If the Kingdom of the Moon is used as the benchmark for the earliest civilization established by mankind, its scale and duration may be difficult to find in the entire world.
The world of Rigar once gave birth to a great empire that brought together all the Rigar races. At its strongest, its strength was incomparable even to the Laman Empire at its peak. This is the origin of the name Mobigas Sea as the "inland sea". However, this great country, which was born more than a thousand years after the implementation of the Big Moon Calendar, has been called "the inland sea" except for the name "inland sea" and some fragments of it. All traces have been erased from history.
But now that the Moon Kingdom still exists, those human civilizations that were born in a later period of time and flourished, but there are many that have been described in a few strokes in the Records of Ocean Views of the Tiange Academy as "not as good as us and the southern barbarian tyrants of the Big Moon Kingdom". ".
Kazuto is proud.
And this kind of pride does have a basis.
Even a civilization like Laman, which is extremely powerful in the world of Rigal, is just a passing cloud in the eyes of the Crescent Continent people.
It occupies an entire continent, and is extremely rich in various products from south to north. The rich green supports a population that is almost comparable to that of all countries in the entire continent of Rigar.
Such unique conditions make it difficult for the Kingdom of the Moon to be completely destroyed.
Because its national power is too strong.
A small kingdom on the west coast lost two cities and the enemy army could attack the capital. Without a large army, it would be difficult to gather forces to fight back and the country would have to surrender. However, even after the feudal army successively used tricks to achieve successive victories in the north, Xinjing still retains a huge combat power that is enough to defeat the main force of the feudal army in one fell swoop.
This strong strength is their confidence to dominate the world.
But all this is actually unreasonable - at least in the eyes of Lamani scholars who study the history of the Crescent.
Nothing can remain stable without deviation. Even if the system seems to be able to operate perfectly at the beginning, deviations will occur after a certain period of time and need to be corrected manually.
The biggest difference between humans and other ethnic groups such as elves and dwarves is their extremely strong aggressiveness, or personal desires.
As short-lived species, human beings are often unwilling to wait for their own opportunity. In the eyes of long-lived species, one or two years is just a passing moment. In the human concept, being able to endure for one or two years is already a sign of great perseverance.
If you wait any longer, you will get old and you will have no chance.
The fear of time and the passage of time makes short-lived species naturally have a sense of anxiety, a kind of uneasiness that time is running out and they must take action immediately.
So they will want to get what they think is their rights as quickly as possible.
"Why should only a certain family be allowed to sell this thing? This thing is selling very well and everyone should benefit together."
Things like this are just the beginning. At first, the voices of one or two people can be suppressed. When there are more people, these words and deeds will distort reality and make them achieve their wishes.
Kings and rulers will always make every effort to maintain order in their ideal vision, and their ideal vision is often what it was like when they first reached the top.
Clear and more subdivided laws, rules of conduct that require people to learn and take them as truth.
All of this is done to maintain the existing class and to maintain the rulers' own interests.
A king wants to be king forever, and a king wants to rule forever. The pleasure of occupying the commanding heights and holding power is fascinating and hard to let go. Countless ancient kings would ask their wives and concubines to be buried even when they were about to die to show their power for the last time. power.
The most ideal vision in their eyes is to rule an eternal dynasty and sit on it forever as the highest and most apex existence.
But time is merciless.
The king will grow old and become dull.
The once bright and powerful warrior king will also become sensitive, nervous and weak under the ravages of time.
Those new generations who are more competitive, smarter and more adaptable to the current environment will inevitably arouse their fear. They are afraid that they will be forgotten thousands of years later, and they are afraid that their achievements, their country, their authority, and their descendants will not be Again.
Under this, new generations of people will always have new thoughts and desires, and they will seek more.
Above it, those who are already in high positions intend to maintain the existing order and always keep power in their hands.
All human countries, whether Rigal or Crescent Continent, have this kind of conflict. When the old king abdicates and the new king ascends the throne, there will often be rounds of purges against the old powerful.
——This is the historical law summarized by Laman scholars, and Crescent Continent, a huge country, is the most contrary to common sense.
It is precisely that it does not follow this rule, at least it did not follow this rule hundreds of years ago.
"The Kingdom of the Moon really does have gods walking on earth."
The late Lamanite scholar who was well-known for studying Crescent Continent once explained this.
Even if it is true that the current Moon Country has many phenomena such as excessive people, complicated taxes, overlapping and confusing laws, etc., considering that this country has existed for more than 4,000 years, these phenomena multiplied by the long years are actually worse than other small countries in Rigar that change their orders day and night. Generally speaking, they have existed for a long time.
This is really not something that any ordinary person such as a prince or aristocrat who is known for being wise can achieve.
Coupled with the secretive behavior of the Crescent Continent royal family, the idea that they are actually some kind of advanced existence beyond human beings, some kind of gods on earth, has spread among a small number of Laman scholars.
Scholars are the ones who are most incompatible with the church among the Laman countries today. On the one hand, they criticize the church’s previous monopoly on education and outdated ideas. On the other hand, they are also seizing various resources of the church. Therefore, it is not surprising that such remarks will appear. Surprising – but let’s get back to where we are.
Two hundred years ago, it was hailed by Lamanite scholars as the pearl of human civilization, a country ruled by gods on earth.
Now it seems to have gradually fallen into the same predicament as other mortal countries.
Social conflicts have become increasingly acute, and the once well-functioning aristocratic system has gradually been stuffed with more and more personnel, becoming redundant, bloated, and inefficient.
Conflicts caused by selfish desires are becoming more and more common.
Everything seems to be foreshadowing.
The gods of the Moon Kingdom have left them.
And the country he left behind was too huge and was a hot potato that was difficult for his successors to handle.
If there are no accidents, the people here should experience a period of turmoil and a period of adjustment, and then capable new people will stabilize the situation again - although it may not last as long as before.
However, the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Lamanites two hundred years ago brought unstable external factors to Crescent Continent.
The Lamanites were jackals.
Their culture is poison.
A pure-blooded Lamanite is always aggressive and proud of his aggression. Whether on the battlefield with words or real swords, they will defeat and conquer their opponents and make them accept their thoughts and ideas. Culture is proud.
And such a being would definitely not let go of the Moon Kingdom when it was in a weak state.
The ships used by the northern lords transported a large number of Placia believers from Otolo to the Crescent Continent. All these foreshadow the fact that the powers in the Rigal world are trying to interfere with Crescent Continent.
Although Padrosi himself is currently facing internal and external troubles, one way to solve internal troubles is to send the troublemakers overseas.
The wind and rain are swaying, and at this time, countless thoughts and desires, beliefs and hatreds are blended in this long and narrow continent.
At this time, the old order is being challenged, and the taboo of darkness is being touched again. People's psychological defenses against using violence and killing their own kind are getting lower and they are becoming more casual. The darkness in people's hearts further contributes to the opportunity for the darkness of reality to flourish.
The old gods who have been exiled from this continent for thousands of years.
Riding on a beautiful white-painted ship, sailing from the far south.
The Druid's speedboat was small but had much higher sailing capabilities than Kazuto's ships. When it appeared at Fuso's port, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.
After Henry and his party, who had been waiting here for a long time, showed their certificates of honorary warriors, the yawning port administrator, although still curious, felt that such a thing was not as important as him having a full night's sleep and eating flower wine at night. So he quickly fell into a deep sleep again.
So under the mild afternoon sunshine of spring, this group of obviously alien beings swaggered onto Kazuto's port.
Although it was a ship that could accommodate dozens of people, only three people disembarked, and all of them covered their bodies with hooded silk cloaks with black background and red edges. Except for the weapons behind them, nothing was exposed.
The leader was carrying a silver spear, just like the silver hair revealed after she took off her hood.
Behind her was a short person who hid his face and was holding a staff that was longer than her height. There was also a tall being who was almost three meters tall and even taller than the male ghost clan.
When he got off the boat, the entire thick pallet was obviously bent.
Now familiar with the way of the sword, our white-haired girl instinctively observes the body shape and stance of a warrior when she sees him. She knows at a glance that this being is anything but human.
Not only is his ridiculously huge physique, but also because the tiny bulge under his broad cloak where his knees touch the fabric is not in the correct position, and his walking posture when disembarking is also quite weird, as if his legs have three joints instead of Knees and ankles.
The most important thing is that even the wide cloak cannot cover the huge tail dragging under his body.
"Old--" But before she could ask, Henry stepped forward.
He nodded to Erica, then bowed slightly to greet the person behind him who seemed to be a magician, and finally stretched out his hand towards the tallest person.
"Bang!!" The two were fighting each other. Although they seemed evenly matched, the 195-centimeter-tall sage looked like a child in front of this being - the opponent's hand only had four fingers sticking out from under his cloak. The thickness of the fingers is almost the same as the sage's wrist.
And outside of its golden wristbands.
It was covered with scales, and its shape and color reminded Mira of the dragons she had encountered several times.
"a poor imitation"
"Soon you will be able to see the prototype"
She recalled the last words her teacher said when she encountered those crocodile men.
Now these words that were vague at first have solid answers.
In front of this being, those mutated crocodile-men who seemed to be tenacious and difficult to kill were indeed nothing more than poor imitations.
He took off the hood that was wide enough to hold a whole person on his head.
A long and narrow muzzle covered with scars, strong biting muscles, and golden vertical pupils under the wide brow bone. Two short, deer-like antlers extended backwards, and from the back of his head to the back of his neck, he was covered with snow-like white hair.
"Old friend, old place." A rich voice with a special echo sounded. Although he spoke in a friendly manner, it was an extremely ancient way of pronunciation. All of this made the doctor and lady who were traveling with the group keep talking blankly. No words came out.
But the ancient existence like a humanoid dragon then said in a calm tone:
"I will die here."
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I'm sorry it took so long. Last month, my father was critically ill and was sent to CCU, and he passed away in the end. The busy hospital and funeral matters have been postponed until now.
Although I don’t know how many people are still watching, thank you for your support.
Now that this book has been written for so long, it has become an unprofitable hobby again, so I will finish it as much as possible when I have free time from other jobs and am healthy.
In short, most of the things have been dealt with now, and I will try my best to update every month as before.
