"You can transfer to Line 3 at this station..."

It's almost 11 o'clock in the evening, and the flow of people at the transfer station is still ridiculously large. Office workers carrying briefcases add a touch of fatigue to the subway. It seems that the labor law in the Kingdom of Stars is not well implemented. People still have to go to work during the New Year.

However, when the subway started running, the noisy chirping made the subway bright again - after all, tomorrow was a holiday.

The subway left the mountain tunnel, shuttled through the aerial track, and flew over the city. Looking at the colorful steel forest, although he was in a cramped carriage, Ash did not feel uncomfortable at all, but relaxed.

The atmosphere of worldly life is what soothes the hearts of social animals the most.

"There's a delicious hot pot restaurant over there." Ash pointed to a commercial street below and said, "But the portions are a bit large. I can't eat much by myself. We still have time before we leave tomorrow so we can go have a meal there. I want to sit at the same table with you, so no matter how much we order, it won't be wasted."

Rose's nose twitched and her eyebrows wrinkled, "I feel like you're laughing at me."

Ash's mouth curled up slightly. At this time, footsteps sounded behind him. He turned around and saw a strong man with a backpack pushing through the crowd and walking to the last carriage. He glanced at the long backpack that looked like a fishing rod, took Rose's hand, and walked through the crowd quietly.

Rose followed him quietly, and the two of them stopped at the connection between the second-to-last car.

Ash pulled her against the wall, scanned the carriage, leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Seven people, those seven people have guns in their backpacks."

Ash had not trained specifically, but after wandering in the virtual world for a long time, running wild in iron and fire, he was already able to keenly perceive unknown threats in unfamiliar environments. These seven people hid their guns in backpacks, and he could almost smell the charming smell of gun oil and hear the rattle of bullets.

Rose took a look and said, "It's Sekilo and Flores."

"Do you know him?"

"I've seen these two people before and worked with them once before," Rose said. "But they were not very reliable and even the police were dispatched. After I received the final payment, I never hired them again."

"What are they going to do fully armed?"

"They'll probably start a massacre at the Clock Tower Square transfer station, and then kill their way to the square." Rose said, "After all, the station with the largest flow of people is the Clock Tower Square station."

"Ah?" Ash was startled, "Why would they do this?"

"The city of Canaan disappeared, and the capital city of Jiashi suffered a golden rain incident, with a death toll of over a million. Coupled with the economic downturn and class conflicts, people all over the country are in turmoil. Ambitious people who hold power and influence believe that the era of democratic government is coming to an end, and they want to speed up the process." Rose said calmly: "A massacre will obviously make the government exhausted."

Ash blinked, "You know it very well."

"Because I'm at every one of their meetings," Rose said calmly, "I just don't know who they hire."

"Meeting?"

"Well, in order to increase the value of your assets, you had to use some means to suppress other forces from time to time. Later, they admitted defeat and asked me what I wanted. They would avoid me and never interfere. I was too lazy to notify them one by one, so I gathered them together and told them directly if there was anything." Rose said, "But I rarely talk, but they often reach cooperation. After the destruction of Canaan City, they discussed more and more frequently, as if they wanted to officially intervene in the political situation in various places."

Ash was stunned when he heard this.

My assistant set up a mysterious organization with national power without my knowledge, and all the big bosses in the underworld were defeated by her?

"Can you stop them?"

"No." Rose gave him a strange look, "Why would they listen to me?"

Ash changed the question: "Then can you destroy their plot?"

Rose thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but why should we do that? It's none of our business."

"Just take it as my order." Ash glanced at the seven hidden mercenaries in the carriage: "Then can you terminate the mission of this group of people?"

"You like to meddle in other people's business." Rose frowned and shook her head. "There's no way to stop it. Even if I want to destroy their conspiracy, it will take time. It will take at least five working days."

Ash nodded, rummaged in his backpack, and pulled out a short sword: "Luckily there's no security check, otherwise I'd have to fight with my bare hands... But if there was a security check, they wouldn't have been able to get on the subway, and I wouldn't have to do it."

Rose frowned and said, "I don't recommend you to stop them. It's better to get off the car and call the police in advance."

"But since I've seen it and I have the ability to solve it," Ash said, "why shouldn't I do it?"

"Is this why you saved the stars?" Rose asked. "You are different from the magician I remember. You like to meddle in other people's business. Is my understanding of magicians wrong?"

Ash looked at the sign. There were still several stops to the Clock Tower Square, so he was not in a hurry. "What is your impression of a magician?"

"Selfish, greedy, afraid of death, and unscrupulous."

Rose said, "You said that magicians created this world in order to hunt source angels, and then destroyed this world in order to hunt source angels. They dominate the fate of others from a high position, competing and fighting with each other as if they were enemies."

"So I have always believed that magicians are a group of despicable creatures."

"But you are willing to put yourself in danger to save the stars, even if it means offending the most powerful magician." Rose was a little confused: "Now you are willing to risk getting hurt against mercenaries to save people you don't know, even though you don't need to do this and you can't benefit from it... You confuse me."

"Or is it that my understanding of magicians is wrong, and you are the real magician?"

Ash thought for a moment and said with a smile, "First of all, your understanding of magicians is correct. Most magicians fit your description. If you encounter any magicians in the future, you can treat them as bad guys and be on your guard."

Rose: "So you are one of the very few outliers?"

"No." Ash shook his head: "I am also the majority. I fit every adjective you mentioned. I am just as selfish, just as greedy, just as afraid of death, and just as unscrupulous."

"Then why do you mind your own business?"

"You may think it's meddling, but to me, it's just my selfishness and greed." Ash said, "I don't think I'm meddling, because if I can't see it, then I won't care, and I won't blame myself, because I'm not at fault; if I don't have the ability, then I can't care, and I won't blame myself, because I really can't do it."

"But I have power and authority, so I'm going to use it where I think it's right."

"I did save the stars for many people, but I did it for myself." Ash said calmly, "There is nothing more shameful than wasting your own strength. If you have a powerful weapon but don't use it, what's the difference between that and being fat?"

He looked at Rose and said, "Only you and I would say this. Don't tell Nia and Fili... Although I don't think the Starry Lord is right, I don't think He is wrong either."

Rose was a little surprised.

"He certainly created and destroyed the stars in pursuit of supremacy, but whether this pursuit is right or wrong is not for me to judge." Ash shrugged, "Perhaps if I help the Source Angel escape, it may cause a larger-scale disaster."

"Perhaps we have better options, but when we make a decision, we can only choose the best option at the time. The Starry Lord will hunt the Source Angels, and I want to protect the Kingdom of Stars. It's the same for both of us."

"Despicable, greedy, abusing power, and using any means necessary are certainly labels of magicians. After all, magicians are ultimately a group of thieves who parasitize on the virtual world." Ash said, "But these are not the most important characteristics of magicians."

"Most importantly," he glanced at Rose, "when magicians possess virtual wings, they believe they should not be bound by any chains. Their souls are like feathers, their lives are like weeds, they swim across the oceans, across the lands, and the bright and burning ambitions in their hearts never go out."

"Whether chaotic or lawful, good or evil, these thieves called magicians are all pursuing their own miracles. No magician will waste their power and authority, and they will all change the world according to their own wishes."

“Because they can do it, they will do it.”

"So the magician can create hell and reach heaven."

After traveling around so far, Ash has many doubts about the world of magicians. The biggest one is why the six great gods created six countries with very different social systems.

At first, he thought that the six kingdoms were the God's back garden, and that the six kingdoms could produce a steady stream of resources for the God.

Later, he believed that the six nations could help the Lord God gain higher-level power, such as the power of faith could strengthen miracles;

But now he feels that the previous speculations may be correct, but the birth of the six countries should also include the expectations of the God.

They had the power to create a kingdom that matched their vision, and so they did.

Otherwise it is difficult to explain why different countries are filled with the styles of their own gods, the starry sky, the gospel gods, the dreams of the world... The gods spare no effort in investing in the country.

As for whether they have good intentions or bad intentions, it is not worth discussing.

For example, if the Lord of Stars likes humans with good intentions, so other races are exterminated, and the Lord of Blood Moon exploits all living beings with malicious intent, but other races can survive, then for humans, the stars are good and the Blood Moon is evil, but for elves and other races, the Blood Moon is good and the stars are evil.

Good and evil only exist in social relations, but the Lord God is an irresistible rule for all living beings.

Do the sun, rain, and earth have concepts of good and evil?

"It sounds like magicians are a bunch of thieves who steal power and squander it with reckless abandon," Rose commented.

"That's right." Ash nodded affirmatively: "But maybe it's just me beautifying myself as a magician. I think the world is like a tree. If there were no magicians, the tree would naturally grow and wither, and all living things would spend their lives quietly under the tree without miracles."

"The existence of a magician is like a saw cutting down the tree. Sometimes it moves forward, sometimes it moves backward, but it always develops in depth."

Rose said, "But won't that cut down the tree?"

"Now that the tree has fallen, we have the materials to build a home." Ash blinked, "We're almost at the station. Do you have a way to drive away the other passengers?"

Rose opened her phone and operated it for a few seconds, then nodded slightly and said calmly, "You will feel pain if you get hurt. Do you really want to take the risk?"

Ash looked at her in surprise, his mouth curled up, his eyebrows full of smiles: "Pain is not important."

"What's important is the pleasure."

When we arrived at the next stop, the door just opened and the fire sprinkler heads in the last car suddenly turned on, soaking all the passengers. Naturally, everyone hurried to leave through the door, cursing who was smoking in the subway.

The mercenaries hesitated for a moment, as the last carriage was their starting point, so they hid in a place where the sprinkler could not reach. But they soon found something wrong - the door was closed in advance, and the gate between their carriage and the carriage in front was also closed, and they were trapped!

Only a masked young man was locked up with them. He pulled out a short sword from his sleeve, and his malicious intent could not be more obvious. The mercenaries looked at each other, took out their guns from their backpacks and aimed at him, saying with resentment: "Boy, you made a mistake and locked yourself up with us, didn't you? You dare to disrupt our mission, I won't let you die easily."

"mistake."

Ash dodged the bullets leisurely, the bullets almost brushed along the edge of his body. He swung his sword leisurely in the storm of bullets, and a flash of blood splattered!

"I wasn't forced to be locked up with you guys," Ash said with a cruel smile as he looked at the thugs who were already starting to get scared. "You were forced to be locked up with me."