When Kiara set foot on the frost-covered land in the north, her memory couldn't help but go back to that distant afternoon thirty-four years ago when her father took her to the Sea of Sorrow at the end of the world to see the ice.
It was the southernmost point of the continent, thousands of kilometers away from the Mycroft Continent. Her father once said that thousands of years ago, this place was originally a paradise for life to thrive, with countless naive, swaying black and white people. Two-colored fat birds live here, and a special race of people called the Xinleyans also live on this continent entirely composed of ice. They make a living by hunting seals and catching fish. In the relationship between the Mother of the Earth and the God of the Oceans, Live a peaceful and peaceful life under shelter.
Kiara didn't care about the past of the Black and White Birds and the primitive people, but that place was the home base of the last remnants of the Earth Temple, which once flourished thousands of years ago as a universal belief. It wasn't that she couldn't tell the difference between the north and the south, but when the young female elder of the Earth Temple saw the familiar sky full of ice and snow, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Today's Earth Temple has been torn into pieces, and the abandoned castle in the ice field is no longer the headquarters of their group.
From the wide rocky road in the suburbs, she walked into the satellite city where guard knights patrolled from time to time. Kiara calmly passed under the eyes of the tall, young but imposing Radcliffe family guard knights. After entering the city, her elegant appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people - although there are people with hair of all colors on the Mycroft continent, there are very few people with purple gem-like hair, not to mention this strange woman There is an inexplicable charm about him that will attract others to get close to him involuntarily.
"He is a high-level professional." He quickly shook his head and woke up from the natural charm. A knight immediately said nervously to his colleague beside him: "The strength should be at the high-level gold level. Inform the White Dragon Knights to do this." Good emergency preparedness!”
"There's no need to make such a fuss, right? In today's main city, several golden masters come to visit the lord every day... Who would do something under the eyes of a legendary master? Wouldn't that be suicide?"
Another knight patted the panting war horse under him. He was not charmed, but his horse couldn't control itself and wanted to kneel down and surrender. This made him only laugh and curse. : "I have given you so much kindness for so long, but you still can't match the beauty of other people's faces?"
Although he said this, the news of a golden powerhouse entering the city was quickly reported to every corner of the city. Nowadays, Moldavia has basically popularized communication arrays. Because of the concentration of magic power, It has been greatly improved, and the most difficult and expensive charging link has disappeared. Nowadays, this simple magic circle has been mass-produced all over the world, and Beidi is just the first batch.
Kiara naturally knew this, but she didn't care. Rather, it was part of her plan to tell the adult in advance that the messenger had arrived as promised.
And before the other party's invitation - or order came, she wanted to take a good look at the city.
Passing through the southern satellite city, which in many places was just a foundation and a rudimentary framework, and arriving around the inner city wall of Moldavia, Kiara looked at this vibrant northern city. On the roadside, from time to time, there were people holding skis, three There were five groups of teenagers preparing to go out to play in the countryside. In the snowy areas on the roadside, many children under ten years old could be seen laughing and throwing snowballs at each other. Most of their parents were sitting aside, smoking. Tobacco, or drinking half a bottle of turbid wine, watching this scene with a smile.
"so good… "
The young female elder of the Earth Temple couldn't help but let out a sigh. She stopped and looked at the children who were no longer worried about their safety even if they went to the suburbs. Her thoughts were racing in her heart. Perhaps for the locals, this was... It’s just daily life that is not worth mentioning, but for the intelligent life in other areas of Mycroft Continent, it is a pleasure that is extremely difficult to enjoy - outside the city wall, it is the domain of Warcraft and thieves. As long as you leave the city, civilians Life is not guaranteed. Farmers need to prepare bows and knives in every household. Even if they cannot defeat the monsters that suddenly attack, they must at least hold on until the guard team arrives. For them, let alone go. Playing in the countryside, even if you leave your own one-third of an acre of land, you will feel frightened.
In other parts of the world, most civilians have never seen the scenery hundreds of miles away from their hometown. Some of them have never even left the land where they were born. But here, in Moldavia in the north, children When we were young, we were able to freely go out to play outside the city without worrying about safety, cross rivers on ice, climb mountains, and see distant scenery. This is a sublimation of knowledge.
Many people believe that the existence of legendary strong men will suddenly make a land become a place of outstanding people, and a steady stream of strong men and sages will appear and join the other party's banner. Ordinary people attribute this to the legendary powerhouses and think it is due to their teachings, but Kiara believes that although it is also because of the legendary powerhouses, the most essential reason for the change is just because of the broadening of their horizons. A child who has seen a wider world since childhood is completely different from a child who has been wandering around the house all his life. The 'size of the heart' is the root of the difference between the two.
"Dear Elder Kiara, the Lord is waiting for you."
Accompanied by the gentle sound of horse hooves, a team of fifteen people suddenly appeared next to Kiara, who was admiring the city. This team had three knights, eight archers and four spear and shield guards. The leather armor and armor on the chest were engraved with the logo of the city guard. Seeing their arrival, the surrounding civilians automatically moved away to make room for them, but this relatively young female elder just smiled. Shrugging: "The speed is really fast, he is a real elite."
"Your praise." Nodding slightly, the leading knight was not moved by Kiara's slightly charming face: "Please follow us."
But the female elder who had done her homework before and knew the location of the Lord's Mansion was a little confused: "This is not the direction leading to the Lord's Mansion."
"The Lord is not in the Lord's Mansion now." Another knight replied in a low voice: "My Lord was inspecting the city guard station, so I will meet you at the tower not far away."
This is a good explanation, and Kiara doesn't think there is anything wrong. Originally, she was the weaker party when she came this time. The other party can do whatever they want, and there is no need to take care of her emotions.
However, the armor of these knights is really luxurious. Looking at the city guard team that surrounded her, not so much for protection, but for escort, Kiara noticed that their armors all had looming magic lines, which meant that at worst it was an enchanted piece of equipment. , and it seems that every city guard patrolling the streets has the same equipment, which almost means that they have almost popularized magic armor-this kind of thing was simply unimaginable before the great demon wave.
Before the emotion dissipated, Kiara soon arrived under the city wall tower not far away. At the entrance of the tower, the city guard team that had escorted her disbanded on the spot and returned. When they arrived at their posts, the female elder, who had been feeling quite relaxed along the way, subconsciously took a few quick breaths to relieve the sudden chest tightness and trembling.
"This coercion... is even worse than the reaction of the artifacts in the Great Temple..."
Looking deeply at the top of the tower, Kiara suddenly smiled and shook her head, striding towards the top floor. When she learned that she was the one to appear and meet the rumored murderer of the earl, she She had already been mentally prepared for it. Even death could not make her hesitate, let alone mere pressure.
She reached the top of the tower and saw the back of a man. He was wearing a black cloak without any showy patterns or decorations. He didn't react at all to Kiara's arrival. It wasn't until the other party was half kneeling on the ground that he said lightly: "Here we come." Ah, betrayer."
This sentence undoubtedly stung Kiara's heart, but she could not refute it. Because she knew that no matter how noble their reasons were and no matter how unavoidable the pain was, in the final analysis they still betrayed all life in Mycroft's world. If the situation is still the same as it was hundreds of years ago, and they succeed, then they may be heroes who save the world. But now that the flames have been rekindled and they have failed, they are irrefutable betrayers, especially in the face of This man, this hero who seems to have taken the lead in rekindling the flames.
"Hey, Goddess?"
Turning his head, the man's voice raised slightly, as if he was a little curious: "The Earth Temple is very sincere, and it doesn't actually send cannon fodder to reconcile... Okay, don't kneel, I didn't release the pressure, stand up and repeat what you High Priest wants to do to you." what I said."
"Yes, sir."
Her head was lowered, and she instinctively did not dare to look at the other person. Kiara didn't know why, but she couldn't even think of resisting at all. Instead, she obediently followed the other person's words. She immediately repeated the story of the old man in the Great Temple for a few minutes. The high priest dictated to her sentence after sentence.
But Joshua's heart sank slightly as he listened to the retelling of the half-blood god with jewel-like hair.
"Isn't this the rightful person?" He thought helplessly.
The female elder of the Earth Temple, who had contacted the imperial royal family a long time ago and expressed her desire to reconcile with the Radcliffe family, smoothly recited the words of their high priest, removing the meaningless information. The meaning expressed is roughly the following: the original Earth Temple camp, that is, the latent force that has been driving the war behind the scenes for hundreds of years, and has joined forces with the five-color dragon clan, abyss demons and evil god believers, has now been destroyed due to the rekindling of the flames. Fragmented, the factions that had little support for the original plan have now completely separated from the organization, whitewashing themselves as nobles, mages, or local forces. Those who supported the original 'Descent into the Abyss' plan also split into more than a dozen scattered organizations, large and small.
Kiara's faction is a conservative faction of the Grand Temple. Most of them are descendants of the Mother Goddess with the blood of the Earth Mother Goddess. They feel the same pain that Mycroft once felt in the continent, so they have been working hard to In order to eliminate this pain, that is, to repair nature through various methods, or even to reshape nature, of course, this is useless. The original Mycrof Continent was dead from the root, and no matter how much it is repaired, it will not help. , so they also became part of joining the abyss. But Nolan's original faction was a radical faction that actively contacted the abyss demons and even evil gods. They had gone crazy because of the pain. Rather than eliminating the pain, they wanted to share the pain with the world. Everyone, let everyone experience the horror of the impending destruction of the world.
Now, because the Church of the Seven Gods and the southern countries have joined forces to suppress the lurking Earth Temple forces in all aspects, both conservatives and radicals are in a dilemma. It can be said that the radicals are basically lunatics similar to cultists, and The conservatives have a bit of a headache. Although they did plan a lot of conspiracies in the past, now that the flames have been rekindled and the earth has regained its vitality, they have lost their driving force and motivation. Now they have no interest in starting it, let alone with the Seven Gods. The church and other major forces resisted, and there were calls for surrender and reconciliation within the organization. In desperation, the Grand Temple could only send a large number of envoys to every force that had been more or less antagonistic, intending to hold blood for peace talks.
As a conqueror of the Abyss of Anos, a participant in the Battle of the Mad Dragon, and someone who had faced the replica of the Ember Earth Divine Sword, Joshua did owe him an explanation, and he had a close personal relationship with the Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods. If possible, I hope to introduce them to you.
Even saying such words is enough to prove that the other party is not lying. Joshua nodded. There were indeed not many people who dared to lie to him nowadays, and Kiara was not one of them. Although she could speak calmly and fluently in front of him who showed hostility, she could not stay away from him. There is still a long way to go before sensual deception - she did have some words left unsaid, but this is human nature.
But since he is not the rightful owner, there is no interest in him. There is no enmity in the first place, and peace talks are meaningless. And just when Joshua was about to stop the conversation and send the god descendant out of Moldavia, Kiara seemed to have a premonition of something and suddenly said: "The high priest once said that with your character, you must You are not interested in this kind of thing, so we are willing to serve you as the [Mountain Envoy] of the Earth Temple, holding the highest authority in our organization of descendants of the Mother Goddess... "
"Messenger of Chongshan?"
This sentence immediately made Joshua frown slightly. In his previous life, he also conquered the mist of divine disaster [Rock Mountain Giant God] of the Mother Goddess of the Earth. Of course, he understood what the title of Chongshan Messenger meant. It was enough to be compared with Authority comparable to that of the high priest of the temple, and the privilege of being able to communicate directly with God.
"But..." The warrior temporarily gave up the idea of sending Kiara away. He asked with some confusion: "Isn't that a title only awarded to Titans?"
Chongshan, Thunder, Forests, Rivers... Titles like these should be titles that can only be given to the son of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, a pure-blood Titan. For these people in the Earth Temple, they are actually willing to take the whole world with them for the sake of the Earth Goddess who has died. For the guys in the abyss, even if they are facing destruction with the Church of the Seven Gods, they will never make concessions in this regard.
"Aren't you an existence with the bloodline of the Chongshan Titan?" Now it was Kiara's turn to be surprised. She even subconsciously raised her head and said: "The power of steel in your body is the best proof!"
"Interesting, when did I become a Titan again?"
Touching the battlements at the tower beside him, Joshua smiled. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the Earth Temple's speculation, because his power of steel had indeed been obtained by Urban, the mountain titan of the Grandia world. Under Denis's guidance, his true form was a steel giant like a Titan. It was not surprising that this familiar aura caused the other party to misjudge, and he even praised the other party for his keenness.
And everything makes sense - I accidentally offended my family before, and now of course I have to reconcile as soon as possible.
"But this reason is not enough. Go on and tell the whole truth."
Of course, Joshua knew that he was not a descendant of the Titans at all, but because he thought of Urbandeni's guidance to him, the warrior planned to give this group of people a chance. He slightly released his pressure: "Your heart is racing. Beating, I can see your blood flowing and your muscle fibers shaking... You can't hide a legend."
As long as the other party is willing to tell the truth, then everything is not impossible.
Feeling the increasingly strong pressure, Kiara was shocked to realize that Joshua had indeed deliberately restrained the pressure before. Amid the hallucinations of monsters roaring and darkness spreading, she forced herself to explain: "Because... in this In the world, only the Chongshan Titan possesses the prototype of the power of steel, while the other titans are just ordinary elemental powers... Even in the heyday of the Temple of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, there were only a few people who held the power of origin. In today's world, You are the only one..."
"We have lost the inheritance of steel. It is because of this that the Great Temple series declined and was seized by the radicals..."
Almost her whole body was trembling, Kiara's voice became lower and lower, and Joshua, who sensed that the other party was about to fall into coma, restrained his pressure slightly, allowing her to speak smoothly: "What the high priest means is, at any cost We must be on good terms with you at all costs, and for this, we can offer you the classics passed down by the envoys of the Chongshan Mountain and the practitioners of the Power of Origin for thousands of years or even from the Glorious Era!"
Wouldn't it be better if you said no earlier
Blinking, Joshua really didn't expect such an unexpected gain. He thought for a while and planned to ask someone to send the nervous female elder, who was dripping sweat all over the floor and almost collapsed, to take a rest for a while. , and then contact Eagle later to ask about the situation before making a confirmation, but what he didn't expect was that Kiara seemed to think that this meant that the warrior still planned to refuse, so she raised her head with a hint of madness. Look into the warrior's eyes.
"You'll definitely be interested!"
Coughing and saying, Kiara, who was almost suffocated by the resentment and coercion on Joshua's body, revealed a sickly distortion in her voice. Her teacher seemed to recall something terrible, her delicate and beautiful face It revealed a deep hidden fear: "During those tortured days, we did everything. We lurked into various countries, studied ancient magic spells, searched for ancient dark ruins, and analyzed the restoration of black forests. Environment... Our original limit was like this. The Earth Temple was originally a loose organization of a group of descendants of divine blood who gathered spontaneously. Even if we thought for ten thousand years, we could not figure out how to plunge the world into the abyss, and we would never be able to fight against the Five-Colored Dragon Clan and the Five Colored Dragon Clan. The Lord of the Abyss is related... How could we do it? It was only with the help of beings from outside the world... "
"What do you want to say?" Unexpectedly, there was still secret information. Joshua immediately looked serious and continued to ask, but at this time, Kiara was paralyzed on the ground, almost in shock, coming from past memories. The mixture of fear and Joshua's pressure brought her spirit to its limit, and she could only hear her muttering these few words.
"It's them..."
"The darkness among the stars..."
Asking for monthly tickets (whisper)
By the way, he is not an evil god... I don’t need to say so much about the evil god.
(End of chapter)