Chapter 42: The War Before the Departure (Part I)

On the fourth day after the Savie's army arrived in the forest, the Streamers finally appeared. The two sides have been fighting for many years, and the streamers are naturally no strangers to the temperament of the Sava people, and they also know that their patience is about to run out, and if they don't show up again, they are afraid that they will break into the forest and force a battle. In that case, it will affect the entire forest, harming many lives that have nothing to do with the war, and it will violate the survival rules of the Streamers. This is the main reason why the Priest Sirwin set a three-day period.

Although there are one or two wars of varying sizes every year, the scene is still spectacular every time a group of tall streamers appear. They were only about 10,000 men, but they were no less powerful than the 500,000 Saviean army. The Savoyard were all mounted on tall hunting beasts, standing majestically opposite the bare-handed streamers, so that they could barely shorten the distance in height.

The Hunter is a riding beast of the Sava people during battle, and this people has no infantry, but has been a cavalry since ancient times. The fur of this riding beast is generally black or dark brown, the limbs are slender and powerful, the ears are short, and the neck is covered with a thick circle of coarse hair, which is not very long, so it is always erect, as if a furry collar was put around the neck. Wild and untamable, the hunter has a fierce temperament, and is very popular with the Savoyard people who worship strength, and has been one of the most important companions in the life of the Savoyard people since ancient times.

In fact, there were no hunting beasts in the Western Continent, and hunting beasts were first produced in the northern region of the Eastern Continent. More than 1,000 years ago, when the Sava people left the Eastern Continent, they took these important companions on board and sailed across the ocean to the Western Continent. Since then, the hunting beast has been widely reproduced in the western continent. Each Savoyard had at least several of his own horses, and each Savoyard soldier was equipped with up to five horses, making them the most indispensable companions in life and battle. In addition, due to the second half of the voyage to the western continent in the early days, the Sava people on the ship could hardly rely on the meat of the hunting beast to satisfy their hunger and drink the blood of the hunting beast to quench their thirst, so they had a deep sense of gratitude for the hunting beast. In the more than 1,000 years since they landed on the Western Continent, the Savoyard people have never eaten a hunting beast again. For them, the hunt is a family-like existence, and is now one of the most abundant species in the Western Continent. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why a large number of forests in the western continent have been turned into grasslands.

The Savoyard did not like bulky metal armor, which hindered their dexterity, and their armor was mostly made of flexible animal skins, usually only used to protect a few vital points of the body. Unlike the Lepelian people in the Eastern Continent, who were tightly covered from head to toe by armor, the Savoy people generally had some deep or shallow scars on their bodies.

The few artistic talents of this nation were all used in the forging of weapons. However, they did not have many types of weapons, mainly long knives and spears used in battle, as well as short knives and daggers that they carried with them every day. More than a thousand years ago, they relied on these simple hand-held weapons to help King Guhir unify the Eastern Continent, and later conquered the beasts of the Western Continent.

The weapon style of the Sava people is very simple and atmospheric, whether it is a long weapon or a short weapon, it is consistent with their temperament, and most of them are smooth straight or shallow arcs, suitable for hand-to-hand combat. It is not like the weapons of the Lepelian people in the Eastern Continent, which are not only varied, but also always have hooks, thorns, or intractable mechanisms. In fact, the Savoyard were not very fond of large long-range projectile weapons such as chain carts. Despite the lethality of heavy weapons, the Savoyard believed that they would deprive them of the opportunity to demonstrate their strength, causing them to become increasingly fragile. As a result, the Savoyards did not build large weapons. In the past ten years, the large throwing weapons used by the Sava people have all been donated by the Lepeilian people in the Eastern Continent, and although they are very powerful, they are not very popular with the Sava people.

Tussalon, King of Savoy, rode on the Hunt Beast and stood in front of the army, the battle banner behind him fluttering in the wind. The black banner depicts the profile portraits of two Savoyard warriors (male on the left and female on the right), as well as crossed spears and knives. In addition, there are a number of flags of other colors, mostly depicted by their most important combat companion, the Hunting Beast.

The aliens approached from afar and calmly, but the alien priest who had always been at the forefront did not appear, and Tusaron couldn't help but wonder to himself. The war had not yet officially begun, and the tall aliens on the opposite side all had serene faces, leisurely postures, and seemed non-aggressive, like huge green plants, gentle and harmless. However, this state of affairs is generally only maintained until the moment the horn of attack sounds, and once the war begins, the momentum of the aliens will change in an instant.

Tusaron raised his long knife to the alien standing on the opposite side, swung it three times in the air, and then withdrew the long knife, and then saw a group of Savoyard soldiers quickly run out of the line behind him. About 100 people were seen neatly lined up in the open space in front of the Savie's army, each with a large glass of Vasso in his hand, and after drinking it with his head up, he threw it in the direction of the enemy. Then they stomped their feet three times, raised their strong arms, and began to dance their war dance, the Wasso.

At the same time, the 500,000 Sava army rhythmically sounded the weapons in their hands and sang in unison:

Wasso, Wasso, Wasso......

Fighting will prove our strength,

No matter how strong the enemy is,

We will bring him to his knees,

Because we are the Saviey warriors who shake the sky.

Wasso, Wasso, Wasso......

The Vasso is a traditional battle dance of the Savoyard people, often used to intimidate the enemy before battle. The lyrics are the only surviving ancient Sava Edict of the Sava people, and the word "Wasso" means mighty and strong. The dance moves are simple, but whether it is the majestic singing voice or the vigorous dance steps, they all show the natural courage and strength of the Sava people who do not admit defeat, and can quickly and effectively improve the overall morale of the army.

The battle dance in front of the battle did not last long, and the short chanting was repeated three times before it ended. Immediately afterwards, the earth-shattering roar of the Savie's army was heard, which was also aimed at intimidating the enemy and building momentum for his own side. When King Sava raised his long sword again, the 500,000 warriors of Sava rushed forward with all their might in this earth-shattering roar.

Even if the priest is not present, the streamers will not be distracted, and will always be calm, no matter how many times the number of enemies is theirs. As usual, they were dressed in white robes, without any weapons in their hands, like the tides of the sea, soft but powerful, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, drowning in waves against the enemy. The Streamer's keen sensing ability played a huge role in the battle, they were able to perceive the consciousness in each other's souls, and they cooperated with each other very tacitly.

On the battlefield, unless the other party has great evil intentions and directly threatens the survival state of the streamers, otherwise, they will generally not appear to kill on a large scale. Savoy is straightforward, although he is competitive, but fortunately, he likes to compete openly, and there are no vicious negative thoughts in his heart, so such a war is not a malicious threat to the streamers, and it is far from being able to arouse the potential self-protection consciousness of the streamers. In short, it can't arouse the true fighting spirit of the streamers. Therefore, the streamers generally seize the weapons of the Sava Ones first, destroy them, and then wound or stun them, forcing them to temporarily lose their combat effectiveness, so as to achieve a quick truce.

As a result, during the decades of fighting against the Streamers, the casualties of the Savie's army were low, far less than the number of casualties experienced in the first battle against the beasts during the conquest of the Western Continent. Therefore, it also indirectly gave the Savoyard people the illusion that "aliens are not invincible", prompting them to come to challenge them with pleasure. The unwary Savoyard did not realize the deep meaning behind these years of low-casualty wars, after all, the two races had very different histories, cultures and ideologies, and their ways of understanding life.

For the streamers who once lived on the Streamer Star, life is very precious, and it will never be easily destroyed unless it is absolutely necessary. Because they believe that all the beings on the Streamer Star are closely connected and interdependent, and they are all inseparable elements of the homeland. This idea is deeply ingrained in their souls and will not be forgotten wherever they go. Moreover, there are no negative or excessive emotions in their souls, such as "competitiveness", "hatred", "sadness", "bliss", "greed", etc., which can easily cause Lepelian to lose control. Therefore, in the absence of a malicious attack that threatens their lives, the streamers are usually gentle and tolerant, and will never kill easily.

However, the aborigines who live in the world of Lepelian are different, this is a rather emotional race, with extremely rich and intense emotional changes. The danger is that they have not yet learned to control their emotions effectively, and often vent their inner frustrations in extreme ways, let alone indulge in absurd desires, especially by violent means such as war and plunder. It is precisely because the Lepelian people are a race dominated by lust and have similar group temperaments, that negative emotions such as stupidity and anger are particularly easy to infect each other, making them sometimes fanatical and blindly obedient, sometimes radical and credulous. This lack of self-control can easily overcome their reason and inspire their blind worship and sacrifice, which is the hotbed of various mass sexual violence in the history of the world.

Not only that, but the Lepeilian people will also blame each other and even kill each other because of the different gods they believe in and their different living habits. In particular, the Lepeilian people in the Eastern Continent seem to be very obsessed with extreme emotions such as "hatred". It is incomprehensible that their love is often accompanied by hatred, for example, when expressing "worship of a god" or "love of a country", they may take pride in belittling or insulting their opponents, as if they cannot express their "noble love" without a fierce hatred and hatred. This hatred-engulfed love of the Lepelians is as fanatical as a religious movement, and has a very terrible and destructive character. For the sake of so-called "noble love", they can destroy a forest in an instant, and they can also sacrifice thousands of lives without hesitation. What is even more terrifying is that they also praise this devastating sacrifice and place it above all the highest moral standards.

Comparatively speaking, the Streamers are a race with a big heart, and their souls are in a higher realm. In the long journey of exploring the meaning of their own existence, Streamer people have the opportunity to see deeper and farther, and to be more tolerant of the different characteristics of those "life forms that are different from themselves".

However, the life cycle of the Lepeilian people is extremely short, and they can only learn from the limited experience of their ancestors, slowly accumulating from generation to generation in order to carry out their own practice. However, this way of exploring from generation to generation has created many obstacles for their process of accumulating experience, and coupled with their very limited memory, the development of their spiritual civilization has been extremely slow. Perhaps, it is this mortal life characteristic that has led to the short-sightedness of the Lepelian people. In an extremely short life, they focus only on immediate interests, focusing on expanding the race and increasing their competitive advantage, so that they neglect the cultivation of the soul, or before they realize the necessity of such cultivation, their short life is hastily over. Therefore, the soul realm of the Lepeilian people is relatively narrow, lacking vision and inclusiveness, and often likes to squander or kill them all.

The Sava people are of the same origin as the Lepelians, and although they are at odds with the Lepelians of the Eastern Continent, their essence is still the same as that of the Lepelians: they worship heroes, regard sacrifice as glory, deprive other species of their chances of survival without restraint in order to expand their race, devote themselves to plunder rather than tolerance and sharing, and focus on material things without realizing the necessity of spiritual cultivation.