Chapter 68 Is cruelty right?
If the Witch Society is divided into the Witch School and the Secular School, what is the difference between these two factions? Is it just based on their identities and positions? Young people think that a more common and more appropriate criterion is that the meaning of pursuit is different.
The witches led by Temphis have always been unswervingly promoting the Eden Plan to cut off magic and the actual plan with unknown specific content. This is the lesson that Temphis learned from the destruction of the old world and the original intention of establishing associations, that is, to create a new world without magic and equality of creatures. Of course, this ideal is too crazy for most people in the world, but at least, the witch and the philosophers who follow the witch believe it, and from the bottom of their hearts that this is the way to get the world on the right track. Their methods are too extreme, but they are also based on idealistic fanaticism.
The secularists represented by Queen Victoria recognized this plan not because they had equally great ideals, but only saw opportunities to seize benefits. Since ancient times, expelling and eliminating aliens and expanding human living space have been the achievements that rulers pursued and were also the instincts passed down from the period of the Holy Tumi. After entering modern society, various civilization achievements, such as magic, magic, steam, great pioneering eras, ocean trade and even overseas colonization, all happened to fit the interests of secular rulers, allowing them to spontaneously surround this big ship that set sail, called supporting the concept of association, but actually supporting their own interests.
So what if the idea of witch association no longer contains part of protecting the interests of secular rulers, and even begins to infringe on their power that cannot be blasphemed?
If so, the division between the two is natural.
But the young people don’t understand why things are so troubled.
Linger believed that Temptis was definitely a person with superb political skills, and could firmly tie the secular ruler to his own chariot at every critical stage of the development of the witch association. In other words, this is a means of grasping the human heart. When she was still the queen of Eden in the old world, she knew the desires and greed in human nature and had a skeptical attitude towards all life with excessive personal emotions. With her ability, she could definitely eliminate the crisis of division when it was budding, or suppress the vicious influence of the two factions fighting each other to the lowest state.
Instead of like now, members of the Axis powers have withdrawn their overseas troops one after another, which has put the contradiction between secular rulers and the sects on the surface. Even the weak Noah Kingdom saw an opportunity and began to brew plans to regain lost land. So, was there no conflicts in the more intense central battlefield and other colonies?
Linger could understand the withdrawal of troops from the Axis countries. With the nature of a politician, he would never be willing to give up overseas interests. It is very likely that he would force Temptis to make concessions in this way. Perhaps in their opinion, no matter how great the witch association is, how brilliant the career, or how noble the goal, it cannot be separated from the assistance of secular forces. Of course, this is the same for both parties. If the witch is willing to compromise, they will naturally compromise. The two parties compromise each other and maintain the original relationship is the best result they expected.
In response to this, Titis responded that he would not withdraw any direct troops from the Holy Cult Army, but instead mobilized troops to fill the gap in the front-line battlefield. Based on the young man's understanding of her, this means that he refused to compromise.
She felt that even if the association was divided, could the power in her hands still control the situation?
Never took action, the real witches who could not see the truth and reality; the seven Chaos witches who had killed countless gods in history, including the disputed witch Favrona who held a complete holy weapon; the Canglong Nest Latister, the Earth Witch, the Turbo Mothership Niedhog, the Alien Philosopher Dyson Ball, and three other integrated mechas with unknown code names; with Tiantis' prestige in the witch association, even if the internal part is broken, there will still be many philosophers and apostles loyal to her... This is a huge force, which seems unparalleled.
No, this is different.
Once the witches are divided, the enemies they have to face are not only secular factions that have been split inside, but also aliens, extraordinary people, magicians, pagans, evil gods, false gods, and even on that day, Linger could not guarantee whether the Thirteen Hermits far away in the East Continent would also interfere, as well as Assyrian, a paradise village that was once expelled by the witch...
In short, their enemies are likely to be the entire world.
It is true that the secular regime in the Western Continent also participated in the decision-making and implementation of the Demon-Demon Plan, but when facing a stronger enemy, the past enemies can also become allies, and this is the meaning of the weak joining together. The individual power of these enemies is naturally not worth mentioning. They are all defeated men under the witch association, but if they are united, they will not be so easy to deal with. Not to mention the others, the animist believers and the conceived gods they believe in are a great threat.
The power of faith in an era can shape a stagnant god who transcends time and space like the steam engine god Alexander. Even though the latecomers are slightly less powerful, they are still comparable in number. The return of the Holy Spirit of the Spirit Prayer Society, the Earth Mother Titan of the Fertile Sect, the Spring Spirit of the Holy Spring Monk Society, the Deer Head Elder of the Druid Cult, the Shanren Guard, the Shanfu of the Fog Mountain Secretary Society...
If the secular rulers relax their implementation of the Religious Acts a little, those displaced believers will instantly become the most fanatical nourishment, actively join the war and regain the holy land of faith. Even Ringer can imagine such an operation, how could the secular rulers as scheming as Queen Victoria do not understand?
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When the young man thinks of such a future, he can't swallow his appetite. He is not worried about the survival of the witch association. What he is worried about is what Tytis is thinking?
The secular faction has threatened her with "the whole world is enemies of you", but the latter's response is "Then come on". At this time, a normal person should think that the latter must have retained some trump card, right?
Tiantis's trump card...
Linger's eyes inadvertently swept across a corner of the dining table, and his hand holding the spoon stopped suddenly. After sensing his gaze, Alice, who was silently applying tomato sauce, salad sauce and hot butter to the toast, was a little confused. She looked around and found that there seemed to be nothing around her that Linger was paying attention to. She couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, Linger?"
"nothing."
The young man withdrew his gaze and slowly relaxed his hand holding the spoon. He wanted to return to his initial thoughts, but the thought just now could not be dispelled in his mind, which made him care very much. After hesitating for a long time, the young man could not help but ask the genius player: "I'll ask you a question, Alice, do you have any impression of Tiantis's royal power?"
Alice froze.
The atmosphere in the restaurant also fell silent in an instant, so quiet that Linger regretted that he shouldn't ask this question, but he really had no other way. If he wanted to say that Temphis had a trump card that dared to be enemies of the whole world, the only thing young people could think of was her royal power. But the witch in reality never took action by herself, and no one knew what kind of power she had. In the old Eden period, Temphis fought with those rebellious gods, and at the cost of self-sleeping and the collapse of the Holy Temple of Heaven, all the people and gods of all races died in a battle. However, the recording of the image was too blurry, and it was a long time ago, and it was not suitable for reference.
Only Alice may know that, after all, long before the birth of the fourteen new world kings and even the heavenly Termis, the twin sons of fantasy and reality were already the agents of the old world. They should understand each other the best, uphold the will of the goddess and maintain the order of the world.
If Alice had an impression of Tiantis's royal power, even if it was just a rough memory, it would be enough to let Linger take precautions in advance. In fact, this question should have been asked long ago. When Alice's true identity was revealed, it was just that after experiencing too many things, everyone was very nervous in spirit and emotions, so Linger deliberately did not mention it.
Until today, it is no longer escaped.
The blonde girl's lips stammered for a moment, and after a while, she silently lowered her head and avoided the sight of Linger and the others: "I, I don't know."
Her mood was a little depressed: "I don't have the memories of the past, so, I'm not very clear, sorry..."
Until now, Alice is still resisting those memories, the truth she learned from the heavenly Termis, and even her identification with herself as a player on earth is better than her identity as a queen. Since she has the memory, her life has been spent in the game. Those dreamy and magnificent fantasies make her fascinated and bring her so much happiness; and once she accepts her past identity, what she gets from it is nothing more sadness.
People are creatures that seek benefits and avoid harm, and even if they avoid emotions, they will do whatever they want.
Looking at her lost appearance, Linge suddenly felt a little reluctant. He swallowed the words he wanted to ask, but he thought, if you don’t know, just forget it, there is no need to force Alice. After all, she is very fragile now, probably even more fragile than the crystal wine glasses that Xielia treasures in the cabinet, or the violet planted by Overa in the small garden that she refused to bloom. If you are not careful, it will crack with a click or wither silently.
The young man sighed silently in his heart, and was about to speak to change the subject, when a cold voice suddenly came from beside him: "Do you really remember it at all?"
"Recalling carefully, you can always remember some details, right?" Gloria, who had been burying her head and asked Alice, with a calm and indifferent look on her face, as if she didn't feel how cruel it was to force an escape from reality. Of course, everyone should have reacted at this time. She was not Gloria, but another personality hidden in the girl's body, a girl who was withdrawn and indifferent, so she thought she could do everything cruel without any scruples.
"The answer to this question is very important to us, and I hope you understand the meaning of it, Alice, instead of like a child, feeling that as long as you cover your ears, there will be no other sound in the world."
Every time Bai Ye said a word, Alice's body trembled, and finally shrank, almost hiding behind Saint Charlie, repeating the words "I don't know" again and again. This is exactly in line with Bai Ye's description of her. Like a child, I am the world. As long as I don't accept it, the world is not like that.
But sometimes, the world is like that.
You can't accept it, don't want to face it, change it, or even defeat it, but just escape, are you worthy of your own claim? Where did you go to the tyranny of disdain for the witch association and say that you want to achieve a perfect ending and make everyone happy? I decided to join you because I believe in you and Liner and believe that you can help Gloria, the little fool, get what she wants. Now, everyone has not disappointed me, Liner has barely disappointed me, and what about you, a genius player? You seem to disappoint me?
Words were like sharp swords, piercing the hypocritical appearance. Under the cut wound, the pain was real, as fine as a needle, causing a slight pain. Alice supported the chair with one hand and placed the other hand on the arm that was struggling to support, lowering her head without saying a word. The long golden hair fell to cover her side face, making people unable to see what the expression on her face was. But the girl always subconsciously stroked the thin arm, as if there were countless invisible needles piercing her body at this moment, making people feel a burst of pain, and then numbness.
That’s right, after getting used to it, it’s numbness, and after fantasy, it’s reality.
St. Charlie stood in front of Alice and looked at Bai Ye with disagreement, but Bai Ye's gaze never wavered from beginning to end. Moreover, she was clearly asking Alice, but the object she was watching was not a genius player, but Ringer. From her calm and transparent look, the young man seemed to understand the girl's voice: I said that you should learn to be more cold, not only to your enemies, but also to your own people appropriately. Unfortunately, you seem to not be able to learn this. Ringer, since that's the case, let me replace you, do those cold things and say those cold words.
Anyway, I am a personality born from the curse, and no matter how cruel it is, it should be.
Chapter completed!