nycdaug Chapter 858 Quickly draw your sword and kill him!
Chapter 858 Quickly draw your sword and kill him!
"We are facing a brutal war, so please make sure to convey to me your determination to win."
"So that no one will suffer anymore, so that no one will die anymore..."
As soon as Mavica finished speaking, she was about to reach out to gather the power of the six heroes when a voice suddenly echoed from the void.
"But we will all die eventually."
“Even the most beautiful flowers will eventually wither.”
"The once illustrious site has been reduced to a ruin."
"No one stays in this world forever; we are all just passing through."
Even the most glorious flame will eventually be extinguished in the dust.
This last sentence shocked all the awakened ones from various tribes.
Who dares to say here at the Olympic Flame Arena that the eternal flame will eventually be extinguished in the dust!
Before they could find the source of the sound, the space not far in front of Lord Vulcan suddenly shattered, and a figure stepped out from it.
This person is naturally Xu Ning.
Nata was being heavily invaded by the Abyss, but he wanted to come here to persuade Lord Vulcan to "stop." However, not knowing whether he would be hit by a flaming fist as soon as he showed up, Xu Ning decided to put Tun Tun away first to avoid being "caught in the crossfire," and then walked out of the shattered void.
However, it seems that Lord Vulcan's emotions are still quite stable.
Xu Ning smiled and clasped his hands in greeting, "Lord Vulcan, it's been a long time!"
Mavica snorted lightly, "An ancient Liyue proverb says that evil deeds last a thousand years, and it applies to you perfectly. I knew Morax's strike wouldn't be too decisive."
Xu Ning's smile froze instantly.
"Hey, I've come here with all the power of Liyue to help you defend against foreign invaders, so don't start with such hurtful words!"
Mavica finally smiled. "Then let me first thank the Thousand Rock Army for their long-distance assistance, and then ask you what you were trying to do by suddenly interrupting our ceremony just now?"
Feeling the curious gazes of the Nata people around him, Xu Ning knew that Vulcan would definitely not be willing to find a quiet place to have a proper "heart-to-heart talk" with him at this time. He could only sigh and say softly, "I hope you will not start the Night Hunter War!"
Xu Ning's voice wasn't loud, but the six awakened tribes standing beside him heard it clearly, and each of them showed a look of astonishment and confusion.
Mavica maintained her cheerful smile, but her voice gradually became serious.
"Do you know that Nata is now fighting a desperate battle? The Kingdom of Night God has been almost completely corrupted by the Abyss, and there is not much time left before it is transformed into the Abyss."
"If we hesitate now and lose the Kingdom of Night and the protection of the Holy Fire rules, then Nata's destruction will be imminent."
"Nata will not perish!"
Xu Ning raised his arm, "Not only Liyue, but Mondstadt and Sumeru have also sent people into Nata territory. If nothing unexpected happens, Inazuma and Fontaine will also send reinforcements. With the full support of various countries, not only will Nata not be destroyed, but even the Kingdom of Night can be reclaimed..."
"Then I wonder if Lord Saigong knows what the price of this victory would have been if I hadn't started the Night Hunter War and hadn't been protected by the rules of the Resurrection Poem?"
She still asked that question.
Xu Ning sighed inwardly and said, "This is war. When facing these ignorant and mindless monsters, sacrifice is always inevitable."
Mavica's smile slowly faded. "The price of this sacrifice isn't just for the people of Nata, but also for the lives of the soldiers of Liyue and Thousand Rock. Even so, Lord Saigong still tries to dissuade me..."
"Yes!"
Xu Ning interrupted her without hesitation, "Even if Qianyan Army died far from home, when I brought them out, they were already prepared to sacrifice themselves."
Marani and Kinich exchanged a glance, both filled with questions. Why would Xu Ning, the leader of the Thousand Rock Army whom Lord Vulcan called Sai Gong, be willing to sacrifice his own soldiers to stop Lord Vulcan from starting the Night Hunter War?
Could it be that starting the Night Hunter War itself comes at a price... perhaps even greater than the sacrifices of those warriors?
Looking at Mavica's face, Xu Ning knew that his words probably hadn't swayed the God of Fire in the slightest.
Nata's suffering has lasted for thousands of years, and can even be traced back to the War of the Burial Fire. It was under the leadership of this fire god that they won that hard-fought battle five hundred years ago, which gave the various tribes some breathing room and time to develop.
Even so, for five hundred years, while the various countries of the Central Plains were developing their own cultures and striving to ensure that their people could live and work in peace and contentment, Nata remained as barren as ever, and was constantly at war. While enduring the grief of losing loved ones in battle and fighting tenaciously, Nata was still being squeezed out of its living space by the abyss and pushed to the brink of destruction little by little.
If it could relieve the suffering of the Nata people, I believe that this fire god would do anything without hesitation.
Just as Xu Ning was pondering whether or not to tell the story, she suddenly saw out of the corner of her eye that a small head was cautiously peeking out from her shoulder.
"what are you doing?"
Xu Ning flicked his finger and gave the man's head a hard flick on the forehead, "The adults are talking about business, what are you doing disturbing us!"
“Ahhh, that hurts!”
Paimon, clutching his forehead and sobbing, flew towards Kong, crying, "I just saw it clearly! This drunkard has definitely been possessed! He doesn't care about the lives of his subordinates, he's stopping Nata's counterattack, and he even flicked my forehead! He's definitely not Xu Ning anymore! Quick, draw your sword and kill him, Kong!"
Xu Ning then noticed that Kong had somehow appeared behind him.
Kong blew on the bump on Paimon's head, but didn't draw his sword as Paimon had instructed. "Brother Xu, since we've come here, we'll naturally fight to the death for Nata, without any regrets. But you haven't explained clearly why we can't activate the Sacred Flame rule..."
Mavica, this isn't something I insisted on saying; they forced me to.
"The Night Hunter War that Lord Vulcan is about to start should refer to one that can cover the entire territory of Nata, and not just the resurrection poem rules of the Night God's Kingdom, otherwise there would be no need to summon six tribal heroes to borrow their will."
"So, for Lord Vulcan to use such a wide-ranging Resurrection Poem rule, he must use the power of the Death Ruler, which Shibarak stole and placed in the throne, right? What price must be paid for using that power? Could it be Lord Vulcan's life? Just like when Shibarak walked into the Sacred Flame on his own in the end..."