Chapter 2 _ The Man in Urban Legends
Serens wore a knight's uniform, but did not have a ceremonial sword. It's a relatively easy and simple knight's suit, with not so many decorations. It's just a simple dark gray fabric, and even the buttons are ordinary brown, but the cut is not sloppy at all.
Seren smiled at Rick, who raised an eyebrow and nodded in response. Thoshabai greeted him, whispered a few words to Seren, and then walked over to the table and sat down.
"I'll see the information later. Thosa Bai said.
Serren took the third cup and poured the tea himself.
"I have more important things to say. Thosa Bai said. This matter can't be said in magic words, so Tou Shabai asked Xi Ke to reply to the matter of studying the Soni language in person, and Gui Xi Ke came over to talk about it.
"I'm listening. 」
"It's about the reason why Soni spells were banned back then. Obviously a serious topic, Toushabai leaned back in his chair and crossed Erlang's legs: "To be precise, it's not to prohibit Soni spells, but to prohibit a Sony-speaking 'person' from approaching the Staff of Light. 」
Rick's eyes widened in surprise, an answer he had never thought of.
"This taboo was passed down in the Staff of Light before the founding of the country, and it was passed down by custom, until the founding of the country, when the Demon Court banned it. Historians dig through the documents of the founding period to find out what the people of the founding of the country were thinking when they transferred this ban to the Demon Court. They found the Smashing School. This school still holds records from the founding of the University of Venthrère Evon Sal to the present day.
"According to the literature of his school, there is a certain person who speaks Sony, who appears every once in a while, trying to corrupt the Staff of Light, and whose shadow has been seen in several internal upheavals throughout history. That person always targets the highest-ranking members.
"His story is passed down in the Staff of Light in the form of legends, and the farther away the members of the organization become, the less they believe it, but if you actively participate in the activities of the Wafer of Light, you will receive first-hand information from the old man and will have to believe it.
"When the nation was founded, the elders were in a dilemma. I don't know what this strange ghost really is. It is necessary to forbid him from approaching. Especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Demon Court was in charge of the Staff of Light, and the Staff of Light was no longer just a common spiritual symbol, but a powerful group, and the threat of this ghost was greater. After that, he decided to ban the spells of the Soni language. Because the Sonyan language is not used, this prohibition is useless in the statute and is forgotten by the world. It wasn't until the incident with the Night Order that it became known throughout the country that there was such a ban.
"There are now several people who understand the Suni language and there are people who are active in society, and this ban has no defensive function. 」
"I thought it was because this spell was so good for combat. 」
"If it's because it's too powerful to be controlled, like necromancy, it should leave a historical record of related disasters. If nothing has happened, there is no reason to ban it completely, and even the army cannot use it. Humans are not such visionary creatures. Indeed, the sacrificial system is very suitable for warfare, and it is because of this characteristic that the person is recognized again and again. It was discovered that every once in a while, someone using a similar spell would appear, inciting the core of the Wad of Light and bringing the entire loose organization under strict management with him as the apex. This led to a war among those who opposed and supported the reform internally. 」
These battles have also been heard of by the Seal. Sometimes even the government is involved. I don't know what the devil is for, but the devil is always clearly on the side of the counter-reformers, and once the reformers have the upper hand, the devil will start to make trouble. According to the records that remained, the demons who rose up and rebelled said, "It is not Evansar's heir who sits on the throne, the agreement is invalid, and we can do anything!"
"After the founding of the country, that man did not appear again. But an urban legend emerged. This part is also about you, and that's why I'm calling you today. Do you remember the zombies that appeared at the Misty Hotel?"
"Yes. Nick nodded.
"At that moment, two knights witnessed the protagonist of the urban legend appearing at the Misty Hotel. 」
"So he made the zombies?"
Thotha nodded, "Probably related. Seren, who identified him as the one who took you away after your village was caught up in the plague. 」
Thothaber showed some of the profile photos to Rick, as well as a portrait of the Knight of the Illumination.
"Also, do you remember Bripegg?"
"The guy who started the cult and got involved with a bastard who robbed other people's babies and came to harass the dragon's magic library. Remember. 」
Daqin's affairs were in the local newspapers, so Xi Ke knew that he had already recognized his mother. Genetic tests confirmed his relationship with Lorna.
"The same person taught him how to make the magic weapon and how he used his religious beliefs to deceive people into blessing the magic weapon. 」
Rick's eyes widened.
"Bripeg didn't go to a spell school, he didn't have this level of skill, he was taught. I knew that there was a group of people who were breaking the law and teaching laymen things that they shouldn't be taught everywhere, and I was tracking down one of those people, so I went to Bripegg's place. And they didn't show up. After the arrest of Bripegg, it was found out that there was a leader in that group of people that we don't know about, and after asking the most of them, this person should be the one who created the Abyssal Zombie and took you to the Night Order.
"It was the group that incited the woman who had robbed someone else's baby to steal the corpse book. Perhaps, it was to confirm that the book in the Magic Book was genuine.
"There's more. When you were fighting Norpig at the Altaro Demon Faith Headquarters, Norpig knew from the beginning that you were an innate mage, right? That's because that group of people once wanted to win over Norpig and told Norpig about you. 」
Nick was speechless, and he turned to look at Seren.
In a deep voice, Serian said, "It's true. This man, we didn't see him when we purged the Night Order. Apparently, he is still out and about. Moreover, he has a passport for Duozhou, and the person has fled back to Duozhou. 」
"Can't you extradite it?" asked Ricke.
"We don't have any evidence of his involvement in the Night Order massacre, so we can't request an extradition. 」
"To make matters worse, he may have more than one foreign passport. It is a mystery which continent he is on now. 」
"We need you to provide him with as much detail as possible," Seren. We don't know when the road will meet him. 」
Rick took a deep breath, "Okay. He struggled to remember the man.
Thoshabai prepares the tape recorder. "After he took me, he raised me for a while, probably more than a year, before sending me to the Order of the Night. 」
Thotha asked, "What do you remember him like?"
"Very smart and always talking. 」
"What did he say?"
"It's been too long to remember. Xi Ke closed his eyes and tried to think for a while, "Most of them are life philosophies, knowledge and the like. He seems to have read a lot. Rick remembered some of those words: "He said, 'Humans are the ones who think humans are special. Probably the chickens are special for the chickens, and the ducks are special for the ducks. He also said that there are too many humans in this era, and if humans continue to think that they are special, they can do anything stupid. 」
"Do you remember anything?"
"I remember that the house I lived with him had a lot of foreign things, not just those in Duo Chau and Gai Chau. Carvings, paintings, taxidermy, lots of books,......" Rick struggled to describe, and then he remembered an incident that had happened before the man had sent him to the Order of the Night.
That's when he read about an exotic creation myth. In that myth, two gods created human beings together, and then, because one of the gods could not bear to see human beings living a hard life on earth, gave fire to human beings to improve their lives, but that god was also punished by the head of the gods, tied to a high mountain, and pecked by eagles every day.
"I'm done—" Rick said the name of the myth, "—and then ask him, 'Why don't humans form a team to save him?' He was usually very talkative, but he looked at me silently. It's as if I'm saying something that's not quite right. A few days later, he took me to meet the people of the Order of the Night, and I was taken everywhere, to the Oriental Academy. 」
Syk took another moment to describe the Night Order. He remembered that the man had been a little weird until he handed him over. It seems to be particularly indifferent and composed.
"Save God?" Thoshabai frowned and mused, "I've read that myth too. That is one of the many well-known myths on Earth about the origin and creation of man. "I didn't think about saving God. When you say that, I feel like I should save Him. 」
"It is unjustifiable for God, who is gracious to mankind, to let Him suffer like this. Serian interjected.
"In the context of that myth, human beings are very weak compared to the gods, so no one thinks of saving them. 」
"There's always something to do. Serian said, "It's like setting off fireworks to scare the eagle away, offering offerings to feed the eagle first—" He raised his hand, palm upward, fingers slightly grasped, and looked very energetic.
Thousands of years ago, in Aethero, a revered poet threw himself into the river, and the people couldn't save him, and they didn't want the fish in the river to eat his corpse, so they beat gongs and drums and sailed on the river to drive the fish away, and threw rice into the water to feed the fish. Later, it evolved into the custom of racing boats on the river and eating zongzi every year in order to thank the poet.
Rick thought for a moment and said, "Speaking of which—my country has always been like this, we always have to do something. In this way, because of "gratitude for so-and-so", there is something to be done and something is built, and this kind of thing is quite common in Etara.
Because of the memory of Evansar, people built the Evansar temple to worship from generation to generation. Accepting giving, but doing nothing, is something that doesn't feel right for them.
The reaction of Cy Ke at that time was quite Etello, and he always felt that something should be done. Xi Ke didn't know what was wrong with his reaction like this, seeing what was wrong in that person's eyes.
"Speaking of which—" Rick suddenly thought of something, "The Night King is a god who only gives favors, but doesn't want believers to do anything for him. 」
As soon as these words came out, both Toushabai and Seren looked at Xi Ke with very strange eyes.
Rick hurriedly clarified, "Claiming to be like that, in fact, I want everything. 」
Thotha Both's eyebrows raised, and he didn't let it go for a while, "If you want to know more about the 'real' Night King, I would suggest you participate in this project, so that any new discoveries we can make will be available to you right away." Do you want to participate?"
Rick thought about it for a moment and nodded.
"Okay, then. Thoshabai held out his hand to Rick, palm facing up.
"Huh?" Rick tilted his head.
"The sacrificial sword lends me to see. None of us have sacrificial swords. Thosa Bai said.
"I didn't have it with me. 」
"Hmm. Thothsabai withdrew his hand.
"You don't have a sacrificial knife with you now?" Serene asked.
"I have this. Rick pulled his homemade staff from the kettle bag. Twenty-five centimeters long, about the thickness of a pencil, smooth and unadorned black surface, made of wood like the handle of his sacrificial knife. He hides all the spell structures inside, so there are no spell symbols on the surface.
"Oh. Seren's eyebrows and upper eyelid were raised, as if he understood something.
"It's not intimidating to cast spells in public. Rick said. After all, that knife doesn't look like it's a good thing, and it's a big difference from a fruit knife.
"What's the difference between a staff and a sacrificial sword?" Thoshabeth asked.
"The material of the sacrificial knife is a part of my body, and the sense of unity is relatively heavy, but it is also good for the staff to leave a little distance......
The god who was tied to the mountain in that myth was rescued after a thousand years by a half-god, half-man and half-horse. The young Rick was finally a little satisfied with the story.