14. Communication across the ages
The Kingdom Army from Scalley is still wary of Lucheng's squad.
But their soldiers were so exhausted that they couldn't even hold their weapons, and several were wounded.
Elena did not force them to keep vigil, but ordered them to find a place to rest.
And now Elena and General Hubert are sitting around the side of the bonfire that has risen in the city of Road... Communicate with the Lucheng team about the intelligence between the two countries.
"Five thousand years of history?"
Elena shouted in surprise the moment she heard Lu Cheng's opening words.
But soon Elena realized her gaffe and sat back in her place.
She clearly understood that even if she was now inside the ruins of a building, the communication between her and Lu Cheng was still a... State-to-state diplomacy.
"I'm sorry, Lord Lu Cheng, but it's true that you said that your country has a history of five thousand years?"
Elena put her hands on her knees, perfectly reproducing every rule of court etiquette.
It's a pity that she is now dressed in heavy armor, and her cheeks are dirty because of the mixture of dust and blood, no matter how much she sits to make herself look dignified, she can't see a trace of this temperament on her body.
"Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms period... Later, in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, our country went through 24 dynasties. ”
Lu Cheng didn't mind giving the other party a science popularization before the official diplomacy, after all, Lu Cheng also needed to know the specific situation of this Scarre Kingdom.
"Summer... business..."
Elena imitated Lu Cheng and muttered the names in Chinese, but she managed to bite her tongue halfway through.
"Your language is a little hard to pronounce." Elena gently covered her mouth in an attempt to ease her embarrassment.
"I think your language sounds weird."
Due to work, there are quite a few foreign languages in Luchenghui, from basic English to Russian, which are basically proficient in the level, but the language of this country is really very strange.
"Our language? Our country speaks the universal language of the world. Elena took a deep breath and continued, "Our country is only one hundred and seventy-seven years since the beginning of recorded history, and there are only two dynasties. ”
When she said this, she suddenly remembered something, and quickly got up from the place where she was sitting, and performed a strange etiquette towards Lu Cheng.
"I'm Elena, the seventeenth princess of the Kingdom of Scarley." She gave Lu Cheng a brief introduction to herself very seriously.
"Your name pronunciation can be translated into English words." Lu Cheng said suddenly.
"What's that?" Elena was slightly stunned for a moment when she heard the strange word.
"No, nothing."
Lu Cheng observes Elena's appearance and the appearance of Hubert beside her.
Elena had taken off her helmet by this time, and her long jet-black hair was scattered behind her, and her pupils were scarlet despite the black pupils.
Characteristics of physical appearance... Lucheng is difficult to describe, a bit like a mixed race in Central Europe, and the appearance of the general Hubert next to him is closer to the appearance of the Indians in the Americas.
It's just that General Hubert's pupils are silver.
The language and name of this world have too much to do with the earth, and Lu Cheng can only attribute it to the theory of parallel worlds.
When Elena sat down again, General Hubert, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
"Your Excellency Lucheng." Hubert pronounced the name of the city in Chinese, and the honorific title at the end was in their language: "Your country has existed for five thousand years?" ”
"That's right, our country has changed many dynasties, and we have experienced you like this... We were cornered by the enemy's invasion of the country, but we still persevered, again and again, the enemy we fought against for five thousand years has always changed, and now..."Lu Cheng looked at the joyful flames in front of him and whispered, "Our country is strong enough to compete with any country in the world. ”
"What is the identity of Your Excellency in this country..."
Hubert had been staring at the Saint Crystal on the back of Lu Cheng's hand since just now.
In his capacity in Scalley, he had to show enough respect for anyone he saw as a Crystal holder, as they were basically princes, princes, or even kings from other countries.
"I'm just an 'ordinary' soldier, and this thing suddenly appeared on my hands." Lu Cheng didn't think that there was anything to hide from the origin of the Holy Crystal.
"Just ordinary soldiers..."
Hubert's expression paused slightly when he heard this answer, but he still managed to control his emotions well.
"I'm guessing you're looking for reinforcements?"
Lu Cheng directly said what General Hubert had been thinking about during the conversation.
Hubert's newly controlled mood soon changed, and he frowned as he tried to organize the language.
The corpses of the Blood Crystal Beasts outside the church were still warm, and the fear of being taken away by death was still fresh in General Hubert's memory.
But now Hubert understands... Those blood crystals were not killed by the gods, but the four soldiers in front of them.
Hubert was still suspicious of the identity of the Lucheng team, but the corpse of the Blood Crystal Beast lying outside would not deceive.
They have the ability to kill those monsters easily.
"Reinforcements, we've been looking for reinforcements, would you like to support us?"
Elena asked Lu Cheng in a cautious tone, as careful as a student who wanted to ask her teacher for leave to go home during class.
"It's not as easy as you say, but you have to make it clear... Your country, or rather... What's going on in your world? Lu Cheng said.
"Your Excellency Lu Cheng, hasn't your country been attacked by the Blood Crystal Beast?" Elena asked after calming down.
"There are disasters like typhoons and earthquakes, but that kind of monster... If it really appears in our country, it is estimated that it will be killed as a first-class protected animal. ”
Lu Cheng felt that if that kind of giant wolf really appeared on the earth, it was estimated that a few people would be put in cages and sent to the zoo for everyone to watch.
"Protecting animals?"
Elena understood the description of the earthquake and the tsunami, but the protected animals behind it did not.
"There are also such fierce beasts in our country, which cannot be matched by humans, such as the Siberian tiger and panda, but they are very scarce now, so that their population can reproduce... Our country has established special laws to protect them. Lu Cheng said.
However, the Siberian tiger is not estimated to be the opponent of the giant wolf, and the giant wolf that is a full man tall may only exist in ancient times, but even if the dinosaurs really come, it is estimated that it is a matter of a bullet magazine.
"Breeding, the Blood Crystal Beast is not a normal creature at all, Lord Lu Cheng, they are a group of monsters... A monster that only knows how to kill. Elena said.
"Please go ahead and explain what the hell the Blood Crystal Beast is."
Lu Cheng also knew that the monster with a viscous liquid flowing all over his body was definitely not born from his mother's womb.
Although there are the bones of the Blood Crystal Beast in the research base to which Lucheng belongs, it is still under research, and the results will need to wait for some time.