With a clear shout, the battle between Huang Huo and the descendant of Kleis was finally over. The little girl's sword pierced through the shadow's forehead. She threw away the sword, took a step back, and punched the shadow in the chest. Flames gushed out from her fist and instantly turned the monster into ashes.
Amidst the monster's shrill scream, Huang Huo put away her sword and took two steps back. She gently exhaled and looked up. First, she looked at her hand strangely, then looked in the direction of Brando and the others.
At this time, the dispute between Brando and Queen Madara had come to an end. The latter did not disappoint him and explained the whole story to him.
First of all, she frankly admitted that she had known about the fall of Kleis a long time ago. That was before the battle between Madara's Grand Prince Hofentos and the Crystal Cluster. However, when the will of the goddess broke through the wall, it was not something she could decide. The reason why Brando and the others happened to bump into this matter was partly because of the coincidence, and partly because of Bai's deliberate arrangement.
However, Brando felt that there was something wrong. According to what Huang Huo said, Bai should have known the whole story long ago. However, their encounter at Fathom Harbor was just a coincidence. At that time, the Dragon Queen had not launched her plan, and he had not gone to the Elemental Frontier. The will of the Twilight Dragon had not yet awakened in the Roman body, let alone invade this world.
If that was the case, how could Bai have arranged everything in advance, not to mention the agreement between her and the queen?
However, Queen Madara only shook her head and told him that things were not as he thought. She said, "Although the Dragon Queen's plan had not entered the final stage at that time, don't forget that the plan of the Tree Herders is not a sudden idea. Their plan has been traceable for thousands of years. It may be difficult for others to come into contact with these things, but Bai is different. She is one of the twelve Tree Herders."
"You mean, Bai appeared at Fathom Harbor because she knew that I would go there and compete with her for the War Slate and the Pearl of Darkness?"
"I thought you had a brain, Count," Queen Madara replied, rolling her eyes.
Brando heard Delfien giggling behind him. He turned his head and looked at his troublesome 'think tank', but he still couldn't figure out what was wrong with his words.
He knew that there were some abilities in Wohnde that could predict the future, but this ability was not as effective as what the astrologers claimed. The prediction of the future was more like a prediction of a trend. It was then revealed to the mortals through a hazy oracle, and then translated by a prophet. It was considered good if it was 20% or 30% credible.
It might be able to predict the development and direction of things for a period of time, but it was basically impossible to accurately predict a person and where he would appear in the future.
Even a God like Goddess Helene, who was in charge of fate, her function was only to reveal the fate of mortals, not to arrange and control their future. Legend had it that her sister, the thread manipulator Alice, had such an ability, but it was only a legend after all.
Queen Madara saw that Hao Ren didn't understand, so she replied, "No one in this world can predict such things, not even God. But we don't need to predict these things."
"Don't need to?"
Brando was stunned for a moment, but he wasn't too stupid — at least in the eyes of Queen Madara. He finally understood.
"You mean … Madam Bai wasn't after me in the first place?"
"Nonsense," Queen Madara replied snappily. "Before that, we didn't even know who you were. Bai was there for the Dragon Queen's plan. In fact, the reason why Madara was there was because of the agreement between me and the Silver Queen."
Brando thought for a moment and remembered that it seemed to be true. The rotten Knight Crotte, who betrayed Madara, seemed to have told him the same thing. He believed that the small fry wouldn't dare to deceive him.
However, Queen Madara's aggressive tone made him feel a little embarrassed, as if he was too self-righteous. But this was human nature. Everyone naturally put themselves in the shoes of others when considering a problem, especially when the matter was directly related to them.
Fortunately, Delfien seemed to have finally remembered which side she was on. She smiled and helped Brando ask, "But Your Majesty, Ms. Bai's plan later changed. You probably didn't know about it, but you didn't seem surprised, did you? Otherwise, why did you not hesitate to give the mercury staff to us?"
Brando finally raised his head and looked at Queen Madara. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that the prime minister's daughter had asked the question he wanted to ask the most.
Queen Madara glanced at Delfien before replying, "This has to do with my agreement with Bai."
"I'd like to hear more."
"There's one thing you already know, Mr. Count. The plan of the Silver Queen and the Dragon Queen originated from the agreement between Odin and the four sages in the era of the War of the Holy Saints. As the Holy Ones, they were the ones who kept the agreement. Their goal was to complete the unfinished plan of the Dark Dragon. Whether this plan succeeds or not, we have to at least put it into practice, because we can't judge whether what we're doing now is right or wrong —"
Queen Madara raised her head and looked at him sarcastically. "Not everyone can be like you, firmly believing that what they have chosen is right, especially when this choice is related to the future of our world. Hasty self-adherence and stubbornness will only lead us to eternal damnation."
"Are you wiser than the divine people? Or are you more far-sighted than the gods? "
"You've got one thing wrong, Your Majesty. What I insist on is not right, but justice," Brando replied, shaking his head. "And it is precisely because there are so many meanings of right and justice that we should exercise the power it gives us with caution. We should let more people participate in it, to make decisions and make judgments. I think this is what the gods want for our future."
"I don't want to convince you, Mr. Count," Queen Madara replied. "But I hope you remember what I said earlier. It's not my original idea, but a principle. You should have heard from Bai about the various major organizations of the divine people, but you still don't understand how they work, do you?"
Brando thought to himself that he had already heard about how the divine people were organized, but not from Bai, but from Lady White Mist and Ovina. But he still nodded patiently.
"The power of the Twilight is so strong. In the darkest of times, the gods had already foreseen their fall and the end of the Golden Age. These great consciousnesses realized a problem. After they passed away, how could their successors not make mistakes?"
The sound of collapsing buildings came from afar. Dark clouds surged in the sky above the city of the dead. Occasionally, a bolt of lightning would streak across the sky, splitting into countless tiny branches and striking the ground.
The lightning lit up the eyes of everyone present. Soon, the sound of people yelling to put out the fire came from afar. In the center of the city of the dead, in the most densely populated area of Madara, for a moment, it looked no different from Rushta.
But Queen Madara didn't seem to care about her kingdom or what kind of disaster her people were suffering. She only calmly told a story from the past.
"Mr. Count, when the gods were still alive, when the divine people were at their most glorious days, our world would still make mistakes in the face of the Twilight, let alone after they passed away. You only need to imagine, in the days when the great consciousnesses weren't protecting us, a small mistake could lead us to eternal damnation. "
"Under such circumstances, Mother couldn't help but have such a thought — how could she let her children continue to fight against the Twilight Dragon after she left?"
Brando thought of the great consciousnesses and his heart wavered. She was the mother of all things. In the legends of the Pale Poem, she did indeed have such a great heart.
She was an omnipotent existence that surpassed all wills and wisdom. However, she had personally bestowed a spirit to this world and created her children. She had also sacrificed everything for them.
For the creatures of Wohnde, was there anything more noble than this?
"How did Mother do it?"
"That's history from countless eons ago. Who could possibly know about it? But after that, the gods and the divine people agreed on a principle, and the Arbiter's Eye was thus established. Its duty was to supervise. This principle was that no matter what, no matter how big or small, as long as it could determine the future of our world and change the fate of our world, we must judge it with suspicion. No matter how right it seems on the surface, or how crazy or absurd it is, as long as there is a possibility, we must be prepared. "
"Countless years later, we don't know if this was Mother's decision," Queen Madara shook her head and said, "but this decision led to many things. One of them was the split between the Truth Parliament and the World Tree. All For One and Tree Herders were born as a result, and this was one of the reasons for the arrival of the mortal era. The divine people argued and finally decided to follow this principle and split into two."
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