Chapter 311: Shadows in the Night
"AD392, the sixteenth year of the opening of a new round of jihad, since the start of the holy war, the emperor of the Baier Empire, Oros XIII, did not show the usual decisiveness and initiative since his succession to the throne, but continued to make extremely passive defensive decisions, although he strengthened armaments and war preparations, and sat back and watched the war in the surrounding countries reach a stalemate."
But in that year, the flames of war that no one could escape were still burning on their heads. They were found by the dead, when the dark night was strangely caged in the third month of the national capital, the undead came, and overnight, countless undead gates were opened, and in the capital of Bair, it was the largest dimensional gate. On the same day, the undead emperor of the blasphemous plane descended and launched a forbidden curse undead disaster in the capital, ninety percent of the population was transformed into undead, and the Bayer Empire was destroyed. ”
These are actually about the depiction of the background of the Bayer Empire in that period of "history", and the original famous Oros XIII has also become synonymous with embroidered pillows, which proves that this kind of negative practice of not caring about oneself in the holy war is basically waiting for death.
But the real world and the virtualized game world are obviously a little different, at least due to the existence of the gods of the four elements and the absence of players, the elemental tide rises much faster than expected, and the Holy War has opened several years earlier, even if the undead emperors only reached the standard of advent ten years later, the undead came earlier than in "history".
"Presumably, the overall progress has been between nine and fifteen years faster than 'history'. Hopefully, the fall of Om Diloken will be delayed a little. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the heroes of the new era to be immature. ”
Of course, I wouldn't worry too much. To put it in an old way, the torrent of history cannot be stopped, and a few individuals and accidents cannot reverse the trend at all. Most of the wars that are destined to break out cannot be spared, and many things are too complicated, and there are too many objective factors that affect the outcome, and it is difficult to analyze the impact of success or failure.
The war is ahead of schedule, and the preparation period is shorter? It also represents that the internal friction of the major human countries can be avoided to the greatest extent, and the gains and losses cannot be calculated at all.
Heroes in "history" still lack a period of growth? This does have an impact, and no one can expect the snot kid to be in charge. Rookies who have not been tempered are reluctant to be qualified soldiers, and they can't pull their own teams without prestige, and no one can guarantee whether those "heroes" can get enough nutrients to become ruthless characters in "history".
But the real heroes are still made by current events. Hero A is dead, maybe there will be more bullish archmage B and thief C, and no one knows if the latecomers will be even more powerful.
On the other hand, the absence of internal friction also allows the current famous generals not to fall in each other's wars, and the early war also allows the veterans of the previous generation to still be able to gallop. It's just that the allied element of the Templar coalition is not easy to deal with right now. And in that "history", he would choke to death seven years later from eating two undercooked eggs in one go
In addition to the suicide person,Can't choose your own way of death,In fact, the cause of death of some great heroes is indeed the biggest laugh in their lives.,When I saw this plot,,I was a little proud and secretly lucky.,At least I hung up a few times and was perfect.,I'm happy that I'm hanging up perfect.,It seems that the painting style is wrong there.。 Forget it, it's still not pursued.
Cough. To get back to the point, as far as my understanding of history goes, assessing the butterfly effect caused by something is actually as unreliable as prophecy, and the more you think about it, the more wrong you will be.
The most obvious example of this is probably the "history" of the Bayer Empire just mentioned.
Should it be said that the situation has deteriorated? At least in "history", the Bayer Empire is still peaceful and prosperous during this period of time, and it is definitely not the embattled it is now, and it may come to an end at any time.
But on the other hand, the conspiracy of the undead has been thrown into the sun, the plot to overthrow this kingdom at once has gone bankrupt, at least the day of the future ruin is definitely gone, so should it be said that the situation has changed for the better?
"Hah, I'm afraid no one can jump to conclusions. After all, even the god of fate can't grasp the fate of this thing. If you look too far, you will be thrown into the pit under your feet, and it is enough to grasp it now. ”
Yes, what can really be done is only to "grasp the present", sow the seeds of the future, accumulate small amounts, and guide the general trend to the good as much as possible.
Therefore, with the spread of the Light of Law and the Magic Mechanics, and the current Righteous Points and the Web of Starlight, I believe that these seeds will eventually become the Trees of the Sky and influence the world for the better.
Of course, this does not mean that "history" is not important, in fact, I have always regarded it as the biggest cheat plug-in, with the information and records provided in it as a reference, I can intuitively understand people and things, and even see a lot of precursors that cannot be seen from a normal perspective, and make predictions in advance.
But this advantage will also become more and more useless as "history" changes, and in a sense, it is really paradoxical, after all, there are many changes, and at least it proves that my efforts have paid off.
No one can understand and trust this "history" of Bayer, and in a sense, at least the princes of the Bayer Empire who have begun to compete for the throne are definitely the last thing they want to see the information contained in it.
After all, the father and emperor in their minds who can die violently at any time can actually live for at least 20 years in a dashing manner, and no matter how much trouble they make now, I am afraid they are just naughty monkeys in the hands of the Buddha.
Just a short piece of news, a historical record that an emperor has lived for more than 20 years, can reverse the political decisions of a great country, and this is the magic of that pamphlet.
If the news that "the old emperor still has more than twenty years of natural lifespan" comes out, the shape of the entire country will change, and the first prince faction and the eighth prince faction will all disappear, but those lords who can't wait for the shuffle for a long time will probably rebel directly.
The result is that there are too many factors involved, and the positive and negative effects will not be less, and in the end the situation is still unclear.
When all values are just variables. How can it be possible to make a complete judgment from a certain link or point of information, if someone really does it, it is probably only because he already knows the answer.
In my common sense. Only by collecting enough intelligence and understanding the logical reasoning of many staff officers can we make a limited judgment about the future, and the accuracy will plummet with the lack of intelligence.
So I always don't understand how the protagonists of those legendary novels can restore a super conspiracy from a single detail, how to make all the arrangements so precise and unmistakable triggers, and how to make those individuals with different personalities dance in the palm of their own hands. After all, even if the same person's mood every day may lead to different decisions, a big man with a rough appearance may be very delicate on the inside, and guessing the other party's current reaction is the same as guessing what the other party wants to eat for dinner today. If so, you can guess that this is probably a more unreasonable golden finger and the protagonist's aura than my "history".
Ahem, it seems to be casually dark, let's get back to business again.
Well, let's get to the conclusion - it's not normal. Very abnormal. Whether it's Ain Roe or Bayer, whether it's "history" or the present, it feels very, very wrong.
This is not right, it has been there from the beginning - why did Baier have to go to trouble the "harmless" mage country Ainro, if it was just to expand the map and power, he obviously had many options, why did he gnaw the hardest stone?
And Aynro's side is even more curious, why is it just facing border clashes and provocations. Will the permanently neutral Ayin Roh fight back with a last resort of forbidden spells? When did the mage become more impatient than the berserker?
Why the always moderate centrists have become more radical than the radicals is in this kind of over-radical approach. There was no backlash from the other archmages in the Truth Seminar?
Why was Beyer's peace proposal rejected at this time? What benefits would the mages gain even from killing the Baier Empire, did they plan to switch to military farming?
On the other side, although the "history" has happened, there are many doubts in it, such as the complete closure of the Bayer Empire, which is completely different from the current situation, and what happened to the dragon knights, why there is no record at all.
"Oh, I feel like both sides still treat me as an outsider."
Considering all the information I have now, no matter how I think about it, it is like missing a large piece of the puzzle, and I always feel that something is missing, and since it is unlikely that the mages will go crazy collectively, there is naturally something I don't know, so that the development of things will repeatedly exceed expectations.
"It seems that even Margaret is not so easy to get that information."
The Garden of Thorns and the recent research results are living advertisements, and I have really worked hard to integrate into the Tower of the Clouds recently, so that the archmages here can recognize my existence, and the rising prestige value on the system panel is also a reflection of the fact that recent efforts have indeed paid off.
But life is not a game after all, even if you have a reputation that you are worshipped, it doesn't mean that you will really be worshipped, trust takes time to accumulate, I still have a past reputation to drag down, and I need real actions to prove that I can be trusted, which takes time to prove.
And I just don't have time right now, so even if I know that Margaret will be very upset, I still call her over to help, after all, she is also a member of the Cloud Tower, of course, if Amira is there, it is the best choice.
And I believe in the sage's ability, since she hasn't received information yet, I'm afraid there are few archmages who know the truth.
But some people are sure to know, such as the releaser of the forbidden spell, for example, since the major mage organizations have no opinion so far, then the leaders of the eighteen top organizations who are the decision-makers must know, and one of them, we will soon have to deal with it.
"Is the leader of the Sword of Order black-eyed? It's a nostalgic name. ”――
The famous "Tower of Ten Thousand Laws" in the Tower of the Clouds is not actually a mage tower, but an auditorium.
It doesn't seem to be big, but it has been treated with space magic inside, but the actual area is enough to accommodate 10,000 people at the same time.
But no matter what it is compared to any building, this place is the top, the white as jade floor tiles are repeatedly refined magic mythril, the stars on the wall are like ancient mysteries, each seat is a natural jade composed of a whole, although there is no particularly luxurious decoration, but just the cost of materials in this large conference room is beyond the reach of other human countries.
In the past, when the Truth Seminar was launched, the Grand Mages in luxurious robes entered one by one, and in front of each seat, the Arcane Treasure Book floated in the air, and one by one the texts were projected onto the big screen in the room, and the spectator seats were full of mages who were listening, and one by one the resolutions were passed through one by one, and the crowded place would also become the center of Ainro.
Today, however, the central meeting room was reactivated, but the large round table in the middle, although not full as in the past, was only a few seats, and the onlookers, which were usually full, were even more empty, and it was actually a private meeting.
"Twenty-two of the twenty-eight parliamentarians came, and fifteen of the eighteen representative organizations participated, which is probably the most uniform in five years, and since everyone knows the importance of this meeting, let's get straight to the topic."
The Tower of Seven Colors is a paradise for elemental magic researchers, and Archmage Antonio is also the strongest flame messenger and forbidden spell mage, but his appearance and round body shape are quite similar to the mascot of a fast food restaurant, which makes him always seem quite friendly and dull, but those who are really familiar with him know that this guy really didn't choose the wrong major, and his fiery temper when he was young was more unbearable than the fire demon in the lower plane.
And now that he is older, although he has eased up a lot, the white-bearded old man also has a bit of a mascot feeling, and he has also taken over the job of presiding over the meeting, but I am afraid everyone knows that it is just an appearance.
"I'll just say, this time, our trouble is still those things—dragons." (To be continued......)
PS: What, the state is not very good, and Carvin is repeatedly dissatisfied with what he wrote. Let's make up for it tomorrow.