The weapon in Miner's hand collided heavily with the glittering surface of the crystal, like two shining lines on the horizon. It was a scene unimaginable to ordinary people who had never experienced war, the earth emitted a deafening roar, and the sound of fighting was like a tsunami, drowning out the sorrow of the living dying, but also drowning out fear, hesitation, and a negative feeling, the smoke and dust raised by the war covered the sky, and the dazzling sunlight was also dimmed.

The scene in front of me is stark and real.

But there is no record of such a war in the history books, and there are mountains of documents under dust and cobwebs in the white ivory towers of the Canadens, and there is no information in the game, and there are still no secret stories on the forum.

Crystal Clusters, the species that players have the impression of being born in the Crystal Jungle, seem to be a scattered population in the game that is isolated from the main line of history. They exist in rare corners of the world, and they are only a flash in the pan during the adventures of explorers, and the historical record of them is a blank record, from the appearance of the gods and people, to the fall of the fortress of Babel, to the people of gold opening up the second age of mortals, the silver tribes

Rising to the flames of black iron spreading and burning across the earth, and the eagle and hydra banners were erected, the historians, the white-robed wizards have recorded only a few dull and uniform words about them - 'they have no intelligence, no sense, as if they were a crystal derivative that instinctively attacks invaders who approach their territory'.

The player's understanding originated here, and it is also inseparable - as if the crystal cluster is a natural miscellaneous soldier and cannon fodder set up by the system, only to add some mystery to this bizarre world.

But who would have thought that on the back side of history, there would be such a big war.

On one side of the war are the noble people of gold, the Miners, the founders of the empire, the ancestors, and the servants of the dark dragon. Once an enemy of the world. But hatred could not hide their shining blood—the golden blood that flowed through them and the gods promised to their descendants. On the other hand, out of the imagination of Brando—or the other half of his soul—Sophie, it was a crystal cluster, a sparse impression

And the scattered races, according to the records of the sages, should act like beasts following their instincts, but here. The Clusters formed a well-organized army, with their own banners, armor, and weapons, and were disciplined, organized and sized no less than the descendants of the gods they faced.

Brando realizes that he may have seen another civilization, a stranger. A civilization he had never heard of, cut off from history.

Civilization of crystal clusters.

"Wait, I should have expected it......" Brando suddenly realized, they all seemed to have subconsciously ignored one thing, when did these beings born in the crystal begin to appear on the earth? Looking back suddenly, there is a blank in history, but from the first line of Cangzhi's poem, the world was created. These tiny beings are already there.

At this time, he suddenly remembered the words of Elaine, the banshee: 'The master fought with that man against a strange enemy. 'Master. It's Tracy Man, the man. It's Odin, the dark dragon - and those enemies are the crystal clusters.

So.

What exactly are they and where do they come from?

Why did you go there after the Battle of the Sage to be the enemy of the Miners?

He set his sights on Sebes, the King of the Frost Knights, the only person present who could answer his question. Seibers sighed softly, "Do you understand, St. Osor. ”

Brando didn't understand what this sentence meant, maybe only the soul of the wind in his ring could answer, but the elf royal sister, who had always been strong, chose to be unusually silent at this moment. After a few moments, her voice finally rang out: "Thank you for answering a question that has always been in my mind, but it doesn't mean anything, you want to say that Odin and his Earth Legions are guarding the world; But gold

The decay and depravity of the people is not manifested in one end, Sebes, it is not us who rise up against you, but you yourselves have chosen the path of inevitable defeat—"

"Thousand-hundred-year-come."

Brando frowned, and while listening to the conversation between the two in a foggy way, Seibs sighed faintly: "I also understand this, St. Otor, the Azure knight opened the age of mortals, the stars fell to the earth, forming the earth, and then the people of gold disappeared, and the people of silver were scattered on the earth, so that the rise of the people of black iron, you, the kingdom established with Geert, the king of fire, I don't mean to say that they have no intention."

Righteousness, remember what I said, it's just that right and wrong are here, not the point-"

"Sebes, what exactly do you want to say?"

"I just want to say that the defeat of the Miner people, the establishment of the four kingdoms, my king has long expected this."

"It can't be!"

"It's possible, St. Osor, you are an elf, and I am a human, and even though I am a people of gold, I can still feel the greed and lust that belonged to this shell in life—this is the source of civilization." The soul fire flickering in the eyes of the King of the Frost Knights, who stood on the meadow, was bright and wise, as if it had penetrated the shackles of time: "The repetition of history for thousands of years, there has never been an exception, whether it is a human being, an elf, a dynasty has overturned

, but that's it. From the dynasty of the Minr, to the empire of the Cruz, to the small kingdom where our little friend lives, there has been an exception? The struggle for power and profit, intrigue and intrigue, nothing more than that. ”

"St. Osor, what about the fog spirits who once followed you?"

The wind queen's heart was shocked, and even Brando felt the soul shock of this elven royal sister, and she didn't say a word again.

"So why did Odin make this choice, was it out of desperation? So where did these crystals go after the Battle of the Sages? Brando opened his mouth and asked the question he wanted the answer to most at this moment.

"I don't know." Sebes's answer was simple and straightforward.

"You don't know?" Brando is almost going crazy, since you don't know, then what's the point of putting this qiē out for what?

"This land of war is called Minhel in our language, and to-day, east of Faenzan and St. Osor, as you are familiar, I follow the kings over the mountains of Alkash against these mysterious enemies, of whom I know no more than you do, but the ancient language inherited in my blood. Before the Miner people existed zài. They're already there. They are our enemies, and this war is protracted

Lasting—but in the days of my existence, the Miner War with the Crystal Cluster lasted only a short time, with five Brigade Mages like yours taking part in the war, after which I returned to the Sativa Fields with the Legion of the Dark Wings, and it seemed that the war had been lost shortly after to suppress the growing revolt in the Empire. Seibers said.

"So why are you here? Sebes, since this war has nothing to do with you anymore. Brando asked, frowning.

"For I have been commanded to wait here, for someone who understands the true meaning of 'fool' will come." The King of the Frost Knight stared at Brando and replied word for word.

Fools.

Brando remembered his talent inherited from the Dark Dragon's legacy, but what does it really mean to be a fool? Judging by Seabs's description at this moment, is it a savior? Or someone with a fanatical self-sacrificing spirit? These two. Either way, Brando didn't feel that he didn't have it, and he didn't want to be, except for the Eruin in in his memory, the world might not be as close to him as he thought. But here's the thing

, why did the dark dragon choose him, or was it just that he was lucky enough to come across it.

This answer is not so tenable, perhaps for thousands of years. Not many people have access to the Dark Dragon's Sealing Stone. There are very few, but why didn't Odin choose Amman. Is it because Amman is a sacrifice of the Sanctuary of Fire? This may not be the right reason. Because from Sebes's description, it can be seen that Odin may not have the prejudice against the descendants of the Four Sages as ordinary people imagine.

"You're saying I understand what 'fool' means, but I don't." Brando replied with some caution, I have to say that he is still worried that if he answers like this, Sebers will choose to take back the Dark Dragon's inheritance, and I have to say that this inheritance still means a lot to him now. Whether it is the powerful force itself, or the support of the witches behind it, especially the former, has helped him defeat strong enemies many times, and Baba

Sha and her followers are also clearly a potentially powerful force.

No one knows better than Brando the witch's penetration and understanding of the world.

But he had to ask clearly, the scene that Seibers showed today was beyond his comprehension, and made him realize the huge secret behind the world, the talent of the 'fool' may be lurking in a huge crisis, and if Seibers told him that if he inherited the gift of the fool, he must inherit the responsibility of saving the world? What choice should he make? Brando didn't feel like he was that capable.

Sebes' eyes of the soul flame lingered on his face for a moment.

"You'll understand." He replied slowly.

"What?" This answer was unexpected, and the King of the Frost Knight actually played a dumb riddle with him, and this determined tone reminded him of the wrinkled faces under the tents of the gypsies, the mystical culture of the Miners, in their eyes, fate is unknowable and certain, there are no encounters, only necessity. But neither the Brando-Sophie soul could accept this answer, and if it was a task, then he should have the power to understand and make choices, rather than play hide-and-seek in this labyrinth of language.

If this is still in the world of Amber Sword.

He stared at the other party, showing that he would not give up until he got an answer.

But Sebes seemed to have anticipated this: "The fool is not a fixed meaning, it represents such a kind of behavior, and I have read from your eyes your past, and I think that you are the one who the king is waiting for, young man." ”

"My past?"

"Some people are destined to do nothing, but there are those who can always work towards their goal, even if they clumsily repeat ridiculous failures, even if they are not understood, they may fail, but when they succeed, they will be called miracles, and they will be recited by all - most of them have become fools in the eyes of ordinary people, and their stupidity is not stubborn, but they know what they are doing more clearly than others."

"You mean Odin ......"

"I mean, you, young man, know what you want to do."

Brando fell silent, what he wanted to do, he was really clear about the goal. Perhaps in the eyes of most people. Eru was in turmoil. It is only repeating the history of a dynastic change, which it also experienced decades ago, or a hundred years ago, when the decaying dynasty was mentioned in the soil of the newness, and after the fall of the royal family of Sifah, there was the crescent moon rising in Corcova. But his master has always been the indomitable Eruin. Only this time it was different, everyone ignored the potential enemy to the east, the dark nobles who had been scattered and fragmented for thousands of years, and now they were united under the supreme and only staff of mercury, and perhaps forty years later, history would repeat itself. The Eruin, who belongs to the Eruin, will cease to exist zài.

Or maybe this kingdom is just a name that represents some meaning, but for him, the silver banner is covered with many familiar corpses, princesses, Valkyries, and many other memories of fighting side by side in faith.

Therefore, he had to be one step ahead.

Stupid?

Maybe in the eyes of Antitina, in the eyes of Her Royal Highness the Princess, in the eyes of the bronze dragon Leto. And all his followers. His enemies, as well as in the eyes of bystanders. There was something strange about it, as if Cagris still didn't understand why he always had to plan for everything, and even he agreed with Antitina that he had a greater ambition in the lord's heart - to be like the Elder Ek. Brando does want to be that kind of being, but the title is not the king of the land, but the sage who leads the people out of thorns and darkness.

"That's what it is...... Fools? Brando asked to himself.

"It's not just that, I can't tell you much, but there is a voice in my veins that tells me, and you will definitely understand this qiē. Young man, whether you or I, or the noble soul in your ring, we are all searching, the world is an absurd stage in the eyes of many, a vanity fair, a place of intrigue, a place full of intrigues, and they confine their gaze to a superficial cage, this cage, which is their desires and thoughts," the King of the Frost Knight smiled mysteriously: "But we are not, you know what I'm talking about, because the world is not as simple as it seems, Right? ”

Brando was horrified.

The world is not as simple as it seems.

He didn't know if Seibers meant it, but at least it seemed to him that it was—for he knew that the world had another name, the Amber Sword, a name that only he knew. Whoever knows the meaning of the name as well as he does is now cut off from him in another world.

"This secret ......" Brando hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it related to those crystal clusters?" ”

"Perhaps, but maybe not, there is a voice in the shadows telling me the truth behind that war, but I know very little. There aren't many things that Lord Odin can tell me, he has sealed his life's knowledge in this inheritance, he doesn't force you to choose anything, but history goes back and forth, what should happen will always happen, the battle of the Sage is no accident, if I am not mistaken, war is about to befall this world again. ”

Brando didn't answer, but he knew that the Frost Knight King hadn't guessed right.

It's just that history is repeated, and perhaps it is not due to some fate in the dark, but because of the selfishness and greed that civilization repeats over and over again. The impending war over the slate is a footnote to this.

So in the final analysis, is it the fault of civilization itself?

Brando frowned and shook his head, he felt like his head was going to explode, maybe these things weren't something he should be worried about. He exhaled, and although he didn't understand what St. Osor, Sebes, and Odin were really after, he at least understood what he was after, superficial or noble, he had to do it eventually, and he clung to the stubborn character he had cultivated in the game.

He looked up and decided not to play any more dumb riddles with the Knight King, which seemed to him to be entirely the Frost Knight King's own bad taste, the Miners were mysterious, and they were always careful and subtle to play with their agnosticism, but Brando had his own way of doing things—he interrupted Sebeth's tirade, "You mean, only if I understand this qiē will I be qualified to inherit the legacy of the Dark Dragon." ”

"Nope."

Seibs shook his head: "Actually, the strength you showed at the beginning is already qualified to inherit the inheritance, I just want to tell you what happened behind this war, whether it is the Cruz people or the wind elves, it is far from the time when you can sit back and relax." ”

Brando stared silently at the Frost Knight King.

The underlying meaning in his eyes was: 'What's the point of all that nonsense you're talking earlier?' ’

If he were a living, he might feel a little embarrassed by Brando's questioning gaze, but Sebes is an undead, and the thousand-year-old ice wind has long frozen his skeletal cheeks as thick as a glacier, so the Frost Knight King can keep his face unchanged: "Because this is the mission I am waiting for here." ”

"What does that have to do with me?" Brando asked rhetorically, he hesitated, but decided to tell the truth: "I can't go down the path of the Dark Dragon, it seems to me that I am inheriting only the legacy he left behind, not his will, I hope you understand this." ”

When Brando said this, he felt a slight approval in his heart.

"Lord St. Osor?" He couldn't help but wonder a little.

But the wind queen did not respond.

"You're not afraid that I'll take back your inheritance, young man?" Seibers's tone froze.

"I'm afraid it's not up to you to decide, honorable King of the Frost Knights, I don't know why Odin chose me, but that's my will." Brando's tone became affirmative, if after such a long period of temptation, he still didn't understand what this guy meant, then he could really go and die headlong: "Whether you accept it or not, it's true, I'm Brando, not the Dark Dragon-"

"It's exactly the same stubbornness."

The King of Frost Knight was slightly stunned, then chuckled.

Laughter filled with the hollow voices of the undead.

…… (To be continued.) )