Shortly after the shadow left, Alice's figure appeared.
She seemed unaware of the presence in the shadows, only gazing sadly at Ash, who was frozen in ice, before speaking softly:
"Don't worry."
"Your efforts will not be in vain; I will lead them forward."
After saying that, Alice shifted her gaze from Ash and looked in one direction.
“Previously, although I was frozen and unable to interfere with the outside world, it did not mean that I was unaware of anything.”
Gazing into the empty space, her eyes seemed to be fixed on someone who should be there.
"Ash had conversations with certain people before making his final decision."
"I don't know what he heard. Maybe those words made him make his final decision, or maybe they made him waver..."
There was no reflection in the child's light-colored eyes. She seemed to be talking to herself, or testing the waters, or making a certain statement.
"Whatever he heard, he did it; he is a hero."
Alice paused, not hearing the answer she wanted, and continued:
“Turs is right. I was already unable to stay out of it all. My previous restraint was just self-deception.”
“I… will become the stargazer they speak of, the successor to the prophet, not only because of Ash’s sacrifices, but also because of their unwavering faith in me.”
Just now, Alice, who had been alone atop the Sky City tower for countless years, broke the crystal protecting her and stepped out of her cage.
"I... will not stop them from conducting those forbidden experiments, trying to explore the mysteries of magic."
"I can't watch them die like that."
Alice had never thought about the struggle between gods and mortals before. She had seen too much of it and understood that such conflicts were basically irreconcilable.
She always analyzed and observed from a detached and superior perspective, never getting involved herself.
But now it's different; she has personally experienced the kind of disasters that gods can bring to mortals.
The goddesses of ice and plague didn't even intend to harm mortals; they only cursed themselves, yet it nearly wiped out the inhabitants of Sky City.
“They may fall on the road of hard work, but they should not die so easily simply because they have no strength.”
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If the prophets had possessed magic during this time, more of them could have survived, instead of helplessly struggling against the natural disasters caused by the gods and ultimately dying in agony.
That's wrong!
“I will hand over the key to this calamity to them, no… I will personally open that door for them.”
“I will help them steal authority from the gods, and I will make each of them entitled to control their own destiny.”
If a sage once stole the fire that belonged exclusively to the gods, bringing civilization to humankind...
Then Alice will have to take even more from the gods.
She wants to sever the foundation of the gods!
"I will make every single one of them a blasphemer!"
This is her vow.
There was once a prophet who wanted everyone to live.
The prophet's successor wanted to empower everyone to rebel.
While saying these things, Alice remained very calm, without getting angry or agitated; she simply quietly explained her thoughts.
After saying this, Alice withdrew her gaze and continued to look at the sleeping Ash.
Suddenly, she said:
"I don't know if that's you, but I think it should be you."
I hope it's you.
Because you said you would come back.
"But if not..."
She slowly closed her eyes and spoke softly.
"You treacherous oath-breaker."
The angry curses turned into soft whispers, vanishing without a trace in the wind amidst the melting snow and ruins.
"A liar who doesn't keep his promises."
...
...
Alice left.
Since she has decided to get involved, she will do her best, especially since there are still many things to deal with.
And just after Alice left, the hazy phantom reappeared in the spot where her gaze had just been.
Just as she had expected, Ning Feng did indeed return.
Although Ke Ningfeng returned, he was unable to prevent the tragedy from happening.
Ning Feng miscalculated.
He had thought he would fall into a deep sleep during that self-destruction and spend the monotonous years with the gods.
Ning Feng's act of seeking out the Lord of Holy Light to self-destruct was not entirely a desperate gamble, but rather based on evidence and certainty.
The Lord of Light can be seen as one of the brightest forces in the world today, playing a significant role in balancing the forces of darkness and bringing a delicate balance to the scales.
What if some discordant impurities were mixed into this pure light?
What changes will occur in the world once this hard-won balance is broken?
Even if it doesn't explode with a bang, it will still produce some strange chain reactions.
This seemingly harmless chain reaction wouldn't even amount to a ripple in other situations, but now that the conflict between man and God has reached its peak, the effect is quite different.
The whole world is like sitting on a giant, high-pressure powder keg. Not to mention a tiny spark, even just a tiny spark from friction could cause a violent explosion.
Ning Feng's self-destruction was essentially using everything he had to serve as a small electric arc igniter.
Judging from the future, he should have succeeded.
However, while the plan was good, reality always has its own strange twists and turns.
The process of deriving from the future outcome did not perfectly match the conjecture.
But in the end, he did not lose consciousness, or rather, he did not completely lose consciousness.
Ning Feng succeeded in using himself as fuel to ignite the flames, successfully corrupting the Lord of Holy Light and even contributing to the collapse of the divine realm...
Ning Feng realized that part of himself had indeed entered a deep sleep along with the gods, but another part remained conscious.
The divine part was completely stripped from Ning Feng's soul, leaving only the pure human part remaining conscious.
Upon realizing he was not asleep, Ning Feng immediately returned to Sky City.
But when he tried to tell Alice that he had returned, he found that he could not be sensed.
At that moment, he suddenly understood.
I have become a wandering ghost in the past.
An evil spirit from the past.
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