The gray fragments of the law dissipated behind Brando like withered petals. He glanced at Haku, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and silently sheathed Halran Gaia. At the same time, another battle ended. Andrique and Mephistopheles each held a black rapier and pointed it at the soulfire burning in the hollow chest cavity of the Knights of the Dead Moon. Although Haku was much stronger than either Andrique or Mephistopheles, he was still no match for the two of them together. Besides, there was also Hipamira, who had the power of the mountains and rivers.
Brando turned around and walked towards the Knights of the Dead Moon. He knew that Haku would wake up soon. The undead would not really fall into a coma. Haku's current state was just a state of suspended animation due to his soulfire being too weak. This state would not last long. He would either recover quickly or perish completely. He had interacted with this Black Knight of Madara more than once, and knew how difficult it was to deal with her. She had said a lot of things to attract his attention, and he had played along with it. Out of ten sentences, he might not even believe a single sentence. But at least he could confirm that Haku should be a Silver Elf and was familiar with Metisha.
Although Metisha had mentioned that this woman had once used mind-reading on her, it could only read the surface of her thoughts. The memories deep in her heart could not be stolen. That was the domain of the gods.
As for whether she was the princess of the Silver Elf Empire, it had yet to be verified.
After all, this woman was very good at bewitching and swaying people's minds. She would make people fall into anger or confusion before making a move. She especially liked to use spells like mind-reading. Her nickname other than the Black Knight — 'The Fair Judge' was also very clear about this. The Impartial Judge. Whether she was impartial or not was another matter. But she called herself a judge. She interrogated people about their inner sins, shook people's weak beliefs, and was good at exploiting people's weaknesses.
He had to get useful information from the Knights of the Dead Moon as soon as possible. Otherwise, he would not be able to get any information from this woman, unless he was prepared to interrogate them separately. But he did not have the time nor the means to do so.
Lorison's undead was still standing in the hall, motionless like a stone statue.
Brando came to the Knights of the Dead Moon and quickly found that it was an old acquaintance — the Rotten Knight Crotte, one of the three knights of decay. She and her subordinates, the Skeleton Knight, had invaded Erouine during the first and second War of the Black Rose. At the end of the second War of the Black Rose, Freya. In the middle of the Second War of the Black Roses, he had done a mission, but at that time it was surrounded by armies, so he could only see it from afar. Crotte was a dark noble of the Sea of the Dead Moon. She used to be a mercenary and was different from Kabias. She was a more combative Undead Lord, but she was not loyal to the Undead Lord with the Mercury Staff. At best, she could only be regarded as a fence-sitter.
He thought about it and was immediately relieved. Which Undead Lord of Madara was not familiar with him?
Thinking of this, he looked back and saw a few skeletons lying on the ground. He knew all of them.
Gray Staff Trassa, the commander of the Graycastle of Lifut. Most of his subordinates were Liches, who were good at Blood Rain. His political stance was a fence-sitter.
Bone Eye Karen, the Lord of the Dead Forest. She had an army of Pale Hunters, who were good at Undead Cavalry tactics. Trassa was a famous fence-sitter.
Barken, a fence-sitter.
All of them were fence-sitters.
Although the Rotten Knight Crotte had died once, she was still very afraid of death. In other words, she was afraid of 'true eternal sleep'. In other words, she was not very tight-lipped. When Brando threatened her, she revealed the truth. Tiamas — Tiamas Qiu Yue, or White. Tiamas Qiu Yue, was the real name of the Black Knight. This name sounded like an Elf's name. In his previous life, there were players who guessed that she might have been a Wind Elf or a Wild Elf when she was alive, but they never thought that she was a Silver Elf because the difference in age was too great. Sure enough, she lied. Their purpose here was not to kill Lorison's Undead, but for the War Slate.
However, it was not easy for the Undead to enter human territory, let alone pass through several lines of defense without alerting the army. According to Crotte, they went out to sea from the Eternal Darkness Harbor and landed at Silver Sand Bay. As soon as they got off the ship, there were humans who arranged their itinerary. They arrived at the Wilderness of Four Leaf Clover in a carriage.
Brando immediately guessed that these people were from the Cruz Empire. According to Crotte's description, they were from the White Legion, or even one step closer, they were from one of the White Legion's high-ranking Knights. The White Legion had three direct Knight Regiments: the Gray Winged Knights who rode Gray Gryphons, the White Dragon Knights who rode Ground Dragons, and the Silver Pegasus Knights. The ones who received these Undead should be from the White Dragon Knight Regiment because Crotte had seen the insignia under the human's cloak. It was the typical insignia of the White Dragon Regiment.
Although the possibility of framing could not be ruled out, it was not very likely. After all, the Cruz Empire did not know that Crotte and the others had fallen into his hands.
The White Legion was Constance's staunchest supporter, and the Four Knights of the Apocalypse were also the most loyal supporters of the Mercury Staff and the backbone of the Reformists. In other words, these Undead had entered the empire to seek the War Slate. It was very likely that they had been instructed by both Constance and the Dark Lord. Brando immediately felt that there was a strong smell of conspiracy in the air.
He looked at Allium Japonicum who was listening quietly. She had the same look in her eyes.
It wasn't strange for the Mercury Scepter Overlord to know about the War Slate's existence. It was an Overlord that appeared once in a thousand years in that world. The Mercury Scepter in its hand had the supreme ability to foresee the future. Through the Mercury Scepter, it could have foreseen the day the War Slate would descend into the world. As for the Silver Queen, as the Dark Dragon of this era who had obtained most of Odin's inheritance, the Dark Prophecy had mentioned that the Dark Dragon had an almost omniscient and omnipotent ability. Through some ancient knowledge and inheritance, it was not strange that she knew about the War Slate.
What was strange was that the two of them were now together. Throughout history, the opportunity to turn a country from an enemy to a friend was none other than a common interest or an enemy. Speaking of Her Majesty's enemies, other than the Twilight Army and the monsters, it seemed that he was the only one who could be considered an enemy of the Queen. However, Brando did not think that he was worthy of the two empires joining hands to deal with him.
Then, the only thing left was interests.
Madara's interests were foreseeable. Being able to seize the War Slate from the Empire was naturally beneficial to them. However, what benefits could the Silver Queen gain from this? Inviting a wolf into the house? Just in exchange for Madara's support? It seemed that there was no need. Not to mention that Madara was still not in the right position, and the four Holy Cathedrals, except for a few people in the Holy Cathedral of Fire, did not seem to have any objections to Constance's actions. She did not need to find trouble and get involved with these skeletons.
Brando firmly believed that the more ridiculous and illogical something seemed on the surface, the more it was true, then there must be an unknown truth behind the incident.
He suddenly thought of a terrible possibility.
Historically, the Empire had allowed and even encouraged Madara to attack Saint-ausol and Erouine. Would such a thing happen again today? Although it happened at the end of the First Era, in this world, even the Great Demonic Wave had been brought forward by so much. Queen Constance was also completely unconventional. There was no reason that this incident could not happen or appear in advance.
"What are you looking for this thing for?" Brando suddenly asked, pointing to the War Slate floating at the top of the pile of rubble.
Sure enough, the undead Knight showed a blank look. Nothing could be seen from the soul fire in its eye sockets. Crotte obviously knew nothing about this. This was not beyond Brando's expectations. The War Slate had only begun to descend on this world half a month ago, and the Fragment of Law had only appeared a day ago. These undead did not know what it was, but the existence with the Mercury Staff might have described the appearance of this thing to them and asked them to come and get it.
The world knew the power of the Mercury Staff, so even such a request would not arouse any suspicion. The undead had long been used to their monarch being one step ahead of others.
"Are you thinking of the war in 422?" Allium Japonicum suddenly asked in a whisper.
Brando nodded. Great minds think alike. The war in 422 happened before the Battle of Seifer Forest. In that year, the Empire and Madara's envoys signed a secret agreement. This agreement was essentially an agreement to divert the disaster. In the agreement, the Empire would not send more troops to the Sedar area, and even withdraw their troops. In fact, it was allowing Madara to attack Erouine and Saint-ausol. Not long after that, Madara entered its heyday, which was also the prelude to the destruction of Erouine. Even the Wind Elves of Saint-ausol were greatly damaged in the war, so there was the Battle of Algash later.
He did not expect history to be so similar. Although the Emperor of the Empire was no longer the taciturn Lenarette, Constance also made a shocking decision. At this moment, Brando could not help but think that they were really mother and son.
However, Brando still did not understand why Constance would let the undead enter the Metz area to obtain the War Slate. What was the deeper meaning of her doing so? The Empire's territory was so vast, and there were so many Fragments of Law and War Slate in this land. Why did it have to be Faltan Port? Was it the request of the existence with the Mercury Staff, or was it Her Majesty's idea? Could it be that the woman could foresee that he would come to this place? This sounded a little too creepy.
A weak voice interrupted his thoughts, "Do you remember what I said to you before, human lord?"
Brando turned around and found that Haku had woken up earlier than he thought. The metal mask on the Black Knight's face had long been shattered by the impact, revealing half of her beautiful face. Her silver hair proved that she was a pure Silver Elf, but her eyes were no longer as beautiful as Metisha's eyes. Instead, they were replaced by a pair of eyes that were dancing with golden flames.
However, this pair of eyes had lost the liveliness that she had when she was trying to coax him, and had returned to an indifferent and emotionless look. Her voice was no longer fluctuating, but filled with a hollow metallic echo. It did not even sound like a woman's voice.
In fact, this was the Haku that Brando was familiar with. The origin of Tiamas Qiu Yue in Madara was a mystery. She appeared in Madara about 150 years ago (the first sighting recorded in the literature, or perhaps earlier, but no one knew). No one knew where she came from, and no one knew why she appeared in Madara. However, when she appeared in Madara, she was already a powerful Undead Lord.
By the time the players were familiar with this Undead Lord, she had already obtained the Evil Dragon's Blood of the Bone Dragon, Alhin, and was conferred as one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse by the Mercury Staff. In history, Haku always appeared in a thick robe like this. Although the style and pattern of the robe could change, most of the time, there were decorations such as crosses and scales on it — unless she wanted to hide her identity. But no matter what, she would always wear her trademark, the half-crying, half-laughing metal mask.
The players, including the players in Madara, had never seen the true face of this Knight, and could not tell her gender. Although it did not make any difference to the undead, the players were still interested in guessing this point. Of course, judging from the name, the players were more inclined to the latter guess.
And the facts proved to be so.
Brando listened to the black Knight's words and asked, "This is not the first time I've dealt with you, Miss Tiamas Qiu Yue. You've obviously said more than one sentence to me. May I know which sentence you're referring to?"
"Ancestors —"
"You're an Ancestor, a human. You and I both know this deeply."
"What's an Ancestor?" Brando frowned. This was indeed the second time this woman had mentioned this word, and it was also referring to him. But he was very puzzled. Brando's origin was very clear. Neither he nor his grandfather were Ancestors. Although the Sword Saint Darius was famous, the ancestors of this family were just ordinary Erouine people.
"Your understanding of us is beyond the limits of human knowledge, just like how you know my real name and my origin. Even if I didn't tell you when we first met, I know that you already know everything. Two months ago, I was secretly conferred a title in the Holy Temple of the Dying Moon. This secret has never grown a foot out of Madara, but you already know. I believe that you even know why I was conferred a title, and that my power comes from Spider Mother Therais — "
"Spider Mother Therais? Your power doesn't come from the Bone Dragon … "Brando was stunned and suddenly realized that something was wrong. He saw the woman looking at him with a sneer and mouthing:
"The Master of Darkness will return. It can see through people's hearts and understand all things —"
"Put away your tricks of playing with people's hearts," Allium Japonicum coldly interrupted her, "I will kill you at any time if you dare to do this again."
Brando patted his senior's hand and stopped her from continuing. He revealed an "I knew it" expression and asked in return, "So you said that Metisha told me before. This was also to deceive me?"
This time, Haku did not answer.
But Brando did not care and continued to ask in return, "You still think that I'm the Darkness Dragon? But things have changed with the passage of time. Now, others may not necessarily think so. In the Empire, there's someone more worthy of this title than me, isn't there? "
"Darkness will be born from the inhuman, and the honorable people will disappear from the flames."
These were the original words of the Dark Prophecy.
Allium Japonicum shook his head, "Can a person whose age is forever fixed at fifteen years old still be considered a human? Only a human can be an inhuman. The Silver Queen Constance is obviously more satisfied with this. She saw some secret on the final battlefield and inherited the power and will of the Darkness Dragon. With the blessing of these powers, she has long become an inhuman existence. "
"No progress," Haku replied, "The wisdom of mortals is always limited to this. I never said that you are the Darkness Dragon. That's just a misunderstanding by that little girl Metisha."
Brando had lost interest in continuing to listen to her deliberately mystifying words. He asked, "What's your relationship with Metisha?"
"I have nothing to do with that bastard." This time, Bai Leng replied coldly.
Hearing this, Brando was slightly stunned. Then, he looked at the woman with a sullen expression. Hearing this, he confirmed the woman's identity. She was indeed Metisha's sister — just as Metisha described in the dream. He turned his head and no longer looked at the woman. He had obtained enough information. He looked at Crotte, "Crotte, as far as I know, you are not the most trusted subjects of the Darkness Dragon. Why would it send you to carry out this mission?"
This was just a euphemism. In fact, it was not as simple as not being close to the Darkness Dragon. The so-called fence-sitters, to put it bluntly, were the dark nobles who were forced by the power of the Mercury Staff to submit to the Darkness Dragon. These old nobles were the least powerful group in this new Empire. For an important mission like going to the Cruz Empire, it was absolutely impossible for them to be given to them.
In fact, Crotte was at a loss about this point. However, she looked at Haku with some fear and was unwilling to answer.
Just from this simple glance, Brando and Allium Japonicum had already obtained what they wanted.
"If I'm not wrong, she took the initiative to ask the Darkness Dragon to allow you to join, right?" Brando asked.
Crotte's Soulfire was clearly filled with astonishment.
Brando thought to himself that this was indeed the case. This woman's followers were all fence-sitters, and she herself was the most loyal Knight of the Darkness Dragon with the Mercury Staff. It would be too much of a coincidence to say that there was nothing fishy about this. Generally speaking, birds of a feather flock together. If he were to carry out this mission, he would definitely choose a few like-minded and trustworthy helpers. Or rather, these people were personally appointed by the Darkness Dragon, and Haku had no right to say anything. However, this was obviously not possible. Why would the Darkness Dragon offend its most reliable subordinates for a few fence-sitters? This was obviously not logical.
And after he asked, he found out that there was indeed something unusual about this.
Why would Haku choose a few fence-sitters who had no loyalty to the Mercury Staff as his teammates? Others might think that she was trying to cultivate her own circle and buy people's hearts, but Brando was very familiar with this woman. In her life, other than those unintelligent skeletons under her command, she was alone. She did not have any followers at all.
Although the world had changed, Brando had never seen a historical figure whose temperament changed drastically because of the changes in the future.
He believed that Haku was no exception.
He wanted to ask more, but the Black Knight interrupted him angrily, "Don't ask anymore. What do you want to know, human lord? Let's make a deal."
[There's definitely something fishy going on.] Brendel could not help but take a long look at Laurisen's undead. This tall skeleton Knight was still motionless, like a stone statue.
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