Doomsday Totem

Chapter 301
Two months later...

At Dr3713-04-19, the sun shines on the earth in early summer, making everything in the world more beautiful, the grass leaves are greener, and the flowers are more beautiful.In the quiet garden, occasionally a gust of refreshing wind blows, and suddenly the shadows of the trees dance, the flowers and plants sway, and the sound of cicadas is attracted.

"Grandparents, good afternoon."

At this moment, on the floating island "God-given Land" at the second height of the Eternal City, in the Temple of the Sun, in the conference hall of the Presbyterian Church, Yugo Lombard is standing on the podium, addressing the fifty present Greetings from more than one old man and old lady.

"Oh, my great-granddaughter has grown up and is becoming more and more beautiful." "She really looks like his father." Gresham handsome."

"No, she's only one-sixteenth of your Gresham's blood, no matter how you say it's her grandma's generation, unlike our Clemens family, she has one-eighth of your blood, look at her Eyes, just like her grandma..." "You two fart, she looks like our Modleton family." "Eh, eh, how do you say dirty words?" "Old friend, please pay attention to your Image." "I'll scold you, what's wrong?" "Disrespecting the old." "I'm stupid!" "Stop arguing, it's time for a meeting."

"The granddaughter of the eighth generation is so old, why didn't she invite me when she got married? It's so disrespectful to the elders, I want to spank her..." A thin old woman with gold-rimmed glasses whispered .

"Ah..." another fat, kind-looking old woman reminded, "Have you forgotten, she is now a temple princess, and according to our tradition, she cannot marry."

"Really? You didn't lie to me. Although the old woman is 190 years old this year, she is still not confused." The elderly woman raised her head tremblingly and said.Although his face was covered with wrinkles as deep as knives, his green eyes were radiant and shining with brilliance.If you just look at it with your eyes, you can't tell that she is an old man who is nearly two hundred years old.

"I didn't lie to you, what's more..." The relatively young old woman said, "This year is 190, and you are already [-] years old."

"You didn't lie to me, did you..." "What did I lie to you for?" "Granddaughter of the third generation, you don't respect your elders, I want to spank you." "No, I was wrong..."

The old men and old ladies below were whispering to each other, and it was noisy, even more chaotic than the anniversary tea party.

Seeing this, You Ge rolled his eyes, then cleared his voice, faced the only young man present, and said solemnly: "Cousin William, good afternoon."

"Cousin You Ge, good afternoon, you are getting more and more beautiful." The man she called immediately stood up and responded politely.This is a handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes. He looks somewhat similar to Brian Reinhardt that day, except that his temperament is calmer and his eyes are deeper.He is the first in line heir of the Lion City Reinhardt family - William Reinhardt.

What is deplorable is that, as a nobleman of Silver City, William doesn't have a single bit of psychic talent in his blood.However, even though he is just an ordinary human being, he is quick-witted, prudent and considerate, and is known as the "Military Advisor". rose.

Among them, Red Rose Elvis Shelley was known for her high military literacy and strong tactical awareness, and was the deputy chief of staff of the Templar Crusaders at the time; Secretary of the Marshal of the Expeditionary Army; and William Purple Rose, known for his prudence, foresight, and clear strategic overall view, was then the Assistant Secretary-General of the Temple's Internal Affairs Department.

Due to the withering talent of the Reinhardt family, several generations have not reached the holy rank.And without a holy rank, it means a short lifespan.Now, their current patriarch is old and frail, so William has to attend the elders meeting on his behalf.

Although the Reinhardt family has many holy staff members, the main family has none. It is like a big tree with luxuriant branches, but the trunk begins to rot and hollow, as if it will be crushed by the dense and heavy crown at any time.The Reinhardt family is not like other old-fashioned families such as Lombard, Modleton, Gresham, and Clemens. Their rise time is very short, less than 300 years.And what really made them ascend to the throne and become one of the world's eleven nobles was not force, but gold coins.

The Reinhardt family was originally a commercial family, not a traditional military family.In its heyday, the Reinhardt family was so wealthy that they were known as the "Golden Lion of the West". The top ten nobles in the world, as well as the Temple and Notre Dame, were their debtors.

During the War of Glory, they quickly chose sides and provided a large amount of funds to the Psyker Alliance and the Temple.It has to be said that they contributed a lot to that battle.Later, in order to offset the astronomical debts, the world's top ten nobles squeezed out part of the land, making the Reinhardt family the world's No.11 noble.

However, because the way they climbed to the top was very different from the noble tradition of martial arts, the Reinhardt family was also privately known as the "speculative family" or "the bought throne".All in all, contempt is floating on the surface, and a family with many talents wants to replace it.

A hundred years ago, they had married many great nobles, including Lombard and Mordleton, but for some reason, perhaps because of impure blood, or other unknown reasons, their family's psychic power There have been very few.To this day, the Reinhardt family is still the most wealthy in the world, but the problem of the withering of talents has always troubled them.

At this time, the voice of Yu Ge and William greeting each other attracted the attention of the old men and old ladies, and the venue suddenly fell silent.

Taking advantage of this gap, You Ge hastily announced: "Today is the summer meeting of the Presbyterian Church, please grandparents... and cousin to propose a proposal."

"Support Cousin You Ge." William's voice was gentle and peaceful, but what he said was a bit "brain-dead".

When You Ge called him just now, he deliberately omitted the word "far house", so naturally he couldn't seem unfamiliar.His distant cousin had just punished his third younger brother, one of her distant cousins, severely a while ago.In the past few days, the newspapers have been bombarded with gossip: "The lion apologizes to the wolf", "The knight from the wilderness conquered the lion of the west", "How to drag the lion to run..." and so on.Although the nobles of Yincheng are more or less blood related, and even lived together when they were young, they are more ruthless when fighting for interests.When necessary, don't talk about cousins, even brothers will fight to the death, as for distant cousins, let alone...

Yugo Lombard has been notorious since he was a child, known as the "Little Devil of the North". When he was far away in the western continent, he could hear her deeds across the entire Atlantic Ocean.This is also the reason why no one is willing to provoke the third young lady of the Lombard family who is very beautiful.Her aura of "little devil" has long made this generation of Silver City nobles ignore her beauty.The reason why she bullied his brother Brian some time ago was for two reasons. One was to advertise for her little lover, and the other was to retaliate against him when he passed the "Limited Resumption of Development and Production of Mechanical Power Armor" bill at the beginning of the year. voted against.

At that time, he was only concerned with opposing the proposal of the Crescent Alliance, but he forgot the attitude of the Pope of the Temple, St. Augustan Modleton.Although he suffered from being dumb, it was against the interests of the Reinhardt family to fight against the prosperous Temple Princess.Now that the other party extended an olive branch and had the opportunity to repair the relationship, he naturally couldn't let it go, so as not to be targeted by her again.

Since ancient times, the magnanimity of the big nobles has not been comparable to that of the small nobles. What people in the Far East call "the hatred of killing their fathers and taking their wives" is just a matter of conflict of interests in the eyes of the big nobles of Yincheng.If the two sides reconcile, even the greatest hatred will disappear.

"There are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests." This ancient Western saying can be said to fundamentally reflect the values ​​​​of the nobles of Yincheng.

And those who are "narrow-minded and must retaliate" are usually small and medium nobles.You must know that people who value temporary gains and losses more than anything else will not be able to achieve much in their entire life.In ancient times, people in the Far East once regarded a sentence as a classic, saying, "Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge."However, life has been a long road, and I have gone all thinking about hatred, so what else can I develop?
It is precisely because of their broad-mindedness and long-term vision that the great nobles of Yincheng who have been inherited from ancient times can stand in the world, survive for thousands of years, and last for thousands of years.However, things in the world cannot be generalized. The reason why they can be so open-minded is because they occupy most of the resources in the world.Ordinary people's life's hard work may not be able to exchange for one of their hairs.

The fundamental reason why ordinary people have little tolerance is that they have not much to lose.Just like the eight-year-old Tie Slag, losing the old man Tie means losing most of the world and facing loneliness and death.If someone takes everything from him, how can he not hate?

After You Ge made the announcement, the venue was silent for a while, as if no one was willing to take the lead in proposing.At this time, a white-haired old man stood up and said loudly, "Since everyone doesn't ask questions, let the old man start.

"Grandpa Bruno, please tell me." You Ge said with a slight smile.The old man's name is Leo Bruno, and he is 260 and seven years old this year. He is one of the few holy-level powerhouses in the Temple Presbyterian Church who participated in the previous battle.

"A few days ago, when my grandson was reading the newspaper, I heard that Central China Heavy Industries is developing a mechanical power armor fueled by black oil. Here, I would like to ask..." Having said this, the old man's eyes suddenly became sharp. Incomparably, he looked around the audience, and said in a deep voice, "Is it true that everyone has lived so comfortably and comfortably over the years that..." The old man suddenly raised his volume, widened his eyes, and shouted, "You guys Forget about the battle of glory!"

Amidst the shouts and questions, there was silence in the venue, as if even the soft sound of breathing had been deliberately suppressed...

(End of this chapter)