Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

The duke is old.

This thought came to Kant's mind after witnessing Tina's brief but intense quarrel with Archduke Teldaril.

He had only been in contact with Tina's father for a short time, and he did not fully understand the Goethe ruler, but after several exchanges, he also had a preliminary impression.

This middle-aged handsome guy has an elegant extravagance, a melancholy beard and a soft personality. He values ​​his family and the people. He is kind and compassionate. This kind of quality appears in his father and even the nobles. It is good, but only Appearing alone in a king...is fatal.

The war with Dusk Moon has made the Grand Duke feel fear - not fear of his own death or the fall of the country, but fear of the suffering of the people. He has deeply realized the horror of war, so he does not want to let the bravery of this land. They bleed again.

I don't want to take any more risks.

The threat of elves is helpless and must be dealt with. The threat of dragons originates from Kant and must lend a helping hand, but there is a second option for the mysterious energy from the ground. What the people need most is recuperation.

This is the concept and idea that the Grand Duke upholds.

It's his usual style.

Archduke Reknos was such a person. He ruled the country and taught his children with such disposition and personality. His children also became upright and kind people under the guidance of their father. On this issue, Teddariel's The heirs should be in line with the father.

But Tina and her father broke out in a fierce dispute.

Because children will grow up after all, in addition to the teachings of their parents, they will also see a new way based on their own experience and thinking. When Goethe was swaying and the twilight moon invaded, the youngest daughter Tina left the greenhouse. Facing the fierce winds and rains of the outside world, she grew up in the pain of blood and death, realized the truth of the world, and awakened to concepts and viewpoints that were completely different from her father's.

And became an iron-blooded hawk.

In the face of Kant's proposals and news, she advocated taking over and using the mysterious and powerful new energy to quickly restore Goethe's national defense strength, and strongly promote the promotion and leap of social productivity.

Like her father, she did not want the war to repeat itself.

The path she chose was to deter her with swords and protect her with strength.

As a result of the quarrel, the Grand Duke reluctantly compromised again,

There is no other reason, because Kant is on Tina's side. The reason why the Archduke advocates immediate recuperation and avoidance of trouble is because Kant's powerful forbidden curse deterrence can win Goethe peace for a period of time, and now Kant is on his opposite. He can only compromise.

He initially agreed with Kant's suggestion.

In any case, first explore the mines and wait for the opportunity to solve the giant dragons trapped in them, in order to block the news as much as possible. If you can't block it, be prepared to roam among the countries.

But both Tina and Kant knew that even if the Grand Duke agreed, it was only a compromise.

The word compromise itself means that differences remain.

old man...

Archduke Reknos left, and the straight back looked a little stooped at this time. After he left, Tina hugged Kant and cried for a long time.

Not crying over arguments and disagreements with dad.

The wise princess has foreseen what might happen in the future.

Conflicts about the direction of the country and the political ideals... can only lead to one result.

As long as she doesn't stop, that's almost certain to happen.

"Am I doing something wrong?"

She lay in Kant's arms, still crying in her voice.

Kant could not answer this question.

History hides the answers to many questions, but Kant cannot take history as a mirror for this question.

Because Goethe is a small country.

And Kant's motherland is a big country.

As long as China still maintains such a territory, territory, civilization and unity, the road to great rejuvenation will always be sailing against the current and going backwards. Well, conservative or not, no matter what you do, whether you do it or not, in the eyes of the West, it will always be a threat, an enemy, a thorn in the side and the root of all evil.

Because the resources on the earth are limited, in order for the billions of citizens or even more people in the world to live a good life, we must let the Westerners spit out the cakes that they have eaten for hundreds of years.

Fantasy is useless, there is only one road ahead.

But there are not only big countries on the earth, but also small countries with relatively weak territory, population and military strength.

The so-called grief of a small country is that it never has the opportunity to become truly powerful, and can only become a vassal, an ally and a side drum, but a small country also has its own way of living.

For example, occupying an important one or two links in the global industrial chain, focusing on the development of high-precision technology in certain fields, maintaining a military force that is more than self-preserving or even makeshift, becoming a virtual vassal of a superpower, and using the saved expenses for The national economy and people's livelihood, such an approach, there is really no way to judge right or wrong.

if not? Engage in an arms race? Set a small goal of global dominance? Compete with superpowers?

Due to different national conditions, he could not provide Tina with an absolutely correct answer.

Kant patted Tina's shoulder gently and said slowly: "I don't know... The history of our country tells me that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. No one can count on him except yourself, but the national conditions are different, and the fate of my country is different. The fate of the people is bound together, foreign enemies are all around, and the whole world is enemies. If you want to live a good life, you must have a more prosperous and powerful motherland, but Goethe…”

To be honest, maybe now I agree to the conditions of the elves, fulfill the content of the Valentine agreement, and make Goethe nominally submit to the dusk moon in exchange for the resource tilt and strong support from the world hegemony. For ordinary Goethe people, it should be a good thing. ...at least in Kant's generation, a good thing.

but…

Kant sighed: "You decide."

If the Goethe doesn't want to touch the mysterious energy, he will move the things in the cave to the White Mist World or other places, and conduct research alone... Although it is very troublesome, there is a way.

Tina raised her head and looked at Kant: "That energy, that new power... do you want it?"

Kant was silent for a moment, then said, "I may need to, but..."

"Then do it." The princess took his hand. "I will always be with you and never be apart... I hope Goethe can be your strength, and so will I."

She probably knew what Kant was worried about.

After all, in the Sacred Islands, she had witnessed Kant accept the inheritance of the Fire Thief, and had also read the contents of the Crimson Scroll, and there were terrifying and unknowable enemies watching the world again.

She didn't want to be under Kant's wings anymore.

She wants to be side by side with her beloved, no matter who the enemy is.

"it is good."

Tina immediately began to formulate a plan, and she needed to mobilize more manpower and resources to plan the protection, defense, and development of the cave area. In addition, after the news was leaked, it was necessary to do a good job of diplomatic maneuvering in the face of the coveted and even pressure of various countries. , near and far response, and…preparation for war.

She was sitting on the warm chair, her nose still lingering with his breath, Her Royal Highness narrowed her eyes slightly, recalling the touch that had not yet dissipated, as if that person was still hugging her.

This kind of warm imprint is the driving force that supports her to continue. After a while, Tina opened her eyes, and there was a sharp edge in the beautiful and ethereal eyes like the sky. When making plans, plan for the worst first. Her resemblance to Kant, after all, had the worst day together.

worst plans.

The leaked news is known to the whole world, the persecution of various countries, and even the international organizations, independent forces and hidden sanctuaries that are detached from the countries have shown their coveted hearts. In this case...

She sketched names on the paper.

Complete blockade, all the enemies in the world, if the news leaks to Sri Lanka, the possibility of clenching your teeth and insisting on monopoly is close to zero. Even if Kant's combat power is so powerful, Goethe's national strength cannot bear such a situation. If it is such a critical situation , the best practice is to…

Break a ring of the encircling net.

Let this airtight encircling net mess up first.

And those who are capable of doing this...

There are only two countries.

Her Royal Highness raised the nib of the pen, hesitated several times, and lingered in her eyes several times, revealing a complex color, and then let out a faint sigh.

One of Juanxiu's handwriting reads "Twilight Moon" and the other reads "Empire".

They were all bad options, and she didn't want to choose any of them.

but…

Bibo Province, near Qilinjiao, near the peaks and mountains, outside the dense forest and scorched earth, is the main camp of the Survey Corps.

The door of the dark space opened, and Kant stepped out of it.

He returned to the White Mist World to pick up Horus and prepare to formulate a battle plan.

As soon as they came out, there was a sound from the side.

"It's so slow." Long Nv said lightly, "I can't tell you it's been a long time."

Kant was slightly startled, and didn't even care about the little female dragon's yellow accent.

The matter of mysterious energy is a top secret, he has made up his mind to block the news, even if he kills those giant dragons, but Lily's side...

Things are developing too fast, the tacit agreement with the Dragon Emperor has to be voided, and the plan to let the conservative giants from the outer seas take the lead should also be thrown down a few times, let alone let them explore the way, a giant dragon Can't come in, and the dragon inside can't come out - but what does Lily have to say?

Do you want to exclude her from the underground exploration? If so, how to explain it? If not, how do you hide it? If the dragon inside is still alive and Lily is present, how can the mouth be silenced? If those giant dragons revealed information to Lily, what would they do?

His expression changed, cloudy and sunny.

Lily looked in her eyes, her eyes turned slightly, and after a moment of silence, she stood up and said, "It seems that there is nothing to do, then I will go first, I will tell you if there is news from the Dragon Clan."

Iron Son's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Tell her the truth."

Kant was slightly startled.

Horus shouted in a stern tone: "There's no time to explain, tell her the truth! Trust me!"

Kant subconsciously stretched out Erkang's hand: "Wait a minute!"

Long Niang stopped and turned her head slightly: "What?"

Kant took a deep breath and said to Long Niang, "Can I trust you?"

The dragon girl turned her head a little bigger, and said lightly: "Why, do you want to tell me the unspeakable secret of the disharmony with Princess Tina? I'm kind to humans..."

Kant strode forward, grabbed Long Niang's shoulder, and turned her over to face him.

Lily's body trembled, she turned her eyes away subconsciously, and her breathing even became a little short: "What, what? Can't you finally bear the dirty and despicable black desires of human beings? I can warn you, I don't even have an adamantine satin ingot. You can twist it, you…”

Kant said solemnly: "Stop beeping, what I said about trust is that you are willing to put my interests above the interests of the dragon race? This question may be very stupid, but I hope you can answer me honestly, you Said earlier that we want us to build trust - now it's an important plot point."

Long Niang looked into his eyes, a strange look suddenly appeared on her face.

Dazed, sighed, self-deprecating, bitter, and even dumbfounded.

"That guy..." After a while, she whispered, "It was called a rebellious dragon. Since then, the dragon's oath has become a taboo for the dragon clan. Now the older generation of dragons mention him, and they are still extremely angry. Considering it a great shame, the reason for all this is probably that he gave the answer you want when facing the inquiries of the previous generation of fire thieves, and implemented his words and deeds."

Lily shook her head, showing a complicated and incomprehensible smile: "It's ironic, after so many years, the current fire thief also asked the daughter of the rebellious dragon, and the question is the same, can you kidnap the dragon in a different way? New idea..."

Kant asked, "So, your answer."

Lily whispered: "Do you know what price he paid? He betrayed his own race, and the name of the rebellious dragon is well-deserved. It is the dragon group he loves, the glory, dignity, past and greatness that he once vowed to defend to the death. , under the conflict of the dilemma, he chose the other side."

"Do you know how difficult this choice is? The people who once loved him have turned against each other, the parliament has suffered heavy losses, and it has been divided up to now. Everything that has happened is irreversible. What greets him is only hatred and anger, but everything is lost... You know this How heavy is the price of answering?"

Kant was silent, and then said: "Then treat it as if I didn't say it, you..."

The next moment, Lily said: "I'm different, I was born with no one to hurt me, my mother died in depression, from childhood to adulthood, what I remember most is cold eyes and insults, hatred and anger extended to his wife and daughter, so what? What kind of feelings, belonging and loyalty will you have towards the dragon race?"

She raised her head: "I want to hear the answer, then I will tell you the answer, although I always put my own interests and demands above yours, but the interests of the Dragon Race are another matter. Even if that kind of thing exists, it's still at the bottom of the list, are you satisfied?"

Kant took a deep breath, then nodded slowly: "Okay, then I'll tell you."

After a while, he couldn't help but say again: "I hope you understand how difficult it is."

Although it was the iron son's resolute and fierce urging, the suspicious Kant chose to reveal this secret to Lily, and there was also a personal factor in it.

What made him do this was not careful consideration and careful deduction, but special intuition and instinct, which was completely unimaginable to Uncle Kang.

In response, Long Niang just rolled her eyes slightly and muttered softly, "Idiot."

So are you.

So, Kant said.

It was long and detailed.

Even took out a little harmless mysterious element and demonstrated it.

"That's it... no wonder."

After Lily heard it, she let out a long breath, and her demeanor changed slightly.

Kant frowned: "Why?"

Long Niang replied immediately: "No wonder those idiot dragons rushed in regardless, and didn't even report the situation to Long Dao - they definitely wanted to be swallowed by conservatives, so they had to hide from the Dragon Emperor."

Kant nodded and said, "Oh."

Oh your head.

idiot.

Looking at his appearance, Lily's mouth twitched into a smile.

She sensed something was wrong from the very beginning. When she was fighting with the underground monster, she noticed something wrong from the corpse. After all, the dragon girl was an assassin, and she was very familiar with the internal structure of the organism. It doesn't look like a normal creature, it seems to have been strengthened into a distorted form by the purple substance.

Immediately afterwards, Goethe's mage shouted and asked Princess Goethe and Kant to see the results alone, not to mention her, and even the gorilla was stopped outside.

After reading it, Kant disappeared for a long time. When he came back, he could smell Princess Tina. After reading the results of the mage's research, he ran back to Danfeng Lucerne. From the results of the monster's anatomy, a huge problem was found, so I went back to discuss it.

Kant's complex eyes and surprised look at her when he came back is also very telling.

Because there was a trace of defense and alienation in those eyes.

Long Niang is very sensitive to eyes.

Because from childhood to adulthood, the eyes of the surrounding giant dragons looking at her contain extremely complex malice, repulsion, sighs and hatred. She has to distinguish the nature of these eyes, avoid malicious ones, and even try to avoid some dragons. Pay attention, make yourself unobtrusive... get used to it.

You can even make money as a killer with these tips.

So even if Kant concealed it, Long Niang saw this precaution at a glance, and combined with the previous guesses and signs, the answer was ready to come out.

The Goethes should have found great benefits from the monster's corpse, so even she has to hide it, because she doesn't want the dragons to find out...

So she was a little disheartened. The so-called oath and trust are really not worth mentioning. Maybe you can't count on it from the beginning. After all, they are two fire thieves, after all, they are two different dragons.

She was just about to leave, but was stopped, although this idiot asked stupid questions again, and her mother-in-law and mother-in-law told the truth...

But after all it was said.

Not bad.

Count you doing well.

"Go ahead."

She turned and sat back on the chair, her legs raised, trying to maintain an iceberg-like indifference, but the corners of her eyes were always uncontrollable, and her **** was a little itchy. Tail - bah, no promise, as for being so happy, calm down, calm down, calm down.

While restraining, she said, "How do you want me to help you?"

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PS1: 5,000 words... I can continue to improve the play time of the fitness ring tomorrow, it feels good.