Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 443 He just wanted to see Him
"Great job!" Rowling immediately clapped his hands in encouragement.

"Does that mean we can go hunt the Undead King?" Little Amon suggested with interest. "I've heard he's not a good person, but the ship is quite nice."

"Great idea!" Rowling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Perhaps we can give it a try?" After thinking for a second, Xiao Ke did not immediately reject the idea. Among the pirate kings, the Undying King was relatively weak. With their current strength, they could indeed give it a shot.

“But I’ve heard that the Undying King is very cunning and a bit hard to catch…” Rowling raised a crucial question.

“That is indeed a problem,” Little Amon nodded.

The group naturally began discussing the hunt for the Undead King, until a female voice joined their discussion.

"If the immortal king you speak of is active at sea, perhaps I can be of some help."

The voice belonged to the elven singer Shatas, but the person speaking was clearly not Shatas.

Roland looked at them without surprise and saw the elven singer Shatas staring at them expressionlessly, while Mobert Zoroaster beside her was extremely nervous.

"Nice to meet you, Your Majesty." Roland smiled at her, knowing that the Elf Queen's will was descending upon the Elf Singer, Shatas.

"Nice to meet you, Your Excellency." The Elf Queen's tone was still polite, though her expression remained unchanged. She looked at Roland and said:

“I already know your purpose. If the power behind you can indeed protect and ensure the continuation of the Elven race, I don’t mind the Elven race becoming the tool you use to counterbalance the Church of Storms.”

The Elf Queen sighed at this point before continuing, "After all, even without Your Excellency, the Church of Storms would not have let the elves go, and I am currently powerless to protect my people."

The Elf Queen then looked at Roland and said, "But what Your Excellency wants is probably more than just this."

"Heh!" Roland couldn't help but chuckle. He could tell that although the Elf Queen seemed to agree readily, there were many things worth considering in her words. She hadn't really said anything definitively; rather, it was an ambiguous attitude that seemed to agree but was actually not.

Rowling wasn't surprised by this. He simply said, "What I want is indeed more than just this, but not much either."

He looked up at the Elf Queen and said directly, "I would like to know some things about the Western Continent. I wonder if Your Majesty could tell me?"

At this moment, the Elf Queen finally showed a change. She looked deeply at Rolin before saying, "That is the true homeland of the elves, but I don't actually know much about it. The King may know more, but the King has already fallen."

“It’s alright, just tell me what you know,” Roland said with a smile. After a pause, he slowly added, “As for the part that the Elf King knows, I can ask him myself.”

The Elf Queen's pupils visibly dilated, and she said, "I don't understand what you mean."

“Don’t worry, I don’t know where the Elf King’s resurrection plan is. It may exist, or it may not, and that’s not important.” Roland said slowly, “I can only let you see the Elf King of the past, the king from thousands of years ago. Of course, not now.”

Rolin wouldn't summon any Elf King right now, since the other party is no less powerful than Sequence 0. Summoning the other party at this time would be nothing short of asking for trouble.

As for his words, they were just to fool the Elf Queen—or rather, they weren't exactly fooling her, since he could summon her later even if he didn't summon her now!
"...I don't understand what you mean." The Elf Queen paused for a moment, then looked clearly puzzled.

“It’s hard for me to explain. How about this, do you know any important beings who are long dead?” Rowling asked with a smile.

"...Incredible power, I have never seen such power before..." The Elf Queen's expression was one of shock and disbelief, for she had just witnessed the wonder of the Shadow of Time.

“This is not my power, it is my teacher’s power,” Rolin retorted, maintaining his “Jack” persona, and said, “I don’t know if you want to see the Elf King again, but I think after witnessing this power, you should know what it means.”

Upon hearing this, the Elf Queen snapped out of her daze; she certainly knew what this power meant.

He also knew that the other party was both enticement and intimidation.

If there is anyone He wishes to see who has passed away, He will long to borrow this power again; if there is no one He wishes to see, He will understand the power's strength once He realizes what it means.

And she… The Elf Queen closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she looked at Rolin and said, “The Elf race can serve you, and I can also tell you everything I know.”

"What do you want?" Rowling asked with a smile, not surprised by the answer.

"I...want to see the King again." As the Elf Queen said this, countless old memories flooded her mind, those moments she had shared with the Elf King.

Does the Elf King have a backup plan for resurrection? Of course he does. Most ancient gods actually have a backup plan for resurrection to some extent. This is how the high-sequence beings in this world are not dead but still alive.

However, having a backup plan for resurrection doesn't mean you can actually be resurrected. For details, see the old Grim Reaper. And being resurrected doesn't mean you're still the same person. For details, see the famous Sun God.

"...So you really love each other?" Roland didn't answer whether it was okay or not, but stared at the Elf Queen for a few seconds before suddenly asking with great interest.

Examples of high-sequence pairings are not uncommon, but few of them involve genuine affection. The Night Emperor and the Blood Moon Queen are one such pair, as are the eccentric couple, Tudor and the Witch. Apart from these, there are very few other high-sequence couples who have genuine affection for each other. Most of them are simply paired up for mutual benefit, or simply to take advantage of each other's traits, or to have a child to eliminate excess traits.

So Rolin was genuinely curious: did the Elf King and the Elf Queen truly have feelings for each other?
“I am His wife, I am His queen. I do not know what love is. I just want to see Him,” the Elf Queen replied. Her expression was not coy, but rather very frank.

Rowling stared at him for a few seconds, then laughed and said, "That's probably love."

He then said, “I can help you see Him, but not now. I will not allow an uncontrolled ancient god to appear in this world.”

"..." The Elf Queen was silent for a few seconds, clearly disappointed, before she continued, "How long do I need to wait?"

"Soon, when my teacher advances to Sequence 0 or the Lord of Mysteries is born," Roland said calmly.

The Elf Queen was silent for a few seconds, then she actually laughed and said, "It certainly won't be long."

He was certainly unaware of the current state of the battle for the Mysteries, but He was certain that a new Lord of the Mysteries would be born before the end of the world.

Or perhaps, the former Lord of Mysteries will be resurrected.

And now, the end of the world is only a little over a decade away.

Compared to thousands of years of separation, a dozen years is indeed not a long time.

(End of this chapter)