Act 138: The Witch's Rebellion I
Brando looked at the gray-brown stone chips on the table, helpless.
Just three days earlier, this inconspicuous thing had almost caused a catastrophe, and after the unknown coercion over the port of Fatan had disappeared, an earthquake had struck the seabed not far from the port, causing a small tsunami that fortunately did not cause much disturbance. Although it is very likely that this is just a coincidence, Brando knows that it is more likely to be caused by the previous shock of the Sea of Magic, after all, this world is opened up by the elements of law constraints in the magic of chaos, and it will truly show the subtle changes in the Sea of Magic.
Now the stone shard sat quietly flat on the walnut desk, unremarkable, rough and unmagical, and would not have reacted to it by any means - unless you brought out a few other stone fragments, and other than that, it seemed to be just an ordinary stone on the side of the road, and Brando would have almost thought that if he hadn't seen it a few days ago.
There are all kinds of indications that the coercion that appeared in the sky above Fatan three days ago is very likely to be related to the Dragon of Dusk, although the coercion only appeared for a moment, and never appeared again, but Brando experienced the incident of the twilight wolf in the later game, and was very sensitive to the apocalyptic aura of twilight in the twilight, although it was only for a moment, but he was still keenly aware of the existence of this aura.
The previous three fragments formed something similar to a broken map when they resonated, but why did the four fragments react so much when they resonated, what was this thing, and why did it attract the attention of the Being-in-Existence in the chaos? Generally speaking, only the appearance of an artifact is likely to cause such a big shock, maybe these fragments are related to some incredible artifact? But Vaynd has so many famous artifacts, the Scepter of Mountains and Rivers. The Supreme Blade, the White Sacred Codex, the Holy Sword Glory, the Divine Spear Eternal, Brando eliminated them one by one, and even the Azure Spear used by the Azure Knight to penetrate the heart of the Dusk Dragon was present. It didn't cause such a big reaction, nor did it cause dusk to fall.
And it stands to reason that the Dragon of Dusk should be more attentive to the Azure Spear, right? Or maybe these three fragments are the things of the Dusk Dragon, but the Dusk Dragon has no entity in Vaulnd, its body only appears in Chaos, and it is impossible to leave any relics in the material world, it does not use weapons, and the Dusk side does not have any well-known artifacts. Brando was puzzled as to the origin of these stone fragments. Even the well-informed little princess of the Silver Elf didn't know anything about it, and Sister Nimesis didn't have the slightest impression in her memory, and he even asked the Silver Dragon Lady from the Dragon Clan, but unfortunately she still got a negative answer.
This gray stone fragment seems to have never existed in the history of this world.
But it was found by an unknown little person.
Brando remembers how he got his hands on the first fragment, which was next to Antitina's father's corpse, and it was placed among his belongings, along with the letter to Antitina. Suffice it to say that Antitina's father probably understood the value of the stone fragment. But Antitina's father, who came from a small aristocratic family in Pragues, was a soldier in the war against the barbarians in the year of the frog's song. Therefore, he was named a knight, and later there were several outstanding heads of the family, and when the family was at its highest, there was once a baron. However, by the time Antitina's father's generation arrived, he had already fallen into the middle of the family, in the background of the game. Antitina's father was an adventurer and part-time archaeologist, and he was away from home for many years, rarely returning home when he died. It happened to be in the middle of an expedition that he was killed by the Golden Demon Tree.
"Amber Sword" is a game that is extremely attentive to details, if you look for it carefully, you can dig out a lot of stories behind the missions, but Antitina's father is placed behind the huge background of this game, it is just mediocre, not even detailed, those well-known tasks, that is not the background of the story behind the background bit by bit have been unearthed by the player, not the slightest detail is not missed, under the background of these tasks, Antitina's quest line can only be regarded as ordinary at best, Even in the game, Antitina herself has a much more detailed storyline than her father, and she is one of the later main NPCs in Eruin.
But this is the same character who is considered mediocre by all players, and now he is connected to the fragment that is likely to have some connection to the Dragon of Dusk, and he did not put the fragment in his belongings, and Antitina's father may well have realized the value of this fragment.
It's strange, how did he recognize it?
Brando's own experience in two lives, and as a player, he travels through the game, claiming to be knowledgeable, and he knows a lot more about ancient sources than the average person in this world; The little princess of the silver elves, Metissa, who has experienced the battle of the Sages, is a witness and witness to that great history, and has a wealth of knowledge and experience; Senior sister Nimeisis,The experience in the game is not inferior to him.,In addition to the game time is slightly shorter than him.,Even better than him in the game.,Unlike when he crossed into this world, he was considered well-informed.,Senior sister was famous for her mobile database in the game back then.,Plus the silver dragon lady from the dragon clan.,And the merchant lady who inherited the knowledge of the witch queen.,Plus St. Osor, one of the four sages who left not long ago, With so many people, not one person could recognize the value of this inconspicuous fragment.
But Antitina's father recognized it.
Brando couldn't help but have deep doubts about Antitina's father's identity, in the background of the game it was just an ordinary down-and-out nobleman, but now it seems that everyone underestimated this NPC who did not leave a single line in Amber Sword, but only a letter from home. Brando suddenly remembered that although he had talked to Antitina about his father on a limited number of times, he had never gone too far, mainly because he didn't want the ill-fated girl to remember those sad things, and firstly, because he had no preconceived idea that there were any secrets in Antitina's father that could be discovered.
"Negligent ......"
Brando nodded his forehead, he looked up, shook the bell on his desk, the door opened, and Flo walked in from the outside with a straight face, ever since she became a knight card for Metisa. For Brando, the previous owner, it is even more unpretentious, but for the job of Brando's personal secretary, he is still meticulously competent. Brando saw that Flo was followed by a small tail, not her sister Tia, but Miss Roman, who had long been accustomed to coming uninvited. She winked her eyes at Brando, and before Flo could speak, she preemptively said, "Brando, I have something to look for you." ”
"What's wrong with you?" Brando frowned and asked, it's not that he was unhappy to see his fiancée, it's just that Roman seems to be particularly interested in stone fragments that can cause the world to change color, and he has wanted to trick him into playing with him several times, how can Brando rest assured that he will give this thing to her, isn't that equivalent to sending a time bomb to the horror breakup. He would never do this kind of stupid thing, but Miss Merchant's ability to entangle people is also a must, so that he has a headache when he sees this eldest lady's face in the past few days.
"This time it's business, Brando," Roman said with a grin, "the witches seem to have said something strange." ”
As soon as he heard this, Brando's face became stern.
The day still came.
The Queen of the Wind had long told him that there was more than one inheritance of the Dark Dragon, and that the witches were only at the behest of the legitimate heirs of the Dark Dragon. But there is still a great deal of disagreement about who is orthodox in the realm of witches. The witches in Eruin are more inclined to Brando. Don't underestimate the witch power in Eruin, in the game Eruin has a nickname, known as the country of witches, although Eruin is small, but there are several heavyweight witches in the territory, such as the orthodox inheritor of the Moon of Death branch Effelu. The orthodox inheritance of the Sugar Pot of the Later Moon, and the inheritance of the Later Cup Moon - the Supreme Witch Mikaya - that is, the little Lori that Brando met in Rescuin Town before, plus the legendary witch of the Moon of the Qin, there is the orthodox inheritance of the four branches of witches in a small kingdom. The power of witches in this country can be seen.
And these four lines of witch inheritance is not an ordinary inheritance, almost all of them are the highest status of the witch country, among which the witch of the moon of death is the defender of the law in the kingdom, the status is second only to the witch queen and the witch of the thirteenth month of the black moon that only exists in the mythological story, the witch of the cup moon is called a rebellious witch, the concept of this inheritance is often contrary to other witches, it can be called a deviant, but there are often shocking powerhouses in the inheritance - For example, Mikaya, who later became the Most High Witch, and her teacher, Asgar, the 'Queen of Hypocrisy'.
As for the Witches of the Moon of the Lyre, the most mysterious prophets, Brando once suspected that it might be Roman's aunt, a lineage that is not well-known in history, but is very famous in the Witch Realm, as they are the earliest followers of the Dark Dragon. Finally, there is the witch of the latter month, and the battle of the sugar pot Brando is what he has seen with his own eyes, and it is this witch that is already considered the worst inheritance in Eruin.
Not to mention that Brando later discovers that the Witch Queen's legacy is still in Eruin, and in fact he even suspects that Eruin's four-line witch inheritance is most likely arranged for the Witch Queen's legacy.
In this life, Brando obtained the inheritance of the Dark Dragon relatively early, coupled with some of his previous expressions, so the voice of witches in the territory of Eruin once prevailed in the realm of witches, because of this, many witches from other countries even came to Brando's power, and some of the witches he accepted later came from places such as Faenzan and even the edge of the Great Glacier, for example, the bloodlines of those remote inheritances. However, the voice of the witches in Eruin has the upper hand, which does not mean that there are no other noises, in fact, during the peak of Brando's momentum, most of the forces in the witches country still have conservative opinions, after all, the inheritance of the dark dragon is divided into several parts, and Brando only gets one of them.
In addition to the conservative forces, the biggest opposition is the witches from Cruz, who have apparently followed the Silver Queen early, and they are obviously more convinced that the people they follow are the real orthodox.
But before that, the contradictions between witches were still lurking under the water, but they were only undercurrents, but on the bright side, at least they had not torn their faces. But this apparent peace only lasted until the Silver Queen revealed her true colors, just a few days ago, Brando had heard about the change of arms between the army of Jogandigon and the Lion Clan, and after a thousand years of the Battle of the Sages, the banner of the Minr people was flying again on the earth, this event was obviously a shot in the arm for the witches of Cruz, not to mention all kinds of signs that the Silver Queen was likely to be the true Dark Dragon Orthodoxy.
First of all, this queen has at least two inheritances in her hands, maybe there may be many more, even if it is Brando at this moment, it is only just on par with it, but the key is that the silver queen is from the battlefield of the final battle is not about Odin's inheritance, she knows more about the past history, and the road she is walking is obviously the one that Odin once walked.
And this qiē shows the legitimacy of this queen.
These days, Brando has learned from various sources about the area around Port Fatan, many suspicious people, most of these people are mountain people, Senians, and even the legendary black-haired and golden-eyed Minr, most of these people come from one place - the Great Glacier, and they have only gone to one place - the capital of the Cruz Empire, all signs that the dark dragon has been revived, and the empire that once reigned above the whole of Vaund is being resurrected.
This is undeniable legitimacy, like the pitch-black flag that the silver queen Constance has unfurled.
Such changes will naturally have an impact on the kingdom of witches, the biggest of which is that the support for Brando among witches has gradually shifted to the side of Her Majesty the Queen, and even many of the former conservative forces have begun to make choices, these are the news that Brando already knew - in fact, Sugar Pot and Babasha had already warned him.
And now, judging from what the merchant lady said, even the witches who originally took refuge in him have begun to waver.
This does not bode well.
Brando frowned.
…… (To be continued......)