Bandits who commit all kinds of crimes, kings who are foolish and unscrupulous, monsters who are cruel and curious, and common people who have been tortured but unable to save themselves.
This is the world view called "Legend of Sword and Wind", and the main tone of the long "story" line in its "fateful script".
In this low-demon world similar to the European Middle Ages, where there is no "aura" or "ether", countries have been at war with each other for years, and each country maintains huge armaments and military power.
As a result, mercenaries have become a popular industry, and the lives of ordinary civilians have become very poor and painful... and even hopeless.
Because in this war-torn world, there are not only human wars, but also monsters called ‘apostles’, as well as various monsters that are weaker but more numerous than the apostles, leaving countless civilians in despair.
The core "fulcrum" of this world - Gus...or in other words, Gus in the future is one of those countless desperate people.
In the future, Guts, together with the mercenary organization Guts belongs to, the Eagle Group, will be betrayed by his best friend and leader Griffith, and will be brutally killed by the apostles and monsters as a miserable sacrifice.
Only Guts and Gus's girlfriend Casca, who was violently insulted by Griffith and became insane, were able to survive with the help of the Skeleton Knight.
From then on, Guts, a poor mortal who survived the horrific blood sacrifice, will carry the giant sword with difficulty with his disabled body and embark on a hopeless journey of revenge against Griffith, which will continue until the invisible end.
At the same time, in Troy's eyes, the scale of this [Legend of Sword and Wind] world view is actually not that big in general.
If you abandon the so-called secluded world that is close to the idealistic realm.
Then its real main world of reality consists of only a starry sky not much larger than the observable universe, as well as billions of galaxies and billions of Earth-like planets scattered throughout this 'narrow' starry sky.
What is quite interesting is that on these countless billions of planets with the same topography and landforms, there are human civilizations with different levels of development.
Yes, in the vast starry sky that spans hundreds of billions of light years in the world view of "Legend of Sword and Wind", there are only carbon-based human civilizations and no so-called alien life.
And these countless trillions of human civilizations basically have no chance and are impossible to develop into the true interstellar era.
At most, if they can stumble and regress and advance until they reach the cyber era, they will be played by the "devils" of the underworld until they are completely destroyed, and then a number of new human civilizations will be born a few years later.
The 'devils' who play tricks on these human groups are the ones that secretly exist behind the intelligent civilizations. Each one of them has strength and abilities far beyond the scope of human beings, and their body and spirit can be called the "Hand of God" that is curious and twisted.
, as well as the "apostles" who are much weaker but also more numerous.
As for the so-called hand of God, it means that certain destined human beings, after experiencing a life of enough pain, misery and despair, at the right place and at the right time, go through a process that can only be achieved when the sun dies (solar eclipse).
The bloody ritual - the baptism of "Eclipse" - is initiated, and only after completely sacrificing the person or thing you love most can you become a dark evil demon that is so powerful that it far surpasses all mortal beings.
For example, the planet where Guts is located, which is the core place in the core of this world view, has four God's Hands.
They are Archangel Potter, Silan the Harlot of the Sea, Cordus, and Ubik.
In addition to these four, this planet will also give birth to a Hand of God in the future - Dark Eagle Femont, who will be Guts' future comrade and enemy.
Although in Troy's view, in terms of strength, these so-called Hands of God may only be within the ranks of galactic overlords, far from being on the same level as the sages of the universe.
Even the God of the Abyss behind them, who exists in the deepest part of the nether world, although he has some laws of cause and effect and the ability to disturb the timeline, his strength level is only about the same as that of ordinary three-dimensional villains. Even the Holy Emperor Augustus fights
but.
Moreover, this God of the Abyss does not have complete and clear thinking and consciousness at all. In essence, it is just a chaotic demonic group that mirrors countless negative emotions and countless evil and dark phenomena in the real world.
But for the countless trillions of mediocre and uncanny human civilizations, these hands of gods and the more mysterious gods of the abyss are equivalent to real gods and demons that cannot be defeated.
What's even more terrible is that, according to Troy's observation, the core of this worldview is not actually the real world, but the hell-like underworld.
As long as the Netherworld is immortal, even if all the Hands of God and even the God of the Abyss are eliminated, after a not too long period of time, a new God of the Abyss and a new Hand of God will still be born in the depths of the Netherworld. Human civilization
You will still suffer their poison and torture.
But if the Nether World is completely destroyed, the real starry sky of [Legend of Sword and Wind] that is closely connected to it will also be destroyed.
That won't work.
Although Troy could destroy this world view countless times with just his hands, doing so would not be of much benefit to him, or it would not have any positive significance for him to complete Mu Cang's mission.
To put it more clearly, it is the purpose of Troy coming to this comprehensive torrent. His main task is to completely reverse the plot direction of the "fateful script" of that worldview based on the core fulcrum of each worldview.
Completely change Gus' tragic fate.
Change positive to negative, good to bad, black to white.
Then he squeezed out enough transcendental essence for Mu Cang, and condensed the variable gems bit by bit.
Because Gus, or the source of the tragic fate of all living beings in this world, is the demons in the underworld.
So what Troy needs to do now is to use Guts, the core "fulcrum" of the world view of [Legend of Sword and Wind] as the basis, to create a world in which he can grow and develop without relying on the so-called 'aura' or 'ether'.
Yes, it can continuously and continuously eliminate the power of the hands of various gods and even the god of the Netherworld Abyss, or organize groups.
Most people may be at a loss to do anything about this, but Troy already has a quite mature and interesting idea.
"Since there is no external energy for the evolution and growth of creatures in this world, then... use the demons in the Netherworld as 'material' to start the road to evolution."
This is what Troy thinks.
…
In the boundless wilderness, a magnificent carriage as big as a house was being driven by several drivers wearing gray hooded robes, and was being pulled by sixteen powerful black horses. It was galloping at a fast pace with the clatter of hooves.
The gold-plated frame on all sides of this carriage shimmers in the setting sun, and the gorgeous and complex patterns and carvings on the surface of the carriage make it look very elegant and luxurious.
But compared with the outside, the inside of this carriage is much more luxurious.
If you open the carriage door and step inside, you will find that the interior space of the carriage, which is hundreds of square meters, is covered with a thick layer of bright red satin.
On this table of expensive satin, two or three silk sofas and four or five ebony chairs were placed in an orderly manner.
The walls of the carriage surrounding these red carpets, sofas and seats are inlaid with large swaths of gold jewelry, as well as precious oil paintings and antique ornaments.
Finally, a black crystal dome filled with starlight was suspended above the carriage.
In addition to the five or six male and female servants standing respectfully in the carriage, the place felt like being in a palace for a while.
This is how Gus feels when he is in this carriage.
This endless luxury, nobility, and solemnity... made him, who came from a humble background, extremely cautious and uncomfortable.
So as soon as Gus entered here, he stood cautiously in the corner of the carriage, hands down and motionless.
After seeing his reaction, Troy, who was sitting in front of the golden dining table and enjoying fine wine and delicacies under the service of servants, just smiled:
"Gus, don't be so formal. When you come here, treat it like your own home."
"Okay... okay, sir." Gus nodded in response in a low voice.
Seeing that Gus was still like that, Troy shook his head, then waved his hand and sent out a circle of cold air that flew through the air like a long snake, wrapped around his thin body and pulled him suddenly.
In front of the dining table.
"Eat, you must be very hungry."
Troy drank the wine slowly, "At your age, you can't fill your stomach with just a little vegetable soup and bread. And... from now on, you can call me Tutor Troy, don't call me an adult."
"Okay." Gus, who looked horrified because of Troy's hand just now, took a deep breath and nodded, "Teacher Troy, I understand."
Immediately, under the respectful eyes of the servants around him, he grabbed the roast chicken on the plate in front of him and began to feast on it.
After a long time, the whole chicken was eaten by a nine-year-old child like Gus, leaving only a few broken bones on the dinner plate.
It was also at this time that Troy said: "Gus, do you know why I want to buy you?"
Gus shook his head: "I don't know, Mentor Troy."
"the reason is simple."
Troy said calmly, "Because your fighting qualifications are very good, so good that you are almost one in a million. You are very suitable to be my apprentice and pass on my mantle."
"Fighting?"
Gus was stunned, "Are you... a fighter?"
"You can say that, but if it's more accurate, you should call me..."
Troy grinned, "Secret warrior."
"Military?" Gus looked confused, "What is that?"
"It is a secret martial skill that goes far beyond the scope of normal fighting skills."
Troy said slowly with pride and sigh, "This technique is called "Dark Blue Secret Martial Arts", and it was created by an ancient fighting king named 'Garonmon'. After this king created the secret martial arts
, and then established a fighting sect called 'Fengling Yueying', which has been passed down from generation to generation to this day, and I am the seventy-second generation successor of the Fengling Yueying Sect."
"Uh uh..."
Gus looked confused, and then he stuttered in an unclear but serious voice, "So, you want to accept me into the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, to become your apprentice, and to become... a secret warrior?"
"Yes." Troy said in a deep voice, "You shouldn't have any objections, right?"
"No, no! Of course not!"
Gus waved his hands repeatedly and said with a relieved smile, "I'm not afraid of hardship or tiredness, I'm just afraid...I'm afraid of doing something that goes against my conscience."
"Hahaha, don't worry then."
Troy laughed heartily and said, "The purpose of my sect is to hoe the strong, support the weak, slay evil and eliminate demons, and we will never let our disciples do anything that goes against their conscience."
During the conversation, the carriage, which had traveled an unknown distance, gradually slowed down under the control of the drivers, and finally stopped slowly.
Troy also stood up slowly and motioned for Gus to get out of the car together.
After getting off the car, Gus saw an ancient manor that covered a vast area and was guarded by hundreds of healthy soldiers more than a hundred meters ahead.
Through the gaps in the walls and fences, Gus could vaguely see a black stone castle standing quietly in the center of the manor, as well as a large number of gray stone houses around the castle, and many busy servants.
"Okay, we're home."
Troy lowered his head and said to Gus, "Come in with me."
Gus nodded: "Good mentor."
Then, the two of them stepped through the damp wilderness grass step by step, and walked into the huge manor surrounded by many servants.
…
A few days later, in the early morning, Gus was led by his servants to a spacious school field in the corner of the manor.
There, Troy had been standing with his hands behind his back for who knows how long.
After Gus arrived, he greeted him respectfully:
"Dear Mentor Troy, good morning."
"Hmm~"
Troy slowly turned around, looked at him and said calmly, "Gus, do you ever feel that... your body and strength have been far beyond ordinary people since you were a child?"
"Huh?" Gus was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "It seems...that's it, I can lift cargo boxes that even adults can't lift, and...and the wounds healed quickly. My father said I was a monster.
.”
"Haha, you do have the potential to be a monster."
Troy smiled, "So, I will pour "Dark Blue Secret Martial Arts" directly into your soul, so that you can immediately understand the essence of my sect's skills, but this will be very, very painful."
"Is that so?" Gus scratched his head and said half-understanding, "Then...then you start, I'm not afraid of pain."
"Heh." Troy grinned, "Okay, good."
After saying that, he suddenly pointed to the center of Gus's eyebrows.
boom!
Suddenly, a majestic stream of hot water poured into Gus's soul, carrying waves of horrific pain like cutting bones and chopping flesh.
Faced with this kind of terrifying pain, an ordinary person might scream and fall to the ground and faint in a second, but Gus, a nine-year-old child, gritted his teeth and held on without making a sound.
After all the pain gradually subsided, all kinds of information about "Dark Blue Secret Martial Arts" began to unfold in Gus' soul.
Not to mention the complicated core playing methods and refining methods.
According to the records of these information, "Deep Blue Secret Martial Arts" can be divided into seven levels in total.
