Last Totem Novel - Chapter 441
Chapter 441 Absolute
“I know you’re not afraid of death.” After an unknown amount of time, You Ge puts away his sword, turns around and jumps off the table and says faintly. She remembers the family records saying: “They may be stupid, backward, stubborn, but they never lack true courage. Never try to convince them, because that is impossible. All we can do is erase them from the map.”
This was a note left behind by the ancestors who had participated in the Battle of Blood Weeping. Only at this moment did she truly understand the meaning of this sentence. She liked his courage and admiration for his persistence, but when all of this appeared in front of her, it made her feel incomparably desperate.
As a Lombar, she knew her family’s old enemies, and as a woman, she knew who she liked.
It was precisely because he was brave that he did not yield. It was precisely because he was persistent that he was unable to be convinced. The only thing she could do was erase his existence. There seemed to be no other choice.
When she thought of this, her heart skipped a beat and her face revealed a fierce expression. She gritted her teeth and asked, “Do you really think I won’t kill you?”
“Whether or not you will kill me is actually not important …” Tie Zha revealed a bitter smile and said, “Most importantly, there is no compromise between us.”
“Yes, no compromise” She lowered her head and replied thoughtfully.
After a long silence, she suddenly looked up at the ceiling and asked, “What is the enemy of humanity?” The voice was like an orchid in the Void Valley. It was as if it was asking him a question, but it was also as if it was muttering to itself.
“I don’t know.” Obviously, this question was too profound for Tie Zha.
“For a thousand years, the swarm of bees and ants has never stopped harassing us, and the demons have never given up the idea of invading us.” She turned around and looked at him, starry-eyed, as if she wanted to suck in his soul.
“There are still many unknown enemies in the deep sky who are secretly peeking at our world.”
“Did you know that the Seventh and Ninth legions of the Dawn Expeditionary Army are fighting against the foreign races in the Dark Plane?” At this point, You Ge accentuates her tone and says in a deep voice, “If it weren’t for our Temple, the world would have been destroyed long ago.”
“We should be able to see farther, not tangle with our past grievances.” She concluded.
Tie Zha didn’t say anything and just looked at her quietly.
“We can gradually upgrade the status of insecticides so that some of those who abide by the World Convention have the same rights as those who live on the ground.”
“Forget about the past and protect this world with me, okay?” She pleaded.
Facing this tempting proposal, he really wanted to nod, but in the end, he shook his head helplessly. He wanted the Sacred Flame to be brilliant, could she give it to him? He wants all living beings to be equal, can she give it to him? He wants 29,512 heroes to rest in peace. Can she give them to him?
“Tie Zha Northess, don’t you understand? You and those so-called fire seeds are just tiny ants to the Temple and the World Council. Any one of the five legions of the Dawn Expeditionary Army can crush you into pieces.”
“Not to mention, we still have the Temple Crusaders.”
“Sixty percent of the world’s Saint-ranked experts are in the Stone Fortress. What are you going to use to contend against them?”
“Stop dreaming and wishful thinking! Your sacred flame has long since become a thing of the past.”
“Didn’t the Snake Race of the Far East also accept the change?” After saying that, You Ge lowered her eyes and waited for his reply.
“Actually” After a long period of silence, Tie Zha took a deep breath and slowly said, “I’m a very simple person. I haven’t read many books and don’t know much.”
“I only know that Old Man Tie once told me that everyone should have their own dignity. No one is born nobler than anyone else.”
“Although I don’t think I’m a good person, I’m not bad either. As long as other people don’t attack me, I won’t attack others.”
“However, because I was born an insect, I didn’t dare to go anywhere. I hid in the shadows every day for fear that others would discover my identity.”
“Could it be my fault? Could it be that I can decide my own birth? Could it be that my coming to this world was a mistake?” He asked again and again.
“There is no absolute right or wrong in this world, nor is there absolute equality. This is politics.” You Ge said.
“The world is so big and there are only so many resources. We can only allocate them to a small portion of the elite.”
“Correspondingly, this group of elites should also take on the responsibility of guarding this world.”
“Even if it’s a legion, aren’t there also combatants and logistical personnel?”
“Great nobles, territory nobles, small nobles, commoners, ground people, do their own jobs, do their own things, isn’t that right?” You Ge asks.
‘”Alright” Tie Zha nodded and said, “Then please tell me why the news that the fruit of Canghai Xiye Mulberry can neutralize the sorbic toxin was deliberately concealed? Why isn’t Canghai Xiye Mulberry planted in large areas in the Northern Wilderness and the Southern Cemetery Wilderness?”
“Oh” This question obviously stopped the wise princess of the Temple. She thought for a while and said brutally, “This is politics.”
“Your so-called politics is to use your own advantages to suppress the development of others, so as to achieve the goal of long-term rule.” Tie Zha concluded. To put it bluntly, the lands of the Western Continent, the Central Continent, and the Golden Triangle could grow crops. Therefore, they did not want the central and southern parts of the Northern Wilderness, as well as the southern cemeteries, to be self-sufficient in food.
“This is politics.” You Ge emphasizes once again that this is the core interest of the nobles of Silver City. She can’t make concessions, not even the slightest change.
“So” Tie Zha spread out his hands and said seriously, “there’s no room for compromise between us.”
“Then please die!” You Ge’s face turns cold as he threatens in a deep voice.
“May the sacred flame be glorious.” Tie Zha calmly raised her head and met her gaze.
The two looked at each other for a while. You Ge slowly pulled out his sword and sliced open the table with a whoosh. Then, he cut off a piece of his sleeve and forcefully smashed it on his face. Then, he walked away without turning his head back.
Cutting off one’s robes, cutting off one’s righteousness, and cutting off one’s ties with the earth were precisely the allusions of
Before leaving, You Ge instructs the Warden who saw him off, “Throw him to the bottom.”
“Ah? The lowest level?” The warden hurriedly asked.
“Yes, at the bottom.” You Ge repeated.
The Warden broke out in cold sweat and asked with some uncertainty, “The documents you sent last time …” He had to ask in detail, because those who sent them to the bottom would usually die.
“Void.” You Ge says somewhat irritably.
The Warden immediately bowed and replied, “As you wish, my princess.”
The next afternoon, after lunch, Tie Zha was taken to an open space in the middle of the castle by prison guards.
“Enjoy it. Perhaps … this is the last time you see the sun.” The guard said a strange thing with some sympathy.
Then he dragged the heavy shackles to a corner of the open space and began to chat with the club and the others.
“What? He said that you were the last to go out!” Hearing Tie Zha’s words, the hammer asked in surprise.
“Probably that’s what I meant.” Tie Zha replied.
Halfway through, the mallet subconsciously sucked in a breath of cold air and exchanged glances with the other two strong men.
“What’s the matter?” Tie Zha asked.
At this moment, the hammer seemed to recall something and hurriedly asked, “Yesterday, we saw the Temple Princess’ flagship. The person you are talking about can’t be her, right?”
“Yes.” Tie Zha nodded.
“Sigh …” The hammer sighed and said, “Brother, you have to beg for your own fortune.”
At the same time, thousands of kilometers away, in a luxurious mansion in Blackwing City, a tall young man stood up from the sofa excitedly.
“Are you saying that the Duke sent him to the lowest level of the water prison?” Quentin Mordleton asked in surprise.
“Yes, Lord.” A skinny black-clothed man said.
‘”That’s great” Quentin muttered in a low voice.
The black-clothed man made a hand gesture to cut his neck.
“No need, I want to see him slowly rot and turn into a white bone.” After saying that, Quentin burst into laughter. For hundreds of years, no one has left the low-level cell known as Deepwater Hell, which is synonymous with death.
“Lord, our men cannot enter the water prison.” The black-clothed man reminded. The guards wouldn’t go to the bottom because the smell was too bad and they wouldn’t go down without special circumstances.
“It doesn’t matter. Give them more money. Just take a few photos every once in a while and come back.” Quentin said.
The black-clothed man hesitated, but before he could finish speaking, his master kicked him.
“Trash! What’s the use of you?” Quentin roared with a ferocious expression.
“Lord, I… I…” The black-clothed man hurriedly got up and explained in a trembling voice.
“Someone!” Quentin shouted loudly. Soon, a few guards dressed in power armor ran over.
“Drag him down and skin him for the dogs!” Quentin pointed at the black-clothed man and ordered. The guard immediately grabbed the black-clothed man, buckled his wrist, and quickly controlled him.
The black-clothed man struggled in horror, hissing and pleading bitterly, “Lord … Lord … spare me … I … I know my mistake …”
In the evening, Tie Zha was taken to the dining hall by the prison guards for a sumptuous dinner. There were steaks, fruits and vegetables, and rice from the Far East.
At a quarter past eight, under the escort of several prison guards, he walked down the winding stone stairs to a deep underground well. Through the beam of light from the flashlight, one could see that there were many rusty iron cages all around. Then, a few sturdy prison guards walked forward and worked hard to turn the winch beside the well.
“Hualala …”
Along with the sound of chains sliding, an iron cage slowly descended from above.
“Let’s go in.” As he spoke, the two guards pushed Tie Zha into the cage, one on the left and one on the right, and signaled the other guards to continue turning the winch.
“Hualala … Hualala … Hualala …”
The iron cage slowly sank. A few minutes later, with a “clang” sound, it stopped on a platform. After Tie Zha came out, the cage slowly rose.
“Good luck.” A deep echo came from above.
Not long after, the surroundings quieted down, leaving only the faint sound of water flowing. This place was pitch black, without any light. The air was very humid, and it was suffused with a faint stench of decay. He narrowed his eyes, raised his hands, and knocked on each other hard.
With a loud bang, the shackles on his wrists collided and sparks splashed everywhere, reflecting the surrounding stone walls red.
With the help of this faint light, one could see a very small platform beneath one’s feet. There was a circular area in front of one’s feet that was filled with water everywhere, and there was no end to it.
Clang!
He took a few steps forward, left the platform, waded through the water at his waist, and knocked again. In an instant, he saw a row of half-human-tall holes cut through the surrounding stone walls, about a meter and a half above the surface of the water. It is not difficult to see that it is a place for prisoners to live.
After a while, he walked to the bottom of a stone wall, climbed up, and drilled into the hole.
Clang!
In order to see what was happening in the cave, he knocked on the shackles again and frowned. There was a swollen corpse lying in the hole that was less than three meters deep.