Ian had already guessed the truth of a thousand years ago, only now that it was confirmed from Barton's mouth. But no matter what, the catastrophe of a thousand years ago has little to do with the present, and the dwarves have blocked the [ghost town] and paid the price for the mistakes they once committed, which should have been the end.

But today, thousands of years later, there are still people who use blood to continue to write the ending of the plot that is not a happy one.

"I know you're still haunted by your companions who died here. Barton whispered, "This is the sin I have to bear, and I have nothing to say." ”

"I just want to know why. ”

"It all started with the Heavy Hammer family's defection to the dwarves, and my people and I arrived in the city of alchemy after crossing the Burial God Desert. But not all of them survived to that time, many more died in the desert, and my father and I were like two dogs overboard, and in times of despair, someone reached out to us. ”

"The Peony royal family?"

"Yes, your royal family. Barton nodded, "My father hopes that the surviving clansmen will be able to settle down, and the only ones who can do this are the Peony royal family, if it weren't for them, we who are considered aliens would obviously not be able to find a house in Alder that can be lived in." The Peony royal family helped us, but it wasn't free. ”

"You handed over the ancient books?"

"It's not just the ancient books, it's everything we have, alchemy, ironmelting, of course, the things recorded in the ancient books are what they value the most, but my father didn't know this, he thought that humans would not be interested in those dangerous things when they had powerful hunters. That's why I handed over the ancient books, but I didn't expect that what the Peony royal family valued most was this ancient book. ”

Barton was in his fifties, and when he and his people arrived in Alder, it was the beginning of the glorious era of the Four Princes. In the next few decades, the glory of the hall under the name of the four kings completely covered up the peony royal family. This is why the Peony royal family turned their attention to the evil spirits recorded in ancient books, as early as forty years ago, they were looking for a way to defeat the four princes and maintain their rule.

But at that time, they were just thinking about it, and they didn't dare to really touch this taboo that almost wiped out the dwarves. They wanted to wait until the four princes were old, but Ian's birth inadvertently suppressed the royal family even deeper. That's why they chose to target the most elite hunter squads before the end came.

The human heart, after all, is the most terrifying force.

"In that case, why are you trying to save me?" Ian asked, wondering from the bottom of his heart, "You should be with the Peony royal family." ”

"That's a good question. Barton smiled hard, "We dwarves are a race of gratitude and retribution, and the Peony royal family has helped us in the most needy, so we should always be on their side." Anyway, it's all human beings who die, and I said that I would have heartache, and I'm afraid you won't believe it, your morality is not the same as mine. ”

"Then why are you—"

"Because you are the son of Ealing. ”

Ian froze.

"That's the simple reason, because you're the son of Ealing. Barton said softly, "My friendship with Irin is more than too many things. At that time in Alder, we were ostracized outsiders, and so was your father. In fact, I've always felt that your father was more pitiful than me, and although we were uprooted, the people were still around. And that guy Illin has been a person all along. ”

"When I met him, he was a little bit, in tattered clothes, sloppy, with a string of snot hanging from his nose. He looks like a beggar, but he's not the same as a beggar, I can't say the specifics, presumably that's his personality. Before I met him, I had no human friends, and neither did he. And after knowing him, I have only had such a human friend from beginning to end. ”

The corners of Barton's mouth rose slightly as he talked about the past. This can't help but give Ian the illusion that they are not in a dangerous [ghost town] at the moment, but in a quiet teahouse, on a warm afternoon, the white-haired old man is holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and slowly talking about the past with the young boy. There are beautiful and lonely things in the past, and there are all kinds of tastes.

After the old man finished speaking, he would sigh leisurely: "Time flies." ”

The young man nodded as if he didn't understand, after all, he hadn't experienced that yet, but the old man's tone of understanding made his heart throb slightly.

When I learned of your father's death, my first reaction was disbelief. Yes, I never believed that anyone could kill him, what a proud guy he was, how could he tolerate such a despicable death, but the reality was so cruel, he did die in the clouds, with his unfulfilled dreams, buried in the dirt, and I was thinking at that time, he still lost. ”

Barton raised his head, stared into Ian's eyes, and said softly, "It wasn't until I saw you that I understood that Ealing guy hadn't actually lost yet, even though he was dead." ”

"I don't understand what you mean. ”

"Soon you will understand. "You remember, as many people want you to die, as many people want you to live." Ilyin left the Dragon's Blood and the Goddess of the Musk Moon to you, and you got the Spacecraft and Endless Life yourself, which is good, but not good enough. ”

Ian didn't understand what Barton meant, but that didn't stop him from feeling uneasy. Patton's last words were decisive and powerful, and he had clearly thought about it a long time ago, and he regarded death as home.

"Look, Ian. This is my gift to you. Patton shouted angrily, "A gift that will allow you to kill Mussolini!"

At this moment, Barton was no longer a dying old man, he stared like a supreme emperor. The moment his words fell, a loud roar was heard in the distance, accompanied by dull crisp sounds. Ian turned his head and saw the chains under the stone pillars, broken one by one, and plunged into the endless abyss.

"Cobweb", broken.

The thousand-year-old blockade of the dwarves has come to an end.

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