For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 12 Riel Empire

   Contrary to Liliana's expectations, the man who claimed to be William Kane was unexpectedly quiet along the way.

   Apart from asking her a lot of historical questions on the first day, he was either closing his eyes and thinking about something along the way, or he just took out an ancient book from nowhere and read it. Apart from the necessary communication, he hardly ever took the initiative to talk to her again.

  Liliana herself has tried to find the other party several times to ask carefully, such as whether he is the real William Kane, such as what he intends to do in the City of Thorns.

   However, she still failed to summon the courage - no matter whether the identity of the other party is true or false, no matter what the other party intends to do in the City of Thorns, it is not something that she, a small apprentice-level mage, can mix.

   Knowing too much is not a good thing, or pretending to know nothing is the safest.

  The only thing that is gratifying is that the other party followed his own advice and changed his outfit before departure.

   He replaced the exaggerated keel armor with a simple and elegant mage robe, and the magic agent in his hand changed from the ice staff she had never heard of to a simple yew staff.

  Although she can see that these things are by no means cheap, they seem to be much more low-key.

   Of course, in fact they are still particularly noticeable along the way, not because of anything else, but because of their means of transportation.

  After recovering the identity cards and remains of the members of the archaeological team in the Mourning Mountains, Liliana found the carriage they came with with the help of William, but unfortunately, the horse tied to the side was already dead.

  After sternly rejecting the other party's suggestion to summon a gryphon, Liliana still did not accept his decision to pull up two zombie horses as the traction of the carriage.

   As a result, they were stopped and questioned every time they passed a level along the way.

   This is also something that can’t be done. Regarding undead magic, although the attitude of the Blackwater Province is not as evil as the Platinum Province or the Emerald Province, it is forbidden to spread it publicly, but it is still not very advocated. Even in Offa University in Blackwater Province, the Mage Tower, which symbolizes the undead department, is buried deep underground, and it rarely makes public appearances.

   When they were stopped by the guards at the checkpoint for the first time, she was so nervous that she was afraid that the person around her would claim to be William Kane and make a shocking remark or something.

   However, he just reported the last pseudonym very calmly, and then handed over the book he was still reading just now as a certificate and handed it over to the guards for inspection.

   And after reading the book carefully, the guards solemnly returned the book to William and released it immediately. Before leaving, the guards even reminded them to pay attention that it is illegal to summon undead creatures within five kilometers of the city, and it is best to buy two live horses in the next town.

   After he used the same book to pass the guard's check up to the third level, Liliana finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked how this was done, and what did he do with that book?

   "It has nothing to do with the book. It's just that I used the illusion [Confuse Humans] when I handed the book to them. In fact, no matter what I hand them, they will think they have seen the legal document."

   William, who was flipping through the book, replied without raising his head.

   Illusion? As a practitioner of illusion magic, she had never heard of such a use of illusion.

   "Illusion can be said to be the most extensive and profound spell in all spell systems. This usage can only be said to be a small trick."

   For her sincere compliment, the other party responded like this.

   She doesn't quite understand the breadth and depth of the illusion department. Anyway, at the Blackwater University, the illusion department has been ranked last among the thirteen schools of magic for many years.

   "Yes, after all, the magic you are learning now is a severely castrated version, but any more advanced application will be marked with the word heresy."

   For her question, William seemed to sigh with emotion.

  …

   As early as when he discovered that the Dusk Fortress had been turned into ruins, William vaguely felt that something was wrong.

   As the headquarters of the Doomsday Watcher, the strongest and last fortress in the whole continent to resist the invasion of the moon, the Dusk Fortress has irreplaceable significance in terms of commemorative value and strategic value. Even if more than a thousand years have passed, history has become legend, legend has become myth, it should not be forgotten there like today.

   And the fact that Liliana, as a magic caster, didn't know what a moon monster was, further aggravated his anxiety.

   And after he had a general understanding of what had happened in the past thousand years from Liliana, he had a general understanding of the current situation—and felt a deep disappointment.

   In short, there have only been two major events in the past thousand years. Some people have unified the continent in the name of their own reincarnation; and they have completely monopolized magic through the promulgation of the laws of the stars.

  Let’s talk about the former first. After William Kane suddenly disappeared a thousand years ago, every country on the continent wanted to bring the borderless transcendental military organization into their sphere of influence. But because of the lack of pressure from external enemies, this attempt to control quickly turned into a violent military conflict between countries. During this period, the Doomsday Watch, who lacked a leader, eventually split, and a century of chaos began.

   And more than 800 years ago, there was a Stormland noble named Terra Riel who claimed to be the reincarnation of William Kane. It is said that when he was born, he wore a bronze crown symbolizing the supreme kingship. At the age of fifteen, he went to the far north of the Dragon Bone Islands alone and signed a contract with a giant dragon.

On his 20th birthday, the local Church of the Holy Spirit claimed to have received an oracle of the Seven Spirits, recognizing Terra Riel as the reincarnation of the hero Kane, who would end this chaotic era, and that he would complete the unification will join their ranks later.

   Witnessed by the giant dragon and the Church of the Holy Spirit, the entire storm land bowed to him, and the local people chanted him as "Olayar", meaning the lord of the sky. Afterwards, he led his troops from the Storm Land all the way to the south, launching a vast conquest called the "Unification War" in later generations. Vic Continent, established today's Riel Empire.

  Tera Rael's reign continued for another eighty years after that, and after his death was enshrined as the eighth Holy Spirit by the Church of the Holy Spirit.

   Of course, these statements are all learned by Liliana in the history books. Regarding their authenticity, William believes that except that he did unify the continent in the end, all other legendary things are probably nonsense.

   Let me just say that the bronze crown symbolizing the supreme kingship is definitely a fake.

   Because the real bronze crown is still in his treasure house.

   (end of this chapter)