Blood tax

Chapter 504 Only consciousness can open up a way forward in this dark wilderness
Griffith's speech strengthened the confidence of the Confederate Congressmen.In other words, the councilors did not dare to defy the will of the Supreme Being.

The Confederate leadership, which has been shaken, no longer hesitates, and is ready to attack Jin Ge with all their strength as planned, and help them while besieging the city.This is bound to mobilize Bayeran's large number of mobile troops and Beyonders.

If Aaron is also deployed to the Sevasto battlefield, Griffith and Erza will be greatly facilitated in attacking Commodus in the south.When they take down Commodus and turn around, they can gain an advantage over the Arcane Council in terms of the power of the mysterious side.

If Aaron did not come, Byelan's attention would also be drawn to the decisive battle in Sevasto, and he would not be able to provide the Son of Prophecy with a strong army and Extraordinary.Griffith and Erza can still gain a big advantage.

Therefore, it is extremely strategically advantageous for Roland and Griffith to perform tasks in two directions at the same time.

"The big battle..."

Roland personally sent Griffith away and came to the unmanned garden.He kicked stones and walked endlessly.After a while, the great brave man said:
"If anything happens to me in war,
"You have to take care of Tidwig for me."

"Of course." Griffith nodded.

"The care I'm talking about is not that kind of..." Roland hurriedly added a sentence when he saw what he had promised so succinctly.

"Please don't judge others by yourself!" Griffith growled, "Besides, why do people need me to take care of them?"

Roland laughed twice, and swallowed some unseemly words:

"Don't be careless, my friend,

"We have indeed taken some initiative, but the enemy's power is unfathomable. If it weren't for the start of the Chosen Sacrifice, we should have made more preparations to increase the power of industry and reality."

Griffith shook his head: "The change of the world has come. The power of industry has brought amazing wealth to wizards and nobles, and strengthened their enemies.

"The day when the conflict broke out was not driven by our will."

"But it can be manipulated!"

"Tell me specifically?"

Roland lowered his voice, as if there were sneaky enemies hidden in the leaves and buds:
"Neferti was sent to Canaan, beside Miss Villanoy."

Griffith was taken aback.He hadn't been notified, and thought Neferty was still under Homewartz's watch.

"why?"

"The details have not yet been clarified, but the Canaan side has exerted great pressure. If Byelan wants to get their support in the next war, he must accept a series of conditions, and Neferti is one of them."

Naira's battle and capture were full of doubts. He almost sent himself to the door, recklessly challenged Galadia, and finally did not run away... Griffith had many conjectures in his mind, but , cannot be determined.

"I'll do some research when I go to Canaan," Griffith said. "What else do you have?"

Roland didn't speak, but just looked up at the sky.

Saying something will attract attention.

"Griffith, have you read my novel "Death Note"?"

"very interesting."

"Well, a long, long time ago, an old friend told me that some existences have experienced the destruction of their bodies, and their knowledge of self-consciousness transfer and concealment is much stronger and richer than ours. The seemingly clever stealth, in fact It's been targeted and planned from the start."

Roland spoke slowly, looked at Griffith, and then quickly moved away: "If something happens beyond our knowledge, it is absolutely possible.

"Griffith, if in the end, you find that your struggles and battles are all a fantasy, a dancing villain in a music box, just following the doomed track to the end.

"Our destiny has already been written and ended elsewhere. Every love affair and every excitement is just wandering in the endless dark wilderness. At that time, you will still..."

"What happened?" Griffith asked.

"Oh, it's nothing," the legendary brave man murmured, "It's just, um, nothing..."

"Roland," Griffith patted the hesitant hero on the shoulder, "Tell me."

"It's nothing, uh, uh—well, it's actually... just that Dedwishey came to see me."

"Doesn't she come to see you often?" Griffith chased after him. "Did she say something dangerous, or is it an omen?"

"None~" Roland shook his head.

This handsome and heroic brave man is like a little boy who received chocolates from the girl he likes:

"We just had a drink, chatted, sat together, you know... We talked about the first time we met, the ordinary me, the beautiful she, as incredible as the story.

"You know, when you get to a certain age, it's easy to be sentimental."

"She advised you to abandon the Confederacy and leave with her," Griffith said bluntly, "You refused, and you are a little moved."

"Oh, how do you know!" Roland yelled, "I did refuse. But, I'm also a little moved."

"It's up to you to rely on yourself," Griffith smiled slightly, "You have to make an explanation to yourself and others.

"Amid all the temptations and hesitation, find your own direction. This is you, the great Roland, the responsibility of a mature man!"

The war knight held his friend's hand tightly:

"You can leave at any time, my friend. You have the right to withdraw from this war and choose your own life. No one can question your courage!

"Put your chest up, my friend, hold your head up no matter what you choose. Because that's what you're up to.

"Only with awareness can we open up a path forward in this dark wilderness!"

……

To get to Canaan from Sevasto, you need to transit through multiple hidden channels, hiding your tracks as much as possible.

With the assistance of Roland, the heavily armed Griffith sneaked into the edge of Canaan alone - Confederate agents would support him through the dense birch and maple forests outside the city, and wading through the Underbog.Some of the half-elves and humans in the city were Confederate informants, and the sewers extending in all directions could allow him to go anywhere.

He groped in the dark like a nimble cat, and his dominance helmet and powerful spirituality allowed him to know all the subtle movements around him like the back of his hand.

Following the map, Griffith soon arrived at the connection point, an abandoned sewer leading to the Tirne River.Thousands of years of construction, transformation and abandonment have left the holy city with many roads forgotten in cobwebs and dust.

In the holy city at night, the distant gilded white walls are stained with blue, mysterious and distant like a shadow.

The underground magic energy network all over Canaan transmits magic power to every corner of the city. The light blue haze is the diffraction phenomenon after the diffuse energy and particles in the air interact.

Griffith sniffed, and there was an extremely unpleasant smell in the air.The scattered magic energy has actually drifted to the edge of the forest...

He waited in the dark for a while, and the agent who was responding did not show up.Only the barren, dead sewer opened its dark mouth, hissed the wind, and kept spitting out black water.

The weird breath, like claws, crawled from the ankle to the neck, making the scalp numb and sweating.

There seems to be something floating on the gurgling water...

Griffith took a few steps forward, picked it up carefully with a branch, and looked at it carefully.

It was a large brown skin, with undulating folds, bumps and crevices, clearly a human mouth, ears and nose.

This is a shriveled human skin.

(End of this chapter)