Vol 5 Chapter 127

This is an era belonging to ambitionists. Opportunities and cunning conspiracies are like undercurrents of rivers that have swept through for hundreds of years.

It's like having an invisible quill pen in the back of dark thoughts, a complete story scroll is gradually taking shape in Brando's mind, and the second half of the story is already foreseeable-in the fog of the final battle The shrouded center of the ruins, in the dark and silent temple-no matter what Her Majesty the Silver Queen saw, what happened, true or false, right or wrong, it doesn't matter now, its ending is long doomed The Four Temples and the Bugatians will never let this matter have any aftermath, let alone its influence be taken out of the Arca region.

But the reason is not as sinister and rampant as the world thinks--

Because of the leader of the Silver People, the Lord of the Silver Lightning, El Roy, once laid his hands on the sacred vow, swore to the four sages, proclaiming the next era, the Silver People will perform their duties and serve as guardians. And the task of monitoring this world. This promise may seem a little weird or even too childish to people in this era-it's just a promise, what can it show?

At present, the people of this era, from the nobles to the princes to the ordinary people of Li, believe in outright self-interest, and there is only a "chichiluo" relationship of interests between nations. Between kingdoms and kingdoms, populations and Between the populations, scams and changes, and changes have become commonplace. Conspiracy and betrayal have been pervasive in the world, and this period of history has been hundreds of years.

So they cannot imagine.

It was impossible to imagine the age of glory and to understand the promise between nobles.

In such an era, El Roy thundered before the sacred covenant, and every word he spoke turned into silver text and was imprinted on the holy white slate. Like shiny silver nails, nailed into the long river of history. This is not to covet power, but to prove right and wrong, right and wrong, and black and white-just as Gilt the Fire King once said: This is the cause of justice, the ideal in my heart. So it is worth our protection.

Everything they do is for the long-term survival of civilization and order.

Therefore, for over a thousand years, the silver people have promised that they will no longer be involved in mortal wars. They have established monitoring towers that are more eye-catching than the stars at the borders of the civilized world. Although Brando once joked maliciously about Buga Man This is to monitor the power of mortals throughout the world. But he was clear in his mind: 'Their power is already above the pinnacle of this world, so that mortals must look to their lofty heights, and even if mortals maliciously speculate that these wizards are manipulating the direction of history behind them, they have to admit- — '

‘The truth is that for a thousand years, the people of silver have never crossed the line drawn by El Roy. ’

The wizard of Bugatti has a motto: posterity is not faithful. It is a damage to the noble behavior of predecessors. In their eyes, the promise of the noble is indestructible, the most precious thing in the world. Because it is too easy to break, once it is broken, it is difficult to find it again. William once regretted the players more than once: Mortal life is too short, so too short-sighted, it is easy to replace the noble value with the immediate benefits. It is difficult for them to understand that this is not worth the money.

After Turaman slowly finished the first half of the story, Brando looked up at each other, wondering if it was his illusion. He felt a deep sadness in the elder's silver eyes.

He could actually understand where this sadness came from.

On the battlefield site of the final battle, if everything that happened in that temple really proved that the four sages were really wrong, or not so righteous, it was a shadow over the sacred oath. Later generations' failure to keep faith is a damage to the noble behavior of their predecessors. But what if all this was wrong from the beginning?

There are now only two options left before the four temples and the people of silver--

Either acknowledge the mistakes of the predecessors and allow the world to undergo a thorough reform and baptism. After that, the four temples may disappear. But at least, there is truth forever. But it is more likely to sink the world into darkness, conspiracy and lies to obscure the light of reason, and make Warnder the biggest stage for ambitionists in the next hundreds of years.

Or, just cover up the truth. Although the contamination of the self is contaminated, the fire of civilization and order will still exist, at least so that the world will not at least fall into a sea of ​​fire. The Battle of the Holy One has ended for a thousand years, and there is no reason for the hatred of that era to continue. It is too selfish.

The four temples chose the latter.

At the time, in addition to the dragons, in addition to the wizard leaders of the Silver Alliance, there were the popes and high priests of the four temples. These people were different from the rotten maggots below. They were all true truth seekers. Therefore, this choice is a huge pain and torture for them, because knowing that it is a lie, they have to use nobleness as an excuse to cover up the lie, which is a double harm to the shining truth.

"Since a decision has been made to cover up the truth with lies, everything that happened on the battlefield of the last battle should no longer appear in front of the world," Tulaman said slowly after a long silence: "But the battlefield Sacrifice so many upper class nobles, there must be someone responsible for this. "

"this person……"

"It is Her Royal Highness."

"Then my grandfather him?"

"Actually no one forced Darus, but one day he suddenly came to us—"

"You agree?" Brando asked in a calm voice.

"Of course it is impossible," Turaman shook his head. "But your grandfather said something to us ..."

"He said, you can't let Princess Constance take this responsibility. She knows too much, and there are too many doubts throughout the incident, and she can't stand any doubt. What's more, she is now the same group who has also entered The leader of the aristocracy of the temple, if you already intend to cover everything, then you must comfort each of them, so she must not only be a sinner. She must also be a hero. "

"Your grandfather looked at us with his head up at that time, and the light flashing in his eyes is still unforgettable. Then he slowly said that you have sacrificed too much for this, and I can't let everything you do fail. Let me, here, only I have this qualification. "

"After that, he turned and left the tent."

Brando listened to the words quietly, but did not speak for a long time. He just felt a strange feeling in his heart, blinked, and his lips were a little dry and astringent.

This is the business of the noble, how dare I make someone special?

There is such a man, his silence contains too much meaning, although he said nothing. But looking back, he can answer those questions that most people in the world dare not face—that he deserves his conviction and the woman he loves. It takes more than courage. It is extraordinary wisdom. This man is his grandfather.

This is a life without regrets. Can't help but make people yearn for it.

"The trial is next?" Brando asked astringently. He had thought that his achievements had surpassed that in his memory, but now it seems, but it is still a child's trick. He felt ashamed.

"The next trial is that," Tulaman replied in a deep voice. "The trial ... who knows the truth really knows that it's just a child's play. Not many people really dare to face that lie, so There were only a few people present, and most of the others were absent. So most people in the world think it was a secret trial. In fact, this is not the truth, this is the last decent leave for your grandfather. "

"But as your grandfather's friend, I was there then. After the trial, your grandfather should have been executed secretly. But because of the reason you know, he was just sent back to Egypt after being released from all duties and prestige. Luin. "

"Since then, almost no one has heard of him."

"In fact, there are only a few people who know that your grandfather is still alive in the whole Waynde. These people, including the high priest of the previous generation in the temple, mostly chose to go because they couldn't bear the heart's suffering. Self-destruction. "

"Did you know?" Turaman said suddenly: "At the end of the judgment, the Supreme One of the Temple of Fire is the teacher of Vala above the seat of the Temple of Fire today. , He turned around and whispered a word to me— "

"'Today, what else do we have to pursue truth and correctness?'"

This sentence set off a stormy sea in Brando's heart.

At that moment, he suddenly understood why sixty years after the Battle of the Holy One, the entire continent fell quickly and fell into complete darkness. Even the third jihad was called the most chaotic and darkest mortal war. In the next few hundred years, it was the era of ambitions that belonged to ambitions. Opportunities and cunning conspiracies were like undercurrents that swept across hundreds of years.

With the advent of the slate war, the glorious wizards were also forced to lay down and join the mortal war. In that battle, the heavens and the earth changed color, the blood on the earth became a river, the previous order completely collapsed, and then the night fell, and the power of the evening fell on the earth uncontrollably.

The rolling torrent of history, at this moment, was like a continuous river, rushing towards him without stagnation.

The dusty lock on the Pandora's Box, with a click, finally opened in Brando's heart.

‘We are all sinners. ’

‘The light of civilization has gone out at this moment. Next, it ’s a long winter night. Maybe in my lifetime, I wo n’t see it turn on again. ’

Although the four temples cover all the secrets in the final battlefield, you can deceive everything, but you cannot deceive yourself. In Walla, in the heart of his legendary teacher, the believers' faith in justice and truth is irresistibly shaken. The temple lost its reliance on justice and glory, and everything they believed in naturally became a castle in the sky. The confusion of the high-rise inevitably spread throughout the temple. This confusion, after nearly half a century, After brewing, it became uncontrollably a panic.

If people realize that what they have insisted on before is wrong, what's the point of this insistence?

Furthermore, is the world created by the Four Sages really true?

"This is the source of everything," Tulaman grinned bitterly. "The bitter fruit was brewed and eaten. It turned out that we made the wrong choice at the beginning. After that, according to the original plan, the dragon and the temple of the flame were in private. There was an exchange underneath, so that Constance became the queen of the empire. This is not only to appease those nobles, but also to compensate your grandfather. It is only that her merits and demerits have been selectively diluted by the Temple of Fire Now, after all ... they can't be without complaints. "

"But what we didn't expect was that everything that happened in the Arca area had the same impact on Her Royal Highness Princess, who was still Cardamom. At the time, we didn't expect it. She turned out to have the Dragon of Darkness. Heritage. "

"Later we learned that she had seen your grandfather once before returning to China. She asked your grandfather at that time and asked if he would like to work with her to correct historical errors."

"My grandfather he ... refused?"

Turaman nodded: "But he also kept his promise. He never disclosed the word of that conversation in his life. We did not receive a letter from him until his death."

Brando then knew that his grandfather had written a letter with these Bugatians before he died, and he doubted that the same letter might have been sent to the Temple of Fire and several other temples.

"From that letter, we learned what the Cruz queen really thought. It turned out ... she wanted to be the dragon of darkness."

"Becoming a dragon of darkness?" Brando jumped slightly in his heart.

"Not only that, we don't know what she saw in the temple at first, but she must have seen more than those nobles. She seemed to believe that the actions of the four sages were downright wrong, so She is determined to correct this error, whether for the sake of kingdom and insistence on what she thinks is correct. "

"That's ..." Brando asked in a deep voice. "The origin of this war right now, right?"

Turaman nodded slowly.

Brando was silent for a moment: "You already know all this?"

"Slightly earlier than you," Tulaman grinned again, "but we can't confirm whether this is the real idea in Her Majesty's heart. After all, she has been patient for decades. She seems to be Waiting for an opportunity, but no one knows exactly what that time is. "

"Why didn't the Fire Temple stop her?" Brando asked this question before realizing that he had asked a silly question, and he really saw Turaman looking helplessly at himself. At that time, the party had the current Dominion of the Temple of Fire-Walla. Presumably, Walla is still in the same deep confusion as everyone else. If the Temple of Fire cannot confirm that everything they have done is correct, then What reason do they have to stop the Silver Queen?

What a sin.

Brando couldn't help but said "shenzhyin": "So, wouldn't you have chosen me? What can I do? Can you stop Her Majesty?"

"Of course you do, little one," the old man blinked at him playfully, "don't think I don't know, what cards you haven't played yet."

Brando immediately understood what the other party was saying. The Cruz's eldest son suddenly felt at this moment whether he had let the guy stay and lifted a rock and smashed his own foot. Helplessly said, "Well, there is a card It's the same thing, but the power gap is the same thing. Why should I sit in the same position as Her Majesty's Chess? "

"It does look like this, but what she does is too crazy, and not everyone in the empire will support her. You can always find supporters, don't you? Besides, you are still a descendant of Darus, this thing No one is more suitable than you. Maybe this is God's will in the dark, little guy. "

"Then, you Buga people stay away from this?" Brando replied a little bit badly: "It's a good thing to cleanse yourself, but at this time you still care about your feathers, that is, to gain a reputation, let alone the trouble is you Provoked. "

Hearing this sentence, the old man's face faded.

He slowly shook his head.

"Hey, you do n’t understand, little one, the four temples are all confused, why are we not? Since that incident, we ca n’t be sure that we have made the right choice. A loud voice demands that we try to cut into the affairs of mortals as little as possible to avoid repeating mistakes. This time, secretly helping you to build a fleet is already the limit we can fight for. "

Tulaman had already spoken with great sincerity, but Brando did not accept him and replied: "But even if you ca n’t confirm whether you are wrong or right, how dare I guarantee that I am standing by Her Majesty the Queen The opposite must be right? Do you think that I don't have any insistence on justice? "

"No, you are different, little one. Anyone can say that they are wrong, but you can't because you are the descendant of Dalus." Turaman looked at him and said word by word: "Noble behavior itself can never be wrong. Even if we question our choices, we never think that those who have sacrificed for justice insist on their ideals."

"do you understand?"

The old man patted Brando's shoulder: "The long night of civilization is coming, the flames are extinguished in the ashes, but there are still tinders under the embers. Maybe our generation will not see it ignite again, but for you For example, will it have to be rekindled and will hope be passed on from generation to generation? "

"And this is the mission of those forerunners you are after--"

After hearing this, Brando couldn't help but fall into silence.

He looked to the west, and a red sun was slowly sinking into the mountains, as if he was showing the advent of a cold night.

But in the night.

Who would hold the little torches?

He looked up, and the image of the silent old man in his memory was unusually clear and vivid; at the same time, the prediction of the future in Tulaman's mouth also came to his mind ...

‘XVI: THETOWER—

Lost moon takes light

XX: JUDGEMENT——

Light is lost.

XVII: THESTAR——

The silver generation is lost on the earth, marching in darkness and obscurity.

VIII: STRENGTH--

The encounter between the emperor and the fool.

IX: THEHERMIT——

The rusty clockwork is resetting.

XXI: THEWORLD--

Fate-changing sword.

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