168 Ariath, the god of war
"God of War? What characters? Ling Xiaotian asked. Welcome to Reading //
The old immortal began to tell the story, saying, "If I remember correctly, this god of war should be a man who was active in the period of four thousand years ago!" At that time, he was made an invincible general, and he saved the country that was already full of holes and crumbling with the power of one person, so that the surrounding tiger and wolf countries did not dare to send troops to attack easily, but after the death of the god of war, due to the emperor's incompetence, the country was divided in the third year. ”
The name of the god of war is Alias, born in a very ordinary peasant family, he did not have any talent when he was young, until he was nine years old, the fighting spirit in the body only awakened, much later than the average child, that was when the family had no hope for him, the awakening of the fighting spirit made the family see hope, the only way for the poor to get rid of poverty is that someone in the family can use the fighting spirit, join the army when they grow up, and exchange military merit for what they want.
But hope soon turned into disappointment, because after Alias's fighting spirit awakened, the whole person was still so ordinary, until he was fifteen years old, his fighting spirit only reached the fifth level, and among the children of the same age, the worst ones were also eleven or second level.
However, Alias was not discouraged at all, and after suffering the cold eyes of his family and neighbors, he resolutely left the house and went outside alone. Twelve years have passed in a flash, and when the family thought that he had died outside, he came back, wearing the epaulettes of the imperial generals, and became the youngest general in the history of the empire, no one knows what he did in the past ten years, he joined the army two years ago, and has made many miraculous achievements in the past two years, and his position as a general is completely based on his own strength step by step.
At that time, the empire was bullied by the surrounding countries due to the decay of the royal family and the mediocrity of the emperor, and a country with a geographical area of only a quarter of them could easily defeat their main army.
The imperial family is still like this, not to mention those nobles who have obtained titles and titles through hereditary succession, they are all inactive, but they hold the power of the court and the military and government, as the saying goes, a soldier is a bear, a nest of bears, there are such generals, naturally there will be no good army, and there is no possibility of victory on the battlefield?
The appearance of Alias reversed the embarrassing situation of failure every time, starting from him as a squad leader, to becoming a general later, and then to the marshal of the three armies, every battle must be won.
Originally, the empire was already at the point of a kingdom, Alias became the savior, and the combat ability of the empire's army began to gradually rise, and later, the surrounding empires no longer dared to attack easily.
However, the decay of the empire has long been deep-rooted, and it is not easy for Alias to be able to reform the army like this, plus he has never been very interested in politics, the domestic form has not improved much, and the millions of troops can only ensure that the country is not bullied, but there is no possibility of recovering lost territory and expanding territory.
Although in terms of merit, many marshals of other countries were higher than Alias at that time, but people still wanted to call him the god of war, the main reason is that he has never been defeated once in his life, no matter how powerful the opponent is to him, the only result is to end in failure! The most important thing is to be able to ensure the security of an empire with the power of one person, and this kind of thing is not something that anyone can do.
Alias lived to be eighty-five years old and served in the army for a full sixty years.
By the time he was forty years old, Alias was already a fighter at level eighty-four, and those of his peers when he was a child had the fastest improvement in fighting spirit at level thirty, and those who had laughed at him could no longer laugh.
Alias didn't tell anyone what he had done in the ten years between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, what adventures had befallen him, and no one knew what had happened.
After listening to the old immortal, Ling Xiaotian put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "In this way, the experience of this god of war is somewhat similar to mine, he went out to practice at the age of fifteen, and I am the same; He was ridiculed before he left home, and so was I; Adventures, although I haven't encountered any adventures yet, but I think they will be indispensable in the future! ”
The old immortal looked at Ling Xiaotian with strange eyes, and said in his heart, Aren't you still having any adventures, wasn't it an adventure when you were on the top of the mountain last time?
"Take a look!" Ling Xiaotian looked at the tombstone in a respectful manner, and it was a minute of silence.
After the "silent mourning" was over, Ling Xiaotian asked: "Old immortal, it stands to reason that such a famous person should not be buried in this place after he dies, and the tomb is so simple, what is going on?" ”
The old immortal said: "The god of war Alias is withdrawn by nature, this is because he thought that he was ridiculed too many times when he was a child, and it is difficult for those children who have no fighting spirit and those who have fighting spirit to get along together, so children who have no fighting spirit will not be friends with him, and those who have fighting spirit will all look down on him and will not be friends with him, and over time they will become such a character!" That's why he chose to be buried here after his death, in fact, I think this statement is only superficial, what kind of person is Alias, a lifetime of horse fighting, although he is not interested in politics, but it does not mean that he does not understand politics, those nobles in the political world are intriguing all day long, for the sake of petty profits to do anything, and the subsequent emperor is also the same mediocrity, I think his main purpose is not to see the empire destroyed after his death, so he chose this place as his own cemetery, out of sight is pure! ”
Ling Xiaotian nodded, the saying that the old man is immortal is very reasonable, it is really a helpless thing to think that a person has fought for the country all his life, but still cannot guarantee that the country will be stable and peaceful after his death.
"It turns out that Alias is right, he has only been dead for three years, and the empire has been destroyed by its neighbors!" The old immortal sighed and said: "So, in response to the old saying - a thousand armies are easy to get, but a general is hard to find, which also shows how great the role of an excellent general is, and the god of war Alias himself is the best interpretation of this sentence!" ”
That's a fart, there are not many capable people in the world, but there are only a few who can really show their talents, anyway, Alias got a chance to prove himself, which is very rare.
After Ling Xiaotian finished "visiting" Alias's tomb, he said to the old immortal with a smile: "Didn't you say that there are things buried in his tomb that can emit energy, now that the distance is so close, you should be able to feel what is inside, let's talk about it!" ”
The old immortal glared at Ling Xiaotian, and said unhappily: "I tell you, I don't care about other people's tombs, but the god of war Alias is different, when I was young, Alias was my idol, how can you steal his tomb!" I'm not going to tell you what's in there, you're dead! ”
Ling Xiaotian muttered, "Everyone is dead, what's the use of having funeral goods, can Alias be used in the underworld?" Besides, it's been all these years, and it's something he doesn't need anyway, so instead of burying it in the ground, it might be useful to me! ”
The old immortal turned around, turned his back to Ling Xiaotian, and said, "You must be dead, even if I agree, you can't open this tomb!" You don't know what kind of identity Shengsheng was when he was alive, did he enter his tomb when he said he would enter, if I didn't tell you the method, you wouldn't be able to enter it for the rest of your life to study here! ”
"Are you going to tell me?" Ling Xiaotian asked.
"Nope!" The old immortal refuses without any room for negotiation.
Ling Xiaotian pursed his lips and said, "I don't believe that I can't get in!" What's the matter, I've studied ancient tombs before, and this can't bother me! ”
The old immortal flew into the Qiankun Ring silently, and he also came out of sight, he knew Ling Xiaotian's character, everything he recognized, even if it hit the south wall headlong, he would bump into it, not to mention that he had just told him that there were good things in the tomb, and it was strange that he could give up.
Ling Xiaotian first started to look for it on the tombstone, according to the conventional practice, when this kind of tomb is built, it is necessary to leave an opening on the outside for transporting the needed stones and soil taken out of it inside, and this opening can only be blocked on the outside after the tomb is fully completed, so it will not be very strong relatively speaking, as long as this opening can be found, entering the tomb will become a piece of cake.
In general, the mouth will be left near the tombstone, in order to make up for this shortcoming, the builder will use various methods to disguise, the most likely is the tomb, a large pile of stones piled together, undoubtedly the best disguise.
Ling Xiaotian wanted to find something from the tombstone, but except for the four words "Tomb of the God of War", there was no other text on the entire stele, which was somewhat strange, Alias was a person of outstanding achievements, why didn't he engrave his life deeds on the tombstone? Those who have been mediocre all their lives and have no way to be mediocre will write on it some of the "face-showing" things they have done in their lives, for fear that they will not know after death.
Is it because Alias is indifferent to fame and fortune? Or maybe his deeds have long been known to the world, and there is no need to use such a way at all, people will naturally remember him as the god of war!
In fact, the later generations did not respect the god of war Alias for a long time, especially the royal nobles, after all, it was the people who stood in high positions who personally cut off the fate of the empire, relying on a soldier to last for decades, the more Alias was admired by the people, the lower the status of the royal family in their hearts, and the people would fantasize about the emergence of a new savior, and even support this savior to become the emperor, so is there any confusion among the hereditary royal descendants?
This is the system of centralized monarchy, only the king can be on top, no one can take his place, and the ruling class is to instill such ideas in the broad masses of the people.
Ling Xiaotian quickly figured this out.
Suddenly, he found something in an inconspicuous place in the tomb!