"We know that we have done too much, but the person who started the war two years ago was not me and the judge, but other people in the upper echelons of the church. Silval should also know that our Yuna Cult's attitude towards elves It has always been divided into two factions, one is the main war faction, and the other is the main peace faction where the judge and I belong. The judge and I hope to sit down and have a good talk with the two princesses. If possible, it is best to Both sides can have a truce and live in peace."
While speaking, the cardinal looked at the presiding judge from time to time, apparently the cardinal was only acting as a mouthpiece.
The cardinal is definitely considered a very high-ranking person in the church, and the cardinal can be used as a mouthpiece. The status of the person known as the presiding judge is evident.
Without showing her inner guess on her face, Fia, who was sitting on the side of the long table, responded with a reserved smile that fit the posture of a princess.
"Before discussing the business, I have to apologize to the bishop and the presiding judge. Yesterday, my companion was too concerned about my safety and impulsively damaged the unsinkable moon... I don't need compensation for this? No one can be sure how many people will die if a girl of descendant use the Unsinkable Moon. Human life is a priceless treasure, no matter how valuable an item is, it cannot be compared with it."
The cardinal's face was visibly stiff, but he quickly adjusted and smiled wryly.
"The Unsinkable Moon is an artifact of our Holy Kingdom of Milkandis. We must first report to His Majesty the Pope before we can give His Royal Highness an answer. But please rest assured, Princess, that the judge and I will do our best to report to the Crown Prince. Let me explain, Princess Dophelia, how important you are in this battle, and try to give Silval a satisfactory answer."
cut.
Fia was speechless.
What is trying to fight for is clearly shirking responsibility and using the word "drag".
However, Fia did not feel from the very beginning that a cardinal and a judge could control the gains and losses of the unsinkable moon. The country's two-year war will never happen.
Of course, they don't have all the right to speak. It doesn't mean that Fia should be pleasant. Fia is not alone. She represents the elven kingdom behind her, as well as those elven soldiers who lost their lives and families because of the war.
After a brief silence, Anastasia, who was sitting next to Fia as an assistant, took up the topic.
Compared with Fia, Anastasia's demeanor and tone were extremely serious.Everything is proceeding according to the plan agreed upon in advance.
"Presumably the two of the Holy Kingdom also know that although His Highness is the crown prince, due to the sudden incident, he has not obtained the power to control the war from His Majesty, so we can only win from His Majesty for the next discussion, and cannot be the final decision. result."
"Of, of course there is no problem." The cardinal clasped his hands together on the table. "The judge and I hope that the elves can cease fire at the front line. As a matter of sincerity, we are willing to take the lead in retreating."
"What else?" Anastasia seemed to be asking a natural question, "I hope you can understand your position, now you are asking me, not us asking you, just retreating the front line is not enough to make up for our losses .Silivar can extend this war to ten years or even a hundred years. After losing the treasure of the town and the eldest princess being able to repel the moon dragon, do you think you still have room to be equal to us?"
"The reason why Aurora City was not allowed to disappear from the World Tree Continent is only because His Highness is merciful and willing to give you a chance. Please also show your due attitude, don't take this as a negotiation, we are just listening to the peace Condition - don't use your brains, unless you want to repeat last night's "Judgement of the Gods", I don't think a human body can be stronger than an unsinkable moon."
When Anastasia spoke, Claire, who was holding her left arm with her right hand, took a step forward from behind Fia with a smile.Although Claire at this time was full of feminine charm from any angle, to the cardinal and the presiding judge of the Holy Kingdom, it was like seeing a demon.
Even if they didn't see the astonishing scene of Claire's "Judgement of the Gods", the curse on Claire's body still surprised them.
Not to mention that Anastasia is telling the truth.The national strength of the Holy Nation of Milkandis is not as strong as that of the Elven Nation. They dared to attack the Elf Nation because they expected that the Elf Nation would need to send heavy troops to the south every winter to deal with the souls of the Nether Land.
As long as they can take advantage of the weak strength of the western front of the Elven Kingdom, make a quick decision and invade the capital of the Elven King within three months, then they can win more with less and force the King of the Elven Kingdom to bow their heads.War is not something that can be won only by good weapons and equipment and good physical fitness of soldiers. Strategy, intelligence, morale and even luck are the keys to determine the direction of war.
And now, they lost the bet.The two-year tug-of-war made the Holy Nation see no end. No one knows how long the war will last. Maybe when the apocalypse predicted by the Goddess of Life comes, the Holy Nation is still struggling with the Elf Nation at the border. This is their unacceptable results.
Anastasia's speech made the cardinal take a deep breath.After realizing that Fiya was not easy to deal with, he clasped his fingers together, and his expression changed from a relaxed smile to a serious one.
"Since this is the case, we will speak frankly and honestly. The reason we provoked the war was not that the upper-level people wanted to gain more power, nor did we intend to use war to ease internal conflicts, but that the goddess sent down an oracle—the apocalypse will soon come later."
After the voice fell, everyone in the room raised their brows slightly.
Anastasia asked blankly.
"Apocalypse?"
"That's right. The power of the apocalypse is enough to tear apart the continents, turn the sun and the moon upside down. The rivers will become muddy, the wells will no longer gush out water, the ground will not grow any food, the animals will die one after another, monsters will swarm, and the earth will be destroyed." Lava and death are all over the place. The prophecy of the apocalypse was originally just a short sentence, and the reason why there are so many contents now is that His Majesty is constantly burning his own life and begging the goddess to tell us more results."
"The only people who will believe these words are you people who believe in God."
"Don't you also believe in elf gods!"
The cardinal's tone became agitated.
For people who do not live in a theocratic state, it is difficult to understand the mind of a believer in God.Similarly, for those who believe in God, it is difficult for them to understand how these people live without believing in God.
Anastasia frowned.
"But we will not take God's word as a panacea like you. Only a lunatic would attack a country stronger than himself for a prophecy that cannot be verified. In the end, what do you do to us elves? What's the benefit? Could it be that taking down the Elven Kingdom will allow everyone to escape the so-called apocalypse?"
"If you don't bring together the forces of all parties before the end, no one will be able to escape!"
"Even if you can use more moderate means to form an alliance?"
"Who knows how long the apocalypse will come! It may be ten years, or it may be in the next second. Will you elves sit down with us and discuss the matter of unity!"
"Isn't the factor of disunity not your holy country? Absurd. If you want to persuade us with such unverifiable 'oracles', please meet us on the battlefield."
The cardinal stood up with clenched fists, his face flushed with excitement.
"It is absolutely impossible that the Chaos and Darkborn who are on the same front have colluded together, and the tenth-level magic has also appeared in the Exhausted Desert, and this is the fifth year since the oracle came down, and they are the harbingers of the apocalypse! If you are unwilling to believe, we will lose our greatest hope. Don’t be short-sighted and ruin the future of the clan!”
Seeing that it was about to turn into a meaningless quarrel, Fiya, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
Although the voice is still childish, it has the power to calm people down.
"Can you sit down and talk, Your Excellency, the oracle you said, we have to go back to the kingdom of elves and ask the Lord Elf God before we can come to a conclusion. The god we believe in is not the goddess of life, please forgive us .”
"call……"
Fiya's speech made the cardinal gradually calm down. After the cardinal sat back in his seat, Fiya continued to add.
"Leaving aside the issue of the oracle, for the soldiers who died in this war, we must give them and their families an account. And this account cannot be paid by our elves, otherwise we will not be able to maintain domestic stability , and it is not conducive to dealing with possible apocalypse in the future. Regarding this, Your Excellency the Bishop, Your Excellency the Judge, do you have any opinions?"
In line with Fia's speech, Liti, who was sitting on Fia's left, who was slightly shorter than Fia, spread out a roll of parchment on the table.
It says the war compensation needed by the Elven Kingdom.
Due to the urgent time in the morning, even Effia's head struggled to come up with such an answer—mainly because of the lack of details.For example, the same cow may cost seven gold coins in the north, but in the south where the climate is pleasant, you can buy it with five gold coins.This gap caused Fia, who had just arrived, a headache. She could only estimate it based on Anastasia's description.
In addition, since Anastasia didn't know the specific casualties on the front line, all expenses could only be calculated as big.For this, Fiya did not refuse, and the winner could have all of them.
As for whether the Holy Nation would agree or not, it was because Fia did not feel that the two had the right to decide the war reparations from the very beginning, so in fact, it was only an advance notice to the Holy Nation.Negotiations are difficult to succeed at one time, and both parties need to communicate many times to determine the bottom line of the other party.At that time, the Holy Kingdom will definitely send envoys to talk to his father, the Elf King, and it is appropriate to leave them trivial matters.
What I have to do now is first to intimidate the Holy Nation, and second to show some actual achievements and get some compensation, so that when I return to the country, I will have more confidence to stand in front of the Elf King.
The cardinal and the presiding judge first looked at the last number on the parchment scroll, then looked up at Fia together.After seeing the smiling expressions of Fei Ya and his party, his face quickly turned livid.
Chapter 79 Epilogue
When the four of Fei Ya came out of the half-destroyed temple, it was already sunset and the sky was dyed orange in the evening.
As Fei Ya guessed, the presiding judge and the cardinal have no right to decide the huge amount of war reparations.Facing the request made by Fei Ya, the two of them can only be vague most of the time.
As a result, most of the communication between the two parties was useless. In the end, because the details could not be penetrated at all, the conversation turned into a helpless scene where the cardinal smiled wryly at Fia and his party and slowly explained why the church became what it is today.
——Obviously received the prophecy of the apocalypse five years ago, why didn't the church communicate with the elves in advance, but launched a war directly.During the three years in between, what exactly was the church doing?
After receiving the apocalyptic oracle five years ago, the first thing the church did was to confirm more information about the prophecy from the goddess of life.For example, when will the apocalypse come, who will cause it, what will the world look like in the end, and how to stop the apocalypse from coming.
It took half a year just to find the answer.
God is not AI, as long as the name is called, it will immediately respond to the caller.Most of the time, the pope's request was not responded to, and the goddess sent very little information every time, and the pope's prayer ceremony required a lot of manpower and time to prepare - the prayer ceremony to communicate with the gods is a high-level High-level belief in magic.
Therefore, even if the pope used it regardless of the cost, it would take half a year to obtain the incomplete oracle.
In the initial period, due to different views on the various sub-races, the church was divided into two factions, which were the predecessors of the War faction and the Peace faction.Although the two sides have the ultimate consensus, such as the supremacy of human beings and the accumulation of strength as much as possible before the apocalypse, but the different means and limited resources make the two go on different paths. more antagonistic.
The Peace School believes that the Goddess has not yet stated the time of the apocalypse, so the apocalypse may not come for more than ten years or even decades.It is entirely possible for one's own side to operate slowly during this period and secretly interfere in the regimes of neighboring countries.For example, support a powerful faction to overthrow the one in power. In this way, even if the action to subvert the regime fails, there will be problems within a country, and it will not be too late to use force at that time.
However, the war faction believes that cooperating with lowly demihumans violates the fundamental teaching of the Yuna religion, that is, demihumans are born to serve humans.To achieve results on the premise of violating the teachings violates the divinity of the clergy.They couldn't accept such a slow strategy as if they were compromising with the demihumans.
Furthermore, when the supported factions develop, it may be too late to unify forces against Apocalypse. It is better to prepare for war from the beginning, investigate the intelligence of neighboring countries, and win in one fell swoop while they are not prepared.
Regarding the two major factions in the church, the pope at the time maintained a rational attitude and chose to stand on the side of the peace faction.While appeasing the main war faction, while implementing the main peace faction's strategy.
They implemented a plan to instigate rebellion in the orc alliance called Cold Moon in the south.Support the stronger werewolf tribe and overthrow the lion tribe that holds power.Such a plan has been implemented for only two years and has achieved remarkable results.The werewolves with a large number of people and less power became more and more dissatisfied with the lion people with a small number but more privileges. The friction between the two tribes continued, and even escalated to the point of racial hatred.
It is a pity that the Pope at that time passed away at this juncture, seeing that the plan was about to succeed.
Taking this as a starting point, the declining main combat faction stood up again, took out the teachings of the Yuna religion, and incited believers to follow the fundamental principles and refuse to cooperate with demihumans.In addition, the presiding judge of the main battle faction at that time took the initiative to annex a large amount of territory of the Cold Moon Alliance in one fell swoop, which made the main battle faction stand out from the limelight for a while, and the new pope stood out from the main battle faction in the wave.
As a result, the efforts of the previous pope and the peace faction were in vain.
After that, the church quickly changed its course and aimed its spearhead at the elf kingdom in the east.As long as the elves take advantage of the time when the elven country dispatches troops to the southern front every winter, concentrate firepower to break through the elves' western defense line, and take down the holy tree on which the elven king and elves depend for survival, the elves will have to bow their heads.
There is also the story of the two-year war.
Looking back now, the behavior of the church is undoubtedly extremely stupid.However, if the elf princess hadn't noticed the movement in the church in advance, she believed that after the main battle faction came to power, it was likely to shift the spearhead from the southern orcs to the eastern elves, and then suggested that the elf king should reduce the number of soldiers transferred to the southern front in winter, so that the elves would There are two or three times more troops stationed on the western front than in previous years. It is hard to say what the outcome will be.
You must know that even with several times more troops stationed than in previous years, at the beginning of the war, the western front of the Elven Kingdom was still at a disadvantage of retreating steadily. If it was not for the advice of the Elf Princess, the church's conspiracy might indeed come true.
Of course, history is on the side of the elves.Now that there is no end to the war of attrition, the main combat faction no longer has the vigor of the original, and has to take the attitude of withdrawing troops to seek peace (the main combat faction calls this a truce).
Looking up at the orange-red sun that was about to set in the distance, Fiya, who was finally able to relax, couldn't help stretching, and let out a long breath.
"Haha, it's finally over."
"Although it's a pity not to be able to finalize the result with one hammer, I also understand their attitude. Now that the peace faction has regained the right to speak, the future negotiations will go much smoother. This is all thanks to your highness." Anastasia beside Fei Ya Ya bowed slightly, showing admiration and respect, "If you hadn't predicted in advance that the church would attack the western border, it would be terrible now."
"Well, it's not a big deal."
Fia replied with an embarrassed smile.
That's not what I predicted.
From this point of view, there is still a slight gap between myself and the elf princess.
Anastasia continued to sigh.
"The subordinates don't even know whether your loss of memory is a good thing or a bad thing. In the past, the negotiation would definitely not have the current result. It is difficult to do things well with only one subordinate."
Anastasia probably meant that the elf princess in the past didn't like to talk. If she hadn't cooperated with Anastasia in singing the oboe just now, the harvest would not have been so rich.
Under the double threat of defeat in the war and Claire's forbidden magic, the presiding judge and the cardinal have promised that the Pope will send a mission within a month to bring compensation to the Elf King for peace.
At the same time, Fiya also received half of the treasures of the temple in Aurora City as compensation in advance.Fiya's storage props have been upgraded from a space backpack that can only hold a few cubic meters of items at the beginning to a storage treasure box with a capacity close to a living room.
What I want to say is that because the space backpack is a gift Claire bought for herself, and it is easy to carry around, so Fia has no intention of giving up using the space backpack.
"Seeing their reluctance, this subordinate experienced the thrill of defeating the enemy psychologically for the first time. Especially the achievement of destroying the unsinkable moon. After returning to the country this time, even your uncle will find it difficult to covet your throne .In the future, you only need to beware of the villain setting up an ambush and secretly poisoning you."
"When the father abdicates, my lord sister will be the next elf queen. Tell my brother this news, he will be very happy!" Liti raised her rosy eyes and celebrated innocently. Walking things, this is unprecedented!"
"Ah, Liti worked hard today too."
With a wry smile, Fia reached out and touched Liti's head, and Liti rubbed her head against Fia's waist like a very useful cat.
Liti looked like an innocent little girl, but in today's negotiation, she showed her intelligent side. Although she was far behind the elf princess, it was enough to impress Fia.
No one hates a cute, capable and polite sister.
However, the end of the negotiations means that another thing is about to begin.
Fiya couldn't help but turned her head and looked at Claire who was following behind her.
At Fia's request, the Cardinal of Aurora City prepared a return carriage and horses for the three of Fia, and Claire, who was unable to travel together, would use the high-level magic of "flying" to "fly at high speed" to go to the mainland. In the land of dragons in the south, take back the property belonging to Claire.
The so-called Land of Dragon Falls is a small land independent from the World Tree Continent. Because giant dragons often come and go, and after the old giant dragons enter, they rarely come out again, just like the Dragon Tomb, so it is called by the people of the World Tree Continent. "Dragon Fall".The legend is an island with no concept of country, extremely primitive and chaotic.
Fia wasn't worried about Claire's safety.After using the eighth-level magic, Claire's physical strength can still be compared with her own. Even if there are dozens of moon dragons at the level of last night, it is not enough for Claire to beat her.What Fia cared about was the imminent parting.
Reading Fia's thoughts from her eyes, Claire showed a gentle smile on her beautiful face, deliberately changed the topic, and glanced at the square not far away.
The broth was already cooked in a large pot placed on the field, and the rich aroma of the wolf meat mixed with the seasoning made the air delicious.Ragged slaves and refugees were sitting on the ground, gnawing on pieces of meat with happy and difficult expressions.
"Are you hungry? After chatting with the people in the church for so long, you should be hungry. The people over there seem to eat delicious food. We can go to the church to ask for some. Devil wolf meat is hard to bite, but Broth is a delicacy that other monster meats of the same level cannot match."
"Um..."
Fia groaned in her throat.
Even if it's delicious, I won't compete with refugees and slaves for food.
And nothing is more important than the next alone time.
Fia smiled softly.
"I would rather eat something made by Claire."
"Then go back? Although there is not much time, as long as you use the fire magic, you can quickly stew the meat."
It doesn't matter how the food is, I just want to be with Claire.
With such thoughts in her mind, Fia hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out her hand to Claire under the watchful eyes of Anastasia and Liti.
The two hold hands together in the setting sun.
Although she saw Anastasia's expression froze for a moment and Liti's mouth turned into an "O", Fia did not withdraw her hand, but clenched it even tighter.
Only at this moment, my sister and younger sister who are related to me by blood, please don’t make me spend time explaining.
Praying silently in her heart, Fiya set foot on the way back to the medical hall.
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