Chapter 40: What is the Truth?
A strange and dangerous place, a strange person, suddenly guessing in front of you where your hometown is?
At this time, Akasu faced such a problem, a dying strange old man suddenly told the origin of Akasu, not like others at most guessed that Akasu as a human might come from the outside world, or from the Vientiane Realm, but really guessed that Akasu came from the Time Kingdom. A place that no one knows about in the Vientiane world, let alone this lost place. Isn't this situation weird? Could this old man be able to read minds? Or maybe he had been to the Time Kingdom by chance and could discern the breath of a certain place. All kinds of speculations quickly flashed through Akasu's mind, if it weren't for the recent contact, Akasu felt that Lin Jing'er and the others were not hostile to him. At this time, according to the style of striking first, Akasu should plunge the dagger into the old man's chest, after all, in this dangerous environment, suddenly tell your origin, the probability of bad things is greater than good things.
The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Akasu's expression seriously, although Akasu had already concealed it well, but the hesitation and killing intent in his eyes were still captured by the old man.
The old man didn't care about Akasu's shock at the sudden speculation, paused, lifted his breath, and continued to smile.
"You don't have to wonder how I was able to guess the world you are in!" the old man said, pulling out a simple jade plaque from his chest.
This jade plaque, Akasu is no stranger, because he himself has one. This is a royal jade plaque obtained by the future priests of the kingdom of time after being recognized by the royal family of the kingdom. Akasu received this jade plaque during the coming-of-age ceremony, marking his official status as a royal priest, with which he could freely enter and exit the royal palace and any gate of the Kingdom of Time.
"You can call me Modi, I'm from the Time Kingdom just like you. I used to be a priest there, and according to the rules there, now I should inherit my master's position as the high priest of the kingdom of time. It's a pity that it is me who died, my master, he is still the high priest, his name is Moussa, I think you should know him?"
"Modi, you are the last apprentice of Master Modi!" Akasu was shocked by the old man's self-description.
"Yes, the Modi you are talking about is me, my dear future priest of the kingdom of time" Modi laughed and tears were about to come out, as if he remembered a sad past.
"But why are you here? Master said you died. And why don't you go back to the Time Kingdom? Did the god of time called Zeus look for you?"
"I'm running out of time, and you're still talking to me because I used the forbidden spell to temporarily store my spirit in the Storm Ring. Modi said as he struggled to lift his finger and point to the ring hanging above his head.
"I wanted to die quietly in this world, no one knows where I came from, no one knows the story of Modi's past. But I met you, and I felt compelled to let you know the truth. So you don't become another me," Modi thought hard, his speech unfast, as if it could even be interrupted at any moment by the loss of his vitality.
"I used to be the future High Priest of the Kingdom of Time, just like you. When I was eighteen years old, I understood the laws of all energy flows and followed Master to the place of meditation," Modi shuddered as he recalled
"They say that I am a saint bloodline that appears once in five hundred years, and I will never forget any spell or technique, and I will learn it as soon as I learn it. I also thought that I would become the most accomplished High Priestess in the history of the Time Kingdom, even surpassing the creator of the Time Kingdom, Tessal.
But I was wrong, no matter how good I was, I was just a pawn, a smug pawn."
"When I entered here, Master took me to many places, and together I studied the insights left by the priests of the past generations, and I understood the exercises of the god of time on the stone wall, and it was a very beautiful time. I even feel that this meditation place, ten times the time of the Time Kingdom, is simply the greatest gift from heaven to me.
I am an orphan, and Master found me from the Great Snow Mountain and brought me to the Snow Mountain City to raise me. Since childhood, Master and I have lived together only two people. I don't usually have much contact with other people, and I don't have many friends. When I felt that I had initially mastered the energy of the Heaven and Earth exercises, I suddenly discovered the secret of the energy composition.
Suddenly, I felt like the whole kingdom of time was full of weirdness. Curiosity drove me to discover the truth. I said goodbye to my master, and under the guise of traveling, I slowly saw the true face of this world.
I stepped out of the territory of the Time Kingdom, in the Sea of Death, in the Dark Forest, and I encountered the organizations that rebelled against the Time Kingdom. From them I slowly learned about the conspiracy of Salman, Tessar, and I learned about the cruelty of the kingdom of time. When the old man said this, he was very emotional.
"Do you know where the captured orcs and elves have gone? Do you know where the descendants of those gods and demons have gone? Do you know why all the people of the Time Kingdom must wear the Ring of Time when they reach adulthood? You would never have thought of it, you would never have thought of it...... Ha...... Ha ha......
I used to think that it was a sign of people becoming citizens of the Kingdom of Time, a supreme honor. Ha ha...... Actually, I was wrong! It was just a man-eating spell, a spell used by Tessar to control the soul of the Terrans, and he drew on the power of the Terrans' faith to maintain Tessar's incarnation in the world. At the same time, he planted demons in people's spirits and nourished Tesar's demon power. Tessar is not the savior who leads the human race to prosperity, he is the devil, the most feared devil in the world," Modi said breathlessly.
"I couldn't believe what I had learned, and I asked my master what the truth of the matter was, but he didn't say anything...... I helped those who rebelled to be free, and all the priests of the Kingdom of Time became my enemies. Can you imagine that children, all your relatives and friends, have become your enemies," Modi smiled desolantly
"I'm not a savior, I don't want to be a hero, I just want everyone to live like a person. I want to know if the world I see is the real world, if the words I hear are real words, if I am really me! What kind of saint bloodline that appears once in 500 years, what supreme wisdom that heaven and earth favor, I am just a poor worm who doesn't even know who I am. ”
"I had no choice but to fight, and fight until I finally fought with my master to the entrance of this meditation place. I ruined my body, and at the same time I destroyed Master's key to get here. Modi's eyes flashed with a frenzied light as he said this, sending a chill through Akasu.
"Do you think I'm a madman? Because only a madman destroys himself. In fact, I have no way, the kingdom of time is more powerful than I imagined. Tessar studied the methods of gods and demons, while Salman studied the art of reincarnation. He ruled over all the gods of the Time Kingdom, and integrated those spirits that were constantly nourished into reincarnation, giving birth to one guardian after another of the Time Kingdom. These Guardians lurk in any corner of the Time Kingdom. I was defeated, mortally wounded, and had to flee to the entrance to this place of meditation. But my master still found me, he didn't come to save me, he wasn't ordered to arrest me, guess what he was here for?" Modi suddenly stopped his intermittent recollections, his eyes looked straight at Akasu and smiled