"What's the matter? It's so late." Joel looked at the other side of the metal bridge. A middle-aged man wearing a black woolen coat was walking across the high bridge in front of him. Joel's voice sounded in the empty space.

echoed.

"Can't I come to you if nothing happens?" Old Robert walked up to Joel with a smile, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder.

"This place is not suitable for chatting." Joel looked at the huge gears above his head. The sound of the mechanical sound was always wonderful to him, but today it seemed a bit noisy.

"It's been a long time since we had a good talk, right?" Old Robert sighed, "It's really been too long since I cared about you. When you were just born, all my energy was focused on the improvement of the core... and Black Steel City.

After working on endless tasks every day, you seemed to be sulking with me all the time when you were free. After that, you went to Vesela College. To be honest, none of us really believed that you could pass the exam. I didn’t expect you.

It really worked...I have never had confidence in you, and I owe you an apology and praise."

"Well, that's it." Joel nodded, showing no reaction.

"What did you learn in the academy? You've never talked to me, right?" Old Robert said.

"Just learn what you need to learn. I'm in the Conjuration Department... I've learned the Earth Binding Curse, the Marsh Curse, and the Shadow Mist Curse. But as you know, I'm not an awakened person, so I can only rely on props. I guess I can

If you don't have to wait until graduation, you can help me find a relationship." Joel smiled playfully, but his father looked at him with a frown.

"Didn't you learn something else?" Old Robert shook his head and said lightly: "The spirit of the academy, the spirit of the battle for salvation, the spirit of the Light Reader, the quality of the Light Reader, at least... the quality of a person

.”

"What are you talking about?" Joel was a little confused.

"I looked at your laboratory, something is very wrong, isn't it?" Old Robert took out a small box in his hand, which contained two small parts. It was no bigger than a thumb, but Joel was shocked. Of course he knew that this was

What is this? This is a light thought circuit pressurizer developed by himself. No one in the world is using it except him.

Joel's expression instantly returned to its usual humility and calmness, as if nothing just happened had happened.

"I've never seen anything like this." Joel shrugged and continued to play dumb.

"Really? The battle puppet you modified a few years ago had such parts on it. Such parts also fell from the puppet that attacked Mr. Celtic a few days ago. Do you really know nothing?"

Robert Sr. was both sad and helpless, and his complicated emotions made him don't know what else to do.

"I found it on the black market before."

"This is a wonderful design. It is impossible for anyone else to think of compressing the pressurizer to one-tenth of its original size. This is a genius design. My child, this is your handiwork. You can deceive others and deceive others."

But mine." Old Robert was extremely convinced of this.

"I killed them." Joel suddenly lowered his head and smiled bitterly, and admitted it directly, as if it was not a big deal, "There is no reason, just because they blocked my way and wanted to move forward.

, you have to step over several corpses.”

"Kid, what are you doing?" Old Robert was really frightened by Joel's behavior. His face turned red due to emotion, and beads of sweat kept flowing from his head.

"The association has raided the home of the Faceless Church. There are a large number of ancient relics and machinery in that underwater palace. That is what I must get. If there is another choice, I don't want to kill anyone."

"How could you do such a thing!" Old Robert felt angry and frightened. Joel didn't know when he had grown into someone he didn't recognize at all. This child was both smart and cold, and human life seemed worthless in his mouth.

.

"Father, aren't you interested in the ancient relics captured by the Church of the Faceless Men? By snatching them, our Robert family will have the power to compete with the heavenly beings. We may even overthrow the heavenly beings.

Rule and establish an era truly free of disputes. Father, haven't you always been dissatisfied with the rule of heavenly beings?"

Joel said calmly, his eyes looking at his father eagerly without evading, as if he didn't feel how crazy and terrible his plan was.

"My child, your idea is too extreme. Although the gods are cunning and hateful, it is not what my father wants to see if the world is once again involved in war. And what confidence do we have that the order we have established will be better than

The one built by heaven and man is better." Old Robert persuaded Joel earnestly.

"Progress means being desperate, that's what you told me." Joel said.

"Before we move forward, we are human beings first. Once we cross the line of humanity and morality, everything else becomes meaningless."

"Humanity? Morality? I'm not killing innocent people indiscriminately, I'm killing to protect living beings!" Joel yelled stubbornly: "You should be the most aware of the changes in the tower. The next big beast tide is coming. Light

It's impossible for the light warriors to withstand it. We need stronger weapons. The corrupt system of heaven and man will only make human beings die from internal friction. In order to save more people in the future, I must kill people now, and I can't stop there.

, until I see the world I want.”

"When I was young, I had the same thoughts as you, and I did many wrong things, some of which I still regret and can't let go of. My child, I don't want you to go through the same journey again.

He followed the same old path and committed mistakes that even he would not forgive himself for." Old Robert seemed to be touched by some dusty memories, and his expression began to become painful. He openly showed the scars in his heart to Joel, hoping that

Trying to use this to persuade Joel to let go of this crazy plan.

"Can I turn back?" Joel sighed.

"Of course." Old Robert said: "I am the only one who knows about this matter. I will not let the people in the Tribunal find clues. There must be a turn for the better. Let's find a way together, okay? Humanity... must still have a future.

Yes, we all believe this."

"Father, I know I was wrong." After hearing what Robert Sr. said, Joel showed an expression of regret and guilt. He lowered his head shyly, his expression hidden in the bangs hanging down on his head.

, I can’t tell what he is thinking in his mind at the moment.

Robert Sr. finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, thinking that although this kid Joel has such an extreme and withdrawn personality, he is still very rational in nature.

Just as he was pleased that his persuasion was successful, Joel suddenly stood up, walked to Old Robert, and grabbed Old Robert's shoulders with his own hands.

"I was really wrong! I thought I could convince you to join me in establishing that great era, but you are really old. You are no longer as decisive as you were when you were young, and your brain has deteriorated to the point where you are the same as those secular idiots.

What a lie." A creepy smile appeared on Joel's face.

"What...what are you going to do?"

"Of course mankind has a future, but you can't see that day."

Joel exerted force on his hand and pushed old Robert down the abyss along the edge of the long bridge. At the same time, he did not forget to snatch the core key of the Black Iron City from his chest.

"Father, when you were young, you made cold decisions and were decisive in killing. You were once the star in my heart. But now, the star has decayed and aged. Therefore, I can only turn you into a shooting star to illuminate everything I want.

The starry sky that I long for?" Joel murmured to himself.

At this moment, Joel's mind was filled with memories from the past few years. He recalled what happened when he was a child. At that time, Black Steel City was developing the first generation of airships, and his father forced engineers of his own race to master the incomplete technology.

The airship conducted test flights and accumulated data for the success of the product through repeated failures. Many engineers lost their lives in such cruel experiments without security. The list of dead included Joel's uncle and uncle, and even

Robert Sr. himself was also injured during a test flight, resulting in complete blindness in his left eye. He later had a prosthetic eye replaced and has been using a monocle to cover his eyes. Over the years, his father's behavior once aroused everyone's confusion and hatred. He even attracted

He was assassinated several times by fellow clan members, but he persisted.

Once the airships produced by Black Iron City were launched, due to their reliable quality, they defeated all competitors and occupied nearly 80% of the market share. They were famous throughout the world, and the Robert family also developed unprecedentedly in the hands of his father. And the world

Everyone knows the power of Robert's technology, but they don't know the sacrifices and blood behind it.

In the young Joel's heart, his father has always been a hero with a will as strong as iron, and has always guided his behavior. Unexpectedly, in his later years, he actually changed his iron grip and began to repent for his previous actions. This was completely unacceptable in Joel's heart.

Forgiving.

Looking at the key to the core of Black Steel City in his hand, Joel put his hands in his pockets and slowly walked away. The invisible abyss under the mechanical gears seemed to be the road in front of him. He moved forward regardless of all costs and rushed towards the future.
Chapter completed!