Three Towers Game

Chapter 290 The Archer's Dilemma

When Albert's fist hovered menacingly above Sagittarius's head, Sagittarius knew that unless time ended and he was summoned back to the Chaos Realm, he would never be able to gain the upper hand again and fire the Arrow of Doom.

In other words, an impossible outcome was laid out before him.

As a constellation with certain combat attributes, he lost.

He lost to a human.

Albert's fist carried a destructive intent.

Sagittarius has no doubt that the other party will kill them the moment they try to resist.

Because this man is someone whose will cannot be broken even by the arrow of nothingness.

There are still a few minutes and fifty seconds left before the time runs out.

He lay on the ground, no longer struggling.

When Wen Xishu caught his own arrow, that was when he was most terrified. When Albert threw his punch, that was when his mind was filled with the most chaotic thoughts.

He did not overcome the shadows of his childhood.

But now, the fear is gradually fading, and distracting thoughts are beginning to dissipate.

Sagittarius's gaze was somewhat unfocused:

"Albert...why did you have to do this?"

Albert could tell that the other side had lost all will to fight and had been completely defeated.

Wen Xishu had already begun gathering intelligence, so he didn't mind spending the remaining few minutes chatting with this god who was about to fall, in the manner of a victor.

"Are you asking about this duel? I've been through countless bloody battles. In my tower-climbing process, you are indeed the strongest, but our duel was not the most dangerous one."

"I did this simply because it was something I felt I had to achieve."

Albert looked down at Sagittarius:
"If you're willing to tell me about Jin Zhenyuan, perhaps I'll consider it..."

After a pause, Albert shook his head and said:
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't let you go. I will kill you before time runs out. Because our feud is already established, if someone like you returns to a safe place where you can't be found."

"That would be too much trouble."

Sagittarius suddenly asked:
"Is this your limit, Albert...? The eighth arrow, can you catch it?"

Albert said frankly:
“I have indeed reached my limit. I can’t withstand the eighth arrow. Perhaps I can in a while, but obviously, I won’t give you that chance. And you seem to have even more powerful methods.”

“I am an old man, and old men don’t have much of a future to compete with young people, so the best thing to do is to stifle young people.”

The arrow of the end.

Sagittarius does indeed have an even more powerful method, which is his strongest arrow, completely different from the previous eight arrows. It is a method that can only be used four times in a lifetime.

That was also the secret technique he used to kill Leo.

But it was all meaningless now. He had lost; he had been defeated by the man before him. Perhaps he had used the eighth arrow from the beginning, perhaps he hadn't shot that arrow at Wen Xishu at all, perhaps he had chosen to lie low this time, perhaps this duel had ignored Wen Xishu...

You can win on your own.

But all these words are meaningless. There are no "maybes" in life. Albert is the winner, without a doubt.

"For what purpose? What is the meaning of killing me?"

Sagittarius accepted the fact that he was going to die.

Compared to his initial arrogance, he now appeared remarkably clear-headed. No matter how many reasons he could find for himself, he was undeniably subdued by Albert's punch.

Albert checked the time; there were still two minutes and forty seconds left.

Logically speaking, Wen Xishu should be able to obtain the information from the bullet comments very quickly.

But this time it was a bit slow.

Sagittarius said:

"Mental barrage, combined with mixed feelings, right? This changes the nature of mental barrage, making it invasive."

"Since I am destined to die, I will not put up a fight, but even so, it will take him some time to sneak into my barrage of attacks."

Albert didn't know if it was true or not, since Wen Xishu usually finished in an instant.

Furthermore, Sagittarius, who can shoot arrows of nothingness, must have no weaknesses in terms of mental strength.

He frowned:
"When the time comes, I will kill you."

Sagittarius doesn't doubt, and readily admits:

"I don't know what you've been through, but the fire of revenge within you is something that even the person you love most can't extinguish."

Even if Martina and Alessia were resurrected, they could not persuade Albert to give up killing all the monsters.

Albert nodded:
"Yes, killing you means that humanity has taken a giant leap forward in its efforts to expel all kinds of monsters."

“You are no longer above me. I believe your death is just the beginning, and you will not be the last constellation to die by my hand.”

"From this day forward, the bunker will have new heroes who will cross the seventy floors of the Tower of Slaughter and will reach my position in the coming years."

"There will be many more like me in the future."

"Have you seen that child?"

Albert pointed to Wen Xishu, and of course, to Xun Hui and the others behind him who had been lying low and had been practically invisible throughout the entire match.

Xun Hui's expression was now filled with shame. He hadn't expected that Wen Xishu could play a key role in such a duel, while he could only hide.

Of course, Albert didn't care about any of that.

Because he believes these people are the pillars of the future.

In the future, they will all possess astonishing combat power.

They will no longer be afraid of zodiac signs, because they have proven that zodiac signs can be defeated.

Humanity's ignorance and fear of the constellations will be greatly diminished after this battle. Humanity will also not be arrogant, for they too are aware of the power of the constellations.

This battle will inevitably be a turning point in history.

Albert was filled with boundless enthusiasm:

“We will eventually leave the bunker, return to our world, and drive out all your strange creatures.”

Sagittarius suddenly smiled:
"Hahahaha...hahahahahaha..."

Throughout the duel with Albert, it was Albert who was smiling. But now that the duel is over, Sagittarius suddenly bursts into laughter.

"So that's what it was all about. So you thought... killing me would give you a brighter future, huh? Hahahaha..."

“Albert, I don’t have much authority. I can kill those who cross the line, but I’m not the one who caused many people to become those who cross the line. I’m just acting in accordance with the treaty.”

"Of course, if you kill me, there won't be such a treaty, but do you think... you'll still have a future?"

Albert was puzzled.

Sagittarians don't seem to be lying because the other person has genuinely given up resisting.

He would absolutely not stop killing the other person because of their words. Unless—

There's a reason why Sagittarians absolutely cannot die.

“I was wrong. I thought you were arranged by my older brothers and sisters. I thought that you killed me so forcefully, even at a great cost, to obtain the ‘Destined Duel’ because you had obtained the power of my older brothers and sisters.”

“You are indeed geniuses, especially you and that person. He has many of my older brothers and sisters’ traits, so from the beginning, I thought this duel was… arranged by them.”

"But it's not like that, hahahaha, I have to admit, this really surprised me. You know, the difficulty of the Ghost Tower is not evenly distributed. Sometimes some low-level Ghost Towers contain some high-level items, which makes the difficulty even surpass some high-level Ghost Towers."

"And as far as I know, it's almost impossible for a climber who meets the requirements of the natural level to obtain the destiny duel in the world of obsession without the help of external forces." In fact, even the constellations don't know what's inside the Tower of Mysteries.

But Sagittarius knew very well what his only weakness was, so he searched for a long time for the location of the Three Towers Sequence: Fateful Duel.

He was also convinced that it was a nearly impossible task.

“It would be absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to withstand my Annihilation Arrow. I know you, Albert, because you have already reached the ninety-seventh level.”

“But there is no such person in the Tower of Ghosts. There should be no one in the Tower of Ghosts who can withstand my arrows at this stage.”

"Everything should have been done by my older brothers and sisters."

Albert listened and found it made a lot of sense. Indeed, Wenxi Tree's ability to block the Arrow of Annihilation was the key to this duel.

But why?

“But now I know that you relied on your own strength. That guy is indeed a genius, a genius like you. He is simply a miracle worker.”

"But you will fail."

There is one and a half minutes left.

In the last minute and a half, both of them seemed to speak faster. Sagittarius also wanted to survive, and he had to give his important reason why he absolutely could not die.

Albert also asked:
"why?"

Sagittarius said:
"You guys are really amazing for defeating me, especially since you didn't rely on any external forces. But if you had relied on external forces, at least you would have other zodiac signs to rely on in the future."

“But right now, you give me the feeling that you want to kill all the constellations. But Albert, if I die today, I will be the last constellation you kill.”

"If you kill me here, you will never be able to kill any other constellations."

"Because you got one thing wrong from the very beginning."

"Do you think you're the only ones who are pure and innocent? Do you think only major powers have plans to create gods?"

"The essence of the Three Towers War is the creation of a god."

"We, the seventeen constellations, were also born to create gods."

"The existence of your three towers is also for the purpose of creating gods."

“If your purpose is merely to drive out all other invaders, then killing me now will surely lead to your enslavement.”

"Because there are seventeen of us... no, there are sixteen now. If one of us dies, the rest will become stronger."

"If it were those four weak constellations, their deaths wouldn't significantly increase our strength. But if I were to die... all the other constellations would receive a massive boost."

“Even you, Albert, have little chance of defeating Leo now. If I die, then Leo will be invincible to you.”

"And then there's Scorpio, the one who loves to play games with the world; many more people will inevitably become part of his game."

"And then there's Pisces; her time manipulation abilities will be able to eliminate even more interference..."

“Killing me would greatly amplify their impact.”

"It's like how killing them greatly amplifies my power. I can foresee that if you had killed one of the other eleven, you would have been pierced by my arrows today. I can even easily fire several arrows at the same time."

"Why do you think we haven't been fighting each other by now? It's because we're not sure who's closest to God under this immense power amplification!"

After Sagittarius finished speaking at an extremely fast pace, Albert didn't have much time left.

He suddenly found himself in a state where he couldn't do anything about Sagittarius.

It has to be said that Sagittarius really left Albert with a huge problem.

If Sagittarius goes back now, Xun Hui and the others will still not dare to step into the seventieth floor in the future.

And if you encounter a Sagittarius again in the future, they will definitely not be arrogant.

But this situation is not hopeless.

After all, Sagittarius's authority isn't high. Among the twelve zodiac signs, Sagittarius can only eliminate those who cross the line.

Because of a certain treaty, the bunker dwellers on floors 70 to 75 will be considered transgressors.

Perhaps solving this problem, rather than dealing with the marksman, will allow us to weather this storm.

But what if we kill the archer?

If Sagittarius wasn't lying, then killing Sagittarius would make the remaining eleven zodiac signs truly bizarre.

They might have been able to fight each other long ago, but everyone was afraid that such a fight would break a certain balance of power.

All the zodiac signs, except for the strongest one, are probably thinking, "Why don't we kill the strongest one first?"

The strongest one might be the lion.

Albert was indeed at a loss for what to do.

The countdown has reached its final thirty seconds.

Either kill Sagittarius and trigger a future hellish scenario, or spare Sagittarius.

In fact, even if we spared Sagittarius, humanity has achieved an unprecedented victory.

“I am different from the other beings in the Tower of Ruth. If I am killed, they will be resurrected. I am real. If I die, then I am truly dead.”

"Slaughter, cunning, desire—all those prefixes that define me will lead to my death."

"Albert, make your choice."

Albert hesitated for a moment before punching.

But without a doubt, it can still end Sagittarius's life in the shortest amount of time.

Sagittarius seems tired too; he's saying all this simply in the hope that humanity will understand the situation.

“When I was a child, I was of average talent and I was always suppressed. I thought... that plan must be meaningless, at least for me, it was meaningless.”

"The god of the bunker, the god of various countries, or the god of the constellations... I am probably just a participant, but the one who ultimately becomes a god is not me."

“Now, it seems I’ve really proven myself to be terrible. Ha, Albert, you might become the god of the bunker. Kill me, die under your fists. My brothers and sisters will surely mock me, but I don’t feel ashamed.”

Fifteen seconds.

Albert was clearly hesitant.

The archer was also eager to see what choice this man, who could use the fire of vengeance to dissolve the arrow of nothingness in the shortest amount of time, would make.

But at this moment, Wen Xishu suddenly woke up.

As soon as Wen Xishu woke up, he immediately said:
“I’m sorry, Principal, I’ve taken up some time. We can’t kill him, but we can’t let him go either.”

Albert's heart raced. Although the old man was unparalleled in combat, this kind of situation was not his forte. Fortunately, Wen Xishu always managed to bring about miracles.

There is rarely a perfect solution in this world, but a miracle is the best way to achieve both.

Wen Xishu checked the time:

"It's alright, we're still in time. Principal, we'd better hold him back. I need to begin the ceremony."

Sagittarius realized that Wen Xishu seemed to be trying to force him to stay, but that was impossible. He had originally thought that such a thing was impossible to do.

Although it is unknown what kind of memories Wen Xishu gained from his own fear-filled bullet comments, he will return to his comfort zone when the time comes.

That's what he was thinking, but the smile on his face suddenly froze. Because he saw an item that shouldn't be there.

Something that, in his eyes, was even more incredible than the fateful duel.

"How do you have such a thing?"

(End of this chapter)