A few minutes later.

In the palace, which was all golden and extravagant, Richard sat in a chair that looked like it was made of gold, but it was as soft as skin. In front of him was a rectangular table with two silver cups encrusted with diamonds, containing a translucent liquid, like the juice of some plant, which was emitting a faint sweet fragrance.

Richard looked around and could see that the palace was even bigger than the outside, surrounded by twenty-four huge columns, each more than five meters in diameter and nearly a hundred meters long, supporting the top dome.

The dome is painted with a beautiful mural of angels saluting a figure wrapped in light, and the artistic value is not to mention, but the sheer size, the rendering style, and the realistic color scheme give a sense of shock, as if you were there.

Richard admired the mural for a moment, then withdrew his gaze to the diamond and silver cup in front of him, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Seriously, everything now, compared to what he was about to kill just now, really changed a bit a lot, it really made him feel a little unreal, as if he had suddenly moved from one scene to another in a dream, and something was missing in between.

But in fact, nothing was missing, the development of things was very simple, that is, when he was about to attack just now, Shaliye calmly responded "welcome". He then said that the true God had known of his arrival and invited him into the palace to meet him.

So he walked in, sat down in his seat, and waited for the so-called true god to appear, like a visiting guest, completely unaware of the fact that he had been dealing with the army of heaven not long ago.

It's weird.

It's as if the two sides are fighting in the middle of a battle and are about to decide the real winner, when suddenly one side jumps out of the battlefield and shouts: No more fighting.

This is not logical.

Is the true God admitting defeat? Or is it deliberately showing weakness? Or is it a trap? Or is there some other purpose?

But then again, no matter what, no need to fight, no need to search, and being able to see the true God when he gets here is indeed a good thing for him, and it saves a lot of effort.

He might as well cooperate and see what tricks the true God is playing. If the other party is not good for him, after seeing the trick clearly, it is not too late to do it.

Of course, before that, the most basic vigilance is still required.

So, Richard took a deep look at the liquid in the diamond silver cup in front of him, without any intention of tasting it, and at the same time fully let go of his senses, sensing everything around him.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes......

The palace remained quiet for a long time, and after waiting for a while, no true god appeared, Richard couldn't help but have an impulse, and wanted to call in the silver sacrifice Shaliye outside the palace and ask if the other party had brought the wrong place.

At this moment, the crisp tapping of "pop, pop, pop" sounded, and a figure walked out of the small door in the corner of the palace.

When Richard looked over, he saw that it was an extremely old man, who looked to be at least a hundred years old. The body is rickety, the face is thin, the skin on the face is extremely loose, and there are many wrinkles, as well as dense dark brown age spots.

Just by looking at it, you can feel a breath of aging and weakness coming over your face. People can't help but wonder if the other party will fall to the ground in the next moment, never get up again, and die with a whimper.

But in the end, the feared thing did not happen, and the old man walked over little by little with a golden cane in his hand.

After a while, the old man managed to walk across the long table and sat down in his chair with some difficulty.

After that, he picked up the diamond silver cup that belonged to him, drank the liquid in it several times, put down the cup, took a long breath, and then looked at Richard.

As he spoke, the old man said a little vaguely: "This heavenly kingdom is too long...... It's been a long time since anyone has come, and I have ...... It's been too long since I've received a guest, and the etiquette of receiving a guest has been forgotten by me, and I hope you won't mind. ”

"......" Richard was silent for a while, looked at the old man seriously for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don't mind." But again, I hope you don't mind if I ask one question, and that's ...... You really are the ...... True God?"

"True God?heh—" The old man grinned and exhaled after hearing this, "In a sense, I am indeed the true god you are looking for, is it a bit unexpected to you, young man?"

"Definitely. Richard listened to the old man's answer and did not deny it, and said bluntly, "I have imagined many scenes of our meeting, but I really did not think that it would be so 'peaceful', Mr. God." ”

"You are not my subordinate, you don't need to call me God, you can call me Mr. Gog. The old man glanced at Richard with cloudy gray eyes, and then chuckled, "As for the so-called 'peace', heh, you have seen it all, I have grown old like this, is it true that I still want to fight with you?"

Young people like you will inevitably have some anger and will be inclined to use violence to solve things. But I'm different, I've lived too long, I'm too old, and I just want to live a peaceful life. Since you've dealt with all my men, even if you're victorious, I'll try to have a good talk with you so that you get whatever you want, instead of doing it. After all, I don't have much to live on, which makes me doubly cherish rather than choose to waste it. ”

"What do you mean...... You've given up being my enemy altogether, and if I wanted to ask you something now, you'd tell me all of them?" asked Richard, narrowing his eyes. To be honest, he didn't believe in this possibility, and was more inclined to the self-proclaimed true god in front of him, who was extremely involved in acting.

But whether it's acting or being real, as long as the other party is willing to tell him some answers, he is not unacceptable.

After all, that's exactly what he wants.

As for the other party may lie and deceive him, he is not too worried, after all, he is not a Xiaobai who doesn't know anything, he has already sorted out a lot of content from the ancient wizard civilization data of Balta, and has his own set of verification methods.

"Are you really willing to tell me all the secrets, Mr. Gog?" Richard asked in confirmation of the old man.

The old man picked up his silver diamond cup, drank all the liquid that was left in it, looked at Richard and asked, "Why not? Perhaps, this is what I am looking forward to." After all, there are some truths, and it is not a good thing that one more person can reduce a lot of inner burden.

Although, the spread of the truth too widely will have immeasurable negative effects, but you are different, along the way, you have proven your ability to tell you. ”

"Oh well. Richard said in a low voice, then took a deep breath, his eyes widened, and he looked directly at the old man: "Then I need to know three truths now: first, what is going on in this world? second, what is going on with the ancient wizarding civilization? Third, what is the matter with your truth society and you, the true god?"

"The question you asked is very big...... the old man couldn't help but hear this, and after a pause, he continued, "but ...... I can tell you all at once, because the three things you asked are actually one thing. ”

"One thing?"

"Yes, one thing. The old man nodded, "If you want to explain this clearly, you have to start from a point in time a long time ago. ”

"Then please get started. ”

"Don't worry, I want you to do me a small favor before I speak. ”

"A little favor?" Richard raised his eyebrows and looked at the old man slightly vigilantly, "What little favor?"

The old man smiled and pointed to the untouched diamond-encrusted silver cup in front of Richard: "If I'm not mistaken, you didn't drink it, did you?" I don't like it, then you can give him to me, I just need it." ”

Richard was slightly stunned, not understanding what the old man was going to do, but he still gently pushed the diamond-encrusted silver cup in front of the old man.

The old man glanced at the liquid in the diamond-encrusted silver cup, and at the reflection of himself in the liquid, and suddenly seemed to be a little distracted. After a second or so, he sighed, picked up the crutch on the side of the chair, knocked the end of the crutch against the table, and said, "Alright, let's start telling the story." ”

"Bang!"

The crutch touched the tabletop, and the whole table shook, and the liquid in the diamond-encrusted silver cup spun and flew out, straight up, and sprinkled on the top dome at a great speed.

The next moment you can see that under the action of the liquid, the elaborate frescoes on the dome become blurred, and the numerous colors begin to change, finally forming a completely different painting. Immediately afterward, the painting begins to move, becoming a continuous image, and at the same time there is a sound that makes people look through a skylight to see another world.

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