Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 477 Is this story long?
On the night before leaving Rostin City, at the goblin banquet, the young man named Linger first came into contact with the history of the mysterious world and learned about the origins of potions, magic and wizardry, three extraordinary systems created by humans. Among them, what impressed him most was the feat of Saint Tumi in pioneering the way for mankind. Although the potion system has many shortcomings - such as the difficulty in collecting materials, the great damage to the body and mind of the user, and the most frightening erosion phenomenon, it is undeniable that in the era when the elves ruled the world and humans all bowed their heads and looked up to the glory of the aliens, the emergence of this system was a precious dawn.

Saint Tumi is worthy of the name of a saint because he single-handedly shaped the prototype of civilization. No wonder even today, in the 19th century when religion is declining, believers of animism are still eager to embark on this path, to follow in the footsteps of the great saint, and to glimpse the context of the development of civilization in those vicissitudes and firm footprints.

However, today, a deeper historical truth was revealed from Fei'er's mouth. Saint Tumi did bring precious light to mankind, but that light actually came from a palace in the vast starry sky, from fourteen girls who silently guarded the world. It was they who lit the first torch in an unknown place, allowing mankind to see the light in the long night.

The Queen of Fear, Fei'er, the Queen of Destiny, Saint Xia Liya, the Queen of Mystery, Olvera, the Queen of Freedom, Yieta, the Queen of Eternity, Leticia... they were all once members, but some people still remember them, while others have forgotten them.

Fei'er's voice came, and continued: "After obtaining extraordinary power, Saint Tumi and his twelve disciples established a spiritual prayer meeting and selflessly shared it with their compatriots. Soon, humans became powerful with their innate tenacity and acquired spirit of unity. Their ambitions also grew day by day, and they gradually became unwilling to their current status and decided to challenge the rule of the elves."

"Perhaps it was a habit. Even though humans had acquired extraordinary powers, the arrogant elven kings still did not take these tiny creatures seriously, and they soon paid the price for their arrogance: humans were not a race that relied solely on brute force, they also had their own wisdom. They secretly provoked a civil war among the three major elf tribes, weakened their strength, and took advantage of the dragons and giants fighting for dominance to launch a surprise attack, and eventually defeated these naturally powerful races one by one. Among them, the feather elves disappeared, and the city that soared in the sky was destroyed and collapsed; the mirror elves were defeated and retreated into the distant deep sea; the dust elves surrendered and became vassals of humans; The dragons were driven to the most remote mountains and disappeared; the giants who occupied the vast and fertile plains were the greatest enemies of mankind. Their cities were attacked and burned, their people were slaughtered, and the self-proclaimed "God of War" king died under the joint efforts of Saint Tumi and the Twelve Saints. The remaining people embarked on a wandering road and became homeless. Afterwards, the ferocious monsters and some demons were regarded as enemies and driven away and slaughtered by humans, while some harmless demons were allowed to coexist. In this way, humans, a race that was not inherently strong, gained the dominant position on the continent for the first time. Later, they called this long, difficult but passionate process: the Glorious Battle. "

Fei'er's tone was light, as if she was just repeating a dull article. Every tiny black word on the white paper was dull and lengthy, like a poem engraved on the soft petals of a camellia, but it might not sound that way to the listeners. These few hundred short words indicated an era of blood and fire, smoke and constant disputes. Countless city-states were destroyed, countless races were defeated, countless lives died, and countless bones could not be buried... In the end, only humans climbed to the top of the mountain, standing in a position that they had never dared to imagine before, overlooking the death and glory under their feet.

These stories that took place in the ancient times have never been recorded in history books, and no trace of them can be found even in the oldest epics. After all, the time period is too long ago. Perhaps there are still some records among eyewitnesses such as the spiritual prayer society, but ordinary people have discarded them and regarded them as an insignificant ripple in the long river of history.

If it were a bard with rich emotions, after hearing this magnificent story, he would definitely feel a tremor in his soul and be inspired. He would swear to compose it into a new epic even if he had to devote all his efforts and beliefs in this life, so that people in later generations would sing it for thousands of generations. At the same time, he would also engrave his own name in the glorious and splendid hall of poetry, standing side by side with great predecessors such as Dante, Goethe, Gresham, etc., and shine brightly.

But Lingge was never such an emotional person, and he had never mastered the skills of writing poetry. Therefore, his only feeling after hearing this was: the glorious battle was not glorious, and it never ended.

Can the arrogant elves tolerate themselves being transformed from rulers into losers?

As if seeing through his thoughts, Fei Er smiled indifferently: "Of course, it is too early for humans to truly rule the continent. They face more challenges."

"After the Glorious Battle, Constantine, Zoroaster, Abraham, and Baimon among the Twelve Saints left the Spiritual Prayer Council and established their own countries. This is also recorded in today's history books. But your history books place the establishment of the four great empires in the ancient times, which is wrong. Their origins can be traced back to the distant ancient times, when the activities of the elves were still frequent and the shadow of war always shrouded the sky of the continent and never dissipated."

"While Saint Tumi and his followers were concentrating on studying how to solve the erosion problem, the expelled original rulers were unwilling to accept defeat and made a comeback. The strongest among them, who claimed to be the masters of the ancient gods, gathered an army to form an alliance to resist human rule. Because the initiator was the infinite dragon god Bahamut, the ancient god of the dragon clan, it was also called the "Dark Dragon Tide."

"In order to fight against the alliance of the ancient gods, humans need more extraordinary people. For this reason, the four major empires enforced the "Spiritual Qualified People Awakening Regulations", stipulating that all people who have reached the spiritual awakening requirements must take magic potions to become extraordinary people. At the same time, the "Extraordinary Management Code" closely monitors all awakened extraordinary people, and the "Extraordinary Manpower Compulsory Service Law" forces extraordinary people above Sequence 8 to join the army and participate in the fight against the ancient god alliance. The "High Sequence Registration Law" is used to arrest all extraordinary people above Sequence 4 who have not been officially registered and controlled by the empire. Through these laws and regulations, a complete, huge and repressive extraordinary system was established. It was an era of terror, repression, and persecution, an era that few people in the history of mystery know about. It was the first dark age of extraordinary people." The first time, does it mean there will be a second, third, and even more times?
Ling Ge said thoughtfully: "These measures and policies sound very similar to some of the policies jointly implemented by the cult. I think your Witch Association should have contributed to this, right?"

"Religious Decree", "Management Regulations", "Treaty of Eternal Summer Palace", "Steam Management Regulations", "Convention of the Initiative of Truth and Civilization", "Criminal Law and International Extradition Convention"... These countless treaties and regulations all show that, at least in terms of restricting and oppressing supernatural powers, the United Church is even more powerful than the four great empires at the time.

"you guessed right."

Fei'er raised her eyebrows slightly, her thin eyebrows rising like a sharp sword, showing a direct and undisguised arrogance: "So later, you believed that the war in which the magic system replaced the magic system was the second dark age, that the promulgation of the "Truth and Civilization Initiative Treaty" brought about the third dark age, and that restrictive laws such as the "Religious Decree" and "Management Regulations" were the harbingers of the fourth dark age... To be honest, I'm a little tired of hearing these words."

After saying this, she scratched her ears, indicating that she didn't care about these criticisms and accusations.

"Tsk." Alice was shocked. "After all this fuss, except for the first Dark Age, all the subsequent Dark Ages were caused by your Witch Society?"

"You should use more precise words, young lady." Fei Er glanced at her and said, "Whether an era is dark or not depends only on the direction of history, and we are just following its trend."

Alice snorted: "But history is driven by people like you who are behind the scenes."

Fei Er said with a deep gaze: "It is history that chooses us, not us that chooses history."

Such a correct materialist view of history immediately left Alice speechless. She didn't know how to refute it. She couldn't just say that she was not materialistic enough, right?
As a university student majoring in history, Linger knew very well that when discussing historical issues, the contradictions involving positions had nothing to do with history itself, let alone convincing the other party. So he did not dwell on it for too long, but asked directly: "You said so much, but you still didn't mention how this has to do with the division between the Order and Chaos Girl Kingships?"

"Please be patient with me, Mr. Ling."

Fei Er said, clearly answering Ling Ge, but her eyes were looking at Saint Xia Liya: "Keep listening, this story is very long, I am just laying the groundwork for it now, the part that really reveals the truth is still to come."

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(End of this chapter)