Chapter 884 Alliance For War
Silence.
The court was filled with an unmistakable lull, sweeping over everyone within. The Fairies looked to their leader, while Esme stared at Ater—the only one who had remained composed from the start of the conversation even up to this point.
He was staring straight at the Fairy King, whose troubled expression betrayed his magnanimity.
"I had a vision…"
As he said this, all attention focused on him.
"This world will come to an end. It will be upturned in an overwhelming tide of blood and flames." He whispered. "And… my people do not survive."
"Is that why you seek the Singularity? To change your fates?" Ater asked in response, his brows raised.
"Perhaps."
Silence followed those words.
"Perhaps it is meaningless to fight against a fate that has been prophesied since the beginning—when I was first brought into existence."
Back when he was the only Fairy, he was blessed with his Primeval Skill as well as the curse of peering through the future through [Vision], he could not help but witness the total destruction of life.
To prevent this, he created more like him to serve as sentinels for the promised day.
Unfortunately, his [Vision] did not give him the full details on how the world would end and when. He could only be certain it would occur, but he did not have any meaningful information as to how this would happen.
"Even now, it feels like I am being guided down the path that the world desires… like an animal whose bait dangles before theit very eyes."
It was shameful for sure, but the King could not help it.
"You did well in preparing for the day. However, there's no need to wait until it arrives before acting." Ater said with a smirk, causing the downcast King to look at him with surprise.
"We can act now. The Dragons are the obvious enemies here—the catalysts for this world's destruction."
Killing them would save the world from its inevitable war.
"You want us to go to war with the Dragons…?"
"Not just you. I have unified the Giants and Dwarves, and the humans already have an alliance with the Elves. Otherworlders have also been summoned—one of whom is the Singularity, my Master." Ater's smile widened. "I would say now is the perfect time to fight."
To Ater, the missing piece was the Fairy Nation. If they agreed to fight by the side of the newfound alliance, then there would be more than enough people to fight against the Dragons and even take them down.
"No matter how powerful they are, they can not possibly win against the joint forces of H'Trae."
This was most likely why the denizens of this world were created with opposing qualities—just so they wouldn't be able to work together when it came down to it.
Elves wouldn't work with any other race, and Giants were at war with the Dwarves. Fairies remained isolated in their forests, and humans had too many internal problems to properly consider a healthy alliance.
Plus, they were the weakest of the bunch.
However, since Rey had been resolving these issues one after the other—with Ater's help, of course—they could finally come together to forge a united front against their common enemy and the eventual destroyer of H'Trae.
"By gathering under the banner of the Singularity, it is possible to change the fate of this world and save your people." Stretching out his hand, he smiled at the Fairy King.
"What do you say?"
The King smiled, a slow nod already being made by his head. He had already been convinced that the path to salvation was the Singularity, since he was trying to break away from the predetermined fate of his people. Upon hearing Ater's words, he couldn't help but be further reassured of the prospects of a union.
If this was how the mere servant of the Singularity acted, he could only imagine what kind of person Rey Skylar was.
Needless to say, he was immensely relieved.
'With this, I can preserve the lives of my children and ensure the future of this world is bright.'
"Yes. I completely agr—"
"NO!" A voice suddenly howled in the hall, causing everyone to look in the diection of the sound.
It was none other than Fae.
"No! No! No! No! No! Nooooooooo!!!"
She was screaming from the depths of her lungs, glaring at Ater and Esme, while nearly breaking down in tears.
"I have been looking forward to this war for so long! For so so so sooooo long! You can't just take that away from me!" She cried. "We the Fairies have been waiting for the time when we can lay down our lives and perish in glorious battle. Right, guys?!"
As Fae looked around, her eyes falling on the Sentinels above, she beamed at them… hoping they would take her side with their similar perspectives.
She wasn't expecting what came next.
"What? Who wants to die in battle?" One of them said, looking at the colleague beside him with slight confusion.
"If there's a way to prevent the war of the end, shouldn't we do that instead?" Another added, leading to a series of talk among them.
"I don't want to perish just yet… not if it can be helped."
"As usual, Fae is spouting crazy nonsense…"
"Sigh… what a nutjob."
In a single moment, the morale of the War Harbinger had declined and the energy she displayed just moments earlier deflated.
"Haa… so you all just want a boring life… not going out in the most glorious of battles…" She could not hide her disappointment at this point.
Still, it wasn't like she could disobey the will of the Fairy King. Whether she liked it or not… she obeyed him.
"If you want to die in battle so badly, your opportunity will come." Ater suddenly spoke, causing her glare to fall on him once more.
A amile was on his face, almost as if he didn't recognize that he was the prime cause of her dissatisfaction. However, one more word from him was enough to perfectly upturn her frown and cause her to beam again.
"You can lead the charge when we finally fight the Dragons as an alliance." With a wink, Ater spoke and reassured her a front-row seat in the safer but also bloood curdling battle that was to come.
"Y-you… you mean that…?" Ater nodded.
At this point, Fae was already sold. Everyone could see the drool that fell from her mouth and the sparkle that emanated from her eyes.
Not only would she be leading the world's largest army, but she was also going to go out in the most epic way possible. This far surpassed what she had ever imagined.
"Hehehe! Let's do that then…"
The Sentinels groaned and the Fairy King sighed while covering his face with one hand. Fae was his masterpiece, as well as the strongest Fairy, but sometimes she embarassed her kind.
"All of that aside, since we have agreed to an alliance, I should report all of this to my Master."
"You really should. I'm sure he must have been waiting for you for quite some time." The Fairy King said with a smile.
"After all, time moves a lot faster in the Forest."