Maka is not a good person.
Even though he knew that letting Miriam and Asa face their own difficulties would probably lead to a dead end, he did not interfere excessively.
Because he speculated that Ewan Ravenclaw's purpose was indeed to "kill Haierbo".
If someone is destined to be sacrificed in the process of achieving this goal, then Ewan Ravenclaw's choice is to sacrifice his men.
Similar to this question, if there had been no involvement of Maca in this world from the beginning, then Dumbledore would have faced the difficult question of "whether someone would unfortunately die in the process of killing Voldemort", which involves moral choices.
Maka still remembered that Dumbledore's choice was to sacrifice, including himself.
In fact, when facing Voldemort's crisis in the past, Maka also considered this kind of provocative problem. But since Voldemort's upper limit of strength had not yet exceeded Maka's coping limit, he initially chose to bear the huge pressure on his own.
But now, when Haierbo suddenly appeared in front of him, he felt the pressure for the first time beyond expectation and became confused.
Yes, even if Haierbo has not implemented many actions yet, and even if the social harm of Haierbo has not been fully demonstrated, Maka has already predicted that the dangers in the future will be extraordinary.
Therefore, he finally gave up holding Miriam's hand for help despite hesitation, and instead threw himself into the huge cave in the Forbidden Forest.
He is not a good person, but he is also not an evil person.
To be honest, he had gone through some of Dumbledore's thoughts more than once. He wanted to know how the wise man whose heart was filled with "fraternity" viewed the meaning of "sacrifice"
If he had not participated in the operation of this world, many people would have died. Including Sirius, including Snape, and even Ron's brother Fred...
If you can't understand this, then what he did this time is tantamount to a "murder" that goes against his true intentions.
"Is it the difference between 'voluntary sacrifice' and 'forced sacrifice'?"
Maka sat cross-legged in front of the huge Bewitchment Monument, silently thinking about the answer, but the more she thought about it, the more confused her thoughts became.
In the final analysis, this is actually the same as the so-called 'Reaching for the Stars Plan'... Although he could not agree with the nearly impossible plan, he could not find another feasible method by his own ability.
How can we completely eliminate the hidden danger of Haierbo in the world? Maka doesn't know.
Therefore, before he could figure out a way, all he could do was agree with Ewan Ravenclaw's plan. At the same time, studying the Bewitching Monument became the last thorny path for him to explore the way forward.
Putting aside these chaotic thoughts, Maka once again turned her attention to the Monument of Bewitchment. On the pitch-black monument, a huge rune shone faintly, and he compared it with the rune and sketched it over and over in his mind.
If he could understand this soul rule rune, maybe he would be able to find a path that belongs only to him, right
Even that road would probably be filled with unreasonable savagery.
Suddenly, Maka picked up the staff at her side and stretched it forward. The top of the staff was slightly twisted, and the outline of a regular rune emerged.
When this rune began to resonate with the rune with the same outline on the Bewitchment Monument, Maka's understanding of the rules of the soul gradually increased.
Yes, this method can make him understand the runes more deeply. The closer the runes he sketched out were to the meaning of the rules themselves, the stronger the resonance between the two would be, allowing him to further understand the meaning of the rules themselves.
However, this made him realize the depth of Hai Erbo's research on the rules of the soul.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Maka stared at the rune on the top of the staff, a surprised expression flashed across her face.
"Could it be that… "
In surprise, he casually waved away the soul rule rune on the top of the staff, and then threw the staff aside. Immediately afterwards, he took out a cylinder from the pocket on his waist and pulled out an ancient parchment roll.
This is the scroll of truth that Maka got in Rowena's secret room. Now, he rarely takes it out to look at it anymore.
After all, there are extremely mysterious rules and runes on them. Just one or two are enough for him to ponder for a long time.
But now, he couldn't help but take it out after a long time, and compared the soul rule runes in it with the one on the Bewitchment Monument.
"... It's different. It's really different... There are some subtle differences between them."
This discovery almost overturned a series of foundations of his previous research on the rules of the soul, so much so that he couldn't help but whisper to himself.
"The runes on the monument seem... to be only part of the soul rule runes on the Scroll of Truth?"
The cooling runes that Maka studied in the past were first-level rule runes, and he did not encounter any obvious obstacles in the process of studying the cooling runes.
This made him subconsciously adopt the fixed thinking of the past in the process of studying soul runes.
And today's discovery made him understand...
"Can secondary rule runes have plural meanings?" Maka couldn't help but shook her head secretly, "'Bewitch' and 'Swallow'... Why didn't I notice it earlier?"
At the next moment, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the faint blue light in the distance. A simple and ancient floor-to-ceiling round mirror looked very calm under the suppression of the rune pattern.
…
About ten minutes before Maka had the enlightenment, it was in a desert underground in the northern region of Israel.
"...Why don't you beg him? If McClane softens his heart, wouldn't you be able to get a reliable asylum?"
Facing the somewhat lost Miriam, Haierbo's words were still merciless. He was mocking Miriam for being a dead soldier, but he was also taking the opportunity to observe the situation around him.
Haierbo is an extremely cautious guy, which is why he is still alive today. And right now, he didn't want to lose Miriam's only remaining clue because of his carelessness.
This was different from when he had just left the underground palace and had a casual confrontation with Maka—at the moment, he didn't want to lose this somewhat old body.
"You don't have to say these meaningless words, because you can no longer get what you want from me... What I know now is not even necessarily more than you."
Miriam held Asaph's neck and gently placed him on her lap, and then she closed her eyes slightly.
"If there is an afterlife, Asaph, remember to wait for me on the way."
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly touched Asaph's body with the wand in her hand, and a green light flashed silently, taking away the remaining life of Asaph in an instant.
And in the next second, the tip of the wand suddenly turned back and was about to point at herself.
"Don't even think about it!"
At this moment, Haierbo did not expect that Miriam would choose to give up her life so quickly. But the act of killing his companions first gave Haierbo a chance to redeem himself.
When Haierbo growled out the words "Don't even think about it", a particularly clear translucent soul rune flashed in front of him. Even though the rune appeared for a very short time, some irresistible force still exerted an astonishing effect.
In an instant, Miriam felt that her entire body had lost the ability to control herself. Although her consciousness was still awake, her body could only collapse to the ground speechlessly.
It felt like everything about her was fixed, including the magic power that was flowing all the time in her body.
Is this some kind of control spell? No, the actual effect is definitely much scarier than that!
And when Miriam was surprised, Haierbo spoke.
"Don't worry," he said, "I won't let you die like this... you have to understand that you are still valuable to me. To be honest, I don't even want to kill your partner - at least not yet."
When he said these words, Haierbo had already suppressed his initial sneer. Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with Miriam's suicide.
"Well, maybe your boss is also a smart man. He has already guessed that I will come to him. So, he ran away... But it doesn't matter. I will definitely find him anyway, even if he escapes to anywhere in the world. A corner that no one knows about will have no effect."
"And you," at this point, Haierbo looked at Miriam and said coldly, "were you abandoned by him... This is not necessarily the case!"
While speaking, Haierbo stretched out a hand and was about to grab Miriam. It seemed that he wanted to take it away and use it to test Lao Youn's true bottom line.
But at this moment, his body suddenly trembled, and a shock from the depths of his soul caused his whole body to stop moving.
"This... Devouring Mirror! It's that kid!"
Haierbo immediately reacted, after all, this was an extremely familiar feeling to him. Just a tremor in his soul reminded him of an encounter thousands of years ago.
However, before he could think of anything to do, the next shock came quietly.
"damn it."
While cursing in a low voice, he suddenly waved one hand, giving people the feeling that he was cutting off something invisible.
It's just that his puzzling behavior is completely effective.
The third shock did not hit again. Haierbo's chest rose and fell slightly, and his breathing echoed hastily in the deserted corridor below.
"How is it possible, so fast?"