"But we don't have any records of this, and even though we are buried underground, we are only a few thousand meters from the surface! If they want to dig like this, there is no way they can't find us, right?"
"In addition, we occasionally go to the surface to obtain some daily necessities that are not enough for self-sufficiency, but we have never seen such a deep pit!"
The other party did not lie, and was indeed a remnant of the Victorian dynasty.
The Queen was sure of these two points, so she frowned deeply at what the old man said.
Mozo was even more puzzled. Didn't Victoria tell her people that she would move the capital away
The Queen frowned and shook her head slightly, then asked Mozo:
"What do you think?"
Mozo looked back at the queen and said with a bitter smile from the bottom of his heart:
"There is too little information, and I don't know what to make of it."
However, after saying this, Mozo hesitated for a moment and asked the old man:
"Do you know the world in the painting? The world in the painting that is said to be created by the Lord of Painting Shadows!"
Mozo almost stopped when he heard the old man in the painting shake his head with an extremely helpless and bitter look and say:
"The world in the painting has long been destroyed. Otherwise, why would we be bullied by a group of beasts?"
The Queen, who had no idea whether her beloved King was the Lord of Painting Shadow, was quite shocked when she heard this:
"Did the Lord of Painting and Shadow really create a world? He played the role of the original?!"
Mozo asked in disbelief:
"How do you know for sure that the world in the painting has been destroyed?"
The old man looked at Mozo with a bit of surprise, then quickly lowered his head in awe and said:
"Because the ancestors of us who survived escaped from the world in the painting."
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"Are you saying that all of you survivors have escaped from the world in the painting?"
Mozo fell silent, and it was the Queen who asked the question.
The old man nodded sadly and said:
"Yes, Your Majesty, the ancestors of us survivors escaped from the world in the painting."
Mozo finally adjusted his mentality at this time. His expression and tone were extremely calm, and he also showed a bit of curiosity.
"Can you tell me more about it?"
"Your Majesty, of course, there is nothing to hide, but it is not an interesting story."
"Because it was so long ago, most of our records of that time are just fragments of words passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation."
"According to what I heard from my elders, a horrible fire started from nowhere and set the whole world on fire in just a moment. All the people were wailing in the flames."
"Because the whole world has been set on fire, and the nameless fire cannot be extinguished or blocked, our ancestors escaped from the world in the painting. Fortunately, although the ancient capital is buried deep underground, it can still be used."
"But it was also because the disaster came too quickly, so not only did only the people near the edge of the world escape, but our ancestors were able to bring very little with them. Therefore, we really have nothing of the dynasty heritage that those beasts are asking for!"
The terrifying fire instantly ignited the entire world? Could it be that the world in the painting was ignited by something? ?
Mozo thought about the corresponding possibilities based on the old man's description. The queen asked curiously:
"How long ago was that?"
"I don't know the details. Our ancestors who escaped at that time lacked too many necessary things, so they were unable to establish an accurate dating method for us who came later."
"We can only judge from the few words carved on the city walls that our ancestors escaped more than a thousand years ago, but I cannot tell you exactly when, Your Majesty the Goddess."
Although the old man always had little to say in response to the Queen and Mozo's questions, the Queen was sure that this was all he knew.
I can only say that it is helpless and regrettable.
It seems that it is destined to be impossible to find the full picture of what happened back then.
But the Queen asked curiously:
"Since your ancestors brought almost nothing out of the city, how did you manage to survive in the underground capital until now?"
The old man said with great emotion:
"Maybe it's God's blessing. There is not only an underground river near the capital, but also edible mosses growing everywhere. In fact, because the capital has been buried deep underground for countless years, a completely different but indeed very tenacious ecological chain has formed in the space around the capital."
"In addition, we occasionally go to the ground through a geological crack that was formed at some unknown time to exchange some daily necessities with the people on the ground."
"Have you been living like this in that underground capital? Have you ever thought about leaving?"
"Your Majesty, the goddess. We are just the remnants of the old times. How dare we appear before the eyes of the world? And the beasts that came to our home once it was exposed are the best reflection of this, aren't they?"
Because they had experienced unimaginable disasters and their own origins were extremely special, these survivors chose to live a cautious and secluded life after escaping from the world in the painting.
But even so, their secret was eventually exposed to the orcs for some reason after being guarded for a thousand years.
For this reason, they could only send messengers to break through and escape to the ground in the hope of getting help from others.
The target of their help was naturally the Loran Dynasty, which had controversial issues with the Duze Dynasty.
The old man knelt on the ground again and said:
"Your Majesty, please help us!"
I saw the other party talking about asking for help again.
The Queen put away her curiosity and said seriously:
"You said you are sure that the orcs who attacked you are in possession of the weapons of the Duze Dynasty?"
The old man felt a little uneasy. But he could only tell the truth:
"Yes, those beasts are not only huge in number, but also have extremely sophisticated weapons and equipment. And most importantly, the beasts did not even conceal the Duze logo on those weapons."
"Those weapons were definitely delivered directly to them by the Duze Dynasty. Otherwise, the weak orcs would not have been able to obtain such a large number of Duze weapons."
"Just weapons without direct involvement of the Tuze people?"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I can only say that when I broke through, I didn't see any humans involved. I can't give an accurate answer as to whether the Duze people were directly involved in this matter."
The Queen nodded and then looked at Mozo and said:
"He's not lying. So, what do you think, Mozo?"
As for whether to support these survivors, the Queen herself tends to be negative, because the current situation of Loran is that everything needs to be rebuilt.
And the most fundamental problem is that the current Loran is only in the same position as Duze in name. In fact, as the only dynasty that has survived for many years, Duze is by no means comparable to the new Loran.
However, the Queen valued Mozo's ideas more.
This is always the case with gods and kings.
Hearing this, Mozo turned to look at the Queen, and without any hesitation, he said to the Queen:
"Everything in Luolan is in ruins right now. And Luolan is destined to be unable to compare with Duze in terms of size for quite a long time. Your Majesty, I don't think we should interfere in this matter."
Mozo has countless ways to make Roland and even more forces participate without hesitation.
But that's not right. Because they're not in it because they should be, they're in it because Mozo wants them to be in it.
Therefore, as the Duke of Cromwell, Mozzo could not give a reasonable reason for asking Roland to come to the rescue.
Similarly, as the Sun King or the Storm King, he could not give a legitimate reason.
If the world in the painting still existed, Mozo might be able to use methods such as exchanging interests to reasonably and legitimately invite allies to join.
But now, Mozo couldn't find any reason other than his personal feelings.
Mozo couldn't let countless people lose their lives because of his personal feelings.
Hearing that the new king, Mozo, seemed to be planning to deny their request for help, the old man could not help but stand up, kneel forward and walk a few steps before shouting in grief:
"Your Majesty, you are our only hope! And isn't your dynasty in conflict with the Duze people?"
In response to the old man's cry, Mozo was silent for a moment before saying:
"You have not received any inheritance from the Victoria Dynasty. So you can't offer enough benefits for us to ignore the risks of rushing to help. Luolan is indeed a dynasty. But we can't ignore the Duze people either."
"It is true that there are some problems between us and the Duze Dynasty, but that is not a direct battle. It is destined to be a long struggle at the negotiation table."
"I sympathize with your situation, but we also need to consider our people. Or is your hometown in a disputed area between us?"
These two simple sentences clarified Roland's attitude. Although Mozo included a hint of hope in the last sentence, it still made the old man and the middle-aged man fall into great despair.
"No, Your Majesty, our hometown is Saragan. It is far away from your borders."
The Queen also sighed at this time and said:
"We will not actually provide any support for your hometown, but I will write a letter in my personal name and give it to the King of Fertility and Light. Tell them that there is nothing of value in your hometown."
"But I must tell you that this will not have any effect."
This is just a little bit of goodwill from the Queen towards these survivors. It is precious, but that's all.
After giving two bitter smiles, the old man stood up in silence, then bowed solemnly to Mozo and the Queen.
After doing all this, the old man gently pulled the middle-aged man up in great silence and slowly left the audience hall.
Hope is gone, where is the way forward
After both of them left the audience hall, the Queen said to Mozo:
"I can feel that you seem to want to help them, but is this really a good idea?"
Mozo nodded with great regret but very decisively and said:
"Loran has no reason and should not get involved. Now that I am in this position, I must be responsible for this identity."
The queen nodded slightly, then calmly and naturally took Mozo's hand, patted the back of his hand gently and said:
"If you change your mind, you can tell me. Luolan is not as good as Duze, but they also have to be cautious with us!"
The size difference between the two sides is extremely huge, but they are the same at the top.
Mozo said to the Queen gratefully:
"You don't have to take it so seriously. It's just a very normal and common thing."
There are countless pitiful and tragic things, even in a world where gods really exist, and they make people feel helpless.
This is the helpless truth that Mozo discovered a long time ago.
However, having said that, Mozo is still very grateful to this world, because the most impossible thing in the extraordinary world is impossibility itself!
So although there are still many things that Mozo cannot change, at the same time, there are also more things that he can do!
After returning to his mansion, Mozo once again took out the Pure White Scales.
At this moment, Mozo is no longer Cromwell or Thranduil.
He is now Angel, the Lord of Shadow Painting!
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The pure white balance that was taken out did not start chattering as it did last time. Instead, it looked around and turned to Mozo and said:
"Partner, if you want to make a deal, I suggest you make a deal that's safe from prying eyes."
The last time the Queen suddenly appeared, she had her reasons and even Chunbai Ping herself was convinced.
But considering the strange feeling he had at that time, Pure White Libra still suggested that Mozo be more cautious.
After all, even if we don't have to guard against the Queen, we have to guard against the person who tore off Mozo's memory without anyone noticing.
I wasn’t scared by the goddess!
Mozo was stunned for a moment and wanted to say that it should not be necessary in the Queen's territory, but after changing his mind, he told the Queen that Roland should not interfere in this matter.
The Queen probably wouldn't eavesdrop, but what if
So Mozo agreed to Pure White Libra's proposal and said:
"The capital of the Victoria Dynasty was not destroyed by the aftermath of the God War. It was moved underground in Saragan by the Lord of Painting Shadows using his own power. I will exchange this information for a secret."
"Is that how the city disappeared? You are amazing, partner. You actually knew about this!"