The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

【welshdragonbalancebreaker! 】

An icy blue light flashed by!

Exia transformed into the Ice Dragon Emperor, with huge ice wings half-covering his body, completely wrapping his body in it, forming the shape of an ice dome.

The next moment, the flames of [Fu Hua] suddenly landed on the surface of the ice wing.

“Boom——————————!”

The terrifying heat and impact exploded and released instantly!

The fire that shot up into the sky and the roar that shook the earth swallowed up Exiya who was directly hit in an instant! Calculated, maybe there was not even one frame of time. Exia's figure disappeared at the speed of light under this blow! In its place is the flame that symbolizes the destruction of all things by the Herrscher of Fire!

"It's over..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, [Fu Hua] put down his hand with some regret: "Bear my blow head-on without dodging. Although I don't know what kind of trump card you have hidden, but... you That's too arrogant, Kevin. Just say goodbye like this."

The Herrscher of Fire can be sure that his blow has completely destroyed Exia. After all, there is no thing that can survive his blow.

However.......

“Shua——————!”

The next moment, in the flames swaying towards the sky, it seemed as if something was rapidly expanding inside! In the roar of a storm sweeping across the earth, a pair of huge ice dragon wings tore apart the invisible flames!

As if in a demonstration, the dragon wings were fully extended!

The icy blue gale continued to spread and release, shaking the entire surrounding space!

Roar------------!

There was a faint roar of a giant dragon in my ears!

This scene made the Herrscher of Fire couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly: "Still...alive?"

How can it be?

He took a blow from himself and still survived? And...the ice wings used to protect him were not even damaged at all?

How is this possible?

"Sure enough...is that so?"

Holding the victory throne that was already burning with heavenly fire, Ixia took a deep breath and frowned tightly for the first time in the battle, showing a look of resistance.

Even if it is false, even if it is just a shell.

To do something to her master...to the master who taught her martial arts, to do something to her favorite master, Ixia was still very reluctant in her heart.

but--

"Even if I want to talk to you now, it's impossible. So... I won't hold back, Master."

Raising her hand, Aixia said softly:

"——Forced to come immediately."

"——No. 10·[Capricorn Eye Crystal (dabihkryastalos)]."

72. They are more important than the world

The twelve beasts of the Fourth True Ancestor.

Each one has unparalleled destructive power.

But [destructive power] is not simply reflected in attack power. To give an obvious example, in terms of the nature of its abilities, Herrscher of Corrosion has almost no ability to directly attack. Being a super virus, it can even directly attack physical objects. The world cannot interfere.

However, the Herrscher of Corrosion can control nuclear bomb silos. If humans had not only had three cities left at that time, the whole world would have been destroyed by nuclear bombs flying randomly.

This is much more destructive than the Herrscher of Fire.

And [Capricorn Eye Crystal] is this type of beast.

It does not have any ability to directly affect the physical world. Although it can cause huge damage simply by colliding with the body, this is not the result of its ability - its ability is [Charm], or [ Mental control].

If the life form stared at by this beloved beast is inferior to Ixia, it will unconditionally become Ixia's spiritual puppet and be completely controlled by Ixia. If the strength is not inferior to Exia, then the same amount of magic power will be consumed to control depending on the difference in strength. The more the opponent resists, the more magic power will be consumed.

Of course, Ixia's strength as the criterion depends on Ixia's [current strength].

Normal state, forbidden state, artificial collapse state - under these three different situations, the effects of Capricorn's Eye Crystal are completely different.

[aaaarrrrrrr——————————! 】

Forcibly summoned by Exia for the first time, the ichthyosaur-shaped familiar beast covered with silver crystal pillars and goat horns seemed a little dissatisfied. It raised its head to the sky and let out a cry. The fluctuation of magic power was transmitted to the direction along with the cry. All around.

"Quiet."

Alexia ordered coldly.

Capricorn Eye Crystal immediately stopped shouting, restrained her figure and took up position behind Exia.

After summoning it, Ixia did not immediately bring Herr of Fire into her spiritual control. Instead, she shouted to the empty earth except for herself and Herr of Fire: "Do it." This step is enough, Kevin. As you can see, unlike you, I have the power to solve the situation without killing the Herrscher of Fire - this is enough!"

"...."

silence.

Kevin's voice was not conveyed immediately, but soon, just like the time of Herrscher of Death, the scene in front of Alexia stopped again.

Appearing quietly next to Exia, Kevin looked up at the fish-and-dragon-like beast: "No. 10, there is indeed its [shadow] in my Chimera... This is your decision. What? Exia."

"Facing a former friend who has become an enemy, you are not willing to kill her even if you control her spirit and make her your slave forever."

"Do you feel naive?"

"No."

Kevin shook his head: "From a rational point of view, I think this is a better approach. In my time, there was no Herrscher who fought for mankind. If I had your power at that time, , let the Fire Chasing Moth add a Herrscher of Fire, then no matter what the ideas below are, at least the upper levels will definitely pass it - even if they are still afraid of the Herrscher."

"But, what are you going to do after that?" Kevin asked, "I can imagine that you are not someone who will always dominate your friend, but if you remove the control, she will become an enemy again - to When the time comes, what are you going to do? Do you control it for the rest of your life, or kill it once and for all?"

"I will take back her human consciousness."

Alexia said firmly.

"You just said that the Herrscher has two consciousnesses, as a Herrscher and as a human being. In addition to the power of the beasts, I also have the power of the Great Holy Grail, even if my friend really becomes the Herrscher. Or, I will also use the power of the Capricorn Eye Crystal to control her, and while I control her, I will use the Great Holy Grail to make a wish to make her return to normal."

"Back then, you had no choice but to let yourself kill your past friends. But I am different from you. I have many choices. I don't need to give up anything to save and protect!"

Alexia had no intention of trampling on Kevin's decision or criticizing Kevin's actions.

But this is a conflict of ideas between the two.

At some point, if people want to realize their own ideals, they must first throw other people's ideals into the pit of fire. The conflict and opposition of ideas naturally results in ruthless targeting of the other side.

Kevin: "......"

No need for Exia to explain, he actually knew what Exia was thinking.

but......

"Can you really do it?" Kevin asked again, "It seems to me that you desire the best of both worlds when it comes to matters related to yourself. You don't want the people around you to sacrifice on the road to fighting against Honkai. You want to use your own power to protect the people around you, and you want to defeat Honkai while doing this - but can you really do it?"

"I know sacrifice is inevitable, but if you can't even protect the people you cherish, then what's the point of protecting the world?"

If Exia really defeats Honkai in the future, but the price is Bianca and the others' sacrifice, then the world that has transcended Honkai will be no different from Exia's point of view.

The people in your own family are more important than those on this planet.

He embarked on the road to becoming stronger just to protect the people he valued around him.

"...That's a good answer." Kevin pondered for a moment, "But if you lose your place of refuge, even if you protect the people you cherish, it will be meaningless."

"Do you have to go against me?"

"I just made the natural opposite statement - forget it, what I want to tell you through the Herrscher of Fire can be considered completed here. It seems that I was overly worried and negligent. Your situation has long been beyond my reach. To compare with the situation, perhaps it is the best choice for you to experience the whole Herrscher alone."

Kevin's original intention was to make Exia's ideas more mature.

He supports Aikexia's idea of ​​​​wanting to save everything, but that is accompanied by many risks, which Kevin fully understands, and if his own experience and real-life experience can help Aikexia have a more complete ideal , that’s best.

And now——

"You choose." Kevin said, "Whether you want to face the tragedy of restraint directly according to my arrangement, or go through all the Herrscher battles as you wish - since you If you can embark on a path that I couldn't tread at the time, then it's up to you to make the real choice."

As Kevin finished speaking, two light gates appeared in front of Ixia.

【eight】

【eleven】

Sighing softly, she put the Capricorn Eye Crystal back into her body. Ixia raised her feet and walked directly towards the door of [Eight].

73. Question Kevin, understand Kevin——

Alexia had been in Purana for eight hours.

After personally experiencing the battle between the Sixth Herrscher and the Seventh Herrscher, for a full eight hours, Exia once again experienced the Herrscher battle from her own perspective. Only the Eighth Herrscher and the Ninth Herrscher The battle between the Herrscher and the Tenth Herrscher.

Among them, Exia spent more than seven hours on the Eighth Herrscher.

Unlike the Herrscher of the Rock, who was forced to break through all the defenses almost instantly, killing her instantly with one blow, the Eighth Herrscher - the Herrscher of Knowledge - caused huge trouble to Exia. !

In terms of frontal combat ability alone, Exia is not afraid of any Herrscher at all. If he wants to lose because he can increase his power without any upper limit, he can only face a powerful enemy whose initial strength far exceeds his own by dozens or even hundreds of times. . Of course, the Herrscher of Knowledge cannot do this, but contrary to Exia's unrivaled frontal combat capabilities, his methods in the field of consciousness are relatively simple.

Therefore, facing the Herrscher of Knowledge who could not be killed directly with power, Exia was indeed passive in the early stage. Even if the dreams weaved by the Herrscher of Consciousness cannot have any impact on Ixia, facing hundreds of continuous dreams, Ixia cannot escape immediately, let alone the Herrscher of Consciousness. Cutting off his connection with Shajo Aige.

The result was that he and the Herrscher of Consciousness spent more than seven hours, using their absolutely unaffected mental power to make the Herrscher of Consciousness collapse himself before winning.

As for the Thousand Herrscher, Exia didn’t have much sense of involvement.

The Tenth Herrscher of the pre-civilization, also known as the Thousand Herrschers, was a group of Herrschers composed of a thousand individuals who had extremely weakened Herrscher powers. At that time, it had an extremely serious impact on the social structure of the pre-civilization. ——But this influence has no effect on Exia.

From Exia's point of view, he just killed the extremely weak Herrscher a thousand times in a row.

And now——

...

"Huh~~~~"

In the kitchen of Paradise.

Lying down next to the pool, and after washing her face with water, Ixia stared at the bottom of the pool, her blue eyes shining with an inexplicable luster.

"Hey~~~What are you thinking about?"

Suddenly, a girl's voice came from the side, and then Alexia felt something pressed against the side of her face.

It's Alicia.

Turning to look at her with two wine glasses in her hands, Alexia chuckled and took one of the glasses: "You are here, it's past ten o'clock now, I thought you were already asleep. "

"Yingjie doesn't need to sleep." Alicia smiled, "What's more, you haven't come back, so how can I leave? - How does it feel? The experience of fighting the Herrscher of our time."

"..."

There was no immediate answer.

After silently picking up the wine glass and taking a sip, Alexia sighed: "To be honest... I somewhat understand Mr. Kevin."

In more than eight hours, Ixia continuously dealt with three Herrschers, four if you include the Herrscher of Fire.

Four consecutive Herrscher battles did not bring much physical trauma to Exia. With his immortal body, he could heal instantly even if he was injured. But mentally, Exia really felt the pressure.

It was different from the time when we dealt with the Third Herrscher.

The former civilized Herrschers had no chance of salvation, and because Ixia’s [salvation] would only be reserved for people who were irreplaceable and important to him, when facing the later Herrschers, Ixia Every time I fight with the mentality of killing the opponent.

But it is precisely because of this that Exia has seen too many [sacrifice].

For example, during the seven hours he was entangled with the Herrscher of Consciousness, during that period, he was not the only one fighting the Herrscher of Consciousness. After defeating the Herrscher of Consciousness, he broke free from the endless series of dreams. The first thing Alexia saw was the Fire Chaser Moth base littered with corpses.

While the Herrscher of Knowledge attacked him, he also attacked the entire Fire Chasing Moth base. Most of the members who had not received complete consciousness training were trapped in the dream of the Herrscher of Knowledge. He gradually lost his life within hours.

"...My first thought after that was - [Why did it take me so long?]"

Alexia held the wine glass.

"If I hadn't spent more than seven hours with it, would it have saved many people from dying... Although it was only a moment, I did think so. Maybe it was because I knew that I I didn’t fall into a dream, and the space I was in was just a simple memory space. I must admit that when I was dealing with those Herrschers, I didn’t particularly care about the lives of other people.”

It's like playing a game.

Those dead members of the Fire Chasing Moth were just pure data. Exia knew this very well. Similarly, this was also the reason why he did not get too entangled in that idea after that... But how much There are still some residual feelings.