The history of the Sakran Empire shows that the Dragon Kingdom was destroyed at its height by the sudden arrival of the evil gods - in that era, the will of the Dragon King was the will of the entire kingdom, and this powerful northern kingdom ruled the entire world with near-invincible power.

That's when the four evil gods descended, and the mighty dragon kingdom could not resist the combined attack of the four evil gods, and disappeared with it.

"The Dead One"; tyranny"; the unbeliever"; Endermen, the name of the four evil gods, are still feared by the Sakran Empire.

According to Asriel, the reason for the arrival of the four evil gods is that the Holy Cross has grown in power, so that they have to "escape" from the void and maintain their "existence" with the deepest fear and destruction of the world's belief in the Holy Cross.

Leaving aside whether there are any loopholes in Asriel's words, at least this is a complete theory - the threat of the Holy Cross, the arrival of the evil gods, the destruction of the dragon kingdom, the establishment of the empire, everything makes sense.

It looks like so.

"A mighty kingdom is like a palace, and there are always a thousand reasons for its collapse, and irresistible external forces are naturally one of them. ”

The grave keeper whispered, and the skeleton seemed to have some calm in it, and in this very obscure way, he rejected Loren's answer:

"For Nidhogg, the dragon kingdom was doomed from the start—the arrival of the evil gods only hastened the process, and even slowed it down to a certain extent, otherwise the establishment of the Sakran Empire would not have gone so smoothly. ”

What the?

A hint of astonishment flashed in the corner of the black-haired wizard's eyes, and it took him a second to understand what the other party meant: "You mean... The establishment of the Sakran Empire was... The plans of the Dragon Kingdom?!"

"The word plan is not accurate, and it is better to describe it as a 'reluctant compromise'. The grave keeper pointed out his mistake very indifferently:

"But you're right, the royal family at that time was going to marry Princess Brunhild to the king of the Kingdom of Sakrand, and support her to have the power to unify the surrounding kingdoms to keep the last bloodline...... Judging by the aftermath, they succeeded. ”

Loren frowned slightly, sounding like the Dragon Kingdom knew from the beginning that it was about to be destroyed and had found a "back way".

"So... If the advent of the evil god was just an inducement, what was the real reason for the destruction of the dragon kingdom?"

As soon as the words fell, the black-haired wizard was surprised to find that the "skeleton" in front of him actually made a sigh - although it no longer needed to "sigh"!

"Lord Loren Turin, did you carefully observe Niderhogg's structure when you entered it?"

"What if I told you that that was the reason for the fall of the Dragon Kingdom?"

Loren's face showed a hint of understanding, and he bowed slightly: "The opposition between commoners and the royal family?"

"Far more serious and terrifying than that. The grave keeper shook his head: "If it is only the royal family and the commoners, it can be alleviated by strengthening the monarchy, but the situation of the dragon kingdom is completely divided. ”

"In a way you can understand, it's a group of people with advanced intelligence and power who form a new race, and completely separate themselves from the original normal people. ”

"To put it more figuratively, it should be the opposition between 'God' and 'slave'. ”

The dark-haired wizard's face froze, he could imagine such a picture, and what chaos would become in the dragon kingdom in such a state.

The rebellious slaves, and the slave owners who almost mythologized themselves - Lorren could not imagine any means to keep the country intact, or even superficially intact, apart from violence and violence and violence.

"In retrospect, perhaps it was because we came into contact with the power of the Void too early and used it, allowing it to become a tool of domination, which led to the collapse of the entire kingdom hierarchy later. ”

The grave keeper shook his head: "It prospered because of it, it was strife, it was torn apart, and it came to an end...... When I look back, I realize that none of this is the fault of one person or one thing, and that it is we, the people of the kingdom, who have destroyed the dragon kingdom. ”

Loren closed his eyes, then slowly opened them.

To put it simply, the dragon kingdom that was still in the early stages of civilization led the development of the entire kingdom astrays because of the premature acquisition of the power of the void, giving birth to a "wizard kingdom" in the context of a slave society, and finally going to self-destruction.

However, this dragon kingdom seems to be slightly different from the one in my impression......

"Wait...... So the real rulers and powerful people in the Dragon Kingdom are actually wizards?" the black-haired wizard said calmly, "What are the 'dragon hunters' and 'dragon riders'?"

"Your Excellency Loren Turin, you can actually imagine... All the advanced knowledge and research are all in the Dragon King's Tower, and it is impossible for the 'commoners' at the bottom to have access to this knowledge. ”

The grave keeper waved his hand slightly: "So... What kind of strength do they have to fight against the 'wizards' in the upper echelons of the royal city?"

Loren frowned slightly, and raised his head suddenly: "Dragon?!"

"I am impressed with the speed with which you reacted, Your Excellency. The skeleton bowed slightly, as if still sighing about what had happened:

"In the nearly 100 years before the arrival of the evil god, there were countless civil wars in the dragon kingdom - in front of the dragon, the kingdom at that time did not have absolute overwhelming power, and the struggle between the two sides continued for many years. ”

The grave keeper's voice gradually became less calm: "It is always a long process from struggle to compromise, not to mention that the two sides of the situation have no intention of doing so. ”

"At a time when I lived, the entire Dragon Kingdom was on the verge of collapse, and it was a complete and dying state - the destruction of the kingdom was a foregone conclusion without the invasion of evil gods. ”

"It was then that I became one of the sorcerers of the Dragonlord's Tower, and had the privilege of being exposed to the most advanced research of the time, the highest achievement of what was then called 'saving the kingdom'. ”

"Of course, now it looks more like a fatal blow to the 'death knell for the Empire'!"

The grave keeper's ethereal voice became solemn, as if he was very reluctant to recall the event.

Loren's heart trembled suddenly, as if he had guessed something.

"It's a complicated process, and I really don't want to remember that incident - research on the Dragonlord's Tower had reached a bottleneck, and we started the project to solve this problem, and also to deal with the threat from the Void Gods that we were likely to face. ”

"As you know, the evil gods of the world must have a sufficiently stable 'image' to maintain their existence in the material world, and this image will also feed back into the void, whether strong or weak. ”

"So, what if there was a 'new' existence that could completely incorporate the 'existence' of the rest of the evil gods into itself, and reach the point of 'omniscient and omnipotent' by constantly compatifying the rest of the 'existence'?"

"What if it could be both 'order' and 'chaos'—it doesn't even need an image to exist, a nameless king who rules over a kingdom that doesn't exist, a kingdom that hangs above all beings. ”

"No matter how it changes, obedience and reverence will always lurk in the soul of intelligent life...... These are born in the depths of the soul from the very beginning, and will completely invade its heart at any moment - all we have to do is to awaken it through such a 'supreme and divine' image. ”

"In the process of deduction after deduction, we finally found the most suitable way and gradually completed this research - according to our deduction, only through systematic and programmed communication, we can use this method to make the 'common class' completely give up resistance, and even rule the world with it. ”

The final code name for this study......

It's called 'Holy Cross'. ”