The gray law fragments dissipated behind Brando like withered petals. He glanced at Bai who was unconscious on the ground, and silently sheathed the Sword of the Earth. Another battle also came to an end at the same time, and Andrigg and
Morpheus each held a dark thin sword and pointed at the location of the burning soul fire in the hollow chest of the Dead Moon Knight, standing beside it on the left and right - although the former was far more powerful than Andre.
Either one of Ge and Morpheus is much stronger, but after all, they are no match for the two of them together, not to mention that there is Hippamilla next to her who holds the power of mountains and rivers.
Brando turned around and walked towards the Dead Moon Knight - he knew that Bai would wake up soon. The undead itself would not be truly comatose. Bai's current state was just a state of suspended animation caused by the weak soul fire.
That's it, this state will not last long, and it will either recover quickly or die completely. He has dealt with this black knight of Madara more than once, and he knows how difficult the other party is. What she said before
There were a lot of things obviously trying to attract his attention, and he took advantage of them, not necessarily believing one of the ten sentences. But at least what is certain at the moment is that Bai should be a silver elf and familiar with Medisa.
Although Medissa mentioned that this woman once used mind reading on her, mind reading can only read superficial thoughts. These deep inner memories cannot be stolen. They are the domain of gods.
But as to whether she is the eldest princess of the Silver Elf Empire, it remains to be verified.
After all, this woman is very good at bewitching and shaking people's hearts, making you fall into anger or confusion before taking action. She especially likes to use mind-reading spells. Her nickname besides the Black Knight is also the 'Just Judge'
It is very illustrative of this point. Whether a fair judge is fair or unfair is another matter, but she claims to be a judge, tortures people's inner sins, shakes people's unsteady beliefs, and is good at taking advantage of the fragility of human nature.
He must extract something useful from the Dead Moon Knight as soon as possible. Otherwise, he can't get any information from this woman, unless he is prepared to torture her separately, but he doesn't have the conditions or the time here.
Lawson's undead still stood in the hall. Motionless, like a stone statue.
Brando came to the Dead Moon Knight and soon discovered that the other party was actually an old acquaintance - the Decay Knight Croat, one of the Three Knights of Decay, and the Skeleton Knight under him. The First and Second Black Rose
He had invaded Eruin during the war, and died under Freya's sword at the end of the Second Black Rose War. In the middle of the Second Black Rose War, he had also done a mission about this guy, but at that time
It is surrounded by a large army for protection, so it can only be said that it is a face-to-face encounter from a distance. Crot is a dark noble from the Sea of the Dead Moon, a mercenary. Unlike Kabasi, he is an undead who is relatively good at fighting.
Lord, but it is not a die-hard loyalist to the undead monarch holding a mercury staff. It can only be regarded as a fence-sitter at best.
He thought about it and was relieved. Which undead lord was he not familiar with Madara?
Thinking of this, he looked back and saw that he recognized all the skeletons lying on the ground:
Thratha the Gray Staff, commanded the Gray Castle of Lifte. Most of his subordinates were corpse witches, who were good at the blood rain technique, and their political stance was that of a fence-sitter.
Bone-Eyed Karen, the lord of the Withered Woodland, has an army of pale hunters under his command. Their specialty is undead cavalry tactics, and they are Troll's famous wall-riding faction.
Buchan, the fence-sitter.
They are all fence-sitters.
Although the Decay Knight Croat has died once a long time ago, he is still very afraid of death. Or to put it in undead terms, he is afraid of 'real eternal sleep'. In other words, he is not very tight-lipped. Brando is a little bit afraid of death.
As soon as it threatened, it revealed the truth. Tiamas——,, this is the real name of Black Knight Bai. This name sounds like the name of an elf. In the previous life, some players also speculated that she might have been a wind elf.
Or wild elves, but I never thought they were silver elves, because there were too many different eras - and indeed they lied, their purpose of coming here was not for Lorison's undead - but for the War Tablet.
.
But it is not easy for the undead to enter human territory, let alone pass through several lines of defense without alerting the army under the current situation. According to Crot, they took a boat out to sea from Yongan Port and landed at Silver Sand Bay.
, humans arranged the itinerary as soon as they got off the boat, and they arrived at the Clover Field in the carriage. There were also people taking care of them along the way.
Brando immediately guessed that these people were from the Cruz Empire, and even from Crote's description, they were from the White Legion, or more recently, from a high-level knight order of the White Legion: White
The legion has three directly affiliated knights, the gray winged knights who ride gray griffons, the white dragon knights who ride the earth dragon and the silver pegasus knights. The people who receive these undead should be the people of the white dragon knights.
, because Crot once saw the emblem under those human cloaks, which was a white dragon head emblem, which is the typical emblem of the White Dragon Knights.
Although the possibility of setting the blame cannot be ruled out, this possibility is not high. After all, the Cruz people did not know that Crote and the others would fall into his hands.
The White Legion is Constance's staunchest supporter, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are also the most loyal supporters of the Mercury Rod in history, and are the backbone of the reformists. In other words, these undead who entered the empire to obtain the war tablets probably obtained Constance's support.
With the dual instructions from Stans and the Dark Lord, Brando immediately felt that there was a strong smell of conspiracy in it.
He looked at Bai Jia, who was listening quietly beside him. The senior sister also had the same look in her eyes.
It is not surprising that the monarch holding the mercury staff knew the existence of the War Slate in advance. He was originally the emperor of that world who appeared every thousand years. The mercury staff in his hand had the supreme ability to predict the future. The mercury staff predicted something for him.
With these fragments of the future, it may have seen the day when the War Tablet was born. As for the Silver Queen, as the Dark Dragon of this era who has obtained most of Odin's inheritance, the Black Prophecy originally mentioned the Darkness.
Dragons possess the ability to be almost omniscient and omnipotent. Through some ancient knowledge and inheritance, it does not seem surprising that they know the information about the War Tablet.
The strange thing is that these two people are now together. Throughout history, the opportunity for countries and forces to turn enemies into friends is nothing more than common interests or enemies. Speaking of Her Majesty’s enemies, there are no more enemies than
Apart from the Twilight Army and the monsters she identified, it seemed that she was the only one who could be considered the opponent's enemy. But Brando didn't think he was worthy of letting the two empires join forces to deal with him.
Then the only thing left is profit.
Madara's interests are foreseeable. Being able to seize the stone slabs from the empire is naturally beneficial to them. However, what benefits can the Silver Queen get from it? Leading the wolf into the house? Just in exchange for Madara's support.
? It doesn’t seem to be necessary, not to mention that Madara herself is still unjust and unjust, and the four major temples, except for a few people from the Temple of Fire, seem to have no regard for Constance’s actions.
If she raises any objections, she doesn't have to worry about getting involved with these skeletons.
Brando firmly believes that if something seems ridiculous and illogical on the surface, but it exists in fact, then there must be an unknown truth hidden behind the incident.
A terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to him.
In history, the empire once allowed and even encouraged Madara to attack Saint Osor and Eruin. Will such a thing happen again today? Although it was an event that happened at the end of the first era, in this world even the great demon tide
It's all so far in advance, and Queen Constance is completely deviating from common sense. There is no reason why this event cannot happen or appear in advance.
"What are you looking for this thing for?" Brando suddenly asked, pointing to the war slate suspended at the tip of the pile of rubble.
Sure enough. The undead knight showed a blank look. Nothing could be seen in the soul fire beating in its eyes. Crott obviously knew nothing about it. This was not beyond Brando's expectation. The war slate was nothing more than a slate of war.
It began to appear in this world only half a month ago, and the rule fragments only appeared one day ago. These undead people have no idea what this thing is, but the being holding the mercury staff may have described it to them.
Let them take the shape of the thing, and they will take it.
Everyone knows the power of the mercury rod, so even such a request will not arouse anyone's suspicion. The undead have long been accustomed to their monarch being one step ahead in everything.
"Have you thought of the war in 422?" Bai Jia suddenly asked in a low voice.
Brando nodded, and the heroes had the same view. The war in 422 happened before the Battle of Xifah Xilin. In that year, the empire and Madala’s envoys signed a secret agreement. This agreement was essentially
It was an agreement to divert trouble to the east. The agreement stated that the empire would not send additional troops to the Sedar area, or even withdraw its troops - in fact, it allowed Madara to attack Eruin and Saint Osor. Not long after that, Madara entered its heyday.
It was also the prelude to the demise of Eruin. Even the wind elves of Saint Osor were seriously injured in the war, so there was the subsequent Battle of Alkash.
Unexpectedly, history was so similar. Although the emperor of the empire was no longer the taciturn Lenaret, Constance actually made an amazingly unanimous decision. Brando couldn't help but think at this moment that this was really a couple.
mother and son.
But Brando still doesn’t understand why Constance let the undead go deep into the Metz area to seize the slate. What is the deep meaning of her doing this? The empire’s territory is so vast, and there are many rule fragments and war slates on this land. Why is it the law?
Tangang? Was it the request of the being holding the mercury staff, or was it Her Majesty's own idea? Could it be that that woman could have foreseen that he would come to this place? This sounds too creepy.
A weak voice interrupted his train of thought: "Do you still remember what I once said to you, human lord?"
Brando suddenly turned around and found that Bai had woken up earlier than he thought. The metal mask on the Black Knight's face had already been shattered by the impact, revealing half of her beautiful face, as evidenced by her silver hair.
She lost her pure silver elf blood, but her eyes could no longer see the beautiful silver gem eyes like Medissa's, replaced by a pair of eyes dancing with golden flames.
But her eyes had lost the lively look they had when she was trying to coax him, and had returned to an indifferent look. Her voice no longer fluctuated, but was filled with hollow metallic echoes, and she couldn't even tell it was a woman's.
sound.
In fact, this is the Bai that Brando is familiar with. She appeared in Madala about 150 years ago (the first sighting recorded in the literature may be earlier, but it is unknown). No one
No one knows where she came from, and no one knows why she appeared in Madala, but as soon as she appeared in Madala, she was already a powerful undead lord.
By the time the players become familiar with this undead lord, she has already obtained the evil dragon blood of the bone dragon Orshin, and was sealed by the mercury staff as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Bai in history, every time she appears, she is always like this
She wears a thick robe. Although the style and pattern of the robe may change, in most cases it is painted with decorations such as crosses and scales - unless she wants to hide her identity. But in any case
, she always wears her iconic structure - that is, a half-crying, half-laughing metal mask.
Players, including Madara players, have never seen the true face of this knight, and there is no way to tell whether she is male or female. Although this makes no difference to the undead, players still enjoy guessing.
In this regard, of course judging from the name, players are still more inclined to the latter guess.
And the facts prove this -
After hearing what the black knight said, Brando asked: "This is not the first time I have dealt with you. You have obviously said more than one sentence to me. I wonder which sentence you are referring to?"
"Ancestors——"
"You are an ancestor, a human being, and you and I both understand this deeply."
"What are the ancestors?" Brando frowned. This was indeed the second time this woman mentioned this word, and it also referred to him. But he was very puzzled. Brando's origins were very clear, whether it was
Neither he nor his grandfather were ancestors. Although Sword Saint Darus was famous, tracing back the ancestors of this family were just ordinary Eruin people.
"Your understanding of us goes beyond the boundaries of human knowledge, just like you know my real name and my origins, even though I didn't tell you this when we first met. But I know you already know everything. Both of you
Months ago, I was secretly sealed in the Temple of the Dead Moon. This secret has never left Madara, but you already know it. I believe you even know why I was sealed, and that my power comes from the Spider Mother Serai.
Silk--"
"Spider Mother Seles? Your power does not come from the bone dragon..." Brando was stunned. Suddenly he realized that something was wrong. He saw the woman looking at him with a sneer on her face and mouthed:
‘The Lord of Darkness will surely return. He can see into people’s hearts and make everything clear——’
"Stop your tricks of playing with people's hearts." Bai Jia interrupted her coldly: "I will kill you at any time if you dare to do this again."
Brando patted the senior's hand and stopped the other party from continuing. He looked as if it was true and asked: "So you said that Medisa told me before, and this is also to lie to me?"
This time Bai didn't answer.
But Brando didn't care and continued to ask: "Do you still think I am the Dragon of Darkness? But times have changed, and now others may not necessarily think so. There is someone in the empire who deserves this title more than me, right?"
"Darkness will be born from the inhuman, and honorable peoples will perish from the flames."
This sentence is the original sentence in the Black Prophecy.
Bai Jia shook her head: "Can a person whose age is always fixed at fifteen still be considered a human being? He is a human being, but he can be inhuman. Constance, the Silver Queen, is obviously more satisfied with this. She was on the final battlefield.
She saw some secret and inherited the power and will of the Dark Dragon. With the blessing of these powers, she has already become an inhuman existence."
"No progress," Bai replied: "Mortal wisdom is always limited to this. I never said you were the Dragon of Darkness. It was just a self-righteous misunderstanding by that little girl Medissa."
Brando had lost interest and continued to listen to her pranks. He asked: "What is the relationship between you and Medisa?"
"I have nothing to do with that bastard." Bai replied coldly this time.
Hearing these words, Brando was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the woman with a sullen expression. Hearing these words, he confirmed the identity of this woman. She was indeed Medisa's sister - Yi Ru
Just like what Medissa described in that dream. He turned back and no longer looked at this woman. He had already got enough information. He looked at Crote: "Crote, as far as I know you are not
If you are not the most trusted minister, why would it appoint you to carry out this task?"
This is just a euphemism. In fact, it is not just as simple as not being close to each other. The so-called fence-sitters are, to put it bluntly, the dark nobles who succumbed to the Supreme Being due to the power of the mercury rod. These old nobles are in this emerging empire.
They are the most disadvantaged group of people, and it is absolutely impossible for them to take on such an important mission as an envoy to the Cruz Empire.
In fact, Croat himself was at a loss about this, but he rolled his eyes with some fear and was unwilling to answer.
From this simple glance, Brando and Bai Jia already got what they wanted.
"If I'm not mistaken, she took the initiative to ask the one who allowed you to join, right?" Brando asked.
The beating soul fire of Krote was clearly filled with shock.
Brando thought that it was indeed the case. The followers brought by this woman were all wall-riders, but she herself was the most loyal knight with the mercury staff. It would be unreasonable to say that there was nothing fishy about it.
It's too much of a coincidence. Generally speaking, birds of a feather flock together, and if it were him to perform this task, he would definitely choose a few like-minded helpers who he thought were trustworthy; or in other words, these people were hand-picked by that person.
, Bai also had no room to speak, but this was obviously impossible. Why would that person offend his most reliable subordinates for a few fence-riding factions? This is obviously not in line with common sense?
When he asked, he discovered something unusual about it.
Why did Bai choose a few fence-sitters who had no loyalty to the mercury staff as teammates? Others might think that she was trying to cultivate her cronies and circle and win people's hearts, but Brando was very familiar with this woman.
Apart from the skeletons of his subordinates who have no sense of wisdom at all, he is alone and does not have any party members at all.
Although the world has changed, Brando has never seen a historical figure whose temperament has changed drastically due to changes in the context of the future.
He believed that Bai would never be an exception.
He wanted to ask more, but the black knight lady had interrupted him angrily: "Stop asking, what do you want to know, human lord, let's make a deal."
Sure enough, there was something fishy. Brando couldn't help but take a deep look at the undead body of Rawisen standing aside. The tall skeleton knight was still motionless so far, like a stone statue.