Chapter 421 The beast released

In Amber's eyes, Gawain would rarely use such a long speech to explain a concept - the man who stood up from the coffin always had a mind full of ideas, but those ideas seemed too beyond the understanding of all living beings in the world. So he is more about doing one thing silently, leading everyone to do one thing together, and then in the process letting everyone understand bit by bit what the cause they are engaged in is going on. In this process He can explain and guide, but rarely preach. All his "preaching" - if they can be considered preaching - are basically concentrated in college textbooks.

In the textbooks of social knowledge classes and history classes, Gao Wen wrote many things in this area by himself, because he once said: Adults' worldview changes very slowly, and only children can Shaped from childhood.

Inspiring adults and reforming through labor, educating children at school age and shaping their worldview, this seems to be the method Gawain has always adopted. Unfortunately, Amber is not interested in school and always takes advantage of others. She was lazy and avoided the meeting...

But she was not stupid, on the contrary, she was extremely smart. She soon heard a lot of profound meaning from Gawain's words, and after thinking about it carefully, she realized She came to a fact that shocked her: "The landed nobles you want to destroy include..."

"Yes, including myself, including the Cecil family," Gawain looked at Amber's face calmly. Eyes, "Have you never paid attention to the operation of the Government Affairs Office?"

Amber blinked and couldn't help scratching his hair: "How could I think so much... This is not my major..."

Next to him, Wright thought silently and finally raised his head and exhaled: "Lord, I think I understand... Please forgive me for my question."

"Don't worry, it's good for you to think more about this," Gawain said. He looked at Wright, who seemed to have solved some kind of knot in his mind, and began to guide him consciously, "You can also expand this idea. Think about the changes in the Holy Light Church, and think about the faith of the Holy Light."

The expression on Wright's face became solemn, and in the solemnity, there was still a hint of unnoticeable thinking and confusion. color.

“Abandon that hypocritical god and embrace the true Holy Light. You have regained the power of Holy Light, but will you stop there?” Gawain continued, “Are you going to be satisfied with the importance of the Holy Light? To gain strength, or should you continue to move forward, continue to delve deeper, explore the secrets behind this, and understand the truth of the Holy Light? Are you going to be satisfied with your own epiphany, or do you want to spread this epiphany to more people? Are more people aware of the true meaning of Holy Light's virtue?"

Wright fell into a brief moment of thought and silence, but soon raised his head: "I won't stop here - I already know. The true meaning of the Holy Light belongs to everyone. In front of the Holy Light, the church that monopolizes the Holy Light is the real blasphemer."

"It's good if you think so," Gawain. He had known this answer for a long time, so he nodded slightlyHe nodded, and then said, "As for the changes that have happened to you, I will find Pitman and we will study it together. You may be the first person in history to voluntarily give up belief in the God of Holy Light, and then control it through your own power. For people who live in the Holy Light, the only ones in a situation similar to yours are probably the druids who converted natural magic into druid spells three thousand years ago. Pitman is relatively professional in this area, and he may be able to give you some suggestions for your future path. Please refer to the suggestions."

"This is best," Wright nodded immediately, "I happen to have a lot of confusion."

"You should take a rest before this," Gawain said. , "Please sort out your thoughts."

Gawain left with Amber, leaving only Wright alone in the small church.

He stood in front of the wooden pulpit and stared for a long time at the empty place where the icon was once placed. The sunlight that poured in from the window shone there, and a little dust was floating in the sunlight. , reflecting the light of stars.

"Break the monopoly of the Holy Light and give people what they deserve..."

Wright muttered softly, then lowered his head, slowly closed his eyes, silently and prayed.

There is no icon here anymore, and he no longer needs the icon. He is praying to the Holy Light in his heart. His prayer is the virtue and belief he has firmly believed in for decades.

There was silence in the church. Only the light gradually emerged from the air. A hazy and clear halo enveloped the armored priest, just like sunlight condensed into water in the air. It was like flowing, and in this clear light, tiny particles of light floated, gathered, and slowly gathered into a small figure.

This small figure landed lightly on Wright's shoulders in the light, as light as a weightless leaf. She raised her head and looked around, and found that no one saw her, so she He lay quietly on Wright's shoulder and fell asleep silently.

......

On the way to the Lord's Mansion, Amber kept wandering around Gawain restlessly, like a hamster that couldn't calm down, and occasionally Gawain looked at Gawain with a strange expression. At first, Gawain didn't want to talk to her, but this guy's annoying and want to cause trouble finally made him unable to bear it any longer. He stopped and took care of her. The short winter melon pressed on the spot: "What on earth do you want to say?"

"It's okay, I'm just curious about how your brain grew," Amber confidently crossed his arms and spoke plausibly - after being There is really no momentum at all in doing this while holding your head, "Now that we are alone, tell the truth - what you said in the church is all true?"

"I will, after reading Qi Tan Just throw the strange news to Betty," Amber continued to argue confidently, and then dumpedShaking his head, he shook Gawain's hand away from his head, and showed a puzzled expression, "But why are you doing this...throw away your own privileges, and even throw away the privileges of future generations, just to Burying the group he belongs to... Okay, it sounds great, but why do you want to do it?"

Gawain looked at Amber's unreliable expression. With a rare hint of seriousness, he couldn't help but smile and raised his finger to point at the city that was being built at a rapid pace: "Tell me, which one do you like better, this city or the castle of the old-style landed nobles?"

"Of course it's here," Amber answered without hesitation, "I know the castle thing, it just looks grand, and the workers' dormitories in there are not even as good as here - there's not even running water or heating. Just outside the castle Not to mention, it’s dirty and smelly, and you’ll freeze to death in the house.”

“This is the first reason. I hope I can live in a better world, only a stronger one. , a more advanced and enlightened society can build such a city, and build a city even more advanced than this. In this regard, the old aristocratic order has reached its limit, and they cannot build the strong and prosperous city I require. An advanced and enlightened world, so I will build one myself."

Amber blinked: "Is there a second reason?"

"The second reason is because. This world is not safe. The Typhons are already ahead of us. There are still threats from the wasteland to our south. Now we have to face the civil war in Anzu. Facing these challenges, making ourselves stronger is the only way to survive. "For the first time, Gawain told him the first and most important reason for creating a new order. He did not expect that the first person to listen would be Amber, but looking at the girl's rare serious look, he continued to speak, "We must become powerful in the fastest and most effective way, and become at least able to protect ourselves in this world. Every path that humans have ever taken cannot do this, then I can only drive out When a new path will lead to death, what reason is there to stick to the old order? And in fact... this new path seems to be the right one."

"Even if you say so. Right..." Amber curled her lips, "But you haven't actually answered my question before - even without the old land aristocracy, you can ensure that the Government Affairs Office you build will not be corrupted. One day? If they also form a new... group, then..."

"So from the beginning, I have been committed to making extraordinary powers like magic controllable by ordinary people. "Gawain interrupted Amber before she could finish, "Guess why I keep emphasizing that every aspect of the entire magic industry, from research and development to manufacturing to use, must ultimately be able to be independent of extraordinary people?"

Amber’s eyes widened and she was speechless.

Gawain smiled slightly and did not make any further explanation on this topic.

From the beginning, he knew what he had builtThe "new order" is destined to have hidden dangers, and we also know that our changes to the world are destined to be incomplete.

Not only because tradition and inertia will hinder change, but also because the people’s level of consciousness and the actual law of productivity development restrict change, it is impossible for him to forcibly create a social system when the social foundation completely fails to meet the standards. A perfect social order - even if it is created, it will only be a short-lived utopia, and this kind of utopia that ultimately compromises productivity cannot resist the evil tide.

He can only push this society forward as much as possible based on the existing productivity, and push it as far as he can in an extreme way, and in this process, he has to Allowing those hidden dangers and flaws to exist - in fact, one of the biggest flaws in this new order even comes from himself: in order to ensure that the new order does not get out of control, and to ensure that social development is at its highest efficiency, and to ensure that it can fight against the demonic tide in the future When Cecil can be indestructible, he must ensure the maximum concentration of power. He wants to concentrate the maximum power in his own hands, or in the hands of the Government Affairs Department he controls. And this is a hidden danger.

This hidden danger will not break out during his lifetime, and it may not break out within one or two generations after his death (if his weird life state really has a lifespan limit), but it will break out sooner or later. .

So Gawain arranged a parallel development "correction path" for his "new order" from the beginning, which is the "magic power" that can be completely controlled by mortals.

He remembered that he had heard a sentence in his previous life: Society develops in a spiral. He didn’t know whether this sentence was absolutely correct, but it at least had some truth, but in this world where extraordinary power exists, , society cannot even achieve spiral development - once the extraordinary power takes shape, it will almost permanently solidify the social structure, and the people at the lower level do not even have one ten thousandth of the ability to resist, so that even if the upper class of society is deformed and corrupted to the limit, It will still sink and continue in darkness, and "magic technology" is a beast that Gawain has tamed to break this situation.

He may not be able to establish the most advanced social order in one step, because it is a castle in the air, but he can give ordinary people in future generations the ability to overturn the table.

From the beginning, "Cecil's New Order" was not his greatest achievement, "Supernatural Power Returned to Mortals" was.

The former allowed him to build the Cecil Empire, and the latter allowed ordinary people to overthrow the Cecil Empire.

However, the things in this were too complicated and sensational, and it seemed that even the most heartless Amber would be frightened, and he could not continue to explain.

So, he just patted the half-elf lady who was a little dazed: "Let's go and talk to Pitman first."

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Saint-Sunil City, Silver Castle.

The study where Francis II used to work has now been clearedclean.

Veronica Moen walked into the place that had been burned by flames. The burned things had been cleared away, but large areas could still be seen on the surrounding bare stone walls and floors. Large traces of smoke and fire.

The holy light floating in the air dispersed the dust and remaining ashes. Veronica, wearing a white priestess robe, came to the place where the desk had been. She lowered her head, as if she could still Seeing the old king raising his head from behind the desk, he smiled at himself.

"What a pity..." The saintly princess said in a voice that only she could hear, "You have done a good enough job..."

The sound of footsteps started from There was a sound coming from behind, and Veronica turned her head and saw Wales Morn, her brother who was nearly twenty years older than her, standing at the door, casting a doubtful look at her: "Aren't you in church today?"

"Today is the day to return to the castle," Veronica lowered her head slightly, "Normally, my father always sees me here."

Wales Morn's expression appeared With a hint of sadness, he glanced at his sister standing in the middle of the study and shook his head slightly: "Everything has been burned or moved out."

"I know," Veronica said softly, walking slowly towards At the door of the study, when passing by Wales, she asked, "You have already started a war with Edmund, haven't you?"

"It is the royal family who has started a war with the rebels in the east."

"You represent the royal family now, my brother."

"...Yes, I have launched a war against Edmund," Welsh Morn looked at his extremely intelligent man. His sister, he always couldn't figure out what the other party was thinking. This was true when she was young, and even more so now. "Is this related to the Holy Light Church?"

"The church only practices The Lord's will will not interfere with the royal power," Veronica shook her head, "I just want to remind you as a relative that there is some bad news coming from the south recently."

" ...Rock Fortress has sent some intelligence, but Duke Baldwin believes that the threat from the rebels in the east is greater."

"...Perhaps that is true," Veronica looked at Wales. Eyes, suddenly shook his head slightly, "I'm just reminding you. The founding ancestor is not as safe as you think. He released a ferocious beast. You'd better not wait until the ferocious beast grows up."

Veronica walked away, and the reassuring warm glow in the air gradually dissipated. In the study that became empty again, Wales Morn still stared at the direction Veronica left. .

After a long time, he shook his head: "What's the use of my words?"