Chapter 255: Maybe It’s Not Over
Chapter 255: Maybe It’s Not Over
At this point, Duncan finally figured out the ins and outs of the half-century-old “Subterranean Abyss Project”, and why it was considered taboo, and even the rebels who started the Frost Rebellion were deeply afraid of it – and they should be.
The whole thing, despite the fact that it happened in the reality dimension from beginning to end, when things began to get out of control, it was obvious that it had already exceeded the order of the real world, and there was a completely unknown horror hidden under the deep sea ……, and until the end, no one could figure out what the hell it was, only people kept falling into madness, and the whole plan kept accelerating, and it was like sliding towards the abyss. It is like sliding down toward the abyss.
Can not see the end of the deep dive, gradually diffuse the bizarre atmosphere, coupled with the Queen of Frost’s almost autistic late move …… In all fairness, even Duncan himself, in front of this series of facts will instinctively think that the first time of the Lei Nora really is subject to the compulsion and control of what things, and even suspect that the The “Queen of Frost” is colluding with subspace.
Under such circumstances, not to mention the fact that there are opponents of the Queen lurking within the Frost itself, not to mention the fact that there are many city-states in the Cold Sea itself that have misgivings about the Frost Queen’s rule, and even if the situation in the North was originally stable, the tide of darkness will also rise with the passage of time.
But Tirian had always emphasized that Rae Nora had never been influenced by anything, and he firmly believed that the Frost Queen had been awake until the end, and had protected the city-states until the end.
Duncan can not say whether Tirion’s judgment is correct, but he tends to believe, because …… he has also seen the “Frost Queen” in the historical fragments.
The other party had soberly and rationally asked him “not to pollute history”.
At least from that one side of the view, that year’s Frost Queen does not seem to be a terrible crazy controlled by subspace.
But that was precisely why Duncan was so curious – he couldn’t understand what kind of motivation would make a sober ruler of a city-state make those self-absorbed and extreme decisions, so that she would continue to push forward with the Subterranean Abyss project even though she knew that there were problems with the project at all costs, and what kind of reason would make her keep all her secrets sealed up in her heart, even if it was not a good idea to do so. all sealed in her heart, even in front of her most trusted naval commander.
After a long time of thinking, Duncan realized that all the questions ultimately pointed to one place: what “mysteries” did the Frost Queen …… learn in the deep sea?
“After …… the Great Frost Rebellion, you never returned to that city-state?” Duncan raised his head and looked at Tirion and asked.
“No, His Majesty Rae Nora had ordered me to leave Frost with my own direct troops, and by that time the rebels had already colluded with the other northern city-states inside and out, and had gathered a whole fleet in the outer sea,” Tirian said in a tone of voice that seemed extraordinarily low, and it was clearly a piece of the past he did not want to bring up, “…… But if I had resisted my orders and stayed behind, Frost would have had one more unit still loyal to the Queen, and those rebels would not have been able to easily break through the harbor’s defenses ……”
“That’s why there are rumors in later times that you were actually involved in the rebellion, and that you were even the one who took the initiative to release the rebels into Frost.” Duncan said and shook his head, “Then have you ever wondered why the Queen of Frost had to give that order in the first place, did she have no other explanation for you?”
“…… I’ve been confused about this for many years,” Tirion said frankly, “the Queen didn’t order anything, just told me to leave with my team, I had thought that maybe she wanted to leave a force behind to avenge herself in the future, the But …… it made no sense at all, she forbade us to return to the city-state again, and with the rebels occupying it, how could we take revenge if we didn’t return?”
“You could plunder the rebel fleet on the outer seas and intercept all merchants coming in and out of Frost, you’ve been doing that for years.”
“Yes, it was the only thing I could think of to do back then, and it was the only means of keeping the Sea Mist fleet alive …… We didn’t even have a home port back then,” Tirian shook his head, “but now we have drifted away from that kind of pillaging.”
“Why?”
“…… Because the last of the rebel leaders died of old age as well,” Tirian spread his hands with a bitter smile, “We’ve been capturing those rebel leaders by any means possible, hanging them from the masts when we catch them, and throwing the bodies on merchant ships bound for the Frost, so they’ve since learned their lesson and simply all hunkered down in their city-states, not setting foot outside of the cities for decades, and all I can do is watch them die in peace until everyone who was ever a part of the rebellion is gone.”
Duncan didn’t say anything for a while, and he was silent thoughtfully for a long time before he suddenly said, “The soldiers under your command, all of them are ‘living dead’, aren’t they?”
Tirion replied casually, “Yes, something the world knows.”
“And they have all been directly or indirectly involved in the ‘Subterranean Abyss Program’?”
“I was involved in that program, and of course they were involved as my direct troops,” Tirian said casually, followed by a slight frown, “What do you have in mind?”
“You were involved in the Subterranean plan without becoming as crazy and weird as the others involved in the plan in the later stages, and after ‘One Thousand Meters’ the Queen of Frost had a dispute with you and excluded you from the plan, and on the eve of the rebel attack your Queen specifically ordered you to lead your immediate troops away from the Frost ……”
Duncan said slowly while thinking, finally, his eyes fell on Tirian, his voice low, “You are right, that Queen of the Frost probably did want to leave a troop behind, but it seems that she didn’t leave that troop behind to avenge herself ……”
Tirian slowly revealed a somewhat stunned expression, however, just before he was about to open his mouth to ask something else, the figure in the mirror gently shook his head, “Don’t ask me, what you can’t understand yourself, I can’t understand even more – I’m just standing on the sidelines and saying what I think! only.” A brief silence then fell over the room, and it was an unknown amount of time before Duncan’s voice sounded again, “Tirion, we’ve had a long enough conversation this time.”
The great pirate who was in deep thought subconsciously raised his head at the words and looked at his father in the mirror with some surprise, as if he had suddenly reacted to something only at this time, a complex and dismayed expression surfaced in his eyes.
He seems to have just realized how much he talked to the other side, realized that he unconsciously completely adapted to the atmosphere of this conversation – even a century ago, he rarely had such a long conversation with his father, and as for his own just woke up here in the heart of the point of vigilance! …… had long since disappeared.
“I ……” he subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to say something, but at that moment a stinging pain came from his forehead, making him unable to resist touching his head, “Ah hiss, but it hurts enough… …”
“The …… kid didn’t do it lightly, I hope you don’t mind her,” Duncan’s voice rang out in the mirror, “Do you need ointment?”
“No …… no need,” Tirian waved his hand with a slightly odd expression, he couldn’t help but recall the last scene he remembered before he came here, the odd little girl, and the one flying through the air… …something that looked like a dog, followed by a sudden reaction, “Wait, I remember, that’s not a dog, that’s a Phantom Hound!”
He looked to the mirror, incredulity showing in his eyes, “Is that also your ministry today? A …… annihilationist?”
He looked a little hesitant when he said the words “Annihilationist”, obviously not sure of Shirley’s true identity – after all, he had seen such creatures as Annihilationists before, but it was really the first time he had seen a contracted Demon Mang coming over! ……
“She does do things for me,” Duncan said with a wry smile, “but if you ever see her again, I’d advise you not to mention the word ‘Annihilationist’ in front of her, she dislikes it. ”
Tirion gave a thinly veiled oh, then subconsciously looked around, his eyes finally settling on Alice, who seemed to have begun to wander off next to him.
Alice quickly responded and looked at Tirian curiously, “What are you looking at me for?”
“Nothing,” Tirian withdrew his gaze, and there was no telling what emotions were hidden in his complex eyes, and finally he looked towards the mirror that was still burning with flames, and asked with some uncertainty, “So I …… can now leave?”
“Do you still want to stay for dinner?”
Tirion hurriedly waved his hand, “Ah …… no, that won’t be necessary ……”
“Well, then I’ll arrange for my messenger to see you ……” Duncan in the mirror nodded, but suddenly, he frowned, as if he thought of something, “Wait, I suddenly thought of something. ”
Tirion subconsciously tensed a bit, “One thing?”
“Technically speaking, it’s two suspicions of one thing,” Duncan’s expression became serious once again as he stared at Tirian, “Do you still remember what you just mentioned, that Submarine Three surfaced several ‘replicas’ one after another? ”
“Of course,” Tirian nodded, “counting the first principal and the six subsequent replicas, there were a total of seven ‘Diver Three’s’ that surfaced.”
“I have two questions,” Duncan organized his thoughts and spoke slowly, “First, was the first submersible …… that surfaced at that time really the main body?
“Second, was the seventh submersible that surfaced at that time really empty inside?”
(End of chapter)