Above the grassland, the sky gradually darkened.
Thunder began gradually and light rain fell.
The mobilized animal army is marching in the rain.
The white horses carried the foxes, their furs wet from the rain. The previous research on the staff failed, and Aleister had already thrown it aside.
"Do you think it's possible for us to win?"
Hakuba asked.
"What's wrong, buddy?"
Aleister bluntly said: "Are you depressed because of too much pressure?"
"The pressure is indeed great. "The white horse said in a deep voice, his voice clear and thorough, giving people the feeling of a brave man, "But I will not give in.
"Because I carry the hope of the beasts on my back." I must never fall, and I must never fail..."
"-But when you say this, it means that you are actually nervous. "
The wet fox sneered.
The white horse fell silent.
And Aleister finally confirmed...this white horse is not Crown Lord Arthur.
In other words, it is at least "not entirely" Arthur.
Although he only meets Arthur twice, Aleister can. I am sure - if it were Arthur, he would never hesitate at this time.
That tough guy with an extremely cold and hard will, has the iron perseverance to endure all pain and torture until the metal is exhausted. Before breaking, he would never hesitate or hesitate at all. If the white horse is completely based on the crown master, then this silent and strong feeling should be the focus of the portrayal.
It is precisely because of it. Aleister vaguely grasped the key to this promotion ceremony due to this sense of inconsistency...
...Perhaps, the white horse does not refer to the crowned master.
There is also a possibility. It may be a deeper secret...
This painting is adapted from "The King of White Horses" written by Jacob, which hides the story of Arthur defeating the High Heaven and becoming the Silver Crowned Dragon. But there is another story. There is a possibility that "Arthur's Story" is just its appearance, and is designed for those who know something about the secrets of the Pillar God, but don't know much about it.
Also. That is to say, "The story about Arthur" is only the second layer.
There is a deeper secret hidden in it.
The destruction of the Herasl Empire." "A trivial matter" is obviously not worth letting the story of Pillar God's arrival as its surface. But to face this matter, and at the same time Aiwass and Aleister still know... what else can happen?
The fox stood on the horse, lost in thought
One advantage of this fairy tale style painting is that many details can be blurred, just like children's animation. Wherever you want to go, you just need to decide and cut the scene.
Whether it is mobilization before war, marching, or war... it is necessary.It’s put into a normal story, and it’s normal even if it drags on for more than half a month. But Aleister only had two hours here in total.
Every time you come back from that door, time here will fast forward a lot.
The first choice Aleister saw was to ask her "What story is this fairy tale telling?" and the answer was "The Earth-Splitting War", "The Battle of Punishment" and " It’s both.”
The question was not difficult, so Aleister quickly chose "both" - and apparently everyone else chose this answer.
When she came back, she became Baima's staff. While White Horse was preparing to mobilize before the war, that annoying baboon came over unexpectedly - if he hadn't come, Aleister really wouldn't have taken the initiative to kill him.
As soon as he left, Aleister took the initiative to chase him. Kill him decisively before he makes the next round of selection.
When Aleister drove it away and White Horse launched the pre-war mobilization, the second question appeared:
"Do you think the final winner will be Who?"
The three answers correspond to "red bear", "white horse" and "golden lion".
Aleister chose the white horse without hesitation, and the dead mage should be the one who chose the golden lion.
As for the other person who never showed up, he should have quietly chosen the white horse and continued to stand with Aleister.
After choosing this answer, when Aleister came back again... the plot had already jumped to the part where the white horse asked the Golden Lion King for help.
The white horse thinks the lion is arrogant, and the lion thinks the white horse is stupid - but they both believe that no matter whether the other person is arrogant or stupid, it is not as good as the red bear. Therefore, they did not need to fight each other to benefit the giant bear fisherman, so they decided to disperse.
At this time, Aleister held the baboon's staff in his mouth the whole time, shaking his head and showing off.
The Golden Lion must have seen all this, and must have discovered that his staff was gone... but he did not react at all.
——That is a cowardly king.
Aleister immediately judged his composition.
That doesn’t quite look like the Herasl Empire...
The last monarch of the Herasl Empire was not cowardly in any way. Rather than cowardly, it is better to say that he is too brave...
Combined with the current character of White Horse, Aleister finally became suspicious.
"Think about it for yourself first, Your Highness... You said before that if you had to have a carnivore as your monarch, you would choose a golden lion."
Been The rain-soaked fox showed an elegant and cunning smile: "But is there a possibility that horses can also eat meat?"
After that, she jumped away from the white horse, first Let Hakuba think for himself.
And sheI plan to find new intelligence sources and see where else I can do some tasks to advance the progress.
At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded from beside her:
"——Are you going to find another job?"
Aleister looked over after hearing this.
That's an old dog.
A white old dog that looks surprisingly dirty because of its age.
It looks a bit like a Schnauzer, with a long white beard. The uncut hair covered his eyes, making him look sloppy.
Although the dog looked small, Aleister didn't look big either. They are about the same height, and when you look closer, they really look like an old man.
"...Who are you?"
Aleister asked cautiously.
"I am an unknown old dog," the dog bared its teeth and said, "I just came to remind you of something. You don't have to know my name."
"——Lalo ?”
Aleister blurted out.
Looking at the surprise on the dog's face, Aleister smiled and said: "It's really you."
"...You are not interesting."
Lalo shook his head, and his tone suddenly became sad and ups and downs: "How about you wait for Lalo to reveal some flaws before guessing, then Lalo will be very sad - because I will look like a Dog."
"Because you are very interesting, Lalo!"
Aleister smiled: "Of these people, you are the most interesting! It should be the monarch you protect, right? You took the initiative to come to me, are you planning to clear the level with me?"
Different from the old mage - the first person to come to see Aleister? Almost certain death, but the second one is almost certain not to die.
She plans to take Lalo with her, which is also a form of surveillance.
Old dog Lalo also obviously knew the true meaning of Aleister’s words.
He just smiled, and the bearded dog spoke wonderful but rhythmic words:
[Because I am a person made by the wind, every day When I howl, my heart is full of emptiness]
[I just want to burn it out before I die, so that I can still see my own ashes]
Lalo finished speaking, Aleister felt his body suddenly warm up.
The fur of the two small canines, which were messed up by the rain, instantly became dry and fluffy, and two bright orange-red flames emitted from their bodies.
"This is... a poem written by you?"
Aleister was a little surprised.
He tasted a strange sense of death from this poem.
"Well," Lalo smiled, "What I just wrote...is it okay?"
"It's much better than the one in the preparation room." Aleister said honestly said.
The old dog laughed loudly: "What kind of poem is that?"—That’s scolding them!
"Everyone is an ungrateful traitor to the party. They only think about themselves...either they have rebelled, or they are a group of perverts, lunatics, and criminals. Lalo scolded them, that is not what they should be." Yes!"
"...You seem to know me?"
Hearing this, Aleister finally realized what was wrong with Lalo's attitude towards him.
Lalo has a lot of hatred for those Moon Sons and Demonologists, but he has no hostility towards Aleister, who is both a Moon Son and a Transcendent. It was as if he was deliberately avoiding her, even when he was scolding her the most fiercely, he was just fighting alongside her. But at the same time, he didn't mean to say anything good about Aleister.
New moon ceremonies are different from full moon ceremonies.
Because there are no teammates in the New Moon Ceremony by default, if someone shows a close relationship that they know outside the court, they will easily be beaten to death by others. So from this perspective, his alienation from "Orochi" Aleister was actually protecting her.
"Are you talking about 'Big Snake' or 'Aleister'?"
The old dog Lalo grinned, revealing two rows of sharp and neat dog teeth: "Of course I know you. I also know that it was you who killed Hong Xiang - the bastard who broke the promise and committed regicide."
"I want to say thank you on behalf of Xing Antimony - although I also know that you are definitely not a Star Antimony person. "
"My last name is Crowley. "
Aleister smiled and said: "Aleister Crowley. Isn't this the name you gave me? "
"I was there the day this name was born. Of course I know. But if you like it," Lalo chuckled, "the Crowley family will be yours from now on - this can be regarded as a gift of gratitude to you. They are from the military and are on the same side as us. "
"The military...you took the eldest princess to join the military? That person should be the eldest princess, right? "
"Yes, if you want to form a stable military government, you must have at least one legal heir here. Otherwise, there will always be people who doubt whether it is a military coup... All conscience, the Army is really here to save us this time! "
Lao Laluo raised his dog's head, swung his tail, howled and swore, and made a pitiful voice: "Without them, Star Antimony would probably be in chaos now! Although Lalo himself doesn't like order very much, even the worst order is better than real chaos... What do you think? ”
“I think you are right. ”
Aleister nodded in agreement.
Unlike most demonologists - demonologists like a chaotic social atmosphere, because chaos means danger and opportunity. Being adventurous and looking for opportunities is one of the typical characteristics of Beyond the Path.
But Aleister is not like that.
Because she does not need to go through "chaos". To seek opportunity. Her purpose is full of itself.The desire for transcendence.
"This is how you view Star Antimony..."
Aleister pondered and asked, "What about Narcissus? What do you think?"< /p>
"The people over Narcissus... Haha, they don't understand the situation at all. Without freedom, there is no sorrow... Those mages have forgotten how they were defeated by Star Antimony."
p>Lalo sneered, his voice becoming low and serious again: "A group of mages are busy with their own research. Who can have the mind to manage those worldly things? Everyone is a magus, Everyone wants to climb higher, and everyone is studying those noble and profound truths. Who should deal with the people's problems?
"You? Did you know that Narcissus people are more tolerant of foreigners than domestic people? Just like the Theocracy treats unbelievers who do not believe in Nine Pillars, it is better than those who believe in Tiansi - they understand that not everyone needs to pray. But if you know this well but still choose the way of Tiansi, that is the behavior of a dwarf.
"The same is true for the Narcissus people... They know that foreign countries do not have such a social atmosphere that is so keen on the path of wisdom. But in this social atmosphere that promotes the path of wisdom, if someone still does not have the path to wisdom If you have a certain level, you will be considered as a 'fool' by others. There is a special contemptuous name for this kind of person in Narcissus language, which is called 'meat donkey'... which means a stupid donkey who can't run fast and is useless.
"Whoever is really responsible for people's affairs will be ridiculed by others because of the slow improvement on the path of wisdom. So who will run the country in the end? They are indeed capable and have smart minds, but politics requires more than just ability... it also requires attitude, responsibility and persistence. "
Lalo did not choose clown-like words this time. Instead, he spoke with very clear logic and an extremely calm tone of truth that was so sharp that the mages could not accept it.
The old dog glanced at the void and said viciously: "They thought they could steal the power of the Son of the Moon, and used the path of wisdom to force their way into the secret of the Son of the Moon's immortality. They tried to analyze and reproduce the transformation ritual of the Son of the Moon, but in the end... All of them were contaminated and turned into mutant children of the moon... Their souls were imprisoned in their bodies, bonded with their contaminated flesh and blood.
"This can be regarded as a kind of immortality. But they did not expect that it was just a conspiracy. Instead, they were controlled by Xue Tiansi and were slowly dragged into the dream world and turned into blood. Tiansi’s apostle.
“Of course we all know this, even Hong Xiang knows it. Just like the regicide was waiting for the 'perfect man', they were also waiting for their opportunity...a final solution that could solve all problems and free them from the state of being controlled by Xue Tiansi.
"Because they have had such a smooth journey that they are too arrogant - when they really hit a wall, they will know their powerlessness. From the very beginning, mages should not be able to control themselves The freedom to step on the scale...they will eventually bring it upon themselves.
"Of course, before that - maybe they will go crazy first. But I hope they better not offend me. The backstab of Narcissus Principality is the last straw that causes Star Antimony to fall apart. If so That Mr. Pelican really dared to come in front of me and say something..."
The old dog Lalo roared in a low voice and once again had a vision of the surrounding void. He bared his teeth at the mage who might be here: "I will let the noble mage know...
"——The old dog also has a few teeth. ”
In his words, there was a kind of open-mindedness that Aleister was very familiar with.
It was the cruelty of putting his own life and death at risk.
Aleister immediately understood why the other party told him so many things...
——Because when this loyal old dog entered this ceremony, he never thought about getting out alive. The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you