Just as Nesta and Azhara were grinding their sideburns, there was a sudden 'click, a crisp sound' on the table.

He subconsciously glanced back, and found that the one from the Mammoth Altar had shattered into two golden droplet-shaped solids, and in the process of inexplicably turning into powder, it released a thunderbolt that spread out in the shape of a sphere;

As soon as this thunderbolt appeared, even if the entire table was reduced to charcoal, it was still attacking in all other directions.

At this time, the position of the two elves was extremely close to the table, so under their incomparably swift approach, they could not react superfluously at all;

In desperation, Nesta didn't have time to make more moves, but instinctively pushed Azhara away, wanting to take the damage of the blow alone;

But it didn't work out, and Aishara had a similar thought at the moment, and also slapped her partner hard.

As a result, the movements of the two third-order elves clashed at this time, and in an instant, the four palms met and had a greater effect on each other, and then they both flew out upside down;

In an instant, they smashed the wall behind their respective bodies and flew dozens of meters away.

Immediately afterward, in the endless arc flickering, the house that was previously located was destroyed, and a large area of open space around it was destroyed along the way.

It was only then that the thunder vanished as if it had run out of energy.

Fortunately, the elves are sparsely populated, there are a lot of open spaces in the headquarters, the building density is not dense, and although there are many laboratories around Nesta's office, there is a lot of space between them, so this sudden and inexplicable attack did not affect the rest of the witch doctors nearby.

At this time, the witch doctors hurried out to check after hearing the movement, and even the two coarse fangs and fangs who had just left, also returned to the sound and saw a huge pit in the place where the small meeting had been held before

"Parliament Chief! Governor!"

Voices of concern are rising one after another, and several of the nearest witch doctors are already casting spells to rescue Nesta from the black carbonized slag heap as quickly as possible.

"Don't be anxious, we're fine."

The witch doctors breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw Nesta stumbling up from somewhere, and Azhara was not far away.

Hurrying to her partner's side, she was relieved to find that she had no injuries;

Stroking Aishara to get up, looking at the deep pit not far away, he said with fear,

"Fortunately, the response was timely, otherwise we would both have to go to the Altar of the Heroic Soul to report."

"Don't talk nonsense, isn't this dangerous?"

"If you hadn't pushed out that palm too, look at this stance, neither of us would have been able to dodge it."

Thick Fangs and Fangs then said to the rest of the witch doctors,

"The council leader just experimented and went wrong, it's okay, you all go ahead and get busy."

"Clear"

Regardless of what they were thinking, the rest of the witch doctors nodded and left, and they came to Nesta with puzzled expressions

"What's going on?" Fangs asked.

Nesta helped Azhara wipe the dust off her face and replied helplessly,

….

"It's the one from the Mammoth Altar. It shattered inexplicably, and then suddenly there was a high-intensity thunderbolt, and finally it became what it is now, and I almost died."

Hearing this, Thick Tooth's face instantly became very ugly, and he said a little anxiously,

"Isn't that the so-called 'Protector, in control?' If so, would he already know where we are?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure," Nesta mused, "if it can sense the outside world through the 'droplets,' there's no reason why it shouldn't intervene when we attack the altar."

"So, I think it may only be able to control the existence and demise of the 'droplets, itself, and not the rest of the information through this thing."

"There is some truth, but you should be careful." The character of the thick tooth is more cautious

Be cautious, so he immediately proposed, "It's okay to evacuate as a whole and nothing happens, but once it touches its lair, there is no chance that the headquarters will be spared."

"Okay, even if we're too worried, then it's a refuge drill."

After Nesta agreed with this old and serious suggestion, the four core members present jointly sent a magic signal to the ruling government, asking them to activate a republic-wide evacuation order.

In the directive, this is a 'realistic exercise, except for the crisis itself, all other procedures must be carried out according to the highest standards, as for the duration. Tentatively set for half a year.

But the four witch doctors all knew in their hearts that if the subsequent change from 'fake to 'true', then this duration might be ten, decades, or even hundreds of years;

Moreover, it is likely that this will lead the tribe to be careful to maintain a nomadic life from now on.

In short, once there is a thing. What will happen will depend on the face of the so-called 'asylum'.

"This is a lesson, you can't be so reckless in the future, the three strong clans are estimated to have no one to mess with, and it's hard to say about the remaining races."

After giving the order, Nesta said with some annoyance that if it weren't for the lack of greed and curiosity of the witch doctor and his insistence on bringing the unknown thing back to the headquarters, this time the matter probably wouldn't have developed to this point.

"Alas, but, if we are not greedy and curious, how can we develop? So let's take it one step at a time." Rough Fang reassured him and said, "Let's go, we should retreat too."

Nodding, the four witch doctors prepared to participate in the 'drills' in all directions according to the predetermined plan.

This comprehensive evacuation will undoubtedly have a considerable impact on many aspects of affairs, but it is better than being wiped out by the clan carelessly;

So, in order to prevent the worst-case scenario, the four elves saw this loss as a necessary price, as long as the life of the race was not hindered.

~~~~~~

"Please note that the Republic will be conducting an evacuation exercise after one hour of light, and all citizens are requested to assemble at the designated location with their own weapons only."

"Attention Republic"

Piercing sirens, echoing in all the cities belonging to the elves within the Black Forest;

They don't sound in the air, but act directly in the minds of the citizens, so on the surface alone, everything seems to be the same as before.

….

However, many elves, trolls, and ancient tree spirits of unknown reasons immediately took the necessary weapons and went to the location specified in the regulations, waiting for the next arrangement;

Soon after, under the leadership of the Parliament, under the co-ordination of the ruling government, under the organization of the House of Protectors, and under the escort of the army, a large-scale exercise involving all the citizens began

The evacuation was divided into three routes: land, sea and air, and in each direction there was a soldier who shouldered his supreme authority, and his general led a third of the witch doctors and carried a high magic crystal with him.

By land, nearly half of the citizens took the rail cars to the most remote stations, from which they would set off into the mountains and survive in the wilderness through the cracks of the mountains;

However, due to the presence of witch doctors, this 'wilderness' is not really a wilderness, but an underground fortress-type station scattered everywhere;

Inside, there is not only a minimum of material support such as fresh water, but also the necessary scientific research space, the expansion of the production room, and the external high-level totem defense system, as well as weapon systems;

This project was born out of the 'overall defense plan, and was one of the important products of the meeting after the capture of the higher salamanders.

In addition, in addition to the evacuation of the population, there is also enough space for the cage tree, temporary rooting, and corresponding cultivation pods

Therefore, there are still some ancient trees composed of 'cages', carrying the higher salamanders in the No. 3 mother tree, as well as the embryo culture cabin, through the orbital system along the way.

In the same way, the ultimate goal of the 'empty road' is also

As a result of the same plan, a quarter of the compatriots were evacuated from an altitude of 70,000 meters in a group of empty boats, and they would temporarily go to the islands far from the mainland and arranged accordingly to complete the evacuation;

The cage tree, which holds another higher salamander and some of the living pods, will also be carried along the way by the empty ship with the door.

By sea, the remaining one-third of the population took a rail car to the seashore and followed the passage into the permanent bunker on the seabed;

Of course, the cave wolves in the No. 1 mother tree, as well as the cultivation chamber containing living organisms, will also follow this team into the seabed for temporary refuge in the cage tree.

The witch doctors don't actually know the scope of the 'Shelterer', and they can't determine which direction of evacuation is safe;

Therefore, they chose to share the risk in desperation, in case of disagreement, even if some of them managed to survive

The entire evacuation operation lasted only one day and was completely completed, and when the evacuation was over, both the headquarters and the rest of the outlying cities in the Black Forest were left with an empty shell.

It was only at this point, when the citizens, including the vast majority of the witch doctors, who had been sent to various sides in the name of 'drills,' had really settled down, that much of the work began to show that it was 'unusual, come;

The citizens found that the ruling government was already beginning to arrange educational affairs, arrange production activities, and arrange the expansion of the fortress complex in the three regions, and thus had corresponding doubts.

Isn't this a drill? Why does it look like it's ready to be resided? ，

….

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The retreat in the direction of the submarine fortress was the responsibility of Nesta and Azshara, and it was the first of the three to settle down.

At this time, the news from the mainland was constantly coming through the wire, and with the efforts of the intelligence officers, the "Twin Kings City, in" water droplet outbreak was in trouble, and the change of time was also sent to Nesta soon after

"On February 3rd, a voice signal suspected to belong to the two kings went to the main altar of the royal city, and since then, there have been abnormal natural phenomena such as 'dark clouds gathering,' 'thunder flickering,' 'the earth shaking and the mountains shaking.'"

Located at the bottom of the sea's fortress, Nesta, gently put down the information in his hand and said to Azshara,

"From a temporal point of view, this happened to happen before and after the 'droplets, shattering, and it should indeed be' the Shelterer, the doing."

"The intelligence says, 'It's been business as usual, and there doesn't seem to be any other reaction?'

"Maybe it's the observation conditions, or maybe it's really that's all, I can only say that I hope it's the latter, is there news from the fangs and thick fangs?"

"Word has come that the Roughtoothed Witch Doctor has led the people into the mountains, and they are scattered among the twenty underground fortress strongholds, and there is no abnormality for the time being; It's business as usual on the Sharptooth Witch Doctor's side, but the empty boats are too crowded, and the people don't have a comfortable journey to the island, but fortunately, no one really complains about anything."

"That's good, just take a break from the plan for a while to be on the safe side."

"Understood, then I'm going to continue to supervise the expansion of the submarine fortress?"

"Well, don't make too much noise, the sea isn't a safe place after all, how about the cave wolf?"

"Everything is fine, the supply of embryos has not been cut off, so don't worry. Take some rest."

"Okay."

Before leaving, Aishara stopped abruptly after taking only one step, and then said in a deep voice,

"I don't think the rest of the time can be used for the 'exercise', continue to fool around, there are already doubts on our side, and the same is true for the mountain bunkers, and when the fangs enter the island, there will be the same suspicions."

"Dear, hiding it is not a good option, the people of the republic are neither stupid nor vulnerable, it's time to tell them the truth"

"The truth?"

"Yes, including the true state of the present, including the true state of the so-called 'gods' in the Northern Continent, they should know and need to know. What do you think?"

"Well, wait for the thick teeth and fangs to be in place, and then discuss them together, and you really shouldn't hide it

It's going down."

"Well, you're still awake."

After finishing speaking, she leaned over and kissed, Aishara turned around and twisted her waist lightly and left, she also had a heavy task at this time, and she needed to be responsible for the overall planning of the rebuilding of the submarine fortress, and coordinate and supervise in the general direction.

Originally, this place was actually just a shelter, although it was originally designed with the capacity to hold, the ability to feed and self-sufficient, and the corresponding offensive and defensive attributes, but from the perspective of scientific research, education and other software environments, it seems a little rudimentary at this time

After this lesson, Nesta intends to build this undersea fortress into a real permanent base, which can not only be used as a way back in case in the future, but also as a basis for opening up the Republic's territory under the sea, making it a starting point for exploring undersea resources and catching marine monsters.

….

And this idea of his has also been explained to all the citizens who have withdrawn here, so everyone is now working in this direction.

Time passed little by little in the expectation of most citizens and the apprehension of a very small number of witch doctors, and as the development of the submarine fortress became more and more perfect, the follow-up information from the north also arrived every moment

For example, the mammoths sent an elite multi-racial joint force south, and the scouts learned through their listening to their words that their goal was to 'get revenge on the wolves,'

The news has been sent to the wolves, as for what the follow-up development will be, and whether the wolves can stand their ground. It depends on the timing.

Soon after, the fangs finally arrived at the target island, and sent the news to Nesta thousands of kilometers away, using a pre-arranged audio wire;

After that, the four top responsible persons of the south, central and northern parties began to discuss a series of follow-up matters from this long distance.

And what they talked about first was 'concealing or not, and came to the conclusion that there was no need to conceal it, let alone it could not be concealed, under the change of time;

Moreover, for the sake of the right to know, for the sake of the stability of the people's minds under the new situation, and for the sake of the reversal of the attitude of the Republic as a whole towards the outside world, it is time to inform all citizens of the truth.

This work was done by Nesta in the form of a speech

~~~~~

'Educational affairs are the first to be resumed by the Ruling Government and the Sub-Submarine Division at the beginning of the evacuation;

Thanks to the efforts of witch doctors, engineers, and engineers, the schools at all stages were expanded and renovated on the basis of the original shelter facilities almost immediately;

At this time, a school-age student of all grades, as well as a troll or elf in the prime of life who needed to continue their studies, had already begun to study their unfinished studies in a new environment.

On this day, Nesta made a rare visit to the front line of education, and after completing a lecture on the senior students with the intention of 'finding out), he gave a lecture in the central lecture hall of the Provisional Central School as planned;

The audience of this speech will not only be the students and faculty at the scene, but his voice will also be heard by all the citizens of the deep-sea fortress group, the mountain underground fortress group, and the overseas island fortress group through the form of a live broadcast on the totem radio.

Standing on the podium, looking at the school-age citizens of different ages below, as well as the teachers of various professions, Nesta, who was not too motivating, began to express himself after calming down a little.

"All citizens of the Republic, including trolls, elves, and spirits of the ancient trees, and my trusted compatriots;"

"At this moment, I must present to you a fact, admit a mistake, and call for a future."

"First of all, 'the facts,'"

"This evacuation is not just a drill, we are now at an important moment of life and death."

"And the one who caused this situation was not the High Demonic Beasts, but the Mammoth Twin Kings Republic, one of the northern races."

As soon as this statement came out, not only the audience was in an uproar, but even the listeners who were holding totem radios in the distance also felt a burst of incredulity, and then disbelief.

….

‘

Exercise becomes a fact, and since the crisis is real, the response of the parliament and the ruling government can be understood and accepted by them;

But the source of the crisis is not the 'High Demonic Beasts, but the barbarians of the North? This caused citizens, including some of the young witch doctors, to feel a sense of instinctive rejection.

Nesta raised his hand slightly, pressing down, stopping the expected noise, and with his movements, the scene fell silent for an instant;

Many ignorant, puzzled, or thoughtful eyes are now staring intently at Nesta, waiting for the pioneer who has been leading the future all along, to continue.

"Yes, it is true that this crisis does not come from the High Demonic Beasts, nor from the irresistible power of nature, but from the Mammoth Race, which we have always regarded as 'barbarian', and is only one of them;"

"For a long time, we have believed that the advantage of the Northern Continent over the Republic is only in the 'number of mouths, and that the Republic fears only their infinite numbers, but we have never really looked at them on any other level;"

"But the latest situation shows that the northern tribes are not only superior in numbers. Before I do that, I have to make it clear that they have a long history of accumulation, and they have been quite productive in many ways;

"This kind of accumulation even takes thousands of years, and they have mastered the endless resources of the Northern Continent here, whether it is cultivation, nature, or life; It's a perfect path of cultivation, an innumerable mine and a raised beast, and a blood-soaked slave."

"And now, after analyzing the available information, we have come to a further conclusion."

"Citizens who have read the materials on the Mammoth's 'Protector's Calendar, the Fang's 'Bloodthirsty Calendar', and the Rhine's 'Warrior's Calendar' should be familiar with the pronunciation of these three words, and should also understand what they have in common with the 'Rune Calendar', as well as their obvious differences;"

"It's okay if you don't have the relevant information, I'll explain it to you."

"It's the same thing, these are the 'calendars' used to keep track of the year; The difference is that it is not consistent with our calendar in the origin of the concept that the name commemorates;

"The Rune Calendar commemorates the foundation of the science of magic, and they commemorate it. But they seem to be living beings."

"Mammoth 'Ruta,' fanged 'Sufaka,' and Rhine's 'Hara,' these three suffixes are here equivalent to 'in republican Chinese."

"It is very likely that it is pointing to three lives that are even more powerful than the higher salamanders;"

"And it's not just the three powers, all the races in the northern tribes that have ancestral altars may have, at least have had, at least have, such an existence;"

"The peoples believe in them, and want them to be 'gods, or 'the Almighty,'"

"They are the foundation of civilization and the protector of all peoples. It may also be the spiritual and even physical 'domination' of the tribes of the Northern Continent."

"These powerful guys have undoubtedly brought us an amount of excessive pressure, and this evacuation is precisely because of the 'shelterer' among them;"

….

"The Republic doesn't even know if the hunt really exists, but in order to survive we must abandon our homeland and flee to the bottom of the deep sea, hiding in the mountains of the north, in a remote overseas island."

"At this time, the survival of the civilization of the Black Forest can only be hoped for in the enemy's 'mercy', or 'negligence', or 'incompetence', and cannot really be in our own hands."

"The above is the 'fact' we are facing at this time, maybe helpless, maybe cruel, but it really exists."

There was a pause to give the audience time to react, then the noise was suppressed and Nesta continued his speech;

"Next, it's 'admit a mistake,'"

"The crisis actually stemmed from a mistake at the heart of the parliament, and the main responsibility for this lies with me."

"Dealing with loot

As the head of the council and being on the scene, I failed to fulfill my duty of care and recklessly brought the unnamed substance back to the core of the Black Forest, which led to the current crisis."

"In light of this, I will attend hearings after successfully navigating this crisis, undergo the scrutiny I deserve, and take responsibility for the consequences commensurate with my power if I am deemed 'wrong, or even 'guilty.'"

'Buzz,

'Buzz,

An even greater uproar rang out in the field, which was only where Nesta could see and hear directly, and in the rest of the shelters further away, some of the irascibles even began to express their indignation violently.

This indignation was not directed at Nesta, but at the rest of the Parliament, and indeed at the ruling government, which was really lying on the guns, believing that they had shifted the blame and shamefully left it all to the pioneers alone.

In fact, this is contrary to Nesta's original intention, 'selling miserably, and 'cultivating' the individual, is definitely not the purpose of his trip, and the reason why he insists on holding a hearing after the fact is actually just to set two tones

First, those in high positions must also be held accountable for their own failures;

Second, there must be a process for judging the reasonableness of the actions of those in high positions, even if such judgments can only be made after the fact, and even if the implementation process will be difficult, there must be rules.

However, it is clear that the change in popular sentiment is no longer in Nesta's grasp.

The reaction from the outside was unknown for the time being, but the uproar of the audience was once again stopped by him, and then Nesta continued,

"Finally, it's 'a call for a future.'"

"I must say that until now, until this moment, until we are pushed to the edge of a cliff, I still hold on to this view;"

"That is, if civilization is judged alone, the kingdom that belongs to us is the best in the world."

"On average, the citizens of the Republic are among the best in the world, whether in terms of living conditions, or in terms of productivity, or in terms of individual qualifications."

"That's something I've always believed in. Needless to say, the former is clear to all, and the latter complements the former, sustaining a country of which we are proud."

….

"Excellence is embodied in equality, embodied in freedom, embodied in strength, and as the president of the council, I can stand here calmly to express my mistakes, and accept and must accept subsequent hearings and investigations;"

"Not only me, but every citizen, no matter what position of power he holds, no matter what kind of individual strength he has, we are all seeking equality in body and in spirit, and we are truly on the path to achieving it."

"Now, we all have equality in access to knowledge, equality before the law, equality in the fight for jobs;"

"And in the not-too-distant future, citizens will be equal in birth and in their innate aptitudes; And even the longevity of life, after hard work and cultivation based on the acquisition of knowledge, is also a kind of equality that every citizen can pursue and achieve."

"What all this republic has is one of the proofs that we are superior to the northern continent."

"But fellow citizens, this does not mean that we are absolutely strong, and although we are convinced that we will have a brighter future, at least for the present, at this moment, we must recognize the temporary weakness of the Republic."

"Being chased and killed by the unknown and forced into this scene is, for us, a proof of weakness, a manifestation of incompetence, a shame, and an unwillingness to control life and death in his hands;"

"But what I want to say is not just the current 'difficulties' and 'crises';

"In the same way, this should be a spur, a time to show 'strength' in the face of adversity. It will make us face up to ourselves, to the north, to the world, and let us put away our arrogance and continue to grow;"

"And whether we can transform today's 'predicament' into a spur, and continue to grow after absorbing the shame here, this is 'excellent,

Where we have to play a role, that's how we can prove that we have the quality of being strong."

"So compatriots, don't be depressed, don't lose faith, we are absolutely excellent, and we can continue to grow;"

"Indeed, 'The Almighty, they seem to be powerful, but so what?'

"It's true that the northern tribes are far more powerful than we think, but so what?"

"We have captured the cave wolves that slaughtered our ancestors, and we have captured the higher salamanders that despise us, and they were once just as powerful and unbeatable for the Republic;"

"But now? They have become the cradle of the Republic, the birth of generations for us, and the cornerstone of the continued rise of the Black Forest."

"So, 'What about the Almighty?' What about the tribes of the north?"

"If only 81 years have passed since the year I was born;

"If, from the beginning of the rune calendar, it is only 66 years of the rune calendar;

"If we count from the birth of the Republic, it will only be 32 years so far."

"I, Nesta, am still so young, the Republic is still a child, and our civilization is just beginning."

"However, our footsteps have reached the sky and penetrated deep into the sea, and we will surely have the strength to rival and even overwhelm the 'Almighty' in the future."

….

"Citizens, please be confident, we are indeed lagging behind for the time being, but one day we will stand on top of the world;"

"My compatriots, please put away your pride, we will indeed succeed, but after success, there will still be mountains to climb, and our road to progress will never end."

"So, no matter where you are, no matter how old you are, no matter what responsibilities you are under, be humble in your self-confidence and try to do your part."

"To strengthen your body, to arm your mind, to enrich your life, we laid the foundation in the past, but now and the future need you, me, and him to grasp together."

"That's all, I hope to encourage you compatriots."

The words came to an abrupt end, and Nesta bowed to the audience

There was silence for a long time, and just when he thought that his truthful telling and the follow-up encouragement had counterproductive, the scene resounded with thunderous applause

'Papapa,'

In this endless and warm applause, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

'It's good that you don't lose your heart. Ishshara is right, the citizens of the republic are neither stupid nor fragile, they are just a little proud,

Some of them couldn't hold it, and finally wrote a half-chapter speech, but I couldn't move myself after writing it. But after this emotion has passed, it will definitely be embarrassing to read it again

It's a bit embarrassing, a little ashamed, but I'm reluctant to delete it.

The main thing is to give the elves a reason to change from 'vaguely visible arrogance' to 'self-confidence with humility.'

If you think this chapter is water and excessive, it will be improved in the future.

Finally, Happy Valentine's Day~ I hope that my book friends will succeed in their single confessions and have a partner in their relationship~

Although it is a foreign festival, the heart of blessing is always not wrong.

(End of chapter)

East Ahri