Chapter 277 Choice
Vic's enthusiasm did not last long. When the door behind him slowly closed and everything returned to darkness, his enthusiastic heart quickly cooled down as if a basin of cold water was poured on him, and his pace slowed down involuntarily.
Darkness and emptiness are the most intuitive feelings here. The sound of footsteps and the sound of dragging chains continue to echo in this enclosed space.
It seemed as if he was the only one left in the world, yet it seemed as if there were people everywhere.
Vic took a deep breath and whispered to himself, "It's okay" before continuing on his way.
Without the light source, I naturally couldn't walk as freely as before, and I had to be careful with every step.
The half-meter passage is neither too wide nor too narrow. As long as you are careful enough, you can walk to the other side safely without worrying at all.
Vic thought so.
Before he had taken two steps, Vic's entire body was soaked in cold sweat.
The pressure was so great that every time he took a step forward he had to feel the boundary with his feet to avoid stepping on empty space. This made Vic feel very insecure.
Or else...
Vic thought for a moment, then bent down as if possessed by a ghost, and got on all fours.
Suddenly, the sense of security returned.
Yes, yes, yes, that’s it!
Vic felt very happy and felt that he had found the right way. He even thought about going back and telling Yvina about this method.
But just then, he heard someone say to him.
"Don't go any further, Ade."
Vic's body suddenly stiffened, and the words that seemed to ring right in his ears made his hair stand on end.
"who!"
He shouted.
But what came out were not words, but roars.
…
Bai Wei walked in the darkness.
Unlike Vic who seemed to be struggling with every step he took, Bai Wei walked peacefully, as if the darkness had no effect on him.
Of course, it really had no effect, his eyes were strong enough to see through the darkness.
Before he had taken two steps, Bai Wei heard someone talking to him in his ear.
"Don't go any further."
Bai Wei stopped.
He was not frightened, but looked interested.
“I was wondering if I could get in touch with you.” He smiled and said, “You actually came.”
The sound disappeared and everything returned to silence, as if what was heard before was just an illusion.
"Playing tricks?" Bai Wei thought for a moment, then shook his head, "No, it shouldn't be like that."
So he continued forward, and the teeth-grinding sound of the chain dragging was heard again.
After he took a few more steps forward, the voice sounded again.
"You are not from here, who are you?"
"I'm a stranger." Bai Wei answered very familiarly, as if he was chatting with an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time, "I'm from a place you don't know."
The sound disappeared again, and it reappeared after Bai Wei walked forward for a while.
"There is no place in this world that I don't know." His voice was low. "Stranger, you don't know what you are facing."
Bai Wei smiled and replied: "I think no one knows better than me."
The sound disappeared again.
He was like a slow-reacting machine, unable to respond to Bai Wei immediately. He could only wait for Bai Wei to take a few steps forward or consume some time before slowly reacting.
"You are very arrogant." He said, "Arrogance is often based on ignorance. Only those who know everything will know how to be afraid."
"So that's why you were so afraid of Visas?" Bai Wei raised his eyebrows, "So much so that you even abandoned your own master in the end?"
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but this time he paused longer than before.
No one knew how much time had passed, until Bai Wei even suspected that he had been disconnected, when the voice finally rang out.
"You do know a lot." He said slowly, "I underestimated you, outsider. Since you know what you are facing, you still dare to come here. I admire your courage."
"Isn't it because you haven't taken the last step yet?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "I'm not a fool. If you really become a god, I will definitely not come here... at least not now. Right, Wildfire."
Yehuo did not hear the hidden meaning in Bai Wei's words. His reaction was indeed very slow and he could only hear the literal meaning.
"You think you can stop me?"
"I am trying it, right? And it is working very well." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Otherwise why are you arguing with me here instead of going directly to find the child?"
Wildfire was silent for a while before speaking again.
"I must admit that you are indeed extraordinary, outsider." He said, "You have shaped too many identities in my saint's brain. You have indeed successfully delayed his awakening process and hindered my intervention, but do you think this is enough?"
His voice gradually grew louder.
“He will eventually wake up and remember who he is. He is not a hunter, nor a hound, nor the boy who doesn’t want to be a monster. He is a saint and will eventually become a saint of God. At that time, you will find that all the identities you have imposed on him are just a joke.”
"In front of God, mortals can only bow their heads."
Bai Wei listened quietly without refuting, but asked as if to change the subject after Yehuo finished speaking.
"What do you think of this Temple of Trust?"
"Hall of Trust?" Wildfire was confused for a moment, as if he didn't understand why the topic suddenly jumped here.
"Yes, the Temple of Trust." Bai Wei said with a smile, "This is one of the things that your former master, the God of Senluo, values the most. As the one who knows Him best, I want to know your opinion."
Bai Wei's words made Yehuo sneer.
"It's just a joke," he said. "Courage? Trust? How sweet and noble. Unfortunately, I am the only one who knows why He emphasizes these things."
"Why?"
"He wants to create a group of lunatics who believe in him unconditionally and who will join him in an endless fight. Anyone who steps back will be killed by him first." Wildfire whispered, "He hates all those who dare not fight or are unwilling to fight. If he has the opportunity to drag the entire world into a fight that he will never win, he will definitely not hesitate, because he is the biggest lunatic."
"That sounds a bit exaggerated."
“Stranger, if you really knew what He did, you would understand that what I said is true.” Wildfire said calmly, “Do you know why He was named the Evil God by the other gods?”
"Why?"
Yehuo was about to answer Bai Wei, but he didn't know whether he felt that Bai Wei was leading him by the nose, or whether he was afraid of the answer, so he didn't give an answer. Instead, he said coldly: "If you really have the ability, find the answer yourself. The answer is in front of you, but I advise you to give up. Now is your last resort."
"Are you trying to say your Saint is waking up?"
Wildfire did not answer, apparently agreeing.
"Courage and trust. The God of Senluo regards them as tools to control his subordinates, and you regard them as lies of the God of Senluo, which means that you both don't believe them." Bai Wei said with a smile, "In that case, why not give it a try? See what these two things will do to the child and whether it will be what you want."
Wildfire was silent for a while before speaking again, but this time there was a hint of contempt in his tone.
"If this is what you are after, I am disappointed, stranger," he said. "Do you think you are the first to try this? Look at your feet, stranger. This is the reality. And he is about to find out."
Although he could see below the whole time, Bai Wei still stopped after hearing these words, and rolled up a ball of fire and threw it down.
The fireball bounced in the darkness, illuminating the countless dry bones below.
The bones of a hunter.
Finally, the fireball disappeared into the darkness, and everything that happened before seemed like an illusion.
"This is the truth of trust and courage," Wildfire said. "You will definitely lose, outsider."
Bai Wei smiled.
"Then we'll have to wait and see."
…
Was that... my voice just now?
After the initial panic, Vic gradually calmed down.
He recalled the voice that had just told him not to go any further; it was clearly his own.
That's what he said to Ade.
What's going on?
Is it from the memory from half a month ago?
Vic felt his head starting to hurt again, as if a knife was stabbing him from the inside out, causing him to involuntarily hunch over and hold his head like a shrimp.
This also affected the chain around his waist, causing a series of noises.
But Vic, who was suffering from a headache, did not notice that he was the one causing the problem, and subconsciously thought it was Yvina on the other side.
Is Miss Saint going to fall down?
He was shocked.
No, no, no, that's impossible. Miss Saint is very cautious.
Vic thought so.
But the next second, another voice sounded in my mind.
"Why not?"
Vic was stunned.
"Why do you think she won't fall?"
Vic covered his head tightly and shouted in a low voice: "Who are you?!"
The voice did not answer Vic, but said to itself: "This is not a fair game."
"...This is fair!" Vic said, "My life is in the hands of the Saint Lady, and her life is in my hands!"
"That's because you only know how to move forward, not betrayal, or...resistance." The voice said, "Have you ever thought about why it must be a combination of hounds and hunters?"
The voice paused.
"Because the hound knows only to move forward, while the hunter knows only to betray."
...The hound only knows how to move forward, but the hunter knows only how to betray?
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Vic couldn't stand it anymore and stood up and shouted, "Who the hell are you?"
Because the movement was too large, the chain on the bottom of his feet tripped his thigh, and instantly tripped Vic who had just stood up.
Tripping on this half-meter passage would be fatal. Vic immediately fell into the abyss on one side. In horror, he grabbed the passage with his hands and barely supported his body, so he didn't fall directly.
But even so, half of his body had fallen outside the passage, and the chain around his waist made a louder friction sound because it was stretched instantly.
"Why not just let it go?"
The voice echoed in Vic's mind again.
"The chains will hold you back."
Vic gritted his teeth and said, "Why should I let go?"
"You've made a noise," the voice said. "The person on the other side has sensed it. She already knows you're going to fall, which means she knows you almost killed her."
Vic's expression froze, and then he shouted, "This is all your fault! It's your fault!"
"Oh? Really? Do you think she would think so?" The voice said jokingly, "You are obviously the only one in this passage."
"Then what the hell are you?!"
"I am you."
"You're talking nonsense!"
The voice smiled and said, "Instead of worrying about who I am, you should think carefully about whether to let go. As I said just now, the people over there already know that you almost killed her. So what decision will she make now? Let you try again, or... never have the chance to try again?"
"Miss Saint wouldn't do that!"
"Really? Miss Saint wouldn't do that."
The sound first became smaller, and when Vic thought it was about to disappear, it suddenly exploded.
"It is because of this foolish trust that we are destroyed! We are dying for no reason! We are disappearing silently into the darkness! Why don't you understand it until now?!"
The loud noise was so sudden that Vic almost lost his grip and fell down. The chain made a sound again due to the turbulence, transmitting the vibration to the other side.
"Look! Look! In her eyes, you want to kill her again!" the voice said, "She won't care what happened to you, nor will she think about what kind of predicament you are facing now! She will only think about one thing, that is, whether she should kill you before you kill her! Everything else is meaningless!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Vic was also forced into a corner, his eyes wide open as he said, "Miss Saint wouldn't want to kill me, and I wouldn't want to kill her either! This is a test of trust between her and me!"
"Oh? Really?" The voice suddenly returned to its normal tone, "So you didn't want to kill her?"
"certainly!"
"Then why don't you go up now?"
Vic was stunned.
"Look ahead." The voice said softly, "Look at your body. It has already made its choice, hasn't it?"
Vic seemed to realize something and raised his head with difficulty.
In the darkness, he suddenly gained vision and saw his own hands.
I don't know when it started, but one of his hands still belonged to a human, while the other had transformed into a wolf and turned into a strong wolf arm.
The one holding onto the edge of the passage was a frail human hand, while the other powerful wolf arm just lay there quietly, like a lone wolf watching coldly.
"I am you." The voice sounded again.
Only this time it wasn't from the brain, but from... Vic's own mouth.
Vic said, "I've made my choice, haven't I?"
(End of this chapter)
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