The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

"Please go ahead." Hallilali nodded.

"You said your goal was to find your brother," Edward recalled the statue in the mountain temple, "then why didn't you mention this in your request?"

After Edward finished speaking, Hallilali's eyes flickered, and that godly and wise look even seemed a little dim at a certain moment.

Then, she spoke softly:

"Because the Lord of the Black Tide is my brother, Coles Hafgard."

......

Interlude) Star Covenant (Part 3)

As soon as Hallilali's words came out, the whole venue fell into silence.

Even Yan Chu, who had been very calm, showed a little surprise on his face.

Edward's brows knitted slightly. He recalled the girl's posture when she was praying in the temple, and the whisper that drifted from the incense:

"Brother, does it have to be like this?"

He looked at the girl standing alone at Hafgard's seat. At that moment, all eyes in the entire conference hall were focused on her: surprise, fear, hesitation, anger, everyone's emotions were like mountains, pressing down on the girl along with the ceiling of the conference hall.

Her body suddenly became so frail and small.

"Monster..." Edward clearly heard someone say this word.

"..."

After a brief silence, Yan Chu cleared his throat and broke the silence:

"Miss Harilali, if I understand correctly, Coles Hafgard, your brother, is now the Lord of the Black Tide, the Usurper, right?"

"That's right." Hallilali nodded firmly.

"She should be expelled!" someone in the meeting hall shouted, "It was her blood relatives who brought disaster!"

"No, that's not the case." Hallilali argued softly.

"So what?" Hermes raised his chin. "If it wasn't the Lord of the Black Tide who brought the Black Tide, then who was it?"

"The Odins know," Hallilali said in a low voice. "Your father, he knows."

"That's a bunch of nonsense, enough..." Hermes curled his lips, "Ms. Hallilali, so, you are here to make up for your sins? Then what qualifications do you have..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a strong pressure suddenly burst out, causing his expression to become stiff.

The whole venue felt this pressure, and at the same time, they witnessed a blue light blooming from Harilalli's body. Edward had seen that light before, when he first met Harilalli, and that light made him feel something from outside the world for the first time.

That is mercy, but also the overlooking view from someone in an absolutely superior position.

Everyone's faces froze under this pressure, and the whispers disappeared - they knew that Hallilali was angry.

The only person who was not intimidated by the aura in the entire venue was Edward. He just stared at Harilalli's angry face quietly, his silver eyes cold and piercing.

At that moment, he subconsciously thought that this naive and innocent girl would yell angrily, pointing at everyone angrily, accusing them of the ungrateful look they had shown from the very beginning.

Who doesn't feel this way when beautiful fantasies are shattered by reality?

However, to Edward's surprise, Hallilali's expression quickly calmed down, and her blood-red eyes once again became as wise as a god.

In those eyes, Edward saw mercy again - just like the one she had shown when they first met.

Compassion, compassion for humanity.

"I repeat my request again," Hali Lali said calmly, "I need you to cooperate with me to push the Black Tide's front line back and help me find the Lord of the Black Tide to end this disaster."

After she finished speaking, she looked quietly at everyone in the hall without saying anything else.

The silence in the hall continued for a while. Everyone was trying to sort out their slightly damaged minds from the shock just now. The whole place was unusually quiet.

After a long while, Hermes spoke:

"What the Academi Federation seeks is... the picture of the entire starry sky and all the truth about this world."

"This is acceptable. Once the goal is achieved, we will make all the information about the Dust Star in the Spire public." said Hallilali.

"It cannot be made public. Only people like us in the Federation can access this information." Hermes glanced at Yan Chu opposite him.

Hallilali looked at Hermes with an almost pity look, and after a brief pause, she nodded:

"no problem."

On the other hand, Yan Chu seemed uninterested in the Federation's request. He sorted out the information in his hand and said:

"What the Qilang Republic wants is a highly efficient and complete means of communication and to recharge the [core] of the [Great Wall]; and we need the Hafurgard tribe to help us build the space-based system module of the [Sky Eye]."

"The first two demands can be achieved quickly, but the last one will take time," said Halilali.

"Acceptable." Yan Chu nodded calmly.

"Then, the short-term content will be decided like this for now."

As Harilalli spoke, she swept her eyes across the conference room and took a deep breath.

"I need to contact representatives among you to build a forward base."

"I can help you personally." Yan Chu nodded.

"No," Hallilali shook her head, "You have a big responsibility, don't you?"

The second half of her sentence was very plain, but it had a strong direction, which made Yan Chu stunned for a moment.

But he still didn't get angry, he just smiled calmly:

"As you wish, Miss Hallilallee."

Seeing that the Qilang people were rejected in their application for this matter, a light flashed in Hermes' eyes and he was about to raise his hand.

But before that, Edward grabbed his wrist and gave him a look.

Hermes seemed to realize something, and his eyes dimmed, like a child who lost his toy.

Then, Edward stood up and looked directly at Halle and Lali in the center of the meeting room:

"I."

Halila turned her head and looked at Edward. Her eyes were so clear, calm as water, and warm as sunshine.

Edward knew that it was the gaze of God, the light of mercy.

At that moment, he actually began to doubt himself - could it be that his initial understanding of this girl was really wrong?

Childishness...naivety...idealism...how do these things combined together become something so penetrating?

In Edward's opinion, soldiers who showed such a look were often the first to die.

They will not die at the hands of their enemies, but at their own hands.

"it is good."

Halle Lali nodded, then she smiled at Edward.

That smile seemed to carry a layer of light from the starry sky, pure and transparent, which for a moment made Edward's pupils shrink slightly.

"Then please give me your guidance, Son of the Dust Star."

The god said so, with pure eyes.

Edward's doubts intensified in the light that seemed to contain the colors of stars.

Are things born in the jungle wrong?

Could it be that the world beyond the sky is not a dark jungle, but a paradise full of divine light?

Edward didn't know and wouldn't draw any conclusions about it.

But even [Ghost] had to admit that this was the first time he was truly interested in something.

......

Interlude) Star Covenant (Part 4)

"What was the outcome of the meeting?"

As Edward walked out of the venue, a hand slapped him hard on the back, almost making him fall.

He turned around and saw Aleph Stro standing by the door of the meeting room. Ivar Sekopas was also there, not far away, staring at the ceiling in a lonely manner.

"Next, we will go outside the Great Wall to help Hafgard establish a frontline base," Edward said coldly, "Pack your luggage and set off tonight."

"Oh my god, we've only just arrived in Qingcheng and we're leaving already?" Aleph hissed, "Can you enjoy life for a while, kid? It's beautiful here. Even though there have been a lot of disasters recently, this place is much more interesting than the steel forest in Wezel."

"Beauty means uncertainty," Edward said. "When you see colorful mushrooms, stay away."

"Is that Hafurgard also a poisonous mushroom?" Aleph smiled wickedly. "Boy, I heard it. It was you who took the initiative to ask to go to the frontline base with her, right? Ivar?"

"Hmm," Ivar replied absentmindedly.

Edward also kept a cold expression, without any expression on his angular and handsome face.

"Come on, you're like a piece of wood all day long..." Aleph muttered, "The Federation has really turned you into mindless machines. How boring."

"Stay alert," Edward said, "it's time to go."

Just as he finished speaking, suddenly, the door of the conference room opened again, and a pure white figure walked out.

The moment she appeared, the atmosphere in the entire space seemed to have changed. A layer of faint glow flickered and lingered around the girl's body.

After Ha Li La Li walked out of the door, she looked around. When she saw Edward standing by the door, she smiled and nodded:

"Your name is...Edward von Valantia, correct?"

"Yeah." Edward nodded with a cold attitude.

"This means that you are also a descendant of the Odin people." Hallilali said, gazing into Edward's silver eyes.

Edward didn't say anything. He had no idea what the Odin people meant, and he was not interested at all.

The two of them just stared at each other in silence. At this moment, Aleph on the side broke the deadlock:

"Hi, Miss Halle Lalee, you're, um... very beautiful."

Aleph was actually a little embarrassed. He was the type who was very outgoing, but when he saw Halilali's beautiful face, he was even a little dazed for a moment.

"Hello," Hali Lali chuckled and nodded, "Aleph Stro?"

"You know my name?"

"I know all your names," Hallilali smiled. "I've got them all memorized."

After Halle Lali finished speaking, she nodded to Edward and said softly:

"Then I will wait for you at the agreed location."

"Yeah." Edward said nonchalantly.

Hallilali glanced at him again, and lightly shook her sleeves, and a silver butterfly knife fell into her hand.

She raised the butterfly knife and was about to strike when she heard Edward say:

"Wait a minute."

"Hmm?" Hallilali turned her head. "What's wrong?"

"You destroyed my knife, which was made of cold steel and cost a lot of money."

Edward said coldly. He recalled the cold steel knife that broke during the battle with [Drunken Immortal] Li Zhonghe. From the broken blue crystal on the cross section, it can be inferred that it was obviously done by Harilali.

Halle Lali was stunned for a moment. She raised her head slightly, put her fist to her mouth, thought for a while, and then smiled at Edward again:

"After you help me, I'll give you one."

After saying that, she spun the silver blade again, tearing a red crack in space.

Then, as Edward watched, she walked into the crack and disappeared.

"Damn! Where are the people?" Aleph shouted, as if he had seen a ghost.

There was a brief flash of surprise in Edward's eyes, then he lowered his head and began to think.

"Hey, what was that just now? Didn't you see it clearly? That's too exaggerated, she's gone!"

"Yes, it would be very difficult to confront her head-on, and we would have to resort to suicide attacks if necessary..."