"Actually, your father, the Siren King is right," Del Cora sighed, "war is indeed the fastest way to advance technology...... Unfortunately, you're in the wrong place. ”

"Yes, it was a mistake made from the beginning and cannot be corrected. Moccarus shook his head—the most he had done since the beginning of the story was to shake his head—

"My father and I had a big fight, but he insisted on not listening to my dissuasion. I tried to convince the leaders of the various tribes, but they were more fanatical than my father. At the joint tribal assembly, everyone voted almost unanimously in favor of fighting on land - they were already blinded by the advanced weapons. ”

"At this time, Thorin Thorn, the holy order and hero of the Thorn Clan, came to the deep sea as an envoy of the Race Federation. He claims to have brought the Thorns with him, and he shows us the technique—only half of it—which is the method of using water elemental magic to transform the internal structure of metal and forge metal on a large scale, something that all the magicians of the Kraken have been working on but cannot seek. Although he didn't show us the full technique, we benefited a lot from the mutilated half. ”

"Thorin Thorn made her own terms. He said that there was a rebellion on the borders of the Race Federation, and that powerful Kraken warriors were needed to quell it, and that if the war was won, the Kraken would gain that complete technology. This is a temptation that no king of the Kraken tribe can refuse. ”

"Actually, we all know that the Thorn Elves are facing more than just a small rebellion, otherwise they would never have asked us for help. But the leaders of these Krakens believe that as long as they follow the Thorn Elves into battle, even if the soldiers who come ashore suffer heavy casualties, as long as they return advanced technology and the friendship of the Thorn Elves, the Kraken will have a bright future - this is simply a lucrative gamble. At that time, no one thought that the Thorn Elves would lose. Because they're too powerful. ”

"At this time, I hadn't given up hope. I went back to land, trying to dissuade the war, at least to postpone it for a while, so that the Kraken could have more time to prepare—but when I got ashore, I realized that it was no longer something that could be stopped by man. ”

"Everyone saw the Silver Elves retreat, but I found that the army of the Thorn Elves consisted of only themselves and their allies. The thorn elves are individually powerful, and each of them can defeat three silver elves of the same rank - but the number of silver elves is a thousand times or ten thousand times that of them. The silver elves did not rejoice in the triumph of the thorns. There was anger in their eyes. From then on, I knew that the thorn elves would eventually fail, for all the silver elves would eventually revolt. ”

"I wanted to meet Taroko in person, but he refused. I tried to persuade the elves of the silver to renounce the war, but they drove me out of the gate. The Kraken's troops appeared on the battlefield in formations, harvesting the lives of the unknown Silver Elves, and their own lives were also lost piece by piece. I'm powerless to stop this, I'm just a scholar, I'm just a magician, I've mastered a lot of horrible magic, but I don't want to target it at any side. At that time, I was already confused. ”

"Thorin has looked for me many times. She promised many benefits, both personally and to the entire Kraken Clan. The battlefield needs the power of a Holy Magister, but I know that they just need a sharp knife, a sharp knife that can cover the sins of the Thorns and become a scapegoat for this war. I rejected her, and I told her that I would do everything in my power to stop this war, for the sake of the already fragile peace, and for the sake of the Kraken clan not to die for them. ”

"I returned to the deep sea once more, I found my father, told him everything, I told him that the Kraken's race had suffered heavy losses, and the Thorn Elves were bound to fail. But my father only said one thing to me: the war has begun, and no one can stop its progress. Then, at an impromptu meeting of tribal leaders, I was declared exiled by the entire clan. Another resolution is to send more fighters on land. ”

Mocaros stopped suddenly.

He was silent for a long time, wanting to say something, but in the end he just sighed with a complicated expression: "I know my father's difficulties. When this war began, the Kraken had no choice. We can only keep throwing our warriors into this meat grinder-like battlefield and fill this endless gap with countless lives. But at the time, I didn't understand my father's difficulties. I went ashore with my dependents, but the entire Federation of Races was already at war. At that time, I was very confused, and I just wandered aimlessly with them, hiding from the battles that were taking place everywhere. No one can stop me, but no one will welcome me. But Soreen approached us and said she wanted to talk to me. I thought she was trying to convince me, but I had nowhere else to go, so I believed her and fell into her trap. ”

"She set a trap, and a powerful spatial teleportation circle sent me and my dependents to the Sunset Mountains. I fought a great battle with Thorin, but I was quickly defeated, and my family was killed and wounded. But Thorin didn't kill me. She threw me into the crater where there was almost no water element, sealing me here. She said that she hoped that when the Thorns finally triumphed, I would figure out my way out—and that would be when she would come to the Seal and accept me as the upper echelon of the Race Federation. And then...... Oh, I was so badly injured that I had to take her word for it. I desperately condensed the water element, and even extracted some of the water from my own body, and built a magic circle to freeze myself, leaving my body into hibernation. It was the first time that I had such a sincere hope for the victory of the Thorn Elves...... Oh, that's ironic. I thought I was a pacifist, but I was just a coward who was afraid of death. ”

After that, Mocaros didn't say anything more, but Del Cola knew what was going on. The improvised circle finally went wrong, and his spiritual power awakened, only to find that he was still in the seal. He figured out the structure of the entire circle, but he couldn't wait for the arrival of intelligent life—until he was on the verge of going crazy out of control, when Del Kola and his party arrived. And then there's the aftermath.

"It was my mistake," Del Cora sighed, "if I had been more careful and put away the skeleton of this fish-man warrior in advance, it wouldn't have completely crushed you and driven a pacifist into madness...... I apologize to you. ”

"No, you saved my life, and there is no greater kindness than this. It is I who should thank you, and you will be my friends and benefactors forever. Mocaros saluted the trio, his gaze falling on the badly injured Assas and Satya, "We can get out of this place first...... With my Trident, getting out of here won't be a problem. ”

The dozen or so water elemental crystals that Del Kola threw out finally worked. Regaining some of his strength, Mocarus was no longer afraid of the crater's heat, and he wrapped several people in magic and easily left the crater and landed in the distant forest. Mocaros was inexplicably excited by the abundant water element he hadn't seen for a long time, and he used high-level sea magic to heal Assas and Satya, and then began to heal himself-

For magicians, as long as they don't die on the spot, all the wounds can be healed, because the wounds that can make them hurt and not die must not be too serious, and this theorem is also applicable to saint-level magicians. But for Moccarus, the biggest problem is the depletion of thousands of years of spiritual power, which cannot be recovered in a short time.

"The good news is that the Kraken clan still exists, and the surviving Krakens retreated to the deep sea after the defeat of the Thorn Elves in the war, and they did not participate in the war that spread across the continent. In the humble camp, Delkora explained to Mocarus about the changes in the continent, "but the bad news is that the Kraken should no longer have the Holy Rank. Several of the Holy Ranks of the year fell on the battlefield, and the Kraken clan suffered heavy losses, and they may not have recovered until now. They have been approached by the Peace Alliance lately, but they are hesitant to join the Peace Alliance due to the lack of Saint-Order heroes - your return is just in time. ”

"My father died on the battlefield. Mocaros looked up at the starry sky, "He's spent his life working for the strength of the Sirens. But one wrong choice left the Kraken nearly destroyed. ”

"History always likes to joke with people, but it doesn't give people a chance to start over. "But at least, you can carry on his legacy and bring the Sirens back to the light." ”

"As I said, I was and still am a scholar, and I don't know anything about politics. Mocarus smiled bitterly, "But if the Kraken clan needs a Holy Order so that they can get their own place on the mainland, I am willing to return to my clan." I don't know if I have a hundred years to live, but at least I'll do my best during this time. ”

"You can go and ask for help from the Heroes' Council. You are the Holy Order, and naturally you have a seat in the council chamber. You will become the 328th Holy Order of the Lanman Continent, and your opinions will be respected everywhere. ”

"I just hope that the Kraken will be revived. Mocaros smiled nonchalantly, "I hope they will accept me as an exile." ”

"No race will refuse the return of a Holy Order. Delkora also smiled, "And you will deserve to be the king of the Siren." ”

"I'm just going to be a spectator. "I don't understand politics, but I believe in my people." Even after a thousand years, even if such mistakes have been made, I still believe that we can put our race on the right path. ”