The Empire had lost its ruler, and a princess had been laid to rest on the land she loved so much.
In the midst of the chaos, Brando quietly retreated. A moment ago, he was the center of the whirlpool, but now, he was on the periphery. Not many people noticed him, except for one noble from Erouine. Only the old Prime Minister bent down shakily, picked up the ring on the ground with his hand, and looked back at him, his cloudy eyes full of complex emotions.
Brando came to Scarlet's side. He looked up, his eyes sweeping over The Shire, Metisha, and the others, his heart full of emotions. The passing of life was so simple, often in the next moment, you did not know who would be with you.
He was worried about the safety of the Roman and Hipamira, and the Silver Queen's last words had brought a strong sense of foreboding, like a gloomy ghost.
Why would the Empire invite a small merchant on Erouine's diplomatic list?
In terms of business talent, the Roman had just emerged, and in terms of capital, she was far from the big Chamber of Commerce in Ampere Seale. Brando then remembered that there was indeed something suspicious on the list, but he did not notice it at all, and his heart was full of self-blame.
However, he did not think about how inconspicuous it was. Tónigel and Erouine were no different to the Empire. They were both small insignificant places, but the latter had a lord who defeated the Holy Cathedral of Fire, and the Empire had reason to be curious about everything that happened in this land.
The crowd moved slowly, bypassing Brando and Scarlet. The Silver Queen's death could be counted as the two conspirators, but at this moment, no one dared to mention it. The nobles seemed to have forgotten this point.
The old Prime Minister did not say a word, so who would dare to overstep their authority? Some people could not even protect themselves. Who could guarantee that the officials and families promoted by the Silver Queen would not be punished after the eldest son took the throne? The Prime Minister was about to return to power.
A small piece of pure land appeared in the crowd. Scarlet held the Azure Lance and stood silently beside Brando, as if she had found a familiar position.
He was like a silent guardian.
Brando turned around and said to the latter, "Scarlet, where is Miss Ovina?"
Scarlet paused, and Ovina's voice came from the Azure Lance, "I'm here, what can I do for you, sir?"
"Miss Ovina, you know what Her Majesty is doing, right?"
"There are many answers to this question, and I have to consider how to answer depending on which identity you are speaking to me," Ovina answered seriously.
"Is there a difference?"
"Of course there is. If you are speaking to me as an Ancestor, then I will tell you everything. She wants to reopen the Truth Parliament. If you are speaking to me as the Lord of Abies or the Count of Tónigel, then I will tell you that I have no comment."
"Ancestor? Truth Parliament? " Brando thought of the many descriptions of the Ancestors in the Pale Poem. This term sometimes referred to the Divine People, and sometimes it referred to the followers of the Ancient Kings – the first batch of nobles after the War of the Holy Saints. But the Ancestors that Ovina spoke of were more like a proper term, because the Divine People did not "predate" her by much.
As for the Truth Parliament, he had never heard of it before. He had heard of the Truth Society, but he did not know the connection between the two.
Ovina floated out of the Azure Lance, like an invisible ghost floating in the air. The people around her ignored her appearance. Her delicate little face was the same as a certain merchant's. She glanced at Brando and said, "The Ancestors are relative to the Newborn and the Mixed-Blood Divine People. This question is a bit complicated for you, but all you need to know is that they are all Divine People. The Newborn is the general term for the first three generations of bloodline, and the Mixed-Blood Divine People are the descendants of the Divine People who were artificially bred and naturally bred. As for the Ancestors …"
She paused. "Legend has it that they were the ones who created this world with Martha, but as for their origins, I am not sure."
"Then you are saying that I am an Ancestor?" Brando asked.
Ovina floated up and circled Brando from left to right. She said with some confusion, "Your aura is a bit strange. Although your bloodline is undoubtedly the Iron People, your authority comes from the Truth Society. As far as I know, the Divine People who have the authority of the Truth Society are mostly the first three generations of Newborn. But you are a bit special. You have the aura of Gaia's Will. Only the Ancestors and Lady Martha are born from Gaia's Will. "
Brando did not catch the main point of this sentence. His attention was caught by something else. "You said the Truth Society?" He thought of the handsome humans in black and red robes he had seen in his dreams.
"The Truth Society is the central organization of the Divine People. They are the leaders of the Divine People. The Tribunal, the World Tree Organization, the Earth Army, and the Divine People in Gaia's Will are all directly under their leadership."
"The Tribunal, the World Tree Organization, the Earth Army, and Gaia's Will?" Brando realized that there were more and more terms that he did not understand. Other than the World Tree Organization, he had never heard of any of the other terms in the game. However, after coming to this world, he learned about the composition of the Earth Army.
"That's not easy to explain. Plus, in my era, the Divine People's bloodline had already withered. Much of the knowledge from the previous eras was lost. However, you can understand it as an existence similar to the Pantheon or Hall of Valhalla in the legends of mortals. It is just an organization for the Divine People to perform their own duties."
"Then you said that my authority comes from the Truth Society. Is it because I am a Planeswalker?" Brendel thought for a while, and it seemed like this was the only possibility. She had said that his bloodline was only an Iron-ranked bloodline, and the only thing that couldn't be explained by the game system was the Planeswalker system.
Unexpectedly, Ovina shook her head. "The members of the Truth Society are all Planeswalkers, but Planeswalkers are not necessarily members of the Truth Society. However, you are not wrong about one thing. The best Planeswalkers are usually members of the Truth Society. Planeswalkers are the authority given to them by Martha. At first, this authority was exclusive to the Truth Society and the Tribunal. Later, it became more and more fragmented. Even some of the lesser Divine People can become Planeswalkers. The Odin, Tuman, and Kelsie that you are familiar with are such Planeswalkers."
Brando was stunned. He even forgot his previous question. "Odin, Tuman, and Kelsie aren't the best Planeswalkers? Then what kind of people are the best Planeswalkers? "
Ovina smiled condescendingly. "Even my previous master, the Knight of the Azure Sky, could only be considered a qualified Planeswalker. As I said, only members of the Truth Society can be considered the best Planeswalkers."
"But —"
"No buts. I know you are curious, but you only need to know the history of the first generation of Planeswalkers to understand. Although my knowledge is only a small part of the six eras, I can tell you responsibly that the first generation of Planeswalkers were the people who created this world with Martha."
Brando was stunned. For a moment, he couldn't say a word. The people who created the world with Martha, didn't that mean they were the creators of the world?
Only now did he understand what Ovina meant by the best Planeswalkers.
Ovina continued, "Before the sixth era, Planeswalkers could easily destroy the world and create it again. They also used this method to escape the first few Nightfalls …"
Brando didn't raise too many questions about the sixth era that Ovina spoke of, even though this sentence was already overturned for the average scholar. In the more common chronology of the continent, scholars divided the past of Wohnde into three eras. One was the Chaos Era, and the other was the Dark Era. The Chaos Era and the D.R. Era were divided by the Azure Lance shattering the sky. Before that, it was the Chaos Era, and the latter was the era when the Dragon of Darkness ruled the land.
After the War of the Holy Saints, the Dark Era ended, and the continent entered the first era. Therefore, these three eras were the common knowledge of scholars. If someone were to say that Wohnde still had six eras before the Azure Lance shattered the sky in front of these people, then they would be looking at them like they were looking at a madman.
However, Brando already knew the story before the Nightfall in the game. He didn't know exactly how many eras there were, but at least he wouldn't be surprised if Ovina mentioned the sixth era.
He was silent for a moment and decided not to dwell on his origins. Instead, he asked, "Then is the Truth Parliament related to the Truth Society?"
"The so-called Truth Parliament is actually the highest council of the Divine People. All the Divine People are members of the Parliament. However, this Parliament was initiated by the Truth Society, and the members of the Truth Society are equivalent to the elders of the Parliament. That's why this Parliament is called the Truth Parliament."
As if she understood that Brando still had questions, she continued to explain, "Before the age of mortals, the Truth Parliament was permanent, but due to certain events … this Parliament was canceled after the fall of Babel Fortress. There was only one emergency law left, which is the so-called Article 172."
"Article 172?"
"Yes, the full name is Article 172 of the United Laws. It states that if three Divine People are present at the same time, and one of them initiates, then the Truth Parliament can be reconvened. However, this is only a temporary law. The reconvening of the Truth Parliament is only one of the votes. It doesn't mean anything."
"Then what's the use of it?" Brando vaguely understood the cause and effect of the matter.
"It's mainly used to decide on some urgent issues. After all, the Divine People wouldn't know that after the Sixth War, our heritage would suffer such a great blow that it was on the verge of collapse. The mixed-blood Divine People almost completely lost all knowledge of the past, and the Truth Parliament became a mere decoration."
"In other words, the Silver Queen somehow received a legacy of the past, or at least a fragment of it. She knows about the existence of the Truth Parliament." Brando thought that it was most likely from the final battle, or from Odin's legacy. He continued to ask, "So she wants to reconvene the Parliament?"
Ovina nodded. "According to Article 172, if she gathered three members, then Scarlet and I have no choice but to agree to her request. Scarlet's heritage comes from the Azure Knight, and the Azure Knight is the leader of the Gate of Arbitration. Our authority is to arbitrate and review the Divine People's issues —"
"Then it looks like the Silver Queen knows about this as well, or else she wouldn't value Scarlet so much."
Ovina expressed her agreement. She nodded and said, "But the decision of how much authority to grant is in the hands of Scarlet and me. This meeting can be a meeting with the highest authority, or it can also be a discussion with the lowest authority."
"Authority? What is authority? "
"All the power of mortals comes from authority. You should understand that other than the witches who can draw upon the power of darkness, mortals are unable to directly draw upon magic power. But in reality, our entire world is built upon Order. It was Martha who used the Law of Tiamat to restrain the magic power of Chaos. She used the elements to reassemble and form the physical world that we see. Of course, energy also follows this restriction — "
Ovina gazed at the crowd in the courtyard and said slowly, "The knights and sorcerers you see, the power they possess comes from their understanding of the Laws. Their understanding of the Laws determines how much power they can draw from the web of order and what kind of power they can summon."
"That's for Wizards and High Priests. But isn't the power that Swordsmen wield physically …" Brando didn't understand. Wizards used the Law to draw upon magic, High Priests prayed to a higher being to draw upon holy spells, and Elementalists used the Law to draw upon elements. He could understand that, but what kind of Law did Swordsmen draw upon?
Before reaching the Elemental Level, Swordsmen's power was purely physical.
"So Swordsmen don't have to go through the Elemental Level?" Ovina countered with a question. "Not to mention that your muscles, your hair, your bones, and the bodily fluids in your body are all made up of the elements and laws that make up this world. Your physical strength also has to follow the laws of physics of this world, doesn't it?"
She pointed at the palace Knights. "These people are usually the lucky ones. Because for mortals, the process of understanding the Law is very long. The Black Iron People are born without the ability to wield the power of Order. They can only learn and understand the many Laws and Orders that exist in our world. Many of them can only live their entire lives as mortals."
"And for the Gold and Silver People, from the moment they are born, they are often more powerful than many adult mortals. Is this because of the knowledge that came from the embryo? Some races may have this ability, but most of the Gold and Silver People's reproduction is similar to that of mortals. Where does their power come from? "
Ovina looked at him and asked word by word, "This is the Authority. It is the Authority that the Law of Tiamat grants to higher beings. They don't need to learn because the understanding of the Law is integrated into their blood. It is like an instinct. For some of the higher beings, the Authority itself is synonymous with Order."
"For example, the Divine People —"
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