Book X, Chapter XVIII

Vicos placed the apple on the table, then looked at the long-haired girl sitting on the bed hugging her knees. The girl's face was expressionless, and there was only a cold breath on the delicate face that should have been smiling, and even her eyes were full of silence.

However, after Vicos took out the apple, the girl's eyes moved slightly, and then her eyes slowly moved with the trajectory of Vikos putting the apple. Slowly, Vicos put the apple on the table, and the girl suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed the apple in her hand, but the apple was too big for her small palm to hold the apple steadily.

"Click. The uneaten apple that Vicos had brought from Shabak was put to the blue-haired girl's mouth and took a bite of it, wondering how her cherry-like mouth could bite off such a large piece of flesh.

Vicos sat down in a more comfortable position on the edge of the bed, and then looked at Beneise with blue eyes.

"What are you looking for me for?" Vicos looked helplessly at the foodie-looking girl in front of him, could it be that she hadn't eaten anything in the Vault Realm?

Vicos's guess was correct, there was really nothing to eat in the Vault Realm, as a Vault Spirit, she didn't need to eat, and even if she did, she would need Divine Coins to exchange for huàn, and Benys was just a class like a caretaker of the Vault Spirit, and she had no right to get anything from the Vault Realm. However, since being released by Vicos, Benis has fallen in love with the hobby of eating. There are so many delicious foods in this world, if you don't put these foods to your mouth and enjoy them, wouldn't you be disappointed by the people who make the food?

All right. All in all, Benis is a foodie. A foodie who doesn't grow up no matter how he eats.

"Today...... Temple...... Thou shalt ...... The situation is very ...... Dangerous. Benise answered Vicos' question as she ate the apple, but because of the apple in her mouth. Bernice spoke a little vaguely.

Vicos's pupils contracted, and when he said dangerous words, the first thing he thought of was the deacon named Sebas next to Alphons, the black-clothed deacon's cousin in the temple today was really too weird, so the gaffe cousin Xiàn could never appear from an excellent deacon, could it be that Sebas had anything to do with himself?

But for some reason, Vikos felt a familiar and annoying aura from him.

"You mean Deacon Sebas?" Vicos had already guessed the answer, but he wasn't sure. I asked Benis again, hoping to get some clues from her.

"Hmm......" It only took half a minute for the girl to eat the apple from her mouth, "he's not a creature of this plane, just like me. ”

"It's not a dimensional creature...... Vikos muttered, a slight reminder in his heart.

The plane was first put forward by a philosopher more than 2,000 years ago, who believed that the space where humans and other beasts and elves live belongs to the same plane, but it cannot be called the world, because there is more than one plane. But there is only one world, and all kinds of planes depend on the common world. He believed that the demons, gods, and the like that sometimes appeared in some places were not beings of the original plane, but creatures belonging to other planes.

This relatively rough concept of the plane was later filled in by the world, proving that there are indeed many planes in this world. Some planes of civilization are only in the age of ignorance, while others already have civilizations that are not inferior to the plane in which they are located, and some planes are even more developed than this plane where social groups have appeared for thousands of years. However, in order to show that their plane is the center of the world, people call their plane "the main plane".

But it is a pity that human beings and all kinds of creatures coexist in a very ordinary plane. There are no abundant resources, and the creatures are so powerful that they cannot be beaten. There is no god-like being, the only thing that is not ordinary is that this plane is filled with too many different intelligent beings. Most of the intelligent beings in other planes are planes with a single creature as the main body, for example, the magma plane only has fire elemental spirits, but in the main plane, there are situations in which intelligent beings such as humans, elves, cavemen, and various orcs coexist with each other.

In addition to racial differences, there are also differences in the environment, such as the desolate plane full of volcanoes, the death plane full of all kinds of undead, and the unexplored plane with a suitable environment.

But within these planes there are some barriers, which are like prisons that limit the interaction between the different planes, and there are only some lucky ones...... Or maybe the unfortunate ones accidentally entered other planes by chance, but those people never returned to their home plane.

Similarly, all information collected by the main plane about other planes is obtained from the mouths of creatures that accidentally enter the main plane.

"What do you mean...... Is he a person who accidentally entered the main plane, or is he just like you?, relying on some kind of object to appear in the main plane?" If it is the former, one can only sigh that Sebas is really a lucky person, but if it is the latter, Vikos needs to be more vigilant, because it is not only the mystery of Sebas's identity, but even worse is Alphonse. Did Alphonse's previous identity and personality be deliberately faked?

And what does Alphonse mean by giving himself a medal? Vicos reached into his arms and pinched the medal, frowning.

"No......," Bernice said softly.

"Whew......" Vicos breathed a long sigh of relief, since it wasn't, it would be easy to do, no, just now Benys only said "no"......

(Does this "no" mean that the second guess is not, or that neither guess is either, and if neither guess is true, then what is the possibility?) Vicos's mind flashed through his mind to deduce Benis's words.

"Thou hast spoken neither. Sure enough, Benese didn't finish her words. "He's a forsaken. ”

"Forsaken......" Vicos twitched the corner of his eye, this [Forsaken] or something. He hadn't heard of it at all, but it sounded like a tough thing to get around.

"Papapa......" A burst of applause rang out in the room. The black swallowtail slowly hung on the ground, and a good-looking black-haired deacon slowly fell from a height, like a feather in the air, and the trajectory of the fall seemed to be vertical but full of indescribable beauty. Sebas's toe made a crisp sound as he hit the ground.

"After all these years, I am really grateful that there are still people who remember our deposits. A feminine voice came from the deacon's lips and teeth closed, and it seemed that Sebas was really the Forsaken who didn't know what it meant.

"Sebas!" saw the black deacon who suddenly appeared. Vicos subconsciously reached for the sword at his waist, gripped the hilt tightly, and stared at Sebas with eyes as sharp as a sword. Although Vikos had an unquenchable urge to stab him with a sword, he suppressed it. After coming out of the palace, Vicos took the long sword from the hands of the palace guards, but he didn't expect that this sword would come in handy so quickly.

However, Sebas didn't seem to see Vicos draw his sword, and after landing on the ground, he smiled softly. Then he put his hand on his chest and bowed deeply to Vicos.

"Your Excellency Viscount Tommelio Boseksen. Sebas looked at Vicos with a smile that had not moved for thousands of years on his lips, and looked at Vicos with gentle eyes. The expression on his face was like a cold mask that had never changed, with an unsettling hint of death in the warmth.

"And this beautiful young lady. Sebas nodded lightly to Beniss, as a sign of respect. There was nothing noteworthy in Benis's eyes. What really caught Sebas's attention was the teenager who had been on the lookout.

"I apologize deeply for the inconvenience caused to the two of you and for the interruption of the conversation caused by my abrupt arrival. Although Sebas said sorry, he didn't make any gestures to apologize. There wasn't even an apologetic expression, and the black tuxedo was still so straight. And there is not a trace of wrinkles. It seems that there is nothing impolite in his eyes for such an unexpected approach. Or just relative to Vicos and Beniss.

Benise looked at the black tuxedo deacon with a somewhat sloppy look, not reacting as much as Vicos almost drew his sword, but there was still a sense of caution in her sloppy gaze. It seems that Benis also felt a little uneasy from this deacon.

"The Forsaken...... What a bleak name. Sebas swiped his finger across his face with some self-deprecation, and the delicate skin swiped along with the shallot's index finger, gently sinking a small mark. His eyes revealed a deep, bitter black, as if recalling distant memories.

"Deacon Sebas. Although he was a little surprised by Sebas's appearance, Vicos also saw that Sebas had no malicious intent, if there was any malice, then he had already acted since the moment Vikos almost drew his sword, so he also slowly relaxed his grip on the sword, but his hand kept pressing on the hilt of the sword, it seemed that he was not so relaxed about Sebas's sudden visit, "Are you interested in telling me what does it mean to be [Forsaken]?"

"Of course, Your Excellency, Viscount. Sebas lifted his slender legs and walked towards Vicos, but just as he took the first step, he saw a cold light flash in front of his eyes, and he saw a strand of black hair on his forehead cut off by the cold light, slowly drifting in front of his eyes.

"Huh!!" Vicos quickly drew his long sword and picked a beautiful cold arc in front of him, his hands tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, standing firmly like ten thousand years of ice, staring at the deacon with a murderous look.

The silver sword shimmered in the cold color of the sunlight thrown in from the window, and the long sword that followed Vicos on the battlefield to cut off the enemy's blood vessels and cut off the head of the enemy, and the blood that flew was flying again showed its posture and breathed some cold air, and the blood stains that had been wiped clean seemed to make people smell the bloody breath with the tip of their nose at this moment.

"Oh...... Your Excellency, I have no ill intentions, I just want to be by your side. I'm just going to explain to you what it means to be forsaken. Of course, if you don't want me to explain at your side. It's okay for me to stand here and explain. Sebas still had a smile on his lips, not a little flustered by the danger in front of him. Instead, he comforted Vicos, who was overly nervous.

"Hmm...... I'm sorry, Mr. Deacon, but I think I'm probably a little sick because I've just come down from the battlefield. Vicos sensed that he had gone too far, and he slowly shoved his sword into its scabbard.

To Vikos's surprise, his strength was bonus, up to thirty points of strength is three times that of an adult, with such a great force, the speed of the sword drawn in an instant is faster than the wind, but it was dissolved by this deacon's slight retreat, this deacon, or this [Forsaken] is really weird.

Vikos didn't know what was going on either. As soon as he saw this mysterious deacon, he felt as if he was in a dangerous situation, and the cold hairs all over his body suddenly rose, as if he was in a dangerous battlefield, and the slightest negligence would lead to a different place. Even though Sebas doesn't seem malicious, he still has a thrilling feeling.

"Ahem......" Sebas cleared his throat, defusing the embarrassment in the room, and reached out to pinch the collar with courtesy, "As the young lady said." I am a Forsaken. The deacon gestured to Bernice, who was sitting on the bed with his knees crossed, "Like this young lady, they are creatures that don't belong to this plane. But the difference is that I am not a being who appears through the media, nor am I a being who has gone astray in other planes. It's an antiquity that is a little old, an antiquity that shouldn't have been preserved. Speaking of [antiquities], Sebas shook his head mockingly.

"The words of the Forsaken. Isn't it not supposed to be in front of the world?" said Bernice, who had not spoken, from the words she had spoken. It could be seen that she knew a lot about the Forsaken, at least much better than Vicos, who didn't know anything about it.

"Nope. The Now Word. Not only we, the Forsaken, but other Antiquities have also begun to haunt. "When mentioning the [Antiquities], there was a rare trace of solemnity on Sebas's face, could this [Antiquities] also be a mysterious thing?

After a long time, the room was silent, Sebas still stood with a smile on his face, and Benise sat on the bed and hugged his knees, gently sniffing the scent of his knees, only Vicos pressed his fingers to his temples, thinking hard.

"Alright, alright, it's a bit of a mess......" Vicos rubbed his temples slightly, squinting at what Sebas had just told him.

"Antiquities", if taken literally, should be interpreted as "ancient cultural relics or cultural relics from an earlier historical stage". However, if we dig deeper, we will find that there is an explanation that "objects from a certain period of ancient times have survived to the present".

However, the "antiquities" that Sebas refers to to Vicos are not either of these two things, but a collective term for another group of special beings.

If suddenly one day a man stood in front of you and said to you that he was a demon or something, would you believe it?

"So, you're a creature from another plane who has lived for thousands of years?" Vicos still rubbed his temples and looked at Sebas with a strange look.

"Whether you believe it or not, I believe it myself. Sebas made a joke, and after saying all these things, even the name of Team Wilkes began to change.

In Sebas's mouth, Vicos finally understood the meaning of the Antiquities, the Forsaken, and a few other things.

If we want to say the meaning of the name "antiquity", we must trace it from the history that Sebas said happened and "recorded".

Once upon a time, the barriers between the various planes were not as difficult to navigate as they are now, and in some places there were even special passages to other planes. As a result, there was a wide range of exchanges between the various planes, trading sustenances, slaves, ...... At the beginning of the year, each plane was a peaceful and friendly cultural and economic exchange, with books and currency to leave a good mark on each other. However, after each plane understands each other's strength in all aspects, the strong will oppress the weak, and the weak will hate the strong, and mutual hostility between various unequal planes will become inevitable.

In the beginning, it was a very restrained skirmish, a provocation by each other's citizens, but as various factors erupted, a deep distrust arose between each civilization.

It doesn't matter if it's just mutual hostility, but since someone stumbled upon the discovery of some resource-rich, vast planes that have no civilization. When these originally hostile planes faced with the huge benefits brought by the colonial plane to their own civilization, all planes rationally put aside their hostility for the time being and colonized the unexplored planes.

The suzerainty plane uses its own political, military, and economic power to exploit the colonial plane, and the suzerainty plane is mainly carried out through the economic channels of exchanging high-precision goods and agricultural products made by guò itself, or exchanging high-precision goods with raw materials. Other economic channels, such as the relations of money circulation, the relations of capital, and other forces, i.e., political forces, must be based on these economic relations. Therefore, the benefits that a colonial plane can bring to the suzerainty plane can be seen.

A colonial plane is often coveted by all planes at the same time, and each overlord plane adjacent to the colonial plane colonizes the unexplored plane, eager to make these rich planes a part of their own land, or more precisely, "a region that sells the goods of their own plane." ”

But these peaces, which arise because of interests, are false and feeble, when conflicts of interest begin again......

At the beginning, because of the vast area of the undeveloped plane, there was no conflict on the colonial issue in each plane, but with the deepening of the colonists and the development of the colony, there were inevitably some collisions between the various planes. After each plane collided with each other on the issue of colonization, they tried their best to contain their own armies and people, but the benefits that the undeveloped plane can bring are limited, and the thirst for profit of each plane is unlimited.

Then a common question was placed at the table or at the court in all planes - the "colonial question". The problem of this colony was not only about the distribution of colonies among the various planes, but also about the desire of the people of the colony to seek independence.

These aspirations for independence did not arise suddenly, but because the suzerainty faced the economic oppression of the colonial plane, and the political oppression made the desire for independence in the hearts of the colonists more and more inflated.

These demands for independence appeared only by chance at the beginning, and the various colonies were only a small wave of protests, but as the interests generated by the various colonies were deprived of their respective suzerains, the enthusiasm for independence of the colonial people turned from the initial demand to a commotion.

At the beginning of the wave of independence, the various suzerains could still be suppressed by the troops stationed in the colonies, but although this method was effective at first, it did not work in the long run, and the armed uprisings appeared in the colonies in the form of sparks, but they did not reach the stage of a prairie fire.

There are two ways for each plane to solve the problem of the interests of the colonies, and there are also two ways to solve the problem of the independence of the colonies.

The first way to solve the problem of colonial interests was to find another unexplored dimension externally, which seemed to be a safe method, but in light of the wave of independence of the colonies at the time, this method was quickly abolished. Because it's not just the colony's independence that doesn't allow time, the time it takes to find a new plane alone is enough to break down. The second is very simple and crude, that is, to declare war on other planes and seize the colonies of other planes, perhaps at the beginning this method will not be accepted by people, but with the fermentation and deepening of various problems, this method is gradually accepted by more people.

The first way to solve the colonial problem was to agree to the colony's demand for independence and let the colony become an independent state, but is this possible, and will any plane give up its own interests? Of course not! The second method, which seemed simple but effective to the people at the time, was to send the native army of the suzerainty plane to suppress it.

At that time, each plane chose to deal with the issue of colonial interests and independence in a simple and crude way.

With the continuous fermentation of two problems and the same solution, the war between the various planes has begun! (To be continued......