Chapter 276 ‘Storm Queen’ Xinbu
The firelight danced softly on the old and faded map of Faerûn.
This map is painted on the ceiling of Storm Silverhand's kitchen.
Melikai Ranger Azara Hawkhand looked up thoughtfully at the familiar coastlines and forests, then lowered his head, looked at the food on the plate, and said with unfinished content, "Ah, great It tastes great..."
The ranger was about to express his feelings about the food, when a burp suddenly appeared out of the blue, abruptly interrupting his words.
Sitting next to him was his best friend Mesema Elasemei, who was once the most naughty silver knight in Silvermoon City. She always said what she wanted to say without hesitation.
After receiving the message for help from Misty Valley, he brought an elite group of silver knights to come here for support through the teleportation circle.
"There must be something good in it, Auntie Storm." The leader of the Silver Knights, who had long since resigned as the Lord of Silver Moon City, grinned and asked curiously, "Would you like to tell us about this pot of delicious food? The secret recipe? ”
The hostess is giving medicine to a young boy.
This is a potion from Waterdeep City. It is said to have been developed by the masked lord Kelben during his lifetime. It has a very significant effect on the death plague spread in the City of Shadows.
She just turned her head and smiled softly at them, "Thirty cooked snake eyes must be fresh. Note, they can only be the eyes of poisonous snakes."
The Silver Knight who is full of wine and food. They sat around the table with gleaming fire, holding hot green tea. After hearing this sentence, they seemed to think it was a joke, and they all laughed innocently.
Only Azara and Mesema did not smile. They looked at each other and raised their eyebrows, knowing that the bard of Shadow Valley was not joking.
As a ranger, Azala is a very careful person. He glanced at Storm's back, slightly restrained his smile, and asked tentatively, "Are you kidding me?"
< br>The storm turned around, and the waterfall-like silver hair swayed on the shoulders, like countless restless snakes, "No."
Mesema bared her teeth, and Azara opened her mouth in surprise, sighed again, and looked up at the map on the ceiling.
"Sister?"
At this moment, this voice suddenly appeared in Storm Silverhand's mind. It came so menacingly that she gasped and almost spilled the medicine. Soup.
She was dipping her fingertips into medicinal soup, preparing to feed it to the sick child.
The child's mother took a few steps back in panic and pulled her sick son behind her.
The entire valley knows that if the bard does something sudden or unexpected, the magical power can easily be stimulated, and people will die in that case.
Seeing this scene, the silver knights of Azara and Mesema turned ugly, and subconsciously distanced themselves from the Harper leader.
"Sister, what's the matter?" Storm answered loudly, as if talking to herself, and tried to comfort the peasant woman in front of her, "With such beautiful weather, the Queen of Aglalon is finally willing to contact me. "
"Esna Astoma, that's enough! Where is that old bastard from Elminster? Why can't I find him or feel where he is?"
A portal emerged from the circulating magic energy, and a tall woman appeared from the gradually converging magic circle.
She was wearing a tattered black robe, her silver hair was like a group of snakes dancing wildly, and her eyes were like burning silver stars.
Seeing this scene, Azala shrank in fear, and quickly took a few steps back, trying to keep a distance from the other party without him noticing.
Mesema on the side obviously did not notice this situation. When he heard the news from the inquirer about the sage of Shadow Valley, he subconsciously said, "The old mage has gone to hell."
"Bang!"
A crackling bolt of lightning shot out of the uninvited woman's hand and hit the leader of the Silver Knights.
No warning, no sign.
The electric light leaped and exploded, and Mesema screamed, her body rising into the air uncontrollably, her cloak embroidered with the emblem of Silvermoon City fluttering in the wind.
His body shot through the kitchen like a sharp arrow, hitting the wall hard with a loud noise and wailing, and then slipped from the wall to the ground like a broken doll.
Azala quickly lowered his head and narrowly dodged a dish that flew past his scalp. He was so frightened that he almost laughed out loud when he saw his friend's embarrassed appearance.
In the end, he tried his best to suppress the laughter in his heart, because at this moment, everyone in the kitchen was looking at the Storm Queen Xinbu from Aglalon in silence.
"Mesema is right."
Storm took a deep breath, signaled the peasant woman to put the sick child in her arms and leave, and then said to Xinbu, who looked like a mad woman , "He did... go to Baator Hell."
"What happened?"
Xinbu's expression changed suddenly when she heard this. She looked both scared and excited. So much so that he dispensed with all etiquette and directly broke into the storm's mind with his own consciousness.
Obviously, she couldn't wait to find out what the bards of Shadowdale knew.
The memories and pictures in the mind kept flashing and colliding, frightening the peasant woman and her child who ran to the door, and also frightened Azala and others.
Inadvertently, the chaos came to an abrupt end. In the bright room, Feng Feng was shaking all over and sweating profusely. As Xinbu's consciousness disappeared, her mind returned to purity.
"I will go to hell to find him right now!" the wizard queen of Aglalon said coldly.
After saying that, he raised his hand and prepared to open the portal and leave.
"Wait a minute!" Storm quickly stopped her and said: "The goddess has her own arrangements for this matter. The most important thing for us right now is how to resist the attack of Ghost City."
"This is related to the magic network..." Storm added the last sentence in Xinbu's ear in a low and inaudible voice.
This sentence was very effective and immediately suppressed the impulsive witch.
"Then why are you wasting your time here? Let's go kill those troublesome ghosts." The witch said with a frosty face and cold words.
Her tattered black robe and silver hair danced wildly in the wind, and her bright star eyes unconsciously ignited violent energy that symbolized magical energy.
“Things are not as simple as you think.”
Storm took his sister's hand and patiently and softly comforted the grumpy witch, "This is not a problem that can be solved by killing a few ghosts. Besides... in short, we need to consider this matter in the long term, and we need to wait for someone." Coming..."
"Who are you waiting for?"
As if in response to the witch's words, subtle footsteps came from outside the door, attracting most people's attention.
Azala helped his friend Mesema up and looked out the door.
He saw the mage lord who rescued him from the demiplane walking over, followed by an inseparable drow girl.
In Azara's opinion, the Lord Protector of Cormyr was too young.
But his deep black eyes were full of wisdom that should not be found at this age, as if there were flowing flames or overflowing starlight.
"In just a few days, his strength has entered the realm of legend." Feeling the aura of the mage lord surrounding him, Azala felt a little incredible.
Brian walked around the table with Santila. Feeling everyone's curious eyes focused on him, he subconsciously glanced at the surrounding situation.
Seeing the messy kitchen, the embarrassed Mesema, and the tall woman wearing a tattered black robe, who didn't care that her smooth and fair skin was exposed, he immediately guessed the general process.
Under this situation, he could only bite the bullet and deliberately ignore the crazy witch, nodded slightly to the Harper leader, and said politely, "Lady Storm, I have made preparations. If your reinforcements arrive, we will The plan for Ghost City can be arranged now."
"Who is he?" Xinbu looked at Brian with an evil look and asked Storm.
"His name is Brian, the lord of Mokou Town and the protector of the Kingdom of Cormyr." The Harper leader looked at his sister in confusion.
Because Xinbu had just forcibly searched the memories in her mind, it was impossible for her to know nothing about Brian.
She could only helplessly introduce to her, "Cormyr's army will help us resist the invaders, and Mr. Bryan will be responsible for laying out detailed plans for us on how to attack Haunted City."
"Hello, Ms. Xinbu, the Queen of Aglaron." Brian, who was observant of everything, noticed the strange behavior of the storm. He took the initiative to extend his right hand and greeted politely but not condescendingly.
Then, he added sincerely, "I'm glad to be able to cooperate with you."
After saying the second sentence, Brian felt that this was the first time he had ever said it. The most displeasing sentence.
After all, he was very impressed by the character of the crazy witch in front of him.
Xinbu, whose real name is Elaslan Silverhand, is one of the seven sisters in the North, the queen of Aglalon, the queen of witches, known as the 'Storm Queen', and the chosen one of Mystra.
Elaslan was raised by the witches entrusted to Leatherman by the goddess of magic Mystra in her early years. As a reward, Mystra gave the witches spells so that they could rule Leatherman and fight against the red-robed wizards of Sel.
Soon after, Ella Silan left Leatherman and began to roam among the planes. No one knew her whereabouts for about 400 years.
She later became the apprentice and heir of Queen Lianne of Aglalon, and eventually inherited the throne.
After becoming the queen, Elaslan changed her name to Xinbu.
It is said that the name Xinbu comes from a god worshiped by ancient tribes. It is also said that it is: a violent battle mage. Since then, the name Elaslan has rarely been mentioned.
Among the seven sisters, Xinbu is the most independent and willful.
She once openly questioned the goddess of magic, Mystra, and the god of wizards, Azuth, and then she restrained herself a lot after being made clear.
When she was young, she was once the mage who knew the most magic, and was also a representative of the school that specializes in plasticity, because she advocated learning practical attack magic and opposed practicing asceticism like a hermit - although This is the lifestyle chosen by most mages.
Xinbu likes to travel around, and can be said to be the most widely traveled human being. This also allows her to learn different knowledge everywhere to deal with her enemies.
And her name is very resounding on the mainland. Everyone knows that the queen of Agolalon has a hot temper, is resourceful or scheming, and most importantly, she possesses awesome power.
For many years, Xinbu has almost single-handedly fought against the red-robed wizards of Ser. Her existence is the biggest reason why the red-robed wizards dare not invade Aglalon.
In countless battles, she has defeated many evil forces including the Red Robe Wizards, the Zhentarim, the Dark Lords and the Undead Lords.
For her enemies, Xinbu is indeed deadly. Sometimes, in order to serve as a warning to others, she will even use spells that are more powerful than necessary to completely destroy the enemy.
For Xinbu, she doesn't care how many enemies she makes every day. Anyone who wants to go against her will naturally stay with her to the end.
Many people have a bad opinion of Xinbu because of this, thinking that she is an incorrigible mad witch, and some even slander her as a demon in human form.
Despite this, the people under her rule were still willing to accept her rule when it came to the lesser of two evils. They believed: "It is better to be whipped with magic by the mad queen than to be twisted into a slave by the magic of the Red Robe Wizards." . ”
If necessary, Brian will never cooperate with such an unconventional person. Cooperating with Xinbu to deal with the City of Shadows is undoubtedly equivalent to putting a bomb around him that can explode at any time. bomb.
So, in the next plan, he must let this crazy witch act alone, let her draw hatred as much as possible, and attract the attention of all the ghost princes.
The only prerequisite for such an arrangement is to make the other party follow your own arrangements.
There is no doubt that this is a very troublesome problem for Brian.
Although Storm Silverhand is Xinbu's sister, this does not mean that she can restrict her free movement.
In fact, when faced with such a strong crazy woman, the simplest and most effective way is to beat her until she becomes submissive, and then she will be as obedient as a pet dog.
But the problem is... Brian is no match for the other party.
"You are happy too early, little mage." The witch of Aglalon did not shake Brian's extended hand and said coldly, "In the Kingdom of Cormyr, I have only heard of one Called Myrcella the Super Spellcaster and the most shameless royal mage in Susar City, as for you..."
She looked at her with eyes that were enough to silence everyone in the room. Brian slowly spoke out a few words provocatively, "I'm afraid it's not qualified."
Seeing this situation, Feng Feng, who was watching from the sidelines, gave a wry smile.
Now, she has seen that her sister knows about the relationship between her and Brian through the memory search just now.
She was planning to deliberately embarrass the Lord Protector from Cormyr, or to teach him a lesson.
"That's because you are ignorant!"
Santila on the side was unhappy and stood up to retort, "You haven't even heard of Brian. It shows that you have a lot of knowledge. How shallow. I tell you, one day, Brian's name will become a legend, resounding in the clouds, and the world will praise his name instead of praising those crazy witches with eyes on their heads."
As soon as the drow girl finished speaking, the air seemed to suddenly freeze.
The Harper leader couldn't help but closed his eyes, but quickly made preparations and looked at his sister warily.
Brian also secretly wiped away cold sweat and looked at Xinbu with a wary face, worried that the other party might accidentally get angry and hurt someone.
He looked at Santila in surprise.
In his opinion, how could this drow girl who was born in a dark elf city have never experienced any conspiracies and conspiracies and was as smart as a ghost say such words that deliberately bring hatred to herself? .
Much to Blaine's surprise, though.
Faced with this situation, the crazy witch was not angry. Instead, when she looked at Santila, she showed a profound expression.
This made him realize instantly that Xinbu might also know about Santila’s true identity.
No wonder this little girl dared to stand up for herself, but the way she stood up was too high-profile.
However, this is exactly what he wanted.
Because he was planning to find a reason to spar with this crazy witch.
“Really?” Xinbu said to the drow girl, “Since your Brian is so powerful, let me see what’s special about him.”
“Look. There are no two idiots who want to sneak out over there."
The witch glanced at Brian and pointed to Azara and Mesema who were about to leave at the door.
“If you want me to recognize your ability and obey your arrangements, either give me a set of sequence spells, or cripple one of them, you choose.”
"You have no right to refuse." Xinbu added with cold words: "If you live as long as me and have as much knowledge as me, you will understand that everything I say is right."
Hearing this, Brian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and realized that this arrogant mad witch's brain was not as difficult to use as imagined, and it was still a bit more serious. He subconsciously turned around and looked at Azala, who looked ugly, and Mesema, who looked happy.
In his opinion, it is natural to pick the weak ones at this time. With his current strength, bullying a legendary ranger or arcane knight seems to be easy and enjoyable. Yes, there is no problem in lifting them both up and hammering them 360 degrees without any blind spots.
When he looked at the Arcane Knight Mesema with eager joy on his face, he even had the urge to laugh.
He had known for a long time that this outspoken leader of the Silver Knights was Heliste's number one suitor in the game, and was nicknamed by the players as the 'roaring dog' who was both filial and licking.
At this time, it would be a very pleasant thing for me, as Herrist's lover, to teach her a lesson.
However, after careful consideration, he turned around again, looked directly into the eyes of Queen Aglalon without fear, and said slowly, "I choose to accept your set of sequence spells. "
Xinbu's sequence spells are among the most powerful spellcasting skills she has mastered. This ability allows her to pour out more than a dozen high-energy plastic attack magic in an instant.
No legendary spellcaster can confidently guarantee that he will be able to withstand this gorgeous and violent spell bombardment that is exclusive to the evocation school.
Brian threatened to take over the opponent's sequence of spells. When he said this, he was shocked by his skills.
Even the leader of the Harpers on the side was winking at him crazily, his worried eyes seeming to tell him not to make this choice.
Brian turned a blind eye and walked out of the house.
“I hope your strength can be as tough as your mouth, arrogant little mage.”
Xinbu ignored Storm’s dissuasion and followed closely, looking into Brian’s starry eyes. , as if it could pour out violent magical energy in an instant.
When Brian stood in position, she swung her arms forward violently, as if a whip-like command sounded, and violent magic waves erupted from the witch's body instantly.
Immediately afterwards, thick silver lightning struck fiercely from the dark clouds in the sky, instantly turning the entire courtyard into a sea of thunder.
At the same time, the scorching flames were also wrapped in the dancing electric light, surging out like a tide.
Except for the protective barrier held up by the storm to protect everyone, everything in the courtyard was destroyed by lightning and flames and turned into ashes.
Faced with the serial attacks of the Xinbu sequence spells, Brian had already prepared himself and set up immunity status for the wind and fire elements in advance through the characteristics of the "Arcana Energy Fountain" background specialty.
Although this ability is not directly immune to all lightning damage, it is enough to help mitigate some of the violent attacks.
Next, he can ignore most of the fire damage and only need to resist the lightning storm attack with peace of mind.
Even so, it was very difficult for him to resist this violent attack.
Rows of spells flashed.
Caught in the lightning storm, Brian had chain triggers and psychic triggers set up in advance, continuously activating various barriers to resist energy damage.
Brian's eyes penetrated the thick protective barrier and saw that his protective shield was shattered like fragile glass under the violent energy impact.
Although most of his magic barriers are spells that are directly immune to damage, facing an attack of the level of a high-level legendary mage, the power of the law they master and using enough energy to penetrate the immune state is not What a difficult thing.
So, he has never been confident that as long as the word "immunity" appears on the spell or characteristic, he can really sit back and relax.
In this case, the most correct thing to do is to grit your teeth and use your own protective means to block the incoming spell attacks.
Time passed quickly in the storm of pulsating lightning and hot flames.
Everyone couldn't help but sweat secretly for Brian who was trapped in the center of the whirlpool, fearing that if he couldn't resist, he would be blown to ashes.
When Brian's last barrier shattered, his eyes suddenly froze, and he immediately used his arcane fire to float in front of his chest, and activated the arcane barrier to continue resisting.
Then, the inconspicuous red light in the center of the blue-white flame emitted by the arcane fire absorbs the violent energy, just like a dry firewood encountering a fierce fire, suddenly swelling, as fast as a whale sucking a cow. It absorbs all the last traces of magical energy left.
In an instant, the energy in Brian's cursed fire was directly filled.
With the rapid overflow of energy, the flames and lightning intertwined with the arcane storm in the courtyard disappeared without a trace. Brian stood unharmed, facing the wind.
Seeing this, the whole courtyard was silent.
This can almost be regarded as the shortest spell duel.
From the beginning of the duel between Brian and Xinbu until the violent magic energy dissipated, it only took less than a minute.
It can be said that many people didn’t even have time to see clearly what happened. They didn’t even know what spell Brian used to block Xinbu’s set of sequence spells. The battle was over. .
Only the corners of the drow girl Santila's mouth were slightly raised, as if to show off to everyone that she had already anticipated this situation.
But this is not the point, because at this time, many people looked at Brian with something wrong.
If we say that before this duel, most of them thought that this mage lord from the Kingdom of Cormyr was canonized as Lord Protector by the Queen Regent, mainly because he was the Lord of Silver Moon City. If they have a lover, a flexible mind and the blessing of the goddess of luck, and then just take advantage of a disaster in the kingdom to get this kind of canonization and status, then this duel is enough to make them completely change their minds.
Being able to block 'Storm Queen' Xinbu's attack that could destroy an army is enough to illustrate how strong his hard power is.
Seeing that Brian was safe and sound, unscathed, and not even affected by the impact of magic energy, which caused his body to take half a step back, Xinbu looked slightly shocked.
Although she did not resort to the silver fire power exclusive to the Goddess Chosen in order to prevent her from accidentally killing the opponent, this did not mean that her invincible attack methods really had no deterrent effect.
Even the eight masters of the red-robed wizard association had to avoid her attacks when they saw her sequence of attacks. However, this young mage lord not only withstood her attacks, but also seemed to be unscathed. look.
This really made her feel unbelievable.
She was about to say her words of approval for him, but Brian's words interrupted her.
"As the saying goes, it is disrespectful to reciprocate."
Brian said calmly, "Since I have taken the initiative to withstand Ms. Xinbu's attack and proved my strength, Then let me see how strong you are.”
As soon as he finished speaking, and before the queen of Aglaron could nod in agreement, Brian's attack broke out.
——"Arcane Storm!"
——"Arcane Arrow!"
——"Arcane Sequence!"
—— —“Arcane Master!”
——"Mayuf Meteor Swarm!"
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The invisible wind lifted Brian's long and messy hair, and the energy condensed from the chaos of the four elements seemed to be out of control. The wild horse surged out of his body like a tide, interweaving a howling arcane storm and sweeping towards the wizard queen of Aglalon.
Immediately afterwards, Brian swung the legendary staff in his hand. Without any casting materials, all his arcane sequences and instant spells were activated, and the bolide shot towards the opponent like a galloping locust. Submerged in the past.
Pieces of gorgeous magic flames flashed on the magic barrier activated by Xinbu.
Feeling the powerful penetrating power caused by countless fireballs, the wizard queen of Aglalon finally put away her contemptuous look and immediately used her silver fire, which exuded silvery white luster, to use her strongest defense. Means to block this attack.
However, Brian's attack did not stop.
——"Curse Fire Bullet!"
With the activation of the curse fire, his skin began to glow, and his deep eyes became as bright as lights. Three fist-sized balls The cursed fire bullets, like lead bullets from the barrel, were shot towards Xinbu from the palm of his hand.
“It’s cursed fire!”
Seeing Brian's attack, Storm turned pale with fear.
She quickly sent a message through her mind and reminded Xinbu, who had already been overwhelmed by the spell, "Be careful, Brian has curse fire, don't use silver fire to resist!"
This At this moment, she finally understood why Brian dared to confidently claim that he could withstand Xinbu's attack. It turned out that his biggest reliance was the legendary curse fire.
Although she used the energy of silver fire to help Brian sort out the chaotic magic in his body, allowing him to successfully advance to the legendary realm, she really didn’t expect that the other party would be able to obtain it by such a coincidence. The cursed fire.
This unexpected news made her both surprised and happy.
He was happy that he had invisibly gained an ally with great strength and potential, but he was shocked because he was worried about Xinbu's safety.
After all, the cursed fire is said to be able to burn out all the flames in the world, and this flame naturally includes the silver fire that belongs exclusively to the elect.
Unfortunately, the warning of the storm was too late.
The moment Xinbu sacrificed the silver fire to support himself with a silvery-white defensive barrier, the three cursed fire bombs were like the flames lighting the dynamite fuses, exploding with a loud roar, The violent energy burst out and instantly razed the entire courtyard to the ground.
The melon-eaters such as Azala and Mesema who were watching the battle were not spared. A few people who were closer were even thrown directly away, falling with bruises on their noses and faces, and wailing again and again.
At this moment, Brian also felt that all the blood in his body seemed to be burning with fire, and the burning pain that erupted made his face slightly distorted.
Obviously, he did not feel comfortable with the attack from Xinbu's spell sequence just now. If the curse fire hadn't absorbed damage at least as powerful as two nine-ring spells, he would have even been killed on the spot. .
He quickly activated the healing ability of the curse fire and released his psychic power "True Self-Shaping" to relieve this pain.
At this moment, Santila slipped to his side without knowing when, stretched out his little hand, and introduced a green breath representing healing energy into his body, allowing him to quickly regain his energy. .
At the same time, on the other side, as the smoke dissipated, the embarrassed figure of Queen Aglalon appeared in front of everyone.
She staggered back a few steps, and almost fell to the ground if the storm hadn't helped her in time.
Seeing the embarrassment of this crazy witch, Brian felt secretly happy.
The reason why he is able to cause damage to the opponent is not because of how powerful his spell is. The fundamental reason is that the curse fire restrains the silver fire.
If in the attack just now, the opponent did not use his best silver fire to resist, but only used a simple protective barrier to resist three curse fire bullets, it would not have such an effect.
“It turned out to be cursed fire.”
After Xinbu's pale face regained some of its expression, the wizard queen of Aglalon looked at Brian with an expression of lingering fear.
Of course Brian understood how she was feeling at the moment.
His curse fire is only level 5 now. If he had attacked just now, he could have released a curse fire bomb that was as powerful as the nine-ring spell "Meteor Explosion", and then used her silver fire energy to It is not difficult to ignite it and kill it on the spot.
After this brief confrontation, the rest of the matter went much more smoothly.
By the time the sun went down, Brian had already explained in detail his plans and arrangements for Ghost City through the map.
"Mr. Brian." After hearing his detailed plan, the Harper leader couldn't help but sigh: "I admit that your plan for the floating city of Sacros is perfect."
"However, I want to ask "A moment." She hesitated for a moment and then said, "What do you think is beautiful?"
"Beautiful?" After hearing this, Brian put the map in his hand on the table. He raised his eyebrows consciously.
He looked at the leader of the Harper Alliance sitting opposite him, but did not answer immediately.
Because he knows the purpose of the Harpers organization well, and he knows that there is more to the storm.
Sure enough, soon, Storm leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at him with a smile.
“I think this world is a beautiful world, and every life has its own unique shining bright spots. It is the combination of these bright spots that makes this dazzling world. However, in Under the light, there must be shadows. Ugliness is to support the existence of beauty. I am not denying the value of ugliness, but...the ugliness, vulgarity and filth will gradually pollute this beautiful world and make it lose My original glory. And all this is due to fear... Mr. Brian, I can understand your pursuit of victory, and I am very grateful for your efforts to help us resist the attack of Ghost City. But... wouldn’t it be too sad if in order to get something, you have to give up something else?”
The Harper leader didn’t make it clear, but Brian already understood it? What she meant.
After all, if his plan really succeeds and the floating city of Sacros falls, then the hundreds of thousands of people in Sergant City located below the floating city will also suffer.
But he also deeply understands a truth: there are no innocent souls under the atomic bomb!
Brian was silent for a moment and then raised his head.
He looked at the Harper leader in front of him without flinching, without any intention of avoiding it, and then he continued:
"I'm sorry, Ms. Storm, I can understand you. Thoughts, but for me... only victory is my pursuit. I can understand the efforts and sacrifices made by those losers, their dedication and spirit, but I cannot accept such failure. For me, victory is the only one. Any failure will only bring pain, not joy. I can accept being a winner to comfort the loser, but I will not accept being treated as a loser. Comfort. I can understand your aesthetics, but from my standpoint, I can’t agree with your ideas.”
“In other words, are you willing to sacrifice everything for victory?” A complex and curious light shone in the Harper leader's eyes.
Others also looked at Brian curiously.
Facing the Harper leader's inquiry, Brian shook his head slowly and firmly, saying:
"I am not that great, and I have never thought of sacrificing everything to win. Because victory is not a As an individual, why do I have to sacrifice everything for victory? What I expect is not that kind of thing. What I expect is to be able to enjoy victory with the people around me, not when victory comes. , there is no one around me. Such a victory may be full of tragic beauty, but it is meaningless to me. And in order to avoid facing a situation that requires sacrificing everything, I will do my best. 'To achieve my expectations...
Please forgive me, giving up everything, the final victory is meaningless in my opinion, if they can't protect what they should protect, and the cowardly choice If they don't give up, it can only mean that they are complete losers. Only those with insufficient ability will face such a choice. Even if they stand at the end, I will not take it for granted that they should receive cheers and glory. I admit that in pursuit of success. On the road to victory, sacrifice is inevitable, but if they have to give up everything for this, then they are just slaves of desire.”
Had he not let the floating city of Sacros fall in Sambia. Kingdom, then the next target is likely to be his own Mokou Town being ridden in the face by the Floating City.
"Even if we let them go, some things will not change." Brian calmly took a sip of tea and continued:
"But do you know what will not change? Ms. Storm, let me tell you, hatred will not change, and the desire for power will not change. Once people have self-interested thoughts, they will not give up until they achieve their goals. If the people ahead If the path is contrary to what they want, desire will blind them. In this way, any talk about rationality and peace will become worthless in the face of desire. This is the nature of things, leaving behind the past appearance, long-term. into a new attitude. Just like a seed will eventually become a tree, and the bud will bear fruit..."
After listening to Brian's words, the Harper leader watched him quietly until a moment later, this Then he smiled slightly, showing his signature soft smile:
"It's very interesting, Mr. Brian, very interesting... I admit that your idea is indeed refreshing to me, so we will fully cooperate to target the floating city Sark." Rose's actions."
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, Queen Aglalon, who had not spoken a word from beginning to end, suddenly stood up and looked directly at Bu, who was sitting diagonally opposite her. Ryan.
“I have a doubt, I hope you can help me answer it.”
"Please speak." Brian nodded slightly.
“Who are you?” Xinbu’s momentum suddenly surged, then quickly subsided, “Why do you know so much about the internal situation of the floating city of Sacross.”
“I am Who?" Brian thought for a moment and chuckled: "From today on, you can call me: the Grand Arcanist of the Netheril Empire."
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(End of Chapter)