Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 2320 Hill's Crystal Flower Schoolbag
The words he wanted to ask were on the tip of his tongue, but William took them back.

He thought of Hill's attitude just now.

Although he was also concerned about the God of Time and Space and his safety, Hill obviously did not intend to ask questions to the end unless William himself spoke.

They neither asked what backup plan Shar left with Vecna, nor did they ask whether it was because Shar devoured some of Vecna's divine power that they knew how the other party influenced the time and space artifact, nor did they ask who was hiding behind it.

Hill, the line drawn between them, has always been there.

William could feel that Hill still regarded him as a friend.

But, Lansendel is also Hill's friend, and Lynn is also Hill's friend...but there are some things that Hill will only tell Lynn and will never discuss with Lansendel.

William knew that in Hill's heart, he was at least no worse than Lynn, but there was also a distance between them.

He had a lot to say, but he could only remain silent.

Finally, I chose respect.

If Hill himself didn't mention the connection between the World Tree and the Styx, as well as some of the special features, William felt that he'd better not ask more questions... Whether Hill knew it or not, at least he didn't intend to mention it now.

Shar tilted her head and looked at her lover.

She had long discovered that William always acted cautiously whenever something related to Hill occurred.

When Shar first discovered this, she couldn't quite understand William's attitude.

Although William had done some wrong things in the past, he never had any ill intentions, and he didn't even hurt Hill himself.

In addition, Hill at that time was just a son of God at the level of a legendary wizard.

Even if he was important to Trahill, so what?

Considering Hill's status and position, any god who encounters him, as long as they have a little bit of brains, will basically not provoke him easily.

But this does not mean that even the people and things around him have to be tolerated.

However, William told her that among friends, if status, strength and future are put first and then consider things like friendship, then it is not friendship at all.

Just like he loved her, it had something to do with her being the original goddess of Toril, but it was because she was transformed from the entanglement of the past, and both her appearance and her personality and attitude came from herself.

It’s not that her power is unimportant, but it’s mainly because of who she is that her power brings.

He and Hill became friends because they had similar personalities, similar ideas, and even resonated on many issues.

Therefore, he didn't want the cracks in the friendship that had already appeared to turn into an abyss.

Although Shar understood William's explanation, she still couldn't comprehend it.

After she knew that she fell in love with William, she analyzed her love very seriously.

How could she, who had been betrayed by the only relative she recognized, accept her own love so easily?
The first time she thought she might be in love with William, she squatted in the shadow world and used various methods to cleanse herself thoroughly several times.

In order to prevent herself from being cursed or poisoned, Shar even temporarily deprived herself of some of the essence that she had snatched back from other aspects.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so helpless when she saw the Shadow Weave suddenly break away... When the Shadow Realm was cleansed by the huge primordial energy, the mottled energies that Shar hid in the palace were cleared away as impurities.

Otherwise, how could Shar, who would not be unable to enter even if Toril was completely isolated due to the primordial energy riot, not make any small moves?
Those great wizards who may not even know that they have become the base of the magic network will reveal their identities at that moment.

As soon as Edna ascended to the starry sky, she would probably have a headache about how to deal with so many great wizards with special identities.

Hei Tong and Midnight are both extremely willful people... They both think that being noticed by them is an honor for those mages, so they will not notify these mages at all.

Of course, having this base point will indeed bring benefits to these mages... But how many people are willing to admit that their excellence is not because they are smart, but because they were inexplicably marked with a mark?

As long as a small number of "smart people" would think this way, Shar would take the opportunity to merge her energy, which was mottled but very suitable for trading with mages, into these guys.

Then, use their greedy and vicious hearts to take back the Shadow Magic Net in one fell swoop.

She might even be able to take this opportunity to kill the magic goddess again!

Shar is very confident in her abilities.

However, at that time, she was troubled by the fact that she had inexplicably fallen in love with a male god from another world... and a madman who played fair and just... and she threw away all her laws except for darkness and secrecy.

If it weren't for the other aspects, who knows how much Shar would have lost!

Fortunately, she had assigned the duties of the Great Cave, Dungeon and Underdark to the Aspect of the Lord of the Underdark... In order to prevent problems from occurring to that aspect when she was distracted, Shar created a multi-headed hydra elect to divide the divine power.

However, the more she returns to her essence, the more she can feel her true self.

Shar clearly felt her possessiveness and lust for William...but these desires were very pure and without any malice.

She did want William to belong to her, but she didn't want to force him at all. Instead, she hoped that he would feel the same way.

But it is precisely because of this clear-headed self-analysis that Shar knows what she can give in and what she cannot give in when facing William.

Perhaps, no one would be as ridiculous as the moment their love began... They were affectionate to each other, but they listed all their demands one by one.

After finally reaching an agreement, they walked together with peace of mind.

However, Shar, who understood what love was, could not understand what William meant by friendship.

She really didn't understand why William always thought about how he should give in when talking about friendship?

Isn’t that also a misunderstanding caused by poor communication?
Why didn't William discuss those conditions at the beginning of the friendship?
Friendship, what exactly is it... The Dark Night Goddess of Toril studied it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

Toril's friendship was similar to a joke, the only one that she felt was a bit similar was Lila's relationship with Vol'jin.

But this does not mean that there is no conflict of interest between the two.

If that's friendship... what is the kind between William and Hill?

Shar couldn't figure it out, so she was always very careful in her attitude towards Hill.

She didn't want Hill to become more alienated from William because of her behavior.

Fortunately, Hill is indeed a nice kid who is a pleasure to be around.

Although it was Shar who chose to restrain herself, it didn't mean that she wouldn't vent her anger on others if she was in a bad mood.

Fortunately, Hill has a really good personality.

Even when Selune appeared at the same time as her, she did not do anything that would displease Shar... The Dark Night Goddess was actually very used to the fact that between herself and Selune, the good camp, or the neutral camp that leaned towards good, would tend to favor Selune.

It is their nature: the worst good is better than the best evil.

However, Hill clearly only looks at the present moment, regardless of the past.

What Shar didn't understand was William's attitude towards friendship, but she knew that he had a good impression of Hill.

Hill, it's really easy to arouse the favor of normal people.

Shar held William's arm gently, and comforted her lover who was a little lost in her own way... She should not break the delicate atmosphere between the two of them. Her possessiveness was not so strong that she could not tolerate her lover's friendship.

However, she still felt that William was a little too cautious... Hill was indeed very strong, but not so strong that he could even know the connection between the Styx and the World Tree.

Just like her, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't dig out AO's mysterious past on Mount Paradise.

Obviously, so many Gods of Order know the old man, and they don't have the inclination to keep secrets for him. So why can't she dig out some secrets that would make the old man furious and lose face?
Shar didn't believe that there wouldn't be any.

The old man has such a bad nature, he must have done a lot of terrible things!
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William and Shar quickly said goodbye to Hill.

Although William still had some questions in his mind, he thought he could leave them until he returned to Trahill.

However, Hill really didn't see the complicated thoughts and messy emotions of this couple of lovers... These two were so sticky that Hill didn't want to even look at them.

Moreover, after finally sending William and Shar away and completely closing his magic tower, Hill now just wanted to take a good bath and have a good sleep.

Although he had never left his home, Hill had a hard time during this period.

Before walking into the bathroom, Hill took a look at his silent magic book.

The carefully crafted artifact book was placed by Hill in a small bag made of crystal flower petals...both torn parts were still there.

Hill, often used, is just a vine of crystal flowers.

The crystal flower that lives in the abyss has a severe mysophobia, but she doesn't like to leave her cave... Therefore, if you want to make an area as huge as the abyss trench free of any marine life, you must have some special methods.

You know, even the most ubiquitous microorganisms in the ocean are not there.

But Crystal Flower is very curious, and sometimes she wants to see some fun...so she has to be able to find creatures that can bring fun whenever she wants.

This is no simple matter.

Although she chose to downplay her own danger and exaggerate her own misery when she talked about these things with Hill, even if Hill was stupid at the time, he had figured it out after so many years.

(End of this chapter)