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

   Chapter 173 The Order and the Throne Room

"Are you crazy?!"

   This sentence seems to be the second time Ward blurted out today.

   But before he could finish his words, two sharp wind-breaking sounds of "swoosh" brushed past his ears.

   Remedios' movements were so fast that Ward's naked eyes couldn't catch up at all. When he came back to his senses, there were already two arrows missing from the quiver hanging around her waist.

   And the Phoenix guard who was nailed to the wall was completely dead.

   "Even if you agree with my proposal, it's a bit too decisive for you to do so?"

   Ward asked cautiously.

   Without saying a word, he shot the guard who had served him for decades, without the slightest emotion on his face. Ward also has a deeper understanding of the extent to which the "shadow queen"'s humanity has been lost.

   "It has nothing to do with your proposal, they are controlled."

   Remedios simply replied.

   She spoke with one hand, and the three transparent arrows pinned to the Phoenix guard disappeared as if they had melted into the air, and then returned to her quiver in the next instant.

   She picked up one of the arrows and flicked it gently, and countless tiny red magic lines spread out in the transparent arrow.

   "Controlled?"

  Ward asked strangely.

   "Who can control the minds of the Phoenix Guardians?"

   He said and looked to the side of the golden armored guard who slowly slipped to the ground, leaving a bright bloodstain on the wall.

   The opponent's golden armor was covered with bloodshot like vines, and there was an irrational blood red in those round eyes.

"how could be…"

   You must know that this is the personal guard directly under the supreme ruler of Ava Continent. They inherit the surname of "Fengwei" and are born to guard the road, and their will is as strong as steel. Under the blessing of the Holy Fire and the protection of the fog, even the Void King himself cannot shake their loyalty.

   Not to mention controlling their minds and letting them take action on their guardian objects.

   It is unimaginable for the elf society that the frequent occurrence of the Janissaries to seize power.

   may have guessed what Ward was thinking at the moment, Remedai reminded:

   "In history, the Phoenix Guards famously abandoned the dark to the light. At that time, they also turned their swords on the people they were supposed to protect."

   Having said this, Remedios once again pulled out a stiff smile from the corner of her mouth.

   "The uprising to overthrow the last Mist King..."

  Ward muttered to himself, then looked sharply at the door.

   A series of chaotic footsteps were echoing outside the door, and the clanging sound of metal collision could be vaguely heard.

   "According to the records of historical documents, it was the personal advisor who was expelled by the last King of the Mist who persuaded the Fengwei family to defect. Now it seems..."

  Remedios said, the arrow in her hand caught the glass moon, reflecting a rich blood light.

   "There will always be some discrepancies between the actual situation and historical records, but from the results, it will not have any impact."

   A hoarse voice that sounded as if old parchment had been torn came from outside the door, and an old man in a linen robe walked in.

   Behind him, the elite guards of the Blood Blade Family and Fengwei Family filed in, enclosing Remedios and Ward in a fan shape.

Ward's eyes widened and he looked at the old man standing in the middle. Although he didn't recognize the man's face, he could still tell from the other's iconic dress and the Austrian iron pendant on his chest. 's identity is...

   "The Tacoma Order?!"

   He felt a little dazed in his mind.

   "But...why?"

   Aren't they permanently neutral?

   Even if you don’t remain neutral, you should be on the side of Ava Continent.

   "Ms. Moon Shadow, please forgive our rudeness..."

   He bowed in a dignified manner, but before he could say the next sentence, an arrow with blood-red magic brilliance shot directly from the Liuliyue in the hands of Remedios.

   This blood-red arrow seemed to have blood dripping at any time. It was faster than the "humming" sound of the bowstring rebounding. It almost instantly turned into an afterimage and took the opponent's throat.

   But when it approached the opponent's two-meter position, the arrow stopped abruptly, and it stood still in mid-air, looking like a flying insect enclosed in amber.

   "Your ability, we have studied the five cycles of summer and winter, and formulated almost all countermeasures. Please save those unnecessary processes."

   The arrow in front of him was thrown away like a butterfly, and the members of the Tacoma Sect said sincerely.

   Remedios raised her bow again, this time the color of gold flashed on her full-attribute arrows. But in the end, before the arrow was about to turn into pure light, she stopped and lowered her bow.

The light on the    arrow also slowly faded.

   glanced at the surrounding guards who drew their weapons to warn her, looked at the blood-red lines on their bodies, and the crimson in their eyes that seemed to have lost their senses, Remedios asked:

   "What happened to these people?"

   "It's very troublesome to explain, you can simply think that they are all manipulated by illusion."

   The man replied.

   Remedios frowned.

This is impossible…

  Although her attainments in magic are not as good as William or Evelyn, and she has neglected academic research in the hundreds of years she has served as the Continent Lord, at least she has this level of cognition.

  Illusion can indirectly control the behavior of another person by affecting one's perception, but it can never directly control the free will of another person.

   For example, you can make a person recognize a dog as a wolf, and then scare the other person away. But in the final analysis, he was still scared away by the image of a wolf, but this cannot be changed.

  In magic theory, self-awareness is a mystery equivalent to the "substance" itself, which is considered to be something that can never be resolved.

   In other words, illusion can't "manipulate" these people like training a dog.

   But Remedios did not bother about this issue, she continued to ask:

   "You said you started researching how to deal with me five years ago, why five years ago?"

   This is another impossible thing - unless the other party predicted five years ago that the storm of the Broken Sea would stop now, there is no reason for them to do so.

   The other party shook his head and said:

   "No, the final decision was made to do this. According to your time, it was after the last monthly meeting."

   In other words, less than a month ago.

   Decided to force the palace less than a month ago, but it took five years to prepare.

   The contradiction is obvious.

   "'Nian' is your perception, we just spent five winters and summers to prepare."

   The other party continued.

   Even though most of her feelings were wiped out, after hearing the other party's self-contradictory speech, but she was reluctant to explain in detail, Remedios sighed slightly, imperceptibly.

   In her vague memory, she still remembered how the presiding judge evaluated the members of the Tacoma Order.

   "The Riddler..."

After    whispered complaints, she asked the last question:

   "Then explain your purpose. The Tacoma Order, which claims to be always neutral, turned against the guards and the army and came to my palace. What do you want?"

   "We want to validate our themes...we want to witness."

   The man replied, with some frenzy in his tone.

   "Witness what?"

   Remedios, who was well aware of the Tacoma sect's always riddle-like nature, continued to ask.

   "Witness the nature of the eighth creation fragment and piece together the true picture of creation."

  …

  The entire throne room was enveloped in a thick layer of fog, and even with the [Eagle Eye Technique], William couldn't see through the fog.

  Multon walked ahead and led the way. He held a simple lantern covered with animal skins in his hand. The orange-red fire from the lantern centered on him dispelled the dense fog within a range of about ten meters.

  Diana gently tugged at the corner of William's shirt after walking a distance.

   "Is this really Moon City?"

   she asked in a low voice.

   "No doubt yes."

  William replied casually, and then he was a little curious as to why the child suddenly asked this.

   "But it looks like the Terra Church in Wanren City, in terms of layout and decoration..."

   she whispered.

  Terra Church is said to be the place where the founding emperor Terra Riel finally ascended to the Holy Land, and it is also the largest worship church of Terra Riel in the entire empire. The two major festivals, the Ascension Day of the Holy Spirit and the Return of the Emperor every year, will hold grand festivals there.

  William had seen the description of the Terra Order in the supplementary literature, and he had written it down because he had a close relationship with the Eighth Holy Spirit. But because he didn't find a relevant picture book, he didn't know exactly what the Terra Church looked like and what the interior was like.

  The descriptions in the literature are nothing more than "grand", "gorgeous" and "solemn".

  In the introduction of a thousand churches, there are a thousand churches that boast about themselves like this.

   "This lady said the opposite."

   walked ahead to lead the way for the two of them, and Moulton said suddenly.

   "It's not that the throne room of Moonfair City is very similar to the Terra Church, but the Terra Church, which was originally built to imitate the throne room of Moonfair City."

  Multon's words stopped William.

Diana, who was still tugging at the corner of William's shirt, also stopped.

"What's wrong?"

   Moulton, who heard the footsteps behind him stop, looked back and asked the two of them.

  Diana raised her face and looked at William, but William didn't say anything.

   Intense unease began to rise in his heart.

What's the meaning? The church that claims to be the ascension of Terra Riel is actually the same arrangement as the throne room of Moonfair City?

  The throne room of the Moon City, according to the information William had read before, was originally a building built around the mist spirits by the ancestors of the elves. Then the first elf to obtain the power of the mist spirit was also enthroned as a king here.

What is   Spirit?

  The prototype of the gods, the Holy Spirit is not completely cracked, but still maintains a complete product!

  The prototype that is completely disintegrated will only exist on the continent as a collective memory of a similar race. These collective memories gradually evolved into myths during the development of civilization, and then turned into real power by imitating myths.

   And the spirit exists because it is not completely disintegrated and becomes an intuitive supernatural force. They do not need to go through the steps of collective memory evolution mythology, allowing the surrounding intelligent races to directly utilize their power.

  Therefore, there has always been a hypothesis of the origin of human elves in the archaeological community. They believe that elves originated from primitive humans in the Ravenwood area. Those people miraculously drifted to Ava Continent on a raft, and discovered the two spirits of fire and mist, and gradually mutated into primitive spirits under the influence of the spirits.

   This can explain why there is no reproductive isolation between humans and elves, and what is the image of the "phoenix" that fell back to the world in the primitive myth of elves - it is very likely that it is the raft that carried humans to Ava.

   Of course, hardly any elves support this theory. Talking about this topic with your elf teammates in the game will lose your favorability without exception.

   There are only two places in the world where spirits exist, one is the "end of the world" north of the Dragon Bone Islands, and the other is Awa.

   And these two places have also shaped the only two extraordinary races in the world that can form civilization - the dragon race and the elves.

   Of course, this also tethered them to their hometown, just like babies tied to their mothers by the umbilical cord.

   "Is it also here that the imperial mission assassinated the dignitaries of Ava Continent in Yuefa City?"

  Thinking of this, William asked slowly.

   "Let's go, meeting the Queen is the most important thing now. Don't delay, how long has it been?"

   didn't answer William's question, Moulton urged impatiently with the animal skin lantern in his hand.

   "I didn't see any guards, or other servants, chores here..."

  William continued:

   "Of course, I don't really understand the customs of your high elves, so I was not good at commenting before."

   "What day do you think today is? All the idlers in the castle have been sent home."

   Moulton said with a frown, then continued:

   "Come on, don't waste time."

  William hesitated for a moment, but walked over.

   At this moment, he is a little regretful, and there was no reason for Liz to come to the Moon City with him before.

   After confirming the safety of the teleportation circle, I thought that I was going to see my old friend, and there would be no major problem. William had previously told Liz to wait for him on the Whalebone, while also letting her take care of the "cargo" he left there just in case.

   But now it seems that his previous estimates were too optimistic.

  Because of the lack of reference in the thick fog, William had no idea how far he had come. But in terms of physical sensation, this throne room may be half the size of the Rose Palace in the City of Thorns. Coupled with the decoration full of religious imagery, William felt that it was more of a temple than a palace.

"arrive."

  Multon stopped, at this moment he was standing in the center of a huge ring with a broken sun pattern in the middle.

The    sun was considered a projection of the realm of light, and William noticed that the broken sun pattern was divided into seven parts.

The meaning of    is self-evident.

   "Her Royal Highness."

  Multon got down on one knee and placed the lantern in the middle of the broken sun pattern.

  The orange-red light flowed down from the lantern and began to outline along the pattern. After a few seconds, the whole pattern emitted an orange-red light.

The    fog was dispelled, and William saw the man sitting on the throne.

   In other words, the one who was tied to the throne.

   "This is... Remedios?"

   (end of this chapter)