Real elves vs fake elves

"No, your position is very important. Without you, how could I have come to the territory of the storm so easily?"

A sound as majestic as that of a mountain rang out, a sound that transcended space and time, sounding everywhere and yet nowhere at the same time. It was so incomparably heavy and shocking that even the underworld was shocked.

A mountain, a mountain that was wider than the sky and earth, and thicker than the universe, suddenly appeared before their eyes. It came, as if it was supposed to be here, and this place originally belonged to it. It had been here for who knows how many years.

"I understand your request, Brilliant Star. When I obtain the realm of the wild wind, the promise between us will still be valid. The contract between your family and the mountain elements will be completely equal. As long as you pass the test of the mountain, no mountain element may refuse the request for a contract, including me."

"After signing the contract, the elemental creatures must follow the rules and order you set. This will be engraved deep in their souls."

"And we will form a permanent alliance."

Chapter 21 Immortal Memory

There was no pulling or bargaining. The Mountain Tyrant simply said all he could offer. This was not a negotiation at all, but a pure transaction.

All we can say is that the way elemental creatures think is completely different from that of mortals.

Aenarion: "I see no reason to refuse."

"That's true." Leia added, "Even if I promised these conditions, I can't do it now. It's the only one who can fulfill these promises now."

"But are you sure you want to do this? During the battle with you, what evaporated from my body was not just elemental energy, but also memories... memories that were enough to drive elemental creatures crazy. You can't bear it."

"This is a calculation against us. Even if you are aware of this, it is impossible to avoid these problems."

Mountain Tyrant: "I know, so I made changes."

As he finished speaking, the entire towering mountain with no visible edge suddenly changed dramatically, as if a terrible earthquake had suddenly occurred. Horrible cracks appeared on the mountain, like an egg that was cracking. The tremor that seemed like the collapse of the sky and the splitting of the earth did not last too long. After all, the "egg" cracked, and a new "god" was born here.

It is both an elemental tyrant and not an elemental tyrant, both a god and not a god, both life and not life. The current mountain tyrant is so different from others. Among all the elemental tyrants, this thing can be called an evil heretic.

"The great consciousness of the brilliant stars gave me enough inspiration. After sorting out and implementing relevant knowledge, I created such a painting for myself.

The body comes easy to me.”

This is a stone giant as majestic as a mountain. He is wearing luxurious and elegant white marble armor. Precious metals and rare gems are attached to the armor. Rays of elemental light shine through these attachments, making him extremely majestic and possessing unimaginable destructive power.

Looking at the tall giant in front of him who was full of orderly beauty, and the gorgeous decorations on his body that completely matched his own aesthetic taste, Aenarion didn't know what to say for a moment.

This really was beyond his expectations.

Leia was obviously shocked. She was stunned for a long time and finally said, "In order to prevent yourself from being contaminated by these memories, you created an entity for yourself?"

Turning to look at Aenarion, Leia's surprised expression did not change at all: "Is this also part of the deal between you two?"

Aenarion: "...No, it should be that the Phoenix Court's technology leaked to him, and then he strengthened it many times... I can only say that this technology looks familiar, but it is wishful thinking to expect the Phoenix Court to produce it."

It's like an alien took a look at the three-eyed gun, then went home and made a 1130. What else can you say except that it looks familiar? !

Leia: "But this behavior of closing yourself off to the outside world... You will lose the unique path of becoming stronger as an elemental tyrant. Now you are just like an ordinary elemental creature, and your overall energy is fixed."

"Ordinary elemental creatures would agree to this kind of contract because it is the only way for them to become stronger, but you agreed to this contract because you don't want to be contaminated by toxic memories. Is it so important for you to maintain your so-called true self?"

"At your level, you should know that memory, like the soul, can be changed at will. Even at our level, memory is being changed all the time. You shouldn't care so much about the importance of memory."

"Yes, I don't really care about the random memories mixed into my consciousness." The huge man lowered his huge body that seemed to cover the sky and the sun, looking down at the other person, "But I care about becoming like you."

"By the standards of an Elemental Tyrant, you were definitely crazy before. You did things that an Elemental Tyrant or even an elemental creature would never do. Although your behavior until now is no different from that of an ordinary Elemental Tyrant, I know that you have changed, completely."

"I don't mind my memory being contaminated, but I am still concerned about completely changing my way of thinking. This is because a sudden change in behavior and thinking could cause me to accidentally destroy the huge power I have built, and even put myself in danger."

"Just like you now, you still don't know where you went wrong, right?"

Leia: "...Indeed, due to the different life forms, although the way of thinking tends to be the same on the surface, in fact, the underlying logic is completely different."

Just like the eagle and the falcon, the eagle and the falcon are two different animals and are not even cousins. The falcon's cousin is the parrot.

In biological terms, this is convergent evolution.

"And you don't have to worry about becoming stronger. Just like my subordinates, I can also sign a contract with the followers of the Great Consciousness of the Brilliant Star."

"If one copy is not enough, then make one hundred. If one hundred copies are not enough, then make ten thousand. With enough copies, my strength will grow no slower than before."

Leia: "But this will also completely bind you to the Great Consciousness of the Shining Star in everything."

Mountain Tyrant: "What's the problem?"

Leia: "...No, not at all."

Aenarion: "... my elves currently number only 40,000, and even with the dwarves and catmen, the number does not exceed 100,000..."

Mountain Tyrant: "I will accept your domain. Through the purification of the contract, those memories will no longer be a problem that troubles elemental life. I..."

boom! ! !

An endless darkness instantly enveloped the place completely.

Darkness, complete darkness, all-absorbing darkness.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. The guy who had been lurking in the shadows finally took action.

Even if the Shadow Lord was lurking, Aenarion couldn't detect it. If the Shadow Tyrant took action, how could the people present react? !

The three of them were simultaneously submerged in endless darkness. At this moment, all their external sensory organs completely lost their function: their vision, hearing, taste, touch, and even their sense of pain disappeared.

It can be said that in this darkness, even if one dies, one would not be aware of it.

The way of shadows emphasizes sneak attacks and concealment. The elves that have signed a contract with shadow elements are truly able to sneak in another dimension. Even if they are crouching in front of you, no one will be able to react. With a bow and a bag of arrows, they can clear out an entire bandit camp. Even if the target is dead, no one will be able to find out who did it.

"Shadow Tyrant, the second tyrant who went crazy."

"Same Leia?"

Aenarion muttered to himself, but he could not hear himself, or even know whether he had launched a night raid or not.

It's really weird.

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In this endless darkness, Aenarion stood like this... stood like this...

Suddenly, endless brilliance burst out from the scabbard, and the dazzling light directly dispelled the endless darkness, just like the melting of ice and snow under the endless scorching sun. Wherever the light passed, all shadows were exposed.

“It hit me.”

As Aenarion spoke, he sheathed the Sunblade. In front of him was an amorphous, twisted shadow that was trying to take shape but was unable to stop itself from dispersing.

"You are much worse than Lord Storm. You can't even withstand a casual attack from me. Is it the nature of the shadow or is it affected by Leia's memory?"

"Because she has taken on more of Leia's memories."

The former Storm King, now Leia said.

"The more rational we act, the more human characteristics we have, and the weaker our combat effectiveness. If we act as crazy as I did before, we can maximize our combat effectiveness. Although it is uncontrollable, it is enough to protect ourselves."

"In consideration of future development plans, we chose to have one person maintain a conscious state capable of rational thinking and one person remain in a state of madness to ensure that the combat effectiveness is always at its peak. This choice is reasonable."

Aenarion: "But you did not expect to be defeated, or to be defeated directly by force."

"Because she retains her human emotions, the Shadow Tyrant will anxiously launch sneak attacks, but due to her lack of power, her sneak attacks cannot cause any damage to me."

"You failed after all."

Finally, the squirming shadow regrouped into a human form, and sure enough, it looked exactly like Leia.

In other words, another person who was eroded by Leia's memory and thought he was Leia.

"It doesn't matter, we will succeed in the end."

"Memories and powers were mixed with everything and scattered. In the Netherworld, there was no shortage of greedy monsters who didn't care about the consequences. They knew that these things would pollute their memories, but they would devour them without hesitation."

"In the end, I will revive my world, I will save my world."

The two Leias smiled at the same time, without any sense of dejection at all for having failed.

Aenarion: "...but your world is destroyed."

Leia: "Then I'll build a new one."

Aenarion: "All your people are dead."

Leia: "Then I will revive them."

Aenarion: "They are only other men with memories of the past, but they are different beings at the soul level."

Leia laughed more, "Does that really matter?"

"In this miserable world of ours, both the soul and memory can be changed at will. The so-called 'self', the so-called 'thought', and the so-called 'will' can all be easily rewritten by the superiors."

“Is there really any difference between a person who is changed by memories and a person who once had memories?”

"I don't think I need to explain this to you."

“Your very existence is constantly changing everything around you.”

Aenarion was speechless for a moment.

Looking at the two identical women in front of them and their gradually disappearing bodies, the two men fell into silence for a moment.

half an hour.

Mountain Tyrant: "There may be trouble in the Netherworld."

Aenarion: "Not really. The waters of the Underworld are too deep for a ripple like this to cause a major wave."

"But there's nothing wrong with making those unfortunate little shrimps feel like they've been annihilated."

Chapter 22 Vampire Strategy

A ghost, a ghost who wants to revive his own world, wanders above the netherworld...

The play is mixed up.

In short, Aenarion still admired this person named Leia very much, and he also sympathized with the destruction of the world named Linda. And judging from her figure and appearance, this woman must have a high status in this world of zero.

"Thank you for your cooperation. I am going back to the human world now. The contract between the mountain elements and the elves must be eternal."

Mountain Tyrant: "As you said."

………………

The battle between Aenarion and the Stormlord brought devastating disasters to several worlds. In the modern world, while the damage caused by Nicolas has not yet been recovered, some ambitious people have begun to make this miserable world more turbulent.

The Alliance of Nobles is a united aristocratic regime formed by the old men using their remaining connections and resources after many human principalities were broken up by Nicholas.

Although the strength of these nobles was greatly reduced, they still gained a lot of influence and strength after banding together for warmth. Many people even believed that they had the ability to compete with the Cathedral.

But it was obvious that although this group of nobles banded together for warmth, they were not really united in their determination to go all the way, and many of them even had the idea of ​​replacing the Cathedral.

Once there is a little bit of comfort, some people can no longer curb their inner ambitions.

"You said that as long as we accept your First Embrace, I... everyone in our family will be able to have the same power as you?"

The speaker was an old nobleman, who was originally one of the generals of the Griffin Principality. He was originally quite proud and arrogant, but unfortunately he met Nicholas.

.

After being brutally abused by Nicholas, the old man completely lost his sense of security. The tragic failure made him lose all confidence in himself. Even at night he would often wake up from nightmares. Nicholas... or rather his own weakness became his heart knot.

In order to gain a true sense of security, he began to seek various ways to strengthen himself. If it were not for the prestige of the Great Cathedral, he might even have defected to Chaos.

"To be specific, it's not the same power, but the same type of power. Even if I give you my blood, how far you can grow still depends on your own potential and efforts."

The man who spoke to the old general was a vampire whose handsomeness far exceeded that of ordinary people. His luxurious dress concealed his pale skin, and his reserved behavior hid his sharp fangs.

It is merely a creature that resembles humans, a monster that cannot be called a human.

But since vampires have an appearance that is almost identical to humans, as long as they want to hide, no one will be able to detect them.

"Just like our great vampire emperor, His Majesty Akkad. The reason why he was able to become the most supreme emperor of all vampires was that he drained all the subjects in his country at once."

"For his unquestionable ambition, he sacrificed all his relatives except himself without hesitation."

“That’s the source of his strength.”

The vampire's words were like the whispers of a devil, and under the influence of its powerful charm, the old general's breathing undoubtedly became heavier. The evil thoughts in his heart were infinitely magnified, to the point where even he could hardly bear it.

"No... there's no need for that. I just want to gain the power to protect myself. I just want to be able to protect my family from those bastards..."

“…I don’t have such ambitions.”

"Indeed." The vampire immediately changed his words, "I can see that you are an old man with a simple mind and few desires. You are indifferent to fame and fortune and you don't have the ambitions of young people."

"You ask for very little, and I happen to be able to satisfy your needs completely."

"All it requires is some insignificant price to pay."

It seemed that these words had a certain effect, and the old general's heavy breathing gradually eased.