The dark moon was torn apart in the sky.
At first, its speed was extremely slow to the naked eye. People saw the moon slowly split into several larger fragments in mid-air. They slowly separated, and then dense cracks appeared on the surface of the moon. It suddenly expanded and split into countless smaller fragments. These fragments broke free from the gravitational force between each other and flew in all directions.
Such a picture scroll was extremely quiet in the eyes of the crowd at first, but gradually it began to move faster. A few minutes later, the scattered fragments began to penetrate the clouds, pulling out long golden-red flaming tails.
It was as if there was a steel rain in the sky. At first, there were specks of light, and then golden lines slowly drew out in the sky, densely packed and lighting up the sky.
The sky began to gradually become brighter, as if the clouds were burning. The light of the meteorite fragments reflected half of the sky into a golden-red doomsday-like color.
The golden lines were reflected in Brando's dark brown eyes.
The golden-red sky, the meteorites falling through the clouds. He recalled when he had seen such a scene before. It was in the dream of the battle with White. The scene in front of him was almost exactly the same as what he saw in the second dream.
A voice boomed in his head.
The Twilight of the Myriad Worlds, the Twilight of the Gods.
There was dead silence in the Rose Garden. The entire capital of the Empire and even the Bankle region were shrouded in the bright light of destruction. How could people react in the face of such a scene?
Before the end of the world, who could protect themselves?
At this time, the larger fragments had begun to enter the clouds, and the thick clouds were suddenly cleared. Like a giant wolf made of light and shadow, they rushed out of the clouds and howled in the air. Their voices were distant and sad, as if they were singing a funeral song for the end of a world.
There was a rumbling sound in the air, like some kind of magic resonance. The air vibrated, and waves of air fell from the sky and hit the ground. With a few cracking sounds, a few long cracks appeared on the ground of the White Rose Garden. These cracks extended all the way to the square outside.
The crowd immediately staggered. Only then did most of the nobles react, screaming and looking for cover.
Men were pushing and shoving women. The noblewomen and young ladies were wailing. Angry shouts and voices trying to maintain order filled the air. The scene was chaotic.
It was like a drama unfolding before Brando's eyes, but at this moment, he was surprisingly calm. It was just like the last battle in the Alkash Mountains, when the undead swarmed into the battlefield like a tide, he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart.
He only had thoughts of how to get rid of the enemy in front of him.
Black Tea had once said that he was a natural-born Warrior. Senior Allium Japonicum had also felt sorry for him when she left. She told him that if he had more resources, a stronger empire, or a stronger guild, his achievements might be even greater.
However, Brando didn't care.
His sword would only appear for things that he recognized.
He turned his head, pointed to the chaotic scene, and said to everyone present, "Metisha, you go and maintain order. Find a way to persuade the Flame Family Knight Regiment to open the royal tunnel and let everyone hide in it."
"The Shire, you go and find Prime Minister Nidevan and the Holy See of Walla. Only they have the authority to control these people."
"Mephistopheles, Andrique, you go and protect the Duke of Flowers and his family, as well as the nobles who came with us and the young man."
The Shire, who always liked to make fun of his lord, was silent at this moment. Obviously, he understood the priorities. The four nodded and left.
Only Scarlet and the three Valkyries were left by Brando's side. Veronica and Lady Sydney went to the nobles. As people of the empire, they couldn't stay out of the Silver Queen's death.
Princess Gloria looked at this scene and shook her head gently, "It's useless to hide there. You have to leave here."
Brendel was silent for a moment before he replied, "I won't go anywhere without her."
"It's useless for you to stay."
"But if I don't stay, I will regret it."
Princess Gloria looked at him steadily, "I'll go with you —"
"No," Brando shook his head, "I'll go alone."
"You can't be willful. Do you know why the Silver Queen gave you that ring?"
"It's just a ring. No one will take it seriously." Brando shook his head indifferently. Even if the old Prime Minister and Walla agreed, what could it prove? The nobles of the empire couldn't let an Erouine rule them. They couldn't change the will of the entire empire. How many people's interests were intertwined?
Princess Gloria didn't argue with him and only replied, "It's not just a ring. You're an adult, Brando, no longer a boy."
"It's precisely because I'm an adult."
"Since you're an adult, you should understand that those things can't be done."
"There's nothing that can't be done," Brando hated this kind of aristocratic argument, "There are only things that should be done and things that shouldn't be done."
"For example, going to your death?"
"It's not going to my death, Aunt Jenny," Brando replied, "I don't want to argue with you. I hope you can do me a favor —"
"If that's the case, then you have to listen to me." Princess Gloria replied without backing down.
"No, there's no room for discussion," Brando shook his head, "Aunt Jenny, I don't care if the Roman is the baby girl from sixty years ago, but at least I know that she was raised by you. I believe in the relationship between you and the Roman. The Roman once told me that she wanted to become a merchant so that she could make money and buy you a lot of good things —"
Speaking up to this point, he suddenly stopped.
That somewhat naive girl, perhaps the richest people she saw in Bucce were the merchants who came and went from village to village.
He could still remember the time when he and Romaine were haggling with those guys over a small amount of things. Romaine's bag was filled with all sorts of strange treasures, all of which were bought with the money that they had saved up bit by bit.
To be able to become a merchant and make money was her biggest dream.
Brando felt that something was stuck in his throat, to the extent that he couldn't say anything else. He just looked at the latter without saying a word.
The expression on Princess Gloria's face finally softened.
"What do you want me to help you with?"
"You have to first tell me what happened to the Roman." Brando replied.
"A part of the Dusk Dragon's will is sealed in her body. If this seal is removed, then the Dusk Dragon is likely to take over her body and descend into this world." Princess Gloria replied word by word.
The screams of the crowd seemed to be far away at this moment, and the surrounding sounds became illusory. Brando didn't say a word, and the two of them were so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
But the latter didn't say a word, not because of shock. In fact, he already had a faint guess in his heart, but when this guess was confirmed, he still felt suffocated.
"Back then, the Silver Queen, Darius, and the Dragon Queen Gwendolyn found a baby girl on the final battlefield. That baby girl is today's Roman, but when the three of them found the baby girl, the baby girl was in a dormant state. It was the Silver Queen who inadvertently awakened the latter, and then discovered that the Dusk Dragon's will was sealed in the Roman's body."
Gloria continued, "At that time, the Dusk Dragon was about to descend, but the Silver Queen, who realized that she had caused a disaster, resolutely decided to sacrifice herself to reseal the baby girl."
"A seal that can seal the Dusk Dragon's will can be repaired so easily? Besides, a method like sacrificing one's life doesn't seem like something that Her Majesty of that era could understand, right? "Brando suddenly asked.
"Naturally, someone told her, and this person was the Dragon Queen. In fact, I've always suspected that the Silver Queen accidentally broke the seal because she was tempted by her, but the Silver Queen is already dead, and I'm afraid only the Dragon Queen can answer this puzzle."
"And then?" Brando continued to ask coldly.
"But the Dragon Queen only took half of the Silver Queen's soul to complete the seal, using her kind and pure personality to suppress the dark side of the Roman character. According to the Dragon Queen's claim, she did this to save the Silver Queen's life."
"Just a few minutes ago, she killed the Silver Queen with her own hands." Brando interrupted her disdainfully.
Princess Gloria also nodded. "So her statement is not worth believing. The Dragon Queen may have other intentions, but we don't know."
"The Silver Queen's kind side was used to suppress the dark side of the Roman character. Does this dark side belong to the Dusk Dragon?"
Princess Gloria shook her head. "The Roman is the Roman, and the Dusk Dragon is the Dusk Dragon. Although the Roman has the will of the Dusk Dragon sealed in her body, she is a true first-generation divine with a complete soul. It's just that before the Dusk Dragon was unsealed, because of the influence of the will of the Dusk Dragon, the dark side of her character was much greater than that of ordinary people."
"But I've never felt it," Brando replied. "In my memory, the Roman has never even cried, let alone negative emotions."
"Generally speaking, this is because of the influence of the kind side of Her Royal Highness. Also, I used a witch's secret method to seal the negative emotions of the Roman, so it's not that she won't cry, but that she can't cry."
Noticing Brando's gaze, Princess Gloria smiled bitterly. "It's not what you think. I also have my own difficulties. When your grandfather gave the Roman to me, she was still sleeping in the crystal. Originally, the Silver Queen wanted him to kill the Roman, but the Roman had half of Her Majesty's soul, so your grandfather couldn't do it in the end."
"Later, I left the empire with the Roman and came to live in seclusion near Braggs. But after all, the spells of mortals are not as good as Odin and the Witch Queen. The Roman also slept in the crystal for forty years. It was not until a year after you were born that the first seal on the crystal began to dissipate. After that, she also woke up and began to grow up like a normal girl, and the seal also began to become unstable at that time. When the Roman was young, she was often controlled by dark emotions. I was afraid that the Twilight Dragon would be unsealed because of this, so I had to seal her negative emotions. "
"When did that happen?"
"When the Roman was seven or eight years old."
"Impossible," Brando shook his head. "At that time, I was already in Bucce. How could I not know? My impression of the Roman is no different from the present."
Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped and looked at the former princess of the kingdom in front of him.
Gloria showed a helpless expression. "The memories of you, Freya, and the Roman have been modified by me. Because of some things, I left you something. After you leave here, you will understand everything that happened at that time."
"I hope you didn't lie to me this time, Aunt Jenny."
"Brando …" Princess Gloria showed a sad expression.
"I'm sorry," Brando sighed. "I understand your feelings for me, the Roman, and Freya, Aunt Jenny, but this time it was really beyond my expectations."
"I understand," Princess Gloria shook her head gently. "You can go find the Roman. I probably understand your thoughts."
"Before that, I still need you to do me a favor, Aunt Jenny."
"Say it."
"The ring you told me about – The Supreme Ring. If it really has such great authority, then I hope you can help me persuade the old prime minister and the Great Holy See of Walla to agree to open the long-distance teleportation circle of the royal family and send Metisha and the others away."
"Of course it has." Gloria's lips moved. She wanted to tell him that the ring represented more than he thought. The greatest treasure left by the Flame King was not the vast territory and supreme power of the Empire.
Any successor with the royal blood in their body could be the emperor of the Empire, but not anyone could become the Flame King.
But in the end, she didn't say it. She understood that some things couldn't be forced.
"That ring," Brendel continued, "I'll return it to His Highness after I'm done with it. I have no intention of becoming a king, and I have no intention of getting involved in this whirlpool of disputes. Besides, His Highness is considered my friend."
"It is His Royal Highness' fortune to have a friend like you, but this ring won't be in his hands." A voice interrupted. Brando turned around and found that it was Lady Veronica.
The latter had just returned with a worried look on her face. "This matter doesn't need to go through the prime minister. I can agree to open the long-distance teleportation circle of the royal family. But I don't think the two lords will object even if they know. Not only Metisha and the others, but also a large number of nobles and envoys from various countries must be teleported away. Otherwise, there will be big trouble."
Brando then remembered something and said to the latter. "Then I'll have to trouble you, Army Commander. Send my regards to Princess Magadal and thank her very much for her help."
Veronica nodded and looked at him silently. "You have to be careful too."
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