Section 6012 Prelude to War
"Well, agreed!" Poor Dao nodded and said, "I'll go to the Dragon Emperor myself." ”
"I'd better go!" Forget worry smiled: "He belongs to the magic monster of the Western system, I am more familiar with it, and it is easy to communicate, so it is better for me to talk to him!"
"But~" Poor Dao said worriedly: "What if he doesn't know what to do with you?"
"Cut, you also underestimate me too much, although my strength is not as perverted as yours, I can't beat a guy at the level of the Poison Dragon Emperor. But it's more than enough for me to protect myself. Forget that I was dissatisfied with me and underestimated her, and said unconvinced: "I have the Five Elements Bead for defense, and there are countless compound super magic skills for attack, and there is still our heart-to-heart connection when I escape, so I don't believe that the Poison Dragon Emperor can do anything to me!"
"This~" Poor Dao was still not at ease, just frowned.
"Don't forget, Elena's Mercy King Huo is the guest star of all evils, and the Poison Dragon Emperor must be afraid of this!" Forget said with a smile.
One last thing she added finally dispelled my doubts, for no other reason than that I was too confident in the special flame that Elena used to melt the ice cap. That kind of flame is a new special flame formed by fusing the divine flame of the top main god of the western birdman and the Mingwang fire recorded in the mantra of the Eastern Great Sun.
The quality and power are one level higher than these two flames. Otherwise, with Elena's little energy, how could she have melted down so much of the earth's ice cap at once? Even the big iron plate was directly vaporized. That's all due to this flame. The name given to this flame by the poor way is the Flame of Compassion, which means the flame of the gods that can only be used by those who have a compassionate heart!
Seeing that Forget Worry was so resolute, Poor Dao couldn't refute it too much, so he had to use his spiritual power to avoid the incense on the side, and quietly advised: "After getting the spatial coordinates, I will borrow Athena's artifact Eight Mirrors by the way." I'm relieved to have it. ”
Forget worry smiled and nodded: "Okay, but my task is set, you can't be idle, hurry up and work for me......"
"What do I do?" asked the poor question, puzzled.
"You run to the Fire Elemental Realm once, although there is no Vulcan God there, but the generals under the Vulcan God cannot be underestimated, and it just so happens that you have that brand, you can completely incorporate them. Forget the worry smiled. "Only you can adapt to the environment of that plane, and no one else can go! ”
"Okay. I'll go!" Poor Dao had no choice but to agree: "You just said first, is there still a last?"
"Of course, after you come back from the Fire Elemental Realm, you still have to go to the Underworld once, although the Hades God may not be able to find it. But those four great venerables are not idle people, you can communicate and see if there is any possibility of cooperation!" Forget worried: "If I am not wrong, maybe the god of the underworld may have a connection with them." ”
"That old fellow of the god of the underworld is very shrewd, although he is not of good character. We don't know his own strength. However, the strength of his subordinates is quite strong, and the underworld is generally managed by him in a very orderly manner. Thus. This guy is a very talented guy. Poor Dao commented with a frown.
"Judging by the curse of the god of the underworld, the artifact he made, he likes to get something for nothing. Judging from his style of collecting taxes even when he entered the city, he was very greedy and short-sighted. Poor Dao smiled helplessly, "This kind of person is generally difficult to communicate, and he will never do anything without interest, unless we are willing to sacrifice something in exchange for him to make a move." ”
"Hehe, the point is that if we sacrifice him, he won't necessarily help us. It seems that the promise of the god of the underworld will not be fulfilled many times!" Forget Worry smiled: "However, this does not prevent you from going once, it is a big deal to run in vain, but in case he occasionally 'takes a long look' and sees the conspiracy of the birdmen to break each other, hehe, then we didn't earn it in vain?"
"Okay, I'll try my luck, but don't get your hopes up!" said Poor Dao.
Next, we discussed some specific details, and after taking care of everything in general, Poor Dao was driven away by Forget Worries. Alas, I'm going to start running around again, and my life is really miserable!
Not long after the poor road left, the propaganda war, the prelude to the coming East-West war, had officially kicked off and started with a bang. The strongest casts were dispatched on both sides, and sociologists, historians, opera writers, and so on were all organized to pour dirty water on each other.
All kinds of rumors are endless, the rhetoric is gorgeous, the content is simply absurd, in short, in hindsight, the number of illegitimate children of the poor and the pope has reached a staggering triple digits, and other high-level gossip is also flying in the sky. There are some rumors that make people laugh and cry.
For example, the Holy See took out my father's humiliating liberal arts transcript when he was a student at the Holy Light Advanced Demon Martial Academy. Let's simply say that my father's IQ was inherited by the bloodline of the Pope family, and his martial arts talent is the specialty of the Long family. The Pope was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and since then no one has dared to point a finger at the Pope's own nephew, my father.
Then we began to fight back, saying that each of their twelve cardinals ate human brains, although it was a rehash of the old story, but because the evidence was conclusive, it really gave the Holy See a headache. However, they quickly countered that our Druid Elders were all hybrids between Warcraft and humans, otherwise how could they transform into Warcraft?
Then, it was we who fought back, in short, after scolding back and forth a few times, everyone finally got a little tired. At this time, suddenly a new voice appeared. Standing on the high plane of a third party, they began to objectively comment on the tremendous impact of the war on the mainland on both sides.
First of all, they criticized the Holy See's reckless militarism, and the three-year naval battle not only caused more than one million huge casualties, but also dragged down the entire Eastern Continent people's lives. The lives of the people are so miserable that they almost can't survive.
Later, they also criticized our side, and although the Seven Princesses commanded well in the naval battle, they still killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of people, and caused great suffering to their relatives. Although we use skeletons to mine minerals, we use smuggling to collect gold. It did not cause much harm to the lives of the people in the Western Continent, but it indirectly hit the economy of the Eastern Continent and made the lives of the people in the Eastern Continent even worse.
At the same time, they also accused me of driving out all the priests of the Holy See, and because the number of druids of the Cult of Deity was too small to spread throughout the country quickly, many people were injured but could not receive effective treatment, resulting in many innocent casualties.
While blaming both of us, they do not forget to make predictions about the future. According to their speculation, once a war breaks out, it is likely to be a stalemate, with incalculable casualties on both sides, even if the last side wins. Then the soldiers and poor people killed and injured in the war will at least exceed 200 million, accounting for one-fifth of the population of the whole continent.
And this is only the most conservative estimate, and the more serious situation is that once one side is wiped out. And if the gods are alerted to participate in the war, then the disaster of the whole continent is about to come. They remind everyone to think about how the Mediterranean came to be. You must know how there was a continent that disappeared before, because they were destroyed because they became a battlefield for the gods!
Finally, they appealed to the two major sects to resolve their disputes peacefully, preferably through negotiation rather than war, for the sake of peace and tranquility on the mainland, for the survival of the people of the whole continent, and for the sake of not provoking a war between the gods.
As soon as the arguments of this group appeared, they almost immediately swept the continent. The war of words between us was put aside, and without the audience, how could we still sing this play? So the propaganda war between us was forced to stop and prepare to deal with this overwhelming wave of anti-war.
This time the incident was too sudden, and it directly caught the Holy See off guard, especially the people of the Eastern Continent who were living too hard, and they really couldn't stand the blind war exploitation, even the officials, nobles and soldiers were tired of endless wars.
There are many reasons, one is that people die in battle, but they are not exceptions because of their noble status, and the officers who go to the battlefield must be nobles, so their casualties are also considerable. In addition, if there is less money, the people will die of poverty, and even if they are in a big position, they can't directly turn people into gold coins, right? In addition, the price of luxury goods they use to enjoy is several times more expensive.
The common people are busy preparing for war, who has time to produce luxury goods? These things have to be smuggled from our western continent, can they not be expensive? Less money and much more spending, so that many small nobles have gone bankrupt. The bankrupt little nobles had to find a familiar big nobleman to help, and even the big nobles were unlucky, so under the chain reaction, the nobles of the entire Eastern Continent also suffered from the war.
In particular, some of the big nobles who were afraid of death were the most anti-war vanguards. Even if they had no shortage of food and clothing, and enjoyed themselves, as soon as they heard that this war might lead to a war of the gods that would destroy the entire continent, who would be the winner?
Even His Majesty the Emperor of the two empires began to hesitate, and began to consider whether they should continue to support the Holy See in waging this war, once the continent was destroyed, would they still be able to live? Even if they relied on the protection of the angels to leave a small life, but without the country, without the palace, and everything, they might as well die.
Therefore, as soon as this argument appeared, it almost immediately became the mainstream of public opinion, from the magnates of various countries to the common people, and there was no one who did not support it. No matter how much the Holy See tries to promote the brilliance of the God of Light, it is useless, and the God of Light doesn't care about their eating and enjoyment, who cares about him?
The anti-war movement grew louder and louder, and many fighters were reluctant to fight, even the barbarians were somewhat war-weary, including the Holy See's army. After all, this is related to the fate of the entire continent, and no one dares to be careless.
Now that the following has already made a fuss, the Pope can't suppress it, and the involvement is too big, and he is also worried in his heart. In fact, things have come to this point, and it is no longer up to him to control them. Even if he said he wouldn't fight, and the angels above didn't agree, he couldn't do anything! In desperation, the anxious Pope had no choice but to ask the heavenly realm for instructions.
As for our western continent, although the people are living a good life, they are also particularly nervous in the face of the crisis of destruction, and they have organized to demand a truce. In this environment, Xiangxiang first made a peaceful gesture on behalf of the Cult of Deity, expressing her willingness to temporarily give up her hatred with the Holy See and conduct peace negotiations, and publicly promised not to take the initiative not to provoke the Eastern Continent. As a concrete statement, the fleet of the Seven Princesses will all be evacuated from the waters of the Continent.
Hehe, in fact, the Seventh Princess really couldn't withstand the increasingly powerful naval attack of the Holy See, so she just found an excuse to take the initiative to evacuate, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. It is said that this incident irritated West Asia reluctantly, and after more than two years of preparation, he was about to break the blockade of the Seventh Princess in a dignified manner, but people found an excuse to withdraw it, and almost depressed West Asia to death.
In any case, Xiangxiang's statement has won the welcome of the whole continent and made us occupy the absolute initiative in public opinion. Now the whole continent is waiting for the Holy See's reply, but the Pope has never appeared. At the same time, the navy of West Asia received an order to quickly seize the entrance to the Mediterranean, and the assembly of the various armies of the Holy See did not mean to stagnate at all, and it was still proceeding in an orderly manner.
The Holy See's approach naturally aroused the unanimous condemnation of the whole continent, but it was a pity that people did not pay attention to it, and it was not until there was a mutiny below that the Holy See showed a little bit of rhetoric, saying that peace talks are okay, but the troops must press up, so that it is more conducive to negotiations!
Although the Holy See's reply was a bit far-fetched, it was not too outrageous, and for the first time it revealed its willingness to negotiate peace, so the anger on the mainland calmed down a little, but because the reputation of the Holy See has always been poor, everyone was afraid of being fooled by them, so the call for the Holy See to make it clear was wave after wave. It's just that the Holy See has been silent since then, and no one can know what they really think.
I am afraid that the Holy See has been wondering in his heart whether this so-called peace proposal was concocted by me behind my back, and what my purpose is, and I don't know how dare they agree to it? But if they don't agree, how will they face the pressure of public opinion on the whole continent? Gaga, this difficult problem will give the Pope and the master behind him a headache together! It is better that they can die of depression in ignorance!