nycdaug Chapter 885 Fighting Death with Immortality
Chapter 885 Fighting Death with Immortality
"The long wait has made me weary, Mavica. As the price for using my power, I will witness your death here. Begin!"
The icy, grand sound echoing in the night sky left Mavica speechless for a moment.
Even though I came here today for this very reason, the first thing he said to me was that I should hurry up and die. Do you have to be in such a hurry?
The captain seemed surprised that the Reign of Death would appear with such eyes, and even more surprised that He would be so "eager" to "death".
"Is this the form of the Death Ruler, Ronawa?"
"How could that be? This is just His way of observing the world."
Xu Ning took a sip of his drink. "You can think of these eyes as countless screens. He sits in the middle of these countless screens, watching over the countless moments of death in this world."
...So, in other words, Jonawa's true form never actually appeared?
Just using your "eyes" to witness it...that's perfectly reasonable!
Why do you use the metaphor of peeping on a screen to describe such a lofty and serious topic as "witnessing death"? It seems a bit "lewd" in a strange way.
"Then why does He seem a bit anxious?"
Xu Ning sighed helplessly, "Maybe he's afraid of being late for the meeting... I mean, where do you get so many questions? If you want to argue with him, just do it already. Let me tell you, you won't have this chance again."
The captain nodded silently and stepped forward to stand in front of Mavica.
“If using your power comes at the cost of death, I can pay that price in place of the God of Fire.”
Almost simultaneously, all eyes in the sky turned their gaze toward the captain.
Then an angry voice, audible only to Xu Ning, rang in his ear, "It was you...did you deliberately bring him here to embarrass me?"
Xu Ning coughed lightly, then shook his head slightly as if to look up and drink.
Just kidding, don't you know how this guy got into this situation? How could I possibly make someone immortal!
The cold voice echoed again from the air, "You are cursed with immortality, and you are inherently averse to death. You cannot pay the price with your own death..."
"I can!"
The captain said firmly, "In the past, I might not have been able to pay the price of my life because of the immortality curse, but the person standing next to me now has the ability to destroy my body. I can die at any time if I want to."
"But... since you bestowed this curse of immortality upon me, you can naturally take it back and inflict death upon me once more..."
The night sky fell silent.
But an angry voice exploded in Xu Ning's ears, "You know you're using your newly acquired power to bully me, and you still dare to say it wasn't you who did it?"
The captain seemed to vaguely sense that "The Ruler of Death" and Xu Ning were having some kind of exchange, and he snorted coldly.
"I have made countless attempts over the past five hundred years to send the souls of my comrades into the ley lines, but no ley line is willing to accept their souls. The Kanria committed heinous crimes by using the power of the abyss, but the vast majority of Kanria people were innocent victims. We have witnessed the destruction of our loved ones and suffered physical torment over the long years. We should not have to bear such bitter consequences."
"Now that new ley lines have provided a home for my comrades, I am willing to use this remaining body to issue you a challenge: you shall witness my death, or watch my curse avert death. The choice is yours!"
This time, Xu Ning didn't even shake his head in response to the questioning in his ear; he calmly drank his wine.
Boss, feel free to think whatever you want. I'm tired. Just hurry up and do whatever you want to do.
Ronawa's voice in the night sky showed a clear hesitation.
"Use immortality to fight death... use me... to fight me..."
Using death to counteract immortality sounds like the same effect as the ring on Dain's hand.
However, if this situation were to occur in Jonawa's hands, the problem would be much more serious.
After all, whether Jona casts an undead curse or a death penalty, she must act in accordance with the "rules" of this world, that is, she must conform to the "reason" of Teyvat.
If she makes a ruling that contradicts the two rules, the consequences could even cause the foundation of Teyvat's "reason" to crumble, leading to greater chaos.
This is the captain's declaration of war against "The Rule of Death".
The rules for winning and losing are simple: either violate the rules set by nature, or give up and retreat.
Two choices... but no matter which one is chosen, "the rule of death" has already lost.
"The curse of immortality must continue; this is the rule, and it cannot be changed."
After saying that, all the eyes in the sky suddenly and human-like glared fiercely in the direction where Xu Ning was, then all closed and disappeared.
Mavica, who had been silent the whole time, turned to look at the two men beside her.
Although she knew perfectly well what they wanted to do from the beginning, she was still deeply shocked that the "Ruler of Death," whose power had been borrowed, could give up his due reward and leave directly.
Mavica placed her right fist on her chest and bowed slightly to the two men. "I was prepared, but you gave me a better outcome... Thank you."
The captain turned slightly to the side, indicating that he should not be the one to receive the credit.
“I should thank you, because it is because of you that I have this opportunity to face the gods. Time is running out, and it doesn’t matter whether the ley lines of Nata collapse or not. You can accompany your people on their final journey, and I should also complete my final task. After all, if Dotore were to do it, it would always create unnecessary complications.”
Xu Ning stretched and said, "Oh dear, I suddenly remembered that I also have a mission to see an old acquaintance. Let's go together. Oh, by the way, I'll take your sacred flame with me when I'm about to leave Nata. When that happens, Lord Vulcan, please remember to keep it burning so that your subjects don't panic when they find out the sacred flame has gone out."
If any member of the Nata clan were present, they would know that Xu Ning's actions were tantamount to jeopardizing Nata's future, and they would inevitably fight Xu Ning to the death.
Even so, Mavica smiled and nodded in agreement.
Somewhere in space.
An old woman sat quietly under a big tree, telling seven young men and women who looked like students about the history of the four gods: "birth, death, time, and space".
However, when she talked about "the rule of the sky", her whole body suddenly seemed to be twisted, deformed and torn apart, and her entire body underwent abnormal changes.
But before the young students could even cry out in alarm, a beam of red light descended from the sky, simultaneously erasing all signs of life below and turning them into ashes.
“Nabe… or rather, Ms. Rhinedot, and Ishtar, instead of having the time to create these strange creatures in other people’s spaces, why don’t you go and find out where Asmodeus has gone?”