Chapter 596: History that may be related to Ryza
Rand took the First Knights of the Moon Kingdom to deal with the rebels.
Now the reputation of the kingdom's first knightly order has become even greater.
Unfortunately, the time for relaxing and traveling is always short, and there is still a lot of work waiting for Rand in the kingdom.
So after wandering around outside for a while, Rand returned to his capital.
A royal city without walls, a holiday villa and an upper sanctuary.
Rand went to see Karin first.
When Rand saw Karin, she was praying.
Whether as a saint in the past or as a high-ranking nun of the Torch Church now, prayer is a compulsory course.
The followers of the Torch Church cannot actually receive any response or blessing from the sacred Torch Goddess when they pray.
But this does not mean that prayer is useless.
Is the effect of prayer on the followers of the Torch Church actually similar to some kind of meditation?
In short, the believers of the Torch Church can adjust their state and strengthen their beliefs in this process.
Dusk flowed into the church like melted amber, and the red and gold flame emblems on the stained glass spread a flowing glow on the ground.
Karin knelt with her head bowed before the statue of the Torch Goddess. Her pure white robe embroidered with silver thread stretched to the ground. The marigold ribbon wrapped around her hair fluttered in the breeze, like a cluster of flames frozen in the sunset glow.
Maybe this is just Karin's nature.
Pure and holy.
Now it has been somewhat tainted by Rand.
Karin opened her eyes, her red eyes like the reflection of a sea of fire, and stared at Rand who had arrived.
"Long time no see." Rand smiled.
"Not long." Karin muttered, then stood up, "Come on, you can start your evil plan."
Karin put on the crown and then left the Torch Church Cathedral with Rand.
In theory, Rand and Karin have always been in a secret relationship, but due to being busy with a lot of things now, they have met less frequently recently.
Karin is rarely here today, so Rand naturally has some evil plans to carry out.
Although Karin was already familiar with Rand's bad taste and had expected it, she was still a little nervous.
If it weren't for Rand, she might never have understood many things and much knowledge in her life.
She felt that she had really been influenced a lot by Rand, and was led astray.
Of course, Karin has no regrets about this. Although she has become a bad person, her life has indeed been completely changed because of Rand.
If it weren't for Rand, Karin the Red King, and the Novices of the Torchlight Church, the Church might have really gradually died out.
Instead of now, it is gradually flourishing like now, and even has a tendency to re-unite.
The reunification of the Torch Church will inevitably be difficult, but Karin is confident about it.
Then, before she knew it, Karin was taken to the basement by Rand.
Karin was stunned: "Why is it here..."
"You said it yourself. Now I can carry out my evil plan." Rand smiled evilly.
Originally, Rand was planning to act more normal, but when he saw the holy version of Karin today, his evil desires became uncontrollable.
It's an evil plan anyway.
"Is it too late for me to take back what I said now?" Karin wanted to back off.
"Hehe, it's too late." Rand pounced over like a lion.
Karin was then fitted with the latest mermaid suit.
Karin could only make another entry in Lisa's account. After all, only Lisa could come up with such a strange invention.
…
It wasn't until the next day that Rand and Karin returned to normal.
"What plans do you have for reuniting the Torch Church?" Karin and Rand finally got down to business.
"We have a huge advantage right now. I think as long as we proceed normally, we will be fine. The conservatives have obviously realized the disadvantages of being conservative, and the Grand Knight of the New Holy City is one of ours. I think we have a great chance of winning."
"If necessary, I can also restore my identity to facilitate this matter." Karin looked at Rand.
For various reasons, Karin has always been acting as a high-ranking nun rather than a Torch Saint.
The existence of the Holy Maiden of the Torch Church, the Crimson King, will make the Novice Faction of the Torch Church very wary, which is not conducive to its previous development.
But things are different now. The Torch Church has gradually grown stronger and has the support of Rand, the King of the Moon Kingdom.
Karin can now choose to restore her status as a saint to push things forward.
However, if we do this, we must reconsider the previous issue, which is the marriage between the Holy Maiden of the Torch Church and the cult leader.
Of course, Rand is no longer a cult leader now. He is the chief seat under the care of the goddess of harvest and health, and the king of the Moon Kingdom.
This and the identity of the King of Brilliant Red... can only be said to be worthy of it.
In any case, it is impossible for the Holy Maiden of the Torch Church to be Rand's lover. It is estimated that their underground relationship will continue.
As for cutting ties with Rand after regaining her identity, this is naturally something that neither Rand nor Karin would accept.
"And there's the matter of the southern plague..."
"Archbishop Kahn and I have already discussed this. We just need to pay more attention to the Torch Church and the Sanctuary forces."
Then there is nothing to worry about.
…
It was quiet for several months.
Rand finally saw something interesting in the complicated work.
Luca from the Sun Team submitted intelligence on the elves to the Adventurer's Association.
In fact, Rand suspected that Luca was the brave hero in human legend.
When Rand was compiling the history for reference in the drama, he knew that heroes would be born in this world.
Whenever an extremely terrifying foreign enemy appears in the world, this foreign enemy can be a demon king or some demigod descending from other places.
Then a brave man will be born and defeat this evil enemy.
Rand is not very clear about the specific principles, but brave men should be real. They will have extraordinary luck, firm will and powerful talents.
However, there are also cases where heroes fail.
That's when some extra...history happens.
Anyway, Luca is really good.
For example, the information Luca handed over this time was quite meaningful to Rand.
Lysa sat down on the armrest of the throne with a bit of levity.
He looked casually at the ancient elven text in Rand's hand.
Rand looked at Lysa: "How is it? Can you translate it for me?"
The ancient writing of the elves is not well understood among the elves themselves.
Perhaps Lysa was the only one around Rand who understood this kind of language.
The theoretical lifespan of elves is generally longer than that of humans.
The lifespan of an elf is about twice that of a human. If the lifespan of an ordinary human is 100 years, then the lifespan of an ordinary elf is 200 years.
But this does not apply to all elves.
Just like among humans there are people like the Blue King who have lived for nearly a thousand years.
There are also some special elves among the elves who live longer.
For example, the ancient elves.
Rand actually doubted that Lysa was really an immortal.
Anyway, based on Rand's observation of Lysa, Lysa must have lived for a long time.
Lysa is careless most of the time and has her own special hobbies.
Lysa is quite special.
But Lysa would not deliberately hide anything from Rand, which allowed Rand to gain a lot of information from her, such as the years that Lysa might have experienced.
Rand was certain that Lysa must understand this ancient elven language.
"The elves have been abandoned by God. In the past, God sent ancient elves as pioneers to guide the elves. God gave the elves the golden world tree, which means life. But now God no longer seems to have his eyes on the elves. The gift has disappeared, and sin is about to come." Lysa translated the torn parchment.
Lysa handed the parchment back to Rand. "This piece of paper is incomplete, and the content ends here, but I can explain something."
"So you want to know?" Lysa chuckled.
"Do you think I should know?"
"There is a god in the elves, the bright moon in the forest, the guide of quiet life, the creator of the elves, and the planter of the golden world tree. However, due to the will of this god himself, there is no real systematic elven church among the elves."
"Of course, belief in the Elven God is not uncommon among the elves, and some spontaneous religious organizations have emerged."
"The God of Elves sent her chosen ones, the ancient elves in the eyes of ordinary elves, to develop and guide the elves."
"But now, the God of Elves no longer focuses on the elves themselves."
Rand had some understanding of this ancient text. Although he still had some doubts, he was not in a hurry. He wanted to ask another question now: "So I am very curious, is the God of Elves a kind god? Does He have his own will? From what I have seen so far, it seems that only the Torch Goddess stands on the side of justice."
"No rational creature can remain rational forever. Over a long period of time, it will inevitably lose its rationality. Moreover, the power of a god will in turn erode the will of the god. When it goes to the extreme in one direction, it can only be called an evil god."
"The God of Struggle was probably just a god of war who longed for victory at the beginning, and the Apostle of the Scourge was probably just a dead person who longed for a peaceful sleep. The Dark Goddess of Fertility is a chaotic god, and it seems that the one we are in contact with is not her true self. The Goddess of Fire is determined and can still maintain her rationality, but I don't know how long she can hold on."
"As for the God of the Elves, maybe He has gotten tired of it, or has even made some other choices... For example..." Lisa did not continue, but paused.
"Like what?" Rand asked.
"For example, maybe He has already arrived?" Lisa chuckled.
"Is the current situation suitable for a god to descend into this world?" Rand was a little shocked.
"I'm just making this analogy. I'm not really sure what it's like in detail." Lisa's words were a little strange.
Rand rubbed his brows.
Whatever the exact situation, Rand's interference in the internal affairs of the Elven Forest should not be affected too much.
perhaps?
However, the possibility of such a thing really gave Rand a headache.
Even if Grand Duke Vladimir could come, there shouldn't be a situation in this world where a God could come.
If the gods come, will humans be able to defeat them? If the Torch Goddess can come, that should be a good thing, but what if it is the God of Struggle, or the Apostle of Natural Disasters? Or what if a God of Plague emerges from the corners of history? That would be really difficult.
However, Rand did not think too much in this direction. He would wait until this situation really happened. There was no point in thinking about it now. Rand felt that even if it could come, it would not be too powerful.
At least from a historical perspective, the world itself should be somewhat repulsive to overly powerful forces.
Now let’s think about how to continue supporting the guerrillas in the Elf Forest.
Rand was very interested in the elves' population and their knowledge.
Now Rand's policy of using schools to govern local areas is slowly beginning to bear fruit.
Rand can also devote more energy to the Elf Forest.
Elves must have many secrets, and now is the time to take a peek.
…
The elven rebel organization led by Nidhogg has now gained a stronghold.
A small elven town. They did not capture this town, but chose it voluntarily to support Nidhogg.
After gaining a stronghold, Nidhogg's guerrillas can officially be called rebels against the regime.
The elves here understand the madness of the Elf Royal Court and the third faction, the Renaissance faction, which is really completely crazy.
In comparison, Nidhogg's faction seems quite normal.
Nidhoggr pursues normal order. They do not deny the kingship of the elves, but they hope that the Elf Royal Court will not massacre or imprison some groups of elves without any reason or for some fictitious reasons.
In addition, it also advocates communication with the outside world to obtain more fresh knowledge and resources to develop the Elf Forest.
Contact with the outside world may not be in line with the mainstream thinking of the Elf Forest, but compared with the current situation of the other two factions, supporting Nidhogg does not seem to be an unacceptable option.
"Lord Rand has expressed his willingness to give us more support. The Moon Kingdom seems to have temporarily stabilized." Nidhogg discussed with another elf elder.
"Before that, I actually have some questions. Did these things really happen?" Another elf elder looked at the document in his hand again and again.
At first he just thought that Nidhogg had found a random human force in the human world and gained its support.
He had not cared too much about it before, but now that the guerrillas had made some progress, he began to understand this supporter.
Then I realized that Rand Nicholas's deeds were too legendary. Even if such things were written in some knight novels, they would still seem incredible.
"Basically, it all happened in reality. There isn't much fabrication in it." Nidhogg could understand the shock of the elf elder.
"Then we really won't..." The elf elder couldn't think of any suitable words, but he did begin to worry that such cooperation would be courting disaster.
(End of this chapter)
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