When the dark dragon passed to the generation of Odin, the civilization and rule of the Miner people reached their heyday. However, the prosperousness concealed discordant notes: at that time, the protagonist on the earth was not now occupied by Voend The ruling Dark Iron People are just barbarians in the mountains, while the main members of the Dark Iron People-humans and Mount Dwarves, are all vassals of the Miner people. The Miner people are very indifferent to the people of the Dark Iron. Especially the Dark Dragon arrived in Odin’s generation. The empire was aggressively conquering, and it became more and more harsh on its vassal nations. Odin once enlisted humans on the Great Plains to build fortresses on the glacier. , And moved the dwarves to the Cloudy Mountains. These two great migrations alone caused the dwarves and humans to lose nearly half of the population.
Miner people still do this to their vassal people, not to mention other dark iron people, which is usually a bloody suppression. As for the races other than the Dark Iron People, they did not pay attention to them. At that time, the silver elves and fog elves already had their own kingdoms. Although most of them were closed to the world, they were still unavoidable from the outside world. Dealing with them, but the Miner people were aloof and ignored these people of silver. They only took a high look at the Buja people who built the city on the Glitter Coast at that time. These wizards are said to be the tower guards of the Sky Tower, and Ochidu scholars. Their descendants.
As for the dragons, that era was falling into the famous Otto chaos, and there was no time for him to take care of them, let alone dealing with the outside world.
The Miner people are becoming more proud and their rule is becoming more severe day by day. One day, the contradictions will erupt like a volcano. As recorded in history, the opportunity came when Odin ordered the mist elves to cooperate with the Miner to participate in the battle against the barbarians. This command deeply hurt the mist elves’ sensitive and arrogant self-esteem, so they are of course not merciful. I refused this unreasonable request.
Odin was furious, and immediately ordered Seibers to lead his army to attack the laurel forest where the kingdom of the mist elves was located.
"He has to be angry," Feng Hou said with a self-conscious sigh: "Odin is a smart man, he sees all the contradictions within the empire, and he wants to use our succumbs. To frighten others, but what he didn't expect is that we dare to refuse."
Odin acted too impatiently, Brando frowned and thought that when accepting the inheritance of the Dark Dragon, he had seen the Emperor of Miner once in a dream, and the impression that the other party left him at the time, and He is not the kind of self-sufficient person, but when he was trying to figure out the mentality of the elves, he made a huge mistake-the people of silver also have their own pride, and the mist elves are not vassals of the Miners. How can he bow to the Miners? .
Seeing his face, St. Osor knew what he was thinking. She shook her head and said: "The will of the dark dragon is not so easy to refuse. You can't imagine how powerful the Miner people were in that era. Brando, you know that the silver elves are brave and good at fighting, but even if they face one aspect of the Miner legion, they may not be able to win, let alone us."
"Then you..." Brando asked puzzledly.
"We were prompted beforehand." Fenghou replied word by word.
"what!?"
"We got a promise from the Buga people," Fenghou slowed down and said slowly: "In fact, the mainland has been dissatisfied with the Miner people for a long time. Needless to say within the empire, outside the empire, the silver elves are also Good, fog elves, in fact, no one wants to be marginal. The Bougainian’s promise is like an opportunity for us. Soon the silver elves also joined the secret covenant. Coincidentally, it seems to be a meditation. The arrangement of its own destiny in the underworld is general. At this time, the human rebels who were suppressed by the Miner back then also traversed the wasteland under the leadership of the Flame King Gilt and returned to Vonde—"
"We are in the White Rock Field today and signed the covenant that has been passed down to the present, which is what you call the sacred covenant. From then on, the battle of the saints kicked off, and what happened after that You know it."
Brando didn't ask questions when he heard this, because he knew that these were all the history he was familiar with, and what the Elf Royal Sister wanted to tell him today must be another, unknown secret. Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Fenghou spoke again: "But in fact there are several doubts in the battle of the saints. The biggest question is-later we privately confirmed to the Buga people that the reason for their participation in the war was because they got The dragon’s promise was fulfilled, and they hadn’t sent any invitations to us before that.”
"... As for the dragon, the situation is similar."
Brando raised his eyebrows, and faintly smelled conspiracy from this passage.
"The King of Flame Gilt passed through the dark wasteland after receiving mysterious guidance. In the early years, I, Gilt, and Faenzan used to venture on the mainland together, although he later became the leader of the resistance. We lost contact afterwards, but I believe that he will not lie on this issue—not to mention that Faenzan and Erranta have similar experiences."
"In other words, behind the battle of the saints, there is actually a force pushing, and this force does not belong to any of humans, elves, wizards, or dragons?" Brando finally couldn't help but stop. Stepped forward and asked.
After the wind stopped, the former sage looked at the vast and blue sea of the lofty inner sea beyond the corridor. His light purple eyes flashed with an inexplicable brilliance: "Yes, in fact, I saw that person later. On the one hand, she was called Sophia, and she was a witch."
"Witch... Witch?" Although before that, Brando had all kinds of answers in his mind, but he never thought about this special group of witches. They are loyally surrounded by the dragon of darkness, even in time. Today, even if they are openly opposed to the world of order, they never give up their beliefs, not to mention that the king of witches is the former mistress of the Miner Empire. How can such a group betray the Miner people
Fenghou nodded: "This witch is a witch in the back seat of the law. They and the witch of the Thirteenth Moon Black Moon are the two most unique witches in the witch world. Sophia is not her name, they are The orthodox heirs of each generation are called Sophia, just like the Dark Dragon. After the battle of the saints is over, she personally found me and told me all this."
"Why?" Brando asked incomprehensibly.
"Because of the black prophecy."
"Black Prophecy?"
Fenghou skipped this question and asked himself: "Brando, do you think someone as smart as Odin will fall into his own calculations? Is it because he trusts the witches too much? , Not so. I thought about it later. He probably knew all this. When we rebelled, even humans, dwarves, elves, and Bugas, as well as a few other ethnic groups such as dwarves and halflings They are united together, but if we can truly defeat the empire, I’m afraid we don’t have a bottom in our own hearts. The strength of the Miner people is beyond people’s imagination nowadays—"
This is the second time she has said this, but it seems to St. Osor after the Wind, it seems to be a matter of course, because the Miner Empire ruled by the Dark Dragon is so daunting. "But they were defeated after all." Brando comforted. "No," Fenghou shook his head decisively, "It's not as simple as you think, Brando. The Miner people participated in the suppression of our uprising, from the beginning to the end, only the legions of Seibers and Tumen. Seibers belonged to The Forbidden Army of the Dark Dragon, and Teacher Tumen’s team, are nothing more than militias. The Miner have seven legions, and these seven legions have never appeared in the entire battle of the saints."
"What!?" Brando was really surprised this time. If the Miner's seven legions did not appear in the early stage of the Battle of the Saints, it could be explained as not paying attention, but until the Four Sages and Seibers After the decisive battle, people with a discerning eye could see that the Miner’s dynasty had come to an end at that time, and even the dark dragon Odin himself had to take part in the war himself. Under such circumstances, the Miner people were still hiding themselves. The possibility is too small, unless it is said that the so-called Seven Legions of Miner is just a complete scam. But is this possible
Fenghou continued: "In fact, until we invaded the Alcash region, we still thought that the Dark Dragon arranged a trap to convince us that we had won. The only question was that most In people’s hearts, we more or less feel that our little strength may not make Odin go so far. It wasn’t until Odin personally participated in the final battle and was defeated that we could not believe that all this turned out to be true. In the final war, Odin did not use his strongest strength."
Having said that, she paused: "You are also a traveler, Brando, do you know what kind of power a real traveler has? That is a supernatural power, a power of a world. This power lies in the traveler. The world is self-contained. Whether it is magic or physical power, it is basically two levels of power. Unless we can use the power of the entire world to oppose the self-contained system of Journeyman The power of the world, otherwise we would not be able to win. To put it simply, the Journeyman himself is actually a deity. He is like a god who came here from a distant world. He controls all the rules of that world, the whole world. His creatures and powers unconditionally obey his orders and must fight against him unless they first become the gods of our world. But as we all know, the gods of our world have long been far away from earthly disputes. So, in theory, we are It's impossible to beat Odin..."
"But the Journeyman also wants to grab resources. He can't squander his power unlimitedly. Odin just changed a way to grab power from this world to support the power of his world. You only need to find from this source. The way to defeat him is not that there is no hope of winning. In fact, don't you do that too, Master Fenghou."
"Just like us in that era, you think the problem is too simple, but the problem is that the dark dragon is not only one person. He can grab power from us or from other people. The emperor of the empire, with so many people who support him, will he really come to fight us alone?" For this question, St. Osor seemed to have been prepared and asked calmly.
Brando was stunned. He remembered that the lord did not say that last time after the wind. Moreover, it was not described in this way in history: "But he is single-handedly challenging you. Is it because he is too confident?"
"Odin is no longer a hairy boy. He is the supreme man of a huge empire. He can't do anything reckless for this kind of fame... In fact, Fa Enzan and I saw some clues in the battle. Later, Odin Ding asked us to keep a secret for him before he died, which also confirmed my guess."
"He asked you... four sages to keep secrets for him, what is that secret?" Brando asked this question, only to find something wrong, and quickly remedied: "I'm sorry, I mean... If it is inconvenient, Forget it." He suddenly thought that since Fenghou had said these things, it must have been that the four sages had agreed to Odin's request at the time. Some things that Tulaman had said to him before also proved this from the side. , In this case, he can't let Fenghou be an unbelieving person, not to mention that a hero like the Four Sages is unlikely to turn back.
But I didn’t expect Fenghou to shook his head indifferently and said: “In fact, it’s nothing. I came out today to tell you the truth. I’ve considered it. Since you are the one selected by Odin, something should be given to you. knowledge."
Brando closed his mouth, but frowned faintly. He suddenly heard the meaning of farewell from the voice of the elf royal sister. He faintly felt that this person had been with him for so long, like an elder. The sage who took care of him might choose to leave. Saint Ossor pondered for a moment, and then slowly replied: "The secret he let us keep is simple, that is, to make the outcome of the Battle of the Saints an established fact. In fact, he had anticipated all this and he told us. Some things, the dragon of twilight never really died. The first-generation dark dragon, the Azure Knight, only severely wounded it and returned it to the sea of chaos, but the hour hand of the Judgment on the End of Day never slowed down. "
"There is a legend in the black prophecy, saying that heroes will be born from among mortals, holding the key of fate, and opening another door to the future of this world. After the dusk of all things and gods, the order is on the ashes. After experiencing the disaster of Fort Babel, civilization was once lost on the ground. Many people, including our generation, believed that the hero among the mortals was the Azure Knight. Because it was him. It made the stars fall to the ground and opened the era of mortals."
"However, destiny gave us a cruel joke. This is a secret known to a few people. Since the establishment of the Miner empire, they have been fighting fierce wars with the Twilight Legion outside the borders of the elements. Therefore, Warnd has A short respite."
Elf Yu Jie smiled slightly, and laughed a little tired: "We thought we were doing the right thing, and the battle of the saints was just a war against oppression, but from the very beginning, we guessed the beginning, but didn't guess the result. It was our own people who gave the Dark Dragon a fatal blow in the back. At the last moment of the collapse of the dynasty, Odin ordered the seven legions to permanently garrison outside the elemental boundary, and he joined forces with several other brigade mages to seal This is the last gift he left to us. He is a stupid guy, but this gift is precious. This gift has exhausted him and everyone around him. Strength, therefore, has become the reason for his inevitable failure."
Fenghou sighed slightly: "In fact, this is also the reason why the witch betrayed him. Odin does not believe in fate. All he wants to do is to prove that everything said in the black prophecy may not be right. The world does not necessarily need to be destroyed before it can be reborn, and there will never be a savior. But the witches believe in the power of prophecy, the end of the day will come, Odin has proved that he is not the person in the prophecy, so Miner People must give up a piece of this stage for the people of the dark iron, they are waiting for the arrival of the final prophecy in the prophecy of black. The witch of the moon of law is the executor of this prophecy."
How long Bran could not speak, he actually guessed a part of the facts a long time ago, but it was only confirmed today: this is the inheritance of the fool, it is the arrogant struggle of a self-defeating man. Although it is extremely ridiculous, it is worth it. People will always remember.
Because people will never bow to fate—
Everything became clear. He couldn't help but touched his chest. In a sense, he was also a self-defeating person. Whether in the eyes of the Eruin nobles, in the eyes of the princess, or in the eyes of other people, perhaps even the Buga who supported him behind his back, and even the people around him, may not be able to understand his ideals, he Knowing that many people just stand by him because they believe that he can change something, and they may not agree with the real thoughts deep in his heart.
What does he want to make this world look like? Brando did not answer, but his gaze had already crossed the lofty inner sea. He knew that there were countless unexplored lands beyond the boundaries of civilization. Civilization does not need to be trapped in one place, and the power of dusk is also It is not invincible.
These ideas are somewhat incompatible with this quagmire world, even too far away, just like the Cruz people can never work with the Faenza people, and the wind elves cannot unreservedly integrate into the human world. , Not to mention there are dead souls, there are countless troubles and contradictions. But will he become a fool like Odin? Brando felt that he couldn't answer the question he had raised in a moment, and it might or might not, just as he didn't agree with all of Odin's ideas.
"Maybe the problem is not here." He said slowly.
"The glorious deeds of the four sages and the covenant of the mainland's hundreds of clans are not necessarily a mistake. Odin may be doing what he thinks is right, but there are many ways to accomplish one thing. He firmly believes that destiny can be changed. But he regards himself as the savior—"
Brando looked at the magnificent scenery under the fleet, the thick clouds spread out like cotton wool blown away by the wind, exposing the golden sea, but he thought of more things in his heart.