Tyrant Code

Extra episode [-]: The shadows

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Goldo Moran.

The king who founded the Moran dynasty in the Celanca Empire.

His benevolence is extolled by people all over the world, and his wisdom seems to be the aura sent down by the Holy Lord to benefit the people.

Three years after he succeeded to the throne, the God Academy rose up and founded the magic science and technology research institution "Jade Star Academy" directly under the king, advocating "using the magic bestowed by God to benefit life", and once again revived the elemental magic that was popular in ancient times .

One day, a scandal broke out in the "Emerald Academy": a certain priest referred to the magic circle in the black magic book when conducting magic research.This made the Holy See furious, and condemned the priest with the punishment of excommunication.However, in order to rescue their colleagues, the mentors of the "Jade Star Academy" launched a strong counterattack against the Holy See: He only referred to the magic circle in the black magic. It doesn't count as the use of black magic; what's more, this magic is only used for academic research and has no lethality. Just touching black magic will be punished with excommunication, which is too harsh.

In the end, the pope decided to settle the matter: cancel the punishment for the priest, and classify and manage the known black magic materials. Only those who use magic that is clearly listed as "taboo" will be sentenced to punishment, up to to the death penalty.

Then this matter was handed over to the Heresy Inquisition for special execution-the Heresy Inquisition officially changed its name to "Magic Prevention Institute". It not only investigates the activities of black magic, but also manages the harm caused by other magic. Announced item by item, without favoritism.

At this time, people have become more or less used to the "Jade Star Academy" from time to time to develop a few weird gadgets, some of which are convenient and beneficial to the people, and have received awards, but there are always some dangerous things that are tinkered out—people Also understand that not only black magic can cause damage.

In another two years, "Emerald Academy" has completely perfected the theoretical system of magic elements.It proves that there are many kinds of magic elements besides light and darkness, and light and darkness are just two basic attributes of elements, just like day and night.

Most of the priests of the church still insist that black magic is "incomparably evil", but at least the dark wizards lurking in the crowd are secretly relieved: even if their identities are discovered now, they are only sent to the Magic Prevention Center Punishment as a crime.Even if he is a dark wizard, as long as he is honest enough, he will not be sentenced to very serious punishment.

——Of course, this was intentionally done by Gordo to protect the black wizard group Aiwujiwu.

However, the existence of the "Emerald Academy", in the eyes of the people of Seranka, is a symbol of wisdom beyond the limits of mortals, but in the eyes of other countries, it has become a complete "heretic".

What really caused the turmoil was the dispute over the throne of the allies of the Celanca Empire and the Archid Empire.The prince of the Archid Empire, Sai Lun, has been the acting king for many years. Initiated a rebellion and established himself as king, resulting in the division of a large area of ​​the Archid Empire that was similar to Duowa——

For a time, the Archid Empire was divided into two halves, one large and one small, and the two kings ruled together. Both sides insisted that they were the orthodox heirs of the empire.

When Goldo received the news, he was attending the wedding of Celia and Paul.

At the wedding, Burrien, as the commander of the Moran Army, came to congratulate the Grand Duchess, but after he finished his congratulatory speech, he stayed in his seat and drank, as if he hadn't drunk in half his life.

Atricia asked Gordon with a look of disgust: "What happened to him?"

"Don't worry about him, just let him cry." Goldo said sympathetically, "The family has been urging marriages a lot recently. Mrs. Julia has arranged seven or eight blind dates for him this month, and he has no time to escape. It should be hurting now."

This is probably the depression of single dogs.

Moreover, there is a high probability (?) that Gordo and Atricia will not have children, so Gordo's throne has to be selected from his immediate family.His maternal relatives are basically extinct, and his cousin, Duke Demont, firmly stated that he is a bachelor... After all, if Burrien had a child, he might be able to have the first inheritance right, so Burrien's The pressure was extraordinarily high.

Of course, it is not impossible to choose an heir from other distant relatives of the royal family (the kind separated by five, six, seven or eight generations), but it is too early to say these.

The news of the split of the Archid Empire made Burrien, who had been immersed in depression, completely excited.As soon as he heard about this incident, he expected that Gordon would not stand idly by, so he blinked at Gordon, and his whole body seemed to be saying "let me go out to fight, let me go out to fight", and it was short of Gore. More live performances of a tail wag.

Gordon also happened to have this plan.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. "Emerald Star Academy" has transformed the magic gun to the fifth generation, but it has not been put on a large-scale battlefield to test its effectiveness.

But he couldn't casually send legions to support.First of all, Sai Lun must ask him for help, and then Atrichia must authenticate Sai Lun as the orthodox heir to the Achide Empire as the Pope—

ah?You ask why the position of the heir to the empire is certified by the Pope?This was originally one of the Pope's functions, but it's one thing whether he uses it or not, and another matter is whether other empires recognize it or not.But in this way, the Moran family's legion is considered famous.

But maybe the combination of the Moran family and the new weapons caused too much damage... Burrien not only defeated the territories split from the Archid Empire, he also defeated the kings of the Duowa Empire by the way down.The Duowa Empire was originally a small country with a small territory. Their royal family was beaten by Burrian and fled to move their capital in a hurry. However, the large area of ​​Duowa was directly divided by the two empires of Seranca and Archid. The Card Empire occupies the absolute majority.

Once the flames of war start, it is not so easy to stop.

Afterwards, the Duowa royal family united many countries to sue the atrocities of the Seranca Empire, and by the way questioned the rationality of the Pope's will - the Pope is clearly the master of the Holy See, but under the control of the King of Seranca, it is tantamount to infinitely favoring Seranca Card Empire.If things go on like this, the Celanka Empire will have the final say on the succession of the thrones of these small countries in the future.

So they asked the Pope to move the Holy See back to the holy city of Sole, and to be independent from the Seranca Empire.

But at this time, King Goldo Moran of the Celanca Empire and Pope Atrium Horn are still in a period of passionate love-God knows how long their passionate period will last-in short, such a pair of lovers It is obviously impossible to live in two places separately.

The Celanca Empire simply rejected the request of the Alliance of Nations.

And so the war began.

In other words, the Celanca Empire's journey to conquer the western continent has begun.

This is almost a war without any suspense.The cooperation between the Celanca Empire and the Achide Empire was very pleasant. The folk weapon inventors of the "Emerald Academy" and the Celanca Empire ushered in a once-in-a-century carnival, and even a few black men who were good at transforming weapons appeared. Master Sorcerers—they're just experts at it.

The territory of the empire has been continuously expanded, but the Celanka Empire has not given up on governance and concern for people's livelihood.No other king can be more considerate of his subjects than Goldo Moran. Being a citizen of the Celanca Empire is an honor to be favored by the Holy Lord.

On a certain crucial battlefield, the army of the enemy country came fiercely. Before the two sides fought, the world changed color, but the enemy army was smashed to pieces by the meteorite rain falling from the sky. Countless enemy troops were instantly crushed. Send back home.

This unfathomable luck is proof that the Celanca Empire is the chosen country.

What is Destiny King?

King Goldo Moran of Celanca is.

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In fact, Godo did not expect the meteorite rain to fall from the sky.

In fact, there is a skill like Xingyun in his skill list, but it is not useful. It is obviously unrealistic to use it on a wide-ranging battlefield. He only uses this skill to create some atmosphere during the holidays. .

...Like Valentine's Day, cough.

A shooting star streaks across the sky—what an atmosphere.

But God is on Gordo's side this time, and he is quite relieved that the meteorite rain hits the enemy army instead of his family's army.

...It would have been better if he hadn't passed out in his room after that meteor shower.

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When Gordon woke up, he found himself lying in a familiar yet strange room.

This is a room he is familiar with, located in the Pope's Hall - the new residence chosen by Atrichia herself.

There are actually many empty palaces and rooms in the Pope's Hall, but looking out from the window of this room, you can see a peaceful lake.

The clear water of the lake lies quietly, surrounded by the shade of trees.Only the waterfowl perched on the lake made the sound of their wings vibrating from time to time, and their white feathers seemed to be shining.

Gordon looked at it quietly for a while, feeling that the scenery was the same as what he had seen before.But this room is subtly different from the room he often comes to and that of Atticia——

The bookcase he sent to Atrium was gone, and the books and the order of the placement were also different from those in Atrium's room.

Not only that, but also the porcelain vase he had painted by himself on the bedside, the custom tapestry they brought back from their travels hanging on the wall, and the desk he specially customized at a large price... all disappeared.

oh.And this bed he had never seen before.do not know.

He just fell into a coma once, why did the world change so much?If Atrichia had broken up with him, she would probably have left the room like this.

He also suspected that he slept in the wrong room—but who would dare to move the king's body casually?

He opened the closet - the clothes in the closet were clearly Atrium's size, and there were even several sets of papal dresses.

Gordon sat back on the edge of the bed in some confusion.Then lie back.

He felt that his head was still a little dizzy, which was a rare state for a king who was physically strong and even possessed magical powers.For so many years, let alone a serious illness, he has never even had a cold, and the inexplicable loss of consciousness is unprecedented.So he felt that he was probably not conscious and still in a dream.

Until a burst of ruthless footsteps entered the room, the indifferent and indifferent voice familiar to Goldo sounded:

"Since you are awake, you should hurry up and leave, Your Majesty."

He pronounced the word "Your Majesty" very emphatically.

His attitude was cold, but Gordon understood that this was the tone he would have when he hated a person to the extreme.

Gordon sighed, opened his eyes innocently, and said, "Sorry, but I really didn't mean it."

It turned out to be Atrium.With bright blond hair, the arc between the brows was as sharp as a knife's edge, piercing Gordon's heart.

Atricia didn't answer.

Goldo: "I swear, I really haven't stayed up late to deal with government affairs recently-I have made a promise after being caught by you last time. You know that since I have made an appointment with you, I will never deceive you. "As he said, he rubbed his forehead, "I don't know what's wrong, I suddenly felt dizzy..."

As he said that, Gordon looked at his fingertips and suddenly felt something was wrong.

As a magician, he is still very sensitive to the surrounding environment.Those inexplicable dizziness probably came from this - he changed time and space, and came to a world that didn't belong to him, can he not feel dizzy? !

Gordon looked up again, and sure enough, he saw an expression of confusion mixed with a touch of disgust on Atricia's face: "It's none of my business that you stay up late to deal with government affairs? Your vertigo has not lasted for a day or two-this is also It's all yours to ask for. That's the price you pay for forcibly fusing skulls."

As he said that, a subtle expression appeared on Atricia's face: "Could it be that you...want me to sympathize with you?"

Goldo: "..."

"Hahaha." Atricia suddenly let out a low laugh, lowered her head, the expression on her face was buried in the shadows, "Every time you show such a sad, begging expression, I always I fell for it. But I don’t do it now.”

"You have imprisoned me in this cage as you wished, leaving me helpless." Yatricia Horn took a step to approach Gordon, his shirt on his chest was slightly open, revealing his thin white collarbone, eyes in his eyes It seemed to be frozen, and it seemed that the heart was burning with anger and had nowhere to vent.

He ruthlessly pushed Gordon to the side of the bed, brought the tip of his nose together, and the two of them breathed together.

"Thanks to you, I have become a useless person." There was obvious mockery in his tone, "What else do you want? If you want to kill me or dig out my heart, then Just come, I'll be waiting for you. But stop pretending to be forced and helpless in front of me—I just feel sick when I see it."

When Atricia's hand touched Gordo's skin, there was a sudden static reaction.It seemed that the magic power in Atricia's body had been drained, like a pool of stagnant water.

At the same time, Gordo's head was in sharp pain, and the messy memories that did not belong to him slowly emerged-he was surprised to find that, good guy, he drained the magic power from Atricia himself.In order to seize the skull on Atricia's body!

To be precise, it should be "he"—referring to the Goldo Moran of this time and space.

The world Gordo is in now is obviously not his own world.

The experience of "Gordo" in this time and space is much more miserable than his - when Mrs. Julia first wronged him and caused him to have a high fever on a rainy night, he couldn't survive and lost his eyesight due to the high fever.Later, it was barely cured, but there was still a sequelae in one eye, and the vision was affected.I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but at the same time, he also awakened his black magic talent without a teacher, and began to try his best to learn black magic and heal his eyes.

In fact, Atricia also arrived on that rainy night, but he could only save "Gordo"'s life, and he was helpless with "Gordo"'s eyes.And he has long discovered that the soaring magic power of "Gordo" comes from his talent for black magic - but Atrium chose to remain silent.After all, "Gordo" was just a child at that time.

"Gordo" narrowly escaped unharmed by the cooperation of Atrícia and Lord Cassar to cover up his talent, but he lived a reclusive life.

It wasn't until he grew up and joined the legion that he was appreciated by everyone.However, the framing from political enemies caused disaster for the Moran family's legion. Casar Moran was imprisoned, "Gordo" and Brian were forced to exile, and during the exile, Gordo lost his younger brother. And he himself also left his hometown, came into contact with the organization of the black wizard by accident, studied black magic day and night diligently, healed his eyes, and returned to the capital with his companions.

Then came the thrilling assassination of the Pope—they succeeded.Because of the death of the Pope, Duke De Monte discovered the truth about the murder of the Mad Queen. At the same time, he joined "Gordo" until he overthrew the king and became the new owner of the dynasty.

And the relationship between "Gordo" and Atricia in this world has always been delicate - "Gordo" undoubtedly likes him, but he also regards him as a pawn to check and balance the Holy See, supporting him The Pope's position makes him a puppet...

But this "Gordo" had a bigger wish hidden in his heart.

He wants to collect all three skulls, get the ultimate mystery of soul magic, and then go back to the beginning of everything - it is said that time is irreversible like water, but the only thing that can travel through time is the soul.

After "Gordo" gathered the two souls in the Pope's hands, he also attacked Atricia.But Yatricia once hoped that "Gordo" would be a monarch who could recognize reality. Yatrixia hoped to make some changes for the world with this monarch, but what he got from "Gordo" But only lies and deceit.

Now all that comes to Gordo's mind are bloody plots of "the domineering king sadistically loves the glamorous pope". It's not that there is no sincerity between these two people, but they are all obliterated by endless disputes and pain.

Goldo: "..."

Suddenly, he recalled a distant memory that was somewhat vague.

Hey, what was his plan in the first place?Dodging the Rise of the Dark Tyrant plot?

After a long time, going around... This tyrant is "Gordo Moran".

is himself.

Gordo gasped, and pushed aside this Atricia who didn't belong to him.

"Stop—you just calm down. I'm not the Goldo Moran you know—"

Atricia's expression looked a bit murderous: "Are you lying again? Or is this a new trick?"

Gordon gave up his excuses, quickly found out the key point of the problem, and asked, "Has there been a meteor shower in the Western Continent recently?"

"...No." Atricia said angrily, "I think you are really crazy, and the meteor shower—"

At the same time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.A person dressed as an entourage leaned into the room and took a look, his eyeballs almost fell out: "Your Majesty the Pope, Your Majesty the King... why are you here?"

Atrium: "Where should I be if I'm not here? Can you talk through your head?"

The attendant slapped himself resolutely when he heard the words, and then looked at them blankly: "But, but the guards of the palace just came, and they said that the two of you had a fight in the palace, and they said that you two fought well. Back and forth, His Excellency the Pope almost killed His Majesty the King!"

"What's going on?!"

Gordon and Atricia looked at each other.

After a while, Goldo spread his hands and said innocently, "Ahem... you should believe me now, right?"