"Zhao Yu, let me ask you a question. Have you ever wondered why the Sauron Empire is so powerful?"

Asked by Shen Mengting, Zhao Yu looked at both sides blankly. He had no idea about the Sauron Empire, not to mention its characteristics and history, and even the name Sauron had only recently been learned from a friend.

"Hungry! why?" Zhao Yu scratched his head.

Shen Mengting didn't answer immediately, but took a deep breath. The breath did not exhale immediately, but hovered in his chest for a long time. In this way, she is also like doing the action of expanding her breasts.

"Okay, then I'll change the way I ask the question. Haven't you ever thought about it like this all along?" Shen Mengting tilted her head and leaned towards Zhao Yu, "Why is it that at the same time, the human country, he Sauron is so powerful, not to mention that he has a vast land area, and the population is still expanding so rapidly. And we in Saran are the opposite?"

Zhao Yu was silent again, he was completely bored by Shen Mengting.

"How's that? Didn't you think about what I asked?"

"Hungry! I find it strange when you say that. Why is there such a big gap between the two countries?"

"Actually, the gap between the two countries is not big. ”

"Ahh............h

"I just have to tell you about the history of the Sauron Empire, and you will understand it all. ”

As she spoke, Shen Mengting cleared her throat. She also deliberately walked to the campfire and kicked a few leaves into the fire. In this case, the fire rushed upwards and down as if it had been added.

Suddenly, the surrounding area of the woods became much brighter. However, this brightness is not sustainable, and when the campfire returns to normal, the brightness of the woods becomes the same as before.

"The Sauron Empire was not strong at one time. But if you really have to think about the history of the country, you'll find that. There's a reason why it's so powerful. ”

"What reason?"

"The Sauron Empire has always been committed to aggression. The country invaded many countries over the decades and co-opted their territories along with their populations. After years of fighting in the north and south, it has become the Sauron Empire that now resounded throughout Seros. ”

"Hungry! That's it!" Zhao Yu swallowed, "Then how many countries has it invaded?"

"Three. Shen Mengting stretched out three fingers, "Since the year 409, the country has begun its first invasion. Well, it is the year 409 of the era, that is, about 37 years ago. You might as well calculate the time for this. She fluttered the dark eyes.

Zhao Yu lowered his head and snapped his fingers. It is now the year 446, and if the exact year is 409 as Shen Mengting said, it is indeed 37 years from now.

Did the Sauron Empire start invading 37 years ago? Zhao Yu put down his hand. He only felt that the number of 37 years was very far away. He had only lived twenty years in Seros now, not to mention himself, as if even his parents were just children at that time.

"Beginning in 409, after the first invasion of the Sauron Empire, the country was completely out of control. Uncontrollably, they continued their march to the east. In just over a decade, they captured the capitals of three countries. ”

"Are they also invading human countries?"

"Yes, they're in the name of reviving humanity. So naturally, they are all aiming at human countries. ”

"I always thought that our kingdom of Saran was the first country invaded by Sauron!"

Shen Mengting hurriedly shook her head, "Of course not." It was only after other countries left their footprints of aggression that the Sauron Empire took aim at us in Saran. Sauron and Saran, the former in the westernmost part of East Asia, and the latter in the extreme east, both countries had their own periods of strength. ”

"So, now ......"

"It's not the same as it used to be, and after the Sauron Empire annexed three countries, its territory has also increased considerably. This borders on the territory of our Saran State. And after several invasions, the strength of the Sauron Empire has transformed from an ordinary human country into a huge empire. ”

Shen Mengting's hands stretched out outwards as if they were holding something. When the expansion of her hand reached its maximum, she suddenly closed her hands again.

A crisp clapping sound sounded, and Shen Mengting slowly turned her head to look at the bonfire on the side.

Suddenly, the light of the campfire hit her pupils, causing her eyes to seem to be on fire. With the fire in her eyes, her mind also entered a state of confusion.

It was a scene of purgatory, with a lot of flames blazing and houses collapsing. There was a group of well-trained soldiers still killing, and civilians were constantly dying under the swords of the elite soldiers. For a while, the tragic wails were all over the place, and the scene of the fire was gathered together, which was really making people break out in a cold sweat.

Eventually, the whole city was plunged into an uncontrollable sea of fire, and there was no longer the anger it once had.

This is Shen Mengting's description of the miserable scene of the three human nations after they were captured by the soldiers of the Sauron Empire.

Alas! Shen Mengting raised her head slightly, and her eyes were slowly closed. But soon, after taking a deep breath, she quickly opened her eyes.

I don't know if the Qingse City of their Saran Kingdom will fall in the footsteps of the future! Shen Mengting's worries are by no means superfluous, the Sauron Empire has always hated Saran extremely much, and if it annexes Salan, the methods will definitely be even more vicious.

Shen Mengting had personally heard the stories and fears of the fleeing civilians of the three countries about the Iron Cavalry of Sauron. Therefore, her previous fantasies were not nonsense, but actually happened.

What a headache! Shen Mengting smoothed her head with her hand, so that her hair was a little messy.

Zhao Yu was still stunned. After a long while, he released a sentence that had been stirring in his mind for a long time, "Will our Saran Kingdom become the fourth country?"

Shen Mengting pursed her lips tightly, and she looked very helpless, "I think that in our original East Asian ancient region, there were a total of seven human countries, all of them have outstanding characteristics, and they are called the Seven Heroes of the Human Race. ”

"The Seven Heroes?"

Zhao Yu only felt that this description was very unfamiliar, and he had never been exposed to any human history before.

"That's right, it's the Seven Heroes of the Humans. As long as you know a little bit about history, you know that there were seven human countries in East Asia in ancient times, and the difference in strength between them was not very huge, so although there were occasional wars, it was not like now, completely annexed and unable to recover for a long time."

"Hungry!, huh?" Zhao Yu put his finger in his mouth and sucked a few times, "Seven human countries!

"They are the Sauron Empire, the Changzhong Empire, and the Tianxiang Kingdom...... while telling the names of the countries, Shen Mengting stretched out a finger, "The Yinyan Kingdom, the Aura Kingdom, the Shanluo Empire, and ...... Our kingdom of Saran. ”

When the names of all human nations were finished, Shen Mengting's gesture number became the word 'seven'.

Listening to these country names, Zhao Yu was a little dizzy. Aside from Sauron and Saran, he really didn't have the slightest image of the other countries.

Still, he marveled at how much of a frog he had been. It turns out that there are seven human countries in total, and he had always thought that there were only two!

"I can't imagine that there were so many countries in human beings. ”

"It's normal. Otherwise, how could I say that we humans have a glorious history!"

Zhao Yu noticed that Shen Mengting's words were 'we humans'. He always felt that on Shen Mengting's extremely resolute face, and then after the disobedience and irradiation of the firelight, it seemed that there was not much difference from those Saurons.

"But now...... Only ......" Zhao Yu tilted his head and calculated. Originally, there were seven countries, but the Sauron Empire annexed three, that is, there were only four countries left. "Is there only four countries?"

"That's right. It should be said that there are four left. If Sauron annexes our Saran, he will definitely continue to use his sword against the other two nations. After all, their dream is to unify all of humanity and then compete with the other races of Celos. ”

Zhao Yu accepted this information. But suddenly, he thought of something unnatural.

"Ahh

"It's useless. All human nations are pregnant with ghosts. They never want to help others, they just want to be safe. It was precisely because of this that the Sauron Empire dared to break the invasion one by one. ”

Shen Mengting's words made Zhao Yu discouraged again, and his shoulders suddenly drooped.

"Well, I've told you so many things again tonight. You probably know the consequences of the Sauron Empire's invasion!"

"Yes, understood. But ......"

"What's wrong again?"

"I'm just thinking, there are a total of seven countries in the human race, so why is Sauron the only one who has embarked on the path of aggression, why isn't it other countries that have invaded Sauron?" Zhao Yu shrugged.

I thought that Shen Mengting would answer his question quickly. However, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't hear Shen Mengting's voice, and Zhao Yu said 'um' in puzzlement.

"Zhao Yu!" Shen Mengting seemed to deliberately avoid Zhao Yu's gaze. She looked at her hands, combined her palms together, and wiped them a few times, "Many things can't be explained overnight. Cellos has a history of thousands of years, and what we have recorded in our history books is only a few hundred years. So, not everything can be summed up in words. ”

Zhao Yu didn't seem to understand when he heard it, and he nodded cowardly. Still, he thought of a more relevant question.

"Then I have a question. Although the Sauron Empire only became such a behemoth after annexing three countries. However, when the first country was first invaded, wasn't it just an ordinary human state like our Saran? So why was Sauron able to annex the first country? Does it mean that it is still very powerful?"

"You're right. The Sauron Empire itself is a relatively powerful country. Before the invasion began, it was the most powerful of the Seven Kingdoms of the Race. It's just that after annexing the Three Kingdoms one after another, its strength has become so unpredictable. ”

"So why is this happening?"

"That's because ......"

Shen Mengting was about to say something, but as a gust of wind blew, the flames of the bonfire became extremely unstable. She hurried to the campfire, bent down and threw some branches inward.

Because of her proximity to the campfire, her face was shaded by the roaring light of the fire. The shadows were like a colony of ants climbing above, roaming freely on her face.

That's really not a comfortable feeling!Zhao Yu stared straight at that 'terrifying' face.

After making sure that the bonfire would not be extinguished, Shen Mengting straightened her waist with confidence.

"If you push forward the clock by seventy years, the Sauron Empire is still just a weak country at the bottom of the Seven Giants of the Race. However, after the reform of a man named Shang Tianying, the national power was gradually strengthened. And then after the efforts of two generations of kings, especially when power fell to a man named ......"

Speaking of this, Shen Mengting suddenly stopped talking. She seemed to be a little speechless, which made Zhao Yu look strange.

"Hungry! What...... What's wrong?"

Shen Mengting's eyes revealed an incomprehensible emotion, perhaps because of the dim light around her, or because she didn't want to express her true emotions in the first place. In short, Zhao Yu didn't know what Shen Mengting was thinking at all.

The silence lasted for a while, and Shen Mengting still opened her mouth.

"More than thirty years ago, the power of the Sauron Empire fell to a man named Changsun Wenwei, who was ambitious and extremely sophisticated, and within a few years he became the Minister of the Interior, which can be said to be the power of the government and the opposition, and even the current king of the Sauron Empire has to avoid him for three points. Then, through a series of reforms made by this man, the Sauron Empire leapt to become the first power among the seven heroes of mankind. In the end, they embarked on the path of aggression. ”

Zhao Yu's mind was sketching the appearance of this person named Changsun Wenwei. However, apart from the image of a white-bearded and wrinkled grandfather, I couldn't think of anything else.

However, Zhao Yu was still full of fear for this person, as if this person represented the evil of the Sauron Empire.

"You might as well think of it this way. Initially, the Sauron Empire was ranked last, but under the reforms of a few careerists, it gradually became one of the best human powers. And then on top of that, it annexed three more countries. Therefore, it has become the current empire, which is enough to be able to dominate everything in Celos. ”

Zhao Yu was deeply carried by the words 'enough to be in Seros', if this is the case, then the Sauron Empire can really be called the pride of mankind!

"Well, that's it. That's the history of the Sauron Empire, and that's all I have to say. Shen Mengting rubbed and rubbed the soles of her feet on the ground, and she also casually pierced her ears.

Zhao Yu shrunk his neck and signaled that he understood.

"So, is there anything else you don't understand?"

"No more. Zhao Yu shook his head tremblingly.

In fact, if there are many, many things that you don't understand, it is impossible for people to figure things out in just a few days. However, Zhao Yu no longer dared to accept any information, he was afraid that among the things he knew, there was something that made him sleepless. So, he chose to pretend to be stupid and shook his head.

"Since there's nothing to know, let's get some rest! Shen Mengting walked towards a stout tree, but after taking off the sword tied to her back, she chose to sit down leaning against the trunk. With the sword clutched to her chest, she fell asleep on her side.

And Zhao Yu also sat down next to a tree in the same way. The staff in his hand was stuck on the ground, and he rubbed his thumb on the shaft from time to time.

This staff......

Zhao Yu looked at the head of the staff, thinking back to the scenes since he intervened in this incident.

It's really terrifying, it turns out that he needs to face such a terrible empire! Zhao Yu said the words 'Soren Soren'.

"Don't think about it, let's go to sleep quickly!" Shen Mengting suddenly reminded at this time.

Zhao Yu glanced at her, only to realize that because of the shadows, Shen Mengting's eyes were pitch black. This makes it impossible to tell whether the eyes are open or closed.

But with an instinctive reaction, Zhao Yu swallowed his saliva and nodded. Shen Mengting seemed to be relieved at this time, and changed her posture.

Yes! What's the point of thinking about it now? Things have already become like this! Zhao Yu also put the staff to his side and slowly closed his eyes.

The campfire continued to burn, but with no new branches and leaves, it no longer looked like a dragon that could devour any darkness, but rather fluttered with a stretched stretch.

Shen Mengting closed her eyes for a while, but she still opened her eyes quickly. She wanted to fall asleep quickly, but the fatigue that had not come for a long time made her simply give up a nap.

I don't know if Zhao Yu understood what she just said, Shen Mengting glanced at Zhao Yu. In fact, Shen Mengting also concealed some content, such as the earliest East Asian Gu was a very large empire, and its name was the Shenzhou Empire. Later, the empire split into seven nations, which later became known as the Seven Heroes of Mankind.

Considering whether Zhao Yu would have an understanding barrier, Shen Mengting didn't say anything to him.

But no matter what, time will continue, and Shen Mengting must also complete what should be done. It's just that after retelling the Sauron Empire to Zhao Yu just now, her heart also became uneasy.

What to face, I believe both of them know that the chances of success are great, and they both know it. Shen Mengting began to clench her fists. It would be nice if Uncle Yang Jiening was still alive. She wouldn't be as lonely and helpless as she is now.

When she thought of Uncle Yang Jiening, Shen Mengting naturally thought of her father again. The image of her father Shen Haiteng's unsmiling in the past also came to her mind. If his father was still alive, then there would be hope for the Saran kingdom to live, but he is gone.

The talents of the Saran Kingdom are dying, but the Sauron Empire is a scene of abundant talents. If this continues, even if the Sauron Empire does not make a move, Saran will perish on its own.

It is precisely because of this that his father, Shen Haiteng, has always suggested to King Salan that he should strengthen the army and rejuvenate the country.

But has this suggestion been adopted? The answer is no.

Shen Mengting couldn't help but recall the former Saran country and the past she had experienced in the past.