The villain's way to tame the protagonist

It was fate, and it could only be fate, that brought Anser here.

Although Ansel found it incredible at first, he quickly accepted this reality - because at that moment, he absolutely believed that he could defeat fate.

"I'm really curious..."

As fate had said, it was obviously impossible for Anser to negotiate with Him rationally. Hydra asked curiously, "Why do you always choose to provide me with such great help time and time again, and then try to destroy me in a way that you cannot guarantee to defeat me?"

"You know the answer."

"Since you know that I know the answer, you should know why I ask this."

"..."

Fate was not silent, but Anser felt that it should have been silent for a moment. In short, this great being had to comply with Anser's idea:

"Because under reasonable circumstances, this is already my limit. In fact, the probability of you winning every time is very low."

Yes, to take the two most direct examples, whether it was the life-and-death battle with Ephisandre, or the fatal blow in the soul just now, according to the probability foreseen by fate, the probability of Anser's survival was very low.

He follows reason, so within the limits of reason, he naturally chooses the method with the highest probability of destroying the monster.

But... every time, Anser overcame his suffering.

Although there was no specific person to talk to, Anser still said with a smile: "I thought you would say that this is not reasonable."

"As long as the probability of an event is not zero, then its occurrence is reasonable. If you insist that I tell you something unreasonable about you——"

Anser felt as if something was watching him, no...it was flipping through his soul like flipping through a book.

"You know what it is."

——Even if you look through everything, fate cannot find...the miracles outside the world.

"Hmm... You are more complicated than I thought." Anser thought thoughtfully, "You can talk to me and seem to have an individual mind, but you don't have any emotions when facing the provocation of an ant like me... Can you give me a chair? I need to sit down. Oh, thank you."

Anser sat down comfortably and openly: "I know you definitely don't have individual thinking, so what exactly are you..."

"It's just to communicate with you so that you can understand."

Fate answered Anser's question succinctly: "Most of your current guesses are correct."

Individual thinking and destiny certainly cannot exist. It is not a definite "concrete existence" from the perspective of human understanding, but it is not a completely unconscious rule either... No matter how much Ansher knows, he certainly cannot explain specifically what it is. At most, he can only describe it as some kind of...abstract concept.

The way He spoke to Anther was indeed just a way of "negotiating" that Anther could understand.

"You said it too, it's now." Anser smiled, "It seems that if I go back to the old way, I will only have one way to fail... Then why didn't you stop Xin from saving me? Oh... Sorry, I asked this question just now."

Why? Because it is obvious that, not just in the final battle, but throughout the entire process, Anser’s chances of “gaining” are far lower than the chances of losing.

He is more likely to harm Xin, he is more likely to ignore Xin's feelings, he is more likely to insist on his own way, he is more likely to be distorted in the process of saving Xin...

There are so many more possibilities, but Ansher chose the only right path among so many more possibilities.

If it were the designer of a play, he would have shouted that no audience would buy such a coincidence, but fate would not do that. As He said, He felt that even if Ansher could do this, it was reasonable.

No anger, no shock, destiny...nothing like that, He only has His own purpose.

"But you know, Anser."

Fate indifferently states a truly fatal thing:

"You know the premise of all this is that I always act within a reasonable framework."

It is reasonable that nothing destiny does deviates from facts and logic, otherwise He would not need to calculate any possibilities. He only needs to make everything in this world run completely according to His rules.

But when he heard these words that were equivalent to threats, Anser just supported his face and sighed helplessly:

"Mr. Destiny, since we want to negotiate, why don't you get straight to the point? Don't you know exactly what I would think? Shouldn't you know that this kind of talk is simply...oh~"

He paused, showing a somewhat interested look:

"Is there a possibility that you can convince me? Interesting, what is the possibility?"

"Have you ever considered the possibility that I can break through this framework?" Destiny did not answer, but continued to ask the previous question.

Anser shook his head: "Well, in that case, I can only do as you say... Consider this possibility? Lord Fate, if you can do this and will do this, then why haven't you done it yet?"

"Because what you did is still within my tolerance." Fate's tone was calm, making it impossible to tell the truth of His words. "Before you decide to achieve your goal, I can continue to play games with you within a reasonable range. But when you cross that bottom line - reasonableness will no longer exist."

"Oh? Really?" Anser raised his eyebrows slightly, "Then why is there such an unreasonable thing as the God Seed?"

“The existence of the Old Deus, right—”

"Well, I'm not interested in debating with you endlessly."

Hydra interrupted Destiny and said, "Although I don't know how likely it is that I will be convinced by you, I want to end all meaningless conversations. Since you insist on trying to defeat me with words, let's discuss the truly crucial things, discuss... you."

"Please."

Fate...fate.

What is the essence of destiny? This is a question that Ansel has been thinking about, but he has never been able to get an answer.

He kept getting closer, always feeling that he had vaguely glimpsed the true face of fate, but he denied it again and again.

"In my original conception, you wanted to use the hands of heroes to make this world a better place, more progressive, and more... well, vibrant."

Anser stood up and strolled in the endless pure white space: "Because all your actions have led to this outcome - the empire is destroyed, a new, more perfect order is established, and most importantly... the demise of the God Race."

"The real threat to the Old Gods does not lie in the power of the sixth rank, nor in the madness of the abyss erosion, but in the absolutely stable inheritance."

"Their inheritance method ensures that there will always be an absolute sixth-order god who is superior to all living beings in this world. This never-ending absolute crushing blocks the possibility of the world moving forward. So you do everything you can to push the heroes to kill the gods one after another. As for the sixth order of the road to heaven... it has no inheritance, and it is not even replicable. Obviously, it cannot pose any threat—"

"At the same time, the personalities of the heroes... oh, their original personalities, also make your purpose clear."

"The Wolf Emperor is determined to make progress and is a beast that surpasses everything; the Mechanical God strives for change and pursues infinite possibilities; the Awakened One deeply loves the world and can perfectly stabilize society; the Brave One leads the overall situation and brings the right direction and endless motivation to all living beings."

Fate is driving the heroes to kill gods, fate is driving the heroes to establish order, fate is driving the heroes' lives and shaping such characters. These characteristics are enough for Anser to confirm... Fate wants the world to move towards a more hopeful, vibrant and possible future.

"But I deny this possibility." Anser stopped, looked up at the still pure white sky, and said expressionlessly:

"Because you're still going to kill my mother."

Do you want to end the rule of the Old Deus and bring a better future to this world?

Couldn't Anser Hydra do it? He was far more capable of accomplishing this feat than anyone else in the world. At the same time, Flamel had already decided to end Hydra's legacy, hoping that Anser could live a normal and happy life.

As long as he took Flamel's miracle creation, he would be able to stand on the same front with the heroes, kill the emperor, annihilate Huanming, and defeat the Dragon King... Using the knowledge in his mind, he could construct a world that was countless times more perfect than the original future.

Even if Destiny cannot see through the knowledge from another world, just based on Anser's performance, He can definitely understand the possibilities that Anser can bring.

But He did not do so. He chose to maintain the original future, chose to kill Anelsa, destroy Flamel, and let Anser become a stepping stone for the heroes in the end.

Then obviously, this is not the purpose of destiny. It doesn't care about the future or possibilities at all.

So Ansel had to think more, thinking about the purpose of fate. He thought of many possibilities, but none of them could explain what fate did... He even thought that fate itself was "purposeless". He had considered this absurd and desperate possibility.

"I can't think of an answer, so there is only one way for me to be your enemy - to do everything you don't want to see."

If fate wants to destroy the empire, he will maintain the continuation of the empire and make it better; if fate wants to rely on heroes to bring about innovation, he will make all the heroes his own.

"As long as I can thwart all your plans, as long as I can keep you from having any choice, then one day... I will face you, spit on you, and in the end, find a way to destroy you."

This was also the motivation that pushed Anser to keep fighting against fate in the beginning.

It sounds absurd and reckless, but in fact, isn't it normal for Anser, who was about to destroy all the arrangements of fate at that time?

Xitana has changed, Mingfulo has changed, two out of four heroes who threaten the empire have died, and it is only a matter of time before Xin surrenders. Moreover, he still has a long, very long time to find the key to his destiny.

"But at that moment... Xin's words made me realize how long I could last if this continued."

When faced with the unpredictable and untouchable existence of fate, how long can revenge driven by hatred last?

"You're telling me that, right?" Anser tapped his temple. "Time, time can change everything."

"But you didn't mean well. You know that I was at that time... I was the one whose mind was corrupted and soul was dominated by sin, hatred, and endless erosion. I would only laugh at your 'admonition' and insist on walking down this path."

"I will firmly believe that hatred can overcome everything, including time and death."

However, with such hatred, will Ansel destroy his destiny first, or will he destroy himself before destroying his destiny?

"You are deliberately cultivating my hatred, sometimes provoking me, sometimes pretending to comfort me, allowing the hatred that is impossible to eliminate to grow day by day, until it grows to the point where it can destroy my thinking and my sanity."

"You've been waiting for that moment, fate."

Anser looked down at the ring on his hand and sighed softly, "Wait for the day when I will destroy myself."

"Oh... this is just one of all your plans. After all, there are many ways to destroy me in your plan, right? This is probably just a backup plan... well, one of the safer backup plans."

"But I woke up and was saved by the very person you thought could destroy me."

From the despair of that day until now, the hatred that Anser had accumulated could not disappear, but at the same time, his cognition and reason had reached a completely different level from that child.

It is impossible for him to let it go, it is impossible for him to choose to let it go, but when the abyss erodes, when the increasingly uncontrollable madness almost disappears, he can use a more correct way to understand himself, and correctly understand this... hatred.

Fueled by hatred, can he really reach the destination he hopes to go?

"Before I figured this out, I realized something else that might answer the original question."

"Why did you kill your mother? Why did you want to...maintain your original destiny?"

This time, Anser's tone was calm enough.

"I think you wanted me to obey you, to let me, an unexpected person, know your greatness, realize that you are the supreme being that cannot be resisted, and finally completely destroy me, an unexpected person. That's why you did this even though you knew that I would trample the fate you planned into pieces."

Destiny is great and does not care about anything, but it does not allow anything to exist beyond its control - so it wants to destroy the consciousness of this accident and make this accident realize its own humbleness and insignificance.

"Because I was... too young at that time, and my endless hatred drove me to regard this as your purpose."

"After all, there is nothing else that can explain your behavior."

Fate had no reason to destroy Hydra unless He wanted this absolute accident to lose all intention of fighting against fate and finally... die completely.

It is reasonable that He does not allow anything in this world to be beyond His control.

"But when I woke up, I realized that you...wouldn't do that."

Anser shook his head as if mockingly, but also as if with emotion: "Because you are destiny."

Destiny is not a person, nor is it a being with any individual consciousness. He has no need and will not show any authority or supremacy to Ansor, because that is meaningless.

Moreover, is it really true that such a powerful destiny cannot control Anser?

Young Hydra tried again and again to change fate, reverse fate, and defeat fate. With absolute hostility towards fate, he failed countless times and succeeded only a few times.

And if fate showed kindness to Anser and took the initiative to change the fate of Enerissa and Flamel, would Anser still be so hostile to Him? And if Anser's hostility was greatly reduced, then for Anser, who could handle the fate with ease even when facing someone who absolutely hated him, was he really... uncontrollable?

"That is, you can do it. Even if you can make sure that I do a good job and make sure that I bring great changes to the world, you don't want me to do it."

"And thinking about everything you did for Xi'er and A'Luo... I finally understand what you want."

"Faced with Luo, who cared more about supernatural powers, you led her to Donggang and let her know about the conflicts between people, society, and classes that are forever difficult to eliminate; and faced with Xier, who only cared about disputes between people and had such a simple view of good and evil, you wanted her to realize that the root of the problem lies in the irreparable disputes between supernatural and mortal people."

Anser recalled everything the two girls had experienced during this period, closed his eyes and murmured:

"You want to make them more perfect, you want them to...see further."

And why did fate allow Xitana and Ming Fuluo to see further?

"Because... I want to lock all of this up."

This was the second phase of Anser's preparation to kill Fate.

Want to overthrow the empire? Then maintain the empire's rule forever. He has ten thousand ways to make this society look rich and comfortable, but lose vitality, hope, and possibility. In order to prevent Anser from doing this, fate wants Ming Fuluo and Xitana to become more far-sighted and try to stop Anser's behavior fundamentally.

And His thoughts were noticed by Ansher.

"So I designed to make Luo believe that she was not wrong, she was absolutely right, as long as people can live happily and peacefully, then this society is beautiful; so I avoided letting the people in the church change Xier's heart, so that she can continue to stick to her wild and unrestrained self."

So facing the design of fate and the relentless pressure of fate, Ansel would feel at that time that he was getting closer and closer to victory and that fate was beyond his control.

And when Ansel woke up, when he connected the choice of fate and his own suffering together, he finally understood... why his mother still died under the damn fate.

"Because killing me and bringing change to the world... are not in conflict. On the contrary, it is precisely because of my existence that the world in your eyes cannot be truly 'changed'."

"Because you know... if the smooth-sailing Ansir Hydra, who truly loves this world, really leads the heroes to change the world, then this world will indeed become incomparably beautiful—"

Anser twitched the corner of his mouth: "——A beauty that is almost eternal."

Possessing that knowledge, and treating the world and the people in the world with pure enthusiasm and kindness, Anser, who can live a natural life... maybe, no, he must create a real paradise.

A paradise where there are no worries, no sorrow, no pain, and everyone can live happily.

In a sense, such a paradise is no different from an empire, for it also has no possibility of progress, because human beings will only degenerate, rot, and finally die in beauty and happiness.

"You're not trying to make this world a better place, Destiny."

The tiny ant facing the great being revealed word by word the real reason for His existence.