Chapter 1425 - Close your eyes (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“To be honest, I don’t know.” Valkries eyes never strayed away. “This has gone beyond my expectations. That’s what you’re more concerned about, right?”
Roland tacitly agreed. He discovered that Nightmare Lord possessed an indescribable insight towards the minds of humans. Even in the Martialist Association, she was well received by everyone and blended in well. It was useless trying to act muddle-headed in front of her, and the most effective form of negotiation was to be direct.
According to her previous conjecture, the appearance of the Deity of Gods meant that the Sky Lord had made a decision. Since he had persuaded the King for the Deity of Gods, it had severed all possibilities of working together. Uness the gigantic floating island was destroyed, there was no room for regret.
“Reasonably, Hackzord’s prudent nature will always focus on the frontlines. As long as you display sufficient strength, he will not take action.” It looked as though Valkries was thinking aloud, yet at the same time figuring out the doubts in his heart. “Now that he’s being out of character, and with Serakkas forming some sort of understanding with him, it is natural that you’re wary. But…”
“But what?”
“What if the situation has changed?” She shrugged. “The world has changed, no matter how appropriate the choice, all our conditions have turned meaningless. I can only guess that there might be other factors at play that changed Hackzord’s original intent.”
“But you don’t know what that is.”
“That’s right, if even you have no clue as to what that is, It is impossible for me to know.” Valkries drank another mouthful of coffee. “If we do not ask him, nothing will come out from our guesses here.”
“So you want to write another letter?”
“That is indeed a way, but the time between the doubts and our interaction will be too long. And the conditions might change at any given moment. All of these uncertainties have brought uncertain risks.”
After a moment of silence, Roland looked at Valkries in an amused manner. “Are you trying to guide my thoughts?”
“The decision has always been in your hands.” The latter’s expression was surprisingly calm.
“…” Roland did not answer immediately and merely shrugged his shoulders and changed the topic. “Right, why do you only talk about Hackzord and rarely about Silent Disaster? Can she not be one of the ‘uncertain elements?’”
“Because I know her.” Emotions stirred within Valkries eyes. She turned and looked out of the window. “To convince Hackzord requires a great deal of reasoning, but it is impossible for her. As long as she knows that I’m alive, she will not stay idle.”
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Deity of Gods, at the bottom of the Red Mist Pond.
“Will doing this really work?” Silent Disaster stared at Sky Lord who was recuperating with his eyes closed in the pool.
“Maybe, maybe not.” After days of recuperation, Hackzord had almost fully recovered. “But since you can’t think of a better idea, we can only try our luck.”
He knew very well that if he wanted Silent Disaster to stand by his side, he needed to resolve the two reasons for her refusal. He was unable to stop the order of Plan B and did not dare openly rebel against the King; therefore, the only breakthrough was the ‘letter.’
A piece of paper and a few words were far too sloppy, but what if there were more words and information? If it succeeded and they were able to communicate with the Nightmare Lord, Silent Disaster would become his greatest trump card.
For this plan, not only did Hackzord allow his capable subordinate, Siacis, to personally monitor rumors floating around the north of the Kingdom of Dawn, he also sent out two nobles, one to the foot of Mount Hermes and the other to Everwinter’s borders, in hopes of receiving a reply.
The plan was akin to casting a wide net into the sea, and it being heavily reliant heavily on luck increased the uncertainties involved. However, Hackzord had no other choice. He could not expose the existence of that witch’s existence and cause Valkries to lose her connection and become completely lost in the Realm of Mind. If that happened, they would no longer be able to obtain replies for a chance to ambush the humans.
But Hackzord did not harbor any hope for any end results.
Since the message sent required time and the King’s second Deity of Gods was moving towards the Fertile Plains. Once Plan B was activated, there was no turning back.
“Aside from that… Instead of being focused on this, why not pay attention to Mask?”
“What’s wrong with Mask?” Silent Disaster frowned.