Chapter 316: A Future of Intertwined Points and Lines

Amber Xiu's power of destiny is to bring together countless possibilities into one, and artificially lock one possibility into destiny.

Mr. Doom's ability is to block one of the countless possibilities, making that goal never reachable.

Therefore, when Amber Xiu is fortune-telling, he likes to give several options and let fate make the choice for him. When Mr. Doom is fortune-telling, he turns countless possibilities into silk threads and lets fate cut the last one for him.

The results seem to be the same, but the essence is completely different.

Although they had been separated for hundreds of years, their cooperation was as tacit as if they had cooperated tens of millions of times. The threads of fate were being annihilated one by one, and the dice of fate were also stopping one by one. All possibilities came together, and countless scenes were born and died until they finally froze.

It was a shocking and terrifying scene.

An incredibly huge silver-white dragon soared in the sky, and on the ground was an endless legion of holy warriors.

Mr. Doom said in surprise: "Lion invasion? Isn't this something we have known for a long time?"

Amber Xiu was also a little confused. How could the two of them work together to produce such a scene? This was something that had been known for a long time... But this super-giant time dragon was a bit scary. It should be what the magic dragon would look like when it was armed.

No wonder it is Ryan’s national treasure. The posture is really majestic. A breath of time dragon will destroy the whole city.

But what does this picture represent?

Both Amberxiu and Mr. Fortune began to fall into deep thought. This was the most important part of the prophecy - interpretation.

Countless prophecy wizards have failed at this stage. Once the interpretation is wrong, the consequences will be very tragic.

After pondering over the picture for a long time, Mr. Doom spoke first: "There is something wrong with this picture. I recognize this mountain. It is already in the territory of the Unholy Song. This means that the Ryan people have already reached our doorstep."

Amber Xiu reacted immediately: "The Gate of Hell! The Gate of Hell is gone!"

The borders of Unholy Hymn are full of gates to hell. If Ryan were to attack, this place should be swarming with demon armies. How come it is so empty and there is nothing there?

In other words, when Ryan invaded, the problem of the Hell Gate had been completely solved.

"Did we solve the problem of the Gate of Hell?" Amber Xiu asked doubtfully.

Mr. Doom rolled his eyes and retorted, "Seventy-eight gates to hell, how are you going to solve this? It took the whole country a lot of effort to build this, how can we solve this?"

This is a huge project related to the fate of the country. It has been running for so many years. How can one or two legends solve it? The Gate of Hell is in a virtual state after it is built. It is almost immune to all attacks and will not be affected by the outside world before it is opened. Once it is opened, a large number of monsters from Hell will pour out in a short time, and there is no time to destroy it.

If there are only one or two, it would be easy. Think of a way, open it and take it apart. There is still a chance if two people work together.

But seventy-eight of them... just the thought of it is terrifying enough, and even if they work themselves to death they still won't be able to solve the problem.

Amber was also a little surprised. With seventy-eight gates to hell, these tieflings really dared to play with fire. If they were not careful, they would be completely doomed.

However, Amber was not discouraged, because the prophecy had proved that the gate of hell had disappeared, which meant that this would definitely succeed. The only thing to do was to figure out how to do it and who would do it.

Amber thought for a moment and said to Mr. Doom, "Since the two of us can't do it, it's not ours to solve. We should think in this direction and find the person who has the ability to solve these hell gates. Then the whole story should go smoothly. Does the Unjust Parliament have a way to dismantle these hell gates at once?"

Mr. Doom shook his head and said, "No, we never thought of demolishing it from the beginning. Either Ryan attacks us and we fight him to the death, or we use these Hell Gates to guard until Ryan declines or our Unholy Song collapses on its own."

Amber sighed and said, "It wasn't done by the Unjust Council, and it wasn't done by you and me... If we eliminate all the impossibles, there is probably only one answer left."

Mr. Doom frowned and said, "Lion Empire?"

Amber nodded and said, "Yes, Ryan found a way to eliminate these gates of hell, so he organized a large army to attack. Although I don't know how he did it, this is the only possibility. It can't be the gods who took action."

Mr. Doom also thought that Amber's speculation was reasonable, but that was not what he was worried about.

"Arthas, what we are looking for at the beginning is the contract signed between Zariel and Domino Lawley. What's the use of knowing that Ryan can solve the Gate of Hell? We should infer the content of the contract from this picture."

Amber shook his head and said, "No need for that. There is no point in pursuing details. We already know that Domino Law used the entire Kingdom of Unholy Songs as a bargaining chip to deceive the Unjust Parliament into signing this contract. Then all their subsequent actions were to promote the fulfillment of the contract. There is no doubt that the Gate of Hell is part of the content of the contract.

"It is possible that Zariel's request to Domino Lawley to build Hell Gates is not enough now, so Domino Lawley is recommending more Hell Gates construction plans. Therefore, this contract will not take effect until the number of Hell Gates is met. And if Ryan can eliminate these Hell Gates, Zariel's plan will most likely fail."

Mr. Doom was not as calm as Amberxiu. This was his homeland, where he was born and lived for hundreds of years. Worrying made him confused, so Mr. Doom could not be as relaxed as Amberxiu said.

Mr. Doom asked back, "If you can't confirm their plan, how do you know that the disappearance of the Hell Gates is not part of the plan? What if the contract requires them to protect these Hell Gates?"

"Haha, you don't understand. Although the devil's contract is very deceptive, it depends on what the stakes are. Zariel wants the entire Kingdom of Unholy Songs. With such a big gain, if he still plays that kind of deceptive treaty, Io will not agree. The bigger the bet, the fairer the devil's contract must be.

"To corrupt a mortal, all you need to do is get him drunk and press his handprint. To corrupt an entire kingdom requires equal efforts. Regardless of whether the thirteen people in the council were forced to sign the contract or were tempted to do so, at least the efforts of both parties must be equal to a certain extent, otherwise Io will slap Zariel to death. How can building and protecting the gate to hell be compared to the importance of an entire kingdom? Just think about it and you will know it is impossible."

Mr. Doom had never studied the behavioral habits of the devil, and he could not tell whether what Ambershu said was true or false, but he could only temporarily trust Ambershu's judgment. He should not lie to him on this issue.

Mr. Doom frowned and thought, muttering to himself: "The price is equivalent to an entire kingdom... Hell's Gate... Ryan..."

After muttering for a while, Mr. Fortune suddenly widened his eyes and said to Amber, "Could the price Zariel proposed be to guard the Unholy Hymn?"

Amber was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what Mr. Fortune meant.

"You mean, Zariel used these hell gates to resist Lion's attack, which is equivalent to helping the Kingdom of Unholy Song avoid the crisis of national destruction. Saving a kingdom, and then winning this kingdom... It's a reasonable guess. Brother, you are really amazing. You have thought of this."

Mr. Misfortune did not show any smugness. He said to Amber, "Because in my heart this kingdom is more important than anything else. In your eyes, this kingdom has no weight at all."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Only by understanding the value of this kingdom can one guess what price Zariel is willing to pay. After all, Amber is an outsider and naturally not as sensitive as Mr. Doom.

Amber followed Mr. Doom's words and continued to deduce: "That is to say, Lion solved the Hell Gate, Zariel could not protect the Unholy Hymn, and the contract would automatically become invalid. But now the question is, without the Hell Gate, how can the Tieflings resist Lion's army of paladins?"

If Zariel helps stop Lion, the Unholy Hymn will fall into hell; if Zariel cannot stop Lion, the Tieflings will surely be destroyed, and most of the dead Tieflings will still fall into hell... No matter how you look at it, Zariel wins.

As expected of the Lord of Hell, he does this business as if he picked it up for free.

Mr. Doom suddenly said confidently: "I understand. As long as the Ryan people solve the Hell Gate, we can stop Ryan's attack."

Amber Xiu asked: "Don't just repeat what I said, do you have any solution?"

"Not yet, but... at least we can try. The war between kingdoms is not so easy to determine the winner. Even if Ryan attacks with all his strength, how many years will it take to completely defeat this kingdom? It took them so many years to determine the winner when fighting the dwarves. As long as we can persist, there will definitely be a turning point!"

This is a solution. By sacrificing some border cities and adopting the tactic of clearing the countryside, and defending each city one by one, we can eventually wear down the power of the holy knights.

Ryan is surrounded by enemies on all sides. As long as the war is not one-sided, other kingdoms may not sit idly by.

If the dwarves and orcs took the opportunity to counterattack, Ryan might not be able to stop them.

I have to say that Mr. Doom's method has a certain chance of success.

"No more talking. I'm going to prepare for war. The disappearance of the Gate of Hell will surely cause panic among the people of the kingdom. If we don't prepare in advance, our army will collapse at the first sign of trouble."

Mr. Fortune hurriedly left Amber's personal space.

Amberxiu didn't stop him. Mr. Misfortune was already in a state of confusion and it was not appropriate to discuss the second question.

They figured out Zariel's contract, but what about the contract with another hell lord? When Amber entered the Kingdom of Unholy Song, the tiefling guarding the teleportation array asked him to sign a devil's contract, which contained not only Zariel's inscriptions, but also the inscriptions of the evil dragon goddess Tiamat.

What role did Tiamat play in this business, and what was her plan? This question could only be figured out by Amberxiu himself. Fate had given him a chance to see a fragment of the future, but he couldn't be so foolish as to divine a second time, or he would be slapped in the face by the goddess of fate.

But now there is no clue, and regarding questions about gods, we can only consult the gods.

Amber touched his chin and thought, and came up with a very risky method.

How about asking Shar?"

(End of this chapter)