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"Why don't you and Uncle Baiqiu go over there and talk?"
He said this to Zhu Nai, but the content was actually to help Bai Qiu out of a predicament.
"Walli and I also happen to have something to talk about."
Zhou Ye's arrangements were clear, decisive, and left no room for anyone to object.
Zhou Ye's mind raced. Here it comes, the Fallen Angels' combined attack. That old fox, Azazel, was definitely up to no good. Sending Baichu to play the family card and handle the technical negotiations—his calculations were shrewd.
Himejima Akeno suddenly looked up at Zhou Ye, her beautiful eyes filled with unease.
Zhou Ye gave her a reassuring look.
"Go."
"……it is good."
Zhu Nai took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and finally nodded.
She turned around, took heavy steps, and walked with Bai Qiu, whose expression was equally complicated, to the other side of the campus.
For a moment, only Zhou Ye and Wali remained at the scene.
"Vali Lucifer".
Zhou Ye's tone became serious.
"I'm asking you, about Albion..."
"Even if the price is the eternal loss of the God-Slaying Tool [White Dragon Emperor's Wings of Light] and the eternal loss of the White Dragon Emperor's power."
Zhou Ye looked intently into Vali's icy blue eyes.
Let Arubian be freed.
It's not just recognition from Draig, his arch-rival, but also... expectations from his comrade.
He hoped that the only person who had been kind to him during his darkest childhood could finally have true freedom.
Instead of being imprisoned in a weapon, never to rise again.
"you……"
Vali's throat bobbed, but he found himself unable to say anything.
All his pride, all his pretense, were stripped away completely in the face of this question.
"It seems you're not as carefree as you appear."
Looking at his reaction, Zhou Ye's tone was ambiguous, neither mocking nor admiring.
Indeed, how could someone who was persecuted by his family from childhood, regarded as a disgrace by his father and grandfather, and grew up in loneliness and despair be a pure battle maniac? So-called nemesis, so-called battle, were merely his means of arming himself, venting his anger on the world, and proving himself. And Albion was Vali's only comrade he could entrust his back to, even… a family member.
Vali fell silent.
There was a long silence.
The air around them became still again, but this time, it wasn't because of magic, but because of a sorrow so heavy it was suffocating.
for a long time.
Vali finally shook his head slowly.
He didn't look at Zhou Ye, but instead looked down at his own hands.
Those hands had spread their wings of light countless times, tearing enemies apart.
"During my most difficult time..."
His voice was deep and suppressed, carrying a sense of vicissitude that seemed incongruous with his age...
“It was my mother who protected me with her life, allowing me to escape from that weak father and that dog-grandfather who saw me as a stain on the family, namely—Li Zevim Li Huaen Lucifer. He is the son of the original demon king Lucifer and the demon mother Lilith, and also Vali's biological grandfather.”
"At that time, the whole world wanted me dead."
"Only Albion, its voice, rang in my mind for the first time."
"It was she who encouraged me when I was about to starve to death on the street."
"It was she who told me how to fight when I was being chased by other demons and was about to give up."
"It was she who stayed with me through those days when I saw no hope."
Vali raised his head, and for the first time, his icy blue pupils were devoid of fighting spirit, filled only with a profound, bone-deep loneliness.
"Later, I met Azazel."
"He gave me a place to stay, gave me strength, and gave me a reason to fight to my heart's content."
"Everyone thinks that I, Vali Lucifer, live to surpass my nemesis and become the strongest."
"That's right, I want to fight, I want to defeat the Crimson Dragon Emperor."
He smiled to himself.
"But that's only because it's Albion's destiny. I just want to fulfill this obsession that has continued for countless generations on her behalf."
"and then?"
Zhou Ye pressed for an answer.
“And then?” Vali looked at him and said, word by word, “Then, set her free.”
Even if you were to revert to an ordinary half-demon and never be able to stand at the top of the world again?
"Yes."
Vali's answer was resolute.
Without the slightest hesitation.
He is willing to give everything for this goal.
0.2 includes himself.
At this moment, he was no longer the unruly White Dragon Emperor.
He was just a lonely boy who wanted to repay his benefactor.
Zhou Ye looked at him quietly.
He didn't speak.
But Rias and the others behind him were completely shocked.
They could never have imagined that the legendary White Dragon Emperor, who was said to enjoy fighting and was the strongest, had such an unknown past.
And his reason for fighting was so...pure.
"I understand."
Zhou Ye nodded.
"In that case, we can make a deal."
"A deal?" Vali frowned.
“That’s right.” Zhou Ye held up one finger. “I can help Albion have a completely new, independent body and get rid of the God Destroyer Gear completely.”
Vali's breathing stopped for a moment.
"As a price..." Zhou Ye's lips curled into a wicked smile.
"You, Vali Lucifer, are now under my command."
Chapter 213 Vali's Predicament
"Under my command."
These four words were like a heavy hammer, striking Vali's heart hard.
His icy blue pupils contracted sharply.
Under his command?
Vali Lucifer, the White Dragon Emperor, widely recognized as the strongest White Dragon Emperor in history, is going to become someone else's subordinate?
This is simply a fantasy!
That's the greatest insult to him!
however……
Looking at Zhou Ye's calm face, Vali couldn't bring himself to say the word "insult".
Because the price offered by the other party was one that he could not refuse under any circumstances.
Grant Arubian his freedom.
This was the long-cherished wish he had spent his entire life trying to achieve.
The atmosphere became incredibly eerie at that moment.
Rias and the others held their breath; they couldn't even imagine what would happen next.
On one hand, there is the pride of being the strongest White Dragon Emperor.
On one hand, there is the unwavering belief in liberating their only remaining relative.
What will Wally choose?
Just as Vali was clenching his teeth, torn between his inner struggle and about to make a decision.
An ancient, majestic, and somewhat weary will emanated from his back, from the pair of unfurled wings of light.
"Walli".
This will resonated directly in his mind, and also in Zhou Ye's mind.
"We will not agree to Zhou Yejun's request for now."
It's Albion!
"After all, you bear many heavy responsibilities."
Arubion's will clearly conveyed its anxieties.