"Hello, Luke.

I'm at Emerald Dream Academy, and I'm fine.

It was the farthest trip I had ever made from the Palace, I had never thought I could come this far before, it took me nearly half a month just by boat, and then another week on horseback to get to the Emerald Dream Academy.

Here I met more elves than I had ever seen before, and they were all very beautiful, elegant, and exclusive.

There were very few students of other races in the college, so in the beginning, I was always troubled, intentionally or unintentionally. It took me a lot of time to adjust to life here, so I'm writing to you a little late, so please forgive me.

Please don't worry about me, my relationship with my elf classmates has improved a lot now. Thanks to the archery class in the palace, my archery class was very good, and my classmates said that I was an elf, but I just looked like a human race.

And the sculptures that Sister Agatha taught me, you should really look at their expressions at the time, it's really funny.

By the way, they have not only heard of Miss Sunny Sky, but they all worship Miss Clear Sky very much, and they also regret that Miss Clear Sky is a prairie elf, not a forest elf. But I can't reveal my identity, I can't say I'm Miss Sunny Sky's student and friend.

The professors in the college are also very good, I took a naturalism elective, and my naturalness supervisor, Professor Macatina, is a powerful elf who can communicate with animals and control plants.

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Luke reads the letter from Dale, and the words in the letter seem to have a voice, like Dale chattering beside her.

It has been a while since Daile went to study abroad at the Jade Magic Academy, but because of the long distance, the letter has not been delivered until now.

Along with it was a briefing on the mission of the accompanying agents.

As Dale said in the letter, apart from some troubles at the beginning, she has now adapted to life at the Emerald Dream Academy.

Looking at the letter, Luke couldn't help but think of the Emerald Forest in the Anno game.

The Emerald Forest is the land of forest elves and is the largest elven settlement. At the beginning of the new era, the civilization created by the human race radiated into the emerald forest, and then localized to present another style.

Humans can cut down forests to build factories and release pollutants everywhere. In the Emerald Forest, these acts are absolutely forbidden, and offenses are punishable severely. Therefore, there are no roads or railways in the Emerald Forest, and there are almost no vehicles on wheels.

But industrialization is the general trend of the world, so the forest elves used magic, alchemy, steam, mechanical disciplines, combined with the natural science that the forest elves are best at, to produce the world's best alchemy puppet technology.

Skilled in the arts, elves made puppets into various animal forms for transportation and labor, and some puppets became sapient and transformed into unique creatures as a result of natural magic.

Nature magic, on the other hand, is a magic that can only be learned and practiced in the Emerald Forest, and its source comes from a magical well, which the forest elves believe to be a gift from the elven gods.

The well is called the Magic Spring by the elves.

According to the information currently available, the so-called elven main god should be a special energy body similar to the starry sky and the abyss. The function of the Magic Fountain should be similar to that of the Book of Calamity, which is a door to the "Elven Lord".

Now Dale is in the Enchanted Forest and has taken a natural science ...... Is it a coincidence, or is it predestined?

Luke picks up his pen and writes back to Dale.

He told about the changes in the imperial capital during this time, and what new things had added to Angry Waves City. He wrote about his trip to the Tedgar Hills, detailing the condition of the Holy Mountain and the unique culture of the barbarians, as well as his own process of winning the championship Hercules.

Finally, Luke writes:

There is a magic spring in the Emerald Forest, which is in the shape of a well, surrounded by many elves. The location of the Magic Fountain is not fixed, it disappears every once in a while, and then reappears in another place, but it is also very remote.

There are many legends about the Magic Spring, and the forest elves believe that it is a gift from the main god of the elves, and every creature who encounters the Magic Spring

They are all lucky, because unexpected good things will happen when you drink the magic spring.

If you take Nature, you need to gather more information about the Magic Spring, because all the natural energy of the Emerald Forest comes from the Magic Spring. This is the secret of the forest elves, and they don't just tell outsiders.

Miss Sunny Sky lived in the Emerald Forest for a long time in search of the Magic Spring, and did some research in nature. I will tell Miss Sunny Sky and ask her to recommend some books on nature that will help you in your studies.

To tell you a little secret, Miss Sunny Sky is through the information in these books...... Found the Magic Spring.

After Luke wrote the reply, he encrypted the important information in it, and then handed it over to the secret conversation sent to the Emerald Forest, and delivered it to Princess Dale as quickly as possible.

No sooner had the letter been sent than Agatha came.

Now the relationship between the two seems to be the same as always, and they meet to talk about work, but there are some differences from before. Agatha seems to be very satisfied with this distance, not far from close, very much in line with the status and identity of the two people now.

Today, Agatha was wearing an equestrian suit and holding a horsewhip in her hand, and she was in a very good mood: "Dale has sent a letter, she is all right at the Jade Magic Academy, and I can finally rest assured. Dale said that she rode horses everywhere she went in the Emerald Forest, and I remembered that I hadn't ridden in a long time.

I'll bring two royal horses, and we'll run around in your back garden, just in time for news from the north."

Seeing that Agatha was so interested, Luke accompanied her on a horseback walk in the back garden.

Agatha on horseback had a very high royal majesty, her chin was slightly raised, the sun shone on her golden hair, and even when she walked through the garden, it was as if she were inspecting the territory of the empire.

Agatha asked Luke, who was walking side by side on horseback, "What did Dell's letter to you write?"

Luke replied, "Probably all about the same. First reported safety, and then said some about the life of the academy. Dale has a very good temperament with an elf, and it can be said that any creature will like her when they see her, and they can't bear to hurt her."

"Yes! Dale is an outlier in the Augustine family, and at first I was reluctant to let her go so far to study, but now it seems that it is the right choice. In a time of turmoil everywhere, the Emerald Forest is one of the few safe places. I hope that when she returns, all the troubles of the empire will be resolved smoothly."

Luke laughed and said, "Trouble is never solved. Let's talk about the North, what's new?"

"Good news for the North." Agatha regained her sleekness: "The Snow Legion has recently recaptured the Schimir region in the north of Snowfield, and now the entire surrounding area of Snowfield City is back under Imperial control. With supplies and troops to keep up, the war in the North will be at a stalemate as you would like."

This is indeed good news. Shi Qimir recovered, the outer defense line of Snow City was closed, and the Emperor *** team could compress the war area from the third line of defense to the second line of defense with Snow City as the core, and the defensive pressure was greatly reduced.

On the other hand, the Atlantshire United no longer have the edge that swallowed mountains and rivers at the beginning of the war. Recently, there has been information that the troops of the Atshire Union are building fortifications in the occupied area, and it seems that they are also preparing for a protracted war.

Herkekin's intelligence confirmed this, and after the county alliance military learned that a 10,000-ton warship had been built in Angry Waves City, they made every effort to prepare to deal with the big *** at sea. The land has gradually shifted to the defense of occupied areas, and resources, funds, and personnel have been greatly shifted to naval build-up.

Luke didn't hide the fact that a 10,000-ton battleship had been built in Angry Waves City, and he couldn't hide such a large battleship.

He even released the data of some warships, with the aim of causing panic among the maritime powers, especially the Atlantic Union, so as to set off a round of military power competition at sea. The cannon is a kind of toy that consumes national strength very much, and soon the vast majority of countries know that they are not qualified to have this toy, and succumb to the country that owns this toy, and willingly withdraw from the track of industrial racing, and become a resource-exporting country or a manpower-exporting country.

High-tech personnel who are scattered in various places will flow to places with strong national strength because there is no room for local use.

Once this flow is finalized, the world pattern will be

The strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak.

As long as the strong countries do not die on their own, there is almost no possibility for the weak countries to turn over.

The industrial capacity of the Atlantshire Union is extremely strong, and the cheap energy makes their industrial products very competitive. But the high latitude determines that the country has a fatal shortcoming, with a single agricultural product and a light industry with low profit margins that is difficult to survive.

If the Atlantshire Union were to be caught in an arms race at sea, it would be a huge drain on industrial capacity. It is necessary to fight wars and build ships, and exports of industrial products have decreased, while imports have increased substantially. It won't be long before prices within the Atlantshire Union will skyrocket.

At that time, there are only two roads in front of Atlantshire United.

Surrender!

Or take a desperate gamble to fight a battle of national fortunes with the Empire.

This is a conspiracy, as long as the Artejun Union does not dare to fight a decisive battle at sea with the fleet of Angry Waves, it must follow Angry Waves City to build ships together, and the more they build, the bigger they get.

Other countries will also find their niche in this race.

If the national strength cannot be sustained, and they do not want to passively accept the division of labor in the world, they will take military risks.

Agatha rode to the front unconsciously, and when she looked back and saw Luke left behind in deep thought, she turned her horse's head and walked back, "Judging by your expression, don't you think it's a good thing?"

"No, no......" Luke came back to his senses and said, "It's certainly a good thing that the war in the North is back in the rhythm we control. I'm just thinking about how we're going to have to deal with a big change in the world in a few years."

Agatha asked curiously, "The world is changing so fast now, I don't even know what will happen tomorrow, can you think of the changes in the world in a few years?"

Luke re-followed Agatha's footsteps and said, "The world's resources do not allow all countries to maintain such a high rate of development at the same time, and even the vast majority of countries will be eliminated. This elimination is brutal, and when some of the current powers realize that their development ceilings are locked, they will take risks.

The Empire should be ready to fight a world-class war."

Luke's words made Agatha's face change suddenly: "When you were fighting two wars at the same time, you told me that there would be a world-class war in the next few years.

Don't play such a joke on me!"

"I'm not kidding you. This world-class war has already begun to brew under my layout, and it will take a great chaos before the new world order will be accepted."

"I don't understand what you're talking about!" Realizing that her voice was too loud, Agatha looked at the attendants standing in the distance, lowered her voice and said to Luke, "You must know what world-class war means. The last world-class war was an ancient war waged by five civilizations, see what was left after the war?

Whatever you're doing, it must be terminated immediately."

Agatha had no doubt that Luke had the ability to provoke a world-class war, she was nervous and a little scared.

Luke, on the other hand, said calmly, "A world-class war is a turning point that will inevitably occur when civilization develops to a certain level, and I just did something in advance to make it come faster. Remember when I said to you, "Prepare for a new war of civilizations"?

It is coming, whether you accept it or not, you have to bear the historical responsibility that you have to bear."

Agatha, who was a little behind, urged her mount to catch up with Luke: "But I thought you were just a metaphor, but now you're telling me you'll be fighting in a few years, and I don't even know who I'm going to fight?"

Will you really fight?"

"Unless the entire human civilization recognizes the Empire as the only pole that cannot be challenged before the war, and willingly recklessly reaps their resources at will, this war is almost inevitable.

Agatha, if a country were to take away the tax revenues of the Angry Waves, would you?"

Agatha replied decisively, "Of course I don't!"

"I don't want that to happen, the Empire wants to defeat all its opponents in this competition and establish an order that all nations abide by."

"Have you ever thought that human civilization would collapse like ancient civilizations, or even ...... extremely

to perish."

Luke said lightly, "Have you thought about it...... After the chaos, is it the abyss or the starry sky ahead? It's this uncertainty that is the wonderful thing about life."

"You, you're just ......" Agatha didn't know what she should say at this point, but she realized something and asked Luke, "Is the abyss you mean a metaphor, or is it a real abyss?"

Luke smiled and said to Agatha, "Do you think I mean the starry sky as a metaphor or the real starry sky?"

Agatha couldn't help but look at the sky.

As the sun sets, the clouds in the western sky are like burning flames, and the full moon hangs high in the eastern sky, and the starry sky is bright.

The sun and moon made Agatha stunned, and she forgot to talk to Luke for a while.

Luke and Agatha stood side by side, looking at the beautiful sky together.