Although he had only spent less than a day with this nominal great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Gwen still had a very deep impression of Rebecca, and he wondered more than once if this child's head had been clamped by something when she was young …
Logically speaking, that should not be the case. Even without the elite education that the children of nobles had to receive, her identity as a spellcaster was more or less enough to prove her intelligence. After all, creating a big fireball was not something that ordinary people could do …
On the other hand, the others were not in the mood to pursue the matter of Rebecca not thinking before speaking. Even Heti, who had always been very strict with Rebecca, was deeply worried at this moment. "You mean … the monsters that appeared in Cecil territory are those monsters from seven hundred years ago?"
Gwen sighed. "Looking at how unfamiliar you are with those monsters, I guess you have not seen them for hundreds of years."
"The war with the monsters after the end of the pioneering period is history." Heti shook her head lightly. "Although there are records in the history books, the most recent records are at least six hundred years ago … According to what I know, the monsters that wandered out of the wasteland of the ancient empire did harass Ansu for a long time, but ever since the elves helped the humans build those sentry towers, those monsters have completely become a legend …"
Gwen frowned slightly. "Sentry towers … Things built by the elves will not go wrong so easily."
"We have to tell His Majesty about this." Rebecca suddenly clenched her fists tightly and said with a serious face, "The monsters that disappeared hundreds of years ago suddenly reappeared in the empire. Someone has to send the information back quickly. Furthermore, Cecil territory suffered heavy losses from this unexpected disaster. We … we have to ask the royal family for help … "
Gwen thought about 'his' great achievements back then and said with a confident smile, "Don't worry, with the Cecil family's position in Ansu and the influence I left behind, I'm sure Saint Sunil City will spare no effort to help you rebuild your territory."
However, as soon as he said this, Heti and Rebecca's faces did not look relieved at all. Instead, their expressions became very strange.
Gwen was confused. "Uh … what's going on?"
Could it be that after seven hundred years, no one in this country would recognize the name of the legendary founding duke, Gwen Cecil?
"Ancestor …" Heti's expression was extremely ugly. She bit her lips a few times before she finally made up her mind. "Actually, I wanted to tell you something when we were in the tomb, but … I just couldn't bring myself to say it."
Gwen had vaguely guessed something, but he still nodded. "Go ahead, I'm listening."
"The glory of the Cecil family is no longer what it used to be. Although you are still regarded as the legendary founding duke of the kingdom, but …" Heti glanced at Rebecca with some difficulty. "But Rebecca, who has inherited the family title, is only a viscount. This Cecil Domain … is also the last domain of the family."
Gwen was stunned. "… Huh?! Why do I remember that when I 'died,' I was already a duke, and it was hereditary? The domain extends from Cecil Domain all the way to the Plains of the Holy Spirit … What did the descendants of Cecil do? Did they assassinate the king or raise an army to rebel? "
Heti lowered her head in shame. "… A lot can happen in seven hundred years. So can the family and the country. Today's Ansu is no longer the first dynasty, but the second. The Cecil family is no longer the important vassals who support the royal family, but the stigmatized people who have been exiled by the royal family. "
Rebecca continued Heti's words. "A hundred years ago, the last king of Ansu's first dynasty, Darian III, died of a sudden illness. Before he died, he did not leave any children. At that time, the royal family was already in conflict, and even the succession of Darian III himself was disputed. After the king's death, the queen and the assistant ministers could not control the situation in time, which led to the 'Misty Moon Turmoil'.
"The members of the royal family who had the right of succession fought for the throne in the Misty Moon of 635 Ansu. In the third week after the Misty Moon, the palace struggle intensified into a civil war. The members of the royal family and the great nobles behind them began to fight with force. The Cecil family was also involved.
"The root of the problem was Marquis Grumman. At that time, Archduke Cecil was old, but still very healthy. His relationship with his eldest son, Grumman Cecil, was very tense. Marquis Grumman probably felt the crisis, so he secretly planned and participated in the civil war. Because he had not yet inherited the power of the family and did not have enough appeal, Marquis Grumman set his eyes on the legendary ancestor. "
Gawain facepalmed. "I remember now. He was the one who took my shield, right?"
Heti nodded and continued for Rebecca. "Marquis Grumman first put the Archduke Cecil under house arrest, and then took your sacred object, the Shield of the Guardian of the Kingdom, from the ancestral tomb. Then he announced his support for Prince Torxu in the name of the heir of the Cecil family. In March of the same year, Prince Torxu was assassinated. Then Marquis Grumman quickly announced his support for Prince Fidrick. In April of the same year, Prince Fidrick was defeated and killed."
Gwen was speechless.
But this was not the end. Heti had more to say. "After that, Marquis Grumman found an uncle of Darian III. He used his excellent eloquence to forge an alliance. But two months after that, the Archduke of the North, Brunn Werde, who had not intervened in the civil war, suddenly pushed a young boy onto the stage and announced that the boy was the illegitimate son of the former king. Then the Archduke of the North used this as a bargaining chip to participate in the civil war, and it ended in the Misty Month of 636 Ansu. On the eve of the end of the civil war, Marquis Grumman wanted to repeat the same trick and announce his loyalty to the new king. But before he could do so, he was attacked by both sides on the battlefield and died under a flurry of swords.
"After that, it was the Second Dynasty of Ansu. Of course, the 'Second Dynasty' … is still a rather sensitive topic. "
At this moment, Hu Po, who had been listening silently from the side, suddenly spoke up, "The entire farce only lasted for a year, but it completely reshuffled the order of the entire kingdom … Who in the entire continent doesn't know about this period of history?"
"Because the last one to ascend to the throne was an illegitimate son, so the war was privately called the Illegitimate War," Heti said. "The civil war involved a large number of great nobles, so a considerable number of families were implicated. But this is still part of the aristocratic rules. At the beginning of the Second Dynasty, the country was extremely chaotic. The new king urgently needed to restore order, and this required the strength of the old nobles. So most of the families were not exterminated, except …"
"Except for those who jumped the hardest, right?" The corner of Gawain's mouth twitched uncontrollably. The whole history made him, an elder who had watched over the common people for hundreds of thousands of years, feel extremely uncomfortable. He could only sigh that life was indeed more exaggerated than novels. Novels were all about basic logic. Why was Marquis Grumman so talented? "I guess there's no one more capable of tormenting than Grumman Cecil, right?"
"After that, the Cecil family was unable to recover from the setback." Heti lowered her head. "The fate of the family could have been worse, but your reputation and the efforts of the old duke finally preserved the bloodline and the last bit of foundation of the family. But since then, the name 'Cecil' could no longer be the center of the kingdom, as you can see …"
Gwen followed Heti's gaze and looked at Rebecca Cecil, who had been hit in the head.
Rebecca noticed Gwen's gaze and turned her head. "Ancestor?"
"Our family's misfortune, our family's misfortune …" Gawain rubbed his forehead. Even though he was not the real ancestor of the Cecil Family, Marquis Grumman's glorious achievements and bizarre deeds were enough to shock anyone who heard of them to the point of shedding tears. Gawain could not help but sigh. "And that wastrel even took away my shield …"
Heti and Rebecca: "…"
The ancestor scolded his great-grandfather again. As the younger generation, it was indeed better not to speak.
Fortunately, Gwen was not the real person involved in the incident, so he quickly adjusted his mentality. In Heti's eyes, this was surprisingly magnanimous. He then shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it. Looking into the past is not helpful for the current situation. No matter what, those monsters that have reappeared are a huge threat to the human world. The king of Saint Sunil City can ignore the declining Cecil family, but he can't ignore those monsters. Therefore, he must also pay attention to us who have escaped from this disaster."
Heti nodded hard. "You are right."
After that, Gwen was not in the mood to talk anymore. The dim and narrow underground passage killed everyone's desire to talk. The only thing left was to speed up and keep moving.
Luckily, the straight underground passage allowed them to pass through the entire Cecil territory at the fastest speed. The nearest exit was not too far away from the castle. After rushing for a while, Gwen determined that they had reached a suitable exit through his memory.
Under the effect of the Blessing of the Earth Element, the ancient tunnel stairs did not collapse at all. It was also quite fortunate that the exit was not completely buried by rocks and soil. After clearing away some roots, vines, and soil that blocked the exit, fresh air finally blew on everyone's faces.
Seeing the light again.
Byron and Knight led the soldiers out of the tunnel first. After they sent out the safety signal, the others followed. Rebecca climbed to the surface and immediately took a deep breath. Then, she happily whispered, "We are out!"
Gwen followed behind Rebecca and came to the surface. His excitement was no less than the latter's, if not even greater.
A vast world.
His first reaction was to raise his head and look at the sky.
Unfortunately, it was nighttime outside at this moment.
But he also had to thank the night for allowing him to see the stars of this different world for the first time.
There was a faint white light on the horizon. The approaching dawn made the stars in the sky appear thin and dim. The sparse stars seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog, hazy and alienated.
It was a completely unfamiliar star.
The white light on the horizon was getting brighter and brighter. The night was over and dawn was coming. Everyone who escaped from the underground tunnel was immersed in the joy of surviving a disaster. Gwen was even more excited and welcomed the direction of the morning sun with a strange joy and excitement. He opened his hands as if to embrace the sun of this new world.
Then, he saw an unprecedentedly huge arc of light, spewing out a faint light mist, gradually rising to the horizon and sprinkling light all over the world.
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