"...your only friend."
Aleister repeated Pomponazzi's words.
She held up the red wine glass, and her slender and slender fingers gently slid on the wall of the glass.
She wanted to laugh: "So, you killed your friend's descendants and took away his queen and heirs...and his country?"
Although Aleister has not met Queen Louise or the current Valentine VIII outside the promotion ceremony, but she understands the Son of the Moon...or, in other words, understands the personality of the extraordinary person on the entire path of love. Aleister could immediately guess what they had gone through.
If there were big statistics on promotion rituals in this world, Aleister could be sure... in the rejection path of the full moon ceremony, the total ban rate of the path of love must be the highest. three.
The first one should be the adaptation path in the past. After all, it was famous for its failure.
——How can you be an adaptor if you are not afraid of death!
Once you put your own survival as the highest priority, it is naturally not a good thing for your teammates.
Now that the Lord of Scale Feathers has obtained the warrior profession, and with the support of the power of the Pillar God, a large number of people who originally belonged to other paths, but whose ideals were originally in disputed areas where different paths overlap, Extraordinaries have transformed into adaptors, and the concept of adapting to the road has changed from "living on" to actively "competing for living space". The reputation of adapting to the road should also improve to a considerable extent.
To the extent that it is unpopular with other paths, the current path of love should at least have the strength to compete with others!
"That's because they took the wrong path."
Peng Bonazi's face was unwavering: "The first person who abandoned Star Antimony and deviated from Bashir's way It's not me, it's them. No one has more authority to say this than me, because I am the one who has been watching this road from the beginning to this day.
"The division of the Herasl Empire. Among the many countries that have emerged, only the ruler of Xing Antimony was born from the common people. Not only the king and officials...except for the principal and I who gave up power after the founding of the country, even the second red and black prime minister we elected were also from common people.
“Those who are capable work hard, and strength comes first. Anyone can get a stage to show off their talents in Xing Antimony, as long as they really have such ability. Talented people get a stage where they can hone their talents and hone their talents. People with ability will take over everything.
"'Even the most ferocious and stupid beasts have the possibility of sublimation into gods.' This is the essence of Star Antimony alchemy, and it is Bashir’s will to carry out his life. Until he ascended to the dream world, he still firmly believed in this concept - and believed that this was the most correct path and the path that could make the country the most prosperous..."
"...because Hera Sir Empire. "
Aleister supported his chin with his left hand and said softly: "After all, the empire was destroyed for this reason. ”
In the last days of the Empire, the vast majority of capable people did not getA place that can accommodate them.
It was not even an era of competition and involution, but an era where there was no competition - bloodline had already determined everything. No matter how hard you try, it's useless. The status of a fifth-level transcendent born from a commoner is not as good as that of a third-level transcendent born from a noble family... because the former is just an individual, while the latter controls relationships and power.
When the common people split into many organizations and competed and fought within the organizations, the common interests of the nobles made them become monolithic. Any attempt to take away the power of the nobles will trigger a fierce counterattack by all the nobles... It can be said that the real ruler of the empire is no longer Hercules, but the nobles of the Herasl Empire.
In this case, talent is no longer talent... but a real threat.
Because without these talents, the empire will still be an empire. So powerful that it is indestructible, unshakable, and inviolable.
But with these people, unstable voices will appear within the empire.
"——So the empire was destroyed."
Peng Bonaqi replied calmly, with some wisdom in his words: "What the short-lived species thinks Based on what he saw, Bashir was born in the last generation of the empire. He naturally believed that the root of all social conflicts came from the ruler's lack of attention and rejection of talents. For this reason, he paid special attention to the selection of talents and was wary of power. Solidification.
“But back then...after his death, Xing Antimony was on the verge of collapse almost immediately.
“Because every force in the country is very powerful. Bashir even actively cultivated their ambitions and desire for power, which made Valentin II unable to subdue them at all when he took the throne. Every One faction was preparing to become the king, and they were connecting with each other for this idea. At that time, Black Hawk and Narcissus were still alive, and some factions even chose to communicate with them in order to gain the power to overwhelm other factions.
“The internal strife in Xing Antimony was even more intense at that time than it is now. A decree may be annulled within two days of being issued because the person who issued the decree has been removed and replaced by someone more powerful.
"The battles among the transcendent beings above became fierce and even started to get violent. Depending on whether it had expired or not, everyone was living in confusion. No one could tell clearly what they planned to do in the future. Now What can't be done?"
"It was only then that we realized... It turns out that in addition to being strong, the country also needs to pay attention to stability because the first generation Star Antimony is stable. I convinced everyone. But once he left, chaos ensued unexpectedly."
"This is actually because although the system proposed by Valentine I was a good idea, it was not yet complete. Perfect."
Aleister nodded and added: "His personal ability is too strong, so he does not want the system to restrict him, but his successor may not have such power. On the contrary, they cannot draw enough strength from the system to maintainProtect yourself. ”
Aiwass had also learned this history in Avalon before—but as a negative example of “what would happen if a multi-pathed transcendent holds a high position” to warn Avalon.
Although Avalon's authoritarian approach caused a lot of chaos and suppressed the development of the country, these bad things did not happen even in the era of Prince Lloyd or the Hanged King. There has never been such a chaos.
"So at that time, the principal and I took action together... to suppress them again, give recognition to Valentine II, and grant him the title. The majesty of the king. This is why nobles still respect and awe the black and red figures. "
Peng Bonaqi sighed with a complicated expression: "Since then, Xing Antimony's rule has gradually stabilized. "
The expression on his face looked like a sigh, a look like loss, and a look like sarcasm.
"What about now? "
"Bayard" said leisurely: "Repent? Do you think you made a mistake when you handed over the power to Valentine? ”
“You don’t know me very well, Countess Bayard. ”
Peng Bonazi shook his head: “I don’t have the adaptability for authoritarianism... The power of the material world has no temptation for me. If I really want to get Star Antimony, there are plenty of opportunities. Except for me, the same goes for the 'Principal' - for us, there is not much difference between ruling a country as a king and shepherding a herd of cattle and sheep as a shepherd.
"It is more of a job than a pleasure. When you transcend the ordinary too much, you will only feel bored when you look at those mortals... What they argue, fight, Everything you have tried your best to obtain, pursued throughout your life, and passed down from generation to generation is nothing but illusion. In the face of the great time, everything that was once brilliant will wither like a flower.
“I am just living. After hundreds of years, the elves who have lived longer must have a duller view of this kind of thing. This may also be the reason why the Theocracy can maintain neutrality.
"——Aren't you like this?"
"I...have something I want to pursue."
Aleister was silent After a while, he replied softly.
At that moment, some distracting thoughts arose in her mind:
Today, Aiwass and Aleister can move forward with such determination and enthusiasm, To a large extent, this is because the world is facing many crises.
The arrival of the Fallen Heavenly Division, the proliferation of the Ring of Endings, and the conspiracy of the Fallen Heavenly Division. And the secret that will lead to the "end of the world" in the future.
It is said that even if the sky falls, there will be tall people holding it up... But what if they are the tallest tall people?
They have no choice but to top it. For this extremely difficult goal, even if you burn everything, you may not be able to reach it, so how can there be room for slackness and random thoughts?
But...
Waiting for the final enemy to be defeated, waiting for it to endThis is the end of all wars.
What should Aiwass do then?
Return to the ruined daily life again? Does he really have a day-to-day life? Or should we give up excess emotions, let go of excess self, and become a Tiansi or a Pillar God?
As the Son of the Moon, who is also on the path of love, Aleister seemed to understand Pomponazzi for a moment:
What if Aiwas sublimated into a god, but she was Abandoned, cut... maybe she would be much crazier than Peng Bonazi.
"So, you handed power to Valentine II and took power away from Valentine VII... because you don't want to play anymore?"
"I don't want to wait any longer."
Peng Bonazi said calmly, his tone was extremely sincere and heartfelt: "Today's Valentine I is not as good as the previous one, and the path of the Golden and Stone Knight has not been passed down yet. It has come to an end; today's nobility is still the same as when the country was founded, and there are so many extraordinary people among the people that they can't find jobs.
"The establishment of Xing Antimony back then. It was relying on civilians, but now the civilians of Star Antimony once again encountered the same predicament as the empire. History is still reincarnating, and the development of the world is like a ring without beginning or end. Even if I work hard, I can tear it down again and reset everything... But what's the point of just tinkering with it?
"Even if Star Antimony can be slowly reformed to solve these problems, after the final modification is completed, it will not be Star Antimony at all. It is not the one Bashir and I fought for back then. "Star Antimony, who am I to protect it?"
"...You don't want to join forces with other children of the moon to recreate the Herasl Empire," Aleister suddenly understood. Qi's true purpose, "You just want to destroy Star Antimony!"
"Indeed, I just want to destroy Star Antimony - but so what?
"I want to Let's kill it while it's still alive instead of slaughtering a corpse; I want to destroy it while it's not ugly enough for me to look directly at, at least so that people in the future can still have hope. Let them regret Star Antimony and reminisce about Star Antimony's past glory, instead of being like after the empire was destroyed, as if everyone could step on it and analyze why it was destroyed.
"Without my sponsorship, help and protection, Star Antimony would not have been born at all. Since the Star Antimony of the past was born because of me, then let the Star Antimony of today die because of me."< /p>
The voice of the young man with blond hair and red eyes was slow and clear: "Although the principal has senior qualifications, he has not done anything to found the country. And I am at least one-half of the founders of the Star Antimony Kingdom... I think I have the power to end it.
"Star Antimony belongs to me and Valentine. Today's Valentine is no longer Valentine, but I am still me.
“So, it belongs to me.
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