Chapter 18: The World of Longing
In later legends, the Templar Son Viche and the Paladin Arthur were close friends of a pair of chess rivals. m.
It is said that the place where they first met, at the end of the world, where the sky and the sea are connected, in a grassland.
A few red birds streaked across the sky, not even a single feather was left, and the wet and salty sea breeze blew the blue and white robes of the young son, like a blue bird about to return with the wind.
Arthur looked nervous and asked, "You made this?" ”
The young saint's eyes also looked a little nervous, he pursed his lips, shook his head and said, "No."
"That's good." Arthur put away his sword and looked at the young son in front of him.
The impeccable beauty will undoubtedly make people feel good, but those golden eyes, with the contempt of the superiors, are unpleasant.
Noticing some strange eyes from the paladin, Wei Xi slowly pulled out half of a white mask from the sleeve of his robe, covering only his eyes.
He said, "I am the Son of the Temple, Wehi. ”
Arthur nodded, "I know you. ”
“…… I know you too. ”
The second conversation, failed.
It is like the end of the world, the sky is connected to the sea, the sea is connected to the grassland, and the world has become a circle.
Arthur sat more than ten meters away from Weixi, wiping his long sword, Weixi sat down and asked, "This is the sword in the stone, right?" ”
Arthur paused as he wiped his sword, "Yes." ”
"Is it heavy?"
"Would you like to try it?"
"No, I'm vulnerable."
"I can see it."
"But my eternal flame is no one else."
“…… Do you also use flames? ”
"Well, fire is a powerful spell, there are many magicians who can use it, but there are very few who can control the law of fire, and in the past eighteen years, I have met three people."
Arthur couldn't help but ask curiously, "Which three?" ”
"The first, of course, is His Excellency Pope Medinaira, the second is me, and the third is your companion, Miss Angela."
Arthur was even more curious, "...... How do you know her name? ”
Wishi raised his hand, and his knobby fingers drew a circle in front of them, projecting a picture of the competition arena, and the girls were laughing and chattering, and the swords were gesturing with each other.
Only those who have emerged from the rigorous training of the Holy Knights can fight alongside Lord Arthur to defend the Land of Warriors.
"This magic mirror allows me to see everything in the temple."
"Can you hear that?" Arthur asked, he didn't hear anything.
Wei Xi put away the magic mirror, pointed to his ear, shook his head, and said, "I can't hear it, so I taught myself lip language." ”
Arthur asked in surprise, "You...... Can't hear you? ”
How could this be, and I couldn't hear it......
Wei Xi smiled, but there was not the slightest haze in his smile, "You are the only person other than His Excellency the Pope who knows that I can't hear." ”
Arthur asked with a complicated expression, "You...... Why did you tell me about this? ”
"I want to give the temple a great future. ”
“……”
Nice...... The future?
Ignoring Arthur's silence, Wishi continued, "If you want the Land of Warriors to become an ideal town, then, as a temple of popular faith, must be overthrown before a new order can be born when the old order collapses. ”
Arthur couldn't help but say, "Actually, it doesn't have to be overturned ......"
"As a king, you must not be soft-hearted, this era is destined to be sacrificed, including me, including the temple."
Arthur was silent for a moment, "Since you have such an awareness, why don't you dissolve the temple?" ”
"It can't be done, because the Templar is the faith of the people, and a new miracle must be born in order for the northern part of the Land of Warriors to become a whole, and only the Knights Templar can fight against the Confederates."
Arthur was a little embarrassed, "But I swore to the Pope that I would fight for the Temple, and besides, the Temple did not oppress the people. ”
Willy was silent for a moment and asked, "So, Lord Knight, what do you think the temple is?" ”
Arthur replied, "Once upon a time, King Arthur said that the place where the people were was was the temple. ”
"Therefore, you must build a new temple and unify the entire land of warriors." ”
“…… At this point, don't talk about it, we have to leave. Arthur was about to get up, but found that his hands and feet were entangled in the grass around him.
He struggled, but couldn't get out of it, and he couldn't touch the grass that was tangling around him, "What's going on?" ”
Wei looked at the white line where the sea and the sky met, squinted his eyes, and said, "Someone wants our meeting to be out of sight." ”
“…… Why? ”
"Because, too, he wants the temple to have a bright future."
Arthur didn't speak again, he and Wehi lay side by side on the grass, looking at the clear blue sky, the sun was not warm, and the soft wind blew from the other side of the sea, it was very cool.
"Arthur Knight, have you ever been to Haidu?" Weixi asked.
"Nope."
"Why didn't you go to Haidu in the first place?"
“…… I couldn't go, because not only did the Great Forest of Dano separate the land of warriors, but there were also cultural and historical differences. ”
"Have you traveled all of the North?"
"Yes."
"Have you been to the palace of the Avalon Empire and seen His Majesty the Emperor?"
"Nope."
"You're going to build your ideal home, right?"
"Yes, I will." Arthur replied.
"Well, I believe you." Willy smiled for a moment, then asked, "Arthur, do you know how many civilized societies there are in this world?" ”
"There are many, in the east of the King's Continent, in the land separated by the King's Canyon and the Great Wall, there are many, many civilizations that we have never seen before."
"Are these civilizations of the same origin?"
"Cognate origin."
"What is the geographical relationship between these civilizations?"
"Sorry, I don't know how to describe it."
"Well, they're bordering on it? Or is it across the ocean? Or is it a mountain away? ”
"Both."
"Is it on the ground, or underground, or in the air?"
"It's all on the ground, the kingdom of the gods in the sky, and the ...... underground I do not know. ”
"Are these civilized societies aware of each other's existence?"
"Yes, we know each other."
"Peace, or hostility?"
"Both."
"Is there trade and population movement, and is there marriage between ethnic groups?"
"It is said that the descendants of the land of warriors have migrated from the east, and as for marriage...... I don't know. ”
"Is there a big war? Is it blocking technology from each other? Or is it just a small-scale regional war? ”
"I don't know."
"So, is there a common language among civilizations?"
"Yes, the continental lingua franca, but there are also many people in the land of warriors who don't."
"Without a common language, how can they communicate with each other?
"If you want to travel to the East, you have to learn the lingua franca of the mainland."
"Okay." Wishi paused for a moment and continued to ask, "Is the world as a whole rich in resources or short of resources?" What resources are the most scarce? ”
"I don't know, but, as far as I know, there is a so-scarce resource within the Temple's jurisdiction."
"How many races are there in this world?"
"There are many, demon seeds, humans, gods, and even half-blood demon seeds."
"Half-blood...... Can humans and demons intermarry each other? ”
"Yes, I've heard that in the East, there are a lot of such half-blood demon species."
"These races...... Is there a distinction between races? ”
"Yes, the gods despise humans, humans hate the demon species, and the half-blood demon species is rejected by all three."
Is this hierarchy of "high and low" ethnicity recognized by the whole world, or is it different according to civilization? ”
"The whole continent thinks so."
"Half-bloods are pitiful." Wei Xi said with emotion, and continued to ask, "Dongfang...... Belief in gods, or atheism? ”
"Both."
"What is their credo?"
"I don't know."
"Do they have prayer rituals like Mass, chanting, prayer, preaching?"
"Yes."
"Oriental, do you believe in the creation myth?" ”
"Faith."
"That'...... In their legends, how did the world come into being, how did everything in the world appear? ”
"I don't know."
Hearing Arthur's answer, Vicky sighed, "I'm sorry, I'm curious to know how the world came to be......"
Arthur raised an eyebrow and asked, "In that case, why don't you leave the temple?" ”
Wishi shook his head, clutched his chest and said, "I must live in absolute zero, or the fire in my heart will burn me." ”
"But you're not burned to ashes now."
“…… Yes, yes! Wei Xi was stunned and exclaimed.
Not in an environment of absolute zero, he was not burned to ashes by the fire in his heart.
At the same time, the Temple of Athena.
Hirsch, who had changed back into her emissary attire, floated above the temple with a golden gravitational ring on her feet, and through her Eye of Insight, she saw the flame sealed in the center of the temple.
A long time ago, when the fire god Zhurong fell, he sealed his consciousness into the pyramid and waited for his resurrection after five hundred years, however, after five hundred years, the plan was postponed and he had to be resurrected in this era.
And three thousand years later, the key to his arsenal, the Eternal Flame, has also become several parts, lost in the world.
Hirsch thought that she was lucky enough to stumble upon two shards.
The first one, naturally, is Rhine, as the left wing of the god of Emperor Jun, he is not only because of the bloodline of the second generation of gods, but also because of the key fragments of the god's arsenal.
The second is the Son of the Temple, the Son of Apollo, the Son of the Temple, who was born from the Tree of Wisdom.
However, the coincidence is unbelievable......
Hirsch thought that she had come to Lake Avalon to get the Hourglass of Goddess Athena, and then, thanks to Vivien's commission, she had found Wishi, who had the Eternal Flame shards.
Wanting not to take on the responsibilities of being the Son, Viche wanted to put everything on Arthur and leave the land of warriors to the source of knowledge.
However, he was unable to reach the world he longed for.
Hirsch left the Temple of Athena without choosing to take the shards of the Eternal Flame with him.
And at the end of the world, Arthur is still answering Weixi's questions, some he knows, some he doesn't, but he knows very well that Weixi is not willing to stay in the land of warriors.
The world he longed for, in the far east.