"What a magnificent sight," Merlin said leisurely as he held his wine glass and looked toward the direction of the Sacred Alliance.
Royce had just put on his leather armor and picked up his longbow. He was checking the magic arrows in his quiver when he heard Merlin's words. "What magnificent sight?"
"Have you ever seen a mountain turn into a valley? Have you ever seen an ocean evaporate by the sun? Have you ever seen tens of thousands of birds have their wings broken? "Merlin snorted.
This was a well-known long poem that almost every bard in the Dawn Continent could sing. However, it sounded a bit strange when a certain person sang it in a light tone.
However, Royce didn't care about these small details anymore. He said grumpily, "You still have the mood to play riddles with me at a time like this? I'll ask you again. Are you going to Dragon Tooth Town?"
The fox-masked man took a sip of red wine. "Why would I go to Dragon Tooth Town?"
Royce was amused by his question. "The Magic Association has received news that the monsters will probably attack Dragon Tooth Town tomorrow morning. There are twenty thousand civilians in the town now, and those who received the news decided to defend the town …"
"Then go. I didn't stop you, did I?" Merlin said strangely.
Royce trembled in anger. "You bastard. Your only disciple is going to fight those monsters. Don't you have any ideas?"
"Oh, if I told you not to go, would you stay?"
"How could I not help them? There are twenty thousand people there. Twenty thousand people! "Royce's eyes widened." Do you want me to watch them get killed by those monsters? "
"Then it's over." The fox-masked man shrugged. "Go."
Royce was furious. "I'm not the point. If I die, as my master, you won't be able to sleep at night."
"That's why I've given you the best defensive magic devices in my inventory." A certain someone pointed at the leather armor on the female archer's body. "Didn't you sweep away all the magic arrows?" Merlin had an innocent look on his face as if saying "what else do you want me to do?"
Royce's patience finally ran out. He asked directly, "What about you?"
"Me? What do you want me to do? "The fox-masked man was confused.
"Have you never thought of doing your part to protect Dragon Tooth Town?"
Merlin was just about to shamelessly say, "Didn't I send you?" but when he raised his head and saw the expression on his disciple's face, he wisely swallowed his words. Halfway through, he changed his words and said with a serious expression, "I can't do it. I don't have any combat strength. If I go, I'll just be a burden to you. So, I'll be of the greatest help to you by staying here obediently."
Royce was very doubtful of a certain person's words. Thinking of that guy's unfathomable schemes, the frightening wealth behind him, and his unexplainable foresight, it was hard to believe that he was weak. Not to mention anything else, even the Magic Association could use money to create Painter, let alone Merlin, who had given the Philosopher's Stone as a gift. But in the few years they had been together, Royce had never seen him make a move, not even once.
The closest he came was when he was strolling on the street and was provoked by a drunk man. In the end, Merlin admitted defeat on the spot and then secretly ran back to pour horse urine into the drunkard's quilt. The whole process was like a childish ghost.
Royce looked suspicious. "You really don't know how to fight?"
The fox-masked man smiled bitterly. "Is it fun to act like a coward? If I was as strong as you think, I wouldn't have been chased by the church all these years."
"Hmm, what you said seems to make sense, but it doesn't make sense. You obviously have countless methods to make yourself stronger." Royce still found it hard to understand.
"Well, not everything in this world follows common sense." Merlin sipped the red wine, looking like a lady attending a banquet.
"Then you can do something other than fighting, right?"
"Such as?"
"Such as disaster relief, settling the victims, and so on."
"Aren't you already doing disaster relief?" The fox-masked man said sourly. This made the female Archer feel a little apologetic. She thought about how this guy in front of her had entrusted his little treasury to her out of trust, but she completely ignored his protests and directly used the money in it to help the homeless refugees.
Although she was sure that this guy had more than one place to keep his private money, she was still in the wrong in this matter. However, when she thought about the huge crisis that humanity was facing, Royce could not help but feel angry. In her opinion, with someone's ability, as long as he wanted to, he could do more things, instead of just sitting there and continuing to drink his little wine as if nothing had happened.
Royce was Merlin's apprentice. In a sense, her worldview would also be affected by someone to a certain extent. Before this, she did not dislike the fox-masked man's attitude of self-preservation. However, now that humanity was at the juncture of life and death, she had never hoped that Merlin would stand up as she did now.
Because this was a war that belonged to everyone.
However, this time, Merlin had disappointed her.
The fox-masked man showed his ruthless side as if he did not care if humanity still had a tomorrow. The casualties, the towns that were attacked, and the civilians that died were just a series of cold numbers in his eyes.
Merlin seemed to know what his apprentice was thinking. He sighed, "I told you a long time ago, don't expect too much from me. Otherwise, I'll disappoint you one day … You don't understand me at all. I've never been a hero because I don't care about this world at all. The only thing I care about from the beginning to the end is myself."
"But if this world is gone, how will you survive?"
"Many people have their own answer to this question. Van 'er the Fifth firmly believed that finding Olgard was the key to solving all problems. Someone as foolish as Elwood thought that as long as he showed loyalty, he would be forgiven by the gods. Of course, there are also people who hold the same idea as you, such as the former chairman of the Magic Association, Da Vinci. To be honest, I admire him and those people in the council, but I don't intend to follow their old path. I believe that someone as smart as me can find my own answer."
Merlin's face flickered in the night, but the words that came out of his mouth made Royce feel a chill that she had never felt before. The chill ran from her heels all the way to her head. After an unknown period of time, the female Archer squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth. "Is this your choice, teacher?"
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