Amber left, Gao Wen quietly watched Veronica/Ophelia, who still looked calm and indifferent, while Pittman stood quietly aside, his eyes slightly squinted, as if closing his eyes to rest his mind.
"I thought you would leave with me," Veronica said to Gawain, "after all, you seem to care about your 'guard'."
"I know her well, she wants to be quiet for a while now," Gao Wen said, "Before that, I still have something to say to you."
"... The rebels are a group of paranoid and fanatical deviant people, and so is our plan," Veronica said frankly before Gawain opened her mouth, "We try to keep humanity in our plan, but humanity alone cannot Against the gods and doomsday—sometimes, some of our methods may seem as cold-blooded and cruel to you as those cultists, I hope you can know this."
"Don't worry, I know this very well. The Abominable Project that Kamel participated in is not fundamentally different from the 'Shadow Project', and these plans have some similarities with the methods of the Death of All Things Society," Gawain shook his head, " The difference is, you're at least trying to stay human."
"It's no different—at least for a client like Miss Amber."
"She will calm down, but what happened today is too much for her," Gao Wen said, "I have some questions for you."
Veronica nodded: "Please tell me."
"Sally Randolph took orders from Francis Moen and went to the Dark Mountains to find the Shadow Fortress—why would Francis II know the existence of the Shadow Fortress?"
This is a very critical question. The rebellious plan is one of the biggest secrets left by the ancient Gondor Empire, but not many people know this secret, so why did the young Francis II know the existence of the Shadow Fortress? He even has a pair of Shadow Signet Rings in his hand to open the fortress—Surrey Randolph’s mission has a very high level of secrecy, and even the Duke Regent at the time didn’t know about it. Does this mean that Francis II secretly Have contact with an ancient rebel, and thus grasp the clues of the Shadow Keep
Although Ansu's royal power had come to an end, and the secrets that Francis II had had are no longer important today, but this matter involved a rebellious plan, and Gao Wen couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
"My 'Royal Father'..." Veronica had an obvious exclamation on her face when she heard the name of Francis II, she sighed softly and shook her head, "I don't know where he learned about it 'Shadowkeep', but from what I've seen and judged, he's not aware of the Rebellious Plan."
"Your observation and judgment?" Gawain keenly grasped another meaning in Veronica's words, "Have you ever suspected that he knew about the rebellious plan?"
"He has a Shadow Signet Ring in his hand, which is enough to interest me," Veronica said indifferently, "but after investigating, I found that he only regards the Shadow Signet Ring as a powerful extraordinary piece of equipment, so I At one time, he thought that he just got an ancient heritage by chance—the creations of the ancient Gondor Empire were taken out of the wasteland with the pioneering troops, and there are still many scattered everywhere. The similar situation is not the same. Special. But after hearing these things you said today, I have a new guess... "
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "A new guess?"
"He has the Shadow Seal Ring, and knows that the ring is the key to open the Shadow Fortress, but just as he doesn't know the connection between the ring and the rebellious plan, he probably doesn't know the secrets behind the Shadow Fortress—he probably only knows the secrets hidden in the Fortress. With powerful power or some kind of treasure, these two things were very attractive to the young king, not to mention that he was eager to change his puppet situation," Veronica said clearly My own guess, "And these incomplete clues and the two seal rings...maybe someone with ulterior motives specially revealed it to him."
Gao Wen frowned: "A person with ulterior motives?"
"...Maybe there are rebels other than Kamel and me," Veronica said, "We, people, dare not die until the ultimate goal is achieved—even if the tide of magic breaks out and the empire is destroyed, we will not die." There will be more than one stubborn ghost crawling out of that wasteland and continuing to carry out the plan of the year, and if these 'ghosts' exist, they are probably the most dangerous."
There was a moment of silence between the two.
Although what Veronica said were inferences, after all, she had been in contact with Francis II as a "daughter" for so many years. Her judgment was highly credible in Gao Wen's opinion, and what she said The situation... also really seems to be the most likely explanation.
There are other rebels still active in the world. She or he secretly contacted Francis II, but he obviously does not want to find an ally like Veronica/Ophelia—he just used the young king as a move , wanted to open the ancient Shadow Fortress through the hands of Francis II, and get what he wanted—but the omission of information led to serious consequences. The Royal Shadow Guard carrying the Shadow Signet never returned, and the mysterious disobedient He cut the line cleanly.
Afterwards, Francis II did not receive any follow-up information about the Shadow Fortress and the rebellious plan, and his private actions could not be known by the Duke Regent at the time, so the matter was finally left alone. No one knew that the king had sent The royal shadow guards went to find some ancient relics, and the shadow seal ring with special power was also packaged by the king as a powerful magic item obtained by coincidence—if Francis could make up stories better, he might even put the ring Packaged as a treasure handed down by the family: Before the Second Dynasty, the Moen family spread widely and held a large number of relics of Gondor. Lies in this area are very difficult to expose.
If all this is true, then there is a very important question: Who wants to get the "inheritance" in the Shadow Fortress through the hands of Francis II, or to put it more directly-who, after decades Want to play Amber's idea
Veronica saw Gawain's thoughts, and said casually: "Just think about what the greatest value of 'Android No. 36' is in the field of technology, and it's not difficult to guess who is beating her. Got an idea."
"... the highest crystallization of biochemical technology," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "it is the end of all things—the clues are finally connected."
The clues finally connected—
Gao Wen already knew that there was a shadow of a rebellious plan behind the death of all things. The crystal cluster disaster they set off is a clear proof. Those crystal cluster giants are essentially the continuation of the "Abominable" project, so there is no doubt that there is a rebellious plan inside them. A partial inheritance of the plan!
It is precisely because of this that it is not surprising that there are one or two ancient rebels who have survived to this day, and these ghosts who have survived the evil tide... have tried to contact the Ansu royal family decades ago, they Not only did he use Edmund Moen, but he even made a move against Francis II!
And all of this changed the fate of Surrey Randolph by coincidence, and brought Amber from that subspace fortress to the real world...
Several years later, Amber accidentally loosened the coffin board of Gawain Cecil, and released Gawain who happened to be possessed and reborn—Gauwain who emerged from the coffin finally led to the death of all things. destroy.
"Fate is such an inexplicable thing," Gao Wen's mind flashed the chain of countless coincidences and inevitability, and he couldn't help sighing, "But no matter what... everything will eventually die. perished."
"It is the end of all things that perish, but the 'ghost' can always return from death," Veronica reminded, "Please don't let your guard down so easily... A huge dark sect, after its destruction, there will be Countless limbs and broken arms continue to move in the ruins, and if there is a patient enough ghost to survive, these broken limbs and broken arms are likely to gather together and be reborn."
"Your analogy is very special, but what you said does make sense—the empire will continue to exterminate those cultists, and I will never let down my vigilance in this regard," Gao Wen said with a serious expression, then raised his head, and glanced at the The mechanical watch on the wall, "... the time is almost up, I should check on Amber's situation."
Veronica bowed her head deeply: "Please do what you want."
"Yeah." Gao Wen hummed, turned around and was about to leave, but before he took a step forward, he heard Veronica's voice coming from behind him again:
"From your point of view, what do you think of our behavior in the Shadow Fortress?"
Gao Wen didn't look back. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Do you still remember what you said to me? About sacrifice—"
"The appearance of every victim can only prove our incompetence."
"Remember this, even if you are experimenting on yourself."
"This is the principle of the disobedient."
Gawain nodded, and left the hall with strides.
Veronica stared at the direction where Gawain left, and the platinum scepter in her hand was slightly emitting white light under the stirring of the holy light.
She spoke softly, with a low voice that seemed to be whispering: "If it was in the age of Gondor... you must be an excellent disobedient..."
Pittman raised his eyelids slightly, and glanced at Veronica: "You 'rebels' are all very persistent in your career."
"We are all ghosts who have long been damned, and we are still stubborn and refuse to leave, precisely because of this persistence."
"Then when will you ghosts die completely?"
"... the time to die without regret."
Pittman shrugged his shoulders, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked away with his bent body, leaving behind a low mutter: "In short, don't trouble Amber."
…
The night wind blows the flags over the terrace, the cold air from the north swirls between the towers and the gates of the castle, the music and celebrations from the banquet hall and courtyard echo in the wind, with a hint of The sense of distant distance came to Gao Wen's ears clearly again.
He came to the unmanned terrace, walked straight to the edge, and said casually, "Is this what you call blowing hair?"
Amber's figure emerged from the darkness. She sat on the ground with her knees bent, without raising her head: "Is there any problem?"
Gawain glanced at the "half-elf", and then looked around her. He didn't know how much effort he had to keep his tone calm: "If I had known that you had brought three plates of cake and four plates If you get peanuts, four plates of melon seeds, two plates of candied fruit, five servings of barbecue meat and three bottles of wine, I will definitely not come."
Amber looked up at Gao Wen, raised her hand, "I also took two chicken legs - you came just after eating one..."
"...so I should leave you here overnight," Gawain glared at the guy, "It took a lot of work to go around the inner and outer banquet halls to collect all these things and pack them up?"
"Actually, it's okay, I ordered my subordinates to help..."
Gawain stared at this "half-elf" with incredible action patterns for a long time, and finally couldn't figure out whether he should throw this guy off the balcony, so he could only sigh dumbfoundedly: "You are thinking about life. ?”
This time, Amber finally fell silent for a few seconds, and let out a rare sigh: "I was thinking, but I haven't figured it out yet..."
"What are you thinking and don't you understand?" Gao Wen came to Amber's side, "Tell me about it."
"Cyborg..." Amber muttered, "You mean, am I still a normal person?"
"That depends on how you feel—have you encountered any abnormal situations in your life so far because of your status as an 'artificial human'?"
"... There are things I have to say, my shadow talent is so strong, stealing things and sneaking..."
Gao Wen: "..."
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