Chapter 31 The Hall of Mirrors (2)
According to what the Elf King told him, after calling "Mirror Hall" three times, a pattern he was familiar with appeared in front of Link - Edgar's Ring. The complexity of the pattern is similar to that of the all-encompassing world, and it also comes with many magic circles composed of different characters.
Standing at the magic circle to report his position and name, he suddenly fell into darkness, as if he had entered a dark barrier. In the darkness, a ray of light appeared, turning from a dot into a line, pulling out a regular square, and then, the square suddenly became a solid body, a smooth mirror. However, what is reflected inside is not Link's appearance and environment, but a space formed by hundreds of mirrors, most of which are empty, with only a small part having images, and the sound pours in with the clarity of the image.
So that's it... This is the origin of the name of the Hall of Mirrors, it feels a bit like a remote video.
After looking around for a week, Link also noticed that the size of the mirror surface that formed the mirror hall was uneven. Some mirrors were only one foot, and some could see the upper body. His frame was the largest in the entire space, showing the whole body. It seemed... the volume of the mirror was related to the identity it showed.
As he turned his head, Link saw the Elf King and Kelly next to him, and directly opposite him was a young human woman, with light white water ripples on her long dress in the water blue floor.
Is this the royal rose Frannie? The delicate facial features are not inferior to those of the elves. Unfortunately, her twinkle eyes highlighted that she was a very cunning person, and instead destroyed her first impression.
Just as Link was evaluating Farlanie, the princess was also looking at the young man who suddenly appeared and interrupted her speech.
Black hair and dark eyes, wheat-colored skin, medium figure. Wearing a gray-brown casual dress, if it weren't for the slightly flat facial features that were different from ordinary people, it wouldn't be found in the crowd. Such an ordinary and ordinary person is the son of nature?!
The strange silence continued, Farlanie looked to the right, "Is this the new son of nature?"
Link followed her gaze and saw another mirror that was equivalent to his height. What reflected was the relationship between him, Bard, the only sage now, who had met him.
Bud nodded slightly to Link, "Meet again, Lord Link."
The luxuriously dressed nobles were collectively breathing, and Bard had been famous for a long time, and the attitude of the sage itself was the best proof. The people who broke into the conference were indeed the sons of nature who turned Hornheim upside down. Except for skin color, hair color and gender, the rest were mystery, and even if they were willing to spend money, they could not buy more detailed information.
A light flashed in the mirror hall with dark background, and another mirror appeared a figure, reflecting Link's familiar figure - Gonzalez, who had been separated for two months, as the Grand Duke of Befest, was a place in the mirror hall.
The two looked at each other and nodded as a greeting. In this case, it would be of no benefit to be too close.
"Where did you talk about?" Link asked Kelly, who is also the son of nature, naturally, as if he was just late, not uninvited. In fact, it is not suitable to use uninvited. Originally, the son of nature, as the messenger of the pillar, was a regular member of the Hall of Mirrors.
Taking a deep breath, suppressing panic and surprise, Farlanie held the hem of her skirt and bowed slightly to Link, "Let me explain it, sir."
One of Bad and Farlani is in the position of wise men and the other is the noble princess. They are both the most noble positions among their respective forces. Ordinary clergy should also salute them. But the son of nature is different from ordinary clergy. He is known as the strongest god's favor and is the first and the strongest messenger of the god. He has a transcendent status.
"We are discussing the abolition of the Doyle family's title and fiefdom." Even if Link attended the meeting, Franny was confident that the Doyle family's title was taken into account. She gave Link a warning as soon as she came up and used "we" to revoke the title and fiefdom as the internal affairs of mankind, so that the natural alliance would have no right to intervene.
"The Doyle family is not dead, and there is still the last one who lives directly."
Unexpectedly, Link was not shy at all. Farlani brought out the rhetoric she had thought in advance, "The Doyle family colluded with the undead, causing a large number of civilian deaths, and they are no longer qualified to continue to serve as lords."
Sneer—Link laughed out loud.
"If we count this way, at least more than half of the nobles in the United Kingdom do not meet this condition."
The nobles immediately protested, and even the sons of nature could not slander them at will.
"Is it really a slander?" Link's eyes swept across everyone one by one. "I have the ability given by the pillar, no matter how many days, months, or even years, decades, hundreds, or thousands of years, from your life to all kinds of little secrets that you do not want to make public, and even the deeds of your ancestors, as long as it has actually happened, you can find out."
His tone was plain, but the hidden threat in his words made the nobles who were thousands of miles away feel invisible fear. No one dared to doubt whether this ability that was similar to pre-support really existed. Miracles were originally turned into impossible.
"His Excellency Link, are you going to interfere in the internal affairs of mankind?" Farlani's voice broke the strange silence created by Link. The nobles agreed and agreed to the unanimous responsibility, as the son of nature, he actually ignored the precepts and interfered in the affairs of mankind.
Worried that Link would violate the precepts of the Son of Nature, Gonzalez stood up and defended him.
"It is up to the pillar to decide whether he has the right to be qualified, not a human being." Link retorted without pain, "Forty years, human beings have not recovered lost land, but have lost more and more. The ruling class does not want to resist the invasion of the undead, and only has their own wealth and glory in their minds. Instead of doing this, it is better to give up the fertile land in the central part. Don't you like the rear and live in the barren land of Southern Yanzhou."
The nobles looked at each other. Is the son of nature scaring them, or is he going to come true?
"His Excellency Link, we are now discussing Krenberg. Please do not change the topic! The identity of the person you recommended is difficult to confirm. The information from hundreds of years ago has gone through two disasters of the rebellion of princes and the invasion of the undead." Farlani deliberately mentioned the rebellion of the princes, which implies that Orlando was the son of the culprit who provoked the civil strife that led to the decline of the empire. If the empire had not split, the invasion of the undead might not have succeeded, and there would be no chaos now.
Moreover, the term ‘recommendation’ once again implies that Link, as a son of nature, should not interfere in human internal affairs.
Link understood what Franny was thinking.
There is no if in this world, and what has happened cannot be repeated. There are thousands of forks in fate, and the future is destined at the moment of decision.
"Greg Oran Dordor is the nephew of the Wood Elf King and the son of Duke Krenberg, the emperor's conferred bloodline. He is more noble than any human present. As a loyal believer of Evga, the half-elves have been wandering all over the continent, preaching the doctrine of the goddess, and he found me on the order of the goddess to stop the war between humans and the wood Elf."
When he saw Link pulling the gods, Franny put the blame on Link again, blaming him for introducing the undead into Krenberg, which led to the involvement of the local people.
Who is constantly changing the topic?
Link was also tired of Franny's behavior of changing the argument immediately when he saw that the situation was not good.
"If half of the pillar of the undead is responsible for it, the other half will be caused by humans themselves."
Farlanie angrily scolded Link for turning black and white!
Link spread his hands: "I'm talking about the fact that humans are unwilling to admit. In ancient times, the pillar lets humans use elements, with the purpose of it just to make the fragile humans survive. Unexpectedly, after humans become stronger, they began to enslave them. Other species of the spirits consumed the gifts of nature without restraint."
Before Franny could argue, other nobles jumped out. "Even if humans were relatively weak in ancient times, they have evolved into higher living organisms, have developed civilizations, and what's wrong with enslaving and domesticating creatures that are weaker than themselves? This is just abiding by the laws of nature, survival of the fittest, and the strong prey on the weak!"
The noble's speech immediately won the approval of the vast majority of people, and Gonzalez shook his head after hearing this.
Bard, who was the representative of Hornheim, had a change in his face. Franny, who noticed his expression, was also in a bad mood.
Link showed a smile that made everyone feel terrified, "For creatures like ants and mice, humans are indeed higher species at the top of the food chain. Conversely, humans are the same. There are species stronger and better than you in this world. In ancient times, in order to protect many relatively weak creatures on the central continent, the first generations joined forces to close the roads of the islands and other spaces in the outer sea. Since you ask for fairness, then let's have a real fair."
"Silly!" Bard scolded helplessly. The Son of Nature is the eyes, ears, mouth and nose of the pillar. How idiots should I be to speak such self-digging words in front of the Son of Nature?
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Farlani wanted to remedy it, "You can't do this! Opening up ancient creatures into the material world is equivalent to putting humans to death. Does the pillar really want to destroy humans?"
Many nobles had not yet realized the meaning of Link's words, but Link's next speech shocked everyone.
"Animals and plants are also life. Have you ever asked them for their opinions when humans feed on them? I am just following your request and maintaining a balanced duty."
There was a silence in the hall of mirrors, and Frannie was stunned for a long time before she could find her voice.
"Did you forget that you are also human?"
"Yes, before I became the son of nature, I was a human. But the princess seemed to have forgotten the most important point, I was not a human in this world. If the Edgars were not too incompetent, how could the pillar summon me from another world to this place?"
Now, Farlanie was completely speechless.
However, Link's amazing move is not over yet. "Want to vote for Krenberg's belonging? Okay, let the people of Krenberg decide who they want to be their lord."
This immediately aroused opposition from the nobles, and the hall of mirrors was filled with protests, including fierce words.
"How can those lowly pigs decide the lord's position!"
"Civilians can't climb onto the nobles!"
"We are the rulers of the kingdom!"
Link's expression also became gloomy amid the increasingly unceremonious aristocratic verbal abuse.
"In ancient times, the leaders of tribal clans were elected by the entire clan. Now, I am just following the ancestral system. How can you be the lord of one place? I am respected and loved by others? Or can you be brave and protect the subjects of the territory? All of them are not! You rely on the theory of bloodline of shit, and you are useless waste, and you should have given up your position."
Link's swear words made Gonzalez laugh out loud, but he didn't see him for two months. This kid changed a lot. He used to think that he was a little inferior, but now it seems that he has changed. Why didn't he find out that he is quick-witted before?
"Oh by the way, I forgot to tell you that I broadcast the whole meeting live. The pigs and untouchables you mentioned will definitely not welcome guys like you to serve as their new lords." Seeing the nobles' faces dull, Link kindly explained to them what the whole meeting is. "It's not just Krenberg, I asked Malik for help, and let the spider web use audio and video to pass back all the things I saw and said since I came in until now."
This is why Linke arrived later than the Elves and Kelly. He was busy contacting Malik and asked him to help make his conversation in the Hall of Mirrors public.
Farlanie realized that she could not let Link continue to talk. She intended to use the excuse of collusion between the Doyle family and the undead, causing the fall of many cities and the death of countless people.
Link was able to counterattack and traced back to Farnie's nobles who had been secretly colluding with the undead since the Battle of the North, and threatened them to find them one by one. Anyone who did not repent would have to pay a heavy price: he could not sleep at night, he could not eat at sunny days, he would lose every battle, and he would harm his descendants.
Farlanie's face was pale and sweated like rain.
The son of nature actually used the law of cause and effect to mantra!
This meeting was her head, and the interests of other nobles were damaged. If their lives were threatened, they would inevitably take their anger on her.
What should I do?
Farlanie looked at Bud, and the instructor who had always taken good care of her shook his head gently. When he did this, he said there was no room for negotiation.
Isn't planning to help me?
Without Hornheim as her backer, she was just a royal daughter with a title.
Even worse, Link did not intend to let Franni go. He revealed a shocking secret to the people present and the live broadcast to the people: the traitor who caused the fall of Longyan Castle was no one else, but the princess Franni's most trusted confidant - the Count Claudia. She was a mixed-blood specially created by the night elf to get into Longyan Castle.
For their own selfish interests, humans sold dwarves and dwarfs to orcs. The orcs forced these slaves to dig tunnels for detonation under Longyan Castle. The fall of Longyan Castle puts stronger and more cruel creatures into the material world. Humans, orcs, night elves. When others make wedding clothes, the demons are the ultimate beneficiaries.
Claudia is a traitor!!
Nothing can strike Franny better than this. After the undead invaded, Kolk, who fled to the south, defeated Befast, who was also a candidate, and became the regent with the help of Claudia. It was under the guidance of Claudia that she learned how to survive in the intrigue aristocratic circle. Without this mentor, she would not even dare to revive the glory of the empire.
But now, the son of nature actually said that Claudia was a traitor?
"What evidence do you have?" Franken's fingers were pinched and Farlani clenched her lower lip.
Not only the nobles, but the son of nature also passed the content of the meeting outside, and the royal family's face would be gone. In any case, Link could not confirm the evidence of Claudia's rebellion.
"Does Your Highness think I will spread rumors without sufficient evidence? Even Malik's conspiracy barrier cannot stop me from finding out the truth. Claudia's father is Yatis, and under the instructions of Malik, he gave birth to many mixed-race descendants in order to steal secrets. Claudia is one of the best and the most successful one I know. Although few people know this so far, as long as I ask Malik to untie the conspiracy barrier that there is no need to maintain it, the secrets that rely on divine power will be exposed. Do you want to try it?"
Only fools will fight to the end and lose all their faces.
Frannie regretted the fact that she had done the stupid thing about holding a meeting in the Hall of Mirrors? She miscalculated the ability of the Son of Nature and threw herself into a quagmire that could not be extricated.
Speaking of this, the meeting naturally cannot be held.
Link throws out that as Krenberg's lord, bloodline is not preferred and necessary. He chose Orlando not because of his bloodline, but because he sacrificed his life for Krenberg.
Link used projection to extract his memory, starting with asking Orlando if he was willing to risk his life to go to the duel between Wallan and Frost Han.
Transformed into a Feng Falcon to solve the undead army that besieged outside the city, rushing up the stone steps to fight against the stone golem, the void spirit, the lich, the wounded, the death, and the resurrection of the lich, the specially selected memory fragments, the irrefutable real scenes become the last straw that crushed Franny and the nobles, and there is no suspense about who the people will choose. No matter what the Doyle family did, this last living direct line has used his life to atone for his sins. Without the plea of the Son of Nature, the half-elves have died in the White City where he was born and grew up.
The Mirror Hall Meeting, which was held again after forty years, ended hastily, and the Elf King and Kelly breathed a sigh of relief. They temporarily retained their title and fiefdom. They also knew that this was only temporary, and they might even think of any harm in the future. Krenberg has always been a piece of fat meat that everyone is greedy for. In addition to the rich pure gold, there are also many precious minerals.
Chapter completed!