"I'll help you end this war!"

"Who are you?"

"I ...... I'm Mar...... No, my name is Regulus Mar Vodganov, and like you, I'm just a mortal. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"And what confidence do you have that you can help us end the war?"

"I understand war, let me be your advisor, it wouldn't hurt me to give it a try, especially when you're being pressed by the elves. ”

This is St. Terri, in the south of the continent of Hemo, the front-line combat headquarters of the human army against the Elven Empire, and in a thousand years, a country called St. Lucas will rise from this continent. The origin of the Elven Continent in the legend of the Elves is that the ancestor of the Elven Race, who was blessed by the legendary gods, the demigod Celem, was unwilling to return the power to the gods after borrowing the power of the gods, and he sacrificed himself to change into land in order to continue to benefit the elves he cared for, so that the elves could continue to thrive on the newly born continent. Legend has it that his eyes were transformed into two sacred pools, his nose formed the Mount Serim named after him, his mouth was the Abyss of Zeller, and his hair became a variety of plants with mystical powers. The elves of later generations took the water of the sacred pool, cut down the wood of the jungle, and used the craftsmanship technology stolen from the god of fire and craft to create countless legendary treasures. But the descendants of the elves later disagreed, and the war between the high elves and the dark elves broke out, when the high elves were assisted by Malrus, who had been trained in the earthly world, and he alone resisted the attack of 30,000 dark elves, and finally the war ended in the victory of the high elves, and the defeated dark elves fled into the abyss of Zeller, and lived in the underground world ever since. The ancestor of the ancient elves, Serim, stole the technology of the craft from the god of fire and craft, which also caused the elven race to be cursed by Valken and became sharp-eared and red-eyed and had a very different complexion, and the high elves on the ground became more and more powerful with the passage of time, and the dark elves who fled underground have not been seen for centuries. When the elves who dominated the continent of Hemo were about to take over the neighboring continent of Kaos, humanity was born.

At first, the High Elves only used humans as labor and tools, but when they learned enough knowledge and skills from them, they began to rebel against the elves' rule. "Humans reproduce as fast as worms!" said the High Elf scholar Shuros. Through the advantage of numbers, the power of the human race gradually grew, and in order to completely get rid of the rule of the elves, people formed a coalition to resist the elven empire, and the god of war Marrus, who had lost his divine power because of his repeated taste of the forbidden fruit with the goddess of the moon, appeared in front of the human army at this time.

In order to conceal his identity as the god of war (and he no longer has the power of the god of war), Marrus temporarily thought of a pseudonym, and deliberately left a message in the name that he was once the god of war, perhaps just so that someone could find out his true identity in the future, but unfortunately everything related to the name "Regulus" has not left any traces in the long history that has been recorded.

It took Malrus (Regulus) nearly a year to turn the tide of battle through several famous battles such as the Battle of Serim, which later became legendary, and finally gained the complete trust of the human army. One night, after the Humans had captured the eastern city of Hel, which would become the capital of St. Lucas, Marrus was invited to their celebratory feast.

"I say Regulus, you're a strange man!" said Wally Stonearm, the leader of the human army, whose arms were three times as thick as a normal man, and who was said to be able to knock down a centuries-old tree with a single punch. According to him, his family has been born with strong arms and infinite strength for generations, which is why their family has the surname "Stone Arm". Wally is currently partying with the soldiers in Hull's "drunk" tavern, which is run by ordinary humans who have been oppressed by the High Elves, and in order to show his gratitude to the human army for freeing them, he brings out all the best honey that was previously only used to entertain elves, and let the heroes enjoy it. Although Wally is the leader of the human army, the human army does not have a strict hierarchy now, because they are all part of the resistance to the oppression of the elves, so they are not willing to rule others or be ruled by others, they preach absolute equality and freedom, and the warriors believe that as long as they defeat the elves, they can usher in a better life. Wally put one hand on the shoulder of Regulus beside him, and took a large sip of mead: "This is a 'drunk' tavern, how can you be worthy of this sign if you don't get drunk?

"I'll ask you to drink freely, but you should also give me some moderation!" Ali shook his head at Wally.

"What's the matter, I can't bear your good wine?" said Wally, his left hand still resting on Regulus's shoulder, slightly unhappy by the tavernkeeper's words.

"You are the hero who saved Hull, and I won't have a word of complaint even if you drink up my shop! It's just that you are the leader of the human army, and there are so many human compatriots waiting for you to liberate, don't let me drink and die here!"

"Don't worry," Wally laughed, "death is far harder than you think. He raised his head at Ali, his tone full of humor, but his eyes were full of sadness, making it difficult to figure out whether he was joking or serious.

"Regulus, you've only been here for a year and you've made a qualitative leap forward in our resistance, and your surprise tactics this time are wonderful! How do you know that the enemy won't come at you?" asked Wally to Regulus, who was beside him.

"I don't know, it's just speculation based on experience. ”

"Seeing that you are not very old, how can you have so much experience in war?"

"This ......"

"Forget it, forget it, you don't want to tell us, come, keep drinking!" said Wally, picking up the glass and pouring it into Regulus's mouth, so that he choked on snot and tears, and that godless majesty naturally made everyone laugh.

In the past, if someone dared to be so disrespectful to his god of war Malrus, that person would have died tens of thousands of times, but after feeling his weakness and powerlessness in front of the god king, and calming his mind after the worldly experience and hearing calmed his mind, he has long since lost the anger of the past. Although he had become docile, he was still very concerned about the goddess of the moon who had changed him, and he knew that as the daughter of the god king, she would not be punished too severely, but before he saw it with his own eyes, he felt as if something was always hanging in his heart, and he couldn't let go of it. He looked at the pool of water in the tavern that had been filled with reveling warriors, and remembered the great baths in his former palace and the first meeting with Dinona, and remembered her skin, her body, her lips......

"Hey, what's the matter?

"I didn't ...... It's okay......"

"Don't squirm for Lao Tzu! You've been here for a year, and you're our brother, what do you want to know?" Wally slammed his glass on the table, then turned to the tavern keeper and drank while he was drinking, "Ali! You should have a girl here! Choose a good girl for our hero Regulus!"

"Yes, yes, but ......"

"It's just something! don't call it yet!" Ali nodded at Wally's scolding and walked out in a hurry, while Wally pulled Regulus up from the stool with one hand, because he was so drunk that he couldn't control his strength, he actually lifted Regulus up directly, and as soon as he let go, Regulus hit the wall before he realized what was going on.

"Wally, you don't have to do this, you better let Ali forget it!" Regulus rubbed his bruised nose as he got up from the ground - it was the first time he had been thrown out by an ordinary human, and despite losing his divine powers, he didn't expect to be so down.

"He's already gone out to call the girl, do you still want me to call him back again? You're so out-of-this! Wally pushed Regulus upstairs to the tavern, and a dark-haired girl dressed in a shabby cloth walked in from outside the tavern door, her hair was short and straight, untidy, as if it had been rudely torn apart, her clothes were full of holes, her bare skin was scarred in many places, and she was barefoot, and she glanced at the room with some numbness.

"This ...... This doll is ......" Wally's previous smile froze when he saw the girl in front of him, and he wondered the tavern owner who had followed the girl into the house, and the warriors who were partying in the room suddenly fell silent. "Didn't you go to the girl, this miserable child is ......"

"She's the girl we did here!"

"May I ask which guest needs to be served?" the girl looked at Ali with a blank look, Ali pointed to Regulus, who was standing in the middle of the stairs with a shocked face, and without saying a word, the girl stepped forward and took Regulus's hand and walked to the room upstairs.

"Those elves generally look down on humans, they think that humans can only serve as labor for them, and have no right to have relations with them, she is one of the few girls who can be looked down on by the elves, and she became like this because of those elves. They tortured her to madness. After Regulus was pulled upstairs by the maiden, Ali explained to Wally.

"Damn the pointy-eared monsters, I'm going to have to skin you guys!" Wally clenched his fist and slammed it on the wine table, which split in half.

In the rooms upstairs of the tavern.

"This girl, it's really useless...... I don't need your services anymore, you better go out......"

The girl ignored Regulus and began to undress herself, and when she took off the tattered cloth, Regulus saw the red marks on her back, which shocked him, who had never seen scars or blemishes, but at the same time took a new interest in the imperfect flesh. At this time, he did not have the same guilt that he later generated, and he did not have a sense of life, because although he became a mortal, he was still a mortal with infinite life. He began to let the girl untie his clothes, all he could think of was the figure of the goddess of the moon, but as he became one with the girl, the image of Dinona began to blur in his mind. He didn't know why, why he was interested in a body full of flaws that was nothing compared to the perfect body of the goddess of the moon? Shouldn't the love he longed for be the days with Dinona? This earthly woman had experienced countless trials in the tens of thousands of years before she became the god of war, and it was an elf who served her at that time that was much nobler than a human, but she didn't feel anything at that time, why would she be different when facing a human now? Thinking about these questions, Regulus slowly lost his strength, and the girl ended her service and walked out of the room before Regulus could ask her name.

The next day, Wally called Regulus up, and the sound of his stone arm pounding on the door made people think that some giant beast had come running. Regulus asks him about the girl from yesterday, and Wally tells him that the girl's name is Alyssa, and that she is just one of the most ordinary beings who have been ravaged by the elves. Regulus didn't know where the girl had gone, for they were immediately in the war against the elves, and had no time to bother with the gossip. However, when Regulus visited Hull again a few years later, Ali, the former tavern owner, told him that Alyssa had died less than a year after they left, for unknown reasons, except that she was found naked in the alley in the morning, with a pool of blood red underneath her.

After recovering Hull, Regulus continued north with the human rebels to fight back against the elves. These elves, who are not superior in numbers, all have a stronger vitality than humans. Needless to say, they have a long lifespan, they possess the ability to use spells more proficiently than humans, and the armor they have forged with craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation is even more solid. During the attack on Mora, Wally said to Regulus in the battle command tent while there were only two people, him and Regulus, "The main purpose of this war is the freedom of all mankind, but it is not necessary to completely defeat the elves to achieve this goal. ”

"What does this mean?" asked Regulus.

"It is said that all the power of the elves comes from something, and as long as we get that thing, they will naturally be defeated without a fight. ”

"What the hell is that?"

"I don't know, I've heard it from people. ”

"Is this kind of hearsay credible? This is a war that blocks everyone!"

"Is there anything else we can do? Whatever the information is, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we are worth a try. Although you have helped the battle in the years since you appeared, it has only slowed down our defeat, and we are still at a great disadvantage compared to those spiky ear monsters. ”

"What if...... If only I could use even a little bit of my former strength......" Regulus said in his heart.

"This damn war, war, has never stopped!" Wally said with his back to Regulus, looking at the smoke outside the tent, "It is said that thousands of years ago, when there were no human beings, wars were more frequent on this land, so the damned 'god of war' they say is probably a daily pastime for war, and he doesn't care about the life or death of our group of ants!"

For the first time behind him, Regulus felt a little guilty, and kept his head down and said nothing.

"All we need is freedom, and if we can regain our freedom and build a world where everyone is equal, this situation will definitely improve." "Wally didn't think about the weight of 'equality' when he said this, didn't think that this war would last for hundreds of years, that his successors would gradually deviate from his ideals, that this war would eventually lead to a split within humanity, leading to more and more wars......

"Do you remember that little girl named Alyssa?" Wally asked Regulus suddenly, which shocked Regulus, who had been looking down in contemplation, and he remembered once again the girl's numb eyes and scarred flesh from that day.

"Remember, how to ......"

"That girl is just one of thousands of people who have been oppressed by the elves, and we can't save her, and even if we do, there are more Alyssa waiting for us to save her. Only by being free can we survive, and this can only be achieved through this seemingly futile war. Regulus, when we first met, you said that you would help us end this war, and after seeing what you are capable of, I would like to believe you, and hope that I will live to see that day...... The reason why I threw myself into this war is not because of how much consciousness I have, let alone because I have any noble ideals for the liberation of all mankind, those are just slogans of struggle, and people need a goal that can inspire them, so that they will not hesitate and stagnate. I went to war only to atone for my sins. ”

"Atonement?" Regulus wondered, Wally had given him the impression that although he was very arrogant, he was really temperamental, bold, righteous, and more principled, and decisive in dealing with things, how could it be that he was an excellent leader, so how could it be to atone for his sins?

"I was a traitor to humanity. ”