Violet Orchestra

He doesn't regard Hayden Woods as a god, because to him, the other party is just a liar who uses Catherine to steal the power of faith.

"It's really interesting. Even though you were originally a human being, you look down on your compatriots even more than us who are born with godheads."

Eros drew his staff and threw it aside.After losing his support, Hayden Woods knelt on the ground feebly, as if he had lost most of his strength, and looked weaker than when he just broke free from the poison.

Because of the fight just now, his elegant top hat has fallen into the snow not far away, revealing his true face that has been hidden under the brim of the hat.Not surprisingly, this Onelia regional god has a handsome face and a good temperament. Even if he kneels in embarrassment, he still looks decent, like a down-and-out nobleman who has been attacked.It's just that he is more like a human being now than a high god.

"I look down on human beings more than you?" He sneered and said disapprovingly, "Of course you don't look down on human beings, you just feel that human beings are inferior to you from the bottom of your heart and are not qualified to communicate with you."

Eros frowned: "I don't understand what you mean."

"Don't be stupid, Iko. You are the same god as Catherine. You were born with an infinite lifespan and lived a carefree life. You only know what you want to do, but you don't know what believers want." Hayden Woods Covering his pierced chest, there was no blood flowing out there, only a small empty hole, the visual effect was a little scary, but he just blocked it with a handkerchief, and didn't seem to care about the wound there, "Do you think I Why can I easily take over Onelia? Because some human beings have responded to me and recognized me. What I can give them is far more than hypocritical true gods like you—rights, wealth, and power, which you cannot understand I understand the greed of human beings. I know what they want from the gods, so I became the only god in Onelia."

Eros opened his mouth, but found that he seemed to have no position to refute.

After staying in the Cocklebur Fortress for a few years and living with the rogues for a period of time, he really found that many of his previous ideas were wrong.Some human beings are poor but brave, and some human beings are just like what Hayden Woods said, with endless greed in their hearts. These are things he couldn't understand when he was "Iko".He used to think that protecting his territory and believers was what God should do, but it turned out that he was not doing well enough.

Hayden Woods laughed: "Look, you also discovered it. Gods don't care what human beings need. They give according to their own ideas, but they don't care whether human beings are willing to accept it or not. Catherine didn't understand this until she fell off the altar. She thought that as long as she was willing to give, it was good, but she didn't think that others might not need it—her believers were not only those who were as innocent and stupid as her, so I took over those people for her."

"...You were also responsible for the fall of Patros, right?" Eros asked in a deep voice.

Hearing him mention the name of the God of Rock suddenly, Hayden Woods' eyes flashed with surprise, but he immediately regained his composure: "Of course not, why do you think so? The only one who can influence Patros is his beloved Catherine." , aren't you the clearest?"

He thought he was covering it up well, but Elaine, who had been standing beside him without speaking, caught his strangeness and frowned indistinctly.

No matter what method is used, the fall of Hayden Woods and Patros is inseparable, as evidenced by the survivors in the Trillance Mountains.But Eros didn't mention those people, only said: "They used to be husband and wife, Catherine will not harm Patros for no reason...you must have done something to Catherine."

It's not a question, that's what he thinks it is, always has been.

His tone was firm, and Hayden Woods didn't mean to quibble anymore, and readily admitted: "I didn't do anything to her, I just made her fall in love with me."

He looked up at Eros, his gray-blue eyes gleamed with pride and viciousness: "You know, Catherine is a stupid woman, she can compete with you for hundreds of years for a small deer in the Frostfall Forest, and of course I will agree to a small request from my lover, and put a small statue on the altar of my husband."

At that time, Patros was not a dying god, he had many followers, Trillance Mountain was also at its most prosperous time, the God of Rock was busy protecting his followers, and neglected him for a long time wife.Because of this, Catherine felt very lonely. Her territory was far in the north, and she could not meet Patros often. Out of boredom, she began to communicate with the priest in her temple, and found that the other party was a young, handsome and attractive young man .

This surprised Elaine—the story that Violet told a long time ago was actually true. Catherine betrayed Patros because of a human male, and eventually led to the fall of the other party.It's just that none of them could have imagined that this human supporting role who appeared and disappeared in the story so silently, even without a name, would be Hayden Woods.

"As I said, I know what human beings want, because I am a human being." Hayden Woods stared at Eros, curling up the corners of his mouth proudly, "But Catherine didn't know what I wanted, so she was left behind by me. Altar, and I took over everything about her. Human beings are like this, they can do many unimaginable things for their own benefit, Aiko, you should learn this."

Eros was still thinking about Catherine, and was a little distracted, neither responding to his provocation, nor noticing that the wound on his chest was gradually healing.It wasn't until Hayden Woods suddenly rushed towards him during the gap between his speeches that he was surprised that the other party had escaped his control at some point.

His magic has a time limit, and he broke free ahead of time under Hayden Woods' deliberate delay!

"Now that you know the truth of the matter, you can go and be with your old friends with peace of mind." Hayden Woods sat on him, turning a sharp dagger in his hand, and pressed it against Eros's chest. Chest, "Catherine must miss you very much, after all, she still wanted to send a letter to warn you before she fell."

His voice was soft and moist, like a hissing poisonous snake, finally revealing its hidden fangs.

Eros wanted to struggle, but found that Hayden Woods had rebuilt the shield with divine magic, and his little tricks were almost impossible to work when the opponent was on guard.He tried everything he could, but in the end he gave up and lay flat on the snow, his eyes falling on Hayden Woods' face.

"What do you want?" he asked.

Hayden Woods stared at him silently, and actually did not immediately stab the dagger into his chest because of these words.

"If you just want to become a god, then you have already done it. But you have not stopped all these years, not only expanding your territory to the south, but also trying to drive out the few remaining believers in Patros... What do you want? What do you want?"

"I just want you gods to taste the wrath of humans."

The sharp point of the dagger pierced the cloth on Eros's chest, and the skin was cut and blood flowed out. Hayden Woods stared at the wound in fascination, and tore it mercilessly with the other hand. Bigger: "You see, gods can be injured and bleed just like humans, but why can you look at humans from above and play the role of charity?"

Eros didn't speak. He gritted his teeth in pain to hold back his groan. Hayden Woods' divine power was on the dagger. He originally only possessed part of Aiko's power, which was enough to make his wound unable to heal.What Hayden Woods was saying like a lunatic, he couldn't listen to most of them.

"And what did I do wrong? I just made a deal with some human beings. I provided them with the wealth and power they wanted. In return, they developed followers for me and made me stronger—to say this What is the difference between what you do, but I understand human beings better."

He hadn't forgotten Elaine who was standing by the side. He seemed sure that this young man had lost his desire to fight, so he generously threw an olive branch at him.

"You see, the so-called gods are so vulnerable. If you want, I can even let you take his place. Without human believers, they can't do anything. Why should such a waste stand on top of our heads and live forever? "

He thought his speech was good enough, but Elaine didn't resonate as he hoped.

"Not all human beings are like what you said, but in order to consolidate your own strength, you took the initiative to find those who are as greedy as you."

"what?"

"In fact, you despise human beings more than gods. Gods at least know that they should protect believers, but in your opinion, those ugly guys like you are just pawns, and you can throw them away when they are used up." Elaine picked up the pieces that fell on the ground. The "Voice of Aiko" pierced Hayden Woods's heart neatly, "It is said that it is to let God experience the anger of man, but in fact it is all just your selfishness—why do you punish God on behalf of mankind? ? You are nothing anymore."

God will be injured and bleed like a human being, but Hayden Woods is like a puppet after being stabbed by Eros, neither bleeding nor pain, as if it has no other effect except to make him lose his ability to move.At first he felt a little strange, but after seeing Eros was stabbed and bleeding, his doubts had completely disappeared.

Hayden Woods is no longer a god.

He is neither a god nor a human being, and the origin of the stolen divine power has already deteriorated. Now he can only rely on constantly absorbing the power of faith to maintain his status as a regional god.When this began no one knows, but there can be no doubt that it must have been long ago.

This time, Hayden Woods covered his heart and finally screamed. The piercing of the "Voice of Aiko" burned his body like a flame, and he would not feel any pain, but the strength maintaining this body was being quickly pulled away by the dagger, and he could already foresee what would happen next, then Let him finally feel the long-lost fear.

He threw away the dagger in his hand, begged Eros to restore his body, and even begged for mercy from the human Elaine, promising all kinds of tempting conditions, but no one responded to him.Eros got up from under him, first wiped his bloody chest with his sleeve, and then motioned for Elaine to lift the crazy Hayden Woods with him and throw them into the pre-calculated sealing location.

It was a dry well, which had been dry for many years, and there were no mineral deposits underground. It could be said to be the most barren piece of land near Icethorn City, and it was the most suitable place to seal Hayden Woods.

In the long future, no one will find that this monster is sealed in the dry well. After Eros leveled the ground, he can only be with himself underground.

On this day, Violet actually woke up very early.

He knew that Elaine got up quietly, dressed on tiptoe in the dark so as not to wake him up, and then felt his little Romeo standing by the bed as he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and dropped a feather lighter than a feather on his forehead. kiss.

After the door was gently closed by Elaine, he opened his eyes. The curtains were drawn well, and it was not yet dawn outside. The room was quiet, but he lay very uncomfortable, so he got up by himself and started to dress clothing.

There was only the sound of his own breathing in the darkness. After listening to it for a while, Violet was convinced that he was in good health today. Then he put on his coat and sat down on the soft chair by the window, lit the lamp and began to write a new song.

But he was not in good spirits, and he started to feel sleepy again not long after writing. When Petra knocked on the door with breakfast, he had already fallen asleep on the table.In the dream, there were Elaine, Petra, Birkins, Hodge, Ventus, Eros, and even Glacis. He met almost everyone he could think of, Like some kind of silent farewell.

What does this portend?he thinks.

He ate breakfast and lunch under Petra's supervision, and then went to the conservatory with qin in his arms, where he spent the afternoon alone.It was snowing outside the window, bigger than the day before, and snowflakes like goose feathers floated down from the sky one after another, quickly covering the garden path in front of the greenhouse.Violet played the piano for a while, and then drew the garden and snow outside, feeling that she was getting used to the weather in Icethorn City.

This is not good, he thought.He still has a lot of places he wants to go, and Elaine's experience has not yet expired, and he has to wait until this time next year before returning to Rosalia.

They still had time to walk around, he didn't want to stay in Icethorn City.

At some point, he fell asleep again.When he woke up again, it was already dusk, the snow outside the window had stopped, and the conservatory was quiet. The poet opened his eyes in a daze, and found a person standing in front of him.

Eros stood in front of the recliner where he was sleeping. I don't know how long he had been watching him. He didn't feel embarrassed when he woke up. It came secretly, don't tell him."

"...Is it over?" Violet asked hesitantly.

Warlock nodded: "He is very brave."

Violet breathed a sigh of relief, and also laughed: "That's good."

"I'm leaving soon," Eros said. "I've come to give you a parting gift. No one else has it, so I hope you can keep it a secret for me."

He took off his own necklace, tore off a silver leaf from it, squeezed it lightly in his hand, and scattered the silvery crumbs to Violet.

Something warm touches the poet's skin, but when he looks down, nothing appears.Violet looked up at Eros, wanting to ask what it was, but the other party gave a "shh" to signal him to be quiet.

Then he heard footsteps coming towards the conservatory, hurried steps, distinct in the stillness after the snow.

"Looks like I have to go first." Eros smiled at him and emphasized again, "Don't tell Elaine that I've been here."

In the next second, he disappeared out of thin air in front of the poet.Almost at the same time, the eager footsteps stopped in front of the conservatory door, and then someone pushed the door open.

Violet looked towards the door, where his little Romeo was standing, panting and smiling at him.

"Is it over?" he asked again.

Elaine nodded, strode forward, and took him into her arms.