"Afifa, the name...... Considered the name of the princess before marrying into the Penelope royal family, women in Idania often have two names before and after marriage - one belongs to their own family and one belongs to their husband's family. ”

"And the King of Sand gave this name to his second daughter in honor of his wife."

For a while, many thoughts fluctuated in Fang Yuan's mind, disturbing one after another, like a fragmented picture.

As if grasping the only flash of light in the midst of a thousand clues, an idea came to him spontaneously in his mind, took a step forward, and opened his mouth to ask, "Why are you talking to me about these ......?" ”

The middle-aged man stood in front of a door at this time, opened the curtain with his hand, and motioned for Fang Yu to walk in. Fang Yu was slightly stunned, and tentatively looked inside, but the light outside was bright, and there was a black hole behind the door—he hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, before he stepped into it.

It was only after his pupils gradually adjusted to the change in light that he could see the environment inside the room, or rather, the person in front of him. "We meet again, last time you invited me to drink, this time I invited you to the same bar." The man smiled slightly, revealing his snow-white teeth: "The wine of blood in the desert is mellow and intoxicating—"

"It's you...... Dylan? ”

"It's me, reacquaint yourself with Teresan-iger-Aimoibn," the man said with a smile, "an unknown court warlock." ”

The glint in his eyes was long gone, and the depression he felt in prison was gone.

In the dark environment, it shines.

……

In the Kasan Palace, Princess Rupert listened in silence to the Paparals.

"So you're Parker, and you're Ms. Papamo, can you show me your belt?"

"This damn belt," Parker cursed sharply, then lifted his robe to reveal the belt, "this is it, and if you don't believe me, I can take it off." ”

"No need."

Her Royal Highness stopped him.

She took two steps back and forth in the palace, thinking about what the dwarf had said before, and then she looked back, looked at the Paparals with a heavy gaze, and asked, "I will take what you said to be true." But before then, I want to meet Mr. Ed, okay? ”

Parker was stunned.

"What's wrong?"

"That...... The head of the regiment didn't tell me, what should I do next? ”

"And you're going to inform him?"

"He told me to stay by your side and keep you safe."

"My safety?" The princess was slightly stunned, and a look of worry rose to her brow again, but she quickly calmed down: "Okay, I see, you stay here." ”

"How?"

Princess Rupert replied softly, "Since he has let you stay here, he will come to me soon." ”

……

"Ten years ago, I was an ordinary court alchemist in the Penelope royal family. Of course, being born in the House of Amuibn has given me more opportunities for promotion, just as he trusts my brother, and Babaltan, the King of Sands, trusts me like a brother. ”

"I was assigned to the princess and became her guardian knight. I was joined by seven other people, but they all died together in that catastrophe, and only I, because I was just an ordinary alchemist, survived. ”

"In the past ten years, I have not given up investigating the truth of what happened back then. And in order to protect me, my brother imprisoned me in that place, and in fact, few of the participants in that incident probably knew that I was still alive, but thanks to them, I never left the dark underground. ”

"My name is Deran Ig Aymer ibn and I can be regarded as the uncle of Rowali's little girl, and this is my story," the man smiled freely, "young man, many people think that the attack on the princess is a revenge, a revenge for the Penelope royal family. But things are not so simple, not only because of that notebook, but also from the Garden of Illusions. ”

"The Garden of Illusions?"

Deland pulled a handful of crystal shards out of his bosom and placed them on the table.

The shards, like shattered glass, emitted a faint glow in the darkness.

Fang Yu recognized their identities at a glance: "This is, the fragment of the Emerald Star?" ”

Dean and the middle-aged man didn't speak, because the two of them already knew about the 'Daoud', so they were not too surprised that Fang Yu recognized the Emerald Star at this moment.

"The tablet contains the secrets of the relics, including their origins," the latter replied after a moment, "the four relics are all forged by the elves—the Crown of Hailin, the Sword of Dawn, the Hand of Truth, and the Emblem of Eternity." Although it is true that there is the power of the gods inside, the god of the mountains has infused the divine power into the crown of the sea and the sword of the morning light, and the hand of truth has been protected by Angela, the promise of the eternal emblem of Ameya, but their forgers are indeed the masters of the Noumerin elves. ”

"Legend has it that there is a special power within the holy relic, which is called the Radiance of the Firmament, the power of creation. This kind of power is more like a more essential starlight, it is even one level higher than the divine power, and this is the reason why the four holy relics are rare in the world. ”

"Because it is one level higher than divine power, this power naturally does not come from the three Orin gods, guess where they come from?"

When Fang Yu heard the words 'Cangzhihui', his whole person was a spirit, and he almost thought that he had inadvertently exposed something. But looking at the expressions of Delan and the middle-aged man in front of him, he realized that it was not that he had inadvertently leaked the news, but that the two of them knew this.

He couldn't help but concentrate, but when he heard the question, he couldn't help but shake his head. Even Karatu and Tang De didn't know the exact origin of 'Cangzhihui', so how could he know it?

But he couldn't help but look at the two of them more curiously, and when the other party said this, did he mean that they knew this?

Derain's gaze looked at the gleaming shards on the table, and that gaze seemed to speak for itself.

"Emerald Star ......?"

Fang Yu was taken aback, no wonder he felt that the glow of the Emerald Star was somewhat familiar.

But what about that faint sense of repulsion?

Because forces of the same nature repel each other?

But what exactly are the Emerald Stars, not only did the alchemists use them to create artificial dragon souls, but why did they contain a level of power similar to Cangzhihui?

"They are called the Emerald Stars," the middle-aged man suddenly spoke, "They suddenly appeared seven centuries ago, but there is no record of them in previous history, and the elves used them to forge the jewels of the Helin Crown, the blade of the Morning Sword, the core crystal of the Hand of Truth, and the trunk of the Eternal Emblem. ”

"Almost all of the four sacred relics come from it," he turned around and asked lightly, "Do you know why?" ”

Why?

"Think about it," Deran began, "why it's called the Emerald Star, and how did the elves get it—"

Fang Yu was suddenly slightly stunned.

A shocking thought flashed through his mind.

Not only him, but even Luo Yu behind him was stunned for a moment, except for the box, the two of them said the name almost simultaneously with a somewhat dry voice.

Scourge, verdant.

The source of the Dark Dragon's power.

Nicol Bolas's longing and fear for the Radiance of the Sky was like a flash of lightning, cutting through the darkness of Fang Yuan's mind.

……

"When the star of misfortune falls, it is divided. Most of them sank beneath the abyss with Esselin. ”

"But there is still a fragment that has fallen deep into the desert of Istania, where its power has created an illusion, and this is where the illusionary sea comes from."

"The princess's family, having discovered that place a long time ago, regarded it as a treasure trove, and has always guarded its secrets. ”

"The message on the slate tells us that it is not the holy relic itself, but the power contained in the holy relic, the power of the Radiance, which is the key to opening the way to the Third World. And the princess and His Majesty have already agreed that one day they must unlock the secrets of the Third World - there are no holy relics in Istania, but the fragments in the illusory sea are the key to everything-"

In order to realize that dream, the princess promised the secrets of her family to the current king of sand, her lover. Since then, the Garden of Illusions has been shared by the royal family and the princess's family, but instead of separating the relationship between the two families, the relationship between the two families has become stronger because of the death of the princess. ”

"So you understand, young man?"

"This is the agreement between a king and his lover, and the emerald star in the illusory sea is his last reliance."

“…… The Blind Followers also covet the massive Emerald Star shard, hoping to create a monster more powerful than the demigod Mephistopheles as a shell for the blind god Deska to return to this world. ”

"And Your Majesty, he, naturally, knows this very well. He wants to use the last treasure left to him by the woman he loves, and lead every black hand behind the shadows to the stage. It was his final battle, and he had kept the land of Istania safe for ten years, and had successfully passed the throne to a worthy heir. ”

"Now, he has to sweep away the darkness that lurks in this land, and fight for a more long-term future for his heirs and this ancient kingdom."

"The land of the desert may eventually disappear, but at least not now, not now. This is his promise to the person he loves, and it is the fulfillment of his promise. ”

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he didn't expect the truth of the facts to be like this.

"What about Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess?"

"Your Majesty doesn't want your children to be involved in this, you have dealt with the dark believers, you should know what kind of people they are, right?"

"The King of Sand is naïve," Fang Yu shook his head: "There are some things that you can get your wish if you don't want to." I haven't dealt much with the Blind Followers, but judging from the Dark Dragon's followers, these people should be the same kind of people, who want to confine the matter to the illusory sea and solve it together, but I am afraid that the truth may not be as he wants. ”

He couldn't help but subconsciously think of the traitor among them that Princess Celestia had mentioned more than once.

Who leaked the news in Tansnir?

If that spy hadn't belonged to the eyes of the Sand King Barbartan.

So where does he belong?

There may not be many answers to choose from.

Delan and the middle-aged man glanced at each other.

"That's why we're looking for you," replied Teresa, "Ed, I remember you were called by that name, and we hope you will be able to stop Your Majesty." ”

"Block ......"

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, how could he stop the behavior of a king. Babaltan, the king of sands, had been preparing this plan for ten years, and he would not have scrapped it for his word. What's more, he thinks that although this plan has some assumptions, maybe Babaltan has other arrangements.

After all, he was just a momentary idea, and the other party may have been thinking about all this day and night for ten years.

But Deran shook his head slightly.

"If it had been ten years ago, I might have been of the same mind as Your Majesty," he replied, "but we have not been idle in the intervening ten years. ”

"We found out that Your Majesty and the Princess have made a mistake." The middle-aged man also spoke at this time: "The power in the holy relics comes from the radiance of the firmament, and the brilliance of the cangs comes from the emerald star. But this does not mean that the Emerald Star is equivalent to a holy relic, nor does it mean that every Emerald Star contains the light of the firmament—"

"The Warlocks of the Silver Tower use the power of the Emerald Star to forge dragon souls, while more alchemists only cause them to produce deformed monsters......"

"The Numerin Elves passed down four holy relics, but they did not leave behind the forging technology of the holy relics, they may have used the Emerald Star to forge the Crown of the Sea Forest, the Morning Light Holy Sword, and the Hand of Truth and other holy relics, but maybe the Emerald Star in their hands may not be equal to the Emerald Star we see now."

"There's one thing we've all overlooked, the Emerald Star, after all, is a fragment from the Scourge Star...... But what the scourge itself is, it goes without saying. ”

Fang Yu listened for a long time before he reacted.

"What do you mean...... Babaltan, the king of sands, may have planned every factor, but on the most fundamental issues, he made mistakes? ”

Both nodded.

"But why don't you bring this up—" Fang Yu suddenly stopped and looked at the two of them with some understanding.

Seeing his gaze, Delan nodded and said with a little hesitation: "You should also see that this is just a guess on our part, and it does not necessarily represent the real result." Your Majesty can't interrupt the plan of the past ten years just because of one of our guesses, let alone the arrow on the bow and have to send it, even if what we say is probable...... Your Majesty will definitely gamble on the chances of the other half. ”

This is the so-called obsession.

Fang Yu thought to himself.

But the other party would ask for him, which still surprised him.

"But you can't convince the Sand King, so how can I?" He asked.

"You can't," the middle-aged man replied lightly, "but Her Royal Highness the princess can." ”

"The two princesses are the only chance to convince Your Majesty."

"But for various reasons, His Majesty is reluctant to involve his two daughters. What's more, because of what happened before, there should have been a gap between the eldest princess and Her Majesty, and I guess someone must have been behind it, and you should have discovered this, right? ”

"You are the person trusted by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness will never trust a stranger like me. So we can only pin our hopes on you, hoping that you can be a bridge for their father and daughter to reconcile again. And use this as an opportunity to convince the King of Sand to suspend the plan-"

"There is another reason," De Lan also spoke, "that is Ye Hua." ”

"Great God Ye Hua?"

"They also have the power to stop Your Majesty, and even restrict the participation of blind followers. But for various reasons, they don't seem to be willing to get too deeply involved in the internal affairs of Istanya, I know that you and Ye Hua have a good relationship, if so...... If things get to the worst, I hope you can convince them that at least they don't end up in a situation from which they will never recover. ”

Fang Yu was stunned: "Is it because of the "Star Gate Declaration"? ”

"I know that you too are the Chosen," replied Teresa, "so we do not force you to do anything about it. But I've heard the stories of your forerunners, and I've heard some rumors about your past, so Eddard, leave everything to your heart's choice. ”

Fang Yu muttered silently for a moment.

He's not weighing the pros and cons, he's just emptying his mind.

But all the things of the past are coming one after another at this moment, like a fragment of a movie, repeated in his mind. Finally, he raised his head and looked at the two of them, especially at the middle-aged man:

"We met and fought at the Sand Lodge once, and at that time, in my eyes, you were a wandering alchemist."

"But now, you are also a Chosen One, and Mr. Derain is for all that has happened in the past, and he himself is an Istanian, a people above this sea of sand."

"And you?"

Fang Yu asked, "Your Excellency, why are you involved?" ”

The middle-aged man glanced at him with some surprise.

He was silent for a moment before he spoke:

"Just an Avenger."

……

The moment Fang Yu walked out of the wine house, he felt that the sunlight outside was a little unusually dazzling-

But the thoughts in his heart were the same as before he entered.

He himself did not expect that he would hear such a shocking secret just to investigate the whereabouts of Afifa. Although he already had some ideas in his mind, guessed the connection between the two things.

When he walked into the wine house, he saw Miss Shipmaster, Tianlan and the others coming up.

Before the aristocratic lady could speak, Sky Blue had already chirped:

"Brother Ed, we've found out who took Miss Afifa away!"

Fang Yu looked at the other party, and his tone was not too surprised.

"It's Her Royal Highness the Princess, right?"

Sky Blue and Kita looked at each other in surprise.

"How do you know, Brother Ed?"

But Fang Yu shook his head and only said:

"Let's go see her."

"She may have been waiting for us for a long time."

……

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