The evil-faced spider queen is still crawling hard. Unlike the previous demon wolf mount, this giant spider is more like a bulldozer in the snowy forest. Whenever there are big trees blocking the way in front, it waves its thick, carrying
The arm, which is as sharp as a sickle, can cut off a big tree with a click, or it can directly smash into it and immediately create a road.
This kind of evil-faced spider is used to living in underground ice. It can even burrow through hard ice, let alone these trees?
The old magician was obsessed with the past, his expression was gloomy, he stood on the back of the spider, and did not speak again for a long time.
Finally, it was not Du Wei who asked the question this time.
"What happened next? What happened next?"
The person who asked the question was actually Queen Medusa who had been keeping quiet and listening to the story silently.
This indifferent woman had a trace of curiosity on her face and asked calmly: "Excuse me, what happened next?"
Du Wei was a little surprised and couldn't help but glance at Medusa. Medusa was very calm: "I'm just curious. Isn't curiosity unique to humans? Isn't it also a kind of human nature?"
"Do you also want to continue listening to stories?" The old magician smiled strangely: "Smart Queen Medusa, with your wisdom, you should understand that listening to these stories may not be good for you."
"I was born and raised." Medusa said coldly: "Whatever gods or temples you talk about have no meaning to me."
"Okay then." The old magician laughed, and then his tone became lowered: "Anyway, these are also mentioned in the prophecy, and you should be part of this matter."
Shaking his head, the old magician adjusted his hat that was blown askew by the wind, and then pointed into the distance. He smiled and said: "Here, right in front, in about one day, we will be able to walk out of this forest! From ancient times
So far, there are only a few people in the entire continent who can travel through the frozen forest and reach the northern end of the forest!"
"According to what I know, the one who has traveled farthest in the frozen forest is a magician named Aziz who lived in the imperial capital twenty years ago. He led a group of knights to the place we passed by before.
That canyon." Du Wei said calmly.
"Well, that's right. According to records, it is indeed Aziz, that cunning boy." The old magician sneered: "But two hundred years ago, I had already passed through the frozen forest and came to the north of the forest! Come with me.
Yes, it was Semmel. We entered the forest together, crossed the Great Round Lake, walked through the forest, came all the way here, and continued north. Finally we reached our destination... That was the last time I saw Semmel, that is, her
Promise to help me for the last time!"
"What is there in the north of the frozen forest?" Du Wei smiled: "Is it hell?"
The old magician didn't smile. He took a deep look at Du Wei, then turned around and sat down. He fumbled in his arms for a while and took out a piece of parchment.
He did not rush to open the parchment, but first cast a small spell to prevent wind, and then slowly unfolded the parchment on his knees.
This is a sheepskin roll that is so damaged that it will shatter at any time. It has been soaked in some unknown antiseptic potion, and the original color can no longer be seen clearly. The edges of the sheepskin roll still have some teeth that look like they have been gnawed by mice.
There are twisted lines on it, and there are a few lines of weird handwriting written on them.
The writing is red, bright red, and I don't know what kind of paint it is, but after so many years, it has not faded, which makes Du Wei a little strange.
As if seeing Du Wei's suspicion, the old magician smiled softly: "This is written in blood... written in Aragon's own blood, with a magic mark. Even if it takes another thousand years.
It will fade. This is a clue that I spent a lot of effort to find in a secret room in the imperial palace. Together with the clues found from the top-secret documents sealed in the temple, I finally found out that a side branch of the royal family has declined for many years.
A suicide note left by Aragon before his death was found in the grave of a minor noble..."
"A declining little noble?" The question came from Hussein. This knight, who was born in a poor family, was raised by the temple and was not very familiar with the imperial family: "How could Aragon's suicide note be found in the family of a declining little noble?"
In the grave?"
The old magician glanced at Du Wei.
Du Wei sighed. He received an aristocratic education and was looked down upon since childhood. He spent most of his time living alone and reading, and his knowledge was comparable to that of any famous scholar in the empire.
He thought for a moment and explained to the knight:
The Roland Empire was founded nearly a thousand years ago. After the death of the founding emperor Aragon a thousand years ago, the throne was passed to Aragon's second son. Then the second emperor died of illness after reigning for fourteen years, and then passed it to his eldest son again...
After nearly a thousand years of imperial royal family inheritance, in fact, by the time the empire was about four hundred years old, those who ascended the throne could no longer be considered direct descendants of His Majesty Aragon.
About four hundred years after the founding of the empire, Aragon's direct descendants, a short-lived emperor, died without leaving a son, and the Aragon line of the royal Roland family was unable to find a suitable throne.
Here comes the heir!
Strictly speaking, the emperor who finally succeeded to the throne could no longer be regarded as a direct descendant of Aragon, but if traced further, he should be regarded as a descendant of Aragon's own brother.
Historically speaking, at that time, historians believed that the real direct descendants of Aragon had been cut off from that time. There is a saying about this event in the history books, called the end of the "Thorn Flower Dynasty" (
The Thorn Flower Dynasty is considered to be a dynasty controlled by the orthodox descendants of Aragon), also known as the "age of withered blood".
After that, the descendants of Aragon's own brothers have been holding the throne, and history is called the "Glorious Dynasty". However, after that dynasty existed for about two hundred years, it began to decline, and then the empire fell into a serious crisis (mentioned earlier,
That was the era when Du Wei's Luo Lin family rose), there was a foreign rebellion in the northwest, and the warlords in the continent were divided. Although the empire did not really disintegrate, the crisis almost caused the empire to perish.
Fortunately, at that time, after some turmoil in the royal family, an outstanding emperor emerged. That emperor was not a descendant of the Aragon brothers. He claimed to be a descendant of Aragon. In fact, the direct descendants of Aragon have been cut off.
, but in the "age of withered blood", although Aragon's royal family did not have a single male, they still had several daughters. And this emperor, in the "age of withered blood"
At that time, one of the descendants of this line of Aragon's daughters.
When he succeeded to the throne, he also went through a fierce struggle. On the one hand, the empire was in crisis and was almost destroyed. Other royal children were unwilling to sit on that terrible throne, thinking that it was a crater.
Finally, the emperor who succeeded him was actually pushed to the throne because according to the genealogy, he could not be regarded as a real descendant of Aragon at all, but his great-great-great-grandmother was a descendant of Aragon.
Before becoming emperor, he was just a duke from the royal family (not even a prince).
But this emperor was a rare and outstanding figure. He single-handedly promoted the Luo Lin family and revived the empire. At the same time, the Luo Lin family began to flourish!
This period of history is relatively complicated, but the royal bloodline of any empire has always been very large and scattered. Du Wei made a comparison. It is probably very similar to the experience of the Han Dynasty in Chinese history in the world where he lived in his previous life.
: Although the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty are both considered to be the Han Dynasty, in fact, after the demise of the Western Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, the Zhongxing Empire established the Eastern Han Dynasty. The founding emperor of the Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, strictly speaking, has a very close bloodline to the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty.
It's very far away, it's considered a collateral line.
The history of the Roland Empire is very similar to the world in Du Wei's previous life, the transition between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty in Chinese history.
It's just that the emperor of Roland's resurgent empire seems to have an "Aragon plot". He seems to be a guy who fanatically worships Aragon. He always regards himself as a descendant of Aragon, and even calls his dynasty "Thorns".
"Flower Dynasty", although historians do not agree with him so much. And after his death, no one called the dynasty he established that way. Now this dynasty is called "Augustin Dynasty". Because at that time, when the Zhongxing Emperor succeeded,
Before his title, his title was "Grand Duke Augustine".
What's ridiculous is that the ZTE emperor regarded himself as a direct descendant of Aragon all his life, but his descendants didn't seem to think so. Later formal historical materials were all recorded under the name "Augustine". For example, the current emperor of the empire,
The public name is: Augustine VI.
These can also explain why a handwritten letter left by Aragon himself was found in the tomb of a declining royal family. Because the real descendants of Aragon had declined hundreds of years ago.
The subsequent royal family can only be regarded as the descendants of Aragon's relatives, rather than his own blood.
"To put it simply, from the first year of the founding of the empire to the 400th year of the empire, it was Aragon's line that controlled the imperial power and was called the 'Thorn Flower Dynasty'. Then, from the 400th to 600th year of the empire, it was
The lineage of Aragon's brothers held imperial power and was called the 'Glorious Dynasty'. Then, from the 600th century of the empire to the present, it is the 'Augustin Dynasty', and the blood relationship between this dynasty and Aragon is even further. Understand
What?"
Du Wei smiled bitterly.
After explaining to the knight, Du Wei immediately turned to look at the old magician: "Okay, tell us quickly, the suicide note of Aragon himself that you found in the tomb of that little nobleman is the sheepskin in your hand.
Volume, what exactly is written?"
"To be precise, this is a prophecy!" The old magician smiled a bit harshly, as if he lowered his voice deliberately: "You know, Aragorn was almost invincible in the mainland back then. Everyone knows that he is very strong, but his
No one knows what level his strength has reached. There are even legends that his strength has almost reached the level of a god! Although many people think this speculation is ridiculous... but I don’t think so! I
I think this is very possible! His strength has indeed reached the level of a god! So... he may have mastered a legendary ability that only gods have: the great prophecy!"
