Seeing Talos, Soshyan sighed softly and threw the training sword. It was caught by the mechanical arm in mid-air and fixed back to its original position. Then the two of them walked to the side of the wall and sat on the huge horizontal chair.
If there is anyone on the Randall who can make him tell everything without reservation, then it is only Talos, and even Thor is unwilling to reveal these things.
"... Talos, I was indeed blinded by a power that did not belong to me. I once thought that I was not such a stupid person, but I overestimated myself. In fact, when I got the Skull of the Skinner, I
I should have doubts. I should have thought of this when I saw Trazin in the Skinned Temple.
It is a trap in itself... But my journey has been so smooth. All opponents and enemies are like ants. I can trample them, ravage them and conquer them at will. I can no longer imagine what my opponents are.
, even though I know there are problems, I still think I can handle it."
Soshyan bent down and held his head with both hands.
"I saw Trazin appear in the Skinned Temple, and I heard your prophecy... I even had an early warning in my heart, but I still became the fool I despise most."
Talos put a hand on his shoulder.
"This is what makes you truly great, Soshyan. In fact, when I first met you, I thought you were a fool, but I soon discovered qualities in you that most people don't have. Do you dare to face it?
Self, you dare to cut open your own chest with a dagger, dig out your heart and examine its problems. You haven't lost yet. Just let the Silent King be happy if it thinks it won. Those guys who claim to be chess players will eventually prove that they are
Just a bunch of stinky chess pieces."
Soshyan was amused by Talos's words and shook his head, but straightened up.
"But I did do something stupid. Although I didn't know what happened, when I was unconscious, I heard some words. He warned me not to use that kind of power easily again, Landogore
After a brief resurrection and being devoured, the balance is broken. Everything is just a matter of time. Before the hourglass reaches the end... I can't hear more."
Talos guessed who the "him" Soshyan was talking about, and then asked:
"Then what's your situation now?"
"I..."
Soshyan stretched out his hand and stared at it.
"Now I feel like Xu Cong is staring at me all the time. I feel like a valve that has become loose. I don't know if you can imagine this feeling. As long as you use more force, something may rush out of your body."
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"That's why you came to the training room..."
"Ah, I may have to get used to the days without that kind of overwhelming power. What I'm worried about now is those who have the power to take advantage of the opportunity to provoke others, such as Fulgenrim."
"Is the Silent King of the Necrontyr planning to...overturn the chessboard this time? Is he trying to capture you or is he?"
Soshyan was silent for a moment and shook his head.
"Judging from Amnak's description, it doesn't seem to be the case... I now have a theory as to why I can't feel the Skinners of the Menak Dynasty, because the skinning curse on them is not the same as that of the Bone Dynasty.
, of course this is just a guess, maybe they have the real skinning curse. I told you, before I
Before, I guessed that every Skinner was actually a tiny amount of Skinner fragments. This time I absorbed them all in an instant. But how could there be so many Skinners on the planet at that time? There is only one explanation, Menak
The skinning curse of the dynasty has been lifted, and it was lifted by me unintentionally. This may be its real goal."
"Is this what you witnessed or is it just your guess?"
Talos stared at Soshyan, as if trying to find something on his face.
"You...remember anything? I mean after that."
Soshiyang frowned, and fragments of the last fragmentary moments emerged in his mind - he smelled the stench of decaying flesh and blood, cold fingers painfully clutched his broken body, immortal starfall and skinning
The two change each other, and eventually the former overwhelms the latter.
He heard its taunt...
The Skinning Curse was a scam from the start...
"The Skinning Curse is just a hoax..."
At that time, he had lost his shape and was completely broken. He had become the fuel for rebirth. He could not even tell whether he was the person who had experienced those old memories or just a mortal named Soshiyang when he was dying.
The vaguest memory, recast and given the same name?
He even saw himself on the World Engine at a certain moment. Maybe the real Soshyan had already died at that time? Maybe he is just a pile of memories one after another, put on a borrowed body?
"Soshyan?"
Talos whispered, waking him from his reverie.
His voice sounded worried, maybe his keen heart had noticed something was wrong with Soshyan very early.
Soshyan shook his head.
"I still remember some, the voice of the Xu Cong, which told me that the skinning curse was just a hoax, and then there was another voice, maybe it was Xerxes? Maybe it was the Beguiler? It was like a high bell, pulling me from the abyss.
Come up."
Then he changed the subject back to the Skinner.
"Since it is a scam, then who is it being deceived? I think there are many possibilities, Menak, me, or even the Xu followers. And who set up the scam? I guess it may be the King of Silence, or it may be Lan
Dugor and Menak are said to be the most loyal subordinates to the King of Silence, so the possibility of deceiving Menak
It is the highest. The Silent King has regarded Menak as the container of the Skinner from the beginning, and the subsequent spread of the Skinner's curse to other dynasties is likely to be caused by another force. So since it is a container, it can naturally contain it.
If you put it in, you can pour it out... He was setting up this trap 65 million years ago."
"So his real intention was not to lift the Curse of the Skinner."
"This is just a incidental thing. The real target is Xu Cong or Asu Yan."
"But if this is the case, doesn't it mean that we are increasing the power of the Xu followers?"
"Probably, I don't know whether it calculated so accurately or executed it step by step, but the situation is indeed not good now. Its power is too strong, and it may have exceeded Xerxes' expectations.
..Perhaps this was a sacrifice prepared for Xerxes to be promoted to God on earth? But he refused... Or maybe the Silent King discovered some conspiracy and ended it. It was too complicated and too confusing. I am now
Being fooled around."
Soshyan rubbed his face, then sighed:
"Maybe it's just my imagination, but my first thought is that I lifted Menak's skinning curse."
Talos stood up, walked to the freezer on the side, opened it, took out two cans of red antbull with ice mist, returned to Soshyan, and handed him one can.