The last time they met in the Eternal City of Olipos, Gristiana had been disguised a little, but her spirited demeanor could be seen in her full spirit.

It had only been more than two months since Olipos had been gone, and the vigor he had seen in Gristia had been gone.

Although he still sat upright on his throne, Gristia's eyes were not focused at all, and he stared blankly at the blue sky in the distance of the promotion fortress, as if he was not interested in everything that was happening around him.

Adrestis called out several times in succession before Gristia, who had been flying out of the sky, came back to his senses, and retracted his distant gaze to look at the four of Sarlian who were close in front of him.

"Ah~ it's you."

Gristia's originally sonorous tone also became weak, and it sounded like a lazy swagger.

"I'm sorry to show you the unorthodox side of the promotion fortress, I ...... It's so incompetent, and it's really a shame to trust the newborn. ”

Salian frowned and questioned, "Didn't you just make some mistakes?" It's not irretrievable, why be so decadent? ”

"If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault?"

"Isn't it okay to correct a mistake? Take this as a warning and remind yourself not to make the same stupid mistakes again in the future, isn't this how people grow up step by step in the process of trial and error and correction? ”

"People...... Is it? ”

Gristia was silent for a moment before sighing softly: "Perhaps, I have been serving as the high Eternal and Archon all the year round, and I have actually forgotten that I am still alone. ”

The human being here is not human, but a broader concept.

To put it in more precise terms, perhaps it should be said that it is...... Intelligent life.

Ever since he learned the secrets of the Azeroth universe through a barrage, Sarjan no longer believes in so-called gods.

In his view, God is nothing more than a higher intelligent being beyond the comprehension of mortals, and strictly speaking, it still falls into the category of "man".

So it is with the Titans, and so it is with the Eternals.

Even the First Born, who created the entire physical universe, could not escape this framework, but they had in their hands many powerful powers that ordinary people could not understand.

It is precisely because he is human, and the all-knowing and all-powerful gods imagined by extraordinary people that the First Born left many loopholes at the time of creation, which led to Zovall's radical attempt to reshape the universe after the destruction of the world.

In the five kingdoms of the Shadow Realm, except for the second-generation arbiters who can only handle work mechanically, Sarjan believes that the master of the war who encourages his subordinates to challenge him is the eternal one who is closest to the concept of "human".

To put it in layman's terms, the Soldier Master is the most down-to-earth of the Five Eternals.

The Winter Queen, Gristiana, and Denatius all have varying degrees of eloquence, and they themselves are unaware of the problem.

It is precisely because of the long period of exaltation that they have been separated from the masses and think that their will can represent the whole kingdom.

The perennial Buddhist Winter Queen was awakened by the rebellion of the Blazing Blue Fairy, and under the guidance of Sarjan, she finally regained her power and took charge of government affairs with the full assistance of the Night King's Court.

Gristia's imposition of Amway's own will caused even more chaos, but it was not impossible.

Denatius's self-disciplined rule also aroused the resentment of many people, as exemplified by Prince Renasol and the Stonesmith, who were intensively preparing for the revolutionary cause.

For Grien, who was promoted to the fortress, Gristian's countless years of power have always been on them, and even if they knew that Gristian had done something wrong, most people did not dare to blatantly stand up and propose it to her.

…… And even if it is brought up, the stubborn Gristian will most likely not accept it.

As a passer-by from outside the Shadow Realm, Sarjan can look at things more calmly from the perspective of a bystander.

Anyway, he is still a living person, and he will not be governed by the Eternals for a long time, and he will raise any problems unabashedly.

It was this attitude of the bystander that made both the Winter Queen and Gristia value his advice.

For them, this is a very rare and objective opinion that defies authority.

As the saying goes, the truth is a sentence, and the fake is a thousand books.

The growth concept of "people" who make mistakes and correct them threw out by Sarean made Gristia realize.

If you think about it, that's exactly what happened.

No one can guarantee that they will not make mistakes in their lifetime, and if the scale of this lifetime is stretched to infinity, the problem is even more serious.

The meaning that Salian wants to express is actually very simple, it is not terrible to make mistakes, what is terrible is that he does not repent after making mistakes, and he is always unwilling to bow his head and admit his mistakes.

Although this merciless evaluation made Gristia's face a little uncomfortable, the personal example was in front of her, and it finally made her realize her own problems and the origin of the problems that she was facing now in the promotion fortress.

"Hey~"

After an epiphany, Gristia's decadence waned significantly, and she once again set her sights on the blue sky.

Unlike before, this time Gristian's gaze was no longer blank, but a little tangled.

"The problem has been found, but how do I fix it?"

Salian shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "This is a problem within the promotion fortress, and it should be solved by the officials who promoted the fortress after fully listening to the public opinion, and I, an outsider, will not overstep my responsibilities." ”

"Hmm......" Gristian touched her chin thoughtfully, "It makes sense, only locals know local things best...... Adrestis. ”

"The subordinates are here."

Adrestis, who had been standing by with his eyes and nose and his heart, bowed and answered, "Archon, please command." ”

Gristia stood up from the throne with a spear: "Lead the way, I will personally go to the negotiation site to see the situation." ”

"This ......"

Adrestis admonished bluntly: "With all due respect, if you suddenly arrive...... It may cause some unnecessary confusion and interfere with the negotiation process. ”

Gristia said disapprehantly: "I didn't say that I wanted to intervene in the negotiations with a swagger, I just wanted to hide and listen to the voices of the people and understand the truest demands of the oathbreakers." ”

Adrestis breathed a sigh of relief: "I see, then...... Please come with me, I know a good place to watch the negotiations up close. ”

……

In order to avoid the worry of Gristia's ability to govern, she patted her head and came up with some strange ideas, and the uneasy Sarlian and her party followed her and Adrestis to the negotiation site.

After deliberation between the two sides, the site of the negotiation between the Oath Abandoners and Greon was chosen in a small square between Hero's Sleep and Elysium.

Originally a centurion's barracks, a promotion fortress structure, it was temporarily converted into a negotiation site.

Adrestis led the group to the top of a hill not far east of the negotiation site, from which they could see the negotiation process of the four saints on either side of the negotiation table.

In order to prevent some people from deceiving and not acknowledging the results of the negotiations, there are recorders from the two sides on the spot, who can record the content of the negotiations between the two sides in a live manner.

Adrestis used the Archon's authority to remotely connect to one of the recorders' recording systems.

A translucent picture of the negotiation scene was presented in front of Gristia and Sarjan, who could even hear the slightly distorted voices of the scene.

DeVos first did not shy away from explaining the fact that the loyal hand came to Sonia to betray the promotion fortress and defect to the warden.

However, she did not throw all the black cauldrons to the already soulless Sonia, but generously admitted that she was induced by Lysonia to make a lot of ridiculous decisions, and then detonated the resentment of Gristia for many years and fell into the sky.

Vicie Verne's rhetoric is much the same, and Eledia, the soul bond of Sonia, played an important catalytic role in her fall.

But in the end, the Fall was ultimately driven by the personal will of Visy Verne and DeVos.

If they had no doubts about the existing laws of Gristian and the Ascended Fortress, the fall would not have happened so easily, even with the instigation of Sonia.

"Vicie Vergne, Devoss, ......"

Gristian sighed silently: "I'm afraid it's not just the two of them, right?" Sandria, Cenius, and Keros were also dissatisfied with the iron law that had not changed for tens of thousands of years. ”

As Gristia's assistant to the left of the government, Adrestius is an iron-headed baby and has always been a straight talker.

"As you say, it is recorded in my government records that the five sages have proposed to reform the law, but you have not adopted them once."

Gristian looked a little embarrassed: "Uh~ Is that so?" ”

The iron-faced and selfless Adrestis nodded without hesitation: "At least according to my records, it does. ”

Gristian: "...... Well, I'll be patient and I'll give them a positive reply after that. ”