For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 144 Their Aftermath (Part 2)

  Today is the 3rd of the Rain Moon, and another day will be the Summoning Day of the Mad Fool Valk, which is also the annual April Fool's Carnival.

Compared with the scenes of martial law when William came here a few times before, the order on the streets of Thorns City is basically back to normal. believers in the realm, and the riots made people panic.

  Maybe because April Fool's Day is coming, you can see merchants selling bamboo chips and cardboard everywhere in the market. Many children in filthy and ragged clothes held a few crumpled copper nars in their hands, and bought the raw materials for making the beggar's crown from the merchants.

   For the children living in the bottom slums, April Fool's Day or the Beggar King's Day is one of the few festivals in the year that belongs to them. On this day, as long as they wear the woven beggar's crown, they can go to the streets to ask for food and money from those who seem to be rich, without fear of rejection or retaliation.

   In fact, in order to maintain the city order on April Fool's Day, nobles in many parts of the Vic continent even dispatched special personnel to distribute food to the slums on that day.

  Thinking of this, William couldn't help feeling a strong irony.

  The king of nothingness in the moon realm is undoubtedly the great enemy of all intellectual creatures in this world, but their existence indirectly promotes progress in some places in this world.

   After all, who would have thought that a joke that Valk used to ridicule power could evolve into a festival for the poor for thousands of years?

   As a world where individual strength can open a huge gap, this world does not have the basic conditions for launching a revolution from the bottom up. The Black Iron Era, which has its own historical records, has a history of more than 12,000 years of civilization, but it is nearly 8,000 years old. The political structure of human beings is the most primitive and ignorant tribal system. Down.

   After all, the rule of those families who inherit the blood of gods and the secrets of witchcraft is unshakable, and naturally they also lack the motivation to change their way of life. Even now, the use of extraordinary power has largely gotten rid of the dependence on blood inheritance, and the system of magic-related knowledge is no longer a secret, but knowledge that can be spread in public, but absolute power is still used by a few The strong are in their own hands.

   For this reason, the political system of the entire continent has remained within the framework of the Middle Ages until now. And most rulers don't care so much about the living conditions of the people under their rule - compared to the threat they may bring when they rise up, they may be chosen as a joke on April Fool's Day. The threat of changing identities with an unknown beggar is even greater.

   is so big that they suddenly feel compassion in their hearts, and they are willing to put down their bodies on this day to comfort the poor in the slums.

Not only that, in the era when the threat of the moon was within reach, the major kingdoms on the Vic Continent were afraid that the war would increase the power of the war lord, the King of Dead Blood, and fed back into the world, so war has always been a problem. They all maintain a very restrained conservative attitude.

However, after the Watchers of the End sealed the last Lunar rift in the entire continent, theoretically cutting off the influence of the Lunar Realm on the Vic Continent, the countries that lost their worries in the future actually ignited the war. interest, and directly led to the troubled times in the era of kings for more than two hundred years.

  From this point of view, the King of Dead Blood, a nihilistic king who symbolizes war, violence and blood, is actually the greatest guardian of peace in this world.

  The damage caused by the maliciousness of the mortals in this world is no worse than that of the nihilistic kings. At least the nihilistic kings failed to kill Du Wei, who was the second seat of the trial seat.

  Thinking of this, William only felt a burst of emotion.

   "Saizhu", as the name suggests, means "Lord of the Dusk Fortress". As the watchman of the end, Du Wei's qualifications are even deeper than William himself. In the game, the protagonist inherited the legacy of the previous presiding judge. When he first came to the Twilight Fortress, Du Wei was one of the last two people left in the entire End Watcher.

   In the early stage of the game story, he and another person were the guides of William's newcomer. Du Wei is responsible for supervising and operating everything in the Dusk Fortress, and publishing the main storyline related to it, while the other person is responsible for publishing the mainline storyline of the entire continent collecting trial weapons. In the middle of the game, the developers will be very malicious according to which side of the player's quest progress is faster, and who will be the victim of the plot to die under the first invasion of the moon.

   And this is the oldest watcher of the end who has survived the three moon wars and fought against the moon monsters all his life, but he finally died at the hands of his own people in this world.

   But who killed him?

  When William asked this question, Black said he didn't know either.

   In terms of motivation, "Lionheart" Byron, whose proposal has been rejected by the other party, has the most reason to do so, and in terms of ability, "Shadow" Kos is the most likely person to do it.

Not only that, in addition to the internal members of the Tribunal, under the complicated situation of Vic Continent at that time, there were countless forces that had the reason and ability to do this, and even... Although the Moon Realm had been blocked from the world, but It is not impossible for the Void Kings to manipulate their remnant followers in this world to complete the assassination.

   But no matter who is behind the assassination of the second seat of the trial seat, if the other party hopes to stir up the chaos in the entire Vic Continent, then it can be said that his purpose has been completely achieved.

   Just like when the Jackdaw ran away, the second seat's death once again broke the balance. The four who couldn't trust each other tore the Doomguard once again.

   In other words, the Watcher of the End has been completely split.

"Lionheart" Byron supported the most powerful Kos Empire at the time according to his previous plan. "Shadow" Kos disappeared after disbanding the Black Sword. "Discipline" Markas locked himself in the dark room for a year and returned The Holy Spirit Church, and the wind caller "Jay" is the royal family who supports the stability of the Storm Kingdom.

  William covered his face involuntarily when he heard this.

   Then isn't this the worst choice?

From the perspective of William, an outsider, with the aid of magic, a technology that can far exceed the current social style, after losing the shadow of the lunar threat, Vic Continent will undoubtedly establish a unified country sooner or later. , and this is also the only way to further popularize magic.

In this process, the Watcher of the End, who had absolute power at the beginning, can choose to disband directly and not participate, or he can serve as an arbiter to supervise that the war will not develop out of control, or he can even choose to support the reliable side in person. One side quickly completes the unification process and reduces unnecessary casualties.

   But no matter what you choose to do, you must be decisive.

  Because the worst choice is hesitation, wanting to take care of everything, and finally bringing the entire team into a mess, leading to the final battle. This not only failed to solve the problem faster, but instead increased the intensity of the conflict by several levels.

   And that just happened to be their choice.

  Although judging from the final result, Doomsday was indeed the last to end. But not only did they not have the effect of making a final call, but instead they added weight to the forces of several parties, making them all feel that "the destiny is here", which made the situation in the mainland even more fueled.

   At this point, the entire continent has completely entered the era of kings that lasted for more than two hundred years. And what happened after that, including the finale of the last four members of the Council of Five, and the events of the Terra Conquest era, Blake, who lost consciousness because of the promotion ceremony, didn't know too much.

"The last time I regained consciousness in the Moon Realm was after the conquest of Terra. At that time, I felt that the thirteen Moon Realm rifts were opened at the same time, and the power of the thirteen Void Kings extended to the mainland. I originally thought it was The Moon Realm is about to invade the world, so he sent his own demon into the world, hoping to find the former members of the tribunal to remind them to prepare. However, in the end, they only found Remedios in Ava Continent..."

"She told me that there is a person who has similar temperament to you, but is definitely not your existence on the continent. He unified the entire Vic continent, and is currently assembling a fleet to cross the Broken Sea, I want to bring the entire Awa continent under the rule of that new empire."

  William was walking on the market in the City of Thorns, silently recalling Blake's last description.

  Blake's memory after being promoted to the father of the crows is extremely broken, so when he describes this history, he seems to be a bit intermittent.

  Black paused a bit when he said this, and then continued:

"After the storm was set off, my consciousness was completely blurred. I only remember seeing Remedios on the warship and using the 'Liu Liyue' arrow to shoot through Terra Riel's head. It stands to reason that that person is It is the one who cannot return to the Empire alive."

   As William has previously tested, the damage dealt by spells or anything cannot be exactly equal to the in-game stats. It’s like William in the game, with his own stacking high enough dodge and resistance, for the damage caused by characters with too low level, even if he is standing and let others cut, he may not be able to shed blood for a few hours. .

But if William himself gave up all resistance now, did not do any evasion, canceled all permanent defensive spells, took off all equipment, stretched out his neck and let a recruit cut it with an iron sword, then he would undoubtedly die. of.

   When he hit Coles with the "big cover", he also wore the [Lan Yao Ring] specially designed to deal with lightning damage.

Therefore, if that Tyra Riel was really hit by a "Liu Liyue" arrow on his head as Black described, then he should have no reason to live as long as the historical records. It is the end of life.

   Very problematic... The so-called founding emperor who claimed to be his own reincarnation.

   After passing through the market and bypassing a few streets, William came to the location of the lower part of the city of thorns.

  The so-called Xiacheng District is actually a slum.

   Several scrawny children were curling up in the corner and weaving the humble beggar's crown. When they saw William approaching, they couldn't help but glance at him.

  Because he knew that he was going to a slum, in order not to attract attention, William specially chose a set of the most rudimentary costumes from the Treasure Hall, and its name was [Poverty Costume]. Inferior fabrics and rough workmanship, William thought he could fit into the surrounding environment perfectly, but when he really came over, he found that he was still too naive.

   Walking into a slum in this dress is like walking into a tavern in an evening dress.

   Among those children, a particularly thin child hesitated for a while, put the half-finished crown in his hand on his head, and then walked to William with a vain step as if stepping on cotton, and extended his hand to him.

  William did not have a wallet, and in his storage space there were only a large number of gold coins of a thousand-year-old style. So he hesitated, put his hand into the inner lining of the clothes, took out a small piece of Balano biscuit from the storage space and put it in the child's hand, pretending to be digging something.

   The other party looked at the white triangle-shaped food in his hand and blinked in confusion.

   "Eat it now."

  William said in a soft but commanding tone.

  A child in a slum takes a piece of balano that was specially provided by the nobles to exchange money, or eat it directly to fill his stomach, which is safer and more secure.

   The other party nodded and swallowed the biscuit in one bite, then immediately widened his eyes with a surprised expression on his face.

   "This...this is..."

   Probably felt that the taste buds were hit like never before, the child said inarticulately.

   William didn't say much about this, just turned around and picked up a child who was trying to steal something from his waist, then smiled and shook his head at him.

   Immediately, William let go of his hand and watched the children—including the one who had been begging from him before, disappeared without a trace.

   "Sad..."

  William sighed slightly.

  The magic in this world can slash mountains, boil rivers and lakes, and cause storms to rage, but most people in this world still dig food in the ground to eat.

  The world should not be like this.

  William didn't try to catch up with the children, and he didn't plan to do any alms here. He didn't even plan to go back and tell Vincent to ask him to improve the situation in the lower city of Thorns City.

   This may save a few people, a few streets, or even the poor people of the entire City of Thorns, but that's it.

   If the more fundamental problems are not solved, no matter how many people are relieved at the moment, it will only be a drop in the ocean.

   In order not to attract attention, William used shadow spells to hide his figure this time, and then jumped into the sewers of Thorns City from a hidden position.

  After a few turns along the sewage treatment network, he finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

   To unlock the shadow's hiding, he knocked on a secret door at the end of the passage.

   The observation hole on the secret door lit up slightly, and the door opened immediately after seeing that it was William who came.

   The one who opened the door was Nezemar.

   "Saint... Lord Kane."

   didn't stop his mouth on the variance point.

  William did not greet her, but asked straight to the point:

   "How about the current results? The City of Thorns Magic Network 1.0 Project."

   (end of this chapter)