Chapter 14: Half-blood

Legend has it that a hundred years ago, humans had neither great strength nor the gift of magic. At first, they were weak and gathered in this world into groups scattered on the plains of the southern part of the continent, living a peaceful life by farming and grazing. Later, some of the curious people of the growing human race formed a pioneer group and began to explore places on the horizon that humans had never reached, and soon after they had their first contact with other races living in this world in what is now known as the 'Border Forest' to the west.

They can only hide in Tibet or be kept as food or pets by powerful alien races, and although the fate is tragic, the race survives. Humanity fought its final battle against the fate of extinction under the leadership of the first king, Kellet Rainson, and the survivors of the war saw it as a place of rebirth and founded a city. When the news of the city's establishment spread to all corners of the continent with the wind elves, those humans who survived under the protection of neutral alien races began to gather towards this city that truly belonged to humans, and the city also grew and gradually became what it is now-

The capital is still expanding to this day thanks to the high level of construction and excavation of the Three-Eyed people who live in seclusion in the mountains in the northern part of the continent and live alongside the Three-Eyed people who are skilled in construction and excavation. The human beings from the edge of the western boundary forest of the continent have survived under the protection of the intelligent race forest spirit in the forest for many years, and have learned superb plant cultivation technology, using these knowledge, the capital is surrounded by green trees all year round like a garden, and the Westerners have also innovatively integrated the planting technology into the building technology of the northerners. Walls or roads, whose pillars are living plants, are not only different from buildings based on wood or stone, but also have a certain degree of self-healing ability in the face of damage. Southerners from the Misty Swamp in the south of the continent survive under the protection of the lizardmen,

In the dark stone chamber at the top of a castle in the city, three figures were silent in front of a stone pillar more than one person high in the center of the room. The stone pillars were surrounded by vertical grooves, and from time to time blue light came out of them, imprinting their figures on the wall behind them, and one of them suddenly spoke: "Legend has it that the founding monarch Kelett can easily control it here to sweep away any enemies who try to invade our country, while you, father, can only let it defeat the foreign enemies who have come to invade this city-state, and there is less than three hundred years between them. The other figure said slowly in an old voice: "My child, the power of the royal family is born to save humanity from extinction, and the power of the royal family is also the most powerful weapon to protect the growing strength of mankind. The mission of the royal family is to lead mankind forward, not to unlock the key to weapons, and I have always taught you according to the ancestral teachings left by the royal family through the ages, and it has also made the history of the royal family free from betrayal and disloyalty. Seeing that the figure who spoke first was silent, the old voice said slowly: "Human beings are now strong enough, we have advanced technology and magic, and we are no longer the weak race that was wantonly hunted and even eaten by foreign races before, even if I manipulate it, it may only be used to deter foreign enemies, and I am afraid that the opportunity to use it in the future will ......" At this time, another somewhat low voice suddenly interrupted the old man's words:" Its meaning is no longer as simple as guarding, and the succession ceremony of successive new kings has ended with the last opening of it to show the world, and having the power to use it has always been a symbol of the royal family in the eyes of the people, if the royal family does not have this power...... The aliens who are now living peacefully with us, do not forget that they were our enemies in the first place!" The old voice suddenly became stern, "Watch your words, my child!" "......" The deep voice stopped talking. After another moment of silence, the person who spoke at first sighed and said, "Now that the succession ceremony of the new king is about to begin, and the lords of the major cities and the rulers of the alien races should also receive invitations, if the fact that the royal family no longer has the power to use it is made public, I can't imagine what the consequences will be." The old voice suddenly laughed: "Don't worry about my child, why do you think that human rule must be based on the power of the royal family? Historically, we have indeed relied on it to get a respite from the brink of extinction, but now it is more of a symbol of power than guarding it." Because of it, the aliens are now afraid of us rather than living peacefully with us. As far as I know, in some places it seems that our barbarism against aliens is no different from that of aliens. The other two figures looked at each other and spoke, a blue light flashed in the stone pillar illuminating the person who spoke in an old voice, the ornate pendant on his clothes and the crown on his head showed his identity, although his beard and hair were white and his face was full of vicissitudes, but the aura emanating from his body could still feel his great power. He lowered his head and raised his left hand to touch a ring on the index finger of his right hand, then raised his head and looked at the two young figures in front of him and said: "I have made up my mind to end this, human beings can completely rely on their own strength to open up the future, the power of the royal family will only restrain our steps, you should not come to me for such boring things anymore, according to the royal ancestral teachings of the people who inherit my will will be crowned king, this is also the promise I made before your mother died." The old king did not wait for the other two to react, and then raised his hand and waved the stone wall behind him, and a door flashed out to both sides, and the moonlight outside shrouded him in light, while his two sons stood in the shadows that the moonlight could not shine on, facing the stone pillar without saying a word. "It's late. With that, he walked out of the stone chamber and left the tower with the guards waiting outside.

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"I don't think this is a good strategy to eradicate the barbarian invasion, the former king has always been known for his benevolent government, but in the end he was stabbed to death during the peace talks with the Yelin people. ”

"There is no evidence yet that the Nightwoods are responsible for this incident, and it is not only this race that is stirring up trouble at this sensitive time, as far as I know, there is a mechanical civilization in my brother's territory that claims to be builders who have recently been very active. ”

"Who are you listening to about this?!" (scene)

"Don't be so nervous, I just happen to have relatives of the lords in my brother's territory, so it's not strange that such a big sacrifice will reach the ears of my lord, right?" (scene)

"(Squire), I remember you're from the Night Forest, right?

"My lord, I came to the royal city because my home has been swallowed up by the woods, and I grew up listening to my parents tell me stories about the Night Forest people when I was a child, but to be honest, I have never seen the race that appears in this story. ”

"Anyway, let's talk about this matter today, I just heard a very interesting news, there was a caravan in the White Night Forest was attacked, but one of them actually returned to the union alive, he said that it was the shadow behind them that attacked them. ”