Chapter 1223 Goodbye Montardi, Considerations of the Water Element
Due to their common stance, Sharlayan has a pretty good relationship with Tidehunter Neptulon and the Water Elemental in the "future".
In the current ancient era of Azeroth, the water element is still nominally subordinate to the Dark Empire and the Old Gods.
Although they released some positive signals to the Titan Guardians overtly and covertly, except for Freya and Mimiron, who had been paying attention for a long time, the other guardians on the front line of the battlefield did not respond at all.
In the words of barrage, this negotiation is still in a state of heated debate.
Sarlayan couldn't guarantee whether the water element, which had offered an olive branch but failed to receive a kind response, would become so angry that it would simply break up in anger, and go to the end of the road like other elements.
"Wow!"
A huge splash of water erupted on the sea in the distance, and a giant water element with a classic shape jumped out of the sea and landed on the cliff on the coast under the watchful eyes of Sarlayan and Valeera.
Sarlayan's original vigilant attitude changed slightly: "This familiar elemental fluctuation...Montadi?"
"It's me who kept you two waiting."
In order to facilitate Sharlayan's identification, the water element changed its appearance and turned back into the mimic Faceless Man that Sharlayan and I had seen before.
"...I would rather you use the original water element shape. I really can't appreciate creatures like the Faceless Man who have that kind of thing on their faces."
Valeela, who had already been there for a long time, understood the meaning immediately and poked Sarlayan in the waist with her elbow in a fit of laughter: "We are talking about business, don't make jokes."
The water element has no reproductive function. Montardi obviously did not understand the implication of Sarlayan's words, and scratched his head in confusion: "Is this so? Then I will change my appearance."
Sarlayan has also said before that the form of water elements is very malleable, and they can change into any shape according to their needs.
The form of the hydrated Faceless Man disappeared. After a burst of water squirming, Montardi turned into a bearded steel... oh no, a hydrated Vrykul based on the appearance of the Titan creation.
Sarlayan spread his hands helplessly and said, "You don't have to be so serious. I'm just joking. At this time, you... cough~ Water Elemental, don't you know what a joke is?"
"A joke..." A wry smile appeared on Montardi's face: "In this world of constant war, we need to do our best just to survive. How can we have the intention to joke around."
"Okay, my bad, I didn't mean any harm, I just wanted to liven up the atmosphere."
Sarlayan sincerely apologized to Montardi, who looked bitter: "Since you don't like joking, then... let's get straight to the point."
Montardi nodded seriously: "After I left you last time, I immediately returned to the Throat of the Abyss to have a detailed discussion with the Tide Hunter and other colleagues."
"Let me tell you the conclusion first."
"Including our leader Neptulon, the vast majority of water elemental lords are tired of this endless war. We hope to live a peaceful and peaceful life."
The habits of elemental creatures are many different from those of flesh and blood creatures, but as creatures, at least in terms of a certain core goal, they are the same as other creatures - to maintain the continuation of the population.
It is true that elemental creatures do not have a reproductive system, but this does not mean that they cannot reproduce offspring.
According to Montardi, elemental creatures are usually born in two ways.
The first is natural cultivation. After absorbing enough single elements, the natural rules of Azeroth will give birth to lower-level elements with the lowest intelligence.
Most of the water elements summoned by arcane masters are this kind of lower-level element. They do not have the ability to think logically and can only act according to instinct.
In the same way, this theory can also be applied to the earth element and fire element summoned by the shaman.
Another method of reproduction requires powerful high-level elements to divide their own power essence, just like mitosis, to create a brand new elemental individual.
The elemental creatures split in this way have a higher starting point, possess higher intelligence as soon as they are "born", and have much higher potential than lower-level elements.
However, just as the red dragon's blessing of life to others will cause its own vitality to be greatly damaged, the division of high-level elements into new individuals will also prevent them from regaining their combat effectiveness for a long time.
Therefore, unless they have no choice, high-level elements will not waste time and energy on reproducing offspring in the war years when they are in urgent need of combat power.
And this caused the elemental creatures to fall into a strange endless loop in the endless war.
The more they need combat power, the less they can produce potential offspring, and can only push a large number of cannon fodder that they have naturally raised to the front line.
This is one of the main reasons why the Dark Empire had the upper hand in the early stages of the war, but became weaker in the later stages of the war.
Because the output of high-quality troops cannot keep up with consumption.
Compared with elemental creatures and ancient god-type flesh-and-blood creatures, Titan creations that can be mass-produced with one click as long as there are mineral resources are cheaper, more cost-effective, and more efficient in production.
The barrage also specially used an analogy that Sharlayan didn't understand.
[It's like the little days and the bald eagle during the Pacific War.]
[In the early days, we had some first-mover advantage because of the aircraft and warships we had accumulated over the years.]
[When the Bald Eagles realize the threat and fully mobilize their powerful industrial productivity, the aircraft carrier will start to drop dumplings, and defeat will be a foregone conclusion in the days when resources and productivity are scarce.]
[Don’t understand? It doesn’t matter. The war between Titan Creation and the Dark Empire is almost exactly the same. You can directly compare it by changing the name. 】
For the ancient gods, Y'Shaarj's tragic fate is still very close to their eyes. Out of a strong desire to survive, they will fight to the end even if they use up their last resource.
However, the element... at least the water element does not intend to risk everything for the ancient god.
After all, from the beginning, the elemental creatures were forced to succumb to the dark empire's power.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Patients with Stockholm syndrome like the fire element are just special cases after all, and the water element still holds resentment against the ancient gods who forcibly enslaved them.
Seeing that the ship that the Dark Empire was forced to jump on was about to sink, Neptulon, who wanted to let his people recuperate, would naturally want to abandon the ship in advance and escape.
"I see……"
After listening to Montadi's description, Sarlayan nodded thoughtfully: "In other words, the water element does want to escape from the whirlpool of the war, but your active contact failed to gain the positive attitude of the Titan Guardians.
Respond."
Montardi said helplessly: "That's it. The messenger sent by Neptulon didn't see the Great Guardian coming at all. As soon as he entered the area controlled by the Titan Creation Army, he was eliminated by those unintelligent iron lumps."
"Well..." Sarlayan said with a wry smile: "Although saying this will pour cold water on you, but... even if your messenger can successfully see Laideng, the final result will not change."
Montardi was stunned when he heard this, and murmured to himself in a daze: "Is this war destined to end in a fight to the death?"
Sarlayan hurriedly shook his head to deny his pessimistic thoughts: "No, during the time when you returned to the tribe and tried to convince the tide hunters, we were not idle either."
"Freya and Mimiron among the Titan Guardians agreed with my suggestion, and they are willing to try their best to persuade other colleagues to let it go...at least reduce the punishment for the water elemental who voluntarily surrenders."
"However, you also know that this long war has lasted for too long, and the chains of hatred cannot be resolved before the war is completely over."
"I can't guarantee how effective Mimiron and Freya's efforts will be..."
"Is that so..." Montardi lowered his head and pondered for a moment before speaking again: "According to the instructions of our Lord Neptulon, we do not insist on getting full forgiveness from the Titan Guardians, as long as we can keep the water element as good as possible.
The preparation is enough.”
"According to what you said before, the Titan Guardians plan to drive all the elements into a sub-plane called...the Elemental Realm? Can you elaborate on the situation in this so-called Elemental Realm?"
Sarlayan scratched his head and said with some distress: "My understanding of the elemental world is only superficial."
"First of all, once sealed to the elemental world, it will be difficult for elemental creatures to return to the material world."
"Secondly, the four elemental realms are interconnected. I suggest you make full preparations before retreating to the elemental realm to deal with the possible invasion of the water elemental realm by the other three elements at any time."