Late at night, in the cave, lit only by fluorescent stone, Rand continued to write in his diary, which was already the fifteenth day after his arrival at the Northern Liberation Front.

"I took part in one of the battles of the Northern Liberation Front. In the real battle, there were enemies who fell in front of me covered in blood, and there were comrades who were wounded or even killed. This real situation is not as good as my use of the Elven Chess at school, it is completely different, it is the real life screaming and falling in front of you, and the blood splashed on my face is still warm. Perhaps, from today onwards, I will be able to call myself a true warrior. ”

"I admire the bravery of the fighters of the Liberation Front, but the enemies they face are also tenacious and vicious, the most frequent enemies are the Centaurs, and sometimes the Orcs, it should be the Orc tribe from the high source of the Heavenly Fire, the most difficult of which should be the Kadil and the Orephens, and then the Hauss, who are very similar to the Centaurs. ”

"The fighting and life of the Northern Liberation Front were very hard, they resolutely abandoned their original cities under the encirclement of the enemy, returned to the wilderness, and relied on themselves for the food they needed for life, on their own for construction, and even more so on their own fighting. Each member is a warrior, a worker, a builder, and a producer. However, no matter how many enemies there are and how difficult the environment is, they always maintain their unyielding fighting spirit, which makes me deeply admire and even be moved. ”

"Oh, by the way, I must also record that Mr. Jackson has finally fulfilled his wish to see the final place of his beloved Lady Melinda. I couldn't help but think when I saw him pounce on that tombstone like a child, weeping in pain. If one day I die, will there be a girl who weeps for me like him? General Lombana quietly dragged me away, and we should leave this quiet time for Mr. Jackson and his lover. They hadn't seen each other in decades and must have a lot to say. ”

"But I don't know why, but my heart is heavy. The relationship between Mr. Jackson and Ms. Melinda certainly touched me, but it was not a happy ending. What caused their separation, was it the secret guard who took Mr. Jackson that took him, was it the conflict and estrangement caused by the trade in ambergris, or was it the inevitability of the times? I found that, although my life in the Northern Liberation Front had been happy, I had not yet unraveled the confusion in my heart. ”

It was raining outside the cave. Rand couldn't help but shrink his body, stopped his pen, and stopped writing in today's diary.

Sunny weather. The green grass on the Perrin field, the natural lawn, and the endless green sea.

Jackson and Lombana walked across the field, their faces blown by the breeze.

"Jackson. It's been sixty days since you've been here, haven't you?" said Lombana, turning his head sideways. "How does it feel?"

"Good. Jackson clenched his fists and made a forceful movement, "I feel that the most intense and energetic time of life in these decades is now, and the only time I can surpass it is when I am with Melinda." By the way, thank you for finally letting me see her. ”

"Yes, my sister still remembered you and read your name before she died. Lombana said lightly. He changed his words and said, "What do you think of Rand?"

"He has a lot of potential, whatever he does in the future. He must be excellent, and if we can really absorb him into the Liberation Front, he will definitely become a great fighter, even a commander. ”

"Can it be done?" said Lombana.

"It's difficult. After all, he grew up in a family that was part of a new elite class, his grandfather and I used to be friends, Melinda had met them, and their development began in the Ambergris War, so you can imagine that would have affected him severely. He and I met on a cruise ship, and at first he didn't believe that the Ambergris War was an unjust war, and was very close to that Lizzie. Jackson slowed his pace and recounted in detail how he had met Rand and the others on the ship, and although he had already told Lombana on the way there, this time he was more detailed.

Lombana listened carefully, too, sometimes interjecting and asking more detailed questions.

"It seems that it is indeed difficult to absorb him, and I think he must still be confused in his heart now. And even if he clears up his confusion, I don't think he will be fit to stay in the Liberation Front forever, after all, the purpose of our army is to retake our homeland and build a new paradise, and the most he can do is sympathize with us. Lombana sighed.

"Maybe so. Jackson sighed, "But I'm determined to be a member of the Liberation Front forever." ”

"You're already a member of the Liberation Front, Jackson. Lombana laughed.

The two laughed together, and Lombana put away his smile and thought for a moment, "But, Jackson, the battle doesn't have to be here, I hope you can make a greater contribution to the Liberation Front in other ways." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Jackson, slightly puzzled and at the same time speculative.

Lombana took two steps and stopped, not answering Jackson's question directly, but talking about the situation facing the Liberation Front right now.

"You've been here for two months, so you should know something about the situation here. ”

"I know that it is very hard, it is also very difficult, life and battle have to be solved by yourself, and I am in the wilderness, and I do not have the comfort and convenience of the elven city before. But I think the previous strategy of abandoning the city was correct, because the enemy far outnumbered yours, and the Liberation Front, if it insisted on defending the core of the city, would be tied to a fixed location, and then endured wave after wave of attacks until all our strength was exhausted, and we lacked outside help. ”

"Yes, we lack outside assistance and allies. Although the Elven Court is also at war with the centaurs and orcs, they only want to maintain control of the west of the Awakening River, and they don't give up on the east of the Awakening River, but at least they let it go. Because the environment here is too complicated, there are many elven guerrillas. However, the combined forces of the Centaurs and the Orcs of the Skyfire Plateau are also mostly active in the eastern region. There are a lot of elven guerrillas like us, but there are not many of them who still have their original ideals, so we have very little outside help. Lombana sighed.

"Don't be pessimistic. At least there are still you on the front, there are still two great elf kings here, and there are so many hot-blooded warriors, and me, no one can defeat us. And many other tribes that have been mutilated and oppressed by the orcs are also moving closer to us, and if the druids in the north finally decide to unite with us, our power will be even stronger. Jackson said.

Lombana nodded and didn't speak. What Jackson said is not an exaggeration, but the majority of the tribes that have moved closer to the Northern Liberation Front over the years are the native human race on the Emerald Continent.

The same is the Terran. But compared to the Terrans who lived in trading cities such as the City That Never Sleeps and had the citizenship of various countries, they were completely creatures of two different worlds.

Many of the descendants of the sons of the family, the Terran tribes of the wild, are the worst in this troubled time, because they are the weakest. Survival in the wild is the worst. And they are constantly under attack by centaurs and orcs, which makes them constantly move and escape the war.

Some entered concessions or treaty cities such as the City That Never Sleeps, as in Van Saiti, where there was a bit of order, while others joined organizations such as the Northern Liberation Front.

But for the Northern Liberation Front, the addition of these Terrans will not greatly improve their combat effectiveness, unless they are equipped with musket-like weapons, which is exactly what the elves lack.

Of course. It was not only the Terrans who joined the Northern Liberation Front, but also the remnants of the unicorn tribes. The Northern Liberation Front is also fighting for a druid, and Oliver, one of the two Elven Kings of the Front, has gone to convince them that it would be beneficial for both sides to get their help.

"Jackson, Oliver actually discussed with me and Hillinger before leaving, that if we want to survive and achieve our ideals, we must change. ”

"Change, what kind of change?" Jackson said with a little doubt, "It's good now, to be honest, there was indeed a certain xenophobia among the high elves in the past, look at the current liberation front, all those who join can fight together for a common goal very harmoniously, unlike in the past, there is a clear difference between the top and bottom, even the big elf king is no longer high, you have changed a lot." ”

"Yes, but not enough. Lombana smiled wryly, "There is no shame in failure, it is shameful not to admit defeat and refuse to change." Jackson, we, I mean me, and the three Great Elven Kings have decided to encourage the Elves of the Liberation Front to intermarry with the Terrans, as well as other intelligent beings. ”

Even if Jackson had a certain psychology, he was still taken aback.

He had been living in the Liberation Front for two months, and of course it was not surprising to see that the elves in it would have partnered with the lowly housechildren or other intelligent beings of the past, and that was acceptable.

This is to be placed when he fell in love with Melinda, it was already an extremely relaxed attitude, you must know that he and Melinda were forced to almost elope, but they ran into the undead attack on the city, Melinda gave up the opportunity to leave with him for the sake of the clan, otherwise there would be no later separation.

But acquiescence and encouragement are two different things, different attitudes, and the two elven kings and Lombana decided to encourage, what this represents, it is very interesting.

"We need population, and that's our biggest disadvantage. Lombana unraveled the mystery, "Even if there are others who continue to join us, we are far inferior to those centaurs and orcs with their ability to reproduce. In the current war, our most powerful combat power is composed of elves, but the combat effectiveness of the centaurs and orcs themselves is not bad, and after they get the muskets and other weapons of the Azure Continent, our battle loss exchange ratio is too high. Now, no matter how hard we try, we can only barely maintain the areas we currently control, and some of them are still in contention and stalemate, and this is still the case that the Elven Court in the west has restrained a considerable part of the forces of the Centaur Tribal Alliance, and the other elven guerrillas in the same east, many of them are not the same as us, and many of them are too selfish, so if this continues, decades later, hundreds of years later, the Centaurs and Orcs can crush us and achieve complete victory by virtue of their numerical superiority. ”

"So you decided to encourage intermarriage to increase the population, taking advantage of the very good reproductive power of the Terrans?" said Jackson in surprise, "but. Most of them are relatively weak in combat, and even if they have enough population, there is no way to convert them into the combat power you need. ”

Jackson suddenly shook his body and said, "You want to arm them with muskets?"

Lombana nodded, "Yes." Although from the perspective of elven tradition, we should despise this weapon invented by the dwarves, but in actual combat, especially if we plan to give full play to the excellent reproduction power of the human race, the musket is just right, isn't this how the human race of the Azure Continent has caused us heavy casualties?"

"I see what you mean. Jackson took a deep breath, "So you want me to do it." Not to stay here and fight with you, but to build a proper trade lifeline for you. ”

"Yes, Jackson. There is no better person than you. "Although there may be some dangers in this matter, we have thought about it carefully and it should work." Because of Asturias, Titania, what they need is balance. Not absolute chaos. They probably wouldn't want to see orcs and centaurs truly rule the continent, which might cause them trouble and new threats. They need the Centaurs to weaken us first, but they also need us to balance and weaken the Centaurs. In the last decade, they have negotiated trade with Shangri-La several times, and have sold them muskets, and even willing to sell them equipment to make them, but the rulers of the royal court may not be satisfied with their strategy or practical role. So if we can play some role, within a certain boundary. They should turn a blind eye and allow something to happen. ”

"I just didn't expect you to let go of your hatred for them so easily. ”

"Nope. They didn't let go, they were the ones who caused the chaos in the Emerald Continent, that's right, I always remember this clearly. But the most urgent thing now is not to hold on to this hatred, but to develop and strengthen ourselves. "Including that Lizzie, do you think I was trying to kill her in the battle that day? No, no, I wanted to capture her, and I think her identity will help us, whether it's in exchange for her, or by grabbing and letting him go, to get some possible contact and goodwill." ”

"Let me think, okay, Lombana, you know, I, I've decided to give up my title in Asturias, and all that possessions, and I'm willing to stay here, but now the Liberation Front needs me to go back. I know you're right, if I really want to help people, I should do that, but I need to calm down. ”

"It doesn't matter, you'll have plenty of time to think about it. I'd also like to tell you a secret, Lord Shilinger has discovered a new alien plane, which is very large, and another of our secret machine plans is to establish a teleportation channel. ”

"Teleportation, like the Terrans of the Emerald Continent?" Jackson was shocked again.

In the past, the High Elves rarely established spatial teleportation channels, and even if they did, most of them were for personal use, and for a short period of time, they would not establish long-term maintenance teleportation channels like the current Gate of All Worlds system.

There are many reasons for this, the first is that both elves and druids believe that long-term teleportation channels will make the will of order "unhappy"; Secondly, the exploration of the outer alien plane by the High Elves relies on their personal ability, which includes the physical body of a legendary powerhouse of the level of the Great Elf King to break through the boundaries to other alien planes, as well as the exploration behavior of the elven mage who has enough space to study the establishment of a temporary teleportation, but if you can't do more than that, using other people's things is a manifestation of incompetence in the elf's concept.

Based on the above reasons, the level of research on spatial teleportation among the High Elves is uneven, but this does not mean that they are not capable of building long-term teleportation channels, in fact, as long as there are enough elven mages together, with their years of accumulation, it is not impossible to overcome this difficulty.

However, even if Lombana no longer considers the reaction of the will of order and builds a long-term teleportation channel connecting two different planes, there is still an unavoidable problem, and that is to maintain the resources of the teleportation channel.

This was not difficult before, but it is a bit troublesome now, because the High Elves have lost absolute control of the Emerald Continent, and the Northern Liberation Front is in the more chaotic Northland, not to mention whether there are resources such as magic crystals in the area they control, even if there are, under the constant attacks of centaurs and orcs, it is difficult to mine normally.

"Yes, the will of order has not sheltered us legendary darlings, we are on our own now, the alien that Lord Shilinger discovered is very important to us, if we can establish a suitable base and control area there, we can use the resources there to feed back to the Northern Liberation Front, and finally defeat the enemy and usher in the revival of the elves!" (To be continued.) )