Act 1 Parliament of Truth

The empire lost its master, and a princess rested in the land she loved so much.

In the chaos, Brando quietly retreated. At the first moment, he was the center of the whirlpool, but at the next moment, he became a marginalized person. Not many people noticed him - just an Eruin noble - only the old prime minister bent down tremblingly, picked up the ring on the ground with his hand, and looked back at him, his cloudy eyes full of complexity. emotions.

Brando came to Qian. He raised his head, his eyes swept over Ciel, Medissa and others, and his heart was filled with emotion. The passing of life is so simple, and often in the next moment, you don't know who else will accompany you.

He was worried about the safety of Roman and Hipamira, and the Silver Queen's last words brought a strong foreboding to his mind, like a gloomy ghost.

Why did the mighty empire invite a small businessman by name on Eruin's envoy list?

In terms of business talent, Roman has only just emerged, and in terms of capital, she is far behind the large chamber of commerce in Amperesel. Brando then remembered that there were indeed doubts on that list, but he didn't notice it at all, and he was filled with self-blame.

However, he never thought about how inconspicuous this doubt actually was. There is no difference between Tony Geer and Eruin to the empire. They are both small and inconspicuous places, but the latter has a lord who defeated the Temple of Fire. The empire has reason to be concerned about what happened on this land. Curious about everything.

The crowd moved forward slowly, but bypassed Brando and Qian. The two people could be regarded as co-conspirators in the death of the Silver Queen, but no one dared to mention it at this moment. The nobles seemed to have forgotten this.

The old prime minister said nothing, how could others dare to overstep his authority? Some people are even unable to protect themselves. Who can guarantee that the ministers and families promoted during the reign of the Silver Queen will not be liquidated after the eldest son of the emperor succeeds to the throne. Now it seems that the Prime Minister will return to power.

A small piece of pure land unexpectedly appeared among the crowd, and Akane stood silently beside Brando holding the Azure Spear. It was as if she had found a familiar location.

Like a silent watcher.

Brando turned around and said to the latter: "Qian, where is Miss Owina?"

Qian was stunned for a moment, then Oweina's voice came out from the Azure Spear: "I'm here, what can I do for you?"

"Miss Owina, you know what Her Majesty is doing. Right?"

"There are many answers to this question;

I have to consider how to answer depending on which identity you use to speak to me. "Ovina replied seriously.

"Does it make a difference?"

"Of course, if you speak to me as an ancestor, then I will tell you in detail that she wants to reopen the Parliament of Truth; if you speak as the Lord of the Fir Lord or the Earl of Tonigel, If you ask me about my identity, I will answer you with no comment."

"Ancestors? Parliament of Truth?" Brando thought of the frequent descriptions of the ancestors in Cangzhi's poems. This word sometimes refers to the people of the gods, and sometimes it refers to the followers of the ancient kings - that is, the saints. They were the earliest group of ancient nobles after the War of the Gods, but the ancestors Oweina mentioned was more like a proper noun, because the existence of the divine people was not much 'precedent' to her.

As for the Truth Council, he had never heard of it. He had heard of the Truth Council, but he didn't know what the connection was between the two.

Oweina emerged from the Azure Spear. It was like an invisible ghost floating in the air, and the people around her turned a blind eye to her appearance. Her delicate little face was exactly the same as that of a certain business lady, and she glanced at Brando. He opened his mouth and said: "The ancestors are relative to the first-born species and the mixed-blood gods. This issue is a bit complicated for you, but you only need to know that they are all divine people. The first-born species is the collective name for the first three generations of blood, and the mixed-blood gods The people are the descendants of the gods and people who later relied on artificial cultivation and natural reproduction. As for the ancestors..."

She paused for a moment: "It is said that they are the people who created this world with Martha. But I don't know their origins."

"Then you say I am an ancestor?" Brando asked.

Oweina floated up. Surrounding Brando from left to right, he said in a somewhat doubtful tone: "The aura on your body is a bit weird. Although the bloodline is undoubtedly a people of black iron, the authority comes from the Truth Society. As far as I know, everyone Most of the people of the gods who have the authority of the Society of Truth are the first three generations of the first generation. But you are a little special. You still have the aura of Gaia's will in you. Only the ancestors and Martha will be born from Gaia's will."

Brando did not capture the point of this sentence. He was attracted by something else: "You said the truth will be?" He thought of those handsome and handsome men in black and red robes he had seen in his dreams. Matches of humans.

"The Society of Truth is the central organization of the people of God, the leader of the people of God, and the members of the people of God within the Arbitration Tribunal, the World Tree Organization, the Earth Legion and the Will of Gaia are all directly under its leadership."

"Arbitration Tribunal, World Tree Organization, Earth Legion and Gaia's Will?" Brando found that he did not understand more and more terms. Except for World Tree Organization, he had not heard of several other terms in the game. I have heard of it, but after coming to this world, I learned about the composition of the Earth Legion from the side.

"This is not easy to explain. Besides, the bloodline of the gods and people in my era has withered away, and a lot of knowledge about previous eras has been lost. However, you can understand it as the pantheon of gods and heroic spirits in mortal myths and legends. It exists like a temple, and is just an institution where the gods and people perform their respective duties."

"So you said that my authority comes from the Truth Society, is it because I am a planeswalker?" Brando thought for a while, and it seemed that this was the only possibility. The other party also said that his blood was only the blood of Black Iron. And the only thing about him that cannot be explained by the game system seems to be the planeswalker system.

Unexpectedly, Oweina shook her head: "Members of the Society of Truth are all planeswalkers, but planeswalkers are not necessarily members of the Society of Truth. But you are right about one thing. The top planeswalkers are often members of the Society of Truth. Members of the society, planeswalkers are the authority given to managers by Martha. This authority was originally reserved for the Society of Truth and the Arbitration Tribunal. Later, it became more and more detailed, and even some secondary gods could become planeswalkers. As you are familiar with Odin, Tumen and Trishman are such planeswalkers."

Brando was almost stunned when he heard this, and even forgot the previous question: "Odin, Tumen and Trishman are not the top planeswalkers? Then what kind of people are considered the top planeswalkers?"

Oweina smiled contemptuously: "Even my last master, the Azure Knight, can only be regarded as a qualified planeswalker. I said, only members of the Truth Society can be regarded as the top planeswalkers. .”

"But--"

"No need to but, I know you are weird, but you only need to know the origin of the first generation of planeswalkers to understand. Although my knowledge is only a small part of what I have in six eras, I can tell you responsibly. The first generation of planeswalkers were the same people who created this world with Martha."

Brando was stunned and couldn't say a word for a while. The person who created the world with Martha, isn't that the same as the creator?

Only now did he understand that Owena was talking about the top planeswalker. What kind of concept is it.

Ovina continued: "Before the Sixth Age, planeswalkers could easily destroy the world and create it again. They also used this method to escape the previous dusk falls..."

Brando didn't have much doubt about the sixth era mentioned by Oweina, although this sentence was considered subversive to ordinary scholars. In the more common chronicles on the continent, scholars divide the past they know of Warnd into three eras, one is the Chronicle of Chaos and the other is the Dark Age. The Chaos Annals and the D.R. Annals are marked by the Azure Spear that shattered the sky. Before that, there was Chaos, and the latter was dedicated to the era when the Dark Dragon ruled the earth.

After the Battle of the Saints. The Dark Age has ended, and the continent has entered the First Era. Therefore, these three eras are the current common understanding among scholars. If someone in front of these people saw Warnd still have six eras before the Azure Gun shattered the sky, then he You will definitely be able to enjoy looking at someone like a madman.

However, Brando already knew the story before dusk fell in the game, and he didn't know the specific eras. But at least he wouldn't be surprised if Oweina said a term like the Sixth Age.

He was silent for a moment, deciding not to dwell on his origins. Then he asked: "So, does the Parliament of Truth have anything to do with the Truth Council?"

"The so-called Parliament of Truth. In fact, it is the highest parliament of the people of God. All people of God are members of the parliament. However, this parliament is initiated by the Truth Society, and the members of the Truth Society are equivalent to the elders of the parliament. Therefore, this parliament is It will be called the Parliament of Truth.”

As if she understood that Brando still had problems, she continued to explain: "Before the era of mortals, the Parliament of Truth was permanent, but because of something... this parliament was canceled after the fall of Babel Fortress, leaving only An emergency bill is called Article 172.”

"Article 172?"

"Yes, the full name is Article 172 of the Union Law. It stipulates that if three people of God are present at the same time and initiated by one of them, the Parliament of Truth can be reopened. However, this is only a temporary bill. The Parliament of Truth held was just one of the votes, and it doesn’t mean anything.”

"Then what's the use of it?" Brando vaguely understood the cause and effect of the matter.

"It is mainly used to decide some urgent issues. After all, the people of the gods will not know that after the Sixth War, our inheritance will suffer such a big blow, almost on the verge of collapse, so that the mixed-race people of the gods are almost Knowledge of the past has been completely lost, and the Parliament of Truth has become a decoration."

"In other words, the Silver Queen got the inheritance about the past from somewhere, or at least a fragment, and knew about the existence of the Parliament of Truth," Brando thought, most likely from the final battlefield, or from In the inheritance of Odin, he continued to ask: "So she wants to reopen the parliament?"

Oweina nodded: "According to the 172nd law, if she gathers three participating members, then Qian and I have to pass her request - Qian's inheritance comes from Tianqing's Knight, and the Azure Knight is the leader of the Arbitration Gate, and our authority is to arbitrate and review issues between the gods and the people——"

"Then it seems that the Silver Queen should also know this, otherwise she would not value Akane so much."

Oweina agreed, she nodded and said: "But the power of how much authority to open is in the hands of Qian and I. This meeting can be a meeting with the highest authority, or it can be a discussion with the lowest authority."

"Permissions? What are permissions?"

"All the power of mortals comes from authority. You should understand that except for witches who can extract the power of darkness and use it, mortals cannot directly absorb magic. However, in fact, our entire world is actually built on order. , it was Martha who constrained the magic of chaos through the law of tiamat, and used the reorganization of elements to form the material world we see. Of course, energy also follows this constraint - "

Ovina stared at the crowd in the courtyard and said slowly: "The power you see among the knights and wizards comes from their understanding of the laws. Their understanding of the laws determines what they can do. How much energy and what kind of energy is mobilized in the network of order.”

"Those are wizards and priests, but isn't it the physical power that the swordsmen master..." Brando wondered. Wizards mobilize magic through laws, priests mobilize holy spells by praying to higher beings, and elementalists pass through He could understand the laws that mobilized elements, but what kind of laws did the swordsmen mobilize?

You must know that before the elements, the power of swordsmen is purely physical power.

"Don't swordsmen have to go through the elemental realm?" Oweina asked back: "What's more, your muscles, your hair, your bones, and the body fluids in your body are all made of the elements and elements that make up this world. Made up of laws, your physical strength must also follow the physical laws of this world, right?"

She pointed at the palace knights: "These people are often the lucky ones, because for mortals, the process of understanding the law is quite long. The people of Black Iron are not even born with the ability to grasp the power of order, and can only understand it through acquired learning. , and slowly understand the many laws and orders that exist in our world, but a considerable number of people can only be ordinary people throughout their lives."

"For the gold and silver races, they are often stronger than many adult individuals among mortals from the moment they are born. Is this because of the knowledge brought from the embryo? Some races may have this ability, but the fertility of most people of gold and silver is almost the same as that of mortals, where does their power come from?”

Oweina looked at him and asked one word at a time: "This is authority. It is the innate authority given to higher-level creatures by tiamat rules. They do not need to learn, because the understanding of the law is integrated into their blood, as if An instinct, even for some high-ranking beings, they themselves are synonymous with order.”

"For example, the people of God——"

…(To be continued)