This question had been lingering in Lin Yuqing's mind for a long time, and when it really turned into words and spit out, the boy found that his tail was faintly trembling.

Yu Kai's hand was still tightly gripping his arm to prevent it from being swept away in the crowd. The walls of the fortress collapsed one after another, and in the loud noises and noisy shouts, for a while, Lin Yuqing thought that the other party had not heard, and he could not muster up the courage to open his mouth to ask again, but at this time, he heard the high priest answer softly: "Yes." ”

What the?

Lin Yuqing raised his eyes in a daze—in the darkness, Yue Kai's pale and thin silhouette was like a relief.

"You—do you mean that you received the harrier, and knew that the aliens were about to attack the fortress, but did not make any preparations in advance?"

"No," Yue Kai's voice was so gentle, as if there was a faint apology, "I didn't do anything, I just told everyone to get a good night's sleep tonight." ”

Lin Yuqing stopped suddenly.

They had escaped from the fortress by this time, and ran down the hillside along the stone path, and behind them, hordes of Fangguo soldiers rushed out of the stone brick walls, following the torches and several blackened flags, and barely converging in the same direction at the shouts of the commander—the boy stopped and was almost knocked to the ground by the flow of people behind him.

If Nagarjuna hadn't grown up in time and let out a roar as a warning, he was afraid that the chaotic army rolling behind him would have trampled them to death.

However, the boy seemed to be unaware of all this.

His face turned blue and white, and even for a moment he had a ridiculous thought, wondering if he had found the wrong person in the turbulence - countless footsteps rolled past them like thunder, but the two of them seemed to be separated from the world, and time was frozen.

"For ...... Why?" Lin Yuqing stammered and asked, "Those fallen spirits have defected, but you ...... It's impossible for you to ...... too."

The High Priest sighed and raised his head slightly. His gaze crossed Lin Yuqing and fell on the level fortress that was trembling violently, and his pupils were scorched by the distant firelight.

At this moment, his eyes looked a little like the glory of the god of war.

"Of course I can't help the aliens, I'm the high priest of the fang. ”

"What's that for?"

Looking at the young man who was trembling under the anger, Yue Kai smiled hoarsely: "My reason...... You probably won't get it. ”

"You tell me to listen to it," Lin Yuqing's voice couldn't help but be a little sharp, "Look at it again, do I understand!"

He didn't expect his words to fall, and a heavy, muffled thud cracked through his eardrums, and the earth suddenly seemed to come to life, and threw everyone in it into the air—the boy was on the ground with his feet empty, and when he looked back, he saw that a tower was collapsing like an avalanche.

Rubble and dust poured down from the sky, and the depths of the earth trembled and roared violently as if several dragons were hidden. The warriors of the Fang Kingdom who ran past them were all shouting and hurrying away, and Lin Yuqing's face was white, but he still did not move, holding the high priest's hand and shouting again: "You say!"

"Won't you change places?" Amid the successive roars, Yue Kai had to raise his voice and ask.

"No, just say it right here!" cried the boy through gritted teeth, "I want to know what makes you willing to cause all this!"

The High Priest seemed to sigh again, but was drowned out by the rumbling noise and could not be heard clearly. His expression was still calm, as if he had been turned upside down by the earth, and it was just a trivial matter that he didn't care about—when he looked up again, Lin Yuqing almost thought that he had heard it wrong.

"The god of war is a vicious bastard, isn't he?"

Yue Kai smiled softly at him.

Lin Yuqing never thought that he would actually hear such a sentence from the mouth of a Fang country man and a priest. He opened his mouth, and for a moment he only let out a "huh?".

"Since you're not afraid, I'll start from the beginning slowly. When there is no war, time in Valhalla is a long time...... After becoming a high priest, I spent a while carefully researching the origins of the god of war worship in the Fang Kingdom, looking at a large number of historical materials, and even comparing it with the gods of the West and the Sun and other continents. ”

The high priest's expression and tone were so steady and gentle throughout, as if there was something hard besides the flesh that supported him, and even the scene in front of him that was almost like the sky was falling could not shake him in the slightest.

"What conclusions I have drawn from the historical data, this can be put down first, and another thing first. At that time, I had just acquired my five-colored maple tree, and in order to exercise my abilities, I often took the initiative to go down the mountain to save the wounded and heal even when I was not fighting. He smiled slightly, "What if there are fallen spirits, I have seen many more dead people than the living who have been saved." You told me that Cash asked you if you knew what the average life expectancy of an alien was...... I don't know the average life expectancy of the aliens, but I do know the Fangs. ”

He looked at Lin Yuqing's eyes, which looked so clear and pure.

"Thirty-one years old. He said softly, and the sound reached the boy's ears just between two roars.

"The life of the people of Fang is at least twenty years shorter than that of other countries. Of those I could not sav, far more died of their wounds than of illness. Of course, you can also think about the reason, you have to go to the battlefield every few years, even if the best man and the strongest fallen spirit on his body, there is no guarantee that he will come back alive every time. Oh, don't get me wrong, I have no complaints about defending my country and defending humanity. ”

Speaking of this, the high priest paused, looked at the fortress that was gradually collapsing into a cloud of powder in the distance, suddenly smiled, and mentioned an irrelevant word: "Look, I just said, those alien fallen spirits were really deliberately destroying just now. ”

Without waiting for the boy to turn around, he waved a hand that was still free, "Get down to business." If I'm going to be stone-bricked tonight, I'd love to be able to say everything I have to say before I die. ”

The boy bit his lip and didn't move.

"I was like the country at first, thinking that we were guarding the land behind us. This is the continent given to us by the god of war, the god of war created Valhalla for our country, and the fallen spirits are housed, and we are different from every other nation, we are the warriors chosen by the gods. The high priest had a smile on his face, as if there was a hint of sarcasm. "It was only later that I realized that there was nothing more and shameless than the God of War. ”

Even though he is not very religious, Lin Yuqing still feels like he is on pins and needles at this moment.

"It is recorded in the sacred code that after the god of war gave Valhalla, he left an oracle to ask the people of the fang country to resist the alien race and protect the continent from generation to generation. She then disappeared from the earth, purportedly returning to the place where God was. The High Priest exhaled leisurely and glanced at the fortress behind Lin Yuqing.

The roar of cracking the stone wall grew louder and louder as the earth trembled, and the stone brick pavement cracked like a spider web—most of the Fang soldiers had already evacuated, and they probably never came out again if they didn't have time to come out, and the two of them were the only ones facing each other outside the stone wall with rubble and dust.

It's too close to the fortress to keep going. A hint of hesitation flashed on Lin Yuqing's face, and the high priest spoke again at this moment.

"The God of War has always been known for her bravery and good fighting, and in the era of the gods who fought with the Yang God, she did not taste defeat. And human beings ...... You can't even go deep into the sea of quicksand. Do you know what that means?"

The High Priest smiled and bit each word hard: "That is, the God of War has the ability to solve the problem of alien races, but she doesn't do it. She put the people who couldn't solve this problem in front of the continent, and used the lives of these young people one after another to maintain a short-lived, unstable peace. ”

It seemed that Lin Yuqing wanted to open his mouth, Yue Kai raised his hand and interrupted him kindly: "Let me finish first." I was also willing to believe in the God of War at the beginning, maybe she had a last resort and couldn't take action directly. Until...... It wasn't until later that I gradually gained some knowledge of interracial races. ”

"Cash is probably right when he says we're arrogant. However, I only need to get the most critical information. Do you know why they attack every few years?"

Lin Yuqing shook his head.

"When the resources of their habitat cannot support the excessive population, they will allocate some of the surplus and old to form an army to attack us. To put it bluntly, it is to consume the population. The high priest said quietly, in contrast to the heavens and the earth, which were shaking violently. "The lives of the Fang Warriors are just the ropes they use to commit suicide, and when they die, there is less pressure on the clan - oh, of course, it would be better if it was really breached, just in time to expand the clan with resources. ”

The boy couldn't even think of asking him how he knew.

What's even more ridiculous is that their perennial hard survival and fighting actually made these bugs slowly evolve a little. What an honor, in addition to being a rope for suicide, my warrior of the Fang Kingdom has now become a whetstone, able to sharpen the knife of the alien race quickly and sharply. The smile on the High Priest's face gradually faded. "We don't even have any other way out, we can't help but die, and our death is meaningless. ”

The fire behind him was extinguished, and his face was shadowed in the night, like a pale ghost that had been wandering in the world for a long time.

"This is the fate of the great goddess who pressed our heads and poured it into us. ”

The loud sound of collapse slowly stopped, and the echo of the rumbling of the horizon continued.

"You hate God, I understand that!" Lin Yuqing opened his mouth hurriedly and waved his hand: "But God may not exist at all—but look at it again! There are so many people, they are alive...... If you are full of pity for the people of Fangguo, why did you do such a thing?"

"God doesn't exist?" the high priest looked at him, smiled and shook his head—the ground suddenly shook again, and he staggered and held Lin Yuqing's arm before standing up straight again, and looked at the boulder that rolled down not far away, and he smiled: "No wonder, you grew up in the Holy Alliance, and the Western God has long since left you alone." Do you know what conclusions I've drawn from the historical sources and the sacred texts? I'll tell you now. ”

"On this continent, God does exist. The High Priest approached and whispered. "They just don't care. ”

When Lin Yuqing was still immersed in surprise and couldn't come back to his senses, Yue Kai took a deep breath, as if he was experiencing the pungent smoky air, dusty smell, and strong smell of blood in the air.

His gaze fell on the young man, and suddenly a strange look appeared: "Your left arm is not very flexible, and you can't lift it high, is it injured by something?"

Seeing him nod, the High Priest held his breath, as if trying to resist some impulse—and then suddenly with a wave of his hand, a twig-like light and shadow shone brightly in the night, and a few soft points of light floated out.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just treating you. ”

As he spoke, Lin Yuqing felt as if he had been washed away by a stream of warm spring water, and the pain was greatly reduced. As soon as he looked up, he saw that Yue Kai's face was white again, and he said with a wry smile: "It's old...... As soon as I found out about my injury, I couldn't help but die. ”

Lin Yuqing watched the branch-like light and shadow dissipate into the night, and slowly tightened her eyebrows.

"Ever since I got the five-colored maple tree, I can see at a glance the pain of injuries and illnesses in people, and in the same way, I can see where the sickness of the country of Fang is. ”

The high priest held out a finger and tapped his temple.

"It's human. He looked at the Fangguo army that was spreading across the land in the distance and was regrouping under the sound of the trumpet, and whispered, "Or rather, what these people put in their heads." ”

"They're no longer good. Could it be that the people of Fang are inherently stupid, and they can't think of what I think? Of course not. They are only blinded by fanaticism and fanaticism...... Blindly entrusting his life to a so-called god, and even he doesn't know what he's fighting for......"

The high priest sighed softly and said, "Indifference to death is the greatest insult to life. ”

"After the death of Sagato the Eagle, I don't think I can let such a foolish and blind faith continue to circulate. Since they themselves don't care about death, they can now be regarded as seeking kindness...... Let's use death to cure the disease of the fang. ”

"You're crazy!" Lin Yuqing couldn't help but snort, and was about to refute, but suddenly found that he didn't know where to refute. After standing in a daze for a long time, he finally asked, "...... What the hell did you do?"

"I live in Valhalla every day, and long before you came, I found traces of aliens in the Barrier Mountains. The High Priest looked up at the dark night sky, his pale neck and robe seemed to have merged. He muttered, "I don't know how they came to be, but I thought to myself, since humans can't enter the sea of quicksand, why don......'t we bring the aliens over? Cash is a brilliant man, but he can't guess my true purpose anyway, and this misunderstanding will lead him step by step into my plan. ”

"You already knew that the alien race had obtained the Fallen Spirit!" Lin Yuqing called out with a pale face.

"The glory of the god of war, he talked to me for a while before leaving. The high priest said gently. "I can't just get an entire alien race out of fantasy, it has helped me a lot. ”

"Then it says...... It said that there was another fallen spirit, and single-handedly instigated it......"

"It's my five-colored maple. Yu Kai smiled, "It's the same as glory, it's hard to survive in a stable and orderly world." From this point of view, I coincide with its purpose. ”

"It's the Falling Spirit that has affected you, it must have affected you!" Lin Yuqing exclaimed, "This is what glory means! High Priest, you are a kind person—"

"If it's not broken, how can you stand back?" Yue Kai sighed. "The fort is now fifty or sixty percent destroyed, which is an accident for me, but it is also a help. It was only a matter of time before the alien army from outside arrived...... After the death of these soldiers and the aliens, the continent will finally be able to find true peace. It is doubtful that the alien race will survive after this devastation, and I will live with my sins on my back and rebuild the fortress of the level. I will educate the children of Fang Country that when they grow up, they will have other options for life besides dying on the battlefield. ”

Lin Yuqing only felt a buzzing in his brain, and he shook off the high priest's hand and looked up into the distance.

The soldiers who had just experienced a fierce battle in front of them had quickly assembled their ranks, counted the number of people, and began to search for the alien race that had slipped through the net—they did not know that they were being seen as a lesion, and all their hurried actions were in preparation for the next big battle.

His throat was dry: "I can't let them die, no matter what!"

The high priest shook his head and said nothing. He didn't need to say anything, the two of them knew each other, even if Lin Yuqing told the truth, no one in the Fang Country army would believe him.

"No matter what, I'm going to try!" Lin Yuqing wiped his face, and was about to order Nagarjuna to catch the high priest, when he suddenly stopped his movements with a shout from afar—"Yue Kai! Lin Yuqing!"

The two of them were stunned, and when they looked back, they found that it was Stuka who came. He didn't bring a single soldier beside him, his face was full of dust, and he couldn't even see his facial features clearly: "I've been looking for you for a long time!"

"You're just in time, I-" The boy had just started when he was interrupted by Stuka, "What are you doing standing here stupidly? We've found someone from the White Springs tribe, and Ida is there, and she's looking for you urgently!

Lin Yuqing was shocked.

Finding the White Spring Tribe means that all the fallen spirits of the alien race will be recovered, and in this way, the combat power of the alien race and the fang country will not be on the same level - the plan of the high priest has finally failed!

He glanced at the High Priest hurriedly, but found no expression on the latter's face, and after a moment of deliberation in his heart, Lin Yuqing gritted his teeth and shouted at Yue Kai, "If you still think that Stuka is your friend, you will tell him the truth about the alien invasion!"

Stuka wouldn't believe the words that came out of his mouth, so he might as well ask for himself, and the boy shook off the words, and with a blank feeling that he didn't know if it was right to do so, he turned around and ran out in the direction where Ida was.

Looking at Lin Yuqing's distant back, the high priest was silent for a few seconds, then turned his head to look at Stuka.

This tall young man, like a wolf, was standing in the night at this time, his expression was dark.

"Is Ada's injury healed?" asked Yukai in a low voice.

"We didn't find Ada. I...... I lied to him. ”

The high priest was silent for a moment. "You're going to lie to him...... Is it because you heard it all?"

Stuka suddenly burst out of his throat with a strange and muffled voice, like a roar, like a whimper: "The people of the White Springs tribe are dead, and our priest has not returned...... I, I ......"

The high priest was stunned for a moment, then nodded and muttered, "It's okay." Although it was a bit unexpected to me, but in this way, both sides did not have the main force to fall into the spirit, and it was finally balanced. ”

"Balance, I'm ...... I can't forgive you," Stuka said in a trembling voice, slowly drawing his waist knife. "I can't let them know that you've done something like this—I'm going to save your reputation. ”

"What's the point of that?"

The High Priest shook his head and smiled like a sigh, a flowing glow in the shape of layers of twigs lit up behind him. The five-colored maple tree turned into a shadow like a deer and a horse, swaying the branches and leaves on its head lightly, and walked out of the night.

"I'm going to save this country," his smile grew sad, "not even you can stand in my way." ”