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I Am Stuck In A Beta Test For 1000 Years-Chapter 495 - 496
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Chapter 102: The Secret betrayed
“Hey, hey, wake up, wake up!”
Shaya patted Luxie’s face hard, and the latter opened her eyes.
“Ah!”
The Queen, who had slept through the entire battle, finally woke up slowly.
She was instantly shocked by the array in front of her.
A circle of people stood in front of him.
Other than the old noble leaders of Suerthas, such as Edwin, Ulysses, and Duke Mulet of the Frostmoon family.
There were also some people who shouldn’t be here and should be in Lavossutherland.
For example, Eugene Sbret, Farkas, Prince Faris, and a few Sunlight Elves she had seen before.
Yes, that’s right, the Sunlight Elves from Elfheim.
Judging from their terrifying auras, they were probably the personal guards of Queen Isilian.
They were all injured and had high fighting spirit.
It was obvious that they had just experienced many battles.
“I…
How long did you sleep?”
Lu Xie muttered.
She never thought that she would wake up.
After all…
She suddenly remembered something and grabbed a lock of hair.
As expected, the originally healthy luster had disappeared, and it was a dry grayish-white color…
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Shaya thought that she couldn’t accept it, so she took the initiative to give her a small bottle.
“Isilian had someone send this underground and Farkas brought it here.
I guess her intention was to show off her wealth in front of her compatriots and then give you this ‘Youth Rejuvenation Potion’.
However, it coincidentally alleviated your lost vitality.
If it weren’t for this thing, I really wouldn’t know how to wake you up.”
So that was the case…
Luxie held the bottle that was still warm and remained silent.
“But this doesn’t mean that your matter is over.” ” I’m not sure,” Shaya suddenly said seriously.” This bit of ‘Essence Spring’ is not enough to replenish the life force that you lost because of the curse.
It can only slow down the momentum and wake you up.” Therefore, the most important thing now is to find out when you were infected with such a powerful curse.”
Luxie reached out her hand and stared at the back of it.
As expected, her skin had lost its luster and was loose.
There were even wrinkles on it.
“It’s alright.”
Shaya held her hand and covered the back of her hand.
She joked,”
“These are not big problems.”
Luxie raised her head and stared at him.
Her eyes flashed with a strange and profound emotion, and then she pulled her hand back.
“I’m sorry.”
Perhaps it was because she had used too much force in this action, she could not help but take two steps back.
At this moment, everyone’s gaze gathered on her, like a dazzling beam of light, making her unable to open her eyes.
Instinctively, she wanted to escape.
She wanted to escape from all of this before looking for a mirror to see what she had become…
However, when she saw the ruins behind them and the streets and alleys piled with the corpses of the monsters, she was suddenly stunned.
Surrounded by greater nervousness and uneasiness, it overshadowed the original anxiety.
“Suerseis…What’s wrong?”
she asked in a trembling voice.
“Your Majesty, please rest assured…”
Edmund stepped forward at the right time.
” Thanks to Mr.
Shaya’s help, other than these buildings, our losses in the hands of the people have been reduced to a minimum.
It’s just that…”
“But what?”
“Don’t ask him.
Look there yourself.”
Shaya continued and pointed.
Luxie looked in the direction he pointed at, her eyes fixed on the Dark Night Palace.
Then, his pupils trembled.
The most magnificent and sacred building in the past was now surrounded by pitch-black demonic qi, like a giant python, circling and dancing around the palace.
Above the palace, there were countless Dark-Descendant Magic Marionettes like mosquitoes surrounding the magic street lamps.
“To be honest, I didn’t expect things to turn out like this either…Should I call this misfortune or luck?”
Shaya sighed.
I never thought that this place would become the entrance to a dungeon.
He added in his heart.
In fact, when the elves ‘allied army pushed into Suerthas, there were indeed tough battles, but in general, they did not experience any decent resistance.
All of this was because of the Heart of the Den in the Palace of the Dark Night.
The demons seemed to have found their backbone.
They went against their nature of killing and destruction and crawled into the palace one by one, guarding the heart of the nest.
It was only then that Shaya noticed the drastic changes in the palace.
What was shocking was that the ” Palace of the Dark Night ” in front of them was a large-scale team dungeon with at least 400 people.
Whether it was the size of the building, the level of the monsters, or the degree of grandeur from the outside, it was a huge scale.
The abyssal aura was at least four times denser than the Golden Butterfly Marsh, but its surface area was only one-sixteenth of the Golden Butterfly Marsh.
There was not a single small-scale dungeon in the surroundings.
The reason was simple.
It was still in its embryonic form.
The large-scale dungeons in the Fantasy Realm would all expand.
The Heart of the Nest was the beachhead that the Abyss threw into the material plane.
Under the leadership of a powerful monster, an endless stream of Abyssal monsters would be born, and they would mutate into elites and leaders.
After the strong preyed on the weak, they would gather their own army to expand, invade, occupy, and assimilate in all directions.
Unless they cleared the game once (which was the first kill), the expansion of this game would not stop.
This was the unfortunate part.
As for luck…
That would depend on the little queen’s situation.
Was she going to abandon her chariot to protect her commander and bring her people to the surface to develop, or was she going to stay behind in Suerthas and use this dungeon as a monster cage to train her soldiers?
It was also a simulation.
The former was a casual mode, while the latter was a hellish difficulty.
However, the benefits of the two could not be compared.
Luxie took two steps toward the palace, leaving behind a thin figure.
Although he couldn’t see her face, he could feel her sobbing and her body trembling slightly.
“You should go comfort her.”
Cynthia secretly sent a private message.
Shaya was silent.
” Alright, I understand your honesty, but that’s not gentlemanly at all.
I just don’t want you to become so cold-blooded.
When you’re the only one who can do something but don’t do it for various reasons, it’s hypocritical.”
“But I’d rather be hypocritical than get into trouble…”
Shaya sighed and walked forward.
However, before he could touch Luxie, the queen turned around.
Other than the tear stains on her face, she looked very normal, so normal that it was a little strange.
“Xia Ya-qing, do you know how the nest core was formed?”
Shaya was stunned.
“Are you asking me the principle or…”
“No, I know its principle.
A seed was needed to form the heart of the nest, a person who was in extreme despair, possessed great power, but had a distorted will and completely fell into the abyss.
I’m asking you…Who created the heart of the nest in the palace?”
“Priscilla?”
“Yes.”
Luxie smiled.”
“Then why don’t you guess why she’s in despair?”
“The reason for despair…Isn’t it enough for her?”
Shaya laughed.
Under such a strong influence, the formation of a nest core was inevitable.
But was the reason important?
Priscilla’s desperate action had resulted in the betrayal of the church and the counterattack of the demons.
Was that not desperate enough?
“That’s right.
There are many reasons.
However, the ones that you have thought of are not enough to make her despair to this extent…”
Luxie revealed a trace of pity, which then turned into the indifference of a superior.
She no longer looked at Shaya with warmth in her eyes.
Instead, it was replaced by mockery and alienation.
“Let me tell you the answer…From the moment Ivan Sid appeared in Surses half a year ago, I knew about their plan and the deal they made with Ivan Sid.”
Shaya frowned slightly.
Things seemed to be unfolding in a direction that he could not predict.
“What do you mean?”
” What Priscilla did was not a lofty political ideal…It’s just to save a person.”
“Who is it?”
“Philip.”
“What kind of joke is this?” Shaya laughed.” Even if you’re right, she wanted to save Ferli, so she saved Suerseth as well.
She did it her own way, but she messed it up.
What’s the difference between that and what I said?”
“No, Shaya, you’re wrong.
Her failure was not because of us, but because ‘they’ deceived her, which is why she is so desperate.”
” She’s just like you,” Lucifer said with a smile.” She woke up spontaneously and knew everything that had happened in the past.
That’s why she took a completely different approach this time.
She knew that Philly’s death was not because of the destruction of Andaheim, nor was it because of the end of the Dark Elves.
It was because he was destined to die.
” In other words, just as you mentioned many times that ‘fate cannot be changed’…She had also learned about this from certain channels, and she had even pulled the entire Suerthas as a sacrifice to save Philip and change his fate.
” This channel is the ‘they’ that resurrected Evanseid.”
Hearing this, Shaya’s expression changed.
He stared at Luxie, trying to capture any minute expression on her face.
But he failed.
“How did you know?” he asked.
“It’s very simple…From the very beginning, I had found the place where Ivan Sid was reborn-Pleasure Castle.
Then, I got people to kill him and torture him over and over again until he told me everything.
They even found me.”
Shaya’s heart skipped a beat.
The two things that Luxie mentioned were not something that could be obtained through conventional channels.
The first was Philly’s ” lifeline “, which was the same as Sitar’s, and it had come to an end.
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It was something that Joshua had told him not long ago.
Secondly, it was the concept of the resurrection point that the natives had no idea about.
She hid all this from him…
He had been hiding it from the beginning.
But why?
” You must be wondering why I’m hiding this.
You might be guessing if I’ve made some kind of deal with ‘them’…Yes,’they’ thought of using me to help Priscilla complete her plan, but I’m not as stupid as that woman.”
Luxie pointed at the Dark Night Palace.
“Do you see that?
That’s the outcome of working with ‘them’.
“Do you feel it?
The emotions contained in it…The more desperate a woman was, the stronger the hatred and despair in her heart when she realized that she had been deceived.
“I saw this coming back then.
They looked at me like they were looking at an animal, only using and abandoning me.
So I desperately escaped from Suerthas and let Prisilia carry out her plan.
‘I don’t know if I’ll die on the way.
I can only run.
Like before, I’ll run in a panic and find a strength I can rely on…No, that wasn’t relying on him.
That was parasitism.
It was just like how it had parasitized Evelyn back then…I chose you this time.”
Her gaze turned gentle for a moment, but it soon turned into hatred.
“You possess even greater power than her, a power that makes people jealous…He was so jealous that he wanted to go crazy!
” Why, why would power only follow you, while I have to use all means, deceit, and betrayal in exchange for all this?
“Why…Why can she still possess you?
“Why have you never truly trusted me?
“Why, why?”
In the end, her question had turned into an accusation, and Shaya could only respond with silence.
His mind had never been so chaotic before.
“So…Were you acting the whole time?” he asked.
“Of course not.”
Luxie smiled sadly.
“When I gave up all my dignity to seduce you, it was not an act.
How I wish you could hug me sincerely, even if it was just for a second.
It’s not comfort, it’s not compensation, and it’s not just a show…
“Actually, you can try to believe…”
“I can’t trust anyone else.
I only trust myself.
I’d rather be a traitor than taste the taste of betrayal.”
After the queen finished speaking, she took a deep breath.
As if she had bid farewell to her emotions just now, she regained her dignified expression.
She stretched out a hand, and the light of the Rose Crown appeared behind her.
The outline was exactly the same as the underground magic circle of Suerseth…
few seconds later
Buzz…
A dull sound echoed throughout the entire Suerthas.
Then, a miracle happened.
All the facilities that had lost their magic power were reactivated…
The city that was old and had suffered a devastating blow was actually revived under her awakening.
The light of magic once again filled every corner.
Although the lit Eternal Light was dilapidated, the fountain was still spewing water, and the ruined Floating City floated up again.
The light of the Rose Crown weaved a brand new noble robe on Luxie’s body, making her float in the air like a god.
“See?
This is what I want to do.”
Luxie looked down from above and said,”
” I found the only possibility of success among countless failures, and then I personally realized it.
I saved Surthas, protected my throne, and eliminated those potential traitors.
” As for the Heart of the Nest that Priscilla left behind, it will become a whetstone for the Dark Elves to rise again.
I can even imagine your original plan, Xia Yaxin.
You will certainly advise me to work with my compatriots on the surface to develop it for safety reasons.
Now, please answer me.
Do you still need to do this?”
“Ha…”
Shaya laughed at herself.
“Of course not.
Surseth’s huge magic power is enough to ‘feed’ this nest core…I didn’t expect Prisilia’s words to come true.
You really hid something from me, and you hid so much…”
He suddenly raised his head and looked straight at this dazzling existence.
“So, Your Majesty.
Aren’t you worried about their revenge?”
Luxie smiled brightly.
“I don’t have to worry about that, because everything ‘they’ do is for you, Xia Ya-qing.
“All of this is because you’re enemies with those behemoths, and we’re just insignificant ants.
” So, Sulseth will never welcome you, sir, nor Shaya…
“Thank you for your company along the way.
From now on, we are no longer allies.
This is just a city where lowly creatures live in the cracks.
We will no longer interfere in their war.
Naturally, it won’t attract their revenge.”
A trace of determination appeared on Luxie’s face, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
” In the name of the Queen, I expel you.”
[Your reputation in Andaheim has been lowered to Hatred.]
[Warning: You are currently in a high-aggro zone.
Your identity has been exposed.]
[Warning: You are currently expelled by the local guards.]
[Warning: The contract of ” Queen’s Crown: Jealousy ” is terminated.]
[Warning…]
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A series of noisy system notifications instantly flooded the screen, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.
The communication between the two was blocked by Lucifer in advance, so in the eyes of the elves present, it was only a silent communication before it became like this.
Therefore, the NPCs that belonged to Surthas would not turn hostile instantly…However, how could the soldiers who swore allegiance to the Queen resist such an obvious supreme order?
Without waiting for Edwin’s order, the soldiers behind him surrounded the Sunlight Elven Guards who had come with Fakas.
“What are they doing?”
Edmund shouted angrily and hurriedly stood in front of the Sunlight Elves.
” Are you trying to rebel?!”
“Are you trying to rebel?”
He never expected that the person who said that was actually Shaya.
He smiled at Edwin, signaling him not to be so agitated.
Then, he comforted Ulysses from afar.
” Stop the spell, Uriel.
This devastated city can’t withstand your torment.”
“But…”
“No buts, Uriel.
You should remember that you are not representing Ulysses, but the guardian of the Freyed family.”
Although Ulysses had stopped his magic, the anger on his face could not be changed.
“And you, Farkas…” “Are you going to raise your sword against the Queen?” Shaya said with a stern face.
Don’t forget what you said back then.”
“My lord!”
“Although Suerses closed the door on me, it doesn’t mean that Lavorsudran closed the door on you.
That is, if she doesn’t define this as ‘adultery with an external enemy.'” Shaya shrugged.” So put down your weapon.
Are you going to stop me?”
Fakas gritted his teeth and put down his weapon.
The hand holding the sword trembled in anger.
Shaya stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, then slowly walked to the center of the crowd.
He looked around at all the elves who looked like they couldn’t bear it.
“Everyone…There was no need to be so hostile.
Her Majesty said ‘banish’, not’ kill without mercy…
So, it’s fine as long as I leave.
“Please don’t take it out on her, because to a certain extent, what she said is the truth.
All of this was directed at me.
You guys were just dragged into it…’ Ant.
These words sounded very hurtful, but unfortunately, it was an objective fact.
“Although it’s only been a short time, you’ve shown me the possibility of the Dark Elves rising to power.
I hope you won’t ruin this possibility because of a moment of impulsiveness.
“Then, goodbye, everyone.
“Goodbye, Your Majesty.”
Shaya turned around and took one last look at Luxie before leaving with Cynthia and her personal guards.