After Zooey said goodbye to His Majesty, she led the God's Punishment Witch who was on the expedition and returned to the Third Frontier City first.
After placing the high-level devil who was always breathing, she was taken into a secret room deep underground by El Xue, and Pasha and Celine were waiting inside.
Obviously, they have more things to care about than the captured living devil.
"What do you think?" After closing the heavy stone door, El Xia fell down in front of her impatiently, "Can we win?"
"Didn't we already win?" Zooey spread her hands.
Erxian tapped her forehead with a tentacle angrily, "You know what I'm asking, so stop teasing me."
As Taquila's only remaining supernatural being, her relationship with the high-ranking witch is undoubtedly closer than others.
Although after the collapse of the Federation, the surviving ancient witches began to follow the principle of "every witch is equally important", but the past classes will still leave more or less influence.
"Since she is so relaxed, I think it should be a good answer." Pasha chuckled.
"Actually... I'm not sure." Seeing Pasha's opening, Zooey became more serious, "I am afraid that the devil today is very different from the enemy of four hundred years ago, not only in the use of magic power, There are even new types of differentiation." Then she recounted the entire battle process in detail, "It can be said that... Mrs. Akalis's idea is correct, but according to her plan, human beings will inevitably fail."
Actual combat has proved that God's Punishment Witch is indeed a powerful weapon to restrain high-level devils, but unfortunately, it is difficult to compete with the enemy on the frontal battlefield. The powerful body of the forbidden devil does not mean that she will not be injured. In the face of the new war machine , the biggest advantage of God's Punishment Witch will no longer exist. Once the frontal battlefield cannot be broken through, Queen Starfall's plan will also lose its meaning.
After confirming this, Pasha seemed to be relieved, as if she had put down some heavy burden, "So, our decision to choose the wrong follower Natalya-sama is correct. This is really great..."
"Yeah, this is really good..." Celine also whispered, her voice even faintly choked, for a person who has lived for more than 400 years, this is really an incredible thing.
But at this moment, Zooey felt the same way.
Under the circumstance that most of the higher-ranking people in the Federation supported Akalis, they resolutely stood by the Sunstrider Queen because of their different ideas, and at the juncture of the Witch Empire, they completely tore them apart with an unjust raid. the foundation of the federation.
Zooey remembered until her death that a comrade-in-arms of the Holy Protection Army who was seriously injured in her hands leaned against her arms and said in a voice like a gossamer, "It was you who ruined everything."
Since then, thousands of catties of boulders have been weighed down in their hearts.
Death is nothing to fear.
The scary thing is to look for a vague hope in the dark with the incomprehension and rejection of your partner.
If they fail, it means that the only possibility of the witches' continuation will be strangled, and such sins cannot be offset by death at all.
It is with this kind of obsession that everyone endured the unknowing empty shell and persisted.
Now that Akalis' plan has been proved to be in the wrong direction, they naturally feel a long-lost relief. Even if the final outcome is still the destruction of mankind, the fate of the survivors will at least not appear so sad.
"Even so, Natalya-sama is just a tie with the Queen of Starfall," El Xia rubbed her nose that no longer existed, "We haven't won the final victory, it's too early to be happy now."
"Don't worry, if you become like this, no one will see it even if you cry."
"Pasha!"
Zooey shook his head with a smile, "I haven't finished yet... Although it is still uncertain who will win the battle of Divine Will, at least I see hope."
Following these words, the three high-ranking witches all quieted down.
In the four hundred years of dark exploration, hope is the most desired thing and no one knows whether the chosen one exists or not, but they must search for it. This kind of aimless confusion lingers in their hearts all the time, the more life is The longer, the more intense the torture. In the beginning, everyone often discussed the abilities of the Chosen One, as well as her possible age and appearance, but when it came time to start searching for the Chosen One under the guise of "dark money", no one dared to talk about this topic lightly.
Because they are afraid to make up an image and use it as the target of their search. If they find a suitable person, but find that they are not the chosen one, no one can afford such disappointment.
Because of this, hope has also become a luxury.
Now, however, they could easily say the word again.
Realizing this, the ancient witch couldn't help falling into a moment of speechless feelings.
After a while, Pasha broke the silence and said, "So... can we complete the entrustment of Lord Nataya?"
"Entrust?" El Xia was stunned, "Wait, we haven't found the real Chosen yet!"
"I have no opinion," Zooey shrugged. "In the ancient books of the underground civilization, there is no rule that the holder of the key is male or female? After all, it is unknown whether they have the concept of gender."
Natalya once left a legacy. If the Chosen One can be found, everyone should rely on her to destroy the devil and restore Taquila. Although the Chosen One displayed by the five-colored magic stone is a little different from what they imagined, and it cannot activate the divine scourge instrument, the effect on dealing with the devil is the same.
"I... don't think there is any problem," Celine was the last to speak. "The ancient books also do not stipulate that there is only one Chosen One. We can change it when we discover a new Chosen Witch in the future."
"Since you both agree... that's fine." El Xia sighed helplessly.
"Whether there are any new Chosen Ones, I think the replacement can be saved." Zooey looked at Pasha and said, "The things you once worried about have now shown signs."
"Did those witches reject you in battle?"
"It's not that obvious," she repeated about Camilla. "After hearing that I was the interrogator, she agreed to the request to connect the devil's mind. This also shows that she was worried that the witch would be harmed. The idea does not include undead monsters like me."
"..." The atmosphere at the scene was a little solemn. As early as a hundred years ago, Pasha mentioned such a possibility. Although they thought they were witches, the new generation of witches would not necessarily think so. In terms of appearance, characteristics or abilities, there is no similarity between the two, not even a witch, even a human being. Roland Wimbledon, who can accept them so quickly, is more like an outlier.
As the history of the Federation fades out of people's memory, the new Awakened may no longer regard them as a member of the witch. More extreme, in order to explore the mysteries of magic power and the technology of underground civilization, witches may use them as test objects.
Although this idea is somewhat pessimistic, it is not impossible to scale up to the scale of hundreds or even thousands of years.
Hearing Zooey's self-deprecation, Pasha sighed, "I see, but I won't regret it."
None of the three answered, because this was also the path they chose.
"Our mission will only come to an end if we can fulfill the last wish of the three seats," she paused. "What the world will be like in the future is not something we can control... But at least now we can plan ahead and find one for ourselves. way out."
"Have you retreated into the mountains, disappeared, or found a place to bury yourself?" Ella said displeased.
"Of course not," Pasha replied, shaking her whiskers, "we can become an indispensable force in the human kingdom."