Chapter 711, High-Precision 3 Views
The history of the high elves can be divided into several stages, which are roughly divided into the ancient period, the glorious period, the civil war period and the new period. The dividing point between the medieval period and the glorious period is that the first generation of Phoenix King Alario died in battle but successfully expelled the Chaos Demon. The maelstrom was established, and the glorious period was when the second generation of Phoenix King Beo-Shanar was in power, the elf empire was allied with the dwarves, and it was the ruler of the world. At that time, elf colonies spread all over the world.
The dividing point between the glory period and the civil war period is the division of elves. The elf empire has been divided into high elves, dark elves, and wood elves. The story here has been mentioned before, so I won’t repeat it here.
The dividing point between the civil war period and the new era is that after the current Phoenix King One Piece Finnuba traveled around the old world, Gao Jing adjusted his national policy and chose to re-establish diplomatic relations with humans and re-trade with the old world.
"The story of the reckless king Moviel starts with the poet King Isis, and the story of the poet king Isis starts with the brave king Caledor II." Teclis said calmly: "I think you know this history, The Brave King Caledor II was beheaded by the Dwarf King Gotrek Broken Star because of his stupidity and recklessness, and the crown of the Phoenix King has since been stored in the Eternal Peak."
"Next, let me tell you a piece of history. When Caledor II died in battle, all the elf princes in the Phoenix Court knew that Ulthuan was facing a huge crisis at this time, and they needed a powerful Phoenix King. Therefore, Tesiris from Caledon Kingdom was chosen as the Phoenix King. He established a standing army system. Relying on an unprecedentedly large army and the help of the Caledon dragon, Tesiris spent hundreds of years annihilating all remaining The dark elves in Ulthuan, he is cruel and decisive, every time he conquers a dark elf city, he must order the slaughter of the city, which makes Azul feel too cruel, so he got the nickname, the butcher king."
"..." Before Ryan could speak, Olika, who was standing behind him, gave a disdainful "tss", but rarely refuted.
"Tesiris finally wiped out the main force of the dark elves in the Blight Islands. Originally, this was a great opportunity to attack Naggaros and completely wipe out the dark elves, but Tesiris ordered the army to come to the Kane Sword Altar. He dug out The dragon armor of Alario, the first Phoenix King, returned to his descendants, and then he ordered the army to disperse, he wanted to be alone here in Kane Sword Altar."
"Tesiris is dead. There are two theories about how he died. One is that he dismissed all the white lion guards. He wanted to have a closer look at the sword of Kane but was killed by the assassin of the dark elves. The other is that he Tried to draw the sword of Kane, but the white lion guards could not tolerate this behavior and killed him. In short, he died. With the death of Tesiris, the army chose to return after losing its leader, and the dark elves escaped. robbery."
"After the death of Tessiris, the king selection committee chose the archmage Bel Kohadris from the Kingdom of Safray. At this time, the entire Ulthuan was devastated due to the perennial wars, and the population was greatly reduced. Bel Kohadris He chose to give up attacking Naggaroth, and the dark elves were temporarily unable to attack Ulthuan, so he focused on maintaining law and order and rebuilding the city. After hundreds of years of hard work, the population of Azul was restored, and the economy Re-prosperous, Kohadris did not relax his arms. He regularly held hunting monsters and martial arts competitions to ensure the fighting power of the elves and nobles. At the same time, his greatest contribution was to exhaust all his energy and wealth, creating Hesper Tower, and passed away peacefully when the White Tower of Horth was built, hence the name Scholar King."
Teclis finished the stories of the previous Phoenix Kings in a tone of infinite nostalgia and sadness, and then his tone gradually turned into contempt and disdain: "Then, there is the poet king Isis."
"Isis is also the prince of Safrui. It is rare that he took over a peaceful and prosperous Ulthuan. Isis is not a monarch who likes war and expansion.
On the contrary, the Phoenix King had great love for poetry, painting, sculpture, and opera. During this time, the Phoenix King Court gradually became a large art gathering place. Sword, wit, or magic proved themselves, but now they only need to use the sweet words or just the right amount of flattery to please the Phoenix King to claim their place in the court. "
"With the prevalence of the wind of pleasure, Isis believed that Asur no longer needed so many troops, so he ordered a large-scale disarmament, a large-scale reduction in the size of the army and navy, and embezzled military expenses to build more courtyards, theaters and support facilities. More craftsmen, poets, and painters, and the Pleasure Sect began to spread among the nobles again, Azul gradually became lazy and addicted to enjoyment, and lost his enterprising spirit and motivation."
"...Pfft~" Ryan couldn't help laughing. It seems that the history of elves, like humans, is a cyclical process: "I can understand that people gradually relax in a comfortable environment."
"That's right." Teclis nodded: "What's worse, from this period, due to extreme autism and self-blocking, after nearly a thousand years of prosperity in Ulthuan's economy, social vitality began to gradually decline. The fertility rate keeps dropping, and many towns and manors begin to fall into disrepair. Even the densely populated cities of the past have lost their former glory and become empty. The rule of Isis has aroused the worries of many nobles, and Hos After repeated investigations, the magic swordsmen finally discovered that the prime minister of the Phoenix King was actually an undercover agent of the dark elves, and at the moment when this lie and the truth were exposed, the prime minister pierced Isis' heart with a poisonous dagger."
"Huh~ How is it? The supreme mage of the White Tower, the gift that Truzzi gave you, are you surprised or surprised?" Olika opened her mouth, and the dark elves wanted to lean on it comfortably when they heard this. In the arms of the master: "Do you like it?"
Teclis glanced at the dark elf with his dead fish eyes, but he remained expressionless: "The next thing is Moviel, the reckless king. It was in his hands that the Sunfire Amulet was lost."
"The reckless King Moville was selected as the next Phoenix King in the chaos, and the reason why he was selected as the Phoenix King was not because of his excellent internal affairs and commanding ability, but because he was the one who discovered the undercover dark elves. Under the chaotic political situation at that time, and the corruption of the Pleasure Sect spread everywhere, Moville was considered to be one of the very few existences who could prove his purity, so the Kingschoice finally chose him."
"As soon as Moville took office, in order to consolidate his authority, he immediately decided to launch a war against the dark elves. An Asur fleet sailed to Naggaros, and then was massacred under the siege of the dark elves. After more than a thousand years recuperating, the current dark elves are unprecedentedly powerful."
"Under the previous rule of the Poet King, the high elves' military strength was at the lowest point in history, their armaments were slack, and they hadn't heard of war for a long time. The dark elves seized this opportunity and aggressively attacked Ulthuan. Azul was continuously defeated. The dark elves' offensive was barely contained until the Griffin Gate, and Ulthuan was already in a great crisis at this time."
"Moville is not an excellent commander. He kept failing in the war with the dark elves, until the Griffin Gate was in danger under the attack of the dark elves. He himself was constantly suffering from the nightmare of failure and the curse of Asuryan As a last resort, Morville used the authority of the Phoenix King to enforce a new policy - compulsory military service. He required every elf on the entire Ulthuan Island to be in one Take a small portion of your year to serve in the military and keep your own weapons."
"Relying on compulsory military service, Azul finally organized a huge army, and finally defeated the dark elf army under the leadership of Morville's most trusted friend and advisor, Prince Caledor Mentheus, but the door Hughes died in battle, his most trusted friend and advisor died in battle, and finally completely defeated Moville's will. He was already extremely world-weary, decadent and depressed. The reckless king finally lost the power to live. He walked into the holy fire of Asuryan into ashes."
Ryan nodded silently.
The decline of high spirits is actually not surprising. During the period of butcher king Tessiris, he focused on war and consumed a large number of people in the war. During the period of scholar king Bel Kohadris, he focused on restoring production, rebuilding cities and revitalizing the economy, and also created Lots of jobs.
By the time the Poet King ascended the throne, the whole society had actually fallen into involution, and there was nothing to do. There was no need for so many people to work, and the number of jobs would naturally be greatly reduced. The poet Wang Aisis concentrated all the national resources in the field of art and construction. , resulting in far fewer jobs than the employed population, which has fallen into structural unemployment, high-skilled social welfare is good, and the residence is comfortable. Under this background, the birth rate naturally plummets.
According to the many practices that Ryan has seen, in order to prevent social regression at this time, the rulers will introduce large-scale population and expand externally to ensure that society will not decline, but that is a high-spirited, arrogant high-spirited to the bone, they would rather If they are slowly declining or even on the road to extinction, they will not let other lowly races join them.
Now, the revival and re-prosperity of high-precision is due to the opening of the trade of the whole old world by the King of One Piece Fenuba. Now the prosperity of Ulthuan and the recovery of the economy and population are mostly maintained by trade. As a matter of course, humans are obsessed with high-end luxury goods, power and elegance, Ulthuan has re-prospered, and Lothern has become the world's number one trading port.
"The Sunfire Amulet was lost in Moville. Moville gave the Sunfire Amulet to his son Alavier, but Alavier encountered shipwreck after leaving Lothern by boat... or something else, Die at the bottom of the ocean."
After a long period of history ended, Teclis paused for a moment, and he continued: "That's all I can tell you. Due to Moviel's early experience as a spy of the Swordsman of Hoeth, he was depressed and suffered from nightmares. He did not tell anyone where Alavier had gone, and after he entered the Asuryan fire for the second time and was reduced to ashes, perhaps no one will ever know where the Sunfire Amulet went."
"Can't it be through divination or prophecy?" Ryan frowned, and he tried to ask.
"If divination and prophecy were useful, we wouldn't have lost the Sunfire Amulet for thousands of years." Teclis remained calm: "But if that's what Lilith meant, I mean, if you have to get the Sunfire Amulet no matter what Fire amulet, then there is another way."
"What else can I do?" Ryan leaned himself back on the armchair. Angron told Ryan about the Sunfire Amulet. He must get it, but now he can only tell Teclis that it belongs to Lilith. mean.
In the final analysis, Ryan's strength is still not strong enough, and now the energy of the entire Brittany has been concentrated on the expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountain. A large amount of supplies are gathering in Bordeaux, and the knights of the whole country are gearing up and waiting to participate in this expedition. A great knightly expedition, Ryan will set off soon, to Bordeaux, and now he has no energy to think about the Sunfire Amulet.
"If Lilith insists, we can try to prophesy again, but we need a lot of prophecy stones." Teclis nodded: "Old Sage's prophecy stone."
"So how to get it?" Ryan asked along the way.
"There are basically no prophecy stones of the Old Sage on Ulthuan. Even if there are, they are still in Caledor's Dragon Volcano or Vaal Anvil. Prince Caledor Imric will not let me get involved. It seems that , there are only two places where it is possible to find a large number of prophecy stones, namely Albion Island, or Lustria." Teclis said his plan: "Although this may not guarantee that we will find Yang Fire Talisman, but at least there is a glimmer of hope, and if necessary, there is nothing wrong with slaying all the creatures on Albion Island, as long as Lilith needs it, or if you can find the prophecy stone elsewhere in the old world, and you come out You can't do it due to the restraint of chivalry, so it's completely okay to leave it to me, and a big spell can solve the problem."
"Hehehe, your Azul world is really beautiful. You play the flute all day long, enjoy the warm and comfortable climate, beautiful scenery, and those exquisitely carved towers, and then as long as necessary, you can feel no guilt. How did you do it?" Teclis's bland reaction made Ryan feel a little unhappy, compared to the emotional wood elves or the truly brutal dark elves, the high elves are superior and seemingly civilized And the paragon of order is actually just as brutal and merciless.
"What's the difference? Do you humans feel guilty when you slaughter beasts, destroy forests, destroy beastmen, and green skins? Are there few civil wars in your own history?" Teclis squinted at Ryan: " In essence, they are all the same, they are all the same, everyone thinks that their own race and civilization are the best, while others are rubbish, that’s all, the difference is only in whether they can communicate, and those who can communicate, for example Sur and you humans, we can at least seek common ground while reserving differences, if we cannot communicate, such as green skins and chaos, then there is only eternal war."
"At least we and the dwarves are firm allies." Ryan retorted.
"From a certain point of view, yes, humans and dwarves are very similar in terms of body structure and organ distribution." Teclis said calmly: "But it does not mean that dwarves will always stand with you." Together, the holy covenant between the empire and the dwarves looks more like an accident, but you are lucky, that's all, because the covenant between the elves and the dwarves was also broken by a misunderstanding."
"I understand. As for the Sunfire Amulet, don't worry for now." Ryan nodded: "Wait for my news first, Your Excellency Teclis, do you have any action plans in the Old World?"
"I originally came here to be a witness for you and Lilith." Teclis said in a strange tone: "So, can I leave tomorrow?"
Ryan could hear Olika whispering "Bichi" behind her.
"Okay, then please stay a few more days and teach my two female courtiers more magic." Ryan could only say awkwardly: "As for the expedition to Bafeng Mountain, what tasks do you have for me? "
"Of course there is." Teclis's dead fish eyes finally had some fluctuations: "There is something very important to the high elves, which has been buried under the Eight Peaks Mountain so far."
"I need you, take it back."