I, Viego, conquer Terra!

Gwen is a doll born of love, so she has great curiosity and kindness towards this new world, and also has compassion for innocent people.

——But the Ruined King wants to destroy everything in the world just to have his dead lover back in his arms.

In Gwen's eyes, Viego, the former king of Kamavia, was neither a bad person nor a hateful one.

But after Isolder's death, this tyrannical, cruel and insane King of Ruined King was an absolute bad guy. In addition, every meeting between her and Viego was not pleasant, and she had no way to communicate with him at all. How could she not hate him?

Hearing Gwen's answer, Viego touched his face subconsciously.

That was true. After all, I inherited the shell of the Ruined King. In the eyes of others who knew me, I had naturally inherited everything that the Ruined King had done.

I only remember that Gwen rarely met me after she woke up, but I forgot that the Soul-harrowing Night every year in Runeterra was the work of the Ruined King.

"So, Miss Gwen, who is this man?" A dull, neutral, and slightly questioning electronic voice came from the heavy power armor. Mudstone looked at Gwen and said:

"If we fight in the city, a lot of things will be destroyed, and it will also attract the people responsible for maintaining law and order."

Mudstone simply raised the sledgehammer, but did not make any move to attack. He just looked at Gwen in confusion, then at Viego, and adopted an attitude that was closer to neutral.

The first rule that mercenaries who make a living in Kazdel must remember is - don't become a knife in someone's hand without knowing it.

This was the first time she had met Viego, and Gwen had only known him for two days, so it was normal for Mudrock to remain neutral and try to keep the peace between the two.

Mudrock's words really work.

After two days of getting along, Gwen has confirmed that Mudstone is a good person, so she will naturally listen to what Mudstone says.

In addition, Viego really did not have any intention of taking action. Instead, he had an attitude that was completely different from before and could be communicated with.

So Gwen hesitated for a moment, and her tense posture relaxed a little.

But she still stared at Viego, with obvious confusion in her large, bright, heterochromatic eyes.

Before parting, Isolde said that Viego was still replenishing and strengthening the power of the Curse of Ruin through endless killing.

Then Viego should still be the tyrannical, cruel, crazy man in her memory, who always missed Isolde.

Why does it seem like he is so...

normal?

Chapter 79: The dogs shook their heads after hearing this

This Viego is too normal.

But this makes him seem very abnormal.

Very abnormal.

Gwen stared at the white-haired man in front of her warily. She felt that Viego's current appearance was so unfamiliar that it made her a little nervous.

If Viego took out the Ruined King's Sword right now, and rushed up to her while shouting "Isold" and "The world is in ruins" while holding the Ruined King's Sword high, then Gwen would feel much more at ease.

Gwen had never seen Viego in this state.

This unknown uncertainty actually increased her vigilance.

But Gwen was always polite.

Even though she hated Viego, Mudstone was right. Fighting in the city would disrupt order, cause damage, and attract law enforcement personnel.

So when faced with Viego, who was able to communicate, Gwen did not choose to take action.

——Gwen made up her mind that if Viego took action, she would immediately pick up the scissors and knock him down! But if he didn't take action...

The current situation is different from what Isolde said, and Gwen is facing this situation for the first time.

So she didn't know what to do.

Viego, Gwen and Mudstone were sitting in the booth of the bar at the moment, with the special cocktails freshly made by the bartender in front of them. They looked at each other in silence.

Gwen was sitting here because she was confused as to why Viego said something different from Isolde, and why he was in such a... "calm" state.

For a moment, Gwen even thought that Viego had completely forgotten Isolde and everything about the past, which was why he acted so calmly, like an ordinary mercenary, as if he didn't know her at all.

Part of the reason Mudstone sat here was that he was worried about Gwen, who obviously knew nothing about the world. He was afraid that this curious girl was being deceived or that there was some misunderstanding between her and Viego. So he was prepared to sit here and act as a "peacemaker", "middleman" and "witness".

Another reason was that Viego seemed to be interested in her and had just explicitly invited her to join the conversation, saying that he might issue a commission to her mercenary team.

Viego looked at the blue-haired girl across the table who did not hide her emotions at all and had obvious confusion and vigilance on her face: "Gwen, you look confused? Can you tell me why?"

Even now, Gwen was tightly grasping the seemingly ordinary small pair of scissors in her hand - the scissors could grow larger at any time under the power of the Holy Mist and become Gwen's most handy weapon.

This shows that even though Gwen was willing to sit down and communicate with him, she was still very nervous and alert.

But it's normal. After all, in Gwen's eyes, Viego is still the ruined king who once controlled the black fog to wreak havoc on the entire Rune Continent. It is reasonable to be wary of him.

Gwen stared at Viego with uncertainty in her eyes.

The reality happening before his eyes conflicted with what Isolde had said.

And it is a fierce conflict like fire and water cannot coexist.

Viego is supposed to be tyrannical, insane, cruel, overbearing, and only wanting to get Isolde back.

It would not be like now, sitting here calmly, relaxed, as if she had completely forgotten the past, talking to her Gwen, and even caring about Mudstone and her.

Moreover, he took the initiative to talk to her!

Viego has changed, become very strange, very...

It didn't look like Viego, at least not the Viego in Gwen's memory.

The Viego in Gwen's mind would never say something like "Can you tell me the reason?" as if to negotiate.

Strange, so strange.

"..." Viego looked at Gwen, whose eyes had lost focus and who was obviously distracted, and smiled helplessly.

This caused Miss Gwen's CPU to burn out.

Yes, in fact, I have always been quite different from the Ruined King. Even though I inherited his body, the power of the Curse of Ruined King, the Sword of the Ruined King and the black fog, I am still not the same as him.

However, Viego felt that there was nothing wrong with this. Even though he had been trying to accept the memories of the Ruined King recently, he definitely did not want to become that Ruined King.

Apart from anything else, his deep obsession with Isolde was enough to make Viego unhappy.

You are so focused on resurrecting your lover that you are blamed by Isolde and then stabbed in the back. Who can bear this?

Even the dogs would fucking shake their heads when they heard this!

Viego would physically feel nauseous at the thought of bad women. It was absolutely impossible for him to be like the Ruined King, with a thick filter and wholeheartedly focused on saving Isolde.

Gwen came back to her senses, frowned, and looked at Viego.

"Viego, you... look different than before."

"Well...you can think of me before and me now as two different people."

Gwen's doubts grew even stronger. "But you still have memories of the past, don't you? You remember me, and Isolde, and even more, everything that happened in the past... everything you did!"

"Yes, but... I am indeed two different people now. I am a brand new soul now, completely different from before." Viego explained. "Whether you believe it or not, Gwen, this is the fact."

Viego didn't think about hiding anything in front of Gwen - then again, he wasn't the type to hide things.

But obviously.

Gwen would not easily believe Viego's one-sided words.

"No... Isolde said that your power, the power of the Curse of Ruin, is still growing... You must be slaughtering innocent lives just like before!"

She stared at Viego, trying to find a hint of sarcasm, a sign of lying to her, or even a trace of longing or anger on his face.

Based on Gwen's understanding of Viego, Viego would not be able to remain calm as long as Isolde was mentioned in front of him.

If he showed even the slightest bit of pain or longing, or anger...

Then Gwen could be sure that Viego had not given up his plan to rescue Isolde, and all his previous words were just lies to play with her and deceive her.

But contrary to Gwen's expectations, there really wasn't even the slightest negative emotion on Viego's face.

Some are just complicated things that Gwen can't understand?

"Killing innocent lives...?" Viego repeated Gwen's words in a strange tone.

"The Ruin Curse in my body is indeed getting stronger, but I have never slaughtered innocent lives. I can guarantee that in this world, all the people I killed were those who provoked me first."

"Viago, you are lying to me. I am not a fool! Isolde told me that no matter you, her, or me, the time since we woke up will definitely not exceed one month."

Gwen frowned, as if grabbing Viego's chicken feet.

"I can feel your power. Are you going to tell me that in such a short time, you have killed tens of thousands of people who have provoked you?"

The blue-haired girl stood up, holding the small pair of scissors tightly in her hand, looking at Viego, her words full of warning.

"Viego, you'd better not have the idea of ​​destroying this city, otherwise... I will definitely stop you!"

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If Gwen were to choose between Isolde and Viego now.

Then Gwen would definitely choose Isolde instead of Viego.

So when the reality before him conflicted with Isolde's words, Gwen still remained suspicious of Viego.

She could feel that the Curse of Ruin in Viego's body was not too weak.

Although it is certainly not as powerful as when it accumulated for a thousand years and wreaked havoc on the entire Rune Continent in one fell swoop, it can already be considered as having reached the level of being full after plundering the lives of tens of thousands of people.

So, when Viego said that he killed only those who had provoked him first, Gwen didn't believe it at all.

——Unless in Viego's eyes, even just passing by and looking at him is considered to be provoking him.

Therefore, what Isolde said must be right, Viego must still be causing killings, plundering lives, and increasing strength!

Everything he said just now was just a lie to himself!

Gwen was a little annoyed that she had almost been deceived. She stared at Viego and said:

"Viego, I won't believe anything you say next! If you try to attack this city, I will stop you immediately!"

She didn't take action immediately, and was just concerned about the mudstone beside her.

This was a city with hundreds of thousands of people. She couldn't just fight Viego without hesitation with her fellow Sentinels of Light as she had done in Runeterra.

——Otherwise there will definitely be casualties.

Viego stared helplessly at the angry Gwen.

Forget it, if you don’t want to believe it, then don’t believe it.

After all, the impression that "I" left on others is not very good, so it is normal to think of myself as a villain.

but...

"I still have to clarify that I don't want to save Isolde right now, nor do I want to have anything to do with her, let alone the obsession of saving her and reviving her."

Viego drank the special cocktail on the table, put down the glass, stood up, looked at Gwen, and said calmly:

"However, since you don't believe me, I will take my leave first. Goodbye, Gwen. I hope that next time we meet, we won't fight with swords - I don't have any bad feelings towards you."

He nodded politely to Mudstone. "Goodbye, Captain Mudstone. Perhaps we will have a chance to cooperate in the future."

"...Goodbye." A neutral electronic voice came from under the heavy armor. "My team is resting at the Gordon Inn. We will probably stay in the city for a week. If you need us, please feel free to come anytime."

Viego nodded and turned to leave.

Gwen stared at Viego's back in a daze.

what did he say?

Viego wants nothing to do with Isolde anymore? Why did I have such a dream?

Gwen never thought that one day she would hear such "decisive" words from Viego's mouth.

There wasn't even a hint of hesitation or joking in his eyes; it was a look of absolute seriousness.

At this point, Gwen began to hesitate again.

Could it be...that what he said was true?

If it was really the Viego in his memory, then no matter what, he would never make fun of Isolde or use her as a bargaining chip for a lie.