Gwen instantly recognized the familiar raven, and she suddenly flapped her wings and took flight.
His body transformed into a fleeting afterimage, speeding away in the direction where the crow had disappeared amidst the howling wind and waves.
However, no matter how fast Gwen sped up, no matter how far she chased, she could never catch up with the crow.
The other party was sometimes near and sometimes far, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
She could only watch the crow's silhouette from afar, sometimes magnified, sometimes shrank, but she could never reach it.
It's far away, yet right before my eyes.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the chase between the man and the bird...
The crow finally stopped flying and swooped down to the ground.
Seeing this, Gwen also slowed down.
She didn't give up because she couldn't catch the crow.
Instead, a giant divine tree appeared before her eyes.
This magnificent tree has roots that run deep into the ground, and its enormous trunk reaches straight into the sky.
The lush foliage swayed gently in the darkness, its true outline appearing and disappearing in the vast blackness.
The sacred tree emitted a faint green glow, not dazzling, but shimmering almost imperceptibly in the darkness.
In the dim green light, a figure could be seen faintly.
He stood quietly in front of the sacred tree, as if admiring this natural sculpture.
At that moment, the one-eyed raven landed on the man's shoulder, turned to look at Gwen, and then grinned mockingly.
But Gwen didn't care about any of that.
Her gaze was filled with disbelief as she watched the man slowly turn around.
She saw everything about the other person clearly.
That was a man.
Wearing a black trench coat, hands in his pockets, his face was sharply defined, and his eyes revealed a familiar indifference.
Their eyes met in mid-air, their gazes clashing like cold blades.
Gwen descended gradually, eventually standing on the ground alongside the man, landing in front of him.
She landed in front of Viktor and calmly looked into his unwavering eyes.
“Ve...k...to”.
She called out his name slowly and deliberately, her tone revealing deep surprise and disbelief.
Her eyes trembled slightly, and a hint of nostalgia and tenderness unconsciously welled up in them.
She couldn't remember the last time she had been able to gaze at Viktor so closely.
However, her gaze quickly shifted from the other person's face, focusing sharply on the raven on Viktor's shoulder.
At the same time, she gripped the weapon at her waist, her whole body trembling slightly from the suppressed impulse.
At this moment, the sharp edge in her heart was completely exposed.
but……
"I had it bring you here."
A light, casual remark reached Gwen's ears.
With a familiar coldness and calmness, Gwen felt both familiar and strange.
He is indeed Victor.
His personality, appearance, and temperament were exactly the same as Viktor in her memory.
However, after he said those words, Gwen seemed to realize something.
She looked at Victor again, her throat trembling slightly.
"From beginning to end, your purpose has never changed, has it?"
Viktor did not answer, but simply nodded calmly.
"..."
A single, unspoken sentence contained all the questions she wanted to express.
Why?
"I've always trusted you..."
"But I have never loved you."
The cold words broke Gwen's silence.
Like an icicle falling, it pierced her heart of justice and shattered the beliefs she held dear.
Gwen couldn't help but take two steps back, staring at Viktor's face in disbelief.
She seemed to be trying to discern a hint of wavering in his expression.
She hoped Victor was lying to her, but...
Her body trembled slightly as she stared into Victor's cold and unfamiliar eyes.
That gaze seemed to pierce through her vision, reaching the deepest part of her soul.
Yeah……
Oh, I see.
Then, Gwen's eyes gradually became vacant, and she lowered her head.
And the weapon in his hand also tightened his grip considerably.
"I just wanted to uphold justice, and then..."
...
"To gain your approval and stand by your side."
A trembling, aggrieved voice came from Aurelion's mouth.
Upon hearing Victor's words, Aurelian's delicate body trembled violently, and her strength seemed to give way.
"I like you, but why?"
"You never give me this chance."
However, she did not receive the answer she wanted.
The indifferent man before her answered her question irrelevantly, as if testing her:
"You must be much stronger now than before, right?"
Aurelion was stunned.
She didn't understand why things had come to this point when the whole world was being destroyed.
Victor, however, chose to ask this question.
But Aurelion knew,
She is indeed stronger than before.
She realized this the moment she awoke in that desolate place.
Now, she has relinquished her status as emperor and freed herself from the constraints of that identity.
Her talent is equivalent to the combined talents of all the ancestors of the previous eight Sol families.
While her status as the "Emperor" did indeed make her stronger quickly, it also caused her to lose the unique advantage of her talents.
At that stage, Aurelian was even able to clearly recognize that she could not surpass her father, Aubrey.
However now,
After she truly relinquished her identity as "Emperor,"
Aurelion clearly felt her power growing stronger as her talent increased.
This is a true power that transcends the boundaries of emperors.
Aurelion clenched her fists slightly, and gradually, she understood Victor's intention.
"If you want something, take it with your own hands."
The next moment, the galaxy surrounding Aurelion twisted and time surged.
The garments decorated with nebula patterns fluttered gently, as if they had blended into the surrounding nebula.
Her slender figure began to blur, her eyes flashing with a sharp and majestic light.
now,
Aurelion displayed a completely different attitude than before.
It was as if the entire world, all the stars, had become the power she commanded.
Just as he said,
"Defeat me."
Everything you want is naturally yours.
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