"Rodrik, or Lothric, Nordric, Rodrigues... In short, the name in the legend has been unclearly recorded, and it has changed too many times in the long history."
With his hands on his hands and his back facing Duan Qing, Reiner slowly walked to the square window formed by the thick city walls stacked on top of each other: "But in our family history, there was indeed such an existence that has been praised.
Come down."
"Well, I really haven't heard of a similar name." Duan Qing looked at each other with Xue Ling Huan Bing, and made two wry smiles with a crooked corner of his mouth: "But we have heard of the name Nordrian.
"
"Oh? It sounds similar." Reiner tilted his head, and his interested gaze fell slightly on Duan Qing's head: "What do you know about the legend about this name?"
"Probably they once ruled the entire endless sea, possessing endless wealth like the ocean and power as powerful as the waves." Duan Qing shrugged helplessly, and said a few words casually: "
I heard that there are many traces of this dynasty left around this city of freedom, but we have never seen them."
"Those marks."
I don't know what he remembered, but when he turned around, Reiner's voice became much deeper again: "Those traces have been almost erased in the Free City. The waves and sea breeze have long erased everything from that era. I can't remember it."
The only people who live in them are people who can record that era."
"They are called the Nolans."
After saying this name that Duan Qing still vaguely remembered, Reiner let out a long sigh: "They are the former royal family and the remnants of the past. They are noble messengers and the wandering dead. In freedom
When the mainland still left their writings, they represented the most powerful maritime dynasty and the most invincible legend, but looking at it from today's perspective - "
"They're just a bunch of pirates."
The memory showed signs of awakening with Reiner's words. Duan Qing, whose eyes widened more and more, finally said these last words for the other party: "In the eyes of other people, they are just a group of pirates, a group of people who don't know how to restrain themselves."
and introspection about the pirates who greedily seize everything around them, use force and violence to suppress everything around them, and force the weak to succumb to their pirates."
"There is indeed no big difference between the so-called dynasty and pirates in nature." Nodding his head, Xueling Huanbing, who was sitting next to him, also affirmed: "If you use tyranny to rule your subjects,
, then the dynasty and the country have become the biggest robbers."
"But even with this kind of evaluation, there is very little left in this world now."
Turning his head, Reiner, who was standing by the window, continued in a low voice: "There are only rumors that the Noah Dynasty - or the Roderick Dynasty once existed, and the legend that they were very rich. They
Not only does it possess endless wealth that countless people covet, but it also possesses powerful power left over from countless generations of gods.”
"Before you, many adventurers have asked me about similar rumors." He blinked his eyes, as if he was warning Duan Qing about the universality of this topic: "Although I didn't take it seriously.
I have never answered their question, but I still have the correct answer."
"The Roderick dynasty fled into the deep sea." He stared at the expectant faces of Duan Qing and Duan Qing for a while, and finally said the answer in a low voice: "Those last members of the royal family, and what they carried
All the treasures of the dynasty have fled to the other side of the sea, which is beyond our reach."
"Is it the other end of the endless sea?" Taking a deep breath, Duan Qing said in a low voice the question he had been brewing for a long time: "Is there really another continent on the other side of the endless sea?
?”
"Old Joel's existence has proven that."
The figure standing in front of him remained motionless. Reiner turned his back again and looked at the depths of the sea under the falling night: "He may be a Norland man, and his appearance is very consistent with the legends I know."
Characteristics, so whether it is the so-called dynasty remnant or the legend of the New World, his existence can prove this."
"I thought you had already obtained this answer from old Joel." His words paused for a moment, and then echoed in the small space again: "But now it seems that you obtained it from him.
The level of trust is not enough.”
"No, we haven't heard him mention anything about the dynasty." After thinking for a while with a frown, Duan Qing replied hesitantly: "And from our contact with him, we didn't see that either.
Any clue that he belongs to another continent, another ethnic group, his conversation and fighting style seem to be no different from those of the Free Continent."
"Maybe he has nothing to do with the so-called Roderick royal family." As if confirming his conclusion, the gray-robed magician shook his head more and more firmly: "It's not like he didn't tell us relevant information.
and intelligence, but he doesn’t know the relevant content at all. I’m sorry for your inference——”
"A throne holder who has lived in this city for decades has probably been assimilated to our life here."
The voice interrupted Duan Qing's words with fluctuations, and the figure standing quietly in the darkness in front of him also became as silent as a sculpture, until the darkness from the night began to invade this area as time passed.
In the small space, the armor-clad warrior spoke calmly again: "It's not just Joel, a thousand years is enough to change anything, even our guard family has been reduced to this situation, let alone
Is it someone like Old Joel?"
"Guarding the family?" Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing opened their eyes again: "What is the relationship between you and that dynasty?"
"The reason why we know so much about the name Roderick is because this information has been passed down from our family's history." Reiner replied in a low voice: "Our family was once a part of the Roderick dynasty.
As the guarding family of the members of the royal family of the Roderick dynasty, we once enjoyed all the dignity and glory that dynasty brought to us, just like those members of the royal family, but now - "
"They may have fend for themselves on the other side of the continent, and even feed their corpses to unknown beasts and other creatures." The soldier murmured in a low voice, as if he had thought of something from his previous words.
Possibility: "And we, the high-ranking warriors who have high self-esteem and once arrogantly wreaked havoc together on the endless sea, are now nothing more than a bunch of trash."
"Time is indeed the most powerful weapon used to change everything. It does not make much sense to continue to dwell on these past histories."
Dispelling the slightest hint of depression from Reiner in front of him, Duan Qing then pointed to the outside of the city lord's hall where they were: "Let's limit our sights to the present as much as possible - regardless of whether this dynasty is what we are pursuing now.
This dynasty, at least is what the restorers are now pursuing."
"Do they want to get the throne of the 'Fourth Emperor'?" Still turning his head and looking forward, Reiner's originally invisible dejection seemed to become indifferent with this sneer.
Many people said: "They are really a group of guys who are more greedy than pirates. Could it be that this free city can no longer meet their needs?"
"The City of Freedom was not their destination in the first place." Duan Qing, who was sitting on the bench, said in a low voice: "We still don't know what impact the fulfillment of the prophecy will have on this continent, but the restorers are undoubtedly
While trying to take the last balancing power mentioned in the prophecy into their own hands, the past of this city, that is, the history of the Roderick Dynasty, may be the last prophecy they want to master.
puzzle."
"For this piece of the puzzle, they will find your head sooner or later." He looked up at Reiner's back and warned in a low voice: "Unless you have a way to prove that the City of Freedom has nothing to do with that legend, otherwise even if you are Your Excellency
Even if you risk your life, they probably won't let you go."
"Unfortunately, this city was indeed built after the New Calendar."
The figure with his hands behind his back was silent again for a while, and then a low reply belonging to Reiner echoed: "Neither the founder nor the subsequent heirs have anything to do with the former Roderick dynasty, even the owner of the throne
It has also changed countless positions in the endless throne wars for hundreds of years. Even descendants like me have been blocked by thousands of years and have become side branches with no name."
"Maybe they didn't even think about finding any heir to the throne." Xueling Huanbing on the side whispered his conjecture: "They just want to find them and go to another continent to find them."
"Through the Bridge of Miracles?"
After blinking his eyes, Duan Qing's expression became much more exciting: "Can that bridge really cross the sea and lead to another continent?"
"I haven't seen the true appearance of another continent, and I don't know where the end of this bridge is, so I can't answer this question." Reiner said his answer without hesitation: "But I can
What I’m telling you is that this bridge is older than the Free City and older than the Roderick dynasty.”
"This bridge may have existed even before the Magic Empire."
The warrior's eyes moved slightly, and his eyes also shifted from the endless sea in front of him to the white straight line not far from the city lord's palace, which was also extending into the distance from a certain direction in the Free City: "The founder and Moore
In the agreement reached between the two countries, there were words such as "defend the bridge of freedom from generation to generation", but no one could pass that bridge, and no one could destroy that bridge, so this oath was later replaced by
Candidates vying for power have simply forgotten."
"Mornar once said that?" Duan Qing's eyes suddenly cleared: "Is there any inevitable relationship between wanting to pass the Bridge of Miracles and Molnar's Star?"
"That ceremony was not an external ceremony. It was essentially just a large defensive magic circle." After waving his hand, Reiner's figure slowly turned back: "But since Molnar disappeared, the founder
The descendants of the circle have never activated this magic circle again, and have not tested the connection between it and the Bridge of Miracles until the last time."
"Speaking of which, I had been to that bridge during the last incident." Duan Qing sat up straight with his chin in his arms, and a look of memories appeared on Duan Qing's face: "At that time... well, I
I remember that there didn’t seem to be any special obstacles?”
"The obstacle to the Bridge of Miracles does not come from the bridge itself, but from the violent ocean." Walking back to the gray-robed magician, Reiner looked at his face with a condescending gaze: "Do you think the Roderick Dynasty
How did it perish? Was it destroyed artificially?"
"No, they were swallowed up by the storm of the sea."
An unprecedented heaviness appeared on his face, and his serious gaze was as if he had encountered an unreachable and powerful enemy. Duan Qing, who felt powerful from this heaviness, then restrained his indifferent smile and looked at the other party.
His eyes were also filled with the final seriousness: "So that means that if you want to safely pass the Bridge of Freedom, some kind of protection that can separate the sea is also necessary?"
"Although the Endless Sea has undergone many changes over the past millennium, this danger has never disappeared." Reiner nodded and replied: "Starwind Plains is the best example."
"Can the so-called city defense array play such a role? Can it be extended to the Miracle Bridge connected to it?" Duan Qing, who was leaning forward slightly, asked in a low voice: "These restorationists are running here now.
Are you here to restart the magic circle ceremony of the Star of Morna?"
"The Star of Morna can no longer be activated." Reiner shook his head resolutely: "It is no longer possible to gather the tokens of the Twelve Thrones, and this magic circle will never reappear in the world.
"
"That's not necessarily the case, they are the restorers." Shaking his head, Duan Qing replied in a very serious voice: "Since they are products of the ancient magic era, those inheritors who claim to be the ancient magic era will naturally have a new era.
Let’s start it.”
"...This is impossible." Reiner sat down on the bench again and repeated, shaking his head again: "Even if they can do it, they must use methods that I did not expect.
"
"Don't you still want to intervene?" Duan Qing frowned and looked at the other party's face: "We have already said this -"
"It's you who put forward hypotheses and conjectures, and it's naturally up to you to verify the final conclusion."
Waving his hand to interrupt Duan Qing's attempt to continue persuading him, the armored warrior's arms slowly fell on his knees. He looked at the other person's face with a conscious look, and his expression was a little brighter.
The feeling of anticipation: “After all—”
"Exploring the unknown and creating miracles is what adventurers like you have been doing."
This chapter has been completed!