Chapter 1593 The Clown and the Wise Lord
Two minutes later, he and his temporary friends, who were suspected to be historical figures, finally broke through the many obstacles and arrived at the center of the garden, which was a circular concave stepped building. The sunken central square of the building is a circular stage. The area is not small, enough to accommodate an entire palace orchestra to perform on it, and it is also large enough to serve as a venue for most stage plays.
A woman wearing only a light dress was locked on an iron shelf by gravity locks, and the firewood piled around her had been ignited.
The blazing flames obscured his vision and the opponent's face, and his facial features were naturally completely unclear.
However, his intuition told him that the woman in the flame was very familiar to him.
The good news is that this is the first time I have caught clues after starting the "Historical Fragments Dungeon" guide, which makes me quite happy. The bad news is,
illusion! Must be an illusion! After staying in this weird piece of history for so long, I actually started to get lost in my thoughts. Yu Lian said to himself. It turns out that this is the impact of the environment!
...Speaking of which, do psykers have delusions? Are psykers who treat their intuitions as illusions hopeless idiots? This is a truth that I have recognized very much in my previous life.
Yu Lian sighed inwardly, tried his best to calm down, and began to carefully observe the surrounding environment.
First of all, there is this burning fire. The piled-up fine wood was deforming, collapsing, and making beeping sounds, and a refreshing aroma even gradually emitted from the air.
You can be sure that those woods must be special, and they must be the best materials used to make furniture. Used to grill meat...it should also give the ingredients a special flavor, right? Probably...
"So, why use firewood! Isn't this really too classic? Is this just for the sense of ceremony?"
Yu Lian felt that this scene was indeed a bit ridiculous.
He wondered whether real history was also so full of the absurd spirit of surrealism.
He also didn't think that the flames caused by burning wood could really burn a mature psyker to death. What really worked was probably the Steel Spinosaurus lying on the steps of the ring.
It was an adult dragon fifty meters long. The scales on its body were quite bright silver-gray. The body was sharp and angular and full of fine carvings. At first glance, it looked like an alloy product rolled out of the most advanced factory. of.
Only the ruby-colored eyes could reveal the characteristics of the creature. The flame of life burning in those pupils was indeed a too hot fire of life.
The instantaneous temperature of the flames breathed out by this giant dragon can even exceed the surface of the sun, and it can indeed burn to death some psykers who are not too high-level.
However, this Steelophosaurus was brewing its own emotions and flames. When he saw Yu Lian and his group arriving, he just retracted his head behind the courtyard wall, acting like I was just a tool dragon.
As for its owner, the middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Imperial Grand Marshal, a gold-rimmed cloak, and a crown was half-kneeling on the ground, muttering to the burning fire.
The way he looks now, he looks like a bastard uncle who has lost his dignity and fallen into nihilism.
Yu Lian has seen this kind of uncle before. During a period of time in his previous life, Yu Lian met many middle-aged and elderly men like this. In the era of "when you stand on the wind, pigs can fly", they became rich by relying on their super mobility. However, in the next era, they fell from the clouds because they could not understand the new gameplay. As a result, some people fell from the clouds physically, some became anti-system elements who could only verbally scold their mothers, and some people placed their trust in religion.
Yu Lian felt that this uncle's mental state was very similar to the last one.
This is an imperial emperor, but he seems to be a devout believer, or in other words, a desperate fanatic believer.
Yu Lian admitted that he was still prejudiced against religion. He deeply believes that all devout believers are desperate but incompetent fools.
Disgraceful emperor. Yu Lian thought. Who said there were no foolish kings in the history of the Galactic Empire? Isn't this the case with Boluo III, who was about to burn his daughter, but was killed by her daughter instead?
Of course Yu Lian knew that the emperors of the Galaxy Empire had an extremely impossible setting of becoming emperors from generation to generation. To be fair, even Boro III was definitely an above-average ruler during his twenty years in power. In his era, he vigorously combated corruption in the bureaucracy of the Prime Minister's Office, reformed the bureaucratic selection and personnel system; expanded central finance and taxation, and created chambers of commerce directly related to the royal family; while suppressing princes and upper-class nobles, he also increased the welfare of the people at the bottom, and even Universal basic education and health care systems were provided to civilians and even the slave class.
His policies were certainly not original or revolutionary, but they maintained the stability and enterprising spirit of the Galactic Empire to the greatest extent. For a dynasty that has been in existence for more than two thousand years, this is considered great.
The only pity is that Boluo III is a Dragon King who is not very good at fighting.
Whether it is spiritual power or military talent, they are indeed lackluster. However, Tirillo's military nobles would only follow tyrants who could abuse them.
No matter how much contribution Emperor Boluo made to the civil service, without his military exploits, the throne would not be secure.
Many historians still believe that his ability to elect the emperor must be the result of media public relations. Boluo III does not look like a serious Dragon King at all, but more like an alliance politician.
Thus, he embarked on this great expedition against the Predator Silver Heart. During Boro's reign, the relationship between the Empire and the Alliance was very stable, and no major war could be fought.
Apart from his expedition to the center of the galaxy, he really couldn't find an attack target that could establish his prestige. What's more, if you really annihilate the Galactic Center and completely eliminate the threat of the predators to the galactic countries, then your achievements can really equal those of the sages during the Third Galactic War, right?
Then, there was being ambushed and surrounded, there was a sacrificial ceremony where a dead horse was used as a living horse doctor, there was being killed by his daughter, and there was a clown-like ending. As a result, a good conservative lord and a stable and excellent politician has basically become one of the most poorly regarded imperial rulers in the history of the country.
As far as the macro history of the galaxy and this generation is concerned, the only political legacy he left behind is probably the preparatory ceremony of burning dolls before the war.
The above is the historical record.
Yu Lian always feels that this period of history is really full of absurd surrealism. He is indeed not a historical nihilist, but he always feels that this story, which has been grandly written into the official history, seems a bit too wild. He can't help but suspect that it was written in the Spring and Autumn Period, and even feels that it is missing a million. Word Game of Thrones.
However, in this "historical memory fragment", he did see a scene that was exactly the same as recorded in official history.
So, is this "historical fragment" real history? Or is there history that someone wants me to see?
No, this should be my ring promotion ceremony. So, is this the history I want to see?
Yu Lian discovered that he was obviously a saint, but I was really not very professional in this aspect and always felt that various possibilities existed.
But no matter what, at least based on the plot in this dungeon, this imperial emperor who has reached the end of his road is indeed the most distasteful to Yu Lian. Even his dragon turned its back on him.
If there weren't others around, Yu Lian would have already wanted to use his machine cannon to fire a burst of explosive bullets at the man in the general's uniform.
Yes, even such an emperor is surrounded by three imperial knights wearing heraldic machines, guarding him.
...Well, seven versus three, if you leave aside the dragon that is still there, the advantage actually lies with me. Even if one of them is well-dressed, he still wears fancy special products.
All heraldic machines are derivatives of the reverse research of the Enlightenment's legacy, "Dragon of Dawn." In this field, the bullshit setting that trial works are stronger than excessive products does exist.
If the heraldic machines for ordinary knights are mass-produced products, these different-looking prototypes must be high-quality. Again, they are not so much mechas as they are mecha-shaped Noble Phantasms.
For example, the "Dragon of the Blazing Sun" used by King Wilente. Another example is the seven spirits of the opposite alliance and so on.
In the history of the empire, this type of high-X heraldry machine has been active in various eras. Some of them died in wars, some became priceless collections, and some even It has been in service for thousands of years and has not become obsolete even in modern times.
The high-ranking X at the scene is a very famous one. Its name is "Light Lion" and it belongs to the Duke of Beleros, one of the forty-seven Dukes of the founding dynasty of the Galactic Empire.
Then, this prestigious family was beheaded by the immortal dragon Queen Yiwenya five hundred years ago. The direct family line was severed and the territory became the direct control of the empire.
As for their family treasure "Light Lion", it became the public equipment of the Astral Knights, and it changed its owners more than a dozen times in the next five hundred years. In Yu Lian's previous life, it was finally given to Miss Gyafel.
Got it, the reason is here!
Remember who was the last Duke of the Belleros family? Goss? Or Gris?
Well, that's not important.
Yu Lian looked at the giant steel-spine dragon. It had completely shrunk behind the wall, with only the row of blade-like spines exposed. It seemed that it was preparing to carry out the purpose of "whoever wins, I will help" to the end. .
Yu Lian took a step forward and decided to stand with his teammates who had been assigned to him by the plot.
"So, you are committing treason." A calm and solemn voice came from behind the gorgeous mask of the "Light Lion". This is the voice of a middle-aged man, and he sounds like a master at first glance.
"What you have done can only prove that His Majesty is right." Another protector of the emperor said. He is an old man with an old voice, but he is quite majestic.
Yu Lian didn't know this loyal old knight, so he decided to call him Knight A.
"Our oath is to protect His Majesty the Emperor and carry out all his will. You have also made the same oath." A voice that sounded like a royal lady sounded from behind the heraldic machine painted with a hundred flowers. Yu Lian decided to call her Yu Jie B.
It must be admitted that the aura of these three people is indeed much stronger than that of their temporary teammates. Yu Lian thought. And they did occupy Dayi's position immediately after opening their mouth, which immediately made everyone a little embarrassed.
No, Yu Lian felt very clearly that many of his temporary friends were really in a state of low morale and looked hesitant to move forward.
So that’s it, everyone is a genuine astral knight!
If you put it this way, it is difficult to say that the astral knight rushed into the emperor's car to save the princess, and the princess was unjust, right? No wonder everyone is hesitant due to such speculation.
Yu Lian now feels that he should do something. For example, it would be great to throw out your own light spear, and then a long night meteor kills the emperor who is pretending to be a magic stick with his back to everyone.
Really, how dare an NPC from a fragment of history dare to turn his back on this hero?
He was about to reveal his light spear, but he heard the last Duke behind the lion mecha speak again: "Yes, you should have stood with us. Except for you, Shir."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Lian felt that a sharp gaze had shot out from behind the visor window and landed on the big brother holding the flag.
Sure enough, in this era and in this environment, there can only be one Shail, right? The only lover recognized by Queen Ewenya - because the two were not officially married, political opponents always called her "face-shou" - a wise prime minister in the flowery era, the first person in the history of the Galactic Empire to have the seal of the Privy Council and the prime minister. The regent, the arbiter, the shackle-breaker of the slaves, the life-killing devil of the nobles, the first inspirational example of the common people, the little father of the Holy Galactic Empire, Grand Duke Kashim Shail.
The Shire Memorial University, founded in his memory, has always been the top among the comprehensive universities in the empire during Yu Lian's era, with teachers and hardware exceeding those of a large number of old institutions of higher learning with a history of thousands of years.
Such a historical celebrity with both civil and military skills should not be shocked by the Duke's rhetoric.
"I didn't see you when I was on the bridge." Shail said: "While His Highness was commanding the battle, where was the emperor? Where were you?"
"It is true that we are not here, but that is because we fully trust your abilities." Knight A replied, fully demonstrating the self-awareness that an old knight should have. Of course, it is inevitable that there is a little bit of guilty conscience.
"If we are here, the predators will be in bad luck. However, you have also repelled the enemy. We have more important things to do." Yu Jie B said. Her voice was a little stiff, and she seemed to be trying to make up for it.
"The marauders rushed onto the bridge just now, but you didn't show up either," said Shail.
"We are here, performing more important tasks. We must deal with everything." The Duke said: "We are also fighting with His Majesty the Emperor. The haze we have to fight against, Shail, is something you can never imagine. ”
"Aren't you the ones who brought us into the haze? And the way you fight is to prepare to kill the real commander of the Guards? All the way, His Highness, not his father, has been commanding the battle. It is not because of the crown. , is the emperor, but the most powerful Dragon King, and the crown will come to him. This is the motto of the Holy Galaxy Empire!"
"Yes. But this is wrong." This time, it was not the three loyal knights who answered him, but Emperor Boluo himself.
He stood up and turned to face the group of people. His thin face was unhealthy and pale, and his figure was tall but thin. He once again fit Yu Lian's stereotype of stupid feudal superstitious enthusiasts.
However, what surprised him was that his eyes were very clear, hiding an indescribable sadness.