Chapter 729: The Continuation of the Ancient Struggle

"Lord Tilan, someone wants to see you."

Under the soft gray-blue background wall, the girl was sitting on a high-back chair with her legs bent, thinking about something in a daze. She woke up when she heard the sound from the transmission device on the table.

"The other party said that he was from Saint Casonas and had the credentials of the cult."

"I know, let him come."

A few minutes later, the door of her office slid open, and two members wearing white clothes and silver-winged cloaks came in with a man in a dark blue robe.

He looked about 40 years old and had a mature face. The robe on his body seemed to be dyed with traditional craftsmanship. The fabric was simple and durable. His strength was around Sequence 7, and he could be said to be a master of a faction.

"Hello." Since he was a guest, the girl did not put on airs. She walked down from the chair lightly and led the other party to the sofa beside her. Then the two sat opposite each other, and the two guards who came in stood by the girl.

"Respected Miss Heshia, hello." The other party first saluted with her hand on her chest, then raised her head and looked at the girl with a little curiosity.

Among all the singing girls, Tilan is the type who doesn't look eye-catching at first glance, but has an extremely mysterious temperament. She rarely wears exaggerated and complicated clothes, and doesn't appear frequently on various social media. It can be understood that she likes quietness and is not so ostentatious.

"I come from the Holy Land of Saint Casonas, and I am here to see you on behalf of the cult." He said directly.

"It has been nearly ten years since you last visited Saint Casonas, and many people in the cult miss you very much."

Miss? Tilan recalled that short period of time, and it seemed that there were not many people who had a deep intersection, except for the Saint of Water. However, since the other party said so, there was no need to find fault, just treat it as some kind of polite words.

"During that time, I did receive a lot of teachings in Saint Casonas, and I also gained a lot of secret knowledge." Tilan responded, tilting her head slightly, curious about what the other party would say next. Wouldn't he ask her for funds or something like that, although she is indeed a small rich woman now, with countless funds.

Seeing that Tilan agreed and did not reject coldly, the other party put aside his worries a little, and then continued to speak.

"Now that the birthday of the great original angel is approaching, Saint Casonas is also preparing to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate, so I want to invite you to participate."

So it was this matter, she thought it was something big.

"I know, but I may not be able to spare the time to go now. Please report the specific process and time to my assistant members. If time permits, I will visit."

"Thank you, Miss Heshia." The other party did not continue to invite and persuade, which surprised Tilan a little.

"In fact, this time I came, I also received a commission from Lady Filuselin to bring you a letter." After saying that, he carefully took out a box from the inner layer of his robe. When

the box with a simple shape was opened, a pearl with a silver-blue luster appeared inside, and there was a faint halo of water mist around it.

Even if you don't look at the attributes of the letter, just from the quality and appearance of this pearl, it is a rare treasure. It can probably be regarded as a T2-level high-end jewelry, the kind that sells for over a million on the market.

Looking at the opened box and the pearl with a halo in it, Tilan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and took it.

Filuselin must not be looking for her to talk to her about something between girls. With her status and strength, it must not be a small matter for her to come to her specifically. So when Tilan saw the pearl, she didn't want to take it. She had a rare leisure time recently, and could be in a daze here, occasionally taking a nap on the sofa, and she really didn't want to get involved in the current complicated federal situation.

"I know, I'll take a look later." It seems that inviting her to the ceremony is a cover-up, and sending this letter is the real business.

"I haven't asked your name yet. It's rare to come to the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region. Why don't you stay here for a few days to tour." Tilan took the pearl and turned around to keep her.

"My name is Omis, a priest of the Water Temple. It's my honor to meet Miss Heshia." He agreed.

"Help Mr. Omis arrange a place to stay." Tilan looked up and asked the guard beside him to arrange it.

"Yes."

Then the three of them went out, and the room returned to silence again.

At this time, Tilan took out the pearl she had just received, looked at the halo of water mist on it, and then closed her eyes and concentrated, allowing her perception to extend into it.

Mist, thick water mist, blue vortex water mist, this was the first feeling after Tilan's consciousness immersed in the pearl. If it were someone else, they would probably be confused by the water mist, lose their direction, and keep circling in the maze-like vortex water mist, but as a singer or witch with special powers, her spiritual will was like a clear crystal, undisturbed, and sank all the way to the bottom of the vortex.

Passing through the thick and dark vortex, the faintly shining light called out in front, and her consciousness collided with the light, and then she seemed to hear the sound of something shattering.

The strange halo and water mist spread in the room, enveloping Tilan. The water mist made the girl sitting in it seem to have come to another world, in a world completely covered by water, where the sky and water met in a distant place, and in this pure water and sky world, there stood a red-haired woman waiting quietly.

She has long hair as red as life, wearing a classic white dress, holding a golden staff in her fingers, standing in the water, like a quietly blooming red lotus.

"Long time no see, Tilan." The other party looked up and spoke after seeing Tilan.

"I have stored a few memories and thoughts in the pearl, so as to convey some information."

"It seems that I can't talk to you directly." Tilan felt that this way of communication was quite ancient. After all, interstellar communication methods are now more popular, but the price is a little more expensive.

"Yes, but if Tilan wants, I can ask the church to provide you with a special 'Holy Seat Ceremony', so that we can talk directly." As if he had predicted what questions Tilan would ask in advance, the other party answered them here.

"I'll consider it." Tilan wondered if her thoughts were so easy to guess.

"Since you're here, let me tell you something." Philuselin's voice continued.

"A long, long time ago, humans had an extremely glorious era. It was an era when the concepts of the 'Mechanical Council' and the 'Original Heart' merged, and was later called the 'Age of Transcendence'." "

In that era, humans reached an unprecedented peak, ruling the entire galaxy, occupying the Sea of ​​Aegeka, and building a magnificent Throne of God in the center of the galaxy as the cornerstone of civilization."

"Unfortunately, such an era did not last forever. The tides of the Sea of ​​Aegeka triggered a huge disaster, resulting in the near-extinction of the humans in the form of Transcendence living in the Sea of ​​Aegeka at the time. Their dead consciousness fragments and extraordinary characteristics were also mixed together, and finally gave birth to the virus-like monster 'Chaos Phantom'."

"The monsters evolved from the remnants of soul consciousness spread from the Sea of ​​Aegeka to the present world, causing tens of thousands of years of darkness, and the remaining humans returned to Earth and rebuilt civilization. These survivors were called 'The Sun of God's Wings'." "

Then the re-sprouting human civilization rose again, and went through the First Age, the Second Age, the Third Age... until now."

"The key point to mention here is the Fifth Era, which was an extremely chaotic and dark era. In order to fight against the dark sun, some survivors re-established the Mechanical Council in the center of the Milky Way. After that, they failed and were destroyed several times, and then rebuilt again. The cult I belong to is one of the branches." "

The message I want to convey to you today is that the descendants of the Mechanical Council of the Fifth Era are not limited to my cult. There are other branches. Like us, they believe in the Four Primordials and yearn for a more perfect and progressive future for mankind."

"However, the ideal destination may seem the same, but the paths to get there are very different. Before reaching the destination, no one knows which branch is on the right path. Perhaps even the most holy and wise Highness Pure Wind will find it difficult to penetrate the fog of history." It is hard to imagine that these were the words of the Saint of the cult, because such remarks are tantamount to questioning the authority of the highest worshiper.

"I have mentioned to you the closest faction to our sect. They are now supporting Miss Blanche, and their influence and strength in the western star region are far greater than before."

"Although we are somewhat hostile and mutually exclusive, the core of our beliefs actually comes from the 'Original Heart' faction, which is to use some method to guide everyone together and gather into a powerful core. This is also the origin of the technology of the 'Throne of God'." "But at the

end of the Fifth Era, because of the huge pressure of the Dark Sun and the bad results caused by the Dark Sun, many people began to doubt and gradually moved away from us. They firmly believed that if there was only one voice and will in a vast civilization, it would inevitably lead to bad results. They believed that it was necessary to maintain multiple voices and species, which was very consistent with the concept of the 'Tree of Life Sect' in history, so they called themselves its spiritual successors."

"It should be said that the history of the birth of elves and fairies is the product of the descendants of the Mechanical Council accepting the ideas of the 'Tree of Life Sect'. The Sun of the Wings of God created many new species in the Garden of Eden."

"So in the Federation, most elves are believers of the 'Tree of Life Sect'. The most powerful product of the fusion of the 'Tree of Life Sect' and the 'Original Heart' concept is the Federation's singers. This is fundamentally different from the Dark Sun's fusion of the 'Original Heart' concept with the 'Mechanical Parliament'."

"After saying so much, are you confused? In short, although our 'Four Holy Churches' and the 'Seven Virtues Sect' that supports Blanche have some exclusion and differences in their concepts, they still belong to the spirit of the 'Original Heart'." "

But some branches are different from us. They have abandoned the ideals of the 'Original Heart' and are moving towards the concept of the 'Deep Sea Union' that is most opposed to us. They reject the theory of great unification and centralization. They are the most discrete faction that pursues freedom, even if it means sacrificing strength for this. They do not force the pursuit of consensus, but allow the internal division and diffusion to continue. What they pursue is eternal travel and wandering, and they will not stop."

"In the past few eras, the 'Deep Sea Union' faction has never been strong, but they have survived for a long time, and even rekindled human civilization when necessary. At the end of the Fifth Era, they made an indispensable contribution."

"However, with the establishment of the Federation and the reunification of mankind, they gradually faded away from everyone's sight. Now you can only see followers of their faction among the mermaids."

"Although they rarely appear in the public eye, it does not mean that they do not exist. They are like the hazy lighthouse on the other side of the sea. When life here is happy, people will not think of risking crossing the sea to the other side, but once the social environment deteriorates to a certain extent, the lighthouse on the other side of the sea becomes particularly tempting."

"There will be people who hate the world of conflict here. They would rather degenerate into fish than dive into the water, go to the deep sea, and leave this noisy world."

"This is the difference between the 'Sons of the Sea' and the 'Sons of Man'."

"In addition to the branch influenced by the ideas of the 'Deep Sea Union', there is another branch that is more special..." Speaking of this, Philuselin looked solemn.

"They are a branch that completely inherited the ideas of the 'Mechanical Council'. It can even be said that several Dark Suns at the end of the Fifth Era came from this branch."

"They once briefly controlled most of the galaxy. The Dark Suns of the Four Skywing Clans are the most prominent representatives among them."

"You may not understand why they are obviously the Dark Suns, but they still think they are followers of the Four Originals and yearn for a more perfect and progressive future for mankind?"

"Because in their eyes, they are not wrong. They think this is the most efficient and perfect model of civilization. Being strong is the best proof. Since they have not been able to defeat the 'Dark Sun', it means that the other party is right. So some members of the Mechanical Council have devoted themselves to the path of the Dark Sun. They even achieved great results in the early stages and smashed and defeated the inferior 'Dark Sun' of the old era." "

This was an amazing feat in that era, and it attracted many members of the 'π Mechanical Council' to join. In order to fight against them, the members who did not join later had to form the 'ρ Mechanical Council' and embark on a similar path."

"To be precise, the struggle between the various factions has been going on since the Twilight Era. Today, the Federation's Songstress is the product of the fusion of the 'Tree of Life Sect' and the 'Original Heart' faction. Other factions have not disappeared either. They are either hiding or combining with other factions to become branches with different philosophies."

"We all believe that we are on the right path, and no one knows which branch will truly reach the end."

"Now that the situation in the Federation is becoming more and more chaotic, members of various faction branches will gradually come to the fore from behind the scenes."

"Tilan, I see a lot of shadows of past branches in you. The special nature of your physique has a familiar aura to me. I know you are moving forward with good intentions, but I also sincerely remind you to stay awake and be careful about what happens in the future."

"Those once familiar names will once again emerge from the dust of history. They will practice their own ideas, lead and tear apart today's civilization. At that time, a truly cruel struggle will inevitably come."

"I hope you can become the hope of everyone, and keep a gentle and simple light in this dark night full of ravines."

- Philuselin's advice

(end of this chapter)