Longmen Memoirs

The red sword glow, the blue flames, the great sword sweeping down.

Someone was roaring, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

……

"Miss Amiya?" Tallulah repeated softly.

"Amiya." Kelsey's voice sounded.

Kelsey's lowered eyes looked at Amiya's fingers placed under the table. The ring on the ring finger glowed with a strange faint red light.

She still couldn't figure out why His Highness still gave these things to Amiya. Since His Highness's health improved, the original plan had been scrapped and sealed.

"Sorry, I was rude!" Amiya came back to her senses and realized that she was rude. She lowered her head and apologized.

But this action was a little too impatient for her current status, even if it was just a simple business meeting.

Sure enough, he was too young.

The childishness is still there and not calm enough.What exactly does Rhode Island mean?

"It doesn't matter. Representative Amiya must be tired from the journey."

Tallulah looked away and looked at Kelsey.

"Linguang, please take Amiya to rest first. The meeting is almost over, and I will be responsible for the rest." Kelsey said: "Your Excellency Atrias, could you please take your people with you first?" They're going down."

Tallulah turned her head: "Alina."

Alina held out her hand.

"Everyone from Rhode Island, please come with me. I have arranged a place for you to stay."

Amiya stood up, she looked at Kelsey and wanted to say something more.

"Amiya, go and rest, leave this place to me."

"Well, please, Ms. Kelsey."

After the accompanying knight took Amiya out of the room, Kelsey and Tallulah were the only ones left in the room. Alina gently pulled the door open.

There was a soft sound of the door closing, followed by ten seconds of silence.

After a brief silence, Tallulah finally spoke up to break the calm.

"What do you think Kazdaele thinks?"

Rhode Island is a pharmaceutical company registered with Colombia. It moves among various forces and countries. It does not belong to a certain country, and there is no clear information that Rhode Island works for a certain country or organization.

They are independent, small-scale non-governmental organizations determined to save infected people, and have no conflict with the general program of the Integration Movement. Therefore, the business relationship between the Rhode Island Association and the Integration Movement is not enough to attract attention from the outside world.

But in fact, this behavior is just to cover up another purpose of Rhode Island.

Since two years ago, Rhode Island, no, it should be said that the predecessor of Rhode Island has signed many secret contracts with the Integration Movement. On behalf of Kazdale, it has had a long period of dealings with the Integration Movement, including assistance, including personnel. Training, weapons, resources, and other large quantities of materials supporting the rise of the integration movement were transported to Ursus through secret routes.

But this is not selfless. Rather, Kazdaele also needs the existence of the integration movement to involve the actions of the Ursus Empire to prevent Letania from seeking Ursus Empire under pressure after the alliance between Kazdare and Victoria. Sri Lanka’s support.

"We will maintain and integrate the series of covenants signed by the movement in accordance with past practice."

Kelsey said, gently pushing the document placed in front of her desk and taking out another document from her bag. The surface of the document was printed with the royal imprint of the Kazdaele symbol.

"The premise is that the integration movement is worthy of our efforts. After evaluating your current situation, we agree that the integration movement will face a new round of challenges. Your army is insufficiently prepared and trained compared to the existing major armies in Beusas. , the war two years ago gave you a chance to breathe, and you benefited from this to develop and grow."

Kelsey gently handed the contract to the table.

Chapter 30 King Wu is dead

Tallulah's fingers on the contract paused, and Kelsey pressed five fingers on the upper corner of the contract.

"Usus will not give up this vast land easily. The war-provoking sentiment from within the empire will push your integration movement to the forefront. Compared to the world, many people in power and nobles are happy to see your destruction." Kelsey said:

"Therefore, you will not receive assistance from the outside world. And with the current situation in Kazdaele, we will not risk causing a new round of world war because of your existence and reach an explicit alliance with you. Northern Xinjiang almost became a flashpoint for the border two years ago. This is a losing war, and there will be no substantial reward for winning, but Kazdaele cannot afford to lose."

No one, no fool, will give up his power and position to create another opportunity for you.

You caught it last time, but that was just the beginning.

There are many people on this land who are not willing to watch the infected break away from their rule, and are not willing to lose this useful and cheap consumable. The dead infected are the best infected, and the infected are not It is time to try to break this regulatory order that has lasted for nearly a thousand years.

Once the chain of order is broken, the chain reaction will instantly overwhelm the stable situation of the world.

Kelsey gently loosened her fingers and placed them in front of her. She looked directly at Tallulah's serious, young and beautiful face, her brows furrowed.

"I need you, the supreme leader of the integration movement, to tell me your answer... How can you win the next war that will come soon?"

Tallulah took back the contract. She unfolded it and carefully read the contents that were similar to those in the past. She was cautious for fear that she would miss some link.

But Kelsey has made it very clear, and Tallulah also understands in her heart that although the current integration movement seems to be thriving, everything is moving in a good direction. There are many talented soldiers and scholars among the oppressed infected, as well as ordinary people who are willing to break away from the empire's high-pressure rule and join them.

Compared with Ursus's strict military-political imperialist rule concept, although the integration movement and the infected are under the same sky, it is much better and much easier.

Even so, there will still be many disputes and conflicts between ordinary people and infected people.

The accumulation is like eggs, and one wrong step will lead to disaster.

Time is time again, as if everything the Integration Movement has achieved so far, the future of the Integration Movement will require time, precious time, development time, and stable time, which is also the time that the empire is least willing to give them.

They have only one way, and that is to completely replace the Ursus Empire, so that they can truly have time to resolve internal conflicts, but what about after replacing Ursus?

Stepping onto the international stage, surrounded by powerful enemies, there is a collision between different ideas.

The answer is - war.

Break through the international blockade, clash with the oppression within Ursus, and break through the cages of the old system.

Bloodshed and sacrifice——

too long.

Tallulah seemed to recall in her mind the words she had spoken to the later King Wu of the Yan Kingdom in her room in the small village on the northern plains of Ursus many years ago.

他 说:

[Nearly 45 years have passed since the Battle of the Four Emperors. Although no large-scale war has broken out in this world, local wars have always emerged in various regions, especially the conflicts between infected people who reserve energy for mobile cities and ordinary people. Never stopped. 】

【Do you know why?Because the nobility and those in power need this kind of contradiction to divert the contradictions among themselves caused by the oppression of the people by feudal rule, they deliberately guide, deliberately spread rumors, and deliberately distort the facts. 】

[If you had a choice, I believe no one would be willing to become an infected person. I believe that no ordinary person or infected person would have such a big conflict with an infected person over a mere Originium disease. But the reality is that moving in a mobile city requires a lot of energy. These consumables promote the emergence of infected people. The number of infected people you lead will never be less, and the changes you expect will eventually break out. 】

[Everyone wants to live. In the face of disaster, the interests of a few people are often insignificant. But ironically, the infected people who allow the majority of people to survive become the targets of exclusion and discrimination, because life requires some people to be superior. , because life requires someone to choose to become an infected person, and also because life makes people take it for granted. 】

[Nobles and Machiavellians will not disappear. No matter how corrupt they are, they are still the cornerstone of the country. This is an undeniable reality. This is a deformed world, a cruel food chain. The infected come from the lowest level and possess the source. Those with stone skills and strength are the privileges of a few people, so there has never been an equal society or a place for the infected to live. 】

[The country needs to rely on them to exist. Losing them will cause new turmoil, so you can’t kill them all. You can only kill some of them to make them timid. Only then will you have time to slowly correct this mistake and make them timid. He moves in the direction you want, and at that point, nobility ceases to matter. 】

[Everyone knows that oppressing infected people is wrong. Of course they will think it is wrong, but it is in their interests. Wrong does not mean anything. Tallulah, from another perspective, this kind of wrong is under race. became the most correct choice. 】

[It cannot be called justice, but it is correct. 】

[The word justice has always been a tool to deceive and whitewash peace, because most people want it to appear. Regardless of whether it is true or false, what people expect is true to them, just like the so-called "God" Likewise, it can save them in desperate situations and give them a legitimate reason to convince them. 】

他 说:

[You must be righteous, Tallulah. 】

[Evil cannot represent error, and justice cannot represent right. Correcting errors is worth a lifetime of effort, and looking for justice, perhaps in this era when everyone is in danger, this word should not exist. 】

[This road is very difficult. What we have to fight is not only this era, but also most people living in this era. The first person to set foot on this road may not succeed. Maybe she will die without a body. Maybe she will break down and sink into the sand, but her appearance will tell the world, tell those numb people, tell those people who are embarrassed after trekking long distances in the wind and snow. 】

[We are still alive, we have the right to live, we are not animals to be slaughtered. 】

[We are also human beings, not your consumables]

[——War, I used to be afraid of this word, even riots. I was once an executioner, with my hands covered in blood, and I was also a butcher's knife, taking away other people's right to live. 】

He was outside the window under the heavy snow falling in Ursus. Inside the window was a flickering candlelight. The light was not very bright and could only vaguely illuminate their two figures. Their shadows overlapped on the wall.

His fingers rubbed Tallulah's silver hair.

[Don’t mind being the first person to fall in this torrent, Tallulah, and don’t mind the endless darkness in front of you. 】

[The so-called resistance is not just verbal words, the so-called resistance is just that. 】

A smile appeared on the corners of his lips, and there was an unconcealable murderous intent in the smile.

[If you want to fight your way to survive in the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, you must go all the way to the palace and tear down the city walls. Don't be afraid of becoming the creator of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, and don't mind becoming the creator of the blood-filled hands. 】

[The so-called founder... is the beginning of change. 】

[Change cannot be stopped. Stopping means destruction. It requires bloodshed, sacrifice, crying, and grief. But you cannot stop, Tallulah. You must move forward, keep moving forward, otherwise you will not stop. Only if you live up to all the sacrifices you made when you came here, can you live up to the obsession in your heart, and can you... survive. 】

He said softly:

[We will be disappointed, we will fall, we will be lost under the wheel of the times, but we will also stand up, stand up, shout for survival, shout for survival, use our shouts, our voices. 】

He has seen such a country before, after breaking through the world forest surrounded by powerful enemies, breaking through the blockade of the first island chain, using its broken body to change the humiliation of the past hundreds of years.

[Stand up instead of fabricating lies one after another and creating for yourself an “Utopia” that does not exist in reality]

[Tallulah. 】

He gently held the girl's face and pressed it against her forehead.

[If you don’t die generously, how can you rise from the ashes? 】

Tallulah relaxed her brows gently, and the memories of just a few seconds did not bind her to the past.

Kelsey quietly waited for the answer given by the people involved in the integration movement. The future of the integration movement was still in a fog.

"Ms. Kelsey." Tallulah looked at Kelsey again, confident and determined.

Kelsey didn't understand where the confidence of the Drake in front of her came from. Within a few seconds, it was as if a different person was sitting in front of her.

"Victoria has refused to continue signing an aid treaty with us. As the intermediary between us, Kazdaile, can you give me a reasonable reason?"

Tallulah pressed the covenant book on the table and raised her head to look at Kelsey sitting in front of her. That's why she directly asked what Kazdaele thought.

Because Victoria has made it clear that it will terminate the two-year aid covenant between the two parties.Tallulah will not ask Victoria to give her an explanation, because in the covenant between the two parties, the integration movement is the beneficiary and the weak party.

The integration movement had no substantial interest in Victoria. She did not expect that Victoria would be willing to help her at first. Even Kazdaele was not her contact person when she sought international assistance. Victoria gave her the information at the time. The explanation is that they who have formed an alliance with Kazdaele need to take into account Kazdaele's current situation, and besides, they are very interested in containing Ursus.

But in fact, Tallulah considered whether it was because of her status as Drac and the daughter of Atrias that she attracted their attention. The daughter herself became the leader of the country, which should have considerable political benefits for Victoria under the rule of the Aslan royal family.

There are pros and cons.

On that day, the integration movement, which was under the heavy pressure of the Ursus Empire, finally got rid of the plight and hardship of being isolated and helpless for a long time.

"The decision to refuse was issued directly from the Londinium Palace, signed by the current Prime Minister and the royal family, without a parliamentary ruling." Kelsey answered.

"May I know your personal judgment on this matter?"

"I'm not your staff." Kelsey refused.

"I understand." Tallulah nodded: "I just want to hear your judgment as an outsider."

"You think I'm an outsider?"

"Is not it?"

Kelsey hesitated for a few seconds.

After a few seconds, she spoke softly, concisely.

There were only four words, but these four words made Tallulah stay there, with a smile frozen on her face.

she says:

"King Wu is dead."

He is dead, so some people can't see it. The person who maintained the covenant dies, and the covenant naturally becomes an empty document.

The one from Londinium was taking revenge.

Maybe, there's a little bit of...jealousy in it.

She is a casual person who yearns for freedom even after sitting on the throne.

She didn't care, she wasn't happy, she waited two years to give the answer she should have given two years ago.

ps: Vina has joined the battlefield, and the Cerebellar Ax is restarting to count the votes.