Chapter VIII Seeing the Sun Again
Although he had been with this nominal great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter for less than a day, Gao Wen still had a very deep impression of Rebecca, and more than once doubted whether the child had his head clamped by something when he was a child...
It's not true. Even if you don't mention the elite education that noble children must receive, her identity as a spellcaster can almost prove her IQ. After all, it's not something that ordinary people can grasp at random...
On the other hand, the others were not in the mood to investigate the problem of Rebecca's brain that he could not speak. Even Hedy, who had always been very strict with Rebecca, had only deep concerns: "Are you saying... the monsters that appeared in Cecil seven hundred years ago?"
Gao Wen sighed: "Looking at how unfamiliar you are to those monsters, I think you have never seen them in hundreds of years."
"The years of war with monsters after the end of the pioneering period have become history," Hetty shook his head gently. "Although there are records in history books, the recent records are at least six hundred years ago... According to the knowledge I have learned, the monsters wandering out of the wasteland of the ancient empire did harass Ansu for a long time, but since the elves helped humans build those sentinel towers, those monsters have become a legend..."
Gao Wen frowned slightly: "Is the Sentinel Tower...things built by the elves won't be so easy to get into trouble."
"You must tell the King about this," Rebecca suddenly clenched his fist and said with a serious face. "The monster that disappeared hundreds of years ago suddenly reappeared in the empire. Someone must quickly send the information back. Moreover, Cecil's leader suffered heavy losses due to this unforgiving disaster. We...we must ask the royal family for help..."
Gao Wen thought about his great achievements back then, and said with confidence: "Don't worry, with the Cecil family's status in Ansu and the influence I left behind, I believe that the City of San Sunil will spare no effort to help you rebuild your territory."
However, as soon as he said this, Hetty and Rebecca did not show any peace of mind on their faces, but their expressions became extremely strange.
Gao Wen was confused: "Uh...what's going on?"
Could it be that seven hundred years later, no one has recognized the title of the legendary founding grand duke Gowen Cecil in this country?
"Ancestor..." Herty's face looked extremely ugly. She bit her lip several times before she finally made up her mind. "Actually, when I was in the tomb, I wanted to tell you something, but... I really couldn't say it."
Gao Wen had already guessed something in his heart, but he nodded: "Tell me, I'll listen."
"The glory of the Cecil family is no longer the same as before. Although you are still considered a legendary founding grand duke by the kingdom, but..." Hetty glanced at Rebecca with some embarrassment, "But Rebecca, who has inherited the title of the family, is just a viscount. This Cecil territory... is also the last territory of the family."
Gao Wen was stunned: "...Ha?! Why do I remember that when I was 'dead', I was already a duke, and it was hereditary? The territory even extended from Cecil's leadership to the Holy Spirit Plain... What exactly did the descendants of Cecil do afterwards? Or did they slaughter the king or stolen the rebellion?"
Heti lowered his head in shame: "...A lot can happen in seven hundred years, so can the family, and so does this country. Now Ansu is no longer the first dynasty, but the second dynasty. The Cecil family is no longer the important officials who support the royal family, but are those who are stigmatized and exiled by the royal family."
Rebecca next to him took Hety's words: "One hundred years ago, Dalian III, the last king of the First Ansu Dynasty, died of a sudden illness and did not leave any descendants before his death. At that time, there were already many conflicts within the royal family, and even Dalian III's inheritance rights were controversial. After the king's death, the queen and the ministers of the regent failed to control the situation in time, which led to the "fog and moon turmoil".
"The royal family members with the right to inherit the line fought for the throne in Ansu 635. In the third week of the end of the fog moon, the palace struggle intensified into a civil war, and the members of the royal family and the great nobles standing behind them began to fight directly with force - the Cecil family was also involved...
"The root of the disaster was Marquis of Grumman. At that time, Grand Duke Cecil was old, but he was still very healthy. Moreover, his relationship with his eldest son, Grumman Cecil was very tense. Marquis of Grumman probably felt the crisis... so he secretly planned and participated in the civil war that year. Because he had not inherited the power of the family and had insufficient appeal, Marquis of Grumman set his mind on the legendary ancestor..."
Gao Wen covered his forehead: "I remembered that I asked him to take my shield, right?"
Hedy nodded and continued to speak in Rebecca: "Marquis Grumman first placed the Grand Duke of Cecil under house arrest at that time, and then took your holy objects from the ancestral tombs, the Shield of the Guardian of Ansu Kingdom, and then announced support for Prince Toxx in the name of the heir of the Cecil family. In March of the same year, Prince Toxx was assassinated and died. Then, Marquis Grumman quickly announced his support for Prince Fidick. In April of the same year, Prince Fidick committed suicide..."
Gao Wen: "…"
But this is not over, and Hety has a later statement: "After that, Marquis Grumman found another uncle of Dalian III. He used his outstanding eloquence to promote alliances. However, in the second month after that, the North's Grand Reveller, who had not intervened in the civil war, suddenly pushed a young man to the stage and announced that the young man was the illegitimate son of the previous king. Then the Grand Reveller of the North used this as a bargaining chip to participate in the civil war, and ended the civil war in the fog moon of Ansu 636. On the eve of the end of the civil war, Marquis Grumman wanted to repeat his loyalty to the new king again, but before he could make a statement, he was attacked by both the enemy and us on the battlefield at the same time and died under the sword.
"After that, it will be the Second Dynasty of Ansu. Of course, the statement about the 'Second Dynasty' is still a relatively sensitive topic now."
At this time, Amber, who had been listening to the unspoken words, suddenly said: "The whole farce lasted only one year, but it brought back the order of the entire kingdom... Who doesn't know this history in the entire continent?"
"Because the last one to ascend the throne was an illegitimate son, this war was called the illegitimate son war in private," said Hetty. "There are many great nobles involved in the civil war, so a considerable number of families were implicated, but this is still a part of the rules of the nobles. In addition, the domestic chaos at the beginning of the establishment of the Second Dynasty, the new king urgently needed to rectify the order, and this required the power of the old nobles, so most families were not killed except..."
"Except those who dance the most fiercely, right?" Gao Wen couldn't help but twitch. This whole history made him, the elder who had been looking down on the people in the sky for more than 100,000 years, feel great discomfort. He can only sigh that life is indeed more exaggerated than the novel - the novel also talks about basic logic. Why is that Marquis Grumman so talented? "I guess there is no more trouble than Grumman Cecil?"
"After that, the Cecil family was in a slump," Hetty lowered his head. "The fate of the family might have been worse, but your fame and the efforts of the eldest son back then finally preserved the bloodline and the last bit of foundation of the family. But since then, the name "Cecil" will never become the center of the kingdom again, just like you see..."
Gao Wen followed Herty's gaze and looked at Miss Rebecca Cecil who had been stuck in his head.
Rebecca noticed Gao Wen's gaze and turned her head: "Sir Ancestor?"
"The family is unfortunate, the family is unfortunate..." Gao Wen covered his forehead. Although he was not the true ancestor of the Cecil family, the glorious achievements of the Marquis Grumman and the bizarre deeds had reached the point where those who heard the sound were scared to see the tears. Even if he listened, he would feel deeply moved. "And that prodigal son even lost my shield..."
Hetty & Rebecca: “…”
The ancestor scolded the great-grandfather again, but it was better not to speak up as a junior.
Fortunately, Gowen was not the real person involved in the incident, so he quickly adjusted his mentality - this seemed to Heti to be broad-minded and amazingly energetic - and then shook his head slightly: "Forget it, pursuing these past things is not helpful to the current situation. No matter what, the monsters that appear again are a huge threat to the human world. The king of San Sunil City can ignore the declining Cecil family, but must not ignore those monsters. Therefore, he must also pay attention to us who escaped from this disaster."
Hetty nodded vigorously: "What you said is very."
After that, Gao Wen no longer had the interest in speaking. The dark and cramped underground passage was used to waste everyone's desire to talk. All that was left was to speed up and continue rushing.
Fortunately, the straight underground passage can pass through the entire Cecilland at the fastest speed, and the nearest exit is not too far from the castle. After a while of the journey, Gao Wen judged through his memory that they had arrived at a suitable exit.
Under the influence of the blessing of the earth element, the ancient tunnel stairs did not collapse at all, and it was even more fortunate that they were not completely buried by soil and rocks near the exit. After clearing some of the tree roots, vines and floating soil that blocked the exit, the fresh air finally blew on everyone's face in a long time.
See the light of day again.
Knight Byron led the soldiers to jump out of the hole first, and after they sent a safety signal, the others came out one after another. Rebecca immediately took a deep breath after climbing onto the ground, and then shouted happily: "Let's come out!"
Gao Wen followed Rebecca to the ground, and his excitement was no less than the latter, even more so.
A vast world.
His first reaction was to raise his head and look into the sky.
Unfortunately, the world outside is dark at this moment.
But I should also thank this night for allowing him to see the starry sky in another world for the first time.
A little white light had appeared faintly in the sky. The approaching dawn made the stars in the sky look thin and dim. The sparse stars seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, hazy and alienated.
They are completely unfamiliar stars.
The white light in the sky is getting brighter and brighter. The night is passing, and dawn is coming. Everyone who escaped from the underground tunnel is now immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster. Gao Wen even faced the direction of the rising sun with strange joy and excitement. He opened his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the sun in this new world.
Then he saw an unprecedentedly huge luminous arc surface squirting with slight mist gradually rising to the horizon and spreading the light throughout the world.
Chapter completed!