Act XXXI: Another holy sword
"For the fall of mortals is almost inevitable." "The people of black iron are creatures who have fallen into the mortal dust, so much so that they are so deeply affected by the magic of darkness, and the weak mortals are the most ambitious and greedy of the descendants of the gods, as evidenced by the several holy wars in their history and the change of power in the kingdom established by the four sages—"
Miss Elf nodded.
"What is he worried about? The arrival of the Dragon of Dusk? Why is he so eager to find a way for someone to inherit him," Bai Mist asked, "But why is he so eager to find a way for civilization to survive for six epochs, and we even achieved a rare victory in the last war?" ”
"I don't know," Tata replied, "maybe it has something to do with the war beyond the elemental barriers, or maybe it has something to do with the oracle of Lord Martha, and I, and I, like the other adults, are well aware of the problems that mortal civilization may face, so I made a pact with Lord Odin to become the Most Holy One and stay and inherit his path." ”
Brando silently listened to the conversation between the two before asking, "The Lord of Flame is also the Holy One?" ”
"Lord of the Flame is not," Tata replied, "Of the four Sages, only Lord Elranta has been left to guard the world they have created, but Lord Geert understands that the Holy One only exists against enemies outside the elemental barriers, and that the civilized world must ultimately rely on itself." ”
"He was also well aware of the inferiority of humans and elves, and knew that what Lord Odin said might eventually come true, so he left a will before he died—if one day the successor of the empire could not inherit his faith and will, then the family that guarded the sacred sword would take the holy sword out of the empire and go to a pure land to establish a new nation."
"This country is Eruin?"
Tata nodded.
"But Eruin can't escape the reincarnation of the mortal world either, can he?" Brando even recalls Eruin in The Amber Sword, where the once-glorious kingdom was even wiped out by the wrath of the undead.
Although on the surface it appears to have fallen to foreign invasion, in reality it has also fallen into the decay of the nobility within the kingdom. In this era when the elite government was dominant, it was often the aristocracy that was the elite class that first sank themselves, causing the entire kingdom to crumble.
In this way, the efforts of the King of Flame were not in vain? He may be able to lead Eruin's glory for hundreds of years, but Jin Yan's faith will one day be clouded by this.
History is undoubtedly best annotated in The Amber Sword.
But this time, Miss Fairy shook her head slightly.
"I don't think Your Excellency the Lord of Fire is simply trying to keep Cruz's faith alive in a new land, but Eruin is the kingdom that Odysphes has established for the Holy Sword. The Lionheart Sword that seals its soul is its faith, and the kingdom will fall, but this sword stands on this land. ”
"So what's the difference, Odysphes stays in the Cruz Empire, and it doesn't lose a single bit."
"It's the land that's different." Tata corrected him, "This land is special, not only the Holy Sword Odysfis, but also the Sword of the Earth Harangea, the Frost Singer Sinna, and the Azure Spear all sleep on this land?" ”
"And the mountains and rivers belong." Brando thought to himself. And silently added.
"So what's so special about this land?" He asked again.
Miss Leprechaun looked at him and didn't answer the question.
But Brando understood what she meant. "You don't know, Miss Tata?" He asked.
"That's true."
"Perhaps," said Tata, "I only know that Lord Odin has left this secret to a hidden Silver People, and perhaps in the future you will have the opportunity to get an answer to this question from this Silver People." ”
The phrase "hidden people of silver," could only bring to mind one term that Blando, and that was the Silver Elves, shortly after the end of the Sage War. Suddenly he fled into the mountains and forests.
He cautiously asked, "Is that the Silver Elf?" ”
This time there was a positive answer.
Brando's mouth was a little dry, he didn't expect that this secret would involve the Bugas and the Silver People. Both of these Silver Clans' post-war anomalies seem to have a plausible explanation.
It's just that he doesn't know the explanation yet.
It was as if he had seen a huge ice floe floating on the water, and when he thought he knew enough, he realized that it was only the tip of the iceberg of the secret.
He finally calmed down, but he felt that the answers to the puzzles seemed to be back to square one in the end.
Originally, it was just trying to figure out the secrets of the Seven Elemental Scepters and find a way to a truly perfect body, but now it was clearly a bit beyond Brando's expectations.
He discovers that the Holy Sword Odysphes, the Sword of the Earth, Harangeah, Sina the Frost Singer, and the Mountains all seem to have some inexplicable connection to Eruin, his second homeland.
-- Maybe it's more than that.
Because he also knew that not only did Eruin possess the above holy objects, but the dark orb that was lurking in his body at the moment was actually one of the parts of the elemental scepter.
These parts all converge inexplicably on this small kingdom.
What does this mean?
Brando felt a mess in his head. The answers to questions that seemed to be simple and straightforward suddenly became a little more complicated at the moment, as if they were faintly grasping some questions, but they were scattered and independent of each other, like fragments, making it difficult to understand.
He was silent for a long time before he finally came to his senses.
At all costs. At the moment, this is not the main thing he needs to worry about, the situation on Roman's side is still unclear, there is still a dragon queen to deal with in Shishu, Brando feels that he has to put other things aside and concentrate on the current problem first.
After all, if dusk falls, no matter how big the secret behind the Eruin Kingdom is, it will not be meaningful.
With this in mind, he recovered from his previous shock and quickly cleared his mind. He glanced at Miss Elf and Rutte, and said with a dry mouth:
"I have one last question about the Elemental Scepter."
"But it doesn't hurt for you to say that. Mr. Brando. Miss Fairy seemed to be unaffected by the previous conversation, and her voice was as undulating as lukewarm as water.
"As far as I know, the seven elemental scepters were lost to the earth, most of them were not intact, and the mountains and rivers were divided in two by Himirud and turned into two Gaia relics - the sword of the earth and the genus of the mountains and rivers - the latter included the scepter and the orb, and the former had been damaged for thousands of years."
"Odysphes is also divided into three. The Orb of Fire and the Blade of Fire were in a broken state until not so long ago, and until I repaired it, in fact, there was still a part of the Scepter missing. ”
He paused and continued: "...... I would like to ask, are they artificially separated, or are they scattered and lost for unavoidable reasons? ”
"I don't know exactly why, but it's certain that it's both," replied Rult, who returned to his area of expertise. The leprechaun spoke quickly: "Perhaps it is related to the war of the First Age, and in some of the recovered documents there are actually related introductions - for example, as you said earlier, the idea of the mountains and rivers was divided into two by the temple of the earth because of an oracle of the goddess Himerude, and was hidden in the mountains. ”
"So this legend is true?"
"It should be credible, and I have relevant information in my memory."
Brando nodded silently, with a slight excitement in his heart: "So since these holy relics are artificially separated, does it mean that they can be reassembled and repaired under certain conditions?" ”
"Maybe. But it's difficult," Miss Fairy began, "Mr. Brando, didn't you also repair the Holy Sword Odysphes?" ”
That being said. But Brando didn't really want to hear this answer, because repairing the holy sword Odysphes was not so much a repair as a recast, and it was he who reforged the laws of the sword after gaining the approval of the Flame Orb and the Golden Flame.
But this kind of thing is too ethereal, and in Amber Sword, the artifact and the player are related to each other. His beliefs and ideals may just match the Flame Blade, but it is too outrageous for a person to fit the two laws.
Not to mention that ice and fire are two completely opposite extremes.
"Hmm," he replied after a moment's thought, "but the way I repair the Holy Sword Odyspheus is peculiar, I mean. Is there a more 'physical' way? ”
His words finally made the rest of the ship react.
Almost all of the Tirmothians looked at her, and Miss Elven Tata's gaze lit up slightly, and for the first time, her face fluctuated, and she looked at Brando with some surprise—or rather surprise.
"Mr. Brando...... you—what do you mean?" Her voice was a little unsteady.
"How?" Brando was stunned by the other party's sudden attitude.
"I mean," Miss Elf replied, gesturing, "You have another holy sword on you, a part of the elemental scepter besides the holy sword Odysphes and the sword of the earth, Harangeah?" ”
Tata took a deep breath, looked at him steadily, and added, "Please be sure to answer my question seriously, Mr. Brando, because it's important. ”
Brando felt the eyes around him, and his heart was puzzled, but he knew how to answer at this time.
He pondered for a moment, then silently pulled Sina the Frost Singer out of the second-far cave.
A moment later, he heard the sound of cold air all around him.
"Xena-"
"Sword of the Shallow Sea!"
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(PS: I wrote it a little late late, and I watched the TI5 game too much, but my stepmother and VG are really powerful, and I'm so happy.) Tomorrow's IG's battle of life and death, no accident, the secret should take away my big IG at 2:0, and my B Emperor's strength will be explained in the finals, in short, let's talk about it first.
In addition, there is a small bug in the previous chapter, and a book friend reminded me that I mentioned the meaning of the name Eruin earlier; But I remember that I made the relevant settings at that time, but I don't remember the specific details, but the problem is not big, and the meaning should be about the same, because the line was buried very early, and I will go back tomorrow and modify it a little. (To be continued......)