In the western part of the White Bird Kingdom, not far from the Falling Star Swamp, a high mountain suddenly rose from the originally soothing hilly plain.

The mountain is extremely steep, as if it was raised from flat ground, and it is covered by a dense fog above 100 meters, and it seems that the clouds have been dragged down.

At the foot of the mountain, surrounded by trees and streams, and in a large meadow that was very well groomed, several tents guarded a large tent large enough to hold a thousand people like stars, like a king on a hunting tour with nobles.

Behind the tent there is a bustling bonfire, and cooks are busy around the barbecue grill and cooking station, from which waiters fill silver plates with meat, and then fetch vegetables and wine from a number of wagons not far away, and then send them into the tent, where they rotate like water.

The tent was full of people, and men and women dressed in bright clothes and full of a heavy sense of history were chatting enthusiastically, and at first glance they thought it was a celebration or greeting distinguished guests.

Actually, yes, for the White Bird People, the gathering of the twelve White Bird Knights is a grand festival that can be written into the history of the kingdom. And the first white bird to enter the big tent, the "old fellow" Reinvert, has not been seen for thirty or forty years. A few years ago, when he fought back against the invasion of the Holy Will Empire, he also left after killing the generals of the Imperial Army, and did not appear in the public eye.

In terms of identity, the White Bird King, who appeared with the first White Bird, was more noble, but in the eyes of the dignitaries who were qualified to appear in this big tent, the King was just a gift.

Even the king himself thought so, walking ahead to open the way for the old man who was full of anger, and he had a proud and joyful face.

"The Prell Pope didn't come?"

The old legend Reinvert, who was almost two hundred years old, was surprised, and he thought that the banquet here was also prepared to welcome each other.

The second white bird, the "wise man" Gevani, a bald old man, laughed: "When they informed Sunna, they deliberately set the time behind the banquet. ”

Reinvert frowned: "It's not good, it's too rude." ”

"He deserves it! We're going to humiliate him on purpose!"

The third white bird, "Brave the Brave" Jannet, was a burly man, holding half a roast sheep in his hand, and said with a greasy mouth: "The white bird who took us by force, and you want us to have good wine and meat, and receive him with a smile on his face?"

The fourth white bird "Merciful" Grace is a silver-haired old lady, sighing and saying: "It's a bit rude, after all, it is a spokesperson deity, and we have to give a minimum of respect to the left side of the god who walks in the mortal world." ”

"The Crimson Lady who claims that mortals are equal to gods?"

Dressed in a priestly garb and known as the "Pious", the Tenth White Bird Tagonis shook his head and said, "Since they have lost their sanctity as mortal souls, they are not true gods. How can a guy who speaks for such a false god be qualified to bear the papal rites?"

With long pale green hair, dressed in mage robes, and a beautiful sixth white bird, Trista, whose name is "Fickle", lightly opened her red lips: "Gods or something, that Rich-Prell is still the leader of a country, and the Holy Will Empire is relying on the magic weapons provided by that country to sweep away West Fein." ”

"The terrible movement on Donfin's side is said to be the story that happened between him and the Empress of Dawn. Sunna is willing to stand up for him, and Rathrop and Shamal are also speaking for him, so don't underestimate him. ”

The eighth white bird, "Prince" Eckert, who has a very close blood relationship with the royal family, was chatting with the king, and when he heard this, he said angrily: "What kind of country, it is just a bunch of mud-legged people with no bloodline inheritance in the wasteland swamp to make their own dirty things, not even a city-state alliance. Where did he get that leader to be in our meetings and to be on an equal footing with us?"

The Twelfth White Bird "Serious One" Neflint was a middle-aged knight with a temperament similar to the Fifth White Bird Raspro, coughing and saying, "Lapros and Shamal told me about this man, and I confirmed it from the informant on the side of the Will Empire. This Richie Prell is no small person, he was once the viscount of the Kingdom of Hadrang, and later became the Duke of the Dawning Empire. Later, in order to practice the belief of the gods, he gave up his title and fief, but he was not born in mud. ”

The seventh white bird, Ramoloch, was a bearded dwarf with a glass of wine and a big gulp, nicknamed "The Dwarf". The dwarves in West Fein have much purer blood, so he is also shorter and stronger than the dwarves in East Fyn, and has a thicker beard.

Just as the elves have long since disappeared in Finn, Finn has long since lost the purebred dwarves, and the existing dwarves are the product of a mixture of bloodlines.

Compared with the dwarves who have integrated into human society, or built their own country by special conditions, but are still affected by human civilization in all aspects, those ugly-looking and hairy "wild dwarves", "gray dwarves" and "long-haired monsters" on the ice field are the purest in terms of blood.

The dwarf shook his wine-stained beard and burped, "It's not a good birth, and it's no wonder that the East Fein gang, from kings to nobles, are mud-legged people with no origin, and it's no wonder they've made a mess there." ”

Except for the fifth white bird "apprentice" Lapros, the ninth white bird "Daughter of Light" Suenna, and the eleventh white bird "prophet" Shamal, the other white bird knights are here.

The ranking of the White Bird Knights does not represent strength and seniority, let alone rank, but the first generation of White Bird Knights are arranged in the order in which they obtained the White Bird. It has been passed down for tens of thousands of years and has become their own pronoun.

However, the first white bird of this generation lived up to his name and was respected by the other white bird knights, and the reason was simple, he lived the longest.

The old white bird had a sad face: "No matter what, this person can't be underestimated, he is shaking the foundation of our white bird knight." ”

The king next to him hurriedly answered: "Yes, if the white bird is taken away by outsiders, our kingdom will no longer exist! So I and all the nobles of the kingdom will stand behind your Excellencies as always, and do our best to support you!"

Except for the eighth white bird, the other white birds didn't react much, and just took it for granted.

The main body of the Shiratori Kingdom is the Shiratori Knight, and the king is more like a deacon who helps the Shiratori Knight take care of worldly affairs. However, because this deacon has the name of king, he is naturally not satisfied with his deacon's duties. Even if there is a historical lesson from the White Bird Kingdom in the First Age, it is still tireless, and it is still doing all kinds of small actions one after another.

Annexing weak nobles, expanding the direct territories of the kingdom, curbing the influence of the White Bird Knights on the kingdom in the details of the corners, vigorously cultivating royal legends, and secretly stirring up relations between the White Birds, these are just conventional means.

These small actions don't mean much to the White Bird Knight. They survived long enough to survive generations of kings. Moreover, the royal family will break out in the succession of the throne every few generations, so for tens of thousands of years, successive Shiratori kings have worked more to let the royal family members obtain the power of Shiratori through blood connection.

Changing the law to stuff the princess prince to the White Bird Knight as an apprentice, or running to recognize the mentor himself, this is just a superficial operation. In essence, it is to send the princess's lover and the prince to face each other, and even the king himself goes into battle to hook up with the white bird knight.

Every King of the White Bird has devoted most of his life to this great cause, but unfortunately the inheritance of the White Bird is irregular, and it is more dependent on the feeling of the White Bird Knight, which makes the kings of the past generations hateful. The current Eighth White Bird, which is only related to the royal family in a twisting and turn, is regarded by the royal family as the greatest achievement since the era.

Of course, there must be necessary etiquette, and at the suggestion of the eighth white bird, all the white birds raised their glasses to the king, after all, they did not produce a single copper for this banquet, and it was all arranged by the royal family.

The third White Bird Janette said heroically: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the White Bird is with the kingdom, and that Richie Prell is just relying on the magic guide weapon." ”

His eyes overflowed with dark red light, and he said coldly: "We also saw those weapons of his a few years ago, and it is okay to deal with minions, but to deal with us, hmph, wishful thinking! If he is ready to use power to 'convince' us, then he will understand what real power is!"

The first white bird's brows furrowed even deeper: "I heard Shamal say that the Consciousness Empire has only obtained a very rudimentary weapon, and the Red Union on Li Qi's side, relying on a population smaller than our White Bird Kingdom, is on par with the Dawning Empire." Even the Empress of Dawn was killed by them. ”

The seventh white bird, Ramolokha, let out a breath of wine: "Rhine, you are really old. What are the East Fein guys best at? bragging and acting!"

"We all know how Shamal's nickname came from, but he's not really a prophet. What kind of flying boat is faster than a meteor, a forbidden floating ship that can destroy a city with a single shot, does he know that these words are true, it is equivalent to the reappearance of the Magic Empire?"

The dwarf patted his chest and said, "Tear those cowhides and overestimate them, that is, they are stronger than the armies of the Empire." But with us, with the Cutting Blocks and the Pegasus Nation here, Shiratori is still the strongest and most powerful fortress on the continent of Finn!"

The Twelve White Birds Naflin nodded and said, "The Magic Empire has really reappeared, not only the White Birds will tell us, but the will of the world will also impose punishments, and mortals will not be able to endure such a disaster again." ”

He shook his head again and said, "But things are really tricky, what kind of saintess that Li Qi has in his hands has really absorbed a lost white bird. This made me worry if Ms. Crimson would have anything to do with Shiratori. ”

The Tenth White Bird, Tagonis, said in a solemn and awe-inspiring tone, "Now these gods, whether they are the Goddess of Order or the Crimson Lady, will be lost to history. The white bird will bring back the true gods, and we, the white bird knights, are the gatekeepers of history. ”

"Don't worry if the enemy is too strong for us to handle, Shiratori will lead the gods back and liquidate this chaotic world! ”

The sixth white bird, Trista, bowed his head slowly: "Indeed, we are guarding the ancient history, and too much power is buried deep in the past. Now these guys who have no foundation seem to be doing a lot of fun, and they are not worth mentioning compared to the hidden power of the dark ages. ”

The king opened his mouth to interject, but he retreated timidly, and turned to look at the eighth white bird.

The eighth white bird, Eckert, coughed and said, "We can't do nothing and expect the white bird to show up. Sunna, Lathrop, and Shamal weren't the ones to be fooled by the mirage, and they must have confirmed the power of that Richie with their own eyes. ”

"I also know some merchants from East Finn, and the news I received from them also confirms the fears of Lord Reinvert and Lord Neflint, that they are indeed a formidable enemy. ”

"We still have to be completely prepared for that, and the strength of Richie Prell is really scary. To the east, near the Inland Sea, the land that divided the kingdom of the Highlands, the country called the High Chieftain, is said to be the one behind it. ”

"And this person has a very good relationship with the Emperor of the Will Empire, Romroth, and the Will Empire is also his backing, and it is not ruled out that the Will Empire will take advantage of this matter to make a comeback. ”

"I have suggested before that we should bring in all kinds of magic weapons from those merchants and arm our White Bird Squires and the Kingdom Legion as soon as possible, but everyone seems to have scruples and have not reached a consensus. ”

The other white birds looked at each other and did not answer the question.

Magical weapons have indeed changed the times, allowing apprentices to wield terrifying powers beyond their limits. The White Bird Knights fought against the Empire of Will a few years ago, and although they killed a large number of mid-to-high-ranking generals through strong attacks and assassinations, making the Imperial Army retreat, they were also impressed by the magic weapons they faced in the battle.

After the war, the "young men" of Rathrop and Suena also advocated the introduction of magic weapons, but when they understood the nature of the matter, they also died down.

The power of the White Bird Knight comes from the White Bird, and it is bound to the individual. The White Bird Knight relied on that fiefdom, where did he get the extra money to buy expensive magic weapons, arm the squires and even the people in the fiefdom?

If you really want to loosen the control of magic weapons, the only one who benefits is the royal family, and the power of the royal family will inevitably increase.

Now the magic weapon is a threat, but not strong enough to suppress the White Bird Knight. If the White Bird Knight can solve the problem on his own, why should he fuel the power of the royal family?

The eighth Shiratori is clearly the spokesperson of the royal family, and he is still very young and does not understand where his roots are. This kind of person has existed for generations, and everyone will deal with the relevant words and deeds coldly, and after a few years, he will be able to understand it himself.

Although the White Bird Kingdom is a kingdom, the White Bird Knight is the real master.

As long as they say to the people that "the magic weapon will destroy the Shiratori inheritance and make the Shiratori disappear in history", the king must dare to stand up to it, and the royal family members with the right to inherit will naturally stand up and lead the people to overthrow the rule of the faint king.

Allowing the king to introduce some protective enchantments and old-style magic cannons to defend the royal capital and enhance the protection of the fortress, and also turned a blind eye and acquiesced to the king's formation of a royal mage regiment to arm the palace guards with magic spears in the name of "magic guide crossbows", which is already the limit.

The first White Bird Reinvert played a round game: "It is our mission to protect the White Bird Kingdom, and since we old bones can still move, we can't shirk our responsibility." ”

"The magic weapon is indeed powerful, but it is not so powerful that even our white birds can't compete with it, and with the support of the Anvil Castle and the Pegasus Kingdom, we can solve any threat. ”

The glamorous Sixth White Bird interjected, "The Icewind Kingdom in the northwest has also contacted me before, and if necessary, we can also bring in their powers." They, like us, just want to protect the legacy. ”

Reinfert nodded and continued, "And don't be so pessimistic, that Richie asked Sunna to help him speak, which also shows that he doesn't want to be hostile to us. When he arrives, I hope that everyone will still show the necessary respect. ”

"Remove these feasts and clean them up later, and such a face-to-face humiliation is not something that a wise man would do. ”

Many of the White Bird Knights snorted, and the second White Bird Gavani said frankly: "I heard that that guy is not yet thirty years old, let us group of old fellows who are more than a thousand years old together meet him collectively, I don't think any wise man would do it." ”

The fourth white bird, the old lady Grace has a relative: "I also think that this person is too arrogant, since he wants to convince us, he should take the initiative to find us and try to show sincerity." As a result, he didn't do anything but use Suenna as a microphone, and what did he think of us White Bird Knights?

The third white bird Janette laughed: "I think he didn't have the courage to see us alone, I was ready to fight him on the spot, but he didn't come." I'm embarrassed to bully him on an occasion like this. ”

The other white birds also laughed, and at this time, the fifth white bird Kapros and the eleventh white bird Shamal entered the big tent, and the laughter suddenly stopped.

"The ......"

Rathrop hesitated, and Shamal was grim-faced.

"What's the matter, apprentice?"

Reinfert asked gently, the reason why Lathrop has the nickname of "apprentice" is because the fifth white bird of the previous generation was too hasty when he passed on the throne, and Lathrop didn't understand anything after taking over, and the other white bird knights all made cameo appearances as his mentors.

The dwarf sneered, "Is that Li Qi afraid to come?"

"No, it's not ......"

Rathrop looked like he didn't know what to say, and Shamal said angrily, "Sunna said that Richie Prell had to come two hours late. ”

The White Birds looked at each other, and Reinfert asked, "Is he in any trouble, or is one of his magic planes malfunctioning?" ”

The old man's little sense of humor made the white birds laugh, and Shamal shook his head with an expression of being pinched by his throat and fed: "That Richie said that his little saint wanted to go back to his hometown to see, so he went with her." ”

The scene fell silent suddenly, except for Reinvert, everyone's expressions were synchronized with Chamal.

After a while, Reinfert smiled bitterly: "We want to humiliate him here, and he is also paying tribute to us, it seems that the contest has begun." ”

..................

Dozens of kilometers away from the camp, the main building of the castle of Viscount Guspeni has been demolished, and the stone wall surrounding the main building is still largely intact. The stone walls of the "walled house" were all that remained of the beams, and Richie, Sunna, Aurora, and Tarence watched as Finnie rummaged through the ruins, while Oresha followed Finny, looking around vigilantly.

Li Qi smiled and said to Su Enna: "I didn't expect your nickname to be the Daughter of Light, it's really amazing." ”

"Richie, you're deliberately humiliating them, and the consequences of doing so are very serious, you know?"

The ninth white bird, Su Enna, was so anxious that she wanted to jump to her feet, feeling that in front of this little guy, the extra years were fed to the dogs.

Li Qi smiled unabatedly: "Aren't they the ones who deliberately humiliate people? After the grand banquet, they talked to me in a cold scorching mess." Even the most ordinary guests shouldn't be treated like this. ”

"But ......"

Su Enna still wanted to urge, but Li Qi waved his hand and said, "If they really want to solve the problem, they either wait obediently, or come to me themselves." If we just ignore this matter, it means that they don't take us seriously, and what is the point of my past words except quarrelling?"

He looked at Fini, who was in a state of Lori, and said, "And I really didn't mean to humiliate them, there are more important things here than communicating with them." ”

Su Enna said, "I can also see that there is something wrong with Her Highness Fini. The other White Bird Knights were like this when they first gained the power of the White Bird, but will this solve the problem?"

Li Qi shook his head, "I don't know, but how can Finnie be like the other White Bird Knights? ”

I should have brought Finnie here, but she was not in good shape, and when she absorbed the lost white bird, she shouted that mortals had nothing to do with me.

As she was about to leave at noon, she suddenly figured out again that she wanted to come back and see this place that had soaked her childhood with pain.

Compared to this, the meeting with the White Bird Knight naturally had to be postponed.

Thinking of Finney's position in the Crimson Witch and the place of Painful Creed in the Crimson Codex, Suna's face turned pale.

She actually had a guess, but she couldn't help asking, maybe because the guess was too terrible, so she didn't dare to ask.

Li Qi decided to reveal the truth to Su Enna: "The primordial divine power in Finney's body came from the goddess of suffering, and later inspired the divine power of the goddess of ice and snow. When he was promoted to Legend, he summoned the power of the Moon God, and that's right, it was the lost Moon Lady Su Lun. ”

"What does this mean? It shows that the power of the Goddess of Suffering and the Goddess of Ice and Snow is actually the power of the Moon Lady, just as the Goddess of Fate is divided into the two goddesses of luck and bad luck. ”

"Now that Finney has absorbed the White Bird, what does that mean?"

Su Enna lowered her head, an old woman in her seventies, but at this time she was as frightened as a little girl, so much so that she rubbed her toes: "No...... Impossible, how could Shiratori be Lady Tsuki's strength? Lady Tsuki's ...... long ago"

Muttered to the back of the silence, yes, Lady Moon has long since fallen, so she left the white bird.

What silenced her was the subsequent inference, which meant that the other Lost White Birds, and even the Silver Canopy, would have to ......

Li Qi comforted: "We are only inferences, and we can't fully confirm it yet." And even so, as I promised before, that the issue would be resolved peacefully. ”

This was obviously not comforting, and Su Enna looked up and looked at the little girl who seemed to be rummaging through the garbage in the distance, her eyes full of hesitation.

"This is the butcher's house, and he likes nothing more than to scare me with his boning knife. ”

"This is the blacksmith's shop, and the blacksmith looks at me with a terrible look, as if he is looking to see if my bones can be repaired. ”

"This is the porter, and the guards sleep here. ”

"Every time I pass by here, I can hear the crunching sound, and once I was curious, and I saw two men fighting on the bed board through the crack in the door...... It's not a real fight, it's the kind of fight, you know, and there are a lot of people next to them who slap and whistle. ”

Fini walked in the ruined walled room, and explained every time she passed, and Oresa, who followed her, regretted being a bodyguard: "I don't understand!"

Later, Tarence was still talking to Sunna about what happened a few years ago: "I was a guest at the Viscount's side at the time, ahem...... Cardinal, don't ask about roast blackhorn sheep, that's what I blew. ”

"It took a lot of effort for me to convince him that he was still the itinerant priest of Lady Agony, so all I had was water and black bread. The bread was so hard that it almost broke my front teeth. ”

"The one who brought me food was Finney, skinny, dirty, uglier than your Lily. ”

But her eyes were so pure that they seemed to have nothing left in them, or so much that they looked like deep pools when frozen together. ”

"At that moment I touched her soul, and then the corrupted artifact on my body was touched, and she rolled on the ground in pain. ”

She rolled and said that it didn't hurt and that she could get up right away, as if she had messed up something. ”

"I asked the Viscount about Finney, and I learned that she has been very special since she was a child, as long as she is beaten, or looks at someone, or even just attention, the other party will be inexplicably painful, and at the same time, she will also be in pain. ”

"Her parents said that she had been cursed by a witch or a witch, that she was a filthy person, and that they had tried to kill her, but she was in pain just about to do it, so she had to give up. ”

"Her lord, even Viscount Guspeny, has also checked with the priest, and he doesn't dare to find someone loyal to the divine court, and he will be unlucky if he really finds out something. I just found the priest of the local temple of life, of course, I couldn't find anything, but I didn't dare to throw Fini away, for fear of angering the people who cursed Fini. ”

"I deceived the Viscount that she was a patron of the Lady of Pain. Seeing that I was not under the influence of Fini, the viscount believed it, and did not even ask for a single copper, and handed Fini to me. ”

Sunna's attention was immersed in Fini's life and asked, "Fini...... Is it really her parents' own? I always feel that she should have a special bloodline, and her background cannot be so low...... Oh, ordinary. ”

Tarence shook his head: "I have met her parents, and I can confirm that she is the biological flesh and blood of that pathetic, pathetic, vulgar couple. ”

Su Enna said again: "Since the Lost White Bird is nearby, then Finney should have been affected by that White Bird, why did she choose her?"

Tarence then shook his head: "We guessed this before, but now it seems that the troops. The lost white bird had been impregnated by Karin's ancestors and had nothing to do with Finney. If Finney is stimulated by it, then there should be no problems after absorption. ”

Su Enna sighed, "So, what the hell is going on?"

Then Finney came to a ruin, and she sighed.

"It's finally here......"

"When I was a child, I seemed to have seen this in my dreams......"

"Home is gone, I ......"

The white light flickered, and she turned back into a girl, her eyes overflowing with tears, and then turned into white light, escaping like smoke and mist.

She muttered, "I'm so cold, so painful......"

"But I'm happy ......"

"I'm free......"