Chapter 245: Dead Tree (Part 3) World Vulnerability
Dark clouds are scattered among the white clouds, with distinct layers of light and dark.
Cracks meandered across the sky, and fragments of clouds fell, but strangely did not dissipate, hitting the ground with soft tails.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The tiny fragments hit the magic circle that was two kilometers long, splashing white light and constantly tearing the runes in the circle. The cracked runes were immediately repaired.
The humans and aliens with magical powers were strangely not hostile to each other. They stood on both sides, with bursts of light between their upward-stretched palms, continuously supplying magic power to the magic circle.
"Magic...not enough magic!" A mermaid in the sea foam had an extremely pale face, and the magic light in her hands gradually weakened.
The sea foam suddenly burst with a slight crisp sound, and the sea water scattered on the faintly red ground. The mermaid fell to the ground, and her bloody scales were stained with bloody mud. The mermaid, who could not breathe on land, soon became out of breath and her face turned purple.
A ball of magic rushed to the mermaid's face, and a brand new sea foam enveloped her, and she finally got a moment to breathe.
The moment she saw the owner of the magic power, the mermaid hurriedly said, "Please leave me alone. Everyone's magic power is almost exhausted. Please don't waste it on me!"
"I can't care less!" the brown-eyed elf shouted, one hand maintaining the mermaid's sea bubble, the other constantly keeping the magic circle running, his face slightly pale.
Under the magic circle there are not only aliens and humans, but also wounded people from the war.
Aliens and humans nearby fell one after another around her, and the mermaid closed her eyes in reluctance.
Vifiya, who was outside the shadow, frowned slightly. According to her observation, the time period shown in the picture was still during the war four hundred years ago, before the giant screen fell from the sky.
Yet, the humans and aliens before him had strangely united... It was bizarre no matter how one looked at it, how could two hostile factions, eager to kill each other on sight, suddenly unite...
Her eyes followed the shadow up, and it was the sky again.
The strange phenomenon in the sky during the war four hundred years ago was somewhat similar to that on St. Fagus Island. In terms of momentum and power, the sky in front of us was far smaller than that on St. Fagus Island, but judging from the response methods of humans and alien races, the latter was much more destructive.
The cracks in the sky spread silently, and rays of light like the starry sky flickered in the clouds.
Warriors without magic powers were moving around the magic circle with weapons in hand.
Vifia saw a familiar figure. The man nimbly dodged the fragments of cloud, casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and retreated cautiously to a group of aliens and humans.
She spoke quickly, "There's a magic circle in the northwest. It doesn't have any runes, but it's constantly rotating. The faster the magic circle rotates, the more cloud fragments will fall. Also, I suspect the magic power is restricted within the magic circle's range."
"So, you can try to destroy it with force." The elf wearing a flower crown did not stop using magic power in his hands to maintain the correct direction of the runes in the huge magic circle.
"I've tried. Brute force alone won't work. Magicians are also needed."
"Hey, Rebecca, what makes you think humans will believe you?" A pale, thin man frowned, his eyes full of vigilance towards her. "Who knows if you and the elves had colluded beforehand? How many humans have you killed? You..."
"Alright!" The gray-haired woman at the side spoke in a dignified voice, her hand still channeling magic power. She turned her head and spoke in a softer tone, "The Hayes family will buy you some time."
Rebecca's expression remained unchanged. She said, "Your magic power has been almost exhausted in the battle with us."
The gray-haired woman's expression was firm. "Similarly, we already have the most remaining magic power among all the magicians present."
The proposal garnered overwhelming support from both human and alien leaders. Rebecca, a formidable figure capable of maintaining her own safety outside the magic circle, and the Hayes family, one of the five major families in the human magic world, were to resolve the situation. The remaining humans and aliens continued to maintain the magic circle overhead, minimizing further casualties from the sky anomaly.
Rebecca led the Hayes family in the front, shuttling through the fragments of the cloud. In order to save magic power as much as possible, the magicians teleported a fairy who had little magic power left to the vicinity of the magic circle she mentioned.
The magic circle was surprisingly simple.
The gray-haired woman took the lead and tentatively injected a little magic power. The magic circle's rotation speed remained unchanged, but the woman was also sure that Rebecca was not lying.
Similarly, a magic circle of this level was not created by aliens to deal with humans, they are not able to do it yet.
The magic circle is very simple, and the method to break it is even simpler. You just need to continuously supply magic power into the magic circle until the magic power that originally maintains the magic circle is destroyed. In addition, if Rebecca, whose body is strong enough to withstand magic power, can enter the magic circle and destroy it by force, their pressure may be reduced.
"Children." The woman spoke, scanning the faces of the Hayes family members, some of whom were middle-aged, some who had just reached adulthood, and some who still had childish faces.
She concealed the complex feelings in her heart. Years of war had left the already small Hayes family with only a few children who could be counted at a glance.
Of course she wanted to return safely with her children, but the war involved all the major races and no one could be spared.
The magicians understood, and years of combat tacit understanding allowed them to understand the master's intention. Rebecca gripped the sword tightly in her hand, ready to find an opportunity to enter the battle formation at any time.
The figures of the people fell into the dark pupils, and Vifiya's expression became more solemn.
Ever since she revealed the magic recovery potion to the wizarding world, she wanted to learn about the wizarding world and read some suitable books, and the wizards would not refuse her.
In the history recorded in the wizarding world, four hundred years ago, all members of the Hayes family were killed in a war, and no one survived.
According to records, what was broken was the trap set by the alien race, giving humans a chance to breathe.
Vifiya raised her eyes. The strange phenomenon in the sky in the shadow did not look like a trap that could be made by aliens. Besides, there was no cooperation between aliens and humans in the records.
"Miss Vifia, are there any records of this incident by humans?" [Eyes] was also skeptical.
"No."
The voice of the Eyes in my mind froze for a moment: "Miss Vifiya, although I don't know why I know this, I can be sure that the strange phenomenon we saw in the sky is a loophole in the world."
Vifiya raised her eyebrows, not hiding the surprise in her eyes, and looked at the [Eyes] beside her.
The huge eyes gradually shrank until they were at a height that allowed the girl to look directly at them without having to look up. "You know, God created the world. After it was formed, the world established its own set of rules to maintain its basic operation."
"The rules of the world are not limited by God. God acknowledges their existence. There are no perfect rules, and there will be loopholes in the rules."
"The world's rules also have a plan for dealing with loopholes. When loopholes appear, they are patched and reduced to a reasonable level."
"Miss Vifia." [Eyes]'s voice was more serious than ever. "The world's rules cannot fill this loophole. Moreover, any loophole that can be recorded must have really happened. The world's rules will not allow loopholes to be false."
[Eyes] paused, then added, "The flaw in the shadow is just a small one."
Just a small loophole has forced humans and aliens to put aside their prejudices and cooperate...
Vifiya hid the thoughtful look in her eyes: "[Eyes], I've always been curious, what do you know?"
It's no wonder she was curious about the origin of the [Eyes]. The [Eyes] always knew a lot of things that humans would never know.
"I can't answer you, Miss Vefia. My memory is strange." The sun and moon pupils of [Eyes] could never reveal emotions. "I didn't know I would know. You can understand it as, I didn't know, I saw, and I remembered."
Vifiya moved her fingertips. She was very familiar with the term "eyes". Whenever her memory deviated, it was almost the same.
An absurd thought suddenly arose in her mind: she might have heard of [Eyes] or seen [Eyes] before.
A strange and unfounded sense of familiarity lingered in her mind, forcing Vifia to temporarily put aside her speculation about the [Eyes].
Her gaze returned to the front. The image in the shadow was different from the record, but the result did not change.
The Hayes family's magic power was exhausted, and Rebecca only had enough power to reach half of the magic circle. Her face was scratched by the magic power of the magic circle, and she walked towards the center with difficulty step by step.
The gray-haired woman turned around, her eyes solemn.
Under the magic circle in the distance, humans and aliens were placed on the same tray of the scale, and on the other side was the world.
She sighed deeply. What was the point of war? What had it brought them?
She looked at each of her children solemnly with an unbearable look in her eyes: "As the head of the Hayes family, I give the final order."
The pale-faced magicians looked at their patriarch one by one. They knew all the orders. From the moment they stepped onto the battlefield and were forced to be involved in the war, the moment their relatives and friends died, they all knew that that day would come sooner or later.
"Our sacrifice is not for war."
"Yes, Master Patriarch, we are so lucky that we didn't die in the war!"
"I am very grateful to the Patriarch. Every time I almost lost my mind because of the war, it was the Patriarch who pulled me out."
"Me too. I'm really grateful to the Patriarch for not letting me give up on myself."
…
Her beloved children all told her that death was not scary.
The magic light flashed rapidly. Rebecca could not hear any sound outside the magic circle. She stared at the center of the magic circle, which was the direction she wanted to go.
Why must she destroy the magic circle? Why was she so obsessed? Was it to atone for her sins? For the humans she had killed, for her sister's death, because this time, she wasn't just fighting for the alien race. What was she fighting for? Did she regret joining the war?
The only thing she was sure of was that she did not regret killing her father and brother.
Mom can die at the hands of any human being, any alien, but she cannot die at the hands of her family, at their hands.
Even if her father and brother wanted to give her and her sister a better life and prevent them from being maliciously bullied by other humans who were blinded by hatred.
But is that a reason? Is that a reason to kill my mother?
Rebecca didn't understand.
Mom is a good mom, Dad is a good dad, and Brother is a good brother. They are all good.
But why did it come to this, she is the only one left.
She didn't know why she was living, and she didn't know how to die. She clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand. These hands had numbly chopped off heads one by one, telling herself that she was only chopping off pieces of flesh.
But at this moment, a hope different from the past arose in her heart.
This time, she wasn't wielding the sword for war.
"Hahahaha! Blast this damn magic circle!"
She heard a few wild laughs, and the magical attack weakened. She raised her eyes and saw the magicians rushing into the magic circle one by one, and one of them came to her side.
"The magicians of the Hayes family are not good at close combat, but the magic we are good at is special. Even if our magic power is exhausted, our bodies still contain the most refined magic power."
Rebecca's pupils shrank: "You are crazy."
A hand covered with wrinkles and scars placed its strong hand on her back, pushing her forward step by step.
The Hayes family head snorted, "War has long driven all races crazy."
The last bit of magic power continued to flow to the ground, and she felt the passage of her life so vividly for the first time.
She didn't dare to look at the children's gradually transparent figures.
"Miss Rebecca, do you remember why the war started?"
Rebecca was stunned. They didn't stop moving forward.
Why did the war start?
"Do you remember where the hatred between humans and aliens comes from?"
Where does the hatred between humans and other races come from?
Rebecca was horrified to find that she had never thought about this question. What was even more terrifying was that no matter how hard she tried, she could not find the answer in her memory.
The war has begun, and humans and aliens have come to regard each other as enemies.
In her memory, it was as normal as breathing.
No human or alien race has ever raised this question: Why did the war break out? Why did humans and alien races come to this point?
Rebecca felt a chill down her spine and looked at the old man beside her.
The Hayes family head was filled with sorrow. "A struggle that has engulfed the entire continent, a war involving all major races. Even if we reacted, we can't escape it."
How to escape from the whirlpool?
"War is meaningless."
Without stopping, the same words made Rebecca stunned.
She didn't know why, but the voice from her dream a few days ago came to her mind. Her sister reached out to her, her sister was crying, her sister was begging: "Sister, sister, please kill me! I don't want to stay here anymore. It's too scary, sister, this world is too scary."
The center of the magic circle was right in front of her, and Rebecca raised her sword.
The light and shadows flickered, and she couldn't see anything around her. She muttered aimlessly, "Massacre? What's there to be proud of?"
The hand behind her gradually lost its strength, and she heard the Hayes family's last vague words: "Your sister is a good girl."
Rebecca's eyes widened.
…
The crack in the sky slowly healed, leaving only a small trace, and the clouds stopped falling.
Humans and aliens belatedly withdrew the magic circle and took back the little remaining magic power.
Confusion crept onto his face faster than joy, and the tiny bit of joy disappeared in an instant like a dream.
Hatred filled his eyes, anger rushed to his head, and magic and sword instantly stabbed towards the opposite side.
A pair of human eyes were filled with surprise and doubt, and her brows twitched uncontrollably. She heard the clanging of swords and the roars drowning out the wailing...
She heard the aliens shouting excitedly: "Rebecca slaughtered the entire Hayes family! Rebecca slaughtered the entire Hayes family!"
"Well done Rebecca! Well done! Rebecca! Rebecca! Rebecca!..."
The waves of praises roared in her ears, her pupils trembled, her hand shook, and the bloody sword fell to the ground.
A chill enveloped her whole body from top to bottom, from the outside to the inside, and fear gripped her heart tightly.
They were full of fighting spirit and they were completely changed.
They were furious and their eyes were bloodshot.
The war continues.
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