Original God's Dark Priest

Several people walked to the door of the central tower. They had entered the real resting place through here before, but now, the door of the tower was closed tightly and could not be opened.

Ying and Xiao Paimeng had been in there before, because Saphir had been there once before, so they knew the route inside. Now they were blocked at the starting point.

Paimon scratched his head: "The door here is closed. If I don't go in, I can't get to that dizzy corridor and room, and I can't jump down to the deepest part."

Safir looked at the locked door and subconsciously clenched his fists. This kind of obstacle only needed one punch to destroy the closed concept in the story, and the door would naturally open.

Everything here follows the fairy tale of Narcissus Cross. If someone modified the story and described the door as indestructible, they could give it the concept of being unable to be opened.

If you want to open this door, brute force will not work, you can only do it by modifying the concept.

This method is actually very simple, you just need to give the door the concept that it can be opened.

In fact, Safire could have used a simpler approach, which is to directly implement the concept of solidity, so that the door would become fragile.

Alternatively, give the door an automatic opening concept so that it opens instantly.

But as Nazison Cruz said, sometimes, some things have to be left to children to solve so that they can grow.

An did not disappoint them and said, “It’s okay, I’m here to give meaning to this visit.

Liddell was only a dreamer in the Red Queen's eyes. But this time, the dream should end."

"That's right! That's it!" Nachisen Cruz was very happy. Then he looked at Saphir and said, "Give him some encouragement too. Your encouragement is very important to An."

Upon hearing this, Saphir chuckled at An, then said, "Do whatever you want. I'll take care of everything."

She was actually surprised by An's words.

Because according to everything we know so far, Ann is a character in Marianne's dream. Now Ann compares Marianne to the Red Queen and herself to Liddell. How do you interpret this statement...

From Marian's perspective, this is a reversal of Tiangang.

Because the whole story of Narcissus Cross has a lot of plots from "Alice in Wonderland".

The story begins with Alice chasing a talking rabbit with a pocket watch, then falling into a rabbit hole and starting her adventure.

In this story, the White Rabbit mistakes Alice for Maid Marian, but in fact, Marian never appears in the entire story from beginning to end.

Ann's words almost directly denied the other party's behavior of calling herself Marian.

One of the reasons why it compares itself to Liddell is that as the protagonist of the story, Alice's full name is Alice Liddell.

Ann even denied that she was Marianne, and only admitted that she was the misunderstood Alice.

As for saying that the other party is the Red Queen, it is even more serious, because in the story, there are two Red Queens, namely the Queen of Hearts and the Queen of Red Squares.

The Queen of Hearts corresponds to Lilith, the dean of the pure water elves, because she, like the Queen of Hearts, can extract the consciousness of others. This is related to Lilith forcibly retaining Marian through fusion.

As for the Red Queen, she is Alice's cat and the whole story is a dream she had.

An described herself as Alice and the pure water elf who called herself Lilith as a cat raised by Alice. The deep meaning is not difficult to understand.

This is about turning the tables and taking charge.

In short, under the encouragement of Saphir and Nazisen Cruz, the originally weak Ann began to launch a gorgeous rebellion against the pure water elf who called herself Marian.

An started to move directly. It circled in place, then flapped its two small wings vigorously, and a blue portal appeared at the door.

After doing all this, An gestured for everyone to enter.

The group walked into the portal and in the next second they arrived at the real resting place.

After that, there were no more forks in the road, they just had to keep moving forward, and soon they reached the deepest part.

The idyllic place had undergone a slight transformation. A glass-like barrier had been erected, separating that small world. Behind the glass, a pure water spirit calling herself Marian stood there, questioning everyone in confusion, "Why...why, won't you just let us stay here quietly?"

"Marian!" Paimon tried to persuade, "We...we should be able to help you this time! Let us in!"

But Marianne didn't want to accept this at all. She shook her head vigorously: "No! I don't need it! Please go back! I beg you..."

Ann flew forward a little, closer to Marianne. "Princess Lilith, at the end of the story, you deserve to live a happy life. I won't give up."

Saphir looked closely at the barrier before him. "This thing is made of resistance to consciousness."

"Well, the way to break it is very simple. You just need to use the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword, just like when you dealt with me... Do you want to do it?" asked Nazisen Cruz.

Saphir shook his head decisively: "I'm a ruthless person. Let Ying do it. We're not dealing with enemies, right?"

Nazisen Cruz stared at Safire in silent protest.

Saphir simply ignored it.

Ying pursed her lips and smiled, took out the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword, and took two steps forward: "Sorry, please be patient for a while, Marianne."

Marianne was full of resistance, but she couldn't stop anything. She could only persuade them verbally, trying to get them to give up: "Don't come over here anymore. It's warm here. It's good like this."

No one responded to her dissuasion, and Ying was getting closer and closer.

"Don't approach me with such expectation, don't come with such a determined expression." Marianne's emotions became more and more agitated. "Let me stay here alone. Until the consciousness that restrains my body dissipates...

No one needs saving, and that's fine. Just let me rot here. Until everything collapses into a pool of filthy water...

Please stop, don't come here again, this is our sleeping place."

Marian kept backing away, and finally turned around. Not wanting to see her resistance being broken, she started slashing at the barrier with the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword in her hand.

As she moved, the barrier began to crumble and cracks gradually appeared.

Finally, with her running-up, the barrier collapsed completely like broken glass, and Ying finally entered her true resting place, that paradise on earth.

Marian heard the sound of shattering, turned around, and saw Ying who was not far away.

Saphir and the rest of the group followed slowly, and they all looked at Marian with complicated expressions.

Marian naturally noticed Safir. After several people entered here, she realized that she could no longer hide.

Without hesitation, Marianne seemed like a different person: "You're back."

"Yes, a guest was brought... well... maybe the host?" Saphir felt that the term "guest" was not quite accurate.

Marian understood who she was talking about and looked directly at Nazison Cruz: "Is this the person you are talking about?"

Saphir nodded, but said nothing.

The speaker is Nazison Cruz: "Hello, I am Nazison Cruz..."

"Rene!" Marianne didn't know who Nazison Cruz was. She, or rather, they, only knew Rene.

Hearing this name he hadn't heard for a long time, Nazsen Cruz was stunned for a moment, then agreed: "I am Rene. I am very happy to meet you.

Your current state can be said to transcend both humans and pure water spirits, reaching the state of the Transcendent. Just as humans are to apes, and supermen are to humans. You are now the meaning of all of Fontaine."

As soon as it finished speaking, Safir quickly corrected it: "No, no, no, no, don't say that."

"That's right! Is this the time to say this? Nazison Cruz, you don't consider other people's feelings at all!" Paimon stared at Nazison Cruz with great dissatisfaction.

Being stared at like that by the little guy, even someone as thick-skinned as Nazison Cruz chose to apologize: "I'm sorry... I created the situation that indirectly caused you to become like this."

Ann shook her head. "It's all right, Marianne. I've forgiven him. Please take a look at this."

It produced a photograph.

Marian stepped forward and took the photo: "This is..."

The photo was very clear, showing a pure water elf, four children, and a woman.

Saphir naturally saw the content of the photo: "Dean Lilith, Alan, Marianne, Bethel, Jacob, René."

She recognized the people in the photos easily.

Marian's expression was somewhat moved: "This is exactly the eternity I have always wanted to protect."

After seeing the photo, she seemed to have untied some of the knot in her heart and looked at Nazison Cruz, no, should I say Rene: "Rene."

"Yeah." Rene responded.

Marianne took a deep breath, "I still can't forgive Nazison Cruz."

René's expression darkened for a moment.

"But René is another matter," Marianne continued. "Huh... Narcissus Cross Court was originally our home. Why did it end up like this?"

Rene thought for a moment and half-jokingly said, "Perhaps it was destined from the moment Alan insisted on appearing with me in the Narcissus Hero and the Evil Dragon.

I miss everything, too. But the delusion of salvation gave birth to Nazison Cruz, and that was truly a long dream.

But I was pulled out of my dream, and now it's your turn."

An nodded. "Accepting your past is not contradictory to how you live your life in the future. That's what Caterpillar told me."

Now the end of the world has been averted. The future holds many possibilities. I promise you, it will not be all pain.”

"If you can't accept yourself, you can actually let An merge with you." Rene said suddenly.

Then he was knocked aside by Saphir's punch.

After knocking Rene over, Saphir frowned, "You're always causing trouble, aren't you feeling it's not messy enough?"

"No, what I mean is, after the fusion, use the Narcissus Cross Sword to separate the personalities of Lilith and Marianne..." Rene felt a little aggrieved.

In Rene's view, Marianne and Lilith are his old friends, and he hopes to see them again.

However, the pure water spirit who called herself Marianne shook her head: "No need, I am willing to accept this past. The adventure of the little hero Ann belongs to her alone.

I will live on as myself. I will go see the world you risked everything to save, Rene, and…"

She looked at Saphir, "And this world that Miss Aurora saved. I want to go see what it's like."

"You saved the world?" Rene was suddenly stunned. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Saphir frowned: "Didn't Ying and Paimon tell you?"

Ying shook her head innocently: "Except in front of you, I am still quite aloof at other times."

The implication is that she talks less.

Paimon was a little confused: "Ah? Is this what you want to say?"

Several people stared at each other in awkward silence.

However, it doesn't really matter what they are like.

Saphir didn't continue to argue with them, but looked at the person in front of him: "In this case, there is no need to mention the past.

Although you are the product of the fusion of Lilith and Marian, I can see that you like the name Marian very much. Will you continue to call yourself Marian in the future?"

Marianne nodded; she really liked the name.

Saphir chuckled: "Now I want to laugh when I think that Sandoni might be Alan."

"The one who brought you here last time?" Marian thought for a moment and nodded, "If that's the case, the future is really worth looking forward to.

Speaking of which, you two are colleagues, right? What has he…um…she been doing lately?"

Saphir frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Recently? I heard he went to Nata to study those Dragon Kings. You know, the technological content of dragon machinery is not low at all, which is what he likes.

As for what happens next... I'm not sure. I heard the higher-ups are planning to send her to Nordkalai to do something. I suspect..."

Having said this, she paused, wondering if she had said too much about the Fatui.

Saphir turned her head slightly and saw Ying and little Paimon listening to her with their ears perked up.

Seeing the two funny guys like this, Saphir was a little amused and changed the subject directly: "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about something else."

Amidst the somewhat unwilling complaints of Ying and Paimon, Saphir smiled even more happily.

Sandoni was indeed arranged to go to Nordkale, reportedly regarding the girl.

The last time Columbia passed by Liyue and brought her to the Red King's Tomb, he went straight into the territory of Nata, but did not choose to meet up with Capitano. Instead, he turned a corner and went to Nordkale.

Then Columbia lost contact with the Fatui.

In this regard, the Fatui speculated whether she had chosen to betray. After all, there were very few things that could make a Third Seat unable to resist and even unable to send out a distress signal.

But considering the special nature of Columbia's identity, Saphir did not receive any information about being hunted, otherwise she would not be able to wander around so leisurely.

It seems that Mr. Piero intends to wait until the captain's matter on Nata's side is dealt with before gathering everyone for a meeting to discuss how to deal with Columbia.

He wanted to come up with a more perfect plan, one that would not cause a rift but also not put his family at a disadvantage.

Safir had no objection to this. After all, this matter would not be resolved in a short time.

She always felt that the captain seemed to be doing something. She heard that he had not yet gone to find the God of Fire, but was instead wandering around Nata, investigating the earth veins.

As we all know, any job involving the earth veins is a big one, and Saphir is looking forward to the job the captain will do.