Cataclysm King

Chapter 331 The Seven Monarchs of Natural Disaster

Chujiu is indeed a descendant of the Augustus royal family.

But as an illegitimate daughter, she has never enjoyed any royal treatment since she was a child, and she doesn't feel that she is anything special.

There were some old ministers in the royal court who did not give up kneeling, but she had never been treated like this.

What’s more, the one who knelt down to worship her was a senior who had lived for who knows how long and was older than the oldest and oldest elder she had ever seen.

Chujiu looked at the rickety old woman lying humbly on the ground in front of her. The kindness in her heart made her a little flustered, and she quickly said: "Senior, you don't need to pay such a big courtesy. And you have admitted that you are wrong. I am not your Majesty."

 She thought the other party regarded her as the current King of Oran.

This misunderstanding must be explained.

But as soon as these words came out, the old woman not only did not get up, but responded to herself: "The old slave is the palace official conferred by His Majesty Crosa and the guardian of the tomb appointed by Lord Nan. I was ordered to guard it here. "ancestral mausoleum"

It seems that I haven’t spoken to a living person for a long time and I have forgotten some of the ability to communicate with people. My words are intermittent.

 No wonder my attitude changed immediately when I saw Nanjing just now.

No.

 Being able to live for such a long time is enough to prove that this old woman is definitely not simple.

Ji Xun looked at it and suddenly felt a very strange feeling.

 She is fully qualified.

This "Nan Daren" refers to a certain young lady with a round head.

 Occasionally, it seems that I have forgotten how to organize my language, and I have to pause for a moment to recall before I can continue.

 These titles are not important.

 The purpose is to restrain the royal power.

Even Ji Xun thought of a sentence he had seen in a book introducing the court etiquette of the Oran royal family: if rights are not restricted, they will turn into terrifying monsters.

 Because they really know this!

As soon as his identity was revealed, the weight of history came over him.

 "Krotha" is a title given to Alduin, the last emperor of Talon, the "Mad King".

 Three of them could tell from her appearance that this old woman was very old.

 The position of the palace official is a bit like the "chief eunuch", and he is also regarded as a first-class powerful figure within the dynasty.

 Another indispensable condition is the approval of the high priest.

 The ninth day of the lunar month is different.

 Speaking, he gave Nan Jing a respectful look.

Talen has collapsed and the royal family no longer exists.

However, unexpectedly, the old woman recognized something and said with great solemnity: "Your Majesty. The ancestral precepts of the Tarun royal family can be combined with the mark of royal power, and the coronation ceremony is performed by the high priest of the palace. You are the only legal heir to the royal power of the empire."

However, just as these words were spoken, Ji Xun and the other three were all shocked in their hearts.

  This is the official term in history books.

This is why the high priest of the royal court has almost the same rights as the king.

 She connects the Talon Dynasty three thousand years ago with the present era.

It turns out that the heir to the throne of Augustus not only needs to fuse the two source cards of [White Queen] or [Tyrant].

Ji Xun observed again and confirmed that the old woman in front of him was not a "person".

Moreover, Arthur is the heir to the throne.

  To be precise, it should be an undead spirit like a lich.

It is true that Arthur was the king, but he did not wait for Nanjing's mother's approval, and later imprisoned him, allowing the Bai family to take the position of high priest.

This old woman seems to be involved in an extremely long line of fate.

Like the words in a history book, like those ancient relics, it is the carrier of that glorious history.

 This statement, Ji Xun and the other three also understood everything at the same time.

 It involves the destiny of the dynasty, the changes of civilization, and the truth of history.

 This is a living witness to history.

At this time, the old woman continued: "Previously, a descendant of the royal family used a ritual to awaken the ancestral spirit protecting the mausoleum in His Majesty Crosa's mausoleum. I also saw it, but did not respond to him. Although he integrated the mark of [Tyrant], But his qualifications are too mediocre, and he only managed to successfully fuse it with the help of the Royal Sacred Artifact, and his luck is far from good. Moreover, the high priest he brought is not from Nanda."

 But I didn’t expect it to be so old!

 People from three thousand years ago?

 At this point, Chujiu and Nanjing's expressions were startled at the same time.

  The important thing is that a simple sentence made the three of them realize that the old woman in front of them was an old minister of Talon from three thousand years ago!

 Just hearing this incredible identity made Chujiu feel even more unbearable. After calming down the shock in her heart for a moment, she said again: "Senior, you admit your mistake. I am not the king of Augustus."

 She does not have the "qi" of a living person.

 I have heard it many times since I was a child.

But she didn't dare to speak directly, for fear that some words would irritate this remnant of the previous dynasty.

Not only was the [White Queen] integrated, but the high priest Nan Jing was also accompanying him.

  This means that she is the legitimate heir to the royal power according to Augustus's ancestral precepts.

At this moment, Ji Xun finally felt relieved.

What worried him most just now was this issue.

 Because Arthur obtained the authority to the Mad King’s Imperial Tomb, Chujiu almost died in that underground palace.

Ji Xun was also afraid that the person in front of him might be controlled by certain authority and would be a threat to them.

 This matter, Chujiu didn’t even know what to do.

Having said that, she didn’t feel like a king, and she wasn’t interested.

 She wants to fight for those inheritances, and she just wants to become stronger, for that unfair fate.

 However, the tomb keeper in front of her had already said this, and she didn’t know how to speak anymore.

The two sides were silent for a while.

After all, Chujiu couldn't bear to see the old man kneeling on the ground and said, "Senior, please get up."

The old woman seemed to have some deep-rooted thoughts and said stubbornly: "This old slave is just a remnant soul guarding the ancestral mausoleum, and he does not deserve to be treated like this by Your Majesty."

  Ji Xun: “.”

ˆSouth Mirror: “.”

  The ninth day of the lunar month: "."

 The three of them were silent.

　It is really difficult to understand the palace rules of three thousand years ago using the concepts of this federal era.

This old woman not only looks like a zombie crawling out of a graveyard, but her thoughts also exude an aura of decay. But he has served his duty faithfully for three thousand years. This alone is enough to make the three of them feel awe.

Chujiu knew he couldn't resist, so he organized his language, still using honorifics, and said: "Then get up."

Hearing this, the old woman stood up and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Ji Xun looked on from the side with a sparkle in his eyes.

 Who is the orthodox successor to Augustus’ royal power can be discussed later.

 In this current situation, because of the arrival of this mysterious man, it seems that all the difficulties have been solved.

 Before Ji Xun came, he already had a mental estimate that this place must be more dangerous than the Mad King's Tomb.

 This is also true.

The mausoleum guard in front of me, who has lived for three thousand years, is enough to block everything.

It was all thanks to Nanjing and Chujiu, otherwise Ji Xun felt that even if he was a few higher ranks, it would be absolutely impossible for him to come into contact with such figures who had already been written into history.

 At the same time, Ji Xun also looked forward to it.

The previous Mad King’s Tomb had so many treasures, so what about the Augustus Ancestral Tomb?

Ji Xun was not thinking about those treasures because he was dreaming of getting rich.

Rather, he is interested in the dusty history and the secrets of the transcendent level.

All the emperors of the Talon Dynasty are buried here. How many secrets are buried here?

Is the founding emperor "Lanlingster M. Augustus" also buried here?

Also, what happened to the Tarun Dynasty back then?

 With a living witness to history, wouldn’t anyone be able to answer all the questions the three of them discussed together?

Thinking of this, Ji Xun also sighed at the magic of fate.

 At the moment, there is basically no need to consider exploring on your own in this situation, just follow along.

 As for safety, traps, mechanisms, and restrictions, there is no need to worry about them.

If the other party has malicious intentions, there is absolutely no need for other means, just this psychedelic forest is enough to trap them.

Chujiu on the side glanced at Ji Xun and guessed what he was thinking, so he said directly: "Senior, I want to go visit the ancestors."

The old woman agreed: "Of course. The existence of the ancestral mausoleum is to continue the inheritance of the Augustus royal family. Your Majesty, you are here, and I should give you some things."

As she spoke, she leaned on crutches and led the three of them towards the depths of the thick fog: "Your Majesty, please come with me."

 The three of them followed the old woman into the psychedelic forest.

 Not long after, the three of them walked out of the fog. The surrounding aura of death was as thick as porridge, and when you walked in, you felt a bone-chilling pain like falling into an ice cave.

Fortunately, Ji Xun and the three of them have extraordinary methods.

 Otherwise, these undead auras alone would be enough to make it difficult for ordinary adventurers to move forward.

Ji Xun looked at it and sighed in his heart: "It's really a good place to practice."

 He can absorb all elements. The efficiency of practicing here is definitely several times that of other places.

But when he saw this living environment, what he thought about was, how powerful an undead spirit must this mysterious old man be?

Having walked for about a kilometer or two, it seemed like we had entered some kind of enchantment.

 You can see some hard stones one after another all around.

 This is the [Asgardian Divine Stone].

 Seen it in the mausoleum before.

 The stone is very fragmented, and it looks like the stonemason left some remnants after carving something.

Ji Xun originally thought they would go directly to a special tomb.

However, after walking for a while, the old woman in front suddenly stopped and apologized to Chujiu: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, this is not a place where living people come, so it's a little quieter. I'll wait for you."

As she spoke, she waved the cane in her hand, and some kind of restriction that interfered with perception disappeared.

It was only then that Ji Xun and the other two people saw clearly what was really happening in front of them.

 The surrounding environment is like a quarry, very crude.

Except for a small house made of broken stones, there is no other building at all.

 This is the residence of the tomb keeper.

The stones are all [Asgardian sacred stones], which originally did not surprise Ji Xun.

But the stones in front of you are densely carved with countless mysterious symbols.

 It looks like a religious scripture. It is not just some characters, but also contains huge and mysterious content.

But it’s not the ancient Talon language in the tomb, it’s not the devil’s language, and it’s not the mysterious symbols of the common mantra system.

Ji Xun wanted to see clearly what those symbols were.

But just by taking a glance, the symbols in the field of vision seemed to be densely packed, stuffed into the sea of ​​​​consciousness like a dike, making people's thoughts freeze.

 “Super cognitive high-level information!”

Ji Xun has been trained by Master Merlin before and knows what this feels like.

 He realized something was wrong and quickly averted his eyes.

 Chujiu and Nanjing on the side are higher in rank than him and their situation is much better.

  But it was also found that there was something wrong with the symbols carved on the stone tablet.

This would have to be a low-level card master, I'm afraid he would have a mental breakdown just by looking at it.

At this time, the old woman on the side noticed the recklessness of the three of them, but she only glanced at Ji Xun and reminded: "This is 'Little Rune', young man, your current state is too reluctant to read. "

Ji Xun looked serious: "Little Rune? Rune Highlands?"

 He suddenly realized what this was.

  "Rune" is an ancient proverb, and when translated, it means the symbolic embodiment of the laws of the universe.

  This is an existence that is older than advanced languages ​​such as Demonic Language, Divine Language, and Dragon Language.

Ji Xun heard something from people in the Southern Continent about the uses of runes before, but at the moment he couldn't exactly understand what this term pointed to.

After saying that, the old woman changed her respectful tone again and explained to Chujiu: "Your Majesty, this is what the old slave has learned from the [Great Emperor's Stone Tablet] in these years of idleness, and he carved it casually. The above Although it is a simple understanding of the laws of the universe, it is difficult for card masters below the seventh level to bear it."

Ji Xun and the other two people were not aware of the situation.

 But apparently, the other party thought they knew what a "little rune" was.

This cognitive gap left the three of them at a loss.

Ji Xun is an outsider and it is difficult to speak.

 Even if I ask the other party, they may not respond.

Chujiu understood it tacitly and said humbly: "Senior, I'm sorry, because the inheritance I came into contact with has been discontinued, and I can't quite understand what the 'little rune' you just mentioned is."

"you"

The old woman was obviously surprised that the three of them didn't even know Rune, but she didn't say anything after thinking about it, and asked: "How many years is Talon now?"

  Ji Xun: “.”

ˆSouth Mirror: “.”

  The ninth day of the lunar month: "."

The three of them looked at each other with strange expressions and didn't know what to say.

 Talon collapsed.

 It is now the federal calendar

Oh no, after Arthur's restoration, the Oran calendar was used again.

It seemed that she had communicated more, and the old woman seemed to be gradually thinking normally. She guessed something, sighed, and seemed to realize that she had asked the wrong question, and said to herself: "So, does the empire collapse?" "

Chujiu listened, nodded and said, "Yeah."

 Old woman: “How long has it been?”

  The ninth day of the lunar month: "Three thousand years."

 “Oh. It’s been so long.”

 The old woman looked like she was sighing.

yes

 It has been a long, long time, so long that she has even forgotten her own name.

Chujiu looked at the traces of time left on the old woman's face, and a hint of unbearability appeared in her deep pupils.

Although she has no sense of belonging to the Augustus bloodline, it is hard not to respect this veteran who has been loyal to her bloodline for three thousand years.

She simply explained: "The empire collapsed. The royal family went to the Eastern Wasteland, and some people went to the Southern Continent. The inheritance was also discontinued. It was only recently that we found it. I came here this time because I wanted to know. What happened back then.”

 “So that’s how it is”

The old woman seemed to understand everything now and sighed: "It turns out that the preparations made by Nanda people predicted this result."

When Ji Xun and the other three heard this soliloquy, they all realized that the mystery of that dusty history was about to be revealed to them.

“Oh, that’s right. Ordinary people would be polluted by the awakened Old Ones when they talked about their names. This is the only way to actively end civilization and isolate and preserve its continuation.”

“What happened back then? We have to start from the last era.”

"The wise and great Emperor Lanlingst ended the era of chaos in which the old rulers ruled with fear. The emperor expelled the ice giants to the extremely cold Ice Ridge Wasteland, and expelled the dark descendants to the depths of the abyss. Drive the flame demons deep into the caves, drive out all the alien races that threaten the continuation of the Card Master civilization, and establish the Talon Empire."

“The empire has been glorious for tens of thousands of years, but later it experienced several battles for royal power, and the national destiny also declined a lot. By the time His Majesty Crosa came to power, the dynasty was already riddled with famine, plague, and frequent wars.”

“The Old God Sect emerged. This was the ‘Outer God Rebellion’ that lasted for hundreds of years.”

ˆ “.”

This beginning is like listening to a fairy tale.

Ji Xun and the other three listened with great interest.

At this time, they realized that besides the Eastern Wasteland and the Southern Continent, there were other continents?

 There are so many powerful alien races?

　　How exciting was the "Era of Chaos" before the Talon Empire?

Ji Xun listened to these stories. In fact, he had already deduced them almost before.

 This old woman is a Talen minister after all, so she puts it very euphemistically.

 It is said to be a natural disaster, but it is actually a man-made disaster.

The dynasty is decayed, and all kinds of monsters and monsters come out.

Jia Yu has talked about the essence of belief in the old gods before. One of the words impressed Ji Xun deeply: only suffering will make people believe in gods and pray for miracles.

  If they can eat and drink enough on their own, people believe in themselves more.

This is also the source of the spread of all kinds of weird sectarian beliefs.

 But next, Ji Xun didn’t know the ancient secret.

The old woman continued: "Actually, the cause of the cholera epidemic was laid in the last era. They were a few mysterious 'clay pots'. No one knows where they came from, and no one knows who refined them. . But there are some terrifying existences sealed in the jars. They represent the evil, chaos and disorder in the world. Even Emperor Lanlingst did not dispose of those jars. They could only seal them up."

“Later, some jars were unearthed from ancient ruins. The contamination of belief in alien gods spread.”

“This is the beginning of that chaos. First there was one, then two, three, and finally seven appeared. And those foreign gods are the so-called ‘Seven Lords of Natural Disasters’!”

"Their names cannot be mentioned. But Your Majesty, you must know them. 'Scarlet Corruption·Seades', 'Beast Blood Boiled·Mutu', 'Source of Corruption·Neisser', 'Mysterious Insect Mother - Kalakta', 'Lord of Military Disasters - Monliod', 'Source of Disease - Takpala', 'Elemental King - Lagros'. These are the seven culprits who bring about natural disasters. The culprit."

ˆ “.”

Hearing this, Ji Xun felt an inexplicable chill in his back.

　　If I heard correctly, two of the seven jars were hanging on his waist.

 And the names of those foreign gods.

 Unfortunately, he has heard several of them.

 (End of this chapter)