Ember Gun

  Chapter 385 Secret Keeper

This is a good time to announce secrets. In the capital of Inervig, in the palace where the royal family lives, the sun is falling and everything is shining golden, even if Lorenzo is wearing ridiculous pajamas. At the moment, it also appears sacred and extraordinary.

Unfortunately, this brilliant light can't warm anyone's body. They are still swallowed by the cold wind. Their fingertips can't help but tremble, and they can't illuminate those dim hearts. There are conspiracies one after another. And tricks, and those hidden secrets.

   "Golden Dawn... This originated from a small group called Rosicrucian, led by an alchemist named Roger Cruz.

They had only a few individuals at first, but as the group expanded, it officially became the Golden Dawn, but most of the reason for this is because our Victorian family’s knowledge of all this is limited to the Golden Dawn, as for its predecessor. There is basically no record of the Rosicrucian Church, and no one knows whether it really exists. "

  Queen Victoria slowly said, lifting the veil of the past for the two of them.

"The Golden Dawn is the first alchemy group with a clear record, and the Victoria family is also one of its first members, but with the discovery of [Truth], in those distant years, our Shang Dynasty took place in the Golden Dawn. Unknown contradiction, but as a result, we are very clear that the Golden Dawn has split, and the alchemists no longer believe in each other and enter the age of fighting each other."

  "The Victorian family returned to their former homeland, which is now Inervig. We used alchemy in exchange for wealth and power, and we took root in Inervig until we became the ruler of Inervig.

  But everything has a price. As the price of this power, we have been blessed...and cursed. "

  Lorenzo stared at Queen Victoria under the light, he was only one step away from the secrets of this country.

   "Wang Shu, right?"

  The queen shook her head and said to Lorenzo.

   "The King's Curse is just a part, it is the price, and the blessing is all that you see now."

   "What do you mean?"

"What else will be... In the middle of the Glorious War, when the old Dunling is about to fall, but at this moment, as if there is a god's favor, we innovated the steam engine. Under the torrent of torrents, we tried our best to win this desperate war.

  Don’t you think it’s a coincidence? At this time of crisis, we have the power to reverse the situation. "

  The voice was still so calm, but it fell into Lorenzo's ears like thunder on a sunny day.

   "This... is a blessing."

  Lorenzo whispered softly.

  At the end of the long table, the queen slightly agreed.

   "Yes, there are no miracles, or in other words, all miracles require a price."

"what on earth is it?"

Lorenzo was a little confused at first. He thought he knew enough about the world, but now it seems that all this is so weird and distorted, as if a god's hand is trying to fiddle with this world, normal human beings. Working hard to adapt to this crazy world, thus revealing a hideous and weird appearance.

Arthur on the side of    didn't fluctuate too much. It seemed that he had already known this, but when he remembered it again today, there was still pressure in his heart.

  For the unknown pressure, for the unknown awe.

"After the Golden Dawn split, different branches appeared. Some alchemists chose to record this knowledge. They set up libraries in the divided place to guard these taboo knowledge, and some alchemists chose to leave. .

Some alchemists, like Victoria’s family, gave up the pursuit of [truth] and stepped into the world, relying on alchemy to have a status beyond ordinary people, and some alchemists continued to chase [truth]. He wandered greedily in this world. "

  The queen tells of the unknown past.

  "Long time passed, the alchemists above the earth gradually died out, and the only alchemists who were left were also puzzled by these age-old knowledge.

  The same goes for our Victorian home. "

   "So... the so-called steam engine, the so-called blessing is..."

   Lorenzo asked, he faintly guessed the answer, but Lorenzo still couldn't believe it when the queen personally certified all this.

  "Before answering this question, Mr. Holmes, I want to ask you a question."

  The queen stared into Lorenzo's eyes, the gaze seemed to penetrate Lorenzo's eyeballs and reach his dark heart.

   "What do you think is alchemy?"

  What is alchemy?

  How could Lorenzo know this? He is not an alchemist... But, he has to say something...

   "A strange power beyond the current understanding."

  Lorenzo replied.

  "Is that so? I like the current Merlin very much, because the answers he gave are the most in line with my heart. He said that alchemy is just a ‘science’ that we haven’t understood yet."

  The queen's voice was like a wooden hammer, striking Lorenzo's chest with great intensity, making it difficult for her heart to calm down.

"So, it is also a force beyond the current understanding. The biggest difference between the steam engine and alchemy is that we understand it. We can use existing knowledge to explain its principles, but we can’t do it with alchemy. .

So? Is it because alchemy is so mysterious, or is it that our existing basic knowledge cannot explain it? "

   Lorenzo couldn’t answer anything about the Queen’s question, which was beyond his scope of cognition.

  "When people face the unknown, people usually seek help from others, but when others can’t explain this, people will place their hopes on some illusory gods and try to save themselves with faith...

  Take a look at the Demon Hunting Sect. You master the skills of demons, but you explain the principles of these forces in the name of gods, and the same is the use of demons, but the cleansing agency can treat all of this rationally. "

  The queen's words stopped suddenly. She looked at Lorenzo playfully. At this moment, the most core secret in this country was opened to him, so suddenly.

  It was really interesting to watch Lorenzo look a little sluggish, the queen asked at last.

  "You should know what the answer is, right? Mr. Holmes."

  Clear, of course Lorenzo is clear.

  The world was covered by a heavy curtain, hiding the real face behind the veil, and Lorenzo had already faintly peeped into the real corner.

  "The steam engine...no, all the existing industrial forces...all of this is ‘alchemy’, but ‘alchemy’ that we can understand and explain the principle.”

  His mind suddenly remembered everything about the Evangelical Church and the Demon Hunting Order.

The silver-binding bolt far surpassing modern industrial technology, the incomparably mysterious [Baptism of God’s Favor], and the well of sublimation like a god-cast, all of this outlines a hideous shadow, covering Lorenzo completely. Up.

"After the breakup of the Golden Dawn, as the years have changed, all this has been spent in time. Only the family that ruled a country like our Victorian family has a clear record of all this. The rest of the alchemists All of these have been forgotten because of the chronological knowledge.

During the Glorious War, we tried to use the only alchemy to change the situation, but as you know, this power far beyond basic cognition cannot be used on a large scale, and after so many years, our Victoria family The understanding of alchemy is constantly weakening. "

  Speaking of this, the queen smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"After all, I have become a king. Who cares about these alchemy? In fact, the Victorian family initially dismissed all this. The family members thought that all this was nothing but an ancient belief, a witchcraft that should have been abandoned long ago. No one Believe in the authenticity of these things, only for the sake of the history of the family and have been preserved."

  "Until the Glory War..."

  Lorenzo guessed the next story.

"Yeah, the war is coming. In despair, people will be madly surviving. No matter what the cost, the dusty alchemy is picked up again, but it still can't change the situation, until we think of the alchemy left behind in the divided land. Teachers."

  The land of Inervig was shrouded in smoke, and Gallunaro’s army was marching. As long as they took a step forward, the old Dunling would be in front of them.

"This is a desperate attempt. We call those left-behind alchemists the secret guards. They keep the most complete knowledge of the Golden Dawn and have built a huge library. We place our hopes on them. , According to the recorded position in the family history.

We don’t know if so many years have passed, whether they are still alive, whether they are still keeping those secrets...I don’t know what happened next. There is no record in the family about that journey. In short, after this, the improved steam engine appeared. A brand-new industrial system appeared in Inervig. We won the Glorious War and occupied a dominant position in the Western world. "

  The queen stood up slowly, she found a metal-like cry in her body, her body shook and trembled slightly, but she still stood up hard, just like an ordinary person.

   "As for the price of all this, it is Wang Chua."

  With a smile on her face, there was no pain on her face. No, to be precise, she no longer felt pain. In order to conceal the secret of Wang Shu, the queen had already cut her nerves and used weird alchemy to relieve the impact of Wang Shu.

  Lorenzo can see that under that dress, the pale limbs are already nailed with steel nails and machinery, so that she can move freely temporarily without the help of others.

  In order to hide this secret, she paid a huge price to disguise herself as a normal person.

  "I don’t know what the King’s Curse is, but I can believe that it is a curse. As the price of those knowledge, fortunately, the Victoria’s family is very tough. We have not completely died because of this curse."

  The queen walked in front of Lorenzo, her body was full of the breath of death, it was the smell of King Curse.

   "And the next thing, we are going to ask you."

  "About the commission of the King of Ice Sea?"

   is this commission, it is precisely because of these commissions that Lorenzo can meet Queen Victoria, and it is also because of this commission that he was told these secrets that could shake the world.

  The price of the Viking nations.

   Cold sweat spread across Lorenzo's neck.

  Yes, the price of the Viking nations is what Queen Victoria wants, so what is the price? It is worth her effort.

"The place where the Golden Dawn is divided is only recorded in the history of the family. It is beyond the distant sea of ​​ice. We call it the end of the world, and the secretaries and those libraries with knowledge are located at the end of the world. Among.

  Before trading with Nine Summers, we visited there several times, but nothing was found, as if these were just myths and legends, not real.

  But we all know that they exist, but for some reason, they don’t want to contact the outside world anymore. "

   explained the queen.

  Lorenzo is still pretending to be calm, but he has already set off a huge wave in his heart.

  North, why is it also north?

  Lorenzo remembered the legend circulated in the gospel church. The first saints could not bear the cruelty of darkness. The Promised Land in the north, took back the Gospel and Revelation that expelled the darkness.

   also originated in the cold north. Does the origin of the gospel church have anything to do with the golden dawn of division?

  Gray-blue eyes lifted up hard, he looked straight at the woman in front of him, waiting for her to give the final answer.

"The route to the end of the world must pass through the Viking countries. They don't know the existence of all this, but after all, they are also in the north. There are more or less legends about the secret guards in him, no matter how much they know, We have to make sure that the power of the Secret Keeper will not leak out."

   "So the price of the Viking nations is the channel of the ice sea, right?"

   "Everyone feels that there is dead and desolation, but only we know that there is the most precious knowledge in the world. They can change the world once, and they can change the second and third time."

  Her voice became cold.

Lorenzo shook his head. Suddenly the secret blood rose in his body. Even Arthur on the side was terrified by Lorenzo's sudden change. Before anyone could react, his eyes burned with blazing anger. flame.

  Lorenzo itself is the deadliest weapon, dense and solid iron armor covers along the arm, like a raised short dagger on Queen Victoria’s neck.

  Erosion spreads in this platinum palace.

   "So, what do you want to do? Your Majesty, what do you want from the Secret Guardian?"

  The blazing sun shining on the woman's face, she did not dodge, looking straight at the fire, even if the tears flowed out of the corner of her eyes, she did not look away.

"I'm so familiar with all this. Just like the gospel church, they used the power of secret blood to survive, but then they wanted to use this power to conquer the world, and now it's your turn to become a dragon, right? ?"

  Lorenzo felt sad for the inferiority of human beings. The dense iron armor grew little by little, like a sword slowly unsheathed.

  (End of this chapter)