Chapter 1027 Community

Under the infinitely high blue sky, the mirror-like shallow water extends to the end of the line of sight. In this unbelievably vast world, anyone who is in it will inevitably have a growing sense of insignificance.

Rosetta couldn't help but glanced around the place again, and then withdrew her gaze and said with a hint of emotion, "Those Eternal Sleepers once described the power of 'extraterritorial wanderers'... Some people mentioned that the selected people are qualified to be in A special space where the rogues meet directly, but none of them have actually seen the place - is this what they're talking about?"

"It's almost - but those believers have a lot of misunderstandings about me," Gawain smiled, "They seem to exaggerate my... danger, and since they chose to turn to Typhon, they must not use very good words. to describe my 'enemy'."

Rosetta looked at Gawain very seriously, even though he was in a strange space, and even though he seemed to have no initiative, he still seemed very calm here, and he didn't have the feeling of being out of control at all. I'm curious—you, Gawain Cecil, or a foreigner... Are you a human in this world, or a wandering, god-like being?"

Gao Wen spread his hands, "I just cooperated with you to defeat a god, I thought we already had the most basic trust."

Rosetta was unmoved, not even changing her expression, but continued to look at Gawain.

"Well, you can think of me as a traveler, a 'human being' similar to you, but with some special experiences and special abilities," Gawain sighed helplessly and said more casually, "This kind of 'human' Understanding the way will help us build a relationship of friendship and mutual trust - don't think about 'outlanders', more often the name is just to deter those dark cultists."

Rosetta frowned, always with a thoughtful expression on her slightly gloomy face, and after a few seconds he broke the silence: "So, what did you bring me to this 'place' to talk to me about?"

"Just a touch - you know, since the outbreak of this 'war', Typhon and Cecil's communication has fallen into a semi-stagnant state, which is very dangerous, and now the biggest threat has finally disappeared, I I think we need to make a contact as soon as possible, which will help to avoid any further...chaos between the two countries in a situation of high tension," Gawain said seriously, "After all, our two militaries are currently in a very difficult situation. In the chaotic post-war scorched earth."

Gawain's tone was very friendly, even with a sense of ease in gossip, but Rosetta could hear a lot of deep meaning in these calm words. He gave Gawain a deep look before slowly speaking. "The fire is burning hot enough - neither you nor I should want it to continue."

"It looks like we have reached a consensus on the general direction," Gawain looked into Rosetta's eyes,

"Then this is the basis for returning to the negotiating table - how to slowly put out this fire, we will have time to chat slowly at the negotiating table later."

Rosetta's expression was calm, but she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that one of the worst of his many postwar games would not come, and while it might not be cheap, it would be better than a war that stretched to Aldenand. After relaxing a little, he couldn't help but look at Gawain more, and said very bluntly, "To be honest, I thought you wouldn't stop - for Cecil, this is a rare opportunity, Typhon is so weak at the moment, Aldenan is almost right in front of your eyes."

Gawain was a little surprised by Rosetta's straightforwardness. He glanced at the Typhon ruler unexpectedly and raised his eyebrows, "Then guess, why didn't I do this?"

Rosetta was silent for a moment before he said in a deep voice, "You can't eat the whole of Typhon - this vast and densely populated land will only make Cecil mired in the quagmire after the war. Other than that, I can't think of a better one. reason."

Gawain gave the other party a deep look, and he had to admit that Rosetta was at least half right.

He really thought about letting the fire continue to burn, and even taking this opportunity to directly enter Aldenan and merge the two human empires into one, which seems to be a very attractive, even exciting option—— Unfortunately, the logic of the real world is not so simple.

As Rosetta said, Cecil couldn't eat the whole Typhon, not even a third of it - Typhon is not the wild and backward southern border, nor is it the white paper Ansu after the civil war, In its territory, there are no "own people" who are willing to bring a whole noble system to their hearts like the original Victoria and Baldwin. It is a modern empire that has entered a period of great industrial development, a clear and strict official system, and civilized groups of people. , that vast land has a population of nearly 100 million, has a stable ruling order, an independent and complete cultural system, and countless people and officials loyal to the Augustus royal family... This is similar to the Ansu of the year. Not a concept at all.

The above points, even after this war, have not changed much.

On the other hand, Gawain also knew very well that Cecil's own situation, hidden under the surface of the prosperity brought about by advanced technology and transnational trade, was still a city that had just emerged from the shadow of the civil war, and many areas were still doing their best to restore and construct. The country, the wounds caused by the civil war and the divine disaster in the previous dynasty have only just healed. The gaps in the officials and clerks of the government affairs offices across the country have barely been filled. The clean-up and elimination of the old aristocrats and civil war speculators has not ended. , the last round of food crisis has just been passed safely, and the current reserves of food in the treasury... are not even enough to last this war until this fall.

If they really want to fight, with the current situation of Typhon, Cecil Corps may really be able to hit Aldenan - but it can only be a quagmire enough to drag Cecil into it. The Typhons will not be defeated as easily as the former nobles of the southern border and the nobles of the Holy Spirit Plain. The continuous small-scale conflicts will probably continue until next year or even the year after, and the new ruling order cannot be established, and the huge new population will be far more than the Serbian. The processing limit of Searle's government office, the long-term failure to make ends meet will drag down Cecil's weak reserves, and the ensuing supply shortage and social security deterioration will snowball out of control.

In more than a dozen deductions by the Consulate, Neural Network, Naritel and other parties, the final conclusion is almost the same. Typhon cannot be completely occupied or completely assimilated. Cecil will eventually withdraw from this quagmire. Aside from years of economic stagnation and even retrogression, the only gains for both countries are animosity that will last about two to three generations, and a collapse in the prestige of the Supreme Council.

Maybe it would have been different if the war had been delayed for a few more years - but the real world doesn't have that many "ifs".

But this is only half of the reason why Gawain chose to prevent this "fire" from continuing to burn.

"Have you ever thought that even if I can't swallow the whole Typhon, I can have many other options," he raised his head and looked into Rosetta's eyes, "For example, I can dismember your empire, or I can dismantle your empire in Austria. Durnan builds a puppet regime, and I can block and divide Typhon's economic cycle, which is far simpler than occupying a country..."

He didn't explain in detail what he would do, but just stated one general concept after another, and while Rosetta fell into serious thought, Bertila, who had been silent since just now, suddenly couldn't help but said, "So Are there so many means?! I didn't even think of it..."

Rosetta glanced at Bertila subconsciously, with a strange expression on her face, "You are one of the ancestors of the Augustus family anyway..."

Bertila's expression was serious, and she sighed with a tone that had seen through everything, "That's all in the past."

Rosetta forced himself to turn his gaze from Bertila back to Gawain, he looked into the other person's eyes "You mentioned this, I don't think it was a threat or a warning - this is too superficial for you. already."

"That's right, I just want to make one thing clear - the future can get very bad, but we don't want to go in that direction," Gawain nodded, "The means I just mentioned, if you stand with Cecil From the point of view, it can bring great benefits, but the cost is the overall loss of all mankind - there will only be a long-term confrontation and contradiction between Cecil and Typhon, and many generations will be in suspicion and conflict. through mutual discrimination, and the damage caused by this relationship may never be repaired; the progress of mortals as a whole will be slowed down, as one of the once most promising kingdoms has its wings cut off, and other kingdoms may... Everyone is in danger..."

"There is one more important point," Rosetta said suddenly, interrupting Gawain's words, "The kind of order you have been actively promoting and trying to achieve—the community of mortal destiny, will be created because of Cecil Bankruptcy by actual behavior in reality.”

Gawain was stunned for a moment, and then slowly laughed. It was no longer a polite smile, but a kind of happiness that came from the heart.

"Yes, if I do that, I'm afraid no one in the world will believe in the concept of 'the fate of mortals is a whole'," he said with a smile. "And you? Do you agree with my concept?"

"...It seems that you really want to create that kind of order," Rosetta said after a moment of silence, "an order that treats all human beings as a whole..."

"First of all, not just all human beings, but all mortals - including every race on the Loren continent, and even those intelligent beings outside the continent," Gawain corrected with a serious expression, "Secondly, it's not me To create this order - but it is itself a natural fact, the natural law of the world."

As he spoke slowly, a breeze suddenly blew between the empty water and the sky, the wind wrinkled the water, and under the slightly swaying vast water, scenes of images suddenly emerged——

It was the battlefield viewed from the air, the devastated Winterhold line of defense after the war. A shocking crack covered by lava and black crystal scorched earth spread all the way from the plain to the main peak of Winterhold. The vast land can be seen rising everywhere. Smoke of gunpowder, and farther in the picture are cities and villages, as well as winter quiet woodlands and snow-covered farmlands...

The picture was continuously zoomed out to the point where it was impossible to distinguish the details of the specific kingdom. It finally stopped and stopped in a perspective of a vast and boundless land shrouded in clouds.

Rosetta stood up and subconsciously looked at the ground reflected in the water below his feet. He instinctively thought that this perspective should be wider - but it stopped at this distance, even the wasteland of Gondor. Only see half of it.

"This is the land we live in - when you look down on it from the sky, all the cities and villages have disappeared, and the boundaries between countries are impossible to talk about," Gawain's voice said from the side It came, which awakened Rosetta from thinking, "Of course, we still need the concept of the country, the concept of the individual, but on this basis, all of us... are just residents of this land.

"We face a world in common, with all its blessings and with all its challenges, with the gods, with the tides that will come back at some unknown time, with threats that are yet to be known. Before today, I said this might still make you feel ethereal, but today... the shock wave of the disintegration of the God of War has just swept across the roofs of Winterhold.

"And you should know that we're up against... not just God of War.

"We still have many gods, many gods who once sheltered us, and still continue to shelter us, they cover the whole world, not only affecting the human kingdom, but also affecting elves, dwarves, goblins, orcs...

"We succeeded in defeating a god today, but at the cost of what you saw with your own eyes-how many other kingdoms in the world can do similar things like Typhon and Cecil? This...you should be very clear.

"That's why I said that all mortals are a community of destiny in the face of 'world crisis' such as gods and magic tides - this is not determined by me, it is determined by this world, and it is a part of the natural laws of the entire world. "

Gawain stopped, and the breeze blowing in this space gradually stopped, and the image reflected under the water disappeared little by little, turning into an endless blue again, Rosetta finally let out a soft breath, he looked at Gawain glanced at him, "Thinking of your status as an 'outlander', I feel more and more strange now... You even care more about this world than the inhabitants of this world."

"That's why I said don't think about 'extraterritorial wanderers' for the time being - I didn't stay in this world because I felt interesting," Gawain smiled and shook his head, "Besides, what I said just now was not for the purpose of To convince anything, nor to show you that I 'care' about the world, like I said at the beginning, it's just a 'contact', we need such a private contact, not at the negotiating table, not formally A meeting place, but just a 'small talk' that doesn't have to be open. I'm here to tell you some of my own thoughts, as to how much you can understand, or how much you're willing to understand...that's your business."