Chapter 682 Persistent Ghost

Amber left, Gawain quietly stared at Veronica/Ophelia who still looked calm and indifferent, Pittman stood quietly, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was closing his eyes.

"I thought you would follow and leave," Veronica said to Gawain, "after all, you seem to care about your 'guard' very much."

"I know her. She wants to be quiet for a while now," Gawain said. "Before that, I have something to tell you."

"...Disobedients are a group of paranoid and fanatical deviant people, and our plan is the same," Veronica said calmly before Gawain spoke, "We try to keep human nature in our plan as much as possible, but only human nature is Unable to fight against the gods and the apocalypse-sometimes, some of our methods will appear to you as cold-blooded and cruel as those cultists, I hope you know that."

"Don't worry, I'm very clear about this. The Divine Sin project that Kamel once participated in is not fundamentally different from the 'Shadow Project', and these plans are quite similar to the methods of the Society for the End of All Things," Gawain shook his head, " The difference is that you are at least still trying to stay human."

"It's no different - at least for a client like Miss Amber."

"She will calm down, but what happened today is too much for her," Gawain said, "I have some questions to ask you."

Veronica nodded: "Please speak."

"Sarry Randolph took orders from Francis Moen to go to the Dark Mountains to find the Shadow Fortress - why would Francis II know about the existence of the Shadow Fortress?"

This is a very crucial question. The disobedience plan is one of the biggest secrets left by the ancient Gondor Empire, but not many people know this secret, so why did Francis II know about the existence of the Shadow Fortress when he was young? He even had a pair of Shadow Signet Rings used to open the fortress in his hand - Surrey Randolph's mission had a very high level of secrecy, even the Duke Regent at the time did not know about it, does this mean that Francis II was in the Secretly had contact with an ancient disobedient, thus grasping the clues of the Shadow Fortress?

Although the Ansu kingship has ended, and what secrets Francis II once had is no longer important today, however, this matter involves rebellion against the plan, and Gawain couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

"My 'Father'..." Veronica clearly showed a sigh when she heard the name of Francis II, she sighed softly and shook her head, "I don't know where he got it from Knowing the 'Shadow Fortress', but according to my observation and judgment, he did not know about the disobedience plan."

"Your observation and judgment?" Gao Wen keenly grasped another layer of meaning in Veronica's words,

"You also suspected that he knew about the disobedience plan?"

"He has a Shadow Signet in his hand, which is enough to interest me," Veronica said indifferently, "but after investigation, I found that he only regarded the Shadow Signet as a powerful supernatural equipment, so I At one time, he thought that he just got an ancient heritage by chance - the creation of the ancient Gondor Empire was taken out of the wasteland with the pioneering troops of that year, and now there are many scattered everywhere, similar situations are not. Nothing special. But after hearing what you guys said today, I have a new guess..."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "A new guess?"

"He owns the Signet of Shadows and knows that the ring is the key to unlocking the Shadow Fortress, but just as he doesn't know the connection between the ring and the disobedient plan, he probably doesn't know the secrets behind the Shadow Fortress either - he probably only knows the inside of the fortress. There's a hidden power or some kind of treasure, both of which are very attractive to the young king, not to mention that he was eager to change his puppet situation," Veronica said clearly. With his own guess, "And these incomplete clues and the two seal rings... Maybe someone with ulterior motives revealed it to him on purpose."

Gao Wen frowned: "People with ulterior motives?"

"...Maybe there are disobedients other than me and Camille," Veronica said, "We, the people, don't dare to die until the final goal is achieved - even if the magic tide breaks out and the empire is destroyed , there will be more than one stubborn ghost crawling out of that wasteland and continuing to carry out the plan of the year, if these 'ghosts' exist, I am afraid it is the most dangerous."

There was silence between the two for a while.

Although what Veronica said were all inferences, she had been in contact with Francis II as a "daughter" for so many years. Her judgment was highly credible in Gawain's view, and what she said was extremely credible. . . . seems to be the most likely explanation.

There are other disobedients still active in the world, she or he secretly contacted Francis II, but he obviously does not want to find an ally like Veronica/Ophelia - he just takes the young king as a step Chess, wants to open the ancient shadow fortress through the hand of Francis II and get what he wants - but the omission of intelligence has led to serious consequences, the Royal Shadow Guard carrying the Shadow Signet never returns, the mysterious The disobedient cut the line neatly.

After that, Francis II did not get follow-up information about the Shadow Fortress and the rebellious plan, and his private actions could not be known by the Duke Regent at that time, so this matter was finally settled, and no one knew that the king had sent The Royal Shadow Guard went to look for some ancient relic, and the shadow seal with special power was also packaged by the king as a powerful magical prop that was obtained by coincidence - if Francis' ability to make up stories was higher, he might even take that one The ring was packaged as a family treasure: before the Second Dynasty, the Moen family spread widely and held a large number of Gondor relics. Although Francis II was an illegitimate descendant, he was also eligible to touch part of the Moen heritage. So this lie is very difficult to debunk.

If all this is true, then there is a key question: who wants to borrow the "legacy" of the Shadow Fortress through the hands of Francis II, or more directly - who, in the dozens of Want to play Amber's idea years ago?

Veronica saw Gawain's thoughts, and said casually: "Just think about the greatest value of 'Roboman Thirty-six' in the technical field, it is not difficult to guess who is beating her. Got an idea."

"...The highest crystallization of biochemical technology," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "It is the end of all things—the clues are finally connected."

The clues are finally connected...

Gawain has long known that there is a shadow of disobedience behind the death of all things, and the cluster disaster they caused is proof. Those cluster giants are essentially the continuation of the "God's Sin" project, so there is no doubt that they retain disobedience inside. Part of the legacy of the plan!

It is also for this reason that it is not surprising that there are one or two ancient rebels who have survived to this day, and these ghosts who have survived from the magic tide... have tried to contact the Ansu royal family decades ago, Not only did they win over and use Edmund Moen, but they also took advantage of Francis II!

And all of this, by chance, changed the fate of Surrey Randolph, bringing Amber from that Warp Fortress to the real world...

A few years later, Amber accidentally loosened Gawain Cecil's coffin board and released Gawain who happened to be possessed and reborn. of destruction.

"Fate is really an inexplicable thing," Gawain flashed this chain of countless coincidences and inevitability in his mind for a moment, and couldn't help sighing, "But no matter what... all things die in the end. Still dead."

"Everything will perish, but the 'ghost' can always return from death," Veronica reminded, "please don't let down your guard so easily... A huge dark sect, after its destruction, will There are countless stumps and broken arms that continue to move in the ruins, and if there is a ghost who is patient enough to survive, these stumps and broken arms are likely to gather and be reborn."

"Your metaphor is very special, but what you said really makes sense - the empire will continue to exterminate those cultists, and I will never let down my guard in this regard," Gawain said with a serious expression, then raised his head and glanced at the hanging The mechanical watch on the wall, "...it's almost time, I should go see Amber's condition."

Veronica bowed her head deeply: "Please do it yourself."

"Yeah." Gawain hummed, turned around and was about to leave, but before he started walking, he heard Veronica's voice coming from behind again:

"From your point of view, what do you think of our actions in the Shadow Fortress?"

Gawain didn't look back. After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "Do you remember what you said to me? About sacrifice—"

"The appearance of every victim can only prove our incompetence."

"Remember this, even if you are experimenting on yourself."

"This is the principle of disobedience."

Gawain nodded and stepped out of the hall.

Veronica watched the direction Gawain left, and the platinum scepter in her hand released a slight white light under the agitation of holy light.

She spoke softly, as if whispering in a low voice: "If it was in the Gondor era...you would have been an excellent disobedient..."

Pittman raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Veronica: "You 'disobedients' are quite persistent in their careers."

"We are all ghosts that have long been dead, and we are still stubborn and unwilling to leave. It is precisely because of this persistence."

"Then when will you ghosts die completely?"

"...when you die without regrets."

Pittman shrugged, hands behind his back, and his hunched body slowly moved away, leaving behind a low murmur: "Anyway, don't trouble Amber."

...

The night wind blows the flags above the terrace, the cold air from the north swirls between the towers and portals of the castle, the music and celebration from the banquet hall and courtyard echo in the wind with a hint of The sense of distance was clearly transmitted to Gawain's ears.

He came to the uninhabited terrace, walked straight to the edge, and said casually, "Is this what you mean by blowing the wind?"

Amber's figure appeared in the darkness, she sat on the ground with her knees bent, without raising her head: "Is there any problem?"

Gawain glanced at the "half-elf", then looked around her, not knowing how much effort it took to maintain a calm tone: "If I had known you had brought three trays of cakes and four trays when you came to blow the air, If there are four plates of peanuts, two plates of melon seeds, two plates of candied fruit, five servings of barbecue and three bottles of wine, I will never come.”

Amber looked up at Gawain and raised his hand: "I also took two chicken drumsticks—you came right after eating one..."

"...So I should leave you here to hang out overnight," Gawain glared at the guy, "It took a lot of work to go around the inner and outer banquet halls to collect so many things and pack them up, right?"

"Actually, it's okay, I have ordered my subordinates to help..."

Gawain stared at this "half-elf" with an incredible action mode for a long time, and finally still didn't understand whether to throw this guy off the terrace, so he could only sigh with tears and laughter: "This is your attitude of thinking about life. ?"

This time, Amber was finally silent for a few seconds, and let out a rare sigh: "I was thinking, but I haven't figured it out yet..."

"What do you think you don't understand?" Gawain came to Amber, "Tell me."

"The android..." Amber muttered, "You say, am I still a normal person?"

"It depends on how you feel - have you encountered any abnormal situations in your life so far because of your status as an 'artificial human'?"

"...I have to say something, my shadow talent is so strong, stealing things and thieves..."

Gao Wen: "..."

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