Chapter 308 Is the Cycle Still Going On...?

"Player Super Justice ()"

Looking at the pink-purple long-haired girl who was sticking to him diligently, Annan also felt a little helpless.

Celesia is like an abandoned puppy who has found a new owner... She looks very good, and she is afraid that she will be abandoned again. Even if he belittles his own personality, he must try his best to show Annan his loyalty and availability.

It can also be seen from this that Vladimir's attempt to kill her to silence her has caused much harm to Selicia.

——This is probably to the extent that it can form a psychological shadow.

"That's not necessary, Celesia."

Annan said calmly: "I said, I will make good use of yours."

He had already put on the clothes again, with a slight glow on his left shoulder, which looked like a mobile phone that displayed "charging".

Several people sat back in the living room where they first met, still in the same position as before.

Only two hours have passed.

But their identities and positions have undergone tremendous changes.

Celicia's wariness and vigilance towards Annan completely disappeared—it wasn't that she trusted Annan immediately, but that she forced herself to trust Annan absolutely. In this way, you can avoid being abandoned again because of losing trust.

——This is definitely a mental illness.

Annan could only sigh helplessly.

But in Selicia's eyes, this made her nervous immediately: "Your Majesty, forgive me for being stupid... What is the hidden meaning in your words? What should I do?"

...No, I'm not hiding anything.

Annan said so in his heart, but his face was straight: "Naturally there will be many things.

"It is precisely because you are good enough and trustworthy that I will entrust these tasks to you. But also because of this, your value is higher than theirs, and you need to protect yourself. Don't let yourself get hurt easily ...because your life is mine. Do you understand?"

Annan was as tactful as possible, comforting Selicia in a way that he could understand and wanted to understand, telling her repeatedly "I will not abandon you".

—— Celesia is no longer a child.

She is used to being a tool or a pet—this kind of strange personality has already formed, and it is not a matter of time to cure it.

If she doesn't continue to give her the response she wants, it may cause Selicia to develop bigger problems due to anxiety and fear...or simply worse.

Let's just follow her. After that, slowly cultivate her self-confidence, encourage her, and let her gradually adapt to it...

After all, Selicia is indeed a talent.

She is also the upper rank of the silver rank now, and has reached the gold rank before, and has experience in using the power of elements. As long as her strength continues to grow, it will be easier than others to enter the golden rank.

And when she was still in the Winter Hand reserve team, Selicia was particularly good at killing people.

After she became Celesia, in order to hide her identity and not have too much in common, she never used swordsmanship—after all, the time when Celesia first appeared was almost the time when Thoronick disappeared .

But it's different now.

She became the Hand of Winter, and her identity was completely hidden. Thoronik will also be secretly photographed, so that Celesia can regain the swordsmanship she first learned and is also her most gifted.

At that time, maybe "Ten Fingers" will have one more person.

And it just so happens that Annan has new troubles on his side—the three sirens in the "tyrant" form he holds have lost absolute control over the Hand of Winter. Then it would be unsafe to be promoted to "Ten Fingers" from the old Hand of Winter.

But the players are not familiar enough with the Hand of Winter, and they are not familiar with the Duchy of Winter for the time being.

The essence of "Ten Fingers" is the management of the Hand of Winter and the shadow ruler of the entire Duchy of Winter. If they are not familiar with the ministers and nobles, and if they are very unfamiliar with the Hands of Winter under their command,

Airborne players are difficult to manage.

——But Selicia is different.

She was born in the Duchy of Winter, and she has a long-term understanding of Winter, and because of her background, she hates the nobles very much... Don't worry about her collaborating with the local nobles.

Celesia was also born in the Hand of Winter, and was a student brought out by the former "right thumb"—that is, the highest official of the Hand of Winter. She also has knowledge of the management of the Hand of Winter.

She is the best candidate.

Using Selicia's "new ten fingers" to prove that Annan's reign has begun...seems pretty good.

"I will entrust you with a heavy responsibility."

Annan repeated: "The premise is...your answer can satisfy me."

"—Please ask."

Selicia put her hands on her knees, sat upright in her seat, and looked at Annan seriously: "I will tell you everything."

"It's actually very simple...it's the thing you wanted to hide from me before."

"...That, it's old—no, what Frakinir said before."

Celesia instinctively wanted to say "teacher", but immediately reacted and denied it: "He left you back then, there was actually a reason... to find worms."

"He's found it now, I know that."

Annan nodded, and then asked: "But besides this, are there any other details? I don't think what he said is exhaustive... If you know anything else, you might as well tell it all.

"Even if it's what Vladimir once told you, other things about worms are fine. Maybe among the things you don't think are important, there are things I'm particularly concerned about...maybe."

"...I remember the teacher said that the elves worshiped worms a long time ago. At least that was the case when they were still in the living desert... and the first discovery of spell power seems to be related to worms. "

Selicia frowned, subconsciously pinched a strand of her hair, and rubbed it gently while trying to recall: "It's not that the spell itself is related to the worm, but the use of the spell made the elves discover about the worm. Some kind of secret. After that, they began to worship the worm on a large scale.

"Worm is an extremely evil thing that even demons can't avoid. Its physical form is not a worm, but a snake biting its own tail, with many gray and white double rings in the shape of '8' on its body. Therefore, it is would be called 'the serpent that is not a serpent,' and in more secret cults he is also called 'Ouroboros.'"

……etc?

Annan was startled suddenly: "This image..."

Where did he seem to have seen it?

No, it's not an illusion——

Annan remembered.

When he perfectly cleared "Nightmare: Gallery" and advanced to Silver.

Of the three spells he chose, there was one called "The Cycle Continues" and it was this image!

Because the negative effect of that curse is too harsh, "Every time you betray someone, you will eventually be betrayed by someone else." So in the end Annan hesitated for a while, and still didn't choose it.

This curse seems to have the weakest effect. As long as Annan does not betray others, it does not exist.

But Annan didn't want his behavior pattern to be kidnapped by the curse.

He was not a particularly normal person... All along, he strictly abided by his "morality" and "common sense" and acted, never exceeding the rules. But if his behavior is restrained by the curse of "if you betray others, you will suffer retribution", the situation is different.

His will will weaken and his personality will change with it.

Annan did not hope that when he chose not to betray others for granted, it was because "this would be more in line with his own interests", not because of his own morality and common sense.

If at that time, he chose this curse.

Then maybe when he climbed the spider's silk, he would be lost in that nightmare forever because of his weakened will.

So Annan has never regretted it.

But until now...

Only then did Annan know what was hidden in that curse.

"...Have I been targeted by worms since the very beginning?"

Annan murmured, "'The cycle continues'? That's the cycle between the betrayer and the betrayed..."

— Or the cycle of worms and cranes?