Inside the Millennium City, the atmosphere between Char and Augustina, which had originally seemed somewhat relaxed, became cold again.
Augustina slightly raised her red-gold eyes.
The radiance revealed by it was no longer that of the clear young girl from before, but instead more like that of an empress who looked down upon the world.
It was only at this moment that Augustina showed for the first time in front of Char the majesty that was worthy of the title of "Queen of the Night".
He is not just a legend, but a king who overlooks all living beings from above the clouds.
Feeling the aura of the Queen of the Night in front of him, which was no less powerful than that of Silvia, Char's movements did not waver at all.
He just calmly held out his hand.
The inky black undead metal transformed into a tiny sharp blade.
With a "whoosh", a tiny cut appeared on Char's palm.
...
...
But then, before the blood had time to flow out of the wound, the small wound quickly stopped bleeding and formed a scab, and even the scar quickly faded and then disappeared.
"I have always believed that in this world, as long as abnormal things happen, there must be reasons and legal principles behind them."
Char's eyes fell on his scabbed wound.
"This ability of immortality is too much like that of the vampires."
"Of course, the resurrection ability of ordinary vampires is definitely not able to reach this level... I am not afraid of sunlight, garlic, silverware, and even crosses and holy water cannot make me feel uncomfortable."
“Even if I’m shattered into pieces by the Holy Lance at full power, I can still be resurrected intact.”
"This ability, rather than so-called "resurrection" or "self-healing", is more like conceptual immortality. ”
Xia raised his eyes slightly and looked at Augustina in front of him with a calm gaze.
"Ordinary vampires can't do this, not even a legendary vampire prince."
“However, if it is the True Ancestor Kurohime who was chosen as the vessel for the advent of the Vermillion Moon, she may not be able to do such a thing. ”
“It’s just like the true God, even if he disappears into thin air, as long as the believers’ faith exists, he will return from the distant star realm one day.”
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"Just based on my guess about immortality, have you decided that I am the contractor of your Fourth Soul Contract?"
“As you said, conceptual immortality is not exclusive to the Vermillion Moon. ”
After listening to Char's statement, Augustina's hoarse voice sounded again with interest.
“Actually, there are some other reasons.”
Xia thought for a moment and spoke again: "For example, when I visited the Shadow Council's base in the Imperial Capital - the Dark Night Garden, Your Majesty Augustina, your attitude towards me was a little too abnormal."
"It was just a simple intelligence transaction, but it attracted your shadow incarnation to come in person... and later even asked me to repay the debt with my body."
Xia's expression remained calm. "At that time, I wasn't even a fourth-ring master beastmaster. Although I had outstanding talent, that was all. Logically speaking, I was not worthy of being a legend. No, it was the throne that looked at me differently."
"And the dinner at the Borgia family... The Shadow Council has clearly been adhering to the principle of neutrality for hundreds of years, but that time in the Astral Realm, you hunted down the fleeing Guderian to death. From an objective point of view, you were undoubtedly helping me to eliminate my enemy."
"I don't think there is any unprovoked preference in this world." He paused for a moment and said, "Perhaps some people will turn a blind eye to the abnormal treatment and not take it to heart, but my personality makes it impossible for me to ignore these abnormal treatments."
Xia's eyes were calm. "So, Your Majesty Augustina, could you please tell me a little bit?"
"The origin of this equal contract between us."
"Also, the history of Esgania a thousand years ago, before it was tampered with by Isadella and turned into the Fantasy Belt."
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Oguntina did not answer directly.
She just sat upright on the chair woven by shadows. A few shadows turned into thorns, entangled in Augustina's white fingers, and were played with by her at will.
After a long time, the clear voice sounded again.
"The end of the First Age, the beginning of the Second Age."
The "Scarlet Moon", the True God of the Abyss, was defeated in the war between the Prime Material Plane and the Abyss that spanned the First and Second Ages. ”
"One of the original eight pages of the Black Tower destroyed his divine body and most of the kingdom of God. He had no choice but to carry his divinity, authority, and the remaining fragments of the kingdom of God and lie dormant in the astral realm."
"Even for an immortal true god, this is an unimaginable trauma. If one just waits for resurrection in this way, it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to recover."
"So, in order to reconstruct a new divine body, Zhu Yue..."
"He chose me, who is also proficient in the authority of darkness, shadows and secrets, as His chosen vessel for His advent."
"Or in other words, it is what outsiders call the First True Ancestor."
In Augustina's red-gold eyes, the clarity that belonged to a young girl disappeared a little, and was replaced by a deep and ancient meaning, as if it had spanned eternity.
And Char just listened calmly.
The areas of research conducted by later archaeologists are mostly concentrated on the history of this era, and they know very little, almost nothing, about the historical secrets of the old era.
However, after obtaining the Holy Grail of Knowledge, Char had made up for a lot of knowledge, and the historical secrets he knew were not much inferior to those of the ancient demigods and thrones.
The Fourth Age is the era in which Char lives in reality, with the creation of the sacred calendar as the node.
The remnants of the history of Esgania, where Char is located, are the intersection of the Third and Fourth Ages.
As for the First Age, even the Holy Grail of Knowledge does not know much about it, because its power can only understand the present, and the First Age was before the birth of the Holy Grail of Knowledge.
The symbol of the Second Age is the enlightenment of the arcane and the creation of the wizard and beastmaster system.
Also, the building of the Black Tower.
That’s right, although the Black Tower, the True Red Tower and the White Tower are collectively referred to as the “Three Wizard Towers” in the Western Continent today.
But in fact, the White Tower was founded by the "Silver Witch" Sylvia in the middle of the Fourth Epoch, and its history is only 500 years old. Among the three towers, it is just a little sister used to make up the numbers.
The True Crimson Tower, or the Red Tower, is slightly better, but it only emerged at the end of the Third Age.
Only the Darkest Tower, which was born at the end of the First Age, directly influenced the opening of the Second Age.
According to the Holy Grail of Knowledge, the Dark Tower is the origin of arcane, wizards, and magic, and it can even be said to be the beginning of the history of civilization in the Western Continent.
Of course, the Holy Grail of Knowledge itself was conceived from the soul crystallization of the great sage, and it has a close connection with the Black Tower. It is hard to say how much of the words are flattery brought about by one's improper behavior and how much are true.
"Tsk, she is indeed someone who knows about the Prison Cup and may have even been tricked by it. Is Augustina also from the Second Age?"
"Also, according to Augustina."
"The Abyss God 'Scarlet Moon', who was in perfect condition and at his prime, was actually crippled by the first Eight Pages in the Black Tower? ”
"Since it is one of the eight pages of the Black Tower, it means that the original eight pages did not embark on the path of becoming a god... With a human body, he crippled a true god? Are all wizards in the Second Age so exaggerated?"
"The current entry threshold to the Black Tower is just Legendary, and being able to cripple a True God in his prime is something that even an ordinary throne cannot do."
"I wonder who is more powerful, my teacher or that original eight pages..."
Xia thought secretly in his heart.
On the other side, after a brief recollection, Augustina began to tell the story again.
However, this time her gaze fell directly on Xia's face.
"Zhu Yue needs a new body, or a vessel to descend into."
"However, the chosen container is naturally unwilling to become his body like this."
"However, he is a true god after all... He has too many means to corrupt and erode his chosen prey."
There was a faint golden light flickering in Augustina's eyes.
"For example, in exchange for half of my divinity, I was given the urge to suck blood."
"My status as a True Ancestor has given me greater power, but my blood-sucking urge is equivalent to a curse."
"Every time the urge to suck blood is aroused, I will take a step closer to the depravity of sucking blood, or in other words, the direction of becoming the container that Zhu Yue desires."
"In order to calm my blood-sucking urge, I had to expend a large amount of mental energy to suppress myself... but this desire would continue to accumulate, and I had to suppress it with eternal sleep."
Her eyes swept across the land beneath the Millennium City.
"The followers of the Vermillion Moon were wiped out along with the collapse of the Kingdom of God in the war at the end of the Second Era."
"However, after two epochs, Zhu Yue has recovered some of his strength, and with this strength, he created his own new clan, which is what you call vampires."
"They are Zhu Yue's most pious servants, and they also follow Zhu Yue's will. Since their birth, they have been constantly looking for my traces, wanting to make me completely corrupted by the desire to suck blood, and become the purest and most perfect vessel that their master expects."
Augustina's eyes swept across Char's eyes, as if she wanted to see something from Char's eyes, but in the end she got nothing.
"I know that in the eyes of outsiders, I am of the same race as those vampires."
"But - in fact, in my opinion, those vampires, whether they are lords or princes... are just puppets in Zhu Yue's hands. They are also my enemies, mortal enemies."
"So, I slaughtered the entire blood clan's ancestral land - the Millennium City, and slaughtered all six blood clan princes, as well as all the big and small ghouls, dead disciples, and blood servants."
"After that, I hunted the remaining vampires while sealing myself in the Millennium City, using eternal sleep to suppress my blood-sucking urge that accumulated over time."
"However, it is only a temporary measure. As time goes by, the accumulation of blood-sucking impulse will increasingly occupy my mental power. In the most difficult moments, I have to use more than 70% of my strength to suppress the blood-sucking impulse."
"That's why my blood-sucking impulse was triggered by Zhu Yue's plan not long ago."
A slight smile appeared on Augustina's lips, and she stretched out her scarlet tongue to lick the corner of her mouth.
"As you can see, you have become the object of my first blood-sucking."
"Or, as the vampires call it, you were 'embraced' by me. ”
"This is the way ordinary vampires develop their offspring. Generally speaking, regardless of the original race of the first embracer, they will be transformed into the same vampire."
"Of course, I am not a vampire in the ordinary sense, and I will not really turn you into a vampire. But through that First Embrace, we also signed an equal contract... A part of Zhu Yue's divinity and authority in my body was also shared with you."
There was a smile in her eyes, but beneath the smile, there was a faint light hidden that Char could hardly see.
"In the battle of the Second Epoch, there were many true gods who completely perished and could only wait for a long time to return from distant star realms... But Zhu Yue was able to retain some of his power and consciousness. It was precisely because of his immortality that he was one of the strongest among the true gods."
"This is the reason why your fourth soul contract is abnormal and why you have immortality."
Augustina withdrew her gaze and lowered her eyes slightly.
"Since you have gained immortality through the contract and have shared part of Zhu Yue's divinity and authority... then you will naturally come into His sight and become one of His chosen vessels."
"And because of this fate of First Embrace, you will work with me to fight against the Vermillion Moon."
"Finally, we will completely wipe out the remaining vampires on this land, and finally work together to defeat Zhu Yue, who is currently in a crippled state."
"In your words, it means that He was sent back to the spring and entered the resurrection process. If He is not bought back to life, He will not be able to come to the main material plane again for thousands of years."
“Although the entire Esgania will be somewhat sad because of the loss of Cain, under the rolling trend of history, a new empire will still be established, and the Knight King will die at the end of his life and die of old age…”
"If the distortion of the fantasy belt had never occurred... then what I said above should be the development of Esgania's history."
“It’s just that history is distorted now.”
Augustina lowered her eyes and looked towards the Chalk City at the end of the earth.
Char also lowered his eyes and looked towards the holy city that would be named "Camelot" in the future.
What we clearly see is countless craftsmen working hard, creating a hot and vibrant scene.
However, within the "Astral Vision" achieved by Char's mental power utilizing the astral realm.
It was clearly noon at this moment, but the imperial capital, which looked magnificent and sacred, was shrouded in a bloody night.
A vermilion moon is hanging high in the sky.
The blood-red moonlight poured down, falling on the indifferent and cold slender figure.
Although she was holding the holy sword and wearing the familiar military uniform, Isadela at this moment was completely different from the figure in Char's memory.
She was no longer the stern and stern princess who occasionally showed some girlish thoughts... but the "Crimson Queen" with only her divinity left.
What Ogutina said was not wrong. The fantasy zone opened up by the holy sword has become independent from the long river of time.
Therefore, even if we return to the first year of the Holy Calendar, everything is already irreversible.
What Char has to face is not the familiar Knight King Artorius, but the King of the Fantasy Belt, who has become strange, paranoid, and hideous after thousands of years of obsession and the corruption of Zhu Yue. He can no longer recognize the appearance of a girl.
"In order to pursue immortality and wait for your return in the Hall of Heroes... Isadella chose to cooperate with Zhu Yue."
"He took the initiative to contain Zhu Yue's divinity and became her vessel. In exchange for this, he gained the True God's almost infinite lifespan."
"But the price of doing so is that her humanity will be gradually devoured by Zhu Yue's divinity, until she is finally completely deified and becomes—"
"A new god, the Vermillion Moon." ”
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After Augustina finished speaking, she looked at Char.
And Xia raised his head slightly and smiled faintly.
"If that's the case, then what we need to do is actually much simpler and clearer."
He pointed to the holy city shrouded by the blood moon, and the direction between the thrones in the center of the holy city.
"Nothing more than two enemies."
"One is Zhu Yue, and the other is Princess Palace... Oh no, we should call her Her Majesty here."
"Since he was the True God Lao Deng who was crippled in the second era, Lao Deng should have the awareness to retire, die obediently, and go to the Star Realm to wait for the resurrection bar to be read."
"As for Her Highness, it would be best if she could wake up. If she still can't wake up, I will use the Friendship Fist to beat her until she wakes up."
Xia smiled slightly and spread his hands: "What a simple thing, you see, the rules of victory have been determined."
"Of course, as the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Your Majesty Augustina, you will help me, right? After all, I am beating your enemy."
"Yes... Although Zhu Yue has chosen another vessel now, if Zhu Yue really gets a new body and comes back to the world, that is something I cannot tolerate."
Augustina nodded.
But then, her eyes were fixed on Char.
"But do you really know what you are doing?"
"I know that you have accomplished many amazing feats as Cain before, such as the battle in the Valley of the End, and you were able to escape unscathed in the end."
"But you should know that you did that by relying on Zhu Yue's immortality."
Augustina's eyes were dim.
"But once you become an enemy of Zhu Yue, regardless of whether you succeed in the end... it means that you will lose the protection of your immortal body."
The Queen of the Night glanced at Char's face and said, "Your main body is only six rings... Even if you can compete with legends with the bonus of that magical construct, even Prince Flanders has the ability to attack the heart directly... Other legends naturally have ways to break through external defenses and attack the main body."
"What's more...what you are about to face is far from an ordinary legend."
"But a throne holding a holy sword."
Augustina's soft words echoed in the silent garden of Millennium City: "Are you not afraid of death?"
"Of course I'm afraid."
Char answered without hesitation.
"But when people are killed, they die. This is a matter of course."
"If I didn't want to die, I wouldn't have chosen to go back a thousand years from the beginning."
"Besides..."
In Char's eyes, Yui's runes spun slightly.
In a warehouse that has reached the level of "transcendence", a huge structure with a streamlined metal shell is reflecting a silvery-white light.
On the metal shell of the popular line, a line of words was engraved in neat Chinese:
"Tsar Bomb"
Looking at his arsenal that was filled to the brim.
Then I read the only route that Yui had passed on through the soul contract, which was determined after millions of simulations and selections.
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Xia's mouth.
"Besides, even without my immortality... I never felt like I would lose."
"I think, if the total chance is 100%, then Zhu Yue and Her Royal Highness's chance of winning should not exceed 50%."
His eyes turned to the strange blood moon.
Although he was not a very strong thin figure, at this moment, Augustina could clearly feel that there was a powerful aura that was no less powerful than her own, bursting out from Char's body.
"It's time for the legend of the Knight King to end."
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"I need some time to complete the preparation and deployment."
"Well then, Your Majesty the Queen of the Night."
"See you in Camelot in seven days."
Char waved to Augustina calmly.
Then he stood up and walked out of the Millennium City.
Looking at the back of the young man walking away, Augustina's beautiful eyes flickered slightly.
That’s a winning mentality.
And the belief in mortality.
This tremendous self-confidence and awareness... slowly overlapped with the figure in her memory, exactly the same.
"For a little girl like Isadela, are you willing to go to such lengths?"
She shook her head slightly, then looked at Xia who was walking away and spoke softly.
"But, in this case."
"What am I to you?"
Char paused.
It's not that he didn't understand the implication in Augustina's words.
In fact, ever since what happened with Sylvia, Xia has become extremely sensitive to these things.
Things like a strange woman coming to my house and expressing special affection and preference for me were exactly the same as Sylvia's.
This is related to what Augustina said before, that it is correct history that has never been distorted.
Just thinking about it, you can guess what happened... It's nothing more than fighting side by side against Zhu Yue, and then his "Beautiful Boy EX" characteristic was triggered again.
However, Char did not look back.
"How should I put it..."
"I don't know what happened in the correct history in your memory that made Your Majesty Augustina develop such a preference for me."
"But, that is something I have never experienced before..."
Char knew very well what the favor of a throne that had been the master of the Shadow Council since the Second Age meant.
He only needs to act a little more ambiguous, and that would mean a new white thigh and endless gigolo meals.
But... the correct history described by Augustina may be his previous life or another possibility... but he has never experienced it.
Since he had no so-called romantic feelings towards the Queen of the Night before him... he could not respond to her expectations, and Char did not even want to allow for the possibility of some ambiguity.
He is indeed a philanderer, but if he really does this, then he is not a philanderer, but a scumbag.
The reason why Char chose to accept Sylvia's feelings and even responded with a confession was not because Sylvia was the master of the White Tower and the throne... but because he also fell in love with her over time during the remnants of the history of the ancient country of Cang Ting. That was all.
"It is my honor to be the contractor and partner of Her Majesty Augustina."
"So, so far, in my eyes, I regard you as a very good friend and ally, or even a trading partner."
"That's all."
After saying this, his figure quickly shrank and disappeared at the end of the Millennium City.
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"Looking at this situation, am I going to be a loser?"
Augustina looked at Xia's receding back and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
However, her face didn't really show any regret of being a loser.
On the contrary, there was a slight curve on Augustina's delicate face, which was as delicate as ice and snow.
"But it's true. If he really wants to use such ambiguous and dregs-like words in this situation where there is no emotional basis, and pretend to be stupid and keep me hanging..."
"Then he is no longer the Char I am familiar with and loyal to."
A trace of reminiscence suddenly emerged in Augustina's eyes, and she was dazed and absent-minded.
He is so sharp and confident, and will never waver in what he believes in.
It is simply the antonym of "wood-headed" and "Assassin".
"This is the Char in my memory..."
After a long time, she came back to her senses from her recollections and revealed a faint smile.
"But... you were still deceived by me."
Augustina stretched out her white fingers and tapped lightly in the air.
Most of her conversations with Char were true, except for two points.
The equal contract between her and Char was not because of the blood-sucking first embrace that Zhu Yue had plotted against her...
And the fondness and preference that I have for Char in my heart... is not derived from the history of Esgania at the end of the Third Age.
Rather, it originated from earlier.
Back then, the Black Tower had not yet been built, the war between the gods of the Abyss and the main material plane had not yet broken out, and that hated Holy Grail of Knowledge still existed only in the concepts and imaginations of the great arcanists.
At that time, Augustina was not yet called Augustina, but she had just hatched from the shell and looked ignorantly at the first living being she saw in this world.
A breeze blew through the Millennium City.
The shadow and night that had enveloped Augustina from the beginning to the end also quietly faded away at this moment.
Her true appearance, which was originally difficult to see under the hazy night, was revealed.
Red-gold vertical eyes.
And the horns faintly visible among the jet-black hair.
Unlike the succubus' gorgeous pink horns, the horns on Augustina's forehead are not very ferocious, but have a majestic arc.
Outsiders often regard vampires as an independent race.
However, as the original True Ancestor, before being chosen as a vessel by the Vermillion Moon, Augustina had another race...
"You said in person that you wanted to be a dragon rider."
"Oh, loser? How can I lose?"
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