Chapter 1689: Past and Future

One side of the city wall of Lerensack had slowly opened a secret door, and out of the exposed track slipped out a huge instrument placed on the wheel rail. The instrument slowly broke away from the constraints of its orbit, and seemed to be completely free from the constraints of gravity, levitating little by little into the air, and then began to gurgle and spin.

It is said to be a so-called "Titan Bow", but in fact it is clearly like a large celestial globe. However, with its rhythmic rotation, the golden frame on the "Celestial Globe" naturally formed a complex and orderly hexagonal pattern of magic arrays.

At the core of the circle's lines, countless halos of light seemed to be invisibly inspired, and they appeared, condensed, and gathered, and finally formed a small sun that was almost impossible to look at directly.

Then, only a loud roar was heard, and the dazzling little sun had turned into a snowy beam of light whistling out, and the heat even baked the air red in an instant, and the surrounding airspace boiled with burning waves. In this way, the beam pierced through the constraints of the air and slashed directly towards the ground in the southwest direction, leaving behind a trail of blue light that was still hot and slowly dissipated after several hours.

Hundreds of thousands of citizens and rebels of Elichar had already arrived at the nearby mercenary legions, as well as tens of thousands of troops around the fortress of Olaheran, who had witnessed this scene. Although they had already witnessed too many visual spectacles that numbed their three views that day, they still felt their scalps tingle at this time. Even the most uninformed citizens could feel the oppression in the light track, let alone the soldiers who were so frightened that they lost their minds for a while. They felt that they were even in a battleship...... Ah no, hiding behind the thick walls of the fortress, there is no chance of surviving in front of the beam of the ancient battle howl that is like an extraterrestrial sword.

"So, what's that? So, that thing...... Oh no, what the hell is that shrine? ”

"You ask me? How could I know I'm still here to blow my mouth with you? ”

"Yes, what if he strikes at us, yes, at Elichar?"

"Who can protect us? Oh, yes, yes, outside the city is Lord Lu Xi's army! Hurry up and open the city gates, and close the city's shields and self-discipline puppets or something, and let Lord Lu Xi's army protect us. ”

"Yes, that's how it should be! I have already said that Lord Lu Xi is so beautiful, so majestic, upright and noble, how can a big man be a bad person, he must have been slandered by the evil party. ”

"Hurry up and let Lord Lu Xi's army enter the city. We have to prove to him that we are faithful! Elichar, who has always been his loyal Elicharre! ”

"Elichar must have a new one to protect our master. Otherwise, we, like the mud legs below, will all be doomed. ”

"Yes, wealth and power are meaningless in the face of absolute power. Then, it is better to choose an object that also has power to cooperate...... Even allegiance. At least judging from the current situation, that adult is still a master with a bottom line, and it is worth us to take refuge in the past. ”

This conversation did not take place with the lower burghers of Elichar – who had already revolted – but with the so-called urban middle class represented by small merchants, scholars, clerks and bureaucrats, and the bourgeoisie represented by big businessmen of all stripes. These people are weak and compromising, and history has proven this once again.

Well, the sudden beam of destruction had a subtle chemical reaction on Elichar, who was close at hand, and finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back. But that's all for later.

And Lu Xi, who was in the spiral fortress, didn't know that he was only one ceremony away from ascending the throne as the king. He had already felt the huge force being thrown into the distance, and he couldn't help but feel his heart swaying for a while.

"You're really playing your cards out of order!" He couldn't help but sigh.

"The reason why I'm willing to talk to you so much is for the final recharge process. Lu Xi. Russell said.

So instead I became the villain who died of talking? Lu Xi thought.

"Why Puerto Carrees, why Auckland? I don't remember them provoking you. Master Russell. ”

"They provoked the Federation." Russell said in a reasonable tone: "Or rather, they are now the biggest obstacle to the Federation. I had to get it out as soon as possible. However, I assure you, Lu Xi, there is only this one left for the massive bloodshed. All for the future of this country! ”

Lu Xi raised his eyebrows and waited for the other party's follow-up.

Maybe it's because the big move has been released, so you don't have to worry about dying from talking too much, Russell pondered for a while and patiently explained: "Lu Xi, why do you think the Federation can be regarded as a great power among the nations, and on some occasions, it can even be on an equal footing with Auckland?" Our population is one-fifth the size of Auckland, our land is less than one-tenth the size of Virginia, and we lack the centripetal force of the nation of immigrants, nor do we have the national symbols of the Holy Springs to unite people's hearts and prestige. There is no history and tradition to be proud of. Before you, our military was weak and arrogant, and without the Floating Battleships and Battlemages, we could not even match the second-tier powers of the High Court, Mirassex, and Cass. How can such a kingdom be held high above and consider itself a kingdom of the sky? ”

If it is a young angry young man who has just left the academy, he will probably say something like "If the silverfish are completely cleared and the country is restored, the Federation will definitely be able to rejuvenate and run to the bright road from now on".

"Sadly, it is inevitable in any country at any time. But only countries that do not see hope will be buried by the so-called national beetle. Lu Xi shook his head: "The country is congenitally insufficient, and all kinds of ways to play to the dead have actually been tried, and the reason why it has not been destroyed can still be pretended to be garlic, to put it bluntly, it is a geographical advantage." The Confederation occupies the skies, a barrier that is difficult for the nations on the ground, even in Oakland, to cross. ”

"However, such a moat no longer exists, does it?"

Lu Xi touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed. At the same time, he was embarrassed by his embarrassment, feeling that as a capitalist, his cultivation in this area was really not enough. To put it bluntly, it's not emotional enough, and it's too conscientious.

"The Tisru Core needs to be built by the caster, maintained by the caster, and turned on and operated by the caster, and such harsh and dangerous conditions of use cannot stop the nations from coveting it. From the day the Guiding Force appeared, when I saw you save the battle of Farahals with the power of a shipload aboard the Aurora, I knew that the time for the Federation to monopolize the skies was running out. I was even aware of this before the Battle of Farahals. ”

Yes, at the end of the day, all the products of the Guiding Engine and the guiding technology that extends it are something that any ordinary person can build and use. The secrecy of the occult concept no longer exists. Even if there is no black-hearted death merchant like Lu Xi who has no concept of a country, it is only a matter of time before it spreads.

Thinking of this, Lu Xi suddenly felt that he was not embarrassed.

"So, the last time, yes, before that war of the dead, it was actually your subordinates who invaded Rainbow Island and the teacher's laboratory, right? Or rather, Miss Nefer. Lu Xi turned in the direction of the young lady Saimuyi who was disguised as a boxer: "Actually, we should have met several times, but this is the first time we have seen each other like this. Judging from the seniority, I have to call you a junior sister, right? The name Tessa Minay is still quite nice, why change it? Is it because there are more than a dozen countries in Sosnes that are jointly wanted for you? ”

"Senior sister! Masters! Are you misconceptually old yourself? You were still nursing from the old lady when I killed my teacher Eleukel in bed...... Yes! ”

Miss Nerfi felt an invisible slap on her face, and her whole face fell into numbness, and half of her face even swelled directly.

The little sister of the boxer covered her injured face, her expression was cloudy, she wanted to be angry but couldn't get angry at all, she only felt a burst of horror in her heart: "Arcane hand? But, but when was he? ”

"You have mastered most of the mysteries of the master, elemental micro-manipulation, elemental perception, and thoughtless meditation, which is why you can so organically unify the Sosnes fist and magic. Even Laxis forbids the spell you, although it is only a rudimentary cracking method, and it can deal with the seal that the old grandmother laid out an epoch ago. So, I'll just treat you as a member of the school. When the boss speaks, please learn to shut up, okay? Lu Xi said with a smile.

Miss Nefer didn't dare to speak, "My teacher is a lazy person possessed by cancer, and he is quite careless about everything except his own field of interest. The castle of the Rainbow Rose hadn't been rebuilt in a hundred years, and the only traps and illusion traps were at least sixty or seventy years old, so you knew everything from your division commander, so you could sneak in so easily. However, this was many years ago, and Eleukel was a traitor to the murderer, and he didn't necessarily know everything, and it was more likely that he was from another person...... Is that so? Master Russell, or rather, I should call you Russell Quimos. My uncle, Charblon Quimos, was defeated in a life-and-death duel with his ancestor Karthas and fled the Federation before he fled the Federation, leaving behind a son, and that is you, right? Master Russell? ”

Well, this time, in addition to the parties and Nefer, even the villains on the opposite side were stunned and looked at Rassell with suspicious eyes.

"You know it all." He didn't deny it, and frankly admitted: "Clement is actually his mother's surname, you know this, right?" However, you are wrong about one thing, the battle between my father Charblon and my uncle, your grandfather, Master Karthas, was not a battle of life and death. Before his father went into exile in Sothnes, he also took in a disciple in his early years, and if he lived until now, he might have created a career as good as that of Mr. Orucello. The prestige of the Colorful Rose will not be maintained by him alone, leaving him alone for most of his life. ”

Uncle Derence, don't you want to cry? Lu Xi thought.

Her name was Dorothy, and she was a girl with fawn-like eyes, curious, lively, full of enthusiasm and a sense of justice. By the age of twelve, she had already developed a remarkable magical attainment, and she left the Isle of Rainbow to travel...... Then, she stumbles upon a cult in Port Gloren that, in addition to some evil rituals, abducts and sells beautiful children. ”

Such a familiar story. Lu Xi thought. Sure enough, happiness is similar in history, but suffering is also similar.

"She pursued it like this, but she searched all the way, and finally found the Ahed family and the Ovant family."

This was the first time Lu Xi had heard of it, but he was already aware of what was going to happen next, and his heart suddenly tightened, and then he was stunned.

The Ovant family, one of the most powerful arcane families in the Federation (formerly), a famous family of cartographers. Of course, his last spellcaster has been destroyed by Lu Xi on Dongmen Island, which can be regarded as a complete annihilation.

As for the Ahed family, they were also one of the most powerful princes of the Oakland Empire at that time, and they were the Duke of Changxia, who had ruled the rich Fels Basin for generations, and their lineage could even be traced back to the Yanlong Dynasty.

"The Ovant family has a group of evil descendants who don't know where they got it, and they want to refine more powerful alchemy weapons through their innocence. And the house of Ahed, huh...... The Duke of Changxia of that generation was a despicable pedophile who only liked to ravage children around the age of ten. Dorothy was a demonic genius, but she was only twelve years old, and she was far from being able to deal with these enemies in terms of experience and strength. When my father and uncle arrived, they found only her remains, which had been tortured to the point of being inhuman. ”

Rassell's words were calm, but as if he were suppressing an erupting volcano.

"My father was mad, he killed all the cultists present, and rushed directly to the city of Changxia to cripple the original Duke of Ahed, Bofanis III, and hung his body on the top of the highest peak of Fels Mountain, making him wail for ten days before dying. But...... Dorothy is dead, so how could the Ovant family and the Ahad family really leave evidence? To outsiders, Shablon Quimos is nothing more than a thug who kills innocents and humiliates the aristocracy. More importantly, the wealthy Changxia City was the most important trading partner of the Federation at that time, and more than 30% of the country's grain was provided by them. ”

This is the truth of the "twin break" on Colorful Rose Island back then! Lu Xi sighed deeply in his heart.

"Yes, Uncle Karthas fought a great battle with him to protect my father, and deliberately wounded him, but arranged a plan to send him into exile in Sothness. Then it was announced that he had escaped. This was to gag the Auckland side at the time. My mother was pregnant with me at the time, and there was no way to go with her, but Uncle Karthas protected her and concealed my presence. Later, my father couldn't come back to see me. I've never met him, but I get gifts from him every year. All the difficult spells and studies he knew, what he saw and heard along the way, the legends and stories, the treasures he found during his adventures, the rare books, and even pocket money, the wooden horses and bamboo dragonflies he made with his own hands...... And, of course, his love. I learned about the world from his letters, and I also knew that he met an interesting lady and together created a strange organization. ”

With that, Rassell glanced at Belkiel next to him.

Later, at the age of fifteen, letters and gifts were interrupted. It wasn't until the future lady found me that I learned that my father had died at the hands of his disciple Eleukel in Sosnes, when I was fifteen years old. ”

He is qualified to speak of the word "suffering". Lu Xi had to admit it.

Of course, we also know what happened later. In the later years of his life, in addition to teaching Teacher Oluseiro and Uncle Drens, he only did one thing, staring at the Ovant family. Finding a reason to fight, and finding a reason to create a reason to fight, this process continued even into the time of Orucello, and finally there was the "White Harbor Incident" that made the famous cartographer family almost removed from the federal giants.

Of course, the last caster of the Cartographer family had been killed by himself only a day earlier. I'm also avenging my ancestors, right? Lu Xi thought.

As for the cats and dogs who are hiding in Neosfiadam's apartment, hum hum......

"Lu Xi, the reason why I am telling you this is not to ask for your sympathy. Rather, I want to tell you that the Federation, which is stuck in the neck, is actually not qualified to talk about the future. ”

"House Ahed has been wiped out by the Sun King." Lu Xidao.

"Yes, and then under the Sun King and now Queen Caterina, Auckland's power has been strengthened like never before. Lu Xi, who can guarantee that such a thing will not happen again in the future? Isn't the citizens who are now starving in Elichar the best proof? ”

“…… So, why the port of Carrees, is it just for the more than 200 warships and 30,000 sailors there? Where are the shipyards and commercial ports? ”

"A new type of shipyard is being built there in preparation for the future of guided floating warships. Empress Caterina had already invested heavily in it, and if it were to be completely destroyed, it would take a long time for even Auckland's power to recover. ”

Yes, and the hefty money is something I overlooked.

"In addition, it is also the rear of the Oakland Empire's operation of the Far Western Continent, which is the biggest reason why it must be destroyed!"

Lu Xi frowned for the first time. He understood that Master Russell had indeed grasped the lifeblood of the times.

He did see the future!

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