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"Ahh

Furth sneezed a sixth and held a cup of hot tea in his hand in confusion: "I don't have a cold?" ”

Even if it is an "apprentice" with little combat power, potions will strengthen the body, and after becoming an extraordinary person, Firth has not been sick for many years.

"Maybe you stayed up late last night to catch up with the manuscript and drank cold water to get cold."

Hugh put a pot of freshly boiled hot water on the coffee table not far from Furth, as if the old mother was bitterly persuading the disobedient rebellious daughter: "Drink more hot water, don't always rely on yourself to be extraordinary, and you can't eat unhealthy!" ”

"Oh."

Furth obediently took a sip of tea, and then immediately covered his mouth with a handkerchief: "Ahh ”

Under Hugh's majestic gaze, Furth hurriedly drank a large cup of tea, then poured himself another full one, and asked carefully:

"After Mr. X's death, did you encounter any aftermath?"

Hugh sat down on the single sofa and recalled: "The follow-up impact is indeed there, but a week has passed, and the investigation is not as strong as the first few days...... I've been thinking lately that someone is secretly following me, maybe a member of the Aurora Society. ”

"If they're sure it's me, then there's no tracking. So, I'm going to be more natural. ”

……

The True Creator was anti-guest, and invited Mr. Dawn Dantès to sit down in the quiet study upstairs, and said with a solemn expression:

"Let's talk."

Click. With a soft sound, the door of the study closed automatically, isolating the inside and outside.

Crane tried to take a deep breath, trying not to think about the fact that it was now like the scene of a murder in a closed room, and wondered a little dazedly whether it would be a big loss to rent himself for a year in this small villa for three hundred pounds after the arrival of the two "he", and then sat stiffly on the opposite side of the sofa.

He sits, but feels like he shouldn't be sitting.

First of all, he didn't dare to face the mysterious high-ranking person who had a side - just getting close enough to almost kill him in the naval base, he really had a psychological shadow, and secondly, he didn't dare to look directly at the real creator.

The moment they appeared, Klein's spiritual warning stabbed his temples like a broken siren. It stands to reason that normal Sequence 5 should no longer be able to perceive anything at this time, but with the blessing of the Source Castle, Crane still retains the ability of spiritual warning, so he is forced to endure the pressure of almost suffocation, endure the discomfort of countless invisible eyes peeking at him, and sit firmly on the sofa with great difficulty.

Crane's appearance reminded the real creator of a student who was invited to the office by the teacher, and the outer god didn't seem to be looking at Klein, but considering that the position of the other party's eyes did not necessarily have the function of the eye, the real creator spoke while paying attention to the movements of the outer god:

"You did it to my gods, but I didn't come for it."

Klein said in his heart, can I go.

The real creator was eerily silent for a second: "I will not pursue his personal vendetta with Abraham." But since you have been in contact with my Sage, you should know my attitude towards you. ”

Klein doubted that they could hear the muttering in their hearts, so he stopped thinking and waited for the rest to follow.

However, the real creator just stopped, and the study was silent, as if he was planning to wait for Klein, who had given up thinking, to realize something for himself.

The air was suddenly silent, and the King of Decay stopped scanning and reading the books in the study one by one, and looked at the True Creator, then at Crane, and at the True Creator, and felt somewhat speechless about the subtlety of humanity:

"He wants you to save the world."

The True Creator: ?

Klein:?

No one can make everyone happy with what they have to say, but it is not difficult to make everyone unhappy. Klein immediately regained some courage to speak, but before he could say anything, the True Creator spoke again:

"The existence of the Source Fort symbolizes your destiny, and your resurrection ability also dooms you to at least become an angel. You chose 'Fool' as your title and tied your destiny to it, and that's exactly what you do. ”

Crane resisted the urge to frown in front of the gods:

"You mean everything I've done since I woke up was predestined?"

As a young man with a modern education, Zhou Mingrui instinctively resists superstitious statements such as "fate", but there really is a true God in the world today, there is really fate, and there are really superstitious thoughts and behaviors that should be abandoned.

Does "Source Fort" symbolize destined? If I didn't have Fort Source, I wouldn't have been able to form the Tarot Society, and I wouldn't have called myself a "Fool...... I won't be resurrected after death in Tingen's Divine Descent, no, if I don't have the Source Castle, I can't even make the "Sun Charm", I can't stop the Divine Descent of Tingen at all, the Divine Descent will be completed in an instant, everyone, even Tingen will be destroyed, and even, while doing some small tasks for the Night Watchman, I will already die because I have lost the divination ability of the Source Castle......

This kind of thinking made Klein suddenly calm down, and then he couldn't help but think:

In this case, as long as I give the source castle to others, I can be free from these "predestined" fates.

Isn't it because the True Creator attaches great importance to Isn't it because of the Source Castle?

After completing my revenge, why should I give the Source Fort to Him?

Crane's mood lightened slightly, and the True Creator resisted the urge to squirt the outer gods to death, and began to think about how to speak next.

According to what he has been observing, Klein is not the type of person who is as enthusiastic as Russell and thinks that he can definitely do big things, and it is very difficult for such a person to take the initiative to take the lead, not to mention that he can't directly reveal the information of the end of the world.

The decaying king, fed up with the red tape between mankind, spoke again:

"Let me briefly explain to you, there is one thing that only the gods who hold the Source Fort can do, and those who hold the Source Fort are basically destined to become gods."

"So, the true Creator wants you to do it."

The "destined" in the mysterious world is basically not a good thing, and Klein immediately thought of Florence who became a spiritual stitching monster because of his resemblance to the ancestors, not to mention that becoming a god also means becoming indifferent, crazy, and losing his humanity...... It is human nature to become stronger and gain a higher status, but if the price is to lose oneself...... The image of Yuanbao in his heart suddenly became strange and terrifying, and he said:

"I've heard that Fort Source can be transferred."

The True Creator frowned slightly: "I chose you for other reasons, your performance and yourself have always been quite good. …… Where did you find out? ”

Klein looked at the pattern on the carpet at the feet of the real creator, "Amon." ”

The true creator was shocked, he looked Klein up and down, and when he saw Amon, could he still keep the Source Fort? Didn't wear monocles either? How is this possible? Don't......

He suddenly understood that although Amun was not a child in the true sense of the word, the true Creator had a habitual tolerance for Him. He didn't waver because of this—no matter what he said, there was only one anomalous Amon, and Klein was a person who could see and touch, and what he had always done was also a moral bottom line.

However, not being able to put all his eggs in one basket, the True Creator decided to go back and pay more attention to Amun.

The True Creator calmed down, and as He looked at Crane, an urge to sigh rose in his heart.

Perhaps, from Klein's point of view, this thing can be done without him, can't so many people in the world find a second extraordinary person with moral ability to the secret three paths? Even if there really weren't, couldn't so many gods be able to cultivate a few? But that's not the case – it seems that it really can't be found!

Not to mention the open and secret battles between the seven gods, the "thief" path has been unable to cultivate excellent candidates because of the existence of Amon, the seal of the "door" path is too easy to use, coupled with the negative impact of the full moon that cannot be escaped, so that the apprentices are often very short-lived, and the most suitable "soothsayer" has so far only appeared Klein such an excellent candidate, or he came with the source castle - Klein does not understand the danger of accommodating essentia, and his conditions are too unique.

It's not difficult to design the murder of a demigod, and if Crane has the will, not to mention the "Traveler" Louis Vane, even the "Secret Sage" can consider it - provided that the characteristics are returned to the Aurora Society after killing - the ritual of being isolated from the world for 300 years while sleeping should be completed, right? He can even be resurrected from an overdraft, as long as he goes to the Godforsaken Land and brings out the survivors there, Klein can directly become an angel!

And the sequence and path are secondary, among the many alternatives at the moment, Antigonus and the goddess of the night are hostile and doomed to become gods, and the Zarathu of the Esoteric Order is too weak and restrained to death, Amun...... What Amon is like, can he still not know?

If the world is big, there is only one one who has both a moral bottom line and talent!

Could you find a better fit for this?

Without.

The True Creator pondered for a moment, and knowing that pushing forward would only make Crane feel more repulsed by "what only he could do," he retreated and threw out another request:

"Mr. X was originally related to the Eastern Continent." Fabricated.

"Since he was killed by you, then the relevant work in the Eastern Continent will be replaced by you."

He is naturally referring to aid and "salvation", and there is no synopsis, and the true Creator acquiesces that Crane knows what is happening in the Godforsaken Lands, implying that He knows about the existence of the Tarot Society and the "Sun" Derik.

Crane was silent for a few seconds, then nodded at the end.

542

At nine o'clock in the evening, Hibbert returned from a walk in the garden of his castle, and with the help of a maid, he changed his clothes and shoes stained with dust and mud, and went into the bright and warm room.

He walked up the stairs and was surprised to find his sister's personal maid Anne busy, holding a few heavy and old books in her hands. Obscured by the books and unable to see her feet, she struggled a little to walk up the last two steps.

Hibbert was curious: "What are you doing?" ”

When Anne heard this, she quickly put the book in her hand on the small table where the vase was placed at the top of the staircase, and saluted to the eldest son of Earl Hall.

"I'm helping the lady carry the materials."

Hibbert shifted his gaze from the pile of old books to Anne and asked, "Audrey hasn't gone back to rest yet?" You, as a valet maid, should convince her that it is a good thing to love learning, but it should not be based on overwork. ”

Will Miss Audrey listen to it? How can a maid persuade a young lady? Hibbert will speak, and Anne will listen.

Thanks to the faith and the Earl's teachings, coupled with the excellent quality of the servants of the Hall family, the eldest young master was still relatively polite to the servants in the mansion. Hibbert did not embarrass Anne too much, but followed her to the study.

Pushing the door in, Susie walked around wagging her tail in the gap between piles of books, and Audrey was standing on a two-meter-high ladder ready to go down, holding a book that looked like it had been in the castle's family library that no one had read for decades.

Just brushing the cover with your hand can kick up a thin cloud of dust.

Hibbert couldn't help frowning and walked over quickly: "Audrey, it's too dangerous!" Can't you wait for Anne to come before you get it? ”

He stretched out his hand, took the book from Audrey's book, and then carefully escorted his sister down the ladder, and said:

"You've been a little too busy lately, Audrey, you've been involved in the preparation of supplies, you should treat yourself. Why don't you go to drink more tea and play ball with Marianna, but bury yourself in a sea of these books? Are you going to apply for a university teacher? ”

Audrey held her brother's arm and stood firm, smiling a little playfully at him:

"Dear Hibbert, I just wanted to know a little bit more about what I'm doing right now."

"You mean the 'Foundation for the Preservation of Antiquities' that you and Glerint set up together?"

Seeing that his sister finally began to try to develop a career other than the extraordinary, and further spread her reputation as an adult, Hibbert's expression softened a little, but there was still some disapproval between his eyebrows:

"Now that you've appointed that university professor as the person in charge, you don't have to be so busy. What does it look like that you, a noble young director, spend all day in the castle stacking old books, while the person in charge is talking and laughing with the children of all kinds of nobles? ”

"It's the Rune Foundation for Antiquities and Preservation, Mr. Hibbert."

"And Professor Michelle is a serious and responsible person, and we don't talk and laugh together all day."

Audrey corrected the other party's mistake and uttered a long and awkward word - in order to seamlessly get the "Twenty Years War Notes" needed by the "Psychological Alchemy Society" in exchange for her Sequence 6 "Hypnotist" formula, Audrey had spent more than 10,000 pounds on this foundation - at first it was just for her own potion formula, but under the enthusiastic and serious guidance of Professor Michelle, and the joint operation with her friends, Audrey really gained some joy and a sense of accomplishment from this business, Some little pride.

Seeing the antiquities belonging to the Kingdom of Rune being collected and protected, she felt more and more that she had made the right decision.

"Well, I was arbitrary, and I hope the gentle and forgiving Miss Audrey will forgive me."

For his sister's words, Hibbert has always been more receptive and will listen, but he will not take it too seriously, and more often treat it as a coquette. He blew the book in his hand and saw the text on the cover:

"The History of Highland Exploration?"

Hibbert looked at Audrey strangely: "Sister, if you want to collect the antiquities left by Rune in the Southern Continent, you should read the "History of the Pioneers of Byron", the Highlands are a colony of Intis, and it has nothing to do with us except for a few frictions. ”

Audrey smiled at the right time:

"Of course, Hibbert. But this is the first time I've found the history of the development of the highlands in the library, and I want to take a look. ”

Hibbert put the book on the empty seat of his desk and scavenged a few anecdotes about the Highlands in his head:

"Well, Audrey, you know what kind of madmen the Highland rebels are, right? They have renounced the glory of soldiers and warriors, and will kill their enemies, men and women, young and old, and even strapped bombs to their own bodies, which is really a terrible people. ”

Audrey nodded. Today's Highland rebels are basically under the management of the "Rose School-Indulgence", and the Indulgence faction is the part that preaches the release of malice and self-release, and the style of action can be imagined.

If the previous Spirit Cult had a belief in the restoration of the country and reluctantly united this group of cults that could fall apart at any time, then the Highland Resistance Army fell into madness because there was no hope of recovering the country, fought on their own, and gradually became terrorists in the international reputation.

"Oh, these crazy people have done a thing, a horrible thing."

Hibbert struggled to recall a story he had read in a certain book, intending to scare Audrey: "In the peaceful colonial period, the Southern Continent has always been a warm and good place, and there are many officers and generals who will buy a manor and go on vacation in the winter when they are old. ”

"I know that Alfred also invited me to the Southern Continent."

At the mention of his brother's name, Hibbert frowned a little unhappily, as the eldest son who was not very qualified, he had a natural hostility towards his outstanding brother who had gained popularity and status in the army, even if he knew that Rune was primogeniture, and unless the eldest son was stupid and indulgent to the point that everyone knew it, he would not let the other children inherit - he was still often uneasy.

Audrey observed her brother's subtle expression, sighed inwardly, and pretended to be innocent and unaware.

After all, in front of his young and simple-minded sister, Hibbert did not let his hostility linger for too long, and after about three or four seconds, he naturally picked up what he had just said, as if he had just paused for a moment:

These officers sparked a wave of vacations to the colonies, and about a hundred years ago, the rebels in the Highlands were much larger than they are today. They launched a sneak attack one night, infiltrated the manor of the officers of the Northern Continent, and killed all the people in their sleep. ”

"This is a premeditated terrorist attack against the people of the Northern Continent!"

"They infiltrated the resorts of five cities in one night, killing dozens of generals from the countries of the Northern Continent and their families, and thousands of people were killed. The ground was soaked in blood, and until now, those areas have remained closed. ”

"Even women and children have not been spared, even babies have been drugged to death."

"This tragedy shocked the entire Northern Continent."

“…… Oh, my God. Audrey covered her mouth with her hand.

Hibbert saw the horror on his sister's face and felt that his intimidation tactics were in place. The situation in the southern continent is unstable, and it would be better for Audrey to be less interested in things over there, and it would be better if she could scare her out of this kind of history for a while.

And Audrey was thinking about something else entirely.

She is no longer the little girl who didn't know anything about more than a year ago, not to mention that she has made up her mind to dig into the deeper relationship between the Southern Continent and the Northern Continent by herself. Hibbert thought he could scare himself off with his words, but Audrey heard many loopholes.

Hibbert himself said that "the officers of the countries of the Northern Continent", the development of a hundred years ago was in full swing, and relations between the countries were very tense. That being the case, the officers of the various countries will certainly not live in a resort area, they should be far apart.

In this way, it would be impossible for the rebels of the Highland Kingdom to invade five cities in one night and quietly kill thousands of people.

It's certainly something that can only be done by extraordinary ability...... The "temperance" who advocates peace and calls for the cessation of war will certainly not do this, that is, it should be the work of the "indulgents...... Maybe more than one person, but at least one strong man of the "indulgence" was involved, probably a demigod, or even an angel...... He may have waited a long time for this night...... He came while people were asleep and killed everyone, even babies and children...... Such a horrible hatred, such a crazy act......

Audrey in Sequence 7 felt a deep chill in this bloody story, and she couldn't help but ask:

"And then?"

Hibbert shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Later? This vicious act undermined the peace between the North and South Continents, and later, of course, the North Continent sent troops to wipe out all the highland rebels. However, it was not until nearly fifty years that vacations re-emerged. ”

"That's ......"

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt creepy. She couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Thank you so much to the dear Mr. Hibbert, I don't want to read now—and likewise, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight." ”

Hibbert smiled like a child who had succeeded in his prank:

"Then go and pray to the goddess for a good dream of peace."

Miss Hall breathed a sigh of relief, "That's a good idea. ”

Then, she reached out to Susie, and led Anne out of the library with the hem of her skirt, and walked to the prayer room on this floor.

Audrey closed the door, prayed silently to the emblem on the wall until her mood calmed, then lowered her clasped hands and fell into deep thought.

"Highland Kingdom...... The country was destroyed in the impact after the opening of the new shipping route. ”

"There is no hope of recovering the country...... That's why so many crazy 'indulgent' members are born? ”

This idea is a bit perverse, as if the responsibility for the emergence of the "indulgent faction" is shifted to the Northern Continent. Audrey began to pray again with some trepidation, and at the same time comforted herself in her heart - the "indulgence" has existed since ancient times, and it is precisely because of the "temperance" that there is a "indulgence" opposite! The Northern Continent is not to blame, but, but...... Perhaps, it catalyzed all this......

"War is sinful...... War is, of course, sinful...... But ......"

Her fingers clenched tightly, her pet was not allowed to enter the prayer room, and she couldn't get an answer to discuss these things with Susie.

Audrey just wants to be quiet and think about herself.

It is very difficult to admit that one's superior life is based on the suffering of others, let alone a kind, intelligent, gentle and aristocratic girl like Audrey, who never gets involved in politics and any darkness, but will participate in charitable organizations and social assistance.

She tried to face her heart, but she was a little afraid and evasive, and she never succeeded.

Audrey had to think from a different angle:

"If one day...... The Ivsak Empire, or the Republic of Intis, or even Fenerport, Lemberg, any country. What should I do if one day they invade Rune, take over our city, and hurt my family and friends? ”

Audrey removed the word "kill" from her mind and chose the euphemistic word "hurt", but at the same time as she thought about it, the story told by Hibbert seemed to come to her ears, and a crazy figure seemed to come to mind.

"I'm going to resist, well, I'm going to resist."

"By then, I'll probably already be a mid-sequence extraordinary, Sequence 6, or even Sequence 5, and I'll be able to do something ...... resistance."

"But resist...... What kind of rebellion? Kill the intruder? Or will they be defeated, forced back? ”

According to morality, the murderer should also be sentenced to death.

Revenge is justified, but it should not be preached.

"So I'm supposed to chase the intruders away? so that they can't hurt the people I value...... But...... What if they turn around and walk away to hurt other people? ”

"Isn't it my family who is hurting, so I can ignore it?"

"Is there only one way to do ......it?"

Audrey pursed her lips, she felt a little cold, and when she came up with the unspoken answer, she felt like she had fallen into an ice cave.

At the same time, she felt pain and even shivered uncontrollably. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the war in the southern continent may burn to the northern continent at any time, and the peaceful days have long become a fragile tissue paper.

It's cold, it's scary...... Is this the nature of the extraordinary, no, world?

After sitting silently for a long time, she finally took a deep breath and readjusted herself to prevent Anne from worrying as she waited outside.

When she went out, she noticed that Anne was a little uneasy.

"Miss, you've been praying for a long time this time." The personal maid whispered, she had been secretly praying just now, "The story told by the eldest young master is too scary......

In order to show that her mood had returned to normal, Audrey reassured with some ease:

"It's okay, it's just a story."

No, that's not just the story.

In Audrey's heart, a voice said-

This is something that can happen at any time.

This is something that could happen tomorrow.

Therefore, you must have enough strength to protect your parents and brothers......

TBC

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Richard scratched his neck: "Why does it always feel like hairy, is it who is nagging me?" ”

Garland handed over the roster: "Chief, everyone has arrived, and you will teleport to the spirit realm next." ”

Richard immediately agreed: "Oh, okay! The Church of the Reaper's actions are really fast, or rather, after emptying the people of the Northern Continent and their boring industries, the land and housing in the Southern Continent seem to be abundant all of a sudden. This time it's you who pick it up, how are you doing? ”

Garland was silent for two seconds: "The accommodation of the children on the sea has been arranged, and I said goodbye to Mr. Solera yesterday, and the rest are the children of the Northern Continent...... I seem to have disappointed my father-in-law again, I have been doing logistics, and the day before yesterday I just heard that I might be transferred to the Star Plateau, but I turned around and was informed that the battle there was over, and I continued to do logistics. ”

Richard reassured: "It's okay, my friend has been doing logistics all the time, maybe Mr. Mirela didn't expect much from you." ”

Garland: "Chief, do you remember that you were a prisoner?" ”

Richard: "I'm sorry. I've been in a bit of contact with hunters lately, cough, let's go! ”

Some readers feel that colonization is the same as spreading culture...... We, Zheng He, didn't burn, kill, loot and spread the goods and culture of the Celestial Empire on the way to the West, how could it be the same as robbers killing people and plundering. At the beginning, Fanguo and foreign races were looked down upon because they were backward, but what about now? Who is not part of our nation? If you look at the Indians who no longer exist, the African-Americans, mixed-race, and even Chinese who are severely discriminated against, and the Aztecs and Mayans, who were almost completely exterminated by the colonizers, including their cultures, and the aboriginal race* extermination that is still going on in Australia, do you really think that the concepts and measures of both sides are the same? If we can't distinguish between colonization and cultural identity, then we don't have to talk about it anymore.

(End of chapter)