Alien world

Chapter 1812, Section 445: Blocking the Way Again

As the bard, holding his lute, whispered, a faint killing intent rose around him.

He gave Annan the task of getting close to the succubus queen, but Annan did not do so.

Annan did not respond, silently sensing the barren land beneath his feet. He was still within the anti-magic zone, but a few dozen meters away, where the bard was fighting, abundant magical elements were surging... Perhaps the bard knew this, which was why he deliberately blocked this spot.

But that's all. The summoning crystal isn't restricted by magic suppression, not to mention there are people like Biros, who can easily stall until they step out of the magic suppression zone.

Therefore, Annan did not care about the bard's attitude, and even criticized him: "You have the idea of ​​order. We in the chaotic camp do whatever we want."

"Are you teaching me what chaos is?" the bard retorted, his murderous intent growing stronger, prompting Russ to return.

“The fact that you think that way shows you don’t understand chaos at all.” Annan shook his head. “You still cling to the idea that ‘I’m better than you, so who are you to tell me what to do?’ and you categorize everything into superior and inferior. That’s typical order-oriented thinking!”

"A false sense of chaos: I have more experience than you, so you must listen to me; I am more powerful than you, so you must listen to me; I have more knowledge than you, so you must listen to me; I am of higher status than you, so you must listen to me."

"True chaos: regardless of gender, age, race, or strength, no one is superior or inferior; if what you say makes sense, it is truth; if what you say makes no sense, it is nonsense!"

"continue."

Annan had no idea, so he made up a story to continue delaying: "There is a story: Two robbers sneaked into the city to drink, and they passed by the gallows in the square. The younger robber said, 'This thing is really damned, it makes us have to hide here and there.'"

The old robber said, "You should thank it. Without it, who knows how many people would come to steal our food."

What lesson did you learn from this?

The bard thought, "How can the truth of chaos be revealed without the backdrop of order?"

"Wrong! There's no absolutely correct answer to something just because it's there. If you say one plus one equals two, is that right? But if I say a man and a woman equal three, four, five, six, and seven, is that wrong?"

The bard's murderous intent gradually faded: "You always have an endless supply of reasons to give."

“Because the truth becomes clearer through debate.” Annan raised his head. “Order always assumes it has the truth, but the truth is just there, and anyone can interpret it.”

"Bard, the current chaos is not chaos at all. Rather, it is a group of despicable thieves who are stigmatizing chaos and usurping its place to mislead the world into believing that chaos is real!"

The bard felt Annam was being a bit extreme: "Why do you say that?"

"What is the essence of chaos? Disorder! What is disorder? Change! What is change? Everything I do corresponds to this word!"

“I stripped the nobles of their status that had been passed down for hundreds and thousands of years, disintegrated the lofty regime, turned high-ranking officials into slaves, and let the devil enjoy peace. Order is ice, chaos is water. I broke the ice and let it melt into water.”

"Therefore, I am the child of chaos, because I embody true chaos: to change the world forever!"

Annan said whatever came to mind, applying whatever came to mind, his main characteristic being a lack of logic. But ironically... the mentally unstable bards were drawn to this.

He had been searching for what true chaos was, and Annan's words inspired him to some extent.

"You passed."

Under the moonlight, the bard's silhouette gradually faded, leaving only his whispers drifting in the night sky.

"I expect you to bring real chaos to the world. Remember, you will always be a member of the Chaos Cult..." "Then remember to visit Liberty City often; I happen to have a friend who likes to join various organizations, I'd like to introduce you to—"

Annan waited for a while, then waved for Ruth and the others to come back.

The six-armed serpent demon pondered for a moment: "Was that a bard from the Chaos Cult? Why did he stop you?"

"Because I betrayed him and sided with Lady Lilith. But I threatened him that Lady Lilith already knew everything, which scared him away," Annan vaguely brushed off the question.

They resumed their journey and successfully crossed the ever-expanding boundary of the magic-free zone.

The abundant magical energy made Anan feel light all over, and the stagnant magical vortex in his consciousness began to spin faster, even causing dozens of strands of faith power surrounding him to swirl around him more quickly.

Along with this, his thinking ability, which had always been suppressed by his succubus nature, was also liberated, allowing Annan to understand some things he hadn't understood before.

For example, the infiltration plan was not planned... As the commander of the Succubus Queen and the head of the Demon Camp, Biros must know a lot of secrets.

Once the corruption...purifies her, the truth about what the chaotic forces are up to and the magic-suppressing domain will naturally be revealed.

Not long after they resumed their journey, something else caught up with them from behind: Aidan and Albek caught up.

How did you know my escape route?

Let Russ continue leading Biros to a distance. Annan subtly scanned the surrounding ratmen, who could find him accurately one by one. He suspected there was a spy in the group.

“Where else can you go if you want to return to Free City?” Prince Aidan replied.

“That makes sense.” Annan thought it made a lot of sense, and looked at the “gray rat” beside him: “Mr. Albek, did you need something from me?”

Albek spoke, his voice weak: "Annan, I can't tell you right now. I need to seal myself away to escape the control of the evil energy. I need you to send my body back to Montreal Mountain."

Annan paused for a moment, then said seriously, "Leave it to me."

Now was not the time to ask Albek what had happened. Seeing him curled up in a ball, lifeless, Annan turned to Prince Aidan: "What happened?"

“Albek has already gotten what he wanted. I’m helping him escape, so I can leave with you,” Prince Aidan said.

"Aidan, you still say you're not on the human side!"

Prince Aidan remained noncommittal, urging Annan to depart immediately.

Of course, they had to set off quickly. The pursuers, who were originally demons and McKenne ratmen, suddenly had an additional force of Stunn ratmen. Annan didn't want his identity to be discovered by the Stunn ratmen.

But what you fear most is what happens most – the group that was moving swiftly through the night was gradually caught up by a group of ratmen, led by an old acquaintance of Annam, the ratman elder.

The dimensional rats blinked, blocking their path. Annan had no choice but to stop. If he had known there would be this trouble, he would have lured a few gargoyles first.

"You demonic creatures, where are you going?" The ratman elder, leaning on his spinal cane, stepped forward with a chilling air.

"I am carrying out Lady Lilith's secret mission, Stuun ratman, why are you stopping us?"

(End of this chapter)