Chapter 486: The Absurd Losina Royal Family

The Absurd Losina Royal Family

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The old man couldn't bear the torture, so he answered all the players' doubts.

Just as he said, the Imperial Court of this country of 【Decay】 had become an empty city.

The Emperor ran, taking his ministers, nobles, and guards through a teleportation array inscribed under the Imperial Court to a place unknown to outsiders.

The reason the Losina royal family abandoned the entire country to make such a flight was that the current era was no longer a time when 【Decay】 was prevalent; faith was gradually collapsing, power was being restructured, and more and more people calling themselves "World-Erasers" were appearing across the Continent of Hope.

They believed that the gods no longer watched over this continent because human filth and dirt polluted the gods' eyes and ears, so they began to destroy the world under the banner of purifying the world for the gods.

Many of Losina's neighboring countries had already been destroyed by World-Erasers. Under the wanton slaughter of this group of madmen, no life could escape this disaster. Not only life, but even the traces of life's existence and thousands of years of civilization's accumulation were cleaned out by these World-Erasers.

The entire continent was shrouded in the shadow of destruction, and the aura of panic permeated everywhere.

And when this wave of fear spread to the Losina Empire, the declining imperial family was afraid, and thus the current scene occurred.

They used an ancient array passed down from the Era of Life to abandon their home and country and leave Kannar, leaving the people of this country behind without any resistance, waiting for the approach of the World-Erasers' butcher knives.

It is said that at this time, except for the capital Kannar, the other cities had long since turned to ashes.

The people in the city were still looking forward to the royal family regrouping and resisting to the death, but these people who claimed to be the most devout 【Decay】 believers had long since secretly abandoned 【Decay】 and thrown away this mess of faith.

Since 【Decay】 had never granted them power, it naturally wouldn't inflict punishment on these unobserved ones, so out of consideration for their own lives, the Losina royal family chose to preserve themselves amidst the world's destruction.

This old man left in the palace was the "lucky one" chosen to clean up the mess.

Once the great teleportation array was activated, it wouldn't be interrupted unless its key patterns were damaged. The Losina royal family was terrified that the World-Erasers would catch up, so they left behind a minister who knew how to destroy the patterns.

After destroying the teleportation array, this minister had nowhere to go. He foresaw his own end, knowing that when the World-Erasers arrived and found the Losina Imperial Court empty, they would only vent their anger on him. To make his end less miserable, he decided to end it himself before the World-Erasers came, so he walked outside, wanting to freeze to death in this sky full of wind and snow.

But who could have expected that the players would arrive at this time? Seeing Da Yi found him before he died and brought him before the group.

After listening to the old man's account, the few looked at each other, their gazes filled with both sighing and realization.

They were not surprised by the Losina Empire's encounter, and even thought of the existence of a 【Him】 from this description, and that 【Him】 was...

【Annihilation】.

【Decay】 has decayed, 【Annihilation】 will be born.

It seems the background of this trial is the time when two faiths were alternating in the 【Sinking】 Era.

So, those people who called themselves World-Erasers must be believers of 【Annihilation】.

Believers of 【Annihilation】 are not to be trifled with; most of them have uncontrollable destructive desires, not to mention this is the Continent of Hope, in this era where god-worship is supreme, there is nothing that can stop this group of madmen who advocate destruction!

No wonder the Losina royal family was so afraid and in such a hurry to escape.

After clarifying the historical background, everyone fell silent simultaneously, because they suddenly thought that the current scene seemed to completely deviate from what they had thought.

They had originally thought that the person surrounded by the people in the scroll was a person in power, at least a devout person with status, but now it seems, where in this Losina Empire is there still a devout person of high status and power?

From the Emperor to the ministers to the nobles to the soldiers, the oath-breakers who abandoned their faith all disappeared into a damaged teleportation array to survive, leaving only a city of ordinary people kept in the dark, foolishly waiting for death.

Truly ridiculous and pathetic.

In this way, the scene depicted on the scroll, could it really have happened in the past?

Seeing Da Yi scratched his head irritably:

"Damn it, I knew this matter wasn't simple. The people who could summon the masses all ran away. It seems we still have to act on 【Memory】.

Brother Jiang, it's up to you next. Don't worry, your reward won't be lacking."

Jiang Chi didn't respond; he seemed to be still thinking. Cheng Shi, on the other hand, shook his head at Seeing Da Yi to signal him not to be in a hurry, and then smiled at the old man before him and spoke again:

"So, you are also a minister in this Losina Empire?"

The old man pursed his cracked lips and nodded stiffly; he could tell that these few people seemed to be looking for someone.

"Very good, then may I ask what your position is?"

The old man stammered for a long time, then said tremblingly: "Shi Guan, I am a historian who records history..."

Shi Guan!?

Everyone was stunned, and Cheng Shi even grinned and laughed.

Look, this is fate; it constantly creates detours, yet it can always give people surprises on a dead-end road.

He looked at the old man with a complex expression and smiled even more happily.

"Then I can probably guess why you were left behind. Shi Guan, this teleportation array passed down from the Era of Life probably doesn't have many people in the entire empire who know how to use it, or perhaps there are simply no people who know how to destroy it...

But you, who are well-versed in history, are probably one of them, right?

You put it so tactfully, lucky one, tsk, it seems this luck is quite predetermined.

I am very curious about what the Losina royal family used to threaten you to stay behind, but that doesn't matter anymore. The moment you said you were a historian, you had already saved yourself.

Believe me, the history you love will become the power that redeems you.

I don't know what we should call you, Shi Guan?"

The old man was confused, but he still heard a glimmer of life in Cheng Shi's words, so he cooperated with slight trepidation:

"Jialun, my name is Jialun."

"Jialun, good name!" Cheng Shi clapped lightly and continued to ask, "As a historian, Shi Guan Jialun must be well-versed in the history of Losina, so I have a question I would like to consult you on.

I wonder, in this short hundred-year history of Losina, in which year did a super-large gathering appear on that square outside the Imperial Court?

I can give you some more hints; this gathering is related to your faith, and..."

Before he could finish, Jialun's expression froze.

Cheng Shi saw the other party's strange expression, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked with a slight sense of unease:

"Did I say something wrong?"

Old Jialun twitched his shriveled mouth and said cautiously:

"My... lord, I have to remind you, that square outside the Imperial Court you mentioned is called the Losina Conscription Square, and it was only built in the second half of this year, for the purpose of recruiting soldiers to support other cities outside the capital.

But in the second month after its completion, which is now... the Emperor took his conscription minister and chief war minister... and ran away."

After finishing, Old Jialun stiffly grinned: "If you still have questions about this short history, I think I can go to the construction minister's attic to flip through the construction details and answer you."

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Cheng Shi's face turned black: "This square was only built a month ago?"

"Yes..."

Several players looked at each other and then looked at Poison. Poison's expression froze, and she said with extreme certainty:

"I won't forget, and I won't see it wrong. It must be that square; the positions of the stone pillars and steps are exactly the same."

As she spoke, she took out a dagger and began to draw directly on the snow-covered ground. This time the speed was significantly faster than the time in the residential house, and she outlined the lines and contours in a few strokes.

Poison's drawing skills were good, and soon everyone could see that this was indeed the Losina Conscription Square, and this perspective was probably drawn from the direction of the Imperial Court, not like Poison had randomly fabricated it after temporarily deconstructing the perspective position.

Now, Seeing Da Yi, who had just been hopeful, had his expression sink again.

And Cheng Shi also had his gaze freeze and fell into deep thought. He didn't need to look at the drawing on the ground at all, because the Master of Deception told him Poison wasn't lying.

Since the content on the scroll hadn't happened in the past, it meant that it was going to happen in the near future.

But the question is, who exactly summoned the people of the whole city?

Could it be that there really is a World-Savior who descended from the sky in this Kannar City?

Hiss—

It couldn't be Jialun in front of them, could it?

The black clothes do match, but...

Cheng Shi took a step back, turned his head to look at Poison, and asked in a low voice:

"The puzzle you saw is... colored?"

Poison was stunned, then shook her head and nodded:

"How can there be color in a drawing made on skin? There are only blood-red grooves on the skin and flesh. However, I can confirm that the clothes the person wore were black, because only those clothes were painted black.

The artist seemed to be remembering this feature of the other party, and that was the only color in that puzzle.

You... suspect it's him, the historian?"

Cheng Shi nodded. Currently, this Old Jialun looks the most like it; his identity, status, and timing all barely match. If it's not him, then finding another person in the painting would be no different from finding a needle in a haystack.

Poison carefully examined Jialun and said with rare seriousness:

"His clothes don't have a hood, and that person in black, wears a hood." ===== CHAPTER 487 =====