A strange world

Chapter 1161 Section 83. The Death of Prince Aidan

The closer they got to the World Tree, the more lush and vigorous the grass became, even gradually exceeding their waists, obscuring their vision, as if they were being shrunk - and the World Tree that reached deep into the starry sky deepened this illusion.

Teddel squatted in front of a small patch of blood and shoveled away the blood-stained grass with his long sword.

"The human prince was seriously injured."

"He forcibly used the artifact so many times." Annan thought it was normal.

Since it was a power that did not belong to him, he had to pay a price.

However, the blood was still fresh, which meant that Prince Aidan had not gone far, and they were very close.

Pushing aside the waist-deep grass, Annan and Teddel approached the World Tree.

"Be careful!"

At a certain moment, Teddel exclaimed and pushed Annan away, raised his long sword and collided with a residual image.

Clang -

Sparks flew in the crisp sound, freezing the attacking Prince Aidan, and then waved the short sword in his left hand, making him jump back and separate.

"You want to fight an elf master with your seriously injured body?" Teddel drew a beautiful sword flower.

The human standard long sword is thicker and longer than the elf long sword, but Teddel adapted quickly.

"You overestimate the skills of the elves!"

As soon as the voice fell, Aidan suddenly launched an attack and fought with Teddel.

In order to avoid being hijacked and hindering Teddel, Annan hid far away and harassed him with words.

"Why don't you move forward? Can't you hold on?"

"It's still time to surrender now and go back for dinner."

"Do your family know that you did these things?"

Aidan blocked Teddel's raindrop-like attack, knocked her away with a powerful fighting skill, panting and glaring at Annan: "Shut up! Don't force me to crush your lover's soul!"

Annan shut his mouth.

But even if he didn't say anything, Aidan was almost unable to hold on.

Prince Aidan, who was close to the level of a great knight, had skills and strength superior to Teddel, but he was seriously injured so that he could only barely block Teddel's attack as a mage, and he was still getting weaker.

Teddel became agile and gracefully received gravity like a moon goddess, pressing Prince Aidan to half kneel.

"Where are their souls!?" she asked.

"Defeat me first."

"You have already..."

Prince Aidan suddenly withdrew from the wrestling, punched Teddel in the abdomen, and then rolled away.

"Despicable behavior."

"The knight's creed is not only bravery and tenacity, but also the desire for victory." Prince Aidan smiled, and then violently coughed up a large mouthful of blood.

"You can't hold on."

"Yeah..." Prince Aidan showed a strange regret and pulled out the artifact behind him. "So I can't play with you anymore..."

Teddel was about to dodge, and a finger-thick lightning accurately fell on her. There was nothing abnormal, Teddel lost her will and fell to the ground.

"Wow--"

Prince Aidan coughed violently, and then spit out a large mouthful of blood, soaking the front of his shirt, like a blood flower blooming. Everything in front of him was blurred, as if blocked by a layer of fog.

After dozens of seconds, he recovered, and looked at Annan who was sneaking over with bloodshot eyes: "Don't worry, she just fell asleep."

Annan looked at Prince Aidan's weak appearance and refused to believe it. After all, he was like this just now, and then he knocked out Taidel. "Give me the weapon and fight you again."

"You know sword skills?"

"No, so can I go back and get a bow first?"

Prince Aidan smiled and shook his head, threw away the Eye of Rudolf in front of Annan, and used the long sword as a crutch. "Convince me... give you the son of the demigod and the soul of the elf."

Annan's eyes moved away from the artifact lying in the grass: "What if you can't convince me?"

"Don't say stupid things."

Annan was keenly aware that Aidan's motives and attitude had changed... something must have happened.

"What do you want me to say?"

"Let me change my mind, give up destroying the rules, and let the elves and the kingdom start a war."

"Have you ever thought about why the harsh rules in your eyes exist?"

Annan still took out the magic stone and played it for Prince Aidan without spoiling the fun - mainly because this place is too close to the world tree, and the magic stone cannot be used normally.

"...If you are dissatisfied with this country, don't complain, don't rely on external forces, but use your own power to change it."

At this point, Annan looked at him sadly: "You could have obtained a territory as a prince and implemented your benevolent rule there, but you didn't do it..."

"You...why?"

"Why what?"

"Why are you so confident?"

Annan's confidence when he talked was so strong that it almost projected into the depths of Aidan's soul.

"Because... I can see farther than all of you."

"Far?"

"What if there's not enough cake to share? Fighting over it is bloody? This world is not just Wilhelm's little piece of land. Even the Allen continent is just a corner of the world."

"The whole world in your eyes is just a tiny ant nest."

Prince Aidan was shaky, and his sword could no longer support his body. He was supported by Annan who came over.

Aidan smiled and sat down on the ground leaning against Annan: "Even if what you said is true, what can you do..."

He couldn't hold on for much longer.

Annan complained in his heart why the elves have not arrived yet, and spoke faster: "What is the new millennium in the Saint Laurent calendar? It will not be a certain person or thing, but a new era led by me. When the people of other forces The literacy rate is only in single digits, and the ignorant people controlled by the lords cannot even write their own names. When they and their descendants can only do the same job, in the distant Free City, everyone is literate and can work as an alchemist. Apprentice, be a mage’s apprentice, be a knight’s retinue.”

Aidan was already a little unconscious, but he could still hear Annan's hidden intentions: "You want to change the world?"

"Why not? The elves have calculated for forty thousand years, and Saint Laurent has calculated for one thousand years. In other words, how people lived forty-one thousand years ago is how they live now. In addition to the larger territory, there is more magic. , Creatures change one after another, and it’s still the same.”

"The war never ends, and all intelligent life is still like a wild beast, running for the most basic thing: survival. It never raises its head to look at the sky."

Aidan raised his head following Annan, and his blurred vision could only see a patch of blue.

"You are right... I wish I had known you earlier..."

"It's not too late."

But Annan knew that Prince Aidan was going to die.

Annan still had many words and ideals that he had not yet had time to say, and many questions to ask, but he said nothing and watched quietly as Prince Aidan tried to raise his head, trembling unwillingly, but his head dropped lower and lower feebly. .

"Annan...the soul is in the eyes of Rudolph...it belongs to you...don't believe the elves, they are not as...beautiful...good...and...be careful...the poet..."

He used all his strength to let out one last sigh:

"My...always...hard work...isn't...what..."