"Well, since you insist on doing this, we can't persuade you."
After saying this, Anne raised her head with a cold expression and said:
"Stranger, it's too late for you to say anything now!"
As Anne finished her words, the sky of the entire world in the painting turned a strange scarlet.
Although it was not stated explicitly, Mozo knew that the world in the painting could not be easily entered or exited at this moment.
After looking around, Mozo lowered his head and asked Anne, who had an extremely cold expression, "It doesn't matter, but is Queen Victoria okay? And what about the princess you mentioned earlier?"
The princess that Mozo heard at the beginning has always been bothering Mozo.
The Victorian royal family has no so-called bloodline descendants, so what about this princess
For Mozo who still refused to repent, Anne, who had a cold face just now, suddenly fell down.
"You are such a stubborn person, or are you confident that you can make it to the end?"
After rubbing the corners of her eyes, Annie said to Mozo with a bit of amusement:
"The princess you are talking about is Her Majesty the Queen. She is the partner of our faith, the mistress of this dynasty—Queen Victoria!"
"The queen is the princess?"
Mozo was a little confused by this statement.
"Yes, the queen is the princess. As for why it became like this, I can only say that it is a little fun created by time."
Anne did not explain further. She put down her hands that were rubbing the corners of her eyes, put her hands together in front of her waist and said to Mozo:
"Don't you want to know what happened here?"
"Then let's start from the beginning."
Seeing this, Mozo could only put away his curiosity and nodded and said:
"Please start!"
"You should know that all of us moved here to seek refuge during the war between gods, right?"
"Yes, I know basically everything about what happened at that time. But I have no idea what happened in the world of the painting."
"You know a lot, you strange stranger. But it's good this way, it saves me a lot of trouble."
Anne's voice gradually became filled with a hint of nostalgia for the past, as well as more helplessness and loneliness.
"Everything was fine at first. Although everyone was uneasy, we all believed that our Lord God would be able to return to the world in the painting to continue to protect and guide us."
"This is also the greatest spiritual support for Her Majesty the Queen."
"And the shelter created for us by our Lord God, His Majesty Angel, is unexpectedly perfect. If everything outside were not so disturbing, living here would definitely be a very good thing."
"In the first few years or even hundreds of years, we and Her Majesty the Queen were able to hold on to the belief that the Lord God would return sooner or later."
"But as time goes by, we and the people who have become accustomed to living in the world of paintings are fine. But it is becoming increasingly difficult for Her Majesty the Queen, who has lost her husband."
"Her Majesty wanted to leave the world in the painting and look for any trace of her husband, but she couldn't, because after our faith left, Her Majesty the Queen was the only hope for all her subjects."
"It's fine if it's only for a short time, but what if Her Majesty the Queen also leaves like His Majesty Angel and never comes back?"
"In that war-torn era, a dynasty without gods was already very disturbing. What's more, even the last queen and angels are leaving?"
"So Her Majesty the Queen can only suffer in this garden-like world forever."
287 Nightmare
In that ancient and distant age of gods, although Yuanchu had fallen in the blood and fire started by the ancient gods, this One who brought all things together did not fade out of people's sight.
Because in that era, it was not only the dragons that had been waging wars of revenge against the ancient gods, making the name Origin always active in the sight of every living being.
And most importantly, the biggest reason why the old gods and the new gods all fought each other was because of a rumor that came from nowhere. Or it could be said that it was because of the stubbornness born out of greed - Sequence Zero was not the end.
Every god wants to take that impossible step, and their followers also desire to be promoted and exempted as a result.
However, it was not until the end of the long Age of Gods that all participants suddenly realized that what they and the Lord God were pursuing was nothing but a huge joke.
Starting from one, how does one become one
When this belated awakening appeared in the hearts of all living beings, the crazy war of the Age of Gods also came to an end with the demise of the last ancient god.
But this does not exist for the people in the world of the painting!
There is no doubt that their memory of the outside world remains in the Age of Gods, that is, that truly chaotic era where races and nations were easily exterminated.
Even the reason why they hid in this garden-like world in the painting was because of the terrible war between the Age of Gods.
So for the people of the Victorian dynasty.
Their situation is like a grasshopper on fire, which could lead to disaster at any time.
Therefore, the existence of the queen is very necessary. In the years when the Lord of Painting Shadows, Angel, is absent, the king will obviously be the pillar of his followers.
No matter how dark the road ahead is, as long as there is such a pillar, people will have hope to live on.
Victoria was therefore afraid to leave the world in the painting, because she was not sure whether she could come back immediately.
She was afraid that something might happen that would prevent her from returning in time, and she was even more afraid of discovering a truth that she could not accept.
As for letting the rest of the people leave the world in the painting to collect intelligence, not to mention whether they should rashly contact the unknown outside world, the question of who should go is an unsolvable and strange problem - no matter how strong or weak, there will be corresponding thorny problems.
And in her husband's absence, she wanted to fulfill her duties as a wife and queen as much as possible.
Therefore, Queen Victoria has been doing her best to maintain the operation of this small dynasty in the world of paintings.
Just as Angel, the Lord of Shadows, promised to all his people, this is a beautiful world like a garden.
Food, clean water, shelter, everything is perfect. Even the weather is always warm and spring.
This was an unimaginable miracle in Mozo's previous life. But in this world full of extraordinary beings, although this was also an incredible miracle, it seemed insignificant in the hands of Sequence Zero.
As time went by, day after day, year after year, people, fearing the outside world, became more and more content with the good life in the painting world.
But the queen's heart became haggard and withered in the increasingly long wait.
The queen's panic over the loss of her husband is a problem that almost every citizen of the world in the painting can easily see.
So as the queen became more and more uneasy, these people who were increasingly content with the beauty of the painting world also became uneasy.
Just as the people could easily see the queen's uneasiness, the girl who could see through Mozo's nature of being homeless at a glance could naturally see it as well.
Anne stopped reminiscing after saying this. She turned to look at the silent Mozo and said:
"In order to allow us, the burdens handed over to us by Her Majesty Angel, to continue to live in peace, Her Majesty the Queen made an unimaginable decision. That was the beginning of everything now."
Mozo no longer remained silent and raised his head and said:
"Queen Victoria - chose to sleep?"
"Yes, the Queen's life is eternal, but for a king who has lost God, eternal life is no longer a blessing but a curse and torture!"
"Her Majesty the Queen knows that if this continues, she will definitely leave the world in the painting regardless of everything. So in order to avoid that moment, Her Majesty the Queen used her own abilities to weave a beautiful dream for herself that she will never wake up from!"
"We have no idea what kind of dream Her Majesty put herself in. But since then, Her Majesty the Queen, who fell into a deep sleep, did laugh for real."
Anne couldn't help but smile knowingly when she recalled the Queen's smile when she was sleeping:
"That was the first time I saw Her Majesty the Queen smile so happily since my Lord left. The time between us was so long that I almost forgot what Her Majesty's real smile looked like."
"Is this why Queen Victoria has been sleeping till now? But what caused all this now?"
Victoria is the king of the Lord of Painted Shadows, and the king of the gods, in addition to his own path, can also have an additional adjacent path because of the original blessing and the protection of the gods.
Not all kings have achieved this, but there are not many such kings, because the gods will not tolerate their kings failing to achieve "perfection"!
Victoria, who had Mozzo's support, was naturally not among them.
So in addition to being a Sequence One in the Artist Path, Victoria is also a Sequence One in the Nightmare Path.
Victoria, who is both the real painter and the ultimate nightmare, naturally has the ability to weave a beautiful dream for herself that she will never wake up from.
And if that were the case, then what about the fire that burned the world and the now deserted world in the painting
The world in Mozzo's painting is still intact. So it's something else
Mozo seemed to have thought of something and said:
"After the death of the ancient god Sto, His uniqueness has never appeared in the world. Could it be that..."
"Yes, the uniqueness of the ancient god Sto floated into our world of paintings because of the law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics."
The extraordinary characteristics will not remain silent. They will spontaneously gather towards other extraordinary characteristics or qualified people.
This time may be unimaginably long, or it may be terrifyingly fast.
The ancient god Sto was the sequence zero of the Nightmare Path. In the final battle that marked the end of the Age of Gods, only Victoria was left of the sequence one of the Nightmare Path. Of the remaining two, one was naturally in the body of the ancient god Sto, and the other was missing.
Therefore, after the fall of the ancient god Sto, it was extremely normal for his ownerless uniqueness to drift into the world of the painting because Victoria was "close at hand"!
288 Atonement
"This is a problem that should have been discovered long ago, but we, who are not even at Sequence Two, waited until the situation was irreversible before we realized the problem."
"At first, it was just the weather becoming unpredictable. Later, it evolved into food shortages, water pollution and other problems that should never have occurred."
"And the scariest thing is that even in the forest without any large predators, there are deformed and powerful monsters."
"At this point, most of us still believe that the world in the painting left by His Majesty Ingres can no longer be sustained."
"Only a few extraordinary people like me who follow the artist path can use the convenience of the same path to determine that the problem is not in the world of the painting, but something deeper."
"But because we can't give a definite reason, we waste a lot of energy and time trying in vain to repair the world in the painting that doesn't need to be repaired when there is still hope of recovery."
"After we tried various methods to no avail, we finally made up our minds to wake up Her Majesty the Queen. It was only then that we discovered the crux of the problem—the uniqueness of the nightmare path was hidden in the Queen's dream."
"Your Majesty has gone from being unwilling to wake up to being unable to wake up because of this."
Mozo shook his head and frowned and asked:
"Why not try to wake Queen Victoria earlier?"
"Because we were afraid that once the Queen woke up, she would look at this garden world that was gradually falling apart and would not think about repairing it, but leaving instead!"
"We have lived in the garden for too long and have begun to fear everything outside."
"Because of fear and selfishness, we lost the last chance to turn things around. What a mockery!"
“That’s why I always think that if we had other angels or a Sequence 2 demigod, we might be able to discover the root of the problem earlier and solve it before the uniqueness merges too much with Her Majesty the Queen.”
At this point, Annie suddenly said to Mozo curiously:
"By the way, do you know the godhood ritual of the Nightmare Path?"
Mozo nodded and said:
"Of course I know that the ancient god Sto is not an orthodox ancient god created directly by the original. He was guided to become a god because he was appreciated and loved by the original."
The God of Stogu was not the eldest son but the second son. But no matter whether it was the eldest son or the second son, except for the dragons, they all chose shameful rebellion or silence at the last moment.
"Therefore, the deification ceremony of the ancient god Sto is not a secret. On the contrary, it is even common sense recorded in countless ancient scriptures to praise the origin."
"Although it's not explicitly stated, the godhood ritual of the Nightmare Path should be about giving up on a beautiful dream that you know is fake but can't let go of, right?"
Many people say that the deification ritual of the Nightmare Path is the simplest, because you all know it is fake, so why can't you give up
But in fact, this is the real difficulty - can you really give up the dream that you know is false but still can't let go of? Or is the dream that you give up really in line with the conditions of the ritual
Even the ancient god Sto, who had the original guidance at that time, failed three times before he succeeded by chance with the help of his eldest sons.
Such a luxurious fan club, although unprecedented, will certainly not be surpassed in the future.
Hearing this, Anne crossed her arms and laughed at herself:
"But a god who was so loved and blessed by the original gods chose to betray at the last moment. What a mockery, just like us."
"Fortunately, we are different from the ancient god Stan. Although we failed Her Majesty the Queen's sacrifice, we did not make a mistake to the end."
Anne crossed her arms, turned around and looked towards the palace and said:
"Because Her Majesty's self-sleep accidentally conformed to the Nightmare Path's godhood ritual, Her Majesty became more and more integrated with that uniqueness during her long sleep. This should have been a good thing."
"Because our queen has the hope of becoming a god. But this is also a very bad thing, because Her Majesty is also the King of Angels!"
In theory, dual-path transcendents cannot exist. The only exceptions are the kings, who have the original special privilege and the protection of the gods.