stonecrandall Chapter 390 The Road Ahead - Part
Chapter 390 The Road Ahead - Part
Passing through Queen Marika's boudoir, I looked at the last staircase leading to King Elden's throne.
I held Melina's hand and slowly climbed the stairs, step by step.
And she, still wearing the familiar cloak, followed my footsteps quietly and obediently...
——Damn it, play "Wedding in My Dream" as the background music!
——Why have I been playing “First-Class Love Affair” on repeat since just now, what a stupid brain!
Until I stepped onto the last step, no matter how I switched the tunes crazily, I always returned to the tune of that song, which made me sigh helplessly.
"Lord Zero, are you nervous?" Melina asked caringly.
"Hmm? No, no." I raised the corners of my mouth hurriedly, and said with a smile, "After all, the teacher is an old acquaintance, and we shouldn't start a fight now, so there's no need to be nervous... Ah, come to think of it, the King of Blessing is related to you by blood, right? I wonder if he can recognize you, hahaha."
"Yes, is that so?" Melina was a little confused. After all, as she said herself, everything that happened before her body was burned was like a dream bubble, and she could not remember it at all after it was shattered.
——But theoretically speaking, Melina and Mr. Evil Omen are indeed siblings!
——Ah, although it is hard to say who was born earlier, after all, their mother is Queen Marika, there is no doubt about that.
——Now that I think about it carefully, Meimei in the game was also willing to kill her own brothers and sisters in order to help Ah Dai become king... Alas~ Meimei!
I took a deep breath and couldn't help but hold her hand tightly: "Let's go."
Stepping into the door of the throne, it was different from the game where the evil omen teacher slowly walked down from the depths of the cracks in the golden tree while sharply commenting on his brothers and sisters.
At the end of the row of demigod thrones surrounding King Elden's throne, a familiar figure stood indifferently at the end, leaning on a cane.
Hearing our footsteps, the King of Blessing... No, now it should be called the King of Evil Omens, Mungot turned around and said softly, "Zero, you are here."
"Evil Omen Teacher!"
“······” The teacher looked as if he was too lazy to complain.
I smiled and said, "Ah, sorry, sorry, or should I call you the King of Blessings?"
Mongget shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. You are here as my friend. If you wish, you can call me Mongget, the evil omen Mongget."
"It's really my honor, Mr. Mungert." I bowed respectfully.
And Melina also bowed to the other party.
"Who is this······"
——It seems that the teacher has never seen Melina either.
——Come to think of it, it makes sense. After all, from the moment they were born, the evil twins of the royal family were abandoned in the sewers of Rodel to fend for themselves. It is normal that they don’t recognize Melina.
I helped introduce her: "This is the witch who showed me the way and is also my best travel friend. Her name is Melina. She was also born at the foot of the golden tree and has the same bloodline as you."
"No wonder the Black Blade Guard said that this beauty has a noble aura." Mongert couldn't help but look at Melina more.
Melina also said modestly: "You are too kind, Lord Monggot."
"Alright, alright, let's stop here with the pleasantries." I clapped my hands and changed the subject. "Teacher Mongert, let me get straight to the point. Is the interior of the Golden Tree now sealed by the thorny vines? So even if you are willing, you can't repair the Elden Ring yourself?"
Melina was slightly surprised by my words.
And Monget nodded in acknowledgment: "Sure enough, you already knew about this abnormal situation, Zero."
"After all, no one would have thought that the queen who founded the Golden Dynasty and brought eternal blessings to the people would actually smash the magic ring with her own hands, destroying the basic order of the world and plunging everything into chaos. It is only natural that the Golden Tree, which had been destroyed once, would spontaneously build a defensive seal." Using the knowledge in the game, I found a reason for the Golden Tree. "Of course, there are ways to remove the thorns."
"It's the giant fire from the northern snowy mountains, right?"
Originally, I paused for a moment, intending to act mysterious, but I didn't expect that Mongette had already figured it out. He asked me to nod like a robot, and paused for a moment: "Yes, yes, that's right."
Mongget pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "...Sure enough, is this the only way? If the Golden Tree is really to be burned, the Royal City of Rodel will also be baptized by fire."
"But this is also necessary. If we allow this era to continue, although the border area will not be devastated, it will be like a pool of stagnant water, rotting and drying up. Everyone will only decline and will not be able to develop at all."
“······Really?” Monggot seemed still a little suspicious.
"The following is my personal inference, Mr. Mongert." I also said everything in detail, "Although Queen Marica created the Eternal Blessing and made the Golden Dynasty reach its peak, it was also the beginning of the decline of the Borderland... I wonder if you have heard of this theory: Energy is conserved for all things in the world."
Melina and Mongette looked at each other, waiting for me to continue.
"It means that everything in the world builds up the cycle of life, but the total amount of energy in this cycle is fixed and will not change... Take water as an example. The water in the ocean rises due to heat and turns into steam, which then floats into clouds. After it reaches the land, it turns into rain, which then flows into rivers and finally flows back into the ocean. This process is like the cycle of life. In a closed environment, do you think the total amount of water in this cycle will change?"
Both of them thought for a moment, and Mongert slowly said: "I understand what you mean."
"Then a person's life should be like this. He is born with energy given by his parents. After that, he constantly absorbs energy from the surrounding environment to grow and develop. When he dies, his energy will be returned to nature. Of course, his parents' energy is also absorbed from nature... This completes the cycle." I explained and drew a circle with my finger. "But this cycle was interrupted by the Queen."
"... For eternity, the people of the borderland will never truly die." Melina helped me add at the right time.
"That's right. Although I'm not sure of the method, the true death is sealed, but the birth of life is not hindered. The energy from the Golden Tree, or the total amount of runes, will not change, so the result is naturally that the runes distributed to each person will continue to decrease. Therefore, the creatures at the border are also invisibly declining in strength... This may be difficult for the living to perceive, but the lives that have been reincarnated through returning to the tree, or blessed and resurrected, should have an experience... After all, in order to maintain the natural order, the Golden Tree can only absorb part of their power in this process to reserve energy for birth." I deduced step by step, "Originally, this process should have been quite long, but the emergence of some unexpected situation accelerated this situation - that is, the Prince of Death, Godwin and the dead born he caused."
Mungert followed my reasoning and thought: "Life born from death...they also occupy a part of the energy."
"That's right. At the same time, because of Godwin's mistaken death, the Golden Tree only regarded it as some kind of damage, so it continuously invested runes to repair it. As a result, his body is still expanding to this day, occupying a large part of the life energy that cannot be circulated... Who knows, one day, Godwin's death will completely lead to the death of the borderland, turning everything into a dead birth."
——And this is the rune of death, the end of decline.
"In addition, there is another point, that is, there are many gods in this border area: such as the Scarlet Goddess of Corruption, Mad Fire, and all the demigods. You have unprecedentedly powerful power. Under normal circumstances, true death is even more out of reach for you. A large amount of energy is sealed in your body and cannot return to circulation, just like Godwin, which has also caused the decline of other lives." I looked at Mungert and said, "Perhaps, the queen realized this, but it was irreversible, so she had to smash the magic ring and planned to rebuild the order, but she was still stopped by her half body that was loyal to the Golden Law."
"...So, you said in Stonewell that we must tear down and rebuild the current order. Only by destroying and rebuilding can we build a new dynasty."
"That's right," I said firmly, "that's why burning the tree is necessary."
"So, how do you make new laws?"
"Well... naturally I have to start by reshaping death, using or directly exiling the evil god." I couldn't help but smile, "To do this, I want to fuse multiple great runes to create the ultimate super-perfect law!"