of course I won't forget, but this contract is meaningless before you are destroyed by your offspring." Heroria said expressionlessly.
"My offspring? The descendant of that traitor Yanorod? The last time you were so sure that the creatures from the outside world could be chased away, you paid a huge price. We all paid a huge price. "She said.
"This time, I want to bet again."
Once again, Heroria reached out her hand and stroked the elk.
"The human army doesn't even have the ability to step into the land shrouded in Grey Fog. What are you betting on?" She frowned, obviously not liking Heroria's indecisive look.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
