Chapter 181: Mortals (3)



The question about whether the unicorn, the king of the beasts, would bring his men into the feather tribe was answered with just one word.

"Yes." Barsalom looked into Suli's eyes with inner resistance, but now he had no choice.

Those green eyes were just as expected, able to see through people's hearts easily. His expressionless face remained unchanged when he received his response.

Bartholom closed his eyes tightly, and when he opened them again, he said seriously, "The king is determined to conquer the other two tribes."

"Elvi has a grudge against Leia, and I was born to target Leia..." When Barthalom said this, the mermaid glared at him fiercely, but the unicorn seemed not to notice and continued, "As long as the two of us are here, there is no possibility for the water tribe to continue to unite with the feather tribe."

Barthalom took a deep breath, put his shaking hands behind his back, and looked at the thoughtful boy. The disorderly beating of the unicorn's heart made its owner think that something was wrong with that important weapon, which was even a fatal weakness.

"What do you want?" Barsalom directly said what he wanted to know most at the moment.

He needed a diversion.

Otherwise, just like the many possibilities he had imagined before, he would uncontrollably succumb to defeat under Sully's gaze.

There is no way to avoid it, there is no way to escape it.

Bartholomu said: "Whether it is to suddenly stop this war or to take the initiative to stand in front of the monster."

"As for your pure human identity, many monsters know about it, but not too many. It's easier to fish in troubled waters when you're in the dark than when you're in the open, isn't it?"

Bartholomew expressed all the guesses that flashed through his mind.

Sometimes, the way we speak can also become a technique for emotional venting.

Just like the dragon not long ago, when it knew it had no power to resist, it still stubbornly told the crow that as long as Suli cooperated to breed dragons...

Pain doesn't matter.

As long as they can keep their sanity in front of Sully.

The body is no longer linked to the mind, and it is no longer the mind itself that controls the body. So who is controlling their bodies?

It is a question that I don't even want to imagine, but when I think about it, I already know the answer.

Suli did not pay attention to the fact that these monsters appeared to be different on the surface, but in fact they had completely similar psychological conditions. He only responded to the unicorn's question: "I want no more transformed monsters to be born in this world."

"Amikobi, a country that belonged to humans, has completely degenerated into a breeding ground for the new generation of transformed monsters due to the anomalies of the times and history."

"Non-humans have given humans the rules of human survival, making all humans, in unknown circumstances, behave like beings even worse than animals."

"And the most important point..." Suli looked at the three monsters, "All the transformed monsters, whether it's because of the mentality of following the crowd or the rules that have been established in the monster world and cannot be changed, you give me the same feeling that you are no longer human, nor are you the natural monsters that you look down upon."

"But compared to the natural monsters that are born and raised, and humans who develop in accordance with the times, the real problem is clearly the transformation of the monsters themselves."

"An abnormality that isolates itself from the normal, yet knows nothing about the abnormality..."

The three monsters that were scanned by the emerald eyes fell silent.

If Sully was still the kind of enemy who could be captured or suppressed at will, Elvy, who had told himself not to listen to anything he said, would definitely ignore all of this.

But under the absolute power, these words immediately turned into extremely hard hammers, hammering into their brains bit by bit.

The young man's clear voice continued: "Don't you think you are... pitiful?"

"Don't know the present, don't know the future, don't ask about the past."

Living in a daze, I can only see one step ahead.

The future that can be expected is nothing more than a repetition of the past that has been experienced.

Suli just thought it was outrageous.

"What if I win? What if I lose?"

"If the beast tribe defeats the other two tribes, what will happen in the future? Have you considered it? Have you imagined it?"

There is no future in this world.

It's like a game that has been shut down, with no more updates, no new players coming online, no more "to be continued" signs, and no new features or new ways of playing.

Here, it is like a world being manipulated and influenced by an unknown existence before it ends, and eventually it reaches a true ending that conforms to the so-called common sense of this world.

Who wants the world to be destroyed?

That vague sound that came from nowhere was like heavenly music.

That voice never said when this world would be shut down.

There are no cats, no real estate, no elderly care... There is no morning market where you can get a variety of hot breakfast delicacies early in the morning, and there is no place where you can order takeout of delicacies from all over the world with just a phone call.

If the world can't even give us those beautiful things...

Nasulinin would rather change his plot planning to programmer.

What is baldness?

Twelve years of work experience in four years is not enough for him to use the remaining four years before his retirement at the age of eighteen in the other world to create a future that allows him to live in peace in his old age, which is what the game calls the "Beautiful Home System"?

Suli does not accept a future without retirement care.

Not accepting the garbage future that requires you to start with full consciousness and work non-stop until you work yourself to death.

Suli looked at the three monsters who were already lost in thought and asked them soul-searchingly, "I don't accept people like you who are tragedies just by existing. You make people who originally had human rights no longer live like human beings."

Rota County is a hunk of unknown matter that shouldn't exist!

Human beings, it's like they've seen a ghost, they have become the human resource reserve for monsters!

"That's why I chose to stop fighting."

Sully thought he was speaking from a raging heart that contained all sorts of insults to the world.

But what the monster heard was...

"Even though you believe we are abnormal, you still try to wake us up and tell us that we are no longer the same species as you?" Leia smoothed the scales on her face.

Although it is still clear that this existence can make the monster's body betray its consciousness, it can allow them to kill themselves with their own hands at any time.

But now the mermaid no longer has that indescribable fear of Sully.

The fear turned into 30% disbelief, and the rest was all...

"You think we are a tragedy? That's a joke..." Leia's expression was full of disapproval, but his eyes were like a sea that was no longer turbulent.

Know that what you say is just a manifestation of your statement, and also understand that the thoughts deep in your consciousness are still hidden beneath the calm surface.

"I don't think that I, as a mermaid governor, am a tragedy. I hold the highest position of power in the water tribe, and all aquatic monsters, whether they are pretending or sincere, have to show respect to me. Do you think such an existence is a tragedy?"

Leia should have asked again whether humans were too arrogant.

But now the mermaid is very clear that Sully has this capital, and he has the power to decide whether he is arrogant enough.

Unable to utter the words to question, Leia understood that one should not become an enemy of the strong, so he kept a low profile and also knew how to behave in a humble manner without revealing his true feelings.

But aren’t these actions still compromises made when there is no other choice due to reality?

Rather than questioning, he just wanted to convince himself that he had the capital to say what he said.

What tragedy...

Mermaids are not like dragons, who killed countless fellow transformers at the same time.

The story that happened hundreds of years ago cannot be told in a few words.

In the final analysis, it was just that the king of the water tribe at that time fell in love with Leia's face.

The mermaid who, as the bard said, gathered all the beauty in the world that belongs to humans and possessed the romance of the sea, was nothing when she was still human.

But he has the qualifications to be a mermaid...

What about the other Transformers who have also awakened aquatic monsters?

It is just a tool for casting miracles.

No one would think that a mere mullet, a grouper, a sardine...those common and useless species, could be comparable to mermaids.

It's just a tool.

But when Leia became a mermaid and a so-called miracle, she also became a plaything of the king of a race.

Except for him, all the aquatic monsters have to bow to Leia.

Although he is evil, he has a status that even powerful beings have to bow to.

I wanted to vomit, but I forced myself to smile again and again.

Until one day, Leia was fully prepared and killed the "king" whom he had called countless times in a gentle tone.

The human Leia had died long ago, and the only ones who survived were the crazy and sharp-tongued mermaids, who were beautiful in appearance but ugly in heart.

But what he lost was only his human self. What he now possessed was the status of an executive officer, which was higher than that of a king. No other aquatic creature could be treated as special, and all aquatic monsters had to bow to him.

What kind of tragedy is this?

Leia didn't feel sorry for herself at all.

"I don't think I'm a tragedy. I just think that it's because I'm not strong enough that I can only put the executive on the heads of all the water creatures." Leia smiled, and that smile was full of wildness.

"Your compassionate and tragic perception is nothing but an insult to me. Don't use human perception to judge transformed monsters. I, Leia Somerfeld, never need it!"

only……

But he would still look away at human eyes that did not show any obvious emotional changes.

There was no pitiful judgment in those green eyes.

The tragedy that Sully talked about is like the cognition of be, he, and te that humans use when evaluating movies and stories.

Tragedy, comedy, true story...

Those stories are just stories to humans.

Those words that seemed proud enough to make Leia stand up straight were essentially just the mermaids' unwillingness to admit everything about themselves. For humans, they were just the standards for judging stories.

Sully fixed his eyes on the mermaid.

Leia's perception of her changed too much, whether it was the alien and inhuman feeling at the beginning, or the false reality, weakness and incompetence later; even worse, when facing the joint attack of the dragon and the unicorn, she did not retreat at all...

It's so awkward.

There is no clear label that can be put on him.

However, intelligent life itself cannot be fully defined by a label.

The mermaid's figure was reflected in Suli's eyes. Leia's body was distorted, with large areas of scales falling off her fishtail. Even her face had many wounds from wind elemental cuts...

There is no beauty at all.

But when he said that, neither Elvy nor Barcelona could look away.

Barthalom's fear of Suli, in addition to the fact that he was betrayed by his body, stems more from his recognition of the king of beasts.

Elvi's undisguised use of Sully was like someone visiting a haunted house repeatedly stating that he was not afraid of ghosts.

To the dragon, the boy's words were like an irresistible weapon. When the absolute power came together, fear was like a needle that pierced deeply into her heart.

What about the mermaid?

No advance knowledge.

Leia is aware that her body is betraying her consciousness, but because she is also a water element, she knows that affecting other people's blood circulation can also affect their body movements. The only concept she can clearly define is that one day, the weapon in her hand that is aimed at others will suddenly cut her own neck.

Just die.

The mermaids didn't worry about Bartholomew's fear of being affected by time, or Elvi's fear of becoming powerful enough to target his own people one day.

In the mermaid's perception, time always favors him, the miracle creature that the bards talk about, and the aquatic creatures are just tools to highlight his identity and power.

His fear of Sully did not come from strength, but always from...

soul.

This human being can see everything easily.

Even Leia's refutation of Suli's so-called tragic judgment of them was nothing more than an argument with the air.

Sully is judging the past and history that have nothing to do with himself, while Leia is bringing herself into the picture, a deviation from the very few surviving mermaids who were raised at the cost of their past human companions’ lives.

Most importantly, the mermaid knew that all his responses were nothing but self-deception.

It seemed that only in this way could one feel that Sully had not seen through him at all.

I also don't understand the pride that Leia Somerfeld, a mermaid, has.

“Is that what you think?” The young man’s voice suddenly rang out, stirring the mermaid’s heart.

The words turned into steel needles again, and Leia clenched her fists.

"As you said, I really don't care about transforming into a monster, and I have never denied that I believe that transforming into a monster is a mistake."

Suli did not try to crush the pride that Leia held on to.

"But I also have a question. Do you understand what history is?"

This question made the monsters confused.

“History is the record of the past that is sufficient to be preserved in writing or in the form of tradition or tradition.”

"And you, should have been the history of mankind."

These words are like the sound of a temple bell. Once they are struck, they resound countless times in the brain.

"——You should be the history, not the transformed monsters still alive in the present."

This is a denial of the legitimacy of the existence of transformed monsters.

This is arrogance, so arrogant that it does not acknowledge the existence of a series of civilizations that exist because of the transformation of monsters.

“Humans are born ordinary, and wanting to leave a mark in history is something that countless people pursue and aspire to achieve.

As human beings, countless tragedies occur in every era. Perhaps those tragedies may have happened to you. Maybe you will be lucky enough to be rescued by a kind-hearted person who passes by by chance, and live an ordinary and happy life from then on.

Or maybe, he had not met that kind-hearted person, and had sunk into darkness, and many years later, he was judged as the villain of the era by future generations who took history as a subject—"

The boy's words led the mermaid to the future that the boy once named "Laya" should have had.

Leia was once the young master of a family.

He might be like most nobles, degenerate into a scum and exploit the common people. Or he might be like the soft-hearted nobles, using his wealth to help the common people. More likely, he would be too unlucky, his family would fall into decline, and he would have to take on the responsibility of reviving the family...

But those possibilities do not exist for mermaids.

Suli's eyes are like gurgling water, crystal clear under the sun, and sparkling in the backlight.

"No matter what possibilities you have, none of them can transform you from a human into a monster or into a non-human."

"Transforming into monsters, transforming humans into everything inhuman, severing not only the future of the world once called Leia, but also the history of countless human beings that should have existed."

Ten thousand years is too long, but compared to the human beings a hundred thousand years ago that have been discovered in modern human history, the human beings in this world are still so immature and young...

History has become a toy for monsters, and humanity's pursuit of power has been a joke from the very beginning.

The boy's words were too thought-provoking.

No matter how hard Leia opened her mouth, she couldn't utter a word.

He felt that there was no need for Sully to explain this to him.

Even if I said it, what would it matter? For the mermaid, that was no longer possible.

People should consider their own interests, let alone non-human monsters.

Not to mention it’s an inhuman monster…!

The mermaid's eyes were so moist that she seemed to be about to shed tears.

Leia could deny her tragedy, but how could she pretend that she didn't want to become a mermaid, no matter how deeply she was buried and trampled on?

Why do you want to become a mermaid?

Because mermaids are legendary miraculous and beautiful creatures?

But what does that have to do with Leia?

So what if the transformed monsters are powerful? But what does that have to do with humans?

"I choose to stop the war. Isn't the purpose of stopping the war for peace?" Suli's expression, body language, and even his eyes that never changed and were full of ups and downs, all revealed a kind of calmness.

Watch the world in constant turmoil.

"All I want is to stop this war so that the transformed monsters won't attack new humans again."

Anyone with the blood of a monster will never be free.

"I don't want to be reduced to a so-called stud one day and become a breeding tool."

Elvy's idea of ​​restoring the dragon's power was, from the beginning, to create more tragedy.

"Monsters are a history denied by the times, and transforming monsters is the true outcome that the world 'necessarily' bears."

Being too powerful consumes the life of the entire world. The appearance of transformed monsters is an accelerator that drives the world to destruction.

"But humans are not among them."

"The so-called inevitability is nothing more than the common sense and common sense of this world."

"From another world's perspective, and from my perspective, necessity itself is meant to be broken."

Suli exhaled lightly, and anyone could see that the boy, who had always maintained a calm demeanor, now had a firmness on his face that could not be ignored.

Know your own way forward and understand your own needs; be aware of the sense of responsibility of "who else but me" in your true self; be sure of what you really want to do and will never retreat, let alone regret it.

He was just like glowing.

It's not the kind of irresistible attraction to beauty that comes from the face, but a kind of indescribable light that seems to be seen through the soul, unique to humans, not comparable to the sun, not competing with the cold moon.

The wind shall not be extinguished, and the water shall not flood.

"I cease this battle; I command you to fight no further; I bear all the hatred of the transformed monsters who will eventually be destroyed; I refuse to..."

"I refuse any death that I do not allow!"

Because he is strong enough, and because the transformed monsters can hear his voice.

Also, they dare not disobey.

It was not murderous aura, nor was it some overwhelming momentum.

The monster that I sensed is still beyond description.

But they couldn't look away.

Even Elvi finally realized that the so-called "unbearable to look directly at" was just like the human characteristic of not being able to look directly at the sun.

will die.

It is a joint statement of reason and status quo.

It is a reality that cannot be denied by emotion and cognition.

Sully would really kill them.

But there was no fear, no terror.

It's like a martyr who knows the road ahead leads to death but still chooses to move forward.

No fear, just facts.

"I should say something. I think I should say something..." Regardless of whether it was nonsense or not, Elvi still chose to interrupt the candlelight that was trying to invade his heart.

"But, but I don't seem to know what to say..."

The grumbling sound disappeared. Elvi forced his brain to speak out in protest: "You are obviously just a human. Why do you care about monsters? Moreover, as a pure human, you can't become a transformed monster. Why do you care about those humans?"

"No matter how many transformed people there are in Rota County, they have no impact on the survival of the human nation." Elvi knew he was talking nonsense.

But she couldn't stop.

"The battles among the beast tribe, the water tribe, and the feather tribe are all only fought in the monster world. Why do humans have to get involved?"

"For you, with this kind of power, no matter what kind of life, status, or glory you want, you will be crowned in the end and others will bow down to you! So, what are you dissatisfied with...?"

It's not that Elvi doesn't understand.

She just couldn't accept it.

It is unacceptable for a human with such great power to join a battle that does not bring him any benefit at all.

After all, what does the orc tribe declaring war on the other two tribes have to do with humans?

Chaos was overwhelming Elvy's mind. Victoria was following her. Black Dragon was helping her with everything. The young man died in her arms...

Broken mountains and rivers, massive fallen dragons, and a sea stained red with blood and body parts; it had always been like this.

Is this common sense...?

This is wrong!

This is not a mistake... it is... it is...

"What on earth is this--!?" Elvi grabbed his head with both hands and dug his fingertips into his scalp. Blood kept flowing down his fingers and head. The other two monsters were also instantly stunned.

"What's wrong with her?" The first person to ask this question was Lan Zhe, who had some understanding of the basic health of the human body.

Leia was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Elvi...is he crazy?"

"It's not that serious yet." Bartholomew's lips turned pale and bloodless. "But Elvi himself is not a normal monster."

"Is it Madness?" When Suli asked, Barthalom had already acted quickly to restrain all four limbs of the dragon.

The two-star mercenary Roy cooperated tacitly and took out a hemp rope from the alchemy tool. While tying up the dragon that had no ability to resist, he said, "If nothing unexpected happens, this is the problem."

"Didn't I say before that compared to the monsters that died in war, more monsters died from suicide?"

"Is it a...a genetic problem?" Roy was not used to some of Sully's expressions. He originally wanted to say that there was something wrong with his brain.

But I always feel that it is a bit impolite.

"That should be right." To some extent, the Rook, whose entire existence was treated as a drug, said, "Although Elvi's regard for me was not as high as his regard for Suli, it was not much different."

After the value of the latter was determined, these monsters determined that it could affect the existence of an entire race.

In Elvi's opinion, the value of the raven can be compared with that of Suli, because the dragon's current demand for the raven is higher.

"Compared to solving Elvi's current illness, it is more important to stop those dragons that want to attack us." As Egbert spoke, he glanced at the rear in the direction of Elvi.

Those dragons were like loyal dogs. After getting rid of the entanglement of the sea, they all stayed there.

Seeing how tightly Elvi was tied up, the dragons looked ready to attack at any moment, no matter how much cold sweat dripped down their faces.

"That won't happen." Bartholomew glanced at Suli.

As long as Elvi was not killed on the spot, the dragons would not be able to launch an attack on Suli with the possibility of all of them being killed.

"Then how do we deal with Elvi now?" Lan Zhe touched his chin and stared at Elvi's head. He looked as if he wanted to open it and study it at any time.

"Knock it out." Barsalom took the initiative to push the restrained dragon towards Suli.

Suli: …………

He really wanted to say now: Believe it or not, when he slaps the dragon, it will not faint, but it will break its own hand bones.

Of course, Suli can't say anything now, why Barcelona doesn't do it themselves.

The unicorn's body was now at least 90% restricted in its capabilities. If he struck the dragon's neck, even if his hand bones wouldn't break, he definitely wouldn't have the strength to knock the person unconscious.

As for the rest of humanity...

Just because the body cannot be controlled by consciousness does not mean that the body does not have the strength it should have...

Everything seemed to be at a stalemate.

There was no way Sully would open the ring again just to knock Elvy out.

Afterwards, the boy could only take a deep breath, hold it in his lungs, pinch Elvi's neck, and turn the unconscious dragon's head towards him.

"Why do I have to get involved in everything that has nothing to do with me?"

When this question came up, Elvi's eyes flashed with clarity for a moment, but were then covered by confusion again.

The corners of the dragon's eyes were stained red. If its body was not difficult to fully control, there was no way this dragon could be confined by the hemp ropes. It would have gone crazy a long time ago.

Sully stared into Elvi's eyes calmly: "If you want to know the answer to this question, don't let your will, which cannot control your body at all, be controlled by your body instead."

The ability to think and the body that could not move had already been cut into two parts by the huge element? Elvi's sudden madness was essentially nothing more than his consciousness falling into chaos, and his already uncontrollable body completely losing all control of his consciousness.

And if the consciousness still wants to control the body, it will probably be like Barsalom, able to rush out more than ten meters before falling down.

Sully gave a look, and Egbert and Roy, who cooperated well, immediately raised the humanoid dragon on the left and right.

The boy felt that he had become a villain again. He looked at the dragon whose head was forced back, took the handkerchief handed to him by Lan Zhe, and wiped his fingers clean bit by bit.

The physical movements that extremely stimulated the dragon's heart restored a certain amount of sanity to Elvi.

Before this part of his rationality was overwhelmed by anger and collapsed a second time, Sully gave the answer to the question.

“Why should I get involved in everything that has nothing to do with me?”

"That's because... I like it."

Sully looked into the dragon's eyes and smiled.

That smile was totally inconsistent with the human boy's usual peaceful demeanor. Even when Sully had set up the Fantasy Sniper of the Wind Element and shot through Elvi's eye, his expression was not so mocking.

"Why do we have to consider the profound meaning behind things? If you are hungry, you have to eat; if you are thirsty, you have to drink water. I want to do something just because I want to or not. Because I want to, I also have the ability to overturn this chess game and the decision-making ability to determine the outcome of this chess game, so I choose to participate."

"This..." Sully pinched Elvi's chin through his handkerchief?

The boy's smile brought unspeakable fear to the unconscious dragon. All he could see was that face that his brain kept yelling at him not to look at directly: "Is it hard to understand?"

In order to prevent his hand bones from being broken, Sully used up all his acting skills in his life.

The result is that all intelligent life, including humans, feels immense pressure.

There is a stark difference between arrogance and hubris.

Can the arrogance of winning a pinball game be compared with the arrogance of being able to destroy the world?

no.

So, everyone's thoughts at this moment became...

Cannot resist.

We can only pray, just like humans kneeling on the ground and asking God to bless everything.

They could only pray that this being, who had human bodies but was even more inhuman than the monsters and whose power was comparable to that of gods, would not punish them.

Head lowered.

——I can’t lift it anymore.

Elvy came to his senses.

Barthalom silently untied the rope for him and then said nothing.

Finally, when Suli showed a puzzled look, not understanding why everyone was silent, Leia smiled bitterly and said with emotion: "Just now I even felt that if I dared to question it, my bones, blood and flesh would turn to ashes in an instant..."

The kind that dies without leaving any trace.

"Just consider it as recognition of my acting skills." Sully was very sure that he was talking about acting skills, but others showed even more fear and tried to avoid him.

Suli, who didn't want to continue his acting mode, cleared his throat and said, "I'm going to the Feather Tribe later."

"With all the monsters that participated in the battle between the aquatic tribe and the beast tribe dead, I don't think you will be able to receive any intelligence that the beast tribe might pass on to Barsalom in a short period of time."

"In other words, we want to know how far the battle has progressed. Will the humans in Rota County who already have monster characteristics be killed by the beasts in advance because they have some feather characteristics? Or, will the humans who already have beast characteristics be used as replacements because the beasts chose to go to war and lost members? These all need to be investigated."

After understanding what was going to happen next, Suli clenched his right fist, stretched out his left hand, and knocked the ground decisively.

Then he added: "But before that--"

"It turns out that we still need to restore Leia's strength."

The mermaid was stunned for a moment.

If it weren't for Elvi's sudden mad reaction, Leia was not sure whether she could get rid of the feeling of being seen through and shrouded in an endless shadow.

But now, with her other strange emotions suppressed, Leia was able to talk to Sully in a natural manner.

"Just restore my strength?"

"I'm not sure if I will kill Barsalom and Elvi on the spot once I regain my strength."

The air was filled with murderous intent, and a cruel smile appeared on Leia's face.

Free from emotional patterns that Leia believed shouldn't exist, he was still the same merman who wanted to kill dragons and unicorns.

"If I can control you once, I can control you a second time." Suli's expression remained unchanged. "You don't have to consider choosing to restore your power. Is it because, in order to stop the war between the Beast Tribe and the Feather Tribe, we still need the power of the Water Tribe?"

Humans directly exposed the mermaid's inner hidden message.

"I chose to release you from control simply because no one is more suitable than you to be in a place like this and give them moves." Sully fixed his eyes on Egbert.

Leia: “…”

"...Even though I know that you don't like all the monsters in the group of transformed monsters, you wouldn't directly show that you want to use us as tools."

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