I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

However, after relieving his psychological pressure, Ekalos also realized that he had to start adjusting his next plans and actions.

The first action proved that Ikaros' guidance of the large group for the past six months was very useful. The specialized attacking sea creatures could easily tear apart the weapons of the deep-sea hunters, the shield of the water city and the outer defense line. The auxiliary sea creatures could also spread out covering sea scars on the ground and the ocean at a terrifying speed, and use their own excess energy reserves to quickly breed various small sea creatures from the sea scars to assist in combat and protect the rear.

But Ikaros's inadequacy in guiding large groups was also revealed in this first confrontation.

That was excessive mercy. The order not to kill caused a sharp drop in combat efficiency. In order to avoid hurting the Agor people and the deep-sea hunters, the sea successors had to limit their own strength and change their combat style, which resulted in an almost unlimited increase in the duration of a battle.

The Haisi combat group, which could have swept across the border water city like lightning, took half a day to force the water city authorities to choose to evacuate.

The advancement speed was far from what Ikaros had expected.

There were only two choices before her.

One is to give up that mercy and allow Haisi to kill the deep-sea hunters and Agor's soldiers and civilians, so as to maximize the power of this group of Haisi who are evolving towards perfect weapons and destroy all of Agor's living forces.

But this is obviously impossible. After all, not to mention the consequences and costs of doing so, if Ikaros really gave up her mercy and allowed the sea heirs to start killing everyone, then what would be the difference between her and that group of Agor's archons?

Isn't her determination to end all tragedies and the ridiculous war between the two races a joke?

Besides, even if he really did this, what would Ikaros get in the end?

A throne made of countless corpses? A vortex of hatred formed by countless blood, sorrow and gathering? And the hatred and revenge engraved in the blood of countless surviving Agors and deep-sea hunters who left their homes?

…No one would want these.

It is impossible for Ikaros to truly abandon his compassion and kindness.

Therefore, this method was directly excluded from the range of options by Ekaros after it was created.

The only thing left is the second option.

——That is to capture the leader first, and to attack the enemy directly. He led this Haisi Legion, which has been proven to be powerful, into the capital of Agor, and killed all those insect archons. He then used the body of Gloriatia's mother to lead the remaining forces and assist Gloriatia in leading Agor onto the right path.

This is the best option at the moment and the only way to avoid a complete and total war between the large group and the Agor.

It just so happened that the sea princes who were attacking Agor's defense line from the outside could still attract Agor's troops and attention. As Ekalos thought about it, he no longer hesitated.

After all, she doesn't have much time left.

but……

"One month to half a year? That would be enough."

Looking at the tiny smooth scales spreading on her arms, Ikaros gently stroked them as they continued to multiply and spread, estimating the time she had left, feeling the delicate and cold touch, and she whispered to herself.

And reaffirmed his determination.

It is true that the life of the girl named Ikaros was full of misfortune and sorrow.

But at least in the future, Ikaros hopes that there will be no more people like himself.

The children born in Agor should be happy. The seeds need healthy, fertile soil and careful care to thrive. Since no one is willing to provide them with that stable soil and environment, Ekalos may not be able to take care of them carefully, but at least he has enough power to turn everything around now.

In addition to satisfying one's own selfish desires and protecting the people one loves.

Icarus also wanted to do something for those who came after him in the last moments of his life, even if it cost him his life. Icarus felt that he could then proudly meet his parents and happily tell them, "Your daughter has protected many people just like you."

Even though those people may not know Ikaros, and may not even know what Ikaros should have done for them in their entire lives.

But as long as he can end the war between Hai Si and Agor that should not have existed, end the rule of those archons in the upper echelons of Agor who have gone astray, and get Agor back on track, it will be the best ending and reward for Ekaros.

She just wants to use her weak light to illuminate as many people as possible who are lost in the darkness.

Once upon a time, this light was very weak and small due to Ikaros's lack of power. Perhaps it could only illuminate a few people in its entire life.

But now, this light has become dazzling and eye-catching because of the power of Ekalos, and will eventually illuminate the future path of Agor and Haisi.

……

But... does that road really exist?

It is true that hatred cannot sustain a person's life, and the flower of curse catalyzed by killing and hatred cannot bloom forever.

But with deliberate cultivation and nurturing, turning human nature into the sharpest and most deadly weapon is the easiest thing in the world.

Hatred, disgust, and emotion are the most powerful fuels in the world that can drive a person into a revenge machine.

In the base where Agor trains deep-sea hunters, there is no need for deliberate propaganda, the so-called hatred induction and conflict diversion. The Agor people who become deep-sea hunters all hate Hai Si for their own reasons.

And because of this hatred, it became a handy weapon in Agor's hands against Haisi.

But he was completely unaware that the source of his hatred came from Agor's arrogance, nor did he know that his hatred was nothing but a meaningless pretense from beginning to end.

Even the oath to protect the Agor people seemed empty and hypocritical in the face of the truth.

Even the identity of a deep-sea hunter itself is the saddest and most absurd joke in the world.

But when he stepped into the hunters' base for the first time, Ikaros, or Ikaros who had parasitized his consciousness on Gloria's mother, had to admit that the deep-sea hunters were an extremely terrifying force in every aspect.

After all, it's sad but it's also a joke.

The strength of the deep-sea hunter has always been terrifying.

Otherwise, if this power was removed, even if Ekalos asked the sea heirs not to kill, the specialized sea heirs would be able to clear Agor at the speed of light.

It’s a pity that this force cannot be eliminated.

And because of historical issues, the deep-sea hunters are in a life-and-death situation with the sea heirs in many ways.

This is a problem that gives Ekaros a headache.

Therefore, before attacking the enemy directly and killing the group of insects on the upper level of Agor, Ekalos, who had become a large group of agents, came to the hunters' base by taking advantage of the body of Mother Goletia, who had just passed the "probation period" and successfully regained her power.

While planning to give Gloria some of the power of the chairman of the so-called "War Planning Bureau" that belonged to Gloria's mother, he also wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to reveal some facts to the other party and let the Deep Sea Hunters choose to withdraw or remain neutral.

In this way, it would be much safer and more convenient for Ekalos to attack Agor's capital.

But Ikaros was just trying it out.

After all, the hatred between the hunters and Hai Si is not just a little bit.

That conflict could be described as a blood feud, and it couldn't be mediated simply by mediation.

But there's no harm in trying.

And to be honest, Ikaros also has some little thoughts.

She came here as the mother of Gloria, not just to make those attempts and reveal the truth.

More importantly, Ekalos wanted to go see Skadi and the others again.

In case something unexpected happens in the future plan or the progress of my assimilation is accelerated, I will either fail in the end, or more pessimistically, I will be completely assimilated by [reproduction] ahead of time, and lose the chance to see them for the last time.

That would be a shame, wouldn't it?

No one wants to die with regrets, especially Ikaros who has lost a lot.

Chapter 4: Gloria's Answer (4/)

【Through the identity of Goletia's mother as the Archon of Science and Technology and the chief war planner. 】

[You parasitized the other person with your own consciousness and easily came to the base of the deep sea hunter. 】

[And successfully passed a series of security checks and arrived at the Hunter Headquarters where Agor was planning the war. ]

[Here, you met many people with the aura of the sea, and you were not surprised by this. After all, the power of the deep-sea hunters is obvious to all. It was completely within your expectation that the senior leaders of Agor would choose to accept the enhancement of this technology.]

[But you are still quite happy in your heart. You used to only guess that most of the senior leaders of Agor had accepted Hai Si's flesh and blood, but now you have witnessed it with your own eyes and confirmed this fact.]

[This will undoubtedly be of great help to your plan. ]

[As a 'reproduction' newborn, your control over the sea is undoubtedly the strongest among the four newborns, and so is your vitality, almost reaching the point where you will never really die if you don't want to, second only to the 'existence' newborn who has merged with the sea.]

[Although the guidance and direction for the sea children are not as good as the "migration" and "growth" births. 】

[But when it comes to the use of mass consciousness and mass networks, you are far superior to other newborns.]

[As a newborn of "reproduction", you are responsible for feeding and protecting the young, ensuring that the sea heirs in the group treat each other as brothers and sisters, protect each other, and devour each other willingly according to the relationship of the food chain and the responsibility of individual consciousness rebirth. ]

【And as the embodiment of the biological 'instinct' in this regard. 】

[You can also take the initiative to regard those Agor upper-class people who have the blood and flesh of the sea as members of this food chain and large group network. ]

[As a 'reproduction', you have the right and responsibility to mobilize this authority, and have the ability to activate and call upon the dormant flesh and blood and instincts of the sea heirs in those guys.]

[So the more Agor upper echelons can't resist the temptation and implant Hai Si's flesh and blood in their bodies, the greater the possibility of your plan succeeding, and the greater the necessity of attacking Agor's capital. ]

[The only flaw is that you came at an inappropriate time this time. You missed out on Goladia, Skadi, and Laurentina.]

[Because the frontline sea launched a massive counterattack, many deep-sea hunters were urgently sent to the frontline for support, so you missed the opportunity to meet with Goletia and the others.]

[But you don't have to be discouraged. After all, you can use Mother Goletia's body for a long time.]

[They will come back from the front sooner or later, and all you need to do is wait. ]

[After simply fooling those who wanted to talk to you, you left the hunters' base and took a private transport back to the Archon's office.]

[Although you were once considered an enemy of Goletia's mother, now that you have truly come to this office through Goletia's mother's body, you are still deeply shocked by the advanced level of technology and the richness of the information in front of you.]

[At the same time, he also gained a deep understanding of the terrifying amount of documents that Goletia's mother had to deal with and review every day.]

[But what you care about most is a worn-out notebook placed in a secret compartment on your office desk, and a half-finished puppet next to the notebook that was left aside, and whose specific race you can't tell. It looks abstract, and a potted white rose plant that has wilted on the windowsill behind a bunch of sophisticated instruments.]

[After you simply fooled around with the documents that the Archon needed to complete, asked the secretary to leave, and conducted a detailed investigation of the defense system layout and city planning map of the Agor capital.]

[After finishing your work, you began to read the diary left by Goletia's mother. After reading this diary that covered the life of this archon late at night, you fell into deep silence.]

[In fact, there is nothing particularly dramatic about the story of Goletia's mother. It just records a little girl who was abandoned in an ignorant overseas country, was picked up by a passing Agor and brought back to Agor. Then her talent was discovered and she was invited to join the power core of Agor. Later, she became a deep-sea hunter and eventually became a technology archon. After marrying another person, she gave birth to a daughter and continued to fight for the future of Agor.]

[The story is not long, and Goladia's mother is not very good at writing a diary. ]

[The content and handwriting of the article are very concise and concise, very similar to Gloria's writing habits, and even give you the illusion that this diary was written by Gloria.]

[But when you carefully read the contents of this diary and the emotions contained between the lines. ]

【The illusion vanished. 】

[After all, there is no confusion lingering between the lines of this diary in Gloria's writing and word choice.]

【And this is the biggest difference between Gloria and her mother. 】

[But if that's all, you shouldn't remain silent about this woman who made your life so miserable.]

[What really made you silent was actually the content in the second half of this diary.]

[It makes you understand why the mother of Goletia, the Archon of Technology, hides an unfinished and ugly puppet in a secret compartment, and why there is a pot of wilted white roses in her office.]

[Although I don't want to admit it, if the contents of the diary are true. ]

[Then perhaps Gloria's mother doesn't care about Gloria as much as she seems to, and is far from being the hopeless, self-centered, arrogant lunatic who can sacrifice other people's lives at will as she imagined.]

[As for this diary, considering the reality and the extremely tense relationship between Goletia and her daughter, you think this diary probably can't be fake. ]

[However, even if you know all this, if you are given another chance to choose, you will still choose to parasitize your consciousness on the half-dead mother of Goletia.]

[It's just that your hatred for Gloria's mother has been reduced a little because of this diary.]

[But that's all. You won't forgive Goletia's mother and the group of Agor leaders.]

[They must pay with blood for what they have done. This is your only requirement and your final bottom line.]

[Since Goletia's mother has paid the price with her blood, everything she has accumulated throughout her life has become your property.]

[Although these are not enough for you to forgive the other person, it is not impossible to help the other person fulfill his or her last wish. ]

Well, actually you just want to take this opportunity to spend more time with Gloria and the others.

[In short, after making such a decision in your heart, while your main body was dealing with the large-scale battle lines and organizing a surprise attack on the capital of Agor, you, as the technology archon, went to the capital of Agor to deeply understand the defense systems of various places and the detailed activity areas of other archons, secretly deforming your own layout, and at the same time, you began to contact Goletia and the others after they returned from the front line, and quietly paid attention to their news and cared about them.]

[At first, after returning from the front, Gloria was wondering whether you were dead or alive. She was confused when she received the active contact from "Mother".]

[To be honest, she is not in the mood to communicate with the biological mother you control.]

[After all, your disappearance and the news released by the Agor authorities have caused Goletia to be irritable and worried for the past six months.]

[She kept telling herself in her heart that you are not dead.]

[But after turning Agor upside down for half a year and even sneaking into various secret laboratories several times without finding you, Goletia's inner anxiety continued to spread, to the point that she dreamed of your death several times in the middle of the night.]

[Although she didn't want to admit it, Gloria had to admit that she was also wavering about whether you were still alive.]