Chapter 437
inside the relic.
Mora said with worldly serious eyes.
“I will say it again. Abandon your friends.”
Don’t even think about going outside, just stay here.
Abandon your comrades and chase Silly.
There is no other way, he emphasized again.
There was quite a lot of meaning in that word.
“If I don’t go to support, will all three die?”
said Mora.
The event in which the two black magicians from outside initiate an attack is a turning point, and it is said that fate is determined to some extent from this turning point.
It means that the uncertain future is determined to some extent.
In other words, Mora now knows what the future holds.
“Does everyone die in the future that Mora saw?”
In that future, my comrades will die.
That’s probably why he’s insisting on abandoning his comrades.
“yes. If you choose not to help, everyone dies.”
also.
“Hoderiam. and Jenarin. After the huge turning point of the two raids. The future is divided into 1,432.”
1,432 pieces.
I didn’t know how the future would change, so I couldn’t tell if that number was large or small.
A comparison target is needed.
“Before the fork… … . Before the attack of the two warlocks, how many parts of the future were there?”
“That’s 3,472,821.”
“3.5 million… … outline?”
“yes.”
It was an appalling number.
The future was so diverse and complex.
I realized to some extent how small the number 1,400 is.
“If you give up to 1,400 out of 3.5 million… … . I think it’s an important turning point. understand. Please keep talking.”
Mora gave a small nod and resumed her explanation.
“After the fork. The future is divided in a 7:3 ratio between whether you go to support or not.”
If the ratio is 7:3, it means that the ratio is about 1000:450.
“In 1,032 futures, you chose to help your friends. In 440 futures, you chose to abandon your friends.”
Mora’s expression darkened.
“And in 1,032 futures, where you went to help your friends. You all 1,032 times. You lose to Bale.”
“… … Do you mean everything?”
“yes. There is not a single exception. There are no variables. You are brutally murdered by Bale.”
Mora bowed her head with a solemn expression.
“In 103 futures, it is swallowed up by the veil. In 207 futures, he is captured and absorbed by Veil. And in 529 futures… … They fight hard, but are defeated in the end, turning to dust and disappearing.”
Mora’s voice trembled just slightly.
Her lips trembled slightly, like someone trying to forcefully recall a terrible memory.
“In addition, in a total of 32 ways. You are brutally murdered.”
“32 things… … . There are so many different ways to die.”
How the hell do I have to die to die in 32 ways?
I can’t even imagine
“If you go to support now, everything will be over. The death of you and this world is decided.”
“… … .”
Mora’s expression was very serious.
It was a sincere look that left no room for jokes.
“Do I win if I don’t go outside for support?”
What about the future of 440 people who did not go to support?
If all 1,032 futures were death, would all 440 futures be survival?
“I can win.”
The expression on his face wasn’t good enough to say that he won.
Why?
The reason was immediately clear.
“Out of 440 futures that did not go to support, in 8 futures. You succeed in defeating the veil.”
“… … Only eight?”
Unlike the 1,032 deaths waiting for me in 1,032 futures, only 8 victories await me in 440 futures.
432 future is death.
“Even if you choose to stay, the survival rate is less than 5%… … . The overall survival rate is less than 1%.”
Of the 1,432 futures, 1,424 futures are death.
The survival rate is only 0.6%.
“I don’t think it’s a shame worth abandoning friends.”
Compared to 0.6%, 5% is a high number. However, the reality is not much different.
In a win-lose game, a 5% win rate is practically the same as a 0% win rate.
“It’s not about overall survival rates. The important thing is that there is no possibility at all on one side.”
A smile flowed from Mora’s eyes.
“The future and destiny are easier to change than you think. If there is even a 0.00001% possibility, the future can be changed. But if there is no possibility… If the probability is 0%, the future will never change.”
If you stay here, there is a possibility of victory somehow, but if you leave, you will surely die.
It was like this.
“That’s what I said. Don’t leave here, leave me the rest of the time.”
Mora took a step closer to me.
“Only then will you be able to move on to one of the eight futures where you win.”
“Is receiving help from Mora the condition for going to the 8 victorious futures?”
“My help is one of the essential conditions. Besides that, there are various conditions.”
“… … Is that so.”
My head hurt.
My head was so complicated, I couldn’t answer anything without organizing my thoughts.
“Think slowly. As you may have already noticed, from the moment we sensed the warlock’s attack, time has slowed down. Another 5 minutes… … I can afford that much.”
As Mora said, the time inside the relic is extremely slow.
It used to flow slowly, but now it flows more slowly.
Now, 5 minutes in here will only be about 5 seconds outside.
Five minutes is enough time to organize your thoughts.
“… … one. May I ask a question?”
I’m organizing my thoughts like that.
Suddenly, a question came to mind.
“What is it?”
“The 1,032 futures you mentioned earlier… The 1,032 futures I chose to go out.”
I understood Mora’s words 100%.
In short, the current situation is like a game.
A story-type game in which the next scenario changes depending on your choices.
The only difference is that there are hundreds, thousands, or hundreds of millions of options.
The goals coincide to some extent.
Whatever choice you make, you can never get to the other side.
When I thought of it that way, it was easy to understand.
“Is the condition for going to that future exactly ‘I go outside’?”
“What does that mean?”
Was it because it was so easy to understand? A very simple question filled my head.
“Is it a condition that I go out? Or is it a condition to help friends? That’s what I asked for.”
As for options, there is usually an important ‘keyword’.
The sentence ‘I go out and help my friends’ is a combination of two sentences.
Go outside and help your friends.
Of these two, which one is the most important key word?
As I expected, ‘going out’ would be important.
“Going out. That’s the point. There are no restrictions on helping friends.”
“… … That’s it too.”
Is going out the key?
“What will happen if I go outside?”
Then, for what reason and how does my going out cause the result of my death?
“The two warlocks, Jenarin and Hoderiam, who are currently confronting your allies outside, have the Veil’s Surveillance enchantment cast on them. It is a magic that can share all the senses, including the five senses of the target.”
“Share the senses… … Does it feel similar to the magic you use on your familiars?”
“Similar.”
Mora nodded, and spoke again.
“If you go out now, the veil will find out about your presence. Bale looks at you and, with one glance, notices that you are a real bi-tenor heir, and he starts moving in earnest to deal with you. and… … .”
“As it is, we lose without being able to close the power gap. It’s like this.”
“That’s right.”
“understand.”
understood.
Certainly, if my existence becomes known to Veil now, there is a very high probability that it will happen.
You won’t grow enough, you’ll suffer from the Veil, and you’ll be defeated as it is.
In this situation, you should not go outside.
My existence must not be known to Veil now.
It is only after reaching the 9th circle that I will appear in front of the veil.
“So there is nothing wrong with me helping my friends?”
“yes. The important thing is that your presence doesn’t get caught on them. That’s all. There is nothing wrong with helping friends.”
Mora narrowed her eyes.
It was an expression of incomprehension.
“By the way… … Without going out, how are you going to help? There must be no way.”
The inside and outside of the holy relic are completely disconnected.
You can’t help unless you go outside.
“Direct armed support is simply impossible. It is possible to help indirectly.”
“… … indirectly?”
However, this is only a story about the aspect of ‘force’.
In other ways, it can help enough.
“It’s not about adding strength, it’s about helping in other ways. Are you saying this?”
“yes.”
“knowledge… … . Does that mean you’re going to give advice to your allies through mana? That much help… … .”
Not very helpful.
Mora’s eyes said so.
“It’s a little different.”
I caressed the choker I was wearing around my neck.
“It is not my intention or idea to send mana out of the relic.”
Since it doesn’t work inside the relic, my partner is inevitably asleep.
“What I’m trying to send outside is something that can reverse disadvantages in an instant… … A tactician with such wisdom. He is my partner.”
Mimir.
send her out first
That’s my master plan.
“partner… … .”
Mora blurted out with a look of incomprehension.
“By that partner, do you mean Mimir Bel Bytenor, who is your assistant?”
“yes.”
“… … She’s only going to let her out on her own?”
“yes. There are ways to do that.”
There is a way.
It is possible enough by using the data obtained by going back and forth between Umbra and Persona’s holy relics and the structure of the choker.
Mimir can be sent outside by inserting Mimir’s data between the mana spouting out of the relic.
“I know there is a way. I have seen both the past, the present and the future. Of course, I know all about your past. Princess Mimir’s data nestled in the choker you wear around your neck… … I know that it is possible to put a soul into mana and send it out, and that there is technology to do so. He probably knows better than you. That’s not what I’m talking about.”
Mora paused for a moment, then asked with a sharp expression.
“Princess Mimir’s personality data… The soul is not a removable accessory. If you forcefully remove it like that now and send it out… … .”
in a trembling voice.
With an expression as if he was really okay.
“I wonder if it will be okay that I will never be able to synchronize with Princess Mimir again. That’s what you’re asking.”
I asked with the meaning of half warning and half worry.
