Chapter 432: Ruthless and Affectionate
"I don't understand, why did the Dwemick family support the Golden Order after assassinating the envoy of the Dordor in the Marquis of Dwemick?" Sophia raised her head, her beautiful face full of doubt.
Sylvia smiled slightly and asked Victor, "Honey, what do you think about this?"
"I understand it a little, but I haven't figured out the underlying reasons and specific details...... Victor pondered for a moment, shook his head, and asked in a deep voice: "I just want to know now, what does this matter have to do with saving Sophia?
"The Raging Wave Knight of the 36th Elemental Rank of Resonance is so close to the Elemental Sea, do you say that it is dangerous?" Sylvia glanced at Victor, turned her gaze to Sophia and said: "The important heir of the Bronze Bloodline Family is under the age of 18 and will not be promoted to Knight, under the age of 35, will not be promoted to the Silver Knight, and will not consider the 36th Elemental Rank of Resonance until after the age of 70." Such high-ranking knights can basically live to be about 110 years old. In their long lives, they have experienced growth, education, love, marriage, childbirth, and raising offspring, fully experiencing worldly emotions, establishing their own beliefs, and finally accepting the washing of the Elemental Sea. ”
"You have progressed too fast, you have precipitated too little, and in just 20 years, you have stood on the shore of the Elemental Sea. Sylvia leaned back in her chair, took a sip of green barley, and asked with interest, "Your end point is clear, but have you ever thought about what motivates you to move forward?"
Sophia showed a thoughtful expression, and muttered in a pleasant voice that was almost to herself: "I think less and act more. I wanted to heal my disability, and I awakened my fighting spirit and became a trainee knight. I wanted to support myself and Aunt Helen, so I joined the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce as a caravan guard. I wanted to lead a caravan and had to risk carrying Mithril from the Twilight Forest, and I longed for greater power, so I made the knight and got my wish. Hoping for a higher status, I led my caravan to open up a secret trade route, only to encounter the saber-toothed beast, slaughter it with my own hands, and become the Silver Knight. In the end, the old marquis left his legacy to the only grand knight of the Chamber of Commerce......"
Sophia's voice became clear and firm, "I have come to understand that only the strength of a knight can gain health, beauty, wealth, status, and the respect of nobility. I was very happy with every elemental bit I resonated, and before I knew it, I had come to this day. ”
"You call the elemental sea, and the elemental sea calls you. The more He gives you, the stronger the attraction will be to you, and when your body and soul are completely assimilated by the Void Element, He will take back the power that is not part of the real world. The law of the movement of the elemental sea is cycles. Sylvia nodded and continued, "Sophia, I'm sure you've followed the path of the ancient knight – chasing the power of the elemental sea and raising your life level. ”
"Life level?" Victor looked at Sylvia curiously.
"Gold, silver, and bronze never represent a level of strength, but rather a knight's unique life level, corresponding to the Elemental Sea, the Void Element, and the real world, respectively. Sylvia explained, "Mortals have a habit of applying knights' health levels to other creatures as a sign of their prowes. This is actually a mistake. My dear, don't think that gold-tier creatures can crush silver or bronze monsters. Arrett's snow monster can knock the Golden Knight to the brink of death with a single palm, but Sophia lures it into a waterhole and kills him. The barbarians admit that she is Urusa, but no one will recognize her as the Golden Knight. There is no hierarchy in life-and-death battles, only results, and there is no room for arrogance or cowardice. ”
After educating her little lover, Sylvia said to Sophia, "Now you are an outlier among the knights. But you don't realize it. So traps and dangers are always with you. ”
"Please show me the way, Your Highness. Sophia stood up and solemnly gave a knightly salute.
Sylvia pursed her lips and smiled, playfully. "I don't mean well to you, do you want to ask me for advice?"
Victor looked at the startled Sophia, and then at the leisurely Sylvia, and stammered, "Is this...... What's going on?"
Sylvia shook her head and smiled, "You don't even know your own problems, no wonder everyone wants to trick you." ”
Sophia bit her moist and full red lips, and raised her head aggrievedly and stubbornly, "No one taught me ......"
"The path of a knight is different, how can I teach you?
Sylvia sighed, "The biggest problem with being different is that they want to fit in with the group and deny who they are. But no matter how much heterogeneity denies itself, the group will still crowd out heterogeneous. This exclusion is natural and has nothing to do with good or evil. It's like a flock of sheep adopting wolf cubs, obviously they eat meat, but they want to give it the fattest grass. Good intentions bear evil fruits, and the wolf cubs can only starve to death. ”
"The knights of the bronze blood fear the elemental sea, and through precipitation and accumulation, they inspire a heart of attachment to their family, and use this as courage to forge ahead in the last moments of their lives. High-ranking knights with almost no bronze bloodline can naturally advance to the gold rank. Sylvia shook her head, and then said, "The ancient knights were all golden bloodlines, and they were eager to embrace the Elemental Sea, and seven or eight times out of ten they could be successfully promoted. Those who fear the Elemental Sea will be ridiculed by others. ”
Victor suddenly said: "I understand, the knights of the Bronze Age are greedy for life and afraid of death......"
"Nonsense!" Sylvia said angrily, "The golden blood has a ship, and it can ride the wind and waves. The Bronze Bloodline couldn't even find the gate of the Elemental Sea, and even if the Silver Bloodline could find the gate, they would have to swim up by themselves if they jumped off the Elemental Sea...... Those who die because they are not afraid of death are all fools. Reckless sacrifices are worthless, it is better to have a few more knight offspring. ”
"My dear, you're so right. Victor said curtly.
Sylvia gave him a blank look, turned her head and said, "Sophia, you are a bronze bloodline but you have embarked on the path of an ancient knight, disturbing the Elemental Sea, and half a foot has already stepped into the gate of the golden order. The gravitational pull of the elemental sea on you is so strong that you can only drag it until you are 80 years old at most. Now if you are asked to go back and rebuild your family's faith, how can you turn back?"
"As long as you are willing to give up your influence on the barbarians, the Knights of Radiance will ask the kingdoms to give you a territory to start your own family and rebuild your faith in protection. On the face of it, this is good intentions. But good intentions bear evil fruits, and that is malice. ”
Sylvia smiled coldly and said, "Except for the Golden Knight, who can let a semi-golden high-ranking female knight give birth to offspring? Is there a family that dares to let the Golden Knight risk his life to give birth to a new family? Or do you dare to take the initiative to give your life to a strange Golden Knight? I bet that he will definitely take the opportunity to kill you and then seize your fiefdom as a partner." ”
"You have no heirs, what are you talking about protecting the family?When you are gone, your influence on the barbarians will evaporate, and the ownerless fief will return to the king. Sylvia poured a glass of wine, handed it to Sophia, and asked with a smile, "Dear cousin, is this a trap?"
"The Knights of Radiance want me to die as soon as possible...... I had expected that I wouldn't have taken Elder Harald to the Centaur Hills...... It's just that their machinations make me powerless to resist. Sophia took a sip of green barley wine, stared at Silvia with burning eyes, and asked softly, "Why do you say that you don't have good intentions towards me either?"
"You don't have a deep affection for the House of York, and of course I'll have to guard against you. Sylvia smiled calmly, "You are following the path of the ancient knights, and any invitation to return to the clan is ill-intentioned. But when you join other forces, you don't have any chance of stepping foot in the pinnacle realm. And I can give you the only chance - to protect the Randall family. ”
"You will live to be 80 years old at most, not as long as I am. If you are destroyed, your wealth belongs to Victor, that is, to me. If you are promoted to the Golden Knight...... I will not allow anyone to divide my inheritance. I can only suppress you before I fall. Sylvia shook her head regretfully.
Victor said coldly: "Why are you so ruthless?!"
Sylvia said, "See, my lover is fascinated by you." If you were by his side, I really couldn't expect him to uphold the Yorks. ”
"You're thinking too much!" said Victor angrily.
"Okay, in the future, we will open up a large territory, and if you come to be the emperor, I don't want to do so much. Will Edward agree? If he doesn't, can you kill Catherine's son, Roland's brother? Can't I just leave an inheritance for the House of York?"
"I love you so much, you actually say I'm ruthless?! That bastard Ryan is very romantic, how many innocent deaths have he killed? You are amorous, I can only be ruthless, you are soft, I can only be tough......"
Sylvia burst into tears. The lover's accusation of "ruthlessness" poked at the sore spot of the god knight. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, allowing her sad emotions to ferment and spread, crystal tears couldn't stop sliding down her fair and flawless cheeks, her shoulders trembled, and she cried after a while.
The Divine Knight actually cried!
Sophia looked at the sad and helpless Sylvia, and only felt that Victor was the biggest villain, and raised her heels and kicked her.
"Don't go and comfort her yet!"
Victor suddenly came to his senses, hugged Sylvia in a hurry, blamed himself and apologized, swore with a curse, and wiped his tears and kissed.
Watching the two people kiss affectionately, sweet and warm, Sophia has mixed feelings. She couldn't bear to break this beauty, and her heart was sour.
Sylvia's cry made Victor and her bond even deeper. Victor was given to her by my own hand...... Sophia was saddened and was about to suppress her complex and inexplicable emotions, when she heard Sylvia's slightly choked voice.
"Don't be vindictive...... Savor real emotions and it's a valuable experience. ”
"Thank you, dear, I haven't cried in years...... It's a great feeling and it's unforgettable. Sylvia took Victor's hand and said softly.
Victor hugged her and shook his head in embarrassment, "I still don't like you crying." ”
Sylvia sneered, like a rainbow after rain, brightening the room.
"Don't hold me...... Sit down. ”
Sylvia snuggled at the empty chair. When Victor sat down, she straightened her messy hair, pursed her lips and hummed, "If you want to laugh at me." ”
Sophia pondered her emotions for a while, and said distressedly: "I'm obviously very jealous, but I can't be angry with you...... I don't want to laugh, I want to cry but I can't. With that, she glared at Victor fiercely and stepped on him again.
Victor sighed and shrugged his shoulders innocently. Both of them are his women, and both face very serious problems, forming a strange relationship that makes him tangled and happy.
"The Golden Toad's secret form secretly aligns with the knights' retrograde path to godhood, and teaching them may backfire...... Victor thought secretly.
Sylvia sorted out her emotions and said indifferently: "If you can't cry or laugh, then you can only move forward." ”
"The Knights of Radiance have arranged a dead end for you. You return to the Randall family, and believe in protecting our cause, and I can open up to you. But you only have a chance to be promoted to the Golden Knight. I have to say that the path that Victor has arranged for you is the best fit for your situation. You give up the Chamber of Commerce, keep the Marquisate title, try to form an alliance with the Cardinals, and there is a lover who is infatuated with you and supports you, and when the Golden Order is officially established, it is your time to storm the Elemental Sea. ”
"As for whether you can succeed or not, I don't have an answer here. Sylvia shook her head and said, "You have to choose your own path. ”
Sophia curled the corners of her mouth and raised her voice: "I have come to this day, no one shows me the way, it is all based on intuition. The Borui people intimidated and wooed me, and I refused. The Pope gave me the choice to cross the river at Dahewan or to go back to the Centaur Hill to build a port, and I chose to go back to the Centaur Hill. You asked me to return to Randall, and I hesitated. Only Victor's proposal filled my heart with joy. ”
"The Golden Regiment is none other than me!"
"We have to be. Victor corrected.
Sophia took Victor's hand, smiled, and said firmly: "Yes, my husband, the Golden Regiment belongs to us!"
Sylvia bowed her jaw and said, "If anyone stands in my way as a knight, I will draw my sword against me." Sophia, do you have the courage to face the saber-toothed beasts and snow monsters, don't you have the courage to carve a path for yourself?"
"Your first sword can only be used by the kingdom of Dodor. ”