Chapter 1104 The Hermit
1103. The Hermit
Darth Malthael looked coldly at the two people standing in front of him, looking at the middle-aged man with a big beard. The man said: "I said, you will definitely come back, Obi-Wan Kenobi."
Obi-Wan Kenobi only bowed slightly to express his greetings, but still lowered his head and remained silent, holding both hands It was placed inside the cuff, and there was no expression on the face.
Darth Malthael ignored him and turned to look at the fair-skinned Zabrak woman standing aside - the fallen Jedi Knight, Maris Bruder.
"Are you Shaak Ti's apprentice?" he asked coldly. The extremely powerful dark side force expanded unbridled. At this moment, the two people in front of him were serious, and Darth Malthael was behind him. It's like an endless whirlpool of darkness!
Maryse Bruder was already covered in cold sweat and trembling all over. As soon as she heard the question, she fell to her knees. In front of Darth Malthael's terrifying dark side force, she Not even the slightest thought of resistance, "Yes... yes, my former master was Shakti. I have understood... I understand the power of the dark side, and I am willing to embrace the darkness... Please, please, sir." You taught me the nature of darkness..."
"Hahahahaha!" Darth Malthael laughed, "The nature of darkness?"
" I don't dare... don't dare..."
"My apprentice, Darth Lilim, is preparing to go to the Eriadu system. You should follow her and be a servant. Just get out. Right." Darth Malthael said coldly.
"My lord...my lord, but...they said..." Maris Bruder wanted to say something, but as soon as she said the word 'them', she immediately found that her throat seemed to be strangled by an invisible force, and then Lift it up directly!
She was lifted directly in front of Darth Malthael by the powerful force. The pain of lack of oxygen made her struggle violently.
"I only need to take a look at your pitiful, shallow power and you will no longer have any secrets. Then, remember, a talkative servant never lives long." Das - Malthael said grimly.
Maryse Bruder closed her mouth and nodded desperately.
Poof, Darth Malthael raised his hand and threw Maris out. While she was still rolling in the air, the switch of the door was pressed in the air, and then she was thrown directly. Out the door.
Darth Malthael then looked at Obi-Wan Kenobi and said slowly: "You are not sure whether Palpatine is a Sith Lord, and you dare not test him. But you are not either. An idiot with no IQ can also judge that both this war and the political situation of the Galactic Republic are completely out of control, so you are here."
"You are right. , Death Angel." Obi-Wan Kenobi said calmly, "So, I'm here to find the answer."
A sneer appeared on the corner of Darth Malthael's mouth, "Oh~~~ The answer. Jedi, seek answers from the Sith Lord?"
"I want to know where the future of the galaxy will go." Obi-Wan Kenobi lowered his head and asked.
"Hahahahahaha!!" Darth Malthael laughed loudly again, "The future of the galaxy? No! That's not what you want to ask... Until now, you are still clinging to that last point. Self-respect and face? Hahahaha! ”
His smile suddenly became serious, and he said coldly: "Before I kick you out, ask what you really want to ask!"
Obi-Wan Kenobi took a deep breath, Asked again: "I'm asking you for advice... Where will the future of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order go?"
"It is in everyone's hands, but not in the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order." There." Darth Malthael said meaningfully.
"If Darth Sidious is Palpatine, I can't think of any possibility of a comeback." Obi-Wan Kenobi said, "But you are not Darth Sidious. Sidious's group. Under the Sith's rule of two, there may be a Sith Lord who can tolerate multiple apprentices, but there is absolutely no Sith Lord who can tolerate multiple masters. "
"It seems that in order to send you out, Master Yoda told you a lot of secrets about the Sith that are sealed in the Jedi Archives." Darth Malthael sneered." Isn’t he afraid that you will fall to the dark side after reading these things?”
Obi-Wan Kenobi did not respond to Darth Malthael's taunt, and continued: "In order to fight against Darth Sidious, you should also have many preparations. We are willing to provide help within our ability to eliminate Darth Sidious. "
"So, what if Palpatine is not Darth Sidious?" Darth Malthael asked.
"Compared to the devastating consequences that may have been caused by another possibility, this will be a blessing - even if it accidentally injures the Speaker of the Republic." Obi-Wan Kenobi said.
"Hahahaha! You Jedi Order are so interesting! Hahahahaha!" Darth Malthael laughed, "Haven't you ever thought that getting involved in politics is so difficult? "Deep, is the Jedi Order still the Jedi Order?"
"Everything is for the survival of the Galactic Republic," Obi-Wan Kenobi said.
Darth Malthael waved his hand and turned around, "If you want an answer, you can. But it's not free. You have to do things for me."
"This is expected. "
Darth Malthael came to his desk, opened the drawer, took out a mask and threw it over, "Put it on, and then abandon your name and past. , serve me wholeheartedly. Then, I will gradually show you everything... the future of the Galactic Republic, the future of the Jedi Order... and the future of the Confederation of Independent Systems."
Obi-Wan. Kenobi took the mask and found that it was a pure gray mask. The material was somewhat warm and seemed to be made of some kind of bone. It looked very old.
The mask looks like a bearded old man with an expressionless face.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said: "I am willing to serve you and fulfill all your wishes. But I only have a small condition... I will not draw my sword against other Jedi Knights."< br>
"Okay." Darth Malthael agreed directly.
Obi-Wan Kenobi no longer hesitated and put on the mask directly.
Darth Malthael said calmly: "From today on, your name is...The Hermit."
"Yes..." Wearing a gray bearded old man's mask Obi-Wan Kenobi bowed deeply.
"Abandon all vanity, all power, all wealth, and focus on exploring the essence of things. You constantly reflect and explore, seek true knowledge, and illuminate others." Darth Malthael said, "But you exiled yourself and chose loneliness One person. This means escaping, seclusion, and retreat, but your choice is not because of fear, but to listen."
At that moment, Obi-Wan Kenobi seemed to have something in his heart. Shaking, he clenched his fists tightly, but then slowly released them, bowed again and said: "From now on, there will be no Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, only...the Hermit."
The voice changer on the mask made his voice older and calmer.
Darth Malthael looked at him deeply and suddenly laughed again, "I don't believe you, Hermit."
"I am willing to do anything to Earn your trust," the hermit said, bowing his head. "It's just a small thing. Just defeat one person in a lightsaber duel." Darth Malthael said.
"I...will not draw my sword against the Jedi." The Hermit said again.
"No, she is no longer a Jedi. She is just a dark believer who fell to the dark side." The smile on Darth Malthael's face became a little weird.
"Then, I am willing to win this lightsaber duel for you." The Hermit said.
"Follow me." Darth Malthael walked outside, and the hermit followed.
They came all the way to the training ground, where there were already some people waiting to watch the excitement. Obviously, Darth Malthael did not intend to conduct this duel in secret.
In the center of the training ground, stood a man in black attire, with his back to here.
She has a slim figure and blond hair. Just looking at her back, she is definitely a beautiful woman.
When he saw this person, although his expression was hidden under the mask, the hermit's body still trembled violently.
“Let me introduce you, this is the former Jedi Knight who fell to the dark side—Siri Taqi.” Darth Malthael introduced, “Oh, I think you should originally Just know her?”
The hermit walked over slowly, and said in a trembling voice: "I thought... you were dead..."
Siri-Taqi turned around, her expression a little confused, "I ...Dead."
"You!" The green lightsaber in his hand suddenly turned around and pointed directly at Darth Malthael!
The smile on Darth Malthael's face was cruel, "I will always leave the choice to you. Yes, this is exactly what I want you to choose... kill me, or Kill her. "
He spread his hands and did not take out the lightsaber, but the terrifying dark side force was still condensed in his hands, and even everything around him was shaking.
"You! You are playing that trick again!! You are despising life! You are playing with death!!" The Hermit roared.
"Yes, yes! Hahahahahaha! I control death! I am the death angel! The death angel!! Hahahahaha!!" Darth Malthael laughed ferociously. , "Come on, swing your sword at me! Kill me! Hahahaha!"
"You!" The hermit raised his lightsaber, and pointed his finger forward with the other hand. It was the third person. The starting position of Solesu, the three-position sword technique.
But then, the lightsaber in his hand dropped and he lowered his head. Then he slowly turned around, looked at Shiri Taqi who was still confused, and asked: "Taqi, what happened?"
Siri Taqi shook her head, "Forgot. What happened? I...forgot...my name is Taqi?”
The hermit's body trembled again, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Do you know a person named Obi-Wan Kenobi?"
The expression on Shire Taqi's face suddenly became warm. She stood up, adding a touch of rosiness to her originally pale and rigid face, "Although I have forgotten many things, he is my best... partner... No, I don't want to be just a partner, I don't want... I... ”
She still had a warm smile on her face, but tears kept flowing from the corners of her eyes.
"Oh...I passed by a battlefield and saw a seriously injured Jedi on the battlefield..." the hermit said in a trembling voice, "He said his name was Obi-Wan Kenobi. ...He asked me to find a woman named Shiri Taqi, and asked me to tell her to forget him! Forget Obi-Wan Kenobi...because he is already dead..."
"Have you found it?" Ciri-Taki asked.
"I asked him, I don't even know this Shire Taqi, how can I find her?" the hermit said, "Obi-Wan Kenobi told me... when you see a beautiful woman, she looks like the sun. Illuminating the surroundings, she is so beautiful, so cheerful, so smart... You can recognize her at a glance..."
"Siri Taqi, kill this one in front of you. Old man." Darth Malthael's cold and gloomy voice came, and he had no intention of letting these poor people go.
“As you command!” Ciri Taqi did not hesitate at all. The moment Darth Malthael finished speaking, she had already pulled out her blood-red lightsaber and struck the hermit with a sword. !
Buzz! ! The green lightsaber directly blocked the blood-red lightsaber!
The force powers of the two collided fiercely through the lightsabers!
Uh-huh! ! The Hermit used the force to push Ciri Taqi away, and swiped her sword, but Taqi dodged it.
He raised the lightsaber again, pointed the sword forward with the other hand, once again assumed the starting position of Soresu, the third sword technique, and said heavily: "That's right... this beautiful one Woman, I found her..."
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21BBY, September 6, the capital of the Galactic Republic, the planet Coruscant, the Parliament Building.
A heated argument is taking place as the most powerful senators in the galaxy discuss whether to invest more in repairing the clone factories on Kamino.
The war-fighting congressmen unequivocally supported this bill. They believed that only by resuming the production of clone soldiers could the victory of the war be ensured. As for funds, there is no other way but to let the major planets continue to tighten their belts and spend all their last savings.
The peace faction members, led by Bail Organa and Padmé Amidala, fiercely opposed this bill and said that this bill would further lead to the financial collapse of the Republic. It was not only the governments of those planets that suffered at that time, but also countless people!
The quarrel between the two sides was very fierce, and the support they received was very similar. Neither party could obtain a majority of votes, so Speaker Sheev Palpatine announced the adjournment of the meeting.
However, during the recess, a terrible thing happened!
One of the main members of the Peace Faction, Onaconda-Fal, a member of the Congress of Rodia Planet, was assassinated!
Many people believed that this was a conspiracy by the war-fighting congressmen. Various conspiracy theories suddenly became popular, which actually made the war-war congressmen's voice much weaker.
(End of this chapter)