290 Imperial Monument
Whether you have been to Redkar or heard of Redcar, most of them know the name of the first emperor of the Frey Empire, Frey the Great, the legendary figure who single-handedly commanded half of the free continent in the free world and founded the Frey Empire hundreds of years ago. Even today, after hundreds www.biquge.info of years, at least half of the people on the mainland are unwilling to recognize the rule of the empire, but such an influence and image are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even every player in the free world knows a lot about her great deeds, but if someone asks more details about the empress herself, it may not be possible for everyone to answer.
Like what...... What this woman used to look like.
"According to the legend that players have inquired about, this statue was erected for her by the residents of the city at that time."
Noticing Duan Qing's gaze looking back, Phantom Dream smiled and introduced to him, "What is recorded is the scene left here when she led the army into the city."
"At the time? In this place? Duan Qing asked with a puzzled expression, "Is even the posture like this?"
"It should be."
Looking back at the image of the woman kneeling on one knee and bowing her head with her sword, Phantom shook her head: "It's been hundreds of years, and no one can confirm these things, and the history written by the empire itself is also a few words of praise, and there are very few historical facts......
ββ¦β¦ Hey. β
Inexplicably recalling the words he saw on the top of the Falling Star Mountain, Duan Qing smiled and continued to ask: "Then this action, or was she ...... at that time What do you want to express? β
"Pray? Or celebrate? Who knows. Dream waved his hand a little meaninglessly: "I'm not the type to delve into the history of games, and you're not unaware......"
"It's useless." So Duan Qing once again raised his contemptuous eyes: "As a local snake, I don't know why, I almost couldn't even guess the venue of the game just now......"
"Who, who said it! Am I not going to take you there, though I'm not sure if it's the right place right now......"
"Do you dare to be sure before leaving? Like checking with your members......"
"yes, I forgot."
Patted his head, Dream waved his fingers and began to operate: "I've been in the game for too long, and these functions are not suitable for ......"
"You can forget this, how long have you been immersed?"
"Immersion is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's true after playing for a long time." Lowering his head to contact something, Phantom Dream replied unconsciously: "You'll know when you get to the empire, this is a place that has been shrouded by a generation of heroes, there are so many stories, the tasks are so long, and there are a lot of ruins to explore, how can you have so much time to care about these." Normally, if it weren't for the fact that there were always people in the club begging for this and that, I wouldn't want to care about their affairs......"
"It's bad luck to meet a president like you." Duan Qing sneered, "It's a miracle that you haven't overthrown your rule now."
", and don't look at how much I've done for them." The man in the trench coat shook his head quite angrily: "When it comes to relations in the empire, no one can be more sophisticated than me!" Like the last time I went to ask the Roland family to accept apprentices, who can go directly to the door of their house like me? β
ββ¦β¦ So you finally begged for it? β
"Uh, that's it...... How do I rely on you to know? β
"Just ask, okay?" Waving away the image of a man named Qingtian in his mind, Duan Qing pointed to the people behind him: "Just a guy like you, you still want to brag in front of us, and you're not afraid to fall the cow to death......"
"Uh...... Aha, it's not like I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to re-establish my glorious image of my brother...... Yes! With that, I thought no one was going to watch the game today......"
"How scattered are you going to be...... We can't learn from them. β
In the little girl's low muttering, the illusion of the air finally stopped, and then raised her head with a sigh: "Sure enough...... There it is. β
"Where is it?"
"Just follow me."
Closing the screen in front of him, the man in the trench coat looked up at the high wall above the street, slightly identified the direction, and then began to lead the way: "You guys...... I've never heard a word. β
"What?"
"A warrior is the noblest profession, and the most mundane."
ββ¦β¦ From a pro gamer's perspective, this doesn't seem like a mistake. β
In the sound of the crowd and footsteps, a gentle voice that belonged to the whispering voice sounded at the right time: "Which professional player left it?"
"Not what the player said." Dream, who was walking in front of her, shook her head, "It's Tolia Frey."
ββ¦β¦ Is that Frey? β
"It's that Frey."
Turning a street corner, everyone followed the pace of the dream and came to the bottom of a high wall: "The empire is extremely martial, you should all know this, but a few hundred years ago, Redkar was just an ordinary town, and the residents in it, and even the residents of the entire empire, were just simple ordinary people."
"Everything changed from Frey the Great."
He pointed to the other side of the wall and said in a low voice.
"There's ......"
"The Imperial Palace." Dream explained, "But...... Judging by the appearance of this server, we probably can't get in now, although we don't usually have much way to get in......"
"So tall,......" Thousand-Fingered Crane raised his head, "Is it built on a mountain?"
"There used to be a mountain there, but it was razed by the Empire." "And then the palace was built...... In the highest place in the capital. β
"Speaking of which...... The council hall of your principality is the lowest place in Tania City, right? Speaking of this, the man in the trench coat smiled inexplicably: "It's really ironic."
ββ¦β¦ Anyway, when I was at the fortress, I remember you saying that you were coming to Tania. Duan Qing asked, "Are you here?"
ββ¦β¦ Let's continue with the previous topic. β
Closed her eyes and silent for a while, Phantasmal Dream didn't give any explanation, and instead picked up the previous topic: "Frey is a warrior, and whether it is her own strength or her perception of warriors, there is probably no one else in that era who can beat her. But for some reason, she didn't have half of her respect for being the king by force, but after becoming the emperor, she was more willing to continue her life in an ordinary way. After ascending the throne, she still participated in many domestic competitions as a warrior, and even some public activities on the mainland. Although she is a woman, she opposes peaceful solutions, preferring to be straightforward and straightforward, preferring to solve problems in a warrior way, and she has also implemented a whole bunch of measures in the country, the purpose of which is ...... It is to make everyone who wants to become a warrior able to be on an equal footing with the countless powerful warriors in the empire. β
"In the words of some NPCs now, she is promoting a theory similar to that of the Magic Empire." "Only this time, she used not the power of magic, but the power of a warrior."
"Is that okay?" Duan Qing asked rhetorically, "Won't there be a rebellion?"
"Of course...... No. Phantom Dream sighed: "Judging from my experience as a third-generation president, she is just playing around, if someone really looks for trouble, maybe ......"
"It's more to her heart."
ββ¦β¦β
The feeling of wanting to laugh but not being able to laugh filled the middle of the team, as if everyone felt the royal aura that the legendary woman was born with in the words before the dream. But this feeling did not last long, and it quietly dissipated in a sudden open visionβas the crowd of passers-by increased, several people passed through the shadows enclosed by the high walls and the street, and came to a spacious square, with a rather chaotic stone path and irregular flowers scattered around the square, except for a few small statues and magic lamps. But most of the people who come here will not notice these trivial matters, because on the opposite side of the square, at the far end of the view, a building enclosed by a tall stone wall of the oval suddenly appears in front of them, standing in the corner of the city.
"Is that there?" Looking at the obvious lines that looked like the city walls and were divided by huge stones, Duan Qing asked this obvious question in a low voice.
"That's it." Dream replied, "The Empire's arena is also ...... The Empire's Execution Ground. β
"Execution ground?"
"Unlike the Tal Scales of your principality, all death row prisoners in the empire will eventually be brought to this place for the final judgment." The man in the trench coat posed with a hat in a posture, as if telling a painful story: "They will be thrown into the arena for ten life-and-death battles, and if they survive, they will be exiled to Brunhilde in the far north, and if they don't survive......"
Phantom Dream clasped his hands together: "That's just right."
"Such a barbaric method of execution...... Mengzhu pouted and said, "It's just that the Imperial people can think of it."
"No, it's not a form of execution, it's a rule." Phantom looked at the little girl, then shook her head and said, "They have at least one chance to survive than to be killed directly, whether it is a war criminal, a tax collector, a general, a blacksmith, a farmer, or a thief...... As long as it is the death penalty, they all have such a chance, or the right. β
"Use your own strength in exchange for your own rights to the future."
"Let me guess...... This is also the rule set by Frey the Great, right? Raising his hand to block Mengzhu who jumped up and wanted to refute, Duan Qing shook his head and said, "I said it for so long before......"
"Even this building was built by Frey's own hands." Phantom touched his nose and said, "So...... This rule has been adopted as a creed and has continued to this day. β
"'Dying as a warrior is the fate that everyone deserves.'" When you get to that place, you'll see that. He pointed in the direction of the building, where the crowd had gradually gathered: "It was carved into that stone, and it is said that it was written by Frey's own hand."
"As a warrior...... Is it? Duan Qing sighed and said, "Good wishes, but ...... I'm afraid not many people will be able to achieve it. β
"That's why I don't want to come to this place." Phantom Dream shook his head: "How can it be so easy to gamble on life, if my investigation is correct...... Tens of thousands of bones have been buried in this place, and the older they are...... The more there are. β
ββ¦β¦ Why is that? β
"Because the more the times go forward, the stronger the people on the free continent become." "There are naturally more people killed and killed here, and the piles are simply miserable, not to mention NPCs, even the players have seen them...... Alas, believe me, you don't want to see that. β
"So in the end, to put it bluntly, this is still an execution." Sensing the heaviness of the atmosphere, Duan Qing, who was shaking his head, looked at the black stone wall in front of him, and summarized the previous theme in one sentence: "And according to what you mean, their efficiency and success rate are quite high...... For so many years, hasn't anyone escaped with this rule? β
"No, not one."
Dream chuckled, "Because...... Beginning with Frey the Great, it was the emperors themselves who oversaw the final implementation of this rule. β
"You go to the palace and look at the portraits of the previous emperors, from left to right, there are more than twenty, which is the collection of the last gatekeepers of each generation of fighting arenas." He laughed and said, "Take Frey, for example, she has cut off countless heads in her life, and she buried her life here with her own hands...... It was enough to line up from here to the gates of Redcar. β
"This is her arena and her execution table." He stopped laughing, pointed to the seemingly endless stone wall, and said, "And everything here ...... It is the proof of the most powerful family in the Frey Empire, and it is also their monument. β
"Of course...... Also a nightmare for all their enemies. β
"That'...... Did that empress also kill many innocent people? The original majestic image was covered with a bloody halo, and the little girl who was pulling her braids asked, "...... such a powerful person?"
"Those people are all nominal death row prisoners, let's not talk about this for a while...... Duan Qing pressed her head and whispered: "Those who can break through the first nine levels without dying, how can they say that they are not ordinary people, right?"
"In the hearts of the superiors, there is no word of mercy at all." The whisperer on the side stroked his long hair and laughed a little: "It's a little similar to my philosophy, oh hehehe......"
"Tricksters." Duan Qing pursed his lips mercilessly, and then took the lead to walk under the oval building: "It's just a stadium, what's there to be afraid of...... Walk! β
"You go first, and I won't follow you in."
The man like the wind suddenly shook his head: "Me and ...... The people of our guild have other agreements, so we are waiting for them here. When you go in and go up the stairs, it's easy to find your way into the infield, and most of the matches are unguarded......
"Well, since that'......"
The six people split into one in an instant, and then stood at the door for a moment under the phantom gaze of the dream that came out, and then gradually merged into the flow of people entering the arena, and disappeared into the darkness of the entrance. He shook his head, then returned to the corner of the square he had just passed, and waited quietly with his hands in his pockets to the sound of his trench coat rattling. At one point, a player in a gray robe broke away from the crowd, and then, in the same wind, walked up to Dream's side: "President."
"Coming? What about the others? β
"They're all watching."
ββ¦β¦ The result? β
"Except for the people on the list who didn't play in the first place, the rest basically came."
ββ¦β¦ They're coming, too? β
"Yes, as long as it's someone who participates in the competition."
"Strange ......"
The man in the trench coat pinched his chin: "They are so confident...... Or is it ready for a long time? β
"President, should we ......?"
ββ¦β¦ No, let's keep watching. β
Lifting his coat, a strange smile appeared on Dream's face.
"Now the glory can't afford to be everyone's nanny."