There are three options in front of Roland now. One is to use the opportunity created by Vakiris to ambush and kill Hykezord. Novel. The risk of doing so is almost zero, which is equivalent to a devil king under empty gloves.
Considering the difficulty of high-level promotion and Hykezord's special ability, this move is a real benefit to the front line. After that, if the reason for the other party's failure to attend the appointment is due to accidents or other factors, Vakiris may not be able to see anything from it. If you are lucky enough, you might be able to lure other monarchs with the same method.
The second is to let Hykezord enter the dream and have a face-to-face conversation with Vakiris. Since the latter has taken the initiative to take the cooperative intention a step further, the key point is not the nightmare itself, but the interlocutor. The most ideal situation is that after the nightmare has verified the reality, it will convince the Lord of the Vault of Heaven to lead the army to withdraw from the human kingdom, and spread the information that the War of Divine Will must be stopped to the devil race. In this way, the path from Eternal Winter to the Bottomless Realm will no longer be hindered. As long as the last divine messenger is eliminated, he will be able to face the gods in the Abyssal Realm.
If this is just a war between humans and devils, Roland will undoubtedly choose the former. After all, killing Hykezord is a sure-fire thing, and the battle in the north can also gain a greater advantage. The longer the delay, the more fully the war potential of industrialization can be realized.
But zoom in to the bigger picture, and things get quite different.
In addition to the devil and the sky and sea world, the threat of the gods is imminent, and a master of the sky has become an insignificant victory. Even if the battle of divine will is won, human civilization cannot escape the end of destruction.
At least Roland couldn't think of the extent to which he could survive such a terrifying natural disaster.
Time was not on their side.
Probably seeing this, Vakiris chose to take this risk.
It has to be said that this approach reveals a certain sincerity. At least after witnessing the erosion and the attack of the angel, it has taken Lan's warning as a top priority and seriously considered it.
The problem is that the Nightmare Enlightenment Chika has a great influence here. It can be said that it planted this idea in Vakiris' mind long before the War of Divine Will broke out completely. It can be said that it is a matter of course to be able to temporarily put aside the victory or defeat of a war and strive for the opportunity of ethnic continuation from a higher perspective.
But Hykezord has no experience in this regard, and it is still doubtful whether he can reach an agreement with Vakiris after the exchange. Generally speaking, this kind of decision about the fate of the race is probably not something that can be determined by one negotiation, and the more times they meet in the dream, the risk will increase exponentially, which is also difficult for Roland to accept.
For now, he prefers the third option.
That is to temporarily maintain the status quo, and strive to reach the bottomless realm at the end of the continent with the power of human beings.
To be honest, this choice suits Roland the most, and it is also the goal he has been striving to pursue. No matter how the devil reacts, human beings have the ability to reach their destination across a distance of thousands of kilometers, which is undoubtedly the safest result.
It's just that the north of Eternal Winter is a continuous mountain terrain. If you want to cross the spine of the continent, you must develop an aircraft with a range far greater than that of the Skyfire, and at the same time have the ability to protect against air attacks. From research and development to production, this process will undoubtedly take a lot of time, and it is unknown whether the situation on the front line will change during this period.
As he had realized before, facing the threat of divine will, choosing to be safe is also a risk.
The only difference from the first two options is that the degree of risk of this option can be more or less made up by human efforts.
The next time you enter a dream, try to seek support from the association.
Roland thought.
After dinner, Anna walked into the office with a roll of drawings and sat down across the mahogany table. This is the regular communication time for the two of them, and it is also a relaxing and pleasant leisure time in the day. As long as the institute is not open at night, she will come to the office to stay for two or three hours, chatting about everything from the results of the day's work to the whimsy that pop up.
At this time, Nightingale would also appear, leaning on the coffee table and chewing snacks, while flipping through the comic book that was re-engraved from the dream, and occasionally inserting two sentences, the atmosphere seemed peaceful and warm.
After solving the technical problems, Roland talked about the problems that plagued him in the dream.
"It turns out that this is what makes you sigh endlessly..." Nightingale curled her lips, "Does the two have to be related? What if the scene you saw in the dream was just made up at random? The more you think about it, the more your hair turns white. The sooner, some people just don't understand."
Roland rolled his eyes, "The brain doesn't need to degenerate. If everyone was like you, the world would be over."
"But if you think about it this way, it will only end faster than the world."
"..." He decided to take back his previous peaceful and warm views.
Anna didn't answer. She pondered for a long time before she said thoughtfully, "I think, I'm afraid Nightingale is right this time."
Nightingale and Roland couldn't help but froze, "Huh?"
Anna couldn't help laughing, "I'm not talking about not thinking about it, but the matter itself... The connection between the two scenes may not be as complicated as you might expect."
"Did you find any clues?" Roland asked curiously.
Anna shook her head, "It's just some guesses, and it's not necessarily correct." She rolled up the broken hair by her ear and stared at the notes she made, "For example... the order in which the two happened, or the time."
"The connection is... time?" Roland frowned and thought for a moment, then said in surprise, "If the second act happened before the first..."
"They can be connected into a complete story." Anna continued.
This is the price.
The price does not refer to the Radiant Race who ascended to the sky and eventually disappeared.
Not to mention those left behind by tsunamis and storms.
The two are separated by tens of thousands of years...millions of years...or even more on a time scale.
The price is something else.
The result is that gravity is no longer admirable, and a huge red hole has appeared in the universe.
And if magic is alluded to in this line of text, it points to an astonishing conclusion from this moment on.
Roland and Anna looked at each other.
"There used to be no magic in this world."
The two spoke almost in unison.
The absence of magic means that creatures that need magic to survive will also cease to exist.
Like the devil.
And... the witch—
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