Chapter 10: The Four Great Races
Serena's courtyard was not too far from Linko's courtyard.
Originally, he didn't need to ask for a courtyard on his own, but until Cohen was twelve years old, he had been living in the current courtyard with Serena, until he successfully activated his energy to become a spell caster, and Rhine specially prepared a courtyard for him without any noise around, mainly to take care of his meditation practice.
Cohen, who had returned to the courtyard, was already Linko, but the feeling of familiarity and warmth came from the soul, as if he were a part of it.
"My son, you are fourteen years old," Serena looked at her son, who was already much taller than herself, with tenderness in her eyes, "Maybe other people's children still enjoy the superiority that the family brings them at your age, while you can only continue to experience hardships to develop towards the strong dependence of the family, we all know that you are very hard, which makes me feel extremely guilty." ”
"Don't be like this mom, I'm your son, and I have an obligation to do good enough for you and your father to be proud of me!"
"No, son, I don't want any pride, I'm sure your father is too, we are willing to work hard, but we only want you to be happy, can you understand?"
"I'll be fine, don't worry," Lin Ke hugged her gently, reluctant to continue the sad topic, and began to divert Serena's attention, "Hey, you just said that grandmother is an elf, oh my God, is it really an elegant and powerful elf?!, but we don't have long ears?"
"Yes, they are elegant and powerful, but they are also stubborn and conservative," Serena looked quite emotional, "In fact, there have been many cases of elves and humans giving birth to children in the history of the continent, generally people like mother and your aunt and even you should be called half-elves, but in fact, half-elves are generally not discovered, unless they admit it themselves, because half-elves, regardless of gender, all show human physical characteristics, which is the same no matter how many generations it is passed on, only a few descendants between half-elves will have atavistic phenomena." ”
Lin Ke was a little stunned when she heard this, this strange phenomenon may not be explained in this world, but if it was on the earth, she would know that this is a dominant and recessive problem of genes.
"Actually, I just wanted to tell you about Cher today," Serena's expression began to become serious, and a pair of eyes stared at Lin Ke seriously, "Cher has more elf blood than me and your aunt, she is an elf and half-elf child. ”
Lin Ke's spirit was shocked, and he thought of Xue'er's three fingers that were slightly bent, "We are all half-elves?"
Serena glanced at Lin Ke strangely, he still looked frightened just now, "In fact, there is only one meaning to talk so much, that is, to make this matter a secret between us, although the God of War Empire does not have too much rejection of other alien races except the dragon race, but after all, this is the kingdom of the human race, and curiosity and greed for foreign races will make it difficult for us, especially with elves." You may not be able to understand this now, but you must remember not to let it be known by people with ulterior motives. ”
"Well, I will definitely do it, don't worry," Lin Ke nodded seriously, as a person who has purely experienced two worlds, Lin Ke knows much more about some of the inferior roots of human beings than Serena imagined.
"So everyone says that the elven clan's cultivation talent is amazing, and my spell-casting talent also comes from the inheritance of the elven bloodline?"
"That's right, it's not right," Serena said slowly after thinking carefully for a long time. The talent of the elves is exaggerated too much by people, what elves can everyone cultivate, and other nonsense is just a rumor, if the elves can really become professionals, then I'm afraid there is really not much suspense about who is respected in this continent, but the proportion of professionals in the elves is indeed much higher than that of the human race, plus the elves have a longer lifespan, and the elves in the same realm often live much longer than the human race in the same realm, which gives the elves more time to inherit and alternate between the old and the new. ”
"So compared to the other alien races, is the elven race stronger or weaker?" Linko decided to take the opportunity to add something that Cohen didn't know but that he thought was important.
"I don't know much, huh...... In my opinion, the elves are perhaps the most powerful of the other races besides the Terrans. The dragons undoubtedly have a much more powerful average individual strength, but the extreme low level of reproductive ability has led to their real clansmen being too scarce, and they often have to rely on a large number of wurm pseudo-clans to fight; the fishmen have a larger population, but they are uneven, both in strength and wisdom; as for the orcs, not to mention, although the orcs still have the upper hand in the alliance of the four northern countries independently, they can only stay on the northern ice field and suffer, which is much worse than the other three races. ”
"But as we said earlier, elves have their own inherent weaknesses, and the disasters that can be caused by a race are often staggering. ”
"Stubborn and conservative?"
"Add to that the haughty and unbelievable pacifism," Serena seemed a little speechless, "a people who have been bullied and still love peace." ”
"And the dwarves?" asked Linkoby, who thought for a long time as Cohen remembered.
"Ha, those short, lazy, stubborn, and clumsy dwarves?" Serena sneered unabashedly, "Those dwarves can only cling to the weak orc empire now, avoiding the trouble in the mountains in the west of the orc empire, and defending the gateway there for the orcs, in order to prevent the strongest Dora kingdom in the alliance of the four northern countries from crossing the mountain range and invading the western plains of the orcs. ”
Linko fell into deep thought again.
How big the continent is, the young Cohen is not clear and too lazy to be clear, in his opinion, the God of War Empire is already big enough, so big that he may not be able to complete it in his life, so he is not interested in those too many things, but Lin Ke is different, he wants to see how big this world is, he wants to see how magical this world is, and he wants to find out why he came here, he wants to know a lot, he is very eager.
Serena quietly looked at Lin Ke thinking and did not bother, her eyes were very complicated, she had a lot of things to do, but none of them were more important than him.
"This world is really big," Serena slowly stroked his hair when she saw Lin Ke regain her composure, "It's so big that countless people can't finish it in their lives, but this world is very small, and no force or even race will feel that their own living space can be satisfied, my son, what I see is what I see after all, and you should see more and more deeply than me in the future, then you will find that maybe I am wrong." In any case, the world is indeed wonderful. ”
"Let's say the top 10 cities?"
"Let's say the top ten famous cities!" Serena smiled, "Don't talk about me, even if you like freedom the most, the only famous cities you can walk through in this life are the five cities of the Terrans, and the remaining five alien castles do not welcome the Terrans, which makes him very regretful." ”
"Even the five major cities of the human race, if you want to travel once, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”
"Indeed, although it is not a life of nine deaths, but it is also very difficult, Cohen my son, if he does not have enough strength, traveling to the mainland is to seek death, maybe he will be thrown into that stinky ditch as soon as he leaves the house, but if he has enough strength, I am afraid that he will have trouble finding himself wherever he goes, and he has traveled to the five cities of the human race in his life, and your grandfather is proud enough," Serena suddenly smiled and winked at Lin Ke, "Your grandfather's private collection is also very rich." ”
Lin Ke's eyes lit up, and then he said with a wicked smile, "It's just a pity that I haven't been to the Elf Imperial Capital, otherwise the collection will be even richer, haha." ”
Selena glanced at Lin Ke with disgust and got up and said, "Don't think about sneaking out anymore, the family library will have many answers to questions, go there and find what you want." ”
"Before that, I want to go to the beach to relax, Mom~" Lin Ke pleaded half-coquettishly and half-seriously.
Serena glared at Lin Ke fiercely, the latter glared back pitifully, for a long time, Serena was defeated, "Okay, okay, I'll talk to your grandfather, just this once, come back before dark," she suddenly raised her voice, "Also, don't make trouble for me again, it's only been a long time, you will toss the house like this, if you make trouble for me again, I will let you be grounded until you go to the imperial capital." ”
"You're the best!"
――――――――――――――――――――
Windy City is a medium-sized city on the eastern coast of the God of War Empire.
Although it is coastal, it is not as prosperous as the coastal cities on the earth in Lin Ke's previous life, the reason is that the ocean here is not ordinary, it is sometimes crazy, sometimes calm, sometimes devouring life and sometimes releasing wealth, so that countless people on the mainland love and hate, it is the storm ocean.
The Storm Ocean is one of the most dangerous places on the continent, and no one has been able to cross it so far, even if it is as strong as a dragon, when facing the Storm Ocean, it has to choose a huge arc route: detour from the edge of the Storm Ocean.
Legend has it that the great Wind God Temple had rested here for hundreds of years, so there was the Storm Ocean, and legend has it that the great God of Light killed a heretical false god here, and the aftermath of the powerful divine power created the Storm Ocean, so after the two legends, dozens of different versions of the legend have appeared one after another, anyway, it can be summed up in one sentence, there was a war of the gods here! And the servants of the gods in the human world in many temples are willing to take responsibility for the birth of the Storm Ocean.
Linko, on the other hand, prefers to believe that it is the power of nature.
The Storm Ocean is a huge area, and on either side of the ocean are the God of War Empire and the legendary and mysterious Dragon Island.
No one knows the exact location of the Dragon Island, nor how big it is, only that it is where the dragons live, and that there is a Dragon Valley that covers the land with gold and silver treasures.
Countless fanatical ancestors had started the great Age of Discovery, sailing away in search of the source of wealth on the other side of the sea, but time passed, and to this day, the Age of Discovery has left people with nothing but infinite sorrow and the occasional dragon treasure that has stirred up a cry on the continent.
Who cares about those who go to sea with great ambitions and never return?
Lin Ke faces the sea, his hair flying.