Chapter 302 152. Kotago Flame
The Druchi who were watching and talking about the spectacular scene of the Great Confluence paused briefly at that moment, but quickly recovered and continued talking and watching.
Maranur turned his head and saw Drusala who also turned his head. He shook his head at Drusala, and then sighed slightly. He didn't know what his brother saw or what he thought changed. Although the change was not big, it was still keenly captured by the surrounding Druchi. He inhaled the moisture that entered his nose, put his hand into his arms and picked it up, and then walked towards Darkus. He looked at Walter and Dorian, who were still talking in lizard language, and waited for Walter. When Te and Dorian noticed him, he tilted his head in the direction of Chupa Coco.
Walter and Dorian nodded knowingly.
Following Maranur's movements, the surrounding Druchi also noticed, and they began to spread outward with Darkus as the center.
"This is the last one, produced by Krakalond." Maranur did not pat Darkus on the shoulder. He was worried that doing so would disturb Darkus' thoughts. He took out the few tobacco stalls in his hand. In front of Darkus. After seeing that it took a while for Darkus to come to his senses, he said with a smile.
Darkus didn't say anything, but grinned, and took the tobacco after laughing.
After Maranur withdrew his hand, he pointed to the outline of his right pointed ear, drew a circle and left.
The water vapor bursting out from the large confluence made Darkus try several times, but the tobacco could not be ignited. As he kept trying, the tobacco was ignited, and at the same time, he also heard the harsh sound of the soles of the Midnight Armor rubbing against the ground. Getting closer.
"My Hand of the Witch King, you seem to have suddenly become very...confused?"
"Yes, my Majesty, I saw something very bad, and I had a very bad association with it." Darkwu Si said softly after exhaling the smoke, and then handed the monocular to Malekith.
"Interesting!" Malekith said with a smile as he raised his telescope and followed Darkus's guidance when he saw the murals on the central pyramid. After reading it, he returned the telescope to Darkus, and he continued, "The longer you live, the more things you know."
"Today's Tyrell, when I ruled the old world, there were four Ais So, they are the current Remas, Sartusa, Lusini and Toroba respectively."
Esso means colony in the Elvish language, and the colonies built by the elves in the Old World period usually have the prefix of Esso.
"Then...Milagliano?"
"No, what's interesting is that these four Esso were built under the auspices of Alandrian. There was no Delos city at that time, let alone Miragliano. "
Dakeus nodded. What Malekith said was earlier than the city of Delos. If he remembered correctly, Malekith's first trip to the Old World was in Imperial Calendar -4164. , and then Malekith ruled for 1,375 years in the Old World. With the development of the elves' colonies in the Old World, wealth also flowed to Ulthuan in large quantities.
What does this mean? This shows that Malekith had excellent diplomatic and internal affairs abilities when he did not enter the Holy Fire of Asuryan! And Malekith also managed Nagaryth in an orderly manner before going to the old world. After I went to Nagaros, I managed it for a while, and then it was ruined and turned into what it is now.
However, this was of no use. The powerful circles in Ulthuan still did not recognize Malekith, or rather the old military forces of the Kingdom of Nagaryth and Aenarion represented by Malekith.
Moreover, Barshana also stole Malekith's diplomatic fruits, thus paving the way for Barshana's death.
In Imperial Calendar -2789, Malekith handed over the management of the old world colony to Alandrian, and took a small number of soldiers to venture into the Chaos Wasteland in the north. Before the adventure, he also sent his mother back to Osu. Anhe went to the Blight Islands to experience the power of Kane's sword, and rejected Kane.
After fourteen years of adventure, Malekith found the steel ring he now wore on his head, and then returned to Ulthuan. His mother's Joy Cult caused a lot of trouble, and he found out after fighting the rebellion. The black man behind the scenes turned out to be his mother. The fist of filial piety he used to knock his mother away happened at that time. Decades later, as he gradually became darker, he chose to kill Barshana and walked into Ah. In Su Yan's Holy Fire, this time is -2749 in the imperial calendar.
Imrik the Conqueror, the son of Caledor the Dragon Tamer, was crowned and succeeded. He was the one who went hunting in the Kingdom of Charis and became the third Phoenix King, known as Caledor I. Then there was the Elf Civil War.
It was at this time that Alandrian, who was a die-hard supporter of Malekith, chose to lead the elves in the Old World Colony to support Malekith and transferred back half a million soldiers from the Old World Colony! (Five hundred thousand) With Alandrian's withdrawal, Malekith also completely lost control of the Old World colonies.
With the addition of the Old World Colonial Army, the civil war progressed smoothly at first. The father of Shadow King Aris Anar also died in this period. Then Morathi used superb strategies and tactics while Malekith was recovering from his injuries. level, and successfully dismantled the two kings and four twos of king bombs. When Malekith put on the midnight armor and arrived at the front line, he found that something seemed to be wrong?
In Imperial Calendar -2723, the war fell into decline and Malekith, who was unable to interfere with the maelstrom, led the elves who followed him to the place now called Nagaroth. When the city of Delos was established, he was in Nagaroth. I have been squatting for eight hundred years. Although he is far away in Naggaroth, he is still very well-informed, and he controls and directs all changes.
A lot of things happened during this period, such as the completion of the Griffin Gate Fortress, the Black Ark Happy Forgotten Palace being sunk by the dragon ship Indragnir that originally belonged to Malekith's flagship, and Druchi being driven out of Osu. North of Ann.
Caledor I, who successfully captured the Blighted Islands, did not choose to pull out the Sword of Kane. Miraculously, on the way back, the fleet encountered a storm. The dragon ship Indragnir was separated from the escort fleet and floated to the coast of Naggaroth. , Caledor I, who was besieged by a large number of plundering ships, chose to jump into the sea in order to avoid being captured.
Later, in Imperial Calendar -2109, Caledor I's son, Caledor II, was crowned and succeeded as the fourth Phoenix King. Two hundred years later, the War of Longbeard broke out...
"What a great change." Keus said this awkward sentence in Elvish.
"Don't change the subject. Although I was far away in Naggaroth at that time to gather strength, my espionage system obtained information about Delos City. You must know that there were many spies I sent in the old world at that time, responsible for provoking Asul. With the relationship with the dwarf, and waiting for an opportunity to destroy it, a team discovered the changes in Delos City and captured the humans who came out of Delos City to ask for help." Malekith said with a smile, with a hint of coldness in his smile. .
"I didn't pay attention to it at first, because this information was rubbish! It was of no use to me at all, but you have to know that my memory is very good. What I didn't expect was that this information would become interesting after thousands of years. Well, why does the thing mentioned by humans appear here? If my judgment is correct, this should be the pyramid where the lizard people worship the ancient saints?" Before Darkus could say anything, Malekith continued to sneer. said.
"Yes, the pyramid enshrining the ancient saints is what puzzles me." Darkus opened his mouth and exhaled the smoke, then said slowly.
"In other words, those rodents were shaped by the ancient saints! No! There is some ambiguity in what I said. They should have been shaped by one of the ancient saints."
"Although this conclusion and fact are terrible, I also tend to believe that the Skaven were shaped by an ancient saint." "Why did
that ancient saint do this?"
"Increase the diversity of species?" Keus joked, and he even laughed after he finished speaking.
"You are still as humorous as ever, hahahaha, the diversity of species? Hahahaha." Malekith also laughed.
"You should know more or less." Darkus' expression turned serious after he finished laughing. He pointed at the sky and then continued, "But the Ancient Saints are different from them. The Ancient Saints are not gods. , more like a group of shapers and scientific... scholars who came to this planet, I think they have no so-called moral concepts, they shape what they want according to their own preferences unscrupulously." "
I seem to understand what you mean. In your words, these ancient saints engraved on the murals are very abstract, but each of them is a unique individual, some are male and some are female. Although they have no moral concepts, they have their own characters and characteristics, such as bravery, decisiveness, Selfishness or something like that." Malekith said slowly. He stopped at the end. After a while, he continued, "I understand! During the great invasion, these ancient saints may be killed by the Chaos Evil God. It is possible that they chose to leave here just like when they came, but not all the ancient saints were killed or left. Some ancient saints stayed or escaped death, just like those gods, Choose to hide and disguise yourself to walk on this land."
Darkus didn't say anything, but frowned and nodded.
"Do those big toads know anything?"
"Probably... no! Maybe those Slann demon priests will have very bad consequences after knowing this terrible news." Darkus said in a solemn tone.
"I assume that Old One looked into the past and chose the opposite path to the other Old Ones?" "Yes, for the Skaven there is no such thing as pity, regret, sympathy or cooperation. Survival is To survive, to survive in a turbulent society, only those rodents with brute strength, extreme cunning and evil instincts can survive. But when they get together, they will form a terrible fighting force. There are clans, factions and factions within them. Civil war, but they are always under the banner of the Horned Rat! The Horned Rat will protect them, and they will also bring strength to the Horned Rat."
When Darkus told it, he thought a lot about how the Plague Clan poached them from the old world. To the continent of Lustria? Is there the will of the Great Horned Rat behind this? As a former ancient saint, the Great Horned Rat knows that some devices and equipment in Lustria are useful to him?
Was the evil technology of the Skaven Clan Skryre guided by the Horned Rat? And the evil mutant creations of the Corrupt Clan.
The two second-generation Lords of Slanshakspati made a new discovery when they were clearing the corruption of Queza. There was a huge secret space between the Horned Rat Altar and the Amyrlin Room, which contained a piece of technological equipment and a famous item. It is a creation of the ancient saints that is the engine of the world. Apart from its name, it is not known whether its other specific functions include opening holes to other realities, or whether it can carry out large-scale remote transmission.
This creation is different from the Blessing Incubator in that it has specific construction steps and usage methods. There was no slate when it was distributed. However, the good news is that the creation is not damaged and can be used. I just don’t know how to use it. It is as evil and idealistic as ever.
"In your words, if you can't beat him, then join. The ancient saint will absorb the emotions emitted by those rodents, strengthen himself through the power of rodents, and become a god! Become a Chaos God! The Great Horned Rat! In my opinion, this choice It may not be a different path. But then again, what about the snake god? You mentioned before that the snake god was born from the lizard people's faith." "
Maybe the snake god is indeed an ancient saint? Maybe they were brothers with the Horned Rat? Were they left on this planet? Or did they escape the pursuit of the Chaos God? After that, the two brothers quarreled and embarked on completely opposite paths and turned against each other. In order to stop his brother, the Snake God Choosing to show up in another way to prove that his brother's choice is wrong?"
When Darkus said this, he thought of the classic two-guarantee-one strategy. Anyway, he wins, and maybe it's a win-win situation for both parties! If it is really what he thinks, combined with some circumstances, it seems that it is indeed the case?
Malekith turned his head and looked at Darkus with his orange eyes. The look on his face behind the Midnight Armor was "Are you kidding me?" expression.
Darkus felt Malekith's gaze. He turned his head and looked at Malekith as he shrugged, showing a happy expression.
"Perhaps the development of things is in line with your guess, but these are not important. What is important is that there are other ancient saints in this world? If another one suddenly pops up, will it affect your so-called big plan? Will those lizard people choose Follow the ancient saint's big plan, or follow your big plan? I felt an extremely powerful presence in the city you took me to before. I know you want to resurrect him, but you are facing the same problem. Can you Do you promise to follow your big plan after he is resurrected?
I am very curious now, how did you become Umak of the Ancient Saint, and Ren, who was blessed by the Ancient Saint? Can you contact the Ancient Saint who blessed you?" After a moment, Malekith said again.
Darkus shook his head blankly. Although he appeared confused, he knew that the Ancient Sage would not appear again, at least until the next era there was still no sign of the Ancient Sage's appearance.
Although Sotek was still not considered one of the Old Saints in the next era, he ranked first in the lizard people's beliefs, surpassing Kotek, the sun god. His status was unshakable and more important. The Lizardmen did not undergo an obvious blackening, and did not kill other order races because of their increased strength. Instead, they still cooperated to a certain extent, and were enemies of the forces of Chaos, the Horned Rat and the forces of destruction just like the current world. , of course the adventurers who invaded the lizardmen's territory should still be beaten.
But Darkus couldn't say that to Malekith. What should he say? Congratulations to Malekith for becoming a god in the next era? And it merged with Seraphim, a black dragon that still had an unhatched dragon egg in the black tower, and grew wings?
"Why don't we fly up and open the door to see what's inside?" Malekith's tone was both teasing and instructive. He thought that Darkvus would escape and retreat, but Darkvus Si's reaction was beyond his judgment.
"That's right! Go and have a look, maybe there are some clues!" Darkus nodded and said firmly. Sometimes you can't come up with anything after searching blindly, so it's better to go up and have a look. You're here anyway. Knowing the subsequent changes, he became more open-minded. Besides, if the lizardmen were unreliable, wouldn't there be elves?
Darkus immediately took out the horn hanging on his back and blew it. After a while, more than ten pterosaurs flew over. To his disappointment, in addition to the murals on the outside of the pyramid, the blocked passage was blocked. After Malekith roughly opened it with magic, the space inside was empty. There were no stone slabs, no equipment, no murals, and no big furry rat with horns.
Except for the murals on the outside, all traces inside have been erased, or were not renovated at all.
Darkus stared blankly at the empty wall. He didn't know whether he should discuss this issue with Mazdamudi now or wait until Croca is resurrected to discuss this issue with Croca. It is said that Croca is the first The first-generation Slann Demon Priest had met the Ancient Sage and received his teachings. But after a second thought, he figured it out. There had been a commotion anyway, and Mazdamudi must have noticed it.
"Queza... something suddenly happened." At this moment, Chupa Coco came over, his eyes glowing blue and he said seriously to Darkus.
"Shakespati is under attack!"
"Are you okay?" Darkus asked with concern. He found the second generation Lord Slanshakespati through some lucky coincidences. He didn't want anything to happen to Shakespati.
Chupa Coco shook his head, and then a picture was reflected in Darkus' mind. He saw a disaster lord suddenly appear from the shadows after spraying contaminated vomit, but the spit attack was blocked by Shakspati. , the guard of the temple that should have been swallowed stood there intact, and then Chakas launched an attack on the Lord of Disaster. After two rounds of fighting, the Lord of Disaster suddenly disappeared after being defeated.
"Vimalanx!" Darkus recognized the Lord of Disaster. His features were too obvious. Through the limited images, he also knew why Vimaranx suddenly appeared. Because as a sacred object of the Plague Clan, The Plague Grimoire appeared on the screen.
"The short sightseeing is over."
After Darkus returned to Chakua, after a brief consultation with the Slann lords who appeared there, he decided not to delay any longer. Those things left by the Plague Clan should be disposed of immediately. Moreover, Huahua, who is good at creating things, also created corresponding devices in the past two months.
After everything was ready, the team came to the Tower of Dawn located south of Skogi.
This tower is also one of the spiritual nodes on the Isthmus of Lustria. The peak is high and steep, and it is carved into a five-clawed hand, with a continuous and brilliant flame burning in the palm. High colonnades surround the tower and unfold into strange sunlight.
The tower is tended by lizards and skinks bearing the blessing symbol of Kotheg, and the lizardmen who come here will become faster under the illumination of the fire. For this reason, Slann priests tend not to come here, preferring measured peace and undisturbed.
Nothing that detracts from the greater scheme of things can survive in the presence of the Kotego Flame, which is considered a place of cleansing by the lizardfolk. Any corruption is brought here, and the Skink Priests offer it to the Cortego Flame.
When the skinks in the Tower of Dawn know that their lives have come to an end, they will walk into the flames and be reborn from the ashes and be crowned Phoenix Kings... No, they will return their essence and blessings to Ke Tigo, and then Hesiota will give birth to a new replacement. This cycle is as endless as the cycle of the sun.
Malekith was stunned after climbing here. The flames in front of him reminded him of Asuryan's holy fire, but he did not reach out to touch the flames, but fell into painful memories again.
The current Priest of the Tower of Dawn is an elderly Skink named Viktor Rob Chitri. He has served in this role for nearly a thousand years. Despite his advanced age, he is still a dedicated , a lively priest, just like the one Darkus met at the Great Pyramid of Saint Ich at Izata.
"I'm very happy... to have new corruptions sent over to dedicate to Kotego. This is my final work." Vichiro Robchitri hissed happily.
"I think this should be the beginning. More corrupted objects will be sent here in the future to be dedicated to Koteg." Darkus keenly noticed the last words of the Skink Priest and said with a smile. .
A smile appeared on the scaly face of Viktor Rochitri, but he said nothing.
Soon, under the auspices of the Skink Priest Vik Robocchitri, and under the witness of the Slann Demon Priests, Lizardmen and Drukki, in addition to the preserved old world books, the Plague Clan's censer flail and holy icon , the scrolls were continuously sent into the flames, and the originally sluggish flames suddenly became strong, and the flames burned all the unclean things in the world.
As the Plague Grimoire and the Rod of Corruption were sent into the flames, the ceremony reached its climax, and the fierce burning flames illuminated the jungle for several kilometers.
Vicky Robocchitli walked to the front of the fiercely burning flames. He turned around and bowed slightly to the witnesses present. At this time, the decorations on his body had been removed and he no longer held the magic weapon in his hand. Staff, he looked around at the witnesses present, then hissed.
"I am very happy...to be able to welcome...my last moments under the witness of all of you. The cycle...is just like the cycle of the sun...never ending."
After finishing speaking, Viktor Rob Chitri turned around calmly . When I walked into the flames, there were no screams full of pain, no desperate struggles, and there was a kind of peace full of harmony from beginning to end.
Seeing the lizard in front of him calmly walking into the flames, Malekith suddenly woke up from his memories. He felt a different feeling in his heart. He didn't know if it was admiration or something else.
Two days! Try to finish Lustria in two days_(:з」∠)_
(End of this chapter)