Looking at Roland's familiar face, Chris trembled and murmured.
After a thousand years, she felt the throbbing of her soul again.
That was the call of the Seal of Blue Silver - the proof of using the Silver Queen's scepter to atone for the sins of the dead, the mark left when sacrificing oneself.
Kneel down and bow to him. A voice kept shouting in her heart.
At that moment, she remembered the old prophecy.
"Bird of ill omen! You need mercury as blood, crown of thorns——"
The prophecy left by the Silver Queen is absolutely correct.
She once said that when the undead meet their new king, they will naturally understand who the prophecy refers to.
Sure enough. Not surprising at all.
The crown-like silver-gray thorn pattern that slowly appeared on Roland's forehead was slightly different in style from the Silver Queen, but it could be recognized at a glance, and there was no difference in its essence.
You have indeed brought us a new king.
Feeling the gradually reviving heartbeat, his withered soul was filled with vitality again, and warm blood began to flow slowly in this almost dry body.
It’s really the Seal of Cang Yin!
After realizing this, her tears could no longer stop.
Roland looked at Chris with tears streaming down his face and felt inexplicably sad.
After Roland realized that he and his sister were actually the same person, although his sister's memory did not flow through him, Roland's habits were obviously affected by his sister.
Chris, I'm back - Roland almost blurted out this.
"I am not your Majesty."
After Roland calmed down, he still spoke softly: "I am Roland. Roland. Narola. I am the initiator of miracles, the successor of Blue Silver, the Pope of the Three Saints, and the brother of the Silver Queen.
——”
He read word by word with a clear voice: "I am the new king of Elkart."
Looking at Roland who seemed to be shining with light, Chris seemed to be in a trance as if he had seen the Silver Queen who had lived for a thousand years.
Yes, this is the Silver Queen.
No matter what the facts were, she just wanted to treat Roland as the Silver Queen so willfully.
Although she is slightly different from the past - for example, her originally gentle and tolerant eyes are no longer as gentle as before. Those silver-white eyes are full of consciousness that is ravaging the world, but at least Cang Yin's spirit is not as gentle as before.
It didn't fade on her.
Chris has always believed that kindness cannot save the world. The kindness extended to everyone will only make her heart dull and will kill herself sooner or later.
In her opinion, blue silver is sharp. It should be the color of steel, the color of war - it should be the color of swords, shields, and weapons capable of taking away other people's lives.
If it were her own position, she would have been able to offer her loyalty so far.
But now that she is an earl and the patron saint of 1,800 people, she cannot surrender to others rashly. Even if that person is the new king they have been waiting for for a long time.
"You said that you are the successor of Cang Yin——"
After a long time, Countess Bloodthroat calmed down and asked: "So, what do you think the spirit of Cang Yin is?"
Other names may have a somewhat intimidating effect on those factions that deny the existence of the new king, but this is the only thing Chris noticed.
The spirit of Cang Yin is the heart of Elkart. Without this, Elkart would no longer be considered Elkart.
"The words of Cang Yin's spirit..."
When Roland heard this, he was slightly startled, and couldn't help but lower his head in thought.
Yes, I already have the Cang Yin Seal. But what is the Cang Yin spirit?
Resist.
Never admit defeat.
If we talk about the essence of Cang Yin's spirit, this is the most convenient and correct answer. In other words, this is the so-called right argument.
But if we talk about Cang Yin’s spirit from a deeper level, it is enlightenment.
When Roland and Roman accepted the call of the Eye of Orm and came to the world of Farnes, they had the awareness of the end of the world in the face of the invasion of the Twilight Species. Therefore, Roland also understood what the so-called Blue Silver Spirit was.
Even if they foresee a future of infinite despair and clearly understand that the nature of the world is endless terror, the people of Cang Yin still will not feel despair because of this.
Because they have already realized it.
"Even if your fate is doomed, even if there is no possibility of changing the outcome, even if everything is so hopeless, even if all struggles are nothing but a mantis trying to control the chariot, as long as you have the consciousness that it doesn't matter if you sacrifice yourself, you can fight and resist until the end.
Until now, I will never admit defeat, never give up even a glimmer of opportunity, never give up a little bit of hope, and resist with all my strength—"
That is the spirit of Cang Yin.
Roland concluded this.
Even if you know you will die tomorrow, as long as you are aware of it in your heart, you will not be afraid.
Even civilians without any power, once forced into a desperate situation, must tear off a piece of flesh from the enemy before dying.
In the face of terror and despair, they did not panic, were aware, hugged their children calmly, sang carols and died happily. This is the spirit of Cang Yin.
The war that took place thousands of years ago lasted for ten years. From the mountains of Falaro to the woodlands of Kalar, from the frozen soil of Suze to the swamps of Titan, the blood of Elkart's warriors was spread almost all over the northern countries. Today
The dry land was now as smooth as mud, and you could faintly smell the fishy smell of blood just by stepping on it.
To this day, the heroic spirits of the warriors still linger in the land. If you come there with strong wine and delicious food, you might see a reenactment of the war back then.
The warrior, whose body was covered in blood, picked up his blown head, held it in his arms and began to charge.
Shouting slogans and never retreating even if there is only one person left beside him.
There is progress but no retreat, there is death but no life.
Against the flaming arrow rain covering the sky, he roared like a dragon at the array of spears, and did not fall down until his body was pierced by dense arrows.
A soldier is on the road to charge until death. Even if he dies, he should die with pride. When faced with death, he does not even bother to blink.
The will that never yields, the silver that never breaks.
"In my opinion, Cang Yin's will is the will to resist, and Cang Yin's hymn is the hymn of the resisters."
Roland said sonorously and forcefully, word by word: "What a desperate fate, a doomed future, as long as you can't kill me, I will resist. As long as I am still alive, I will resist - until I die, until I am crushed."
.”
"If you want to say why, it's because we are all weak. We have nothing, can't do anything, and can't change anything. But even we who are so weak still have teeth and nails. Even if we risk our lives, we can't
If you want to leave something behind, you must at least have this level of awareness."
"——I firmly believe that even the weak have the right to resist fate."
Ah, yes, that’s exactly it——
Chrissy wanted to respond like this, but she was so excited that she couldn't speak at all.