Chapter 865: Controlling the Erosion, and shooting Kosma to death!?!?!?

"If you liberate your 【Overweight Super-Transformation】 here, then you… will truly have nothing left."

When she said this, the Herrscher of Corruption's tone seemed to reveal a hint of unbearable pity.

She took a deep breath, as if trying to calm her own emotions.

Soon, she put the smile that 【Elysia】 ought to have back on her face and walked slowly toward Kosma.

"Oh~ has the situation I least wanted to see happened once again?"

"Or perhaps, can you give me another answer—"

"Live on well… together with me~"

"……".

After a moment of silence, Kosma said coldly: 【Words are useless, Herrscher】.

At this moment, players keenly noticed that Kosma's dialogue box used parentheses instead of quotation marks.

The players were a bit confused as to why it had become like this.

Could it be… that this Kosma is fake?

"What a cold and heartless way to address me… have you already heard about my affairs?"

【……】

Seeing Kosma remain silent, the Herrscher of Corruption let out a delicate laugh: "It seems that is indeed the case."

"Since you know that a head-on confrontation with me holds no chance of victory…"

"Then, did you also come here to try and create an opportunity for Mei?"

【I am afraid you cannot go any further, Herrscher of Corruption.】 Kosma nodded slowly.

"Oh…"

"I could overlook it for others, but…"

"Kosma, based on my understanding of you… the so-called 【Self-Sacrifice】 is likely the situation you find most unacceptable, right?"

"Now that you are doing this yourself, is it really alright?"

【Unacceptable?】

【I have never thought so.】

Seeing this, those players who had watched the 【Vessel of Remembrance】 understood the meaning behind these words.

As for the players who hadn't understood it, they were a bit confused.

However, the Herrscher of Corruption soon provided the answer.

"Alright… although I don't want to make you recall that painful past at all."

"But by comparison… dispelling your idea of throwing your life away for nothing seems more important~"

Immediately after, the Herrscher of Corruption began to speak of the past from 50,000 years ago.

"Griseo's father… made the decision that you viewed as 【choosing the lesser of two evils】, rashly sacrificing himself."

"And… at that time, he also pushed you into a situation where 【both evils were realized】—even at the cost of becoming a monster, you still failed to save your companion who was both teacher and friend."

"Think about how you felt back then, will you?"

"If you repeat the same mistakes, the pain you felt at that time will also fall upon others."

"And I am different from the 【Ninth Herrscher】; I am not the kind of villain who leaves you with no choice."

……

The Herrscher of Corruption's words sounded like she was indeed trying to persuade Kosma.

But at the same time, these were words spoken while the Herrscher of Corruption completely misunderstood the other party.

And Kosma, naturally, did not agree with the 【choosing the lesser of two evils】 mentioned by the other party.

Kosma: 【From the very beginning, the decision made by Lin was not choosing the lesser of two evils… but achieving the best of both worlds.】

【It was he who found the only way for me, and now I am standing here, standing before you, doing what I must do.】

After listening to Kosma's words, the Herrscher of Corruption also fell into deep thought.

This was completely unlike the Kosma in her understanding.

"What on earth is going on?"

The Herrscher of Corruption didn't understand, but the players saw it very clearly.

—The Herrscher of Corruption truly didn't understand the Heroes at all.

Yet she insisted on putting on an act of 【I understand you all very well, I am doing this for your own good】.

It must be said, the Herrscher of Corruption does possess humanity, and she does truly 【love】 them.

But unfortunately, because she doesn't understand the Heroes, and because she only learned a superficial layer of 【love】, this led to her overly twisted 【love】.

This is also the reason why she became a villain.

"Alright, although I knew what I would face after coming here…"

Things having reached this point, the Herrscher of Corruption also understood that she couldn't persuade Kosma to retreat.

"How ironic, I am supposed to be a villain, yet I have to 【force】 you all to live on, time and time again."

Kosma finally turned around as well: 【That is only natural, Herrscher of Corruption…】

As the words fell, his figure began to change.

It turned into a state that could be called a monster.

This is Kosma's 【Overweight Super-Transformation】.

Kosma: 【No matter what… I look more like the villain.】

He was referring to his current appearance. ===== CHAPTER 867 =====