MTL - For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King (1000 Years Later, Even My Weakest Follower Has Become A Demon King)-Chapter 35 : Cause and effect, cycle and eternity

  Chapter 35: Cause and effect, cycle and eternity

   The battle ended quickly, as the Tacoma member said, they were fully prepared to deal with it, and Remedios’ resistance was meaningless.

  The entire collection room was destroyed in a mess, with countless broken collections scattered on the ground, and large scorched traces blackened the entire ceiling.

   "It's a pity for the collections in this room."

   The old man in the linen robe said a little regretfully.

   He said and walked to another Longjing glass showcase, but he didn't see any movement, and the seal on it came off on its own.

   He carefully took out the misty silver-white crown from it, and walked slowly to Remedios.

Remedios looked past the other party and looked at the seven oval light cocoons floating in the air. All seven of her arrows that could automatically return to the quiver after being shot were all stagnant in the light cocoon by the other party. inside.

"why…"

   she asked with difficulty.

   "Why didn't that last arrow hit you?"

   The other party squatted down, his eyes calm as water, and he said:

"Sharp, shattering, burning, weakening, purifying, dispelling, karma, this weapon forged by the seven kings of nothingness for their first-generation gods is really powerful. Especially the last arrow, by the lender The arrows made by Sherlock himself can hit the enemy 100% on a causal level, and are even more irresistible than the [Declaration] of the divine domain level."

  Remedios was the one who killed Tyra Real with the last arrow.

  The old man said, took Remedios' hand, and pulled her up from the half-squat state.

   "But unfortunately, the possibility of being injured by you is not included in the circular items I wrote in advance."

   Remedios looked at him suspiciously, not understanding what those words meant.

   In the previous short and fierce battle, she was not injured - in fact, the opponent did not attack her in a real sense.

   This old man just stood there, and easily resolved all the attacks against him, until at the end, he raised his hand slightly, and a heavy pressure pressed Remedios to the point of being unable to stand up.

   "We'll talk as we walk."

After pulling Remedios up, the heavy pressure exerted on her disappeared instantly, the other party let go of his hand very gentlemanly, then turned around and walked out the door... Not even the slightest warning that Remedios could Immediately rushed up and tied his neck with Liu Liyue's bowstring.

   But after a moment of hesitation, she lowered her bow and followed.

   The fog filled the window, the old man said as he walked:

"Humans abstracted the originally abstract elements of creation into the image of the seven holy spirits. For a long time, we all looked at their actions with a joke mentality, thinking that it was a symbol of ignorance. "

"After all, according to our theory, after the creation of the world, the creations that flowed from the realm of light became the constitution of the world itself. Rules, life, self-awareness, emotion, exchange, logic, memory...their Holy Spirit It's just that those scattered things have been pieced together into the past, and the will of the Holy Spirit is just an illusion imagined by mortals..."

   "I don't need another general education class now."

   Remedios interrupted him.

   "Okay... Then let's just say the conclusion, those 'Holy Spirits' including their wills are real, and there is no so-called 'past' for them."

   The other party replied with a very solemn tone.

"What's the meaning?"

   Remedios asked in confusion.

"Time is layered, Her Royal Highness. Some things are eternal, some things are in constant cycle, and some things are running all the way until the end of the world... This is the fundamental reason why ritual magic works. , and at the same time the true secret of the immortality of the kings of nothingness."

   "Time is... layered?"

   She still didn't understand what this meant.

   "There are three levels of time—eternal time, cyclic time, and causal time."

   The other side explained patiently.

"The time of cause and effect is well understood. The arrow you shot earlier is the best example of time of cause and effect. You shoot the arrow, and the arrow sinks into my heart, and I die. The soul melts into the air, and the maggots and fungi set my body on fire. The remaining life in my life survives, and the memory of my life turns into an undead, and finally is gradually forgotten... Under causal time, things always develop along a one-way arrow. The dead cannot be resurrected, and the things that have passed will also be There is no recovery, and even the greatest miracle in the world can only affect everything that is still alive."

   "I think you're talking nonsense."

   Remedios commented.

   At this point, they had already stepped over the steps and strolled to the atrium corridor leading to the throne room of Moonlight City.

   "Sometimes we also call causal time mortal time."

   Ignoring Remedios’ speech, the old man concluded.

   "So, you've discovered a great eternal truth - when you kill you die?"

   remembered this mantra that someone often used for some unknown reason. For some reason, Remedios dug out a certain sense of humor from her dry heart after a long time.

   may be the first time in nearly a hundred years that she did not stiffly pull up her facial muscles to imitate, but asked with a smile from her heart:

"and then?"

"Then?"

   The old man in the linen robe asked back, and a smile appeared on his face.

   "Think about it, are all things in this world a one-way arrow along time, moving forward without turning back?"

   The old man's words made the smile on Remedios' face vanish like a snowflake falling into warm water.

   Admiring the expression on Remedios’ face with satisfaction, the old man asked himself and answered:

"The changes of the four seasons, the alternation of day and night, the rise and fall of the phases of the moon, the ebb and flow of the tide...they are all in a constant cycle, never ending. If causal time is a coordinate axis that is constantly moving forward, then cycle time is an end to end. connected circles."

   "You mean to say..."

   Remedios seemed to have some idea of ​​what the other party meant.

"When the Church of the Holy Spirit was at its peak, we had a debate with them. At that time, the most acute question we asked was 'Where is the Holy Spirit of your faith?' The Patriarch was very annoyed by the question, and even drove all our people away in anger at the end. However, today, our research results have helped them answer this question-they are in another level of time, In the cycle of everything. We can't see them as they really are, because we can't see the full picture of the cycle of time from a mortal point of view."

  The old man said slowly.

   Remedios was silent for a moment, then asked:

   "What if you understand this? To add or subtract a season? To extend or shorten the time of day and night?"

   This kind of thing is neither possible nor meaningful.

   Hearing what Remedios said, the other party shook his head and said:

"No, I'm taking the example of seasons or day and night just to give you a better understanding of the concept. In fact, what we call 'destiny' is also part of cyclic time. The repetition of what happened in the past, A certain tragic destiny keeps reincarnating, these are all manifestations of cycles. Countless people have once shouted that they want to control their own destiny, but very few people can understand what destiny is - destiny is reincarnation, cycle, and existing. It will happen again in the future.”

"This theory also explains the origin of the immortality of the kings of nothingness. Death is the end, and the end is something that belongs exclusively to causal time. They are in cyclic time, with neither beginning nor end, but only Repeating itself over and over again. Of course, not just kings of nothingness, but all beings with 'God' in their name. The Holy Spirit, the belief in God, and..."

   "Spirit."

   Remedios interrupted him, then she stopped.

   At this time, the two of them had reached the door of the throne room, and a faint mist was continuously seeping out along the crack of the door.

  This is where the mist spirit lives.

   And the Phoenix Sacred Fire Ceremony, which controls the birth and death of the high elves, is the reincarnation of the soul, and it reappears those skills to the elves of later generations.

   Those phantoms that appeared in the thick fog of Awa are also the reincarnation of the past.

   Looking at this gate, Remedios thought so.

   "Can we enter the cycle time through the spirit?"

   asked Remedios.

   "You can even weave your own cyclic time phenomenon."

   The other party pointed to himself.

   "For example, this person in front of you has now sublimated into a phenomenon, a phenomenon that guides all the rulers of Ava as an advisor."

   Remedios opened her eyes involuntarily.

"That's why you won't be given the 'arrow of cause and effect'... But didn't you research this theory not long ago? The members of the Tacoma Order have been advisors to the rulers of Ava for tens of thousands of years. It's history, you can't…”

   Having said this, Remedios stopped as if she had suddenly thought of something.

   And the other party looked at her with a smile and said:

"do you understand?"

   Remedios, who had recovered from the shock, nodded slowly:

   "You who are in the cyclic time don't care about the beginning and the end."

   Because time is layered, and cause and effect is a mortal concept.

  His career as an advisor to Ava began before his birth and will continue after his death.

   Remedios looked up at the magnificent gate of the throne.

   "You gave me a proposal before, that I should incorporate my will into the mist spirit."

   She pressed the hand without the bow on the door.

   "And after I admitted that it was just a bargaining chip I wanted to win over Ys City, you came over, is that the reason? You want me to enter the cycle time."

   said, she looked back at the old man.

"The last step of all godhood ceremonies is to open the gap in the cycle of time and free yourself from the constraints of cause and effect. Before that, whether it is accumulating magic power or spreading beliefs, you can only create a powerful mortal in the end. This is only a quantitative change. .And beyond the causal time, it is a complete qualitative change."

  The old man answered the question.

   "You mean the Eighth Holy Spirit?"

   Remedios, who vaguely guessed what the other party was going to say, asked tentatively.

   "The assassination of the mission, the first expedition, and even the current expedition. Food, land, and belief are just excuses. Their real purpose is only this - to use the spirit of Ava Continent to enter the cycle time."

   The other party nodded and replied.

   Remedios raised her tone and asked:

   "Why did you tell me now?"

   "Because I only know now. Did you forget, the theory of time stratification was only proposed now."

   Remedios tried to understand the logic of cyclic time, but after two seconds she gave up rationally.

   "So, what exactly do you want me to do?"

"The divine enlightener of the Eighth Religion is about to arrive, and she needs to communicate with the mist spirit through you. Back then, Terra Riel deliberately died in your hands, leaving her memories in the mist. Now, with just one deed, he can complete his unfinished business eight hundred years ago."

   Hearing this, a wry smile appeared on Remedios' face.

   "Is this what you said earlier about wishing to witness the eighth creation fragment?"

   "Beyond the cyclic time, there is eternal time, which is the real throne of the all-god 'Ma'. And the eighth element of creation is the most indispensable part of completing the creation model."

   "I have no reason to sacrifice my life for your beliefs."

   Remedios decisively refused.

   Even if the other party controls her, the ceremony must be completed by her active cooperation.

   "The other party has promised to give up the invasion of Ava Continent after success."

   As if he had expected it, the old man threw his chips directly.

   "How to guarantee?"

   "He will incorporate it into his eternal cycle as a phenomenon, and will never really attack Avazhou."

   Hearing this, Remedios was silent for a moment, but finally shook her head.

"why?"

   Hearing the unexpected answer, he asked in confusion.

   "Because if you want to witness the Eighth Spirit, I have a better proposal."

  …

   "Are you... sure you want to do this?"

   "One thousand and eight years, that's a perfect number."

  “…”

"good luck."

   (end of this chapter)