novelraw #260 - Section 260
#260 - Section 260
Those who didn't know were green with envy, secretly grumbling that Rommel had gotten his position through back channels. He had started at least six months earlier than others, thanks to Roger.
But such discussions wouldn't change the outcome. In the virtual battlefield, Rommel's performance was the best, convincing enough to silence the critics.
As for the process, well, who told you to back the wrong horse?
In the void of the Star Realm, the ten-kilometer-long Eternal Night sailed, surrounded by escorts ranging from dozens of meters to over a thousand meters in length, passing before the Eternal Night Empress in a true steel torrent from another world.
"Good, good! With such a mighty army, I'll catch Tiberia and marry her off to a pig sooner or later!"
The Eternal Night Empress laughed heartily, teleporting to the control center of the Eternal Night. She changed into a uniform that a certain duke said was essential for commanding a warship, and put on a naval hat. The Empress's image suddenly became very sci-fi.
Prior to this, the Green Vine Empire didn't have a naval force. The countries in this world didn't focus on naval power, so the First Fleet, prepared for the expedition to another dimension, was a novelty in terms of combat style, duration, and even clothing.
It was also the first time the Empress had personally led an expedition since the Empire's deep reforms. Unfortunately, only a limited number of generals could participate, and those generals and soldiers who trained day and night in the Dreadnought Space were filled with regret.
"Generals, don't worry. The Empire has two more fleets under construction. Once they are fully integrated, there will be plenty of opportunities for battle," Angelina comforted the generals on behalf of the Empress.
Margaret pouted. She was just a step too slow, and her line was stolen.
Everyone understood that once a war started, it wouldn't stop. With gods as the target, there were no battles that could be won overnight. They had to first dismantle the believers before they could truly invade the divine kingdom.
It's just that the title of First Fleet held a special significance for competitive people, and they felt uneasy not having it.
The Empire was now politically stable and materially abundant. Angelina had allocated sufficient military supplies, and there was no need for a departure ceremony. Under the leadership of the Eternal Night Empress, the Empire's First Fleet opened a spatial gate to the target plane and began its warp journey.
This time, mortals finally stood on a similar footing with gods, no longer just resisting the invasion of those strong individuals into their own countries, but leading a powerful army out of the plane to liberate the oppressed people of other worlds.
Perhaps they didn't feel it was oppression, simply because they had never seen a better life. The Green Vine Empire would break the Church's blockade and let those people see a wider and more beautiful world.
As the warp progressed, the Eternal Night Empress, her heart surging, suddenly saw some fragmented and distorted images.
She paused slightly. It was a girl who looked extremely similar to her, but with a completely different temperament, conveying some information to her.
"I'm really sorry, I can only entrust all the burdens to you."
Before the Eternal Night Empress could digest the information, the image completely shattered.
In her hand, she held a translucent, blue Rubik's Cube, seemingly containing countless worlds, tiny yet real.
They were all fixed at a certain moment, accompanied by an incredibly large amount of faith power.
At the same moment, the warp ended, and an unfamiliar wilderness of another world unfolded before her.
The Eternal Night Empress stared blankly at the Rubik's Cube in her hand, savoring the information that flooded into her mind, vaguely aware that the scene just now was inextricably linked to the red-haired angel who had been watching the Eternal Night world.
But perhaps, she would never see that person again.
She couldn't even remember when she had met that guy during her travels through the various planes.
"I'm glad the Empire isn't so lonely. I will carry your expectations and keep going, and going."
She didn't dwell too long on things she couldn't understand, and boldly ordered the fleet to deploy, knowing that the War God Church in this world had limited strength, and a blitzkrieg with absolute power would do the trick.
The faith power contained in that blue Rubik's Cube was a vast astronomical figure, even for gods.
In her hands, even if she couldn't use it as perfectly as the Seven Gods, she could still fulfill many, many wishes of the Empire.
This was a gift, and also a responsibility.
And her shoulders had long carried the weight of a country, a world, and she wasn't afraid to add this responsibility.
As long as she eliminated the enemies and completed the tasks, that would be enough.
...
...
In a certain void and silent plane.
Roger used the bond between Afu and Shana to track down the little angel who had quietly hidden herself away, preparing to quietly settle her grudges with her main body.
He had informed the Eternal Night Empress in advance, ready to borrow magic power at any time, and also gave Lydia the coordinates, ready to smash her with the God-slaying weapon if necessary—
The benefit of biological weapons is that even if they are not fully completed, they can still be put into battle, and may even have higher combat power than when they are finally completed.
Because with Lydia's crazy modifications, what needs to be adjusted in the end is actually stability and safety. The various equipment on the God-slaying weapon at the beginning must be of the type with full output.
But when he found the information and rushed to this plane, he found that it was much quieter than he expected, and there was no earth-shattering war as he had anticipated.
"Could she have been instantly killed?" Roger guessed that the gap between Shana and her main body would be very large, but she had worked hard in the Empire for so many years, and still had many hidden tricks. If she was solved so silently, Roger would look down on her.
"She's still alive... but her emotions are not right." Afu's connection with Shana was very close, after all, she was the cat master and he was the cat servant, a key link in guiding Shana to integrate into the Empire.
Soon Roger found Shana, who was staring blankly at the void, her face full of reminiscence.
"Could it be that you met in a spring breeze and jade dew, and you're still savoring it now, and Nalinair hasn't come yet?" Roger asked provocatively.
If it were before, Shana would definitely have exploded and retorted, but at this moment she just raised her eyelids, glanced at him, and whispered, "She came."
"You actually beat her?"
"I didn't fight."
"???"
Roger was full of incomprehension. Shana had Nalinair's memory, knew a lot of secrets of the Seven Gods, and to keep them secret, it was most reliable to eliminate them.
Moreover, her independent existence itself meant that there was a problem with Nalinair. In order to eliminate evidence and protect herself, she had a million reasons to kill Shana.
As a result, she specifically left information and made an appointment to meet Shana, but didn't take action after meeting her. This was very inconsistent with the style of existence at that level.
Could it be just to chat and see if her clone was living a romantic enough life?
Shana knew that Roger definitely couldn't understand. In the eyes of the Empire, the Seven Gods camp was an absolute enemy, especially Nalinair, who treated the other six gods as fools, was the most cunning and difficult enemy, and it couldn't be more careful.
She also understood the reason why Nalinair left these impressions on the world, and didn't explain anything.
She just pursed her lips and threw herself into Roger's arms with grievance: "From now on, I only have you!"
"You?" Roger tasted the word, and unconsciously thought of what had just happened between the two people, and the girl's initiative, and inexplicably felt a little green on his head.
Shana noticed his gaze and immediately knew that he was thinking crookedly, and stomped on his foot fiercely: "It refers to everyone in the Empire... is that all you have in your head?"
Roger rubbed her little head, too lazy to argue with her: "So, shouldn't you tell me, what exactly happened?"
"Yes, listen carefully, and don't make any jokes!"
Shana looked very serious, and didn't make trouble anymore. She put her face on his chest and hugged him tightly, as if only in this way could she find her foothold in the world.
Afu immediately turned around, pretending to look at the scenery in a void.
Oh, the relationship between these two people is not simple!
If the hug just now could be explained as comfort between friends, then the intimacy at this time must be explained by the fact that the two people have a special relationship.
I didn't see anything, I don't know anything, but if His Majesty asks in the future, I will definitely answer truthfully.
As the origin of the Dreadnought Space and the carrier of the System Child Project, Afu is hidden in the Empire as the "God of Hope", and his status is very transcendent.
Whether it's with Roger or the Eternal Night Empress, or the magicians of various institutions, he has very close interactions.
He often sees some unclear things, and has learned the method of protecting himself:
If no one asks, I will never say.
If someone asks, then I will tell the truth, and any trouble caused is not my business~
Although he turned around, Afu still pricked up his ears and turned on all his senses to find out what happened in this space before they arrived...
In fact, things are not complicated. Nalinair, as Shana's main body, came to see her, but not to deal with her clone left outside, but to entrust more memories to her, putting on a gesture of farewell.
Shana was originally an accidental product of the struggle between the Empire and the Seven Gods, and the ambush set by Roger and the Eternal Night Empress.
Of course, not that kind of accident!
But in the final analysis, Shana doesn't have much sense of belonging to either the Empire or the Seven Gods, because she has no past, no future, and is just a product floating between the two camps that suddenly came into this world.
She knew that she couldn't go back to the Seven Gods, but she didn't feel good about the Empire for a long time, but she really didn't know where to go, so she stayed here...
Then she was tricked into becoming one of her own by Roger's undercover plan, in all senses.
But she always has to live, so what can she do?
Shana doesn't have many people she cares about, doesn't have many things she cares about, but lives with curiosity and a sense of experience, and every extra bit of wonderfulness she gains every day is a profit.
In this state of mind, she lives quite carefree.
Occasionally, she will think about whether the things she does will change the Empire, and whether she will leave her own traces in the long river of time.
If the Seven Gods win, everything in the Empire will definitely be erased, and then her existence will not be known by anyone, right?
Of course, literature is just occasionally on her mind, and anyway, there are not many years left, and it is meaningless to be sentimental.
Nalinair wanted to settle accounts with her, and after she understood a period of cause and effect, she directly accepted the appointment.
She came with the determination to die, but she survived.
As the main body, Nalinair did not pursue her fall and betrayal, and treated this clone with extra gentleness.
She is just Shana's more memories.
Those experiences after being created by the God of Knowledge, constantly growing as an ordinary angel, managing different worlds after becoming a Time Shepherd, until she awakened her own consciousness and began to think about her position...
Even in this process, Nalinair was still the most capable angel under the God of Knowledge, but she had already become estranged from the Seven Gods.
She secretly made a lot of preparations, trying to look at the world from the perspective of believers, and experienced the wonderfulness of the short lives of mortals.
They look as humble as dust, but they float freely with the wind.
Before meeting Shana, Nalinair made one last effort to try to get rid of the control of the God of Knowledge.
She failed and was noticed by the eyes of the gods.
"So she gave me memories, and can only give me those memories, let me live for her, but don't live like her... that's probably it?"
Shana pouted, actually a little confused.
Roger was also stunned, and subconsciously said: "What, such a shrewd guy is actually a literary youth?"
"Tui tui tui, the world is getting worse, starting from literary youth becoming a curse word."
Shana couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, but also told him the information she knew.
ps. Recently in very bad condition, suddenly remembered, I seem to still have typos and owe updates that I haven't finished...
Oh my god, how is October about to end, the leaves outside are all yellow...
Chapter 237 Make Mortals Great Again
The memories Nalinair gave Shana were not all, and hid a lot of important things.
Probably because she has been exposed, if the memories involve too many things about the gods, as long as Shana remembers them, there is a possibility that she will be implicated.
The God of Knowledge and the other six gods are not at the same level at all. Among the gods, only he knows the location of the God King.
However, although the deletions and revisions are extremely serious, through these fragments, it is enough for Shana to understand what kind of angel Nalinair is.
Perhaps, that is also her past, her origin.
Shana's life seems very successful, and her days can be very happy, but in Shana's heart, she exists in the world like a lonely ghost.
She is not like ordinary people, born, growing up, enjoying the care of her parents, experiencing school education, and then having the confusion of adolescence, accepting various information in society, and gradually establishing her own three views.
When Shana was born, she inherited Shatty's body, and she was already a mature woman. The confusion of childhood and the troubles of adolescence were born in her at the same time, not to mention the conflict of camps.
The growth of angels is also different from ordinary people. They are tools, not to mention that Shana's memories are incomplete.
She is free, but she is also a kite with a broken string. She seems to have a flourishing career and experiences various luxury enjoyments, but her heart cannot be pondered deeply, and she will find that it is a void.
If Roger were in her shoes, he might accept this setting. After all, in his opinion, Shana is able to fight, smart, and beautiful, and it is definitely the beginning of a chosen child. Why would she still be dissatisfied?
Perhaps Nalinair's bones do have a literary tendency, and she will think about those things that don't exist.
Perhaps this issue can be approached this way: something like Daiyu burying flowers would only happen to a young lady from a wealthy family like the Jias, who have no worries about food and clothing. For ordinary people struggling to make a living, food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are like several mountains weighing them down. After climbing over one, there's another. The whole world doesn't allow people to be idle, so naturally, there's no time to lament the spring and grieve the autumn.
But someone like Xana has too much, yet she's not like the Eternal Night Empress, who has an empire to protect...
So, normal people have a longing for a happy life, but for Xana, she always ponders, what is happiness?
She's almost used to that feeling of being out of sync with everyone else in the world. Suddenly learning that she also has a past, her mood is naturally quite complex.
Humans are different from animals; they not only need to be fed and clothed but also need rich emotional experiences, gradually understand themselves, learn to get along with the world, and understand what they really want to have a sense of happiness.
Of course, this is usually something that more complete people think about after satisfying their basic needs. Thinking about such questions too early in the struggle to complete this stage can lead to nihilism, turning them into recluses or freaks.
The hermit's heart is either very satisfied or very indignant, but it's all in a way that ordinary people don't understand, and they can easily head towards tragedy.