The villain's way to tame the protagonist

However, although she did have an indescribable thrill towards Polynya's ideas, under the interference of Ansel and Marina, she generally resisted this somewhat inexplicable idea. She simply did not discuss right or wrong and said bluntly:

"Even if we ignore all that mess... Teacher Nia, have you ever thought about how to realize your plan? Lina also said that if the rules set can force everyone in the world to abide by them, then the person who sets the rules must be above everyone else, you..."

Do you have the power to make everything in this world accept the severance of the supernatural? Can you do it... and become enemies with all the supernaturals in the world?

This ideal is not only absurd, but also impossible to achieve.

From what Polynya said, it seemed that she was hoping that Ansel could understand her, but that was obviously impossible. Considering Polynya's current vulnerability, Hitana thought about it and decided not to tell her the cruel truth.

Her teacher is indeed a good person. Hitana feels that the reason why Marina came to snatch people so openly is because Polynia is the only good person among all the followers of the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower who will not coerce refugees and use them as bargaining chips and bombs. If Marina wants to take the refugees away by force, she will not do anything extreme.

But being a good person doesn’t mean doing things right. Polynia’s philosophy… is too idealistic. In a way, it seems that she is even more stupid than her former self.

"I have told you everything I need to say, Sitana."

Polynya whispered in a lonely voice: "Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, I hope that one day in the future you will remember what I said today."

"Superhumans and mortals should not exist in the same society."

Just as Sitana was thinking about what to say to make Polynya feel better, the boy's voice suddenly rang out in the room.

"Professor Polynya, you said that your ideas and even research directions were provided by the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower, isn't that right?"

Polynya's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she turned her head stiffly to look at Hercules, seeming a little surprised why the young man was still here... The inexplicable fight between Hercules and Marina was actually more puzzling, but she was not in the mood to think about these questions now.

"Yes." The woman responded tiredly, "The principal is my guide."

"Then in theory..."

Hercules' eyes sharpened: "In terms of the understanding and conception of the concept of 'ether silence', he should have a deeper understanding than you, right?"

"...Maybe." Polynya stared out the window blankly, "But the principal hasn't done research in this area for a long time."

"So what is he studying?"

"The innovation of the aether drive method is like the divine arts you get from the church."

Polynya glanced at Hercules. She was willing to cooperate in answering the boy's questions, probably because he might be the only one who did not have 100% doubt about that idea.

"Extract, use, and operate the ether in a more efficient way—"

"What!?"

Xitana stood up suddenly, and was so shocked that she almost broke her voice: "Teacher Nia, what did you say?!"

Polynya hesitated for a moment: "The principal's research direction...is mainly about how to extract, use, and operate ether in a more efficient way. What's wrong?"

"What's wrong...what's wrong?"

A violent and ferocious smile gradually emerged on the wolf's face, and the red-black aura that escaped turned into a pack of wolves, emitting excited and murderous howls.

She slowly clenched her fists, and the faintly visible armor seemed to cover her arms at the same time, making it difficult to tell whether it was the girl's slender arms or the ferocious claws of the demon wolf.

Polynia was terrified by Sitana's appearance - not the life-threatening fear directly brought about by the terrifying power that seemed to be able to kill everything, but the fear brought about by Sitana's belief behind this power that she could solve all problems with strength and violence.

Why... No matter how tyrannical Shitana was in the past, she had never stooped to this level. Sometimes she even reflected on the wrongness of using violence. But why... after following His Royal Highness the Regent, she became even more... more dependent on that power?

"Ah...I didn't mean to scare you, Teacher Nia."

The corner of her eye caught the fear on Polynya's face, but Xitana did not restrain her burning anger and continued to squeeze out words full of hatred from between her sharp teeth: "While I am protecting the refugees, I have also been looking for the reason why the cold disaster in the north is getting worse."

"Anser reminded me that the etheric monsters would not leave their nests easily. However, they should have stayed quietly in their nests, but they became a disaster just like the cold disaster. Following this clue, I found the reason from them."

Xitana had a blank expression on her face, and spoke word by word, "Their nest lost the abundant aether... and a long, long time ago."

In other words, someone deliberately extracted the ether that was enriched in the veins of the North, causing the ether monsters to lack a stable intake of ether for a long time, so they were forced to leave their original nests. Although there is a large amount of free ether in the atmosphere now, the difficulty of absorption caused by the violent flow and the self-consumption caused by resisting the cold make it increasingly difficult for the ether monsters to make up for the deficit in their bodies, so... they began to go crazy.

They would listen to Hitana obediently, on the one hand because the pressure from the Beast King was irresistible, and on the other hand because the rations provided by Hydra were really delicious.

"The lairs of ether monsters are often the areas with the richest ether in the earth veins, and the ether in this area just happened to disappear out of thin air. Now, Teacher Nia, tell me, that bastard Duke Gray Tower... has he been studying how to extract and utilize ether?"

Xitana's voice seemed to overlap with the howling of the wolf behind her:

"Is it such a coincidence?"

Hercules, who happened to bring up this topic by asking "What is he studying now", nodded solemnly: "I don't think this is a coincidence either."

But faced with such questioning, faced with the possibility that her mentor had single-handedly pushed for the coming of this desperate cold disaster in the North, Polynia showed no panic at all after a brief moment of daze.

She shook her head and sighed softly, "You think too much, Xitana. Do you know how terrifying the ether that is solidified, deposited, and contained in this land is?"

"That is the amount of ether that can allow the North to have countless, constantly regenerating extraordinary mineral deposits, giving birth to ether monsters that are constantly reborn every year or even in a shorter time. The ether is so huge that it is impossible to measure! Not to mention the principal, even if all the extraordinary people in the entire North, no, the entire empire, are gathered together, it is impossible to shake the ground veins of the North."

"Even before this... it was already impossible to forcibly 'unseal' this nearly eternally frozen aether. The same is true for the eldest princess. Only a perfect sixth-order Old God can do it."

Xitana frowned slightly, but did not abandon her previous speculation.

She believed in her intuition, which told her that Dormer Grey Tower was definitely related to the desperate cold disaster in the North.

"Forget it... It doesn't matter. Whether it's him or not, I have my own way to find out."

She sneered, "Anyway, if we want to get the refugees out from under his control, we have to go see him."

At this point, Xitana seemed to realize something and said to Polynya very seriously: "Teacher Nia, you seem to respect that old guy very much, but I have to tell you-"

"The principal is actually a bastard with no moral principles. His crimes and evil deeds are unforgivable?"

Polynya looked at the shocked Sitana and said this very calmly.

"you know……"

"Of course I know. I know that the principal has done many things that are extremely bad in terms of morality and ethics. I also know that the Sky Frost Tower clearly carries the great aspirations of the pioneers, but it has become increasingly corrupt in the less than a hundred years."

Hyacinthus Polynya smiled sadly and self-deprecatingly:

"Otherwise, why do you think I would choose to take this path?"

Hitana didn't know what to say, but now she didn't have the time to care about Polynia's past story.

"I'm going to go find him, Teacher Nia." The girl said softly, "I'm going to do what I should do."

"...I will contact the principal."

Polynya lowered her head slightly, "Someone will come to take you to the Skyfrost Tower... maybe he will come to pick you up personally."

"Can you count me in?"

Facing Polynya's blank gaze, Hercules raised his eyebrows slightly: "Wasn't it obvious what I showed just now? I care about the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower very much, especially after listening to Polynya's teaching of your theory."

Obviously, Polynya couldn't refuse this sentence. She hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

"The principal...won't make things difficult for young people. Don't do anything extreme, and you'll be fine."

"Thank you."

After that, the room fell into a long silence. Hercules, who was a complete outsider, was tactful and left first. Sitana tried to communicate with Polynia many times but failed in the end, so she sighed and walked out.

Polynya sat alone in this room that could monitor the entire city, staring at the surveillance screen blankly.

The realm of silence was broken, and the extraordinary people regained their power, but no one dared to act rashly.

Because the flock of crows that covered the sky had shattered their courage, when Marina opened the city gate and ordered people to take all the refugees away, the nobles in the city still greeted her with servile smiles.

It seemed as if nothing had changed, whether the extraordinary existed or not.

But even after seeing this scene...Polynia's exhausted heart did not waver.

"You will understand one day, Sitana. How can humans and insects live together as equals?"

"How long can your respect and love for insects and ants last?"

She murmured softly, closed her eyes tiredly, and lay down on the sofa.

Why didn't you teach her, Lord Ansel?

Or... is this the naive and cruel Sitana you need?

Chapter 151: Give Up

At the top of Polynia's Warlock Tower, Xitana squatted on the edge of the wall, holding her chin with both hands, looking at the silent city below.

Those who were exposed as the masterminds who tried to make the refugees kill each other have been dealt with by Marina. The smell of blood that could not be smelled throughout the city was extremely obvious to Hitana.

But she, who was always excited and happy about this, did not seem very happy now. Instead, she was lost in thought about something.

"Anser."

After an unknown amount of time, the girl suddenly asked, "Do you think... what Teacher Nia said makes sense?"

Anser, who was standing next to her, smiled and said, "When you asked me this question, you actually agreed with her words a little bit in your heart, didn't you?"

Xitana was stunned for a moment, then blinked blankly:

"Yes, is that so?"

I kind of agree with what Teacher Nia said? Hmm... Is it because when I was in the Western Country, I saw what the extraordinary people did to ordinary people?

But didn't the old man in Huita say something similar to me? I didn't take him seriously. Was it because his tone was too disgusting? Or was it because I had a very good impression of Teacher Nia?

Because she didn't quite understand, the still confused Xitana continued to ask: "I don't think Teacher Nia is right, but to say that she is completely wrong, it seems... it doesn't seem to be the case, so I want to hear what Anser thinks."

Although Hitana had no such idea at all and she herself had not realized it, her question now was not just asking for Anther's opinion, but more like... asking Anther to give his attitude towards this matter.

Because Anser's attitude often determines her view on something.

Or at some point in the future, decide what she thinks of Anser.

"Of course I don't agree." Anser answered without hesitation. He touched Xitana's head and said, "If there is no extraordinary, how can I defeat fate and realize your long-cherished wish?"

"We still have a long way to go." His voice was soft and gentle. "Whether it is right or wrong, there is still plenty of time to think and make corrections."

Xitana half-closed her eyes in comfort: "That's right... That's why I said that Teacher Nia was thinking too early."

It's indeed a little too early, but He has no choice, Xier.

Ansher, smiling and caressing Xitana, slowly shifted his gaze to the refugee resettlement site that had been cleared, with a playful look in his eyes.

It was just like He was in Donggang, trying so hard to make Luo believe that his ideas were not correct.

"Yeah! I don't want to think about it anymore!"

Xitana slapped her cheeks hard, then slightly revealed her canine teeth, and a ferocious smile slowly appeared on her face.

"First, we need to deal with the guy named Duke Gray Tower, and then we need to deal with the cold disaster in the north and the remaining rotten fish and shrimp!"

She turned to look at Anser, and the cold and dangerous smile she had just had turned into a proud and cute smile in the blink of an eye: "Before you think about these nonsense, all of Anser's enemies will be killed by me!"

Hydra couldn't help but rubbed the girl's soft hair vigorously. "I'm looking forward to it, Xier."

“Hehehehe…woo!”

The smiling Xitana was startled and immediately jumped off the wall, while Ansher also withdrew his hand and kept a distance from Xitana.

The next second, the space in front of them suddenly twisted, and an off-white light condensed into a door as the space fluctuated. The white-haired elderly grand duke gracefully emerged from the door.

"It hasn't been that long since we last met, Lord Lance, and... Mr. Hercules."

Dormer Gray Tower still looked gentle and kind: "It seems that you have reconsidered my proposal?"

"Yes, I've thought it through." Xitana did not hide the murderous intent that was burning like a raging flame in her words. "I advise you to think carefully about the consequences of bringing me back to the Skyfrost Tower now."

The Grey Tower Grand Duke laughed heartily: "Of course I have thought about this matter earlier, so you don't need to worry about it."

Matter was created with the flow of ether, and a road leading to the light gate was constructed out of thin air. He stood beside the light gate and bowed slightly to Xitana: "Please, Lord Lance."

Shitana glanced indifferently at the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower who was still smiling, and walked directly into the light door. After Shitana's figure disappeared in the light, Hercules met the old man's eyes.

“I didn’t expect… that someone would be so interested in my past ideas.”

The Grand Duke of the Gray Tower's eyes fell on Hercules: "As a righteous man of the church, you actually agree with Polynia's words, Mr. Hercules...you are really peculiar."

“Is there any conflict between the two?”

Hercules was also quite hostile towards the Grand Duke of Grey Tower himself, but compared to Hitana's brutal attitude that made her want to tear him apart on the spot, the coldness in his expression and tone could be considered friendly.

However, as a "lucky guy" with no previous background, the Grand Duke of Grey Tower seemed to be a little too friendly to Hercules. Perhaps it was because he was studying the church's divine arts, so in essence, he also had some kind of... covetousness towards Hercules, a righteous man.

"Isn't there a conflict here?" The Grand Duke of Gray Tower asked, "Do you think the church would support such a view? To attribute all greatness in the world to God... and the extraordinary is the ultimate greatness. A God who loses this greatness is equivalent to losing the reason for people to submit... Oh, it should be the reason for faith, isn't it?"

Hercules frowned slightly. "I am not from the church. I can only be regarded as having received help. I am not interested in their teachings or gods."

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot, you are from the Empire... From the Empire. The Saint actually chose an Imperial as the righteous man. This must be quite difficult for the Church to accept."

"A person who doesn't care about the assistant or God at all has become such a noble being... What will other people in the church think? Doesn't the Saint herself have any thoughts?"

Dormer shook his head with amusement, his old voice carrying a hint of sarcasm: