Chapter 39: The Phantom of History (Part II)
History does not record the names of the apostles who established great deeds, which makes Ciri deeply suspicious of what Briss says, which, as it is history, seems to her more like the story of bards who blended oil and vinegar to please the masses. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Like you, I'm puzzled by this vague history. Bliss spoke his heart, and on the face of the girl next to him, he saw his former demeanor, "I once became a historian with the same questions as you, and I also wanted to know what the truth behind the historical story was. β
"It was my original dream to discover the truth about history, but it backfired, and I ended up spending most of my life on the battlefield. Now Bliss had a mixture of chagrin and no regret on his face, perhaps in his opinion, although he had taken the wrong path, he did not regret his choice.
"Aren't you a historian now?" reassures Ciri, a man who has gone in the wrong direction, and whose once immature dreams have been derailed by reality, for such a life, Ciri always feels that he and the other party have something in common.
Before the crossing, she only wanted to live the life of an ordinary person, away from the war that existed in the silver screen; after the crossing, she just wanted to survive in the chaotic other world, and finally find a place where she could spend the rest of her life in peace;
"That's not what I want, I don't want to pass on this knowledge that I also suspect to others, I want to explore the buried truths and spread the facts that I know. A teardrop appeared on Blis's resolute face, and the teardrop streaked across his face and finally pulled out a faint trace, which seemed to be a journey of his own life experience.
"I'm sorry, we're going to get away. After walking back from the memory, everything around him has undergone a new change, the scenery has dissolved, and the vision has returned to the small fishing village that once died, and the buildings that rose from the ground finally replaced the dilapidated and dilapidated fishing village.
In a short moment, a city of Gothic minaret buildings appeared in Ciri's eyes, and she found that the buildings in front of her were very similar to the buildings she had briefly met, except that it was not as lifeless as she had seen, there was still sunlight here, and the black tones of the buildings were not cold.
"Then our world ushered in a period of peaceful development, the economy, culture and military are developing at an unprecedented speed, and Asturias finally became the center of gravity of the world, we also have the courage to explore the outside world under the will of God, the continent far away in the west was finally conquered by us, several foreign wars have also spread the faith of the church, at that time, the people of all the surrounding countries have converted, and the church has slowly reached the peak. β
The illustrations of the bustling past and the illustrations of the war alternate in Ciri's eyes, and she found that all the illustrations in front of her had the shadow of what the other party called the new god, and it was the mysterious church popes of the past who were driving social change again and again.
Ciri wants to understand the mystery of the Pope from the picture, but finds that the Pope of the past generations has always worn a solid and gorgeous barrel helmet, and has learned nothing from the size of the other person that he is a man.
"This period of rapid development lasted for a very long time, and although I would argue with many of my colleagues about when this period of history began and what events it ended in, there is no doubt that this rapid development that lasted for more than 500 years laid the foundation for us to face the catastrophe that followed. β
The picture changes very quickly, and the speed of the marquee allows her to intuitively understand what kind of journey the development of the world has gone through.
The upgrading of guns and artillery made Ciri think that the world would eventually lead to the Industrial Revolution, but the popularity of magic and the innovation of its applications eventually made the world very strange.
In a different world where both scientific theories and magic exist, watching the mages studying scientific theories in the picture prepare to use science to explain the existence of magic and use magic to explain the mysteries of science, it makes her feel unreal.
But unfortunately, after 500 years of development, the world has not finally developed the various steam engines that Ciri recognizes, but some industrial machinery has come into being, and now the world has developed to the early stage of the industrial revolution.
Ciri also wanted to continue to understand what the follow-up was going on, but a black curtain fell from the sky covering everything in front of her, and finally what appeared in front of her eyes was a familiar picture of war, she had just seen soldiers from another world, they were still arranged in a large Spanish phalanx, but they were not the same, because the number of spearmen became very small, most of them evolved into musketeers and men in black that Ciri had seen, and a large number of cavalry troops were deployed on both sides, and the army also had some religious warriorsγ
Compared with the war pictures of not long ago, today's war scenes are more realistic and detailed.
"The next thing I'm going to talk about is that it's closer to now, so you'll see a more nuanced, more authentic history. "All of that is in history, and what I'm going to say next is my own experience." β
Ciri was curious to touch the real phantom in front of her, and she found that what was in front of her could already be confused with reality.
Suddenly, she is attracted to the opponents of the army - Wild Hunt!
The Wild Hunt was different from what she had seen, for these Wild Hunt armies were more numerous and more diverse, and a large black ship was hovering over their heads, and behind them was a rift that broke through the sky, and in the midst of the rift spewed out frosty white gas that engulfed all around.
"Those are the invaders from another world, who suddenly appeared in our world, who brought death and spread the apocalypse. Bliss's words were tinged with resentment.
"Also, pay attention to the sky, there is still the sun, and you can see the blue sky. Bliss reminded.
Ciri slowly looked up, she found that the sky was still as normal as before, but she found that there were snowflakes in the air, and there were not many of them, and the soldiers who were nervously facing them did not notice the abnormality on their heads.
"In fact, this war is not the first time that the enemy and us have fought each other, but it is the first large-scale battle that we have organized. And it was General Alfonso who led us. The narrator's tone now reveals a sense of adoration.
The image moves to a man standing on a high place, holding a telescope.
The man he had never met, the other party was about forty years old, and he was wearing a black trench coat and a black tricorne decorated with feathers, and he was dressed in the same way, so that this general could blend into the crowd without being detected.
Despite this, he gave Ciri a sense of familiarity, and she searched through her mind until she finally settled on the man in black who she saw on Earth and finally defeated Ned and took him away.
"Uh......" Ciri was stunned by his own thoughts, could it be that the other party was the one who brought his wife from his previous life into this world?
And a conversation from not long ago also came to mind, as if the doctor named Bethune was going out to negotiate with the general named Alfonso.
The war picture rehearsal had begun, but Ciri's thoughts drifted off into the distance, and she was thinking about how her plan should proceed next, until a soft "cough" from Briss brought her attention back to reality.
No teacher wants students to be cranky during their own lectures.
"The war has been going on for a long time, and although we have been able to win one victory after another, we have not been able to completely drive the invaders out of our land. That was me, and I had become a regimental commander at that time, in charge of a phalanx. Briss guided Ciri to look at a lifelike commander in his sight, but Ciri couldn't make out any resemblance to the man around him, as he was covered in white gauze and looked like a mummy.
"Later, the elves retreated, because they wanted to wipe us out and take over our land, but now, our world has come to an end. The picture of the war ends at this point, and the apocalyptic vision of Ciri's arrival finally unfolds in a different guise.
"The invaders don't know how to make our world what it is, and they bring with them the hoarfrost that plunges the world into winter forever. β
The sun could not be seen in the cloudy sky, and the only void in the sky reflected a blood-red moon, and under such a strange sky, one monster after another appeared in the city, and the army that had just come down from the front line immediately threw itself into the ranks of hunting monsters.
In the face of monsters with crazy attack desire and powerful attack power, the nimble black-clothed people have become the main force fighting on the front line.
"From here on, we were called hunters again, because we all became beings who specialized in hunting these monsters. Bliss suddenly rubbed his eyebrows, looking extremely tired.
"Are you alright?"
"It's a lot of energy to maintain this illusion, and I can't support it......"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ciri suddenly noticed that everything around him had vanished into nothing, and finally dissipated into the air. The surroundings returned to their normal state again, and the black and white scene of the cold ribbon reappeared.
Brice, who had just served as a history teacher, was now a lump of flesh again, and now he was dead silent, no longer moving, like an inanimate lump of flesh.
Ciri was overwhelmed by what she saw, and she really wanted to ask Sophie for help, but she heard dense and messy footsteps outside.