Arknights' Lock of Heaven

"Bozokasty, do you need a reason?" Kal'tsit stepped forward. "Is His Highness's ideal sufficient?"

“Not enough!” Patriot said in a deep voice. “I respect Your Highness, but Your Highness is already dead.”

"No one can guarantee that you will continue to follow His Highness's will."

“Even you, Lord.”

"And what about you?" Kal'tsit countered, "Why are you here?"

"Behind you are your shield guards, your guerrillas. You are sharpening your weapons and ready to go. Don't tell me this is for dealing with Rhodes Island."

“I intend to end this mistake,” Patriot nodded calmly.

"Then why not set off?" Kal'tsit asked bluntly. "If you don't need Rhodes Island, why are you waiting here?"

"Wait for what? Wait for him to come down and fight you in person?"

“You have no choice, Bozokasty,” Kal'tsit bluntly exposed Patriot. “You’re waiting for Rhodes Island, waiting for us.”

“You are not confident that you can emerge unscathed from the battle with ‘Talulah,’ you still have to awaken your daughter, and you still have to lead the Reunion Movement forward.”

"Don't hesitate, I know you just need a reason to feel at ease."

"This isn't necessary, is it?"

73. The White-Haired Sage is back in business!

Patriot was eventually persuaded by Kal'tsit.

It's not because Kal'tsit is particularly eloquent; after all, in the original storyline, Patriots and Rhodes Island were directly at each other's throats.

Kal'tsit didn't convince him at that time either.

But now he's been persuaded.

A person who sees no hope and cannot turn back can only grit their teeth and move forward.

No matter what lies ahead, we must not stop here.

He can only keep moving forward.

But now the patriots have hope.

Froststar is still alive.

Live a healthy life.

This is enough.

Actually, this one reason is enough.

The reason I asked Rhodes Island for a reason was simply to put my mind at ease.

However, even this little thought was pointed out by Kal'tsit.

"Lord, as always."

The tall Sarkaz lowered his halberd. "You are always so perceptive."

"My daughter, Yelena, is she alright?"

“Apart from remaining unconscious, all her vital signs are perfectly normal,” Kal'tsit casually brushed a stray hair behind her ear. “She needs you to wake her up.”

The old lynx didn't hesitate to use the made-up Xia language explanation.

Anyway, if that little girl named Froststar wakes up early, that's something Xia Yu will have to explain.

“If you truly, as you yourself have said, uphold the Queen’s ideals,” Patriot nodded, “then Yelena will be temporarily handed over to Rhodes Island.”

“Speaking of which,” Kal’tsit said, a hint of curiosity in her eyes, “I’m very curious where the everlasting flower you gave her came from?”

"Even I have only ever seen such divine objects in those ancient, almost decaying books in the Kazdel Palace."

"Would you mind revealing your background?"

Kal'tsit is endorsing the existence of the Undying Flower.

Although Xia Yu's actions helped Rhodes Island avoid a battle with the Patriots and even turned them from enemies to friends in this operation, such a thing as bringing them back from the brink of death is still too incredible.

It is easy to attract the covetousness of others.

Kal'tsit will not overlook any loophole that threatens Rhodes Island.

She was aware of her identity; as long as she and Warfarin inadvertently revealed that this everlasting flower existed in history, that would be fine.

However, because the records on this subject are so few and vague, one cannot believe in the existence of such a divine object until one has seen it with one's own eyes.

This way, at least Rhodes Island won't be directly involved.

Even if someone searches for it in the future, didn't the background of the Everlasting Flower say that it comes from the Court of Avalon?

If anyone comes knocking, just say that the ancient book was destroyed during the War of the Two Kings, because they thought the Everlasting Flower was just a figment of their imagination, so they didn't pay much attention to that ancient book.

perfect.

Besides, Avalon is a legend from Victoria; go look for it in Victoria.

“I don’t know either,” Patriot shook his head in confusion, “It was on the day we captured Chernobog, that a thief who stole Chernobog’s Originium reserves gave it to me…”

Even the patriots couldn't continue at this point.

A thief who stole Chernobog's Originium reserves during the chaos has given you this divine item...

If you had something like the Everlasting Flower, would you need to steal Originium from the city of Cherish?

This is dedicated to those monarchs. You could probably get it in exchange for more than just a warehouse full of Originium, or even a small mobile city!

Even if you said you seized it from him by force, that would be more believable than the claim that it was given to you...

Patriot hadn't had time to think it through before. After testing it and finding no danger, he simply treated it as a decoration and casually gave it to Frostnova.

Otherwise, it would seem strange for an old Wendigo to be carrying a crystal flower that never fades, but it would be fine if paired with Frostnova.

But unexpectedly, this led to her saving her daughter's life.

"O brave hero who resisted injustice, this is your reward."

He still remembered what that unreliable person had said to him, seemingly lamenting that he was getting old.

So, is this flower for my own use?

It worked well on Yelena.

“That’s it,” Patriot nodded amidst the teasing looks from the crowd. “That frivolous man left behind only this one sentence.”

"Before that, I had never seen that person, nor after that."

"I have no idea why such a treasure would be given away."

Many people witnessed the scene.

"It seems this is something that can't be forced," Kal'tsit said, trying to maintain her composure while inwardly cursing Xia Yu, "You're quite the ritualist, aren't you?"

"Then let's discuss what to do later..."

"Flippant? Brave one, is that your assessment of me?"

The next moment, countless flowers bloomed once again.

"It's really heartbreaking..."

Before the Patriots' guerrilla Black Shield Guards, before the people of Rhodes Island, and before a former police superintendent lurking in the ruins, Merlin (suit version) from another world descends once more.

"Alert!" The shield guards reacted quickly, picking up their weapons and assuming combat stances, constantly monitoring their surroundings.

The Rhodes Island team was equally adept, quickly surrounding Amiya and Rosemary, the sorcerers, while keeping a watchful eye on the sea of ​​flowers and the shield guards.

The same applies to the Shield Guards.

Both sides were basically warriors who had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. One side had experienced guerrilla warfare in the boundless snowfields of Ursus, while the other side had survived the war between the two kings of Kazdel.

They are all the elite of the elite.

Without any warning, the sage who had just existed in legends appeared before them.

"You know, after learning that I could use the Everlasting Flower on you, I immediately rushed all the way from Avalon to get here," the white-haired sage appeared amidst countless petals. "Is this how you greet me?"

"I didn't use..."

The Patriots seemed somewhat awkward in front of Merlin.

It wasn't because of any sage or anything; it was simply that I owed them a huge favor, but the two of us hadn't even exchanged more than ten words, and were practically strangers.

Furthermore, the sage before me has unclear motives, and he's just casually handing over the resurrection device to me...

What is he plotting?

Old Wendigo had experienced too many conspiracies and schemes in his life, and he didn't believe that anyone would give something away for free.

A brand new life, how can it repay?

So even though he owed such a huge favor, he didn't make the shield guards lay down their weapons.

Patriots don't harbor the sinister idea that death absolves all debts, but they will still speculate with the utmost malice about the motives of so-called sages.

Is this yet another person trying to exploit infected individuals?