"I'll speak!" Before Brando could finish his countdown, Andesha suddenly gritted her teeth and answered. Brando looked at her quietly, as if he wanted to see through the true thoughts of this woman who was famous for her craftiness, and the lies she was about to tell.
"You know the consequences of lying to me, and I don't want to repeat myself. If I doubt your words, I will immediately give the order to Eroma."
"Y-you can't be so unreasonable." Andesha revealed her sharp white fangs, glaring at Brando angrily.
"Of course I can be so unreasonable." Brando impatiently interrupted her. The anxiety in his heart was beyond imagination, and he did not want to waste any more words: "From now on, everything will be decided by me. Your answer must satisfy me, and I will decide the standard of my satisfaction. I don't care what you think, I'm just telling you the consequences."
Andesha cleverly shut her mouth, and used her eyes to stare at Brando's face. If her eyes were two sharp swords, Brando's eyes would have been a hole.
"What is Dragon Queen Gwendolyn's plan?" Brando asked.
"Lure the Twilight Dragon to descend, and then kill it … Everything we do is to save this world. It's just that the people of this world don't understand. Any war requires sacrifice —"
"I didn't ask you to finish your sentence." Brando mercilessly interrupted her.
"I —"
"You're talking nonsense again. I didn't ask you to explain, and it seems like you don't quite understand. I'm a very impatient person, and I have a very bad temper." Brando raised his head and looked at the sky.
Eroma's soul was connected to his, and several golden pillars of light immediately descended from the dark sky, causing the streets to explode.
The flashes of the explosions were reflected in the depths of Andesha's eyes, and she finally felt a deep sense of fear. Everyone thought that the Tree Herders were lunatics, but in her eyes, Brando was a complete lunatic.
Moreover, the latter was completely unreasonable, as if he did not care about the life and death of this world.
She stared at Brando's dark brown eyes in fear and saw that there was a demon living in them. Her nose was filled with the thick smell of blood from the other party's body, and her lips had lost some color and were even slightly pale.
"Why would the Dragon Queen Gwendolyn do that? Are you trying to say that she has a hobby of being a savior?"
"This is not her idea alone. She is the leader of the Tree Herders. This plan is what the Tree Herders have been working for for thousands of years." In the end, the high and mighty woman weakly added, "I'm telling the truth …"
Brando didn't appreciate it. "I didn't ask you if it's true or not. I have my own judgment. Are you stalling for time?"
Andesha immediately shut her mouth and closed her eyes, feeling extremely humiliated.
"What are the details of this plan? What does it have to do with the Roman?" After confirming that Andesha had completely submitted, Brando jumped to the question he was most concerned about.
"… The Dusk Dragon's will is sealed in that little girl's soul. The Dragon Queen hopes to guide the Dusk Dragon to descend upon her body, and then completely defeat the Dusk Dragon."
"Kill the Dusk Dragon? What does she plan to do?"
"In the past, the Dusk Dragon had always projected its will into Wohnde. We believe that once it materializes in this world, we will be able to find a chance to truly kill it, and thus completely end the confrontation between the civilization and the Dusk."
"With just you?"
"The Dusk Dragon is powerful, but there is a limit to the power that its host in this world can withstand. Even if it doesn't care about the host's life and death, its power will not increase to the limit the moment it descends. Moreover, our thousands of years of preparation is not so simple. The Tree Herders have always been searching for the power in the blood of the gods, not to recreate the gods, but to use some kind of medium. "
"Some kind of medium?"
"A lost bloodline of the gods. It can be absorbed and purified by the gods, allowing the pure-blooded gods to have the same power and authority as their ancestors. In this way, if the Dusk Dragon wants to completely devour the little girl, it will have to face the highest authority in this world, which is equivalent to becoming the enemy of the Order and the Law of Tiamat in Wohnde. "
Brando understood the Tree Herders' plan. The Dusk Dragon had always been the enemy of the Order and the Law of Tiamat in Wohnde, but that was when it was at its peak. But according to Andesha, when it descended into this world, there would be a period of weakness, and during that time, the Dragon Queen would find a way to purify the bloodline of the Roman, forcing the Dusk Dragon to wage an all-out war against the Order and the Law of Tiamat in its weakened state.
"That lost bloodline of the gods is the blood of the Dragon of Fury, Alphonse? You spent thousands of years planting trees in Wohnde just to find it? "
"To find Gaia's blood."
"Gaia's blood?" Brando narrowed his eyes and recalled Eroma's words.
'Fredrich is a monster born from the blood of Gaia's mother. As long as it comes into contact with soil and rocks, it will never die. But these people summoned it the wrong way. It's very weak, and it's not a match for me right now. '
But he clearly remembered that Fredrich came from the twisted consciousness of the Dragon of Fury, Alphonse's blood. Besides, wasn't Gaia's blood also the descendants of the Demon Tree Fenlidos, the Evil God that the Tree Herders had researched the most?
Andesha seemed to have seen through Brando's thoughts and replied, "The Demon Tree Fenlidos has long since perished. We are called Tree Herders because we want to recreate this bloodline, but unfortunately, we have all failed. The bloodline of the Golden Tree is too thin, and even calling it a divine messenger is too much. One of the reasons I went to the Loop of Trade Winds a year ago was to find the legendary Valhalla. We have always suspected that the Demon Tree Fenlidos was originally a World Tree. "
Brando finally understood that the Tree Herders had always known about Valhalla. But it was not strange when he thought about it. Valhalla was originally a stronghold on the same level as Babel.
Andesha looked at Brando hatefully, "Unfortunately, you destroyed that opportunity, and we had no choice but to try the backup plan. Although Fredrich was created from the blood of Alphonse, it also has a part of Gaia's blood in it. It was born from two types of divine blood."
"That means you have known about Fredrich's existence for a long time, but why did you not act until now?"
"We have always been looking for the legendary baby girl, the pure-blooded one created by the Divine Folk, the one with the will of the Twilight Dragon sleeping in her body. She is also your fiancée."
"You're lying, you found that baby girl sixty years ago."
"I'm not lying, don't turn around!" Andesha hurriedly shouted, her voice full of grievance, "The Tree Herders actually knew about the baby girl's final destination a hundred and thirty years ago, but it was only sixty years ago that they had the chance to enter the final Holy Temple. But it was true that the Dragon Queen entered the final Holy Temple sixty years ago and saw the baby girl, but that was not the best time to bring her out. We had to avoid the attention of the Bugas and the Dragons, and those mediocre people would not allow us to carry out such a crazy plan. "
"You also know that this is a crazy plan."
"But it is effective!"
"Whether it is effective or not is another matter. Let's continue with the previous question … You, Her Majesty, and my grandfather put on a show together and deceived everyone. Even if you spent ten years, you have waited sixty years, ten years more than half a century. This is not a period of time that can be passed in the blink of an eye."
"Compared to our grand plan, sixty years is just a blink of an eye. We have used thousands of years to reach this step …"
"Because your entire plan is so long, you can leisurely give up sixty years of it?"
"Of course not, the Dragon Queen has a purpose for this arrangement. Avoiding the eyes of the Bugas and the Dragons is only one of them, and the other is the layout in the Empire, preparing for today's perfect ceremony. We still have some people all over the world looking for the whereabouts of the Demon Tree Fenlidos. Fredrich is only a last resort, it is only suitable for today's situation. We have prepared many sets of plans to ensure that nothing goes wrong. "
"But it won't take sixty years."
"… Everything is premeditated. When the Dragon Queen and us first came into contact with the Silver Queen, they were preparing for this day. She deliberately lured the Queen to release the baby girl's seal in order to borrow half of her soul to seal in the baby girl's body. Then we need to wait for her to grow up, and the two souls are completely merged. Although the little girl is not the Silver Queen, her soul and personality are deeply influenced by the Queen. "
"So what?"
"Because we need a pure and kind soul to carry the dark side of the baby girl. When she fuses with Fredrich's bloodline, she will not be affected by the evil god's slaughter and chaotic desires. The Queen is the most suitable candidate, the Dragon Queen has chosen her from the beginning."
Andesha's chest rose and fell slightly. "When the Disciples of the Black Flames completed the summoning ceremony, the Dragon Queen sacrificed the last soul, allowing the evil god Fredrich to descend on her body. That person is the Silver Queen. The dark side of the Queen is now perfectly fused with Fredrich, and when it meets the baby girl, the two will have the same soul … "
"So they will fuse?"
"They will not fuse on their own accord, but the Dragon Queen will urge it to happen. The pure bloodline of the baby girl will allow her to have the absolute initiative during the fusion process, and the pure kindness of the Silver Queen will suppress her dark side. In the process, the little girl will sublimate into an existence like the Ancestors, and then fight against the will of the Twilight Dragon who is fighting for control of her body …"
"In the process of materialization, the power of the Twilight Dragon is entrusted to Roman's body, but if it can't get this body in a short period of time, it's equivalent to cutting off the channel between itself and its power. Roman's body is like a cage, trapping it inside. Is this your plan?"
Andesha looked at him blankly: "You guessed it?"
"I'm not a fool. Maybe you like to treat people as fools, but the Silver Queen trusted you, and this is how you repay her?"
"We don't need trust, we only need the plan to be executed perfectly, and there will always be sacrifices."
"Shut up," Brando coldly interrupted her: "If the Silver Queen is willing, then this is a sacrifice. But now I only see deception and use. You have turned her life's work and dreams into a laughable joke. You trample on the dignity and lives of others, and you call yourself saviors?"
"But if we succeed …"
"You will not succeed." Brando replied mercilessly.
Andesha's eyes were filled with anger.
Brando looked at her with a little pity, but there was no sympathy.
The Matriarch of the Tree Herders struggled violently as if she had been greatly insulted, almost breaking free from Brando's hand. The Flaming Edge of the Blade of Fire left several bloody marks on her snow-white neck, but she did not seem to feel it.
Two dazzling pillars of light fell from the dark sky, and Andesha let out a whimper like an injured beast. "Stop!" She shouted: "I was wrong, stop!"
"How does the Dragon Queen plan to kill the Twilight Dragon?" Brando asked coldly.
"The Gods left the final authority in this world, and that is our last hope. As long as the Twilight Dragon is imprisoned in that little girl's body, Gwendolyn will activate that authority and kill the Twilight Dragon's physical body in this world." Andesha shouted loudly.
"What will happen to the Roman after that?" Brando looked at the woman and asked one last question.
Andesha opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
Seeing this scene, Brando knew that he did not need an answer. He threw Andesha forward, and the latter crashed into the ruins with a bang, letting out a miserable scream.
Brando slowly raised the Flaming Edge and walked through the ruins. Andesha trembled as she climbed up from the broken bricks, the cold tip of the sword already pressed against her forehead.
Brando looked at the woman coldly.
"Where is the Dragon Queen and the Roman?"
"Kill me," the Matriarch closed her eyes, trembling as she screamed: "Kill me, and I won't tell you."
"I won't kill you, but I will kill Fredrich." Brando replied.
Andesha opened her eyes, and her eyes were filled with hatred: "You can't do that. You will destroy our only hope, our only hope."
"You have already destroyed the hope of countless people. Look at this city, and the thousands of people who died in this war."
"If we don't do that, they will still die!"
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