Quadruple split

"You guys, do you want to come together too?"

Repeating the sentence slowly, Mo Tan looked at Hogel with a smile, his eyes full of joy and cunning.

"Are you kidding me..."

Finally, after a long silence, the Paladin regained his composure, took a deep breath, stared coldly at the fraudster and betrayer in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Why do you think you can gain my trust? What qualifications do you have to make such a ridiculous invitation to us?"

Mo Tan chuckled and said in a brisk tone, "Please don't misunderstand me, dear Commander Hogel. Although I did invite you, no matter what decision you and your Eastern Expedition Army make in the end, I will express my absolute understanding, respect and recognition. So please don't be too self-conscious and presumptuously think that I really need you guys."

"snort."

But Hogel is the elite of the Eastern Expedition Army after all, and his mind has been tempered as hard as a rock over countless years. Naturally, he would not be easily irritated by such offensive trash talk, so he just stared at Mo Tan coldly without making any comments or opinions.

After all, he knew very well that even if he didn't ask, the other party would definitely want to get to the bottom of the matter.

"Well, Mr. Tanmo."

As expected, seeing Hogel fall silent, the military leader immediately turned to look at the uninvited guest who was smiling happily, and asked in a gentlemanly and proper manner: "If possible, could you explain what you just said? As you can see, we don't have much time."

"It can be seen that the people on both sides of you are almost dead."

After taking a quick look around, Mo Tan lazily echoed the question, and then, without beating around the bush, he began to explain, "Let me make it short. Although I only took over this dream for less than ten minutes, I still got a lot of information. The most important thing is that I noticed that when the scale of this inherent barrier is reduced to a certain extent and the strength is increased to a certain level, its stability and controllability will be greatly improved."

The military leader nodded slightly and asked, "So?"

Mo Tan showed a sparkling, eight-toothed smile: "So after discussing it with the two of you, I decided to change the original plan. Although I forgot to discuss it, I think I am still sincere in terms of friendship."

“…”

Although the Blood God they believed in was not a god of law or goodness, Hogel, who was upright, responsible and had to use all his strength to hold back from snorting.

"I see."

The old soldier, who was so experienced that his age could not be traced, was much calmer. He nodded immediately after hearing this and said, "Of course. No matter what the process was, at least from the result, Mr. Tan Mo, you did fulfill the long-cherished wish of those of us trapped here and gave everyone equal relief."

“But I can do this kind of thing.”

Hogel stared at Mo Tan with a bad look on his face and said in a deep voice: "But you did not give my companions a painless ending that only you can do as you promised."

"Yeah, I broke my promise."

Mo Tan yawned, raised an eyebrow and said, "What can you do? Come over and bite my balls?"

Almost at the same time, the last warrior of the God-Destroying Society was suppressed by the two clergymen of the Eastern Expedition Army. He was nailed to a wooden stake by a light arrow and stopped breathing.

“Well done~”

Mo Tan immediately applauded the two soldiers of the Eastern Expedition who fought to the end, and said with a smile: "You have completed the mission, guys. Now, go and pursue the liberation you have always dreamed of, and kill yourself quickly."

The two priests, who came from the Dawn Sect and the Abundance Sect respectively, ignored Mo Tan and turned to look at Hogel, performing the farewell ceremony of their respective sects to the latter.

"Thank you for your hard work, both of you."

Hogel also showed a warm smile and said, "If you don't mind if I forget your names, go and have a rest."

“…”

“…”

The two men, who were already covered in wounds, did not speak, but smiled faintly at the same time, and bowed for the last time to the supreme commander in front of them who had never rested for even a moment since the completion of [False End Dream], let alone remembered his name, and even tried his best to keep himself from falling into madness.

Then, the two priestesses, who were as close as sisters, took a deep breath at the same time, hugged each other, shattered each other's hearts with their divine power, and slowly fell to the ground with peaceful smiles on their faces.

So far——

Aside from the Lord of Arms and the Five God-killing Beasts, the remaining members of the [God-killing Society] totaled 1,760 people;

In addition to Hogel, the remnants of the [Twilight Crow Eastern Expedition Army] totaled 2,535 people;

All were killed in battle.

"And there is no way to wake him up again for the time being."

When Hogel and Bingzhu fell silent because the battlefield returned to "quiet", Mo Tan snapped his fingers crisply and said this with a grin.

"What!?"

【I see.】

At the same time, the leaders of the God-Destroying Society and the Eastern Expedition Army suddenly turned their heads to look at Mo Tan, and the former even subconsciously let out an exclamation.

The reason is simple. In Hogel's understanding, the warriors who "died" here would be directly swallowed and merged by the inherent barrier because they were too close to the core of [False Dream], thus completing the complete end of both the physical and spiritual levels. The "key" that was lent to Mo Tan not long ago did give such feedback.

However--

"Being swallowed by this final dream is only the beginning of the end. The prerequisite for the 'end' is the complete destruction of this inherent barrier that has plagued you for countless years."

Mo Tan looked at Hogel with a smile and said leisurely, "Combined with the underlying logic that all the beings that were included in this dream must disappear before this small world will completely collapse and disintegrate, you can understand that as long as you and the Lord of Arms are still alive, all this will not end."

Hogel sneered, tightened his grip on the long sword in his hand that was emitting surging blood, and said in a deep voice: "I will commit suicide after killing the Lord of Arms. This was decided from the beginning."

"That's right."

Mo Tan shrugged and said leisurely: "After you commit suicide, as the only person in this dream who has taken over the 'key' besides you, I will become the dreamer again. If everything goes well, I should have about a quarter of an hour to leave here."

Hogel took a deep breath and threatened bluntly, "So, if you are not satisfied with this process, I can kill you first and then settle with the Lord of Arms. By the way, don't think that he can join forces with you to kill me. Without the five beast bodies of the God Killer, this noble leader of the God Destroying Society will never be my opponent. As for you, even if there are ten or a hundred of you, you will not pose any threat to me."

"So, I really hate people like you who only believe in power."

Mo Tan, who only turned to the power theory when he was on the side with the bigger fist, rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "Although it's not impossible to tear each other apart now, before you deny my idea, do you want me to talk about my opinion first?"

Hogel snorted coldly: "I don't really want to hear it."

"Thank you."

As a result, Mo Tan, who directly assumed the other party's agreement, bowed solemnly to the paladin, then took a deep breath, lowered his eyes with red eyes and said: "I... have someone I want to save."

Hogel, who had managed to hold his SAN value from dropping to zero for so many years, and who acted like a normal person at the last step, keeping his mind, reason, and emotions in a balanced state, frowned: "Who?"

"Monica Stewart."

Mo Tan gave the answer without hesitation, and said to the slightly changed face of the Paladin: "Indeed, if we follow our previous plan, you and your [Dusk Crow Eastern Expedition Army], the Lord of Arms and his [God-Destroying Society] can all be freed from this endless nightmare. As an alien with a surviving body, I can easily leave here, but... what about Monica?"

After Mo Tan and Monica returned to Jackdaw Castle, they learned of the latter's true situation. Hogel, who expressed deep sympathy for her, shook his head and said, "I deeply regret what happened to Ms. Monica, but in the final analysis, apart from the fact that she was willing to go to the dangerous place, it was the Destroyer Society that directly caused her death, and it had nothing to do with us."

The Lord of Arms sighed silently, but just stroked his beard and didn't say anything. After all, he had already expressed his superficial apologies, and Mo Tan's sudden re-emergence of the old matter was obviously not directed at him.

"I don't care who is responsible for her death!"

As expected, Mo Tan did not look at the Lord of Arms. Instead, he let out a low growl like the whimper of a trapped beast, and turned his head to stare at Hogel's sea-blue eyes with bloodshot eyes: "I only know that I don't want her to disappear like this. I don't want her, who has just started her life, to be buried with you tortured souls! The so-called 'liberation' is for you! Not for her!"

“…”

It must be said that Hogel, who had been the "warden" of this small world for who knows how many centuries, and whose mind was twisted beyond recognition after his body decayed, had never seen such a scene. It took him a while to react and suddenly said, "Could it be that Anthony..."

"I didn't bring her down."

However, Anthony obviously did not give him a chance to finish his words. Instead, he clenched his fists tightly and said through gritted teeth, "She has already accepted her fate. She knows very well that her life is insignificant and far less important than letting you, the tortured souls, rest in peace. She...she seems to have forgotten that you are certainly worthy of respect, but she, who is willing to risk her life to come here for her beliefs, is equally important to some people."

At this point, Hogel had fully understood the pain, struggle and anxiety of Anthony Dabbs in front of him. Not only was the resentment of betrayal in his heart diluted a lot, he even pursed his lips and looked away, not daring to look into those eyes filled with bloodshot and unwillingness.

Obviously, he accepted the reasons given by the other party, or even if he did not accept them, he agreed with them in a corner of his heart.

There is no way. After all, whether in the game world, the real world, bardic stories or other forms of narrative carriers, love is always the most BUG-level element that does not require reasoning. It is the destroyer of logic, rationality and rules, and the first driving force of the story that can become the MVP under any circumstances.

What is even more frightening is that, unlike many equally outrageous plots, love in the objective sense can easily make the objective reality become very subjective, and even trigger a large number of so-called real events that are "more outrageous than the stories."

It is no exaggeration to say that Mo Tan, who has a chaotic neutral personality, is so fanatical and persistent about the concept of "love" that he would definitely stun anyone with a love-brained mind.

after all--

'Love' is so damn useful!

"But I still reject any proposal that goes against the original plan, Mr. Anthony."

However, as Monica said in Mo Tan's mouth, although Hogel sympathized with Monica Stewart and Anthony Dabbs, he did not think that the girl who died accidentally at the hands of the God-Destroying Society could outweigh the weight of his countless comrades who have been tortured by this nightmare to this day.

unless……

"This will not affect your liberation."

Mo Tan stared at Hogel's dodging eyes and said word by word: "What if I say that my new plan can still ensure this?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Let me give you a hint, Knight Hogel. In this dream, except for you and the Lord of Arms, everyone else has actually been 'liberated' countless times. It could be a second, or a minute. The weakest people may even need a whole day to 'wake up' again and join the endless war again."

"So what?"

"Tell me, at this moment, apart from you, me, the Lord of Arms, and Monica, have the other people in this dream lost their bodies, lost their consciousness, and fallen into a deep sleep?"

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to use beautiful dreams that no longer require them to sacrifice their lives to make up for the pain that these 'heroic souls', as Monica calls them, have suffered over the long years."

"What?"

"Happy times are always short, but painful times tend to be extra long."

Chapter 2472: End