Chapter 704 - 487: Gaiate (Part Two)
"...It’s a wonderful ideal, but I’ve never believed their ideology could succeed. I’ve even doubted whether my own ideas would work, because, old soldier, a Utopian world requires all people to have knowledge and empathy. They need to understand that everyone must exert their utmost strength, and it requires the selfless dedication of generations upon generations to build such a world... This is an almost unattainable dream." Malin walked over to the old soldier and helped him towards the exit.
The elder looked at Malin, and it wasn’t until Malin entered the hallway that he expressed his doubts, "If all this is destined to fail, why bother doing it at all?"
"Because by doing so, the world will know we existed, and it will give people something to aspire to. We can fail, we can die, but what our generation has done will be remembered by history, and it will remind future generations that there’s another way to live, apart from living like dogs," Malin said with a laugh.
The reason they give you these things is not because they have a conscience, but because we were here.
"Old soldier, the path lies before us, and everyone has the right to choose. Some may wish to be dogs in an era of prosperity, others to be people in times of turmoil; that is their freedom. We are just mortals, merely paving the way for them to walk and choose their own fate."
"...You’re right. How wonderful it would be if our generation could end the Tide of the Dead, and then the next generation could end the suffering caused by Chaos, preventing anyone from being tempted by it... If we could achieve all this, wouldn’t it mean that the greatest war among humans is about to begin?"
Such was the old soldier’s question.
To which, Malin nodded.
"Yes, it will be the greatest of wars, one that will end all strife. I believe that day will come."
Yes, there will come such a day, for this world never cares for the tears of the weak; only the strong are entitled to survive.
And I, I have always been a... romantic destroyer.