Chapter 65: The Three Parties
The tea end side is still in trouble, but Susie's side has made phased progress.
General Kruboun brought an encyclical from the king and the pope, expressing their willingness to negotiate peacefully with Xerxes.
This is a good thing for the "Trip to the Underworld", at least one party shows sincerity, just waiting for the results on the side of the Xerxes.
"Are you willing to give up the 'Divine Fire'?" Susie said with some surprise.
General Krubuun looked around to make sure that no one had heard before saying, "Miss Susie, this matter is about the fate of the Hoblens Kingdom and the Vulcan Holy See, and please help us keep it a secret." ”
Susie immediately guessed that maybe this "Divine Fire" was just something symbolic, and whether or not it didn't affect the existence of the Vulcan Holy See.
But once the news leaked and the followers of the Vulcan Sect knew that it had been handed over to the Xerxes, the consequence would be a collapse of the faith, and the entire country and the Holy See would completely disintegrate.
"Are you sure...... Is it this 'divine fire' that the Xerxes want? Also, what exactly is the 'Divine Fire'? Susie wanted to make sure.
General Kruboun nodded and said, "That's absolute, they were banished from Flame City a hundred years ago because of this. ”
"Hundreds of years ago, when the Vulcan Sect was first founded, the Hoblens Kingdom poured all its strength into laying a direct path to the 'Divine Fire' in the lava lake on the top of Vulcan Mountain."
"At the cost of tens of thousands of people, the Vulcan Holy See learned the true face of the Vulcan God, which was a large red-hot stone, and also took a small piece of rough stone from it."
"This rough stone was made into a lava ring, which has been kept by successive popes." He sighed and said, "In order to maintain the mystery of the god of fire, all the slaves who survived after participating in this operation were executed on the spot. ”
"Since then, the non-existence of the Vulcan God is the top secret of the Vulcan Holy See, however, the non-existence of the Vulcan God does not mean that the Holy See cannot control the power of flames, so the Vulcan Holy See has been pretending to be the Vulcan God and managing the entire church."
"A hundred years ago, because the light of heaven was bright, there was a major crisis in the Holy See of the Vulcan, and many people did not believe that the light of heaven was a blessing from the god of fire, of course, it was not."
"So some people split up, believing that the god of fire is only an embodiment of the power of the true god, and thus worshipping the existence of the true god."
"This is not allowed by the Vulcan Holy See, so these people were driven out of the 'Flame' City, they are the ancestors of the Xerxes."
Susie nodded, this history and the history of the Xerxes finally matched.
"So they still believe in the true god, and they believe that the black lake is the divine water given to them by the true god." Susie told General Krubouun the information she had gotten from the tea.
General Krubouun also nodded and said, "That's right, sixty years ago, the Xerxes relied on the 'people who went to die' to fight all the way to the foot of Vulcan Mountain. ”
"King Hobruns made a difficult decision when he ordered the gap in the lava lake at the top of the mountain to be dug and create the lava waterfall that still flows."
"The pouring lava devoured all the 'Dying' and ignited the 'water of the gods' brought by the Xerxes, ultimately defeating them at a terrible cost."
"The Xerxes believe that this is the true god who has been trying to take back the 'Divine Fire' and give it to them along with the 'Divine Water'. ”
"So we put forward this condition, and it is impossible for them to refuse, but there is still a small problem." General Kruboun looked at Susie and said.
Susie replied, "What's the problem?" Need our help? ”
General Kruboun nodded: "Yes, the problem is, we don't have the ability to take out the big rock in the lava lake for the time being, I wonder if you and your team can do anything?" ”
Susie hadn't thought about this question, she thought for a moment: "We will inform the Xerxes of your wishes, and if they are willing to accept it, then we will take care of the follow-up of this 'Divine Fire'." ”
Sure enough, the people of the "Journey to the Underworld" really have a way to do it...... General Krubourn's heart trembled slightly, such an incredibly powerful force, but you must not become an enemy.
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When Susie got Hobruns' terms, she told the tea powder as soon as possible.
Weighing the importance of the news, he immediately decided to return to the man-made black lake with Brutus.
Brutus's level is not enough, and she must find a Xerxy man of sufficient weight, and that is Albodo.
Anyway, now that the coordinates of the "high-dimensional projection scan" have been determined, there is no need for her to continue to guide, and the next task is to have a good talk with the Xerxes people about how to live peacefully with Hobruns.
"Cha Mo, do you think that the Xerxies can agree to this condition?" Ovo asked, sitting on the chariot, nibbling on the few remaining milk bricks.
Cha Mo nodded: "Hoblens gave enough sincerity, I didn't expect them to be willing to do this." ”
"If the goal of the Xerxes is the 'Divine Fire', then they can achieve their goal without causing a war, and it can almost be said that they can get it for free, what can't they promise?"
"However, we also need to add our conditions," Cha Mo flipped through the map in his hand, "We need to build an ore refinery in the desert, and build a railway." ”
She laid out the needs and conditions of the three parties:
"The nation of Hobrandis needs us to build a railroad network, and all they can provide is 'divine fire';"
"Xerxes can get the 'Divine Fire', but they need to give us land to build an ore refinery and a railroad;"
"We need ore refineries and at the same time provide them with a rail network."
"You see that the three of us take what they need and achieve a win-win situation, and there is no need to use force at all, it is simply perfect." The tea end said proudly.
Owo was not as optimistic as she was: "I'm afraid that the Xerxes are not so easy to deal with, and they seem to have a very deep hatred for Hobruns. ”
"Whether it was they being driven out of the 'Flame' City a hundred years ago, or being defeated at the foot of Vulcan Mountain sixty years ago, ......"
"In the past sixty years, they have worked hard just to avenge this day, and I think it is very likely that they will feel that they don't need the Hobruns to hand over the 'Divine Fire', and would rather take it themselves."
O'Walton paused and said, "Do you remember the bloody incident at the banquet before?" The Xerxes don't think that death is anything to fear at all, and they even enjoy it very much. ”
"So, there is a good chance that they will continue to wage war!"