Chapter 311 Fire
The time quickly came to the last day of November.
The day of the long shot.
Jilan got up early in the morning.
Practice, wash up, eat breakfast and read the newspaper, living a self-disciplined life as always.
The newspapers are full of useless news. Gillan didn't care about which noble lady had an affair with the family servant and had sex in the stable, nor did he care about which shop was short of money. Customers and shopkeepers quarreled on the street in fluent Muse accents.
There was a promising young man who was deceived by the one he loved who cheated him of his feelings and money. He jumped from the bridge of East Muses and fell into Sicily. Drowned in the river.
This incident caused considerable indignation in the capital circle.
Jilan shook his head, sighing secretly that it was a pity.
He hated being deceived the most. Seeing such things, he couldn't help but hate the woman. If he were to catch him, he would definitely give him a taste of the iron fist of justice.
In addition, newspaper reports on the border war situation are becoming increasingly clear, and the situation is looking good. According to the current situation, there are only a few scattered cities left in the Great Forest Area that have not yet been recovered.
It is expected that within this year, the empire will completely put down the war and win this counterattack.
A long while.
After Jilan finished eating, he folded the newspapers neatly and put them in the cabinet in order of date.
Soon, he returned to the master bedroom.
He took out two real film reels of "Dark Ages #1" and "The Great Plague #2".
A strange phenomenon happened again.
The two black films seemed to melt and squirm together, finally becoming a new real film.
Gilan looked at the surface of the film reel, and the small piece of paper was marked with a name in pleasing handwriting:
"The Fire of Enlightenment".
'The title of the series of films about the "Crippled King" William Gerrard was originally called "The Fire of Enlightenment"...'
Gillen raised his eyebrows.
He actually wanted to know what the black cube that couldn't even give a detailed entry for "beautiful" was.
After installing the black film reel on the projector, Jilan inserted the mercury battery and raised his hand to flip the switch.
Click.
The shuttle rotates and the beam is projected.
Jilan woke up the little messenger Mo Weiwei, and the two sat on the wooden floor and started watching the movie.
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After the film started, the plot in the first half was very different. As the captain of the caravan guard, Gillan rescued the young William in the burned village of Marta and taught him how to grow up.
Five years later, he came into contact with Clark, and together they went to Nusi Lake to hunt for treasure, and were attacked by the Qiu Shang Familia...
It was not until subsequent developments that new changes occurred.
After Gillan parted with William outside the city of Florian at sunset, the plot took another turn, this time spanning ten years.
At that time, William had already founded the "Healing Knights" and led the mercenary group to victory in the "Battle of Ronsa", becoming more and more famous day by day.
The plot gradually progresses to the period of the Great Plague that Gilan is familiar with...
However, what surprised Gilan was that after successively conquering the territory of the Rongden Kingdom, the "Healing Knights" suddenly accepted the incorporation of King Ayose II.
Directly turned the gun and pointed it at the Sakya Kingdom.
At the same time, William Gerrard, the leader of the regiment, and the four knight captains were all awarded titles in the palace hall of "Samwell", the capital of the kingdom.
William not only became an earl, was personally commended by King Ayose II, and also married Princess Philippa Isaac.
This secret history really shocked Gillan.
The role he played as a teacher has continued to this day, and he seems to have become a member of the Knights, responsible for logistics.
But William's respect for him never changed.
Although the members of the Knights were confused about the leader's decision, they never questioned it.
Deputy leader "Silver Crown Knight" Agni Baldwin once said that William's goal is most likely to use the power of the Kingdom of Rondon to clear out the Sakya forces and thus quell the war.
However, the subsequent development of the plot backfired...
Guillen stayed with the Knights for nearly another year, traveling with the team. He also took this opportunity to continuously test his "Owl Form" and sword skills on the battlefield.
He has even gained quite a reputation, and is vaguely known as the fifth knight captain - "Crazy Knight".
After another transition.
Time has accelerated to 1655.
William this year is already forty-nine years old.
The Kingdom of Sakya was finally defeated in the war and was annexed by the Kingdom of Rongden. The most powerful and lengthy "Battle of Rongsa" in medieval history came to an end.
But William's dream was still not fulfilled.
Because he discovered that even though the Kingdom of Rongden defeated the Kingdom of Sakya and achieved unification, it still did not stop its expansion.
The ambitions of those in power are endless and will never stop.
At the same time, William has accumulated countless meritorious deeds, which has aroused the fear of the royal family. Even the ministers who once stood on Earl William's side, I don't know when, gradually distanced themselves from him.
At this period, an unprecedented plague and famine once again broke out in the Rongdeng Kingdom.
Hungry people are everywhere, and crows are everywhere.
The whole world seems to be covered in darkness and gloom.
Countless civilians died overnight, and the bodies fell faster than the pits were being dug. In the end, the Rongdeng Kingdom simply gave up part of its territory and left the civilians to fend for themselves.
Seven or eight surrounding principalities are ready to move, frequently encroaching on the kingdom's territory.
The domestic conflicts seemed to be like a dynamite barrel, about to explode and be completely destroyed...
One night in November.
William was backstabbed by the old King Ayose II. Five hundred elite soldiers surrounded his mansion and sent dozens of mystics to assassinate him.
Faced with all this, William managed to break out of the siege on his own. With one man and one sword, he fought from the mansion to the front of the palace, leaving a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood behind him.
But at the last moment he stepped onto the steps.
He fell head-on.
Because in the evening before the night of the assassination, the person he loved most, his wife, Philippa, the crowned princess of the kingdom, poisoned the wine he drank.
When he saw his wife, the king and many ministers surrounded by countless soldiers, William's eyes dimmed.
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After watching this movie, Gillan finally understood that the "Healing Knights" in history did not retreat.
But he was betrayed.
Thousands of members died and dispersed in the end. The leader was imprisoned in the most notorious "Silent Dungeon" in the Rongdeng Kingdom, and the four knight captains disappeared.
Gilan, as a member of the Knights during this movie viewing, was also hunted by the kingdom.
But he relied on his powerful makeup and disguise skills, and with the help of Weiwei, hid in "Samwell", always paying attention to the development of the situation in secret.
But this plot made Gillan feel strange.
Because in his opinion, with William's intelligence, he would not be able to see through the situation in the Rongdeng Kingdom and even the malicious intentions of the people around him.
But subsequent developments made the inexplicable feeling in his heart become even stronger...
Because William suffered three years of torture in the "Silent Dungeon".
Eyes were gouged out, tongues were cut out, hand tendons and hamstrings were severed, skinned, whipped, and branded with irons...
There was not a single intact part of his body.
But in such a plot, suddenly on a quiet night, King Ayose II died suddenly, the princess was also beheaded, the entire royal family died, no one was spared, and seven ministers also died Seven or eight.
A tall and straight figure, strange yet familiar, stood at the top of the Kingdom Hall.
He raised the cross sword in his hand in the light of the morning light. Under his long golden curly hair fluttering in the wind, he had a pair of perfect facial features.
It is William who has been reborn and is like a god.
He opened his mouth and said calmly to everyone in "Samwell":
"I was born to make great achievements and end the war. But the powerful people regard me as a sword, a chess piece, and a piece of grass, and they will destroy me after using it. Go."
"This unfair fate cannot make me bow. I will kill all those who interfere, and I will also kill those who will appear in the future."
"Now. , I am the king of glory."
"Please remember my name, William Gerrard."
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Until the end of the movie, Gilan’s brows were still furrowed.
He always felt that in the series of films "The Fire of Enlightenment", some crucial information and plots were missing, which resulted in the logical relationship between them being somewhat fragmented and absurd.
The whole process was full of contradictions.
So until the next day, the first day of December, the day of the montage, Gillan chose to watch the movie again.
This time, in the constantly flashing movie scenes, Gillan finally found the answer he wanted...
Those were four extremely secret Easter egg scenes. The first scene.
At the beginning of the establishment of the "Healing Knights", William led the team to officially intervene in the "Battle of Rongsa" one night as mercenaries.
William lay on a simple straw bed in the marching tent and had a dream.
In this dream, he was extremely lucky to visit the land of God "Toyalan" and met a woman on the shore.
The woman was wearing a snow-white dress and her long white hair shawled. She was sitting lazily on a rock, looking at the sea.
After a simple exchange, William learned the other party's name, Xadia.
Xadia speaks very gently, making people feel like a spring breeze. She always had a friendly smile on her face, and William was quite fond of her.
The two quickly became friends.
During the chat, Xia Dia called William "the hero of the times" and seemed to be very optimistic about his future.
"William, your dream is great, and I admire it very much... But mortals have limits, and you may not succeed in the end."
Xia Diya smiled lightly, So said.
William didn't care, he just shook his head and replied:
"Of course I know...and I'm ready to die on the battlefield."
"If one day, your dream is shattered, you can call my name in your dream...I can help you "
Xia Diya said to William solemnly.
When leaving, she also gave William a scale-shaped ornament as a token of her friend.
When William woke up at dawn, he originally thought it was just a dream, but he was shocked to find that he was holding the scale ornament in his hand.
The second scene.
It was in the evening of the night of the assassination.
Forty-nine-year-old William stood by the window of the attic of the mansion, looking at the scenery of "Samwell", the capital of the kingdom, with an indifferent expression.
Twenty-eight years later, he once again took out the scale ornament, took off the black cube from his neck, and placed it on one end of the scale.
"There is no hope for this country..."
"Xiadia, you are right."
"I am willing to follow the principle of 'equivalent exchange' and give everything for this in exchange for power beyond the world."
Soon, the door At the sound of the bell, his princess wife Philippa brought the wine with a smile.
William turned around with a calm expression on his face.
Without hesitation, he picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
The voice-over suddenly sounded something that Ms. Shadil said at some point:
"William, if your dream is shattered, you can come to me. Everything in the world follows the principle of 'equivalent exchange'. If you If you can meet the four conditions, I can help you ascend to godhood.”
“1. Go through wars and control your subordinates. This is to imitate March Sichen’s Gladiator and November Sichen’s Blind. General's experience. Through this, you can get a glimpse of the two Si Chen's laws and summarize your own path."
"Second, endure torture and redeem yourself. 'Experience, through which you can gain light and illuminate your way forward. The world is out of order, and as the God of hope and order, He acquiesces to your borrowing of His law."
"Three, and salt. Combine and give birth to offspring. This is the help of September Sichen's 'Ms. Snow', through which you can get the favor of 'equivalent exchange' and complete the highest gift from mortals to Sichen."
"Four. The fire of love inspires enlightenment. Use the world's relics in your hands to obtain the highest enlightenment in despair, and soar on the spot..."
The third scene.
In the dim "Silent Dungeon", William was naked and skinny, with disheveled hair and bruises all over his body.
He had his hands spread out and was shackled to the wall. The whole person fell to his knees, bowed his head and said nothing.
The leader, who used to be as high-spirited as a god, is now being tortured into a state of disgrace.
A man slowly walked from the shadows outside the cell.
It was a man wearing a strange round helmet. His face was covered with thick shiny glass, and his facial features underneath could not be seen at all.
He was also wearing a fat white jumpsuit, which looked out of place for this era.
"William, is this your plan?"
A muffled voice came from under the helmet.
"Borrow the power of the four Si Chens to activate the 'Enlightenment Fire'... Although I think this is too risky, I still choose to believe you."
Hearing this, William slowly raised his head.
His face was haggard, his eyes were dark and empty, he opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Clark understood what his best friend meant, sighed and nodded.
“Okay, I understand.”
As he spoke, the man in the "astronaut uniform" waved his hand, and a strange black square-headed machine appeared beside him, supported by a tripod.
The circular camera focused on William in the cell.
Click——
With a flash of white light, history was recorded.
The fourth scene.
William was walking in a very dreamy wilderness, but there were countless sharp knives standing on the ground.
He stepped on the knife naked and was bleeding.
But William's expression did not change, and he walked forward resolutely, even though he was faltering, he was very determined.
He walked through the wilderness and came to a square gate at the end.
This door is made of simple stone and is carved with dense patterns and symbols. In the center of the door frame, there are several ancient Xilu characters:
"The Gate of Weights."
Beside the door, stood a dark-skinned man.
He wore a golden cocked hat and a priest's robe. He carried a double-winged snake staff in his left hand and a pot-shaped furnace in his right hand, which seemed to be burning with infinite temperature.
"Hermes, the 'King of the Furnace', I am here at the invitation of the 'Snow Lady' Shadir..."
William spoke calmly.
The priest named Hermes did not speak, but silently stepped aside to allow William to pass through the "Gate of Weights".
After he walked through the door.
But in an instant, we came to a lake covered with ice and snow.
“Is this the ‘Linchi Lake’, Shadir’s HOS...”
William murmured.
He saw hundreds of human-shaped ice sculptures, frozen in various poses on the lake.
At the end of the glacial lake, there is a familiar figure of a lady.
Shadir is floating in the air, wearing a crown and white hair. His eyes are closed and his expression is holy.
The scepter in the left hand and the scales in the right hand.
One end of the scale is a pile of salt, and the other end is William's black cube "The Fire of Enlightenment".
"William, believe me, you will be the hero of this era..."
He fell slowly and spoke softly.
William asked:
"'Ms. Snow,' I have always been curious about why you chose me instead of Clark... We both hold the 'Tinder of Enlightenment'."
“You are different from him.”
Shadir spoke softly and shook his head.
"Clark Smith is an alternative. His dream has doomed his future. After all, he cannot become the hope of mankind."
"..." William was silent.
Shadir raised the scepter in his hand and stabbed directly into his heart, causing blood to drip from his body.
He also freed up his hands, pulled William into his arms, and then said softly:
"William, give our child a name... She will become an important barrier in this world, endure suffering for the world, and redeem people."
"But it is not fair to her. Is her mission in life to live for others? Shadir, my goddess of justice...don't you think this is too ironic?"
William said indifferently in the goddess's arms.
Xia Dier lowered his eyes and replied softly:
"No, this is the greatest fairness... William, I have provided you with convenience with the law in my hand, not only Allowing you to ascend and sacrifice your daughter to save this world that is on the verge of being broken.”
"This is already the best choice."
Hearing this, William fell into a long silence.
At this moment, he thought of his dream, of countless mortals struggling in pain in the dark age, and of the "miasma" that was gradually intensifying, as if casting a doomsday shadow over the world.
He knew that if he did not make sacrifices, everything would fall into the grave of destruction.
Whether the old god Si Sui or the new god Si Chen... except "Ms. Snow" Xia Dier, no one is willing to save it.
Finally, William took a deep breath and looked at Shadir. And gently and gently said a name:
"Our daughter..."
"My name is Torina Gerald."
( End of chapter)