My different world is game mode.

Chapter 867 "Lindsay, kill me."

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boom--

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was another loud thunder in the sky.

Lightning made Alice's face pale. Her wet hair dripped down Lindsay's arms. Her pupils, which had barely regained a bit of spirit, now revealed only intense sorrow and self-blame:

"Lindsay, kill me."

Lindsay would never believe these words coming out of the mouth of the righteous girl:

"You saved me from death, but I drew my sword against you."

"My current failure may be the price I pay for my unjust actions."

Lindsay refused without thinking:

"I don't kill my friends."

This answer made Alice even more miserable. She continued with an unknown feeling:

"But you're better than me."

"Now, I am a sinner who deserves death and cannot be blamed."

"I remember - through killing, your skills can greatly enhance your own strength and obtain some magical items. Although I have failed now, I should still be a valuable prey according to your skills."

Lindsay continued to shake her head:

"Then it's even more impossible."

"Gaining power through endless killing will only turn me into a monster. There is such a path in the School of the Abyss, and I know what the final result will be - you are actually harming me."

"..."

Alice was speechless for a moment.

Lindsay did not give the upright girl any room to think, and immediately asked about her experience:

"Alice, please explain yourself to me first,"

"What do you mean the Sword of White Steel was destroyed by you?"

"Although the sword does not belong to me, I know very well that it has an indestructible property beyond imagination. It is a concept that can only be destroyed by the eighth or ninth stage. It is definitely not something that can be explained by just saying it is broken."

"..."

"I'm being targeted by an indescribable entity."

"At that time, the Sword of White Steel was protecting me and helping me return to the present timeline. But in the chaotic space and time, something was watching me, and it shattered the Sword of White Steel into the crack of space and time with one blow. The remaining fragments were distributed to different eras. It is simply a pipe dream to want to retrieve or repair them..."

Alice told the story.

Although her will was on the verge of collapse, she was still the clear-headed and upright person, and her tone of voice revealed her self-blame at all times.

"Lindsay, the [Sword of White Steel] is a must."

"To establish the king of the [City of Law], the recognition of the three great royal weapons is a necessary step. Now one of the three is missing, and only two are left. No matter what, a new king cannot be announced. It was... me who ruined everything."

Lindsay frowned:

"How can someone who is attacked take the responsibility on himself?"

"Is it possible that an ordinary person is bullied by a powerful awakener, and she should blame herself for being too weak?"

Alice shook her head.

Water drops slid down her pale face, and it was unclear whether it was rain:

"But... after all... it's because I don't have enough strength that I can't protect this important royal weapon."

"Ugh--"

Lindsay sighed.

The situation Alice describes is indeed a difficult one.

[Sword of White Steel] was broken into pieces and mixed in endless timelines.

Now want to fix it.

It is not only a technical problem to repair it, but also a problem of finding its fragments within an infinite number of time segments.

Lindsay's new equipment allows him to keep himself safe in the face of time and space interference, but finding fragments of an item across timelines is a completely different problem.

Lindsay continued to ask:

"When you were attacked, did you confirm the identity of the person you attacked?"

Alice shook her head.

"Without the protection of the Sword of White Steel, I lost consciousness in the gap between time and space."

Lindsay nodded slightly, understanding.

It was indeed a bit difficult to ask Alice to know something. After all, even Lindsay herself went dark in that situation, and when she woke up she had arrived in the [City of Law].

Snapped--

At this moment, Lindsay felt his arm being tightly grasped. Alice's knuckles, whitened by the river water, were grasping the left side of his upper arm:

"Lindsay, I can't do anything right now."

"You might as well just kill me."

Lindsay wanted to refuse, but Alice said first:

"Those who practice righteousness are different from other awakened ones."

"After the fifth stage, if the faith in your heart is shattered by others, it is almost impossible to repair it!"

Lindsay repeated a word from Alice's sentence:

"You said it was 'almost' impossible, not absolutely."

The upright girl, who was in extreme self-blame, shook her head:

"That's a miracle that only happens in myths and legends. I'm not worthy of doing it..."

"That's not something that the confident and stubborn Alice would say." Lindsay interrupted her immediately and reiterated, "And we were just in the mythical era you mentioned. We were also witnesses, or we were part of it."

"..."

Alice thought about it, but still shook her head:

"I am a failure. I betrayed the trust that the Sword of White Steel placed in me."

The current situation is like a stubborn bull that loves to get stuck in a rut and has hit itself against a wall, but is still pushing back.

Lindsay thought carefully about Alice's attitude throughout this period.

Finally, he placed the girl on the river bank in the rain, and they sat cross-legged, looking at each other on the muddy riverbank:

"Alice, let me ask you a question."

"What is the real blow to you from the destruction of the Sword of White Steel?"

Alice now cannot refuse any questions:

"If the [City of Law] cannot elect a new king, peace will not come..."

Lindsay interrupted forcefully:

"Tell me, who founded the [City of Law]?"

Alice was startled:

"First King, Bena."

Lindsay continued to ask:

"Well, let me ask you again - the Bena I just met, when he built this city, he was holding the [Sword of White Steel] in his hand. Is it this magical royal weapon of later generations?"

"..."

Alice couldn't answer.

Being well-versed in history, she knew better than Lindsay that the weapon of the first King Bena was just an ordinary sword at the beginning and it did not have any mysterious power.

It became a royal weapon only because people later on focused their respect on this weapon, which led to the miracle of the [Sword of White Steel].

Lindsay continued:

"Villages, towns, forces, countries."

“No matter what it is, it is built by human beings with their own hands. It is the person who is important, not the tool.”

Boom——

The two men's vision turned white, and then thunder roared to the earth, surrounding the two men.

Alice was already lost in thought.

But Lindsay felt that it was not enough. His voice was so loud that it even overwhelmed the thunder in the sky:

"Now the sword is gone!"

"But ask yourself, what you really want to establish is the continuation of the legitimate rule of the [City of Law], or do you want to build a peaceful and happy world where people can live and work in peace and contentment?"

"Alice, answer me now!"