2441. Return to Mortis (Part 1)
A withered yellow leaf fell slowly, and was immediately caught by a pale hand. With a gentle squeeze, the leaf was kneaded into countless powders, which were scattered in the dry breeze.
Tang Xiao raised his head and looked at the cloudy sky. Looking around, everywhere he passed were withered plants and gray Rock.
The pumice stones that once floated in the air like a fairyland now all fell to the ground and shattered into piles of meaningless pieces.
This is where Mortis and the Ones live, and it is also their prison.
But now...
"'Father' is approaching death." A clear voice came from behind, "And Mortis is also on the verge of collapse."
Tang Xiao turned around and saw a huge gryphon that had landed behind him at some point, uttering human words.
It's 'daughter', Light Side of the Force.
Her body swayed slightly, then transformed into the image of a young girl with green hair. She looked Tang Xiao up and down and said, "Darkness has eroded your heart again."
"Take me to see 'Father'." Tang Xiao said slowly. He took a casual glance and found Dagger of Mortis, the god-killing blade still hanging on her waist.
"He won't see you. In fact, even I can't see him now," the daughter said.
"Take me there." Tang Xiao repeated, his tone unquestionable.
The daughter sighed, swayed her body, and turned into a beautiful griffin that was all white except for the light green mane on her neck. She fluttered her wings and flew up.
Tang Xiao jumped up and grabbed the griffin's paw, but his movements did not stop. Instead, he jumped again and rode directly on the back of the griffin!
The daughter was furious and said sternly, "Mortal! How dare you do this! Get down here!"
"Stop making trouble and let's go. We have more important things to deal with." Tang Xiao said coldly.
"What do you want to do?!" the daughter asked unceremoniously, but she did not try to throw Tang Xiao away.
"Give you a chance." Tang Xiao said.
The daughter was silent for a while, then finally fluttered her wings and took off, flying in the direction of Mortis monastery.
It was cloudy and thunderous along the way. The terrifying Blitzs kept falling from the sky. Among these countless Blitzs, the griffin transformed by my daughter seemed like a bird in the storm, struggling hard but insignificant.
Finally, she flew all the way to the door of the monastery on the top of the mountain. Tang Xiao jumped off her body, and her daughter turned into a human form and followed his footsteps into the monastery.
However, an invisible force blocked their steps, preventing them from entering the door.
Tang Xiao raised his hand and tried it, and found that this power was still extremely powerful, but compared to the last time he came to Mortis, it was much weaker than the despairing power that his 'father' used with hatred.
The daughter was right, her father was dying.
"He doesn't want to see us," the daughter said.
"Is your injury healed?" Tang Xiao asked about other topics.
"No. At that time, my son almost condensed his most powerful strength. I withstood the blow head-on and was close to death for a time. Therefore, I need more time to recover." The daughter answered honestly.
"So, do you still have enough strength to enter by force?" Tang Xiao asked again.
"Yes, but it's not necessary. He doesn't want to see me, and I respect his choice," the daughter said.
"For you, what kind of existence is your father?" Tang Xiao then asked.
"An elder is also the link that maintains a balanced relationship between my son and me." said her daughter.
Tang Xiao nodded, stood in front of the door, and said loudly, "Father, do you want the balance of the Force? But you should know that the Force has already lost its balance! The tide of the Force is getting stronger and stronger, and Darth-Sidious is trying to intensify such interference. Eventually, he will cause Force Storm."
There was no reaction in the monastery. It was still dark and no movement could be seen inside.
Tang Xiao continued, "To restore balance to the Force, there is only one possibility - kill Darth-Sidious, and then, I will become the 'son'!"
There was another long silence.
Finally, a weak and old voice came from the monastery, "You have no idea what the so-called method you just said means... a mortal."
Tang Xiao A ferocious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "The so-called mortal means infinite possibilities."
"You are playing with fire," my father said.
"You still have enough power to stop me." Tang Xiao said.
There was another long silence in the monastery. After a long time, the father's weak voice continued, "Your power is too weak. The moment you become a son, you will be eroded by Dark Side and become an irrational dark beast."
"So my daughter is by my side, and she is also holding Dagger of Mortis." Tang Xiao said.
Silence fell again, this time, lasting for a full half hour.
Finally, a key that looked like a stone appeared out of thin air and fell in front of Tang Xiao with a clatter.
Tang Xiao Without any hesitation, he bent down and picked up the key. He only felt that this key was extremely heavy. The small key actually weighed hundreds of kilograms!
As he picked up the key, a helpless sigh came from the monastery, and then it fell into deathly silence again.
Tang Xiao turned around and said to his daughter, "Let's go to our son."
"You want to desecrate his body!" The daughter stared at him with great vigilance.
"I originally thought that for you the Ones, the body is just a symbol." Tang Xiao said lightly.
"No matter what form it takes, the body is always a symbol of our existence." The daughter said, "When you desecrate your son's body, it is equivalent to desecrating his existence itself."
So you are not gods.
Tang Xiao smiled, shook the key in his hand, and said, "But instead of waiting for the Force's balance to collapse and waiting for Darth-Sidious to set off Force Storm and kill us all, we might as well do something."
"You don't want to restore the balance of the Force at all! You just want to kill Das-Sidious!" the daughter pointed out pointedly.
"As I said, why not do something." Tang Xiao said, "And with you holding Dagger of Mortis next to me, if I really lose control, you have enough power to kill me."
"Maybe not by then." The daughter shook her head.
But she still changed into the form of a gryphon and seemed to finally agree.
Tang Xiao jumped on the gryphon's back without any politeness and touched her green mane.
The griffon flapped its wings and soared into the sky, heading towards the desolate Land of the Everlasting Sleep on the other side of Mortis.