Eight o'clock at night, Orianna's house.
This afternoon, Mo Yuankai and Orianna continued to repair the armor, while Gongsun Ce and Alandia went to the library to read old books for a while. It wasn't until they returned home at night that they finally had time to exchange information. After the four of them shared the information they had obtained, they each fell into deep thought.
Gongsun Ce felt a chill as he thought about the appearance of the Skeleton King. It's not like he's never seen weird things before, but this is the first time he's heard of something so abstract. This thing looks like an evil god from some weird story.
He expressed his first reaction: "Do you think it's possible that this person has returned from the dead..."
Orianna's eyes looked as if she wanted to eat him alive, so Gongsun Ce quickly shut up. Alandia on the side said: "The body of the Skeleton King is the phantom of King Morton, which is a very likely speculation."
"Knight Arlandia!" Orianna cried in collapse, "How could you slander the Holy King like this!
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"Knight Orianna, in order to explore the truth, we must make conjectures, and the conjecture itself should not be rejected based on whether it is holy or not."
With the support of the Dawn Knight, Gongsun Ce also became bolder: "I really think he looks like him! Phantom is a distortion of negative emotions and memory fragments. Think about that meat chair, doesn't it correspond to Morton's? Rumors?"
"Even if King Morton was a lustful man, he would never have committed such atrocities back then!" Orianna insisted, "Such atrocious actions will definitely leave records!"
"I'm not saying that he is so cruel that he actually uses people to make chairs. I am saying that this may be a projection of an inherent concept. If you think about the serious class contradictions in your kingdom, it is impossible for the people to stop scolding the princes and nobles for eighteen hundred years. These Isn't it reasonable that the malice condensed in the Shadow Mist City - we assume that the so-called collective subconscious can really reflect the past - gradually accumulated into this thing?"
Gongsun Ce shook his finger and looked at the Knight of Dawn. He got a nod of agreement from the other party and became more and more proud. But at this moment Mo Yuankai, who had been silent, shook his head.
"Ace, I don't think he is just a phantom."
"how you said that?"
Mo Yuankai rubbed his fingers with a complicated expression on his face: "Phantoms are incorporeal things, right? But I feel that they are tangible, like a huge corpse... with the crystallization of desire."
"What is the Thousand-Year Zombie King?" Gongsun Ce shuddered, "He is both a longing beast and a phantom? It sounds scary, but Shadow Mist is not allowed to give it two year-end bonuses every year?"
Alandia laughed, and the three of them looked at her with ghostly eyes.
"Sorry, an interesting association."
"Don't be like this, okay Alandia, I just thought you were possessed by the Skeleton King." Gongsun Ce said, "So what is the Dawn Knight's opinion?"
Alandia shook her head: "We need more evidence and intelligence, such as the Skeleton King's past witness records. Now I want to confirm a conjecture about the Holy Sword... Mr. Mo Yuankai?"
Mo Yuankai was adding milk and sugar to the black tea: "Please tell me."
"Did you have any special feelings when Knight Orianna used the holy sword?"
Mo Yuankai stirred the tea that turned cloudy for a while, took a sip, and said in the curious eyes of the Seventh Knight: "Yes."
"What did you feel?" Orianna asked in surprise.
Mo Yuankai gradually fell into memories and said thoughtfully: "The sword light was very warm and had a kind of intimacy. Then for less than a second, I felt that the sword was very good and I could try it out... ... Orianna is also pretty good... I can try to get the sword and the person together..."
Orianna picked up the holy sword and swiped it before running to the corner of the living room, eyes flashing with stars and her face flushed. Gongsun Ce complained: "Hey brother, you also said your dirty thoughts in the second half."
Mo Yuankai suddenly realized: "It's really the influence of the sword, Miss Orianna, please believe me!
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"Please please please keep a social distance of fifty meters from me!" Orianna said in horror.
"You can't even socialize for fifty meters!"
Orianna raised the holy sword like a shield: "Please, please, please rest outside the hall at night!"
"Everyone is out of the hall and I'm sleeping on the street?!"
Gongsun Ce laughed loudly, turned around and asked, "What does this prove? The holy sword stimulates people's desires? Then it seems that I am relatively pure."
"I think you are still quite far away from the indifference of desire." Alandia said, "This only proves that Mr. Mo Yuankai's power is closer to the Holy Sword than yours, which is consistent with our knowledge of the Holy Sword for thousands of years."
"That's the end of it. It shows that I'm a real fool. Do you really think that the angel of the Supreme Good God can throw a sword from the heavenly wheel?" Gongsun Ce sneered, "That's outrageous. If the sword isn't Mo Mo If it were created suddenly, many plots in the myth would be meaningless.”
"For example?" Alandia asked.
Gongsun Ce opened the book "Morton's Founding Myth" that they borrowed from the library, flipped to the previous page, and read: "Morton learned wisdom from the old man at the seaside, and fought with the warriors in the wilderness. He practiced martial arts. He went to the mountains of his hometown alone, obtained materials from the deepest part of the Crystal Mountain, and forged the Holy Sword to Protect the Country. You see here, it is specially emphasized that he first learned knowledge and acquired the martial arts before taking the risk to obtain the materials to create the Holy Sword. Sword, if the sword is picked up, then why add this special paragraph? Together with Morton, he studied forgery back then, and stamped a stamp on the picked up holy sword saying that this thing was made by me, so everyone will be convinced."
"It's possible." Airandia said, "And here it is mentioned that King Morton went to the mountains alone, which is also puzzling. Eighteen hundred years ago before order was established, the possibility of survival on a solo adventure was extremely low. .”
Gongsun Ce became more and more impatient: "It's pointless for you to take the myth seriously. Isn't this just a joke to show your bravery? From this perspective, the whole story is unbelievable. The fact that Morton can create a holy sword is outrageous."
"That's why I'm suspicious."
Gongsun Ce scratched his head: "Huh? Didn't your kingdom always rely on mental weapons to make its fortune? What happened to the great forging country and the holy sword?"
Alandia made a blank piece of paper and drew a timeline. She wrote "196" in front, and then clicked the second dot, "417" after a long distance.
Orianna, who had finally calmed down a bit, came over and explained in a low voice: "The disaster of the netherworld struck in the year 196 of the Eternal Light Calendar, and the kingdom officially came into contact with the law of impermanence in the year 417 of the Eternal Light Calendar, when diplomatic relations were established with Western Usters. In other words, during the period when the holy sword was forged, the kingdom had no concept of impermanent law at all..."
"King Morton is not the Envoy of Impermanence, how did he forge such weapons?" Alandia asked.
Gongsun Ce was not suspicious at all. To him, the answer to this question was obvious and it was not a problem at all.
"He is a person with super powers." Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses.
Mo Yuankai finally coaxed Orianna to participate in the discussion. Hearing this, he said cheerfully: "Yes, I can create telepathic weapons. It's not surprising that King Morton can create one... What's wrong with you guys?" ?”
There was silence in the room, and the two knights looked at each other strangely. Orianna jumped up from her chair and said eagerly: "This -"
"It's possible." Alandia interrupted, "This would explain many problems."
Orianna said anxiously: "But there could not have been people with superpowers 1,800 years ago!"
"Why?" Alandia asked.
Orianna immediately said that it was because the disaster in the sky had not happened yet, but she immediately discovered the problem. After all, the dragon species is also the product of a dragon disaster. Who can guarantee that a certain previous dragon disaster or contact with the dragon phenomenon will not produce similar superpowers?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt conflicted and felt that such an idea was simply rebellious. But she admitted in her heart that this guess could indeed explain all the problems. If King Morton is a superpower as powerful as Mo Yuankai, then all the powers he displays can be explained... He is brave and good at fighting, stands up at critical moments, is good at forging mental weapons, and fights Extraordinary strength...
The image of King Morton gradually overlapped with a certain superpower she knew, and they merged together with a striking similarity.
"But...but..." Orianna racked her brains to find a reason to object, "He does not comply with the oath!"
"Why?" Gongsun Ce was deeply confused, "You objected for the sake of opposition, why can't he conform? Of course, his performance of calling the queen was a bit far from that image, but people always change. No. Maybe it can be said that an unparalleled hero will be invincible throughout his life, right?"
Orianna was speechless. Alandia closed the book and said, "We still need more verification, so that's it for today."
The two superpowers said good night first and went upstairs together. Orianna remained in the hall, depressed.
"The Holy King is...the seed of the King of Lust?"
"So what?" Airandia said, "He saved Albion Island at that time, which was enough to make him a hero passed down through the ages."
Orianna sighed sadly, and then discussed in a low voice with the Dawn Knight. In Gongsun Ce's room upstairs, two superpowers were also having serious discussions.
"A Ce, I have something important to discuss with you." Mo Yuankai said, "We are here to repair the armor..."
Gongsun Ce lay down on the bed and said weakly: "After all the hard work, I found that repairing armor has become a secondary purpose."
"There are too many problems and too complex, and the environment is unfamiliar. Today I discovered that there is a dragon disaster. It's really..." Mo Yuankai sighed rarely, "I just want to discuss it with you-"
Gongsun Ce raised his hand: "No need to talk, I will stay with you."
Mo Yuankai choked as if he had eaten three steamed buns. It took him a while before he said: "This time——"
"On the one hand, the situation of the dragon disaster in August is still unknown. On the other hand, there is a lot of chaos inside the kingdom. It is hard to say whether what will happen is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. So you will definitely stay and show off as a hero! Then I will definitely stay with you!"
Mo Yuankai exclaimed: "Wow, are you a roundworm in my stomach? Yes, if you analyze it so clearly, you must understand what I want you to go back to. Such a dangerous situation..."
"You wouldn't be brothers if you were left alone in such a dangerous situation, right?" Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses, "Of course I admit that I have selfish motives. I want to stay with the Dawn Knight for a while longer, but the key to the problem still lies with you. There is no reason to say that big brother, you will stand up when the crisis comes, and little brother, I will cheer you on in the capital of the sky. How can we be brothers? We are both in trouble."
Gongsun Ce spoke firmly. He understood his friend's determination. Ace's character is such that he has no reason to give up after making a decision.
So Mo Yuankai nodded and showed a confident smile.
"Okay! Then let's do it together this time!"
"There must be no problem. There are so many monsters and monsters in the sky city, so why are you still afraid of a mere dragon?"
In this way, they made a decision, a decision that affected both of their lives. At this time, they were still very naive and did not know the truth of the world and what they were about to face. They are so ignorant and carefree, but they are also fearless and believe that they will win.
But after a long time, they looked back on the past again, only to find that the situation had not fundamentally changed. They become stronger and mature, and understand themselves and the world, but they will not make different choices.
They will still choose to stay and face it. This has been the case in the past and will be the case in the future.
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At this point, the plot of the drama is roughly completed.
The mystery in the background comes to light, and important actors appear. Everyone has been assigned a role that suits them. If there are fresh faces, they just add to the atmosphere and will be dismissed in a hurry. The arrangements behind the scenes were in full swing, and everything on the stage was in accordance with the director's ideas. Soon, the drama will reach its climax.
only. At this point, whether it is the Dawn Knight or the Soul Resurrection Mage, whether it is the Phaseless God or the Hidden Law Lord, everyone on and off the stage has ignored a small problem...
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That's not their fault. After all, it is impossible for humans to know information that they have not been exposed to.
Only one person saw it. Only one person knew. And his preconceived illusion made him not think that that was such important information. He didn't mention it, only thinking about it quietly in the dead of night.
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Late at night, Gongsun Ce was lying on the bed with his legs crossed.
He wasn't asleep yet, he just felt a little strange. Orianna and Roninlus are both entangled in the issue of the oath, but in his opinion, it is really not a big deal... If the myth of 1,800 years ago is a hang-up, then this oath is just a An insignificant dot in the eucalyptus is a bit of dirt in the suicide note. There are so many ways to explain its existence, and by itself it has no bearing whatsoever on how everything unfolds.
Yes, Gongsun Ce didn't go out of his way to go against Roninlus because of his resistance, nor did he deliberately tease Orianna. He really disagrees.
Because in his eyes, there is no oath of the Seventh Knight on the stone throne that inherits the Holy Sword.
There was only one line of writing there, as if it had been chopped on the stone base with a sharp weapon, fierce and murderous bloody writing——
[Showing that the enlightened person holds this sword]
