Chapter 412 412 Renji’s answer
"Give it to me..."
To Renji's surprise, the Source Lord did not directly attack them like before.
The phoenix perched on the crown of the world tree transmitted an ethereal voice to him.
"Power... belongs to me..."
The phoenix seemed to be communicating with him, which surprised Renji quite a bit.
Because from previous experiences interacting with the Sources, it seemed that for the Source, they viewed "intelligence" as non-essential. The vast majority of Sources did not possess the awareness to communicate.
But Renji also hadn't forgotten that in Lena's diary, there had indeed appeared Sources that were forced to give birth to "intelligence" due to external environmental limitations.
The current Source Lord should be the same.
But obviously...
"Give it to me... Let us become one..." The ethereal voice was intermittent. It could be seen that the intelligence born from the phoenix was not yet mature and not very good at speaking.
But since the Source Lord had evolved intelligence for his sake, Renji tried to communicate with it.
"If you are willing to give up and return these worlds you occupy, restrain the other Sources, perhaps we can discuss some conditions. I can also find you new paths to power."
It was unknown whether Renji's sentence was too long.
Or the phoenix in front of him had put all its attention on the word "give up" at the beginning.
Soon, the responding voice from the Source Lord sounded again.
"No... impossible..."
"This is... the only way to cross over..."
"Become one..."
The voice was intermittent, but the unquestionable persistence could be heard in the tone.
Renji had long anticipated this result and didn't have any expectations that he could make the Source Lord give up with just a few words from him. What he was more concerned about was...
"What crossing over? What does the method refer to? Collecting worlds?"
Faced with Renji's frowning questioning, the Source Lord seemed to have exhausted its patience. The phoenix became more and more agitated, and all that echoed in its ears was the increasingly urgent voice of "Give it to me... Give it to me!"
It seemed... I still needed to make the Source Lord evolve a bit more intelligence.
The method was also very simple.
Defeat it and increase his weight in the Source Lord's mind. Perhaps then the Source Lord could return to the negotiating table with him.
After he made up his mind, Renji no longer hesitated.
He activated the power of the contract and communicated with Miyuki on the Blue Planet.
The protagonist of this final battle was actually not him.
One, two, ten, a hundred, a thousand...
+1: "+1"
Bad_Gamer: "To be honest, without 'Ashen's' guides, with this disgusting game difficulty, I really don't know how I would have kept playing."
Kalina: "I think Fallen Chronicles's official team really needs to kowtow to Ashen."
Midyosaa2023: "Sigh, what a pity. Now Fallen Chronicles has been resurrected, but where is Ashen?"
Young_Master: "Yeah, I also wanted to thank him in person. I sent him a private message before, but it seems he never logged on again afterwards."
Bald_G: "It's been twenty or thirty years. It's very normal. He also has real-life work."
Touched: "But 'Ashen' should have also received that letter from the game character, right? Although it was AI-
generated, it really moved me. That's why I chose to come back. I think Ashen, who put so much effort into this game, should have deeper feelings than all of us, right?"
Dorororor: "Exactly. It feels like anyone can not come back, but Ashen can't!"
HopefulPlayer: "Don't worry. Maybe Ashen is actually logging in right now!"
Shadow: "Don't worry. Maybe Ashen has already logged in and just hasn't spoken, secretly watching the screen!"
Hail-The-Loli: "Don't worry. Maybe Ashen has already crossed over into the game HAHAHAHA!"
Realist: "Hey, hey, hey, you're going too far!"
Hail-The-Loli: "Haha!"
Witch: "It's fine. Now everyone is a savior. Feel free to speak your mind and deduct points from @Hail-The-Loli!"
Hail-The-Loli: "..."
...
9,645 worlds, now 4,210 of them were lit up, and the chat of players pouring in was scrolling crazily in the channel, and this number was still growing.
Corresponding to Renji's side, at this moment, on the phoenix, each burning feather symbolized each former "Fallen Chronicles" player who had accepted Renji's "reunion" invitation and chosen to "return."
Because of the players logging back in, the world control that the Source Lord had seized began to diverge, resulting in the phoenix's feathers now "self-igniting and shedding."
And just as the players posted in the "public channel," Renji had slightly modified "Fallen Chronicles" to make this final decisive battle a large-scale online DLC additional content.
In other words...
This would become a world boss battle jointly challenged by Fallen Chronicles players.
Using magic to defeat magic.
Using players to defeat the boss.
Just as described at the end of the "Ashen Cloak."
The starting point would also become the final destination.
This was the final answer given by Renji as a former "player."