Chapter 664: The Cruelty of War and the Fulfillment of Prophecy (Two in One)

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The Grand Arcanum Library of Odyssey.

"This is still too difficult for me."

Xu Zhi closed the book, a bitter expression on his face, and murmured, "Your minds are just too intelligent."

He watched the scene unfolding in Riverwatch Town in the distance, falling silent for a moment.

Suddenly, a voice came from beside him. It was the God of Dreams. "Are you really going to do this?"

Xu Zhi nodded, his expression suddenly serene as he continued to turn the pages of his book. "Yes, I need your help."

The God of Dreams fell silent for a moment.

"I have no idea what Emperor Messiah intends with this action."

It gazed at the mysterious young Heavenly Emperor.

His combat power was far inferior to a deity's, yet he had lived for an unknown number of years, mysterious and enigmatic.

"But he is indeed Emperor Messiah, the sovereign. I could not see through him back then, when he stopped our Peach Banquet and thwarted Bai Xiaosheng's formidable opponent."

If it couldn't understand, it only needed to follow instructions. Bai Xiaosheng had commanded them in the same way back then, and it had long grown accustomed to it.

Moreover, this was a terrifyingly wise figure who had even outwitted Bai Xiaosheng himself.

Xu Zhi was speechless internally. "All I wanted was for you to save Alusha. After all, I never imagined it would escalate so much. I can only grit my teeth and play along with your charade."

No more overthinking things; I must set the example.

Back then, when he heard what those hidden individuals said about the future, he casually teased the little girl and helped her develop a sense of self-protection, guiding a young girl away from a tragic future. It was something anyone passing by would instinctively do, and he was no exception. However, he never expected it to develop into this situation.

What could he do now?

Clarify? "I really just said it casually; don't overthink it?"

It was already impossible. Instead, he could only complete their overthinking, following the direction they desired.

He opened the book again, re-absorbing arcane knowledge. "Next time, I won't speak carelessly again. When you're out in the world, you always have to pay your dues."

Riverwatch Town.

Accompanied by a bloodcurdling scream, like a rooster's crow announcing dawn in the countryside, it pierced the silent night sky as faint, amber light rose from the horizon.

Sunlight poured down.

A new day was about to begin.

"This is Skyreach Province."

The white-haired Arcanist looked up, his face filled with awe.

"Due to its geographical position in a valley, it's a breathtaking province. Arcane towers on the surrounding high mountains illuminate with lava fireballs, allowing you to see the sun rise from all directions."

The sky surrounded them on all sides; this was Odyssey's Skyreach Province.

A dreamlike arcane valley.

However, before the surrounding arcanists could quietly appreciate the beautiful scenery, the horrific scream from the distant house had just ceased, and suddenly, commotion erupted all around.

*Thump, thump, thump!*

Countless townspeople and guards, wielding greatswords and scythes, transformed into a frenzied, citizen-soldier state, wildly swinging their weapons as they charged towards the house.

"This! How is this possible!?"

The white-haired Arcanist's pupils suddenly dilated.

Everyone who witnessed this scene froze in place, as if petrified.

"Doesn't the terrifying local legend of this area say that the commotion and being swarmed and killed only occur when someone slaughters a chicken in the local coop?"

"How is this happening before us?"

"Unimaginable!"

"These are completely different situations! How did it also activate that terrifying anomaly!? And trigger the conditions for being besieged and killed?"

Everyone was stunned.

It was unimaginable; this scene had completely replicated what happened back then.

At that time, a traveler in this town, unable to resist secretly killing a chicken at dawn in the middle of the night, even if no one saw them, would be swiftly swarmed and forcibly hacked to death.

"It's the same now..."

Everyone's faces tightened, and then goosebumps rose on their skin. "Given this situation, Alusha will also be hacked to death by the surrounding people, just like back then. Should we save her?"

"What a coincidence, this is fate's arrangement!"

The white-haired Arcanist's face was solemn, and he suddenly took a deep breath. "It's highly probable this is destiny. According to normal development, it should have been Cybertron who couldn't help but act, and by chance, in this strange Riverwatch Town, he ended up being incapacitated, activating some condition of this terrifying region, thus starting 'humanity's murderous intent, heaven and earth overturning'!"

The surrounding arcanists gasped.

It just fit the narrative.

Heaven's murderous intent and Earth's murderous intent had already been experienced. Now, human murderous intent had coincidentally appeared, and the true beginning of a fated scene unfolded.

"Yes, the current situation has triggered a drastic change. We just need to wait quietly. The protagonist of this era certainly won't meet with an accident," the white-haired Arcanist turned to look.

Inside the house.

Bloodied.

Misha's eyes were wide with horror as she held the toothpick-sized arcane gear sword, unable to comprehend everything before her.

In her daze, she seemed to understand something—the words spoken by that mysterious young man ten years ago.

"It's a prophecy, a great prophecy!"

Her mind buzzed and exploded.

"Ten years ago, that mysterious traveler already predicted today. That's why he said a bunch of incomprehensible things back then. Who exactly is he?"

Only a god could predict the future, and why would a god come to help her?

"You!"

Cybertron collapsed to the ground.

He had never imagined that the clever yet genuinely kind Alusha would do such a cruel thing. This completely went against her usual character. Who had instilled such malicious thoughts in her?

"Someone is secretly scheming against me!"

Cybertron roared.

His first reaction was that the people from the carriage stable, who were still instigating him to act, might have set up this trap to kill him.

He quickly sealed his wounds with arcane magic.

Having practiced arcana with Misha for ten years, his aptitude was terrifying. He had already reached the fifth-tier Arcanist level, so he could barely heal his injuries.

*Thump, thump, thump!*

At that moment, a crowd of villagers swarmed into the house.

Cybertron's eyes widened, and a flicker of despair crossed his face.

Most villagers were only first or second-tier, but the town guard squad consisted of approximately fourth-tier members, and their captain was a fifth-tier. He had committed a crime by breaking into a home and harassing a respectable woman; now he couldn't even escape.

But who knew that the next second...

Those villagers actually bypassed Cybertron and charged at Alusha, their faces twisted with malice, as if they intended to hack her to death with a flurry of blades.

"Kill her!"

"It's her!"

These villagers showed their rage.

No one knew what they had endured these past years.

No one knew what terrifying curse this land suffered, or what dreadful monster cursed it.

Initially, everyone here, house by house, would inexplicably raise local chickens, the "Phoenix Feather Chickens." But then, something terrifying happened: every time a person killed a Phoenix Feather Chicken they had raised, blood would stream from the owner, as if the chicken had become their physical manifestation.

No buying, no selling, no harm.

That's why they went mad, hiding the truth and simultaneously slaughtering these people.

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