Although he only spent less than a day with this nominal great-great-great...great-granddaughter, Gawain still had a very deep impression on Rebecca, and more than once doubted the child's brain when she was a child. Had she been pinched by something...
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. Even if we exclude the elite education that noble children must receive, her status as a spell caster can almost prove her IQ. After all, Creating a big fire ball casually is not something that ordinary people can master...
On the other hand, other people are not in the mood to pursue Rebecca's problem of speaking out of her mind at the moment, even those who have always treated Rebecca The very stern Hetty was only deeply worried at this moment: "You mean...the monsters that appeared in Cecil's territory were those monsters from seven hundred years ago?"
Gawain sighed: "Look at you Those monsters look unfamiliar, I guess I haven't seen them in hundreds of years."
"The years of war with monsters after the end of the pioneering period are history," Hetty shook his head gently. , "Although there are records in history books, the most recent records are at least six hundred years ago... According to what I have learned, the monsters wandering out of the wasteland of the ancient empire have indeed harassed Ansu for a long time, but since the elves They helped humans build those sentinel towers, and those monsters have completely become a legend..."
Gawain frowned slightly: "Sentry tower...things built by elves will not go wrong so easily. "
"This matter must be told to His Majesty the King," Rebecca suddenly clenched her fist and said seriously, "The monster that disappeared hundreds of years ago suddenly reappeared in the empire. Someone must send the information back as soon as possible. Moreover, the Cecil Territory suffered heavy losses from this unreasonable disaster. We...we must ask the royal family for help..."
Gawain thought about himself. With the great achievements of that year, he said with a confident smile: "Don't worry, with the status of the Cecil family in Ansu and the influence I have left, I believe that Saint-Sunil City will spare no effort to help you rebuild your territory."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, instead of showing a look of relief on their faces, Hetty and Rebecca's expressions became extremely strange.
Gawain was confused: "Uh...what's going on?"
Is it possible that after seven hundred years, the name of the legendary founding Duke Gawain Cecil is still there? Doesn’t anyone recognize this country anymore?
"Ancestor..." Hetty's face looked extremely ugly. She bit her lip hard several times before she seemed to finally make up her mind, "Actually, I wanted to tell you something when I was in the tomb, but... …I really can’t say it.”
Gawain vaguely guessed something, but he still nodded: “You tell me, I’m listening.”
“The Cecil family. Your glory is no longer what it used to be. Although you are still regarded as the legendary founding prince by everyone in the kingdom, but..." Hetty glanced at Rebecca with some embarrassment, "But Rebecca, who now inherits the family title, is only a viscount. That's all, this Cecil territory... is also the last territory of the family. "
Gawain was stunned: "...Huh? ! How do I remember that when I ‘died’, I already had the title of Duke, and it was hereditary? The territory extends from the Cecil Territory all the way to the Holy Spirit Plain... What on earth did the Cecil descendants behind do? Did he assassinate the king or raise his troops to rebel? "
Hetty lowered her head in shame: "...A lot can happen in seven hundred years, not only for the family, but also for this country. Today, Ansu is no longer the first dynasty, but the second dynasty. The Cecil family is no longer an important minister supporting the royal family, but a person who has been exiled by the royal family because of their stigma. ”
Rebecca next to her took over Hetty’s words: “A hundred years ago, the last king of the Anzu First Dynasty, Darien III, died of a sudden illness and left no heirs before his death. At that time, there were already many conflicts within the royal family, and even the inheritance rights of Dalyan III himself were in dispute. After the king's death, the queen and the auxiliary ministers failed to control the situation in time, which resulted in the 'Brumpy Moon Rebellion'.
"Royal members with collateral inheritance rights fought for the throne in the Misty Moon of 635 Ansu. In the third week of the Misty Moon, the palace struggle intensified into a civil war. The royal family members and the people behind them all began to fight for the throne. The great nobles of the station began to engage in direct armed confrontation-the Cecil family was also involved...
"The root cause is Marquis Grumman. At that time, Archduke Cecil was old, but still very healthy, and the relationship with his eldest son, Cecil Grumman, was very tense. Marquis Grumman probably sensed the crisis... so he secretly planned and participated The civil war that year. Because he had not inherited the power of the family and did not have enough appeal, Marquis Grumman set his sights on his legendary ancestor..."
Gawain covered his forehead: "I remembered, my shield You asked him to take it away, right?
Hetty nodded and continued for Rebecca: "Marquis Grumman first placed the then Archduke Cecil under house arrest, and then took away your sacred objects from the ancestral mausoleum. Sue Kingdom Guardian Shield then announced its support for Prince Tosh in the name of the heir to the Cecil family. In March of the same year, Prince Tosh was assassinated. Then Marquis Grumman quickly announced his support for Prince Fidick. In April of the same year, Prince Fedik committed suicide in defeat..."
Gawain: "..."
But this is not over yet, Hetty has something else to say: "After that, Grumman The Marquis found an uncle of Darien III again, and he used his excellent eloquence to promote an alliance. However, in the second month after that, the Northern Grand Chief Brun Wilder, who had not intervened in the civil war, suddenly pushed a young man to the throne. stage and announced that the boy was the illegitimate son of the previous king. Later, the Northern Grand Duke used this as a bargaining chip to participate in the civil war, and the civil war ended in the Misty Moon of Ansu 636. On the eve of the end of the civil war, Marquis Grumman tried to repeat his old trick of declaring allegiance to the new king. However, before he could make a declaration, he was attacked by people from both sides on the battlefield at the same time and died under random swords..
"After that, there was the Second Dynasty of Ansu. Of course, the term 'Second Dynasty'... is still a relatively sensitive topic."
At this time Amber, who had been listening silently, suddenly said: "The whole farce only lasted for one year, but it completely reshuffled the order of the entire kingdom... Who in the entire continent does not know this history? "
"Because the last person to ascend the throne was an illegitimate child, this war was also known as the illegitimate child war in private," Hetty said. "The civil war involved a large number of nobles, so there were Quite a few families have been implicated, but this is still part of the rules of the nobility. In addition, at the beginning of the founding of the Second Dynasty, the country was extremely chaotic. The new king urgently needed to bring order, and this required the power of the old nobility. Therefore, Some families have not been exterminated, except for..."
"Except for those who jumped the hardest, right?" Gawain couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. This entire history made him look down on the people in the sky. Elders who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years have felt great discomfort, and can only sigh that life is indeed more exaggerated - and let's talk about basic logic, why is Marquis Grumman so talented? "I guess there is no comparison." Grumman Cecil is more capable, right?"
"After that, the Cecil family fell into ruin." Hetty lowered her head. "The fate of the family might have been even worse. But your reputation and the efforts of the old Grand Duke finally saved the family's bloodline and the last bit of foundation. However, from then on, the name 'Cecil' could no longer become the center of the kingdom, just like What you saw..."
Gawain followed Hetty's gaze and looked at Miss Rebecca Cecil, whose brain was clamped.
Rebecca noticed Gawain's gaze and turned around: "Master Ancestor?"
"My family is unfortunate, my family is unfortunate..." Gawain covered his forehead, although He is not the real ancestor of the Cecil family, but the brilliance and bizarre deeds of Marquis Grumman have reached the point where those who hear it are shocked and those who see it cry. Even listening to it makes him sigh with emotion, "And That prodigal son also took away my shield..."
Hetty & Rebecca: "..."
The ancestors scolded my great-grandfather again. As expected, he is still a junior. It's better not to speak.
Fortunately, Gawain was not the real party involved in the incident. He quickly adjusted his mentality - which in Hetty's eyes was a sign of being astonishingly broad-minded - and then shook his head slightly: "Forget it. No, pursuing these past events is not helpful to the current situation. In any case, those monsters that reappear are a huge threat to the human world. The king of Saint-Sunil City can ignore the declining Cecil. The family cannot ignore those monsters, so he must also pay attention to us who escaped from this disaster."
Hetty nodded vigorously: "What you said is true."
p>After that, Gawain lost interest in talking and fell into a coma.The dark and cramped underground passage eliminated everyone's desire to talk, and all that was left was to speed up and continue on their way.
Fortunately, the straight underground passage can travel through the entire Cecil Territory at the fastest speed, and the nearest exit is not too far from the castle. After traveling for a while, Gawain passed through his memory It was judged that they had reached a suitable exit.
Under the blessing of the earth element, the ancient tunnel stairs did not collapse at all. It was even more lucky that the exit was not completely buried by earth and rocks. After clearing away some tree roots, vines and floating soil that blocked the exit, Afterwards, the fresh air finally blew on everyone's face for the first time in a long time.
See the light of day again.
Knight Byron led the soldiers to jump out of the cave first, and others filed out after they sent a safety signal. After Rebecca climbed to the ground, she immediately took a deep breath, and then shouted happily: "We are out!"
Gawain followed Rebecca to the ground, and he was extremely excited. Less than the latter, even more so.
A vast world.
His first reaction was to raise his head and look at the sky.
Unfortunately, it is night outside in the world at this moment.
But he should also be grateful for the night, which allowed him to see the starry sky in this alien world for the first time.
A little white light has appeared in the sky. The approach of dawn makes the starlight in the sky appear thin and dim. The sparse stars seem to be shrouded in a layer of mist, hazy and alienated.
They are completely unfamiliar stars.
The white light on the horizon is getting brighter and brighter, the night has passed, and dawn is coming. Everyone who escaped from the underground tunnel is immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster, and Gawain With strange joy and excitement, he faced the direction of the rising sun. He opened his hands as if to embrace the sun of this new world.
Then he saw an unprecedentedly huge luminous arc, emitting a faint mist of light, gradually rising above the horizon and filling the world with light.
That's not the sun.