Amber left, Gawain quietly stared at Veronica/Ophelia, who still looked calm and indifferent, while Pitman stood quietly aside, his eyes slightly squinted, as if he was closing his eyes to rest.
"I thought you would leave with me," Veronica said to Gawain. "After all, you seem to care about your 'guard'."
"I understand her. She wants to be quiet for a while now," Gawain said. "Before that, I have something to say to you."
"...The disobedient are a group of bigots As for the fanatical deviants, our plan is the same," Veronica said calmly before Gawain spoke. "We try to keep humanity in the plan as much as possible, but humanity alone cannot fight against gods and doomsday - Sometimes, some of our methods may appear to you to be as cold-blooded and cruel as those of the cultists. I hope you know this."
"Don't worry, I know this very well. Kamel once said. The evil projects you participated in are not fundamentally different from the 'Shadow Project', and these plans are quite similar to the methods of the Death Society of All Things." Gawain shook his head, "The difference is that you are at least trying to maintain your humanity."< /p>
"It makes no difference - at least for people like Miss Amber."
"She will calm down, but what happened today has a big impact on her." There are too many," Gawain said, "I have some questions to ask you."
Veronica nodded: "Please speak."
"Sari. Randolph took over the order from Francis Morn and went to the Dark Mountains to find the Shadow Fortress - why did Francis II know about the existence of the Shadow Fortress? ”
This is a very critical question, the disobedience plan? It is one of the biggest secrets left by the ancient Gondor Empire, but not many people know this secret. So why did the young Francis II know about the existence of the Shadow Fortress? He even had a pair of Shadow Seal Rings in his hand that were used to open the fortress - Sally Randolph's mission had a very high level of confidentiality, and even the Duke Regent at the time didn't know about it. Does this mean that Francis II was Secretly made contact with an ancient rebel and gained clues to the Shadow Fortress?
Although Ansu's royal power has ended, what secrets Francis II once had are no longer important today. However, this matter involves a rebellious plan, and Gawain can't help but ask more questions.
"My 'Father'..." Veronica's face clearly showed a sigh when she heard the name of Francis II. She sighed softly and shook her head, "I don't I know where he learned about the 'Shadow Fortress', but according to my observation and judgment, he didn't know about the disobedient plan."
"Your observation and judgment?" Gawain said keenly. Catching another meaning in Veronica's words, "Have you ever suspected that he knew about the disobedient plan?"
"He has a Shadow Seal Ring in his hand, which is enough to make me interested. "Veronica said calmlySaid, "But after investigation, I found that he only regarded the Shadow Seal Ring as a powerful extraordinary equipment, so I once thought that he just got an ancient heritage by chance-the ancient Gondor Empire. The creations were taken out of the wasteland by the pioneering troops back then, and there are still many scattered everywhere today. Similar situations are not special, but after hearing what you said today, I have a new guess... ..."
Gawain raised his eyebrows: "New guess?"
"He owns the Shadow Seal Ring and knows that the ring is the key to the Shadow Fortress, but just like him He didn't know the connection between the ring and the disobedient plan, and he probably didn't know the secret behind the Shadow Fortress - he probably only knew that there was powerful power or some kind of treasure hidden in the fortress, both of which were valuable to the young king. It's completely attractive, not to mention that he was eager to change his puppet situation back then." Veronica stated her guess clearly, "And these incomplete clues and the two seal rings...maybe... Someone with ulterior motives specifically revealed it to him."
Gawain frowned: "Someone with ulterior motives?"
"...Maybe there is someone other than Kamel. "We are the disobedient outsiders," Veronica said. "Those of us don't dare to die until the final goal is achieved - even if the demonic tide breaks out and the empire is destroyed, there will be more than one stubborn ghost from that land." Climb out of the wasteland and continue to implement the plan of the past. If these 'ghosts' exist, they are probably the most dangerous."
There was silence between the two.
Although what Veronica said are all inferences, she has been in contact with Francis II for so many years as a "daughter", and her judgment is extremely trustworthy in Gawain's opinion. reliability, and what she said... seems to be the most likely explanation.
There is another rebel still active in the world. She or he secretly contacted Francis II, but he or she obviously did not want to find an ally like Veronica/Ophelia - he or she just Using the young king as a chess move, he wanted to open the ancient Shadow Fortress through the hands of Francis II and get what he wanted - but the omission of intelligence led to serious consequences. The Royal Shadow Guard carrying the Shadow Seal Ring Without going back, the mysterious rebel simply cut off the line.
After that, Francis II never received any follow-up information about the Shadow Fortress and the Disobedience Plan, and his private actions could not be known to the then regent Duke, so the matter eventually ended. , no one knows what ancient relics the king once sent the royal shadow guards to look for, and the shadow seal ring with special power was also packaged by the king into a powerful magic prop obtained by chance - if Francis' ability to tell stories was higher , he may even have packaged the ring as a treasure passed down by the family: before the Second Dynasty, the Morn family had spread widely and held a large number of Gondor relics. Although Francis II was an illegitimate descendant, he also had Eligibility ContactPart of the Moen legacy, lies about this are very difficult to expose.
If all this is true, then one question is very critical: who wants to use Francis II to get the "legacy" in the Shadow Fortress, or to put it more directly - —Who was interested in amber decades ago?
Veronica saw Gawain's thoughts and said casually: "As long as you think about what the greatest value of 'Artificial Man No. 36' is in the technical field, it is not difficult to guess. It’s time to find out who’s plotting against her.”
“…The ultimate crystallization of biochemical technology,” Gawain said in a deep voice, “It’s the meeting of the fate of all things—the clues are finally connected.”< /p>
The clues are finally connected——
Gawain has long known that there is a rebellious plan behind the Death of All Things. The crystal cluster disaster they caused is proof. Those crystal cluster giants In essence, it is a continuation of the "Godly Sin" project, so there is no doubt that they retain part of the inheritance of the Disobedient Plan!
It is precisely for this reason that it is not surprising that one or two of them are ancient disobedients who have survived to this day, and these ghosts who survived the demonic tide... came into existence decades ago. They tried to contact the Ansu royal family. Not only did they recruit and use Edmund Morn, they also took action against Francis II!
And all of this changed the fate of Sally Randolph by chance, bringing Amber from the subspace fortress to the real world...
A few years later, Amber accidentally loosened the board of Gawain Cecil's coffin, and released Gawain who happened to be possessed and reborn. Gawain who raised the coffin eventually led to the destruction of the Death Society of All Things.
"Destiny is really an inexplicable thing," Gawain flashed this chain of countless coincidences and inevitabilities in his mind, and couldn't help but sigh, "But no matter what, Said... All things will perish eventually."
"Things that perish are all things that will perish eventually, but 'ghosts' can always return from death," Veronica reminded from the side, " Please don’t let your guard down so easily... After the destruction of a huge dark sect, there will be countless limbs and broken arms that continue to operate in the ruins. If there is a ghost who is patient enough to survive, these limbs and broken arms will be very dangerous. It is possible to gather and be reborn."
"Your way of metaphor is very strange, but what you said does make sense - the empire will continue to exterminate those cultists, and I will never let down my guard in this regard," Gawain. She said with a serious expression, then raised her head and glanced at the mechanical watch hanging on the wall, "...it's almost time, I should go check on Amber's condition."
Veronica deeply He lowered his head and said, "Please help yourself."
"Yes." Gawain hummed and turned to leave, but before he took a step forward, he heard Veronica's voice. Another voice came from behind:
"From your perspective, what do you think of our behavior in the Shadow Fortress?"
Gawain did not look back, thinking for a moment.After the exam, he spoke in a deep voice: "Do you remember what you once said to me? About sacrifice -"
"The appearance of every victim can only prove our incompetence. "
"Remember this, even if you are doing experiments on yourself"
"This is the principle of the disobedient"
Gao Wendian. Head, stepped out of the hall.
Veronica stared at the direction Gawain left, and the platinum scepter in her hand slightly released white light under the stimulation of the holy light.
She spoke softly, her voice as low as a whisper: "If it were in the era of Gondor...you would have been an excellent disobedient..."
Pitman raised his eyelids slightly , glanced at Veronica: "You 'rebels' are quite persistent in your career."
"We are all ghosts who died long ago, and we are still stubborn and refuse to leave." Go, precisely because of this persistence."
"Then when will you ghosts die completely?"
"...When you die without regrets."
p>Pittman shrugged, put his hands behind his back, and slowly left his rickety body, leaving behind a low mutter: "In short, don't cause trouble for Amber."
......
The night wind blew the flags above the terrace, the cold air from the north swirled between the towers and portals of the castle, and the sound of music and celebrations from the banquet hall and courtyard echoed in the wind , with a sense of distant distance, came to Gawain's ears clearly.
He came to the deserted terrace, walked straight to the edge, and said casually: "Is this what you call blowing the wind?"
Amber's figure emerged from the darkness, She sat on the ground with her knees bent and didn't raise her head: "Is there any problem?"
Gawain glanced at the "half-elf" and then looked around her. He didn't know how much effort he put into it. Maintaining a calm tone: "If I had known that you brought three plates of cakes, four plates of peanuts, four plates of melon seeds, two plates of candied fruits, five portions of barbecue and three bottles of wine when you came for a hair dryer, I would never have come."
Amber looked up at Gawain and raised his hand: "I also got two chicken drumsticks - you came just after chewing one..."
"...So I I should leave you here to dry out all night." Gawain glared at this guy, "It took a lot of effort to go around the banquet hall inside and outside to collect so many things and then pack them up."
< p>"Actually, it's okay. I asked my men to help..."Gawain stared at this "half-elf" with incredible action patterns for a long time, and finally he still didn't know whether he should The guy was thrown off the terrace and could only sigh in confusion: "What is your attitude towards thinking about life?"
This time, Amber finally remained silent for a few seconds and issued a rare A sigh: "I am thinking, but I haven't figured it out yet..."
"What are you thinking about but you can't figure it out?" Gawain came to HuNext to Amber, "Tell me."
"Artificial human..." Amber muttered, "Do you think I can still be considered a normal person?"
" That depends on how you feel - have you encountered any abnormal situations in your life so far because of your status as an 'artificial human'? , my shadow talent is so strong, I can steal things..."
Gawain: "..."