Chapter 2951 The morning of never returning (twenty-six)
Chapter 2951 The morning that will never return (twenty-six)
At the same time, a huge warship was also flying towards the southeast of the Dawn Region, the former Romani territory.
"Is it the territory of the foxes?" Knight King Arthur sat on the captain's seat, looking at the map information displayed on the battleship's holographic display, and said with interest: "Interesting idea. Why do you feel that you were captured?"
How would anyone hide in a place like this?"
"Brother said it before." Othello, the tiger man, replied: "Back when I joined the army, my brother told me again and again to stay away from those foxes. I guess he must know something to say that.
."
"Indeed." The King of Knights nodded: "According to the records of the Black History Library, the Romani tribe was a race that only appeared after the war between the East and the West. It was not originally one of the large clans among the orcs. They were originally just a tribe of cat people.
Such a minority. But after the war, shortly after the World Wall was raised, this race suddenly emerged, and it possessed a lot of ancient technology that even humans did not have. The foxes claimed to have acquired the technology by digging up ancient ruins.
, but what is it actually like——"
"Your Majesty wants to say that there is someone behind the foxes, and their technology is actually provided to them by an organization?" Othello asked.
"I didn't say anything. All these are just baseless conjectures." The King of Knights replied, "But, let's just think so. Combined with your testimony, there should indeed be something in the foxes' territory."
Ada, maximize the power of your biosensor, and focus on scanning the relics of the foxes' research institute recorded in the data. If Othello's conjecture is correct, one of these relics must still be operating, and there is something locked inside.
Our people."
"Yes, Mr. Temporary Captain." The ship's artificial intelligence navigation system replied: "The power of the scanner has been maximized to focus on scanning the surface."
"But this is still a needle in a haystack..." Othello was carefully studying the map information in front of him. Those old information had marked the research institutes that once existed in the territory of the fox tribe - at least, the ones that were made public.
But God knows how many undisclosed underground research institutes the foxes still hide? How long will it take to find these hidden research institutes?
Although there were many uncertainties, King Arthur still obeyed this plan. Maybe the King of Knights had other ideas? - Othello had a drop of sweat on his forehead and was patiently watching the development of things.
"Speaking of which, what are you going to do after this incident is resolved?" the King of Knights suddenly asked.
"What should I do...? Just go back to the army and continue serving." Othello replied without thinking.
"Ada, investigate the usage records of the teleportation device." The King of Knights suddenly said: "Locked user: Gilbert Roble."
"Under investigation. Data extraction completed." The ship's artificial intelligence navigation system replied: "User: Gilbert Roble, last usage record: half an hour ago. Transmission destination: Budapest."
"Ha." The King of Knights chuckled thoughtfully.
"That's great, the patriarch is not implicated." Othello said.
"Okay?" The King of Knights said, "Let's just consider it okay. Let's assume that he has official business and should rush back to Budapest before the battle begins."
"...What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"If not, this matter is a very serious diplomatic issue." The Knight King said with a little anger in his tone: "If Robl knew in advance that [sacrifice] would happen, and left us to run away, that would be
It means that that guy intends to kill me, my fleet, and Tutan, the leader of the Elephant Tribe, and even hand over you, his own army, for sacrifice. Do you know what this means?
, Othello?"
"No...impossible!"
"You may just be his abandoned son, Mr. Othello." The King of Knights said with a smile: "Of course, I have no evidence, all this is just speculation. After you return safely, you can slowly question him. Maybe.
He really didn’t know and rushed back to Budapest just because he was busy with official business.”
Othello fell into a deep silence.
"Not to mention this." The King of Knights returned to the origin of the problem: "After this incident is resolved, if you want to return to the Orc Alliance, I will not stop you. But I have a request. I hope you can
Don't wield the dangerous [Sword of Victory] as a soldier. Your brother Castro is a pacifist, and everything he does is to prevent [The Sword of Victory - Gram
], overly powerful power fell into the hands of the orc alliance. If you really agree with your brother's ideas, if you really want to implement your brother's last wish, you should never use this power for illegal purposes.
On the road. Otherwise, Master Castro will probably die with his eyes open."
The big tiger man frowned.
"But the problem comes again." The King of Knights said again: "When they know that you have this power, how can they not let you use it? As a soldier, it is your mission to obey your superiors. You probably won't.
The right to refuse. The last thing I want to see is the day when you wield the sword of victory and kill mankind. Even if the possibility is slim."
At least, the possibility is not impossible. Even now, the so-called alliance formed by humans and orcs is still in the honeymoon period, and they have agreed not to invade each other; but there is no guarantee that this treaty will change due to circumstances in the future.
In the not-too-distant future, when the dark creatures, the common enemy of humans and orcs, are completely wiped out, maybe the orc coalition will turn their attention against humans and declare war on humans again.
Of course Othello knows that all this is possible. Moreover, the orc coalition that invades humans is by no means a righteous force. At that time, can he really disobey his superiors' orders and not attack humans?
Or, can he really escape unscathed and break away from the orc alliance?
If the coalition forces find out that he is holding the [Sword of Victory - Gram] in his hand, he probably won't be able to go anywhere. Even if he escapes, the coalition forces will send people to hunt him down until the artifact is taken away from him.
"Here, take this." The King of Knights suddenly took out a bottle of magical potion from his arms and threw it to Othello.
"This is?"
"Human-changing potion."
"What?"
"Literally, after drinking this potion, you can change from an orc to a human." The King of Knights said, "Although this is just a trial work, the effect can only last for one or two years."
"It's unbelievable... It's actually been made...!?" Othello had heard similar rumors for a long time, but actually holding this magical potion in his hand still felt incredible.
"It has indeed been created." The King of Knights said: "Whether it is [Human Transformation Potion] or [Animal Transformation Potion], Great Britain has successfully developed it. But the effect is not very stable. I hope that in the near future, we should be able to do it
Make a potion that can transform humans or orcs into each other throughout their lives."
"If one day you want to break away from the Orc Alliance, just drink this, flee to Great Britain, and seek political asylum." The Knight King continued: "With the [Gram] in your hand,
I can give you the status of an honorary Knight of the Round Table. With the status of an honorary Knight of the Round Table, the coalition forces will not dare to touch you at all."
"But the premise is that I must turn into a human form and survive in that way..."
"That depends on how aware you are, Othello." The King of Knights said ambiguously.
The tiger man was silent for a while, and then asked: "I have a question. I can understand using potions to turn humans into orcs to enhance human combat effectiveness. But using potions to turn orcs into humans will reduce the orcs' strength.
Combat power, what kind of operation is this? Does this make any sense?"
"No. Everything you said is wrong." The King of Knights replied coldly: "From the beginning, there was no intention to use potions to turn humans into orcs to enhance their combat effectiveness. That was not our original intention."
"Then what is your original intention?"
"——[Completely eliminate inequality]." The King of Knights said in a long tone.
"are you serious?"
"Seriously." King Arthur looked at Othello, with a firm light in his eyes: "The so-called inequality is based on differences in human race. Human beings can never accept savage half-human and half-beasts like orcs.
And the orcs will never be able to accept weak creatures like humans.
As long as this difference continues to exist, no matter how many thousands of years pass, the war between humans and orcs will continue.
That's why this drug is needed. Humans and orcs must be given this choice, so that those who want to be humans can become humans, and those who want to be orcs can become orcs.
When people can freely choose to be human or orc, and there is no difference between the two, this inequality will be cut in half."
"What you said is only [half]...?"
"Of course, there will still be differences in nationality and region," the knight king smiled: "Don't Europeans also discriminate against Africans now? People always discriminate against others for various reasons, but they want to compare themselves.
.This is human nature and will never change. But at least, after the racial differences are flattened, the mutual discrimination between humans and orcs will be greatly reduced."
Othello looked at King Arthur blankly, wondering whether he should believe what the King of Knights said.
"Why, do you think my idea is naive?"
"...It's a bit naive." Othello thought for a long time before replying.
"Then let time prove all this." King Arthur smiled and said: "One day, [Transformation Potion] will reflect its true value. But regardless of this now, you keep this potion properly, and you think
Just take it out and use it when needed."
The tiger man nodded and put away the potion.
At least, there was sincerity in King Arthur's words. Without that sincerity, it would probably be impossible for them to think of such an extremely naive plan in the first place.
In comparison, Patriarch Roble, who left Othello and the coalition soldiers behind and used a teleportation device to sneak back to Budapest, was really...
Othello sighed, beginning to wonder who to trust.
Sure enough, Castro is more farsighted than him and sees things far more clearly than he does. If Castro hadn't given him the sword of victory, Othello would have become cannon fodder on the battlefield; if it hadn't been for Castro,
Stroll initially took away the core component of the Sword of Victory. Now Othello may have wielded the Sword of Victory and used that excessive power to kill many innocent humans. In the end, Othello was just an ignorant person.
Children, always, drift at the mercy of others.
"Well, here we come." The King of Knights' ears twitched and he suddenly stood up from the captain's seat, as if something long-awaited was about to happen.
"What's coming?" Othello was about to ask. Suddenly, a ray of ice-blue light pierced the sky, shooting from the distance in the west and extending to somewhere in the east.
"That's...?" The light became more and more dazzling, and Othello squinted his eyes to observe.
"It seems that the little tiger has successfully reached the Guardian Tower." The King of Knights said: "I made a bet based on my intuition this time, and it seems that the bet has won. Ada, the bow of the ship is turned, and the maximum battle speed is reached. The target is that road
The place where the light points."
"Yes, acting captain." The ship's artificial intelligence navigation system replied.