Pillars of Ita

Fang Yu thought about these things, raised his head to look at Odais, and asked: "So, Goddess, the purpose of the Naga clan is the same as ours, and the relevant information about the ether node is also among the secret treasures of Pirate King William. middle?"

The female warrior's eyes fell on the group of people and asked in a calm manner: "Don't you ask, why didn't I tell you this in advance? Don't you doubt that I deliberately led you into the center of this storm and confronted the Nagas tit for tat? What?"

Fang Yu shook his head. Isn't this something obvious? They are the chosen ones, and the mission is essentially a transaction. The rewards and risks of the transaction are equal. The moment they saw the mission description, everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade was more or less prepared.

When they defeated the group of gray pirates, the system reminded them that they had completed the task. Except for the aborigines on the ship, everyone would receive a one or two level upgrade. This kind of task would not be possible for anyone. reasons to refuse.

What's more, if their goals are really the same, it will only be a matter of time before the Seven Seas Brigade confronts the Naga clan. It is impossible for them to cooperate with the dark creatures, not to mention that the Naga clan is unlikely to cooperate with mortals.

The only thing they can criticize is why the goddess didn't inform the Seven Seas Brigade in advance so that the Seven Seas Brigade could prepare early. But in fact, there was nothing to prepare. They knew the situation on the island as soon as they landed on the island, and they had already expected it. to everything that might happen.

But now, even under Naga's watchful eye, they still have to go to the Pirate King's treasure house, and the extra information can't change anything.

Since he couldn't change it, there was no need for him to speak to avoid wasting time.

To this question, Fang Pliance simply replied: "In your eyes, we are the Holy Chosen, Lady Goddess. From our point of view, this world is different from yours."

A glimmer of understanding flashed in the goddess's eyes, and she nodded lightly, "I see, but I didn't tell you all this before because I had to confirm your intention, whether you are an enemy or a friend. Your willingness to lend a helping hand has proven that you can be a steadfast opponent. Allies, I will tell you more next time.”

"Including the Pirate King's treasure house?" Fang Plover asked.

The goddess nodded, "That's just part of the fulfillment of our agreement, and it's not additional information. I never thought about breaking the agreement, so you don't have to worry. One thing I want to make clear to you is that Pirate King William, or rather The ether node held by Rodrigo de Andris is not only the most important ether node in the Storm Islands, but also the last ether node in the northern territory of Sintaan."

"Those dark creatures come here just for this, because the ether node is the key to connecting the material world of Aitaria and the ether sea. Once the node is annihilated, the violent waves from the ether sea will engulf everything. That is The change that the Naga clan hopes to bring about."

"Young alchemist, the storm in the north is getting stronger every year, which is caused by the collapse of a large number of ether nodes. Part of the reason is due to the gradual encroachment of the Naga lineage, but part of the reason is due to Caused by the imperial people’s own hands——”

She spoke eloquently, but Fang Plover frowned when he heard it, "Empire?"

"Exactly, are you confused? Instead of stopping it, the Imperial people only added fuel to the flames. But they actually have their own considerations." When the goddess said this, she still seemed calm, but it was more like she was recounting, "The Imperial people Executing a plan, except that the plan leads to seemingly consistent results.”

"Seems to be consistent?" Fang Yu asked: "In other words, the goals of the Empire and the Naga clan are not consistent? So what is the meaning of their fueling the flames? Watching the Naga clan encroaching on the islands outside the sea, and even further invading Campa area."

The goddess replied: "You are very perceptive."

Fang Plover shook his head.

As far as he knew, although the Oshu people had relaxed their surveillance north of Xinta'an, the Imperial Navy still regarded the dark creatures off the coast of Hanrena as their formidable enemy.

What's more, when they came, they saw the empire's fleet fighting with the Naga clan's spaceship - the silver sailing fleet that should be the Sword-bearing Courtyard.

Everything shows that the Imperial people and Naga are not allies.

Then there is actually only one possibility left. The Ether Node is not only related to the connection between the main material world of Etalia and the Sea of ​​Ether, it also has another function, that is, it is the cornerstone of the Crystal Tower.

That is true for the Craftsmen Association, but in fact, all ether theories can be traced back to their origins - elements and ether also present a more original image, which is starlight. However, except for the chosen ones, ordinary people cannot pass through stars. door to harness that power.

However, one thing is different.

Green Star.

Fang Yu asked: "My Goddess, are the people of the Empire looking for the location of the Sea of ​​Light through the ether nodes to drive the most essential star power?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the female warrior's eyes when she looked at him. The goddess's usually calm face rarely showed such an expression, "You know more than I thought, young alchemist, what else do you know? "

"I also know that burning starlight will bring this world to a state of eternal disaster. By raising the Xinta'an continent and extracting starlight from the ethernet veins, are the Imperial people preparing for the arrival of the third disaster star? , Lady Goddess?”

Goddess Odais shook her head, "There are some secrets in this world that even I don't know about, so I don't know what the imperial people's plans are, but they are indeed looking for the Sea of ​​Light as you expected."

She looked at Fang Plover unexpectedly, "Guanghai, generally only the lizard people call it that. Did you get this knowledge from them?"

That's right, Fang Plover thought - at least part of it was.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Goddess, the lizard people think that the sea of ​​light is extinguishing. Do you know what this means?"

Originally, this question was not the right place to put it, but the group of Tada Lizard Priests from Ka-Cuilan once told him that when the dark blessing on him failed, it meant that the sea of ​​light was heading towards the end of extinction. .

Now that the blessing on him has expired, what does it mean when the sea of ​​light is extinguished? It seems that the impact on the material world of Aitaria is not great, at least so far, he has not felt it.

"The demise of the ether node is just part of the extinction of the sea of ​​light," Goddess Odais replied: "The big storm you see now is just the tip of the iceberg that affects the lizard people. The sage predicted the extinction of the Sea of ​​Light, which is closely related to the fate of the entire Aitaria. When the third disaster star comes, the entire world will end in destruction."

Fang Yu was stunned for a long time. This sentence sounded an understatement in the mouth of this goddess, but it foretells the end of a world. Although he already knew that the third evil star would come early, the lizard people, the empire people, and the suspected person in front of him No matter the lady of the gods, they all seemed to have seen it and agreed with this ending.

Among them, only the reaction of the Oshu people was considered normal, although it seemed a bit hysterical. Whether they raised the entire floating continent or extracted the power of the stars from the sea of ​​light, they were all just to deal with the crisis.

But no matter what, they are at least escaping from this doomsday.

But normality does not mean that he agrees. What the Oshu people are doing is just taking the world from one ending to another destined to be destroyed. These are all things he has witnessed at the end of the starry sky.

Friston's soul bears witness to all this.

At this time, Odaisi said: "However, most of your guesses are correct, but there is a big deviation about the purpose of the imperial people. The purpose of the empire is not to extract the starlight, but to open a channel."

"Open the passage?"

"Yes," the goddess replied, "They are looking for allies on the other side of the passage, but those 'allies' are not good news for this world."

aisle? ally?

Fang Yu's heart skipped a beat. If he hadn't experienced such a battle in the northern border of Kaolin-Ithurion, he might still be confused about these two words. But at this moment, it was hard for him not to associate those two words with what he was seeing.

The so-called opening of the passage, he had seen that scene in the sky of El Paxin, and he had even witnessed the world behind the passage. In the world under the dim and lightless abyss, there was only a dark ruin.

There are also countless densely packed black fleets rising from the ruins to fight, so it is easy to figure out who the ally the empire is looking for.

That moment was like a bolt of lightning flashing through the world of his thoughts.

If there is anything in all of this that is connected to what happened in Elpaxin, it is naturally the missing crystal tower - yes, if the Imperial people only look for the source of the Ether Sea from the Ether nodes, , and extract starlight from it.

Then there is no need for them to hide a crystal tower from the Ethernet vein.

The most essential function of the crystal tower is actually to serve as etheric coordinates. Craftsmen use this to transmit messages across the sky and the sea. The coordinates have another meaning, that is, they serve as the coordinate base point of the transmission channel.

When the shadow man opened the passage above Elpaxin, he used Elpaxin's crystal tower as a coordinate reference. At that time, there were three invaded crystal towers in the crystal network. Since the beginning of the Northern Territory, After the war, two of the crystal towers had been destroyed.

The only thing left is the empire. So at this moment, everything the empire has done is connected with the missing crystal tower. "The Empire people have formed an alliance with the Shadow People?" Fang Yu couldn't help but asked, "Are they planning to build a channel to allow the Shadow People to return to this world?"

He had actually made a guess earlier, so he was not particularly surprised at this moment, but he still had some doubts: "But what about those dead ether nodes? Also, aren't the Naga clan also dark creatures, but Why didn’t they stand with the Empire?”

"You actually know about the shadow people. No wonder you know the secrets about the imperial people." Goddess Odais was a little surprised again, but this time it was a little lighter than the last time. "All this is actually easy to understand. The imperial people hope to pass through the ether." The nodes searched for the entrance to that world, and they conducted more than one experiment for this purpose, but the most critical and important ether node finally fell on the Pirate King William - that is, Rodrigo de Andres. Mr.’s hand.”

"And for the ultimate purpose of raising a storm from the sea outside the storm and engulfing the world, the Naga clan also needs that node," Fang Plover continued, "So the purpose of the Empire and the Naga clan is the same, but they But their final demands are different? But weren’t the Naga clan and the Shadow People once dark creatures brought by Green Green?”

"There are differences between living beings," Odais replied in a calm voice, "The Corinthians and the Imperials are both human beings, so don't they also fight endlessly? There are also disputes among the dark creatures, Na Jia and Shadow Man are not natural allies. The greenness is still fashionable and okay, but now they no longer have a will to rule over everything. What's more, the Naga clan in Hanrui is no longer what it used to be. Although they are still aggressive, Cruel and bloodthirsty, they are incompatible with civilized ethnic groups, but they are no longer the invaders from another world they once were."

Only then did Fang Plover understand.

This truth is actually very simple, but he just didn't think of it at the moment.

He just suddenly thought of one thing - the imperial fleet, the fleet of the Sword-holding Court suddenly appeared on the island at this time. Now that the goddess has revealed the mystery of the empire, the purpose of the other party's visit is also Ready to come out.

Fang Yu looked up at Odaisi: "Goddess, is this your trump card?"

"That's right," Odais said in a calm tone as always, "The goals of both the Imperial people and the Naga clan are that node, but as long as that node does not fall into the hands of either party, then the Imperial people's goal cannot be achieved. , the shadow man cannot come to this world, and as long as the node still exists, Naga cannot set off a storm that sweeps the entire Campa."

"Only in this way can this island be saved, and even everyone in the entire northern territory will be saved." She looked at Fang Plover, "That's why I will test you. In fact, before you, I have also tested those who The Chosen Ones, it’s just that they don’t have that ability——”

"So you chose us?" Fang Yu asked.

"It still depends on your wishes," Goddess Odais shook her head, "I will not force anyone, and I will not tell you this when I give you the test, but I want you to go deep into the center of this storm. Naturally We will inform you in advance of what you will face."

She paused, "But I didn't expect that you would be so deeply involved in these secrets. Perhaps it is the will of the Star Gate behind you to come here."

"Does even the goddess believe this?" Fang Yu was a little surprised.

The aboriginal people call those who come to this world through the Star Gate the Holy Chosen, because they believe that there is a great will in the dark that controls everything. Every Chosen One and everyone who passes through the Star Gate are It is controlled by an unknown destiny and comes to this world to complete its mission.

Of course, this statement is nonsense in the eyes of the electors, because most people believe in their own free will, not to mention that except for a few people, most people come into this world doing nothing and have not completed anything. What an 'epic mission'.

When one or two legendary missions are occasionally born among a thousand or ten thousand people, people generally only regard it as a small probability event, rather than some mysterious destiny or the inevitability of fate.

When the sample size is large enough, some specific characters will naturally emerge from it.

"The gods just follow their own plans, but more camps, positions and functions constrain them," Odais replied quietly, "Actually, mortals are no different. No one can be completely free. You Your decision is just the result of a combination of choices. In fact, many things have already determined your direction before that - your environment, the education you have received, even your genes and your endocrine system - we will describe those complex conditions. Together they call it fate.”

She said: "It is said that the same saying is true in your world, character determines destiny."

Fang Yu was startled. He didn't expect a god to tell him this. What social environment, personality determines experience, what genes and endocrine systems, all of this seemed to be too incompatible with the world of Aitalia, especially with a god. .

What's more, Odyss didn't look like any of the gods he had seen, whether it was Marlan, Amea or Mirela. Those three goddesses were much more divine when they came, and they would not be in harmony with her. He talks so much nonsense.

In comparison, the goddess in front of her seemed too calm, more like Anjina in folklore. It is said that the God of Knowledge also seemed so sensible and calm when talking to believers.

But Anji is a male deity.

"So have you decided yet," Odais asked, "or do you want to go back and discuss it with your crew?"

Fang Plover shook his head. He had actually discussed it with everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade before he came, or rather, they had already made a decision when they accepted the mission. No matter what the purpose of the imperial people or the purpose of the Nagas was, they must go to Pirate King William's treasure house.

What's more, all of this is closely related to everyone in the entire northern territory of Xinta'an. Although the life and death of the empire may not have anything to do with the Seven Seas Brigade, the empire is the empire, and the ordinary people living in Campa have no grudges against them. .

Not to mention, they have already established a certain relationship with the aboriginal people on the island, girls like Danielle, and her and her sister’s family. They can’t just watch those innocent people being killed by this rainstorm. engulfed.

If they tried but failed, it would be unthinkable. But now that the goal they have been pursuing is there, but they have stopped moving forward due to certain factors, that is another matter.

In any case, he did not want the Seven Seas Brigade to choose the latter when faced with a choice.

"We have already decided, Lady Goddess," Fang Plover replied, "but we can only agree to go to the Pirate King's treasure house, which is also our original purpose. As for the ether node, if we find it in the Pirate King's secret treasure We'll try to deal with it, but we can't necessarily guarantee anything -"

Goddess Odais didn't seem surprised and nodded: "That's enough. I still have a way to deal with that ether node. But this time, I will go to the Pirate King's treasure house with you."

Fang Yu nodded subconsciously, but immediately raised his head and looked at the other party unexpectedly: "Wait...wait, goddess, you said you...will go with us?"

He didn't react at first, but he immediately realized how ridiculous this was. A god wanted to accompany them to complete a task. Was there any precedent for this in the history of Aitalia? Even those who are lucky enough to be God's chosen ones only get a glance from God and are watched by God's eyes.

If he said that a god, such as Aimea or the war lady Marlan, wanted to join his team and go on an adventure with him, such a thing would be made public no matter which community in the competition area. ridiculing.

"If I want to solve that ether node," but Odais didn't think there was anything wrong, "I have to go to that place in person, but due to some special restrictions, I can't get there alone, so I need shelter. For your help.”

Fang Yu finally understood. Although he still had some doubts, he still nodded. No matter what, it is a good thing to have a goddess traveling with them. At least if they encounter some trouble in the ruins, the goddess will not just watch and not take action, right?

Maybe they will encounter the Naga lineage and the Imperial people. Judging from Odais' intention, she does not intend to let the ether node fall into the hands of either of these two parties. Therefore, if they fight, she will most likely take action.

Just think about it and you will know how happy it will be to have a goddess as your helper on the mission.

He couldn't help but look forward to it, and then nodded: "That's no problem, but we still need to prepare. Do we need to use the Seven Seas Traveler for the next journey?"

"So you agree," Odais asked, "accepted this commission?"

Fang Yu was startled, but nodded immediately.

Of course he had no reason to disagree.

But he just nodded, and the next moment, a prompt from the system immediately appeared in front of him:

[Battle of the Holy Chosen] The Lonely Sea Lighthouse - the angry sea and the gathering storm.

'Go to the Pirate King's treasure house, find the lost ether node, calm the storm, and save the Northland——'

Mission reward: Knowledge increased by 2 levels, 'noble' intention.

The prerequisite task 'Goddess Test' has been completed, and you will receive the reward: knowledge increased by 1 level.

Fang Yu raised his head and saw that the mission description was only two or three words, but at this moment he was stunned - what is Guhai Lighthouse? What does it mean to calm the storm and save the Hokuriku? Wait, isn’t the difficulty increase span of this mission a bit too big?

The previous mission was just to escort refugees. Although I also fought against gray and white pirates and Nagas in the process of completing the mission, is the description of the same mission as saving the world too different?

Also, what is the meaning of this 'sublime'?

He was confused.

...(End of chapter)