Chapter 701 - Unable to Get In (1/2)
Hook had made his decision. With a final look at the Robocops that were amid battle, there was no doubt that he had miscalculated.
He should not have brought in that many novices. Out of habit, he thought that the more people he had, the higher the advantage. However, this bloodbath taught them that the more people they had, the easier it was for mutual annihilation.
It would not make much sense either if they were dispersed. That would be feeding the enemy.
Though in his heart, he understood. It seemed that this place was a place that encouraged individual heroes, not group operations.
To think about it, this arcane realm was to choose just one owner. There was no way that it would belong to an organization.
This was a very difficult thing to do. After exerting the utmost effort to exploit this arcane realm, surely it would not just belong to one person in the end?
Who would this person be? How should the decision be made? Would there be a selection or just a direct command?
At this thought, an idea naturally rose through Hook’s mind – why was this person not him?
If he could master this arcane realm, then the American Investigation Bureau would not be restricted to that one group of politicians in the future, and in the future. In fact, he might even become a millennium king…
As to achieve this, he must get rid of all his competition…
With that thought in mind, the ambitious fire that was already ignited in his heart long ago began burning even more.
The green straw hat on his head suddenly started to turn red…
“Mr. Hook, be careful of your state of mind. The Hat of Nature that I gave you seems unable to suppress this urge to kill anymore…” The big tree saw it and quickly reminded him.
“Oh, thank you for the reminder, Master.” Hook immediately became more vigilant. He was an extremely reserved person, and so he managed to quickly suppress the almost-unbearable ambitious feeling and managed to calm down.
His only fear now was that the Druid Grand Wizard, who was so intelligent and well-informed, would be able to see through his true intentions. “This matter shouldn’t be delayed, I’ll call together the bunch of evil alchemists here…” He quickly continued.
“Yeah, you go ahead first. I’ll keep an eye on them and try to save a few more people… Sigh, it’s too unfortunate. Hopefully, they’ll reincarnate to a good family in their next lives,” The tree sighed reluctantly.
Hook nodded his head in agreement, but in his mind, he had already been keeping count of the Robocops nearby who were fighting at close quarters for when he had to report the sacrificed victim count later…
Unfortunately, if Vigilante A had not stepped up to stop them from battling the devils, those Robocops would have been completely ruthless. They could have certainly conquered the influence of the Earth’s urge to kill.
If that was the case, exploring the mysteries of this secret arcane realm would take no extra effort, as everything would come easily at the right time. He had faith that he could easily find out the key to control this arcane realm…
The Chinese would call this process “unity of the heart and mind”… Really though, was that not just the way to control the Heavens and Earth?
The key problem now was how to find the control hub.
As Hook thought about it, he stretched out his arm and a ball of flames suddenly rose. He then whispered a string of words in his mouth, and flames that appeared out of thin air rose up the fire door.
Then, he carefully walked through the fire door…
At the sight of it, the tree sighed once more. A clear road was right in front of him, whereas the group of people killing each other was just not far away, yet he could not see it.
He was reluctantly controlling his urge to kill as well, but he was still unable to let all those people be fully clear-headed.
“Damn it! If only I can just get another half a point, then I’d have the strength to send them through this door and they wouldn’t have to die here!” The Druid Grand Wizard could only sigh in despair as blood shed in his heart. There was nothing that could be done.
He looked at all the extremely powerful Robocops who were wastefully dying in the hands of their own comrades, yet there was nothing he could do.
He could not help but think of the tiny country that surrendered to the American’s ballistic missile. They were probably in his current state of mind…
It was indeed a natural law, a cycle, and payback sucked …
Once upon a time, Japan was equally arrogant, a country that bullied the weak and feared the strong. Now, however, it had turned into a pile of ruins.
As one would say ‘forceful rigidness would cause an easier break’. This meant that for a civilization to live perpetually, flexibility was the key.
At this thought, he could only sense the urge to kill in him slowly dying away, as if the path of Nature that he had been cultivating all along had finally made another breakthrough…
“So that’s what it is. What this land has been telling us is not just about massacre…” He thought secretly.
Suddenly, the tree of his reincarnation shook and countless dewdrops shot out from the branches and leaves.
The Robocops who were amid killing, after being exposed to those dews, had their eyes turned clear.
“How can this be?”
“No, no, how can I kill my own brothers?”
“AL748, you, how can you kill me?”