Chapter 278: Precursor: Tinkering
"If you want to talk about the most powerful force in the east of the empire, it must be the dukedom of the highlands, and the second strongest is the border guards of the eastern gate, in fact, even the border guards have many people from the dukes of the highlands, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the king of the east of the empire, in fact, he does have more power than the kings of those small principalities in the north. ”
Richard sat on the goblin specialty cushion and explained the situation in the eastern part of the human world to the white wolf word by word, and now he happened to talk about the division of forces.
After listening to Richard's explanation, the white wolf couldn't help but sigh, this is really worthy of the medieval era, a prince king can have so much power, put his own people in the border army at will, take charge of taxes, have his own private army, and even have independent laws, these vassals have very little responsibility, only need to call up some troops when the emperor goes out, and at other times, these local forces are completely local emperors, and they can do whatever they want in their fiefdoms.
However, even if the white wolf feels that this emperor of the Alfit Empire is not worthy of the name, he can only accept it, now is the era of aristocratic feudal politics, the imperial power is not high, and it is not sacred to the princes, and when the white wolf arrives in the eastern part of the empire, he will probably be able to have a more profound experience.
"On top of that, there are dark creatures in the east from time to time, such as vampires and stuff, thieves, robbers, and if you're going to the east, you have to put your personal safety first. Richard continued.
"So.... What kind of man is the Duke of the Highlands? I may see him then. ”
"I don't know, I'm just a civilian, how can I have the opportunity to meet those high-ranking people?" Richard reluctantly said that he couldn't help this question.
"Then you can draw me another map. The white wolf pulled out a pen and paper from the bag on the left side of his body and handed it to Richard.
The white wolf designed a side hook for himself that could be strapped to his back, which was actually four small backpacks, so that he could finally carry something with him.
"This map.... It may take a while to draw well, can you wait until tomorrow morning to come back?" Richard took the pen and paper and frowned.
"No problem, I'll come back to you tomorrow. The white wolf agreed, and then continued, "Well, then I don't have anything to ask, by the way, how are you doing? ”
"No other requirements, I'm very happy with my current life, and the only request is that I hope this life can go on forever. Richard leaned back and leaned back in his chair, "To be able to do so in such a cruel and chaotic world.... To provide shelter for people like us, to give us a peaceful environment.... I can't think of any other words to express my feelings than to be grateful. ”
"Is this world chaotic? I feel that the order in Eagle City is okay, I also heard from that Holy Light Priest that there is a Papal State, and the order there must be good. The white wolf pretended to be puzzled.
"The wars between the superior have never stopped, even the Holy Light Church, and the number of heretics they execute every year is in the triple digits, who knows if those people are really heretics?"
"Three-digit numbers.... That's not a small number.... But then again, isn't it a bit of a mockery that they execute so many heretics every year, and finally break out in a rebellion of the Destruction Sect. ”
"That's what I said... By the way, I suddenly remembered one thing, do you remember the abandoned village where we first met?" asked Richard.
"Of course, I judged that this village was destroyed by human armies, but who did it and when... I don't know. ”
"I've had some time to think about these things when I've been idle lately, and just now we were talking about the chaos, and I suddenly had some thoughts, the Duke of the Highlands and the Duke of the Acropolis had been fighting each other for a year, and this village might have been destroyed by them. ”
"Duke of the Acropolis, what country is he?"
"Of course, it's also Imperial. ”
"Okay..."The white wolf suddenly didn't know what to say, judging from the information he had learned so far, the imperial power of this Alfit Empire had weakened greatly, and his vassals could attack each other, which couldn't help but remind him of the end of the Zhou Dynasty, when Zhou Tianzi had lost control of the vassal states, and countries could attack each other and expand their territory, but I don't know whether the situation of this Alfit Empire was stronger or weaker than that era.
"Thank you for the reminder, it seems that if I am going to the East, I will have to be careful, and it is not unusual for something to happen. The White Wolf replied that the most powerful forces in the East were now at war with others, which in some ways gave the White Wolf an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, but it also increased the danger.
After saying goodbye to Richard, the white wolf returned to the underworld, and he has recently focused on two things, the first is to dig deep into agriculture, in order to greatly increase the agricultural output of the emirate, so that everyone can eat, and the second thing is to transform the space-time circle left by the wolf of the end when he escaped, once the transformation is completed, the space-time runes he left before can be put to use, and the emirate can also get a "fold jump" ability, you can send troops to any part of the world at any time, but this kind of transformation is by no means an overnight achievement, if you want to complete a white wolf's ideal teleportation array, you also need to depict a space-time coordinate axis of the magic array, which is used to assist the teleportation array to calculate the spatial distance, this kind of work, if you want to really complete, it will take about two or three years.
"I just don't know when the next wolf will be resurrected. The white wolf sighed, it would be nice if he could predict the future, unlike now, he basically knows nothing about the enemy's information, and can only try to improve his strength to cope with all changes.
I don't know when, the black wolf stood by his side, silently watching him transform the rune circle in front of him.
"Sister, when do you think the next wolf of the end will appear?" the white wolf turned his head and asked the black wolf who was watching him draw the rune circle.
"Come on, I have a feeling that it won't be long before the next wolf awakens, they are howling, calling for the return of the God of Destruction...."The black wolf shook his head in pain, as if remembering some memory that made her very unhappy.
"I didn't expect you to actually feel it... And what about the exact directions?"
"This... I do not know... I can only vaguely feel that they are very far away from me..."
"Hmm.... You're here... Is there anything you want me to do?" asked the white wolf.
The white wolf's question, in exchange for the silence of the black wolf, felt that something was not right, so the white wolf stopped what he was doing and turned to face the black wolf.
"I think... I'm confused, I've been fighting for revenge all my life, but, not long ago, that guy made me understand that I had found the wrong target, and that my misfortune, and what I did afterwards, was the result of so-called fate, do you believe what it says?"
The black wolf's eyes did look very confused, and she slowly paced to the center of the circle, squatting there in a posture that only canines can make.
"The reason why you feel confused is because you don't understand two concepts, fate and law, which are two different things, the world is doomed to destruction, this is caused by objective laws, although I don't think this law is very reasonable, but it does exist. Fate is different, this thing is a subjective imagination of people, and when people are frustrated and hit, they like to comfort themselves with this kind of thing, as if to say, it is not me who is wrong, but the world. ”
"I'm not going to do what a coward would do. After listening to the white wolf's definition of fate, the black wolf replied.
"We can't compete with the laws, we can only find ways to use them to create a situation in our favor, and fate and fate are just placebos, we must know that our consciousness is free, if we can make good use of the laws, then there are no absolutes. ”
"But according to you, since according to the law, this world should have been destroyed, then why don't you accept it?" the black wolf asked rhetorically
"You are confusing the difference between fate and law, you must know that the world is full of contradictions, if you look at it from the perspective of the overall situation, this world has been deeply linked to a stable universe, the wolf of the end has not said that the stable universe is to be destroyed, that is, it can continue to exist, maybe we can use this to avoid the fate of this world being destroyed. The white wolf replied.
"But what you're talking about.... It's just a possibility..."The black wolf was still a little skeptical.
"The fact that the Wolf of the End can be eliminated proves that it is not only a possibility, but that if we work hard to eliminate the Wolf of the End, we can save the world in a realistic sense. ”
"Why do you spend all day talking about saving the world...? Knowing that this is a noble idea... But there are still some... It's hard to understand what your motives are. ”
The black wolf's words did stop the white wolf, if he answered truthfully, it would expose the fact that he was a traverser, revealing the connection between the stable universe and this other world to a wolf of the end... Is this really the right choice?
But on the other hand, the wolf of the end is just a status symbol.... The black wolf in front of him is obviously an individual with his own consciousness and thoughts.
"Actually.... I ....."
After much hesitation, the white wolf finally decided to tell the black wolf the truth. Read the latest chapters, stay tuned