Chapter 639: He is One of Those Two Kings
Chapter 639: He is One of Those Two Kings
In the northern region of the Invisible Empire, within a grand estate, Feng Ye calmly enjoyed his breakfast while Bambietta sat across from him.
The young girl meticulously spread small chunks of cheese onto her bread with a spoon. She wore a white dress, and while she appeared normal on the surface, if one were to look beyond the fabric, they would notice the tight-binding ropes still wrapped around her body.
Where the coarse ropes made contact with her skin, red marks were left, abrading her delicate flesh.
These ropes hadn't changed in the past two days, and Bambietta could easily destroy them or use her Reishi to isolate them from her body, yet she did nothing.
It wasn't that she couldn't, nor was it that Feng Ye prohibited her; she simply didn't want to.
She herself didn't know why.
"Today is the last day."
Feng Ye cut a piece of bread, spread some strawberry jam on it, and took a bite. After finishing the slice, he looked at Bambietta and said calmly, "The Sternritter should arrive here in about five minutes."
Hearing Feng Ye's words, Bambietta's heart was filled with indescribable emotions.
There was panic, a panic about what was about to happen.
And there was also a strange reluctance, as if she preferred to keep things as they were rather than face what was to come.
"What...will you do?"
After a few moments of complex silence, Bambietta asked in a soft voice, her gaze fixed on Feng Ye.
Feng Ye smiled and said, "I will completely resolve the conflict between the Shinigami and the Quincies, and then I'll leave."
Bambietta remained silent for a few more seconds before opening her mouth again, unsure and afraid to ask the question on her mind.
She wanted to know what would happen to her.
Although she had always been in the dark about Feng Ye's origins and true nature, she could clearly discern that he was aligned with the Shinigami.
In a matter concerning the survival of the Shinigami and Quincies, her existence was insignificant.
The reason she had survived until now was perhaps only because of Feng Ye's amusement, and now that things were coming to an end, her own end might be approaching as well.
She still feared death.
So she dared not ask about her fate, afraid of receiving an answer that would plunge her heart into despair.
But even without her asking, Feng Ye gently smiled and spoke, looking at her, "Are you wondering about your fate?"
"..."
Bambietta met Feng Ye's gaze, her eyes flickering slightly, neither confirming nor denying.
Feng Ye smiled faintly and said, "You're probably thinking that I'll end your life, but contrary to your expectations, I'll give you two choices."
"The first choice is for me to remove all restrictions on you, take back your immortality, and restore you to your original state. You can then return to the Quincy camp."
"The second choice is to give up on that and continue to be tormented by me, living on like this."
"With either choice, you will continue to live."
Feng Ye paused here, his smile fading as he continued calmly, "The Sternritter will arrive in about three minutes, so you have about three minutes to consider and make your choice."
With that, Feng Ye stood up and left the hall, walking out of the estate until he reached the south side, where he stood outside the wall.
Before him stretched a vast plain, and the gentle breeze caused the green blades of grass to sway in waves, like a green sea.
One minute...
Two minutes...
As the third minute arrived, dark shadows appeared on the distant plain.
The shadows drew closer, becoming clearer—they were people, a vast number of them, each holding a spiritual bow or blade, all of them Quincies.
At the forefront were thirteen figures, each with spiritual pressure that was distinct from the others, and they wore shoulder guards that set them apart from the rest of the knights.
They were—
The Sternritter!
Feng Ye recognized Jugram and the others, and they, in turn, recognized him.
Despite there being only one solitary figure standing in the open space outside the estate, a sense of oppression filled the hearts of Jugram and all the Sternritter.
"As expected, it is him."
Jugram took a step forward, his gaze lowered as he murmured.
The Invisible Empire was hidden in the shadows of the Seireitei, and the mission of the Sternritter was to monitor the Seireitei's every move, thus they were well-informed about the goings-on within.
In this situation, there was no doubt that every formal member of the Sternritter knew about Feng Ye's existence.
The Hollow King!
The being who had created the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo millions of years ago, the true creator of this world!
As Jugram and his companions slowed their pace, gradually approaching within a hundred meters of Feng Ye, a figure emerged from the estate behind him.
It was Bambietta.
She, too, saw the dark mass of people led by Jugram—the Sternritter, thirteen of them, including the leader, gathered here!
"It seems you've made your choice."
Feng Ye's gaze drifted past Jugram and the others as he spoke calmly.
Bambietta looked at the Sternritter, who had stopped about a hundred meters away, and her eyes flickered with hesitation once more as she struggled internally.
After saying those words, even she felt a bit lost, unsure why she had made such a choice.
Feng Ye smiled.
He smiled faintly, a smile that grew with each passing moment.
Looking at Bambietta, he felt a sense of accomplishment, as if he had cleared a challenging level in a game. Smiling gently, he said, "Louder."
Bambietta's gaze wavered for a moment before she took a deep breath and shouted, "I won't go back..."
Feng Ye laughed. "Say it again, louder and clearer."
As Feng Ye's smile widened, Bambietta closed her eyes after a series of rapid breaths.
Even though she didn't understand her own actions, it was as if she had become an unbalanced scale, tilting in one direction and continuing to do so.
Perhaps when she stood next to Feng Ye and lowered her head, the second choice occupied only 51% of her heart, just a little more. But at this moment, that small advantage had completely drowned out the other option.
It was like a person clinging to the edge of an abyss, ultimately giving up and letting go, allowing themselves to fall forever.
In the end, Bambietta closed her eyes and shouted in a self-destructive manner, "I want to continue being tormented by you! I won't go back!"
After saying those words, her chest heaved violently, and she dared not open her eyes. All she could hear was laughter.
It was Feng Ye's laughter, starting softly but growing louder, as if he hadn't felt such joy in a long time. Through this interaction, he had rediscovered a bit of the pleasure he experienced in his previous life when playing and conquering games.
Training was a human game, and by participating in it and succeeding in his own way, he had gained a sense of closeness to humanity and human nature. This connection almost instantly dispelled the detachment he had felt as his power grew and his mind drifted towards divinity.
It was like a temperature gauge ranging from 1 to 100 degrees. The 100-degree peak represented the complete loss of all emotions and the attainment of divinity, while the 1-degree bottom represented pure humanity. Before this encounter, Feng Ye's gauge had risen above 70 degrees during his over-two-decade cultivation, and it had continued to climb.
But now...
The gauge had plummeted to 30 degrees in an instant, as if a dam had burst, and it remained at that point, showing no signs of rising again.
Only Feng Ye's laughter and the sound of the gentle breeze filled the air.
As Feng Ye's laughter subsided, Askin, standing next to Jugram, frowned slightly as he recognized Bambietta. "That seems to be... the missing young lady of the Basterbine family. What did you do to her?"
Bazzy stared at Feng Ye, his voice low. "There's no trace of Cang Du's presence. Did you kill him? You..."
Feng Ye's laughter trailed off, and he took a step forward, his face still bearing a slight smile as he looked at Bazzy and Askin.
WHOOSH!!!
An overwhelming and indescribable sense of oppression emanated from Feng Ye, sweeping forward and engulfing everything in its path.
Askin...
Bazzy...
Gerard...
All the Sternritter, almost in an instant, felt as if a mountain had crushed them, leaving them breathless and unable to resist. One after another, they fell to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, over four hundred Quincies, including the Sternritter, lay on the ground, overwhelmed by the oppressive force. Only one remained standing—Jugram, at the very front, though he could not maintain his stance and fell to one knee, using his sword to support himself as his entire body trembled.
The strange noise prompted Bambietta to open her eyes slightly, and what she saw before her left her dumbfounded.
What...
What was happening? Although she was a bit dazed by the scene unfolding before her, her spiritual power, which was at the level of a captain, allowed her to discern that—the entire world seemed to be collapsing!
The spiritual energy of the Invisible Empire was trembling violently, converging into a single force and crushing down towards the area in front of Feng Ye. The Quincies were bearing the weight of the entire world!
Moreover, she could clearly see that the spiritual energy was not only being manipulated by Feng Ye but was also trembling in response to him, as if they were alive and happy to be used by him.
Although she didn't know much about Soul Society, she knew that this was something no Shinigami could achieve. This was no longer just spiritual energy manipulation; these energies were born from him.
While the Quincies and Shinigami were opposed to each other, much of the knowledge they possessed about each other was similar. Regarding the ancient history of Soul Society, both sides shared the same understanding.
Millions of years ago, two kings created this world and everything in it!
"He is... one of those two kings..." Bambietta murmured as she looked at Feng Ye's back.
After her murmur, she once again lowered her head.
Feng Ye's identity no longer mattered. He had already surpassed the Sternritter, which she had aspired to become. Her initial desire to capture and toy with him was her sin, and now she had no regrets.
(End of Chapter)
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