Chapter 514: The Impossible
"You're a liar!" The Red Dragon Queen retorted angrily, "I saw him with my own eyes, and I ...... with him We had one of the best memories, although he disappeared later, but ...... Do you want to sue me that qiē is all fake? You...... Don't try to lie to me! ”
Seeing the strange flush on the Red Dragon Queen's face and the faint look of fear in her eyes, Arthas felt very unbearable, but he felt that he had to explain the matter to the Red Dragon Queen.
"Your Excellency, the 'he' you are talking about is a human ...... Let's not consider the question of how it is possible for a human to live from 10,000 years ago to the present...... What I want to say is that humans could not have existed 10,000 years ago, because there were no such creatures as humans 10,000 years ago. Arthas said to the Red Dragon Queen.
"There are no such creatures as humans?" The Red Dragon Queen muttered Arthas's words, then shook her head, "No way, I've seen him and Frost...... They are all human beings, how can you say that human beings did not exist 10,000 years ago? ”
"Your Excellency, look at the portrait on this wall!" Arthas pointed to the wall behind him and exclaimed, "These portraits represent the glory of the Minethil family, and at the same time record the development of human history...... I don't dare to say that the Minahir family is the oldest family in human society right now, but it must be one of them. ”
"But look at the one at the beginning of that row of portraits, the patriarch of our family when we first changed our name to the Minethil family, how many years ago was that? Two thousand years ago! Although before the birth of the kingdom of Lordaeron, the Minahir family had settled on the shores of Lake Lordanmere. But how could it be that a person with the surname Minethil appeared 10,000 years ago? ”
- Arthas saw that the more she spoke, the more frightened the expression on the Red Dragon Queen's face grew, and she even began to struggle slightly. She wanted to get out of Arthas's presence, she wanted to get away - she didn't want to hear Arthas say these things.
But Arthas continued: "It's not just that the Minethir family didn't appear 10,000 years ago...... Humans could not have been 10,000 years ago, because we didn't have 10,000 years of history! ”
"You talk nonsense!" The Red Dragon Queen struggled to her feet, Arthas's strength could not match her, and she easily shook her away, falling backwards to the ground.
"Big stupid dragon, you dare to do it to your master!" Frost Sorrow was taken aback by the Red Dragon Queen. Hurriedly ran to Arthas's side and helped his master up; After a closer inspection, it was confirmed that Artace's fart/strand was still intact. Little Demon Sword angrily wants to fight the Red Dragon Queen.
"Who...... Who let him talk nonsense! The Red Dragon Queen also realized that her movements were a little too big, but this little human ghost ...... It's just too much!
"What do you say, it is impossible for humans to appear 10,000 years ago...... Hmph, after all, it's just a mortal, what can you know? The Red Dragon Queen said angrily. Don't think I'm stupid. Yes, I've forgotten a lot of things in the past 10,000 years, but only him, only those days with him, what he said to me, what we did together...... I won't forget it, not for another 10,000 years! ”
It's harder to convince fools to be stubborn...... Arthas patted Frost Sorrow standing in front of him, signaling that he was okay.
It's about how humans were born. In front of any learned scholar, they will be able to tell you about it for a day. Then sue sù you...... This is still an unsolved mystery.
The lifespan of human beings is so short that the number of years they can communicate with each other cannot even exceed a hundred years; Therefore, human beings can only use words to record what is happening now, so that their compatriots can understand it hundreds of years from now.
Arthas is familiar with the epic and historical records of the world of Azeroth, where a human tribe named Arathi united the other human tribes that had been divided more than 3,000 years ago and founded the Empire of Arath.
Until then, there were only fragmentary legends and poems of various tribes collated by imperial scholars that could trace the history of mankind back a maximum of one to two millennia...... But what were humans 10,000 years ago?
Humans can't get their own origins from their own history, but they can get it from the records of other races - the High Elves, who lived long enough and recorded their history in sufficient detail.
From these allies, humanity knows some more accurate time - although the High Elves don't know exactly when humans appeared on this continent, but it probably doesn't happen earlier than them - that is, the traces of human activity on the continent of Azeroth cannot be more than 6,500 years ago.
Therefore, the two humans who appeared "10,000 years ago" that the Red Dragon Queen told could not be human beings at all; Because 10,000 years ago, humans were not human......
Arthas knew this deep down - he was perhaps the only human being who knew it; Arthas didn't know if these dragons hovering in the sky would occasionally notice the appearance of a new species on the ground, but judging from the appearance of the Red Dragon Queen, it was clear that she didn't know much about the history of human development.
"Your Excellency, you can actually recall." Arthas was still making his last effort, "I don't know if you've noticed what's going on on this continent, but...... I suppose 10,000 years ago, you probably didn't see any other humans than those two people, right? Besides, those two people probably didn't mention their origins to you, or do they have any other companions? ”
"You...... How do you know? The Red Dragon Queen thought carefully, searching for arguments from her own vague memories to refute Arthas's words, but found no support.
The little human imp was right—a voice in the Red Dragon Queen's heart said—and you had indeed not seen any other human beings ten thousand years ago; Moreover, the strength of those two people is very strong, and they have nothing in common with weak creatures like humans......
"But, he told me himself, that he was a human ......," the Red Dragon Queen murmured, "and he wouldn't lie to me. ”
"I don't know if he lied to you, but you said he eventually disappeared - and didn't take you with him." Arthas knew his words sounded cruel, but he couldn't help but say them.
In contrast, is it happier to live in vague hopes, or to know the truth of the facts?
The latter is cruel, but the moment the former is exposed, doesn't the pain and despair become more intense? (To be continued......)