The Devil's Escape Diary

Kelly stepped out, leaving only Huesca and Silvia in the room.

Hughes smiled and said, "Now is the time to fulfill the promise."

"His Royal Highness, no, where are you going to listen first, Son?"

"You'd better call me Your Highness." Hughes curled his lips: "The name Saint Son sounds awkward to me. As for where to listen, start from the beginning."

Silvia nodded, and then said: "There are too many things involved in this, well, probably more than 20 years ago, the holy symbols of the Holy See suddenly went out one by one."

The pope fell into the memory, his eyes seemed to penetrate time and space.

"The rise of mankind has an inseparable relationship with the Holy Light. After all, it only relies on elemental power. At that time, the elemental power that has not been studied by humans at that time cannot be related to the magic of the elves, the power of the devil, or even the sacrificial blood of the orcs. Confrontation. The emergence of the Holy Light is a turning point for mankind."

"But later, with the expulsion of the human empire..." At this point, Silvia paused, as if thinking of the identity of Seuss, changed the wording and continued: "The human empire has won the war and is stable. It gives a lot of people who have other ideas an opportunity to realize their own ideas."

"The magic envoys headed by the Alliance of Wizards were dissatisfied with the imperial rule of the Holy Empire and split up to form the United States of Mages. The two countries have been in constant friction. During this period, many merchants, border nobles, and some people in the two places were very dissatisfied. , So after the century-long war between the two countries, a free federation appeared."

"They are a group of guys who pursue freedom and unrestrainedness. They advocate not participating in disputes and just making money. The emergence of a free federation has suddenly and delicately balanced the situation. This has continued for hundreds of years. Six hundred years ago, Because of the deterioration of the relationship between the nobility and the north and south, the Locke Kingdom became independent. It has become the fourth nation of mankind."

Hughes blinked: "What does this have to do with things twenty years ago?"

Silvia said with emotion: "This is the background. The independence of these countries, without exception, has betrayed the teachings of the goddess. In the eyes of these people who don't understand anything, the Holy Light... It’s just power. The so-called goddess of light is also fabricated. Only we and the royal family understand that the goddess really exists. Can you understand this?"

Hughes opened his hands and said, "To be honest, if you asked me a year ago, I would definitely say fart. But not anymore. I often worry about whether I would be debt-collected if I scolded the Demon God. Now. But... I seem to be favored by two gods now, and I am not afraid of coming.

"Don't worry about this." Silvia said: "The Demon God is dead."

Hughes was taken aback: "Dead?"

"Yes."

"How did you know?"

"The goddess said it herself." Silvia replied.

Hughes stayed for a while, then suddenly looked at Carlisle: "So the Demon God Sacrifice Hall in the Palace..."

Carlisle lowered his head slightly: "There is no need to clean it, it's just a decoration, and... Your Highness, don't come."

Hughes: "........."

Silvia continued: "We went back to business and the holy emblem went out. The Holy See and the royal family were very nervous at that time. So... we had no choice but to perform a prayer ceremony."

"The ritual of praying to gods is an ancient ritual that is recorded. It is not even a ritual of the Holy See, but... from an untraceable ethnic ritual. This method was given to us by an ancient elven book seized by the human empire. We don’t even know if this thing is useful."

"I participated in the prayer ceremony, Captain Taylor, Carlisle Sage, Shadow Sage, and Sage Eleta."

"We are all firm believers in the goddess, and the Three Sages of the Holy See are the future pope, the head of the knights. Heirs to the leader of the Three Sages. So we are qualified to begin the prayer ceremony."

"Wait." Seus interrupted Silvia: "Where is the third seat?"

Silvia shook her head: "The Holy Three Seats are not goddess believers. They are legends and the closest existence to God. In fact, the first to split from the empire was the Holy Three Seats. If it weren't for them, the United States of Mages could not resist the kingdom. iron heel."

Hughes blinked: "Why?"

Carlisle said indifferently: "The faith of mankind only appeared at the time of the rise. As a legend, they can't accept that there is a guy above their heads taking care of themselves. What's more, it's something that they have never seen at all, which may be fictitious.' God'. In fact, they have been in charge for hundreds of years."

"Human beings do not have the so-called blood line inheritance, although blood line has certain power, but...It is very mysterious. The Holy Third Seat does not even belong to any noble. So they are not satisfied with the Holy See's belief in manipulating human beings. What they want is freedom. , Or... a force that cannot fight them."

Silvia said in an interface: "So the Holy Three Seats was established. Their philosophy is the harmonious development of mankind, and everything is focused on the interests of mankind. Therefore, after the independence of the United States of Mages, because the large-scale war between the two sides will be devastated, so. .. The Holy Three Seats prevented the war, and only allowed small-scale conflicts, or... ended the battle with lightning."

"But... the other party is the Alliance of Wizards. The weird methods and all kinds of magic make the so-called lightning-like ending of the battle a joke. So the Alliance of Wizards has a firm foothold."

"The emergence of the Liberty Alliance is for the same reason. But the Liberty Alliance has only one half-step legend. Theoretically, the empire can come back at any time. But...the United States of Masters obviously wants to have its own buffer zone, so they came to help. ."

"The empire is once again in a dilemma that cannot end the battle in a flash."

Seuss blinked: "What about Locke Kingdom? The same reason? Shouldn't it, now there are two strong and one weak. There is no reason for the United States of Mages to help Locke Kingdom."

Silvia sighed: "The Kingdom of Locke is different from them. I am not a royal family, so...for Locke's things...In fact, there are still some objective things."

"Locke is the northern part of the empire. Unlike the southern part, the pressure in the south comes from the United States of Mages and the elven dynasty separated by the sea. On the other side of the United States of wizards, there is a free federation buffer, and the elven dynasty has the natural barrier of the sea. So actually...and Not dangerous. The only danger is the first demons in the western continent."

"The northern region at that time faced the second demons, the orcs, and the dwarven kingdom in the mountains and valleys. They were all alien races, and...closely adjacent. At that time, the empire was divided twice, so it was difficult The management of the northern region is very strict. In other words, the management of the whole country is very strict."

"It's just that the northern area is farther away from the royal capital. Sometimes the northern nobles don't even listen to the imperial order. This has always been a worry for the royal capital."

"Six hundred years ago, a great famine swept across the country and the north was severely affected. It stands to reason that the south should be allocated support, but... At that time, the royal family believed that this was a good time to cut the north and insert its own people. The rescue thing is a little movement."

"According to their imagination, the fertile plains are like this, so the orcs, demons, and dwarves will only be more serious, so don't worry about them. Even if they fight in hungry, there will be resistance from the north, and there will be less impact. Support from the south. It can also greatly weaken the northern power while retreating. At this time, if you insert yourself to be obedient, your own faction is too simple, and the problems in the north that have plagued for a hundred years can be solved."

Hughes curiously asked, "What then? Then what happened?"

Silvia said helplessly: "What the royal family thought of, and the northern aristocracy also thought of it. After discovering that the southern part did nothing, the four great aristocrats found the third seat."

"They told the Holy Trinity that the famine might cause the invasion of alien races, and the general situation of the disaster. After the alien race, it was the war of self-destruction and slaughter of human beings. So...they want to be independent."

"But their half-step legend at the time was only the Christian family, so they hope that the Holy Three Seats can help them cultivate some legends."

"The Holy Trinity agreed, but considering the balance, they took away the family members of the Steele and Edward family. And according to the agreement, the royal family must be held by the Wabel family. Then...the Locke Kingdom was established."

Seuss nodded: "That's why I said that the Holy Trinity didn't know anything about your affairs. So they didn't bother to know?"

"We are hiding from them." Silvia's voice was full of helplessness: "A spiritual goddess, and a goddess that really exists, have different meanings to the Holy Third Seat."

Hughes understood the meaning in an instant: "So, did the prayer ceremony succeed?"

"Successful, but... it's hard to say a word." Silvia's eyes were full of helplessness: "The goddess descended on the body of the sage Eleta."

Seuss' hands tightened slightly.

"According to our original assumption, the goddess will come and help us light up the holy light. But we miscalculated."

"The goddess is already very weak. She told us that she can light up the holy light, but... but it cannot guarantee that the holy light will continue. The disaster in the mainland is about to come, and she needs a guy who can stop this disaster. ."

Carlisle added: "But the great power of the goddess' arrival still attracted the Holy Trinity seat. We said it was the saint woman who came to the world to help us rekindle the light. After the goddess came, she fell into a deep sleep, so in the Holy Trinity Xi didn't seem to be the slightest threat, so he didn't manage to do much."

Hughes couldn't help asking: "What does the disaster mean?"

Silvia shook her head: "I don't know, and the goddess herself doesn't know. The goddess who came down was originally consciousness, she only remembered her mission."

"Find an inheritor?"

Carlisle slowly said: "Or... give birth to a successor, but... it may fail."

Seuss' heart moved: "What does failure mean..."

"It just doesn't have the qualifications of successor at all." Carlisle replied: "It's like...two years ago, there has been no improvement in eighteen years...you."