Village chief Gary was clearly smiling, but tears were streaming down his face. He was not only happy for himself, but also for those young children.
"Won!"
Kyle raised his arm and the whole village was suddenly filled with joy. Everyone, young or old, male or female, was happy and excited.
However, unlike others, Leia did not join the villagers in the revelry. She quietly looked at the figure standing with the sword not far away, and keenly noticed that the adult seemed to be thinking about something.
Through this battle, Elina successfully eliminated Leah's vigilance, and that fragile yet powerful figure was deeply engraved in her mind.
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"Lamia."
With a slight cry from Elina, Lamia flew out of her pocket and appeared in front of her.
"Ah, I know what you're thinking. Just give up. The Undead Baron is right. You can't save everyone all the time. You've done the best you can for this village."
As soon as Lamia came out, she sighed and crossed her paws in a very human way to hug her chest.
Even though she couldn't see Elena's expression through the mask, she knew what Elena was thinking.
"Have I done all I can?"
Elina's voice was soft, and her cute face behind the mask was full of confusion.
It turns out that reality is different from novels. After the protagonist in the novel saves the villagers, the villagers will live a happy life.
But this is not the case in reality. Even if the protagonist saves the village, there will still be a second, third, and fourth time. Who will save them then?
"Don't think too much. They are just passers-by on your journey. There is no need to do this."
Lamia patted Elina's shoulder with her tiny paw. It was the first time she felt the girl feel so lost.
In fact, Lamia can understand that no matter how strong she is, there are some things that she just can't do.
This ridiculously powerful girl may have truly experienced the taste of failure this time.
"Are you a passerby...
The girl supported the one-handed sword inserted into the ground with both hands, raised her head slightly and looked at the sky as bright and clear as sapphire. The sunlight poured on her smooth silver hair, covering Elina with a layer of sacred light.
"Elina, alchemy is a very advanced technique. As an alchemist, the first thing you need to remember is to always maintain absolute respect for life."
"Elina, a knight is someone who always sacrifices himself to protect everyone."
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The teachings of everyone in Di Village kept echoing in Elina's mind. That's right, no one in the village had taught her to just leave at this time.
"Lamia, do you know the history of mankind?"
Elina just looked at the sky, her tone so calm that Lamia couldn't see through the girl's thoughts.
"Human history? I don't know much about that."
Lamia still answered Elina's question. She shook her head and was very direct.
As a Dragon, Lamia was undoubtedly proud, and it was impossible for her to study the history of mankind, not to mention that she was not given the time to understand it.
"Then you must know the story of the rise of our human ancestors tens of thousands of years ago." Elina asked again.
"I do know this."
This time, Lamia nodded. After all, this history was so legendary that it was like a myth. It could be said that the whole world and all races knew about it.
"Tens of thousands of years ago, our human race was nothing more than blood food for the dark race. They kept humans in captivity and slaughtered them wantonly. At that time, humans were as lowly as livestock."
Elina whispered about that darkest and bloodiest era.
"Later, under the leadership of the First Ancestor, your human race rose to prominence and found its own cultivation method. It launched a resistance battle and ruthlessly tore off a large piece of the dark race's territory. This led to the current situation where the four races coexisted."
Lamia continued Elina's words and added this history. This short sentence contained hundreds of years of struggle of the entire human race.
"Yes, that era was full of heroes and heroes. Countless heroic hymns and legends began in that era and have been passed down to the present day..."
Elina's ethereal words seemed to pull Lamia back to that dark, bloody, but passionate era.
"Lamia, what do you think is the reason why the human race can rise?"
Elina suddenly turned around and looked at Lamia, which made her almost unable to react for a moment.
She originally wanted to just brush it off, but suddenly seeing the serious eyes behind the mask, she couldn't help but think for a moment and said.
"Um...if you ask me, it should be the first ancestor..."
"Yes and no." Elena said with a smile.
"Is that the First Ancestor and the heroes under his command?"
Lamia looked certain, she believed that this time it was right.
"I think differently than you do."
To Lamia's surprise, Elina gave her such a reply.
"Then what is the reason?"
Now, Lamia was a little dissatisfied. She didn't believe that without the First Ancestor and the heroes under his command, the human race could successfully rise.
"The First Ancestor and the heroes you saw are just appearances. Looking beyond the appearances to the essence, it is actually the powerful reproductive capacity and high organizational ability of human beings. These two reasons are destined to lead to the rise of the human race."
Elina raised two fingers and continued, "The strong reproductive ability ensures the number of human beings, and the sufficient number will definitely breed great people. At the same time, the high organizational ability also ensures that when great people like the First Ancestor organize resistance, those heroes can unite under his command."
Hearing this, Lamia was stunned. It was the first time she looked at the issue from this perspective.
“Don’t forget, the First Ancestor and his heroes were also ordinary people.”
Having said this, Elena seemed to suddenly come to her senses. She no longer felt cold and depressed, but suddenly felt enlightened.
After figuring it all out, Elina smiled again.
"That's right, they never need others to save them, they are enough to save themselves."
"Do you want to..."
After hearing what Elina said, Lamia seemed to understand what the girl wanted to do and her face changed.
"Yes, I want the dozen or so villages around here to unite and arm themselves, so that people and villages can fight on their own. If one side is alerted, all sides will rush to help, so that the dark races on this line of defense will be completely plunged into the sea of violence of the people's war!"
Elina raised her fist and shouted at the top of her lungs.
"You're crazy hot!"
Lamia held her little head and felt dizzy.
Chapter 19: Money? Money is a bastard
"You crazy hot?!"
Lamia felt that either she was crazy or Elena was crazy. Anyway, one of them must be crazy.
"Even if you unite those ordinary villagers, it won't matter. Without high-end combat power, you still can't resist the attack of those dark nobles."
Lamia held her head in distress. She didn't want Elena to be trapped here because of this kind of thing. She also wanted to find a secret treasure to restore herself.
"I already have candidates for high-end combat power."
Elina looked at Lamia and said slowly: "If what you said about the Doragon bloodline is true."
"of course it's true!"
Lamia was not convinced when she heard someone questioning her bloodline and ability. She wanted to be the first to stand up and refute.
"Our Dragon Bloodline is the most powerful in the world. Anyone with even a little bit of it is a Dragonborn and can become a peerless genius."
Lamia snorted coldly, her face full of pride. She was still very confident in her Dragon Bloodline.
"If it's really as you said, then the problem is easy to solve."
Elina nodded, retracted her one-handed sword and turned to walk towards the back of the village.
Seeing Elina starting to leave, Lamia quickly flew over.
"Do you want to consider it? This is difficult to do, and the cost is also..."
At this point, Lamia became excited.
"That's right! Money! That's money! Let's assume there are 200 young and strong people in the surrounding 20 villages. That's 4,000 people. Do you know how many ducats it would cost to organize an army of 4,000 people?"
Hearing this, Elina stopped. Lamia was right, money was the most important thing.
"How many ducats... Let me calculate."
"If we want to rush to help from all directions, we must have first-class war horses, and a pair of them. That way we can replace them. Well, once we have war horses, we need to equip them with horse harnesses. As for people, we need heavy armor, bows and crossbows, spears and shields, and even everyone needs to be equipped with a short gun and a long sword for close combat..."
Elina was counting on her fingers one by one, and Lamia became more and more frightened the more she listened. Is this guy going directly for the most elite human army?
No, even the most elite legions don't have this configuration. She has never heard of any human legion that is equipped with pistols and long swords in addition to spears and heavy armor!
"Stop! Stop calculating! Have you figured out how many ducats there are?"
Just when Elina was about to take the artillery into account, Lamia stopped her. She was afraid that Elina would take the aerial battleships into account in a little while.
"Well, according to my calculations, including the cost of logistics, it would probably be only 50,000 ducats per person."
Elina smiled and held up five fingers, reporting the result she had calculated.
"Fifty thousand? That's all?"
Lamia almost laughed at the number.
"Do you know what fifty thousand times four thousand equals?"
"It's equal to 200 million."
Elina's tone was a little dissatisfied, as if to ask who Lamia looked down on.
"Then how much did the village chief give you when you came out?" Lamia asked again.
"Three hundred thousand."
Hearing Elina's decisive answer, Lamia was speechless. She touched Elina's head and found that she didn't have a fever.
Is this kid stupid? There is a huge difference between 300,000 and 200 million.
"what?"
Elina slapped Lamia's little paw away in a reproachful tone. The slightly coquettish voice made Lamia, who was also a female, feel itchy all over.
"What else? You don't know if you can get the remaining 199.7 million even if you sell yourself. What are you thinking?"
Lamia rolled her eyes, she really couldn't understand.
"Who told you I was going to spend my own money?"
Elina stared at Lamia blankly, as if she was looking at a fool.
"Ah this..."
Wow, this guy might be thinking...
"Don't you think the nobles of the dark race are too fat?"
"You really want to rob me! Hey!"
What she thought turned out to be correct. These dark nobles outside the domain were in big trouble as they were targeted by such a guy.
"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me whether you will do it or not." Elina was a little impatient.
"Tsk, we Dragons are born to be..."
"One percent." Elina raised a finger and threw out a number.
"I need to think about this matter carefully. After all..."
"Twenty percent." Elena raised a finger again.
"No, I really need to plan it carefully..."
"Three percent, plus a gem I brought from Di Village."
"Our first target?"
After hearing the offer, Lamia couldn't help herself and was eager to try it out.
"We will start tonight. Our first target will be the Earl of the Saint Bo Line of Defense. But before that, I have to go back to the village."
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