It was a good time to announce a secret, in the capital of Invig, in the palace where the royal family lived, the sun was setting and everything was glittering with gold, even if Lorenzo was wearing ridiculous pajamas.

Unfortunately, this brilliant light could not warm anyone's body, they were still as if swallowed by the cold wind, their fingertips could not help but tremble, and they could not illuminate those dim hearts, which contained one conspiracy and trick after another, and those unspeakable secrets.

"Golden Dawn...... This originated from a small group called the Rosicrucian Society, led by an alchemist named Rosen Cruz.

They were originally only a few people, but as the group grew, it officially became the Golden Dawn, but a large part of the reason why we say this is because our Victorian family's knowledge of all this is limited to the Golden Dawn, and as for the record of its predecessor, the Rosicrucian Society, there is basically none, and no one knows whether it really exists. ”

Queen Victoria said slowly, unveiling the past for the two of them.

"The Golden Dawn is a well-documented, original alchemy group, and the Victorian family is also one of its original members, but with the discovery of [Truth], in that distant time, there was a conflict in the Golden Dawn that we are not yet aware of, but the result is clear to us, the Golden Dawn is divided, and the alchemists no longer believe in each other, and enter the era of fighting for themselves. ”

"The Victorian family returned to their former homeland, which is now Invig, and we used alchemy to exchange wealth and power, and little by little we took root in Invig until we became the rulers of Invig.

But everything comes at a price, and we are blessed as the price of this power...... with curses. ”

Lorenzo gazed at Queen Victoria in the light, who was only one step away from the secrets of this kingdom.

"The King's Curse, right?"

The queen shook her head and said to Lorenzo.

"The mantra is only part of it, it is the price, and the blessing is what you see now. ”

"What do you mean?"

"What else will there be...... In the middle of the Glorious War, when the old Dunling was about to fall, but at this moment, as if by the favor of the gods, we innovated the steam engine, the furnace worked day and night, the factory worked day and night, and under the torrent of steel, we won this desperate war by all means.

Don't you think it's a coincidence? At this time of crisis, we have the power to turn the tide. ”

The sound was still so calm, but when it fell into Lorenzo's ears, it was like thunder on a sunny day.

"This ...... It's a blessing. ”

Lorenzo whispered.

At the end of the long table, the queen slightly agreed.

"Yes, there are no miracles, or rather, all miracles come at a price. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

Lorenzo began to be a little confused, he thought he knew enough about the world, but now it seems that all this is so strange and distorted, as if there is a hand of God vigorously playing with this world, and normal human beings are trying to adapt to this crazy world, thus revealing a hideous and strange appearance.

Arthur on the side didn't fluctuate much, it seemed that he had already known this, but when he thought about it again today, his heart was still under pressure.

The pressure of the unknown, the awe of the unknown.

"After the Golden Dawn split, different branches appeared, some alchemists chose to record this knowledge, they established libraries in the Divided Lands, guarding this forbidden knowledge, and some alchemists chose to leave.

Some alchemists, like the Victorian family, gave up the pursuit of [truth] and entered the earthly world, and with alchemy, they have a status beyond ordinary people, and some alchemists continue to chase [truth], and he wanders the world greedily. ”

The queen recounts the unknown past.

"A long time has passed, and the alchemists above the world have gradually died out, and the remaining alchemists are also confused by these disconnected knowledge.

The same is true for our Victorian family. ”

"So...... The so-called steam engine, the so-called blessing is ......"

Lorenzo asked, vaguely guessing the answer, but when the queen herself verified it, Lorenzo still couldn't believe it.

"Before answering that question, Mr. Holmos, I would like to ask you a question. ”

The queen stared into Lorenzo's eyes, which seemed to penetrate Lorenzo's eyeballs and reach his dark mind.

"What do you think alchemy is?"

What is alchemy?

How could Lorenzo know this, he is not an alchemist...... But if you have to say something......

"A singular power, a power beyond existing understanding. ”

Lorenzo replied.

"Is that so? I like the current Merlin very much, because the answer he gives is the most in line with my heart, he says that alchemy is nothing more than a 'science' that we don't yet understand. ”

The Queen's voice was like a wooden hammer, striking Lorenzo's chest lightly and heavily, making it difficult to calm his heart.

"Therefore, the biggest difference between the steam engine and alchemy is that it is only understood by us, and we can use the existing knowledge to explain its principle, while we can't do alchemy.

Is it because alchemy is so mysterious, or is it because our existing basics can't explain it?"

Lorenzo couldn't answer the Queen's question, which was beyond his knowledge.

"When people are faced with the unknown, they usually seek help from others, but when others are unable to explain this, people will put their hopes in some ethereal god and try to save themselves with faith......

Take a look at the Demon Hunting Order, you have the technology of demons, but in the name of the gods you explain the principles of these powers, and the same use of demons, the purification mechanism can look at all this rationally. ”

The Queen's words stopped suddenly, and she looked at Lorenzo playfully, at this moment, the most important secrets of this country were opened to him, so suddenly.

It was really interesting to see Lorenzo look a little sluggish, the queen finally asked.

"You should know what the answer is, right? ”

Clear, Lorenzo certainly cleared. Cow Bar Literature Network

The world was covered by a veil, and Lorenzo had already peeked into the corner of the truth behind a veil.

"Steam engine...... No, all the existing industrial forces...... All of this is 'alchemy', nothing more than 'alchemy' that we can understand and explain the principle. ”

It was as if his heart was being held, and Lorenzo even felt like he couldn't breathe.

Everything about the Evangelical Church and the Demon Hunting Order popped into his mind.

The silver bolt that far surpasses modern industrial technology, the incomparably mysterious [Baptism of the Gods], and the well of sublimation that seems to be cast by the gods, all of these outline a hideous shadow that completely envelops Lorenzo.

"After the Golden Dawn split, as the years passed, all this was lost in time, and only a family like our Victorian family, who ruled a kingdom, still had a clear record of all this, and the rest of the alchemists had forgotten these things because of the knowledge of the broken generations.

During the Radiant War, we tried to use the only alchemy we had to change the tide of the war, but as you know, this power is far beyond basic cognition and cannot be used on a large scale, and over the years, our Victorian family's understanding of alchemy has been weakening. ”

Speaking of this, the queen smiled a little self-deprecatingly.

In fact, the Victorian family was initially dismissive of all this, and the members of the family thought that it was nothing more than an ancient faith, witchcraft that should have been abandoned a long time ago, and that no one believed in the authenticity of these things, but that they had been preserved for the sake of the family's history. ”

"Until the Glorious War ......"

Lorenzo guessed what was next.

"Yes, the war is coming, in desperation, people will be crazy to survive, no matter what the cost, the dusty alchemy is picked up again, but it still can't change the situation, until we remember the alchemists who stayed behind in the divided lands. ”

The land of Inlwig was shrouded in smoke, and the army of Gaulnalo marched, and if they took a step forward, the old Dunlin was close at hand.

"It was a desperate attempt, and we called the remaining alchemists the Keepers of the Mysteries, who held the most complete knowledge of the Golden Dawn and built a vast library, and we pinned our hopes on them, following the locations recorded in the family history.

We don't know if they're still alive after all these years, and if they're still holding on to those secrets...... I don't know what happened next, there is no record of that journey in the family, but after that, the improved steam engine appeared, a new industrial system appeared in Invig, and we won the glorious war and dominated the Western world. ”

The queen slowly stood up, her body shaking and trembling slightly as she noticed a metallic crash in her body, but she still managed to stand up, no different from a normal person.

"As for the price of all this, it is the royal curse. ”

With a smile on her face and no pain, no, to be precise, she no longer felt pain, in order to hide the secret of the royal curse, the queen had already cut her nerves and alleviated the effects of the royal curse through strange alchemy.

Lorenzo could see that under that dress, her pale limbs were nailed with steel spikes and machinery, so that she could temporarily move freely without the help of others.

In order to hide this secret, she paid a huge price to disguise herself as a normal person.

"I don't know exactly what the curse is, but I can believe that it's a curse, and as the price of that knowledge, it's good that Victoria's family is resilient, and we haven't died completely from it. ”

The queen walked up to Lorenzo, her body filled with the smell of death, the smell of the king's curse.

"And that's what we're going to ask you for. ”

"About the commission of the King of the Ice Sea?"

It was this commission, and it was because of these commissions that Lorenzo was able to meet Queen Victoria, and it was because of this commission that he was told the secrets that could shake the world.

The price of the Vikings.

Cold sweat ran down Lorenzo's neck.

Yes, the price of the Vikings, that's what Queen Victoria wanted, so what was the price? It's worth it.

"The Golden Dawn Split Land is only recorded in the history of the family, and it is beyond the distant sea of ice, which we call the end of the world, and the Keeper of the Secret and the library of knowledge are located in the end of the world.

We visited it several times before making a deal with Jiuxia, but we found nothing, as if these were just myths and legends, not real.

But we all know very well that they exist, and for some reason, they don't want to be in touch with the outside world anymore. ”

The queen explained.

Lorenzo is still pretending to be calm, but there are already huge waves in his heart.

The North, why is it also the North?

Lorenzo remembered the legend that circulated in the Evangelical Church that the first saints could not bear the cruelty of darkness, and that the Promised Land in the north had recovered the Gospels and the Book of Revelation that had banished the darkness.

Also originating in that icy north, does the origin of the evangelical church have anything to do with the golden dawn of division?

Gray-blue eyes lifted forcefully, and he looked directly at the woman in front of him, waiting for her to give her final answer.

"The passage to the end of the world must pass through the Vikings, they don't know all this, but after all, they are also in the north, and he has more or less legends about the Keeper of the Secret, no matter how much they know, we must make sure that the power of the Keeper of the Secret will not leak out. ”

"So the price of the Vikings is the passage of the ice sea, right?"

"Everyone thinks it's a dead and silent barrenness, but only we know that there is the world's most precious knowledge, and if they can change the world once, they can change it a second time, a third time. ”

Her voice grew cold.

Lorenzo shook his head, and suddenly the secret blood rose in his body, and even Arthur on the side was frightened by Lorenzo's sudden change, and before anyone could react, his eyes burned with blazing white anger.

Lorenzo was the deadliest weapon of all in his own right, his dense and sturdy iron armor covering his arm like a raised dagger against Queen Victoria's neck.

The erosion spreads within the Platinum Palace.

"So, what do you want to do? Your Majesty, what do you want from the Keeper of the Secret?"

The blazing white sun shone on the woman's face, and she did not dodge, staring directly at the flames, even if tears flowed out of the corners of her eyes.

"I'm so familiar with all this, just like the Evangelical Church, they used the power of the secret blood to survive, but then they wanted to use that power to conquer the world, and now, it's your turn to become a dragon, isn't it?"

Lorenzo grieved at the inferiority of humanity, and the dense iron armor grew little by little, like a blade slowly unsheathed.