Chapter 10: Kingship and Theocracy
In some homely conversations, the food on the table was quickly eaten, which was originally only prepared for one person for the old speaker, but now with Ye Qi, it was naturally not enough; However, the two of them didn't mind at all, especially the old speaker, the smile on his face showed that he was happy at the moment.
The old speaker leaned back in his chair, let out a long breath, and said, "My train tonight, leave Dude and go back to Ferro Town!" Of course, you're more than welcome to play with me...... However, you need to bring your own food or something - if you don't mind eating fish every day! ”
Ye Qi nodded and said with a smile: "As for fish, it is too troublesome to eat, if I go to your place as a guest, I will bring some food...... But isn't Ferro a little too remote? ”
Xialin District is a very vast area, in addition to the largest metropolis Dude and Duo Brown, the surrounding cities are also prosperous enough, but after crossing the original Great Plains, the prosperity is gradually receding, and the rest is still vast and sparsely populated, relying on the highway, the residential belt that connects villages and towns in series, and the town of Ferro is at the end of this road, the whole town adds up to less than 300 people, and is famous for Lake Ferro.
The inhabitants of it survive on a small portion of cultivation and most of the fishing; Although it is still rich, compared with a metropolis like Dude, there is a gap between heaven and earth; Even, seriously, not even the suburbs of Dude.
The old speaker waved his hand and said, "In a remote place, it is also my hometown!" ”
Ye Qi was stunned and said, "Where is your hometown?" ”
For the hometown of this old speaker. As far as he knew, it should be a native of Dude. This is well known. But it is clear that in such a matter it is impossible for the old speaker to lie; Well, among them......
Looking at Ye Qi who was thinking, the old speaker laughed: "It's not as complicated as you think, although I grew up in Dude, my father is from Ferro Town...... And now I'm just going back in the same way my father came—people. It's always time to return to the roots! ”
It was a sigh, and the old speaker said it with a smiling expression; Obviously, he is also very clear about his body.
Ye Qi looked at the calm old speaker in front of him, the other party's body did not have the slightest 'strength and strength' breath, and his body was weaker than ordinary people, but the other party's heart had a different kind of 'strength and strength';
Sudden appearance. Ye Qi was completely defenseless!
It's like a breath, mixed with will and faith. After the sublimation of the aura, it was similar to those strong people, but it was different, but it was 'really powerful' Even if he saw it, he would be surprised by the amount of power after this deposition.
Between the stars, Ye Qi looked at the old speaker calmly after sighing in front of him, he seemed to have seen countless fragments of time, the application of gunpowder, the emergence of the steam engine, the use of electricity, the helplessness of facing the gods to forbid the sky, and the hesitation of the sea wind and waves.
The sky is still controlled by the gods.
The ocean, so that it is limited by the wind and waves.
However, on the earth, he and they are creating their own miracles...... and opportunities.
Because, this is the breath of the times.
The breath of such an era contains the painstaking efforts of countless people, deposited, purified, and continued in time - the new speaker standing next to the old speaker, his eyes are clear, his face is firm, just like the old speaker when he was young; Inheritance is such a continuation, that is, such accumulation.
It may take hundreds, thousands of years, but there are these people...... What are those?
Ye Qi's gaze swept over the old speaker and the new speaker, feeling the perseverance and courage in it, and then he remained silent, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.
The new speaker of the parliament stood in front of the old speaker with Ye Qi's smile, and said solemnly: "I will guarantee with my own life that the supreme government will not fall, but will only move forward, and everything will not be measured by wealth and power!" I...... Swear! ”
The old speaker nodded with a smile and said, "Do a good job!" ”
Then the old speaker stood up slowly, and staggered towards the other door in the room, his back bowing more and more, and his steps were heavy, but there was a hint of joy on his face; Ye Qi stood up and watched the old speaker leave, and the new speaker of Desa's eyes was even redder.
Neither of them said a word, just watched the old speaker's back disappear behind the door.
Syllable!
The door closed gently, and only Ye Qi and the new speaker were left in the room, the latter couldn't hold back anymore at this time, but turned around; Obviously didn't want Ye Qi to see anything; After about two minutes, the new speaker turned around, and everything seemed to be back to normal, as if everything before was as if nothing existed.
His waist was straight, his eyes were becoming more and more focused, and his whole body seemed to have an indescribable sense of oppression.
Speaker Desa said with certainty: "Your Excellency the Dragon of Shak, thank you for visiting! After a pause, he said again, "On behalf of myself, and on behalf of Lord Arryn, I would like to thank you for the victory in this war!" ”
"I need to take care of something, your people, and I'll get you back to your apartment safely!"
Speaker Desa bowed slightly, then strode outside, returning to the banquet hall, behind him, Ye Qi touched his chin and thought: "It seems to have become a little different...... More resolute and tenacious, is this a metamorphosis under pressure? ”
The strange wolf came out and retorted mercilessly: "If you are under pressure alone, you can't achieve such a situation!" ”
Ye Qi snorted coldly and said, "Spying on other people's privacy at will is not something that a god should do!" ”
The strange wolf rolled his eyes angrily. "Do you think I'm willing?" You think so. It was as if he was shouting in my ear with a bullhorn. I can't do it if I want to listen...... Won't you respect my right to rest? It's noisy in my ears all the time, and it's very annoying! ”
Ye Qi would not be deceived by such words, he said coldly: "Under the power of the contract, such peeping is mutual...... And I've never used such a right, are you reminding me? ”
The strange wolf let go of his head and said nonchalantly: "Feel free...... As long as you can do it, how can I, who is like a water, be peeped at by you! ”
Ye Qi narrowed his eyes. "Then, we can try!" ”
"I'm looking forward to it!"
Feeling that his contractor seemed to be 'really' serious, the strange wolf's heart trembled, but it knew very well that the perseverance of its contractor, if it was really like that, it couldn't say it...... However, it would be too embarrassing to say anything now, therefore. The strange wolf stiffened his neck and said stiffly. But in the bottom of my heart, I was thinking about how to deal with it, and at the same time secretly complaining about my 'carelessness'.
It's disgusting to be affected by that thing!
Sure enough, the incomplete state is really too inadequate!
The strange wolf who was thinking in his heart couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and then, his heart moved.
The strange wolf asked in his usual lazy mouth, "What is the special 'breath of the times' that Zhilu Dao contains?" ”
Ye Qi shook his head and asked, "What is it?" ”
The strange wolf's lazy voice, as if asleep, said intermittently: "Faith, a special kind of faith, can only be inspired in a few people, and then spread to the whole of humanity...... It's different from religion, but it's similar to religion...... A belief I once wanted to get my hands on, but failed: it's very special! ”
To inspire in an individual, to spread to all of humanity?
Ye Qi's eyes narrowed, and then he subconsciously thought of the first two very general and distinct 'battles of faith' - kingship and divine power.
Wasn't the original royal power just like the strange wolf said?
Spread throughout the country with the prestige of a person, with supreme majesty, respected and loved; In times of war, when the charge is in the front, the flags are flying, the drums and trumpets are loud, the territory is opened, and the will of the individual begins to override everything and everything, even God cannot stop it.
However, few of the final endings of such heroes and Ming monarchs are perfect, and they are all accompanied by some regrets or suffocating sighs.
Ye Qi asked directly: "Don't tell me that the fall of those famous kings has something to do with you?" ”
The strange wolf confessed without concealment: "I only participated once, I asked one of my priests to approach him and become his wife, but even this ultimately failed—my believer, who hesitated in her heart, did not know what time to do, and in the end, chose to return to my kingdom...... And the King, sorrowful and painful, stepped down from the throne and has been dying at the tombstones of my faithful! ”
Listening to such a familiar story, Ye Qi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "'Emperor' Delpa? ”
The strange wolf nodded, "It seems to be such a name!" ”
Ye Qi sneered: "You guys did a really good job!" ”
When he said this, Ye Qi had a rare trace of anger towards his contract partner in his heart, and such anger naturally did not appear out of thin air!
'The Great' Delpa, the earliest founder of the prototype of the wizarding dynasty, can be said to be the originator of wizards, and is considered by all wizards to be the person they should respect;
However, compared to these, the reason why Delpa is called the 'Great Emperor' is because of his ability to fight well, hundreds of battles in his life, and in the hands of orcs, elves and other alien races, he has laid a territory for human beings - the current Xia Lin District!
But, to everyone's surprise, Delpa abdicated at the height of his glory and passed to his disciple Huel; And then I don't know what to do......
Although Huel was also a shrewd and capable man, he was undoubtedly much worse than Delpa the Great, at least, if Delpa had not been succeeded to the throne. Then the war between humans and aliens could have ended a hundred years earlier. There will be no more battles with heavy losses that followed.
As well as several times. It is almost a crisis of human annihilation.
Although in the end it was the human race that won, but such a victory was only a disastrous victory, the population was less than one-tenth of the level after the war, you must know that the population of the entire human kingdom had reached 30 million at the time of the founding of the 'Great' Delpa...... More than 20 million people have died because of the whims of an being, and only a normal human being would be angry when they hear such news.
Ye Qi is no exception.
"If we weren't connected by contract, I really want to kill you!"
Ye Qi was silent for a long time. In this regard, the strange wolf smiled bitterly, and explained: "I also know that I have made my mistakes, and I am also making up for them...... In fact, it was precisely because of this kind of compensation that that that guy had a chance to get me to where I am now! ”
Ye Qi said coldly: "I can say, does the sin deserve it? ”
The strange wolf shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course you can...... But. Don't you want to know what that guy did? ”
"I can guess what that guy did!"
Ye Qi squinted. He laughed, but this smile was accompanied by a thick chill, as if it was a biting cold wind blowing from the winter forest area of the far north.
"You've failed, and it's badly injured, but it's much better than you, and it's a matter of means to enjoy the fruits of such victory—though it's only restrictive, but it's enough for a being like you, even if it's restricted!"
"The Wizarding Dynasty collapsed under the leadership of the Seven Heroes, but the Seven Heroes eventually came to an end, and their heirs were always unexpected—people thought it was a curse, the curse of the sixteen Wizard Emperors, but now it seems that it is not like that!"
"After less than seventy years of peace, they fell into strife, and the kings and grand dukes of all over the country suddenly went to war as if they were crazy, which caused the population that had just been recuperated to drop sharply again, and the whole of Lorante was again in a gloomy fog, and the population was not even three million...... Then, 600 years ago, the Holy See appeared—as a saint, saving the world, and gaining unimaginable support! ”
And these 400 years are called the Age of Blood! And that's what that guy did to do, right? ”
Ye Qi asked.
The strange wolf nodded and did not refute, while Ye Qi snorted coldly again, expressing his inner dissatisfaction and indignation, and he said: "If I have the opportunity to appear there, I will make that guy regret that he made such a decision for what he wanted!" ”
The strange wolf agreed: "If there is really such an opportunity, I will definitely help!" However......" paused, and the strange wolf asked again: "Don't you want to know what that guy is doing for Lu?" ”
Ye Qi frowned and said, "For what?" Isn't it just about competing for faith? ”
The strange wolf chuckled: "Faith, of course, is to be fought for, but that is only divine power, and its ambition, and royal power!" ”
Ye Qi was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Kingship? ”
The strange wolf nodded, "That's right, kingship—something similar to the belief that theocracy arose, but it was absolutely different, and it was a key ...... That guy and I have already reached a considerable level, a considerable level among us, and those who are stronger than us have either left or have fallen, so we don't know how to go any further; That's why we can only grope around! ”
"And, the emergence of royal power, the very different beliefs, let us see hope—the combination of the two is our inevitable need!" The strange wolf took a deep breath and said, "This is not speculation, but fact...... Because, when the soul of the 'Great Emperor' Delpa entered the kingdom of my God and was reunited with my follower, my strength was slightly different...... Rumors also appeared on the earth that the king was my 'son'...... At that time, I saw what I had been after; However, it's a pity ......"
Recalling some of the history and legends of Zhilu Dao, Ye Qi said coldly: "It's a pity that Delpa's death has caused the human empire to be surrounded by aliens again, and the perennial war has caused the population to plummet, so that you can't get the 'royal power faith' you deserve!" Even though you send 'miracles' to help them, you still can't stop the war, or rather, you want to stop it, but your old adversary stops you...... Only limited help was possible, and in the end, the war was won, and the human empire established by Delpa became a wizarding empire blocked by wizards - they believed in themselves more than the gods! ”
Ye Qi asked, "Is that right?" ”
The strange wolf nodded: "Yes! ”
Ye Qi asked again: "And because you were angry, you became a life-and-death enemy with that guy, and started a protracted war, until the destruction of the wizard dynasty, you didn't decide the winner...... And you, unfortunately, lost! ”
The strange wolf sighed and nodded, "That's right! ”
However, the strange wolf quickly emphasized: "That guy didn't win either, it hasn't appeared until now, which proves that we were both defeated at that time!" ”
Ye Qi said with disdain: "Both losers? All I saw was that you were in deep trouble, and that guy's sect became one of Lorante's three powers...... Even if it's already rotting! ”
The strange wolf laughed indifferently: "Then, let's speed up its decay!" ”
PS First Update~Timing~ (To be continued......)