Chapter 130 - 130 No Choice Required

130 No Choice Required

“Let him go. After all, he won this time. He’s qualified to be one of us,” Camilla immediately said when She heard William’s words.

“I’ll keep an eye on Valk. There won’t be any problems with the entire ritual,” Pock looked at Beatrice and said.

Valk spread His hands and shrugged, revealing an innocent expression.

Beatrice fell silent for a long time. She quickly deduced what other ways the other party could bypass Their ritual arrangements and advance to Void Sovereign without the plane fusion happening.

However, the answer was impossible…

Seeing Black Crow Gaze collapse at an increasing speed, Beatrice could only nod reluctantly.

Seeing the last Void Sovereign nod, William held the last soul fragment and controlled all of Black Crow Gaze’s Moon Realm domain.

He temporarily took over Black Crow Gaze. Under his will, the entire Moon Realm domain that was gradually losing control slowly stabilized.

The constantly disintegrating sky slowly began to recover while the gradually calming storm began to wreak havoc again. Even the newly cracked reefs began to heal themselves.

After doing all this, William turned to look at the Twilight Fortress behind him and asked,

“Then, how about using this fortress as the initial anchor point for the plane fusion?”

The Twilight Fortress was a product of Currere. In other words, this fortress had the exact coordinates of Currere. It was only temporarily stranded in the Moon Realm because the Moon Realm’s Finality scene bound to it had been destroyed. Later on, as long as it was anchored to Black Crow Gaze again, it could be used as an anchor point for the larger plane fusion in the future.

The Void Sovereigns present knew this very well, and They didn’t seem to find a reason to object to this suggestion.

However, Beatrice frowned and asked, “So, you planned this from the beginning?”

He directly got the four Void Sovereigns to destroy the Finality scene, leaving a Currere fortress stranded in the Moon Realm as an anchor coordinate. This person had done plenty of planning for the Eternal achievement.

In that case, everything that had happened seemed to be within the other party’s plan.

William didn’t answer the Whispering Empress’s question. Instead, he used the authority of the soul fragment to begin forming a preliminary connection between Black Crow Gaze and the Twilight Fortress—of course, it was only a preliminary connection. The deeper binding needed to wait until he completely became a Moon Realm existence.

This process went very smoothly and didn’t last long. After doing all of this, William turned his gaze to the Lighthouse of Hope.

The door of the lighthouse opened for its owner.

The group walked into the lighthouse. Perhaps it was because Coles was already dead, but the entire lighthouse returned to the appearance of the Twilight Fortress’s round table.

William passed through the adamantine door first and walked around the obsidian round table without saying a word.

He understood that this was an image that Blake had branded in his heart before his consciousness completely dissipated.

The Black Swordsman’s iconic sword leaned against the fourth seat. When William reached out to touch it, it instantly turned into dust and dissipated.

Everything here was fake—visages created by memories. Their only value was to make people who had once been here reminisce.

William couldn’t help but sigh.

When William walked to the last seat at the round table, he stopped.

This was because he saw a pitch-black brooch and a Judgment badge quietly placed in front of the seat. Moreover, these two things were real.

The black brooch was the Crown of Original Darkness that he had lent to the Crow Feather Prophet before it landed in Coles’s hands. As for the Judgment badge…

William picked up the Judgment badge and flipped it to the back. The words engraved on it had been scratched beyond recognition. William could barely recognize the name.

Coles Jackdaw.

Valk walked to William’s side.

“Back then, after he threw away this badge and left, the sword-wielding guy put it away. Then, he found the Crowman and returned it to him. This is also why he later chose the sword-wielding guy to go to the Moon Realm with him to search for the Seed of Hope,” Valk explained.

William nodded and kept the brooch and badge.

Before Coles took this last step, he left everything from the past here. He probably wanted to say goodbye, William thought.

He planned on burying this badge when he returned and erecting a simple grave for that person.

“Where should we begin?”

William turned his head and asked the four Void Sovereigns.

The Whispering Empress, Beatrice, first closed Her eyes before opening them.

“Put the last soul fragment into your body and begin to elevate yourself into a high-level Moon Realm existence to completely control Black Crow Gaze. Then, swallow the Seed of Hope and wait for the metamorphosis.”

William walked to the fourth seat in front of the obsidian round table and sat down. This was the throne that controlled Black Crow Gaze.

Then, he slowly asked, “What about the fuel?”

Lady of Starvation Camilla walked to William’s side and said, “The Sea of Despair in Currere has to be stirred up by you to meet the conditions for advancement.”

As Camilla spoke, a parchment contract and a quill appeared in Her hand. She placed these two things in front of William and continued, “Sign it. Soon, the hunger march will wreak havoc across the Blackwater Province. Countless people will take their last breaths in despair. This way, although the disaster was started by my strength and authority, it only began because of your will. When this disaster lasts for about a month or two, you can turn into the refugees’ hope and save them.”

William nodded.

Although the conditions were different from when he reached the Eclipse ending, it was basically within his expectations.

“During this process, the Seed of Hope will complete the reversal until you control the corresponding authority. Finally, your supporter, Mr. Absurdity Jester Valk, will crown you and announce the birth of the King of Hope and Despair,” the Pale Poet, Pock, said.

Then, His pale face that resembled a drowned person revealed a terrifying smile and said,

“Won’t this be a difficult choice for you?”

What He said was undoubtedly a joke. After all, They had already come this far. No one could care about this price when eternity was only a step away.

As He expected, William shook his head and said, “There’s no need for choice.”

Then, he picked up the contract on the table and asked the Lady of Starvation,

“I’ve finished reading this contract. It looks like you’ve invested nearly half of your strength for your year into this deal.”

Even in Her Year of Disaster, setting off a hunger march in the entire Blackwater Province that was comparable to a direct invasion consumed a lot of strength for a Void Sovereign.

Of course, if all of this succeeded, She could gain more.

“Can we begin?” Beatrice asked impatiently.

A concealed smile suddenly appeared on Valk’s face when He heard that.

William took out the Seed of Hope and the soul fragment apologetically.

“Sorry, I got carried away.”

Then, he continued looking at Camilla and said, “Lady of Starvation, there’s something I want to tell you. Not long ago, after I first learned of the disaster chronology and learned that this was your year in rotation, I made a promise.”

William’s words made Valk chuckle uncontrollably.

Valk’s sudden laughter made Camilla uneasy. She stared at the contract and quill in William’s hand and asked, “What is it?”

“I’m going to make you lose everything this year.”

With that said, the contract in William’s hand instantly burned.

A protective wall instantly spread out around William, firmly protecting him within.

Then, Presiding Judge William Kane stood up from the memories of this round table. He raised the Seed of Hope and the soul fragment in his hand.

The only person present who had expected what was happening was the clown, but He didn’t stop him. Instead, He chose to laugh maniacally.

Amidst the maniacal laughter, William announced, “My wish is… to revive Blake Saba.”