Bass, who was reminiscing about the past with Orkus until midnight, was unable to sleep well. The wind blowing by Lulu close to his ear woke him up, and a name that was a bit unfamiliar but seemed to have been heard somewhere floated in.
In the chaotic mind.
He didn't take it seriously and kissed Lulu's face subconsciously. He yawned and was about to get breakfast for her and Sierra so that they could continue to sleep.
A book was raised above Lulu's head.
""Meira Continent Races and Monsters Manual"..." Lu Yu's sleepiness disappeared a little, "The same Edni? Immortal species?"
He didn't expect that the original author was still alive.
"No, no, no, Edney is an academic master." Lulu considered, "Since the first book was written six hundred years ago, the family has been based on this, and most of Edney's subsequent descendants have dealt with him."
"Do you want to come to Chenxi Leader to ask for knowledge?"
Lu Yu was a little impatient. Although six hundred years ago, Edney promoted the compilation of many popular science books such as the "Handbook of Races and Monsters of Mela Continent", "Atlas of Plant Monsters of Mela Continent", etc., which indirectly benefited many people who had just set foot on the continent.
A person who follows the path of a magician, but who knows the virtues of his descendants?
After taking a bath, Sierra wiped her wet silver-white hair and walked out of the bathroom. After "politely" declining Lu Yu's request to wipe it on her behalf, she said, "I just want to talk to you about this."
Milai's contact arrived early in the morning, explaining the reason for Chuma Edney's visit to the Dawn Territory - Xiu Shi.
After the end of the magic wave six hundred years ago, Edney was invited by the three emperors Sligo, Cordzon, and Solon to gather Mera scholars to sort out and rescue the Melias classics that were damaged and lost in natural disasters.
This rescue and rubbing work gradually evolved into a historical record in the middle stage.
Disasters and magic waves hit at the same time, and the huge turmoil caused the order of Mera to completely collapse. If the descriptions of survivors from all sides cannot be collected and compared as soon as possible after the war, then the passage of time will lead to memory deviations.
Next, this history will be full of ambiguities.
Adni has accomplished this huge project brilliantly. Although some scholars often say that he modified some unspeakable black history for the three countries by using his books to avoid excessive censorship by the three countries and facilitate circulation, but...
To this day, if you want to understand everything that happened six hundred years ago, the original copy compiled by Edney in the Royal Library of Solon, Sligo, and Coldzon is still the only choice.
Although the magic wave has not yet ended, due to the sudden rise of the Dawn Territory, the entire western side of Mela, except for the Colosseum-like Codezon, has entered the cultivation mode, and there is no necessary environment for larger order changes.
and soil, so Chuma Edni embarked on the path of the ancestors.
And he took the morning light as his first stop.
While making eggs for Sera, Lu Yu met Chuma, who came from a family of renowned Mela scholars.
He was convinced that if he met him on any occasion other than the morning light, he would not think that the other person was a scholar. It was not a narrow prejudice, but...
Chuma is a middle-aged man, about thirty years old, with a fresh and neat face, neatly styled short black hair, and a black and white robe that is the same as that of a priest, making him look like an ascetic.
.
He is not thin, he is tall and straight, and the double-door refrigerator must be an exaggerated rhetorical description, but with Chuma's tallness, it probably won't be a problem to break Lu Yu's waist with a bear hug.
With such a physique, his movements of holding a book with one hand and pressing it to his chest have a sense of oppression and power that can crush monsters to death with "knowledge".
Chuma was not stage frightened. He was not overly surprised that the first time he met Lord Dawn was in the kitchen. He just marveled at Lu Yu's good knife skills when cooking onions, and asked Lu Yu why he didn't use magic power to replace the body parts.
Mechanical labor.
"Magic power can be an extension of consciousness or limbs. It is very useful, but... some fun requires giving up magic power to taste." Lu Yu said and walked aside, bumped the frying pan, and let it fry skillfully.
Turn the eggs over.
Then Chuma saw that the Mela Continent was in full swing, attracting countless people to discuss it, and the envious Ninth Level exclaimed.
Lulu always cheers, even though she has seen it many times.
Lu Yu actually occasionally wanted to see Sera cheering so much...
Chuma declined the invitation to enjoy Lu Yu's cooking skills, but asked a question.
"I walked all the way from Green Shade, and when I arrived near Broken Gold City, some people were already discussing the New Year's Day of the Dawn Territory. All the tribes I encountered when approaching the Dawn Mountains were following your steps, celebrating the past inheritance and customs of Mera
An unprecedented 'year' in the world."
"I want to know...isn't this New Year's Day of great significance to Chenxi Territory?"
Lu Yu said: "Every year is of great significance, and this year it is even more so after experiencing the Hundred Days War."
Chuma nodded slightly: "I understand, the Lords of the Dawn should know my purpose of coming, and I have indeed prepared some questions, among which there will inevitably be sharp, disappointing or unpleasant parts. In view of the significance of the New Year to the Lords of the Dawn
It’s important, I’m willing to wait.”
Chuma was obviously not the typical scholar who grew up among books and was not familiar with the world. His words made Lu Yu look at him a few more times with admiration.
"The Dawn Territory also has its own secretary. Do you want me to send him to accompany you for a stroll?"
"Can I move around freely?"
"In your opinion, Chenxi understands the restriction of outsiders' personal freedom?" Lu Yu asked rhetorically.
Chuma expressed his gratitude without changing his expression, and then added: "I don't need the assistance of your secretary. If possible, please send a guide who can only speak when I ask."
"Simple." Lu Yu clapped his hands, and the Demon Fox Slime Shadow Fox responded, "She can meet your requirements."
Not intending to disturb Lord Dawn's warm breakfast, Chuma quickly left Dawn Castle.
Standing on the main road of the castle where people were coming and going, he silently watched the Chenxi people coming and going, observing their expressions. Perhaps because it was approaching the biggest festival of Chenxi, everyone had a cheerful and relaxed smile on their faces.
Unlike those who would be shocked by the magical magic of the Dawn Leader, Chuma maintained great composure to appreciate things that he could not understand, such as the White Wolf Dining Team and the Slime Juice Stall.
Another example is the dolls scattered all over the core area, the sleeping dragon lying not far away on the snow-covered hills, and... the dragon skeleton that was spliced and placed in the open space for the Dawn people to visit.
Chuma tried to find answers to some questions.
During the Hundred Days' War, the Dawn Territory single-handedly withstood the combined attacks of several legions of Oraun, eventually dragging them to death southwest of Mera.
During this period, three-quarters of the land in the Dawn Territory fell, and Oroun's scorched-earth policy wiped out the fruits of their hard work for several years. If it hadn't been for the great eruption of magic in the earth's veins (most people still didn't know the existence of the Silver Maple God), it would have revived
After destroying the earth, Chuma believed that the Dawn Mountains were still barren to this day.
Even when Oroun was most dominant, the Dawn people never abandoned the land behind them. It was unimaginable for their own lords to look at Meera.
Sligo, which has the most obvious war attitude, and Noel need to use Wendy as a person to slowly build momentum and exaggerate the atmosphere of war.
In the mid-term, Oroun and Mera fought against each other, and when the two sides fought back and forth in Coldzoun and suffered heavy losses, there was no shortage of dissent in Sligo, and even traitors appeared.
What makes the people of Chenxi unconditionally believe that they are the final victor and are willing to do everything they can?
"Why are you willing to do everything you can...you...oh, you have such a strange face, so that's what it is."
A nun from the Theocracy had just received her New Year's gift bag and was placing it on the tame snow deer behind her. She wanted to be angry when she heard this nonsense question, but she was relieved when she saw Chuma.
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"For the Lord, for the Dawn Territory that we have built with our own hands."
"So, out of loyalty?"
"Although I don't think we should use the word loyalty, it doesn't make any difference."
"According to the information I learned from other places, the actual effect of your best efforts to resist is far less effective than the direct action of several lords." Chuma calmly narrated, "In other words, if the lords take action from the beginning,
People who are loyal to him will not die, right?"
Chuma saw with his own eyes the strange look on the face of this well-bred former nun.
It's pity, as if pity that he would ask such a stupid question, sympathy from the bottom of my heart.
The nun said in a regretful tone: "Although it is not appropriate to say this, but... you are not a Dawn person, so you cannot understand our emotions."
"Are you saying that those Dawnmen are willing to fight Oroun to the death?"
"Look, you still don't understand, that's why you ask this." The nun bowed slightly and apologized, "Next, I have to go to the animal husbandry group to collect ingredients, and my companions are waiting for me to go home with the New Year's goods to prepare them in advance, so...
…If you really have questions, why not ask someone else? Maybe someone can help you understand in a simpler way.”
Chuma found the shadow of the Theocracy in this answer. The people here seem to believe in the lord without reservation. The relationship between domination and being dominated, and oppression and oppression between the outside lords and the people is different. As a former divine choice, it seems
Did you choose a better path?
"So, there was no currency in the Dawn Territory before?"
"It didn't exist for a long time." The member of the medical team biting the lollipop nodded, "It seemed...for five or six years, until the weather was abnormal and there were more people in the morning...well, actually there weren't many.
, but Lord Sigrid still established a currency system belonging to the Dawn."
She added: "That's good, it's easier to manage."
Chuma had a headache. The religious nation he envisioned was overthrown again with this answer. Obviously, there is no religious nation that actually practices the ideals of an utopia that only exist in the mouths of cults.
There is no currency, and the logistics team implements unified distribution. However, this model has been implemented for five or six years. Reforms must be carried out only due to external forces and population growth, rather than disintegrating top-down first...
He once again raised his previous doubts.
Sure enough, the expressions of the medical team members changed in the same way, and Chuma once again tasted the feeling of being pitied.
"People in Chenxi have been looking forward to it, can you understand?"
"Looking forward to war, looking forward to death?" Chuma asked, taking out a pen and paper at the same time.
"No." The members of the medical team shook their heads, "We are eager to... respond."
Chuma couldn't finish writing. For a moment, he felt like he was trapped in a sea of books, unable to fully understand these few words.
"Response?"
"Forget it, the team leader is waiting to bring back rat food and plasma. The little rats and giant mosquitoes are about to run out of food. You can ask others. Everyone in Chenxi is very busy at this time, so you came at the wrong time."
The medical team waved their hands and turned around to run away, as if they were unwilling to explain anything that everyone in the morning could understand.
After being evaluated as "incomprehensible" by several people one after another, Chuma thought to himself that he had figured out something, but to summarize it into words, he needed an introduction.
He was sitting on a bench by the roadside, deep in thought, when a voice behind him interrupted his thoughts.
"Who are you Wensa Edney?"
Chuma turned around suddenly, and saw a burly half-dragon with a siren tail staring at a family crest on his shoulder.
"That's...the ancestor."
"Oh, that guy's heir?"
"you are……"
"Fagutar, your ancestor bothered me in order to know the earlier story of Mela." Fagutar said, "It's very annoying, but because of his eagerness for knowledge, I gave him a few short stories."
Chuma solemnly said: "You are... a giant dragon."
"Yes, yes, that skinny guy has a very strong offspring, and you also inherited his hobby of taking notes everywhere?" Fagutar glanced at the notebook in his hand.
"Edney established himself in Mera."
"So that's it... So, what are you meditating on? I saw you wrote the words "Morning Sun".
"I'm just curious. The Dawn people have no hesitation and the enthusiasm to die in the war without any complaints." Chuma said frankly, "There is no religion, no oppression, no oppression, no slavery, but the Dawn people still do it."
"Does it have to be what you mentioned before a 'hero' can appear?" Fagutar asked rhetorically.
"But, there must be something that drives them to obey the Lord of the Dawn unconditionally."
"You are wrong, it is not obedience, but trust." Fagutar corrected the descendant of an old friend, "They are right when they say you can't understand... because only the people of Dawn who have been protected by them through the storm
, will think about breaking away from the embrace and trying to prove something. This kind of eagerness and enthusiasm is not an emotion that can be summarized by the words you mentioned."
Chuma was silent.
"Are you saying that the people of Dawn are ashamed that they can only be sheltered all the time?"
"If you are cared for by them again and again, like a parent caring for a child, you will also taste their struggling emotions." Fagutar said, "Child, don't try to use your heart that was soaked in Mela.
Understand the 'heart' born in this land, otherwise, you may offend the Lord of the Dawn."