The background returned to pure white once again.
It stood in a daze for a long while before speaking again. "These aren't scenes from my memories. I had shut down all my sensory systems back then, so it's impossible for me to have any images of the outside world."
"Indeed." Roland said frankly. These were the incomplete scenes he saw before the end of his memories. The astrolabe that Epsilon presented at the end didn't only belong to her, but a portion of it came from Lan. Perhaps due to the impact of the magic power, they were originally flashing past in a flash. And Roland had used the characteristics of the Battlefield of the Soul to fabricate these gaps, piecing all the scattered scenes into a complete picture. "But are you really lacking that sentence?"
The most unique thing about the Battlefield of the Soul was that it was fictitious. However, it was impossible for complete fiction to fool a highly intelligent being that paid particular attention to logic. Instead of calling it an argument, it was more like adding the finishing touch.
This was because be it the manufacturing process or the long period of Project Gateway that followed, the Creator, Gray Shadow, clearly did not treat it as a mere tool. Instead, he gave it more expectations.
It could be said that it was those redundancies that created the Custodian of today.
As long as it prioritized rationality, it was impossible for it to deceive itself.
It stared deeply at Roland for a long time before raising its right hand. A scarlet beam of light suddenly appeared in its palm before it shattered with a bang!
Roland's heart instantly leaped to his throat.
This stance was exactly the same as when it was rebooting the world!
Could it be that he was ultimately unable to reverse all of this?
Roland could not help but cast his gaze through the screen behind Lan. He saw a ripple spewing out from the center of the Bottomless Land as it spread outwards at lightning speed —
…
"The third line of defense has been breached. These monsters are about to charge over!"
"Central needs Aerial Knight's reinforcements!"
"Is the retreat not complete?"
"Hold on for another ten minutes. Let the armored troops hold up the rear. We have to block this gap no matter what!"
The Sky-sea Realm constantly appeared from the sea as they surged towards the island in a frenzy. Even with Aerial Knight repeatedly throwing incendiary bombs to create a wall of flames, it was unable to stop their advance. Be it the blade beasts or Nest Mothers, they seemed to have abandoned their biological instincts — fear. They stepped over the corpses of their own kind as they charged towards the First Army's base.
Hackzord's heart was filled with unspeakable bitterness.
According to this situation, it should have retreated a long time ago. After all, it was not suitable for it to do something that was full of risks. But the problem was that leaving a bunch of humans and witches on the island was also a risk. In case Anna succeeded, he would become the one who broke the promise, and his situation wouldn't be any better.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have agreed to help them!
With the withdrawal of the main forces, the number of enemies continued to increase. Under such circumstances, the firepower of the First Army could no longer maintain the integrity of the defensive line. Hackzord could already see that a few blade beasts were less than 500 meters away from him. This meant that it wouldn't be long before the enemy flooded this place.
It decided that once the Sky-sea Realm entered the hundred-meter range, it would leave regardless of the situation.
At that moment, a number of tanks on the right were sprayed by the Nest Mother's acid and instantly lost their ability to fight. The blade beasts took the opportunity to charge in through the gap. Even though the God's Punishment Witches were quick to reinforce them, a few blade beasts still managed to cross the line of fire and spread their wings two hundred meters away!
After a swift and violent flight, they finally broke into the core of the defense circle.
It's time to leave!
Just as Hackzord was about to turn and retreat, a tawny figure entered his vision.
It was a Desert Wolf with a strong build.
He remembered that the other party was called Lorgar.
A blade beast was pressed to the ground and died under the desert wolf's bloody maw.
Another blade beast had already raised its scythe-like front claw and slashed at Hackzord!
The witch's reaction at that moment was inconceivable to Sky Lord.
She disregarded everything and took a step forward, using her body to block the enemy's path of attack. After the sharp blade severed one of her front legs, it stabbed into her abdomen. Blood immediately spurted out, but she bit down on the enemy's lower jaw, refusing to let go.
Until Maggie descended from the sky and tore it to pieces.
"Are you alright! Bear with it, coo! " The young lady in human form ignored the blood stains on her body and hurriedly took out a healing bandage from her backpack and stuffed it into Lorgar's wound.
Lorgar flicked her ears and smiled weakly. "Don't worry, I won't die anytime soon …"
Looking at this scene, Hackzord, who had already turned halfway, retracted his foot.
He could not explain why.
The thought of leaving in advance seemed to have been replaced by a different kind of emotion at this moment.
Five minutes … He thought to himself, I'll wait at most another five minutes.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful magic wave surged out of the sinkhole and swept across Sky Lord's body like a storm. The ripple was so strong that even the witches sensed something amiss. They stood rooted to the ground in shock, completely unaware that the roar came from the Realm of Mind.
What the hell happened?
Hackzord looked around warily.
But the next scene left him dumbfounded.
The blade beasts and Nest Mothers collapsed as though they had suddenly lost their souls. As the ripple spread out, more and more Sky-sea Realm enemies collapsed. It could even be described as wheat being reaped.
The First Army's rearguard was also stunned.
A second ago, the enemies were charging at them, but in the next second, they fell silent. The Sea Ghosts did not fall, but they were not the main force of the attack. When the Nest Mothers collapsed one by one, the Sea Ghosts retreated like the tide, just like how they came.
The heated battlefield quickly quietened down.
The bolder soldiers even jumped out of the simple trenches and used their guns to touch the Sky-sea Realm enemies that were sprawled on the ground. But the latter did not react, as though they were dead objects.
After the immense pressure subsided, everyone revealed a look of relief after surviving a calamity. The first thing they did was not to celebrate their victory, but to slowly sit down with their weapons in hand. They looked up into the sky and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Eh?" Maggie looked around in disbelief. "What's going on, coo?"
Hackzord cast his gaze towards the Bottomless Land.
A thought arose in his mind, but he was unsure if his guess was correct.
The Battle of Divine Will … might really be over.
And it would never happen again.
…
"You guessed right. The Sky-sea Realm was indeed created by me." The Custodian lowered his arm and said, "It was originally used as a supplement to filter life, to be used as a comparison with the 'Natural Evolution Team'. At the same time, it could also increase the external pressure on species. In the first tens of thousands of years, the competing life forms were still in an extremely primitive stage, so the plan was rather successful. However, when the subsequent species were able to wield higher and higher magic power, I discovered that they were already able to pose a threat to the Cradle facilities. Thus, I added more functions to these modified bodies. "
"I once harbored hopes that if the Sky-sea Realm could evolve to the point of being able to withstand a high magic power environment, the two problems you raised would be easily solved." Upon saying that, he sighed. "Unfortunately, the influence of magic power on consciousness is a two-way street. The controlled Sky-sea Realm is still limited in the amount of magic power it can use. It mostly relies on superior genes and biotechnology. Instead, among the species that were destroyed, there might be a civilization that could eventually break through the barrier."
Roland noticed that his voice was no longer as unperturbed as before, but had a slight change.
"Perhaps it's as you said. The Battle of Divine Will, which prioritizes the protection of the Cradle, will never produce the perfect life you envisioned." Although the Custodian's tone was somewhat downcast, it also seemed to have a sense of relief. "This plan was destined to be fruitless from the very beginning."
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