The plot of the movie "No Game No Life Zero" did give him a lot of feelings, but it did not really make him change his mind.
He was indeed saddened by the sacrifices of the people involved and the sacrifices that war brought, but this only made him more determined to start the war.
Because in his opinion, if they give up the struggle, the fate of humans in the movie will be the same as that of orcs.
A group that gives up resistance will have no future.
However, General Fontrey did not notice that although his thoughts had not changed, the expressions of the other orc officers around him had changed slightly.
Thinking about the situation and doubting the future made them clench their fists.
In the distance, the Beast King's eyes suddenly lit up when she saw this scene. Although she didn't know whether everything had really turned around, there seemed to be hope at least for now.
Although the hope is still slim, it does exist...
…
Under the gaze of countless people with different emotions, the plot of "No Game No Life Zero" is once again moving towards the next stage.
After Rick calmed down, he was asked by Kroni to take Hubie to take a bath.
During this time, Hubie apologized to Rick and invited him to play games again.
At the same time, she also explained why she kept asking for this, it turned out that it was because she wanted to see Rick's smile again when he first played the game.
Moved by Hubie's sincerity, Rick finally let go of his hatred and chose to accept him.
Then, time began to move rapidly.
With the help of the Ex-Machina, Shuvi, the quality of life in the human settlement has been improved and the safety has been greatly increased.
Rick finally had time to organize the information he had collected by sacrificing Ivan.
Among them, he was very curious about the relics left by the elves, and expressed his ideas to Hubie beside him.
Unexpectedly, Hubie brought him to the location in the blink of an eye.
"That's really practical, Hubie."
After saying this with emotion, Riku turned around and looked at the ruins in front of him.
He has begun to realize that this relic contains some very important information, which may be able to reveal some truths and even change the current situation of mankind.
Therefore, no matter what the reason was, he did not hesitate and stepped in with Hubie.
Chapter 452: "No Game No Life Zero" is released! (XI)
Chapter 452
In the movie "No Game No Life Zero", the plot finally began to develop towards deep-seated conflicts.
Rick and Hubie came to the ruins of the elves. According to the information, Rick knew that this was a secret weapons development facility of the elves.
After entering, Riku even discovered that there was a protection from the gods of the elves.
"Void Zero Protection, Theoretical Verification Test Furnace."
Rick slowly read the words on the brand.
"Rik, do you understand the language of the elves?"
Rick replied calmly to Hubie's question:
"The information we have worked so hard to obtain is meaningless if we cannot understand it. We have passed on the nature, language and even habits of other races through oral and written means to this day. We humans are not just objects that muddle through and are to be destroyed."
Hearing Rick's words, Hubie's pupils shrank slightly. It was obvious that she had not realized until now how much effort weak humans had put in to survive in this world.
Meanwhile, Riku continues to analyze the elf marks on the wall, and gradually realizes how terrifying this so-called Void Protection Zero is.
At this moment, the mechanism on the side was suddenly triggered. Hubie quickly launched a defense and tried to escape with Rick.
But in the end, she was suddenly attacked and her entire body was severely injured.
However, this did not have any effect on Hubie. Instead, she used the special ability of the Ex-Machina to replicate the previous attack and break the mechanism.
Afterwards, Riku and Hubie were forced to stay in the ruins of the elves because of the black ash storm.
In the long-awaited silence, Rick suddenly took the initiative to propose to play a game with Hubie.
Hubie naturally would not refuse, and the two of them quickly lit the lights and started playing chess.
After a long while, Hubie couldn't help but speak up after seeing Rick's losing streak:
"Why do you keep playing when you keep losing, Rick?"
"Heh, I made you think for a long time about my move just now. Who said I can't win?"
"So that's how it is. Hubie finally understood why humans can survive in such a deadly planetary environment. It's all because of Rick's heart and Rick's will... Then why is Rick himself unwilling to acknowledge everything he has done and the achievements he has made?"
"Then let me ask you, what is the meaning of living in such a world? Doing everything to survive... and then what? Disappearing silently like dust? If I don't want that, will the world change if I sacrifice 999 lives for 1,001 lives?"
"Rick..."
"Tell me, Hubie, what else can I do? What should I do..."
"Hubby wants to know the real answer in Rick's heart."
"The reason I'm asking you is because I don't have the answer."
"I don't know the answer, but Hubie will help Rick no matter what the answer is. So, Hubie will achieve what Rick wants to do."
"… "
For a moment, Rick fell silent in response to Hubie's answer.
Then, the two continued playing chess, and after the black and gray storm ended, they left the ruins and came to the ground.
Seeing the extremely beautiful "snowflakes" everywhere, Rick froze in place without realizing it.
After a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind and said:
"Tell me, Hubie, what is the purpose of this endless war, and what are the conditions for ending it!"
…
The plot of the movie "No Game No Life Zero" has officially reached a turning point. Rick, who has no self-purpose and is always on the verge of collapse, has finally developed self-awareness and decided to work hard to change the world.
The audience, who have already immersed themselves in the entire story, are naturally very happy with this result, and are looking forward to how the movie will develop.
In major cinemas across the human empire.
"The protagonist finally started to make choices. In a sense, he was very similar to Emiya Kiritsugu in "Fate Zero". He just kept making choices simply to get the results. Now he has finally changed."
"Yes, his previous approach of rushing straight for the only solution was efficient, but it was almost impossible to get a satisfactory answer. Now he finally realized the importance of the process, and change must naturally start step by step."
"But the problem is that humans are still too weak. With the level of humans in the movie, they can't be opponents of any race at all. In the end, they will just die in vain."
"It's not like we're sending ourselves to die. If we don't directly participate in the war, but only influence the situation from the side, we might be able to change the situation."
"But the problem is that humans are too weak. With such little strength, they are not even enough to be a crowbar. No race can be affected by humans."
"That's true..."
"You all seem to understand, but right now I just want to see Rick and Hubie together. Even though they are of completely different races, they are simply a perfect match."
"I can't admit what you said. After all, I still don't understand why a Mecha-Machina like Hubie would be so interested in a human like Riku. It doesn't make sense at all."
"Rik is the protagonist after all. As the protagonist, it's okay for him to have some special charms."
"There's no way to tell..."
"… "
Suddenly, the audience started a heated discussion.
Everyone is excited about the plot of the movie and wants to know what the protagonist will do next.
At the same time, people are also very curious about the truth of this world war and want to know what is worthy of so many races going to war.
…
At the same time, at the Imperial Magic Academy.
The magicians had no idea about the plot of the movie itself. Instead, what caught their attention were the inconspicuous elf ruins in the movie.
"What is the magic engraved on this relic? Why does it feel so mysterious?"
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
"Is this some kind of magic invented by Senior Du Lin? Is he already so powerful?"
“I feel like it was carved there randomly.”
"Why are you thinking about this? Compared to the pattern itself, the Void Zero Protection mentioned in the plot is more worthy of consideration. According to the movie, this thing seems to be a god-killing weapon on the same level as the Marrow Explosion. It is ridiculously powerful."
"Can magic kill gods?"
"This... Is magic related to gods? Although there was a period of time in the past when people believed in the goddess of magic, this belief was completely erased after magicians failed to summon the goddess of magic. Maybe magic really has nothing to do with gods."
"So magic can kill gods?"
"What's the point of asking me this?"
"… "
Suddenly, the entire square of the Imperial Magic Academy was immersed in a discussion about whether magic could kill gods. Even several great sages could not help but express their opinions on this topic.
Chapter 453: "No Game No Life Zero" is released! (XII)
Chapter 453
The top of the Mage's Tower.
The discussion on the topic of godslaying gradually began among several great sages, and many of them expressed their opinions on it.
After all, having reached this realm, they are almost the pinnacle of mortals and have already thought about various higher realms. Although they have not actually tried it, they have accumulated too much theoretical research.
Of course, even for them, the methods of killing gods that they could discuss were very limited.
In this situation, Dean Hohenheim suddenly turned the topic to the existence of gods themselves.
"What kind of existence are the gods in our world? Although according to various materials from the early years, we can roughly judge that gods should be the existence formed by some kind of belief, it seems that the various gods believed in by humans have already existed in the world long before the birth of human beliefs."
Hearing what Dean Hohenheim said, Sage Rosa nodded and said:
"Even so, human beliefs change very quickly. Unlike long-lived species like the elves and dragons, which always believe in the same god, the only god the human empire believes in now is the God of Light. This may prove the relationship between gods and beliefs."
"Although faith has a great influence, the gods themselves must also be some kind of powerful creatures, otherwise it would be impossible to prove the powerful strength that the gods showed before becoming gods."
The great sages on the side couldn't help but express their opinions at this moment.
"But if gods are inherently powerful, then why would they want to connect with weak creatures like us humans? Powerful creatures often seek eternal power. There is no need for them to specifically connect with humans just for a little bit of faith."
"This... maybe gods have two natures, between the existence of belief and the real existence? Or, gods themselves were born because of belief, but the belief was not fully formed at the beginning, so their existence was vague, but as the belief gradually became stronger, the gods gradually became real."
"What you said seems reasonable, but don't forget an important fact. In this era, gods almost no longer exist. If gods are related to faith, wouldn't the God of Light show miracles every day under the prayers of the Holy Light Church? However, in fact, the God of Light has not appeared in this world for hundreds of years. And not only the God of Light, but also the God of War believed by the orcs, the God of Fire believed by the goblins, the God of the forest of the elves, and the gods believed by other races have not made any movement for a long, long time, but faith has never been interrupted..."
"You mean to say that the gods simply exist, and that they are not visible now because they have experienced some kind of influence that has caused them all to fall silent?"
"It's possible..."
"But all this is just speculation. In this day and age, no one has ever seen a god. Maybe there was a war that caused all the gods to die."
"this… "
"… "
After a heated discussion, the great sages finally stopped discussing the topic of gods.
After all, the so-called truth about God is the ultimate issue in this world. Even if they are great sages who have reached the pinnacle of magic, they cannot get any answer to this question.
Perhaps, only when God comes to this world again one day, people will be able to regain the truth of God's existence.
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Imperial Palace.
After watching the plot in the movie, General Wilhelm and Knight Commander Wycliffe were still immersed in the story of the movie, but King Hubbard was the first to sigh:
"It has really started. Baron Durin has done a better job than I thought."
"What's the meaning?"
Wilhelm and Wycliffe were stunned by the king's speech.