bookandnovel Chapter 629 629: Reason or Wildness
Chapter 629 629: Reason or Wildness
Tap, tap, tap...
Rings of magical radiance emanated outward. With a coldness far surpassing Yun Wujiu's, the flames of the underground world were extinguished in an instant, and the temperature plummeted in a straight line.
Those spores buried underground and within the rocks were all frozen solid.
"Your affinity with me is also not good, Tree Herder."
Snow Witch Fu Qinghuan had hidden in this underground world at some unknown time. The Tree Herder's expression changed.
"Solomon changed his mind?!"
He had secretly discovered the secret of Solomon's abilities very early on. That excessive suppression towards magic-side Reincarnators, and the power that faintly seemed capable of absorbing the magical characteristics of others, made the Tree Herder, an ambitious man who originally wanted to become the "behind-the-scenes boss" of Reincarnators, immediately think of a conspiracy.
He was almost certain that Solomon's purpose in establishing the Far East Magic Association, a purely magic-side assembly, was not to run some kind of "fan club."
The other party wanted to cultivate a group of Reincarnators who had gone far enough in various magical domains!
And then, one day in the future, kill them one by one and absorb all their characteristics.
Furthermore, after coming into contact with the existence of [Stairways], the Tree Herder faintly guessed that the truth of Solomon's power was exactly the ultimate existence of the A Certain Magical Index world—the power of a Magic God!
[Magic God] was not a god of demons, but a God of Magic!
An entity that had exhausted the profound mysteries of magic, the pinnacle of all power, occupying all possibilities, a great existence whose mere step out of the hidden phase would cause the world to collapse.
Solomon was using a convenient method unique to Reincarnators, attempting to exhaust the possibilities of magic!
"Why would he let you go... This shouldn't be. Could it be that the injuries Mercenary Tao suffered after the battle with Odin are actually very severe, so severe that Solomon feels he can achieve his goal in this world even without absorbing your powers?"
A flash of light appeared in the Snow Witch's hand, and a massive staff materialized. The Authority of Ice shone within her.
She felt a bit of regret. The Tree Herder was indeed very smart. She could frankly admit that in terms of intelligence, whether it was herself or Jin, neither was a match for the Tree Herder.
She was like a doll manipulated by Solomon, completely unable to keep up with Solomon's train of thought.
But the Tree Herder could.
It was just a pity... the Tree Herder made the wrong choice.
The Snow Witch advanced step by step. The freezing air instantly froze the entrance to the underground world, preventing the puppets the Tree Herder had left on the surface from entering.
In reality, this world was indeed the rarest opportunity to kill the Tree Herder.
There were no other Reincarnators in this world. Therefore, the Tree Herder could not create new [Divine Envoys]. Similarly, because Solomon emphasized that this was a secret mission of the assembly, the Tree Herder could not bring other Divine Envoys inside.
Within the dark green blood vessels on the surface of the Tree Herder's body, blood flowed faster and faster. Soon, those bulging blood vessels were slowly pulled out from under his skin.
The dark green blood vessels, like some kind of energy pipelines, began to reposition themselves from behind the Tree Herder's back and insert themselves into his body.
The Tree Herder's muscles rapidly engorged due to the dark green divine blood. His muscles bulged inch by inch, and an intense power began to emerge.
The black cross mark between the Tree Herder's brows also completely turned dark green at this time, flickering with fluorescence.
A layer of faint divine power began to flow over the surface of his body.
His Druid-system spellcasting ability could not exert much effect in the face of the powerful Ice Authority. Therefore, the Tree Herder quickly transformed himself into the form of a Divine Envoy.
Sacrificing his spellcasting ability in exchange for a powerful physical body covered by divine power.
His gaze swept around, trying to find a direction to escape.
"Fu Qinghuan, do you really think Solomon is bound to win?"
"You haven't witnessed Mercenary Tao's power. If you strike now, you will definitely be killed when Mercenary Tao returns."
While retreating, the Tree Herder attempted to persuade the Snow Witch to change factions.
But the Snow Witch merely reached out a hand. The temperature directly plummeted at an unbearable speed. The divine power on the Tree Herder's body surface flickered, and he temporarily gave up breathing.
He abruptly turned around and lunged at the Snow Witch.
The Snow Witch simply spread one hand open. A huge ice lance thrust out of thin air. The Tree Herder used both hands and feet, flickering a few times in the underground world like a ricochet, narrowly dodging this strike by grazing the ice lance, and then threw his entire body in front of the Snow Witch.
He thrust out a claw. In his palm, which had mutated to resemble a claw, lay a streak of golden blood.
Bang!
The Snow Witch's body directly exploded into shattered ice across the floor.
The Tree Herder, however, was frozen in place by the freezing air released when the ice blocks exploded.
The Snow Witch's body slowly reassembled from the side. She pointed a single finger, and the ice layer rapidly thickened.
Looking at the dark green cross between the Tree Herder's brows, she sighed.
"It's useless, Tree Herder. Solomon knows everything. Including your final desperate attempt to use Odin's blood as an attack method to try and turn me into a Divine Envoy, it was all seen by those eyes of his..."
The Tree Herder was frozen in place. The divine power protecting his body prevented him from being killed directly, but he indeed could not break free from the increasingly thick, solid ice.
There was the power of Authority within it.
A spellcaster like the Snow Witch, who specialized in one system of magic, was the type most likely to raise an Authority to a relatively high level.
At this moment, the Tree Herder's mind was still pondering exactly where things had gone wrong.
Suddenly, he realized that the acquisition of Odin's blood was known only to himself, Artoria, and... Mercenary Tao.
Even with the [Future Sight] of Solomon's Mystic Eyes, it theoretically shouldn't be possible for him to have seen the scene of the fierce battle between Odin and Mercenary Tao.
That was a battle involving two absolutely high-level powers; the level of Solomon's Mystic Eyes shouldn't be that high.
His heart suddenly turned ice-cold.
The Snow Witch, right on cue with his thoughts, added.
"Mercenary Tao won't make a move for you. He... has already joined forces with Solomon..."
The Snow Witch actually didn't want to strike against one of her own, but she had no choice.
If she didn't strike, she would die, and Yun Wujiu would die too.
"Solomon and Mercenary Tao have given up on infighting. They are going to join forces and harvest the entire world!"
The Tree Herder felt as if he had plunged into an ice cellar. Yes, only this answer could explain it. Moreover, he recalled the personality Solomon had consistently displayed.
Calm, rational, always prioritizing benefits.
It seemed that before every battle, he had already made all the arrangements.
Even if the enemy was too powerful, he would find a route where the cost of failure was lower.
After knowing that Mercenary Tao's strength was so formidable, and following his own defection, Solomon's most appropriate choice... was only one: abandon enmity with Mercenary Tao, cooperate, and become the truly dominant faction!
The area between the Tree Herder's brows stung. He hated himself for only realizing this at this very moment.
He had always felt that a guy like Mercenary Tao would definitely not consider cooperating with Solomon, because Mercenary Tao was a monster, a wild beast. A guy like that wouldn't share his benefits.
But he had overlooked that after the battle with Odin, Mercenary Tao had been heavily injured. Under those circumstances, from a rational perspective, cooperating with Solomon was indeed the best choice for Mercenary Tao.
The Tree Herder's scalp tingled. The divine power on his body surface was growing weaker and weaker.
Damn it, did I make the wrong choice...
Crack!
Within the ice layer, due to the excessively low temperature, the surface of the Tree Herder's body began to crack. This was a sign that his divine power was fading, and his physical body was beginning to be killed.
Mercenary Tao's face appeared before the Tree Herder's eyes. Various expressions of his continuously flashed past, ultimately stopping on the unruly, maniacal laughter when seeing Odin's divine power erupt.
The Tree Herder's heart stirred. Would a guy like Mercenary Tao really make choices based on rationality...
Hum!
The chime of a sword rang out. Scarlet and pitch-black sword light violently shattered the ice layer.
Seeing Artoria's face, the Tree Herder almost wept tears of joy.
Not because he could survive, but because he was absolutely certain he hadn't made the wrong choice!
Mercenary Tao wouldn't cooperate with Solomon. He wasn't wrong!
(End of Chapter)
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