Chapter 212: 'The Different Ending”

Chapter 212 “The Different Ending”

All the churches fell in a short time after this as round after round of fiery “fireballs” rose from the grounds across the city-state. It only took a moment for the various anchor points to disappear, effectively turning this sea pearl into an ash island.

Vanna rushed through the burning intersections and streets like a gust of wind, plowing her way toward the burning cathedral that had finally entered her field of vision.

The thousand-year-old structure had already been destroyed, melted away like wax due to the intense heat. As for the flanking structures, they’re still standing but distorted and red-hot, with only the skeletal frame remaining. And the cause of all this? The dark red “sun” quietly suspended over the corpse of the church overhead. It’s like a terrifying eye from the abyss, peering down at its victim while oozing droplets of red magma blood.Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

What can you do now by rushing over? Kill the culprit? Reverse history that has overlapped? Or do you want to prove your faith by dying in vain?

Vanna didn’t know why she was having these thoughts when her legs instinctively ran at the cathedral. All she knew was that she must go, and that’s all it mattered. Well, that was until a majestic voice sounded in her head: “Go to the bell tower in the back~”

The sound came so abruptly that Vanna subconsciously came to a standstill. Looking around for the source, the lady found no signs of the ghost captain; instead, all she saw was the raging sea fire.

But then another sound broke Vanna’s brief hesitation – she’s picked up a melodious ringing that’s coming from the ancient bell tower. This shouldn’t be possible since the flames had already destroyed the church.

Abandoning all hesitation and concerns in her heart, Vanna pulled her legs and rushed towards the direction of the source.

She no longer cared about the ghost captain’s intentions, nor did she care what the consequences of following the other party’s arrangements would be – with all the churches falling in an instant, whatever scheme that captain had couldn’t possibly be worse than this reality.

Soon, she had come before the square in front of the church.

The defense forces assembled here had been completely destroyed, and in the rolling heat wave, only countless twisted and scrapped spiderwalkers and steam tanks remained. There’s nothing left but piles of ashes that’s squirming about.

“You struggled as hard as you could, child. All of you struggled as hard as you could. You even managed to drag this out for far longer than it should have. But there is no point in delaying and holding on anymore... No one will come to your rescue, and no reinforcements can come in this closed-loop historical vision. Pland is doomed to reach this ending...” The thin black shadow said slowly, raising a bony hand to point at the reddish sun behind his back. “Now, embrace this new future, child born from the ashes... Your survival and return did not change anything.”

Vanna didn’t respond to the rant; instead, she unsheathed the broadsword from her back.

“Oh, breakdown of our negotiations, I see...” The Ender saw Vanna’s actions and continued to show a sympathetic look, “Of course, you can easily kill me, but it’s pointless... The heirs of the sun are ready for the coming of their lord. And as for me, I am only a witness to this event. I will witness this moment and take back the knowledge... And you, do you see that sun?”

Vanna raised her gaze slightly and bypassed the Ender’s figure and onto the round orb of red suspended in the air. It’s the blasphemous sun wheel from the books, the embryo of corruption, a heart waiting to resurrect.

She finally realized the truth. The oppressive force from earlier didn’t come from the Ender, but rather from the dark sun behind him!

Something was waking up from within the depths of that thing!

“There have been many twists and turns in this plan, nor did we expect an outside force to repeatedly interfere with our revision of history.” The Ender slowly explained like he’s retelling a story, “It brought a lot of eyes onto us. Like you, for example. You and the others nearly perceived the truth... truly, you were so close to the truth. Alas, fate is like this.”

“Child, fate is so unreasonable sometimes...” He sighed compassionately and slowly walked forward toward Vanna. “But you are blessed. You have risen from the dead and will be born anew after death, because you have received the supreme blessing. Embrace your fate, child.”

Vanna didn’t flinch or cower and clenched the hilt of her sword. For the first time in her life, the lady was motivated by pure hatred. She didn’t care about justice or duty anymore. All she wanted to do was murder this bastard. But at the last second, before she could strike, a stream of burning flames shot out of thin air behind the Ender, and out stepped a majestic figure shrouded in green flames.

Still unaware of the third party, the Ender spread his arms and proclaimed: “Blessed child, do not resist. As you can see, times have changed...”

But then the madman froze as an unspeakable fear inexplicably burrowed into his chaotic mind when a hand tapped his shoulder.

“Get lost,” the calm voice said.