Chapter 880: He Who Changes the World
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The warrior who stood at the planetâs mantle shook his head in response. He certainly knew what Roland was thinkingâyears of friendship and having faced an Evil God together, Joshua certainly knew the doubts in the knightâs mind, and the desire he had to have it resolved.
That is why he raised both his hands, with a silver sphere appearing between them. All matter from metal, stone and half-melted magma, as well as core substances subject to massive pressure around him were hence pulled into the sphere. In three brief seconds, the thumb-sized silver sphere bloated to the size of a human head, even though the matter it had absorbed was the mass of several mountains.
âRoland, o friendââ
The warriorâs voice became solemn then. Lifting the silver sphere that was shrinking rapidly, Joshua merely used Supreme-pinnacle strength, which in turn did not really compress the sphere of substance.
Even so, its density was truly frightening.
âI know you want to ask why the world is such as this.â
In the very next second, the warrior briskly threw the sphere at the Holy Knight with his full might. Accelerated to dozens of times the speed of sound, the super-dense sphere of substance triggered a surging tide of matter within the mantle.
Meanwhile, faint halos appeared behind Roland as he stood over the planetâs core. As the dense sphere streaked towards him, he bellowed and burst in great Holy Light powerâconcentrated, almost solid Holy Light pressed down on the planetâs core, caving it while turning into the shadow of a massive hammer, hitting true on the sphere as if it was baseball.
In the very next instant, the Holy Light hammer dispersed with a resounding rumble while the silver sphere was sent flying. Like a meteor crashing upwards, it pierced layers after layers of solid mantle, darting towards the planetâs crust above.
Above the core, the halo behind Roland shattered and he took a few steps behind, unable to hold in and spitting out a mouthful of bloodâwhich was not actually blood but fragments of his organs and Holy Light shards that floated above. The body constitution of Supreme individuals was no longer the same as mortal substance, and apart from some special substance, the body of most Supreme individuals would not have innards of flesh and blood.
âBut I canât give you an answer. Iâm no philosopher.â
Joshuaâs voice could be heard reaching him slowly. The warrior floated over the planetâs core, and spoke calmly, âWhy is the world like this? I do not know and do not care, for thinking about such a question is not something a warrior like myself or a Holy Knight like you should be doing.â
We have more important things to do.
For Rolandâs part, the Holy Knight could only block Joshuaâs assault with his full power and answer Joshua at once. He panted several times heavily, before slowly looking up over his own head from the depths of the planetâs core.
It was a deep tunnel heading straight down from above the planetâs crust. The bottom of the tunnel was the bright, searing core, while its center was filled with dark shadowsâno drill of present Mycroft technology could ever achieve that, and yet the hands of Extraordinary individuals would. Moreover, it was merely the shockwaves of his battle, an insignificant outcome.
It was the miracle that Extraordinary power would bringâmiracles that changed everything.
âShouldnât think about it⊠huh?â
The Holy Knightâs heart was shaken, but he quickly and firmly shook his head to refute those thoughts.
No, that was not what Joshua meant. Humans must never give up on thinking, for if they do not, everything from battle to survival would lose meaning.
There has to be a deeper meaning in Joshuaâs words.
In moments, Roland smiled.
âI understand⊠So thatâs it!â The Holy Knight muttered as if in epiphany, a student who appeared to finally understand a difficult question. He laughed softly, before guffawing heartily âbut he soon stopped, his expression turning clam was he nodded slightly and looked up at Joshua.
âJoshua,â he said quietly, âa while ago, I really, really hated the stars.â
It was too vast, dark and hopeless, just as it was too mysterious and filled with unpredictable danger.
The warrior, who had intended to continue his assault and force the last bit of talent out of his friend lifted a brow in interest. âDo you like it now?â He asked, a little curious.
Roland pulled off some of the remaining armor over his upper body, revealing the rather white skin beneath. He took a deep breath, and Holy Light reassembled as a set of gray, luminous armor, along with a full helm that covered his face and made his voice sound deep, âI still donât like it.â
âThe truth behind the Multiverse is far darker and more despairing than what I have imagined in my youth. Compared to that, the evil that occurs amongst men is simply insignificant, just as crime and punishment appear to have no meaningâthat is why I really hate it, the truth.â
Holding his tongue, Roland mustered his ideals once again. At the very heart of the planet, he summoned the power of the Holy Light, and the Holy Light answered himâHoly Light, dark gray, dim and different from the three commonly seen Holy Light, it had an attribute completely different from the power of other Holy Knights. It was clearly energy, but it assumed a form again as shield and hammer, grasped within Rolandâs hand.
It is precisely because I hate this dark and despairing Multiverse, the stars that are filled with shadows and ChaosâŠ
That is why a hero is needed to purge it!
âI donât like the stars.â
âI donât like the dark.â
âI donât like the despair.â
Now, at the core of the dead planet, Rolandâs voice reverberated out of thin air without him opening his voice, quietly and clearly quaking magma, metals and the depths of the mantle.
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âTherefore, I would change the stars.â
I would make it bright, warm and safeâI would fill them with laughter and hope, and not the deathly nothingness it was now!
Explanation was unnecessary.
Philosophers of the world tried different solutions to explain that world, but it was simply trivialâthe real question is how they would change the world!