The next few days were uneventful. Neither the gods above nor the armies of the two countries confronting each other in the world have any intention of fighting.
But everyone knows that fierce fighting is inevitable. As the saying goes, there is a brief calm before the storm, and this is what we are talking about now.
On this day, a special guest came to the Temple of the God of Knights in Thunder City, the capital of the Principality of Thunder.
The invisible jellyfish swayed and flew to the hall dedicated to the statue of the God of Knights. Because almost all the force of the entire church went to support the Eagle Kingdom, and it was not the time to pray, there were very few people here, only two trainees. The priest was cleaning the yard outside, but there was no one in the hall.
Sui Xiong stopped in front of the statue and said with a smile in a voice that only gods could hear: "God of Knights, Brother Astoril, are you at home?"
The statue showed no reaction.
He was not in a hurry, and still said with a smile: "Don't pretend to be dead, I know you must be at home! Even if you can't lower your clone, you can always lower your mind to chat with me."
The statue remained unresponsive.
"Look, I came all the way here to see you, and I'm very sincere. You are also a virtuous knight, right? Is it virtuous to turn away guests who have come from afar?"
An aura that mortals couldn't see floated on the statue, and a thought appeared out of thin air. He sighed deeply: "Void Mask, I don't think I have anything to talk about with you."
Because it was his thoughts, He spoke very fluently this time, without any dull feeling.
Seeing that the god of knights finally appeared, Sui Xiong smiled even more happily: "You can't say that. There is no harm in talking more between people, right? When I went to visit the orc gods before, I happened to see When you greeted them, I was very curious, so I came here today to find out - what on earth did you and LeFon talk about?"
The God of Knights was silent for a moment and replied: "This has nothing to do with you."
"How could it be okay? I also went for peace."
There was some surprise in the voice of the God of Knights: "Peace? You also went for peace?"
"Of course!" Sui Xiong, who finally found a common topic, raised his eyebrows, "I also went to persuade Le Feng and the others not to fight. The world is so big, there is enough room for humans and orcs to live, so there is no need to force everyone to fight to the death!"
The God of Knights was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with the war itself. We just need to control the scale of the war and avoid post-war massacres."
"That's right. What LeFon and his friends are doing now, although there is no massacre, is essentially annihilating the human race in the occupied areas!"
"... It's not genocide but mutation, or turning into the weakest kind of hybrid half-orc." The voice of the God of Knights was also full of indignation, "They want to enslave them forever!"
Sui Xiong had never thought about this. He was suddenly shocked and nodded repeatedly: "You are right! This approach is too unkind! Even if you want to mix blood, you should find tigers and lions to mix blood. What's the point of getting a group of rabbits to mix blood? Use it? Can rabbits be beaten? Or are they good at magic? They are not even good at farming!"
The two of them had a common language, and naturally the topics of conversation gradually increased. Under Sui Xiong's deliberate guidance, the topic changed several times, involving many things that he had always been interested in but had never been clear about.
As a true elder among the gods, the God of Knights was born in the barbaric era. It was an era when humans and orcs were just born. The wild beasts were still raging on the earth, and the goddess of life still carried the gold she created. The ethnic group (high elves) lived in the Ancient Forest—of course, the Ancient Forest was not called this name at that time. The ancient gods often fought in the void, and the four great powers of order, chaos, good and evil were still there. Most of the gods that Sui Xiong knew and knew were not even born yet.
From then to now, the God of Knights has gone through a long period of time that can drive historians crazy, and has experienced countless major events. It is no exaggeration to say that He is a living dictionary among the gods, a living epic. Sui Xiong curiously asked Him about those ancient things. Although He had to recall many things before he could answer them, He answered them in detail every time, which made Sui Xiong very satisfied.
Strictly speaking, these are gossip topics and have little significance in reality. But Sui Xiong likes this kind of topic very much, and... judging from the look of the God of Knights, he probably also likes to talk about this kind of topic.
"It's strange. You do this when you know something. Why don't you talk to people more often?" Sui Xiong asked curiously, "The frog in the ancient elf temple in the Taikoo Forest is revered as a sage. How can you be better than that?" A frog knows more, so why not also be known as the 'Sage Ancient God'?"
"Sage... haha..." The God of Knights smiled nostalgically, "For a while, I was quite keen on being a sage. At that time, I also liked to become a mortal, wandering around the main plane, looking for Those young people with outstanding talents and strong will, teach them and watch them grow..."
"Damn it! You even played a guest role as a great sage! But it's right to think about it. With your age and qualifications, being a great sage is perfectly fine. There's no problem at all..."
The God of Knights liked Sui Xiong's statement very much, smiled again, and said: "Among my students, the most outstanding one is probably..."
He suddenly stopped, was silent for a moment, and sighed deeply.
"Hey! Old man, why did you become mute all of a sudden? It's very annoying to talk half-heartedly!"
"It's nothing, it's all past events that are not worth mentioning." The God of Knights sighed, "It's been so long, it's not interesting anymore."
"How could it be boring! Who is your most proud student? Tell me!" Sui Xiong said anxiously, "Don't talk in half words!"
"My two students have great powers, and they can sense it when their names are mentioned. They don't like others talking behind their backs, and talking about it makes them unhappy."
Sui Xiong curled his lips and unfolded his soul force field, covering everything around him.
"It's no problem now, this place is completely blocked, no matter what you say, no one will know."
The God of Knights was silent for a while and said: "The connection between my body and this place has also been cut off. It's really incredible..."
Sui Xiong shouted: "Hey! I spent all my efforts to shield this area just to listen to your stories, not to listen to your emotions!"
The God of Knights smiled and said: "Since you are so curious and quite capable, I will tell you. I have changed many identities and taught many students. The most talented one is Joel Gardman , the most capable one is Uther."
"Joel Gardman... Uther..." Sui Xiong said to himself, thought for a moment, and exclaimed, "Fuck! Isn't that my elder brother, the God of Justice, and the Lord of Glory, the main god of the human race! They are both you. s student?"
"Yes, when I was teaching Joel Gardman, I transformed into an old adventurer named Knight. When teaching Uther, I transformed into an old knight named Tirion. Later, Uther recognized He probably didn’t recognize my true identity, that rough guy named Joel Gardman, so he probably never recognized me.”
"... Damn it!" Sui Xiong felt that he had sighed enough today, "Why didn't you tell him?"
"It's not necessary. He has grown up very well. Although it is different from the direction I taught him, he has also walked a very good path. As an old man who is already contrary to his ideas, why should I put more pressure on him?"
"You can't say that! He should really want to see you again..."
"So what if he sees me again? It's not necessary." The God of Knights said with a smile, "What's more, let him discover that the teacher he has beautified so many times in his memory is actually an old-fashioned person who is often criticized by him. , is it really okay to break his beautiful memory?"
"Your ideas are quite fashionable!"
"Fashionable? That's an interesting word. I never thought anyone would use this to describe me. I'm notoriously old-fashioned and don't know how to adapt. I'm known as the decrepit among the gods."
"People can grow old, but their hearts cannot grow old. I think you still have a young heart, so you can still save it."
The God of Knights laughed loudly, laughed for a while, and then sighed lightly and said: "I am really old, inside and out, completely old... If you hadn't come to chat with me today, I even forgot I could laugh."
"... You must have been miserable! After all, you were the main god of mankind back then. How did you end up like this?" Sui Xiong frowned and said, "I have also seen the previous main god of the orcs. Although that guy always looked sideways It looks weird, but I'm doing much better than you!"
"He is much younger than me. It took almost 10,000 years after I hacked him to death before he was born from his corpse." The God of Knights said with disdain, "Older than me? He is still older than me. Not even close!"
"... Don't brag. I know you are old enough. You are older than the seas and the sea! By the way, you said before that in addition to my eldest brother, the Lord of Glory is also your student. So how do you evaluate this person? Two students?"
The God of Knights pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Joel Gardman is a very impulsive person who does whatever he thinks of. He is very stubborn, which is very similar to me. But he hates sticking to rules. He is completely different from me. His background is too low, and I haven't been able to teach him for a long time, so his knowledge is relatively poor. He looks at this and that all day long and is not satisfied. He often shouts, "This world" "It's rotten" and "This world is completely broken". After becoming a god, it is said that he often shouted "I want to correct this wrong world". Because of this, he even went to the Lord of Order to trouble him and wanted him to modify the world. Order…”
"Well, well, I know all this. Later he was beaten so badly that he cultivated himself for a long time."
"Not only was it embarrassing, when I rushed to the Wheel of Order, he had been beaten into a human shape, just like a puddle of mud. Fortunately, the Lord of Order did not intend to really beat him to death, and chatted with me for two days. In short, I took him away - I wrapped him up in an old cloak and took him away, and I had to be careful not to drop a piece of meat or bones on the way... "
"... Damn it! Was he beaten so badly?!"
"He probably doesn't remember it himself. Even if he remembers it, he probably doesn't take it to heart. That's just the way he is. As long as he does something he feels is right, no matter how much he pays or how badly he's beaten, he won't do it. If you back down, you won’t regret it.” The God of Knights said with a smile, “Of all the things I taught him, this is the one he learned best!”