Chapter 246: Historical truth

Chapter 246 The Truth of History
The sixth picture surprised Roddy.
The five murals in front show Roddy a vibrant Shaka empire!
In that legendary ancient country, people can have freedom and equal rights. You can sit with the noble knights and decide your own destiny. There is no spiritual shackles of the gods, no blind worship and worship of gods...
But the scene of the sixth picture surprised Roddy!
The empire that Roddy was infinitely fascinated by originally thought changed its appearance!
In the corner above the screen, it seems to be an illusory background phantom, which seems to depict some shadows of the lives of the people of the Shaka Empire-but it is not as calm and equal as Roddy imagined...
On the screen, the farmer wears the most tattered clothes, and the luxurious carriages of the nobles run over the barren land. There are still gallows in the picture! However, the hanged people are no longer the gods of the gods, but some simple civilians. The angry expressions of the onlookers and the painful expressions of the hanged were vividly portrayed.
And at the bottom of the screen, there is still the "Congress"!
It's just that this "Parliamentary Council" does not seem to be equal and united as Roddy saw in the previous picture. Everyone in the scene seems to be arguing loudly, anger, greed, evil, etc., all kinds of expressions fill people's faces, and the man standing on the middle platform is obviously the empire of Shaka. Emperor. The expression on the emperor's face seemed helpless and sad.
The king sighed: "Remember just now, when you said you admired my ancestor who built the Shaka Empire, didn't I say anything?"
Roddy nodded, his expression seemed to be somewhat depressed and depressed: "I do admire your ancestor! He dared to give rights to others, so that all classes have equal freedom! That kind of spirit, it is me. I can't help but admire it!"
The king shook his head and sighed: "Unfortunately he did something wrong!"
Without waiting for Roddy to speak, the king said indifferently: "The record of the Shaka empire has been eradicated, and the existence of the Parliament has only been maintained for less than a hundred years. In the later period of the existence of the Parliament, such a political system has not only failed to provide the empire. Bringing benefits has become the root of the empire’s decay!"
"Why?!" Roddy asked in surprise.
The king smiled, and he seemed to be a little mocking: "Rody, don't you understand? Right can only exist in the hands of a few people! It is absolutely impossible to be evenly distributed!!"
After sighing, the king continued: "In the beginning, the parliamentary council did give people equal freedom and rights. But later, the parliamentary council became a place for all classes to compete for power! In the early days of the Shaka Empire, the emperor He did not succeed in erecting his own absolute authority! Although the existence of the parliamentary council gave people superficial freedom, it also severely undermined the majesty of the imperial power! Look at this picture!" The king pointed to the mural on the wall "The parliament council has become a noisy place. At that time, in order to pass a small decree, the parliament council could quarrel for three days and three nights! Every decree of the empire may touch the interests of all classes! For their own interests, they quarreled and fought each other in the parliamentary council!! There was a famous joke about the parliamentary council in the Sharjah Empire: in the spring of a certain year, in order to pass an article about the plowing period, farmers can Refusing any labor to ensure the normal development of the empire’s agriculture... But just such a decree, I quarreled in the parliamentary council to pass it for a year! After the decree was passed, it was already winter! The spring plowing period has long passed... …Hahahaha..."
Roddy thought for a while, then suddenly said, "But. Shouldn't there be representatives of civilians in the parliamentary council?"
"What's the use?" The king said lightly: "Many things, governing a country is not as simple as imagined! For example, during the spring plowing period, farmers hope to stay at home and work, but the nobles need manpower to build their manor. The army needs to add new forces to counter the threats of other races! The king needs labor to build walls! Build roads! Can you say who is right and who is wrong?"
Without waiting for Roddy to speak, the king said indifferently: "Even the civilian representatives in the council...humph, when they have the right, they are no longer civilians in the true sense!"
Roddy was silent.
Such things are too complicated, and in the young Roddy's mind, it is impossible to fully understand them.
After a while, he suddenly thought of something, and said: "Where is the religion? How was the religion at that time?"
The king nodded and said lightly: "When an empire begins to become unstable, it is inevitable for external forces to enter!" He pointed to the bickering council in the picture, and said lightly: "You saw those people. Huh? When the rule becomes unstable, at this time, spiritual shackles become necessary!"
Roddy's eyes were a little sad: "Yes! Although religion is a kind of spiritual shackles, in a sense, it is also a kind of mental anesthesia! Especially people in pain need this kind of anesthesia!"
The king sighed: "It's a pity that my ancestors didn't see this! In my opinion, what the Shaka Empire needed most at that time was a powerful centralized power! What it needed was a powerful imperial power that all forces would surrender! The parliamentary council’s method of equal distribution of power has turned the empire itself into a mess of sand!! You vie for me, but the emperor can only stand and watch helplessly!!"
"And then?" Roddy frowned.
The king sighed: "Then the Shaka Empire officially ordered the dissolution of the'Parliamentary Council'! The'Parliamentary Council' that was once a symbol of freedom and equality in the Shaka Empire has finally disappeared!"
Roddy's face changed: "Really? This is not a good thing!"
If it is simply understood that the emperor’s cancellation of the council is to eliminate endless struggles, then this understanding is wrong!
Sure enough, the king looked at Roddy's eyes with a bit of appreciation: "Your Excellency Roddy, can you understand the key?"
Roddy sighed: "If you follow your Majesty’s introduction just now, then this kind of deformed'Congress' should indeed be cancelled, and there is no need to take it back! But you must know that it is easy to hand over rights, but you want to take it back... Hmph, I’m afraid it’s not that easy! According to your Majesty, the imperial power at that time did not establish its own authority. At this time, the council is cancelled. Can the imperial power be able to control the representatives of all classes? , I’m afraid it will catch fire!"
The king nodded: "You really understand..."
"What does this mean?" Roddy pointed to the seventh mural on the wall, puzzled.
Above the seventh mural, it seemed to be a scene in full swing.
Countless people used various methods to carry wood and stones. These people gathered together, as if they were constructing a huge building reasonably.
From the background of the picture, on a very high mountain, there are layers of spiraling mountain roads from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and countless people work hard to transport the building materials to the top of the mountain.
The mountain itself is almost straight into the sky, and the surrounding mist makes the whole picture looming. On the top of the mountain, some craftsmen dressed up are busy with various tools in hand. What surprised Roddy is that on the top of the mountain, a tall tower is actually being built!
The high tower presents a very unique cone shape. From the progress that has been completed, the height of the high tower is already very amazing!
The king sighed: "Did you see the line below? That line means: build a tower to the sky! The beginning of blasphemy!"
Seeing Roddy’s incomprehensible gaze, the king sighed:
In the history of the Sharjah Empire, the religion was ordered to ban. But in fact, after many years of development, the religion has been very influential. Up!"
Roddy nodded: "But does this have anything to do with this "Tongtian Tower"?"
"It's very important!" The king sighed: "The power of the religion in the Shaka empire is growing. The debate about whether or not the exists has always been noisy. There are even calls for the empire to cancel the religion. Prohibition! And at that time, the Shaka empire at that time suddenly ordered the construction of a tower that will lead directly to the sky! To prove that there are no gods in the sky! Those gods! It's all a lie!!"
"What?" Roddy was stunned, his face showed an unbelievable ridiculous expression: "For this reason, it takes countless manpower and material resources to build a tall tower??"
The king smiled faintly: "We will never be able to fully know the truth of history. What we can find now is just some remaining things."
Roddy stared at the mural on the wall and sighed: "No matter what, if the gods really exist... then this tower will definitely not be able to be built successfully!" He secretly said in his heart: at least now On the Roland Continent, I have never heard of the existence of'Tongtian Tower'.
"Yes!" The king sighed: "Since the construction of the Tongtian Pagoda, the religious forces have strongly opposed it. Many people in all walks of life have believed in the religious beliefs. They have fiercely opposed the emperor's practices, thinking this It is a crime of blasphemy! They declared that the sky is the territory of the gods. Anyone who attempts to step on the heavens through the towers is a sinner who blasphemes the gods and will be punished by the gods."
"So, is the punishment of the gods realized?" The expression on Roddy's face was a little complicated.
The king seemed to be smiling, but there was a bit of bitterness in his smile: "At least the Shaka Empire is destroyed!"
Roddy shook his head, stopped talking, and continued to look down.
The picture on the next mural is relatively simple, and it is also the scene that Roddy is most familiar with-war!
The swords are like forests, the wolves are billowing, the golden horses and iron horses... and it is not just human beings who are fighting together!
There are legendary dragons. The shape of those dragons is somewhat similar to the magic dragons that Roddy has seen in the deep mountain caves in the southern part of the Bright Continent. There are also the legendary elves. Those elves and humans are somewhat similar in appearance. They are similar, except that their faces are pointed and they have long ears.
In the picture, it is not stated who is fighting with whom, but it seems that several forces are fighting each other endlessly.
The king sighed: "This is the first large-scale war in the Shaka Empire that has been recorded! The empire's civil strife broke out and several races began a melee. That war lasted for nearly a hundred years!"
"Who won?" Roddy asked simply.
"It's human!" The king replied faster, but he smiled as if he was very meaningful: "Humans have always been leaders of various races. Although humans do not have the powerful bodies of dragons and the natural magical power of elves! But humans have other races. Wisdom that you don’t have!"
Roddy seemed to sneer: "Didn't the religious teachings say: God created humans in his own image, then created other races in this world, and then humans became the masters of the earth!" After a pause, Luo Di asked again: "How did that war break out?"
"God knows!" The king's tone was a little unkind.
Roddy did not frown, nor did he have any dissatisfaction with the king's vague answer. He just said indifferently: "I'm afraid, only'heaven' really knows."
The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Roddy continued to look at the mural behind him, and suddenly said, "What does this mean?"
On the next mural, there is a ruin. The building was burned down in the fire, and a setting sun was in the distance. Although the picture is simple, it makes people feel sad.
"The setting sun of the empire!" the king said lightly: "The text below means: the setting sun of the empire!"
Seeing Roddy’s incomprehensible expression, the king continued: "After that war, the elite clan has been completely extinct! The dragon clan has also been entrenched in the northernmost corner of the Roland continent forever!"
"I see..." Roddy's tone was a little puzzled: "The victory of the war, although it belongs to mankind. But the Shaka Empire completely collapsed in this war... An empire that originally owned the entire continent , Is about to die."
The king smiled, his tone a little sad: "Tongtian Pagoda has been destroyed without being built. At the same time, the splendid culture and civilization of the Shaka Empire are also destroyed!"
"What about the empire? Does it still exist?"
"It exists, or it doesn't exist." The king smiled bitterly: "After the war, the empire almost collapsed! At this time, if the religion became the only power that the emperor can rely on! Nothing else, because religion can. It numbs people's psychology and makes people willingly endure pain and poverty! Willingly put on the shackles of enslavement! At that time, the religion began to be a kind of religious belief in an open and honest manner!"
Roddy suddenly laughed wildly. His smile was infinitely mocking. He laughed louder and louder. At the end of the laugh, there were tears in his eyes!
Then he couldn't help but shouted: "What kind of theory is this! Freedom and equality bring poverty, hunger and war! But when they wear the soul yoke, they find peace and tranquility! Why are those people willing to suffer some gods? The slavery! Why should those gods accept the worship of human beings aloft!!"
The king said lightly: "Because the gods are'kind'! Because the gods are'great'! God said that you are born with sin, so it is inevitable for you to suffer in this world. And if you want peace, just You must worship me and exchange your piety in exchange for the rest of the soul. And at that time, it seemed that it was not very expensive to exchange for the so-called "soul peace"... Hey, just pay a little bit of "atonement tax" to the gods. You can get the blessing of the priest and the peace after death!"
"But why? Why can such a lie be deceived?"
"Because of despair!" the king said lightly: "When the world is already dark, and when suffering has become a habit, anyone will believe any lies!"
Roddy closed his eyes, he seemed to frown and think for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Let's get out!"
The king smiled and said, "What's wrong? Didn't you see the murals behind?"
Roddy shook his head: "Don't read it! There is no need to continue watching. The murals behind are nothing more than telling how the Shaka empire fell and how the religions rose. Then how to tamper with history and make a lie to obliterate history... ...Not to look at such things!"
The king whispered: "Rody, do you know what I brought you here to see this for?"
Roddy's eyes flickered and suddenly narrowed his eyes to look at the king in front of him.
He knew very well that the things he saw today must never be revealed. The history of the existence of the Shaka Empire has been concealed by the religion, and this place has become a "non-existent" relic. If the Cult of God knows this secret, I am afraid that the kingdom of Sauron will suffer the disaster of destruction.
The king whispered: "Rody, if it's just to deal with the dwarves, I don't need to bring you here today... But, if it's to deal with the gods...humph...or those who are above the gods... …"
The king lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "I have never believed in any gods, and even the nonsense of gods! Although I do not agree with the other thoughts of my ancestors, I am certain of at least one sentence: human The fate should be decided by human beings! Dealing with a temple, the kingdom of Sauron and the other kingdoms of Roland, even if they cannot win, they are not afraid of them. My only worry is..."
Having said that, the king's eyes drifted over the murals on the wall again.
"The Shaka Empire is such a powerful empire that has been overturned. What is a small Kingdom of Sauron?" The king's face showed a somewhat scared expression: "Do you know how the Shaka Empire finally perished? ?"
Roddy shook his head.
The king sighed: "If you don't want to see the murals behind, you might as well skip to the last one!"
"The last one?"
The king nodded, and suddenly pointed his finger at his feet: "Look at it slowly, and the picture will appear in a while!"
Roddy's heart moved, and he lowered his head and looked down at the instructions of the king.
The mercury under my feet seems to be flowing...
Gradually, there was a slight ripple on the calm water, and then a picture rippled in the water...
Some human warriors are holding spears, swords, and shields. Their faces are a bit desperate and angry, and a bit sad. At the forefront of everyone, there is a person wearing white clothes. You can tell at a glance that he is the emperor of the Shaka Empire!
The direction of their anger is the direction of the sky! !
In the sky, above the clouds, there seemed to be some indistinct figures faintly, and the figures of those people could not be seen clearly.
And on the background of the picture, it is actually a half-built tower!
Tower of Babel!
Then the picture began to change!
Strange scenes began between the whole world, Bai Xue was kind for a while, violent storms for a while, fire burning, and a clear sky for a while. The emperor of that empire seemed to have light on his body.
Roddy's heart suddenly moved, suppressing the shock in his heart!
Because he saw a fact that surprised him from this constantly changing space:
field! !
You can change the rules of the space at will! This is a sign of a strong domain!
What really shocked Roddy is: Although this picture is very brief, it is clearly a war!
There was a real war between humans... and gods...? !
There have been wars between mankind and the creator who created this world? !
Roddy's mouth was dry for a moment, and he couldn't help but wait for the picture to change...
Immediately, the entire surface of the water shook violently a few times, and then the waves gradually dissipated, and the surface became calm again, and the picture disappeared.
"What's going on?" Roddy raised his head and asked hurriedly.
"This is the end!" The king said lightly: "Haven't you read the teachings of the gods?" The king sighed: "Although the gods of the gods are a big lie, even if it is a lie, there are occasional ones in it. I can tell the truth."
"What did you see?" the king asked lightly.
"It's just the water..." Roddy closed his eyes, thought for a moment, his face was surprised, and he said in a deep voice: "The world is corrupted before God, and the earth is full of sins. God said, those who rebel against God will take back what I have given! So the heavy rain flooded the earth on the fifteenth."
Roddy's mouth was a little dry: "I thought it was just a myth. It turns out that the flooded world is real."
The king said lightly: "I have always been surprised that after the gods completely obliterated the history of Shaka, they would leave behind this legend about flooding the world. Now it seems that it is a warning!"
"Perhaps it is." Roddy nodded: "Warning humans, if there is another rebellion against the gods, then the gods will destroy the world again."
The king sighed: "God wants to destroy the world, of course the Shaka Empire will not agree. Resistance has not existed. There is not no strong man among humans... The strong man in the ancient era is said to have the powerful strength to open up the world... But But it was still destroyed by the gods. The flood flooded the earth, completely destroyed the culture of the Shaka Empire, erased the splendid culture created by mankind, and completely covered Shaka from the history! So the history of this world has never There is no such a term as'Shaka'."
Roddy thought for a while, and suddenly said, "How did this last picture left? If the previous murals were left by your majesty's ancestors, then the last picture is completely a magic mark. And...According to your statement, the world has been flooded by floods, how did this place survive?"
The king sighed: "Did you see the emperor of the Shaka Empire on the picture just now? He is the last emperor of the Shaka Empire! This last picture was left by him! He did not die in the war between the battlefield and the gods. And this place was also preserved by him."
After a pause, the king uttered a word that shocked Roddy: "My ancestor, the last emperor of the Shaka Empire, he is a strong domain!" After taking a look at Roddy, the king continued. Said: "At the same time, if there is no error in the record, he is also the first'domain powerhouse' to appear in humans!"
The king’s words did not stop:
The flood can submerge the earth and destroy civilization. But it will not exterminate mankind. And the gods did not mean to exterminate mankind. The next era will enter the'dark age'. Humanity has experienced There is another melee and development. The religion has become the common religious belief on the mainland... You know all the following things, just look at the existing books to see."
Roddy didn't care about the words behind the king, and was still immersed in the king's last sentence.
The first strong man in the field?
Roddy has already seen a little clue from the picture just now. He has already guessed that the change in spatial rules represents the "domain".
"Your Majesty, is there anything left of your ancestor?"
The king glanced at Roddy, seeming to have a strange look: "Rody, he did leave something behind, but before I can answer your question, you must answer me one question!"
"Yes!" Roddy agreed without hesitation.
The king stared at Roddy’s face: "My question is: is the rumors true? You really killed the Paladin of the three dragons? Then, if I didn’t guess wrong, you have reached the'Domain Strong The realm of the person, right?"
"Yes." Roddy nodded. There is no point in hiding this from the king now.
The king nodded in satisfaction. He looked at Roddy's eyes and said solemnly: "Okay! My ancestor did leave some guidance...but that was just two sentences."
Roddy's heart began to throb, waiting for the king to reveal the answer.
The king suddenly smiled bitterly: "But I haven't understood the meaning of those two sentences."
The first sentence is: The domain is the road to heaven.
The second sentence is: Does God really exist?
Roddy was stunned.
If the first sentence is just a little weird, then the second sentence is even more absurd.
Does God really exist?
If this kind of thing is said by someone else, forget it. But the one who left this sentence was the last emperor of the Shaka Empire, who personally participated in the war with the gods! He once fought with gods himself, but in the end he actually said this sentence: Does God really exist?
If God does not exist, then what is fighting him? Is it air?
Roddy suddenly couldn't help feeling irritable, and couldn't help but want to curse.
The king's expression was also helpless: "The ancestor left here after leaving these two sentences. Do you know where he went?"
Before Roddy could ask, the king pointed his finger at a mural on the wall.
He was referring to the mural that built the Tongtian Tower: "My ancestor went there!"
"Sky Tower?" Roddy frowned.
"Yes!" The king smiled lightly, his smile with a deep meaning: "I forgot to tell you that the address of this tower can still be found now! It's just..."
"Just what?"
The king's eyes were a little confused: "It's just that the place now has another name."
Looking at Roddy's eyes, the king opened his mouth, and two words came out of his mouth.
"Temple!"
After coming out of the crypt, Roddy remained silent, as if he was always thinking about something in his mind.
The king sighed, patted his shoulder lightly, and whispered: "I understand your current mood... The first time I saw those things, it used to be so many days. No matter who it is, look. When it comes to those things, there will be such a reaction."
After walking out of the crypt, the king immediately took Roddy to the king's garden outside.
Now both of them need good ventilation.
The king sighed: "Rody, you must not tell anyone what you see today! Miss Nicole is included! I mean anyone!"
After the king sent people back to the palace, everyone could see Roddy's silence. Facing Miaosi's doubts, Roddy just smiled reluctantly, hugged her gently, and walked back to the room without saying anything.
As soon as he closed the door, he immediately felt that something was wrong, and he heard a whirring sound coming from behind him. Roddy turned around with a sneer and stretched out to gently pinch.
There was a thin blade between his fingertips, and in front of him stood the mysterious dragon female paladin Arslan.
"It's you again." Roddy let go and said coldly: "I let you go that day, why did you come back again? What happened to you this time?"
As if he didn’t care about this mysterious enemy at all, he walked slowly to his bed, lay down lazily, and said indifferently: "You better have something that can move me, otherwise, I won't let it go today. you left."
Arslan smiled softly, she flicked the blade in her hand, narrowed those hooky eyes and stared at Roddy: "Have you thought about my proposal that day? Master Prometheus? Waiting for your answer. Is it a friend or an enemy, what is your answer?"
Roddy said coldly: "A friend or an enemy? Humph, do you have the power to threaten me?"
A trace of anger flashed in Arslan's eyes, and the long sword split a wind blade and shot towards Roddy. Roddy's body on the bed suddenly flickered, and the person had disappeared instantly.
With a click, the big bed was torn apart by Arslan's wind blade.
Roddy’s voice suddenly sounded from behind Arslan. His hand did not know when he had gently strangled Arslan’s neck. He only heard him coldly saying: "Why do you have to Can't you get through my bed?"
Feeling his neck being held by the opponent's cold hand, Arslan's body instantly stiffened...
Suddenly, she laughed, she let out a string of chuckles, put down the sword in her hand, and whispered: "Well, you kill me! But, would you do this?"
Roddy raised his eyebrows, his strength increased a bit: "Do you think I won't?"
Arslan said coldly: "As a domain expert, you naturally have this strength. So what are you talking nonsense? Just do it." After finishing speaking, she even deliberately leaned back on Roddy's body.
Roddy was silent for a while, suddenly let go of his hand, and walked slowly to Arslan's front. He stared at the female paladin of the dragon race in front of him, and his piercing gaze seemed a bit weird.
"You came by a coincidence today." Roddy said slowly: "I happen to be in no mood to kill today."
Arslan smiled contemptuously and said coldly: "Then tell me your answer now!"
Roddy sighed, and suddenly said, "Can you tell me why the Dragon Race should cooperate with the Temple? Isn't the Dragon Race always inaccessible to humans? Why should I interfere with human affairs?"
A complex gaze flashed in Arslan's eyes, and he glanced at Roddy hard, and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with you."
"It's very important." Roddy sighed. "But maybe we can discuss this issue later. Now, you can help me bring a word to your Master Prometheus."
Looking at Arslan in front of him, Roddy seemed to hesitate for a while, but still slowly said word by word: "I am willing to go to the temple and meet him!"
Arslan didn't look surprised at all, just glanced at Roddy and sneered: "Sure enough, Prometheus said you will not refuse."
There was a strange feeling in Roddy's heart: "Oh? He expected it? Isn't he afraid that I will refuse and then kill you, the paladin of the temple?"
Arslan smiled softly: "If you want to kill me, you can do it last time!" After saying this, she lifted her cloak, and then the whole person disappeared instantly.
"It's illusion again!" Roddy murmured, "These guys who always like to hide their heads and show their tails."
He looked at the bed that had been torn apart, shook his head, and simply lay down on the ground, looking at the ceiling.
The place of Tongtian Pagoda has become a temple, and what is "the realm is the road to the sky"
This riddle is getting weird.