Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1242 The Determined Lone Walker VIII

The situation was a little out of control. Among the many comments in the live broadcast room, someone had actually recognized the owner of that voice, Shana, the legendary star, the genius among alchemists, the Eagle of Mysticism, and the former strong contender for the Ten Gunslinger Kings.

Halsey naturally recognized the other person, but the name he was familiar with was another name. He looked around, but for a moment he couldn't find the other person's exact location.

The square became chaotic, people were whispering to each other, and the buzz of discussions was deafening. Even the staff looked hesitant.

The official seemed to have all the blood rushing to his head. His big nose and ears looked red and shiny in the sun. He puffed up his face and tried hard to control his expression:

"Rumors are all fabricated!"

He turned around and deliberately raised his voice: "Find me the guy who spread rumors and caused trouble!"

But how could Melfina give him this opportunity? She stepped forward and stretched out her hand to block the other party's personnel, "This is the Elven Court, let's see who dares to move!"

Her threats were by no means empty words. As soon as she finished speaking, rows of elven guards filed out from behind and surrounded the Super Athletic Alliance's entourage.

The elven guards leading the Sons of Light lowered their halberds and pointed the sharp tips of their spears at them. The silver scales on their bodies sparkled in the sun, making people dare not look at them directly.

"Elves," the official did not expect that the elves in the autumn forest would dare to do this. He looked at the princess in shock and anger, "Can I take this as your final answer?!"

Melfina was silent for a moment.

Even as a princess of the Elven Court, there are probably few moments like this in her life. Her next order will determine the future of the Holy Whites and even the land beneath her feet.

But she raised her head - her eyes swept across everyone in the square one by one, and finally fell on the giant tree that reached into the clouds. From this direction, Terraka was like a shadow on the horizon, hanging down from the clouds.

In the past, the Two Sacred Trees symbolized the prosperity of the elves.

"Mortals," she said, using the same tone as before, as if she was reading the Elven Empire's decision to the tribes in the Clover Field. She raised her voice slightly: "If you want to start a war here, overturn the entire Giant Tree Hill, and completely destroy a floating continent, you can step forward."

The Elf Princess' voice drowned out every sound in the square, as if it had magical power, making every sound quiet.

Sword Saint Soria was taking a step forward to protect the princess, looking at the humans present with indifferent eyes, and the sword in his hand had been pulled out an inch.

The speed of the comments in the live broadcast room slowed down, and on the other side of the screen, you could hear a pin drop. No one thought that the situation would develop so quickly.

Of course they understood what this scene meant. One step forward would mean war, which would be the point of destruction of all history since the era of Star Gate.

It is an abyss that will eventually drag everyone into it. Order may be destroyed, and the war between the Chosen Ones and the indigenous people will begin again.

It seemed as if the previous scene was just a farce, but in the blink of an eye they had reached the node that would determine the fate of the worlds at both ends of the Star Gate, including the Hill of Giant Trees and even Ataria.

The crowd was silent.

The voice that had suddenly appeared before also completely disappeared. It seemed that after causing trouble, it hid in the crowd and never showed up again.

On the other side of the Stargate Port, the highest warning level alarm sounded almost immediately, echoing throughout the space station.

Almost all the lines in the communication center were busy, and the communications from both sides of the star gate almost doubled.

The lights in the corridor switched to red emergency lights, and the staff ran towards the monitoring center like crazy.

"Whoever it is," the person in charge of the center screamed hysterically, "Stop those lunatics in Division Two!"

"Who gave them this authority?"

The next moment, members of the Council's Investigation Department filed out.

One line after another was connected.

The personal communications of the officials on the square were instantly overwhelmed. His slightly bald forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat. He looked at his system and saw countless messages appear in an instant -

Some of them were harsh.

Luduk closed his eyes, his face looked abnormally pale, but the next moment he made up his mind, opened his eyes again, turned around to look at the group of dragon knights behind him - Halsey, Ming, Avani, as well as Ragnarok, Golden Night Blade, and FNC people, trying to order them to take action with his eyes.

But he was horrified to find that Halsey was indifferent and just looked at him calmly. Golden Night Blade and FNC's Dragon Knight also stood there motionless.

"you……"

Avani seemed to have not recovered from his state of disorientation. Only the dragon knight of Ragnarok took a step forward.

But a sharp sword had been drawn across his body, blocking him. A ray of sunlight fell from the sharp sword spine, casting a shadow on the dragon knight of Ragnarok.

The dragon knight of Ragnarok was slightly startled. He looked up and found that a tall knight covered in silver armor had appeared in front of him at some point.

The other person was nearly a head taller than him, like a giant. The giant held a huge sword in his hand, and the edge of his armor was outlined with dark golden patterns that looked like flames.

Long scrolls were hanging from the opponent's shoulder armor, chest armor and arms, densely written with ancient commandments.

The knight's silver-grey eyes turned to him, and the dragon knight of Ragnarok felt a slight chill in his heart - this was also a dragon knight, his colleague.

And it's a pretty tricky kind -

Ming was watching coldly from the side, his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, and he recognized the other person's identity.

Halsey was also watching this scene, and then she said, "Mr. Luduk, we are surrounded. Didn't you notice?"

"Who are you?" Luduke was furious as he looked at these people. Something that was originally a sure thing had so many twists and turns.

The Alliance went all out, and the Linoril Council and the Empire also joined in, mobilizing almost all the forces they could mobilize - except for those that could not be moved in the Second World.

Such a force was still not enough to defeat a small free adventure group. They had almost learned all the lessons from the last time they dealt with Loofah, but if they still failed -

Isn’t the authority of the alliance a joke?

But as if in response to his words, the crowd in the square automatically parted because a group of knights were coming from there.

The leading knight was like a ball of flame, as if the sun had descended to the earth, and the light emanating from his body made people dare not look directly at him.

When the light faded, people could see the middle-aged knight's short fiery red hair. The armor on his body was as heavy as a shackle, but the shackle was covered with scars, but each scar was a certification of honor.

The other party looked up at Luduk. Each scroll of scriptures on his armor was longer than others, almost reaching the ground. The scriptures were also more complicated, stacked layer by layer, and there was even a holy book nailed on each side of his shoulder armor.

The accompanying knight was covered in golden armor with a purple clover emblem on it, decorated with rose and thorn patterns, and held a holy grail, a scepter, an orb and a holy book in his hands.

On that holy book was the holy emblem of the sun.

People involuntarily retreated to the left and right, as if they were afraid to disturb this solemn scene, because the knights were chanting scriptures in unison, praising the sun and all lights.

Someone has actually recognized their identities.

Knight of the ancient training.

In the live broadcast room of Wandering Horse, the comments were full of question marks, because this series of twists and turns had confused everyone:

"It's the Knight of the Ancient Training."

"What are they here for?"

"You're not here for that guy, are you?"

"That's not right. He has never been to Lotao."

The middle-aged knight did not see these rumors from another world. He stopped not far from Luduk, looked at him, and smiled gently:

"Mr. Luduk, long time no see."

Luduke obviously recognized the identity of the visitor, but at this point, he knew that he had no way out: "What... are you doing here?"

The middle-aged man smiled again, and his smile obviously affected the scars on his face.

It was a scar that ran across half of his face. It started from his forehead, cut through one of his eyebrows, passed through his eyelid and cheek, and extended to the corner of his mouth.

But it does not make it hideous, but adds a sense of majesty, because everyone knows the origin of the scar -

Obtained from fighting against the evil god 'Atumas'.

There is only one person in the world who has this honor, and he is the Grand Master of the Knights of the Ancient Order, the Blazing Lion, the Golden Blade of the Sun, Gonzalez Gulmud.

"We are here to remove your power."

"Gonzalez... No, you are not qualified. The Ancient Knights have an agreement with the Alliance. You should not set foot here..."

"No," Gonzalez shook his head. He stretched out a hand and placed it on the holy book behind him. "Of course we are qualified."

"You are the knights of Orli. The saints will not interfere in the mundane affairs of this world," Luduk swallowed, "You should not be here. This is a matter between the Alliance and the Elven Court."

"I am not here to investigate this matter," Gonzalez said, "but you should not attack the Son of the Pillar of Stars."

"Holy Son?" Luduke was stunned. "Who?"

Not just him.

The barrage was also confused. In dozens of live broadcast rooms, countless viewers were typing out symbols representing their own questions:

"?"

"what?"

"what happened?"

But in the live broadcast room of Wandering Horse, some people suddenly reacted and showed some strange expressions in front of the screen:

“No…right?”

“Could it be…?”

"Huh? When did this happen? Did I miss an episode?"

But what people missed was far more than just one episode. The blazing lion Gonzalez was placing his hand on the glowing holy book:

"You are attacking an upright young man."

"The Lord of the Mountains and the Sun, the King on the Throne cast a glance upon him, and withdrew his scepter, and made him the Chosen One."

"The one we follow, the one above all saints, promised in person," Gonzalez said loudly, "the craftsman's apprentice from Kapka, the savior of Fenris, the dragon slayer, the dragon alchemist, the one favored by the scales, the one accompanied by the goblins—"

"He will become the Knight of All Lights, the next leader of the Knights of the Ancient Order, and my successor."

"Therefore - Luduk, the human behind the Star Gate, I demand that you immediately stop all attacks and slander against him."

The Grand Master was looking at the stunned alliance members and said in a resounding voice, "Otherwise, you will bear the consequences yourself."

Luduke was stunned. Everyone in the live broadcast room was stunned.

Thousands of words finally turned into just one sentence:

"what?"

……

The forest was becoming quiet.

This kind of silence is not unfamiliar to people in the forest. The gray disaster spreads from the woods, and the lifeless replaces everything alive.

When all things wither, all that is left is the emptiness and loneliness. The birds no longer sing, and the insects no longer chirp.

Even the rustling dead leaves no longer fall. They are frozen at a certain moment in their lives, their veins turning into crystals, the organic becoming inorganic, no longer circulating.

Juliana watched Fang He and others busy arranging something in the community, but she was actually not very optimistic about this childish plan.

"Ed," she shouldn't have spoken here, but after hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but say, "You guys are useless."

Fang He stopped what he was doing and looked up at the dragon knight lady.

"Are you planning to expose the actions of the Guild Alliance? Do you want to use public opinion to force them to stop their plans, or at least hinder them?"

Juliana shook her head. "Your idea is correct, but this method is too clumsy. It takes time to spread the message, and using public opinion to force is not something that can be accomplished overnight."

"So what does Ms. Juliana think?"

"I think the other side will have countermeasures. The alliance is not an organization of one or two people. There must be a huge chain of interests behind it. I have seen too many methods of the other side. This is nothing to them."

"I know you want to attract the attention of Stargate Port, but have you ever thought that launching an investigation will take at least years? Not long ago, the dispute between the Alliance and Star Ring Industrial took more than six months just to initiate the procedure—"

Zuliana sighed, "This is still Xinghuan Industrial, and the hope for the alliance is slim. Do you think there is enough time left for you?"

"But the people from the Council Investigation Bureau have been trying to investigate the Stargate affairs. Maybe we can attract their attention."

"You are too naive," Juliana shook her head. "Everything you have experienced in your region is just as complicated as it is there. It is difficult to intervene..."

"You must know, Ed, that the power structure in reality is also made up of people. And people can be infiltrated and eroded. Even if those people cannot determine the final outcome, they can at least delay time."

I seem to have heard this sentence somewhere before.

Fang He just remembered that Shang Wangyou had said almost the same thing to him half a year ago. The military representative told him not to think things were too simple.

In certain matters, it is difficult for Stargate Port to interfere in matters between him and the Alliance, especially in the first and second divisions.

Juliana was looking at the young man seriously, trying to persuade him: "What you lack is time, so I don't want you to waste it on meaningless things."

"But Ms. Juliana, what do you think we should do?" Fang He asked.

"I think you should return to the Elven Court," Zuliana said, "Contact Ming, calm the situation down first, and then persuade the allies to slow down their plans."

Fang He looked at the other person silently: "Do you think this is feasible, Ms. Juliana?"

"I know this is very risky, but it is the only viable path," said Zuliana. "Not everyone in the alliance is in collusion with the Dark Saints. There must be some who have been deceived. They definitely don't want to see the plan go in this direction. As long as..."

"As long as we convince them?"

Juliana nodded.

But Fang He shook his head. "I know everything you said. I also know that these rumors cannot deal a fatal blow to the guild alliance."

"It won't even make them change their original decision," Juliana added, "but will make them feel a sense of crisis and further speed up their plans."

"So that live broadcast was just a show, like a press conference specially held to divert people's attention. Did they have other plans in secret?"

Juliana is of course aware of the alliance's usual tactics. "Yes, of course people will react sooner or later, but by the time the public reacts, it will be too late."

Fang He seemed to have seen everything happen:

"The alliance will definitely seize this opportunity to launch its own plan and achieve its established goals. Once the goals are achieved, they can just come up with a scapegoat to take all the responsibilities."

"You're right," Zuliana nodded slightly, "and it's possible that things will get worse than that - Ed, the Alliance has done a lot of wrong things, but they can at least represent the human side of the Stargate."

"Ming and I both obey the orders of our clubs, but in essence, any bad order is better than no order at all."

Fang Yu listened silently, his eyes unchanged, as if he was listening to an old and unoriginal story.

In those stories, justice always prevails, and the brave men only grasp a corner of darkness, until day after day, even the heroes grow old.

But he asked:

"So, which step of the mission will they immediately carry out? After the Battle of Ninimere, they should have controlled a lot of gray branches-"

"Next, they will use these gray branches to attack together, and at that moment, the soul of the unicorn girl who controls these gray branches..."

"You will enter the veins of the White Tree, because you have seen the branch that fate has covered and passed the message back."

"So they're going to do this whether I go back or not, right?"

Juliana looked at Fang He and was stunned for a moment. There was some fear and strangeness in her eyes.

The moment Fang Yu looked at her, he already got the answer.

He actually already knew the answer.

"You..." Juliana hesitated, "Why...?"

"Because the bad guys' methods are always the same old ones, lacking in novelty," the ship's officer smiled slightly, "some people always think they have it all figured out, but when the time comes, they jump to the wall in desperation."

Zuliana's expression finally changed and she placed a hand on her sword.

"We are waiting for them to act blindly," Fang He gently closed the community, his determined eyes remained the same, "because people often make mistakes when they act blindly."

"But--"

"But the Elf King hasn't arrived yet," Fang He replied, "right? If he hasn't arrived yet, we can't enter the Gray Forest."

His eyes suddenly looked to the side.

A figure appeared there, and Miss Nightingale jumped out of the opened portal and looked in this direction.

But Juliana stared straight at the man behind Elisa:

"Zukul, why are you here?"

"Zuliana," Zukur sighed, "Halsey is theirs, surrender, you can't defeat them."

A figure appeared from behind Zukul, and when Zuliana saw the emblem on the other's chest, her face turned pale.

People of the Council.

Fang He also remembered that he seemed to have seen this young man somewhere. That's right - it was in Melfina's camp. It was he who took away the Dragon Worshiper's spy.

The young man smiled at them and said, "Ferger Anando, Mr. Ed, we should have met before in the Gus Disaster Area."

"You are from the Night Walker's craftsman team..."

"That's just a fake identity I made up, Mr. Ed. My real identity is a member of the Investigation Department of the European Union Branch of the Stargate Port Council."

Juliana, who was standing aside, finally reacted. She drew her sword and seemed to want to attack the other party - but before that, Elindor had already blocked her way.

The dragon knight lady from Lotao looked at the scene with an unpleasant expression, and finally returned her gaze to the young man, "Why did you notice it?"

She carefully recalled every move she had made before. There should have been no mistakes and everything should have been perfect.

Even her best friend, the Construct Queen, didn't see her true identity and intentions.

But Fang He just looked at her quietly and said something that she couldn't understand in the end:

"Ms. Juliana, how many times do you think this is?"

Juliana's face was turning red and white, but at this point she didn't need to hide anything. She sneered at these people:

"Zukul, when the time came you jumped on a sinking ship. What do you think the Council means?"

She pointed at Fang He and the others and said, "But without the Elf King, you won't be able to enter the Gray Forest. No one can stop this plan."

But Sylvie looked at the woman with some pity.

Miya shook her head, probably thinking that the other person was a fool.

"Juliana, that's not the case," said the Lord of the Shadow Land, Elindor. "There are two ways to open the door to the Gray Forest. In the past, Lady Aimaya divided the authority into two, giving one to the Elf Court and one to the Holy Forest."

"…and besides the Elf King, we have another way to open the door."

But the great saint who could open the door is no longer here.

Juliana wanted to say this, but her words suddenly stopped. She turned her head sharply and looked at the elf girl with a look as if she had seen a ghost.

That is the bloodline of a royal family, and at the same time, she is the heir designated by the Great Saint, the saint approved by the forest.

Princess Lian Kuiya Alsana looked at the dragon knight coldly, then turned around and walked towards the center of the forbidden square.

Fang He looked at Zukul who was not far away:

"Mr. Zukul, have you escorted the person here?"

Zukur nodded, remembering what Halsey had said to him, and he moved aside, revealing a slim lady behind him.

That was none other than the assistant to the head of the Disaster Investigation Department of Silverwind Harbor, Carandil, an elf lady named Lilithel.

The young lady seemed a little nervous, but until she saw Princess Alsana, she finally relaxed and looked relieved.

"Then everything is ready," Fang He said, "only the east wind is missing."

"Now it's our turn to go alone and solve the real trouble at Giant Tree Hill—"

The Elf Princess looked in this direction, nodded slightly, and drew the holy sword from its sheath.

……