"She must be judged, Lord Milos. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost because of her, in Toquinin, Lozka. They have nothing to do with me, because I have not seen it with my own eyes. I cannot even empathize with their sorrow, but I think if I have such an opportunity in front of me and do nothing, then I will become an accomplice, and I cannot accept that as a human being. This is not for revenge, but for justice, because no one can escape responsibility for their mistakes, "Brando lay in Freya's arms, looking up at the tall phantom in front of him, and answered calmly. The platform floated in a pure black world, surrounded by a square of light. The flashing blue lightning separated the inside from the outside world, and the violent energy turbulence raged in the outside world, but it could not affect the world inside the light at all. In terms of the purity of divine power, Milos was thousands of times better than Dark Ko Hua.
Milos shook his head heavily, and said in a rumbling voice, "You killed her, and the other Ko Hua will die because of it. She is innocent."
Brando frowned, wondering if this was true. Dark Ko Hua's crimes were unforgivable, but if the other Ko Hua was responsible for what she did, it was not unreasonable on a certain level, but it was a little too barbaric. Their swords were thrown aside, and the Lionheart Sword was stacked on top of Halran Gaia, the dark edge of the sword and the silver of the blade reflecting each other. Brando turned his head and saw Ko Hua, who was a little further away, pale as a sheet, lying weakly in a pool of blood. Her ebony hair spread out on the platform like an offering. She seemed to have foreseen her end, but her blood-red eyes were still staring at him with hatred, and the resentment in them was too deep to be resolved.
Veronica's weak voice was heard. "But she is not innocent. She and this guy are two sides of the same coin. When she separated her dark soul, she should have realized this. If one day she is judged for the sins of the other side of her, it is not against common sense." Her voice was as deep as water, and it was not difficult to hear the burning anger in her tone. Lozka, which was destroyed by Dim Korfa, was a city under the rule of the Empire. No one would be able to remain calm when their country was attacked like this, let alone a female army commander.
"Indeed," Milos replied in a rumbling voice. "But she does not deserve to die."
"Does not deserve to die?"
"She only fulfilled my will. If it was me who woke up, and not her, the result would still be the same. She is a willful little girl, and although she has done some wrong, she does not deserve to die. "
"If that's the case, then those hundreds of thousands of lives deserve to die, Lord Milos!" Veronica asked angrily. Brando could not help but look at the commander with some admiration. The person in front of her was a real god, and she dared to question him in such a tone. The so-called strength of the Empire's soldiers was probably nothing more than this. The Goddess of War of the Cruz people had never let down those who trusted her.
Milos sighed.
"Letting the gods return to this world is a mistake in itself. Perhaps it is too cold in your eyes, but the Awakeners must fulfill that promise. The feelings of mortals are precious, but unfortunately I cannot understand them. I cherish these ordinary things, so I do not want to see that kind of thing happen. But since it has happened, someone must be responsible for it. But that person is not Ko Hua. It is meaningless to vent your anger, and it will not let the dead rest in peace. "
Brando did not answer. He had already expected this.
"In my eyes, this new world is humble, ignorant, full of mistakes and impurity. It is not as glorious as the order of the ancient times, nor is it as inspiring as the Golden Age and the Silver Age," Milos replied with a rumbling voice. "But in your eyes, it is precious, and that is enough. You still have a tomorrow, and that is hope. So cherish it and warn others not to repeat the mistakes of the past. Bury the old order and the gods in history forever. You no longer need us. "
His voice grew louder and louder, like thunder intertwined in mid-air. But the thunder rolled and eventually faded away.
Some kind of law in the space completely collapsed and disappeared.
"Lord Milos?" Veronica frowned and noticed something.
"He approved of Freya's choice." Brando replied softly. Mortals could not kill gods after all, but Milos kept the promise. When Arreck and the others made their choice, he returned to this world. Forced by the promise with Alphonse and the crystal, he had to destroy the current order and rebuild the glory since the ancient times. Whether it was through Korfa's hand or someone else's, Milos had another myth in his mind, and this myth was more similar to that of a mortal. He might have seriously thought about what the crystal said in the Cloud Temple and agreed with it.
So when Freya made her choice again, it responded, disintegrated itself, and dissipated from this world.
It was as if an azure knight had pierced through the firmament.
This time —
Mortals killed gods.
Milos said that one person must be responsible for the mistakes of this world. That person was her. She had forgiven Ko Hua. Although Brando still did not understand why the two sides that were once opposing each other would understand each other. He looked at Ko Hua in the dark. The she-wolf was no longer looking at him, but looking up at the violent energy turbulence in the dark. Brando saw her blinking hard, her eyes were a little red.
"Incurable. The weak get weaker, and the strong get stronger. This is the truth of the world. These guys go against the flow, so they fail again and again. This is the hypocritical order." She said coldly, "Or, why don't you just do what you did back then and fight us fair and square? Let's see who's right and who's wrong. Who's the one who insists on the truth? What kind of man are you if you compromise?"
"That's why you said you have one less enemy. Aren't you happy that you're one step closer to your truth?" Brendel glanced at her and replied calmly. The Father of the Frost Giants had chosen to take responsibility for this. He could no longer hold Dark Ko Hua accountable. As Milos said, although she was wrong, she did not deserve to die. But this guy's attitude and way of speaking were really annoying. He really did not know how she developed her personality.
Ko Hua sighed faintly. "My enemies, at least, used to be good men. It was an honor to fight with them. Now, there are only despicable people like you left. I feel unworthy."
"Yes, and the despicable people are coming to kill you now." Brando could not help but threaten her.
"You, you dare. You promised Milos!"
Dark Ko Hua's eyes widened. Her beautiful blood-red eyes stared at him with inexplicable surprise. It was exactly the same expression as before. But now, they were no longer under the Deadly Frost Forest, nor under the protection of Milos' divine power. They were in the Tree Hall of New Valhalla. The sun was bright, and through the tall arched windows, the warm but mottled colors blended into the atmosphere of the entire hall. Dust settled up and down under the light. Brando put down the document in his hand, raised his hand, and pointed to his forehead, and then pointed to the other's snow-white forehead. "You forgot?"
Dark Ko Hua's face turned red. She gritted her teeth and looked at Brando. "You, you still have the nerve to say that. Do you know how painful it was when you stabbed me? You don't understand girls at all. And there was so much blood. It was disgusting."
Maynild and the kind Ko Hua were inexplicably surprised. Both of them looked at Brando with a gaze that made his hair stand on end. It was as if they were getting to know the liege all over again.
"My liege, what did you do to my sister?" The kind Korfa's first sentence was fierce, but the second sentence made her lower her head, as if she was embarrassed. Her face was red all the way down to her neck, "I'm sorry, I mean, if you want to do anything to my sister, please ask for my permission first … Although it's a little embarrassing to say this, because I'm her twin, I can empathize with her."
Brando was almost choked to death by the two sisters who echoed each other. He glared at Dark Ko Hua. "Cut the crap. That thing is indeed in your body now. Unless you want to dig it out and return it to me, you'll have to work for me until then." Dark Ko Hua's face turned pale. She subconsciously gestured with her hand on her forehead. After losing Milos's divinity, the power of the Moon of Lies was on the kind Ko Hua. At this moment, she was no different from an ordinary human girl. Digging that thing out of her forehead would be suicide. But she hesitated and asked weakly, "If I dig that thing out, will you let me go?" "No." "Then die!" Dark Ko Hua gritted her teeth and replied.
She replied bitterly, "I've lost all my power. I'm no different from a mortal. What's the use of having me here?" Dark Ko Hua seemed to have suddenly thought of something. Her expression changed, and she looked at Brando with her beautiful eyes. She opened her small mouth slightly and said in horror, "You can't really be greedy …" "Shut up!" Brando interrupted this imaginative fellow in annoyance. "What I need is your knowledge. I don't think anyone else in this world can match your knowledge of things and history before the New Age."
"You mean ancient things?" Ko Hua's expression changed and turned cold. "You want to get the secrets of the Twilight Dragon from me? Don't even think about it. Even if you kill me, I will never betray Lord Twilight Dragon."
Brando looked at the somewhat determined Dark Ko Hua. He didn't expect her to have such a side to her, but he shook his head. "I'm not interested in that. I only care about the present. I have some things here. Please help me identify them." As he spoke, he took out a few items from the Dimensional Space and placed them on the desk. Ko Hua's expression changed when she saw the first item. It was a pair of gloves. The gloves were woven with silver threads and inlaid with pearls. On the back of the hand, there was a strange magic formation surrounded by a blood-red gem. The silver threads extended to the five fingertips. Then, her gaze turned to other things. She couldn't help but bite her lower lip. She looked at Brando with burning anger in her eyes.
It was a breastplate. The surface of the breastplate was engraved with the relief of a double-headed eagle. The strange thing was that this armor didn't seem to exist in the modern world. Its state seemed to be constantly changing. It was clearly placed in front of her, but it gave off a feeling that it was far away.
Next was a bow. The handle of the bow was the head of a demon. The demon's four pairs of long horns extended to both sides, forming the arms of the bow. The bow didn't have a string, but there was a faint purple mark between the arms of the bow.
The fourth item was a staff. It looked a little like a spiked hammer because the head of the staff was a cross made of stone. On the cross, there was a statue of Goddess Gaia. This item was very common in the Earth Holy Temple. It was the scepter that the priests of the Earth Holy Temple often used. However, this one was especially different because there were four shining runes on the staff. Brando happened to recognize these runes. They were known as the original runes of the law of the earth. These runes didn't seem to be fake, so the origin of this staff was very suspicious.
The last item was a cavalry sword. The whole sword's structure was very simple. It looked like the work of the elves, but there was a relief of the king of fire elves on the pod-shaped hilt of the sword.
Out of the five pieces of equipment, Brendel could only recognize one of them. It was the Dragon's Riddle glove. The glove had almost the same effect as Bahamut's Blessing, but it was a female item. The difference was that Bahamut's Blessing leaned towards defense, while Dragon's Riddle's effect was more towards offense. Apart from being able to complete instant alchemy like Bahamut's Blessing, Dragon's Riddle could also be called a magic circle spell. Magic circle spells were the strongest among all elemental magic, but they were also the most inflexible and cumbersome spells. This was because almost all magic circle spells were ritualistic spells. Not only did the magic circle need to be drawn in advance, some also needed many people to complete the ritual. Dragon's Riddle happened to be called the divine equipment of magic circle mages.
Therefore, Bahamut's Blessing was only a piece of Fantasy equipment, while Dragon's Riddle was an ancient item. It was only a hair's breadth away from being a demigod item.
Ko Hua looked at these items, as if a ball of fire was burning in her chest. She looked like she was about to spit fire. She looked at Brando and said, "These are all mine!"
"Now they are my spoils of war," Brando replied.
"You expect me to tell you how to use them?" Dark Ko Hua was so angry that she gritted her teeth, as if these words were squeezed out from between her teeth.
"Ko Hua, you're not willing to be a mortal, are you?" Brando suddenly asked, "Even if I let you go, with your beauty, you'll only be a plaything of the powerful outside. I believe that you're not willing to be like this. You're a person who has the ability to control your own destiny. You'll definitely not be willing to live under someone else's roof. You were once high and mighty, and mortals were like ants in your eyes. I believe that once someone has tasted that sweet taste, they won't be willing to be lonely anymore. "
"Am I not living under someone else's roof now?" Dark Ko Hua replied hatefully, but then her eyes turned slightly, and she smiled charmingly, "But I've heard about the history of you humans. In history, there were many demon queens who played with power. I believe that with my talent and wisdom, it won't be difficult for me to reach that level. Hehe, when the time comes, I'll purposely go against you. Let's see how you'll continue this act. "
Brando was speechless. When he thought about it, it did seem possible. He couldn't help but wonder if this woman was sent by someone to go against him. At least until now, she had already caused him a lot of trouble. However, he immediately realized that this was impossible. Dark Ko Hua wasn't that kind of person. If she wanted to curry favor with a man, it would be better to just kill her. Seeing through this woman's little trick, he calmed down and shook his head, "Why bother, Miss Ko Hua? The Heart of Calamity is in your body. In fact, it's like returning it to its rightful owner. With it, you can still regain great power and create a legend."
"Heart of Calamity?" Ko Hua was slightly startled. She looked at Brando in confusion, "What Heart of Calamity are you talking about?"
"Naturally, it's Échis' Heart of Calamity."
"You're talking about Échis' Heart of Calamity, Count?" The one who spoke wasn't Dark Ko Hua, but her sister, the kind Ko Hua. She was the girl who had been silently watching her sister bicker with the Count of Tónigel. For the first time, a look of surprise appeared on her face. Brando looked at her with some confusion, wondering why this thing had attracted her attention again.
"Ah!" Dark Ko Hua suddenly exclaimed, as if she had realized something. She frowned as if she was sensing something. Seeing her expression, Brando understood that she probably hadn't investigated what the thing in her forehead was. Perhaps it was because she subconsciously thought it was a trap that Brando had set for her. Or perhaps it was because she had lost all hope after losing her power, so she didn't think about it at all.
But after a moment, she raised her head and stared at Brando with her blood-red eyes. Her expression was extremely complicated.
"Mother's key … Mother's key …" she muttered to herself. She seemed happy but also a little strange, "You actually gave this to me just to harm me?"
The girl couldn't help but look at Brando mockingly, "Mortals are indeed a bunch of idiots. You actually gave this to me. Do you know what this is? Mother's Wolf Herding and Undermoon, this is the key to the gate to that world. You actually personally handed it to me. Hehehe, little Brando, you're dead this time! "
Brando was slightly startled. Could it be that he had misjudged the potential of Échis' Heart of Calamity?
"Sister, the key only has meaning when it grows up. It's a long process. Don't scare the Count." The kind Ko Hua hurriedly reminded her out of kindness.
"Don't expose me, idiot!" Dark Ko Hua shouted in exasperation.
… …
Note: The power comes from 'Ko Hua' in the Moon of Lies. The slightly dark Ko Hua is Échis' eldest daughter.
(I saw the book review of Liyinhang1994. It was very well written and very helpful to me. Thank you very much.)
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