Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 381 Lingge’s History Lecture Hall?
"After Saint Junio ​​unified the entire Trier people, he established the Trier city-state of Efa, which is now the capital of Metosh, Elfaran. These two words both mean 'the top of the world' in the language of the Trier people, which shows how confident Neoesu, who was only the leader of the Trier people at the time, was, and his heart was full of desire for victory and conquest. In fact, during the period when he ruled Metosh, this country, which was not unified until the Middle Ages, did dominate the hegemony of the Central Continent and once included the Sea between the Continents as the inland sea of ​​the empire. The 'Pearl of the Sea', Barzia, was also a city-state established by the Trier people who were conquering foreign countries during that period. Later, when Metosh declined, it became an independent country."

In front of the windmill tower of Iyetta, people sat on the steps paved with white stone slabs or leaned against the long wooden roots of the flat tree stumps, listening attentively to Lingge's story about the history of the country they were about to visit.

Whales swim and fly in the sea of ​​clouds, their huge shadows sinking to the bottom of the sea. Refraction of the sunlight makes them emit bright fluorescence like a group of drifting jellyfish, and sometimes they also emit long, desolate and long chants like horns.

Every flap and fall of the giant wings rolled up air currents from high in the sky, blowing across the hillsides and woods, causing the sky to be filled with colorful petals fluttering, brilliant and colorful.

The young man's usual calm tone floated in the faint scent of primrose, and it had the power to make people calm down and listen quietly. Perhaps he was indeed suitable to be a teacher, and spending the rest of his life at St. Lowood's National School would be the most suitable life trajectory, but later it changed due to some fate that was not controlled by human will.

"The Taguao Wilderness is a multi-ethnic area. Although they are collectively referred to as barbarians by people in more prosperous areas, they are actually composed of dozens of different ethnic groups. If there is one thing they have in common, it is probably the mythology: the mythology of every ethnic group in this area clearly mentions that the gods gave birth to offspring here, and then ordered these descendants to conquer this land and establish an eternal kingdom, just like the legend of the divine wolf of the True people - except that the divine wolf is replaced by other gods, such as the divine eagle, the sacred lion, the white deer, the buffalo, and so on."

"Why are their gods all animals?" Alice couldn't help but mutter when she heard this: "It feels like the settings are similar. I can't explain it."

Lingge ignored her as a matter of course and continued, "In the process of unifying the Taguao wilderness, Saint Junio ​​would drink the blood of the descendants of gods called 'Sons of God' every time he conquered a nation, in order to strengthen himself. It is said that by the end of his war career, he had merged dozens of different kinds of divine blood in his body. When fighting, he could transform into a giant monster with a leopard body, a wolf head, ox horns, bear claws, a scorpion tail, crow wings... He wore the crown of Ursu on his head, held a divine weapon in his hand, and glanced coldly like a tiger, which frightened his enemies and made them afraid. This is also the origin of one of his titles: the Drinker of Many Bloods.

"However, among the many nations that later formed the unified country of Metosh, there were still four kinds of blood that he had not drunk." Under the curious gaze of the girls, Linger stretched out four fingers and said word by word: "These four kinds of blood are: the blood of bats, the blood of mountain lions, the blood of eagles, and the blood of ancient deer."

"They also represent the four other powerful nations of the Taguao Wilderness: the Eleans, the Theobalds, the Floricans, and the Dilmiars."

"Why?" Shemi asked, leaning on the tree stump, supporting his chin with his hands, shaking his head, "Is it because he didn't conquer these nations?"

Metien whispered, "If that's the case, there would be no Metoushu, right?"

So everyone looked at Lingge, waiting for him to answer this profound question.

"That's true." Xie Mi nodded seriously.

Ling said: "Saint Junio ​​did not completely conquer these nations. Although his strategy and bravery helped him win countless victories, these proud descendants of the blood of God were unwilling to surrender and still stubbornly resisted, creating many troubles for his unification cause. At that time, it was a critical stage when Watt invented the steam engine and all the countries in the Western Continent were moving towards the steam age. Saint Junio ​​was keenly aware that if he could not catch up with this wave, even if the Taguao Wilderness was unified, it would be difficult to stand out among many countries, let alone achieve hegemony.

"In order to achieve unification as soon as possible, he had to make compromises. So there was the 'Five Fangs Oath Day' recorded in history books. The five most powerful tribes in the Taguao Wilderness were also the five oldest families in Metoshu in later generations: the Neoesu family, which symbolized the Wolf Fang True people, the descendants of Saint Jun Neo inherited the honor of their ancestor 'Lord of Strength' and used this as the name of the family; the Valenhild family, which symbolized the Blood Fang Elliot people; the Divans family, which symbolized the Lion Fang Di Persians; the Armenis family, which symbolized the Wind Fang Florixa people; and the Esther family, which symbolized the Sun Fang Dilmaya people. They signed a covenant in today's Elfaran City, respected Saint Jun Neo as the Lord of the Five Fangs Oath, and headed by the Neoesu family, jointly established the former Metoshu Empire, today's Metoshu Cities United Republic.

"Therefore, when people later described Metosh, they would describe it as a strange wolf with bat wings, a lion's head, eagle claws, and deer horns stitched together. The five families that formed the basis of the oath were the five sharpest teeth in the mouth of this wolf, which would ferociously bite its enemies and devour their blood and flesh."

"Covenant..." Yieta, who was sitting by the door listening to the story, leaned her head against the wall and whispered, "The most unreliable thing in the world is the covenant." This is the lesson she learned from her own experience.

And this is indeed the case.

Linger glanced at the angel and said, "That's right. In fact, none of the five teeth are very satisfied with this covenant. The Wolf Fang is angry that they have obstructed the inevitable and necessary historical process of the unification of the Taguao Wilderness, while the other four teeth are unwilling to be inferior to the Wolf Fang and are still plotting to seize power in this country. During the reign of Saint Junio, his bravery and strategy made people dare not overstep their boundaries, so they had to find another way.

"It is said that the Five Fangs Oath seems to be a compromise between the two parties, but in fact it is a conspiracy of four teeth joining together to break the sharpest tooth. They tampered with the covenant through some means, linking a curse with the political concept of Metosh and the oldest legend in the Taguao wilderness, so that the people of this country will forever be infected with the genes of riot and anger. They firmly believe that as long as the descendants of the blood of the gods are still eager to respond to the call of the gods and build the eternal kingdom in endless struggles and victories, there will be people who will stand up continuously to resist the rule of the Neoesu family, and that chaotic era is also the time for them to show their fangs and make a comeback.

"The subsequent history seemed to be highly consistent with this folk rumor. After Saint Neo's death, the Neoesu family's rule over Metosh lasted only fifty years before it came to an end. However, the one who ascended the throne this time was not any of the other four teeth, but the unknown Medici family. They were the descendants of the Holy Rabbit and the descendants of the Teo people. For hundreds of years afterwards, Metosh would fall into war and chaos at regular intervals, and the families that ruled this country would take turns, faster than the revolving door of the Prime Minister's Office in Renweting. The current prime minister is from the Oliva family, the sons of the antelope, and the descendants of the Markt people.

"Strangely, no matter how the regime changes, the other four teeth have never ushered in their rule. Therefore, some people believe that Saint Junio ​​has long seen through their tricks on the covenant and countered them. He used another curse to prevent these four families from becoming the rulers of Motosh no matter how hard they try. This is his revenge, and also the most cruel and ruthless ridicule."

Don't you want this country?

But I would not leave it to you, even to the weakest of the God-blooded descendants, the offspring of rabbits or antelopes.

That's probably what it feels like.

"He's a ruthless person." Alice crossed her arms and said seriously, "I would do the same if I were in your shoes."

Hard to say.

No one quite agreed with this statement, but no one raised any objections, mainly because Alice might not accept it, so they just ignored it.

Linger concluded his history lecture: "Many people firmly believe in this legend and believe that it has created the common character of the current Metosh people: wise but wild, elegant but violent, with anger and violence hidden in their bodies. At a certain moment, they will transform from humans into beasts, just like returning to the original state when the gods gave birth to their children.

"They symbolize the national temperament of Mercotus, the desire for exploration and pursuit, the yearning, passion and desire for victory, which is as vibrant as summer; but it also makes it the country with the highest crime rate in the world. Gangs, armed fights, black market transactions, the circulation of hallucinogenic drugs, sexual violence and alcohol violence... happen almost every moment, every minute, and every second, and never stop. Later, the term "Mertos's bastards" was derived, which is specifically used to describe those unforgivable scum and villains."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)