Chapter 522: Diana, the god of the moon who ran away with the moon
About three minutes later, the door was pushed open again, and Ivina, who had not been seen for a long time, walked in with a man with a broken arm.
"Good afternoon, Speaker!" Ivina bowed her head slightly and saluted very respectfully.
Compared with the restraint and uneasiness of the last meeting, the girl seems much more natural, and the most important thing is that there is no longer the dazed look in the past.
The man with the broken arm also lowered his head in fear, he originally wanted to kneel down, after all, the speaker sitting in front of him was the speaker in charge of the entire magic kingdom, and his status was about the same as that of His Majesty or the Pope, but seeing that Ivina did not do this, the whole person froze in place, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
"Good afternoon, Ivina!" Lynn said with a smile. "Looks like you've figured it out."
"You're right, Speaker, no matter how perfectly woven the lies of the church are, they will be torn apart one day......" Ivina's face was covered with dust, but her voice was very clear.
During her stay in the kingdom, she did not receive much preferential treatment, but was reformed with the captive clergy of the Church and the Imperial Legions—repairing roads and building houses for the poor in the city under supervision during the day, and renovating the basics at night to break down feudal superstitions.
Although many of the nobles who were sent in had been complaining and secretly cursing the council, in Ivina's opinion, this was definitely not abuse.
There was a lot of food, and some of the Imperial soldiers even felt that it was better to be a prisoner than to die for a lord.
The most important thing is that after defeating the empire and the church, the wizards did not engage in massacres or sacrifice to evil gods or anything as the bishops advertised.
On the contrary, as far as she could see, the city was being renovated, the territory was growing, and everything was getting better as far as the eye could see.
If this is the end of the world, I'm afraid everyone will be looking forward to it.
Listening to Evena's narration, Lynn smiled, although there are still many flaws in the development of the Magic Kingdom now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the New Kingdom is more dynamic than Ella's Divine Empire, which is also the reason why he has the confidence to cleanse the faith of the church through non-coercive means.
Of course, the relevant publicity has to keep up, and Lynn never averses using some means in the right thing.
"I don't know if this one is ......" Lynn's gaze quickly turned to the one-armed man, and Evena came to find her this time, obviously related to the other party.
"My name is Bud, and I used to be a ...... He used to be an adjutant of the Divine Punishment Army......" The one-armed man said with great nervousness, this status had allowed him to enjoy endless glory in the past, but now it had become a deadly thing.
"Do you have anything important to report?" Lynn asked.
"It's about exoticism." Ivina said solemnly.
"Exotic?" Lynn was stunned for a moment, looked at the brown-haired girl in some surprise, and her expression became more serious. "You mean the world beyond the space-time gate?"
Evena turned to look at Bud, who nodded, not daring to hide anything, and hurriedly told everything she knew.
The Outlands is the Church's name for the other world, and Bard had heard Lord Gustav, the leader of the Divine Punisher Army, say that it was the beginning of all evil, and that powerful monsters would often reach the empire through these nodes and harass nearby cities and territories.
Therefore, the church selected elite troops from the Divine Punishment Army, organized an exotic expeditionary force, and took the initiative to enter it to clear out the demonic beasts gathered near the gate of time and space.
Hearing this, Lynn's eyes lit up, he was having a headache about how to obtain foreign intelligence, but he didn't expect the news to come to the door by himself.
"What is that world like?" Lynn was intrigued by this.
"It's dark and cold in the Outland, and the last time we were there we didn't see the sun, moon, or stars......" Bard replied hesitantly.
Before they enter the interior, they must be blessed with corresponding magic on their bodies, otherwise they will easily freeze to death.
However, even with good preparations, there is still a lot of danger, and every clearance operation requires a lot of casualties.
"Can't you see the sun?" Lynn was quite surprised, and immediately remembered that the crow had spoken before that Diana, the god of the moon, had left the Overworld with her plane.
As for the method of separation, Lynn is not known for the time being.
Could it be that he has departed from his original orbit and run away with the moon of the Overworld?
This is probably the reason why the sun and stars are not visible in the foreign land.
A world without stars, without a source of light and heat, will undoubtedly become dark and dead, and the most terrifying thing is that the temperature will drop dramatically, soon reaching minus 200 degrees Celsius, and it is almost impossible for life to survive such a harsh situation.
But the Exotic Realm was obviously not so bad, otherwise Bard and the others would have been frozen the moment they entered, and even if they blessed the divine arts, it would be impossible to save their lives.
It seems that before leaving the Overworld, the Moon God must have done something to slow down the downward trend in temperature.
Lynn was thinking, but Bud didn't stop, he knew very well that this was his only chance to leave the remnants of the church, so he racked his brains to think of any useful news,
For example, a space-time gate that is opened for a long time will cause the convergence of magical power, attracting many powerful magical beasts to stay, and another example is that there is a strange beast called [Sand Worm] in the foreign land, which will bury its body in the soil and attack any creature that enters the territory.
"Did the Church establish outposts in that world?" Lynn's gaze was fixed on Bard and he asked.
Even now that there was an even more dangerous Necromantic Lord to deal with, Lynn hadn't forgotten their old rival Ella, in a sense, the other party was no less threatening than the Necromantic Lord.
"I don't think so." Bard replied thoughtfully. "The Outlands are too desolate and dangerous to be of much value, and expeditionary forces usually return with their prey and fruits after clearing the nearby monsters."
Lynn nodded, there was a cost to rule, and it was not a good deal to establish a solid outpost in such a world.
He guessed that the church had sent expeditionary forces into it several times, and it should not be as simple as clearing the threat in advance, the corpses and blood of those powerful demonic beasts were incomparably valuable resources.
It is likely that the church's baptismal rites and the resources for the manufacture of the Charismatic Elixir came from here.
At this time, Bard seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and his face showed an extremely tangled look.
"What's wrong? Did you think of anything else? Lynn reassured at the right time. Even if it's just speculation and rumors, it's my business. ”
Under Lynn's promise, Bard said in a hurry. "Perhaps it's my delusion, Lord Speaker, that time seems to pass quickly...... No, it's slow. ”
Since there were no sun or stars in the foreign land, they had no way of telling how long it had been, but the difference was too strong.
When he went in, Bard felt like he had only been there for about a few days, but when he came out, it had been more than a month.
Not only him, but also some of his fellow Expeditionary Force members, who seemed to know why, but never explained it to them.
As he spoke, Bard cautiously looked at the young Speaker in front of him, for fear that he would suddenly accuse himself of his nonsense, because it sounded unbelievable.
"Is the flow of time different?" Lynn pondered for a moment, of course he wouldn't be surprised by this little 'little thing'.
Time, like space, can be 'kneaded' and 'distorted'.
The clock-slow effect in the theory of relativity is an empirical proof.
It's a pity that after the Battle of the Holy City, Gustav has already died, and the cause of death is that the divine power given by him was withdrawn, otherwise most of the other party's mouth tortured more information.
Lynn's eyes turned to the cage with great regret, and besides Gustav, the one who was most likely to know all this was the Star Emissary.
The black crow was obviously still angry, and had already turned around, leaving only one butt to face him......
"Great Star Emissary, didn't you even know about it?" Lynn shook her head regretfully, then added in confidence.
"But this is normal, it is related to the mysteries of time and plane, not everyone is qualified to know, maybe even the god of life and creation may not know, after all, our world is too special, there is a strange landscape of inconsistent flow of time."
The black crow suddenly exploded, and the high crow soon resounded in the room. "Fart, stupid native, that's just your own ignorance, the speed of time is different between the planes, and it will only converge when it is fully captured by the main plane......"
"So what is this capture based on? Magic overlay? Lynn asked.
There must be a reason why Diana, the god of the moon, opened so many space-time gates on this continent, probably in order to achieve the capture of the plane and transform it into her own divine domain.
However, this time the crow shut up, and a pair of black eyes rolled around, without the slightest intention of responding.
At this moment, Bard was surprised by Lynn's name just now, looking at the black crow in the cage, and didn't understand why a talking crow was called a "great star messenger" by the Speaker.
Ivina on the side was also a little stunned, and then noticed that although Lynn's words were full of honorifics, she didn't hear any respect at all.
And a great being, apparently, will not be kept in a cage......
Seeing that the crow didn't reply, Lynn smiled and didn't care, the information just now was enough for him to sort out a lot of information.
"Thank you for the information you have provided this time, which is very important for the next steps of the council." Lynn, unscathed in her words of appreciation, stood up, and placed her hand on his shoulder under Bard's honest and terrified gaze.
【Sculpting - Body Reconstruction】
A burst of intense magical fluorescence manifested in the room.
Bard suddenly felt a piercing pain, and almost thought that it was the superficially kind speaker who had suddenly changed his mind and was ready to kill him.
Fortunately, the heart-piercing pain only lasted for a few seconds or so, and was replaced by a tingling, comforting sensation.
When the white light completely dissipated, Bard was surprised to find that his left hand, which had been broken in the war, had grown again, and he was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and wept bitterly in thanks.
After a few words of relief, Lynn told Bud to step back first, and then looked at the brown girl. "You're doing a good job, Ivina, you're free from now on!"
The word liberty is undoubtedly all, which means that they ended their servitude, atoned for their sins, and became free people of the kingdom!
Even if there is invisible discrimination in the selection of some high-end positions, such as the selection of clerks, the paper, iron, and glass workshops don't care what you did before, as long as you are willing to endure hardships and have enough to eat, you may be able to buy a house and live a good life with meat to eat every day.
For the poor people of the empire, not starving, not freezing, and having clothes to wear was already a paradise life.
Although Ivina had the merit of fighting back, delaying the attack of Ella's incarnation, and buying time for his breakthrough, whether she was an undercover agent of the church or a member of the Divine Punishment Army, according to the laws of the council, she had to be reformed for a long time.
Lynn would not use her rights to exempt the two of them from the fact that they knew each other well, and strictly follow the laws of the council and throw him into a labor camp.
By the way, Ivina was assigned a task, that is, to find out which of the prisoners who were being rehabilitated and which were still planning a riot in secret, which was also an undercover mission.
At first, Ivina agreed without the slightest hesitation, because she needed a chance to really see how the kingdom treated her captives and the people at the bottom of the empire.
"Take this letter of recommendation." Lynn pulled a page of letter from her desk and reached over it, revealing a long line of glowing magical handwriting.
Last time, the girl took the administrative officer exam and achieved good results, which made many examiners look at it differently, but because of the identity problem, she failed to pass the assessment in the end.
Now that they have been in the labor camp for several months, and have taken the initiative to bring them information about foreign lands, it is enough to submit their names, and blocking the other party's future because of identity issues shows that these high-level leaders of the Magic Kingdom are too unprepared.
It also happens to be a reward for the girl to report this important discovery in a timely manner.
Faced with this precious letter of recommendation, Ivina hesitated, bit her lip and said. "Sir, can I trade it for another request?"
"That depends on what the request is......" Lynn asked with interest, setting the letter of recommendation aside.
"I'm looking for someone." Ivina looked at Lynn and said very seriously. "My brother - Lot!"
(End of chapter)