in the name of the queen.

There are just too many Yehuds.

Continuing south, Roland saw these hairy barbarians everywhere.

When I thought about the Sussex Empire pioneers having to deal with these uncivilized barbarians when they were establishing colonies overseas, I didn't know what to say.

But that era is over.

After reaching an agreement with the Dark Elves, several major countries in Rodinia will withdraw from the southern continent in an orderly manner.

The natives of the southern continent think that the colonists are bloody and barbaric, right? Then let's hand them over to the truly bloody Darkspawn.

To be honest, the Dark Elves are the true indigenous people of the southern continent. The long-haired Yahoos and foreign colonists are all latecomers.

Thinking of the scene of the Darkin's iron-blooded crackdown on Yehu, Roland didn't know who to sympathize with for a moment.

He considered himself not a good person, and did not want to confront the Darkin head-on in order to save Yehu. At this time, the Darkin's rule had not yet been fully established, so he took this opportunity to travel around the southern continent and see this beautiful and absurd world.

Just when Roland was about to come to the conclusion that the southern continent was full of savage, stupid, and uncivilized apes, he accidentally discovered a magical human subspecies.

This human subspecies lived inland, surrounded by the territories of the Yahoo chiefs.

They look very similar to Rodinian humans, but their skin color is closer to that of white and yellow people, making them stand out among the brown-skinned Yahoos around them.

What surprised Roland even more was that the language these people used was a variant of the Earth Spirit language from the Third Age.

Although their beliefs were completely different and their lifestyles had changed dramatically from the Third Age, Roland was very sure that these people were the descendants of the earth spirits.

After all, they were former enemies and knew each other too well.

The earth spirits also recognized the damned elven aura on Roland. They treated Roland with a distant but polite attitude, exchanging goods with him and sharing what they had, but they firmly rejected Roland's request to visit and give lectures.

Their reason is simple: the Sons of the Titans are unwilling to have deep interactions with the descendants of the Elves.

Although they were reluctant to have an in-depth conversation, Roland was, after all, a rare big client in recent years who was both generous and polite, so they maintained a minimum of respect for Roland.

Roland didn't pay much attention to these polite but distant guys, as the Earth Spirits were an arrogant race.

Although their average height is not as high as that of humans, they insist that they are descendants of Titans.

They are handsome and beautiful, different from the sturdy and stocky dwarves, and more like scaled-down humans.

Earth spirits are born with the ability to use special earth-related skills. They can build magnificent cities underground and have a completely different lifestyle from humans.

As the last great sage of the elves, the elves represented by Roland and the earth spirits were originally mortal enemies. However, with the passage of time, both sides have come to this point, and there is no point in dwelling on the past events of who knows how many years ago.

The reason why the earth spirits and the elves are enemies is even more absurd.

The elves worship nature and they like to plant trees, especially super ancient trees. From ancient war trees, ancient wisdom trees to golden ginkgo trees that can create a sea of ​​flowers, they like these huge ancient trees that soar into the sky.

The good thing about ancient trees is that their roots are extremely deep. Not only can they absorb nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium two meters below the ground, they can also absorb nutrients from hundreds or thousands of meters underground.

The earth spirits like to live underground, and the underground palaces they build hate these giant trees with roots that penetrate every pore the most.

The roots of these giant trees can destroy their carefully constructed buildings and also affect their main food: earthworms and ground wheat.

Originally, the two sides had a chance to reconcile. After all, the number of ancient trees is limited. As long as effective communication is carried out, the two sides can compromise with each other when planting trees and building houses and avoid each other's core areas.

But both sides are proud races, so how could they be willing to reconcile with the despicable tree planters/dirty tree destroyers?

They don't believe they will lose to shameless enemies.

War broke out.

During the war, wise men on both sides proposed reconciliation suggestions to the leaders of the ethnic groups more than once, but the war had already claimed too many lives of the ethnic groups, and the hatred had already escalated and could not be eliminated at all.

They try their best to cause trouble to each other and destroy each other's living environment.

As long as they detect that the earth spirits are building a city underground, the elves will not hesitate to plant the trees with the most developed root systems above them.

The elves even cultivated a huge red gum tree that has loose wood, produces no fruit, and has no oozing, but only grows extremely fast roots that damage the soil.

The only purpose of this tree's existence is to cause trouble for the earth spirits.

A patch of red gum trees can turn a livable city into a wasteland with extremely poor living environment.

Naturally, the earth spirits refused to be outdone. They bravely rushed out from underground, formed a logging commando, and wreaked devastating havoc on the ancient trees that the elves had carefully cultivated.

Not only that, they also concocted special alchemical potions to systematically destroy the underground root system.

They are willing to do anything as long as it makes the other person feel disgusted.

The earth spirits and the elves are of similar strength, their reproductive abilities are not too strong, and their military levels are almost the same, so neither can completely destroy the other.

If one side has an outstanding military genius, it can gain the upper hand for a period of time, and then the other side will have a super talent to turn the disadvantage around.

The two sides continued to fight until the arrival of the God's Punishment Legion.

They all failed.

The potential and strength of the Magic Empire are not stronger than those of the elves and earth spirits at their peak, but they are good at unity. They can integrate various forces internally and reach alliances with extraordinary people externally, so they can defeat the Divine Punishment Legion head-on.

Although this was a tragic victory that resulted in the loss of post-war dominance, at least the spark was preserved.

If the elves and earth spirits had not disgusted each other, but had developed on their own and united to fight against the God's Punishment Legion at that time, they would definitely have created more brilliant results than the Magic Empire, and even had a chance to completely annihilate the God's Punishment Legion.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world, only results.

The descendants of the earth spirits kept their distance from people, so Roland had no reason to curry favor with them. He said goodbye and prepared to leave.

The Diling official in charge of the reception saw him off very politely and gave him some local specialties so that Roland would not leave empty-handed.

The descendants of the earth spirits demonstrated through their actions what distant courtesy meant.

Just as Roland was about to leave, someone suddenly called out his name loudly from behind.

"Great Sage Roland, please stay."

Roland looked back curiously.

This was the first time he had heard the mellow and melodious Third Age Elvish language in these days.

Earth spirits and elves are old enemies, and they understand each other as well as themselves. It is normal for earth spirits to speak elven language, and the elves are also proficient in using the earth spirit language.

But they are reluctant to use each other's language when communicating with each other.

What they like most is to master the other party's language and then find flaws to criticize harshly.

Over time, using the other person's language has become a default way of lowering one's status and asking for favors.

Roland really wanted to know what the Earth Spirits wanted from him.

The Earth Spirit receptionist who saw Roland off was even more surprised than Roland himself. He simply couldn't believe his eyes.

"Sage Chromie, why are you here?"

The sage called Chromie was short even among the earth spirits, and looked only about 1.4 meters tall. Although his hair and beard were all white, he was energetic and ran as fast as lightning, which showed how strong he was.

Roland never doubted that there were still experts among the descendants of the earth spirits.

They can survive in the southern continent surrounded by jackals, so they naturally have a trump card. The total population is not large, and the only thing that can protect them is advanced equipment and super personal strength.

Roland smiled and greeted Sage Chromie, "Sage Chromie, if I'm not mistaken, your strength should be at the gold level. If you can't solve the problem, I may not be able to do it either."

Chromie's smile froze slightly, and his pace slowed down a bit.

He sighed lightly, smiled and shook his head, "Sage Roland, you are joking. If there were still gold-level members in the tribe, we wouldn't be blocked at the door by a group of monkeys."

"If you don't mind, I have a nice pot of tea I'd like to share with you."

Share the tea?

The earth spirits once had territories on the ground, but were always suppressed by the elves. As the relationship between the two sides deteriorated completely, the elves, relying on the help of the ancient war tree, treated the earth spirits like rats and attacked them as soon as they showed up.

As the ground positions were lost, the Earth Spirits lost their source of tea, and their favorite daily drink gradually became a luxury that only the upper elite could taste.

Inviting guests to drink tea is the highest etiquette of the Earth Spirit Tribe.

No matter what Chromie wanted, Roland would not refuse such a grand reception.

Unless he wants to continue the hatred of that year.

There are only a few elves known to exist in the world, and they all exist in an appearance that is almost identical to humans.

The Earth Spirits have slightly more people, but they can only maintain their existing territory and survive.

The former world ruler has become like this now, what is there to fight for?

Roland showed an expression of "overwhelmed", and responded in the most standard official language of Earth Spirit, "Thank you for the hospitality, sage."

Both of them were stunned, and they simultaneously recalled the early days of contact between the two tribes.

At that time, the earth spirits and elves were not the world overlords, and the descendants of the three goddesses still ruled the entire world.

As marginal races, earth spirits and elves can only live in marginal areas that others don't want them.

Elves live in forests, and earth spirits live mainly underground. They don't interfere with each other, and they can complement each other in many areas, so the relationship between the two sides is pretty good.

When two civilizations interact, they naturally have to respect each other.

At that time, the elves and earth spirits tried hard to learn each other's language, and took the initiative to use each other's language to show respect when interacting.

It was a beautiful pastoral era.

Unfortunately, all this ended when the three goddesses' clan lost their position as the world's hegemon due to their incompetence and stupidity, and the struggle for supremacy was eventually dominated by the earth spirits and elves.

After the two sides briefly divided world domination, new disputes emerged.

Does the Third Age belong to the elves or the earth spirits?

It's a good question, and it's a question that has troubled the two major civilized races throughout the Third Age.

Roland and Chromie today are very much like the two races’ ancestors who cautiously tried to contact each other back then.

Roland's voice gradually softened, but was filled with unquestionable firmness.

"Sage Chromie, no matter how many hostile acts we had in the Third Era, the parties involved at that time have passed away. The hatred should not continue. I hope to return to the state when the two races first met."

Chromie's expression was a little complicated.

He struggled for three whole days and finally made up his mind to compromise, but Sage Roland made the same decision in an instant.

Chromie, you have to be ashamed of yourself for even compromising and losing to the elves!

Chromie didn't expect Roland to lower himself to give him a way out. He was stunned for several seconds before he reacted. He quickly lowered his posture even lower and bowed to Roland as an invitation.

"Sage Roland, you are right. Please forgive me for my neglect during this period. I will do my best to make up for your disappointment."

It's refreshing to deal with civilized people.

During this journey, Roland had seen too many tribes full of wild beauty. At first, they were a little fresh, but after seeing so many of them, he began to miss Rodinia.

After all, no one can live in a zoo for their entire life.

If he hadn't had a long journey to continue, he would have wanted to turn around and go home.

If you put aside your arrogance, the earth spirits are indeed the most hospitable hosts.

Not only did Chromie prepare the best tea, snacks and dishes for Roland, he also had young men and women perform songs and dances for the distinguished guest.

At the last moment of the welcome ceremony, two handsome teenagers presented Roland and Lisa with olive branches and flower crowns respectively.

This time even Roland felt it was a bit exaggerated.

He had only seen welcoming ceremonies of this level in ancient books and had never seen one in real life.

When he and Chromie were the only ones left in the rather shabby reception room, he couldn't help but ask, "Sage Chromie, I feel a little pressured by your warm welcome. It would be embarrassing if I couldn't fulfill your request."

"You can definitely do it. This is a big deal for our clan, but it's just a piece of cake for you now."

Since Chromie had a clear understanding of the difference in strength between the two sides, Roland felt relieved.

He smiled, put down the teacup, and said softly, "Sage Chromie, please tell me."

"I'm tired of living next to these monkeys. I want to move. I want to take my people away from this damn place. If you are willing to accept me, we want to be neighbors with your people like we were in the beginning."

Although he said it very politely, Chromie's old face still turned red. He kept twirling his beard, trying not to look like a beggar.

After all, he was asking Roland to take him in, so he felt a little embarrassed.

That's it?

Roland extended his right hand without hesitation and invited solemnly, "Sage Chromie, on behalf of the Sussex Empire, the Golden Kite Republic, the Vladimir Empire, the Val Free State, the Tyrol Kingdom and the New Magic Empire, I welcome you and the wise Earth Spirits. You can choose to live in any of the above countries, and I will arrange the best land for you as an autonomous territory."

"You and your people can enjoy the highest level of autonomy based on the laws of each country and the laws of the Rodinian Alliance, and your people will also have full citizenship rights. How about this?"

Chromie's eyes turned red with excitement.

He now only wanted to give the tribe a chance to survive, so he didn't dare to hope for a luxury like autonomy.

Unexpectedly, Roland gave him a big surprise.

He took a deep breath, held Roland's right hand with both hands, and was about to touch it with his forehead, but Roland took the lead and wrapped his palm with his left hand, making a gesture of holding hands.

Chromie looked up in surprise.

This means that Roland is willing to accept the Earth Spirit as an equal ally, rather than a subordinate.

He took a deep breath and promised word by word: "The Son of Titan promises to fight alongside you and the noble elves until the end of the world." (End of this chapter)