goddess of revolution

Chapter 335 The Holy Maiden of the Night... No, the Former Holy Maiden
Li Qi gave this trip a very straightforward code name: Operation Storm, and the operation is divided into four parts.

The first link is adaptation and observation, the second link is shock and awe, the third link is showdown, and the fourth link is negotiation.This is just a preset plan under ideal conditions. If the situation changes, there are several backup plans.

The so-called ideal situation is that the "progressive faction" of the Storm Islands, that is, the Queen's faction represented by Hathaway and Menesus, can follow the trend of the times, be willing to break free, and more actively devote themselves to the mainland and join the cause of the Alliance of Order .

Now it's the third link, and "Operation Storm" has reached its most dangerous moment.

Magicians are rational, but it does not mean that they are robots who only care about gains and losses, and how to balance short-term interests and long-term interests, each family has different tendencies.

Even if Li Qi threw out the little boy and held the more powerful nuclear bomb smelted with magic metal, there was no guarantee that the magician would not take the risk.The magicians of the Storm Islands have been immersed in their own world for tens of thousands of years. Apart from being forced by nature, they have never been forced by someone in this way.

Li Qi was not optimistic enough to think that he could enter the negotiation without any obstacles, and he couldn't wait for the result, and made corresponding arrangements after the showdown.

Artur led the technicians in the team to the academy island where the court magician was located. On the one hand, he was to supplement some basic magic skills that Fei Gong lacked, and on the other hand, he was ready to evacuate at any time.There is an exit from the Storm Islands on Academy Island, and the managers are also inclined to the nobles on the mainland.

Li Qi and the witches had too high a goal, and it was impossible for them to go to the academy island as well.

He arranged two lines of communication, one provided by Zold, from the City of Shadows to the outskirts of the City of Silver, and then leaving the Storm Islands to teleport to the mainland.The other one was provided by Rowenna, first transfer to the magician island with whom Rowena has a deep friendship, and send out of the Storm Islands.

These two lines of transportation are not very reliable, but they are mutually redundant, which is better than nothing.

These arrangements are prepared for the storm islands to turn their backs. The two families of Hathaway and Menesus are only active factions, and the main body is still more important. .

The attitude of the people in power is still unpredictable, and the hostile stance of the Youxiang faction has not changed from the beginning.

Today, he took almost everyone to visit the Shadow City again, just to test.

For this reason, he divided everyone into several roads (Tina's road was an accident), and scattered them within a few kilometers centered on himself.

The purpose of dispersing actions is to see how much the situation of one's own attention has changed compared to before, which is indeed a bit dangerous.But as long as it is not a legend, Li Qi doesn't think that there is no time to support himself and others to arrive on each road. The shadow city under the legend will be suppressed more severely and the signs will be more obvious.

If they are attacked again, it means that the people in power have no patience to negotiate with themselves, and they will either connive at the Youxiang faction, or even do it themselves.This meant that Hathaway was no longer reliable, and he had to consider leaving the Storm Islands immediately.If everything is safe, it means that those in power have not yet decided to refuse negotiations.

Now even the Youxiang faction has not made another move, which shows that their thinking has changed.The little boy Li Qi threw out made them realize that they still have common interests with the establishment. Their strategy should be adjusted to intensify their conflicts with the Storm Islands and destroy the alliance between the magicians and the Alliance of Order.

So how should this conflict be intensified?

Of course, he started from the direction of his own opposition to slavery, so when Dries reported that Moshuwu was from the Shuguang Society and hoped to get in touch further, Li Qi confirmed that Moshuwu was extended by the Erxiang faction. lint.

You Xiangpai probably didn't expect that Hathaway would have a close relationship with Shuguang, and they had already taken over.After the thread of Moshuwu, there must be various tricks to lure and even force him to fight against the entire Storm Islands.The celebration two days later will be the best stage to put this contradiction on the table, and I am afraid that I have already negotiated with the establishment if it is later.

The probing action is also a cover. Li Qi came to Shadow City today for another purpose, to talk to the "Saint of the Night" from the Aurora Society.

Li Qi still doesn't quite understand Hathaway's concern for Shadow City, but Hathaway hopes so much, so he has to do his best.Early in the morning, he sent Gambit to contact the Dawn Society again, but the other party said that their Night Maiden wanted to talk to him.

There is actually a saint of Lady Ye hiding in the city of shadows?
Mostly it's just a false name, otherwise the magician would have discovered it long ago, it should be like this.

Li Qi thought so, and accompanied by Gambit and others, he came to a certain alleyway in the center of the city.

The alleys of Shadow City are very unique. Standing at the bottom of the alleys, you will feel like you are in a "line of sky".But that line of sky is fake, and the hundred-meter-high "rock walls" on both sides are messy buildings built on the base of the magic tower like a creeper.

There are various lines of unknown purpose intertwined between the buildings, and a mess of utensils are hung from the oddly shaped windows, making people think that this is a punk world in the cyber or steam age.

Li Qi and the others followed the instructions and entered the depths of the alleyway. They were about to go up the spiral staircase when they were stopped by an old woman.

The old woman might only be in her early thirties. She looked at them with cloudy eyes, stared at Li Qi and said, "The saint is on the highest floor, and you can only go up there alone."

Looking at the surrounding environment, Li Qi confirmed that there was not much risk, and any tricks here would easily cause large-scale chaos.Since Hathaway hasn't turned against her yet, this trust is still necessary.

Turning up and down the spiral staircase, Li Qi felt dizzy.When you reach the highest floor, you have to walk through a passage similar to the 80s tube building in Earth World [-].The passageway is filled with a very familiar, but obviously different from the memory of the breath of life.

Generally, elderly residents are drying clothes and quilts on the passage, chatting feebly, mixed with continuous painful coughing.The shabby and unkempt children ran and frolicked, tossing and turning inside and outside the railing a hundred meters above the ground, and Li Qi was thrilled to see it.

Everyone, including the children, ignored Li Qi, as if he was a transparent person.

I feel like I'm Neo, and I'm going to see the Prophet...

When he came to a wooden door, Li Qi knocked on the door, and a hoarse female voice sounded from inside: "Please come in."

Even if she is a saint, she should be very old.

The room inside the door was fairly spacious and clean.The walls, ceilings and even the furniture are made of various materials. Li Qi even recognized the chitin of several insects and monsters.

A woman in ordinary clothes was watching him calmly. To his slight surprise, she was a middle-aged woman who seemed to be in her early thirties.She has a pair of gray pupils that are somewhat similar to herself, Theresia and Catherine, and her snow-white hair should not be her true color, but a sign of old age.

In addition to the white hair, there are obvious wrinkles on the woman's forehead and the corners of the eyes, but this does not damage her beauty, but adds a vicissitudes of beauty.

Age was only a part of the surprise, Li Qi felt that this woman was somewhat familiar.It has nothing to do with appearance, but a certain temperament, which can even be traced back to the connection of the soul.

Unfortunately, Little Red Riding Hood is not online, otherwise she should be able to find out.

The woman didn't greet him politely, and said straight to the point: "My name is Gwentoline, they must have told you that it is the Saintess of the Night who wants to see you..."

Is not it?

The woman said: "I'm not a saint now, although I was before, but my connection with Ms. Ye is very weak, and I can't be considered a real saint. The only blessing I got is probably to live longer."

"You can also tell that I'm a commoner, I'm already 50 years old, and I was born in Shadow City..."

Li Qi nodded awe-inspiringly, the former saintess had indeed received divine grace.The commoners of Shadow City are much older than her by the age of 30.

Since it is the former saint, what about the current saint?
Gwentoline didn't intend to continue talking about the topic of "Saint", and continued: "Although I am not a saint anymore, I still have some influence in the Aurora Society, and I will do something for everyone within my ability."

"Your Excellency, the Duke, is here to learn about the beliefs of Lady Scarlet. I would like to know, does Lady Red have a more specific divine will regarding the liberation of slaves? How does Your Excellency the Duke plan to practice such divine will?"

Li Qi asked: "What happens after you know?"

Gwentoline looked at him: "To answer your question, we have to start with the origin of the Aurora Society. I hope you will be patient."

"As long as it's not a chronicle, I should have that time." Li Qi sat on the sofa made of huge scallops and made a gesture of please.

"In the first era, the magic empire collapsed, and magicians went to the Storm Islands. This is the reminder from Ms. Ye."

The former saint shocked Li Qi as soon as she opened her mouth. The relationship between the Storm Islands and Ms. Ye is so deep! ?
"Ms. Ye has given such hints to many magicians, but only a few of them finally followed the tips. In the era of the magic empire, Ms. Ye was identified as an evil god by magicians, and churches and priests were also hunted down."

"The mission of the group of magicians who came to the Storm Islands was to guard and study a maiden of the night. Don't be surprised, the magicians at that time, like the current arcanists, believed that gods were just natural existences, with personality and will. It is false, and gods and divine powers are also the objects of their research."

"They believed the oracle conveyed by the saint, and arrived at the Storm Islands before the main plane collapsed. In order to thank Ms. Ye, they accepted Ms. Ye's belief. The church presided over by the saint is the original origin of the Dawn Society .”

"However, the relationship between the magician and the Church of Lady Ye deteriorated quickly. I still don't know why Lady Ye didn't use the power of the gods to transform these magicians into devout believers. After the death of the saint, the church It gradually withered and became a belief buried in the hearts of very few people."

"Since then, until the end of the third era, the Dawn will be equivalent to disappear."

"In the fourth era, the Storm Islands completed the law of the secondary mask, ushered in great development, wealth accumulated rapidly, and the society of magicians was severely divided."

"The major families led their own clans to open up their own territories, leaving a large number of helpless civilians in the City of Silver. The Supreme Council disdained to take care of them, and locked them in the refuge, forming the City of Shadows."

"Ms. Ye's faith has been reborn in the Shadow City, probably because the people in the Shadow City are weak and closed, and the magicians have let themselves go, until now."

Gwentoline sighed: "I have never clearly heard the oracle of the lady, but judging from this history and the lady's attitude towards the Aurora Society, although the lady sympathizes with the suffering people, she comforts the believers in darkness. But it will not directly give believers strength, nor will it point out the direction for believers, but hopes that believers will make their own choices."

She looked at Li Qi with some expectation, but also some anxiety: "Your Excellency, your presence is a choice."

Li Qi frowned and said, "It seems that you are afraid of this choice?"

"That's why I invite you here," Gwentoline did not deny.

Li Qi smiled slightly: "Then how can you believe what I'm telling is the truth?"

Gwentoline said inscrutablely: "Of course I know if it's the truth."

If you can detect lies, or use magic tools to do this, you are not a commoner.

Li Qi closed his eyes, and made another confirmation with the detection ability of death talent.

There was no one else in the room, and there was no device emitting divine power or magical fluctuations, and Gwentoline was indeed a commoner.

He spread his hands and said: "Then what benefits will I have? The friendship of the Suguang Society? But we should know each other well, there are people in the Suguang Society, and I can get what I want through it, not the Suguang Society. More What's more, I have already promised someone to cooperate with you in some dramas, and I don't think it is necessary for us to get to know each other in depth."

Gwentoline maintained an inscrutable smile: "You will indeed gain the friendship of the Aurora Society, the true friendship of the Aurora Society."

The true dawn will...

Will this dawn of love be just a cover?

With such a Shadow City, there are so many ways, should we say that Shuiqian is a king, or...

Thinking about it again, this kind of complicated relationship is normal, the magician and Shuguang will use each other.

Suguang will win some upper-level support, but he is definitely not willing to be a puppet of the upper-level.Hathaway also told him, but at that time he thought it was just a lie.

Then he secretly shuddered, this is not shallow water, it is a deep pit!There is a direct connection with Ms. Ye!
Li Qi wanted to back down and fool the former saint, but another idea came to him.

Why not go deeper?Maybe in the upcoming fourth stage, there will be one more card.

As for Ms. Ye, she has already dealt with her before, and even destroyed his plan, and she has not seen him come to retaliate.

I heard that the old man is still asleep, so he should be fine... right?

After weighing it, he decided to tell the truth: "Well, my lord is not an evil god, so of course he won't hide his will."

"With regard to slavery, I have stated my attitude many times in the past. We believe that slavery is evil. Ordinary people are high or low, but this is just their status. Apart from status, everyone is equal, and people should love each other. "

"Therefore, we oppose the complete control of a person's life, freedom, destiny, and even soul by another person through various means, including but not limited to slave laws, soul contracts, etc."

"We are not only opposed to slavery in the legal sense, but also in the real sense. We not only want to free slaves, but we also want to completely eliminate the crime of slavery."

Li Qi is not afraid to expose the part of the crimson belief about slaves, which is the original foundation of the crimson belief.Although it is quite radical and revolutionary in this era, it is still a radical improvement of the existing order, rather than a complete subversion.

"Sure enough, it really smells like Ismat and Lund," said Gwentoline.

She sighed deeply, and said again: "This is what makes me uneasy."

(End of this chapter)