Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 514 Absolute Madness

Li Wei stood atop the dragon's head, the night wind ruffling his black hair, his cold eyes gazing down at the emperor atop the pyramid like icy stars.

He did not answer, but silence itself is a form of acquiescence.

Regardless of his status, King Fern IX was ultimately the king of a nation. Making the whole world aware of the other party's crimes and giving them a just trial was itself a way of respecting his own identity and position.

Li Wei had no desire to be branded as a regicide.

King Fern IX tilted his head slightly, his gaze passing over Livy and landing on the bright moon, which seemed to be shrouded in shadow, and the starry sky behind it.

"About twenty-two years ago, in the Temple of Kanupas, my father, VIII, held my hand tightly on his deathbed. He did not instruct me on how to strengthen the country and enrich the people, nor did he admonish me on how to balance the nobility. He simply used his last strength to point out the window—to that place that we Persian Gulf people have looked up to for generations, and said that there was a secret hidden there that could overturn everything."

Fern's voice became low and ethereal, carrying a sense of being lost in distant memories.

"What does this have to do with the things you've done?"

"Lord Li Wei, please be patient; this is a very long story."

Li Wei shrugged, indicating that he would continue.

“At first, I thought it was my father’s delirium on his deathbed. But when I accidentally stumbled into the oldest forbidden area of ​​the Temple of Canupas… I discovered that my father was right.”

"There, the Empire's oldest sacrificial artifact is kept—the Star Prism, a magical item that allows people to observe everything in the starry sky."

He paused, seemingly savoring the fear that transcended time and space.

"A telescope?" Li Wei pondered to himself, but then he overturned his guess after hearing what Fern IX said next.

“When I used it, my consciousness was projected onto the starry sky. I saw our world, a beautiful planet surrounded by azure oceans and continents. You cannot possibly comprehend the beauty and awe it evoked, and it even gave me the ambition to make the entire world my own.” Fern’s voice carried a missionary seduction and madness.

"Indeed, magic is the primary productive force!" The lord couldn't help but exclaim. He never expected that these guys would even create a magical satellite and be able to project people's perspectives onto it for observation.

If those magicians had focused on technological development, with magic's extraordinary power that defies scientific logic, the productivity of this world would have far surpassed that of the previous one.

However, when asked about Fern IX's ambition to become the owner of the ball, Li Wei simply chuckled.

Even he wouldn't dare say he's the master of the planet now; at most, he could only unify the seven kingdoms and become a continental overlord.

As his knowledge broadened, he was no longer the ignorant country lord he once was. It can only be said that the material world is very complex and far more complicated than it appears.

“But what I discovered later ruthlessly shattered all my ambitions. I saw a slowly rotating darkness beside the moon, swallowing all light! A hole that could crush even stars and suck them into nothingness!” A heavy look appeared on Fern IX’s face.

In Chambord Square, countless people looked at the moon in the direction Fern was pointing. They could see nothing but its pale light, but the almost tangible fear in the king's words sent chills down everyone's spines.

Through the Alchemy Disk, this fear spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms. "I heard His name; it's a great being directly imprinted on my soul." King Fern IX grinned, a bitter smile on his face: "The Devourer of Gods—Atticus! He is not a demon, not a god as we know him; He is the apocalypse from beyond the stars! He will descend and devour our sun, our moon, everything beneath our feet! Our world is destined for destruction! In the not-too-distant future!"

At the top of the pyramid, Queen Savina and the temple goddesses looked on with surprise and uncertainty; they were clearly hearing this secret for the first time as well.

“I have to admit, if this is a story you made up, even those lousy drunks in the tavern are a hundred times better than you.” Li Wei said expressionlessly.

“A story? Yes, I’m telling a story that happened to me. Whether I tell it or not is up to me, whether you believe it or not is up to you.” Fern IX smiled faintly.

It is precisely this attitude that makes people believe him to some extent.

"Later I tried everything, I worked hard to make the empire stronger! I sought the help of all the known gods! But He still stood there, never changing! Despair, despair, and more despair! Lord Li Wei, have you ever experienced that true, inescapable despair?"

His voice carried a chilling calmness, and before Li Wei could answer, he continued, "When I realized that struggling was futile and my efforts were in vain, I chose another path—since I couldn't fight back, I joined in and actively prayed for a slim chance of survival."

Fern's gaze fell on Levi again, with a kind of madness: "I took the initiative to establish a connection with Him. He needed three sacred seeds to build a bridge to welcome its arrival, and he bestowed these three sacred seeds upon me."

"As long as we help this great being complete His descent, He will not be stingy in granting us ants a place to live!"

“How I love the Persian Gulf Empire, this rich land, this beautiful world. When I first ascended the throne, I even vowed to abolish slavery and make sure there was not a single slave in the Persian Gulf Empire.” Fern IX’s eyes were red, as if he were in pain or madness. “But when I discovered that great being, I was like a captain encountering a storm at sea, and I had to make a choice.”

"So, given the choice between everyone dying together and a minority surviving, you unhesitatingly chose to live with the minority?"

“That’s right!” King Fern IX closed his eyes and took a deep breath: “So, I started the war, letting the warriors of the Persian Gulf and the soldiers of the three-nation alliance fight each other. Their flesh and blood will become the soil that nourishes the seeds of bitterness!”

He pointed to the outskirts of Hadar City, where it seemed as if invisible roots were drawing nourishment.

"The other seeds of resentment require the purest resentment to sprout. Is there any place with more resentment than the abyss? So I made a deal with the abyss lords. I gave them the land outside Hadar City to spread despair and collect souls, and in return, they gave me crystals of resentment condensed in the abyss. See how fair it is!" He smiled, a smile that sent chills down the spines of all who watched.

“And the last seed of life…” Fern’s gaze swept over the pale-faced Queen Savina, finally settling on Levi, “It requires the most primal life force, and the Heart of Life guarded by the Medusa clan is undoubtedly the most vital thing I can find. Lord Levi, you protect those Gorgons, don’t you? You even married a Medusa chieftain, so you should know that.”

"When the three sacred trees gather and their power forms a passage, I will use it to welcome the arrival of that great being! In this way, I can secure a glimmer of hope for the Persian Gulf Empire and for humanity in this apocalypse! This is my choice! In the face of inevitable destruction, morality, subjects, and empires can all be bargaining chips! Choice is far more important than effort! Therefore, I have chosen this path to survival!"

"Even if it ruins my reputation or kills me, I don't care!"

silence.

A deathly silence enveloped Champagne Square and all the places in the seven countries where the images were being viewed.

Fern IX's madness, his plan to gamble with the entire world, shocked everyone.

(End of this chapter)