Chapter 001: Prophecy

Characters in this chapter: Count Arassis, Maester Cordion, Sheriff - Free Knights - Harrick. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

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Chanda City, Earl's Castle.

Inside the study of the Count of Arassis.

Harrick scratched his short hair again but didn't say anything more, but Cordien knew he didn't agree, and Harrick only believed what he saw.

The Count of Aracis seemed to enjoy listening to their arguments with a smile as he looked through the parchment brought by the Bachelor.

"So the conflict between Ralchapoye and the family of Olafjar has finally escalated into a national war between the kingdoms of Virgia and Nord. "This took Count Arassis by surprise.

"Yes, sir. The Bachelor seemed to have coughed a few times because of the amount of saliva he had just spent on the debate, and at the signal of Count Arassis, he poured a glass of wine and took a sip to moisten his throat.

"It's been only three months since they last reached an armistice," Count Arassis noted. "I remember that the truce they had agreed on was until two months later, Meteor Festival. ”

The bachelor said quietly: "Over the years, the grudge between the Ralchapoye family and the Olafyar family has become deeper and deeper, and the credit has become worse and worse, and those agreements will naturally be easily broken by some trivial contradictions. ”

The five major states of Carradia attacked and plundered each other, and civilians were displaced, and civilians who joined the army or fell into the grass for revenge abounded. Among them, because most of them hate officers, most of them fall into the grass.

The nations were at war, bandits were rampant, glory and faith were lacking, barbarism and treachery went hand in hand, and kings and lords valued only land, power, and gold in their hands, and never cared about the misery of the people caused by war.

So much so that bandits are rampant throughout the continent of Calradia. Some of the weaker bandit gangs avoided the army and plundered only those who came and went, while the stronger ones were dominant, and even fought with the local lords occasionally.

"I'm afraid it's going to lead to a bigger war, much like the beginning of the 'Dark World'...... Maybe the 'Gil's prophecy' is really coming true!" Maester Cordion took another sip of wine and sighed deeply, as if he were carrying a heavy load.

Harrick coughed, then scratched his head and complained, "Lord, could you please make it clearer, if you really want me to understand." I know it's rude, you have to know that although I can read, I haven't read much. ”

"Aha, that's why I give you books so often," Codien smiled and put down his glass. "As a sheriff, you also need to learn from books the wisdom and methods to govern the city, not just to carry out orders. ”

"Oh, come on!" said the sturdy Harrick, who looked very weak at this time. "Those brick books you gave me could crush two Kugit horses! And reading them should be your job and not me, or do you think I'm doing nothing every day?"

Count Arassis agreed, "I think Maester Cordion has a point, you can save the time you spend sitting at the Sooke bar every night for those books, and perhaps soon you will find that they are not as horrible as you think." ”

Lord Chanda got up, poured a glass of wine for his sheriff, poured himself a glass as well, and then sat back in his chair with the glass in his hand, his movements calm and graceful.

Harrick shrugged. "It's a lot of annoying things during the day and I need a beer to relax...... Well, I'll give it a try. Count Arassis and Cordion smiled at each other.

"The 'Dark World' that Cordien is talking about is the five hundred years from the time when the Seventeen Kingdoms on the continent fought thousands of years ago until the Holy King Leon defeated the dark forces of Medius. Count Arassis explained to Harrick.

"Oh, I'll know Medeus, the scoundrel of the bards in the tavern who used to talk about!" Harrick snapped.

Suddenly, he remembered something again, and asked, "Is that Gil the same god who prophesied the defeat of Medius by the Holy King Leon at the Yuhe?

Cordion shook his head a little helplessly. "According to the research of the historians of the Violet Society, Gil is supposed to be the name of a hidden prophetic order, and it is here that the Holy King finally defeated Medius—Zendah. ”

"Of course, at that time, Chanda was still just a wilderness, it was to commemorate the final victory of the 'Blood Dawn', and also to settle the followers of the Holy King who had lost everything in the 'Dark World', and the Holy King and the kings of the continental countries agreed to establish a permanently neutral free city-state here, Chanda means 'trumpet' in the ancient language, because Chanda is a free city-state, so people call Chanda 'Freedom Horn'.

"And this is not only the final decisive place, but also the place where the dark forces landed, but the dark forces fled by boat at the last moment, and in the end the coalition forces of various countries did not wipe them out, so Chanda also shoulders the heavy responsibility of guarding the dark forces, so it is also called the 'Continental Horn' by the world!"

Harrick drank the wine in one gulp, played with the cup in his hand, and said, "I have a general understanding of the story of the Bachelor, maybe I am short-sighted, but I am faced with these people who come and go in Zenda City every day, and I think that what Medius, what dark forces, what Gil prophecies, are too far away, too far away to touch. ”

"But these are all facts," said Codien, leaning back in his chair, "and people can learn lessons and grow in wisdom by summarizing and analyzing history." ”

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Bachelors: Scholars who have received degrees from the Violet Society, who have devoted themselves to the study of history, medicine, architecture, natural sciences, military science and technology, and national governance, and so have served as advisors to kings and lords. The Violet Society is a learning, research, assessment and certification organization established by bachelors, which is separated from the political system.

Gil prophecy: The first to appear in the narrative poems of bards 3,000 years ago, is engraved in various places such as mountains and cliffs that are difficult for humans to reach but can see, inexplicably appeared in the prophetic text, it is said that after being seen by the hundredth person, it will automatically burn and disappear, appearing once every 500 years or so, and almost all the predicted things happen, because of the signature Jill.

On the eve of dawn: A thousand years ago, the Calradia continent was in a state of chaos, and the dark forces took the opportunity to sweep the continent, and the holy king Leon raised troops to unite the countries of the continent to fight back against the dark forces, and finally expelled the dark forces. Before the invasion of the dark forces, the countries had been fighting each other for more than 300 years, and many kings and lords had died in the wars, which was called the period of the "Long Night of the Stars"; before the invasion of the dark forces to the Holy King Leon, the darkest hundred years were called the "Dark Tide" period, and the more than 30 years after the Holy King Leon raised his army and the dark forces were expelled from the continent were called the "Dawn of Blood"; these three periods are often collectively referred to as the "Dark World".