“...... That battle destroyed almost the entire empire. Ktorn repeated it again, as if it had hit him hard.

"I was fascinated by that female demon, I thought that without Your Majesty, I was the closest person to her......" Kerton gritted his teeth, "so I betrayed Your Majesty with her." His voice sounded a little remorseful.

"Then there is no end to the battle. Kerthon continued, "In addition to us, there are quite a few people who have survived, including a large number of nobles and powerful psychic magicians. ”

"They have wisdom beyond the ordinary, strength — and ambition to match. No one wants to succumb to other competitors. ”

It must have been a good time, Faust thought to himself—countless people like himself, or even better, had risen and fallen on the stage of history, and Faust was even a little fascinated. But he just thought about it—one Faust was dangerous enough, let alone so many?

The world is so beautiful, why bother to block yourself for the sake of indifferent romances?Faust thinks divergently—he has a lot of room for crankiness, and any wise person can see that Kethorn has not yet hit the point.

These are just the backstories, the real story of the glorious city of Mobedan, which Mr. Cottone is just about to talk about.

She ...... Baba Yajia was badly wounded, and it was the Emperor's angry counterattack, and she could only keep the injury from getting worse. Except for a slight hesitation at the mention of Baba Yajia's name, Ktorn's tone was almost calm.

"Unable to stand up to the nobles and psychic sorcerers who have ceded their lands to claim the throne, we have fled to the northern border, trying to temporarily leave the Empire's sphere of influence. ”

Faust had learned so much from his words, and it was clear that the warlords of the divided side were intent on getting rid of one of their strongest rivals first—and most of them had joined forces for high-sounding reasons such as "revenge for His Majesty Legba" and "extermination of demon worship".

Faust had never encountered anything like it, but it was too much to imagine, and the history books would describe it more than once.

"It didn't seem like a good choice now, but at the time we had no choice – the south was surrounded by strong enemies, and the north looked desolate and safe. Who would have thought that in the north, there would be nightmares from even more ancient times?"

"We have fewer and fewer people, and all the people we meet have become our enemies...... It was a difficult time, but everyone got through it. ”

Kerton doesn't elaborate on this episode, and Faust speculates that most of the time he really doesn't want to remember the bad things—after all, fleeing is always associated with betrayal, intrigue, and human affection.

Faust doesn't care about the mess either, it's nothing more than those things, Faust has also experienced it, and he always plays the less likable side.

"Finally, we didn't see anyone during our month-long journey. So, Baba Yaga thought we were safe. Kertohn fell silent again, and Faust could not guess whether he was unwilling to recall the past or was desperately trying to recall the details of his memories that had been blurred.

If the latter assumption is true, then many of his previous vague words are probably caused by unclear memory.

Faust cheered up, and if his speculation was correct, he would probably be about to enter the play by now.

Sure enough, Ktorn was silent for a moment, and then began his narration again: "We don't know what madness we have to do to build a city here, and then defeat the warlords of the south, and make her the first Empress in history......"

Faust nodded, this is indeed madness - they are just a squad evading pursuit, with neither population nor land, it is indeed too early to think about this.

"You've noticed, right?" said Kerton, smiling bitterly, "it was an obvious problem, but we didn't notice it at the time—Baba Yaga might have been aware of it, but she didn't stop us. ”

There was a chill on Faust's spine, and if Baba Yaga hadn't fallen into the same madness as Kertonn and the others, then what the hell would ......

Ktorn seemed to see something in Faust's face: "I have thought about it a lot over the years, and I finally figured it out. She doesn't care about us at all, doesn't care about any of us. ”

"She just wants to figure out the forbidden stuff. ”

Ktorn's tone was flat, but Faust felt a strong smell of sadness, which mixed with the smell of memories and seemed a little unpleasant, but once used to it, it was addictive.

This man ...... This bug is in love with Baba Yajia. Faust came to a conclusion. Based on this, he deduces the inference that "Kerthon is a fool who believes in love", and then learns from another angle that Kerthon is "not so smart".

When he was sure that Baba Yajia had betrayed him, he felt that all the things that this person in the world had done in the past had ulterior motives. In fact, Baba Yaga may well have lost her sense of judgment due to a heavy injury – she was temporarily relegated to the rank of Ktorn.

Of course, Faust still thinks that Ktorn's conclusion may be closer to reality, but his logic is very problematic - according to his train of thought, it is obviously impossible to reach this conclusion.

"She just looked at us. Once again, Kertohn calmed down - Faust noticed that his mind was very unstable, as if a powerful force was rampaging through it. Normally, he can suppress this, but once his mood swings are a little away, this force will magnify it a thousand times more.

As a result, Mr. Cotthorn became a particularly emotional bug.

"She watched us enter a state of frenzy—at the time, we seemed to have forgotten even about Baba Yaga—and began to have a lively discussion about how to build the city. ”

"The discussion was intense and the process wasn't very friendly, but you know, we were the best of the people at the time – especially in architecture. ”

One of Faust's virtues was that he believed in professionals, and therefore, when it came to the identification of architectural talents, he agreed with Mr. Kerton. He said these people are good architects, so they are.

As for why Baba Yaga raised such a large group of architects, it can only be attributed to her personal quirks – or there will be some other, more plausible explanations.

"In the end, we chose several options, each supporting one, and each side insisted on its own words and did not give in to each other. Sometimes, we even get our hands on it — you know, the real one. ”

"In the end, it was my proposal that prevailed – if the city was completed, it would be the most outstanding work of my life. ”