Elden Clergyman

Lani: “…”

After taking a few deep breaths, Lani patiently told him the story again, simplifying the language and speaking more directly this time. Then...

"I'm sorry, I still don't understand."

Looking at the sincere and obviously apologetic face in front of her, Lani thought for the first time that it would be great if this guy was here to kill her.

After all, as an enemy, the worst that could happen is being stabbed to death.

He has the strength and the attitude, but his brain...

After sighing deeply, Lani decided to change the subject.

"Then let's talk about you, your past..."

"I have lost my memory."

"Your magic..."

"Can't I just spend a few runes to learn it?"

"The fragment of the furnace in your hand..."

"A bastard brother gave it to me, and he didn't even tell me his name."

silence.

For the first time, Lani regretted having a certain ability to detect lies.

Otherwise, she could at least lie to herself and say that the other party didn't want to answer and was fooling her, instead of being serious, or even answer her honestly.

After taking a few deep breaths again, she spoke slowly.

"So, is there anything you want to ask me—other than the question I just mentioned."

Lord originally wanted to ask her to talk about the law again, but seeing that she had been predicted, he did not insist. After thinking for a moment, he remembered something.

"Can you tell me about 'Black Knife Night'? I've heard about it a lot, but no one has ever told me in detail..."

As soon as these words were spoken, even Melina, who was COSing as Enka, couldn't help but look over.

"...Melina told you about 'The Night of the Black Knife'?"

"No."

Lord shook his head and said honestly, "But I'm just asking. If you don't know, it's okay if you don't answer."

It seems like this guy really doesn't know.

Lani was silent for a moment, then sighed.

"I am the mastermind behind the Black Blade Night."

"......ah?"

Lord, who had just killed a big hand monster, turned around and looked at Lani, looking her up and down.

"Did you do the Black Knife Night?"

Lani nodded and admitted frankly: "Yes, I am the mastermind behind the Black Blade Night, the Witch Lani."

After a pause, she continued calmly, "I don't hide my past, nor do I regret it. If you have any thoughts, just say it directly."

His thoughts?

Lord thought for a moment, recalling what he had heard about Black Knife Night. Then he nodded: "Then you are quite awesome."

Lani was stunned: "What do you mean by 'NiuX'?"

"I mean to praise you for being awesome."

Lani frowned: "That's it?"

"What else?" Lord looked at her doubtfully, "How about you describe to me in detail the process of your crime?"

Hearing Lord's words, Lani immediately shook her head: "Forget it."

Not to mention whether she could explain the situation clearly, even if she could, she didn't dare to imagine how many new questions Lord would raise for her during the process of telling the story.

But just as the topic was about to be passed over, a voice rang out.

"I think what she meant was what you think about the Black Knife Night itself."

Melina looked at Lord and explained.

"After all, in the eyes of many people in the Borderland, the 'Night of the Black Knife' marked the beginning of the collapse of the Golden Dynasty. If there hadn't been the Night of the Black Knife, there wouldn't have been the 'Shattered War,' and the Borderland wouldn't have become what it is today."

"Ah? Is there such a thing?"

Glancing at the corpses around him, Lord thought for a moment.

"First of all, I don't think I'm a good person, so I won't be a moral judge."

"Secondly, I don't think a normal and healthy system would collapse completely because of an accident."

"That wasn't an ordinary accident."

Lani raised her head and looked at Lord, saying calmly.

"I can tell you clearly that it was because Golden Godwin failed to die properly during the Night of the Black Blade that problems arose with the Returning Tree, leading to the shattering of the Ring and the Shattering War, ultimately leading to the current situation at the border..."

"No, why do you two think that this is all caused by the Night of the Black Blade?"

Lord's words startled the other two.

Then, without waiting for them to think, Lord continued speaking.

"To be honest, I still don't quite understand what the Black Knife Night is, but no matter what I heard from you or others, it was just a murder case, with more people dead."

"But no matter how many people you killed, could it be as many as I'm killing now? And I killed them with my own hands. Even if you were the mastermind behind the Black Blade Night, that was just an assist. You're not as good as me in terms of KD."

"If killing a few people could make the Golden Law explode, then my side would have exploded long ago."

"As for that demigod thing, that unjustified death, and so on, that was indeed caused by the Night of the Black Blade. It's definitely your fault."

"But the question is, don't you two feel that a very important point has been overlooked when discussing this matter?"

Lord looked at the two people in front of him and said curiously.

"Have you ever truly never doubted that the Golden Rule system itself is flawed?"

"It runs on a single system with a single thread, no backup, no emergency plan, no repair measures, and even no room for error tolerance. A single bug would freeze the entire system..."

"Let's assume there's no Black Blade Night. What if a super evil omen appears one day and blocks the Return Tree system?"

"Or if there's a fire one day and the Golden Tree is burned or damaged, or the Returning Tree system malfunctions, won't it end up like this?"

Even this is just a preliminary guess, and it does not take into account system redundancy caused by long-term operation, equipment aging, or other strange accidents.

Yes, Black Knife Night is very abstract, and Lani is not a good person either. Of course he knows this.

But the problem was, after the actual communication, he suddenly realized that the two of them seemed to be focused only on the "Black Knife Night" itself, and completely ignored another more important matter.

"The Night of the Black Knife can only be regarded as the fuse that ignites the bomb, but the fuse and the spark alone cannot cause the explosion."

"The real gunpowder that caused the explosion was the Golden Rule itself."

Looking at the two people in front of him, Lord said seriously.

“The Golden Rule itself is problematic.”

"This is the fundamental reason why the border area was blown up."

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Chapter 45: Se Lian: Survive

The Golden Rule itself is problematic.

When Lord threw out this conclusion, the environment around him fell into complete silence.

For a moment, let alone communication, even the sound of breathing became much lighter, except for the sound of Lord leaning over to chop monsters.

If the fact that Radagon is Marika can be considered a nuclear bomb, then the fact that the Golden Rule itself has problems must be considered a Tsar bomb.

In fact, when Lord first started to criticize his outrageous remarks, everyone thought he was having a seizure and didn't take it seriously.

Halfway through the conversation, everyone realized something was wrong and tried to refute it, but after opening their mouths, they found they didn't know how to refute it.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that what this guy said does make some sense.

And in this moment of distraction, Lord finished his outrageous remarks, and then without caring about the reactions of the crowd, he turned back to kill the monsters.

Only the people were left there, looking at each other, with the same subtle expression in their eyes.

"...Is he always like this?"

Lani couldn't help but ask.

Melina nodded.

"Is such that."

"Then how do you usually communicate with him?"

Melina said simply: "No communication."

Lani: “…”

Okay, she finally understood why Melina didn't say anything even though she seemed to trust this guy.

Because that is not communication at all, it cannot even be called torture, but should be called torture.

but......

This stuff seems quite interesting.

Looking at the strange man who was under Tutu's command in the distance again, there was an inexplicable look in Lani's eyes.

Until the conversation just now, she had thought that the other party was probably the kind of hot-blooded idiot type of guy.

She is willing to make friends and cooperate with such people, but is destined not to have a deep friendship with them.

After all, she is the sinful witch Lani, and everything she does is destined to be rebellious and rebellious.

According to the personality of this kind of person, even if the two sides can have a certain friendship in the early stage, they will eventually go their separate ways and even turn their swords against each other.

But now, she suddenly realized that the other party might not be as simple as she thought.

Not only does he have his own thoughts and ideas, but he also has a surprisingly clear view of certain things.

After all, even she herself had only wanted to resist the two fingers before. Although she did not like the Golden Rule, she did not directly doubt the existence of the Golden Rule itself.

But Lord...

Thinking about his plan, he looked at the strange man in front of him.

Lani suddenly felt that the two of them might get along well.

After all, one is a god who possesses the law but chooses to defy fate, and the other is a faded person who enters the Hall of the Round Table but points his spearhead directly at the gold.

Perhaps, it is precisely because they share such a similar fate that they meet here.

So, with this thought in mind, Lani moved forward again, ready to talk to Lord again, and then...

There's no after that.

Looking at the red on Lani's face and the green smoke rising from her head, Melina realized for the first time that dolls could also become so red and warm.

Even after the red temperature, he could pull down the big hat on his head to cover his face and thus conceal his autism.

That's really a defense break.

"You are right. It is correct not to communicate with him."

She had already begun to regret why she had gotten close to him.

Then, when no one disturbed him, Lord easily "explored" the Kalia Castle, collected various props and equipment, and even found a legendary weapon called the Sword of Night and Fire.

How about this sword...

If Lorde had to find a word to describe her, it would be 'supermodel'.

There are two combat skills, one can amplify the range of fan-shaped flames, and the other can release a combat skill version of Soul Torrent.