Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

"Tell me, what do you want to know, foreign god." A drop of cold sweat slipped from Latatos's cheek, and in this frozen silence where the cold wind could not be felt, it left her skin, and then stood still. in the air.

"Don't be so nervous. I'm not here to start a war." Alpha smiled and patted the shoulder of Latatos who stayed in place and didn't dare to move. After scaring her, Shi Shiran walked up to her. in front of.

That alien god?She held a strange long sword in her hand and had long silver hair tied behind her back. She decorated her semi-mechanized and elegant body with cyan purple and steel gray makeup. Her high heels stepped on the snow, leaving no footprints, but elegant. But her steps left behind the sound of footsteps, just like the flowing swallowtails floating around her waist, elegant and cool but giving people a sense of uneasiness and pressure.

"I am just a small family head. Apart from the words in the classics, I know nothing about the affairs between the gods."

"Hi..." Alpha, who was using the Deep Mark machine, put on a gentle smile, "I was just passing by here and had a simple curiosity about the people living above the snowy area."

Alpha walked like this, walking around Ratatos, "Like other countries I have traveled on this land, under the calm surface of singing and dancing here, there is an undercurrent of unwillingness to be peaceful and harmonious. There are signs of division under the relationship, so I am very curious about what kind of thoughts humans have towards those compatriots."

"Uh..." What the other party said was a bit beyond imagination for Ratatoss. At least she didn't realize that this chat would start with this god's judgment on other countries.

"I have already visited your saint, listened to the voice of Yela, and visited Shivaash's mansion. You and Perrochi are the people I plan to visit next. After all, you are in this country. , occupying a pivotal social position and powerful influence.”

"Are you questioning Brantao's will?" Ratatos frowned, trying to understand the words hidden behind this foreign god's words, "Or are you trying to test my faith?"

"No, as I said at the beginning, I'm just doing social research. I just think that by communicating with you in this way, I can get a more credible feedback, that's all."

"Then you ask, I can answer you, and I will try my best to answer, but don't expect me to betray Yeragond or Kjerag."

"Hahaha." Alpha laughed twice. People who usually talk about this kind of talk are just waiting for a price, but this also fits the image of Brown Tao's neutral faction in a sense, doesn't it? .

"I noticed that Kalan trade's opening-up strategy has brought changes to the lives of the people of Kjerag, and your family has also benefited from it. But now you have stood up and clearly opposed them. I am curious about the change. reason."

"..." Ratatos wanted to taste whether this question could indicate the stance of this alien god, but the smile on the other person's face told her that the other person's patience was limited. "Because he is betraying Kjelag!..." After a brief weighing, Ratatoss gave her answer with a heart.

But in the imagination, the teasing of this foreign god did not come. The other party just looked at me seriously, "Where I saw, they did not bad."

"How could you not understand? Kalan Trade seems to have brought advanced technology to Kjerag, but in fact it is putting a price tag on the entire Kjerag and waiting for it to be sold. Lowering the tax rate to introduce foreign investment, in order to retain He lives with foreign capital, signs unequal trade agreements, secretly builds military factories, and trains the army. What does he do for Kjerag? He clearly wants to turn Kjerag into his own, or something belonging to outsiders!"

Under the earnest gaze of the "Foreign God", Ratatos mustered up the courage to blurt out her thoughts.

Alpha nodded, "I understand what you mean. What you said must be the reason why you abandoned Shivaash and supported the Great Elder and the old school, right?"

"..." Ratatos gritted her teeth, she didn't want to answer this question.This foreign god is probably on the side of, or at least leaning towards, Enxiodis, who is traitorous to his country and seeks glory.

"You are worried that I am an outsider siding with Enxiodis and intending to embezzle Kjelag, right?"

Of course Ratatos didn't answer. She didn't dare to answer. A smiling god was not something a mortal could afford to offend.

But Latatos didn't understand what the god did next. Stacks of thick documents appeared in her hands, turned over by her, and then remained on the ground casually, and the documents followed Disappeared in the air, "The agreement to transfer rights one by one in exchange for industrial technology that barely meets this minimum requirement, let Kjerag's mountains and rivers, Yeragond's bones and blood, and the blood and sweat of the people, be exchanged for Kjerag Each small pitiful progress should indeed be chewed up."

"But..." Alpha took out a hairpin and handed it to Ratatos, "I can take you to see the scenery Enxiodis saw, so that you might be able to understand why he did this."

Looking at the hairpin that exuded a strange light, Ratatos knew that she could not refuse.

So she saw skyscrapers rising from the ground; she saw stretching factories spewing black smoke; thousands or tens of thousands of tons of steel were red-hot and rolling; together with Originium energy, they formed the pulse of modern industry; she saw The numbers scrolling across the screen of the financial center every second exceeded the total amount of money she had ever seen in her life.

Civilization spurs the forest of steel to spread over the wilderness. Science and technology are an extension of human power. Land speeders roll over the earth and rockets fly into the sky.

Those were just fragmentary flashbacks, but Ratatoss was horrified to see that the collective power of human beings, called a country, a collective called civilization, far exceeded the power of so-called mortals. category.Technology and industry have returned the power that once belonged only to gods to the collective hands of humans, changing the course of mountains and rivers and changing the appearance of the earth.

Looking back at Kjerag, the devout monk was prostrating on the mountain path. His piety seemed so ridiculous in front of the miracles built by ordinary people's own hands.After all, even the mountain road at his feet was actually paved by humans.

I don’t know when it started, but Ratatos felt that her hands and feet were cold, and even the coldness rushed from the soles of her feet to the sky and rushed into her soul...

32. Fuse part.1

"What you let me see..." Ratatos tried her best to adjust her breathing, not to let herself be disturbed by the magnificent image of evolution.

In front of her, the foreign god had a gentle smile on his lips, "Let me call these things civilization."

"Are you trying to tell me that Enxiodis, who walked out of Kjerag, walked all the way to where he is now because he saw these things?"

Alpha shook his head, "No, he only saw a small part of the scene I showed you. Victoria is just one of the many big countries on this land. It represents a culture and a social structure, and The number of great countries that can stand shoulder to shoulder with us can’t be counted on one hand.”

"..." Ratatoss stared at the foreign god in front of her. What she wanted to express to herself was self-evident to the intelligent Ratatoss.

"Kjerag is still stuck in the ancient tradition, and those empires have no lack of desire for expansion. One day, their eyes will notice Kjerag, who is at the junction of many countries. , it is impossible to be immune from it." Suddenly, Ratatos realized that she was waking up from a dream, "Jeragond is above..."

In a sense, Kjerag is really blessed by the gods. As a paradise that is not affected by natural disasters, it has not been coveted by major powers to this day. Most of the surrounding powers are in various troubles and have no time to take care of themselves.It is a great blessing that the Kjerag people can still have the last chance to awaken and breathe.

Kjerag needs technology and industry, but those things are not free. Ratatos, who is good at weights and calculations, can think of the technologies that are bringing changes to Kjerag even without a deep understanding of them. their own price.Even for private mobility, those huge industrial installations are an astronomical sum, not to mention the dilemma of people having and not having them.

It can be said that for each of the technologies that Enxiodis wants to introduce, he has little room for bargaining.Ratatoss, who originally regarded him as a traitor, suddenly realized that Kjerag could still maintain his independence to the greatest extent and develop so many industries, and Enxiodis might be the one who sticks to his heart the most. people.

"Well...is there anything I can do?"

But when Ratatos asked this question, the foreign god had a helpless smile on his face, "The time is coming, I said, I am just a passerby, the specific choice depends on you."

"I……"

"Prosperity, prosperity, and good luck to you, Miss Ratatoss."

The next moment, the tall god disappeared in front of him. The cyan rose light and shadow covering the entire world retreated like melting snow under the scorching sun. In an instant, everyone around him started to move. Time resumed its flow.

Ratatos lowered her head in confusion, she spread her palms, and the hairpin that the god gave to her was still lying there quietly, confirming everything that had just happened.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? It seems that your face has become ugly." Xiulusi next to her came closer. This silly sister noticed the solemn expression on Ratatos' face.

"It's okay..." Ratatos put away the hairpin calmly. The hard but extremely light hairpin made of unknown materials had lost its strange luster and turned into a mortal thing. "I remembered something that was on my mind. It won't affect this ceremony."

"Sister..." Hugh Ruth had an unhappy expression on her face after being prevaricated by her sister, "You all think I'm still a naive child, right? I'm an adult. If there's anything unhappy about it, at least I want to hear what you have to say."

After being teased like this by her sister, Ratatos finally regained her composure. She put on a slightly apologetic smile and rubbed the silly sister's head, "Okay, I will do it."

However, it was this change that prevented her from realizing that her silly sister was preparing to do something big at the opening ceremony of the ceremony, something she thought would make her stand out and make everyone take their abilities seriously again.

And what is that big thing?She entrusted her most trusted subordinate, Moxi of the Yitra tribe, with full authority to do a big thing.

However, what she didn't know was that before Moshe became her subordinate, she was first under Nohis. This most trusted subordinate of Hugh Ruth was Nohis and Enxiodis who were in charge of the Branteau family. Important internal response.

As for what she plans to do at the opening ceremony, now is not the time.

……

This is a special ceremony. In the history of Kjerag for nearly a thousand years, this is the only ceremony with so many variables.Shivaash led the three major families to return to power, and the conflicts between the families accumulated to the point where they were about to break out. Before the ceremony, various things caused public sentiment to fluctuate.

If this were the case, at least this sacred ceremony would be moderated by the authority of the faith represented by the saint, and at least the families would be able to give each other some face.

But there seemed to be something different today. A strange premonition burst out in Alpha's mind. At this moment, she regretted that she had not watched the plot of "The Snow Passes Through." Her intuition told her that just after this, changes would happen, but She had no clue.

Let's continue to watch the development of the ceremony, Alpha thought, and saw the Lord of Nakaran walking onto the square, and as a sign of grace for his devout pilgrimage, the saint personally greeted him.

Subsequently, the first important project of the Snow Mountain Ceremony - Holy Hunting, the three major families led their troops, under the guidance of the Holy Girl, to go deep into the snowy mountains to hunt wild beasts, so-called clearing away the snow ghosts in the mountains and protecting peace and tranquility.Such a large-scale hunting activity is about to begin.

In the center of the field, the soft-looking Saint Enya has surprisingly firm eyes. She holds a beautifully decorated bow in her hand and a quiver full of arrows on her waist. Obviously, Enya does not want to simply be a mascot who watches along with the team in this holy hunt. She wants to be a leader and symbol, personally participate in it, and truly contribute.

The three major families each declared their loyalty to Yeragonde according to the oaths passed down from ancient times. Then Enya waved her hand to signal that the team was ready and the Holy Hunt set off.

Naturally, tourists and civilians were not allowed to follow this kind of formal large-scale ceremony. Alpha, Doctor and his entourage were waiting in the square from a distance, waiting for the team to return in triumph.

Alpha closed his eyes, and the high-altitude drone dropped to a certain height, aiming the high-definition photoelectric array at the Holy Hunter team.

And then sure enough, something happened.

33. Fuse part.2

"There's something wrong with those beasts." In the field of view returned by the drone, many beasts rushed out of the forest and snowy fields like crazy, rushing towards the massive holy hunting team, and for those who were fully armed, holding weapons and torches The crowd showed no fear.

It wasn't until the sword cut into the flesh of the beasts that they still refused to escape even though they were dripping with blood, that the team of holy hunters realized something was wrong.They always thought that this holy hunt would be no different from the usual armed parade-like rituals, and that wild beasts in nature would naturally be afraid of people who move in groups...

"Stabilize the line!" Enya was among the people who noticed something was wrong the quickest. She stood at a high point surrounded by the crowd and saw several soldiers of the Perrochi family at the front of the team being manically and viciously beaten. The beast fell to the ground, its life in danger.

Before she had time to direct others to come to the rescue, she quickly drew her bow and arrow. A sharp arrow screamed and penetrated into the vital part of the beast, killing it on the spot, but saving those soldiers.

The seemingly weak saint, when everyone was panicking, first used her bow and arrow to kill the wild beast, and then raised the holy bell in her hand. A pleasant ringing sound sounded, and an invisible force washed over the saint like a wave. The hunting team and the surrounding forests and snowfields.The originally panicked people calmed down almost immediately. The piety and courage in their hearts defeated the panic. They immediately reorganized their formation and lined up to meet the rushing beasts.

And those crazy beasts, frightened by the bell that symbolized the power of Yeragond, were slow in their steps and their attacks became sluggish.

"She is the representative of Yelagund on the earth. She is the supreme incarnation of Yelagund who fell on the top of the mountains." The scene at this moment seemed to confirm the description of the saint in the ancient classics. With all the descriptions of the priesthood, at this moment, she truly became the focus of everyone's faith.

but……

While trying their best to re-establish order, Alpha suddenly noticed something strange. An inconspicuous figure raised his crossbow, but her target was not a beast, but a person. That person was standing on Shiva. Ensiodis in the center of the Ash family team.

"broken!"

The next moment, the arrow penetrated the flesh and blood, and blood gurgled down. Enxiodis used his arm to block the crossbow arrow that was directed towards his vital body, but he was also seriously injured.

Assassinating important members of the family in a holy hunting ceremony that symbolizes unity and has strong religious connotations, regardless of success or failure, has extremely important political significance.This is unacceptable behavior.

Although the assassin was quite low-key and good at hiding, the guards of the Shivaash family still successfully discovered her. Even so, she still prepared the second arrow and pointed the crossbow at the injured boss... even if she was not at the scene. , even through only the photoelectric image from a bird's eye view, Alpha could guess the determination in her eyes.

However, this time, she failed to succeed. The sharp blade in Enxiodis' cane was unsheathed and cut off the crossbow arrow in the air, destroying her last hope of completing the assassination.

The guards of the Shivaash family swarmed forward, preparing to capture the assassin. Seeing that it was impossible to do anything, and not wanting to fall into the hands of the enemy, the assassin turned around, jumped, and disappeared under the steep cliff.

……

"Now things are getting serious. And..." Alpha looked at the doctor next to him with a slightly surprised expression, "So you arranged for the sharp to infiltrate Enxiodis' team. Are you preparing to protect his safety? ?”

"almost."

"But it was seen through."

Sharp was recognized by Enxiodis, but fortunately there was no misunderstanding. At least most people at Boss Yin knew Sharp's face.

"I said, Doctor, have you figured this out?"

The doctor shrugged, "It's just for emergencies. I can't predict the future. I just made reasonable inferences. But you, your prediction this time..."

"Hey, don't mention it. I've never seen Sherag's story this time in my last life..." This answer didn't surprise the doctor. Alpha once told him about the limitations of her knowledge of artifacts. She couldn't always predict the future. .So in the absence of reliable intelligence, it is a very important principle of action to be prepared with multiple hands.

At this time, Aktos and his men, who came to support after hearing the news, rushed over. Although he was extremely uncooperative, the loyal old bear still politely asked about Enxiodis' injury.

It's just that Perrochi's soldiers arrived too late, and it was impossible for them to catch the assassin.

……

At the same time, in the forest and snowfield under the cliff, Moxi was running with all her strength. She didn't know how long she would have to run to avoid being hunted by all parties. At this time, she was entangled in her heart, questioning What should she do next.

Nohis, who arranged for her to carry out the assassination, asked her to give priority to saving her own life in this case, but in that case, Hugh Ruth would be sentenced.Nohis is her benefactor and boss, but Hugh Ruth is also someone she is unwilling to betray.

Until, a scimitar was placed in front of him.

"Moxi, don't run away anymore, come back with me."

Looking at the compatriot in front of her, Moxi reluctantly put down the crossbow in her hand. She knew that she couldn't defeat Weiss, and she couldn't outrun him in the deep forest. Because of their respective positions, this former childhood friend was in trouble. How sad it is to have to confront each other with swords at this time.

……

"I just checked and found out that the assassin is Hugh Ruth's subordinate." Alpha did not use extraordinary power, but found out the identity of the assassin by calculating and comparing body posture and action pattern data.