Now, there were three choices in front of Roland. The first was to make use of the opportunity created by Valkries to ambush and kill Hackzord. The risk of doing so was almost zero, and it was equivalent to taking down a Senior Lord empty-handed.
Considering the difficulty of advancing to a higher level and Hackzord's special ability, this would be beneficial to the frontlines. Then, he could push the reason for Hackzord's failure to appear to be an accident or some other factor, and Valkries might not be able to tell anything from it. If he was lucky enough, he might even be able to use the same method to lure the other Senior Lords.
The second was to let Hackzord enter the Dream World and have a face-to-face conversation with Valkries. As the latter had taken the initiative to push forward their cooperation, the crux of the matter was not the Nightmare Lord herself, but the person she was conversing with. The most ideal situation was for the Nightmare Lord to prove the truth and convince the Sky Lord to lead his army out of the human kingdom, and spread the news that "the Battle of Divine Will must be stopped" to the demons. This way, there would be no more obstacles in the path from Everwinter to the Bottomless Land. As long as he eliminated the last Oracle, he would be able to face God in the Bottomless Land.
If this was a war between humans and demons, Roland would undoubtedly choose the former. After all, killing Hackzord was a surefire way to gain an advantage in the war in the north. The longer the war dragged on, the more the potential of industrialization could be fully unleashed.
But when one looked at the bigger picture, the situation became completely different.
Apart from the demons and the Sky-sea Realm, the threat of God was right before their eyes, and a Sky Lord was an insignificant victory. Even if they won the Battle of Divine Will, human civilization would not escape destruction.
At the very least, Roland could not imagine how far they had to develop in order to survive such a terrifying natural disaster.
Time was not on their side.
It was probably because of this that Valkries chose to take the risk.
It had to be said that this action revealed a certain degree of sincerity. At the very least, after witnessing the Erosion and the Oracle's attack, she had treated Lan's warning as a top priority and seriously considered it.
The problem was that the Shapeshifters, the enlightener of Nightmare, had a great influence on Valkries. It could be said that before the Battle of Divine Will broke out, it had already planted this idea in Valkries' mind. To be able to temporarily put aside the victory and defeat of a war and fight for the continuation of the race from a higher perspective was something that could be said to be a matter of course.
However, Hackzord had no experience in this aspect, and it was still questionable whether he could reach an agreement with Valkries after the exchange. Generally speaking, this kind of decision that concerned the fate of a race was not something that could be decided in a single negotiation, and the more times they met in the dream, the more the risk would increase. This was something that Roland found hard to accept.
For now, he was more inclined to the third option.
That was to temporarily maintain the status quo and strive to rely on humanity's own strength to reach the Bottomless Land at the end of the continent.
Frankly speaking, this option suited Roland the most, and it was also the goal that he had been working hard to pursue. No matter what the demons did, humans had the ability to cross thousands of kilometers to reach their destination, and it was undoubtedly the safest outcome.
However, to the north of the Everwinter Continent was a continuous mountain range. To cross the ridge of the continent, they had to develop an aircraft that had a range far greater than the Fire of Heaven, and at the same time, they had to have the ability to defend against aerial attacks. From development to production, this process would undoubtedly take up a lot of time, and it was also unknown if there would be any changes in the situation at the frontlines during this period.
Just as he had previously realized, in the face of the threat of the Divine Will, choosing the safest option was also a type of risk.
The only difference from the previous two options was that the degree of risk in this option could more or less be compensated by the humans' own efforts.
The next time I enter the dream, I'll try to seek support from the Association.
Roland thought to himself.
After dinner, Anna walked into the office with a scroll of blueprints and sat opposite the mahogany table. This was the time for the two of them to communicate, and it was also a rather relaxing and pleasant time of the day. As long as the research institute was not working at night, she would come to the office for two to three hours, chatting about the results of the day's work, to the whimsical ideas that suddenly popped up.
At this time, Nightingale would also appear. She leaned against the coffee table and chewed on her snacks while flipping through the comic book that Scroll had copied from her dream. Occasionally, she would add a few words to the conversation. The atmosphere was very peaceful and warm.
After solving the technical problems, Roland took the opportunity to talk about the problem that plagued him in the dream.
"So this is what made you sigh incessantly …" Nightingale curled her lips. "Do the two have to be related in some way? What if the scene you see in the dream is just randomly pieced together? The more you think about it, the faster your hair turns white. Some people just don't understand. "
Roland rolled his eyes. "The brain will degenerate if you don't use it. If everyone is like you, then the world is finished."
"But if you continue thinking like this, it will only be finished faster than the world."
"…" He decided to take back his previous peaceful and warm opinion.
Anna did not respond. She pondered for a long time before saying thoughtfully, "I think that this time, I'm afraid that Nightingale is right."
Nightingale and Roland could not help but be stunned. "Huh?"
Anna could not help but laugh. "I'm not talking about not thinking about it, but about the matter itself … The connection between the two scenes may not be as complicated as you think."
"Did you find any clues?" Roland asked curiously.
Anna shook her head. "It's just a guess. It might not be correct." She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and gazed at her notes. "For example … the sequence of the two scenes, or — 'time'."
"The connection is … time?" Roland frowned and thought for a moment. After a moment, he said in surprise, "If the second scene happened before the first …"
"They can be connected to form a complete story," Anna continued.
"This is the price. "
The price was not referring to the Radiation Clan that rose into the sky and eventually disappeared.
It was not referring to the survivors that were swallowed by the tsunami or the storm.
The time scale between the two was tens of thousands of years … millions of years … or even more.
The price was referring to something else.
The result was that gravity was no longer worthy of respect, and a huge red hole appeared in the universe.
If this line of words was referring to magic power, then 'from this moment onwards' pointed to a shocking conclusion.
Roland and Anna looked at each other.
"— Magic power did not exist in this world."
The two said almost at the same time.
Without magic power, it meant that the creatures that needed magic power to survive no longer existed.
For example, demons.
And … witches.
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