Gawain knew that there must be a shadow of disobedience behind the end of all things, because the "Great Evolution" they carried out was clearly an extension of the disobedient plan of the past.

But he didn't expect that the "shadows" turned out to be two elves.

He also thought that the only members of the Disobedience Project were humans.

"They are elven scholars who have been employed by the Gondor Empire since a thousand years ago, and they are also members of the Druid Order of the Holy Spirit...... At least on the surface," Bertila continued, "At the time of the impact of the Ancestral Peak, they disappeared from the cult members, and I thought they had rushed into the Gondor Wasteland like the other mad cultists, but years later, they suddenly reappeared and revealed their true identities.

"At the same time, they also bring with them plans for disobedience."

Gawain looked at Bertila: "There is no doubt that with your situation at the time and your mentality after suffering the 'Divine Impact', the disobedience plan has caused you a great touch. ”

"It's not just a very big touch......," Bertila shook her head slowly, "We are inspired by this great and almost tragic plan, and we are impressed by the wisdom and courage of those who came before us, we are poor creatures who have been maliciously destroyed by the gods, but in the most desperate moment of despair, we suddenly see a glimmer of light from the other rebels, and we cannot refuse the technology and ideas they bring with them." ”

“…… The plan of disobedience is indeed the greatest act of self-help in the history of mankind, but mortals always make mistakes, and as you said, the long period of time and paranoia has derailed everything," Gawain said with emotion, "Not all disobedient people have persevered, and I am afraid that you are very unfortunate to meet disobedient ones who have deviated from their original intentions. ”

Bertila didn't respond, perhaps because she didn't know how to respond at this moment.

Any justification is pale in the face of facts, and now the scorched earth in the eastern part of the Whitsunday and this great "Thorin Tree" are the final answer to all the efforts and persistence of all things for centuries - a cruel conclusion, but there is no way to refute it.

But Gawain's own heart was filled with doubts:

The elven twins, the elven twins who had participated in the disobedience plan, put aside their racial differences and fought side by side with humans against the gods, faced the demon tide that destroyed the Gondor Empire together, experienced thousands of years of baptism, and finally passed on the key technology and concepts of the disobedience plan to the Society of the End of All Things...... Is their purpose just to cause such a disaster in Ansu?

Although the man-made god was terrifying, Gawain knew very well that he was not yet to the point where mortals could not resist it, even without the army of Cecil, even if he could destroy the entire Ansu, he would not be able to destroy Typhon, and he would not be able to destroy the Silver Empire.

As a conspiracy that has been planned for thousands of years, this ending really seems to be a bit anticlimactic.

He couldn't figure out what the elven twins named Filna/Relna were trying to do.

Maybe Veronica will know? After all, they are also ancient rebels, and they may know each other......

Gawain shook his head, jot down the new doubts for a moment, and then asked, "What else do you know about the elven twins?" Where are they now? Is it here too? ”

As he spoke, his gaze couldn't help but look behind Bertila.

In the chamber, covered in vines and roots, the densely packed humanoid remains had begun to disintegrate.

Lost in the constant replenishment of life, it was finally time for these long-dead priests to return to dust, and Bertila had imprisoned them for too long in a state of confusion, but now that she had woken up, it was time for it to be over.

The corpses will soon become the nourishment of the giant tree...... It then circulates in the power of nature, eventually becoming the new fertile ground of the Plains of the Holy Spirit.

"They're not here, they're on a mission elsewhere when they wake up the 'False God Body'," Bertila shook her head, "I've been sleeping in a daze all this time, I don't know their whereabouts, but they must be alive." ”

Ghosts are always difficult to "die", especially the ghosts of disobedient people.

Gawain wasn't too surprised by this, but he felt a little regret and irritability—how much help the disobedient could produce when they were his own people, and how much harm they could do when they were enemies or uncontrollable factors, he realized this.

"I've been with them for hundreds of years, but I still don't know much about them," Bertila continued, "and they always appear together, speak and act together, as if one soul controls two bodies; They have a kind and affectionate appearance, but are actually more cunning and dangerous than anyone else; They are primarily responsible for matters related to the Disobedience Project, but they are also responsible for the technical work related to the Great Wall - after all, they are from the Silver Empire and have some knowledge of the technology of the Great Wall. ”

Gawain nodded silently and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the Great Wall: "Speaking of the Great Wall...... What is your connection to the wasteland? ”

Bertilla hesitated, but soon she tugged at the corners of her mouth and said with a strange smile, "Inside the Great Wall...... Inside is the other half of the Death Society. ”

Gawain's eyes widened: "The other half of everything will die?!" ”

"Didn't we just say that when the ritual of the Ancestral Peak got out of control and the power of the gods rained down, a large number of followers from the three sects of Druid, Dream, and Storm rushed into the Gondor wasteland in search of self-destruction......" Bertila's smile was cold, as if telling this part of the secret was not only a psychological pressure for her, but a very happy one, "But not all those who rush into the wasteland are dead—druids have always been the best at facing environmental changes and surviving extreme situations. ”

Gao Wen's expression instantly became serious: "...... So, the druids who stormed into the Gondor wasteland survived, adapted to the wasteland in some way of evolution and mutation, and became the 'strategy' and branch of the wasteland where everything will die? ”

"Yes, at least that's what we've always thought," Bertila said in a cold voice, "They operate in the wasteland to gather information for us, especially data on aberrations and demon tides, and we always thought that all the sect members, both inside and outside the wasteland, were working to disobey the plan, but apparently not so.

"The loss of control of the body of the false god is half the credit of those freaks."

It was only at this moment that Gawain finally figured out the cause and effect of the grand conspiracy of the Society of the End of All Things from beginning to end, and what happened to the cult priests in this underground palace in the final stage of creating that "artificial god".

The druids who rushed into the wasteland and survived...... They may have been completely distorted in the terrible and harsh chaotic magical environment, and they have long since abandoned their self-knowledge and rules of conduct as human beings, but due to the obstruction of the Great Wall, the Destruction Headquarters, which can only maintain limited contact with the wasteland, is completely unaware of all this.

To tell the truth, the death of all things will be really unjust.

But considering the harm they caused, Gawain could only say - a dead cultist is a good cultist.

He really couldn't imagine what this catastrophe would have been like if everything had not suffered this "self-explosion" if everything had not been destroyed, and if they had created a completed and sober "giant deer", this catastrophe would have evolved - at that time, Cecil's legion might not be able to stop it.

And in the case of the collapse of the human defense line, whether those deep-sea salted fish can be rescued in time will become completely unknown.

With three points of sigh and seven points of happiness, he exhaled, then frowned and said, "In that case, I'm afraid that the 'Half of Everything Death Society' in the wasteland is still alive now...... No one knows what they want to do next, and it's going to be a threat after all. ”

"Yes, no one knows what they're going to do next," said Bertilla, "so if you want to rush in and destroy them all, I'm going to support them all if you can." ”

"You know it's impossible," Gawain glanced at Bertila, "Counterattacking the Gondor Wastelands is a great goal, but unfortunately the current Cecil Empire can't do it." ”

"Cecil Empire...... Belltila was stunned for a moment after hearing the name, and then his tone suddenly drifted a little, "I saw the Cecil flag of Phnom Penh hanging on those camps, and sure enough, it ......"

After that, there was a few seconds of silence, and after the silence, Gawain heard the other man whisper, "Put the sword and the plough together, it's still my proposal." ”

"I remember that you hope that future generations will remember the hardships of pioneering, and you also hope that the nobles with swords will not forget the people who guarded the plough."

Bertila laughed, "But it's actually because the pattern you designed at the beginning with the sword and plough side by side is too ugly. ”

“…… You didn't say that. ”

"Seven hundred years, I finally say it," Berthira sighed, a little self-deprecating, "you did inherit his memories, I almost thought you were him." ”

"Now tell me, why is Gawain Cecil's soul completely depleted? Why do you know this? ”

Bertila quietly stared at Gawain in front of her.

It was an extraterritorial wanderer, a soul of unknown origin, an "unspeakable thing" that descended from the stars and could occupy the shells of others.

He and His people are all mysteries, they travel among the stars, they wreak havoc, they offer shelter, they observe, they seem to do whatever they want, and they seem to abide by some rules.

The Eternal Sleeper feared the power of the Extraterritorial Wanderer, who was completely restrained by the spells of the Spiritual Realm, and she herself was once jealous of the Extraterritorial Wanderer, as he took possession of Gawain Cecil's body.

But today, they talked for such a long time that it seems...... Extraterritorial loiters can also communicate and even trade.

Maybe it was just an imitation of Him after taking possession of the human body, or maybe it was just one of the many faces of His race, but at least now He seemed kind and rational, and claimed to have no ill will towards the world.

Sometimes life requires a bit of adventure – and it's the same with becoming a tree.

Gawain didn't know what Bertila was making up in his mind when he was quietly watching, he could only try to maintain his calm, detached and friendly persona, and then he heard Bertila speak: "Gawain Cecil once made a voyage that no one knew about, and since you inherited this memory, you must know it." ”

Gawain's breathing suddenly stopped for half a beat.

This half beat was noticed by Bertila.

"I know of such a voyage," Gawain said in a deep voice, calming down, "but the specific memories were blank, as if they had been deliberately erased—I suspect this was the only memory I didn't inherit from Gawain Cecil's mind." ”

Then he stared at Bertila: "Do you know the inside story of that voyage?" ”

Bertila shook her head: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I wasn't with you at the time, and I'm curious about what he met and saw on that mysterious voyage, but there is one thing...... Now it seems like I know a little more than you do. ”

Gawain's eyes burned: "What is it?" ”

"After returning to the mainland, Gawain Cecil once said a word to those around him," Beltila recounted word for word, "that he had made a deal in the Eternal Darkness Sea, using his soul as a bargaining chip. ”

Gawain: "......"

"No one knows what he meant," continued Bertila, "and he never spoke of that voyage since, and it is said that even a mage examined his soul specifically for it, but found nothing wrong, so that the inexplicable words were quickly forgotten—only the old and immortal would always remember them.

"After Gawain Cecil's death, I managed to sneak into the funeral and finally confirmed the truth of that sentence myself.

"Normal human beings, even ordinary people, will retain their souls for more than a few days after death, and under the right conditions, obsessive souls can remain for several years, and powerful transcendents can even maintain a certain sense of self after death, and have the opportunity to transform themselves into undead creatures to continue to 'live'......

"But there wasn't even a single trace of Gawain Cecil's soul in his body that had just died.

"It was a blank shell."