The Amber Sword: Act 127 The Age of the Ambition

This is an era of ambitions. Opportunities and cunning conspiracies are like undercurrents that have swept across hundreds of years.

It's like having an invisible feather pen struggling in the dark of thoughts. A complete story scroll is gradually taking shape in Brando's mind. The second half of this story already can foresee -- in the mist of Final Battle. In the center of the ruins, -- in the dark and silent Holy Cathedral, no matter what The Silver Queen saw at that time, what happened, whether it was true or false, or right or wrong, it does not matter now, its ending is already doomed, Four Holy Cathedrals and Buga people There will never be any aftermath of this incident, let alone its effects be taken out of the Alca area.

But the reason is not as sinister as the world thinks. 11--

Because of the leader of Silver Lineage, the master of the silver lightning, El Roy, once held his hands on the sacred vow and swore to Four Sages, announcing the next era. Silver Lineage will perform its duties to guard and monitor the world. Heavy task. This promise may seem a little weird to people in this era. Even the child show -- is just a promise. What can it show?

People in this era now go from aristocrats and nobles to the people of Li Min. People believe in outright self-interest, and there is only a "chizluo" naked relationship between nations, between kingdoms and kingdoms. Between the herd and herd, she is guilty of swindling and changing from day to day. It has long been a common occurrence, and conspiracy and betrayal have been rampant in the world for hundreds of years.

So they can't imagine.

I can't imagine the age of glory, nor can I understand what the noble promise is.

In such an era, El Roy made a loud noise in front of Holy Covenant. Every sentence he said turned into silver text and was engraved on the Holy White Stone board. Like shiny silver nails, nailed into the long river of history. This is not to covet power, but to prove right and wrong, right and wrong -- is like Flame King Gaetel once said: This is the cause of justice, the ideal in my heart. So it is worth our protection.

Everything they do is for the longevity of civilization and order.

So for a thousand years, Silver Lineage has promised that they will no longer be involved in mortal wars. They have established monitoring towers that are more eye-catching than the stars at the border of the civilized world. Although Brando once maliciously joked that Buga people It is to monitor the power of mortals throughout the world. But he was clear in his mind: 'Their power is already above the pinnacle of this world, so that mortals must look up to their lofty heights, and even if mortals maliciously speculate that these wizards manipulate the direction of history behind them, they also have to admit -- '

‘The truth is that Silver Lineage has never crossed the line drawn by El Roy for a thousand years. ’

Buga's wizard has a motto: descendant does not keep faith. It is a damage to the noble behavior of predecessors. In their eyes, the promise of the noble is indestructible, the most precious thing in the world. Because it is too easy to break, once it is broken, it is difficult to find it again. William once regretted the players more than once: Mortal life is too short, so too short-sighted, it is easy to replace the noble value with the immediate benefits. It is difficult for them to understand that this is not worth the money.

Thurman After slowly telling the first half of the story, Brando raises head looked at the other side, wondering if it was his illusion. He felt that the elder's silver eyes had some deep sadness.

He can actually understand where this sadness comes from.

On the battlefield site of Final Battle, if everything that happened in that Holy Cathedral really proves that Four Sages is really wrong or not so righteous, it is a shadow over the sacred oath. descendant does not keep faith, it is a damage to the noble behavior of predecessors. But what if all this was wrong from the beginning?

Now there are only two choices -- for already in front of Four Holy Cathedrals and Silver Lineage

Or, admit the mistakes of the predecessors, and let the world accept a thorough reform and baptism. After that, Four Holy Cathedrals may disappear. But at least, there is truth forever. But it is more likely that the world will be sunk in darkness, conspiracy and lies will obscure the light of reason, and make Vaunde the biggest stage for ambitionists in the next hundreds of years.

Alternatively, just cover up the truth. Although the contamination of the self is contaminated, the fire of civilization and order will continue to existence, at least so that the world will not at least fall into a sea of ​​fire. War of the Holy Saints already ended for a thousand years, and there is no reason for the hatred of that era to continue, it is too selfish.

Four Holy Cathedrals chose the latter.

At the time, in addition to Colossal Dragon, in addition to Chief Wizard of Silver Alliance, there were also the Pope of Four Holy Cathedrals, Archpriest. These people are different from the corroded tapeworms below. They are true seekers of truth, so this choice For them, it is a great pain and torment, because they know that it is a lie, but they have to use nobleness as an excuse to cover up the lie. This is a double damage for the shining truth.

"Since already made a decision to cover up the truth with lies, everything that happened on the battlefield of Final Battle should no longer appear in front of the world," after a long silence, Thurman said slowly: "But on the battlefield Sacrifice so many upper noble, there must be a person responsible for this. "

"This person ..."

"That's Her Highness the Princess."

"What about my grandfather?"

"No one actually forced Darus, but one day, he suddenly came to us --"

"You agree?" Brando asked in a calm voice.

"Of course not," Thurman shook his head: "But your grandfather said something to us like this ..."

"He said, you ca n’t let Constance Princess take on this responsibility. She knows too much, and there are too many doubts in the whole incident, and she ca n’t stand any doubts. More importantly, she is now the same group of already. The leader of noble of Holy Cathedral, if you already intend to cover everything, then you must appease them everyone, so she must not only be a sinner. She must also be a hero. "

"Your grandfather looked at us with his head up at that time, the light flashing in his eyes, I still can't forget it. Then he said slowly, you already sacrificed too much for this, I can't let you do everything It was a shortfall. So let me, here, only I have this qualification. "

"After saying this, he turned and left the tent."

Brando After listening to these words quietly, he did not speak for a long time. He just felt a strange feeling in his heart, blinked, and his lips were a little dry and astringent.

This is the business of the noble, how dare I make people specialize in the past?

There is such a man, his silence contains too much meaning, although he is did not say a word. But looking back, I can answer those questions that most people in the world dare not face --. He is worthy of the one's own belief and the woman he loves. It takes more than courage. The wisdom of man, this man, is his grandfather.

This is a life without regrets. Can't help but make people yearn for it.

"The trial is next?" Brando asked awkwardly. He originally thought that one's own achieved already beyond the memory, but now it seems, but it is still a child's trick. The idea of ​​for a moment can not help but feel ashamed .

"The next trial is that." Thurman Shen Sheng replied: "That trial ... who knows the truth really knows that it is just a child show, and there are not many people who dare to face that lie. Therefore, only a few people were present, and most of the others were absent. So most people in the world thought it was a secret trial. In fact, this is not the truth. This is the last decent leave for your grandfather. "

"But as a friend of your grandfather, I was there at the time. After the trial, your grandfather should have been executed secretly. But because of the reason you know, he was just released from office and Reputation secretly. Aouine back. "

"Since then, almost no one has heard about him."

"In fact, the entire Vaunde, there are only a few people who really know that your grandfather is alive. Most of these people, including for a moment, the previous generation of Holy Cathedral, have chosen to go because they can't stand the heart's suffering Self-destruction. "

"Did you know?" Thurman said suddenly: "At the end of the trial, the supreme one of Holy Cathedral of Fire is the Vala teacher above the Holy Cathedral of Fire Holy See today. He turned back and asked me Whispered a word -- "

"'Today, what else do we have to pursue truth and correctness?'"

This sentence set off a stormy sea in Brando's mind.

At that moment, he suddenly understood why sixty years after War of the Holy Saints, the entire continent quickly fell into darkness. Even the third Holy War was called the most chaotic and darkest mortal war. In the next few hundred years, it was an era of ambition. Opportunities and cunning conspiracies were like undercurrents that swept for hundreds of years.

With the advent of Tablet War, the glorious wizards is also forced to drop down and join the mortal war. In that battle, the heavens and the earth changed color, the blood on the earth ran into a river, the previous order completely collapsed, and then Yong Ye came, and the Twilight's force descended uncontrollably on the earth.

The rolling torrent of history, at this moment, is like a continuous river flowing towards him surging without stagnation.

The lock on the Pandora's Box was dusted. At this moment, the sound of kā chā finally opened in Brando.

‘We are all sinners. ’

‘Civilization's light has gone out at this moment. Next, it is a long winter night. Maybe in my lifetime, I will never see it turn on again. ’

Four Holy Cathedrals covers all the secrets of the Final Battle battlefield, but you can deceive everything, but you cannot deceive yourself. In Vala, in the heart of his legendary teacher, believers' belief in justice and truth is irresistibly shake. Holy Cathedral lost its reliance on justice and glory, and everything they believed in naturally became a castle in the sky. The high-level confusion inevitably spread throughout the Holy Cathedral. This confusion, after nearly half a century of incubation, Uncontrollably turned into a panic.

If people realize that what they have insisted on before is wrong, what significance does that persistence have?

further, is this world created by Four Sages really correct?

"This is the source of everything," Thurman smiled bitterly: "The bitter fruit is brewed by itself. It turned out that we made the wrong choice at the beginning. After that, according to the original plan, Colossal Dragon and Holy Cathedral of Fire made it in private. In exchange, Constance became the queen of the empire. This is not only to appease those noble, but also to compensate your grandfather. However, all her achievements and achievements have been selectively diluted by Holy Cathedral of Fire, after all ... they are not There may be no complaints. "

"But what we didn't expect was that everything that happened in the Alca area had an equally huge impact on Her Highness the Princess, which was still Cardamom. At the time, we didn't expect it. She turned out to have Dragon of Darkness' inheritance. "

"We later learned that she had seen your grandfather once before returning to China. She asked your grandfather at that time and asked if he would like to correct historical errors with her."

"My grandfather he ... refused?"

Thurman nodded: "But he also kept his promise. He never disclosed the word of the conversation in his life. We didn't receive a letter until he died."

Brando knew that his grandfather had written a letter with these Buga people before his death. He was very suspicious that the same letter might have been sent to Holy Cathedral of Fire and several other Holy Cathedral.

"From that letter, we learned the true idea of ​​the Queen of Kirrlutzian. It turned out ... she wants to be Dragon of Darkness."

"Become Dragon of Darkness?" Brando jumped in his heart.

"Not only that, we don't know what she saw in Holy Cathedral at first, but she must have seen more than those noble. She seemed to think that what Four Sages did was a complete mistake, so she Determined to correct this mistake, --, whether to dominate the world or insist on what she thinks is correct.

"This is ..." Brando Shen Sheng asked: "The origin of this war, right?"

Thurman nodded slowly.

Brando was silent for a moment: "You already know all this?"

"Slightly earlier than you," Thurman smiled again bitterly: "But we can't confirm whether this is the real idea in Her Majesty's heart, after all, she has been patient for decades. She seems Waiting for an opportunity, but no one knows exactly what that time is. "

"Why doesn't Holy Cathedral of Fire stop her?" After Brando asked this question, he realized that he had asked a silly question. He really saw Thurman looking helplessly at himself. At that time, the parties involved had -- Vala, the dominant player of Holy Cathedral of Fire. Presumably, Vala is still in the same deep confusion as everyone else. If Holy Cathedral of Fire cannot confirm that everything they have done is correct, then what reason do they have to stop The Silver Queen?

What a sin.

Brando couldn't help but said "shenzhyin": "So, wouldn't you have chosen me? What can I do? Can I stop Her Majesty?"

"Of course you do, little one," the old man blinked at him playfully: "Don't think I don't know, what cards you haven't played yet."

Brando immediately understand what the other party said. The eldest son of the Kirrlutz suddenly felt at this moment that he had let the guy stay and smashed the one's own feet. He could n’t help but said: "Well, there is a hole card It ’s the same thing, but the power gap is the same thing. Why should I sit in the same position as Her Majesty and play chess? "

"It does look like this, but what she does is too crazy. Not everyone in the empire will support her. You can always find a supporter, isn't that so? Besides, you are still descendant of Darus. There is no such thing People are more suitable than you. Maybe this is God ’s will in heaven, little guy. "

"Then, do you Buga stay away from this?" Brando replied a little bit badly: "It's a good thing to be clean, but at this time you still care about one's own feathers, it's a good name, not to mention the trouble is you Come out. "

After hearing this, the old man's face faded.

He shook his head slowly.

"Hey, you do n’t understand, little guy, Four Holy Cathedrals is confused, why are we not? Since that incident, we are not sure that already is the right choice. Council has already. There is a loud voice that requires us to minimize the involvement of mortal affairs, so as not to repeat the same mistakes, this time to secretly help you form a fleet, already is the limit we can fight for. "

Thurman already spoke very sincerely, but Brando did not accept him, and replied, "But since you ca n’t even confirm whether you are wrong or right, how can I guarantee that I stand on the opposite side of Her Majesty, It must be correct? In your opinion, could it be that, I don't have any insistence on justice in my heart? "

"No, you are not the same, little guy, anyone can say that they are wrong, but you cannot, because you are descendant of Darus." Thurman looked at him and said, "Noble It is absolutely impossible for the behavior of the company to be wrong. Even if we question the choice of one's own, we will never think that those who have sacrificed for justice insist on their ideals in their hearts.

"Do you understand?"

The old man patted the shoulder of Brando's: "The long night of civilization is coming, the flames are extinguished in the ashes, but under the embers, there is still Fire Seed, maybe our generation will not see it ignite again, but for you For example, will it have to be rekindled and will hope be passed on from generation to generation? "

"And this is the mission -- of those pioneers you are looking for"

Brando couldn't help but fall into silence after hearing this sentence.

He looked towards the west. A red sun was slowly sinking into the mountains, as if it was a sign of the cold night.

But in the dark.

Who will hold the little torches?

His raises head, the image of the silent old man in his memory, was unusually clear and vivid; at the same time, the Thurman's oracles about the future also came to his mind ...

‘XVI: THETOWER--

The lost moon took the light

XX: JUDGEMENT--

Light is lost.

XVII: THESTAR--

The silver generation is lost on the earth, marching forward in darkness and obscurity.

VIII: STRENGTH--

The encounter between the emperor and Fool.

IX: THEHERMIT--

The rusty clockwork is resetting.

XXI: THEWORLD--

Fate-changing sword.

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