Beavis' execution took place on a clear morning. The night before, Lucian went to see him.
Beavis was no longer a beloved priest, but a notorious sinner. When he saw Lucian coming to see him, Beavis was a little surprised, but then he smiled as gently and comfortingly as before.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me." He said, "As long as I die, the hatred between Clyde and the light elves will be resolved. I left a message in the sacred tree. After I die, Clyde and another fair light elf girl will be candidates for priests - double priests from the light and dark elves. I think they may be the end of peace."
Lucian stood in front of him and nodded gently. Beavis looked at him tenderly and said, "... I'm sorry, Lucian. For letting you see me here."
"There's no need to apologize to me. This is your choice." Lucian whispered, "In fact, I should be the one feeling sorry."
As he spoke, Lucian glanced at the guard in the distance and said softly, "If you regret it now and want to leave, I will find a way to take you away."
Beavis shook his head and said, "I have lived for more than a hundred years. This is the fate I chose myself. At least, I feel satisfied and can return to the embrace of the real Elf Mother Tree in peace - I am very grateful to you for returning the Elf Mother Tree to its original appearance. I also believe..."
He smiled and said, "The light and dark elves will eventually reconcile. With Wade's promise and deterrence, war will not happen for the time being. My successor, the priest Rebecca, is a very smart girl."
"Does she know about your sacrifice?"
"She knows."
"Does the elders know about your sacrifice?"
“Some do.”
"Do the rest of your tribe know about your sacrifice?"
"Know."
"What about Clyde?"
"He will be very happy." Beavis said softly, "If my death can make him let go of his past resentment, that would be good."
Lucian then realized that he couldn't dissuade him.
Beavis smiled and shook his head. He added, "I heard that you and Wade have completely reconciled. Good. He's waiting for you outside the door, right? I'm glad that he can accompany you after I die."
Lucian didn't comment. Finally, he chuckled and said, "Saying something like this at this time is just like..."
Beavis was stunned. Finally, he thought, this is not the right time to express any feelings.
In this case, bury the secrets and feelings that you have not figured out in your heart. Don't leave any troubles to others.
Beavis said this openly, and then said: "I believe we will be very happy, Lucian."
In this farewell, Beavis said a lot. He talked about the future of the elves, his plan for his people, and Lucian's future, but he didn't mention his own future.
He only said that the souls of the elves would not suffer after death. The sinners would dissipate, but they would return to the embrace of the Elf Mother Tree. Because the Elf Mother Tree always understood that he was always loyal.
Lucian left the place where Beavis was imprisoned. Wade was waiting for him outside the door.
On the way, Lucian was silent for a rare time. When he was about to return to the room, he whispered, "Is the fate that has been determined unchangeable?"
He didn't expect Vader to answer. But Vader said, "What destiny?"
"Death." Lucian said dryly.
Wade bent down to rub his ankle. His fingers were slightly cold, and at that moment, Lucian felt a rare comfort.
"Every living being will eventually die, but the paths are different." After a long time, he heard Wade's answer, "It is precisely because there is a common end, death, that living beings are in awe and have empathy for each other."
"Really?" Lucian said softly.
He closed his eyes and said nothing. For Beavis, this might indeed be the best ending.
Lucian was thinking about Beavis. He knew Beavis' fate in the original book, but he couldn't avoid his death. At this moment, he heard Wade's cold and unhappy voice.
"You seem very sympathetic to Beavis - he's only going to die once, but you care so much?"
“… You don’t understand.” Lucian said.
Wade was originally from this world and had never read the original story. How could he understand Lucian's sigh? It was just a sigh for Beavis's death in the original story.
After Lucian finished speaking, he felt the air pressure in the car gradually drop. He heard Wade sneer, "Yes, my life is infinite. No matter how many times I die, I will come back to life."
Lucian closed his mouth, said nothing, and just drooped his eyelashes.
As for death, he had experienced it countless times because he was used to escaping death. He didn't have much empathy for life and death.
Not to mention fear.
After a long time.
"But don't be afraid of death."
Lucian turned around and found that Vader had said this and only said this.
He didn't know that this sentence came from a spell that relied on damage transfer, so he just thought it was his own hallucination.
Although sometimes, I don't think Lucian is afraid of death.
Vader closed his eyes and thought so.
The two returned to their residence in silence. Suddenly, a crow flew from the forest, flew into the carriage, and landed on Wade's finger.
Vader looked at the crow. When the two pairs of scarlet eyes met, he frowned as if he realized something.
"Evan," he said.
Several followers entered Wade's room, seemingly discussing some matters. Soon after, the followers came out of Wade's room and went to prepare for related matters.
Then, Wade walked out of the room. He said to Lucian who was sitting on the sofa, "We need to leave the elves early."
"What?"
"The sacred object of the beastman." Wade said slowly, "Someone found the sacred object of the beastman at an auction in the desert."
…
The weather was extremely clear on the day Beavis was executed. Many elves sat together and watched the former priest walk step by step to the stage to be executed.
The execution of the elves is not bloody. He will wear white clothes and stand on the white stone platform of execution, which is located in the barrier. Until the soul dissipates and the body turns into a point of light.
Lucian and the others did not go to see it. They left the kingdom of the elves in the morning.
Everything was planned to go perfectly, just as Beavis had expected.
But perfect plans only exist in our imaginations, and accidents still happen.
"Is there a sneak attack by dark elves?" In the carriage, Evan received news from the elves.
"Yes, their intrusion was sudden and no one expected it. Clyde kidnapped the priest from the barrier, and then they went deep into the forest. Their whereabouts have not been tracked yet - the dark elves' anti-reconnaissance capabilities are always strong."
Evan: …
Evan finally reported the news to Wade. When the news was delivered, Lucian was sitting next to him. The system said in Lucian's mind: "... The ending is the same as in the original book."
Lucian: …
System: "Is Beavis going to be tortured to death this time?"
Lucian glanced at Wade. Wade then said slowly, "Evan, take a team back to the Elf Forest and help them find the whereabouts of Beavis."
"yes."
Evan led his men away. Lucian sat in his seat for a long time, then said in silence, "I didn't expect Clyde to kidnap Beavis. Is the Light Elves' defense so lax?"
"I sent a letter to Clyde the day before yesterday, telling him that Beavis would be executed today," Wade said.
Lucian: …
Lucian frowned and asked suspiciously, "Did you ask him to come and see what happened to Beavis? So that Clyde can avenge his previous shame?"
Wade sneered and said nothing more.
Lucian didn't understand what he had said wrong again, he just felt that Wade's temper was inexplicable. So he whispered again: "Doesn't Clyde hate Beavis very much?"
"Why does he hate Beavis?"
Wade actually asked him the question instead. Lucian was stunned for a moment, and said as a matter of course: "Of course it's because of their past brotherly relationship. Those memories were just fabricated to monitor him, right?"
Wade said nothing, and did not answer. After a long time, the carriage had entered the territory of the orcs. Wade took out a ring from his bag and gave it to him.
"Put it on."
That ring was the disguise prop that Lucian had obtained from the orc guards. Wade said, "The holy object appeared in the auction house as an auction item. Put it on. We will go there disguised as ordinary orc merchants."
"It looks weird." Lucian looked at the ring, somewhat uncertainly.
"I changed my ring."
Lucian put on the ring. At that moment, his body started to itch. The horns and tail of the succubus that he had hidden stretched out again and gradually changed into the appearance of an animal.
It was a long, fluffy white tail and a pair of…
Cat ears
Lucian now looks like an ordinary (and beautiful) cat-like beastman. Vader also changed his form. He seemed to have used some kind of magic and looked like a white tiger-like beastman.
"You haven't answered my question, Beavis." As he was about to get off the carriage, Lucian looked at Wade who was changing him into orc clothes, and said again.
The costumes of the orcs were very gorgeous and beautiful. Lucian looked like a beautiful flower in the world when he wore them. He lowered his eyes and his ears moved.
"Perhaps you should answer my question about Burton rather than Beavis' question," Wade said, "and the question about you disappearing from time to time."
Lucian stopped talking. He fell silent again.
Vader put the veil on him.
They lived in the orc city for a few days and went to the auction on the fifth day. Due to the influence of humans, the orcs mostly acted in the form of orcs in the city-state, and only very rarely acted in the form of beasts. The orcs were far more open than the demons in some relationships. The relationship of one wife and multiple husbands and one husband and multiple wives was very common among the orcs.
Lucian even heard that in some tribes, the orcs would show off by comparing the sounds of two adjacent tents at night, and which one had the loudest sound would even receive a reward. Besides, they were originally beasts, so they were no problem in the wild.
Fortunately, they were now in a city-state, and the beastmen were more restrained in the city-state. The more popular beasts among the beastmen were foxes and wolves, and cats were relatively rare. In addition, when the innkeeper saw the tiger-like Vader and the cat-like Lucian walking together, he couldn't help but reveal a puzzled look.
This was something that neither Lucian nor Vader had expected. Vader sent his subordinates to inquire about it, and after inquiring, he got a ridiculous result.
"The orcs will use the orc form and the prototype... so," the subordinate stammered, "the prototype has a huge difference in size and is generally very rare."
Vader: …
Lucian: …
Apart from this episode, Vader played the role of a wealthy man very well, and Lucian, wearing a veil, was the slave and wife he bought. On the fifth day, they entered the auction house naturally.
Vader raised his placard to bid from time to time, and bought a few useless trinkets. Finally, the crown containing the blood of the beastman he had been waiting for began to be auctioned.
The accident happened at this time.
Wade raised the sign to take a picture, and at that moment, a large amount of poisonous gas suddenly poured into the venue!