infinite blood sorrow

"...Huh?" Mo Ao was stunned for two seconds, not realizing what Esdeth was talking about for a moment.

"How can the banquet be done without wine? Where's the wine?"

"Ah...this..." Mo Ao was at a loss, what?Is there still wine for the banquet?

But this is not a big problem, Mo Ao also has some wine in his storage space, although it is not for drinking, it is for him to show off at certain times.But after all, it is the wine produced by the main god, so it should be a good wine.If Estes wants it, just give it to her.

He took out a wine gourd from his personal space, and Mo Ao directly threw it to Estes.

"Gourd wine?"

"It's just personal preference."

"Why is there only one pot?"

"Cough...I don't drink."

"You can't say such disappointing things at the banquet, come and drink with me!" Esdes said without denying the gourd in one fell swoop.

"Forgive my refusal." Mo Ao refused very simply, he couldn't understand what kind of wine tastes good, in other words...he doesn't know how to drink.

"Hmm~~~~~~" Hearing this, Estes kept the gesture of holding the gourd unchanged, squinted his eyes and stared at Mo Ao and made a long sound, showing a smile that was not a smile. "You really don't want to drink?"

"...All right, I'll drink with you." Mo Ao was stared helplessly, so he could only take out another wine gourd from his personal space.

Putting the gourd mouth to his mouth with a bitter face, Mo Ao resisted very much and put the wine in the gourd into his mouth.

"Disappointing!" Estes frowned impatiently at Mo Ao's expression as if he was drinking poison. He stretched it out in front of Mo Ao, grabbed Mo Ao's wine gourd and lifted it up.

"Pfft!" Mo Ao was choked so badly that he couldn't guard against it, all the wine that was put into his mouth sprayed out, a little of the hot alcohol was choked into the airway, it was extremely uncomfortable. "Cough cough cough...cough..."

"What are you doing, woman?!" Mo Ao glared at Esdesh angrily.

Esdesh laughed in response.

"Speaking of which, your ability is unexpectedly convenient!" Esdeth smiled for a long time, then restrained his smile and said. "I suddenly felt that after hunting you, it might be good to spare your life and let you become my subordinate."

"...Heh!" Mo Ao was stunned for a second when he heard the words, and then couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh. "I killed the three beast warriors under your command, and killed tens of thousands of your troops directly under you. Now, instead of wanting to avenge them, do you want me to be your subordinate?"

"Why not? Only the strong are qualified to follow me. I will move forward endlessly. I will not stop because they can't keep up with me. They will die just because they are too weak. , I have no hatred for you at all. And I recognize your strength, and the act of subduing the strong is not surprising." Esdes said casually while drinking.

"Is there no hatred..." Mo Ao was speechless for a while, Esdesi's remarks seemed to him extremely absurd, it was a kind of logic that he couldn't understand at all.

"Still... forgive me for refusing!" Mo Ao seriously rejected Esdesi's solicitation, without considering the identity of the reincarnation person, the position of the reincarnation mission, or other interests.Simply relying on his personality, Mo Ao couldn't accept Esdeth's statement.

"If it were me, if you killed my companions, took my friends... I would kill you."

Mo Ao stated with an extremely calm tone, as if he was only stating something that should be taken for granted.

"I will never die."

"Weak speech." However, in the face of Mo Ao's undisguised hostility and disgust, Esdeth didn't seem to care at all, just shook his head and laughed a little. "The so-called friends and companions have tied you down too much. What is the difference between such an existence and a weakness."

"Your speech is not threatening, and it is not enough to deter the enemy. Rather, is it really good to expose my weakness to me like this?"

"Do you regard this as a weakness? Well, it can't be said that it's completely wrong." Mo Ao smiled casually. "But it's impossible for a person to be without weaknesses. The fear of being held back by others will make you weak. This kind of behavior itself is the embodiment of real weakness."

"Standing still because of fear of pain, and refusing to obtain because of fear of loss, this is putting the cart before the horse. Only when there is pain can there be joy, and only with this feeling can one become a human being. All human behaviors are ultimately for self-satisfaction, and all behaviors There must be a fundamental reason. It may seem meaningless to you, but in my opinion, you have gone too far on the path of the law of the jungle to ignore too many things."

"You who are walking on the path of weakness, are you now judging the path I'm taking?" Esdes and Mo Ao each spoke their own arguments, but they completely sneered at each other's arguments after all. "It's a pity for a person like you to live by a weak principle. Although I also thought that I would teach you the way of the strong after I conquer you, but now, I don't think you can understand the meaning of it."

"Of course I understand." Mo Ao interrupted Esdeth with great certainty. "Walking alone on the road called [Strength], abandoning everything, abandoning everything, abandoning family, friends, companions, and subordinates, standing in the highest position, overlooking everything in the world. I do not deny that this The road is powerful and stalwart. But why do you think, I don't understand this kind of person?"

Luluxiu is such a person.

"Why do you hate being weak? It's because you know the evil consequences of being weak. And why do you know the evil consequences of being weak?" Mo Ao said aggressively. "Because you must have experienced it yourself. I don't know who taught you to attribute all your faults to the other party's own weakness. Putting the desire for companions on the other party's own strength and pursuit is already distorted. Your creed It's nothing but self-deception to avoid responsibility."

"As I said at the beginning. Why did Niu die? You are because you didn't react in time! Why did Liwa die? It's because you came one step late! Why did your subordinate army be wiped out? It's because of you! You couldn't stop me !"

"This responsibility, this guilt, this fault! You only dare to throw it to the dead, but dare not bear it yourself?!"

"You really don't hate me? Estes!!!!"

Chapter 170: Declaring War

"..."

Mo Ao's questioning seemed to have lingering echoes in the air, but the person being questioned responded with silence. The strange silence of silence lasted for a few seconds, and was finally broken by the sound of swallowing wine.

"I... don't hate you." Esdeath's tone was still so determined. "Also, I never hated anyone."

"In this world, the weak prey on the strong. Humans, beasts, and dangerous species all devour other lives to survive. If this is the case, then all lives are equal. While plundering other lives, one's own life will be taken away sooner or later." Let’s go. The world is a hunting ground, where people and beasts fight with their lives at the stake. Losing their lives is just the end that the weak will face sooner or later, it’s just fate.”

"The hunter and the prey are equal, and the stronger one survives. This is a matter of course, so I don't hate you."

"...Ha, then I feel really sorry for those people who died at my hands." Mo Ao laughed, for a moment he didn't know what expression he should use to face Estes' argument.

"I have been taught to grow up like this since I was a child, and my father and the people of my tribe have also believed in this principle and survived." Estes smiled and blinked. "To this day, there is nothing wrong with this principle."

"So you think so."

"The strong survive and the weak perish. Where there is life, this law will be obeyed. My existence is the best proof."

"No, you're wrong." As if he was relieved, if Mo Ao seemed to be engaged in a fierce debate, the whole person was tit-for-tat and would not give in, but now he unexpectedly let go of this kind of arrogance .Laughed very easily. "I thought your problem was simple self-deception."

"It didn't turn out like this, I was wrong..." Mo Ao put the wine gourd aside, threw away the finished kebab, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the dark night in the distance. "Your problems, the things you ignore, the things you forget, were long ago."

"As long as it grows from human society and possesses intellectual life. Normally, five needs are prioritized. Starting from the first sequence, they are survival needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs, and . . . . self-actualization."

"To put it simply, the first thing people pursue is to live, then to live well, and finally to live wonderfully."

"I never deny your correctness, and even admire you very much. Because you use the law of the first gradient to meet the requirements of the first four stages."

"But the world is not static. Whether it is right or wrong is not static. Examine yourself, examine the world, and don't be arrogant. Then make changes according to different situations. This is what an ordinary person can do. Try your best. "

"The same is true of your father and clansmen." Mo Ao stood up from the ground, looking down at Esdesh. "Hey, Estes, let me ask you."

"Why do strong adults raise weak children?"

"Why do strong adults raise weak old men?"

"A tribe or a group, relying on individual force to gather together, can it last for a long time?"

"Your father taught you that the weak prey on the strong, but his own actions seem to be inconsistent with what he taught you! Why did he train you? Protect you?! It can't be to cultivate a powerful prey for him to kill. .”

"The reason! It's because your father didn't have time to teach you, or he couldn't express his own feelings! Because your mother died, he gave priority to teaching you the skills of survival, because he was worried that something would happen to you, and because he was worried about himself. He can't protect you, so he taught you to be self-reliant no matter what. He taught you because he was worried that you would not be able to survive in this cruel world! And the motivation to teach you and protect you is what he never taught Those who surpass you are also those you regard as weak! The so-called bond! The so-called emotion!"

"..." Esdes stared at Mo Ao without any hesitation, and after listening to Mo Ao's words, he seemed to have no intention of continuing the feast, and stood up silently.

"...You, you have investigated me!" Estes stood, her height was at the same level as Mo Ao, she said, looking straight into Mo Ao's eyes. "I haven't thought about these things, and I don't intend to think about them. But even if you're right, it's all the more proof that they died because of such weak emotions!"

"With such cowardly thoughts, they will be killed!"

"Even for your own father's family, have you never felt any emotion? Have you never felt any hatred for their death?"

"...I, never hated anyone."

"You really don't remember what kind of feelings you once had?" Mo Ao continued. "Only those who are cherished will have the power to completely change a person."

"Only by engraving the other party in your heart, when you lose, will leave a scar that will never heal."

"If it's as irrelevant as you say, then it's impossible to have the power to change you."

"How long are you going to lie to yourself?!"

"...You've lost your mind, Ryoma." Estes pulled the brim of his hat, with a trace of impatience in his tone. "You're just talking nonsense right now. What you said has nothing to do with our matchup."

"In the past, I was weak, and I lost my father and my family. But so what? Can all this be redeemed by embracing that ridiculous weak emotion? The weak will usher in perdition. Can’t be changed. So the things to do couldn’t be easier.”

"It's just getting stronger!"

"Then seal your heart in armor and solid ice?" Mo Ao raised his head and withdrew his gaze from Esdeth, raised his hands high and showed a mocking smile. "There is never a perfect way in the world. If you plan to go all the way to death, you will eventually be exhausted."

"Are you trying to say, is there anything in this world that I want but can't get?"

"of course."

"So far, I haven't come across anything like that."

"That doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Mo Ao narrowed his eyes, stretched out his index finger to point at Esdesh, and then pointed at himself. "For example..."

"You and I confront each other, and we win in the end!"

"Huh?" Estes narrowed his eyes and looked at Mo Ao with the same interest. "Could it be that you are finally planning to fight me seriously?"

"Stop joking, how is that possible?" Mo Ao couldn't help but sneered as if hearing something funny, and turned his head away with a wave of his hand.

"I won't fight you. The reason is very simple. I know I can't fight. It's just stupid to fight to the death with someone who is stronger than yourself. It's the wisdom of the weak to avoid their edge." While talking about showing weakness, Mo Ao didn't have any intention of giving in. "However, if I don't want to fight, you basically have nothing to do with me. So the outcome of this match has to follow my rules."

"Anyway, in the final analysis, the two of us can't just be satisfied with killing each other, right? The fifth sequence needs - self-realization, we have become obstacles to each other, and simply killing each other is not enough. We What we really want is to deny each other!"

"Since this is the case, let's change the way to win."

"The implementation of beliefs has nothing to do with life and death, but the satisfaction of human beings must be accompanied by joy and smiles. So, let's compare and see."

"Look at us, who will have the last laugh?!"

"Just try to be clever, but this time you may have miscalculated. As long as there are still disputes in the world, my joy will not be cut off. And your words..." Estes lowered his head slightly, showing a dangerous smile .

"As long as you take away your companion, you won't be able to laugh."

"..."

When Mo Ao heard the words, he just looked at him coldly and didn't reply.

"Let me tell you one last thing." Mo Ao took a deep breath, then exhaled heavily, and instead of accepting Esdeth's provocation, he spoke instead. "Mo Ao, my real name is Mo Ao."

"Use whatever means you can!"

"Anyway, I must win in the end."

After finishing speaking, a flash of purple light flashed on Mo Ao's body, and his figure disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Esdesh's pupils shrank, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

But there was clearly no smile in his eyes.

"I was posed by that guy..."

Chapter 170 Five Long-standing Doubts

The field in the south of the imperial capital.

On the empty path, a small blue sword crossed a long and short parabolic arc from the distant sky, and landed in the middle of the quiet path, with three points of land.

Then a blue light flashed, and a slender figure appeared at the position of the small blue sword.

Needless to say, this figure is naturally the Imperial Judge Nid Hogg who sneaked out.

Most people thought that Ned Hogg stayed in the imperial capital, soaking in a pile of documents every day as if he died of overwork, in order to ensure that Arctic Africa could control the power of the empire.However, this is not the case.

Nied Hogg himself knows best that the momentum that the Arctic continental team can borrow from the empire has reached its extreme.Especially after the death of General Bude, the military power fell into the hands of Agrons. If it weren't for the restriction of the Lord God, no one would dare to say anything when he ascended the throne to ask the little emperor to step aside.

The only function of processing documents in the office is to maintain the order of the imperial judiciary. However, the life and death of the empire has nothing to do with the reincarnated person. In fact, he does not need to maintain this order at all.

That being the case, what is the point of wasting one's force by staying in the imperial capital meaninglessly?

Just for now!

According to the news from Wuming on the front line, including the druids and spiritual experts who resisted the natural disaster of the undead, the necromancer who failed to stop the last operation, and the known leader of the revolutionary army.

The four A-levels of the Zhongzhou team have all been confirmed to be busy on the southwest front. In other words, in terms of night attack, there is neither high-level combat force guarding nor high-level combat force support at this time.

After Ned Hogg appeared, he stretched exaggeratedly, muttering to himself.

"If I remember correctly...the residual coordinates of the space teleportation trace last time are at..."

As he spoke, his figure flashed, and Ned Hogg's position changed again.

"...The destruction is quite clean, but unnatural traces can still be seen. It seems that this is here. Has it been transferred?" Ned Hogg looked around, rubbing his chin. The thinker .

"Anyway, let's start looking here."

========== Plot acceleration ==========

In Zhao Yun's office tent, Zhao Yun was typing on the keyboard among a large number of instruments as usual.

Sudden!A void crack opened in the air inside the tent, and Mo Ao quickly flew out of it as if being roughly pushed out by something.The whole person couldn't stop the car and bumped into those densely placed ones.

There was only a sound of jingling bells, and in the blink of an eye, about half of the equipment in Zhao Yun's tent was scrapped. She stared at Mo Ao, who was lying in the pile of scrap metal equipment, and didn't know what to say for a while.

And at this time, Mo Ao raised his head from the pile of scrap iron as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Ah?...It's here..."