Chapter 415 [0412] The Missing Link
The silent man ultimately failed to remain silent.
When the hair and beard are frozen and the whole person is shaken into a sieve, even the silent man who was arrogant when facing the "Demon Seeker" can now only say in a low voice, "What do you want to know? Just ask.”
Then, Ino's first question struck him like lightning.
"Where did the world runes come from?"
The silent man glanced at Ino, who was looking at him with a smile, and his original determination disappeared in an instant. After murmuring, he simply pretended to be resigned to death and closed his eyes in pain.
"have no idea!"
Obviously, it's not that he doesn't know, but that he doesn't want to say it - this silent man knows very well what the world runes mean, and on this issue, he would rather die than reveal a little information.
"Okay, forget it if you don't want to say it." Contrary to his expectations, Ino did not embarrass him on this issue, but continued to ask about other aspects, "Tell me about the history and members of the Silent People Well, you won’t need to protect this with your life, right?”
When the silent man heard this, he was obviously stunned for a moment. He was already ready to sacrifice, but he was gently let go by Ino and was asked a question that was not a secret.
"The Silence and the Illuminati were born together." He carefully organized his words to avoid leaking information that should not be leaked. "We are the secret guardians of Demacia, guarding the safety of this country in unknown places."
"I guessed that." Ino nodded, "What is your relationship with the Illuminati?"
"The Silent People are part of the Illuminati." The other party gave the answer without hesitation, "The Illuminati is favored by Demacia on the bright side, while the Silent People abide by secrecy and rules in the shadows."
"Then what secret rules do you abide by?" Ino waved his hand, and a chair made of ice appeared under the other party, "I heard that someone recently successfully withstood the punishment of the stone crown, and it was you who judged his identity. ?”
After hearing Ino's question, the silent man's expression became subtle.
He did not sit down, but looked hesitantly at the young woman wearing a mask in front of him, as if he wanted to see through her mask and find out her identity.
But unfortunately, after looking at it for a long time, he found nothing - he did not remember that such a number one person was among the files he had read, and he could not figure out why such a number one person could enter the Forbidden Demon Prison and go straight to the Demon Searcher. of secrets.
"Since there is the punishment of the stone crown, isn't it normal that the Silent Man records here the method of judging whether a person has truly endured the punishment of the stone crown?" Shaking his head, a look of matter-of-factness appeared on his face, "We preserve Dema Secrets and Rules in the Shadows of West Asia.”
"I really don't want to talk about it at all." Ino was very dissatisfied with this perfunctory attitude, "I want to know the history of the Silent People, from the birth of the Silent People to the secret rules you keep - —If you are still here talking about him, I can only use your key stone to go inside and see for myself."
As he spoke, Ino shook the keystone he took from his waist.
The silent man's expression stiffened. Looking at the obviously activated keystone in Ino's hand, he could only sigh helplessly.
"The Silent are the cornerstone of the security of the entire country." He lowered his voice and said in a pleading tone, "Girl, no matter what your purpose is, as a member of Demacia, I sincerely hope that you will not go too far. Explore the secrets of the silent man——"
"Okay, stop the meaningless advice." Ino interrupted him, "You tell me, or I can go and see it myself."
"I said." Seeing Ino's firm attitude, the silent man could only lower his head, "The birth of the silent man should start with... the legend of the Winged Sisters."
"Kyle and Morgana?"
"That's right." The silent man nodded, "Before Demacia was established, His Majesty, the first king of the kingdom, encountered a danger. At the critical moment, one of the ancestors stepped forward. , saved His Majesty Oren from the evil mage."
Ino tried hard to maintain her expression and try not to smile.
"However, when the venerable ancestor took action, a Rakkor man who was mixed in the ranks of the ancestors stood up and, according to the custom of the Rakkor people, called the heroic ancestor a blasphemer. He also believed that he should be hanged as a warning to others. "The Silent Man's description is slightly different from Kalya's story. "Although the heroic ancestor died of serious injuries in the end, this Lakuo was unwilling to unite with everyone. The Er people were still expelled from the ranks of the ancestors.”
Obviously, regarding the issue of Mysheela, the records of the Silent People are generally similar, but the details are not small - as a righteous star spirit, Mysheela will not be exiled by a group of mortals, she is the one who left Demacia on her own initiative.
"Although the stubborn Rakkor was exiled, the noble ancestors did not affect her two daughters. They still accepted these two little girls." The silent man continued to tell, "These two orphans are like this Following the ancestors, they continued to move forward and came to Renwall, to what is now Demacia.”
Here, Ino discovered another interesting place.
According to Kalya, although the mother of the Winged Sisters left the team of Demacia's ancestors, their father stayed here. However, in the silent man's narration, Kyle and Morgana He immediately became an orphan.
"Under the careful teaching of the ancestors, the Winged Sisters grew up to become extremely powerful and extraordinary beings. When the kingdom was established, they made outstanding contributions and left countless stories. This is the legend of the Winged Sisters." The Silent Man did not know what Ino was thinking, but just calmly told these histories that did not involve secrets. "In everyone's expectations, they grew up to become symbols of light and truth. Under their leadership, no matter whether it was evil wizards or terrible monsters, they could not stop the footsteps of the ancestors."
Ino nodded. She had heard a lot of the legend of the Winged Sisters when she was a child. Of course, many of them were fables, but many of them were indeed historical legends.
"Unfortunately, the Winged Sisters eventually had an internal conflict." The Silent Man continued his story, "They were too powerful and too stubborn. Both Kael, who wanted to eliminate all evil, and Morgana, who always gave criminals a chance, were too extreme - and the root cause of this internal conflict was the first written law of Demacia, the Demacia Code."
After hearing the part that Kalya didn't say, Ino finally showed an interested expression.
"In order to bridge the conflict between the sisters, the elderly King Oren hoped that they could find common ground while reserving differences, so he proposed to revise a detailed code, and rewards and punishments would be given according to the content of the code. In this way, Kael and Morgana would not always argue about one person or one thing."
"But I have never heard of this "Demacia Code." Ino said to Kalya in his heart, "Have you heard of this code?"
"No." Contrary to Ino's expectations, Kalya did not know the existence of this code, "But I seem to have guessed something - continue to listen to him."
"Kel and Morgana agreed unanimously on his proposal. They were willing to sit down and talk, and use an extremely detailed code to weigh merits and crimes." The Silent Man continued to narrate, "However, this code encountered a lot of trouble at the beginning of its compilation."
“…”
“Although the ancestors were noble and wise, they came from all over Runeland, and their customs and traditions were not the same. It was undoubtedly an amazing project to use a detailed code to stipulate all rewards and punishments.” Speaking of this topic, the tone of the Silent Man was subtly proud. “Moreover, exploring the truth also requires some special means. Therefore, when the ancestors were arguing over the content of the code, some people with magic talent were specially gathered together to become the guardians and executors of this code.”
“And this is the predecessor of the Silent Man.”
“…”
“…”
From the mouth of the Silent Man, Ino learned about this history that was not recorded in detail. According to him, although Oren’s suggestion was good, it ultimately failed to bridge the rift between the Winged Sisters. Before the code was completed, they broke up in anger and left Demacia.
However, before that, the knowledge, skills and history of both the Winged Sisters and the Debon ancestors were repeated and handed over to the Silent Organization, which was not called the Silent at the time, so that they could explore the truth and maintain the law.
"What happened later? Where did this "Demacia Code" go?" After the Silent paused, Ino asked, "I have never heard of this code in Demacia."
"After the Winged Sisters left, the compilation of the code was much faster, but even after more than 20 years and three kings, the code is still far from being completed." The Silent cleared his throat and continued, "And as the content of the code became more and more, and more and more situations needed to be judged, the knowledge and skills required by law enforcers also increased, and eventually gradually exceeded the capabilities of most people."
Ino nodded when he heard it.
Although we don't know what the specific content of this "Demacia Code" is, at least now it seems that the Silent People do have a lot of secret knowledge in their hands, and it is quite difficult to pass on such amazing and unsystematic secret knowledge through a few people.
After all, there is no Kalya among the Silent People.
"In order to be able to pass on this knowledge and truly implement this "Demacia Code", the Silent People were finally officially born - since the execution of the code requires spellcasting, if you want to become a Silent People, you must be a spellcaster."
"But according to records, at that time in Demacia, the forbidden magic stone had been widely used, and the number of mages in the country was insufficient. Therefore, in order to find more seedlings that are capable of becoming Silent People, the Silent People cooperated with the Illuminati and reached thousands of households in Demacia through religion."
According to him, the cooperation between the Silent People and the Illuminati is purely... a cooperation of interests?
Ino nodded without comment, indicating that the other party should continue.
"Through this method, Demacia at that time had a very astonishing number of silent people. They were proficient in a large number of spells and understood the reward and punishment rules in the Demacia Code better than anyone else... But even so, the silent people were still short of manpower."
"The contents of the Demacia Code are too detailed." Speaking of this topic, the Silent Man sighed helplessly, "The Etiquette Collection currently circulating on the market is nothing more than the basic provisions of the code for the etiquette of the nobility."
Hearing this topic, Ino finally showed a somewhat surprised expression.
Ino still knew the book Etiquette Collection. Lux had complained to her about the hard work she had put in to read the book - even if it was actually Kalya who was silently reminding her, the red tape in it still made Lux feel like she had a headache.
And according to this Silent Man, Etiquette Collection is just a trivial part of the Demacia Code!
"In order to better maintain the code, the first generation of Silent Man began to seek a kind of extraordinary power." The Silent Man's tone gradually sank, "They hope to make regulations through this extraordinary power, so as to maintain this law at a lower cost."
"..."
Hearing this, not only Kalya, but even Ino had already vaguely guessed some problems.
"Then... someone discovered a world rune hidden in Demacia that was unknown to the public."
At this point, the Silent Man closed his mouth and fell silent again.
Obviously, he didn't intend to say anything about the world rune, because the world rune was too dangerous and too deadly, and any news about the world rune must be kept strictly confidential.
And, in fact, it's enough to say this - just think about the Rune War, and there's no need to tell what happened after the first generation of Silent Man discovered the world rune.
"...In the end, with the joint efforts of the ancestors and the self-sacrifice of the first generation of Silent Man, the world rune did not cause too serious consequences, but since then, the Silent Man is no longer a well-known silent law enforcer. The entire Silent Man organization has since entered the shadow of the Illuminati, preserving the secrets of Demacia in the dark."
"And the "Demacia Code" was also split up and became a large number of behavioral norms, including the etiquette encyclopedia."
Ino nodded.
The Silent Man did not elaborate on the twists and turns, and considering the differences between his story and Kalya's, the details of this history may not be exactly as he said.
But at least it is certain that all the nobles are so secretive about the Silent Man, perhaps in addition to fear, there is also a sense of avoiding suspicion.
The nobles today are no longer clear about this history, but their attitude towards the Silent Man has been passed down from generation to generation.
And for Ino, if there is no big problem with the Silent Man's story, then in the next action, the Silent Man may be able to help?
Thinking of this, Ino took off his mask.
"This Silent Man." She smiled, "I just came down from the Giant God Peak. Shouldn't the Silent Man judge my identity now?"
Kalya's small class: Keep a low profile for the respected:
The Silent Man's historical records are generally fine, but in order to maintain the glorious image of the ancestors of Demacia and the orthodoxy of the rule of the Demacia nobles, there is a certain degree of keeping a low profile for the respected in the historical details.