Awakening of Rebirth

The new king who is about to ascend the throne is a woman, so it is inevitable that people will criticize her. If she wants to leave Talan at this moment, it will definitely arouse strong dissatisfaction from some people who are already opposed. Therefore, the matter of going to Wodo this time is carried out in secret. of.

Now the new king who is about to succeed to the throne suddenly complained of illness, and he hasn't shown up for a month. The elders of the country have become suspicious, and the day of the enthronement ceremony is getting closer, and the group of old guys are getting more and more difficult to deal with. One trial every day, one question every five days.Seeing that there are only three days left before Changsheng ascends the throne, Changsheng has not returned as promised, and the bad news from Wodo is really worrying, making Mingluo restless every day. .

"The group of immortals couldn't see anyone during the war. Not long after the civil war ended, they began to probe one after another. They moved from the temporary 'refuge' in all directions to the newly settled imperial capital. They are really flexible." When there was no one under him, the young His Royal Highness complained to the person he trusted.

"Your Highness is used to it. Taran is prosperous and peaceful, but it is no more free than Moko. The Second Highness hated dealing with these people the most during his lifetime, but since he left Mokodo, he has never stopped these calculations." Franke Say yes.

Mingluo was silent for a moment, then patted Franke on the shoulder, and sighed softly.

He knew that the second brother left him in Talan to send him to the southwest, and what he was facing now was nothing more than what the second brother had been facing for him in the past few years, and even sacrificed so much one.

"By the way, Franke, as I said last time, I want to send you and me back to the Southwest after finishing dealing with Taran with my sister, have you considered it?"

"Your Highness married Princess Nora, and there will be no wars in the Southwest from now on. Even if I go back, I don't know what else I can do... So, Little Highness, I want to resign."

"Then what about the Far East? The position of commander of the Far East is temporarily vacant. With your credit, it is not impossible to be promoted to the commander of one side."

Frange shook his head with a smile: "I am a member of the Second Highness, how can I...under the hands of others, be on an equal footing with the former him...I am not worthy."

Mingluo was speechless for a while, he knew that Frange's loyalty to Tafel could not be stopped by life and death, and Tafel's death hit Flange particularly hard, and even wiped out all Frange's fighting spirit.Once a soldier loses his faith, no matter how much ability he once had, he will be no different from ordinary people in the future-it is useless to force.

"Then where are you going?" Ming Luo remembered that in Frange's personal file, the word "none" was filled in both his hometown and his parents. Like Moni, he was an orphan in the war. He grew up in a military camp. a homeless person.

"Don't bother your Highness, I have my own direction." Frange said, bowed to Mingluo, took two steps back, turned and exited the room, and closed the door.

The room wasn't empty, but Mingluo didn't know why, whenever he was alone, he always felt empty in his heart.He sat back at the desk again, looking at the stacks of official documents and data files with clear categories, he couldn't help but lose his mind.

In the past, although Mo Ni always talked about his various bad habits every day, she always took the trouble to help him keep his little secrets, deal with some tedious things for him, and clean the table in the room for him. The cabinets and beds are neatly arranged according to his living habits.

Today's Moni will still take care of trivial matters and tidy up the room for him as before, but the comings and goings have become a lot more silent, except for the official business that needs to be explained, there are no chatters that used to be, teaching or concern. Words.

Mo Ni is just 21 this year. In Ainota, a woman of this age should be talking about marriage. She is also a beautiful girl. She should not spend her life in the army. Having his own home and family, instead of following him like this all the time... Since it is doomed to have no results, maybe I really shouldn't keep her by my side so selfishly.

A burst of hurried footsteps approached suddenly, Mingluo couldn't help but come back to his senses, raised his eyes and saw Moni pushing the door in, all kinds of thoughts rushed to his mind, and the words to let go were already on his lips, and he was obviously up and ready to face her. Yes, but I can't say anything.

"Your Highness, the princess is back!" Mo Ni said, frowning, and said, "Jiang Zheng also came back together, and they were not injured, but it seems... something is not right."

Mo Ni's words made Ming Luo suddenly pull himself away from the chaotic thoughts, he walked out of the room quickly, and said, "Where is sister now?"

"It should be back to Talan Palace." As soon as Mo Ni finished speaking, Ming Luo rushed out.

Mingluo had something on his mind, which was related to her. The moment his eyes met, his hesitant gaze completely betrayed him, but he hesitated to speak in the end.

Mo Ni couldn't help lowering her eyelashes, and while following Ming Luo's footsteps, she secretly blamed herself for waiting for a moment.

What to expect?She looked at the back of the person in front of her, and told herself that there was a difference between cloud and mud, all of this was nothing to look forward to from the beginning, but it was just a spectacle she wished to indulge in.

Mingluo hurried to Talan Palace, and after asking the guards, he quickly found where Changsheng was. As soon as he stepped into the house, he saw Changsheng made a gesture of silence, walked quickly to the door and pushed him out. At the same time, the door was closed.

Before being pushed out of the room, Ming Luo happened to see Jiang Zheng lying on the bed. She opened her red eyes, and the once bright eyes were dimmed, leaving only an undisguised pain.

"Sister, Jiang Zheng, she..."

"Finally coaxed her to sleep, don't disturb her." Chang Sheng said, pushing Ming Luo a few more steps away.

Mingluo couldn't help frowning. Before coming here, Mo Ni told him that Chang Sheng and Jiang Zheng seemed to be "something not quite right". It was really strange to meet him now.Just looking at it like this, direct questioning should not reveal anything, so he summarized some important events that happened in the country recently, as well as the dissatisfaction and suspicion of some senior leaders of the country about her illness, in a concise and clear way. Informed Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Did you hear this kind of voice less often before? I'm cured now, and it's their turn to be speechless." After that, see Ming Luo It seems that there is still something to say, and the eyes can't help being a little wary: "Is there anything else?"

"My sister went to Wodo with Jiang Zheng to destroy the keel, but something happened to Wodo not long ago. I heard that many elves tried to enter Teba City to take refuge. The lord of Teba City immediately ordered them to be blocked before the city gate. outside……"

"I know what you want to ask." Changsheng was silent for a long time, and gritted his teeth, "Qianye Liusha overestimated the power of her and her clan, the elves simply don't have enough power to completely destroy the keel, the ceremony failed , she tried her best to send me and Azheng away from Wodo, but I didn't have time to save her clansmen who escaped from death... When I wanted to go back, Teba City was completely blocked, and the city gate was full of people. The corpse of the elf..."

As Chang Sheng spoke, he glanced at the room behind him, and said, "Ah Zheng was frightened and cried all the way."

"So the black dragon came back to life?" Mingluo asked.

Chang Sheng closed his eyes: "Yes."

With such an affirmative answer, Mingluo was a little overwhelmed for a while.

The black dragon was supposed to be a demon god in legends. If he hadn't seen the strange and treacherous demonic energy on the cloud tower from afar, and had seen his second brother tortured to death by the black dragon, he would have never imagined this kind of legend. demons really exist in the world.

For so many years, human beings wanted to see the true face of the Vodo elves countless times, but they were all lost in the Navodo Mountains, and finally returned without success.Feng Ling was the first elf he had ever seen. Her spiritual power was profound and pure, far surpassing many well-known archmages he had ever seen. Presumably there were other capable people in the clan, and the priest she respected Must be a great character.

But the black dragon is so strong that even such a race that should be extremely powerful can be easily destroyed... Can Ainota really resist such a monster?

"Mingluo, don't be afraid." Changsheng raised his hand to touch Mingluo's head, smoothed his hair on his forehead, and said very seriously: "This time, sister can finally protect you."

Ming Luo came back to his senses, before he could ask other questions, he saw Chang Sheng had turned and entered the room, and closed the door tightly.

Mingluo couldn't help worrying about such a long sheng. He stood at the door and listened quietly for a while, but when he saw that there was no movement in the room, he frowned and beckoned Mo Ni to leave together.

After walking for some distance, Ming Luo looked up at the cloudless sky, and couldn't help but said: "Mo Ni, you are right, my sister is very strange, she is lying, but it is not all lies... I What to believe?"

"Your Highness, at least the incident in Wodoteba City shows that the priest has indeed failed." Moni reminded.

Mingluo nodded: "You're right, the black dragon has been resurrected, and he will definitely lead the demons back to the battlefield where he was defeated. Both Vodo and Eggert have fallen, and the bloody battle between us and the demons is inevitable. , the top priority should be to strengthen the defense of the border on three sides, especially the Far East... But the demons have not made any moves yet, no one believes that the war will kill them, and I have no right to deploy troops on a large scale... This matter can only be waited for by the new king. The queen made an order."

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and said to Mo Ni: "You go to the Cloud Tower and tell Lackey about this, sister, I will try again."

"Aren't you going to tell Lord Franke?"

Mingluo thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No need."

"Yes." Mo Ni replied, bowed and took two steps back, turned around and rushed towards the direction of the Cloud Tower.

***

Time flies by inadvertently. It has been more than four months since the day when Changsheng became the first queen in Ainota's 700-year history. stand up.

The news of the resurrection of the Demon God Black Dragon shocked the whole of El and the mainland shortly after Changsheng ascended the throne. For a time, legends of evil dragons spread everywhere in Ainota.

Legend has it that thousands of years ago, when evil dragons were in trouble, countless brave dragon fighters emerged on the mainland.For thousands of years, the dragon fighters used extremely heavy sacrifices in exchange for the endangered dragon clan. In the final battle, they wiped out the hiding dragon clan, but only slipped away a seriously injured black dragon.

The dragon fighters searched everywhere, but they couldn't find any trace of the black dragon. They thought that they might have died of serious injuries, but unexpectedly, a few years later, the black dragon led hundreds of thousands of demons back from an unnamed island east of the mainland. At that time, his heart was already filled with endless hatred, and he even practiced a lot of demons' forbidden techniques regardless of backlash, making himself extremely powerful, and even won the support of the demons, no matter how difficult it is to deal with easily.

Under the leadership of the black dragon, the demons frantically attacked and occupied the human land, causing a bloody storm in El and the mainland.As the power of the demons became stronger and stronger, all the races on the mainland began to fear a name that they had never cared about before—the black dragon of the demon god, Chi Jiali.

Soon, the five clans decided to join forces and dispatched the most elite warriors of the clans one after another. After a bloody battle, they finally killed the black dragon. Before the black dragon died, he said that he would definitely come back.

That's what the legend is about.

No one knows exactly how he came back from the dead, but the fact is that he came back, 3000 years after his death, with the unfinished hatred of 3000 years ago, he returned from hell. Vodo returned to the Demon Realm in the east, but went to Eggert first, and after burning a city, he crossed the sky of Aino Tower, and lingered on the top of Taran Cloud Tower to demonstrate for a while, before heading far in the direction of the Eastern Demon Realm. go.

The appearance of the black dragon made everyone panic. Mingluo immediately petitioned to go to the Far East to guard the border, but was coldly rejected by Changsheng, and even ordered him to go back to the southwest immediately, with an extremely firm attitude.

For the time being, no one is competent to command the Far East, and the demons have already made some moves. When all the people of Ainota began to worry about the upcoming war, the army of the demons passed through the Vodo Mountains and directly attacked Egypt. Gert.

The Eggert royal family has long been controlled by the demons, but there are still sober people who stand up and reprimand the royal family for their inaction. So for a while, foreign troubles are still in the civil war, and peace is no longer. Many dwarves try to take refuge in Ainota. However, they were blocked by Changsheng's decree one after another from outside the city tower of Volkers, and the tragedy at the top of Teba City four months ago was once again staged.

The resurrection of the evil dragon, the imminent war, such a simple truth, how could the new king who once led the Far Eastern Army successfully revolt and regain the Talan regime from the hands of the demons not understand?But the hatred in her heart still overwhelmed her reason.Although everyone knows that the queen has an irresolvable old grievance with the royal family of Eggert, but now the refugees are all common people, and some people in Eggert have begun to voice their resistance. She still made such a decision , can't help but make people feel a little chilled.

However, the more chilling thing happened two months later, when Eggert was completely captured by the demons.

At that time, the news of Eggert's fall came from afar. Everyone thought that the demons were about to attack from both sides of the east and west, and Ainota was attacked from both sides. Many residents of Volkris began to move, but no one expected , The black dragon actually led the magic army to attack Knossus south of Eggert.

Nicole immediately put up a strong resistance, and at the same time, sent a letter for help to Mingluo in the southwest.

Mingluo submitted a request to send troops to Talan the moment he saw the request for help, but when the request was presented to Changsheng, it was burned to ashes before it was opened.

"At the beginning of our civil war, they had made promises to both Lurek and Mingluo. In the end, they just had to stand by and watch the wind and wind. They didn't lose anything, and they got a lot of benefits through Mingluo. Since they are so powerful, why should they be afraid? A war?" The queen said disdainfully.

Seeing that the request to send troops has not been answered for a long time, it seems that there is no answer, Nora is very worried about the situation of her brother, and anxiously urges Mingluo to report again every day.

Mingluo faintly felt that something was wrong, and thinking of the situation of her sister before she left Talan, she was so distraught that she couldn't sleep peacefully. She immediately got up overnight and hurriedly left Mokodo, except for Nora who had to follow anyway. , only brought Moni and four personal attendants.

Most people couldn't understand Chang Sheng's extremely selfish decision, and they kept talking about it, saying all the ugly insinuations. Only Jiang Zheng knew that Chang Sheng didn't refuse to lend a helping hand to Eggert out of resentment. She was just fulfilling her promise with the black dragon, for the peace and tranquility of Ainota.

But will Heilong really keep such a promise?At that time, he did not extend a helping hand to Eggert, and he did not extend a helping hand to Knossus at this time. If the sun demons took down Knossus in the future, Ainota would be alone and helpless.That demon god with absolute strength can always easily play with people between applause. If today's words are reversed tomorrow, who can he ask for justice?

During this period of time, Changsheng was busy day and night because of Knossus' request for help, and finally blocked the mouths of those who had opinions. After taking a break, the first thing he did was to go to see Jiang Zheng.

When she gently pushed open the door, she saw Jiang Zheng sitting motionless in front of the mirror, looking lifelessly at her increasingly haggard face in the mirror, and hearing her arrival was the same as usual, without any reaction.

More than half a year has passed, and Jiang Zheng still can't let go of that day. A Zheng, who used to try to comfort and encourage her with a smile no matter what happened, is no longer there. At least in front of her, Jiang Zheng lost her smile and In order to be happy, she even wished to lose her ability to speak and never say a word to her again.

"You're blaming me for being ruthless again."

"You know it's 'again'."

"I'm doing it for the sake of Ainota. Besides, Eggert has been completely rotten for a long time. The country is not a country, and the family is not a home. What if I take in those refugees? In Ainota, won't they suffer from discrimination and famine? ?” Chang Sheng said lightly.

"All I know is that the people who died in Volkers City were ordinary people, and they didn't know the truth behind everything that happened... Among them, many were innocent and kind people like Irene."

"Innocence and kindness are never a token to avoid death, otherwise Irene would not die tragically." Changsheng sat down beside Jiang Zheng, stretched out his hand to embrace her who was not cooperating, and said, "Azheng, kindness is Useless thing, I didn't lose my heart, and I didn't betray Ainota to hurt anyone around me. I just used my identity to make a deal with my clansmen and kept everything I wanted to keep. Why do you Do you just not understand me?"

Seeing that Jiang Zheng didn't speak, Changsheng became even more angry: "It's been half a year, and you still won't forgive me for my decision at that time? Azheng, in your eyes, are those lives that have nothing to do with you so important? So important that even if you sacrifice Life, even if you break the promise between you and me for a lifetime, you want to save them?"

"Chang Sheng, you were not like this before."

Chang Sheng frowned, and said softly: "I don't care if people say I'm selfish or cruel, I'm just protecting them in my own way, it's just not understood. Don't keep mentioning the past, I'm no longer It's the old me!"

Jiang Zheng subconsciously wanted to push him away with such a tone of voice, and uttered such words that symbolized right and wrong, but was hugged a little tighter, which made her nose sore: "Changsheng, I don't want to I like you like this... I don't like you dealing with the black dragon, he is a complete demon! Have you stopped guarding the wish of the four of us? Have you forgotten how your second brother died?"

Changsheng seemed unable to hear Jiang Zheng's voice, so he only approached her ear and asked softly, "Azheng, I can give you whatever you want now, are you willing to be my queen?"

Jiang Zheng stood up as if getting an electric shock, turned around and wanted to escape, but Chang Sheng grabbed his wrist, and couldn't help shaking with fear: "This is not what you want in your heart, no! Are you really not in pain? You have been in pain for the past six months. Is there really no trace of regret or guilt? Can you tell me the truth, I beg you!"

"Azheng, are you willing to be my queen? I don't care about the eyes of the world, and I'm not afraid of discrimination and abuse from the world. As long as you say a word, I will give you a title. From now on, my world will be centered on you... "

"Changsheng, don't do this!" Jiang Zheng, with red eyes, held onto Changsheng's sleeves tightly, begging bitterly, "Come back with me, okay? We can start over from the beginning..."

She wanted to take Changsheng back, even at the cost of her own life, to bring her back to the past.

If the person who passed away never passed away, and the mistakes he made could be repeated again, would Chang Sheng not be what he is now?

She was thinking like this, trying to open the space that had been dusty for a long time, but was interrupted by Chang Sheng in an instant.

"Go back?" Jiang Zheng raised his eyes and saw that Chang Sheng's eyes were full of anger: "Then there will be no more of you." As she spoke, she pulled Jiang Zheng's wrist hard to the side, ruthlessly Throwing her on the bed, said: "I said, all I want from the beginning to the end is you!"

"Chang Sheng!" Jiang Zheng stood up in horror, but was pushed back by Chang Sheng heavily, and couldn't help saying in shame and indignation: "Are you crazy!"

"You said that you love me too, is it all a lie?" Chang Sheng held Jiang Zheng roughly with one hand, and pulled down the bed curtain with the other, trying to tie her up, but it suddenly hurt, and he felt that his hands were being squeezed. Something was burning fiercely, and he got up and took a few steps back.

Jiang Zheng looked at her hands in panic, eyes full of bewilderment.

She didn't do anything, it was the phoenix... the power of the phoenix suddenly resisted Chang Sheng involuntarily.

Jiang Zheng came to his senses, saw that Chang Sheng was injured, and hurried forward to try to treat her, but unexpectedly, the healing power of the phoenix aggravated the burns on her hands, which surprised Jiang Zheng.

It stands to reason that Changsheng's system has long since changed. If it would reject the power of the Phoenix, it should have been like this before, but in the past... there has never been such a situation.

Changsheng withdrew her hands, the anger in her eyes was covered by an inexplicable emotion, she subconsciously avoided Jiang Zheng's sight, gritted her teeth, turned around and opened the closed door, but unexpectedly there was a person standing outside the room that she didn't know at this moment. People I don't want to see.

"Sister." Ming Luo looked at Chang Sheng with extremely complicated eyes.

Chang Sheng took a deep breath, and asked coldly, "How long have you been here, why hasn't anyone notified you?"

"It was you who dismissed all the servants temporarily. Can't think of it, since you said 'kindness is useless', I have been here." Mingluo did not evade in the slightest. , Never dared to think deeply.But at this moment, after hearing such a conversation, he had to face it: "Sister, tell me honestly, what happened to Wodo half a year ago? What kind of deal did you make with the black dragon?"

"Can't you guess?"

"Do not intervene in his struggles with other countries, in exchange for Ainota's stability?"

"Almost." Chang Sheng replied lightly.

Ming Luo felt that he had heard a big joke, but he wanted to laugh but couldn't: "Why do you think he will keep his promise? Why do you think we can't fight him with our own strength? Why do you betray your own strength? soul!"

The younger brother's questioning was louder and harsher than the first, and Chang Sheng suddenly realized that he was no longer the child who obeyed his words. He has his own judgment and position on some things...but it may not be right.

"Ming Luo, my good brother, are you disappointed in my sister?" Chang Sheng stretched out his hand to touch his face, but saw him take half a step back. She almost lost the ability to breathe at that moment.

She and Mingluo stared at each other silently for a long time, and finally broke the silence first.

"There is something I didn't want to tell you, but now, if I don't tell you, you're afraid that if you leave here, you will rebel against me, right?" Changsheng looked at Mingluo, and said very seriously: "I tell you You, why do I believe that the black dragon will not deceive me, because I am on the same side with him. Remember the legend of the evil dragon of Volkris? That is me."

Chang Sheng carefully observed the changes in Ming Luo's eyes. Seeing that the anger in his eyes gradually turned into surprise, and then he did not question deeply, he couldn't help laughing: "Do you think I'm lying to you? Why should I lie to you!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and grabbed Ming Luo's arm. With five fingers, hard scales gradually grew on every inch of skin exposed/exposed outside the clothes, and her pupils turned blood-colored.

"Did you see it? This is me, a dragon that everyone fears and hates. This is me, your blood relative, your sister!" Chang Sheng roared and shook off Ming Luo's arm. With almost sobs in his eyes, he said: "Since I was a child, I have been so kind to you, and I have tried my best to protect you... Besides, you are obviously the same as me... How can you not understand me?"

"What are you talking about..." Ming Luo tremblingly grasped Chang Sheng's hands, and said anxiously: "This is impossible, you have been demonized by the black dragon, let's go to the Protector of the Nation, and let him purify you!"

Changsheng stretched out his hand to hold Mingluo's eyebrows, injected a ray of spiritual light into his body, and said: "This is the way to break the blood seal. If you don't believe me, you can go back and try it, but don't let anyone see it, including your closest relatives. The most trusted person."

"..."

"Because they are close to you, just because they don't know that you also have such an ugly and sinful side." Chang Sheng said, turned into normal, turned and left quickly.

Looking at her icy back, Jiang Zheng couldn't help but fell down on the threshold, weeping sadly.

Mingluo stood in the same place for a long time unable to accept what Changsheng said. After an unknown amount of time, she turned around and looked at Jiang Zheng: "Is what she said true?"

"From the very beginning, Changsheng wanted to protect the whole of Ainota. I have experienced a lot with her, and it was almost too difficult to get up, but she survived... It's just that everything has changed since that night in Volkers. .”

"Young dragons grew up in the kingdom of humans. When people were in danger, she took off her disguise and turned into a dragon to spread her wings, just to protect them. But when she drove the enemies away and turned around, she saw them treat her Raising the weapon in his hand, his eyes were full of fear and hatred."

"So, she began to think about what she was doing all this for. She suffered and struggled, but in the end she decided to continue walking, walking and walking, and finally saw the dawn, but because she didn't want to sacrifice me, I was completely dragged into the darkness by the black dragon..."

For a moment, Mingluo felt that thousands of thoughts in his head were in a mess, and he didn't know where to start. In a daze, he saw the despair in Jiang Zheng's eyes gradually fade away, and suddenly raised his head and stared at him firmly.

She said, "I want to save her, can you help me?"