There was a reason why Harvey arrived at the battlefield so late.

His five consecutive slashes of corpses and blood were too flawed, and Yindeng took the opportunity to kick him away, and he flew out. When he regrouped and prepared to rush back, he was stopped by Igula who flew over.

Igula only asked for one thing - if Yin Deng wanted to stop and explain, and Ash was willing to listen, then you should just pretend to stop, and then kill her unintentionally.

Harvey didn't ask why, nor did he say whether he agreed or not, and went back to the battlefield. He saw that Ash and Silver Lantern were still fighting, so he picked up his sword and joined the siege.

Although Yindeng no longer had enough magic power to maintain the sanctuary, it was only because the sanctuary consumed too much energy to resist damage, so she still had some magic power to cast spells. Facing the joint efforts of Ash and Harvey, she seized the opportunity to drive the illusion spirit to create a flaw, and then relied on her own close combat skills to barely hold on.

All I can say is that it’s a good thing that Black Crow was severely injured just now, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to hold on for even a second.

But Weisser actually didn't need to continue insisting - she knew very well that as long as she stopped, surrendered and confessed the truth, then Ash would protect the evil silver lantern until the "Truth Link" was cracked.

Isn't it her goal to let Ash know the truth?

What is she still holding on to, what is she worried about? What is she... afraid of?

At this point, Weisser suddenly thought of a question. She only cared about letting Ash know the truth, so that she could be understood, supported, and have companions, but she never thought about what this meant to Ash.

She actually understood that Ash's current mercy was more due to their experience of life and death together in the Flowing Gold River. This reason was reasonable, and even Black Crow would not blame him for it.

But even so, it was already causing Ash unbearable pain.

He couldn't accept that he had let Yin Deng, who had killed countless people, go, but he also couldn't bring himself to kill Yin Deng, who liked him. The two completely opposite wishes were entangled and fighting in his heart, so that he could only keep a blank expression to hide the tsunami surging in his heart.

If Silver Lantern was a complete villain, he could openly become a partner of justice with Black Crow to kill evil and purify the world; if Visser was just an ordinary girl who was innocent but blindly liked him, he could also worry alone and think about how to deal with his messy interpersonal relationships.

The two identities overlapped, causing Ash to suffer all the time in the battle. When he and others besieged Silver Lantern, Ash remembered how good Silver Lantern was in the Flowing Gold River, and how Silver Lantern had given in to him in the half-month chase. But when he fought Silver Lantern alone just now to give her a chance to breathe, he thought of the people Silver Lantern had killed, the disasters she had caused, and her indifference, ruthlessness, cunningness and cruelty to life...

He was neither as decisive as Black Crow to cut off all ties of friendship nor was he able to go against his own inner moral law.

Weisser should have anticipated Ash's mood, why hadn't she thought of it before?

The third "Link of Truth" actually makes people understand that there are only two endings for the people of Senluo: entering the virtual world in advance to gain eternal freedom, or welcoming eternal death in Senluo. Weisser can accept the former because she firmly believes that death is not the end, but for Ash, death is just death.

So in Ash's eyes, this was just a bad ending and a worse ending. What's worse is that after he knew this, it meant that he also had to make a choice.

Because Visser has already chosen an ending and put it into action, even if Ash just sits back and does nothing, it would be tantamount to supporting Visser in slaughtering tens of millions of lives - Igula or Harvey would definitely not think so, but people like Ash and Black Crow would blame themselves for it.

Perhaps the word "self-blame" seems too mild, and it should be described in another way - people like them will probably be immersed in the pain of their own incompetence all their lives.

What about stopping Weisser? But do Ash and the others have a better way? Should they expect a miracle to save the Senluo Kingdom, or should they hope to become a god and come back to save the world? What if the Senluo Lord can't hold on for five or ten years? It's impossible to stop the firm-minded Silver Lantern with nothing but empty promises, right?

In a trance, Weisser suddenly recalled that when she accidentally entered the dead city, it only took her three days to crack the answer to the third "Link of Truth", but it took her three full months to accept the truth. She inherited the will of the Gray Fox God Era more than two hundred years ago and became the first person to walk out of the dead city.

Why had she forgotten this?

Swish!

Taking advantage of the moment when Yin Deng was distracted, Harvey swung his chain sword, slashing out two mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

Weisser dodged hastily, but her thigh was still cut, taking away a piece of flesh and blood. Silver blood sprayed in the air like a fan, and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible! At this time, Ash's sword attacked from the side again. Weisser had no time to heal and could only continue fighting!

If she continued like this, she would really die here. Her magic power had already reached its limit, while the Necromancer and Ash still had fighting power, and they also had Chikara, the Fire of Ignorance.

Alarm bells rang in Weisser's heart, and a chill spread from her spine to her whole body!

Where's Chikara!?

At this moment, the wall next to them was suddenly pushed open, and Chikara, wrapped in thick black flames, rushed in like a high-speed dump truck, hitting Silver Lantern, Ash and Harvey head-on!

…

On the rooftop outside, Gwen whispered, "The space on the ground floor is so small, I'm afraid others won't be able to avoid it..."

"We want them to be unable to avoid it." Igula stared at the ruins of the high-rise building and said, "Ash and Harvey still have the power to raise the Sanctuary, but Silver Lantern has none. Even if they don't have time to raise the Sanctuary, Ash still has a way to heal himself. At most, Harvey and Silver Lantern will be crushed to death together."

"So, please, Silver Lantern." Igula murmured, "You have lived long enough as a monster."

…

boom!

In the dark ruins on the bottom floor of a high-rise building, Harvey and Chikara climbed out of the human-shaped pit. The necromancer spat out a mouthful of blood foam, his body a little unstable, and Chikara's magic power was completely exhausted, and he couldn't even maintain the sanctuary.

Just when Chikara rushed in, Silver Lantern immediately rushed towards Harvey, and Harvey subconsciously launched two consecutive slashes at her, and then -

Harvey collided head-on with Chikala.

Chikara's miracle of fire, Harvey's sea of ​​blood and corpses, and their two sanctuaries were all smashed to pieces with great kinetic energy. Silver Lantern actually thought of a response strategy in an instant, almost turning the crisis into an opportunity for victory.

But only almost.

Perhaps it was too late, or perhaps the magic power was not enough, Yindeng was unable to completely transfer the damage, and her body was scraped by the impact of Chikara, and crashed into the rubble like a kite with a broken string. Now she could only stand up unsteadily, her body was covered in blood, the skin on her right hand was rolled up, and all the exposed skin was scarred.

On the field, only one person was unharmed.

After Silver Lantern deflected Chikara's impact, Ash completely avoided the impact - he was so comfortable that he didn't even raise his sanctuary.

Without saying a word, he charged forward silently and stabbed Weisser with his sword. Weisser used the illusion spirit to suppress her pain and continued to fight with all her strength.

But as soon as they started fighting, Weisser felt something was wrong - not only because this was a routine they had practiced countless times, but more importantly, Ash's sword was soft and had no intention of hurting her.

After two rounds of fighting, Ash threw his sword up and switched to close combat, and Weisser raised her hand to grab the sword.

Here, Ash's next move should be to attack instead of defend, and to attack Weisser's wrist to take back the blade, so as to prevent Weisser from expanding her advantage. However, this time, Ash suddenly broke away from the routine.

He rushed into Weisser's arms, grabbed Weisser's throat with his right hand, and blocked Weisser's escape route with his left hand like a whip. If Weisser didn't fight back in time, Ash would take advantage of the situation to suppress her vitals and she would have no choice but to surrender.

But Ash's reckless charge also exposed many flaws, and now she had a sword in her hand, she could easily kill Ash and escape from the predicament!

What on earth does Ash want to do——

When Weisser saw Ash's eyes that were like a deep pool, she suddenly understood what he was thinking.

Just like in The Golden River, Weisser gave him two choices, so he also gave Weisser two choices this time: either give up resistance and surrender, or escape by hurting me.

There is a deeper meaning here - if Weisser chooses the latter, it means she takes the initiative to break this evil relationship, and Ash also repays Liujinhe for his life-and-death support, and there will be no affection between them when they meet next time.

But Weisser can choose the former. Regardless of whether Ash intends to protect her, she can naturally wash away her sins by guiding them to obtain key information.

No matter how she thought about it, she should give up resistance and let Ash catch her obediently, and then wait for the truth to be revealed. She could even see Ash's regretful expression, and she could follow Ash openly, making much more progress than Sword Lady and Witch, and lock in victory in advance...

But what after that?

Did she really want to drag Ash into a dilemma of a doomsday decision? Force him to choose the one he could accept from the two bad endings?

If it was before Nightfall, Weisser would definitely not hesitate, because she really wanted to see what Ash would become when his humanity was questioned, and whether he would be tortured into becoming another 'real Ash' that she needed more.

If there was no Divine Fire Trial, if there was no Flowing Gold River, if...

Weisser had never thought that she, who was so determined, would actually give up halfway. She had been preparing for such a long time, and it was so close to completion, but she wanted to destroy her own achievements.

Maybe someone will wait for you until dark.

But you shouldn't look for him after dark.

Weisser clenched her sword and took the initiative to meet Ash's charge, as if it was not a grab aimed at the vital parts, but a tender embrace. Suddenly, Weisser remembered the bedtime stories that Vione had told her, many of which were fairy tales about princesses and princes.

When she was planning to come to the Dead City, she thought that Ash was her prince, but she never forgot that she was actually a demon king who could not be accepted by the prince.

The devil should be evil and cruel, hated by both humans and gods, and there should be no good points in his body. This way the story will seem refreshing, other characters in the story will not have troubles, and everyone can be happy.

Then, the long sword emerged from the prince's back.