Chapter 685: The Writer, Lindsey
Chapter 685: The Writer, Lindsey
Lindsey stood in the underground cave beneath the palace. His body stood tall, his right hand extended, gripping a brush he had fished out from the Sea of Aurora, while his left hand held a touch of blue, a stroke of fate.
[Rare Item: Dream Ink (Blue)]
[Using this ink for painting will bring the artwork to life, like a moving picture. Writing with it will guide the course of reality's fate.]
["Writing fate, painting the future!"
"Stories are woven from coincidences and fantasies, and I shall depict them!"
"Follow me, all who are weary of the known world, for here we have a new heaven and a new earth!"]
[A unique and valuable ink.]
The bond between Bruno and Bevermeni was incredibly strong.
If Lindsey were to forcefully separate them, like solving a puzzle game, not only would their lives be at stake, but the corrupting venom gathered from the entire world would also spiral out of control.
Facing this situation, Lindsey decided to intervene through their fates.
Many artists of the Seven Seas Alliance acted without restraint, their pursuit of artistic expression often bordering on the fantastical.
However, it was undeniable that fate manipulation was highly effective.
And Lindsey had just the tool for it, a trump card he had accumulated over his long adventuring career:
"I'll change their state by manipulating their fate."
Before taking action, Lindsey suddenly thought of Xilude, who was causing a ruckus outside. He felt a twinge of guilt:
"Is what I'm about to do..."
"...considered the act of a fallen artist, manipulating the fates of others with malicious intent?"
The next moment, Lindsey dipped the brush into the blue ink.
His artistic talents primarily lay in music, but writing fate didn't require elaborate literary skills.
Swish—
As the brush, coated in blue ink, moved through the air, Lindsey felt a strange sensation spreading from his hand.
No special technique was needed.
As Lindsey held the brush, he inexplicably felt as if he were touching an elusive line, something beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
"..."
"Is this... fate?"
Lindsey explored the peculiar sensation, attempting to modify the future by following these lines.
He didn't possess the ability to preview fate scripts, but with the power of fate manipulation, Lindsey vaguely sensed potential future possibilities through the brush's touch.
"The future..."
"Without external intervention..."
"Before the war in the City of Law ends, the vitality of the Barren Land will be completely exhausted."
"The Green Marsh, the last bastion of life, will gradually wither, and the slave-built cities will perish along with it."
"Bruno and Bevermeni."
"In the current world, no one has the ability to intervene in their state. Due to the existence of the Moon Tear, they will maintain a balanced state, and the corrupting venom devoured by the Corruptors will continue to accumulate."
"Until one day..."
"A massive entity will appear, bringing about a new crisis, separate from the Corruptors' plans..."
Lindsey wasn't an expert in deciphering fate, but the information he had was enough to raise his alarm.
"For now, let's save lives."
Lindsey tightly gripped the brush, following the threads of fate as he began to write.
Creating a miracle out of nothing or instantly changing the state of the two individuals with just a single portion of blue ink was akin to a pipe dream.
Lindsey could only guide the future based on the existing conditions.
"The two of them disconnected early."
"Due to the protection of the Moon Tear's power, the adventurer Bruno will be safe. As for the Corruptor, Bevermeni, who has been absorbing the Corruption Toxin from the entire world, this process has also gathered corresponding vitality. These preserved powers protected his life at the critical moment. And finally, the erupted Corruption Toxin..."
Lindsey couldn't write any further.
As he wrote, the blue ink on the pen tip gradually faded, and the stream of fate was tinted with his color.
But at this point, the blue ink on the pen tip was completely exhausted.
The Dream Ink allowed someone completely unfamiliar with the art to modify fate, saving a Sixth-Stage and a Seventh-Stage Awakened One.
Such an effect was already incredibly powerful.
However, the final burst of Corruption Toxin ultimately exceeded the scope of this power.
"..."
"As long as they're alive, that's what matters!"
"But after this, Green Isle City probably won't fare any better, right?"
"This is the ultimate heist, isn't it?"
Lindsey shrugged, then took out several seeds of the Withered Tyrant Flower and buried them in the mud around the Crystal Cave.
"Hmm..."
He thought for a moment and felt that the quantity was still insufficient, so he patiently buried more.
The Withered Tyrant Flowers grew very slowly around the underground cave.
There wasn't enough nourishment here for them to absorb and develop.
But when the Corruption Toxin erupted, these greedy plants, absorbing nutrients, would also become Lindsey's best line of defense.
"Whoosh—"
"Your turn."
As a preparation, Lindsey took a deep breath.
He walked straight to the sleeping adventurer Bruno, prepared the necessary medication, and immediately reached out towards the Moon Tear.
[Curiosity: Moon Tear]
[A curiosity born from the convergence of the world's power, containing immense energy that can freely transform into any form and exhibit unimaginable functions.]
[There is a world,
called Mooncry Mountain Range,
where the moon weeps.]
[An extremely rare special item of the highest value!]
Lindsey looked at the text description before him and suddenly recalled his encounter in the Black Mountain World.
At the Three-Pillar Lake, he had come across a naturally formed World Altar.
It was a resistance mechanism created by the world itself to counter the invasion of dragon beasts.
The Moon Tear was likely a similar object.
The vitality of this world was withering, and it was already difficult to resist the decline.
But facing the two Awakened Ones who were cleansing the plague and maintaining the last glimmer of life, the world itself responded.
Snap—
Lindsey didn't hesitate; he grabbed the Moon Tear and immediately stuffed it into his Traveling Bag.
At the same time, the fate he had just written came into effect.
Bruno and Bevermeni's halted fate began to flow forward again.
"Cough, cough, cough—"
The adventurer coughed violently, and Lindsey quickly went to support him, immediately administering the prepared medication.
"You're okay..."
Waaa—
Before Lindsey could finish his sentence, a strange sound, like a child's cry, echoed from above the cave.
It was filled with immense resentment and anger.
The Corruption Toxin that had accumulated within the Corruptor for decades had emerged!
(End of Chapter)
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