The Amber Sword

The long streets were silent, and Brando seemed to be immersed in memories of a long history.

Sword Saint Darius, the name is strange and familiar to him. Since the second revival, the name has belonged to one of the three chief ministers who supported the kingdom of Eruin, who lived a century ago, and in the Sword of Amber it was only a time of the same background for the players.

Historically, the kingdom was no longer in the mood, and it was said that Gurrekas had left, and that Tulaman had returned to the Secret Silver Castle, and that the sword saint had since been hidden. Some say he's still alive, others say he's dead, but in Brando's own memory, he still remembers the moment his grandfather held his hand.

It was just an old man describing a dead artemisia, whose eyes were still burning with the firm flame of a far supernormal man, but who had finally reached the end of his life; and in another memory of him - Sophie and Brando - the Golden Tree dreams of a veteran soldier from the November war with a long sword and a smile on his head.

That's the world that Brando's memories make up, and everything in the world doesn't deviate. He could even clearly feel that expectation, only today did he realize that the elderly placed some expectation on Brando, not just the elders' backs.

In real history, however, Brando himself could have been killed in Bucchi's old home.

If so, why didn't he tell Brando the secret of the back of the wind ring? What was the last thing that the sword saint in history was hiding?

“My grandfather was the grand marshal of the Allied Coalition of Temples of Fire during the last Jihad?” Half a mile, Brando suddenly looked up and asked.

“Ah, Lord, I thought you'd be even more surprised by the identity of the elder sword saint,” Charles said slightly: “Indeed, the elderly held the position of Allied Marshal of the Temple of Fire. ”

No, I didn't. In Brando's memory, in the history of another world, Sword Saint Darus has never served as the Allied Commander of the Temple of Fire. History is either lying, Charles is lying, Brando looks at Charles and Her Royal Highness, Princess Griffin looks at him, but she has an extra sense of identity in her silver eyes.

Sword Saint Darus is also a king, not even a new king, and he is a true royalist. But why did he leave the centre of power and the declining Corcova royal family?

Charles and Her Royal Highness' eyes told him that they were not lying - or that their level of falsehood had reached a point where they could speak for themselves. But the princess is only sixteen years old this year, unless it's an old, cunning nobleman.

“But this has never been documented in history.” Brando pretended to question.

“Because historically the temple of fire has always kept the files of every jihad secret. ”

Falsely, Brando relentlessly broke through Charles' lies. Whatever the secrecy of the Jihad dossiers, the mere words will come out, not to mention the prominent position of the Coalition Marshals, which will not make the entire Eruin upper nobility seem to have forgotten.

Moreover, in another history in which Brando had the privilege of ‘consulting' the secret archives of the Temple in order to investigate the cause of His Highness's death, Saint Darus the Sword never appeared. Unless history changes, or all information relating to Sword Saint Darus is deleted or sealed.

There are other secrets.

The part of Brando's mind that belonged to the game suddenly awakened, and his memory seemed to be activated in an instant, like a river of words and words, emerging from the depths of his mind.

The year that Sword Saint Darus lived in seclusion, 325, the year of the castor, a number seemed to be a lightning bolt into his mind.

That time node...

On the year of the Star Gathering, on the 17th of the New Flowers, the Earl of Athania led the White Lion Infantry Regiment west into the Hagon area, supporting operations on the side of the Krutz and attacking the Toquinin Lion Black Tooth Clan.

Since then, the Temple of the Earth has collapsed, followed by a reconciliation agreement between the four main temples over a period of four years; four years after the year of the gathering of the stars, the jihad ended.

Brando clearly remembers that the year of the Gathering was 321 in the first century. The two time nodes coincide, which is interesting, and there is something wrong with it.

He couldn't help but close his eyes, and the sparkling time the river appeared in front of him:

Great River Battle.

Bloody Gintins.

Temple of Fire eastbound.

Attack the Alfalfa Wild.

Then came the beginning of a long and bitter November war, when jihad never became so bloody. Brando suddenly realized what made war so cruel. Those veterans who have been at war for more than a decade have rapidly consumed less than a year since then...

around…

A series of chainsaw fights in the Alkash Extension Zone.

The historical record is…

The four temples entered the area simultaneously, followed by a protracted, dark battle for meat, a year-long battle for meat. Almost dried up the blood of every little principality and kingdom, like Eruin, that was subordinate to the four great temples.

The shadow of that war continues to this day, with Eru losing an entire generation, or even two, of young people.

Brando suddenly felt a bit of a shock, how close history was. A hundred years later, in another war, the Knights Greyhews, Farnzan, Ellanta, Temple of the Wind and Madara entered the area again.

It was also a terrible war.

He still remembers the Great Sovereign Army in the heavens and the earth, and everything seems to be in darkness.

Yet the Arkash Mountains still do not seem to have such an important strategic position as to why the great temples have repeatedly fought here. The Alkash Mountains are a traditional territory recorded as belonging to Fanzan, but until future generations, the Krutz, the Pokémon and the Army of the Dead in Madara were stationed there.

Brando's heart was pounding and he realized he might have caught the center of gravity. He clearly remembered that, after the end of the November war, the jihad was also largely over. His grandfather was also hidden at this time, as if there was a particular player acumen who told him that if there was something wrong with the plot, it must have been during the November war.

That tragic, memorable war for all veterans. Brando also remembers a detail in which the Temple awarded precious candle fire medals to many eminent veterans during the war.

This is unprecedented.

He opened his eyes and his eyes flashed with a heartwarming light.

“Are you all right, Mr. Brando?” Princess Griffin asked.

“Why are you telling me this now?” Brando shook his head and asked.

“I'm sorry,” Charles sighed: "I'd rather keep this secret if I could. It is already the best wish to guard silently the lord of the descendants of Marshal Darus. ”

Brando looked at him as if he was going to see through this guy. But Charles is still the young man who wears the Grand Master's robe with a confident smile on his face.

Charles also responded with a smile.

“This cunning guy,” Brando hinted, “In other words, why did my grandfather end up hiding in Prague? You know, I didn't even know he was a highland knight, did my father, too? ”

“No, your father should have known something, Brando," Her Royal Highness replied, "I didn't know much, but at least I knew that when Lord Darus left the army, your father had grown up; he had also set a affair on that day, according to the tradition of highland knights - the other side was also a nobleman of Carnego. ”

“That was my mother, but my grandfather never taught me about aristocratic traditions, and until I grew up to a certain age, I never thought - nor did I know what Carmine had to do with highland knights.” Brando replied.

“Ah, Lord Darius... did he teach you swordsmanship?” Princess Griffin was slightly surprised.

“My grandfather taught me some swordsmanship, but it's all military swordsmanship fur.” Brando replied.

“Ah...” The semi fairy princess was really a little surprised this time, she couldn't help but lift her long eyelashes and look at Brando curiously: “Mr. Brando, your swordsmanship...”

“There's something else,” Brando replied, "including the knowledge I have now, and in another part of my experience, I was a mentor from a wizard. ”

Brando thought he wasn't lying, but his swordsmanship did have a different history, and it was an improved military swordsmanship that players had transformed from Sword Saint Darius. He also had a master from a wizard, but that was in the past.

“That must have been a tortuous experience.” Griffin is a little awesome.

“Yeah, so twisted...” Brando sighed differently, but it meant a lot different than His Highness had imagined. At least he has never heard of, let alone experienced, such stories, and since Butch's escape the two worlds have coincided in his life.

“So what the hell is going on,” Brando continued after sighing, pretending to be anxious to know the answer, but the answer was already hidden in his mind, and he just needed a confirmation, "I think there must be something else hidden inside. ”

“My lord, as I said, I will keep a secret.” The past doesn't make sense, "Charles replied," but we just need to know that fate still lingers in the midst of some. Your Excellency, you are here today to prove that the old man is right-- ”

No, perhaps only Brando here understands that this is not the connection of destiny, because history has long changed - and only he knows the real future - and he is here to prove that everything that is fixed is already volatile.

Because Brando should have died in Butch, Erouin should have set the course for history.

Yet destiny leaves this world in Alice's hands, but gives history and the future to the blind goddess Elaine, who is now connected by an invisible line, which is cause and effect. History and the future, on paper cards, present infinite uncertainty and possibilities.

precisely because of this future with unlimited possibilities.

Only man can rule his own destiny.

Brando has no doubt about this, so where is the problem? There must still be a line —— a line that Brando didn't die on, and he didn't cross, and in what world, what was it like? What exactly is Brando's mission?

“What a loser.” Brando couldn't help but scold and died in the hands of a bone skeleton after the sacred sword. I'm afraid this is the biggest black joke in Eruin's history, but it was completely buried in the game without a trace.

But that's okay, he's got at least some of the answers. Brando glanced at Charles and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, the Allied Coalition of the Temple of Fire - the Royal Eruin Legion - must have been attacked in the Alkash Mountains in November, right? ”

“Let me guess, but what the Temple of Fire did not expect was that St. Darus the Sword was strong enough to kill a blood path alive with an army of Eruins. ”

“Right? ”

His voice was not loud, but he was strong and the words were alive. Brando seemed comfortable, and Her Royal Highness bit her lips and Charles looked like a ghost. Everyone was shocked by this treacherous remark.

Only then did Brando suddenly laugh, but the light in his eyes seemed so wise and confident to others.

“Ha…”

Brando almost wanted to laugh out loud: “So this is what happened to the army that attacked our Madara from behind. Those bastards of thorny flower fire, haha, I was really wrong about you...”

“The Temple of Fire, the Cathedral of Light, is really interesting. ”

“It's just a shame...”

“I'm a player, and I'm a player through. ”

It was a real surprise, Brando grinned.

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