Chapter 373: Commitment

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"This ......," the old man's well-maintained face twitched...... The Psychic Warlock's voice was very gentle and plain, but it made the blood and vitality on this face fade in an instant! After a long silence, he shook his head, raised his gaze again, and barely squeezed out a desolate smile: "Alas...... is worthy of being an apprentice of a ** master. Old and stupid, it makes you laugh. ”

"It's not surprising that everyone has the right to dream. ”

"Dreaming...... Haha, of course, although this is undoubtedly the best to be gained...... However, it is not desirable. The old man smiled, as if he had woken up from the shock: "After all, the number of half-elves and half-hybrids, even after forty years, has not been able to develop a base that can build a country, and it is barely self-reliant, and it is impossible to have a good result at all." It's still dominated by half-elves, and it's the safest path to live with humans. ”

Edward narrowed his eyes, but did not respond.

Because no matter what the old guy had in mind, he didn't want to be involved.

Of course, it is impossible to say that the other party's conditions just now did not impress him at all...... Half-elves are naturally dexterous and keen, and have a natural expertise in bows and arrows, regardless of men and women, as long as they are trained a little, they can be used as archers, and they can come in handy in the defense of the city. If you can have 20,000 more people, then at least you will have the strength base to completely confront the Blackhawk family and the forces of all parties.

But the problem is the attitude of the other party.

20,000 people, a lot less, but not too much...... Edward had an agreement with the Half-Blood Society. You can accept the half-elves into the city, as long as the old guy sends Edward, he will definitely accept all the orders, at most he will find some way to settle them, but since he has worked his big car to come to Edward to discuss it in person, then there must be a problem behind him that he can't solve.

Well, this puzzle seems really big now...... Although the telemancer had only extracted a word from his superficial memory, it was enough for him to deduce some of the facts.

"Is it difficult, would you still like to listen to the old man's nagging?" Edgar Linobili sighed, carefully knocking the ash off the pipe, "Although. You've got the answers you want to know. ”

"I still have some time. Edward smiled.

Obviously, this old fox originally planned to hide these things, try to keep things as simple as possible, and it would be best if he could mix them up, but at this moment he knew that he was obviously underestimating the keen observation of a mage - if he deliberately concealed it again, the final result would probably only be a split in two, although with her daughter's line, Edward would not turn his face against anyone. However, this time the matter could not be negotiated, and the situation behind the matter was quite tense for them. So after weighing it for a moment, he finally began to make concessions.

This is one of the reasons why Edward continues to talk to him.

Of course, the main reason is that his ideals don't seem so incorrigible -- if this old guy is still dwelling on the matter of founding the country, he is afraid that he will simply throw him out with a telepathic remote control.

"Oh, ah, yes, still from us. Let's talk about what the brown-clad people think. The old fox said, "This is also the original concept of the half-bloods...... Half-elves have a lifespan far from ordinary people, as long as they make unremitting efforts, preserve their original sphere of influence, carefully expand new forces, try not to miss any opportunities, do not make any mistakes, do not blindly radicalize, do not close and conservative, then one day they will achieve their goal, and it will be a complete victory. ”

Of course. At that time, the blood of the half-elf was probably completely thin, and there was not much difference from ordinary people.

Edward nodded. To be able to propose such a strategy of national integration, it is clear that there is not a lack of talent in the mixed race......

But it is precisely because of this ideal that in these decades, the original mixed race will be divided, and some of them will become the Purple Cloth faction. Observing his expression, the old fox seemed to finally recover from his shock: "Well, some half-elves and humans have gained some status because of their communication with humans. There were few of them, but there were more mages among them, and some were the staff of the various lords, or the knights under them, who believed that they could obtain power by legitimate means. They feel that there is not much difference between humans and half-elves, even if they obey the laws of humans, they can also obtain the same status as humans, and as long as they work hard to obtain social status, and then help more half-elves to obtain social status, they can gradually change people's discrimination, win people's respect, and finally legally obtain a territory, and establish a country belonging to half-elves on the basis of it. Well, at least the half-elves are superior in numbers and not inferior to human city-states. ”

"And then, the people who don't have status?"

"It's the so-called Thorns...... They are the largest of the several factions, but the status of the members is generally not high, most of them are not even mercenaries, prostitutes, helpers, they are the most needy group of people in the half-bloods...... However, their views and strategies are very influential among the low-level people of the half-elves, and even the brown-clad faction cannot match them. ”

"Because they're the closest to the public...... Of course, the ideas of the rich cannot be matched with those of mercenaries, prostitutes, or helpers...... Otherwise, the rabbit bald war will not be a rabbit winning the flower planter......"

"Well, Lord Edward, please forgive me for not understanding your parable......"

"Nothing, just a fairy tale......"

"Actually, this ...... The members of the Thorns, who started out as civilians who helped each other, banded together to fight against the bullying of the humans...... They do not trust humanity, and most of them insist on rebellion and non-cooperation, declaring: "We are a thorn, and those who trample on us will shed blood." But later, this mutual help turned into an entangled ......"

"Gangsters?"

"Yes, now, in a few cities where the half-elves have a large population, more or less. There are all such half-elves ...... Well, gangs. ”

Edgar Linobiri seemed to smile bitterly with some difficulty: "You know, they think they have inherited the blood of elves, but because of this, they should be higher than ordinary humans, and they should not be treated like this, all the injustices are only caused by the jealousy of human beings, so they are very dependent on force, in recent decades." They began to develop a growing contempt for the Browns, believing that we were too conservative in their actions, and to make matters worse, the Purple Men were traitors, and the two sides were often at odds with each other. Even the Purple Clad Sect often financed them, and even in some places, they relied almost entirely on the Purple Cloak Sect for their maintenance. ”

Edgar took a deep puff as he pressed some more tobacco into his pipe. The smoke deepened the wrinkles on his face.

"There is now a rhetoric among them. That is, the half-elves should have their own ideals and should pursue freedom, equality and liberation. Therefore, the members of these Thorn Sect became more intense, and among them, even began to produce some characters that they did not have before, such as killers. Moreover, they intentionally or not. Started to be hostile to us, especially the Purple Cloak Faction...... I won't hide anything, in fact, there are also their shadows in the last operation you participated in, and the intelligence that targeted you may be...... Of course. This is speculation. ”

"Huh...... What a bunch of guys with strong blood. Edward smiled and didn't speak, but the tentacles of his thoughts swirled slightly. A few names had already fallen into his mind.

"Actually, if they do it themselves. We don't have much to say, after all, this is the path they have chosen, but their actions have consciously or unconsciously deepened the hatred between the half-elves and humans, and now they are trying to promote their so-called ideals in a radical and violent way...... Killing ordinary people, creating terror, driving them out, in order to gain our so-called power, we try to persuade them, use funding to improve their lives, calm their grievances, but ...... They had no intention of stopping at all, but intensified their efforts. ”

The Psychic Warlock nodded.

Humanoids usually have the characteristics of living in groups, but this gathering is usually not too large, the more people will produce internal discrete forces, interests, feelings, intentional or unintentional, will gradually expand in the crowd, not to mention the non-our race, their hearts must be different, no matter what intelligent creatures will have some, even if they are the same humans, they can still be divided into five or six factions because of the sweet, salty, sour and spicy of tofu brains or nothing at all, shouting to burn heretics to death.

Of course, knowing this law does not prevent him from labeling these half-elves a 'pitiful' label in his heart.

Of course, the only thing to pity is their IQ.

Well, those frivolous classifications of opinions are usually harmless, after all, they will not affect their respective interests, and they will pass with it...... In fact, it is not a strange thing to confront the state organs, and revolutions have been common throughout the ages, but there is a problem of cost to revolutions...... Only chaos, famine, war and the like can be reduced, and now Tumeniz, can not say that the country is peaceful and peaceful, but there is no crisis in the operation of the country, and this time is chosen to make trouble. The cost of the revolution is also a little too high...... In particular, these guys are still xenophobic, and without the revolutionary foundation of the masses of the people, what tricks can a rebellion make?

Well, okay.

In this era, what mature revolutionary theories and lessons do you demand? It is common sense that the peasant uprising has no program. Most of them are just slipping away...... Even in the technologically advanced world he is familiar with, there are still a bunch of brainless people who think that taking turns on hunger strikes and sit-in protests can overthrow the country and change the times.

"They feel that they have endured enough, they don't want to endure it, they want to get what they deserve, after all, decades is too long, and no one wants to endure such a hard time and wait for an ending that may not be able to happen, right? ”

Knowing was obviously enough to support the guess, so the telemancer tapped on the table and summed it up for the other party.

"I suppose they are equally jealous of you, and the more you try to support them, the more they take it for granted, and even realize that you have more property, so they insist that you divide it equally among them, and in any case your wealth is the same as that of those human beings, and you have obtained ill-gotten wealth by deception. Isn't that so?"

"You're so discerning. The old fox stammered, and the pipe in his hand slipped down, making a soft click on the stone table.

Someone just smiles.

There is no doubt that this is the most common mentality, and it is of course much better to get something for nothing than to work hard, and once the goal is set, the world is very easy to become binary - if you are rich and I am poor, then rebel and force redistribution, how simple is this? Of course. If you are really desperate and have to rebel and fight for the right to live, then there is nothing to say, but if it is just hatred of the rich, eating from the bowl and looking at the ......

To put it a little vulgarly. That's the hypocrisy of a slut.

The solution, very simple, is to send to some barren place, enjoy the life of the slums, and deprive a qiΔ“ of security. Eat some brown bread made of black flour and drink some 'holy water' soaked in corpses. If you are afraid of the 'happy life' that will be by a woman at any time, you will stay for a while, and you will not have any stinky problems!

"Actually, if it's just hostility within our sect, it doesn't matter, we can give them better ...... However, this unscrupulous way of action has now begun to intensify the contradiction between humans and half-elves!"

Edgar Lino Biri's feelings became a little agitated, and the palm of the hand holding the table turned pale from the exertion.

"I'll tell you the truth. Just three days ago, they actually ...... Choose to attack a city lord. Tried to participate in a coup d'Γ©tat! and failed...... Now, Drum Mountain City has begun a large-scale expulsion of the half-elf residents...... What's worse is that several elders were also implicated in this operation, and originally, it was still a relatively stable stronghold for us. However, it has now been completely destroyed, two brown-clothed elders have been hanged, and the remaining purple-clothed elder has been stripped of his official position and expelled from the city. The arrangement we have been there for thirty years has been completely uprooted. ”

"We tried to get them to stop this stupid move, but alas, Lord Edward, they are numerous and, well, very good at fighting, you know...... We're just merchants, and most of us are small merchants, and we don't want to be involved in those dangerous things, as most half-elves are......

"Alright. Edward stopped him from continuing.

What are the ideals, propositions, freedom, equality, and emancipation? In the final analysis, disputes are nothing more than problems caused by the uneven distribution of interests...... The leaders of this half-blood association are in fact a group of people with no ideals, the so-called officials, fighting for the interests of all the half-elves, but they use to confuse the half-elves below and gain their support......

The largest part of the interests will always be in the hands of a few...... Whether it is human beings, or other intelligent beings, unless they can share the ideas of everyone 100%, otherwise, absolute equality is nothing more than a flash in the pan - the half-elf officials mediate between humans and half-elves, but now the people who are paid are destined to restrain their hands and feet, so that they have to protect each other's real interests, which is also their own, the so-called taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others...... It is impossible for them to harm the interests of the boss to satisfy the poor relatives and friends.

Therefore, contradictions are naturally inevitable.

It is very likely that it is the nobles who condone and guided them to do this, they are ready to slowly drag it out, compromise, and finally put this trouble away, and in a few decades, when this group of half-elves enters middle age, each has their own concerns, and the damned ones are all dead, so what interest does a group of people have to organize and promote a free movement?

After a pause, he stood up and made a send-off gesture.

"Mr. Lino Biri, if you are asking me for a good time. Then it's very simple, you can let them come, as long as they come here, I'll take it, as long as everyone has to obey my laws here, work for food, the rest, I won't care, I don't need to care, if they want to make trouble. Hehe, please forgive me for not being able to do anything. I don't use gallows here, but you've probably seen the things on the road. ”

The so-called things of the young man are, of course, the one or two hundred frames of wood and bones...... Therefore, the middle-aged man couldn't help but tremble, but he quickly calmed down.

"The problem is that we can't get them all, it's not that far between the two territories, but no one can allow such a large number of refugees to cross, even in phases. He said:

"Well...... I'll figure it out for you. ”

The Psychic Mancer groaned, and was about to refuse, but when he looked up, he changed his mind again.

The middle-aged man left the parlor, leaving Edward standing in the hall.

He closed his eyes and pondered quietly, and a moment later, a petite body leaned against him behind his back.

"Thank you......"

"You're welcome. ”

"I won't let you do it in vain, Edward, the Goddess will give you a chance because of this new group of believers. ”

"Opportunity?"

"The goddess will personally help you solve your troubles, for example, about ...... Sister Elena. ”