Chapter 752: The Truth of the Past
Nogus was delayed a little due to motion sickness, but finally found three horses and rushed to the embassy of the Frost Nation in the heart of Nolan with his squire and the Blue Coat.
The moment Nogus pushed open the door of the embassy chamber, the entire chamber fell into an eerie silence.
There are several generals from the fortress in the council chamber, who can be said to be old rivals of Noggs...... The same can be described as an enemy.
Noggs' gaze glanced at the generals, and he recognized the opponents he had fought on the battlefield.
Qiao Xiu immediately got up from where he was sitting and went directly to the two long tables in the center of the council room.
Shayl also stood up from where he was seated, and walked to the other side of the long table step by step.
A sturdy general followed behind Shail, and judging from the text message he had just spoken to Shail, this general was Shayle's most trusted Marshal Amter.
"Brother."
Qiao Xiu had not participated in the war between the Demon Realm and the Frost Country, nor had he personally experienced that cruel battlefield.
Therefore, Qiao Xiu's identity in this peace negotiation meeting is only a 'bridge for communication between the two sides' after all.
"Shayle, ruler of the Land of Frost?"
Nogus glanced at the nobles sitting behind Shail, many of whom looked at him with hatred, but when Nogus's gaze looked at the new king, her eyes did not change.
"I am Shayl Leonid, the seventy-second ruler of the Land of Frost, and I greet you... Nogs Yanorrod, Prince of the Demon Realm. Shayl said.
"My brother told me you want to end the war in the Frost Plains?" Nogs pressed his hands on the long table in front of him and stared straight at the young king.
"The pact of armistice has been written on this parchment."
Field Marshal Amter, beside Shail, handed a heavy parchment scroll to a servant, who took it and came to Nogus with both hands.
Nogus opened the parchment scroll in front of everyone, and the scroll was so long that the bottom half of the velope fell directly on the long table after Nogus picked it up.
In an age where paper has been invented for an unknown number of years, the people of the Land of Frost still insist on writing important contracts with parchment scrolls when they need to write them.
"I can see your sincerity, the new king of the land of frost." After taking more than ten minutes to carefully read each clause, Nogus closed the parchment scroll again and said, "But you have been trying to cover up your mistakes from beginning to end, and you are the ones who started this war in the first place. β
Noggs's words caused an uproar among the nobles of the Frost Country, and the Marshal Amt beside Shayl assumed the position of spokesman for the king after signaling to Shail.
"Lord Noggs." Marshal Amter said in an extremely serious tone, "It was the demons who first tore apart the space on the border of the Frost Plains, and then sent people to attack our soldiers on the plains!" We have shown sufficient sincerity in compromising with the invaders. β
"My father never ......"
Qiao Xiu silently observed the confrontation between the two sides, although Qiao Xiu's ability to see people was not very good, it could be seen from the performance of Nogus and Marshal Amter.
They were all telling the truth, and neither side looked like they were lying.
Qiao Xiu then contacted the Inquisition Tribunal, which was active frequently in the Frost Plains, and the existence of the Holy Cult Army in the army that originally crusaded against the Demon Realm, and...... The words that Helolia said.
"Thatβ" Qiao Xiu was about to step forward to intervene in their conversation, but the spellcaster who had been following Nogus was one step ahead of Qiao Xiu.
"Ladies and gentlemen."
The caster made his way to the center of the table and stopped the confrontation in a calm voice.
He took off his hood, revealing his old appearance.
All eyes in the council hall were focused on the old man, and Qiao Xiu noticed that his cheeks were covered with various inscriptions, which existed on the old man's cheeks in the form of tattoos, and spread all the way down to him.
"Sage of Gisolio!"
Suddenly, an elderly nobleman of the Frost Nation recognized the spellcaster.
"Gisolio... The One in Blue? β
Qiao Xiu has been very close to the sages of the Sage Council recently, and the purple-clothed man is still quite worried about the blue-clothed man who has been absent from the Sage Council for many years, so Qiao Xiu heard the name of the sage.
"I didn't expect that after so many years of leaving Nolan, there would be people who would remember me." A relieved look appeared on his face.
"Mentor, how dare I forget you."
The nobleman, who looked to be older than the man in blue, said in a respectful tone.
"The man in blue, what do you want to say?"
Qiao Xiu wanted to tell both sides what he knew, so that he might be able to ease the smell of gunpowder in the meeting.
But the sage stepped forward first and snatched Qiao Xiu's opportunity to speak.
"You must be Joshua Arnorod, the demon who brought miracles to the world, I walked on the streets of Nolan as if I came to another world, although I would like to ask you what changes have changed in Nolan, but now can you listen to me about one thing."
The man in blue glanced left and right, and Marshal Noggs and Marshal Amter said.
"Please." Field Marshal Amter knew that there was no point in continuing to quarrel with Nogus.
Noggs held his arm and acquiesced to the intervention of the blue-clad man.
"Many years ago, I found some anomalies in the ruins of Nolan's underground, and books about the gray fog and the coming of the apocalypse."
The man in blue took out a strange crystal and put it on the table, Qiao Xiu knew this crystal... Its dark gray color was exactly the same as the glass ball held by the old man of the Inquisition in the space of consciousness!
"I left Nolan with the Man in Black to investigate the source of the grey fog at ruins around the world, and eventually learned that they came from a terrifying creature, or ...... God, and it is this god that the Inquisition of the Holy Religion worships in the Inquisition. β
"But what does this have to do with the Frost Nation's invasion of the Demon Realm?" Nogs interrupted his tirade.
"The cultists of the Inquisition are trying to bring their gods into this world, and one of the conditions for coming down is the soul of life, the soul of a lot of life!"
The man in blue held up the crystal, which was only the size of a little finger, and if you looked closely, there seemed to be a ghost wailing inside.
"A lot of what you mean... How much? "Qiao Xiu is almost certain that those resentful spirits inside are coming from there.
"It may not be enough to sacrifice the lives of all the citizens of a city." The man in blue gave a terrible answer.
"Battlefield."
Shail's cold voice seeped into the hearts of everyone present at this moment.
"The centuries-long war between the Frost Nation and the Demon Realm, as well as the death of the Holy Cult Army of the Holy Cult Country... Historically, the citizens of cities have been slaughtered by demons in the Land of Frost. Shayl recounted the tragic past of the war.
"Massacre? Demon soldiers have never set foot in your country! β
Nogs also instantly understood something when he heard this.
"The war in the Plains of Frost was just a conspiracy from beginning to end." The man in blue whispered, "The soldiers who died on the battlefield... The soul will be imprisoned by the cultists and become something like this. β
The man in blue showed the crystal in his hand to everyone present.