"Roderick, or Lo Lick, Nordic, Rodriguez...... In short, the legendary name has been unrecorded, and it has changed too many times in the long course of history. ”

With his hands behind his back to Duan Qing and the two of them, Reiner slowly walked to the lattice window formed by the heavy city walls stacked on top of each other: "But in our family history, there was indeed such an existence that has been passed down all the time. ”

"Well, I really haven't heard of anything like that." Glancing at each other with Xue Ling Phantom Ice, Duan Qing crooked the corners of his mouth and let out two wry smiles: "But we have heard of the name Nordrian. ”

"Oh? Sounds like it's pretty much the same. Tilting his head, Reiner's interested gaze fell slightly on Duan Qing's head: "What do you all know about the legend of this name?" ”

"Presumably, they once ruled the entire Endless Sea, and possessed the power of endless wealth and tides like the ocean." Shrugging his shoulders helplessly, Duan Qing said casually: "I heard that there are many traces left by this dynasty around this free city, but we have never seen them. ”

"Those traces."

I don't know what I remembered, and Reiner's voice became much lower again: "Those traces have almost been erased in the Free City, the waves and the sea breeze have long erased everything in that era, and the only people who can remember them are the people who can record that era." ”

"They are called Nolans."

Saying the name of this Duan Qing still had some impressions, Reiner let out a long sigh: "They are the former royal family, and they are also the former remnants, they are noble messengers, and they are also the dead who have been displaced. When the Free Continent still left their pen and ink behind, they represented the most powerful maritime dynasty and the most invincible legends, but from the perspective of the present—"

"They're just a bunch of pirates."

The memory showed signs of awakening with Reiner's words, and Duan Qing, whose eyes were getting wider and wider, finally said these last words for the other party: "In the eyes of others, they are just a group of pirates, a group of pirates who don't know what restraint and introspection are, greedily seize everything around them, and use force and violence to forcibly suppress everything around them and force the weak to submit to them. ”

"There is really not much difference between the so-called dynasty and the pirate in essence." Nodding his head, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was sitting on the side, also affirmed: "If you use tyranny to rule your subjects, then the dynasty and the country will become the biggest robbers." ”

"But even with that kind of evaluation, there are very few left in this world now."

Turning his head, Reiner, who was standing by the window, continued in a low voice: "There are only rumors that the Noan Dynasty, or the Roderick Dynasty, once existed, and the legend that they were very wealthy, and they not only possessed endless wealth coveted by countless people, but even possessed the great power left over from countless gods. ”

"Before you, many adventurers have asked me about similar rumors." He blinked his eyes, as if he was admonishing Duan Qing about the universality of their topic: "Although I haven't answered their question seriously, I still have the right answer." ”

"The Rodericks fled into the deep sea." He looked at Duan Qing's expectant faces for a while, and finally said the answer in a low voice: "The last members of the royal family, and all the dynastic treasures they carried, have all fled to the other side of the sea beyond our reach. ”

"The other side of the Endless Sea?" Taking a deep breath, Duan Qing said the question he had been brewing for a long time in a low voice: "On the other side of the Endless Sea, is there really another continent?" ”

"The presence of Joel Sr. has proven it."

Standing motionless with his back in front of him, Reiner turned his back again and looked into the depths of the sea under the cover of the night: "He may be a Nolan, and his appearance is very much in line with the characteristics of the legends I know, so whether it is the so-called dynastic remnant or the legend of the New World, his existence can prove it." ”

"I thought you got this answer from old Joel." At this point, his voice paused slightly, and then echoed in the small space again: "But now it seems that the trust you have gained from him is not enough. ”

"No, we haven't heard him say anything about the dynasty." Frowning and thinking for a while, Duan Qing then replied with a little hesitation: "And judging from our contact with him, we haven't seen any clues that he belongs to another continent or another race, and his conversation and fighting style don't seem to be different from the people of the Free Continent." ”

"He may not have anything to do with the so-called Roderick royal family." As if affirming his conclusion, the gray-robed magician shook his head more and more firmly: "It's not that he didn't tell us the relevant information and information, but he just doesn't know the relevant content at all, I'm sorry, this inference about Your Excellency-"

"A throne holder who has lived in this city for decades has most likely been assimilated by our life here."

The voice fluctuated to interrupt Duan Qing's words, and the figure standing quietly in the darkness in front of him then became silent like a sculpture, until the darkness from the night began to invade this small space with the passage of time, and the warrior covered in armor spoke calmly again: "It's not just Joel, a thousand years is enough time to change anything, even our guard family has been reduced to the current situation, let alone someone like Old Joel?" ”

"Guardian Family?" Duan Qing and Xue Ling Phantom Ice opened their eyes again: "What is the relationship between Your Excellency and that dynasty?" ”

"The reason why we know so much about the name Roderick is because this information is passed down from our family's history." Reiner replied in a low voice, "Our family used to be part of the Roderick dynasty, the guardian family of the royal family of the Roderick dynasty, and we used to enjoy all the dignity and glory that that dynasty brought to us just like the members of those royal families, but now-"

"They may have left themselves to fend for themselves on the other side of the continent, and even their corpses have been fed to unknown beasts and other creatures." The warrior muttered in a low voice, as if he had thought of something from the previous words: "And we, the high warriors who thought highly of ourselves and once raged together in the endless sea, are now nothing more than a pile of mustard. ”

"Time is indeed the most powerful weapon to change everything, and it really doesn't make much sense to continue to dwell on these lost histories."

Dispersing the slightest sense of depression transmitted by Reiner in front of him, Duan Qing then pointed to the periphery of the City Lord's Hall where they were: "Let's try to limit our eyes to the present as much as possible—whether this dynasty is the one we are pursuing now, at least the restorers are pursuing it now." ”

"They want to get the throne of the 'Fourth Emperor'?" Still looking at the way he turned his head to look ahead, Reiner's gloomy look that he couldn't see seemed to have become much more indifferent with this sneer: "What a group of guys who are more greedy than pirates, is this free city no longer able to meet their needs?" ”

"Free City was not their destination in the first place." Duan Qing, who was sitting on the bench, said in a low voice: "We don't know yet what kind of impact the fulfillment of the prophecy will have on this continent, but the Restorationists are undoubtedly trying to take the last balance of power mentioned in the prophecy into their own hands, and the past of the city, that is, the history of the Roderick Dynasty, may be the puzzle piece of the last prophecy they want to master." ”

"For this piece of the puzzle, sooner or later they will find your head." He looked up at Reiner's back, and warned in a low voice, "Unless you have a way to prove that Free City has nothing to do with that legend, they will probably not let this place go, even if you put your life to death." ”

"It's a pity that the city was built after the New Calendar."

The back of the holding hands was silent for a while, and then a deep reply belonging to Reiner echoed: "Neither the founder nor the successor has anything to do with the former Roderick Dynasty, and even the owner of the throne has changed places in the endless throne wars for hundreds of years. ”

"They probably didn't even think about finding an heir to the throne." Xue Lingphantom Ice on the side whispered his conjecture: "They just want to find them, go to another continent to find them." ”

"Through the Bridge of Miracles?"

Blinking his eyes, Duan Qing's expression then became much more exciting: "Can that bridge really cross the sea and lead to another continent?" ”

"I didn't see what the other continent really looked like, and I didn't know where the end of the bridge was, so I couldn't answer that question." Without hesitation, Reiner said his answer: "But what I can tell you is that the bridge predates the Free City, and even predates the Roderick dynasty. ”

"Even before the Magic Empire, the bridge probably existed."

The warrior's gaze moved slightly, and his gaze shifted from the endless sea in front of him to the white straight line that was not far from the City Lord's Mansion and was extending from a certain direction of the City of Liberty to the distance: "In the agreement between the founder and Molnar, there were words like 'the bridge of freedom will be defended for generations', but no one can cross that bridge, let alone destroy it, so this oath was later selectively forgotten by the candidates who fought for power." ”

"Molnar used to say something like that?" Duan Qing's eyes suddenly cleared: "If you want to pass through the Bridge of Miracles, what is the inevitable relationship with the Star of Molnar?" ”

"That ritual is not an external ceremony, it is essentially just a large defensive magic array." Waving his hand, Reiner's figure slowly turned back again: "However, since Molnar's disappearance, the descendants of the founder have never activated this magic array, and they have not tested its connection with the Bridge of Miracles until the last time. ”

"Speaking of which, I went to that bridge during the last incident." Sitting up straight with his chin upright, a look of memory appeared on Duan Qing's face: "At that time...... Hmm, I don't think there's any special obstacle, huh? ”

"The obstacle to the Bridge of Miracles does not come from the bridge itself, but from the raging ocean." Walking back to the gray-robed magician, Reiner looked at the other party's face with a condescending gaze: "How do you think the Roderick dynasty fell?" Was it artificially exterminated? ”

"No, they were swallowed up by the storm of the sea."

An unprecedented heaviness appeared on his face, and his serious gaze was as if he had encountered an unattainable strong enemy, Duan Qing, who felt the strength from this heaviness, then also restrained his indifferent smile, and looked at the other party's eyes were also full of final seriousness: "So in other words, if you want to pass the Bridge of Freedom safely, is some kind of protection that can separate the sea from it is also necessary?" ”

"Although the Endless Sea has changed a lot over the millennia, this danger has never gone away." Reiner nodded and replied, "Starwind Plains is the best example of this. ”

"Can the so-called urban defense circle serve such a purpose? Can it be extended to the bridge of miracles connected to it? Duan Qing, who leaned forward slightly, asked in a low voice, "These restorers have come to this place now to restart the magic circle ritual of the Molna Star?" ”

"The Molnar Star can't be activated again." Reiner shook his head resolutely: "The tokens of the Twelve Thrones are no longer available, and this magic circle will no longer reappear in the world." ”

"Not necessarily, they're restorationists." Shaking his head, Duan Qing replied in an extremely serious voice: "Since it is a product of the Ancient Magic Era, those inheritors who claim to be the Ancient Magic Era will naturally have a way to restart." ”

“…… That's impossible. Sitting back on the bench, Reiner shook his head again, "Even if they can do it, they will do it in a way I didn't expect." ”

"Don't you still want to meddle?" Duan Qing frowned and looked at the other party's face: "The words have already been said to this point-"

"It is you who put forward the hypotheses and conjectures, and the final conclusion is naturally up to you to test."

Waving his hand interrupted Duan Qing's words to continue persuading him, the armored warrior's arms slowly fell on his knees, he looked at the other party's face with a conscious gaze, and there was a little more anticipation in his expression: "After all-"

"Exploring the unknown and creating miracles is what you adventurers have been doing."