Chapter 805 The Riddler

Facing the masked shadow's question, the silver-haired old woman couldn't help but take a deep breath, slightly grasped the armrest of the chair, and firmly refused:

"I do not want!"

"You don't want it, but you don't want it, right?"

"I also……"

"Beckinsale, lies are meaningless. You can deceive me with words, but you can't deceive your own heart."

It seemed as if he was not talking to his enemy, but communicating with a close friend. After gently calling the silver-haired old woman's name, the shadow of [Wu You Zhi Shu] turned into a crow, flapped its smoky wings, and landed lightly on her thin shoulders.

"From the first time I saw you one hundred and thirty years ago, I knew you were a person full of passion. You loved the wind, clouds, rain, fog, the earth, the mountains and rivers, the flowers, the birds and the animals, your parents and friends... Your love for this world has never diminished and is still as strong as ever.

You who love this world also love your life more than anyone else. If possible, you want to live forever and continue to happily embrace everything you love. "

The pitch-black wings brushed across the silver-haired old woman's cheek. With just a light glance, they wiped away the marks of time on her face, revealing a youthful face full of vitality.

After tilting its jet-black head, [Wu You Zhi Shu] said softly in a distant voice:
"You have too much love in your heart, and too many regrets. You haven't lived enough!
Beckinsale, although you firmly rejected me, you did resist going to another unknown world from the bottom of your heart. You hoped that time could stay on you... and you do have this ability! "

"..."

With gentle eyes staring at the silent Great Witch King, the black crow's wings flapped twice again, and after these two light dances, the Great Witch King's silver hair quickly turned black, and his slightly hunched back straightened again.

Arms, neck, ankles... all the grooves on the exposed skin were smoothed out, and the ugly gray and yellow age spots disappeared silently. The silver-haired old woman who had reached the end of her life actually regained her most youthful and beautiful appearance.

"Time is such a cruel thing."

Staring at the face that appeared before him again after a hundred and thirty years, the black crow tilted his head and said in a soft and sighing voice:
"You really look like your mother when she was young. I even thought I saw another her. And you are indeed like her, with an exceptional talent. Before you were forty, you have already successfully touched the threshold of time.

Beckinsale, join us! As long as you are willing to take that step, you can master the power of time at any time, completely get rid of the short and miserable life of human beings, and become the only true God who controls the power of time! "

"..."

Faced with the sincere persuasion of [Nothingness], the Great Witch King did not answer immediately. Instead, he stretched out his slightly trembling hand and stroked his smooth face. Then he blinked his eyes which had turned from turbid to clear, and stared blankly at the world that had not been so clear for a long time.

"How about it, are you satisfied with the gift I gave you?"

After flying up from the silver-haired... black-haired girl's round shoulders and landing back on the shoulders of "Princess Catelyn", the crow incarnated by [Non-Existence] spoke softly:
"Bekinsale, I understand why your lineage keeps rejecting my invitations. You are worried that if you control the power of [Time], it will cause the [Watch Palace] to become unbalanced. Your guess is indeed correct. Although the [Watch Palace] of the Cleanup Bureau is wonderful, in the eyes of the Pillar Gods, it is nothing more than a man-made true god that controls the powers of [Humanity], [Watch], [Time], etc.

When a true god who has mastered the power of time emerges from within its protection, the original perfect balance of the [Watching Palace] will indeed be broken...but what's wrong with that?"

The dark bird's head twisted slightly, and [Nothingness] narrated calmly:
“You, your mother, your grandmother… at least half of your ancestors have the gift of controlling time and are qualified to obtain eternal life, but you are the only one who has survived until now, and you will soon reach the end of your life.

Your lineage has protected humanity for long enough. It is not you who owe humanity, but humanity that owes you! This debt can be completely ended now that it has come to you. You should have taken what you are supposed to have long ago."

When he said this, the black crow paused for a moment, then raised his tone slightly and said:
"Beckinsale, although I can't see the future, I have a vague feeling that no matter whether you agree to my conditions or not, the Overwatch Palace that the Cleanup Bureau relies on will be completely shattered in this generation, and you should be able to see all of this.

So you don't need to feel too burdened. The final winner will only be us, and you just chose the one that is slightly more favorable to you among two basically the same futures. Why should you embarrass yourself? You just chose the future!"

"..."

The future...

After silently listening to the persuasion of [Nothingness], the rejuvenated Great Witch King lowered his head, glanced at the shoe prints on the calf of "Princess Catelyn", and then couldn't help but chuckled.

"You are right. Since about three years ago, the fragments of the future that I have seen have continued to change, but most of the differences are in details. The really huge differences are very small. The direction of the future is indeed becoming basically the same."

"?"

After hearing the Great Wizard King's somewhat abrupt response, [Wu You Zhi Shu] was slightly startled, then frowned and said:

"What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that your feeling is correct. The Cleanup Bureau's [Watchtower] is indeed likely to be destroyed, but the situation at that time may not be the same as you think... Well... But you don't have to worry too much. After all, you may not live to see that day."

"?!!!"

After showing a sly smile to the doubtful [Nothingness], the black-haired girl sitting on the wide chair kicked her flexible legs happily, and then said with a smile:
"Those of us who can see the future always speak half truth and half lie in order to avoid dying from revealing too much about the future. Maybe I was just bluffing you, don't take it too seriously... Oh, right!"

When he said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something. The Great Witch King looked at the confused "Princess Catelyn" and then raised his hand and gave him a thumbs up.

"I think I recognize who you are... Come on, the future of the King-Slayer Society depends on you!"

(End of this chapter)

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